A Crossville artist will unveil her oil portrait of Manhattan Project photographer Ed Westcott during a ceremony at the American Museum of Science and Energy this afternoon.
The ceremony is scheduled from 2-4 p.m. Westcott and at least one son and daughter are expected to attend, and a small reception will follow the unveiling ceremony, a press release said.
Games, prizes, a balloon drop and more special activities will be featured at the Children’s Museum Carnival, a Super Saturday event from 1-4 p.m. March 2 at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.
The carnival will have a special Preschool Zone for children age 5 and younger, and bingo games for everyone. All items will be $1 at lunch. The carnival is free with admission to the museum. [Read more…]
The Soccer Club of Oak Ridge is offering a soccer academy in March for boys and girls between 5 and 8 years old.
The academy includes eight weeks of training that starts March 19 at Katie Hunter Field in Oak Ridge.
This month’s “Breakfast with the Legislators” will be 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.
Jeff Holt, pictured above in the green jacket and baseball cap, will lead a Saturday morning hike for fathers and daughters at the University of Tennessee Arboretum in Oak Ridge. (Submitted photo)
The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will have its 2013 Father-Daughter Hike on Saturday at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge.
The hike starts at 9 a.m. Saturday in the UT Arboretum parking lot at 901 S. Illinois Ave.
To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org.
A possible expansion of Medicaid will be discussed at an Anderson County Interagency Coalition meeting next week.
Representatives of all health and social service providers in Anderson County are invited to attend, a press release said.
The meeting will be held at the Anderson County Health Department from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Members of the John Rice Irwin-Anderson County Chapter of Sons of the Revolution present Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank with a framed patriotic image in appreciation of her commitment to historic preservation. (Submitted photo)
The John Rice Irwin-Anderson County Chapter of Sons of the Revolution honored the county mayor earlier this month for her commitment to historic preservation, a press release said.
It said chapter members delivered a surprise token of appreciation at Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank’s office on Feb. 4.
Pictured above are, from left, David Samuels, Amy Long, and Robin Biloski. (Submitted photo)
The Samuels family of Oak Ridge opened up their hearts in a very big way to Emory Valley Center recently by donating a handicapped accessible van to the center. I had the opportunity to sit and talk to David Samuels, son of Garland and Marie Samuels, who donated the vehicle, and he provided me this great story.
“The van was bought by my dad for my mom, Marie, and used in her later years. We were all very familiar with the outreach of EVC, as my sister Jane was a former service recepient at EVC years ago. My mom advocated for those with intellectual disabilities; she served on the Board of ARC from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. In fact, she was chosen as the ARC Volunteer of the Year twice in the 1990s. Helping people who needed us most was just a part of our family culture growing up.
This year’s Catch the Leprechaun 5K, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, has moved to Melton Lake Park, organizers said.
The 5K is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, March 9. The race course will follow Melton Lake Drive and greenway, a press release said.
Keep Anderson County Beautiful is having two clean-up kickoff events and litter awareness campaigns in March.
It’s part of the 2013 Great American Cleanup Clean-up Challenge, a press release said.
Members of the Ridge City Ramblers are, from left, Gary Coleman, Mary Tuskan, Scott Linn, Abbie Hoerner, Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan and Steve Reddick. (Submitted photo)
A March 2 fundraiser that features music, a barbecue dinner, and auctions will support an organization that helps abused or neglected children in Anderson, Blount and Scott counties who are under court protection.
CASA of the Tennessee Heartland’s 10th Annual Barbeque and Bluegrass Bash is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Junior Achievement – Hollingsworth Center in Clinton.
The musicians scheduled to perform are hammer dulcimer player Allen McBride and bluegrass and Americana group the Ridge City Ramblers, featuring Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, a press release said.
A retired professor of philosophy, religion, and community health will discuss the separation of church and state during a Tuesday presentation at Lunch with the League.
Paul W. Sharkey, who has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and a postdoctoral master of public health degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, will be the featured speaker at Tuesday’s lunch, which starts at noon in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church.
