Young-Williams Animal Center in Knoxville is offering a special rate to spay or neuter pit bulls during the month of August.
The “Primp Your Pit (Bull)” spay/neuter program will only cost $20 for all pit bull owners, regardless of residency or income requirements, the release said.
The Boys Club Alumni Association will be working Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to update the press box and concession stand for the club’s upcoming football season.
The Alumni is working to revitalize the program and has partnered with Greg Palmer from Tennessee Tool and Engineering to purchase all new helmets and uniforms, according to an e-mail from Alumni President Aaron Wells.
Front row left to right: Kevin Parsons, Pam Young, Shelia Jones, Bobby Wilhoite, Robin Biloski, Carolyn Jacobs, Colten Gaines, Donna Forstrom, and Kathie Shearer. Back row left to right: Chuck Goins, Phillip Boatner, Dottie Thompson, Mike Marsh, Jennifer Enderson, Gene Caldwell, and Robbie Braden.
The Oak Ridge Lodge No. 1684 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has donated $1,000 to the Emory Valley Center’s Capital Fund Campaign, a press release said.
The goal of the Capital Fund Campaign is to help replace the Daniel Arther Rehabilitation Center on Emory Valley Road, which is scheduled to be torn down in early 2015. This building holds many of the Emory Valley Center’s programs.
“We are so thankful for the continued support of the community for our Capital Fund Campaign and look forward to continuing our relationship in the future,” said Jennifer Enderson, Emory Valley Center president.
Runners, get ready for a new and unique race on Saturday in Knoxville.
Runners in the Ace Your Pace 5K must guess their time, and race without wearing a watch, according to a press release from Girls on the Run of Greater Knoxville. All proceeds for this race will benefit this nonprofit organization.
The Anderson County Fair is in its last two days at the fairgrounds in Clinton, and the gates open at 5 p.m. today.
Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for kids ages 6 through 12, and free for kids under 6. An armband that will let you ride the rides all night long costs $20.
Local officials and community leaders meet at the International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge to talk about the city and some of its history in a live international webcast that was part of Saturday’s World Bell Festival. Pictured from left are Ray Smith, Shigeko Uppuluri, Katy Brown, Charlie Hensley, and Jeanie and Bill Wilcox.
A few dozen people turned out Saturday to celebrate the World Bell Festival in Oak Ridge.
The International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge represented North America during the festival, held in Apolda, Germany.
Local organizers used the Internet to connect to the festival and televise the ringing of the Friendship Bell. They also broadcast a short ceremony with Oak Ridge community leaders on Saturday afternoon at A.K. Bissell Park.
A Saturday morning breakfast in Oak Ridge will raise money for the Ulster Project, a program to foster peace in Northern Ireland.
The Irish Fry Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary’s cafeteria beneath the church at 327 Vermont Ave.
The Anderson County Fair starts Sunday–a day earlier than normal–with Fairest of the Fair pageants at Anderson County High School. The “Tiny Miss” pageant starts at 2 p.m., and the Princess, Junior and Senior Division pageants at 7 p.m.
Admission prices for Sunday’s events will be $5 for adults, $2 for kids ages 6 through 12, and free for kids under 6.
The doors to the fair open in earnest at 5 p.m. Monday, according to WYSH Radio in Clinton. Daily events include more than 60 commercial vendors, 15 concession vendors, the Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo, three nightly shows by Danny Supermagic Boywonder, Living Heritage demonstrations, and a nightly cash giveaway.
The American Museum of Science and Energy and Oak Ridge Public Library have partnered to offer free admission to library card holders.
The partnership is designed to make AMSE accessible to all Oak Ridge residents and to encourage them to have a library card, a press release said.
The Youth Leadership Class of 2012 celebrated their graduation from the program with a dinner featuring keynote speaker Hallerin Hilton Hill. (Photo submitted by Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.)
The Youth Leadership Oak Ridge class recently celebrated their graduation.
Knoxville radio talk show host Hallerin Hilton Hill was the speaker for the May event.
The cover of the ‘Four Paws’ handbook.
A free resource guide for pet owners in nine East Tennessee counties has been released.
“Four Paws: Handbook for a Pet-Friendly Community” is full of ideas, tips and tricks, and local initiatives to keep pets happy and healthy, a press release said.
A responsible pet-owning community can help decrease euthanasia rates by spaying and neutering pets, decreasing the number of animals surrendered to shelters, and reuniting more lost pets and their owners through the use of microchips and identification tags, the release said.
