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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.

The successful demolition of a former gaseous diffusion facility has been honored by the American Nuclear Society.

The American Nuclear Society’s Decommissioning and Environmental Services Division selected the K-25 demolition project to receive its Project Excellence Award.

The K-25 building at East Tennessee Technology Park was built as part of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s. As the massive, mile-long building began deteriorating, its demolition was considered one of the highest priorities for the environmental cleanup program in Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s annual ORNL United Way campaign is now underway.

Roane County United Way Executive Director Dina Jackson attended this year’s campaign kick-off event.

Key speakers included radio personality Hallerin Hilton Hill and Donnie Tyndall, head basketball coach for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Ron Crone, associate ORNL cirector for Neutron Sciences, is leading this year’s campaign with co-chairman Phil Britt, who directs the Chemistry Division.