Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for March 25th, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include:
- International Line Dancing
- Yoga in the Park
- Trail Cleanup at the Clarksville Greenway!
- Indoor Aquatic Center to host Battleship Canoe Games
Kenwood Elementary School hosts Pennies for Pets Project
Montgomery County, TN – Montgomery County Animal Control received a wonderful donation from Kenwood Elementary School on Friday, March 22nd.
The school’s Beta Club led the effort, called Pennies for Pets, a three week long service project to help raise money, awareness about animals and collect supplies all benefitting Montgomery County Animal Control.
(Far left standing) Stacy Rogers, KES Attendance Secretary; Christie Prescott, Beta Club Sponsor, with Madison the dog; Rachel Torres, Animal Control; Tim Clifton, Animal Control director. (Next row far left) Dylan Varney, Jumaire Ferrer, Sean Bouma, Yamilet Chavez-Tavera, DeShayla McDuffie. (Front row left) Jade Irwin, Katrina Shackelford, Sydney Boykin.
Our Mission in Motion Mobile Mammography comes to Hilltop Supermarket
Clarksville, TN – The Saint Thomas Health Our Mission in Motion Mobile Mammography Coach was at the Hilltop Supermarket’s parking lot Saturday, March 23rd.
“Bringing in the Mobile Mammography Coach is just another way for us to help our local community,” said Hilltop Supermarket manager Mike Jackson. “A lot of women do not have the time to take off from work to have this done. This bus makes it quicker and easier for them.”
Sandra Davis (left) gets help filling out her paperwork from Laura Patterson (right), Mamographer with St. Thomas Mammography.
Austin Peay State University students do service work in Caribbean during Spring Break
Clarksville, TN – For the second year in a row, a group of Austin Peay State University students spent their spring break in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago on an intensive service trip.
This year’s group of 22 students traveled with Dr. Matthew Kenney, director of APSU’s President’s Emerging Leaders Program (PELP), to the small town of Valencia, where they spent a week building three houses with Habitat for Humanity.
Austin Peay State University Students spend spring break building houses with Habitat for Humanity.
Legends Banks becomes Green Certified
Montgomery County, TN – The latest business to become Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certified is Legends Bank.
Billy Atkins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Legends Bank, began the celebration by thanking all the employees. He gave special mention to Britney Campbell, their VP of Marketing. “Britney is the one who drove this effort, she told us what to do and we listened,” he joked.
Legends Banks Green Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
Cunningham Volunteer Fire Department Easter Egg Hunt
Cunningham, TN – On Saturday, March 23rd, the Cunningham Volunteer Fire Department held their Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Montgomery Central Middle School. The hunt started at 10:00am.
Cunningham Fire Department’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of March 24th, 2013
Market Commentary by Scott J. Brown, Ph.D., Chief Economist
The “Crisis in Cyprus” dampened the U.S. stock market mood early in the week. Why is Cyprus important? Its economy is a little bigger than Scranton. However, like Iceland and Ireland, it has an outsized banking system, several times larger than the overall economy. Even a moderate contraction in the banking system can have a huge impact.
The biggest fear is contagion. The decision to tie aid to a haircut on deposits led to fears of runs on the banks in other countries, but there’s been little evidence of that so far.
There were no surprises from Fed policymakers. The Federal Open Market Committee did not change its forward guidance (on the federal fund rate target, still not expected to start rising until 2015), nor did it alter its asset purchase plans (still $85 billion per month). [Read more]
Austin Peay State University 2013 Asanbe Diversity Symposium to examine Tuskegee airmen
Clarksville, TN – In the early 1940s, young African-American men from across the country made their way to the town of Tuskegee in southern Alabama. It was a small, rural community with a large Army airfield set up on the outskirts of town.
That’s where the Tuskegee Advanced Flying School was located.
Tuskegee airmen
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for March 24th, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include:
- School is out, come play!
- 2013 Spring Eggstravaganza!
- Traditional Karate classes underway
- Queen City Road Race
Austin Peay State University professor Jill Franks publishes new book on British and Irish women writers
Clarksville, TN – A few years ago, Dr. Jill Franks, Austin Peay State University professor of English, decided to change up a course she taught on Irish literature. Instead of focusing on that country’s noted male authors, such as James Joyce and William Butler Yeats, she opted to teach about Ireland’s underrepresented female authors, including Elizabeth Bowen and Edna O’Brien.
Franks had recently taught a similar class on female British writers, and with these subjects fresh on her mind, she began noticing fascinating distinctions between the two cultures and how they handled the evolution of the women’s movement.
Dr. Jill Franks, APSU professor of English, reads through her new book, “British and Irish Women Writers and the Women’s Movement: Six Literary Voices of Their Times.” (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU staff)
