Flourishing Families Benefit Concert
Clarksville, TN – Come out Saturday, April 2nd, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm to Greater Missionary Baptist Church and see the talent of the Clarksville community. The benefit concert will support the Flourishing Families organization with assisting the homeless and low-income families in the comunity. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks & Recreation’s Hershey Track & Field program to begin April 7th
Clarksville, TN – Young athletes can showcase their skills in track, long jump and softball throw in the 2011 Hershey Track & Field competition. This program is open to boys and girls ages 9 to 14 in the Clarksville-Montgomery County area.
APSU Professors’ Dream for Civil War Fort Comes True Three Decades Later
Clarksville, TN – In 1982, two young Austin Peay State University history professors – Dr. Howard Winn and Dr. Richard Gildrie – ventured up to the top of a forgotten hill overlooking the Cumberland River. What they found was a wild tangle of bushes and sapling trees, 10 to 12 feet tall, that blocked out the sun and made it nearly impossible to hike through without machetes and axes.
Judge Sam Boaz, who owned the land, had asked the two men to come take a look and see if it was historically important. Rumor had it an old Civil War fort was hidden somewhere in those weeds. The professors hacked their way into that dense mess until they found the old earthen walls and communication trenches of what was known in the early 1860s as Fort Defiance.
Austin Peay State University professors Richard Gildrie (retired), Phil Kemmerly, Howard Winn (retired) and David Snyder stand next to a monument with their names engraved on it at the city’s new Fort Defiance Interpretive Center. (Photo By Charles Booth/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)
City of Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department lines up activities for annual egg hunt
Clarksville, TN – The annual Spring Eggstravanganza will be back on April 23rd at Heritage Park Baseball Fields. The fun begins at 2:00pm with kids in four age groups hunting more than 30,000 eggs, hoping to find the one golden egg. The special egg entitles the finder to a free week session of swim lessons at one of Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s pools. Age groups; 2 years old and under, 3-5 years old, 6-8 years old, and 9-12 years old. [Read more]
Land Ownership 101 Workshop
Montgomery County, TN – On Friday, April 8th, 2011 from 8:30am to 3:00pm the Montgomery County Extension Office will be holding the Land Ownership 101 Workshop.
Have you recently purchased property and want to farm but really don’t know how to get started? Are you interested in selling produce at the farmers market but need more information? What about taxes and incentive programs? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you! This program is funded by the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture, University of Extension and Tennessee State Cooperative Extension programs. [Read more]
APSU app now available for Android smartphone
Clarksville, TN – Months after Austin Peay State University launched its first mobile app for the iPhone, the Peay Mobile 2 app is now available for Android smartphone users.
The new release for the Android is similar to the app released last August for the iPhone but with additional features: [Read more]
2011 Miss River Queen and Teen Crowned
Clarksville, TN – Giselle Fontenot has been named Miss River Queen 2011, while Sarah Gross will reign as the new Miss River Teen. The new title holders were crowned at the pageant held Saturday, March 26th, at Austin Peay State University’s Clement Auditorium.
The new queen and teen were crowned by the 2010 Miss River Queen Kyndal Hayes and Miss River Teen Katie Kennedy.
Miss River Queen 2011 Giselle Fontenot (right) and Miss River Teen 2011 Sarah Gross (left).
Adult Literacy Council hosts “Career Paths” Event
Free Event for Adults wanting to make more Money
Clarksville, TN – On Wednesday, April 27th, 2011, from 10:00am – 2:00pm, the Adult Literacy Council will be hosting the “Career Paths” event at the Greenwood Complex, 430 Greenwood Avenue, Room #213. Career representatives will be on site ready to answer questions and provide information on your “career path”. [Read more]
Bi-county holds Household Hazardous Waste Day
Montgomery County, TN – Bi-County Solid Waste Management will be hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, April 9th from 8:00am to 2:00pm in the Veterans Plaza Parking Lot on Pageant Lane. The collection site will accept items such as. household cleaners, herbicides, pesticides, gasoline, transmission fluid, pool chemicals, etc.
APSU Rad Tech Student Earns Scholarship to National Symposium
Clarksville, TN – Enock Langat, an Austin Peay State University student in the Radiologic Technology Program, recently received a scholarship to the 2011 American Society of Radiologic Technologists Educational Symposium in Albuquerque, NM.
This all-expenses-paid scholarship will enable Langat to learn more about management, education and scholarly writing. He will also meet with the ASRT House of Delegates to learn about leadership roles in medical imaging. [Read more]
