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CMCSS Education Foundation’s Vision to Reality Banquet & Auction coming soon

By Candy Johnson | October 14, 2009 | Print This Post

 

educationfoundationPlease join the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools Education Foundation for the 5th Annual Vision to Reality Banquet and Auction on November 7th at 6:00 pm at the Clarksville Country Club. This event serves as the local Education Foundation’s major fundraiser to support programs such as; Great Idea-Teacher Grants, AVID scholarships, Kindergarten –Kits, Academic Awards, and the new STEM Initiative for the purpose of increasing student achievement. Tickets are $50 per person. Please visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about foundation programs and to purchase your tickets for this event! You may also purchase tickets at CMCSS Central office on 621 Gracey Avenue.  Businesses can also sponsor tables if desired. For more infromation contact Candy Johnson at candy. or  by telephone at 931-920-7955

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Writer’s Conference: John Seigenthaler Sr. offers “A Word on Words”

July 26, 2008 | Print This Post

 

Dinner Keynote Speaker John Seigenthaler Sr. Famed writer, editor, publisher and 1st Amendment advocate encourages audience, “Everyone has at least one story to tell!”

The Clarksville Country Club Dining Room was the host site for this year’s Writers Conference Buffet Dinner, which featured John Seigenthal Sr. as their keynote speaker.

In listing his many life achievements, one must acknowledge his 43 years as an award-winning journalist of Nashville’s The Tennessean being editor, publisher and CEO; his tenure as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; serving as the founding editorial director of USA Today; and being an administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and chief negotiator with the governor of Alabama during the Freedom Rides. In 1991, he founded the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, whose mission is creating national discussion, dialogue and debate about First Amendment rights and values. Seigenthaler is also the author of the 2004 biography of American President James K. Polk. He currently hosts a weekly book-review program, “A Word on Words” on Nashville public television station WNPT. «Read the rest of this article»

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