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KnoxAchieves provides an opportunity for 500 Knox County public high graduates from the Class of 2009 to receive up to $2,000 annual for community college tuition at either Pellissippi, Roane, or Walters State Community College. The program has three unique components: * Volunteers from the community are donating funds to provide a college education for students who would otherwise lack the opportunity. * Volunteers serve as mentors to our graduating high school students to eliminate barriers to post-secondary education. * Our participants then volunteer their time and energy to give back to our community with at least one community service project per semester. For more information, go to www.knoxachieves.org

Two great outdoor shows will heat up East Tennessee this January at the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine, Tenn. Although only a few years old, the Great Smoky Mountains Boat and Fishing Show and the Great Smoky Mountains Sportsman Show have quickly become two of the more popular outdoor shows in the region. The boat and fishing show will be held Jan. 8-11, 2009, with the sportsman show scheduled for Jan. 16-18, 2009. This years boat show will feature boat dealers from throughout East Tennessee. Over 35,000 square feet of bass, ski, deck, fishing and pontoon boats will be on display. Also on display will be pleasure craft and all manner of fishing-related equipment and boating supplies. The sportsman show will feature hunting and fishing equipment, jon boats, campers, RVs, and four-wheelers. The boat and fishing show will be held Jan. 8 from 5-9 p.m.; Jan. 9, from 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Jan. 10, from noon-5 p.m. The sportsman show will be held Jan.16, from 5-9...

Two great outdoor shows will heat up East Tennessee this January at the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine, Tenn. Although only a few years old, the Great Smoky Mountains Boat and Fishing Show and the Great Smoky Mountains Sportsman Show have quickly become two of the more popular outdoor shows in the region. The boat and fishing show will be held Jan. 8-11, 2009, with the sportsman show scheduled for Jan. 16-18, 2009. This years boat show will feature boat dealers from throughout East Tennessee. Over 35,000 square feet of bass, ski, deck, fishing and pontoon boats will be on display. Also on display will be pleasure craft and all manner of fishing-related equipment and boating supplies. The sportsman show will feature hunting and fishing equipment, jon boats, campers, RVs, and four-wheelers. The boat and fishing show will be held Jan. 8 from 5-9 p.m.; Jan. 9, from 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Jan. 10, from noon-5 p.m. The sportsman show will be held Jan.16, from 5-9...

WBIR/Knoxville 10 News-Live at Five-October 1994 (c) 1994 WBIR-TV/Gannett Co., Inc. courtesy of TVNewsThemes.net Apologies for the poor video quality in this clip.

This month's Community Calendar is brought to you by Kroger, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee & H.H. Gregg. For a complete list of community events, make sure to log onto our website at www.wbir.com

The 2009 Eskimo Escapades is scheduled for January 10, 2009 at Volunteer Landing. For more information, go to www.eskimoescapades.com or call the hotline at (865) 925-BRRR. Eskimo Escapades was formed by John Cox, David Bernheim, John Tillett, and Buddy Coomer and held its first event in 1995 at Ned Ray McWherter Park in Knoxville, TN on January 14, 1995. News Sentinel article about Eskimo Escapades It continued there the next year, and then in 1997, the event moved to its present location at Volunteer Landing in downtown Knoxville, TN. The first year at Volunteer Landing goes neck and neck with the 2003 event as the coldest on record. That year the water temperature was a particularly chilly 37 degrees and the air temperature high was 28 degrees. It was painfully cold and there was a big drop in the number of skiers, but the event still did well. 2003 was extremely cold again, with a high temperature of 27 degrees, recovery from a 3 inch snow on Thursday evening, and only 82...

Knoxville's Holidays on Ice returns for its fourth year to Market Square in downtown Knoxville November 28, 2008; through January 4, 2009. Center City Events, a non-profit organization producing the annual holiday tradition, is pleased to announce Alstom will be the Exclusive Title Sponsor this year. Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally conscious technologies. The company designs, manufactures and supplies state-of-the-art products and systems to the power generation - for gas, coal, wind and hydro power plants - and industrial markets. In addition, Alstom provides conventional islands for nuclear power plants. Their objective is to build the most efficient and cleanest integrated power solutions for their customers. "Alstom is proud to sponsor Knoxville's Holiday on Ice," said Dale Daniel, director of human resources. "We are a global company and we believe that involvment in our local communities...

Knoxville's Holidays on Ice returns for its fourth year to Market Square in downtown Knoxville November 28, 2008; through January 4, 2009. Center City Events, a non-profit organization producing the annual holiday tradition, is pleased to announce Alstom will be the Exclusive Title Sponsor this year. Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally conscious technologies. The company designs, manufactures and supplies state-of-the-art products and systems to the power generation - for gas, coal, wind and hydro power plants - and industrial markets. In addition, Alstom provides conventional islands for nuclear power plants. Their objective is to build the most efficient and cleanest integrated power solutions for their customers. "Alstom is proud to sponsor Knoxville's Holiday on Ice," said Dale Daniel, director of human resources. "We are a global company and we believe that involvment in our local communities...

The Television Bureau of Advertising has joined forces once again with the Ad Council and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a unique effort to harness the power of local broadcast television to fight drunk driving. For more information, go to www.wbir.com * In Tennessee in 2003, 447 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes. Those deaths represent 37% of all traffic fatalities. * In the United States in 2003, 17,013 people were killed in alcohol related traffic crashes - an average of one every 31 minutes. Those deaths represent 40% of all traffic fatalities. * An estimated 513,000 people are injured in alcohol-related crashes each year, an average of 59 people per hour or approximately one person every minute. * About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. (NHTSA, 2000) * Since MADD's founding in 1980, alcohol-related traffic fatalities have decreased 44...

The Eastern Tennessee Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association provides support and assistance to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and care partners and supports the research efforts to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's disease. For more information, please go to tnalz.org or call (865) 544-6288.