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Tuesday,
April 27
Special Notice!!! If you have RSVP'd for the Volunteer
Appreciation Trash Bash and Awards Program for this Saturday, the
event will be held INSIDE Calhoun's, upstairs in the banquet
room. There is a good chance of rain in the long-range
forecast and we don't want anything to spoil our fun! If you have
not RSVP'd there a still a few seats left - hurry!
- posted by KKB staff @ 2:45 PM
Monday,
April 26
The results are in...the 2004 Great American Cleanup™ poster
contest entries have been judged and the winners have been
selected. We received 392 posters representing grade levels 2
through 12 from many schools. The theme was "Clean and
Beautiful Neighborhoods". We hung all the posters at our
Earthfest Booth and the public was able to vote on their
favorites. Yesterday we tallied the votes and then picked the
choices from each grade level. All the themes were related
to "Clean and Beautiful Neighborhoods", "Keep Knoxville
Beautiful", or various litter prevention images or
statements. These winners will be honored with prizes at the Trash
Bash, this Saturday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at Volunteer
Landing. Knoxville Museum of Art has committed to displaying the posters on a
date to be determined. The first two winners are (from left to
right): Kelsey Christian, 2nd grade from Sequoyah Elementary School
and
Mandy Miller, 4th grade from Norwood Elementary:
The next two winners are (l-r) Nick Rhine, 5th grade from Norwood
Elementary and Rachel Barker, 6th grade from South Doyle
Middle:
The next two winners are (l-r) Tambera Hopson, 7th grade
from South Doyle Middle School and Holly Korona, 8th grade
from Halls Middle School:
The next two winners are Juana Francisco Andres, 1st grade
from Lonsdale Elementary and Chelsea Toole, 12th grade
from Bearden High:
The final winners are (l-r) Joseph Taylor, 3rd grade from Norwood
Elementary School and Kelly Burke, 9th grade and Anne Marie
Cale, 11th grade, both from Bearden
High School:
- posted by KKB staff @ 4:32 PM
Saturday,
April 24
Earthfest 2004
- Knoxville's official Earthday celebration
celebrated its 5th anniversary with a perfect event at World's Fair
Park. Event organizers estimate up to 10,000 attended the
day-long festival. More than 80 food vendors and display booths
were open from 10 am to 10 pm. There was live music all day topped
off by a solo, acoustic concert by national recording artist Shawn
Mullins. Keep Knoxville Beautiful had a
major presence at the event. The "Clean and Beautiful
Neighborhoods" poster contest entries were displayed - the
public voted on their favorites. Here are just a few pictures from
the event:
- posted by KKB Staff @ 11:15 PM
Earthday,
April 22
- posted by KKB Staff @ 10:45 AM
Wednesday,
April 21
KKB director Tom Salter
participated in a panel discussion on non-profit management with a group
of UT students in Dr. Cunningham's
class. Topics ranged from marketing, how the board selects its
members, branding, and more. The coolest part was that Donna
Deichert from United Way was there. Tom knows Donna
from way back. It was fun.
- posted by KKB staff @ 8:45 PM
Law Enforcement Day
and National Crime Victims' Rights Week was
recognized today at the Knox County Sheriff's Detention Facility.
KKB board members Mary Lou Horner, Page Pratt-Greene and
Martha Dooley
were present. Walker Johnson sang and played some beautiful
songs.
Detective Heather Gilbert was named officer of the year. Officer
Brandon Workman was named K-9 officer of the year, his dog Duras was
present. Officer Jeff Hinchey was named corrections officer of the
year. Picture below (l-r) are: Detective Gilbert, Sheriff
Hutchison, KKB's Tom Salter, Sheriff Hutchison, Officer Workman and
Officer Hinchey (who is holding Duras while Officer Workman plants his
tree).
Keep Knoxville Beautiful
participated by providing 3 bald cypress
trees and stone markers for 3 officers of the year. There was a
great turnout and it was a beautiful day. The plantings were at
the site of the 2001 Liberty Garden and memorial garden for Officer
Angela Payne.
- posted by KKB staff @ 2:45 PM
Monday,
April 19
The AmeriCorps Water Quality Team did a riparian zone tree
planting today along the creek that runs behind South Doyle Middle
School. Science class students helped. In addition to
the students and AmeriCorps volunteers, other helpers included Bob
Santore of South Knox Beautification Committee, Tom
Simpson of Tennessee Forestry Department and Ruth Anne
Hanahan of UT who manages the AmeriCorps Water Quality Team.
- posted by KKB staff @ 6:35 PM
Thursday,
April 15
It has been a huge several weeks in the litter cleanup
business. Since our last update of registered Great American
Cleanup™ groups, the total has grown to more than 85 groups.
A partial list of new groups includes: Martha Washington Heights
Neighborhood Association, Cheryl Denton Family, Dovington Subdivision,
Community Place Neighborhood Association, Kingston Woods Neighborhood
Association, Powell Community Club, UT Football "Volunteers",
South College, Historic Fort Sanders, Oakwood-Lincoln Park Neighborhood
Association, Gibbs High School, West Park Homeschool Group, Cub Scout
Packs 13 & 26, Fourth & Gill Neighborhood, Emerald Avenue
Children & Youth Ministries, Glenacres Homeowners Association, Cedar
Springs Presbyterian Youth Group, Nina Robinson Family, September
Goolsby Family, The Highlands off Northshore, South Side Riverfront
Association, Old North Knoxville Community Group, Huntington Place
Apartments, Mt. Olive Community Organization, Karns Middle School, Deniz
Ocak Family, Knoxville Utilities Board, Lyd's Creek Cleanup, Knoxville
Adaptive Education Center, Suburban Hills Homeowners Association,
Brookfield Acres Homeowners Association, Lovell Hills Homeowners
Association, Hammontree Real Estate, Montgomery Village Boys & Girls
Club, Huntington Hills West, L.P. Brichetto Family, Dandridge Avenue
Neighborhood Watch, Fountain City, Military Entrance Processing Station,
Sigma Nu, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Lamda Chi Alpha, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Pi Beta Phi and Delta Delta Delta. With two
weeks to go this is by far the strongest response we have ever
had. Thanks everyone for helping Keep Knoxville Beautiful.
- posted by KKB staff @ 5:15 PM
Thursday,
April 8
KKB staff attended the second Cemetery Cleanup/Preservation meeting
hosted by Kim Trent, ED of Knox Heritage in the
morning. Tasks were outlined and plans were made to meet again and
break up into working committees. There was a consensus to
register with the State of Tennessee as a formal organization - right
after we figure out a name for ourselves.
In the afternoon, the Earthfest planning meeting took place
and everything is looking real good for the best Earthfest ever.
To get the latest information go to www.knox-earthfest.org
for a list of entertainers, children's activities, etc. KKB will
be responsible for managing the recycling and trash on the site.
If you want to volunteer to help, let us know by email.
There will be many thanks and maybe a free t-shirt or other promotional
item in it for you!
- posted by KKB staff @ 4:30 PM
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
Speaking of beautification, the Public Building Authority
groundskeepers have done a terrific job with World's Fair Park.
The bulbs are spectacular! This is a shot of just a fraction of
the landscape between our office and the 11th Street Expresso House.
- posted by KKB staff @ 2:23 PM
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Tom made a visit to the Thorngrove Neighborhood Association
meeting behind the Orange & White Market near Thorngrove
Christian Church. Carolyn Cate, who works with former
KKB board member Mickey Mallonee will lead the group. It is
their first time with the Great American Cleanup™, but several
of the residents have been doing cleanups for quite a while.
- posted by KKB staff @ 9:15 PM
Thursday, April 1, 2004
No foolin...we're in the middle of cleanup season. April began
with a KKB board meeting in the Candy Factory where we discussed
a KAB national model program linking litter cleanup to
neighborhood crime prevention that could involve Knoxville.
After the meeting staff attended a regional Keep Tennessee Beautiful session
to help county solid waste directors to get more involved in KAB
activities including the Great American Cleanup™.
- posted by KKB staff @ 7:37 PM
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