CROSSVILLE —
It is Jan. 11. You are 11 days into the new year of 2013. How are those resolutions going? Have you kept yours thus far? Did you even make any?
I stopped making resolutions when I realized as my friend so aptly said, “Do you feel like you could just copy and paste yours from the year before?” When I perused my previous year’s resolutions, I realized she was exactly right. I could have copied and pasted them as they always seem to center around the same two or three categories in which I wasn’t succeeding.
My nephew asked me prior to New Year’s if I was going to make any revolutions. I started to correct him and say, “It is resolutions,” but paused as I realized a true resolution should be a revolution. A revolution is a “sudden, dramatic change” and the resolutions I was able to copy and paste obviously weren’t revolutions or I wouldn’t have to keep making them over and over again!
If I were to make resolutions, one of them may include seeing more plays at the Cumberland County Playhouse. I love watching the live action comedies, musicals and dramas unfold on the stage and need to try and see all of them rather than just some or most of them. This year’s new CCP season looks very exciting and kicks off Jan. 19 with Steel Magnolias. Steel Magnolias is the fodder for two hit movies and now this funny, poignant show will land on the Playhouse stage. It will be followed by Footloose, Les Miserables, The Miracle Worker, 9-5, Smoke on the Mountain, The King and I, Man of La Mancha, Ring of Fire, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ragtime, A Sanders Family Christmas, Suite Surrender and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
The Spring Dance Performance will be “Broadway Our Way” and will feature a triple threat extravaganza, with Cumberland County students singing, dancing and acting their way through Broadway oldies and newbies.
This means the 2013 season at CCP will feature 15 different shows either on the Main Stage or in the Obrien Adventure Theater. That is a lot of singing, dancing, acting and crowd pleasing! I personally can’t wait to see Footloose, Ring of Fire (about Johnny Cash), To Kill a Mockingbird and, as always, the annual Spring Dance Performance.
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The TAD Center will host its annual Winter Basketball Tournament Saturday, Feb. 16 in the TAD Center’s gymnasium. The three-on-three events will feature three age groups: youth in grades 6-8; high school students in grades 9-12; and a men’s division. Call TAD Center Activities Director Shane Wyatt for additional information at 456-2859. Team entry fee is $20.
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AROUND THE TOWN: Made any ‘revolutions?’
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Pleasant Hill Ramblings: Pleasant Hill Elementary honors volunteers
Mary Ann Kotus-Huff, principal of Pleasant Hill Elementary School (PHS), recently welcomed volunteers to the annual Volunteer Tea. It was held in the gaily decorated new all-purpose room of the new annex. Volunteers were treated to sandwiches, fruit, cheese and crackers and cupcakes.
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Plateau Gardening: Transplanting tips
My landscape is perennial–based. There are vines, trees, shrubs as well as herbaceous (soft-stemmed) vegetation in assorted categories-ornamentals, herbs and food crops like rhubarb. Annuals in containers are used to add splashes of color. At this time of year, I usually have a few recently purchased plants waiting to be transplanted (see the accompanying photo).
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Fair Park offering help for senior dog owners
A dog is a senior's best friend. Family and friends are not around much, and everyone is so busy. After retirement the free time seems to be longer. Many seniors would be very lonely if it was not for their four-legged friends. Dogs are a big part of the family, so they need to learn to be obedient to make it easier on the relationship.
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The beginnings of Cumberland County Discovery Gardens
It was a great day in 2004 when Walt Hitch looked out his window and studied the three unused acres that accompanied his hundreds of acres of AgResearch lands.
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CCHS Class of 1963 congratulates Class of 2013
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Putt for the Cure miniature golf tournament a success
Kids of all ages enjoyed a fun outing of miniature golf Saturday at the first Putt for the Cure event, presented by Dr. Calley Jo Elsea of Cloudland Dental, to benefit the Upper Cumberland affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Players teams up with sponsors and host Pirates Plateau Golf Adventure to raise funds to help area women get needed screening exams, support patients and survivors, educate the public and support national research initiatives.
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Around the Town: Attendance is the Key to success in Cumberland County!
High school attendance is up and 10 cars have been given away. This is all thanks to some forward thinking educators along with Dave and Connie Kirk and the staff at Dave Kirk Automotive. This year marks the 10th anniversary, or a decade, of what the high school students call "Dave Kirk Drawing Day." Or, in layman's terms, some junior or senior from Cumberland County High School, Stone Memorial High School or Phoenix School wins a brand spanking new vehicle.
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End of another great year for Neighbors and Newcomers
Referred to as the "best little club on the mountain," Neighbors and Newcomers will be holding its last meeting of the year May 23. After a fun-filled, interesting and exciting year, the group will enjoy this end-of-the-year lunch at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds.
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Seniors to visit Sutton General Store May 18
On May 10, the members of the 127 Senior Center had a good time socializing, playing bingo, dominos and billiards. Numbers were called by Arlene Simmons, with the prizes furnished by Bob Folger, with State Farm Insurance.
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Marriage licenses
Published May 15, 2013.
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