Clarksville’s Christmas Cookie Bake-off Announces First Place Prize
November 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off, which was once a feature of “Downtown for the Holidays, is now part of Christmas on the Cumberland!
Bakers of all skill levels are encouraged to bake their favorite holiday treat and submit their entry for a chance to win a Kitchen aid mixer! [Read more]
APSU hosts 19th Annual Bread and Words reading on November 26th
November 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Every November, on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the Austin Peay State University Department of Languages and Literature hosts a benefit reading that not only celebrates the written word, but also raises public awareness of hunger in the local community.
This year, the tradition continues with the 19th Annual Bread and Words reading on November 26th in the APSU Morgan University Center Ballroom. [Read more]
Ghosts and Hopes at Clarksville’s Customs House Museum through January 14th, 2014
November 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – “This body of work is not simply about the Civil War. It is about an emotion: the layered, all-encompassing emotion that accompanies a life lived. It is about being passionate enough to fight, compassionate enough to grieve, honest enough to be open. It is about ghosts and hopes,” states Dane Carder of his paintings currently hanging at the Customs House Museum.
Dane Carder paintings at Customs House Museum.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Special Needs Nights at Indoor Aquatic Center
November 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The first Special Needs Night of the season will be this Saturday, November 9th, from 6:00pm-8:00pm at the Indoor Aquatic Center, located at 166 Cunningham Lane.
Hosted by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department and the IAC, Special Needs Nights will be held the second Saturday of every month until April 2014.
The Indoor Aquatic Center at New Providence.
Legends Bank protects Veterans with Crime Prevention Program in Veterans Homes
November 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Legends Bank has joined with the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF), the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) to ensure that 40,000 Veterans living in 160 state Veteran nursing homes in the U.S. are able to live out their lives in safe, secure, enhanced quality of life environments free from the daily fear of crime, abuse, neglect, hostility and deprivation of personal freedom, as provided through the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation’s Senior Crimestoppers program.
Austin Peay State University Phi Kappa Phi Chapter awarded top distinction
November 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) at Austin Peay State University is one of 19 chapters in the nation to earn the Chapter of Excellence distinction for 2012-13.
APSU’s achievement was formally announced by the national PKP headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA. APSU was awarded this national distinction in 2011 as well. Other chapters in the nation were honored with the Chapter of Merit award.
Families look through free books as part of APSU’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter’s annual Candy for the Mind Project.
Logan’s Roadhouse Honors Veterans with Folds of Honor Partnership
November 7, 2013
Nashville, TN – For guests looking to make a difference this Veterans Day, Logan’s Roadhouse has also formed a partnership with Folds of Honor (Folds of Honor Foundation), donating a portion of sales to the foundation to help support families of deceased or disabled veterans through scholarship programs and additional assistance.
The partnership was launched through Logan’s desire to not only help veterans near restaurant locations, but to also create a larger impact on the lives of veterans across the United States and abroad.
APSU Provost Lecture Series to feature Biology professor Baskauf November 7th
November 6, 2013
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University biology professor will present the next session of the Provost Lecture Series this week at APSU.
Dr. Carol Baskauf, APSU professor of biology, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, November 7th, in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. She will talk about her work with Braun’s rock-cress, a federally endangered plant found only in Tennessee and Kentucky. The plant has an unusual distribution, with a 250-mile gap separating its Tennessee and Kentucky populations.
Austin Peay State University professor of biology Dr. Carol Baskauf.
Go Commando Donates Over $50,000 To Charitable Organizations
November 6, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Go Commando Half Marathon & 5k, powered by CDE Lightband, announced Tuesday they would donate over $50,000 to local non-profits and community organizations.
The largest recipients, the Clarksville Area YMCA and the Fort Campbell Historical Foundation, were both on hand to accept donations of $15,000 each. Christy Batts, Broadband Division Manager for the Clarksville Department of Electricity, was also in attendance to present the checks to the recipients.
Fort Campbell Historical Foundation check was accepted by Robert Nichols. From L to R: Channel Lemon, Race Director; Christy Batts, CDE Lightband; Robert Nichols; Jessica Goldberg, Race Director.
New documentary at APSU explores Sioux Indian buried a century ago in Germany
November 5, 2013
Clarksville, TN – On a snowy afternoon a few years ago, the filmmaker Bettina Renner was walking through an old, Catholic cemetery in Dresden, Germany, when she came across a headstone with the name “Edward Two Two” engraved on it. The marker further identified the man, who died in 1914, as a Sioux Indian chief.
The grave seemed so out of place in Dresden – a city nearly destroyed by massive Allied bombings during World War II – that Renner set out to learn how Edward Two Two wound up Germany. [Read more]
