Bristol, Tennessee Police Department to Host 36th annual National Night Out
Bristol, Tennessee - The Bristol, Tennessee Police Department will host its 36th annual National Night Out Campaign, a yearly event that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie, on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Community members are invited to attend this event at the Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire – Tennessee Unit, 2000 West State Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Free pizza, popcorn, and drinks will be provided, and school supplies and bike helmets will be given out while supplies last. Inflatables will be available for children to enjoy. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement, while fostering a true sense of community. The ultimate goal is to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. For additional information, please contact Officer Nathan Greene at (423) 989-3647 or ngreene@bristoltn.org
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Monday, July 29, 2019
The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Whistler & Company: The Etching Revival
Whistler & Company includes nearly a dozen works by Whistler accompanied by more than 50 etchings by some of his most accomplished American and European contemporaries.
Whistler’s gritty images of the River Thames, views of Venice, and Parisian scenes are among works featured in the exhibition. Other artists who participated in the etching revival include Francis Seymour Haden, James McBey, Edwin Edwards, David Young Cameron, Muirhead Bone, Mortimer Menpes, Charles Meryon, Maxime Lalanne, Joseph Pennell, and Frank Duveneck, among others.
Although best known for innovative paintings such as Arrangements in Gray and Black No. 1 (popularly known as “Whistler’s Mother”), Whistler was a talented printmaker. The exhibition Whistler & Company examines the artist’s influential role in the etching revival of the 19th and early 20th centuries. This revival took hold in France, England and the United States. Artists set out to reestablish etching—the art of incising lines with an etching needle into a thin copper plate which was then inked and pressed into paper with the help of a printing press to create impressions—as an art form that could stand on its own. Inspired by Rembrandt, and the old masters, practitioners created remarkable original and expressive compositions that gained popularity with refined collectors and the broader public.
The legacy of expatriate American artist, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London) was far-reaching, and his sphere of influence included early 20th-century East Tennessee. The Nicholson Art League, for instance, Knoxville’s leading art group of the period, dedicated its entire December 1, 1911 program to Whistler. Led by noted impressionist Catherine Wiley, the gathering featured presentations including “Whistler’s Influence on American Art,” and Whistler, His Life and Work.”
All of the works in in the exhibition are drawn from the Reading Public Museum’s permanent collection of works on paper, which numbers more than 10,000. Whistler & Company: The Etching Revival is organized by the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Presenting sponsor is the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art. Additional sponsorship includes UBS and the Tennessee Arts Commission. Media sponsors include Big Wheel and Kurt Zinser Design.
Additional Whistler & Company events include:
Cocktails & Conversation with Maryville College Art Professor Carl Gombert
Tuesday, September 10, 5:30-7pm. Free and open to the public. Cash bar.
Dine & Discover with Maryville College Professor Emeritus Mark Hall
Wednesday, October 2, 12-1pm, Free and open to the public.
Photo Caption:
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London), Billingsgate, 1859. Etching, museum purchase, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania.
The Knoxville Museum of Art
The Knoxville Museum of Art celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, serves and educates diverse audiences, and enhances Knoxville’s quality of life. The museum is located in downtown Knoxville at 1050 World’s Fair Park and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday 10am–5pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm. Admission and parking are free. For more information, contact Angela Thomas at 865.934.2034 or visit www.knoxart.org.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Tony Jackson Returns to the Grand Ole Opry
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Thursday, July 11, 2019
City of Brentwood: Crockett Road Water Line Replacement Project Begins
Brentwood, Tennessee - The Brentwood Water Services Department will be replacing water lines along Crockett Road, between Raintree Pkwy. and O’Hara Drive starting Monday, July 15, 2019 through December. Most of the work will be off the road, but residents can occasionally expect traffic delays associated with the construction.
This project includes replacing approximately 3,350 feet of 12-inch water pipe along Crockett Road, from just east of the round-a-bout at Raintree Pkwy., east toward O’Hara Drive. Also, included is abandoning approximately 2,000 feet of an older water line west of the round-a-bout. This work also includes transferring water services for customers from the older four-inch line to an adjacent 12-inch water line.
In addition to the work on Crockett Road, this project also includes installing approximately 400 feet of eight-inch water pipe at Deerwood Lane to connect customers to the Johnson Chapel Road water line that was installed in 2014. By making this connection, an older segment of water line from Harpeth River Drive to Deerwood Lane can be abandoned.
The City received four competitive bids for this project. SBW Constructors, LLC of Goodlettsville, Tennessee submitted the lowest bid of $789,454. This project is part of the 2020-2025 Capital Improvements Plan to help maintain the highest level of distribution service for residents
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Janet Ross wins Bristol First Award
Bristol, Tennessee - Janet Ross, a 22-year employee of the City’s Public Works Division, has been named a Bristol First Award recipient for both her outstanding work as a City employee and a random act of kindness to a grateful community member. Mayor Margaret Feierabend presented the award to Janet during the July 8 meeting of City Council.
The award, established in October 2014, recognizes City employees who serve with pride and excel in the work they do. Nominations are accepted from members of the public, co-workers, elected leaders, and others.
Community member Patty Lee nominated Ross for the award after chance encounter at a local grocery store. Lee was struggling to load groceries into her car one evening when Ross, having just finished a long day of mowing and trimming shrubs in the hot sun, came to her rescue. The longtime City employee loaded the bags, then made sure Lee was safely in her vehicle and headed home.
A second nomination came a few days later from Bristol resident Nancy DeFriece, who observed Ross clearing overgrown shrubbery from the roadway and teaching her co-workers the proper way to handle the task.
“The women seemed to have such respect for Janet and were carefully observing and working with her,” DeFriece noted in her nomination. “The very next day, I happen to pass that same area again, and there was Janet with better equipment, cutting even more of the shrubbery so two cars could pass each other without a problem. This time she was personally doing the work herself.”
The Bristol First Award recognizes employee who put people first, demonstrate respect and integrity, deliver services that exceed expectations, and excel in an environment that stimulates innovation and continuous improvement. A total of 36 employees have now been recognized since the award’s inception.
Additional details about the award and the nomination form are available online at www.bristoltn.org/bristolfirst
The award, established in October 2014, recognizes City employees who serve with pride and excel in the work they do. Nominations are accepted from members of the public, co-workers, elected leaders, and others.
Community member Patty Lee nominated Ross for the award after chance encounter at a local grocery store. Lee was struggling to load groceries into her car one evening when Ross, having just finished a long day of mowing and trimming shrubs in the hot sun, came to her rescue. The longtime City employee loaded the bags, then made sure Lee was safely in her vehicle and headed home.
A second nomination came a few days later from Bristol resident Nancy DeFriece, who observed Ross clearing overgrown shrubbery from the roadway and teaching her co-workers the proper way to handle the task.
“The women seemed to have such respect for Janet and were carefully observing and working with her,” DeFriece noted in her nomination. “The very next day, I happen to pass that same area again, and there was Janet with better equipment, cutting even more of the shrubbery so two cars could pass each other without a problem. This time she was personally doing the work herself.”
The Bristol First Award recognizes employee who put people first, demonstrate respect and integrity, deliver services that exceed expectations, and excel in an environment that stimulates innovation and continuous improvement. A total of 36 employees have now been recognized since the award’s inception.
Additional details about the award and the nomination form are available online at www.bristoltn.org/bristolfirst
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Propex Geosolutions Receives Carbon Footprint Verification for PYRAMAT® 75 HPTRM
Originally published by Propex Global Geosolutions
Propex GeoSolutions recently became the first High Performance Turf Reinforcement Mat (HPTRM) manufacturer to verify the carbon footprint of its erosion control solutions. The cradle-to-grave carbon footprint of PYRAMAT® 75 HPTRM is 2.7 kgCO2e per 1m2 of material, which is equivalent to driving about seven miles.
“This verification is another piece of the sustainability puzzle,” said Mike Gorey, CEO of Propex Operating Company, LLC. “We’ve known for 20 years that our erosion control solutions support the environment by encouraging vegetation and improving water quality, but now we know that their life cycle produces a small carbon footprint.”
SCS Global Services, an international leader in third party certification and environmental standards development, evaluated PYRAMAT’s lifecycle to calculate its cradle-to-grave carbon footprint. The carbon footprint was then verified through an independent third-party review by Dr. Tom Gloria, of Industrial Ecology Consultants. To receive verification, PYRAMAT had to meet the following requirements:
- The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard World Resources Institute/World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Sept. 2011)
- PAS 2050:2011 Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services. British Standards Institution
- ISO 14064-3:2006 Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions
“Verification of PYRAMAT’s carbon footprint ensures the accuracy and thoroughness of its reported greenhouse gas emissions,” said Keith Killpack, Technical Director for SCS Global. “Product carbon footprints serve as benchmarks against which product improvements can be measured, and provide customers with information about a product’s climate impact to inform their purchasing decisions.”
PYRAMAT is used in multiple erosion control systems including ARMORMAX®, SCOURLOK®, and PYRAWALL®. In addition to a minimal carbon footprint, Propex solutions help reduce emissions, increase vegetation and support living shorelines. In 1999 the EPA published a Storm Water Technology Fact Sheet on Turf Reinforcement Mats that recognizes erosion control solutions like PYRAMAT as a Best Management Practice for providing long-term water quality benefits.
About Propex Environmental Vision
Propex believes in being good stewards of the environment, and has adopted a three-pronged approach to our green commitment – reducing our carbon footprint, implementing sustainable manufacturing practices and developing products that have lasting environmental benefits. Through this vision, we hope to not only hold ourselves accountable, but also further the geosynthetic industry’s commitment to sustainability. To learn more about Propex’s environmental commitment, visit: http://propexglobal.com/environmental-commitment
Propex believes in being good stewards of the environment, and has adopted a three-pronged approach to our green commitment – reducing our carbon footprint, implementing sustainable manufacturing practices and developing products that have lasting environmental benefits. Through this vision, we hope to not only hold ourselves accountable, but also further the geosynthetic industry’s commitment to sustainability. To learn more about Propex’s environmental commitment, visit: http://propexglobal.com/environmental-commitment
About SCS Global (SCS)
SCS has been a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing and standards development for 35 years. SCS programs span a wide cross-section of industry sectors, recognizing exemplary performance in natural resource management, green building, product manufacturing, food and agriculture, retailing and more. SCS is a California Benefit Corporation, reflecting its commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practice. www.scsglobalservices.com
SCS has been a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing and standards development for 35 years. SCS programs span a wide cross-section of industry sectors, recognizing exemplary performance in natural resource management, green building, product manufacturing, food and agriculture, retailing and more. SCS is a California Benefit Corporation, reflecting its commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practice. www.scsglobalservices.com
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