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League of Women Voters receives $20,000 national grant

Posted at 2:15 pm November 25, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge has received a $20,000 national grant that will fund an educational project for young adults (30 years or under) on hazardous waste management. The project is titled the Environmental Management Education Initiative Project.

The grant is made possible through the New Mexico Community Foundation’s Community Involvement Fund and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The purpose of the project is to expand the knowledge and understanding of these young people about the environmental management process and remediation actions in the Oak Ridge community.

The project will consist of two educational sub-projects: a Citizen’s Academy and a Rainbow Academy, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Churches, Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Citizen's Academy, DOE, educational project, environmental management, Environmental Management Education Initiative Project, grant, hazardous waste, hazardous waste management, Jan Lyons, League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, LWVOR, New Mexico Community Foundation, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, ORUUC, Peter Scheffler, Rainbow Academy, Rainbow Camp, Sandra Goss, Tandy Scheffler, TCWP, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, U.S. Department of Energy

Site Specific Advisory Board elects officers for FY 2015

Posted at 11:03 pm October 7, 2014
By Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board Leave a Comment

Dave Hemelright

Dave Hemelright

The Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board elected its Fiscal Year 2015 officers during its September board meeting. Re-elected for second terms are Dave Hemelright, chair, and Lisa Hagy, secretary. Jan Lyons was elected vice-chair. Their terms of service are October 2014 through September 2015.

Hemelright was the vice chair for FY 2013 and served as acting chair for a time when the previous chair’s term of service ended in July 2013. He also has served on the Finance and Process, Environmental Management and Stewardship, Public Outreach, and Executive committees.

Hemelright, who lives in Lenoir City, is the K-12 facilities specialist for Kaatz, Binkley, Jones, and Morris Architects Inc., specializing in Tennessee public school planning, design, and construction. He has 20 years of construction management experience in commercial, retail, and food service construction, and 10 years in maintenance management for retail and K–12 public schools. He currently serves on the board of the Tennessee School Plant Management Association and has served on the Loudon County Planning Commission. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Dave Hemelright, First Tennessee Bank, Jan Lyons, K-12 facilities specialist, Kaatz Binkley Jones and Morris Architects Inc., Lisa Hagy, Oak Ridge Environmental Management Program, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, officer, ORSSAB, risk management, Site Specific Advisory Board, Southern Methodist University, SSAB

DOE appoints seven new members to advisory board

Posted at 2:16 pm July 26, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Energy recently appointed seven new members to its Oak Ridge Environmental Management advisory board.

The new members fill vacancies on the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, a volunteer citizens’ panel that provides advice and recommendations to DOE on its environmental cleanup operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation.

The new members include Alfreda Cook, Chris Hepler, Bruce Hicks, Jennifer Kasten, Jan Lyons, Donald Mei, and Scott Stout, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alfreda Cook, Bruce Hicks, Chris Hepler, Donald Mei, Jan Lyons, Jennifer Kasten, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, Scott Stout, U.S. Department of Energy

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