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Roane State course teaches emergency responders lessons learned from combat

Posted at 10:23 pm January 27, 2015
By Roane State Community College Leave a Comment

Roane State Combat Care Course

Roane State’s Kirk Harris (second from left, facing camera) reviews the main points from the college’s two-day combat casualty care/tactical emergency casualty care course. (Photo courtesy Roane State)

 

Roane State Community College’s Kirk Harris believes details save lives.

Harris, director of continuing healthcare and safety education, recently started offering a course on tactical combat casualty care/tactical emergency casualty care. The course applies lessons learned from the experiences of U.S. soldiers and the latest research on combat care in Iraq and Afghanistan to situations first responders could face.

“Unfortunately, we are seeing law enforcement incidents that are more like military combat, such as mass shootings at schools and industries,” Harris said. “We can learn a lot from the experiences of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. This course brings that knowledge together.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Health, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, combat care, continuing healthcare, first responders, Iraq, Kirk Harris, Roane State Community College, safety education, soldiers, tactical combat casualty care, tactical emergency casualty care

Photos: Welcome home for Afghanistan vet

Posted at 9:13 am December 17, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Fire Department Tower Truck

The Oak Ridge Fire Department and its tower truck help welcome home an Afghanistan veteran on Saturday. (Pictures by Tom Scott)

 

The Oak Ridge community and the Oak Ridge Fire Department welcomed Sgt. Charles Dozema upon his return from a nine-month tour in Afghanistan at the intersection of the Oak Ridge Turnpike on Saturday afternoon.

Here are a few pictures by Tom Scott. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Charles Dozema, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Tom Scott, veteran, welcome home

Veterans Day Parade in Clinton tonight

Posted at 9:11 am November 11, 2014
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The 8th Annual Anderson County Veterans Day Parade is tonight in downtown Clinton.

This years’ theme is “Welcome Home for All Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans.” This year’s grand marshal will be all Anderson County Iraqi/Afghanistan War Veterans.

The parade starts at 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, November 11). It’s presented by the director of veterans services for Anderson County and the Clinton American Legion Post #172 in partnership with the Tennesseans for Living History. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Anderson County Veterans Day Parade, Clinton, Iraq, Leon Jaquet, Lynn, parade, Veterans Day, war veterans

Sponsored: International gem hunter to exhibit 60,000 gems at Karen’s Jewelers

Posted at 11:06 am September 26, 2014
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Gary Bowersox at Luc Yen, Vietnam Gem Market

Gary Bowersox, right, purchases sapphires, aquamarines, and spinels in the Luc Yen, Vietnam, gem market.

 

Gary Bowersox has ridden camels, mules, sheep trucks, and tanks to explore remote mines in eastern Asia in search of gems. He has climbed mountains and watched miners use primitive techniques to blast gems and minerals from the earth.

A gem hunter who has sought gemstones around the world for 47 years, Bowersox will bring his Smithsonian-style show of rough gems and minerals, precision-cut gemstones and designer jewelry to Karen’s Jewelers in Oak Ridge from Thursday through Saturday, October 2-4.

More than 60,000 gems will be on display at the gem show and sale at Karen’s Jewelers, which is at 1120 Oak Ridge Turnpike. The exhibit will be open from noon.-6 p.m. October 2, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. October 3, and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. October 4.

Gem exploration has taken Bowersox this year to Afghanistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and to Germany to have gems carved. He climbed mountains to Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli mines, where miners have worked veins of the rich blue semi-precious stone for thousands of years. He visited the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, where explosions set off with little warning reveal green stains marking emerald-bearing rock. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Sponsored Posts Tagged With: Afghanistan, amethyst, antique jewelry, aquamarine, Australia, black opal, Cambodia, citrine, designer jewelry, eastern Asia, emerald, garnet, Gary Bowersox, gem hunter, gems, gemstones, Gemstones of Afghanistan, Germany, jade, jewelry, Karen's Jewelers, lazuli, minerals, morganite, ruby, Sapphire, sculpture, spinel, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Gem Hunter, topaz, tourmaline, Vietnam, white quartz

UT’s Medal of Honor involvement very special for grad student and her dad

Posted at 11:20 am September 15, 2014
By University of Tennessee Leave a Comment

Peter and Laura Lemon at Medal of Honor Convention

Medal of Honor recipient Peter Lemon, on the right, sits next to his daughter, Laura Lemon, a University of Tennessee doctoral student. They are surrounded by UT public relations students, some of whom are in Laura Lemon’s class. (Photos courtesy UT)

 

KNOXVILLE—Graduate teaching associate Laura Lemon found herself in an interesting spot at last week’s Medal of Honor Town Hall at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

On one side of her sat her public relations students, eagerly taking notes to write a press release about the event. On the other side sat her father, Medal of Honor recipient Peter Lemon.

A doctoral student, Laura Lemon said her involvement with UT’s Medal of Honor Project began last year when she went to Assistant Professor Nick Geidner’s office for help in one of his classes that she was taking.

Geidner directs the Medal of Honor Project, which is an award-winning service-learning collaboration between UT’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media and the 2014 Medal of Honor Convention, held last week in Knoxville. (It included a Town Hall Forum in Oak Ridge on Friday.) Through the project, students produced written, audio, and video pieces related to the convention. Although the convention is over, the project will continue sharing stories about Medal of Honor recipients and become a model for other universities that want to partner with future conventions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Clinton Romesha, Donald "Doc" Ballard, Laura Lemon, Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor Convention, Medal of Honor Project, Medal of Honor Town Hall, Nick Geidner, Peter Lemon, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, Taliban, U.S. Army, University of Tennessee, UT, Vietnam

Fleischmann urges caution on U.S. response to Iraq

Posted at 5:29 pm June 17, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann

Chuck Fleischmann

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann on Friday urged caution in responding to the rapid advance of militants who have taken control of a wide swath of Iraq and are pressing on toward Baghdad.

Fleischmann was in Oak Ridge during the annual two-day Secret City Festival.

The militants are known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The Sunni organization was once part of Al Qaeda, and it has effectively gained control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria during the past year, including Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city. There have been battles in Baquba, less than 40 miles north of Baghdad.

Now, the United States and other countries are struggling with how to respond. Among the options that have been proposed are airstrikes and working with Iran to repel the rebels. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, Uncategorized Tagged With: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Arab Spring, Baghdad, Chuck Fleischmann, eastern United States, Egypt, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Middle East, Mosul, North Africa, Oak Ridge, rebels, Secret City Festival, Shiite Muslims, Sunnis

Memorial Day ceremony honors 181 Anderson County residents who died in conflicts

Posted at 9:34 am May 27, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Memorial Day Wreath-laying

From left, Anderson County Veteran Services Director Leon Jaquet, Mayor Terry Frank, and Tennessee Rep. John Ragan take part in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony on Monday at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton.

 

CLINTON—More than 100 Anderson County residents have died in conflicts from the Revolutionary War more than 200 years ago to the ongoing war on terrorism and battles in Afghanistan, a county official said during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday.

Those 181 heroes are remembered and their names inscribed on the Veterans Memorial at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton, Veteran Services Director Leon Jaquet said.

“We gather here today in remembrance of our nation’s heroes, especially our county’s heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in support of this nation’s agenda throughout the world,” Jaquet said. “Our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters who served this country to protect our freedoms and wrote that final check with their lives in support of freedom and democracy.”

Jaquet recognized guests at Monday’s ceremony, including Glen and Amy Morris, parents of Staff Sgt. Daniel Morris, who was killed in Iraq in 2006, and Gerald and Kathy Hovater, parents of Cpl. Jason Hovater, who died in Afghanistan in 2008.

“We remember the 1.3 million Americans who have made the supreme sacrifice during this nation’s wars, from the Revolutionary War to the continued War on Terrorism and Afghanistan,” Jaquet said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, airmen, Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Veterans Services, conflicts, Daniel Morris, Iraq, Jason Hovater, John Ragan, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, military personnel, Persian Gulf, sailors, soldiers, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial, Vietnam, war

A Hero’s Welcome: Community thanks soldier returning from Afghanistan

Posted at 10:41 am February 10, 2014
By John Huotari 5 Comments

Welcome Home Sgt. Neal Martin

An estimated 150 people welcome home U.S. Army Sgt. Neal Martin, who served 10 months in Afghanistan.

It might have been the first organized welcome-home ceremony for a veteran returning home from overseas in more than two decades. Organizers hope it won’t be the last.

An impromptu, grassroots ceremony on Monday morning welcomed home U.S. Army Sgt. Neal Martin, who returned to Oak Ridge after serving for 10 months in Afghanistan.

Val Emery, a friend of Martin’s wife Julie Martin, was the chief organizer.

“Every soldier deserves a hero’s welcome,” said Emery, who described herself as a “military brat” whose grandfather was killed in Laos in 1966 and has his name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Julie Martin, Larry Hale, Lee West, Neal Martin, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Patriot Guard Riders, Sgt. Neal Martin, Trina Baughn, Val Emery, veteran, welcome home

Monday ceremony will welcome soldier returning home from Afghanistan

Posted at 12:39 am February 9, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Friends of a solider returning home from a 10-month tour in Afghanistan have organized a Monday morning welcome-home ceremony in Oak Ridge.

The family of U.S. Army Sgt. Neal Martin is expected to arrive in Oak Ridge at about 8 a.m. Monday.

The family is coming from Gatlinburg and plan to arrive in Oak Ridge on Pellissippi Parkway before driving down Lafayette Drive, then down New York and Vermont avenues in a newer-model Nissan Rogue with license plate number M33-23P, organizers said.

Organizer Valarie Emery said several businesses and emergency workers are participating in various ways. Among other things, she is trying to get local businesses to change their signs to welcome Martin home. She is asking those who are interested in participating in the welcome-home ceremony on Monday to meet at New York Avenue and Oak Ridge Turnpike, or New York and Vermont avenues, or Vermont and Venus Road. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Neal Martin, soldier, Valarie Emery, welcome home

Weekly memorial for veterans moves to Municipal Building on Sunday

Posted at 11:35 pm December 14, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Friendship Bell Repairs

A symbol of the friendship between Oak Ridge and Japan, the 20-year-old Friendship Bell at Alvin K. Bissell Park is closed while the city make repairs to the structure holding up the bell.

Since the structure housing the Friendship Bell is under repair for an indeterminate amount of time, the group that has met each week for more than 400 Sundays to ring the Friendship Bell in remembrance of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in recent years, for Anderson County veterans of American wars, will meet Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Veterans Memorial/Flag Pole in front of the Oak Ridge Municipal Building.

The memorial is at 12:20 p.m. Sunday.

The group, which varies in composition and number, plans to meet each week when the weather forecast is dry, a press release said. When the weather forecast is wet, the names to be read in memorium will be saved for the next gathering. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Afghanistan, Charles Jones, Friendship Bell, Iraq, memorial, Oak Ridge Municipal Building, Tom Burns, veterans

Gem hunter brings Smithsonian style exhibit to Karen’s Jewelers

Posted at 8:36 pm September 29, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Karen’s Jewelers will host a Smithsonian style exhibit of gems and jewelry from Central Asia and Australia Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 2-4, when adventurer Gary Bowersox brings his collection of more than 60,000 gems to Oak Ridge.

Bowersox has hunted for gems this year in the mines of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and India, as well as Australia. Among his finds are a rare 29 carat black opal from Lightening Ridge, Australia, and an 1,100 carat ruby from Tajikistan. Both will be on display at the gem show at Karen’s Jewelers, 1120 Oak Ridge Turnpike. The exhibit will be on display from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Business, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, aquamarine, Australia, Central Asia, emerald, Gary Bowersox, gems, gemstones, Gemstones of Afghanistan, India, jewelry, Karen's Jewelers, kunzite, mine, minerals, ruby, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, The Gem Hunter, tourmaline, U.S. Agency for International Development

Fifth ‘In God We Trust’ sign, flagpole, vets memorial celebrated at courthouse

Posted at 2:40 pm September 21, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Anderson County General Session Court In God We Trust Sign

Steve McDonald of Calvary Baptist Church introduces a new “In God We Trust” sign on the side of the Anderson County General Sessions Division II Courthouse in Oak Ridge.

A sign inscribed with the national motto “In God We Trust” was unveiled on the side of a Anderson County courthouse in Oak Ridge on Friday.

It’s the fifth “In God We Trust” sign to be posted on a county courthouse since July in a citizen-led initiative that has prompted a debate over the proper separation of church and state.

Also celebrated during a lunchtime ceremony Friday were a flagpole and memorial to five Anderson County veterans killed in the past decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County Veterans Office, Atomic City Tool, Brad Heun, Daniel Morris, flagpole, Glenn Morris, In God We Trust, Iraq, Kathy Moore, Leon Jaquet, Lynn Byrge, Oak Ridge Veterans of Foreign Wars, Robert McKamey, Robert Smith, Ron Murch, Secret City, secular, Separation of Church and State, Stephen Flick, veterans, Veterans Memorial

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