Have a star spangled time at Saturday Market

Athens Saturday Market 

107 N. Jefferson St.

Athens, AL 35611

Phone (256) 278-6436

Email: hhollman@athensal.us 

TRISHA BLACK

Spirit of Athens Director

LAURIE GLENN

Market Committee Chair

HOLLY HOLLMAN

Publicity Committee

June 27, 2014

Have a star spangled time at Saturday Market

 
The Coolbone Brass Band will help market goes have a star spangled Saturday on July 5.
The Athens Saturday Market will celebrate the Fourth of July weekend with the jazz band as well as children’s activities and plenty of produce and baked goods.

Athens Rotary is sponsoring the Coolbone Brass Band’s appearance at the market from 9 a.m. to noon. The market opens at 8 a.m.

Steve “Coolbone” Johnson grew up in New Orleans and played with several brass bands until Hurricane Katrina disbursed players throughout the country. Johnson settled in North Alabama.
The band will perform again by parading around The Square at 6 p.m. at the end of the monthly Athens Cruise-In for vintage car lovers.

“We appreciate Rotary helping us bring the Coolbone Brass Band to Athens for both events,” said Spirit of Athens Director Trisha Black. “Everyone had a great time when the band came to one of our Saturday Market events last year, and we expect a crowd to come see them again.”

The Cruise-In is from 3-6 p.m. and is free to all classic cars.

“Spend your Fourth of July weekend with us, and you will be able to find great music, fresh produce, classic cars and more all in our downtown area,” Black said.

Belle Chevre is on the move!  View this email in your browser Running with the Goats Belle Chevre is running with the goats, and we want you to join us! In the spirit of Pamplona, Spain's Running of the Bulls, Belle Chevre will be hosting the 1st Annual Running with the Goats in Elkmont, Alabama. Race day will start early on July 12, 2014, with the certified 10k race at 7am, followed by the certified 5k race starting at 9am. The fun doesn't stop there though! Fun Run Goat Relay     At 10am, we will have a fun run goat relay with the help of some special celebrity guests. Each contestant will race a goat on a leash down and around a short course. The contestants who complete the course with the goat in the shortest time, will be recognized as the winners. Raffle Tickets In addition to the 10k, 5k, and goat relay, we will also have a raffle for two chances for a $500 voucher to fly from Huntsville International Airport, so that the lucky winners can experience all the excitement of the Running of the Bulls first hand in Spain. Raffle tickets can be purchased in our new shop in Huntsville at 100 Jefferson St N Huntsville, Al 35801 or in Elkmont at the creamery- 18845 Upper Fort Hampton Road Elkmont, Al 35620. Raffle tickets are $5. There will be two drawings and each winner will win one $500 voucher. Registration for the race is now live on active.com. To register click here. Copyright © 2014 Belle Chèvre, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you love goat cheese! And you may have opted in at our website or otherwise expressed interest in Belle Chèvre. Our mailing address is: Belle Chèvre 18845 Upper Fort Hampton Road Elkmont, AL 35620 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Athens State Students Assist with United Way Project

For Further Information

Guy McClure

256-233-8296

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release
May 20, 2014
www.athens.edu

Athens State Students Assist with United Way Project

            ATHENS, Ala. - As a project for the Fall 2013 semester under the direction of Dr. Adam Lewis, the Athens State University Computer Science capstone students developed a publicly accessible online volunteer registration portal for the United Way.  The system also gives United Way employees access to be able to manage the information that is entered and to react in a way to quickly identify and place those volunteers.

            The capstone student for the Spring 2014 semester, under the direction of Professor Katia Mayfield, continued to work on the initial development that had been conducted.  There were some tweaks made to the existing database and online forms, along with setting up the United Way office with a back-up plan to still be able to conduct their work off line in case of a disaster and where internet was not available, the students also conducted a full re-design to the Limestone-Athens United Way website.

            The Computer Science department worked closely with United Way Executive Director Kaye Young McFarlen and Volunteer Administration Manager Anna Beth Thomason during the process.

            “Without the ability to register and track spontaneous volunteers on the web or in person our ability as a community to respond to the tornado would not have been as smooth,” remarked McFarlen.  “This work has created an invaluable tool to help respond to emergencies in our community”

            Mayfield added, “We want to thank Anna Beth and Kaye who took time out of their schedules to work with our students and allow them to have had this experience to fully develop a working product that benefits a great organization and the community.”

                                                           

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Athens State students pictured left to right: Chris Young, Michael Harrison, Elizabeth Purcell, Cole Thornhill, Joel Walters, Zachery Baldwin and Nathan Loum.  Not pictured Gregory Moore, Drew Booth, and Richard Baize.