Friday, June 29, 2007
The church calendar runs each Friday in The Daily News Journal. Events should be in Rutherford or Cannon counties only. To submit an announcement of a special event, e-mail the information to suitt@dnj.com, call (615) 278-5160 or mail to Lifestyles, The Daily News Journal, 224 N. Walnut St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130. Deadline is 5 p.m. Monday. Items run in chronological order. Check www.dnj.com for more listings.
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Immanuel Baptist Church, 2210 Greenland Drive off Halls Hill Pike in Murfreesboro, will have vacation Bible school "Day Camp Style." Times are 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday with lunch served, and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday for Family Night. Classes are for ages 3 years old to sixth grade. For more information, call (615) 893-7221 or (615) 504-8642.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
For 75 years, amateur, or ham, radio operators having been providing emergency communication during times of crisis. When a hurricane swept of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and devastated the island, the regular communication channels were knocked out, leaving the residents reliant on ham operators to communicate the need for aid and supplies.
Amateur radio allows a person in Virginia to communicate with a person in India, or even an astronaut.
"With less power than what is in your hairdryer you can talk to Japan," said Linda Thomas, a member of the Vienna Wireless Club Hams, who gathered at Burke Lake Park June 23 and 24 for the annual Field Day. Through the course of the weekend, they contacted more than 2,000 other hams in such places as Cuba, Ontario, Puerto Rico, Greenland, Hawaii, Quebec, British Columbia and Alabama.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
The only bad thing about living in a city where Goodyear blimp sightings are commonplace is that little twinge of jealousy from watching people float around up there.
Blimp rides are forever out of reach for most people, reserved for Goodyear customers, clients, special guests and lucky charity raffle winners.
So will you settle for a ride in a zeppelin?
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Friday, June 29, 2007
David Lowery dishes on his new album and the music business
Rebecca Ross
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Friday, June 29, 2007
As a proponent of renewable energy and a West Texas wind energy entrepreneur, I would like to comment on Alex Mills? June 18 column.
Mills, president of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, represents the industry that has been at the forefront of development of the modern age.
Since the discovery of oil in the mid-1800s, we have witnessed growth and prosperity unimagined by our forefathers. For that we are thankful. But it?s time to assess the results of that development and the use of those fuels on our planet and mankind.
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