Anderson County Schools will be closed Tuesday, January 10, due to icy conditions on county back roads and buses that aren’t able to run routes safely. The Central Office will follow the inclement weather procedure.
Clinton City Schools will also be closed Tuesday, January 10, due to weather conditions.
Roane County Schools will be operating on a two-hour delay. The Central Office will report at the normal time.
Using X-ray diffraction, ORNL’s Radu Custelcean analyzed the molecular structure of the simple guanidine compound and was surprised to find carbonate, a crystal that forms when carbon dioxide from air reacts with water. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)
By Sara Shoemaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a simple, reliable process to capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, offering a new option for carbon capture and storage strategies to combat global warming.
Ambient air is air that completely surrounds.
Initially, the ORNL team was studying methods to remove environmental contaminants such as sulfate, chromate, or phosphate from water. To remove those negatively charged ions, the researchers synthesized a simple compound known as guanidine designed to bind strongly to the contaminants and form insoluble crystals that are easily separated from water.
In the process, they discovered a method to capture and release carbon dioxide that requires minimal energy and chemical input. Their results are published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. [Read more…]
Progressive Martial Arts Academy in Oak Ridge has a free women’s self-defense seminar on Saturday.
The seminar starts at 2 p.m. Saturday. It’s a two-hour edition of the course, and space is available, said David Corrigan, owner and chief instructor at Progressive Martial Arts Academy.
Details are available here.
See the event flyer here.
Information from WYSH Radio
Two people were taken to an area emergency room early Saturday following a house fire in Claxton.
The fire was reported at a home in the 600 block of Foust Carney Road in Claxton at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Claxton firefighters and Anderson County deputies responded to the scene, as did members of the Anderson County EMS. [Read more…]
Members of the Oak Ridge Interfaith Dialogue group each have at least one favorite book that they find important and interesting, and at a Monday meeting, they can share these books with interfaith friends.
All those who attend will be encouraged to bring a book with them to display for the meeting. A few members have agreed in advance to present on a selected book at the meeting, which will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 9, in the Entry Forum of the Jewish Congregation at 101 West Madison Lane in Oak Ridge.
Among the selected books are the following: [Read more…]
ADFAC volunteer Carol Smallridge, left, and Burchfield’s Food and Beverage Manager Walter Duebler are pictured above. Burchfield’s, located at the DoubleTree in Oak Ridge, has been a loyal supporter of ADFAC for many years, and ADFAC says it’s proud Burchfield’s is participating in “A Year of Dine & Donate!” (Photo courtesy ADFAC)
Starting on Monday, 12 local restaurants will participate in ADFAC’s “A Year of Dine & Donate.”
On Dine & Donate Mondays (the second Monday of each month), the restaurants listed below will donate a significant portion of their daily sales to ADFAC.
In Clinton:
In Oak Ridge:
Both Subways in Clinton will participate and so will the Subway at 1968 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge, and the Subways in Oliver Springs and Rocky Top. [Read more…]
Ed Westcott, right, was the only official photographer in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project in World War II, a top-secret project to build the world’s first atomic bomb. Westcott is pictured above with D. Ray Smith, Y-12 National Security Complex historian and newspaper history columnist. (Photo courtesy D. Ray Smith)
A Tuesday program will focus on the construction of the city that is now Oak Ridge through Ed Westcott photographs.
The program is titled “The Building of the Atomic City—the Ed Wescott Photographs.” It will be presented by Emily Hunnicutt, Ed Westcott’s daughter, and Don Hunnicutt, Westcott’s son-in-law.
Westcott was the official photographer for the federal government in the city, which was once known as Clinton Engineer Works, during World War II. Oak Ridge was built as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project, a program to build the world’s first atomic bombs, before Germany could.
The Tuesday program is at noon at the University of Tennessee Resource Center at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike. It includes a lunch, and it’s sponsored by Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, or FORNL. This meeting is open to the public. [Read more…]
A new cross is installed at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge in November 2016. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
First United Methodist Church has an open house today to celebrate a recent renovation.
The open house is from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, January 8.
During the $600,000 renovation, the church upgraded audio visuals in both worship spaces, erected two new signs, and completely renovated the youth loft, second floor restrooms, hallways, welcome center, and classrooms. [Read more…]
Roads in Oak Ridge were mostly clear after snow on Friday night and Saturday morning, Jan. 6 and 7, 2017, but a few snowy spots remained. Pictured above is Orange Lane in north Oak Ridge. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Main roads in Oak Ridge were mostly clear after a snowstorm on Friday night and Saturday morning, but a few snowy spots remained on side streets.
Main streets such as Oak Ridge Turnpike and Illinois Avenue appeared to be completely clear. Heavily traveled secondary roads such as Tennessee Avenue, New York Avenue, Georgia Avenue, Rutgers Avenue, and Outer Drive appeared to be mostly or completely clear. The few snow-covered spots appeared to be mostly on side streets that aren’t as heavily traveled, such as Orange Lane and Orchard Lane in north Oak Ridge.
Much of the snow that fell Friday night and Saturday morning appeared to have melted, including on the hillside next to Blankenship Field that is often used for sledding after snow falls.
The National Weather Service isn’t forecasting any more snow until Tuesday, when there is a slight chance of rain and showers. [Read more…]
The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge is closed today (Saturday, January 7) due to the weather. The Amateur Radio Kids Day scheduled for this afternoon is canceled.
The museum will call those who had birthday parties scheduled for today to reschedule.
“The safety of our visitors and staff are important to us,” the Children’s Museum said.
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson delayed the opening of the Civic Center, Scarboro Center, and Senior Center until noon. The library also opened at noon.
