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Education

  • Roane State athletes assist area students, teachers in classroom

    Roane State Community College baseball players and softball players pitched in at Roane County elementary schools during fall semester.

    Baseball players volunteered at Kingston Elementary School, and softball players helped out at Midtown Elementary School and Walnut Hill Elementary School.

    The athletes assisted with activities in the classroom and read to children.

    “The kids like it, and our guys really enjoy going out into the community and helping,” said Roane State baseball coach David Lane.

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  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville honors

    A number of University of Tennessee at Knoxville students from Roane County earned academic honors for fall term.

    They are:

    Summa Cum Laude
    4.0-3.8 term average

    Harriman — Hubert Gibson and Britanny Lively.

    Kingston — Charlotte Bayer, Ashley Carter, Richard Christensen, Kevin Hensley, Hannah Lay, Kyle Roschli, Katharine Vanlandingham, Graham Waldrip and Sarah Waldrip.

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  • Tusculum College graduates

    Nine Tusculum College students from Roane County were among the Greeneville institution’s 251 recent graduates.

    Earning master’s degrees in education with a concentration in curriculum and instruction were Talisha S. Oran of Harriman; Jessica M. Chasteen, Darlita D. Evans and Laura S. McCormick of Kingston; and Jessica D. Jackson, Stephen P. Johnson and Melissa G. Worth of Rockwood.

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  • Bowers’ delayed ‘Moosical’ a hit

    The weather may have forced two postponements of Bowers Elementary School’s Christmas program, but the post-holiday production created a magical festive mood for the audience and cast.

    More than 200 costumed kindergarten, first-, second- and third-graders presented “A Holiday Moosical” before a standing-room-only audience on Jan. 4.

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  • Pelfrey finishes welding certification in Crossville

    Thomas Pelfrey of Rockwood was among the 15 students who graduated from Tennessee Technology Center at Crossville last month.

    Pelfrey was enrolled in the center’s welding program.

    About 200 students graduate each year from the center’s full-time programs.  

    Not all graduates choose to participate in one of the three graduation ceremonies at the end of each term.

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  • Roane County students eligible for scholarships

    East Tennessee Foundation has four scholarships available for Roane County students for the 2011-12 school year.

    Roane County students are eligible for the B&W Y-12 Scholarship, the Ruby A. Brown Memorial Scholarship, the Harold W. Canfield Memorial Scholarship and the Gail Clay Scholarship.

    Applications and guidelines are available at www.easttennesseefoundation.org.   

    B&W Y-12 Scholarship

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  • All-State Band includes Grubb, RCHS junior

    Michaela Grubb, a junior at Roane County High School in Kingston, was chosen last weekend to participate in this year’s Tennessee All-State Band.

    Grubb was selected from several hundred applicants at auditions on Jan. 8 and will perform with the Tennessee All-State Band on April 6-9 at Opryland in Nashville.

    Students from across Tennessee will rehearse for three days and then present a concert at the Tennessee Music Educators Convention.

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  • Midway Middle construction under way

    Midway Middle School recently broke ground to complete a 94-foot competition-ready gymnasium with a lobby and concessions.

     

    Other work includes adding a kitchen to the cafeteria, allowing school food workers to prepare meals onsite.

     

    At present, food is prepared at nearby Midway Elementary School and taken to the middle school to be served.

     

    The new construction and additions are funded through reparation money TVA is paying the county for the 2008 fly ash catastrophe at the Kingston Fossil Plant.

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  • 116 students take part in 4-H public speaking contest

    One hundred sixteen students in grades 4-12 competed earlier this month in the Roane County 4-H public-speaking contest.

    Fourth-graders vied for the county title for their grade level on Dec. 7 in Kingston Church of Christ’s family life center.

    Students in grades 5-12 took part in a Dec. 9 contest in Roane County Courthouse, Kingston.

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  • Schatzer snags $2,500 scholarship with video

    Roane State Community College sophomore Alli Schatzer of Kingston was one of the weekly winners in Dr Pepper’s Million Dollar Tuition Giveaway contest.

    Schatzer received a $2,500 scholarship for her video explaining why she deserved to win money for tuition.

    Dr Pepper solicited submissions from students across the country.

    In Schatzer’s creative video, she gives Dr Pepper reasons to pick her through messages written on her hands.

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