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Retired U.S. Navy Commander Breckenridge Morgan gives the keynote address during Monday morning’s Anderson County Memorial Day ceremony in front of the courthouse in Clinton, as citizens who turned out for the event watch from under a tent.

Seated to his right is county Veterans Service Officer Scott Nation, emcee for the event.

At the rear right is the county’s veterans memorial.

Breckenridge honored some of the county’s war dead, whom he noted are among more than 1.2 million Americans who have “paid the ultimate price” to keep America free.

Summer concert series begins June 6

by G. Chambers Williams III


Some dancing broke out among the crowd on hand for one of last year’s summer Concerts on the Commons in Norris. Five concerts are scheduled this year, beginning June 5 at 7 p.m. in front of Norris Middle School. - G. Chambers Williams III
Five performances are scheduled for this summer’s Norris “Concerts on the Commons” series.

They begin on Friday, June 5, with a performance by the “Lennon Jones Band” on the outdoor stage in front of Norris Middle School, next to the Lions Club Pavilion.

The Lennon Jones Band plays “originals, rock, jazz, improvisation and soul,” according to its description.

The remaining concerts feature:

• June 12: “My New Favorites,” a four-member acoustic group playing original songs, with honky-tonk and Appalachian roots.

• June 26: Liquid Velvet, a 1970s, ’80s and ’90s acoustic classic rock/country group.

• July 4: “110 in the Shade,” a six-member group performing funk, soul, Motown, and R&B songs.

• And July 10: “Small Wars,” an indie/rock/alternative group with original hits from the 1970s to the 2000s.

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‘Information Nation’ brings history alive

by Ben Pounds


Clinton Middle School student Hayden Martin tries his hands at a typewriter at the American Museum of Science and Energy’s Information Nation exhibit. - Ben Pounds
Over the 250 years of its existence, people in the U.S.A. have had many ways to talk and spread messages and entertainment.

The American Museum of Science and Energy at 115 East Main Street in Oak Ridge is showcasing its Information Nation exhibit, which shows off some of these methods, many of them in interactive form.

Visitors can send a telegram, listen to old radio shows, type on a typewriter, use an older desktop, go inside a phone booth and more.

The museum’s regular hours of operation are Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1- 5 p.m.

Information Nation is part of the museum’s rotating exhibit area.

Regular exhibits show off nuclear science and supercomputing, among other developments tied to Oak Ridge.

Steve Day honored for senior center support


Clinton resident Steve Day is presented a proclamation by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank for his ongoing support of the programs and events offered at the Anderson County Office on Aging and Senior Center. - Submitted
Anderson County resident Steve Day was recognized last week with a plaque and proclamation from County Mayor Terry Frank.

The special recognition, in which May 20 was proclaimed as “Mr. Steve Day Day,” honored him for his longtime dedication and financial contributions to the Anderson County Office on Aging and Senior Center.

“I am grateful for Steve’s investments in the well-being of seniors in our community,” Frank said in a press release. “We wanted to make sure he was honored for his compassion – and the difference his contributions make in the lives of seniors.”

Day, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and his wife, Kay, who passed away in 2015, owned and operated a local gun shop and sporting goods store for 20 years.

A longtime Clinton resident, Day now spends most of his weekdays with friends at the Anderson County Office on Aging and Senior Center, to which he has donated a large amount of money for programming and senior needs over the last several years.

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