The Civitan Club of Clinton will hold its annual membership lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Shoney’s Restaurant near Interstate 75 in Clinton.
The speaker will be Tammy Pearson, governor of the Appalachian District of Civitan International. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge Kiwanis President Mark Hembree, right, presents a check from Enrichment Federal Credit Union employees for the Emory Valley Early Learning Center to Kim Perkins, center, and Georgia Brownfield. (Submitted photo)
Oak Ridge Kiwanis President Mark Hembree recently presented a check from Enrichment Federal Credit Union employees for the Emory Valley Early Learning Center to EVC employees Kim Perkins and Georgia Brownfield.
The money will be used by the Early Learning Center.
It’s part of a Kiwanis service project, a press release said. The check presentation occurred after a program at the March 12 Kiwanis meeting. During that program, Perkins and Brownfield talked about the Emory Valley Center, the press release said.
A licensed professional counselor will discuss evolution during “Lunch with the League” on Tuesday.
Friederica “Freddie” Nechtow will be the guest speaker, and her presentation will focus on “understanding evolution and the evidence for it rather than a debate of the pros and cons,” a press release said. [Read more…]
A Thursday seminar at the Oak Ridge Public Library will focus on using Kindles to check out audiobooks and eBooks.
The free class will be taught by Joan Kearney, and it starts at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the library’s auditorium. [Read more…]
James T. Akagi
Oak Ridge Police Chief James Akagi will discuss vulnerable populations in the community on Monday.
Akagi will speak to the Women’s Interfaith Dialogue of Oak Ridge at 2 p.m. at Grace Covenant Church.
“He will explore various new ways we as citizens can help and will welcome suggestions from the attendees as well,” a press release said.
Akagi has been Oak Ridge police chief since July 2011. He is retired from the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency as an assistant special agent in the Oklahoma City District Office, the press release said. He is a native of Kansas, where he formerly served as a police officer. [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church has a free community meal this evening, a press release said.
It’s the Stone Soup Ministry meal, and it’s held the last Friday of every month in the Social Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church. Food for the free monthly meal is provided by the ORUUC congregation with financial help from Oak Ridge community members. [Read more…]
Clifton Truman Daniel
The Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association is hosting journalist Clifton Truman Daniel, oldest grandson of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, at a special speaking engagement at 7 p.m. Thursday at the New Hope Center.
Tickets to the lecture are $20, but the ORHPA is providing complimentary tickets to school teachers and their families, a press release said. [Read more…]
Pictured at a recent Music Arts recital are, front row, from left to right, Melody Guo, Torie Scott, Eli Ferguson, Atticus Harris, Catherine Albert, and Sam Neary; and second row, instructor Jodi Harbin, D.J. Roberts, instructor Lois White, Joseph LaFreniere, Kelsey LaFreniere, instructor Andy Bryenton, Bonnie Moon, and Melody Simmons. (Submitted photo)
Music Arts students recently played cello, piccolo, flute, and piano during a recital at West Village Christian Church on Robertsville Road.
“The performances went off without a hitch on Sunday afternoon, with applause filling the room as each of the students and instructors finished their performances,” a press release said. “This was something that we put on as a showcase of the many talents that abound here at Music Arts and was the first of 2013.”
Students that took part in the Feb. 24 recital were Sam Neary, Catherine Albert, Melody Guo, Eli Ferguson, Atticus Harris, D.J. Roberts, Joseph LaFreniere, Kelsey LaFreniere, Bonnie Moon, and Melody Simmons. [Read more…]
Emma Ellis
Hosting an international student is rewarding and fun, said Roane State Community College student exchange coordinator Emma Ellis.
“You get a different perspective, not only of the country the student is from but on the world and sometimes even on yourself,” Ellis said. “Hosting helps you grow as a person, and it’s fun.”
Roane State is seeking families to host international students. As student exchange coordinator, Ellis works directly with host families. She and her family are also hosting a student from Ukraine during the spring semester. [Read more…]
For its Women’s History Display at the Library this year, the American Association of University Women, or AAUW, has chosen to feature a forthcoming book,’’Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage,” which has been put together by the Tennessee Women Project.
The directors of the Tennessee Women Project, Ruth Johnson Smiley and Charlotte Crawford, will address the AAUW at its March 25 meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church Social Hall.
In previous years, “Women Leaders in World Government’’ have been featured, as well as ‘’Outstanding Women in East Tennessee,’’ in the organization’s Women’s History Month displays at the Library.
Bearden High School in Knoxville receives the High Point Trophy at a recent bridge building contest at the American Museum of Science and Energy. Pictured above, from left, are Bearden High School student Hayes Griffin, physics teacher William Schult, and students Jack Li, J.J. Shankles, David Maulick and Bryan Fitzsimmons. (Submitted photos)
The American Museum of Science and Energy has announced the winners in the East Tennessee Model Bridge Building Contest earlier this month.
The contest was held March 9 at AMSE. Students entered 113 model bridges, and 74 of those qualified to be tested, an AMSE press release said. The entries came from students at Oak Ridge High School, Bearden High School, Brentwood High School, Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Christ’s Legacy Academy, and two homeschool students. [Read more…]
This month’s ”Breakfast with the Legislators” will be on Monday morning at the Oak Ridge Civic Center.
The hour-long breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. in the Oak Ridge Civic Center Social Room. A free, light continental breakfast will be served. [Read more…]
