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ETEC presents 2012 Muddy Boot awards, Young Professional Medal

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Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell

Bonnie Carroll

Bonnie Carroll

The East Tennessee Economic Council on Friday named three new recipients of the Muddy Boot Award, a tribute to individuals who through their work and community activities make East Tennessee a stronger region. It also presented the eighth annual Postma Young Professional Medal.

This year’s Muddy Boot honorees were Bonnie Carroll, chairman of the board and chief knowledge officer of Information International Associates, or IIa; Jenny Freeman, vision implementation manager of Strata-G; and Jim Campbell, president of ETEC.

The 2012 Postma Young Professional Medal winner was Rebecca Crowe, small business advocate for Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

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Things to do in Oak Ridge this weekend

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Activities in Oak Ridge this weekend include a free movie, Christmas tree lighting, and Children’s Museum gala tonight and the annual Christmas parade tomorrow.

There is also a CONTACT Helpline pancake breakfast, rides with Santa on the Secret City Excursion Train, and the Roane State Community College holiday concert in Harriman.

See the Oak Ridge Today events calendar for more information.

The calendar is updated as we receive more information.

Pancake breakfast to benefit CONTACT Helpline

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A pancake breakfast at Lincoln’s Sports Grille on Saturday will benefit CONTACT Helpline.

The breakfast is from 8 to 10 a.m., and it will feature local “celebrity servers,” a press release said.

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UT-Battelle Angel Tree delivers clothing, gifts for children in need

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Heather Terry and Angel Tree Gifts

Team UT-Battelle volunteer Heather Terry sorts Angel Tree gifts donated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees. (Submitted photos)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Team UT-Battelle Angel Tree effort delivered clothing and gifts to area community agencies and schools this week. The items will brighten the holiday season for 240 needy children.

The gifts range from bikes to toys to clothes. Employees can also make monetary donations. In fact, members of the Atomic Labor and Trades Council, the laboratory bargaining unit, contributed $500.

The laboratory’s Angel Tree is electronic: Lab staff members can access a web page that offers anonymous selections of children from surrounding counties including Anderson, Roane, Loudon, Morgan, Union, Blount, Campbell and Knox. The donor can then donate a gift based on the child’s age, gender, size and interests provided by the website. As in past years, all 240 of the tree’s virtual “ornaments” were selected.

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Oak Ridge Christmas parade on Saturday

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More than 100 businesses, clubs, and community organizations have registered for the Oak Ridge Christmas Parade on Saturday.

The parade will start at 6 p.m. Saturday at Corporate Center on the corner of Lafayette Drive and Laboratory Road. From there, it will travel down Lafayette to the Oak Ridge Turnpike. It will continue west on the Turnpike to Oak Ridge High School.

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Knights of Columbus donates to Emory Valley Center

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Knights Chapter Emory Valley Center Donation

The Emory Valley Center recently received a $477 donation from the M.R. Foundation of Tennessee Inc., a Tennessee Knights of Columbus Clinton Chapter charity. EVC President Jennifer Enderson accepted the donation from Michael Haka of the Knights of Columbus. (Submitted photo)

The Emory Valley Center in Oak Ridge recently received a $477 donation from Knights of Columbus Clinton Chapter.

The Emory Valley Center is in the middle of a fund-raising campaign to build a new facility next to its current offices on Emory Valley Road.

EVC President Jennifer Enderson accepted the recent donation from Michael Haka of the Knights of Columbus.

The money came from the M.R. Foundation of Tennessee Inc., Tennessee Knights of Columbus Clinton Chapter charity, a press release said.

Federal funds available through United Way for emergency food, shelter programs

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Anderson County has been awarded almost $30,000 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.

The money will be used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county, the United Way of Anderson County said in a Wednesday morning press release.

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YAB, Grove Theater host Breakfast with Santa

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Santa at Grove Theater

The 13th Annual Breakfast with Santa was at the Grove Theater on Saturday. (Photos courtesy of Matt Reedy)

The 13th Annual Breakfast with Santa was at the Grove Theater on Saturday.

It was hosted by the Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board and Grove Theater. Matt Reedy, the city staff liaison to the YAB, submitted a few photos from the event.

Activities at Saturday’s Breakfast with Santa included a breakfast buffet, Christmas crafts, holiday movies in the theater, and photos with Santa.

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New federal health insurance law discussed Tuesday

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Paula Flowers

Paula Flowers

Attorney and business executive Paula Flowers will discuss the effects of the new federal health care law during a Tuesday meeting in Oak Ridge.

Flowers will also discuss the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent announcement of an award to support a new project to design, license, and help commercialize small nuclear reactors in the United States. The award was given to Babcock & Wilcox in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bechtel.

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Clinton Christmas Parade tonight

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The Clinton Christmas Parade starts at 6 p.m. today on Christin Drive near the Anderson County Fairgrounds.

It proceeds down Eagle Bend Road, which is south of Charles G. Seivers Boulevard and runs roughly parallel to it. The parade ends at the Clinton Community Center.

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Youth board will Christmas shop for Angel Tree children

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Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board Angel Tree Group

Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board Angel Tree Group (Submitted photo)

The Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board would like to thank everyone who supported YAB programs and events in 2012.

YAB members recently voted to use the proceeds from recent events to do Christmas shopping for six Salvation Army Angel Tree children.

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Registration under way for wilderness first responder course

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Roane State Community College’s Continuing Healthcare and Safety Education Department is accepting sign-ups for its Wilderness First Responder course.

Held at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, Wilderness First Responder provides extensive training in handling medical emergencies in the wilderness. The class is designed for those who operate extensively in the outdoors, such as outdoors enthusiasts, wilderness guides, environmental educators, and missionaries.

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