AAUW meeting features dance program, scholarship recipients, new officers
An AAUW luncheon meeting today features a fun program, the introduction of college scholarship recipients, and the induction of new officers, a press release said. AAUW member Peggy Emmett, who has won...
View ArticleLetter: Open discussion of bullying is encouraging
To the Editor: I was fortunate enough to attend the Knoxville Police Department’s anti-bullying summit on July 30 at the Expo Center on Clinton Highway. The main message given at the summit was...
View ArticleLetter: Healthy Start to kick off fall campaign, seeks donations
To the Editor: After 15 years, with its continued mission of preventing child abuse and neglect in Anderson County, Healthy Start continues to support our families and is regarded as a model program....
View ArticleLetter: Residents urge legislators to raise minimum wage
To the Editor: Two bills in Congress to raise the minimum wage by about 95 cents per year for the next three years are HR1010 and S460. We, the undersigned, urge readers to contact their congressmen...
View ArticleUT Career Services leader to discuss ‘Negotiating for Women’ at AAUW meeting...
Mary Mahoney, an assistant director for University of Tennessee Career Services, will discuss “Negotiating for Women” during an AAUW meeting at lunchtime today. The AAUW Oak Ridge Branch meeting starts...
View ArticleLetter: Democrats represented Oak Ridge more years than Republicans
To the Editor: Although many in Oak Ridge assume that only a Republican can further the interests of Oak Ridge nationally, it is interesting to note that from the formative years of Oak Ridge until...
View ArticleLetter: Congressional debate, candidate answers available online
To the Editor: Oak Ridge voters in the Third Congressional District might like to know that they can view the Monday night, October 27, debate between Rep. Chuck Fleischmann and Dr. Mary Headrick at...
View ArticleLetter: Headrick has will to solve problems, is knowledgeable, energetic
To the Editor: Please vote for a candidate who is grounded in reality, not political dogma. Please vote for Mary Headrick, the Third District candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is a...
View ArticleLetter: Grateful for opportunity to vote for Headrick
To the Editor: I, for one, along with the tens of thousands of others who voted for Mary Headrick, am grateful to her for giving us the opportunity to vote for a realistic, compassionate, and...
View ArticleLetter: City may need to re-visit possible review board for law enforcement
To the Editor: It is well-known that systems are healthier and work better when there is the opportunity for feedback. The Oak Ridge City Charter provides for a Personnel Advisory Board for both city...
View ArticleLetter: Suggests Oak Ridgers consider electing another woman, a Democrat, to...
To the Editor: During the years 1974-1994, a woman, who was a Democrat, represented Oak Ridge and the Tennessee Third Congressional District. Her name was Marilyn Lloyd. She wrote several bills,...
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