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Guest column: Let’s face it, school safety is an emotional topic

Posted at 8:00 am July 11, 2013
By David Allred 7 Comments

When it comes to keeping our children out of harm’s way, we parents get testy. I never realized how testy I could get until the day I drove my oldest home from the hospital. Not only did I check every buckle in his car seat fifteen times over, I don’t think I took my car over 25 miles per hour the whole way home. I threw a few sour looks toward drivers who passed me at a higher rate of speed.

It was illogical. It was emotional. But it was instinctual. I couldn’t stop what simply holding my baby boy was doing to me on the inside. I suspect I am not alone among first-time fathers and mothers. The feelings we have may wane over time or become more rational as we age, but they never fully go away.

Keeping composure in emotionally tense situations requires a degree of grace, and I find it doubly ironic that, as a former school-safety-coordinator-turned-minister,  grace would be the state of being I believe our community should adopt in this controversy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns Tagged With: alcohol, bullying, David Allred, drug, drug epidemic, emergency management, emotion, first aid, grace, Oak Ridge Schools, safety audit, school safety, school safety board, sexual harassment, teens, Trina Baughn

Teens raise money for Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge

Posted at 2:37 pm March 16, 2013
By Maureen Hoyt Leave a Comment

Bowl-a-Thon for Free Medical Clinic

Teens dressed in costumes at the Bowl-a-Thon are, front, Delaney Adler, Lloyd Adler-Lombardi, Lois Johnson, Cora Lay, Sojia Ma, and Aaron Chason; and back, Ryan Mihealsick, Adam Bejnod, and Ross Landenberger. (Submitted photo)

The lights went out, the pins lit up, lasers beamed around the room, and the music started. It was Cosmic Bowling, one of most innovative ways to have fun in the entertainment galaxy. That was the atmosphere on a recent Wednesday afternoon at the Oak Ridge Bowling Center, where about 30 teens held a Bowl-a-Thon to raise money for the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge Bowling Center owner Len Hart provided the use of the facility, the games, and shoes without cost for the fundraiser.

“I think it’s great that the kids organized this event to raise money for FMCOR,” Hart said. “I’ve been here all my life, I know the need and think that the community needs to be more involved in supporting what they do to help people.”

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Filed Under: Community, Health, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Bowl-a-Thon, Cosmic Bowling, Diana Homan, FMCOR, Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge, Heather Haynes, Karla Mullins, Len Hart, Oak Ridge Bowling Center, Student Council, teens

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