Clarksville Parks and Recreation Facility Hours to Change for CMCSS Fall Break
October 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville’s Crow Community Center, Burt-Cobb Community Center, Kleeman Community Center and Indoor Aquatic Center at New Providence will adjust their hours of operation for the Clarksville Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) Fall Break.
From October 14th-18th, all three community centers will be open from 10:00am to 7:00pm Monday-Thursday, and 10:00am to 6:00pm Friday. The Indoor Aquatic Center will remain open from 6:30am to 8:00pm. All facilities will resume normal operating hours on Saturday, October 19th. [Read more]
New APSU scholarship to honor legendary basketball coach Ben Fendley
October 8, 2013
Clarksville, TN – For 34 years, if you wanted to play basketball at Clarksville High School, you had to first survive the grueling practices of that school’s legendary coach, Ben Fendley. The U.S. Marine Corps and Korean War veteran knew what his players were capable of achieving, so he made sure they went home exhausted each night.
“You had better be prepared to give him everything you had in practice every day, or there was no place for you on his team,” Wayne Pace, former CHS player and former chief financial officer and executive vice president for Time Warner Inc., said. “Practice was brutal; games were the treat.” [Read more]
Crow Community Center Resuming Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Tai Chi program
October 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Crow Community Center, located at 211 Richview Road, will resume sessions of Tai Chi for Arthritis, beginning October 15th! Tai Chi for Arthritis will take place every Wednesday, 4:00pm to 5:00pm, from October 15th through November 26th.
Instructed by Stuart Bonnington, this program is open to adults of any age who may be suffering from arthritis. Bonnington is certified by the Arthritis Foundation as an instructor of their Tai Chi for Arthritis program. [Read more]
APSU’s Zone 3 journal recognized in “Best American Essays 2013”
October 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Every October, the country’s literary community eagerly awaits the release of the “Best American Series,” celebrating the top writing published in the United States in a given year.
The anthologies are a Who’s Who of a genre’s current literary stars, but they also highlight the nation’s preeminent magazines and journals that feature these works.
Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 Journal
Customs House Museum Presents the 3rd Annual Laying Low
October 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, October 12th, Laying Low is back for its third installment to benefit the Customs House Museum. Originally created as a laid-back alternative to the annual Flying High fundraiser, Laying Low is an outdoor event suitable for the fall season.
Guests can expect a fun evening with beer, bonfires to cozy up to, and a barbecue dinner by Mark Weakly. [Read more]
APSU’s Minoa Uffelman contributes to new book on progressive Tennessee women
October 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In a cemetery in Gallatin, Tennessee, Virginia P. Moore’s headstone reads, “One of the First Five Home Demonstration Agents in the World.”
The inscription, at first, doesn’t sound too glamorous. In the early 20th century, home demonstration agents traveled to rural communities, teaching farmwomen skills such as how to can and preserve vegetables. Moore did this in Tennessee, visiting impoverished areas to organize tomato and canning clubs in the days before 4-H.
APSU’s Dr. Minoa Uffelman with her book “Tennessee Women in the Progressive Era: Toward the Public Sphere in the New South”
Lynne Griffey Shows Watercolors from Beach Poetry Book at Planters Bank in October
October 7, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Planters Bank-Hilldale Gallery will show watercolor illustrations from local artist Lynne Griffey now through Wednesday, November 6th. The paintings are all featured in a newly published book by local author Nancy Sneed, “Grains of Sand: Beach Poems.”
Griffey and Sneed, both retired Clarksville educators, combined their talents to produce a book the entire family can enjoy. “Grains of Sand” is a collection of poems that tell the story of a family vacation to the beach, from packing to reliving the trip through the photo album.
Lynne Griffey
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for October 6th, 2013
October 6, 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: Indoor Aquatic Center, Spooky Spectacular, Cumberland Arts Experience and Clarksville Downtown Market.
Indoor Aquatic Center is now open.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Walk with Me Tennessee Program is off to a great start
October 4, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department kicked off the Walk with me Tennessee program at the Clarksville Greenway on Tuesday with a group walk with the Mayor!
The Walk with Me Tennessee walking program challenges Clarksvillians to walk across the state using a series of challenges featuring trails in Clarksville as well as “virtual trails” in other Walk with Me Tennessee pilot communities such as Athens and Sevierville.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Walk with Me Tennessee Program
APSU Students earn high marks for research at famed Fermilab
October 3, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Mees Fix, an Austin Peay State University physics student, thought he might be in trouble. He was outside of Chicago, analyzing white dwarf stars at Fermilab – the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratory – when he noticed something strange. One of the stars was giving off way too much light energy.
“At first, I thought I broke something,” he said. “I figured I messed something up. I walked over to Dr. Smith and said, ‘check this out? What’s going on here?’” [Read more]
