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🌱 Food trucks and live music return to Grace Lutheran Friday

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Oak Ridge! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Food trucks and live music return to Grace Lutheran Friday
  • Saturday’s Secret City races will slow Oak Ridge traffic
  • Oak Ridge dancers bring “The Nutcracker” back to the stage

Also on today's calendar: Know the Prose: Globetrotters and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a passing shower, temps: high: 59, low: 40.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 49 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Oak Ridge church hosts food truck event this Friday (oakridger.com) — Grace Lutheran Church's food truck night returns Friday, Nov. 13, with music, children's activities and support for its food pantry. Everyone is welcome from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 131 W. Gettysburg Ave., where Gypsy Kitchen will serve food and Oak Ridge's Razzleberry's will provide ice cream.
   

2. Secret City Half Marathon to cause traffic delays (oakridger.com) — Oak Ridge drivers should expect minor delays Saturday, Nov. 14, as more than 1,500 runners and walkers join the Secret City Half Marathon & 5K. No roads will close, but police will stop traffic as needed, including on Melton Lake Drive and Emory Valley Road. Course preparations begin at 5:30 a.m., ahead of the 9 a.m. start.
   

3. Oak Ridge Civic Ballet presents 'The Nutcracker' (oakridger.com) — Local dancers will bring “The Nutcracker” to Oak Ridge High School Nov. 21–22, with Georgia Ballet professionals joining the Saturday evening and Sunday performances. Oak Ridge Civic Ballet offers three shows, with adult tickets costing $20–$25, student admission $10 and free admission for children 5 and younger.
   

4. Scientists Breaking Barriers in STEM (blackengineer.com) — Clarice Phelps's contribution to discovering tennessine puts Oak Ridge research at the center of a look at Black achievement in STEM. Phelps continues working on element and isotope separation, while other featured scientists with Oak Ridge ties have advanced building materials, vaccine research and public understanding of clean energy.
   

5. Final Leg of Powering America Roadshow Spotlights Paducah Hub (energy.gov) — Federal energy officials highlighted a planned $100 billion energy hub in Paducah, Kentucky, during the final stop of a multisite tour. Oak Ridge is named among sites hosting similar hubs, but this account focuses on Paducah’s proposed uranium enrichment facility and computing campus, alongside cleanup work preparing former nuclear facilities for redevelopment.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • On November 14 at 1 p.
    m., join Manhattan Project National Historical Park rangers at the K-25 Overlook across from the K-25 site to learn about the construction,… (Nextdoor )
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate in Oak Ridge. Apply here.
  • Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Oak Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Ridge here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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