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Letter: Chinn can help make needed changes

Posted at 4:11 pm November 1, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

To the Editor:

There was a recent letter to the editor in The Oak Ridger with mention of how involved a candidate should (or should not be) while running for City Council. I was disappointed that this person would not expect or want a person to be extremely active in our community prior to being elected.

Rick Chinn was specifically mentioned as being too involved to be a good candidate. Does that person realize how backwards that is? We don’t want a heavily involved businessman, community leader, and father to lead our city in the future? My candidate must have all these skills and more to get my vote! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Beth Palmer, businessman, City Council, community leader, Eric Tobler, growth, Rick Chinn, vote

Ecologist, community leader receives Rotary Club Vocational Service Award

Posted at 11:14 am November 29, 2013
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

Chuck Coutant

Chuck Coutant

Chuck Coutant, a retired Oak Ridge National Laboratory fish biologist and active community leader for more than 40 years, recently received the Vocational Service Award of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge at the club’s noon luncheon meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel.

A native of upstate New York and resident of Oak Ridge since 1970, Coutant was recognized for his leadership in the community in environmental and cultural activities, his excellence as an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist, and his influence on national and international environmental policies.

Currently, Coutant is a consultant to power companies for environmental evaluation of cooling systems and is president of Friends of ORNL. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tagged With: American Fisheries Society, Carolyn Krause, Chuck Coutant, Citizens Council for Clinch River Planning, Clean Water Act, Committee of 50, community leader, Environmental Quality Advisory Board, Environmental Sciences Division, EQAB, fish biologist, Friends of ORNL, North Ridge Trail, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Community Foundation, Oak Ridge Marina, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, ORNL Distinguished Scientist of the Year, Rotary Club, Rotary Club Vocational Service Award, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, U.S. Department of Energy, Vocational Service Award, volunteer of the year, Y-12 Plant

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