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Sept. 28, 2009:
Community Forum:
How We Pay for Government: Ways
Local & State Governments Pay for Services
by Melanie Purcell, assistant director, Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service
MTAS Website
Apr. 27, 2009:
Community
Forum:
Dr. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
SACE Website
Mar. 23, 2009:
Community Discussion:
Electoral College or Popular Vote: How should the president be elected?
Feb. 23, 2009:
Community Forum and Panel:
“Elections of Appellate Judges: The Tennessee Court System”
Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Section, will lead a panel of judges discussing the Tennessee court system: Judge Sharon Lee, Tennessee Supreme Court; Judge Michael Swiney, Court of Appeals, Eastern Section; Judge Curwood Witt, Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Section
Nov. 17, 2008:
Analysis of Woman-to-Woman Voter Campaign with AAUW Maryville
Libby Breeding, Administrator of Elections, Blount Co. Election Commission
October 27, 2008:
Community Forum and Panel on Healthcare Issues:
Dr. Mark Green, vice chief of staff, Blount Memorial Hospital; Karrin Reineheimer, Blount Co. Health Council coordinator and health educator
September 22, 2008:
Community Forum and Panel:
New Neighbors in Appalachia:
Listening to the Experiences of Latin Americans in East TN
September 18, 2008:
Best of Blount:
Honoring League of Women Voters of Blount County
September 8, 2008:
League Recognition Celebration

Aug 7
, 2008: State Primary and County General Elections
June 23, 2008:
Annual Meeting
Election of officers, budget adoption, determine issues for FY09 study, action, and voter education
April 28, 2008:
Labor Rights Meet Global Wrongs:  The Search for a Fair and Humane Immigration Policy
Retired Professor Fran Ansley, UT College of Law
April 10, 2008:
Roundtable: Woman-to-Woman: A Voter Turnout Initiative
March 24, 2008:
Selecting State and Local Judges:  Election,  Appointment, or Other Alternatives? Dr. Otis Stephens, U.T. Dept of Political Science, and Professor Penny White, U.T. College of Law and former member of the State Supreme Court, led the discussion.

 
PAST EVENTS
Oct. 26, 2009
Gubernatorial Community Forum on Education by Blount Education Initiative (BEI)
Wm. Blount High School

Sept. 1, 2009:
Community Forum & Study Group on Health Care Reform
by Center for Strong Communities at Maryville College,
Blount Co. Library

June 4, 2009:
E TN Regional Economic Summit for Women

Nov 4, 2008 Elect
ion Watch:
Alumni Gym, Maryville College

Multiple
Voter Registration Events throughout Blount County, 2008
Over 1,000 new voters were registered from July through October.


Woman-to-Woman Phonathon
s, 2008
Oct. 28, Oct. 30: Follow-up Phonathons
Sept. 15-16: 6pm - 9pm, Willard House, Maryville College
The total number of SV (Spoke with Voter) from both nights was 365 and the total number of LM/AM (Left Message w/ someone else & Answering Machine,
combined) was 410. Assuming everyone checked their messages or delivered
the message to the intended party, 775 women were reached -- greatly surpassing the original goal of 100!

October 2, 2008:
Slide Show sponsored by the Suffrage Coalition:
“The Legacy and Challenge of Suffrage”
East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., Knoxville
Contact Wanda Sobieski for more info.

Forum for State Senate and House Candidates, 2008
July 22: 7:00 pm, Blount County Public Library
Media Coverage:
 Blount Today
 The Daily Times

LWVTN Fall Conference
Oct. 24-25, 2009
Comfort Suites, Johnson City

LWVTN Convention
Apr. 25-26:
Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville

NATIONAL CONVENTION
June 13-17, 2008:
48th National Convention
Reaching New Heights Together
Portland, Oregon
Convention Action and Reports

LWVTN Spring Council
May 3, 2008:
Lebanon, TN
Topics: Ethics and open government, water concerns, mountain top removal issues, election issues, and legislative wrap-up
 
Sept. - Oct., 2008
Compiled comparison of ten views of Senators Obama and McCain on Issues of Importance to Blount County. Published in BlountToday, "The Race for the White House"

 
2008 H.S. ESSAY CONTEST
“Why is the 2008 Presidential election so important to America?”
1st place: Jake E. Gill
  William Blount High School
   ($200 U.S. savings bond)
2nd place: Callie Blackford

  Alcoa High School
  
($100 U.S. savings bond)
more...

2007 H.S. ESSAY CONTEST
"What does it mean to be a good citizen"
1st place: Chelsea Patty
  Heritage High School
2nd place - tied between:
Amanda Spooner
  William Blount High School
Kathryn Crabtree
  William Blount High School