Twirlers to be in Parade

My daughter is in the Parade Corps of the Tennessee Twirlers, and I just learned that they’ll be in the parade for Old Timer’s Day.  In addition, we’ll have a booth while there so some of the twirlers can show their moves like the “one spin” “two spin” and others.  I wish they were old [...]

Green LaVergne Schedules Clean Up

A group of citizens within the community of LaVergne have organized a group to address keeping La Vergne (The Green) green.  Green La Vergne has scheduled its first clean-up day for Saturday, May 10th at 10:00 a.m.  Anyone interested in helping should meet at the Hurrican Creek Boat Ramp off of Stones River Road.  Bring gloves, trash [...]

And While We’re At It

There has been a LOT of great conversation on the Manic Monday thread about people from the community coming together to help (literally) clean up this town.  Go read all about it and watch for more information to come when the readers who’ve volunteered to organize (thanks Mero and Fortune Cookies!) it give us some solid dates/times [...]

This is the Song That Never Ends …

Want more retail in LaVergne.  Want to keep our money local.  Drive to other towns for retail.  City says better infrastructure needed to do this.
City officials are pushing to attract businesses. They took a first step this winter when they struck a deal to build a new $20 million retail center on Industrial Boulevard north [...]

We Build People: YMCA

At our office meeting this week, we had visitors from the Smyrna North Rutherford YMCA.  Right now there are 11,000 members and at least 31% of these receive some form of financial assistance.  Membership rates are on a sliding scale based on income.
Here are some upcoming programs that your family might be interested in:

Healthy Kids [...]

Relay for Life Auction Coming…

Bob Parks Realty is hosting a live auction on Thursday, April 24th starting at 5:30 p.m.  The location will be Dugger’s Food & Fun in Murfreesboro.(1738 W. Northfield Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN.  37129).

If you are unable to attend and would like to bid on some of the items please let us know and we will make [...]

Lots of Softball Comments

Anyone who’s in charge of a softball team or leagues, please refer to this post from over a year ago.  We’ve had a couple of new comments from people looking for teams.
Play Ball!

If It Weren’t Friday, I’d Commit Hari Kari

This has not been an easy week.  And this post will likely never get read or commented on since it’s posted so close to (or past) quitting time on Friday.  But there are some things that must be said and shown.
First, I am interested in hearing from any of our police officers about something. I [...]

La Vergne Wine Tasting a Success!

Last week’s wine tasting hosted by Wine and Spirits Unlimited was a rousing success!
I was so pleased when I entered the full room at WillStans Grille, with folks from different walks of life, all gathered to have an enjoyable evening tasting and learning about different types of wines.
Now a word from The Big Guy…
Hello everyone [...]

The Week Ahead

If you are living in LaVergne and the surrounding area, there are some things coming this week that you might want to be aware of.
The annual Rabies Clinic is being held this week in Rutherford County. That means you can bring your pets to participating veterinarians for $10 rabies shots.  I took my babies last [...]