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Fort Campell gate closures announced

FORT CAMPBELL, KY:  Between now and March 22, Fort Campbell will begin limiting access to training areas on the installation.

Seven previously open roads will be gated or barriers will be installed, limiting access to the mainly undeveloped training areas west of Palmyra Road.
The following access points will close in Tennessee:

Highway 79 and Indian Mound Road
Highway [...]

Local delegation lobbies for Fort Campbell projects

Citizens for Ft. Campbell will travel to Washington, D.C. this week to present post improvement projects to members of the Tennessee Congressional delegation.
The projects include a Tactical Athlete Training Facility, which will provide soldiers with a facility needed to ensure they are properly trained to carry out their mission. The project directly supports the Army’s [...]

“Law of Attraction” workshop planned

How do we increase the quality of our lives?  What helps us to keep our energy balanced and refined?  How do we discover our inner desires and purpose?
Explore these questions with Connie Livingston-Dunn, who will present a workshop on “The Law of Attraction” at Visions Metaphysical Boutique, 101 Franklin Street, in historic downtown Clarksville, on [...]

BSA celebrates 100 years of scouting

Interactive scouting experience begins nationwide tour
For the Boy Scouts of America, 2010 is a year-long celebration and an invitation to the nation to experience Scouting like never before.
“This is an incredibly exciting and important time for our organization,” said Bob Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive of the BSA. “The methods of Scouting continue to evolve to [...]

LBL field trip grants available

Tennessee and Kentucky public school systems can enhance their science, social studies, art, and humanities curriculum through LBL educational events.
Are you an educator interested in planning a field trip to experience the Land Between The Lakes (LBL) ‘outdoor classroom’?  If so, don’t miss out on LBL’s Educational Field Trip Grant for the 2010-2011 school [...]

APSU Spring 2010 Library speaker series kickoff

The Spring 2010 Library Athenaeum speaker series kicks off at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 23, on the 3rd floor of the Felix G. Woodward Library.  Library Athenaeum events are free and open to the public, and all Woodward Library Society members are cordially invited to attend.
“The Colors of Charpentier” will be presented [...]

World peace leader to speak at Murray State University

The latest speaker in Murray State University’s Presidential Lecture Series is Archbishop Desmond Tutu, world-renowned human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Beginning with his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, Tutu has worked tirelessly to spread peace, justice and democracy, and to end racial divisions throughout the world.
Tutu’s visit [...]

Murray State Hopkinsville Regional Campus gains new director

Slone Cansler of Hopkinsville became the director of the Murray State University Regional Campus and the offices at Fort Campbell, effective Feb. 1. She succeeds Mike Freels, the director of the Henderson Regional Campus, who had served as interim director.
A graduate of Murray State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism [...]

Murray Shakespeare Festival presents The Rough, Rude and Boisterous Tour

Murray State University invites students, faculty and staff, and members from area communities to see the American Shakespeare Center on Tour from Staunton, Va., portray classic Shakespeare through the talents of the Rough, Rude and Boisterous Tour actors.
Romeo and Juliet, with Josh Carpenter and Brandi Rhome, will be presented on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. [...]

Green economy newsbits on the Biofuel Front

News tidbits on biofuel industry happenings.
Biofuels facility saved from bankruptcy in Wisconsin

From South Wisconsin comes news of Valero Renewable Fuels acquiring a biofuels plant facility for $72 million dollars. The facility is an ethanol plant located in Jefferson. The plant had been in business for six years and had a production [...]