Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Handmade Holidays vendor applications now available
Clarksville, TN – The Wilma Rudolph Event Center, located at Liberty Park, is currently seeking craft vendors to participate in Handmade Holidays.
This year’s two-day event is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 15th, 2014 from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, November 16th, 2014 from noon to 4:00pm.
Handmade Holidays at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center Saturday, November 15th, 2014.
Clarksville Students Take Part in Junior National Young Leaders Conference
Middle School Scholars to Walk in the Footsteps of U.S. Leaders
Washington, D.C. – Outstanding middle school students from across the United States took part in an extraordinary leadership development experience, the 2014 Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC): Foundations of Leadership I, an Envision program.
The program provides a historical view of leadership and encourages young scholars to develop their own leadership skills and strategies for success in the 21st century.
(L to R) Kurstan Buck and Lexi Koon.
Central Civitan Club begins cooking barbecue for tomorrow’s 106th annual Lone Oak Picnic
Cunningham, TN – The 106th annual Lone Oak Picnic begins tomorrow, July 26th, at 10:00am. In preparation for the event, Central Civitan Club members began cooking their pork barbeque Friday night at 6:00pm. In total, they are cooking 4 whole hogs and 30 shoulders. They will also cook around 200 chickens.
“We cook our barbeque the old fashion way on a pit,” stated Charlie Davis. “It’s really the only way to cook good barbeque.” Charlie and his brother Billy Davis will be overseeing the cooking overnight. By 8:00am Saturday morning, the pork barbeque will be done and ready to pull.
Central Civitan Club began cooking four whole hogs Friday night for Saturday’s Lone Oak Picnic.
Austin Peay State University ROTC Cadet Andrew Shriver receives leadership award
Clarksville, TN – Thousands of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets traveled to Fort Knox, KY, earlier this summer for an intense, four-week summer training program.
During the program’s July 6th graduation ceremony, an Austin Peay State University student was singled out for his ability to motivate his fellow soldiers.
Andrew C. Shriver, a Clarksville native with no prior military experience, completed the program’s Leader Development Course and received the Reserve Officers Association Award. [Read more]
10 APSU students earn scholarships to national conference
Clarksville, TN – This summer, the North American Interfraternity Conference hosted its 25th Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) in Bloomington, Indiana, and 10 Austin Peay State University students received scholarships to attend the event.
Top leaders from fraternity and sorority communities across North America were invited to attend one of the 13 sessions of UIFI this summer. [Read more]
106th annual Lone Oak Picnic takes place this Saturday, July 26th in Cunningham Tennessee
Written by Beth Kasper
Cunningham, TN – All are welcome at the 106th annual Lone Oak Picnic, Saturday July 26th, 10:00am to 3:00pm, presented by Central Civitan Club.
Come to enjoy entertainment, meet candidates for public office, and purchase excellent chicken and pork barbecue. The picnic grounds are located between Hwy 13 and Alonzo Place in Cunningham, TN.
Parking is off of Alonzo Place. Admission is free.
The Back Lot Pickers will be performing at this year’s Lone Oak Picnic.
Clarksville’s Crow Community Center hosts a new Martial Arts program
Clarksville, TN – The Crow Community Center, located at 211 Richview Road, is offering a new martial arts program for youth and adults beginning August 1st.
Bowen & Reagan Combative Arts & Fitness is a competitive martial arts class that serves students from the recreational level to the international level. [Read more]
APSU again named “Great College to Work For”
Clarksville, TN – For the third consecutive year, Austin Peay State University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. In addition, APSU was the only public university in Tennessee to make the list.
The results were released today in The Chronicle’s seventh annual report on The Academic Workplace.
Donate school supplies, shop fresh produce, and pledge your support this weekend at the Clarksville Downtown Market
Clarksville, TN – Since its opening, the Clarksville Downtown Market has been a success- so much so that it was voted the number one market in Tennessee through America’s Farmland Trust, four years in a row!
Don’t miss your chance to visit the Clarksville Downtown Market this Saturday, July 26th, 2014 by stopping by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation booth and pledging your support!
Each pledge made for our market inches us closer to the number one market in the country as a part of the “I Love My Farmers Market Celebration™” hosted by American Farmland Trust.
Clarksville Downtown Market.
APSU Growth rate brings need for Crosswalks, Campus Physical Plant finds Solar Solution
Clarksville, TN – Most people don’t think in terms of solar power when it comes to campus traffic issues, but APSU Physical Plant Director, Tom Hutchins was thinking solar was a perfect solution to remedy a growing traffic related issue around campus — pedestrian safety.
As the campus has grown, nearly doubling in size during the last decade, and the paths people took from classroom to classroom changed, so did the places where pedestrians cross streets.
New crosswalk sign in front of APSU Foy Center. (Photo by Linnea Rainey – Austin Peay State University)
