Montgomery Central Elementary School Honor Choir at Rivers and Spires 2009
Elementary chorus – Grades 3-5 – Popular music, 70’s tunes.
Sango Elementary Honor Choir at Rivers and Spires 2009
This auditioned choral group represents Sango Elementary. They are a group of nearly 80 singers from fourth & fifth grades.
New Panther Singers at Rivers and Spires 2009
The New Panther Singers are a show choir from Centennial Elementary in Dickson, TN. This group performs annually throughout middle TN. This year’s show features music from the musical, Footloose.
Tennessee House passes important bond bill
Companies expected to bring thousands of jobs to state over the next decade.
Tennessee House of Representatives Chambers
NASHVILLE –The House has voted to bring thousands of new jobs to Tennessee with the passage of a bill that guarantees incentive grants for Volkswagen and Hemlock, two companies scheduled to build new manufacturing facilities in Chattanooga and Clarksville.
“As many states in our nation struggle to survive this current financial crisis, we in Tennessee continue to lure new job opportunities to our state and provide a light at the end of this dark economic tunnel,” said State Representative Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville). [Read more]
APSU hosts Mel Mayfield: “Experience During World War II”
Austin Peay State University Student Life and Leadership and International Education present a lecture, titled “Experience During World War II in France and Germany” by Mel Mayfield.
Presented as part of the Global Govs Passport Series, the lecture will take place at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 21 in Memorial Health Gym (formerly known as the Red Barn). [Read more]
Governor Identifies 450 Transportation Projects for Funding
Projects to be funded through Recovery Act, Bridge Bonding and Traditional Funds
NASHVILLE– Governor Phil Bredesen yesterday released a final list of projects to be funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds (Recovery Act), proposed bridge bonds and TDOT’s regular funding mechanisms. The three-tiered program represents more than 450 projects statewide touching every county in Tennessee.
“The Recovery Act is fundamentally about creating and retaining jobs during one of the toughest economic times our nation and state have faced since the Great Depression,” said Governor Bredesen. “This three-tiered program represents a record investment in Tennessee’s transportation system. The Recovery Act, along with the bridge bonding and TDOT’s regular program, will put thousands of Tennesseans to work rebuilding and strengthening one of Tennessee’s largest economic drivers, our transportation system.” [Read more]
Book signing attracts readers interested in “chronic pain” issues
Dr. Robert T. Cochran Jr. came to Borders Saturday, April 4, reading from his new book, Curing Chronic Pain.
“I believe you will marvel, as I constantly do now, at just how much a doctor can learn in four years.” — Robert T. Cochran Jr., M.D.
In Understanding Chronic Pain, Cochran’s first book, he spoke with patients about their experience with unrelenting pain, developing a “thesis that chronic pain was a form of mental illness, and that by understanding and treating the mental illness one could often cure chronic pain.” Cochran saw links between chronic pain and issues such as childhood trauma, depression, substance abuse and bipolar disorder.Cochran was available to sign books for his readers.
CATS Opens to a Sold-Out Weekend!
As part of its 26th season of presenting quality live theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee, opened the hit musical CATS on Friday, April 10, to a sold-out house. Tickets are still available for CATS performances through May 2, playing Tuesdays thru Thursdays at 7pm and Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee on Saturday, April 18.
Based on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot, CATS tells the story, in song and dance, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats, at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. Featuring a cast of seventeen and the fresh and energetic choreography of Braham Logan Crane, CATS is certain to delight and inspire audiences of all ages.
The Roxy Regional Theatre will be performing the Broadway musical hit "CATS." April 10 through May 2. (Photo By: Greg Williamson/The Leaf-Chronicle)
Porkin’ in the Park: All about BBQ
“Porkin’ in the Park” was all about Barbecue!
Porkin’ in the Park was all about the art and the taste of barbecue Saturday, with regional competitors seeking the top spot in the Kansas City Barbecue Society’s “Great American BBQ Tour.” The mix of great music, great cooking, and great food kept visitors happy and well fed. [Read more]
Construction Ahead: TDOT “road repair” season underway
This monthly column is prepared by TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely.
Last month, the Tennessee Department of Transportation let the first projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to contract. In May and June, more than a hundred other projects will move into the construction phase, bringing valuable transportation improvements and jobs to communities across the state. This means that a large majority of Tennesseans, no matter where they live, will find themselves traveling through a work zone in the near future. [Read more]
