Fall leaves at the University of Tennessee Arboretum in Oak Ridge on October 31. (Photos by D. Ray Smith)
Here are four pictures of fall leaves in Oak Ridge by D. Ray Smith. [Read more…]
Photos: Fall leaves in Oak Ridge
Photo: Cross country teams headed to state get Wildcat send-off
Wildcat Pride gives a Friday morning send-off to the Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams, which are competing in the state meet in Nashville today (Saturday, November 1).
Wildcat Pride gave a Friday morning send-off to the Oak Ridge boys and girls cross country teams, which are competing in the state meet in Nashville today (Saturday, November 1).
The boys and girls cross country teams swept the regional championships for the first time since 2008.
At the state meet, the first 10 finishers in the regional meet, along with the top three teams, will run.
Both Oak Ridge teams run on November 1 at the Percy Warner Steeplechase Cross Country Course in Nashville. The girls will run first at 1:40 p.m. Central time, followed by the boys at 2:20 p.m. Reward ceremonies will begin once all race results have been counted.
Photos: Remembering fallen heroes of Sept. 11, 2001
Y-12 photo courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security
Area firefighters, police officers, Oak Ridge school students and staff, and others came together on Thursday to remember and honor the fallen heroes of September 11, 2001. There were ceremonies at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge High School.
The firefighters were at Y-12 this week for their annual Fire Officer Conference, held in conjunction with Safety Fest.
The ceremony at Oak Ridge High School included students and staff, and the Oak Ridge police and fire departments. [Read more…]
Photos: Lady Wildcats take ice bucket challenge
The Lady Wildcats took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Thursday. Here is a collection of photos from the ice bucket challenge submitted by coach David Scott.
The Lady Wildcats program then went on to challenge Coach Aaron Green and his staff and the Wildcats basketball team, Coach Allen Etheridge and his staff and the cross country team, and the Oak Ridge football team, Scott said.
Photos: Oak Ridge, Maryville football scrimmage
Oak Ridge Wildcats senior receiver Ted Mitchell (Photos by Tim Waddell)
The Oak Ridge Wildcats played their first scrimmage of the season against the Maryville Rebels on Friday night at Blankenship Field. The Wildcats struggled on offense against a tough Maryville defense. The final score was 28-3.
The Rebels, the defending state Class 6A champions, were playing their third scrimmage, and they have eight returning starters on defense from last year’s 15-0 team. But the Class 5A Wildcats has two interceptions against the Rebels.
Oak Ridge opens the regular season at home against Farragut on August 29.
Here are pictures from the Friday night scrimmage by Tim Waddell of the Wildcats Football Booster Club. [Read more…]
Photos: SL Tennessee expansion
SL Tennessee employee Ricky Bean at a hot plate welding station in the assembly area for Cadillac tail lights.
CLINTON—Tennessee officials and SL Tennessee executives on Friday announced 1,000 new auto parts manufacturing jobs as part of a $80.5 million expansion in the Clinton I-75 Industrial Park in Clinton. It could be the largest expansion of industrial employment in Anderson County since World War II.
The South Korean company plans to invest $80.5 million to build a 250,000-square-foot plant on Frank L. Diggs Drive in the industrial park. It will be SL Tennessee’s LLC third building in the park, and the company’s fifth expansion since locating in Clinton in 2001. The new building will manufacture automobile head lights and tail lamps for General Motors.
Construction on the new building in Clinton will begin in August, and the new plant could be operating by April 2015.
Here is a collection of photos from Friday’s event. [Read more…]
Spotlight: Picture of Turnpike, Illinois Avenue shopping area in 1944
The shopping area at Illinois Avenue and Oak Ridge Turnpike, where the new Kroger Marketplace is now, is pictured above in 1944. (U.S. Department of Energy photo by Ed Westcott)
The shopping center at Oak Ridge Turnpike and Illinois Avenue where the new Kroger Marketplace is now was previously home to a shopping area.
Here is a picture of that area taken by Ed Westcott in 1944. Westcott was the official government photographer here during the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, when Oak Ridge was built to help enrich uranium for the world’s first atomic weapons.
The photo is on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office page on Flickr.
The new Kroger store, which replaced a few businesses and a small neighborhood, is the company’s fifth in Oak Ridge, and it opened a few weeks ago. The new shopping center has been named the Westcott Center in honor of Westcott.
Note: Thanks to Ginny Boeing Manning at RSI for bringing this photo to our attention.
Photos: Luther Brannon House before World War II, Monday morning fire
This home near the Elza community was built by Owen Hackworth in 1941 and soon acquired by the federal government as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. Now known as the Luther Brannon House, the home was damaged in a fire early Monday morning. It’s one of the few pre-World War II homes remaining in Oak Ridge. (Photos courtesy Don Raby)
Here are pre-war photos of the historic Luther Brannon House that was damaged in a fire on Oak Ridge Turnpike early Monday morning.
The single-story stone bungalow was built by Owen Hackworth in 1941 and soon acquired by the federal government as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. It’s one of the few pre-World War II homes remaining in Oak Ridge. Owner Danny Brannon has said he plans to rebuild it. [Read more…]
Photos: July 4 fireworks, Oak Ridge Community Band
The July 4 fireworks in Oak Ridge were at Alvin K. Bissell Park. (Photos by Fred O’Hara)
The annual Independence Day celebration and fireworks display in Oak Ridge was Friday, July 4, at Alvin K. Bissell Park. The festivities started at 7:30 p.m. with a free concert by the Oak Ridge Community Band, and they ended with the fireworks display at 10 p.m.
It was the 70th anniversary of the Community Band’s first concert held on July 4, 1944.
Here are pictures by Fred O’Hara. [Read more…]
Spotlight: More than 480 visitors tour Y-12 during Secret City Festival
Former Y-12 employee James Spicer points out the various ID badges used at the site during its 70-year history to his grandson Matthew Sellers. Spicer and Sellers joined more than 480 visitors who toured Y-12 as part of this year’s Secret City Festival. (Photos by Scott Fraker)
More than 480 visitors toured the Y-12 National Security Complex as part of this year’s Secret City Festival, which was earlier this month.
Y-12 has been giving tours of the site for almost 10 years with guests traveling from all over the world to see a piece of history and learn how the site still is ensuring our country’s security, a press release said.
Tourists from 23 states and the District of Columbia toured the site as part of Oak Ridge’s 12th annual Secret City Festival. Here are two pictures by Y-12 photographer Scott Fraker. [Read more…]
Photos: Lavender Festival
The 16th annual Lavender Festival was Saturday in Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge FARM Market is in the foreground, and the festival is in the background. (Photos by Ray Smith)
The 16th Annual Lavender Festival was on Saturday in Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. The herb fair included more than 100 vendors, exhibits, and demonstrations featuring products and information related to gardening, cooking, health, aromatherapy, and all things herbal.Â
Throughout the square, vendors offered live plants, herbs, art, crafts, herbal products, jewelry, baskets, pottery, wooden utensils, and more. Sample foods made with herbs were available, and there was also grilling with herb demonstrations by local chefs.
The Oak Ridge FARM Market was open across the street from the festival, local musicians were featured throughout the day, and children’s activities were available.
Vendors said they were very busy at the well-attended festival on Saturday morning. An afternoon storm dampened the activities, but many festival-goers continued to shop and enjoy the music. [Read more…]
Photo: Ribbon-cutting at The Real Estate Office
The Real Estate office celebrated their new location in Oak Ridge with an Anderson County Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 16. Cutting the ribbon are owners Kimberly and Richard Bell. (Photo courtesy Anderson County Chamber of Commerce)
The Real Estate Office celebrated their new location in Oak Ridge with an Anderson County Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 16, a press release said.
Formerly Briarcliff Realty, The Real Estate Office moved to its new location inside the Citizens First Bank building.
“One of the fastest-growing privately owned real estate companies in the area, The Real Estate Office is a full service, comprehensive real estate company,” the release said.
The ribbon-cutting was held in conjunction with their fellow Chamber member, Citizens First Bank, who offered a customer appreciation event complete with food, ice cream sundae bar, and giveaways, the release said.
