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Between the Barrels visits Dickson County

— The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) delivered its “Between the Barrels” presentation to 300 high school students at Creek Wood High School in Dickson County, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The safe driving program, which is geared to students who are just learning to drive, aims to reduce the chances [...]

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 to host economic forum

The Austin Peay State University College of Business, along with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta-Nashville Branch, will hold a presentation and discussion about the local economy next week.
Billed as the Economic Forum with the Fed, the event will feature Lee Jones, regional executive of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [...]

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 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 [...]

Kentucky’s Cherokee State Resort Park completes first phase of renovation

Kentucky Dept. of State Parks commits funds to renovation of state’s only resort park for African Americans in 1950s. Citizen town hall meetings scheduled to gauge interest  on future mission of the park.

The Friends of Cherokee State Resort Park along with local and state government officials and Kentucky State Tourism and Parks officials marked the [...]

I-40 in Tennessee ranked “best road in nation”

NASHVILLE, TN: At 455 miles in length, Tennessee is home to the longest stretch of Interstate 40 in nation and, for the fourth straight year, the nation’s truckers have rated it the best stretch of roadway in America.  In addition, truck drivers rated Tennessee’s overall roadway system third best in the country for the [...]