Topic: Clarksville-Montgomery County

Summer reading program at Children’s Library begins today.

By Beth Britton | June 8, 2009 |

If you are looking for a creative way to cool off inside this summer then sign your child up for the “Be Creative at your Library“, Summer Reading Program at the Montgomery County Library.

The program kicks off today at 2pm with the T’ween Scene Program, where your “T’ween”  can come and express themselves in age appropriate art activities. The first week continues with special guest Scott Shupe from the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, jewelry making, pajama time, song and dance for your little one under five, and crazy science experiments with Mad Scientist Keith Trehy! «Read the rest of this article»

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Toastmasters Club plans Open House

April 12, 2009 |

The Tennessee Talkers Toastmasters Club is holding an Open House informational meeting at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library on April 18th at 10am.The meeting is being held to determine interest in expanding the membership of the existing club. Those who are interested but unable to attend should contact Jimmie Roberts at (931) 648-3648 for information.

The open house will feature Toastmaster Tiffany Steele, who will speak about the history and goals and benefits of Toastmasters. Ms. Steele is currently the club’s sergeant at arms. Club members will be present to discuss what occurs during typical club meetings, where members give impromptu speeches and other members offer their critiques. «Read the rest of this article»

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Clarksville for Obama wine-tasting and house party

By Terry McMoore | April 12, 2009 |

Clarksville for Obama will offer a wine-tasting and house party on May 1 at the home of Dennis and JoAnn Latz, 3769 Trough Springs Road, Adams, Tennessee, just off of exit 11 from 7-10 p.m.

Wine expert Amy Gallo will be on hand to answer all your wine questions. All wineconnoisseurs/drinkers are asked to bring their favorite reasonable priced bottle (s) of wine for each other to sample. “The more varieties the better.” Attendees as asked to bring a finger food item such as cheese, wings, vegetables, meatballs, chips,  bottled soda and water. «Read the rest of this article»

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Fort Campbell hosts public meeting on Joint Land Use Study

March 15, 2009 |

The last in a series of public meetings for Clarksville-Montgomery County regarding the Fort Campbell Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) will be conducted on March 19, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.  at the Civic Hall Veterans Plaza, 350 Pageant Lane, Clarksville.

The meeting is a follow-up to previous sessions held in 2007. The objective of the meeting will be to gather feedback from residents on recommendations developed as part of the study. The meeting is open to all members of the community and will provide a forum for discussion. The JLUS is being led by EDAW, Inc. «Read the rest of this article»

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Center for Community Change to facilitate community meeting.

By Terry McMoore | March 1, 2009 |

“How Will President Obama’s Economic Recovery Bill Affect the African American Community?” The answers can be found in community discussions to be held on  March 5 at the Montgomery County Public Library, 350 Pageant Lane, Clarksville, from 6-8 p.m.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is hosted by the Urban Resource Center and its director, Terry McMoore, in partnership with the Center for Community Change.

Over the next 5 years a half a billion dollars in job training money will be coming to Clarksville. Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) will open a new plant in Clarksville that will hire over 1,000 construction workers to build, and provide over 800 permanent high paying jobs when they open. HSC will be one of the richest employers in Clarksville’s history since the arrival of Fort Campbell in the 1940s. «Read the rest of this article»

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Local legals speak out: Kurita’s disparaging anti-Barnes ad deemed ’shameful,’ ‘beneath the dignity of a Senator’

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 7, 2008 |

Tennessee Senator Rosalind Kurita

On Tuesday, and again on Wednesday, in the final stretch of the primary campaign, voters across the city of Clarksville received oversized full color postcards in the mail from State Senator Rosalind Kurita, cards that drove spikes of criticism at Tim Barnes and his law practice. Barnes is challenging Kurita for her 22nd District Senate seat on today’s election.

Today a coalition of 38 area attorneys came to Barnes defense while simultaneously calling on Senator Kurita to retract her statements and stating unequivocably that her comments as written on this mailer (and recapped on television and radio ads) were “shameful, and beneath the dignity, and the honor, of a Tennessee Senator.”

In a matter of four hours, the legal community rallied, creating a full page block ad denouncing the “Smear Barnes” ads and obtaining hand-signed signatures of dozens of local “legal eagles” as part of a statement of support for Tim Barnes. (Complete ad text/signatures at end of story). The full page ad is slated to run in The Leaf Chronicle today. «Read the rest of this article»

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African American community to hold meeting on redevelopment plan

By Terry McMoore | February 26, 2008 |

The Progressive Citizens Advocates (PCA), along with the Clarksville-Montgomery County Branch of the NAACP, is sponsoring a town hall meeting at Greater Missionary Baptist Church which is located 450 Ringgold Road in Clarksville, on Monday, March 3 at 7 p.m. The meeting will feature an appearance by Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper.

Progressive Citizens Advocates membership is largely made up of ministers and progressive movers and shakers within the African American Community. The meeting  will attempt to address the questions and issues surrounding the Downtown District Partnership’s Clarksville Center Redevelopment Plan. The meeting is open to the public and will feature a question and answer period. 

For more information contact PCA president Rev. Frank Washington (931) 980-1918 (cell).

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Clarksville for Obama organizes, plans rally

By Terry McMoore | February 12, 2008 |

Although Tennessee came out for the Clinton camp during the recent presidential primary, the race is far from over; a review of national statistics shows Barack Obama neck in neck with Hilary Clinton. A tight race is underway, with the primary race so close on a national level that both candidates have sent the message down to all their campaign headquarters, especially in the states that have had primaries, to not close their local primary campaign doors yet. The political battle cry: rally the voters and register new voters.

Montgomery County, a county that Barack Obama did not do well in, still has a team of energetic people lead by county campaign manager for Barack Obama, Credo Amouzouvik. This re-energized group of supporters will officially introduce themselves to the citizens of Clarksville-Montgomery County as they rally behind the name Clarksville for Obama on February 15 at the Tropicana Restaurant, 233-A Tiny Town Road in Clarksville at 6 p.m. «Read the rest of this article»

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Blind Vendors denied contract to work at Montgomery County Jail

By Terry McMoore | September 8, 2007 |

The Leaf Chronicle’s newspaper history can be traced back to 1808. It has survived a tornado and numerous leadership changes.

Being the oldest newspaper in print in Clarksville – Montgomery County, though,  can be both an advantage and a handicap when it comes to providing the community detailed coverage of the news of the day.

Thanks to the internet, we “news heads” have many sources to chose from to help fill the gaps corporate news groups sometime create to meet the bottom line. I would like to thank the Leaf Chronicle news paper for printing the numerous stories that I have either submitted or been involved in, but sometimes they fall just a little short in getting the complete idea of what the person they are interviewing is trying to say.

The following is a letter in its entirety I submitted to local and nationwide chat rooms in an effort to plug up the holes that appeared in the article that ran in the Leaf Chronicle about the closing of the commissary inside the Montgomery County [TN] Jail. «Read the rest of this article»

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