Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for March 3rd, 2013
March 3, 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:
- Second Annual “Wettest Egg Hunts”
- Lifeguard Certification Course to be offered
- 2013 Spring Eggstravaganza!
Kids scoop up Easter Eggs at the City of Clarksvile’s Spring Eggstravaganza
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department now hiring lifeguards for summer pool season
January 16, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is now hiring Lifeguard positions and will hold a Lifeguarding Course for participants seeking the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification at the Indoor Aquatic Center, located at 166 Cunningham Lane. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Burt-Cobb Community Center to offer relief from the Heat
June 29, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Burt-Cobb Community Center, located at 1011 Franklin Street, has been designated as a cooling center to provide relief from the extreme heat expected over the next few days.
The American Red Cross will provide water. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will hold Lifeguarding Course
April 18, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will hold a Lifeguarding Course for participants seeking the American Red Cross Lifeguarding Certification at the Indoor Aquatic Center, located at 166 Cunningham Lane.
To enroll in this course, participants must be at least 15 years of age and able to swim 300 yards continuously, tread water for two minutes without the use of arms or hands and swim 20 yards and retrieve a ten-pound weight from 12 feet of water. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for April 15th, 2012
April 15, 2012
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:
- Head Start Registration
- Visitors to Parks & Recreation
- Education Fair
- Story Tellers
- Lifeguarding Classes
- Doggiepalooza 2012
- Re-Certification/Crossover Course
- Movies in the Park
- Book Signing
Red Cross to host first ever Escoffier Dinner
March 30, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Montgomery County chapter of the American Red Cross presents the first annual “Escoffier Dinner, The Art of French Cuisine” at the Looking Glass Restaurant on April 21st at 6:00pm. Proceeds from the event will benefit the local chapter of the Red Cross. Dr. Mac and Linda Edington and Dr. Ernie and Joan DeWald are co-chairing the event together and will host it at the Looking Glass restaurant. Wines will be provided by Fifth City Wine. Both Fifth City Wine and the Looking Glass are the major sponsors for the event.
“Wine Around the World” to benefit local Red Cross
October 23, 2011
Clarksville, TN – “Wine around the World” is coming to Clarksville, Saturday November 12th at the Water Street Events Center. This signature event will be one of a kind for Clarksville, as sponsors will be able to sample wine’s from all over the world, matched with foods paired perfectly with your selections.
“Wine around the World” will benefit the local chapter of the American Red Cross, continuing it’s mission to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Tickets are available at the Red Cross office on Madison Street, and are $55.00 in advance. Event chairperson Beth Tanner says the event will feature some of the finest wines from Spain, Germany, California, New Zealand, Portugal and France. [Read more]
APSU student organizations arrange car wash to help raise money for victims of tsunami in Japan
March 25, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Two student groups at Austin Peay State University have joined forces to raise money and educate the campus about the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in northeast Japan on March 11th.
The President’s Emerging Leaders Program and Student Life and Leadership will sponsor a car wash at 9:00am, Saturday, March 26th in the parking lot of Chick-fil-a on Madison Street. PELP students and students who sign up through Student Life and Leadership’s Saturday projects will work the car wash for donations only. [Read more]
APSU Community School of the Arts slates December 9th performance as benefit concert for fire victim
December 8, 2010
Clarksville, TN – At 7:00pm, Thursday, December 9th, Austin Peay State University’s Community School of the Arts will present a benefit concert to aid a local family whose house was destroyed in a fire December 7th.
The family includes a member of the Clarksville Youth Chorus, which will be featured on the program along with the Clarksville Teen Singers and the Clarksville Community Chorus.
Those who cannot attend the concert but would like to help should call the American Red Cross at 931-645-6401 and reference the Kay Davis family.
For more information, call JoAnn McIntosh, coordinator of the Community School of the Arts at APSU, 931-221-7508, or e-mail at csa@apsu.edu.
Clarksville’s newest Wendy’s Restaurant sets the standard
July 13, 2010
Riverside Drive Location re-opening date still undetermined
Exit 1 has been undergoing a serious boom in recent years. It started with the addition of Great Escape Theatre at the Intersection of Trenton Road and Tiny Town Road, since then new businesses have been attracted to the area. The newest being on June 30th, 2010 with the opening of the Clarksville area’s seventh Wendy’s Restaurant located at 1824 Tiny Town Road.
The designers of the restaurant planned a return to the casual elegance that Dave Thomas intended for the franchise when he opened the original Wendy’s in Columbus Ohio back in 1969. Their newest restaurant features warm earth tones, a carpeted dining room, tiled floors, and textured two toned walls, frosted glass partitions, tin roofed ceilings in the restrooms, and the Dave Thomas memorial wall. There is a nice comfortable atmosphere which you can feel right away when you step into the dining room.
The first customers enter the dining room
