Lifetime Television Series

Clarksville, TN – Join the staff, management and community on May 15th, 2011 starting at 8:00pm at G’s Pancake House Restaurant 803 Riverside Drive Clarksville for a very special viewing of the Lifetime Television show “Coming Home”.

The Coming Home reality series features U.S. soldiers’ surprise family reunions across the country after serving long tours of duty on behalf of the country.

Episode 10: titled “Pancake Surprise” was filmed at the G’s Pancake House Riverside Drive location and features a Fort Campbell military family who get the surprise of their lives!

Also featured will be the hundreds of extras and V.I.P’s who were used to film this episode.

So come on out and share in this families “Pancake Surprise” and come see yourself on TV as well!

This special viewing is open to the entire public and the media.

For event information please contact G’s Pancake House at 931-648-4939.

The purpose of the conference is the prevention of juvenile delinquency via increasing the awareness of issues, programs and resources available to youth, parents, teachers, college students, advocates, officers of the court, and concerned citizens.

The conference is sponsored by the Montgomery County Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Task Force, the Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth and Austin Peay State University’s Juvenile Justice Grant.

Meals will be available including a Continental Breakfast after registering at 8:00am, followed by an 11:30am lunch. Pre-registration is required to receive a Ticket for Lunch!

The conference is free and open to the public.

Schedule

• 8:00am Registration
• 9:00am Opening Session – Dr. Merriel Bullock Neal, Esquire Chair, Montgomery County. DMC Task Force & Principal Investigator, APSU Juvenile Justice Grant. and Mr. John Hall, Chair State DMC Task Force & Project SHAPE/Memphis Public Schools

Morning Sessions

There will be two different tracts of sessions. One set of sessions will be geared to youth (Junior & Senior High school students) and the other set of sessions will be geared to adults.

• Bullying – Dr. Susan Jones & Ms. Amelia Owen, Certified Trainers Montgomery County Public Schools
• Mentoring – Ms. Amy Carroll, Director Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Clarksville,TN
• Gang Awareness – Pastor Tommy Vallejos, Director Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (H.O.P.E.)
• Luncheon Keynote Speaker – DeCosta Hastings, Educator Metro Nashville Public Schools Davidson County Executive Committee who will talk about his journey to success.

For more information contact Dr. Merriel Bullock-Neal, Esquire at 931-221-7368 or

Ivan Roberts

Ivan’s Cultural Ensemble (ICE) to hold open auditions for dancers, all forms of dance are welcome. Selected dancers will have the chance to perform professionally, cross country travel, and will be provided an intensive education in the different arts of dancing. The Auditions are open to all forms of dance and the performing arts including Classical, Jazz, African, Hip Hop, Ballet, Gospel Praise, Salsa, Merengue, Samba and More!

The Auditions will take place from 1:00pm – 5:00pm on July 10th, 2010, at the Total Fitness Personal Training Studio (110 Franklin Street, Suite 200) . All dancers must be registered before the starting time. To register contact Ivan Roberts at (931) 801-4730, or RSVP via FaceBook.

Roberts has traveled extensively around the world performing as a dancer, choreographer and musician with such artists as Miriam Makeba, Elizabeth Vandyke, James Earl Jones, Obah Batome, Manu Dibango, Tito Puente, Sullivan Walker, Debbie Allen, and Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee. He has performed at various events and venues including The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Carnegie Hall, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and Shirley Chisholm’s Fashion Scope.

Since retiring from the United States Army Mr. Roberts has dedicated his life to providing opportunities for low income youth an intensive education in the different forms of dancing.

A nonprofit organization, Ivan’s Cultural Ensemble (ICE) has trained hundreds of Clarksvillians, both youth and adults in dance and theater. His students have had the opportunity to preform from Memphis Tennessee to New York, and all the way to the islands of Trinidad & Tobago. They get the opportunity to perform, see the world and learn about different cultures.

The audition is open to ages 16 & up, no fee is required to audition.

For more information contact Ivan Roberts at (931) 801-4730.

ARRA is part of the new stimulus package signed into law by President Obama. This program encourages youth seeking summer employment to contact the person below based on your county of residence. Already available work sites are being identified. The program will serve economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 14-24.

Eligibility requirements

Youth between ages of 14-24 who are low income, and have one or more of the following barriers:

• deficient in basic literacy skills
• school dropout
• homeless
• runaway
• foster child
• pregnant or parenting
• offender
• individual (including a youth with a disability) who requires additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure and hold employment.

For more information in Montgomery County,  contact Andrea Dillard at 931-551-9110

Summer Youth Program

Summer Jobs information about eligibility is available on the website www.ncacworkforce.org. The Intake form is a pre-application–it does not guarantee program acceptance! The intake form will also be available at the Tennessee Career Center at  Veterans Plaza 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 406.

We will no longer take phone numbers to apply, however, individuals will be directed to the Intake form on the website.

The Clarksville Greyhounds are a member of the Tennessee Youth Football Alliance. They are traveling teams and will play teams from various areas throughout Middle Tennessee.

The TYFA is a very competitive league and have had players and cheerleaders recognized nationally for academics and athletics. This program includes opportunities to compete in regional and national competitions.

If you are interested in  administrating, coaching, or being a cheerleader supervisor, please send an email to or call 931-472-6101 for more information.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted by the Urban Resource Center and its director, Terry McMoore, in partnership with the Center for Community Change.

Over the next 5 years a half a billion dollars in job training money will be coming to Clarksville. Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) will open a new plant in Clarksville that will hire over 1,000 construction workers to build, and provide over 800 permanent high paying jobs when they open. HSC will be one of the richest employers in Clarksville’s history since the arrival of Fort Campbell in the 1940s.

Under the President’s Economic Recovery Bill, states and counties are poised to receive significant federal funding to stimulate the economy and put people back to work. These are just some of the issues that will be discussed at this community forum.

Initial response from the community and some elected officials has been strong.  community and several elected officials who will be in attendance, including State Senator Tim Barnes and NAACP President Jimmie Garland Sr. are planning to attend this session.

McMoore was asked to hold this meeting by the Washington D.C.-based  Center for Community Change, who will be facilitating most of the meeting.

Ms. Evonne Tisdale, the South East Regional Team Leader for the Center for Community Change, is  in Nashville and has already touched base with the Governor’s office on this issue; she held a  meeting with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean,  who is eagerly awaiting the final plan and proposal from the Nashville African American community.

New job opportunities for Clarksville-Montgomery County targeted populations include:

• High School graduates
• College graduates
• Veterans or members of the reserve forces
• Homeless individuals
• Non-violent ex-felons
• Low-income individuals

This falls right in line with the recently signed into law Economic Recovery Bill. Under the President’s Economic Recovery Bill, states and counties are poised to receive significant federal funding to stimulate the economy and put people back to work.

McMoore wants the community to understand that this bill is intended for all Americans and this meeting is open to anyone who wants to attend. It took people from all races and nationalities to get this far in first ending slavery, and years later stopping Jim Crow laws which eventually led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The country came together to say “enough is enough.” That demand for change resulted in the election of the first African American president in the history of our nation. But there is still work to be done, and by community dialog and working together can we will someday achieve the true meaning of our constitution.

Pastors, Business Owners and the Community-at -Large: are you prepared to have a place at the table right now while there are still jobs and money available? How and what this money is spent on is important to the survival of our communities; these are the jobs of the future and they pay good salaries.

Contact Person for this release is Mr. Terry McMoore at  (931) 378-1999

Ms. Evonne Tisdale, South East Regional Team Leader, Center for Community Change can be reached at Email: or at (615) 469-5220 in Nashville, or at
http://www.communitychange.org/

President-elect Obama started his career by serving Chicago communities struggling with tough economic times. He saw what could be achieved when ordinary people organized and worked together and that idea was at the core of this campaign.

During the days leading up to the Presidential Inauguration thousands of grassroots organizations, community groups and agencies will participate in National Day of Service events across the nation.

Loaves and Fishes serves between 150-200 meals to the hungry six days a week and distributes food to area agencies through volunteer efforts. So their need of continued support and donations is greatly needed.

We are asking all supporters to come out and make donations of large can goods, meats, monetary donations, and dry shelf goods to this National Day Of Service event.

Join the community and elected officials at this special National Day Of Service “Feeding Clarksville’s Needy.” You’ve seen the power people can have when they make a commitment to serving others. Every time our nation has faced a challenge, the American people have risen to meet it. This new administration will face a number of challenges on day one, and you are the answer we need.

On January 17th, you can be part of a movement that will stretch from coast to coast, bringing together people from all walks of life acting as one nation, with a common purpose.

Inauguration 2005

The Austin Peay State University Student Government Association (SGA) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) will host a Inauguration Watch Party on Tuesday, January 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Morgan University Center ballroom.

Join us in the  University Center Ballroom for snacks and drinks to watch this monumental moment in history as Barack Obama is sworn in and becomes the 44th President of the United States. The Inaugural Parade begins  at 11:00 p.m. and the Inauguration will begin at 1:00 p.m.

Sponsors of this event are SGA & NPHC (Sigma Gamma Rho, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta Sigma). APSU is located at 601 College Street Clarksville, TN.

This event is free and open to the public.