Hispanic group to provide Thanksgiving dinner to 30 local families

By David W. Shelton | October 27, 2007 |

Clarksville’s local Hispanic organization, Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (HOPE), is working to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for 30 families that are in need. This year’s goal is up from 10 last year. Rosa Ponce, the group’s secretary, is coordinating the group’s effort. She said that they surpassed last year’s goal and served over 20 families with Thanksgiving dinners. She said that they’re working to feed even more than 30 families and added that there isn’t really any limit to how many families they can support.

For those who wish to nominate a family to be fed by the effort, Ponce said that the organization will consider any family who is struggling and can not afford to buy supplies for their Thanksgiving dinner. “There are a lot of families who are just over the threshhold of the line for food stamps,” she said. “They make just $10 over the limit, so they can’t get assistance. We want to help them too.” «Read the rest of this article»

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Dunbar Cave hosts Haunted History tours

By Christine Anne Piesyk | October 27, 2007 |

Over 200 people turned out for the first of two evenings of Haunting History at Dunbar Cave Friday. This annual event includes a modified nighttime cave tour with young actors from the Roxy Regional Theater performing informational skits inside cave chambers on the the history and ecology of the caves.

Tiki torches lit the path along the lake leading up the caves, where ironically it was warmer in the static temperature of the caves than it was outdoors. Guests could take away the chill of cool 50 degree air with a warm cup of apple cider or chocolate.

Among the skits inside were a presentation by Ally Campbell, Aaron Juvera, Della Coleman and Elizabeth Coleman (above left), who answered haunting questions about cave art.

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