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Happy 100th birthday, Scouts
Ashley Peterson - Thu, Mar, 11, 2010
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| Farragut Primary School students Liam Decker, left, and Aiden Saroka smile before the celebration service begins Saturday, Feb. 6, at Redemption Church in Knoxville, honoring Boy Scouts of America’s 100 years of service. - Ashley Peterson/farragutpress |
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Boy Scouts of America is celebrating 100 years of serving the community and learning to better society through the young men’s service club.
BSA held a kick-off celebration event at Redemption Church off Pleasant Ridge, Saturday, Feb. 6. U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. was the guest speaker, preceding a historical skit performed by Boy Scouts of the Great Smoky Mountain Council.
Bruce Van Cleve, field director for the BSA Great Smoky Mountain Council, said, “I think the strength of Boy Scouts for America for the last 100 [years] is the values. We continue to improve. The volunteer efforts continue to make scouting strong in the community.”
Van Cleve should know; he’s been serving BSA for more than 27 years.
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Soaring On
HVA dresses for prom
Courtney Such - Thu, Mar, 11, 2010
Hardin Valley Academy added another event to the list – a fashion show. Students from all four grades were asked to participate in the show to benefit HVA’s 2010 Prom. The tickets were $5 a person and $3 for students. The seniors wore prom attire, courtesy of A Joyous Occasion. Participating juniors, sophomores and freshmen dressed in the fashion of today. Parents, students and family members came to support their special one last Thursday night.
History teacher Rebecca Pierce organized the show. She has plenty of experience putting on an event like this from doing it for three years at Central High School. Pierce explained that at her old school, this was always a great way to bring in the money, so she brought the idea with her.
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communitybriefs
- Thu, Mar, 11, 2010
• Dixie Highway Garden Club will meet at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 11, at the home of Kay Stokely. The program is “How to Look for a Professional Arboris” given by arborist Peter LaFreniere.
• The community is invited to join the Fort Loudoun Lake Association from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, March 27, for the inagural Fort Loudoun Lake Clean-Up in Loudon County. For more information or to RSVP, contact Fort Loudoun Lake Association at 865-523-3800, e-mail info@fllake.org, or contact Loudon County Office of Planning at 865-458-4470.
• An upcoming community forum will give West Knox residents the opportunity to talk about County plans to end homelessness. Michael Dunthorn, with the county’s Community Development Division, will outline the program in a presentation on “The Road Home: Knox County’s 10-Year Plan To End Chronic Homelessness” Sunday evening, March 14, at Westside Unitarian Universalist Church. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by an open community discussion. As Knox County enters the fourth year of the 10-year plan, officials are running into resistance from communities where they attempt to locate housing to serve the homeless. The event is part of the Community Forum series sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of Westside Unitarian Universalist Church. The church is located at 616 Fretz Road, just off Grigsby Chapel Road in Farragut. For more information, call 865-777-9882.
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worshipbulletin
- Thu, Mar, 11, 2010
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church will host “Chocolate and Chuckles” at 7 p.m., Friday, April 9. Speaker will be Carol Edmunds for topic “Blooming into the Real You.” For more information, visit www.cclive.org
• Tickets are available March 15 for the Saint Thomas Women’s Guild’s Annual Spring Luncheon and Card Party Thursday, May 13 at the Parish Family Life Center, 1580 St. Thomas Way, Lenoir City. Proceeds from this popular event support local community non-profit agencies. Tickets are $15. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Pam Skinner at 865-408-9817 or Sarina Baker at 865-408-2410.
• Bishop Richard F. Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville announced that he has rescinded the decision to close St. Dominic School at the end of the current academic year. He said he is providing the Kingsport elementary school with a two-year opportunity to demonstrate the school’s overall strength.
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First Baptist hosts missionary to Muslims
Heather Mays - Thu, Mar, 11, 2010
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First Baptist Concord hosted missionary and author Phil Parshall for a breakfast and lecture detailing ministry to Muslims Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Parshall has served as a missionary to Muslim nations since 1962.
“Look for opportunities … just go outside your comfort zone and reach out to the Muslims,” Parshall told the audience of about 50.
“They’re all around you,” he added.
Parshall opened his session with a video, “The God Next Door,” detailing statistics and mission outreach to Muslim countries.
Worldwide, there are around 1.6 billion Muslims, translating to about one out of every four people. In the past 15 years, Islam increased 25 percent in North America, 142 percent in Europe and more than 250 percent in Australia, according to the video.
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