Want To Start a Food Business?
Clarksville, TN – “Things You Need to Know to Make a Food Product For Resale.” will be on Friday, January 20th, at the Smith Trahern Mansion (1st and McClure Street Clarksville, TN) from 10:00am until 1:00pm. Small Business Woman, Jenny Chandler will be the lead speaker for this event.
Jenny runs her business out of Ashland City, and works through the Health Department with that endeavor. She’s also done work here at the domestic kitchen at the Montgomery County UT Extension office permitted through the Department of Agriculture. UT Extension helped her and her family in developing ideas and securing training for their businesses, serving as a guide to meet food manufacturing standards. [Read more]
Spend an enjoyable afternoon with Happily Ever After at the Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN– It was a more excited crowd than usual waiting in the lobby of the Roxy Regional Theatre when I arrived to attend the opening show for their production of Happily Ever After, a play which is based off of the tales of the Brothers Grimm and directed by John McDonald. Young girls and boys along with their parents were on hand to enjoy what was to be a fun and unique show.
One of the things that makes this show unique is in most plays the program follows a fixed set of scenes always in the same exact order; but in Happily Ever After the children set the course of the show.
Austin Peay State University students earn top awards at Tennessee Academy of Science Conference
Clarksville, TN – Last October, a group of Austin Peay State University mathematics and computer science students headed south to Jackson, TN, to attend the 121st annual meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science. The event, hosted by Union University, brought together some 200 researchers and college students from across the state for two intense days of academic presentations.
Everyone seemed to have a good time, but earlier this month, several of those students learned that the conference was more fruitful than they realized. That’s because the awards for presentations were recently announced, with first-, second- and third-place prizes all going to APSU students. [Read more]
Montgomery County County Assessor to hold Business Personal Property Workshop
Montgomery County, TN – Betty Burchett, the Montgomery County Assessor, will be offering a business personal property workshop on February 16th at 10:00am in the Civic Hall Building at 350 Pageant Lane.
Learn how to fill out the personal property schedules and get any questions answered that you may have about state statutes governing business personal property.
Kleeman Center Storytellers Program continues January 24th
Clarksville, TN – The Kleeman Community Center is partnering with the Leadership Enlightenment Academic Achievement and Perseverance Organization (L.E.A.P.) to present Storytellers at Kleeman.
Each month, children and parents can enjoy interactive story time as the storytellers from the L.E.A.P. Organization bring to life stories from cultures across the globe. [Read more]
West Creek Elementary gets New Assistant Principal
Montgomery County, TN – Michelle Rhodehamel has been named assistant principal at West Creek Elementary School, replacing Mason Bellamy who was appointed principal at Hazelwood Elementary.
Mrs. Rhodehamel has taught kindergarten and fifth grades during her 10-year tenure with the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. Her experience includes teaching at Northeast, Kenwood and West Creek Elementary Schools.
Michelle Rhodehamel
Custom House Museum Sunday Family Fun with “Indoor Bird Watching”
Clarksville, TN – Too cold to go outside to look for birds? Then on January 22nd from 1:00pm to 5:00pm come to the Custom House Museum and visit the Dewald Gallery to find our beautiful porcelain Boehm birds; then drop by the Coca Cola Café to make an eagle, an owl, or other birds to take home. Free with paid admission or museum membership.
For more information contact Sue Lewis at 931.648.5780.
Austin Peay State University Employees cite their various accomplishments
Clarksville, TN – Several faculty and staff members as well as some students at Austin Peay State University announce their recent professional and scholarly activities.
Dr. Harvey F. Blanck, emeritus professor of chemistry, had an article, titled “Using Plastic Models Designed to Produce Large Height to Length Ratio Steady State Planar and Axisymmetric (Radial) Viscous Liquid Laminar Flow Gravity Currents,” published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Chemical Education. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University Provost Lecture Series to focus on Chinese Guzheng
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University music professor’s expertise in the music of the guzheng instrument, which has seen a revitalization, based on her recent first-hand experience in China will be the next session of the Provost Lecture Series program.
Dr. Ann Silverberg, professor of music, will present “The Chinese Guzheng: Old and New” from 3:00pm-4:30pm, Thursday, January 19th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. All presentations in the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public. [Read more]
Alive at 25 Driving Course Offered for Free
Montgomery County, TN – Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 15-19 in the United States. In an effort to lower this statistic, the Montgomery County General Sessions Judges have agreed to offer the “Alive at 25” driving class to local high school students free of charge for the next three months.
This initiative is in hopes of increasing driver’s safety awareness and seatbelt usage among teen drivers; ultimately lower the teen fatality rate for Montgomery County. [Read more]
