training session

By HARRIET VAUGHAN • Staff Writer • August 1, 2008

In a rush to beat the rain, Gary French is out cutting his neighbor's grass.

Investigative reporter Phil Williams has more shenanigans from a weeklong training session for employees of the state’s Department of Revenue:

Then, there’s video that shows revenue staffers dancing at what appears to be a funeral.

The Oak Hill Gazette shares pictures from a training session for Davidson County poll workers at the Woodmont Hills Church.

Hungry Mother on “that” run:

I thought about my “magic run” back in 1977, when I was on sabbatical leave at Duke. On day, when I was doing a power walk, I jogged for 3 miles for the first time in my life. That run was smooth and effortless. I felt as though I could run forever.

A nonprofit organization hosted a seminar Thursday to familiarize public officials on the comprehensive growth plan.

The Bredesen administration is - once again - trying to prevent a member of the public from accessing public records by making it unnecessarily expensive and difficult for them to do so.

I will be out of service for the remainder of the week as I begin a two-day training session tomorrow to become SOAR certified.

There was a good turnout of Belmont students for the training session lead by Christy Ridings, University Ministries. The images of the destruction on Union's campus made for a quiet room. Volunteers on this trip will be doing manual labor. The team departed early this morning for Jackson and should return to campus around 8:00PM tonight.

Harold Ford, Sr. did not attend the mandatory ethics training required for registered lobbyists in Tennessee and is prepared to pay the penalty. Problem is, there is no penalty:

Ken Kraybill will be coming to Nashville in February to provide training to those who are involved in any way with Homeless outreach. The training targets outreach workers but also, and perhaps more importantly, those who dictate what outreach workers will be doing (read that supervisors and program directors), as well as anyone interested in discovering better ways to engage and interact with our Homeless population.