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Today: Harlem Ambassadors for Habitat, former NASA chief astronomer, Smith on Three Bend

Posted at 11:28 am March 24, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

A reminder—There are three events happening this evening: the Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show in a benefit for Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, a former chief astronomer at NASA who is referred to as the “mother of the Hubble Telescope” discussing the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to black holes, and local historian and writer Ray Smith discussing the Three Bend Scenic and Wildlife Management Refuge Area of the Oak Ridge Reservation.

The Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show starts at 6 p.m. today (Thursday, March 24) at Wildcat Arena at Oak Ridge High School. This show is not only entertaining, organizers said, it also brings an important message to kids: “Stay off drugs, stay in school, don’t be a bully!”

Individuals have sponsored tickets so that student-athletes in Anderson County can come to the game for free.

The “opposing” team, the Habi-bats, is made up of local coaches and other local basketball standouts.

“We hope to fill the arena and sell lots of hotdogs, all in an effort to raise money to build and repair homes in Anderson County,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: AAUW, Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation, AFORR, Alyssa Bryant, American Association of University Women, American Museum of Science and Energy, Charlotte Bowers, Clark Center Park, Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series, FORNL, Freels Cabin, Friends of ORNL, Grove Center, Habi-bats, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Harlem Ambassadors, Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Telescope, Manhattan Project, Nancy Grace Roman, NASA, NASA Astronomy and Relativity Programs, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Reservation, Office of Space Science, ReStore, Roane State Community College, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Three Bend Scenic and Wildlife Management Refuge Area, TNBank, U.S. Department of Energy, Wildcat Arena, wildlife management area

Three arrested, crowd pepper-sprayed during arrests at fireworks show

Posted at 2:58 pm July 2, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Information from WYSH Radio

Three people were arrested Saturday night during the “Fire on the Water” fireworks show at Sequoyah Marina on Norris Lake after a disturbance that ended with an Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputy deploying pepper spray on an allegedly angry crowd of onlookers.

The incident began at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when a homeowner on Sequoyah Drive approached three deputies assigned to a special detail to monitor the festivities and told them that he was having a private engagement party on his property. He told the deputies that two men and a woman had come onto the property from the public area roped off for fireworks viewing, taken beer, threatened party guests, and refused to leave. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaron Rodriguez-McCleary, Alyssa Bryant, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bradley Nimitz, disorderly conduct, disturbance, Fire on the Water, fireworks, Norris Lake, party, pepper spray, public intoxication, resisting arrest, Sequoyah Drive, Sequoyah Marina, Shawn Bannach, William Lucas

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