Community News

Area preschool and elementary students are encouraged to participate in “One World, Many Stories,” the Oliver Springs Public Library’s summer library program.

The program, which takes place each Tuesday through June, will feature a different country each week with a story, activity, craft and food representing that country.  

Interested patrons are welcome to read for prizes and take part in special events offered throughout the summer.

The Salvation Army is accepting applications for this year's youth summer camp at Camp Paradise Valley.

The program is June 27 to July 2 on Dale Hollow Lake on Tennessee-Kentucky border.

The program for ages 7-12 and is free to children of low-income families who live in Roane and Morgan counties.

The program offers a large number of experiences in a Christian atmosphere. The goal is to provide a positive camping experience for children who otherwise would never go to a summer camp.

Roane County ElderWatch will observe World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15 with an ice-cream social from 1 to 3 p.m. in the pavilion at Kingston City Park.

The event involves activities to bring greater recognition of the mistreatment of older adults wherever they live, and to highlight the need for appropriate action. It is intended to give abuse and neglect of older adults a global relevance that will sustain and move prevention efforts forward throughout the years to come.  

By Ellen Probert Williamson
In one way or another — sometimes favorably, sometimes quite the opposite — bugs call themselves to our attention.

The idea of eating insects is pretty off-putting to most of us, but insects of various kinds are a staple food in some parts of the world.

Insects were considered delicacies in ancient times. A kind of wood-boring grub was often served as an hors d’oeuvre at parties in Rome. Aristotle, a great cicada fancier, wrote at length about how to prepare them.