Blick family honors son’s legacy with new APSU agriculture scholarship
Clarksville, TN – Brock Blick wanted some cows. That’s all the 11-year-old talked about (along with hunting and fishing and golf and baseball), especially after spending the day on his grandfather’s farm. Brock would come home at night and inform his father they needed more land to hold all his cows—he wanted 15.
“I said, ‘Ok, we’ll do that,’” Mark Blick, Brock’s father, said. “‘When you turn 15, we’ll buy some land, and we’ll get you some cows.’ He absolutely loved cows.”
Family establishes Brock Blick Endowed Scholarship in Agriculture at Austin Peay State University.
Clarksville Sportsfest offers free day of sports and athletics
Sportsfest features demonstrations, exhibitors, and prizes
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s Parks and Recreation department will host the seventh-annual Clarksville Sportsfest from 10:00am to 1:00pm, Saturday, August 19th, 2017 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center in Liberty Park, 1188 Cumberland Drive.
Sportsfest offers a variety of sports, athletic and outdoor activities for the entire family.
Clarksville’s SportsFest.
Larry Carroll continues to support APSU with new distinguished professorship award
Clarksville, TN – On a quiet afternoon in 1973, a young Army private named Larry Carroll sat in an abandoned barracks building on the Fort Campbell Army Post, listening to a lecture on accounting. In the desk next to him, a lieutenant colonel struggled to pay attention while Carroll leaned out dangerously from his seat, trying to see past the support post that blocked his view.
The accounting class, offered by Austin Peay State University, fascinated the 20-year-old soldier.
Larry Carroll
Workforce Essentials becomes Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certified
Montgomery County, TN – Workforce Essentials was recognized today as a Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certified business. City of Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan; Chamber of Commerce President Melinda Shephard, Bi-County Director David Graham, and CMCGCP Steering Committee members Rose Melton, Daryl Pater, and Tim Swaw were present at the green ribbon cutting to congratulate the Workforce Essentials team on their certification.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Ribbon Ceremony for Workforce Essentials.
Austin Peay State University hosting several events for Total Solar Eclipse
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, August 21st, 2017, the heavens—in the words of English poet Lavinia Greenlaw—will throw a “celestial dimmer switch” during the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, and as excitement builds across the country for this cosmic spectacle, Austin Peay State University is hosting several events, including an official NASA viewing parties at the campus’ Fortera Stadium.
Austin Peay is hosting several events for the upcoming 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.
NASA to broadcast Total Solar Eclipse from Austin Peay State University Farm
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, August 21st, 2017, NASA will use Austin Peay State University’s Farm and Environmental Education Center as one of its official broadcast locations for the eclipse.
In addition to NASA’s broadcast, there will be several research and scientific efforts by multiple entities, including atmospheric, entomological and bovine research during the eclipse.
APSU Farm and Environmental Education Center. (APSU)
Planters Bank Presents to show Disney & Pixar’s “Up” at the Roxy Regional Theatre this Sunday, August 13th
“Planters Bank Presents…” Film Series
Clarksville, TN – The “Planters Bank Presents…” film series next movie is “Up” by Disney and Pixar. This movie will be shown this Sunday, August 13th, 2017 at the Roxy Regional Theatre at 2:00pm.
“Up” is about retired balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Soon after his remarkable lift-off, Carl finds that he has a stowaway: an overeager 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.
Planters Bank Presents to show Disney & Pixar’s “Up” at the Roxy Regional Theatre this Sunday, August 13th
Get ready for the Riverfest Regatta
Fan favorite is back for the eleventh year
Clarksville, TN – Sailors of all kinds are invited to enter the 11th annual Riverfest Regatta, presented by US Bank, at McGregor Park on Saturday, September 9th, 2017.
The Regatta is no ordinary boat race. Individuals and teams will compete in boats made of cardboard, plastic bottles, or other approved materials. Several divisions will race down the 100-yard long course on the Cumberland River. To find out the complete list of materials, visit the Festival website at www.clarksvilleriverfest.com
Clarksville’s Riverfest Regatta
Clarksville Kindness Rocks project
New art program lets kindness rock Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville‘s children, along with a fair number of adults, are adding to the city’s public art inventory—one rock at a time.
And they are engaging in random acts of kindness as they offer others the joy of a chance rock discovery.
In a trend that is sweeping the nation, Clarksvillians are painting rocks—big rocks, little rocks, smooth rocks, backyard rocks—and hiding them around town for others to find, keep, re-hide, or substitute with a painted rock of their own.
Rita Arancibia, founder of Arts for Hearts, is harnessing this movement in that organization’s Clarksville Kindness Rocks project to promote random acts of kindness using art as a creative way to touch people.
Clarksville’s Finest recently joined the Clarksville Kindness Rocks program sponsored by Arts for Hearts, a program under the umbrella of Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Development Council.
Former college basketball assistant coach, APSU alumnus Brad Loos to speak at APSU Summer Commencement
Clarksville, TN – Brad Loos, major gifts officer with the University of Missouri’s Tiger Scholarship Fund, will deliver the address at APSU’s 2017 Summer Commencement at 2:00pm, Friday, August 11th, in the Dunn Center.
Prior to joining the Tiger Scholarship Fund, Loos spent 15 years as a college basketball coach, including three years at the University of Missouri.
Brad Loos to speak at APSU Summer Commencement
