About: Christine Anne Piesyk 
- March 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Montgomery County Public Library, 350 Pageant Lane, Clarksville
- March 20, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Country Diner, 752 HWY 13, Cunningham
- March 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Summit Heights Community Center, Clarksville
- March 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Chapala Restaurant,1191 Fort Campbell Boulevard, Clarksville «Read the rest of this article»
Christine Anne Piesyk's Articles:
Head Start program accepting applications
The Clarksville/Montgomery County Community Action Agency Head Start program will be accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year. Applications will be accepted on the following schedule:
Mission Clarksville launches youth service program
Weed, water, thin: Mission Clarksville interns carry out the steps to a bountiful crop
“The Food Initiative”
“The Edge”
“Into the Wild”
This triple play of interconnected programs is designed “… to develop a thoughtful and productive community of young people who can change the world in a lasting and positive way.”
Thus, with a $5,000 matching gift from the Dandridge Trust, “Mission Clarksville” made its formal debut Monday evening with a video presentation and a “meet and greet” with program administrators and more than two dozen representatives of Clarksville businesses, schools and media. The funds already raised are directed to offset start-up costs for this ministry. The Dandridge Trust is a charitable organization closely related to the Episcopal Church.
Patrick Smith, Executive Director of Mission Clarksville, urged listeners to “raise expectations,” noting that our children “will rise to the occasion.” His message is simple: create a healthy outlook on life, on relationships, on leadership, on responsibility by working hard, on working as part of a team and a community, and giving back to that community. «Read the rest of this article»
Salvation Army opens door to new shelter
Advisory Board Chair Jill Crow names new Salvation Army shelter to be named in honor of volunteer contractor James D. Amos
The Salvation Army officially opened the doors to its new $500,000 Kraft Street Shelter on Sunday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that also named the facility after its volunteer contractor, James D. Amos. Amos, in a very brief statement, said he saw the need for the building, but “God was the power” in getting the job done.
Majors Grady and Shelly Pearson greeted over one hundred city and business leaders, along with the general public, gathered for tours of the building, a “dream” that became reality because of strong community support.
“Finally, Clarksville has a new shelter. It’s a blessing to the community, and there is indeed a need for this,” said Advisory Board Chairman Jill Crow in opening the dedication ceremony. “Because of all of you, dreams do come true.” «Read the rest of this article»
Trio Verlaine to be showcased in Community Concert Series
The Clarksville Community Concert Association will present Trio Verlaine in concert on Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the Mid-South Flute Festival being held at Austin Peay State University.
Trio Verlaine will perform a classical concert with flute, harp and viola on Friday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. Trio Verlaine will perform a classical concert with flute, harp and viola.
The members of Trio Verlaine are drawn together by friendship and a strong desire to further this unusual instrumental combination first dreamed of by Debussy. Members are Heidi Krutzen, principal harp CBC Radio Orchestra and Vancouver Opera, David Harding, professor of viola and chamber music, UBC, and Lorna McGhee, former co-principal flute BBC Symphony Orchestra, London. «Read the rest of this article»
Dunbar premieres new documentary in Cave history
In a reception held Thursday evening at the Dunbar Cave Visitor’s Center, the Friends of Dunbar Cave premiered a new 15-minute documentary on the history of the cave. the film will be run every on days when the center is open.
Over 25 people were filmed and interviewed by the Friends group, but Clean Cut used only four of them in this short introductory film. Cathy Lee and Jason Bagget were on hand to meet those attending this event.
A few years ago Friends of Dunbar Cave made an agreement with Cathy Lee of Clean Cut Productions at Austin Peay, to make a short introductory film for the park. In exchange for a scholarship donation, Clean Cut took on the job of producing an 8 to 15 minute film about Dunbar Cave, the kind of film that someone coming to the park can watch to get an idea of the wondrous place he/she has entered onto.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Blip.tv video.A few years ago Friends of Dunbar Cave made an agreement with Cathy Lee of Clean Cut Productions at Austin Peay, to make a short introductory film for the park. In exchange for a scholarship donation, Clean Cut took on the job of producing an 8 to 15 minute film about Dunbar Cave, the kind of film that someone coming to the park can watch to get an idea of the wondrous place he/she has entered onto.
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APSU presents reading by Paul Guest
The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU invites you to the Paul Guest Poetry Reading on Tuesday, February 24th, at 4:00 pm, in the Morgan University Center, room 303. A reception will follow the reading.
Paul Guest is the author of three collections of poems, most recently, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge (Ecco, Nov 2008). He is also the author of The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, winner of the 2002 New Issues Prize, and Notes for My Body Double, winner of the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize.
Guest was awarded the Whiting Writers’ Award in 2007 for his first book of poems. In 2010, Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) will publish his memoir, One More Theory About Happiness. He is a visiting professor of English at the University of West Georgia.
Open House slated for Salvation Army Shelter
Contractor James D. Amos joins Majors Shelly and Grady Pearson in turning the "future home" of the Salvation Army into reality
The Clarksville Salvation Army will celebrate the completion of its new Emergency Shelter on Kraft Street with an Open House on Sunday, February 22, from 1-4 p.m., with a special program at 1:30 p.m.
Clarksville Online toured the facility Thursday with Majors Grady and Shelly Pearson, and the shelter’s volunteer contractor, James Amos. The Pearsons are on their second tour in the Queen City, having been stationed here from 1997 through 2000.
Pearson said the new facility is “Phase I” of the Salvation Army’s project, noting that the new lawn in front of the building is “temporary.”
“Phase II is a church that will also be used as a multipurpose facility for the Salvation Army’s social services, children’s activities and programs, and more.” «Read the rest of this article»
APSU’s Sharon Mabry releases new CD
Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano and professor of music at Austin Peay State University, is a featured soloist on a new CD. The CD was published by Naxos, one of the leading classical music labels, and is distributed internationally.
Titled “Lincoln Portraits,” this CD—Mabry’s eighth thus far—has been issued by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
The CD includes orchestral works by Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon, Elliot Gould, George McKay, Vincent Persichetti, Paul Turok and Roy Harris. Mabry is the soloist for the Roy Harris “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight,” with the subtitle “A Canticle of Lamentation.” «Read the rest of this article»
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
A 2004 US Stamp honored the imagination of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat. Green Eggs and Ham. And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street. Dr. Seuss’s ABC. Fox in Socks. Horton Hears a Who. If I Ran the zoo. Lorax.
These staples of children’s literature, created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss), were created in the mid 1950′s as a response to concerns about literacy in young schoolchildren.
Youngsters can join in a birthday celebration of Dr. Seuss at the W. G. Rhea Public Library in downtown Paris, on Saturdsay, February 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. «Read the rest of this article»
Storm, high winds batter Clarksville
Repairing a power line severed by flying metal roofing
Clarksville Department of Electricity and Street Department crews are continuing the work of cleaning up and restoring power after a hefty line of storms and high winds swept through Middle Tennessee.
After repairing primary lines and transformers, crews are now working to restore power to individual homes and businesses affected by the storm. That work should be completed by Friday.
A line of severe weather slammed into Clarksville Wednesday with a mix of brief but torrential rain and winds in excess of 60 mph, causing widely scattered power outages, downed tree limbs and some structural damage.
In downtown Clarksville, Street Department crews in wet weather gear worked to clear a fallen tree from College Street even as winds continued to howl and rip roofing shingles off the “Biscuit Company” building. Throughout the downtown area smaller branches were riding the winds, and traffic lights and street signs were battered and bent. In some areas, roofing shingles were fluttering like flags and being ripped from rooftops. Several globes on some of the city’s ornate street lamps off College Street were shattered. A stockade fence was partially blown down. At the Goble Law Firm, awnings on both sides of the building were shredded. «Read the rest of this article»
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