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Manhattan Project Park will commemorate atomic bomb effects

Posted at 12:14 pm July 14, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The International Friendship Bell is pictured above in Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge. (Photo courtesy National Park Service)

The Manhattan Project National Historical Park will ring the International Friendship Bell 76 times on Friday morning, August 6, to commemorate the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 76 years ago.

The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945. It was the first atomic bomb used in war and the first of two dropped on Japan near the end of World War II. Uranium for the first bomb, which was code-named “Little Boy,” was enriched in Oak Ridge. The bomb had about 140 pounds of uranium fuel and had an explosive force equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, according to Atomic Heritage. Between 90,000 and 166,000 people are believed to have died from the 10-foot, 9,700-pound bomb in the four-month period following the explosion, Atomic Heritage said.

The National Park Service is calling the August 6 ceremony “Days of Peace and Remembrance.”

“During this silent event, we will be requesting visitors to come up and ring the bell,” a press release said. “Visitors will be able to write down their own hopes and messages of peace.”

The United States dropped a second atomic bomb, a plutonium-fueled weapon, on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, three days after the Hiroshima bombing. It had about 13.6 pounds of plutonium fuel and an explosive force equivalent to 21,000 tons of TNT. About 80,000 Japanese died by the end of 1945 because of that bomb, which was called “Fat Man,” Atomic Heritage said.

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Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, History, History, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: atomic bomb, Atomic Heritage, atomic weapons, Days of Peace and Remembrance, Fat Man, Hiroshima, International Friendship Bell, Japan, Little Boy, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Nagasaki, National Park Service, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, OREPA, Peace Pavilion, uranium, World War II

Volunteers to learn karesansui raking techniques for Friendship Bell Garden

Posted at 2:28 pm October 17, 2019
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Gene Patterson, center, of CNS Y-12, watches as volunteers rake designs in the karesansui garden at the International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge. (Submitted photo)

 

Volunteers who are designing and maintaining the new Japanese dry landscape garden at the International Friendship Bell Peace Pavilion received special rakes for the garden earlier this summer from Consolidated Nuclear Security, the contractor for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

CNS-Y12 presented the volunteers with rakes featuring stainless steel blades, made by craftspeople at Y-12 especially for the karesansui garden, which features patterns in fine gravel raked around boulders or stones, a press release said.

“We believe these are the first stainless steel rakes to be used in these traditional karesansui gardens, a centuries-old garden tradition,” said Pat Postma, co-chair of the International Friendship Bell Citizens Advisory Committee. “The rakes have traditionally been made from wood, but I find the weight of the stainless steel rakes makes deeper furrows and longer-lasting designs. CNS and Y-12 continued Oak Ridge’s tradition of innovation by creating these rakes with stainless steel blades. We are glad that CNS offered to make these for us.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Duane Starr, Gene Patterson, International Friendship Bell, karesansui garden, Pat Postma, Peace Pavilion, Y-12 National Security Complex

Oak Ridge city manager honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from University of Kansas

Posted at 10:32 am November 18, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kansas University City Managers and Trainees Alumni Organization (KUCIMAT) on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, during a banquet at the International City/County Management Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. (Submitted photo)

Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kansas University City Managers and Trainees Alumni Organization (KUCIMAT) on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, during a banquet at the International City/County Management Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. (Submitted photo)

 

Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kansas University City Managers and Trainees Alumni Organization (KUCIMAT) on Sunday, October 22, during a banquet at the International City/County Management Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, a press release said.

The KU Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have, through cumulative career achievements and successes, furthered the purpose of the KUCIMAT organization, the press release said. As stated in his nomination for the award, written by his son Kevin Watson, “Mark’s passion for local government combined with his strong leadership and commitment to mentoring the next generation of managers made him an ideal candidate.”

Speaking about the award, Watson said: “I was deeply surprised and honored that my fellow city managers from across the nation and United Kingdom had recognized me for my work. Members of my family, a number of friends, and many of my past interns, who are now practicing city managers, were there honoring me with their attendance.”

Watson is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public administration in city management, the press release said. Watson was selected as city manager of Oak Ridge in August 2010 after a 30-year career in local government. He is a second-generation city manager and has served in that capacity since 1981, the press release said. Before arriving in Oak Ridge, Watson served as city manager to six cities in Texas, Montana, and Arizona. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: city management, city manager, International City/County Management Association, International City/County Management Association Annual Conference, International Friendship Bell, Kansas University City Managers and Trainees Alumni Organization, Kevin Watson, KU Lifetime Achievement Award, KUCIMAT, Lifetime Achievement Award, Main Street—Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge City Manager, riverfront development, University of Kansas, Warren Gooch

Celebration of Oak Ridge’s 75th anniversary started Friday

Posted at 11:34 am September 15, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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A reminder: The 14-month celebration of Oak Ridge’s 75th anniversary starts today (Friday, September 15).

Today’s celebration will feature guest speaker Denise Kiernan, author of “The Girls of Atomic City” and “The Last Castle,” at 6 p.m. at the Historic Grove Theater. There will be a book signing, and Kiernan’s book will be available for sale.

Ed Westcott, the official government photographer in Oak Ridge during the top-secret Manhattan Project in World War II, will be the honored guest from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Family members Don and Emily Hunnicutt will present a slide show of Westcott photos with a question-and-answer session.

“You will never grow tired of Ed’s photographs, which tell the enormous Oak Ridge Manhattan Project story,” according to the Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, which is presenting the celebration.

The celebration starts with historical displays at 2 p.m. There will be a wide variety of artifacts, posters, and displays for you to enjoy, the ORHPA said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 75th anniversary, 75th Anniversary Committee, A Pin, atomic bomb, Clinton Engineer Works, D. Ray Smith, Denise Kiernana, Don and Emily Hunnicutt, Ed Westcott, Fat Man, Fire Prevention Parade and Community Festival, Friends of the Grove, Graphite Reactor, Hanford, Historic Grove Theater, International Friendship Bell, K-25, Leslie Groves, Little Boy, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORHPA, plutonium, Site X, The Girls of Atomic City, U.S. Department of Energy, Warren Gooch, World War II, X-10, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex

Council to consider construction contract for Peace Bell Pavilion

Posted at 6:41 pm September 9, 2017
By John Huotari 1 Comment

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Design of the Peace Pavilion for the Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell by Demian\Wilbur\Architects, Washington, D.C.

 

The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday will consider a construction contract for the Oak Ridge Peace Bell Pavilion. The contract, which would include associated site work, could be worth up to $440,000. It could be awarded to First Place Finish Inc. of Oak Ridge, the low bidder.

The new Peace Pell Pavilion would support the International Friendship Bell, which will continue to be at Alvin K. Bissell Park in central Oak Ridge but will move to a slightly different location within the park.

The contract award will be made after negotiations with First Place Finish to reduce the project scope to meet available funding, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Director Jon Hetrick said in a September 5 memo to City Manager Mark Watson. The bids for the project exceeded the project budget, Hetrick said.

The bid from First Place Finish had a price of $698,900. The other bid, from Holston Construction Services LLC of Knoxville, had a price of $840,000. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, City of Oak Ridge, construction contract, First Place Finish Inc., Holston Construction Services LLC, International Friendship Bell, Japan, Jon Hetrick, Manhattan Project, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, ORAU, Peace Bell Pavilion, Peace Bell Rebuild Committee, Peace Pavilion, Ram and Shigeko Uppuluri, Tetra Tech Inc., World War II

Business leaders support new life for Friendship Bell

Posted at 12:20 pm June 2, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Pictured above are Alan Tatum, left, and Ken Rueter. (Photo by UCOR)

Pictured above are Alan Tatum, left, and Ken Rueter. (Photo by UCOR)

 

Submitted

When Ken Rueter and Alan Tatum met beside the iconic Friendship Bell in Bissell Park recently, they took a moment to reflect on the importance of preserving what the Bell symbolizes to the Oak Ridge community.

Tatum, an accelerator systems and stable isotopes group leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is co-chair of the International Friendship Bell Advisory Committee along with Pat Postma. Rueter is President and Project Manager of URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, or UCOR, cleanup contractor for the East Tennessee Technology Park and other sites on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Reservation. Both men serve on the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Advisory Board.

The occasion of their May meeting was UCOR’s donation of $15,000 toward an effort to construct a new peace pavilion for the 8,300-pound bronze bell. Cast in Japan in 1993, the bell was dedicated at its current location in 1996 as a 50th anniversary landmark for the creation of the City of Oak Ridge, home to nuclear production facilities that helped end World War II. The bell symbolizes the bonds of peace and friendship that have been forged by Oak Ridge and Japan in the decades since the war ended. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alan Tatum, Bissell Park, City of Oak Ridge, International Friendship Bell, International Friendship Bell Advisory Committee, Ken Rueter, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Rotary Club, Oak Ridge Rotary Community Foundation, UCOR

Anderson County Commission allocates $10,000 to Friendship Bell fund drive

Posted at 8:24 pm April 3, 2017
By Kay Brookshire 1 Comment

Anderson County Commissioners present a $10,000 check for the new Peace Pavilion to house the International Friendship Bell to Shigeko Uppuluri, left, and Pat Postma, right. Commissioners are Theresa Scott and Steve Emert, Commission chair, front; and in back from left, Jerry Creasey, Myron Iwanski, Phil Yager, Whitey Hitchcock, and Steve Mead. (Submitted photo)

Anderson County Commissioners present a $10,000 check for the new Peace Pavilion to house the International Friendship Bell to Shigeko Uppuluri, left, and Pat Postma, right. Commissioners are Theresa Scott and Steve Emert, Commission chair, front center; and in back from left, Jerry Creasey, Myron Iwanski, Phil Yager, Whitey Hitchcock, and Steve Mead. (Submitted photo)

 

Several Anderson County Commissioners recently gathered at the International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge to present a $10,000 check for the new Peace Pavilion that will become the Bell’s new home in Bissell Park.

The Commission voted unanimously earlier this year to allocate $10,000 to help replace the pavilion housing the Bell after structural beams in the original pavilion deteriorated and the structure had to be demolished in 2014.

“We have to preserve the Bell,” said County Commission Chair Steve Emert. “It is important for tourism, for history, and especially for its message of friendship.”

“The Bell will be a key part of the story that the Manhattan Project National Historical Park is going to tell. This benefits the whole county, not just Oak Ridge,” added County Commissioner Myron Iwanski. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, International Friendship Bell, International Friendship Bell Citizens Advisory Committee, Jerry Creasey, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Myron Iwanski, Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell, Pat Postma, Peace Pavilion, Phil Yager, Shigeko Uppuluri, Steve Emert, Steve Mead, Theresa Scott, Whitey Hitchcock, Ziad Demian

Council to consider $72,000 contract for new Peace Bell Pavilion

Posted at 11:11 am February 8, 2017
By John Huotari 3 Comments

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Design of the Peace Pavilion for the Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell by Demian\Wilbur\Architects, Washington, D.C.

 

The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday will consider a $72,000 contract for a new Peace Bell Pavilion at Alvin K. Bissell Park.

The contract with Demian Wilbur Architects of Washington, D.C., would be for construction documents, bidding administration, and construction administration. Funding would be provided by the Capital Improvements Program.

In a memo to Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson, Recreation and Parks Director Jon Hetrick said $25,000 was allocated for the project in fiscal year 2016, and another $50,000 was allocated in fiscal year 2017. So far, $15,000 has been used for conceptual planning by Demian Wilbur Architects, Hetrick said. The rest of the money for the contract will be allocated in the fiscal year 2018 Capital Projects Fund. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Demian Wilbur Architects, International Friendship Bell, Jon Hetrick, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, Peace Bell Pavilion, Peace Bell Rebuild Committee, Tetra Tech Inc., Ziad Demian

Photos, video: See plans for the new International Friendship Bell Pavilion

Posted at 4:17 am December 11, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Design of the Peace Pavilion for the Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell by Demian\Wilbur\Architects, Washington, D.C.

 

ORAU donated $100,000 on Friday, and organizers said they have now raised $525,000 in a drive to  build a new Peace Pavilion for the International Friendship Bell in Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge.

Organizers have said it could cost $750,000 to build a new structure for the 8,000-pound bronze bell.

The Japanese-style bell symbolizes unity between the United States and Japan. The two countries fought in World War II. Uranium enriched in Oak Ridge fueled the first atomic bomb used in wartime. It was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, shortly before the end of the war. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Slider Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Demian\Wilbur\Architects, Hiroshima, International Friendship Bell, Japan, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Rotary Clubs, ORAU, Peace Pavilion, United States, World War II

ORAU donates $100,000 to International Friendship Bell Peace Pavilion

Posted at 5:25 pm December 10, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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ORAU President and CEO Andy Page, left, surprises Pat Postma, second from left, and Alan Tatum, second from right, co-chairs of the Advisory Committee of the International Friendship Peace Pavilion, with a $100,000 donation from ORAU to go toward the new pavilion on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Also pictured is ORAU Executive Vice President Eric Abelquist. (DOE photo courtesy Lynn Freeny)

 

Surprise announcement made at ETEC annual awards luncheon

ORAU President and CEO Andy Page presented a $100,000 donation for the International Friendship Peace Pavilion during a surprise announcement at the East Tennessee Economic Council’s annual awards luncheon on Friday.

The plans for the new International Friendship Bell Peace Pavilion, which includes moving the 8,000-pound bronze cast bell from its current location in Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge to another location within the park, were unveiled recently.

Organizers and volunteers have now raised $525,000 in the drive to  build the new Peace Pavilion. They have said it could cost $750,000 to build the new structure and pavilion. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alan Tatum, Alvin K. Bissell Park, Andy Page, East Tennessee Economic Council, International Friendship Bell, International Friendship Peace Pavilion, ORAU, Pat Postma

First year: More than 80,000 visit three Manhattan Project Park sites in 2016

Posted at 6:30 pm December 7, 2016
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The late Bill Wilcox by the International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge. (Courtesy of Friends of the International Friendship Bell via Atomic Heritage Foundation)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12 p.m. Dec. 8.

More than 80,000 people have visited the three sites of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge, according to a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C.

Besides Oak Ridge, the park includes Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico.

In Oak Ridge, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park has a volunteer or ranger at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge when the museum is open. The park also has activities. For example, there is a program on secrecy, security, and spies at the Oak Ridge Turnpike Gatehouse in west Oak Ridge on Saturday, December 17. And the park, in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge, will be featuring a Parks in Focus photography exhibit during the month of December. The photography exhibit is located in the Imagination Gallery at the museum located at 461 West Outer Drive.

Also, a virtual tour of the K-25 Building can be found at the new K-25 Virtual Museum website. And from March to November, admission to AMSE includes a three-hour bus tour of the Oak Ridge Reservation, including the X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, New Bethel Church at ORNL, the visitor overlook at the East Tennessee Technology Park (former home to the K-25 gaseous diffusion building), and Y-12 New Hope History Center. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Federal, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Nonprofits, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSE, atomic bomb, Atomic Heritage Foundation, atomic weapons, B Reactor, Beta 3, Bill Wilcox, Building 9204-3, Building 9731, Colleen French, East Tennessee Technology Park, gaseous diffusion, Hanford, International Friendship Bell, K-25, K-25 Building, K-25 virtual museum, Kris Kirby, Los Alamos, Los Alamos History Museum, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, New Hope History Center, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, ORNL, Tri-City Herald, World War II, X-10 Graphite Reactor, Y-12 National Security Complex, Ziad Demian

Volunteers raise more than half of $750,000 needed for new Friendship Bell pavilion

Posted at 8:20 pm November 20, 2016
By John Huotari 1 Comment

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Design of the Peace Pavilion for the Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell by Demian\Wilbur\Architects, Washington, D.C.

 

Note: This story was updated at 8:45 p.m.

The project to build a new pavilion for the International Friendship Bell and relocate it in Alvin K. Bissell Park could cost $750,000, and volunteers and officials have already raised more than half of that, or just over $400,000, through paid donations and pledges.

Volunteers had a public kickoff for the project at Oak Ridge Associated Universities on Thursday. At that kickoff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory donated $150,000 to the project, and Oak Ridge Rotary Clubs contributed $10,000.

The exact amount paid or pledged is about $416,579, according to a kickoff presentation.

Here are some highlights of that presentation: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Community, Front Page News, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, International Friendship Bell, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Rotary Clubs

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