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Other Pages - Various Activities

Naka-machi:

• Naka Mayor visits OR for 50th Anniversary Celebration

1997

• Naka machi Wings for Women visits to Oak Ridge 1997
• 1997 Naka machi - Oak Ridge Middle School Exchanges

*  Oak Ridge exchange students
   comments
*  Naka-machi Team in Oak Ridge

1998

• Naka machi - Oak Ridge Middle School Exchanges
  * Oak Ridge in Naka-machi
      Team Information
      July 1998 - Daily Activities
      [Departure] [Arrival]
      [Welcome Party]  [Day 3]
      [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6]
      [Departure for Home]
      [News Article - KNS]
  * Naka in Oak Ridge
     [Arrival] [Day 2] [Day 3/4]
     [Day 5] [Smoky Mtns]
     [Day 7 - Farewell Party]
     [Departure]
• Naka machi Wings for Women visits to Oak Ridge
  1998 - Visit Program
  Photo Journal of Daily Activities:
  [Arrival - Greeting by Mayor]
  [Smoky Mountains]
  [Host Family Day - Farewell Banquet]
  [Departure for NYC]

• Oak Ridge Women Visit Naka-machi - 9/24-30/1998
  Photo Journal of the Visit and Team Members Comments
  [Arrival] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Departure]
  [Comments by the Team]

1999

• Oak Ridge Middle School Exchange with Naka-machi - July 8-16, 1999.
  Oak Ridge Delegation Selected, Naka Host Families announced.
  Daily program in Naka - Photo Journal of daily activities to begin July 8.
  From The Oak Ridger
  Area students will take week-long study in Japan
  From the Knoxville News-Sentinel - Students ready for exchange trip
  Thursday, July 8
  On the way to Naka machi (Wednesday, July 7)
  [Arrival at Narita airport] [Transportation to Naka]
  [Arrival at the Naka town office] [Welcome Reception]
  [Welcome Party at Naka Public Hall]
  Friday, July 9
  [Visit to the town office] [Lunch] [ Experience Japanese culture]
  [Visit   Sony Music Entertainment]
  Saturday/Sunday July 10-11 - Activities with host families
  Julie Kinder enjoys sightseeing
  Monday, July 12
  [Experience Japanese school at the Middle Schools in Naka]
  [Trying pottery at Kasama City]
  Tuesday, July 13
  [Visit to the Ibaraki Nature Museum] [At shinto shrine]
  [Shopping at Yuki city]  [Farewell Party at Yoshino assembly hall]
  Wednesday, July, 14 - [Gathering at the town office]
  [SENSOHJI TEMPLE (Asakusa,Tokyo)] [Departure from Narita for Oak Ridge]
  Post Exchange Comments by the Oak Ridge Team - The Naka machi experience - 1999
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• Naka-machi Middle School Team Visits Oak Ridge - August 19-24, 1999
  [August 17 - Depart Narita] [August 19 - Arrival in Oak Ridge]
  [August 20 - Tour OR / Reception][August 21 - Rafting & Aquarium]
  [August 22 Day with Host Families] [August 22 - RMS/Mus. Appalachia]
  [August 24 School Visits - Farewell Party]
  [August 25 Depart for Home - Thank you to program participants]

Obninsk:

1995

• Mayor Moore and Oak Ridge Delegation visit Obninsk during their 40th Anniversary Celebration - July 1996.

1996

• Mayor Moore and Oak Ridge Delegation visit Obninsk during their 40th Anniversary Celebration - July 1996.

• Youth Soccer Exchange -  Oak Ridge soccer players compete in Obninsk, Obninsk team visits Oak Ridge - June and July 1996
  Oak Ridge Team in Obninsk
  Obninsk Team in Oak Ridge

• Oak Ridge physician and PHP/Cariten present International Health Insurance Seminar in Obninsk - October 1996
• WIVK - Wilhite and Wall "Great Day" Show broadcast live from Obninsk, October 1996
• Obninsk Partes Choir to Visit Oak Ridge - May 3-17, 1999

1997

• English Teachers in Obninsk - 1997

• FUMC Team visits Obninsk and Russian Orthodox Church
  • Fun and work!
  • Team member comments
  • Farewell and the "Rock and Roll   Mayor".

• Tennis:  Faye Martin in Obninsk 1997

• Obninsk MDs visit Oak Ridge - 1997
  * Oak Ridger article

1998

• Municipal and Community Problem Solving Grant - Obninsk and Oak Ridge - 1998
  • Oak Ridge in Obninsk - October 1997
  • Obninsk in Oak Ridge - January 1998
    From "The Oak Ridger" about the visit of the Obninsk team:
    *   Obninsk chamber director sees many parallels between sister cities. - Thursday,           January 22
    *   Obninsk visitors study OR economy. - Monday, January 26
  • Oak Ridge in Obninsk - May 1998
  • Russian Scenes - Jerry Kuhaida's photo journal of Obninsk and Moscow - May 1998
  • Obninsk in Oak Ridge - November 1998
    *  [Arrival] [Day 1] [Day 2]
         [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5]
         [Day 6] [Day 7] [Day 8]
         [Farewell/Xmas Parade]

• Obninsk Science Teacher Visits Oak Ridge - Alexei Tikhonenko
• Nephew's Visit Obninsk and Magnitogorsk
• Obninsk Visitor experiences American health care first hand.

Oak Ridge SCSO

• The Oak Ridge -Obninsk Business Connection - Lessons in free enterprise.

1997

• Annual Meeting Highlights - 1997.

1998

• Marianne Vigander visits former SCSO President Shigeko Uppuluri in India
• SCSO is a winner at International Food Fest.
• SCSO hosts former president Shigeko Uppuluri during visit in April, 1998
• Naka student fund raiser held Saturday, May 2. 1998 ORHS Flea Market.
• SCSO Wins SCI "Best Overall Program Award"
  *  Oak Ridger - "Our Views"
  *  Oak Ridger - Award Announcement

1999

• Oak Ridge Sister City Support Organization Awarded "Special Achievement - Best Website" and "Best Collaboration" for 1998 by Sister Cities International .
• Sister Cities International Awards Ceremony 1999 - Oak Ridge receives two awards.
• Howard Kerr Visits Obninsk - June 1999.   Discusses Sister City partnership and a  potential Sister State relationship with Kaluga Region.
• Jefferson Middle School pupils launch clothing drive for Obninsk  orphan home "Charity".
  The Oak Ridger May 13: JMS Collects for Orphanage
• Jefferson Middle School helps Obninsk Orphanage - May 1999
• SCSO participates in Oak Ridge Mayfest - May 14-16, 1999

Russian Language Pages

Main Page

• About Oak Ridge Tennessee
• About Naka-machi, Japan

1999

• Obninsk Partes Choir Visits Oak Ridge - May 3-17, 1999

apanese Language Pages

Main page

• About Oak Ridge Tennessee
• About Obninsk, Russia
• About Naka-machi, Japan

1998

• Naka-mach - Oak Ridge Middle School Exchange -1998
  Naka in Oak Ridge - August   20-22, 1998
  [Arrival] [Day 2] [Day 3/4]
  [Day 5] [Smoky Mtns]
  [Day 7 - Farewell Party]
  [Departure]
• Oak Ridge Women Visit Naka-machi - 9/24-30/1998
  Photo Journal of the Visit and Team Members Comments
  [Arrival] [Day 2] [Day 3]
  [Day 4] [Day 5] [Departure]

1999

• Naka-machi Middle School Team Visits Oak Ridge - August 19-24, 1999
  [August 17 - Depart Narita] [August 19 - Arrival in Oak Ridge]
  [August 20 - Tour OR / Reception][August 21 - Rafting & Aquarium]
  [August 22 Day with Host Families] [August 22 - RMS/Mus. Appalachia]
  [August 24 School Visits - Farewell Party]
  [August 25 Depart for Home - Thank you to program participants]

• Oak Ridge Middle School Exchange with Naka-machi - July 8-16, 1999.
  Oak Ridge Delegation Selected, Naka Host Families announced.
  Daily program in Naka - Photo Journal of daily activities to begin July 8.
  From The Oak Ridger
  Area students will take week-long study in Japan
  From the Knoxville News-Sentinel - Students ready for exchange trip
  Thursday, July 8
  On the way to Naka machi (Wednesday, July 7)
  [Arrival at Narita airport] [Transportation to Naka]
  [Arrival at the Naka town office] [Welcome Reception]
  [Welcome Party at Naka Public Hall]
  Friday, July 9
  [Visit to the town office] [Lunch] [ Experience Japanese culture]
  [Visit   Sony Music Entertainment]
  Saturday/Sunday July 10-11 - Activities with host families
  Julie Kinder enjoys sightseeing
  Monday, July 12
  [Experience Japanese school at the Middle Schools in Naka]
  [Trying pottery at Kasama City]
  Tuesday, July 13
  [Visit to the Ibaraki Nature Museum] [At shinto shrine]
  [Shopping at Yuki city]  [Farewell Party at Yoshino assembly hall]
  Wednesday, July, 14 - [Gathering at the town office]
  [SENSOHJI TEMPLE (Asakusa,Tokyo)] [Departure from Narita for Oak Ridge]
  Post Exchange Comments by the Oak Ridge Team - The Naka machi experience - 1999
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