Regatta Countdown
August 31, 2010
There’s Still Time to Sign Up for Riverfest’s 4th Annual Regatta
The Riverfest Regatta is not your typical boat race. The boats that will be racing down the Cumberland River Saturday morning, September 11th will be made of cardboard and a few other approved materials. Not only will teams be racing for bragging rights, but trophies will also be awarded to the first, second, and third place teams in each division.
The five divisions include Adult Open, Military, Business & Industry, City Department, and Church/Civic.
Riverfest Regatta
Planters Bank Selects Two More Finalists for Nissan Cube Giveaway
August 23, 2010
Two additional finalists have been selected for the Planters Bank 2010 Nissan Cube Giveaway.
Finalist number two, Rise Herndon, was selected from online entries received between May and July. Herndon lives in north Christian County.
A third finalist was selected from new accounts at the bank’s eight branches during the month of July. David Fain of Clarksville was drawn as finalist number three.
Student Operated Credit Unions Opening Soon
August 4, 2010
Thirty two Northeast and Rossview School students have spent their summer with sums, learning the financial ropes of operating their own credit unions, which will open in late August on each campus.
Fort Campbell Federal Credit Union and Clarksville Montgomery County School System began making plans last winter to institute student operated credit union branches at both Northeast and Rossview High Schools. Current plans are for the Northeast branch to be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Rossview will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Both branches will be open during the lunch periods, and details are being worked out for hours at the branches.
Students Michelle Ferguson, RHS, and Jared Cornelius, NEHS, receive instruction from FCFCU training instructor David Wilhelm.
Architectural Heritage Bus Tour Kicks Off 2010 Clarksville Writer’s Conference
July 29, 2010
Josh Wright
Where can you overhear a discussion of the war in ’62 and learn that it’s not Viet Nam being discussed but the War Between the States? Where can you find out a ghost may be lurking right down town in Clarksville? Where can you see tobacco leaves highlighted in the stained glass windows of an exquisite historic church?
The answer to all these questions is the Architectural Heritage Tour that is the first episode in the Sixth Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference.
Here’s what you missed if you weren’t on the tour conducted by Josh Wright. He co-chaired with Micki Daugherty this year’s tour. Architect Wright gave a brief overview of each location to be visited during a presentation at the Riverview Inn where the group of 30 writers and history buffs met at 9:00am on Wednesday. [Read more]
Dunbar Cave’s Cooling at the Cave is Saturday July 31st
July 26, 2010
Transportation via golf cart between the parking lot and the cave entrance will be available for those who need it, thanks to the kindness of the Jeff Vaughn and the City of Clarksville.
With the heat index passing 100 lately, it is perfect timing for the Friends of Dunbar Cave’s annual Cooling at the Cave event. Bring your family out Saturday, July 31, from 4pm to 6pm and enjoy sitting at the mouth of the cave, which stays at 58 degrees year round.
Sitting in the shade at the mouth of the cave is how locals cooled off before the cave was a designated State Natural Area. Folks would bring tables, chairs, and board games. Some would play instruments, while others danced. This is the atmosphere the Friends of Dunbar Cave recreate every year. [Read more]
Comedy on the Cumberland returns next week
July 14, 2010
The second installment of Comedy on the Cumberland returns to the Roxy Theatre on Tuesday July 20th at 7:00pm. Some of Nashville’s funniest comedians will be in Clarksville to entertain you with Clarksville’s very own Jim Gossett headlining the event, with assistance from Chad Riden, Brian Bates, and Brian E Kiley.
This show will benefit the Clarksville/Montgomery County chapter of the Red Cross with all proceeds going directly to the local chapter to continue to serve those in need. Time is running out to get your tickets to what is going to be the funniest night of the summer. There are a limited number of tickets available so get yours soon! You can pick up tickets at the downtown branch of F&M Bank, or and at the Roxy Theatre’s box office. The cost is $40.00 a person, or $75.00 for a couple.
Jim Gossett
Do not Miss the Sixth Annual Clarksville Writer’s Conference
June 21, 2010
Writing is a lonely profession. Oh, sure, you have lots of company when you’re researching your project (unless all your research in on the Internet), but when you sit down and face that blank page, you’re on your own, my friend.
When an opportunity like the Sixth Annual Clarksville Writer’s Conference comes along, no writer can afford to miss it. Just rubbing shoulders with these highly successful people will give you impetus to keep on creating those masterpieces of your own.
Keep in mind, however, that you don’t have to be a writer to attend. You can be an avid reader and get a wealth of experiences from it too. [Read more]
The Unity Day Celebration was something special
June 7, 2010
Unity is the quality or state of being made one.
That is exactly what happened during the first annual Unity Day Celebration on Saturday night. For at least one evening, our community was made whole. The purpose of Unity Day was to help unite the Clarksville community, it celebrated the accomplishments our community’s leadership, and paid tribute to and recognized the hard work of non-profit organizations in Clarksville, TN; and It more than succeeded in reaching this lofty goal.
The event was the brainchild of Treva Gordon, the Founder and Publisher of the Convenient Shopper an advertising supported bi-monthly magazine. However, during the evenings ceremonies Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper announced that Unity Day would be officially recognized by the City each year.
Non-profit organizations being recognized at the 2010 Unity Day Ceremonies
Beauty and the Beast Jr. at the Roxy brings back fond memories
May 21, 2010
They say your first musical will always be your favorite, and that is the case for me with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, it was the show that was playing when I first ventured into the Roxy Regional Theatre. Their professional production of this Disney classic sparked a continuing love of Musical Theatre in me.
So, when I heard that the Roxy was planning on staging Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. as part of their 2010 season I was excited as I saw it as as chance to revisit my first musical. And I wasn’t disappointed. Watching those young actors and actresses performing their hearts out, renewed that feeling of wonder that I experienced when I sat in the seats watching my very first show at the Roxy.
A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down. [Read more]
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jr. is sure to Enchant at the Roxy Theatre
May 16, 2010
A tale as old as time….The beautiful Belle yearns to escape provincial life and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle finds more adventure than she wanted when she becomes a captive in the Beast’s enchanted castle! Dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture will fill the Roxy’s stage with thrills in this beloved fairy tale about very different people finding strength in one another and learning how to love. Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jr., opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre Friday, May 21st, at 6:00 pm.
