Convenient Car Care Inc. hosts successful coat and blanket drive for Room in the Inn, and donates $4,000 to Manna Cafe
February 11, 2014
Clarksville, TN – It’s been a brutally cold winter in Clarksville, and with the prospects of more winter weather, the need to help those less fortunate becomes critical.
Convenient Car Care Inc., owners and operators of the Valvoline Instant Oil Change franchise, stepped up their game in the month of January by offering to collect winter coats and blankets for Room in the Inn, and raise money for Manna Cafe. Both organizations work with the people in our community who need our help the most, the homeless.
Candace Ursery of Convenient Car Care Inc. hands a $4000.00 check to Kenny York of Manna Cafe Ministries from their January coat and blanket drive at their Valvoline Instant Oil Change stores. (Hank Bonecutter Clarksville Online)
Potential cognitive decline from hearing loss could be avoided
January 14, 2014
Clarksville, TN – People who choose to seek treatment for hearing loss will be happy to know that they have also reduced their risk of serious cognitive disease. According to recent research by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, depending upon the severity, people with hearing loss may face a 36% increase in the risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases.
Dr. Emi Lejeune conducts a hearing evaluation on a young patient (Bill Larason Clarksville Online)
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Show at Clarksville’s Customs House Museum
January 13, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Twenty four members of TACA will exhibit woodturnings, ceramics, tapestries, and embroideries; as well as, traditional paintings and photography at the museum this month.
Most Tennesseans are familiar with the TACA (Tennessee Association of Craft Artists) Craft Fairs that take over Nashville’s Centennial Park every year. The events have repeatedly been ranked as one of the “Top Twenty Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Copper pieces by Nashville artist Ben Caldwell are part of the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists exhibit at the Customs House Museum.
Learn about Tennessee Authors in Sue Freeman Culverhouse’s “Tennessee Literary Luminaries”
January 13, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Sue Freeman Culverhouse, long a staff-writer for ClarksvilleOnline.com, features eleven Tennessee authors in her new book. Tennessee Literary Luminaries: From Cormac McCarthy to Robert Penn Warren (The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2013). Her author website, www.sueculverhouse.com, links her readers to information about the book and her upcoming blog.
“I’m tired of people outside Tennessee believing that we’re all wearing overalls without a shirt, chewing tobacco, going barefoot, toting six-shooters, and living off road kill,” Culverhouse admits. “I want our youngsters to be proud of the literary heritage these and other Tennessee writers have contributed to the world of literature. All of the authors in my book have interesting lives in addition to having written not-to-be missed books.”
Tennessee Literary Luminaries by Sue Freeman Culverhouse
Valvoline Instant Oil Change collecting coats and blankets for Manna Cafe
January 5, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Convenient Car Care Inc. has announced that their Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations will begin collecting coats and blankets on behalf of Manna Cafe ministries.
Beginning Monday, January 6th, customers who visit one of 7 Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations in Clarksville and Oak Grove KY, will receive $5.00 off any oil change service, if they donate a coat or blanket. Valvoline will gather the donations and deliver them to Manna Cafe Ministries, and they will be distributed to those in need.
Valvoline Instant Oil Change collecting coats and blankets for Manna Cafe Ministries (Bill Larson Clarksville Online)
Batson Nolan PLC announces Jennifer Gower and Katie Downey join firm
January 2, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Batson Nolan PLC is pleased to announce the addition of two associate attorneys, Jennifer Gower and Katie Downey, to the firm.
Jennifer, a native of Springfield, Tennessee, received her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree graduating magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee in 2005. She received her law degree from the same school in 2009.
Jennifer Gower
APSU 2013: A Year in Review
December 23, 2013
Clarksville, TN – When future generations look back on the history of Austin Peay State University, the year 2013 will likely be remembered as a pivotal time in the University’s development.
In the last 12 months, the campus has changed tremendously, both in terms of its layout and its notoriety. New, state-of-the-art buildings are welcoming new students, and even the President of the United States is talking about APSU.
As the University community looks ahead to another big year, here are some of the top stories that defined Austin Peay in 2013.
2013 at APSU
Austin Peay State University Physics Club named outstanding chapter
December 17, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Last year, members of Austin Peay State University’s Society of Physics Students (SPS) chapter sent an email to the national organization, loaded with 45 megabytes of attachments.
Somehow, the email made it to College Park, MD, where officials probably spent weeks wading through hundreds of images and documents detailing all the activities the APSU club, known Del Square Psi, had participated in throughout the year.
Austin Peay State University Physics Club
APSU’s Barry Kitterman awarded prestigious National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
December 16, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Barry Kitterman, Austin Peay State University professor of creative writing, has been awarded a prestigious Creative Writing Fellowship in fiction from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Only 38 writers received the award, with Kitterman being Tennessee’s sole NEA fellow for 2014. His work was selected from among more than a thousand writers as deserving of the honor, which brings with it an award of $25,000.
Austin Peay State University professor Barry Kitterman.
Agero receives Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification
December 12, 2013
Montgomery County, TN – The latest business to complete requirements for Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certified and host a Green Ribbon Cutting is Agero.
City of Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan and Montgomery County Director of Administration, Phil Harpel, filling in for Mayor Bowers, were there to congratulate the company for their work.
Agero receives Green Certification. (Montgomery County Government)
