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Sherrie Hyle, certified nursing assistant on the 5 West pulmonary unit at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, was named MMCer of the Month for July.

“It was very unexpected,” said Hyle, who lives in Rockwood.

“I am very thankful to my co-workers for recognizing me, but I have to say there is a lot of team work on 5 West,” she added.

Hyle has been with Methodist Medical Center since 2012.

Zaxby’s, a Southeast favorite for chicken fingers and wings and one of the nation’s fastest-growing restaurant chains, celebrated the grand opening of its first Roane County location last week.

The restaurant in Pinnacle Pointe in Harriman’s Midtown area celebrated by giving away a year of free meals to the first 100 guests.

Harriman Zaxby’s restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

It is the fourth Zaxby’s in Tennessee for licensees Gary and Mary Stuart.

Today’s “Out To Lunch” adventure is about Aroma Café ­— Cuban Food & Sandwiches, in Maryville.

The destination was prompted by a movie, memories and recommendations by our son and daughter-in-law, Buddy and Faye Poston.

My wife, Carol, and I recently saw the movie Chef.

The enjoyable comedy is about a professional chef who, after a public altercation with a food critic, quits his job at a popular Los Angeles restaurant and returns to his hometown of Miami.

Demolition of the K-25 Building at East Tennessee Technology Park ended late last year, but that was not the end of the project.

Many other tasks had to be accomplished before the project could be officially declared complete.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor, URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, popularly known as UCOR, has now completed those tasks safely and ahead of schedule.