Battle of Black Oak Ridge!
Save the date of Friday, March 3, at 7 p.m. at Halls High School to watch the “brave” staff of Adrian Burnett and Fountain City Elementary battle it out on the court for the title of “Best of the Ridge.”
It’s the half court challenge you won’t want to miss. Admission and concession proceeds benefit both schools and the entertainment will definitely make your Friday night!
Don’t block the fire lane, just in case they need an “emergency vehicle” even though it’s half court.
Buy your Girl Scout Cookies NOW!
I recently saw a post from a friend who, after a rough day at work, actually floated her pack of Girl Scout Thin Mints in her tub as she began her night of indulgence!
This reminded me to not only stock up on my own Tagalongs and Samoas, but to dig into the history of how this all started.
So, around 1910, the original cookies were baked by the Girl Scouts themselves with their mothers as the overseers and advisers. The Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, sold them in their high school cafeteria as a service project and the sale of cookies to finance troop activities began around 1917.
In 1922, a cookie recipe was given to the 2,000 girl scouts with the estimated cost of ingredients for seven dozen cookies to be 26 to 36 cents and the suggested sale price to be 25 or 30 cents per dozen.
WOW, times have changed, but they sure are tasty and now we know the package floats, too!
Dr. Haddox at Fountain City Library
Fountain City Branch Library welcomes Dr. Tom Haddox, UT English professor, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m.
He will lead a discussion of “Intruder in the Dust” by William Faulkner. Pick up your copy today at your local branch library.
Compassion Closet opens at St. Paul’s
Melissa Cox is the coordinator of the Compassion Closet, located within St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Compassion Closet’s mission is to provide tangible goods to foster children and their families as well as birth families, aging-out youth, kinship placements, and domestic/international adoptive families. The following are items needed for the closet: hygiene items (baby, toddler and teen), feminine hygiene products, night lights, children’s socks, all sizes of pajamas, toddler beds, crib sheets, Bibles, family devotionals, pack n play sheets, mini cribs, adult underwear, shoes (all sizes). Please look at the site for drop off hours and updated information compassioncloset.com
Kiwanis Club of Northside Knoxville meets every Wednesday noon-1 p.m. at The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive. Info: here.
Powell notes
Powell is on the move, led by the energetic PBPA and its recently re-elected president Jeff Bagwell. PBPA Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 8, starting at 11 a.m. with the hunt at 1 p.m. at the soccer fields of First Baptist Academy. Events committee is seeking volunteers. If interested, contact Laura Bailey at 865-599-1199.
Powell Levi Ballpark Signups
Open Sign Ups are filling up fast for Powell Levi Spring 2023 baseball season. Don’t wait. Sign up at www.powelllevi.org. For questions, email powellsports@comcast.net
Planet Fitness to Open in Powell
Will Jones, assistant manager for the new Powell Planet Fitness, wants everyone to know it will open at the end of March. They want to meet everyone now at the presales trailer in the parking lot of Mayo Garden Center on Emory Road, so stop in for some special deals!