City of Clarksville has plenty of summer job openings
Clarksville Parks and Recreation needs seasonal and part-time workers
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department has dozens of seasonal and part-time jobs – many of them ideal for ambitious teens looking for summer work.
The jobs include everything from Summer Youth Program Assistant, to Seasonal Grounds & Facilities Maintenance Assistant, to Lifeguard and more.
The City of Clarksville’s busy parks system, like this stretch of the RiverWalk, offers plenty of seasonal and part-time job opportunities for local residents.
APSU student Tia Jones discuses overcoming abuse in memoirs, titled “Come See a Man”
Clarksville, TN – Tia Jones, a communication student at Austin Peay State University was in Germany, serving her country in the U.S. Army, when her past finally caught up to her.
A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Jones grew up in a self-described broken home. Raised by her mother, Jones did not meet her biological father during her early years, and in his absence, a six-year-old Jones found suffering as the victim of sexual assault at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend.
Tia Jones
Mint Indian & Greek Buffet opens in Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, March 13th, 2017, Mint Indian & Greek Buffet resturant held their grand opening.
Mint Indian & Greek Buffet is not your typical buffet. The spices, the sauces, and items are robustly cooked and seasoned to perfection.
There are five buffet tables providing a wide selection of Indian and Greek cuisines; including all you can eat Gyros.
Patrons filled the Mint Indian & Greek Buffet resturant Monday during their Grand Opening.
Clarksville to Host 2017 Tennessee Future Stars Football Games
7th and 8th grade games to bring 5,880 people and $3.4 million economic impact
Clarksville, TN – On the heels of announcing that the city will host the 2017 Toyota East West All-Star Classic, Visit Clarksville officials have landed another state-wide football event for 2017. The Tennessee Future Stars will host their annual Tennessee-Kentucky games for seventh and eighth graders in Clarksville on June 17th at Austin Peay State University’s Fortera Stadium.
“We are excited to host another major football event here in Clarksville at Austin Peay,” said Visit Clarksville Executive Director Theresa Harrington. “I can’t emphasize enough how important the upgrades to Fortera Stadium and the cooperation of the APSU athletic staff have been to recruiting football events.”
APSU’s Fortera Stadium
Austin Peay State University, Dickson County School System announce dual enrollment partnership
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University is partnering with the Dickson County School System to provide an opportunity for high school students from both Creek Wood and Dickson County High Schools to take college courses at a central Dickson County location.
Students would attend college classes taught by APSU faculty in the morning at the central location and return to their respective high school for lunch and afternoon classes.
Austin Peay State University Campus. (APSU)
Clarksville Downtown Market Seeks Vendors
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Downtown Market is accepting applications for vendors for its 2017 season, which begins May 20th and runs through October 14th.
The 2017 market season will be from 8:00am to 1:00pm on Saturdays in downtown Clarksville on Public Square. Since its opening in 2009, the Clarksville Downtown Market has been voted the number one farmers’ market in Tennessee every year!
The Clarksville Downtown Market is seeking vendors of all types. Sellers of local produce, dairy, honey, flowers, cheeses, meats, food products, baked goods/breads, and artisan items are strongly encouraged to apply, but all applicants will be considered. All items must be handmade, homegrown or gathered by the seller or family members.
Clarksville Downtown Market
APSU repurposes programs and building in response to area’s needs
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has retooled its engineering technology program Over the last year and is in the process of repurposing its Technology Building (formerly the Hemlock Semiconductor Building), to meet the growing manufacturing needs of the state.
Engineering technology students work in the classroom at the Austin Peay. (Beth Liggett, APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library Society’s 9th Society Social to be held April 1st
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library Society will host its ninth annual Society Social, featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jackie Crosby on Saturday, April 1st, 2017.
Crosby, now a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, won a Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting in 1985 while working for the Macon Telegraph and News.
The Woodward Library Society is dedicated to the advancement of the Felix G. Woodward Library of Austin Peay State University.
APSU Beef Cattle Show Team wins Second National Championship
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Beef Cattle Show Team is barely older than the livestock it shows, but the program has quickly made a name for itself as a competitor on the local, state and national levels.
They only reinforced that reputation when Ruby, the team’s prize heifer, or young female cow, was named Reserve Division Champion Percentage Simmental at the 2017 Dixie National Livestock show, held this past February in Jackson, Mississippi.
APSU Beef Cattle Show Team’s prize heifer Ruby was named Reserve Division Champion Percentage at the 2017 Dixie National Livestock show.
Clarksville Police Department to hold annual Run for C.O.P.S. 5K Run/Walk on May 13th
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Police Department will be holding their annual Run for C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) 5k Run/Walk event on Saturday, May 13th, 2917. Registration is going on now.
All proceeds will be donated to the C.O.P.S. Foundation to benefit the families of law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty.
Clarksville Police Department’s annual Run for C.O.P.S. 5k Run-Walk
