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  • Bunch Marine donates Fishing Rodeo prize

     

    Bunch Marine, Midtown, donated a Lowe Boats 14’ Delta Jon and Karavan trailer to be given as the grand prize during the 22nd annual Dennis Ferguson Fishing Rodeo for Kids. Winner Autumn Parks, right, recently picked up her winnings with her mother, Tonda Parks, and their friend, Butch. Bunch Marine is at 1640 Roane State Hwy. Call 376-7227 for details.

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  • TVA honored for support of Guard, Reserve employees

    Tennessee Valley Authority has been selected to receive the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

    The honor is the Department of Defense’s highest recognition to employers for exceptional support of U.S. Armed Forces Guard and Reserve employees.

    TVA is one of 15 recipients chosen from 3,236 nominated employers this year.

    The awards were announced July 20 during a ceremony in Arlington, Va., by Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency.

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  • Celina Insurance awards J.T. Day Master Agency

    Celina Insurance Group recently named Harriman’s J.T. Day Insurance Agency as one of its Master Agencies.

    The Master Agency designation is awarded to partners who display exceptional commitment to Celina Insurance Group and achieve superior operational results.

    J.T. Day Insurance Agency, at 244 S. Roane St., Harriman, has been serving clients in the area for 33 years.

    Owner J. Terry Day and his staff strive to ofer one-stop shopping for a full range of products, including home, renters, auto, business, farm and life insurance.

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  • Hospital six months away from finish

    Roane Medical Center now is only six months away from completing construction on its new 155,000-square-foot medical center campus that will include a state-of-the-art hospital and a professional office building.

    Roane Medical Center first received approval in April 2011 from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency to build the new medical complex.

    The 64-acre campus is under construction on Roane State Hwy. in Midtown near Pinnacle Pointe, a commercial shopping center just off the Harriman/Midtown exit of Interstate 40.

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  • Roane Medical Center construction: Just the facts

    • The site crew has moved 260,000 cubic yards of earth. Comparatively, nearly 21 feet of dirt covers the University of Tennessee’s Shields-Watkins Field.

    • The campus has 831 tons of structural steel. Elephants average 5 tons, so that’s about 166 elephants.

    • There’s 78,000 square feet of dry wall. About 2 acres, or nearly 16 football fields.

    • The 545,000 feet of light gauge framing is equivalent to 104 miles.

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  • Out to Lunch: More than sundae delightful at Angie's Restaurant

    Places we visit for my “Out to Lunch” adventures are usually influenced by recommendations from readers or folks I’ve interviewed for previous articles.

    During a previous “Out to Lunch” visit, I asked Carrie Jones, who lives in Wartburg and works for Tennessee Eye Care Center by Lowe’s in Midtown, about restaurants in Morgan County.

    One she mentioned was on my prospect list: Angie’s Restaurant, on the corner across from the Morgan County Courthouse in Wartburg at 307 N. Kingston Ave.

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  • Furry friends run the show at ONE-STOP PET SHOP

    An enthusiastic and furry welcome greets visitors at One- Stop Pet Shop in Rockwood.
    The store at 108 N. Gateway Ave., which had its grand opening on Saturday, has been open several weeks and has a variety of animals, including those they let run the place.

    On one particular visit, store mascot Maggie, a sweet-natured pup, is joined at the door by a peppy little brown-and-white mixed dog that was rescued. Also bounding nearby is a small kitten that doesn’t seem quite sure how to take Maggie’s bouncing cohort.

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  • Ayers asst. director at tech center

    Chris Ayers has joined the staff of Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman as assistant director.

    He assumed his new position on July 1.

    “I am excited to be coming to Roane County to help become a liaison between technical education and business and industry for this area,” Ayers said.

    Ayers comes to the Harriman center from Tennessee Technology Center at Murfreesboro. He has more than 13 years of technical education experience.

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  • Hepler, Stout new to board

    The U.S. Department of Energy recently appointed seven new members to its Oak Ridge Environmental Management advisory board.

    Chris Hepler of Oliver Springs and Scott Stout of Rockwood are among the new members filling vacancies on the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, a volunteer citizens’ panel that provides advice and recommendations to DOE on its environmental cleanup operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation.

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  • OUT to LUNCH: Hot dog! Servings all good at Jacque’s Café

    This “Out to Lunch” adventure began when my wife, Carol, and I began to make plans to attend the musical production of “Ragtime” at the Clayton Center for the Arts on the Maryville College campus.

    We first invited our longtime friends, Jerry and Micky Pease, to join us. Jerry is part of the family that operates Pease Furniture in South Knoxville. They have been included in some of my previous articles.

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