Youth Football League to hold registration this weekend
The Clarksville Greyhounds Youth Football League will hold registration for the 2010 season on June 26th at Governor’s Square Mall from 10:00am-3:00pm and on June 27th from 2:00pm-6:00pm. There are five age groups 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14.
Players will be assigned to age groups based on their age as of July 31st. The Clarksville Greyhounds are a member of the Tennessee Youth Football Alliance and will play teams from various areas throughout Middle TN. All new players must bring a copy of their birth certificate. Come join in on the excitement!!!
For more information email clarksvilletravelfootball@gmail.com or call 931-472-6101. You can also visit our website at www.eteamz.com/clarksvillegreyhoundsyouthfootball.
Clarksville Downtown Market is Saturday June 26th
This week we are celebrating “Dog Days” at the market
The Downtown Market has gone to the dogs this week as we welcome the Humane Society of Clarksville as our features guest. Jon Roniger will be back playing music this week!
Feel free to bring your furry friends, but remember to leash them! Also, please clean up any accidents that may occur while at the market. Visit the Humane Society at: www.clarksvillehumanesociety.com.
Come register to win a Nissan Cube! Sponsored by Planters Bank of Clarksville. [Read more]
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area Programs for the week of June 27th
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer.
Upcoming events include: Turtles, Sunset Hike, Beginner Bird Hike, Fireflies, Kid’s Fish Day and so much more!
You should pay a visit to the Montgomery County Farmers Market
Its that time of the year again, The Montgomery County Farmers Market is once again open for business Tuesday at the L&N Train Station (10th & Commerce St). The market runs from June through October and opens at 6:30am and runs until 2:00pm. To ensure the best selection possible, you should plan to arrive early in the day. The market brings some of the freshest local produce and baked goods direct from the farm to you.
Deanna (left) serves several customers at the Montgomery County Farmers Market on Thursday
Lunch and Learn with Kathryn Olita
Lunch and Learn Human Resources Series will be held on Tuesday, June 29th from 11:30am to 1:00pm at the Chamber of Commerce. The discussion will be lead by Kathryn Olita of Batson, Nolan, Pearson Miller & Joiner.
Ms. Olita will speak on the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Acts, the final revised amendments to the Family Medical Leave Act, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Employer’s Freedom of Choice Act.
Cost is $35.00 per member and $40.00 per non-member. To register contact Mark Hays at 931-245-4339 or email markh@clarksville.tn.us.
APSU staffer, alumna to go to Japan to teach English
An Austin Peay State University staff member and alumna who pursued study-abroad courses as a student is leaving APSU to teach English as a second language in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.
Brie Vogt (’09), who has worked in the Office of International Education since March 2008, will move to Bunga Takada, a city of less than 20,000 people next to the sea in Japan’s Oita Prefecture. She will relocate there at the end of the summer.
“I’ve been researching a lot of wonderful things about Japan and look forward to my new adventure,” Vogt said. [Read more]
ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions Relocates
Richmond, VA — ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions (CCCS) now serves residents Clarksville from a new location on Riverside Drive.
“We are delighted that members of our community will continue to have so much accessibility to ClearPoint’s credit counselors and educators,” said Sherry Tetreault, credit counselor, at ClearPoint.
The Clarksville office is one of the non-profit organization’s two offices in the state, including one in Memphis. [Read more]
The sweet smell of the Hookah returns to Clarksville
Nasir Hakeem, the owner of Tandoor Indian Restaurant is making a place that adult smokers (over 21) in Clarksville can appreciate; a place Downtown they can go to relax, and socially smoke. “I want to bring more people into downtown Clarksville, and at the same time expand the cultural diversity that our community has to offer people looking to relocate into the area.” said Hakeem.
The business is strategically located at 138 University Blvd, the former location of Retro’s Arcade; just a short walk from the Austin Peay State University main campus, and in close proximity to University Landing Apartments. The hookah bar will open on Friday June 25th 2010, with a grand opening/ribbon cutting is planned for July 1st.
Hookah Bar Owner Nasir Hakeem
Local Jeweler William Sites Earns National Award
The Black Orlov, one of the largest black diamonds in the world, is said to bring good luck to whoever touches it. Only a select few people ever get that honor considering the 67-carat stone is valued at more than $1.5 million, but for a few minutes in the early 1970s, local jeweler William Sites (’72) held the diamond in his hands.
“This guy walked in, and he reached in his pocket and pulled out this little box and opened it up, and in it was the Black Orlov,” Sites said recently. “I got to look at it and hold it. It was phenomenal.”
Sites was a young, 24-year-old gemology student in New York City at the time. He’d recently joined the family business, Sites Jewelers, which opened its first store in downtown Clarksville in 1922, and he was spending six months at the Gemology Institute of America, learning everything he could about the trade. [Read more]
City officially opens the newest section of the Riverwalk
In a formal ribbon cutting ceremony the City of Clarksville unveiled the new North Riverwalk Extension on Wednesday. Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper listed the features to the attendees at the ribbon cutting ceremony which consists of a 12’ sidewalk lined with park benches, picnic tables, and lighting along the Cumberland River from Pilot’s Plaza (behind O’Charleys) to the mouth of the Red River.
With the cutting of the Ribbon, the North Riverwalk Extension is officially opened
