Monday, January 28, 2008

A memorial tree was planted at Fountain City Park  for Evelyn G. Kirby. The staff and intern, Kate Parker planted the tree and presented the tree and marker to Ms. Kirby.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Allison Teeters and Emily Nybo went to Blount County and did a Landfill Tour for Maryville College Garbology Students. This class typically gets a tour of the Blount County Landfill and then goes to Sevier County to tour the Composting Facility run by Sevier Solid Waste, Inc. Due to the fire that destroyed the composting facility on Memorial Weekend, the tour was not possible. Allison gave a presentation using powerpoint and a diagram of the facility that was given to her by Tom Leonard, Executive Director of Sevier Solid Waste, Inc.

Friday, January 11, 2008

KKB had its annual Board of Directors Retreat held at the KUB offices on Middlebrook Pike. Representative Harry Brooks attended and gave the board an overview of the new litter laws in Tennessee. Keith Austin and David Jernigan from Lamar Advertising gave an overview and answered questions regarding electronic bill boards, an issue being voted on by Knoxville City Council. Gene Burr from Scenic Knoxville, a division of Scenic Tennessee, gave an overview and answered questions regarding the issue of electronic billboards and the bottle bill.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

A reception was held at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame to say Thank You and Good Luck to Tom Salter, and to say Welcome to Allison Teeters.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Allison Teeters, formerly of Keep Sevier Beautiful and Keep Blount Beautiful, was hired as the new Executive Director of KKB. Teeters formerly worked for KKB from August 2000-December 2001. Teeters came to KKB after Tom Salter, the Executive Director for the past ten years, was hired as the new Knox County Solid Waste Director.