Short-term Gratification

The human desire for short-term gratification is satisfied by jet planes that travel coast-to-coast in four hours, fast food outlets, and all manner of new and ever-faster electronic technologies. Because people are no longer accustomed to waiting patiently, they tend to become quickly frustrated when natural processes can’t be circumvented and they are forced to [...]

Ravenwood Takes First at Carson Newman Forensics

Congratulations to the Ravenwood High School Forensics Team for their 1st place Overall Sweepstakes at the Carson Newman Smoky Mountain Invitational Forensics Tournament. The Team also won 1st place Individual Events (speaking and interpretation) and 2nd place Debate Sweepstakes. Every student on the trip advanced to at least quarter finals. Individual Winners include: Finalists: Persuasive [...]

Ravenwood Science Olympiad Medalists

Ravenwood students finished 2nd overall at the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament at MTSU in February. 2nd place allows them to attend the Science Olympiad State Tournament in April. Top 5 medal in each event. Chemistry Lab – 5th place; Kevin Okseniuk and Nishant Subramani Disease Detectives – 2nd place; Sunny Cai and Ashley Saulsberry Dynamic [...]

Ravenwood Forensics Qualifiers for Nationals

Congratulations to the Ravenwood Forensics Team for winning 1st place Overall sweepstakes at the National Qualifying tournament at Brentwood Academy. The team also won the “Traveling Trophy” for accumulated rounds for the State of TN. RHS earned this award by competing at this tournament for the last 7 years and having the most rounds of [...]

Let’s Talk Nolensville

Dr. Looney will be joining our April 1st edition of “Let’s Talk Nolensville” from 8:45–9:45. This will be an excellent opportunity for parents, community members, and small business owners in our area to come and hear about our district’s latest budget struggle and how it affects us all. Dr. Looney will be discussing many points [...]

Great American Clean-up

Keep Williamson Beautiful focus during the Great American Cleanup, March 1 – May 31, is to help cleanup/removal of waste out of place. Keep Williamson Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is taking part again in the nation’s largest annual cleanup, beautification and community improvement program. KWB is encouraging you and your volunteer groups [...]

Jenkins C.P. Church Outreach Seeks Carnival Sponsors

The Outreach Committee of Jenkins Cumberland Presbyterian Church will have its annual Carnival For Kids Saturday, October 1st. Proceeds fund outreach programs that assist families with food, clothing, medical, housing, school supplies, holiday help and more. The committee works with local school counselors and others to provide anonymous assistance. Sponsorships of games and other carnival [...]

Nolensville UMC Coffee House – Saturday, April 2nd

On Saturday April 2nd from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. our first Coffee House will be held in the Fellowship Hall hosted by our Guatemala Team. This will be an informal time of fellowship in a Christian atmosphere. Coffee provided by Latte Elegance Espresso Catering serving mochas, lattes, and fresh roasted Guatemalan coffee. Have a [...]

Balancing Media in a Complicated World: Practical Practices for Parents and Caregivers

How many media tools does your family use to simply communicate, to learn, to be entertained, or to make purchases? Televisions, Desktops, Laptops, Smart-phones, Mp3’s, etc, are just a few of the gadgets that have impregnated our life style. In fact, thanks to technology, we can work with, learn from, listen and talk to, and even play [...]

March, 2011

By Betty Friedlander, Communications Coordinator Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA): BOMA met on Thursday, March 3rd at the Nolensville recreation center. The following are points of interest: • Town Engineer, Don Swartz said that although the building of town hall was about a month behind schedule, it is moving along with the pad installed [...]

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