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  • Things To Do

    Editor’s note: The deadline for including items in Calendar is at least one week before the event. Items appear as a public service as space is available. Unless otherwise noted, all events and activities are open to the public.
    MONDAY, APRIL 18
    • Babahatchie Community Band rehearsal begins at 8 p.m. in the Babahatchie Band Room at Harriman High School. Wind and percussion instrumentalists are encouraged to join. Call 882-3446 for details.

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  • Roane Area Reunions

    Editor’s note: The Roane County News publishes reunions each Monday. Reunion notices should be submitted no later than 3 p.m. Thursday to appear in the following Monday paper.

    COMMUNITY
    Little Emory
    • The Little Emory reunion for all residents, students or friends in the community will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 28 at Little Emory School. Lunch will be available for a donation. Call 882-0191 or 717-2818 for details.

    FAMILY
    Wyatt

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  • Choral group to meet at Bethel church

    Members of Roane Choral Society will rehearse this week in Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston.

    Rehearsal starts at 7 p.m. today, April 18.

    All members are needed in preparation for the “Music of the Masters” performance.

    The concert will be presented to the community at 3 p.m. May 1 in Bethel Presbyterian Church.

    This performance will include choral literature of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel, Rutter and others featuring the Moeller organ.

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  • Applications taken for energy assistance

    Mid-East Community Action Agency is presently taking applications for energy assistance.

    Those who have not applied for assistance since July 1, 2010, need to apply this month.

    Applications are available online at www.MECAA.net or at Mid-East’s office at 1362 N. Gateway Ave., Rockwood.

    The office is open weekdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:15 to 3 p.m.

    Applications will also be available April 18 in Harriman Community Center and Mount Pisgah Baptist Church of Oliver Springs.

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  • Too broke to pay late library fees? No problem — it's Amnesty Week

    It’s National Library Week, and patrons of Harriman Public Library who have racked up late fees have a reason to celebrate.

    In conjunction with the nationwide celebration April 11-16, Harriman Public Library has declared
    it Amnesty Week — or a time for
    patrons to clear their library
    debts.

    “This is a special week for you and the library,” said Harriman library director Barbara Pelfrey Milsaps.

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  • Shriners aim to help kids during Saturday mini-clinic

    Kerbela Shrine Temple, Knoxville, will have its annual free mini-clinic this weekend.

    The clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 in Kerbela Shrine Temple at 315 Mimosa Ave. Call 573-1901 for details.

    The screening helps identify children who can benefit from orthopedic and burn care at Shriners Hospitals for Children.

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  • More than 550 juniors study career moves

    “Seeing many career options caused me to think harder about whether the job I want is the one for me.”

    That’s what one Roane County High School junior wrote after attending last week’s Career Day at Roane State Community College.

    More than 550 juniors from the five Roane County high schools attended the third annual High School Career Day and met with almost 150 representatives from 49 businesses.

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  • CASA volunteer training slated to start May 3

    The Court Appointed Special Advocate’s next training class will begin on May 3.

    The five-week class will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday.

    This 30-hour nationally certified training class will provide tools and information to prepare individuals to become CASA volunteers for children who are victims of abuse and neglect.

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  • Rabies clinic set at Planned Pet-Hood

    Roane County Humane Society and Planned Pet-Hood Spay and Neuter Clinic will have a rabies clinic this weekend.

    The clinic will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 in Planned Pet-Hood at 3699 Harriman Hwy., Harriman.

    Cost of the rabies injection is $10 per pet. Appointments are not required.

    State law requires annual rabies vaccinations for all pets older than 5 or 6 months.

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  • The Garden Gate: Palms are the stuff of legends

    By Ellen Probert Williamson
    Many are the legends about palm trees.

    One says that Jesus commanded a palm tree to bend down so that He could pick dates for His mother, and that He promised in return to bless it, and that when He entered Jerusalem in triumph it would be with a palm branch in His hand as the people cried Hosannah.

    Tradition in some countries still says the palm tree — not the apple nor the fig — was the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. And a palm tree is depicted in the state seal of South Carolina.

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