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KINGSPORT – Dobyns-Bennett High School will host its second annual Arts Festival this Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1.

The event will showcase the artistic talents of Dobyns-Bennetts students during a Gallery Hop" on Friday and will feature performances by members of the Dobyns-Bennett band, orchestra, theatre and chorus groups on Friday and Saturday nights.

Art classrooms have been transformed into galleries, with displays of student artwork throughout. A special exhibit in the band building on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. will feature the works of Dobyns-Bennett seniors throughout their high school career.

In addition, the student art and literary magazine, Impressions, will be released Friday, April 30 and will be sold during the Gallery Hop and at the Senior Art Show.‚  On Saturday, Amanda Carruba, DB art Student, will receive the 1st purchase award for her design used on the cover of Impressions magazine.‚ ‚  Her original artwork will be framed and displayed in an exhibit at DB.

Parents and guests attending the event are asked to sign in at the front lobby of the high school. A complete schedule of activities is listed below. For more information on the Dobyns-Bennett Art Festival, please contact the Theatre, Chorus, Band, or art departments at (423) 378-8400.

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Schedule of Events

Friday, April 30

Art Set-Up	3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
String Ensemble (Band Room)	6p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Show Choir‚  (Orchestra Room)	6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Various small group performances by musicians and actors	7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Show Choir (2nd performance)	7:40 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 1

Senior Art Show (Building Wide)	4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Small String Ensembles	4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
1 Act Play	6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Various small group performances by musicians and actors	7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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KINGSPORT – Kawoni, the female wolf that escaped Saturday has been returned back to the wolf habitat.‚  She was the last of the wolves that remained free after a large limb from a green (live) tree fell breaching both fences of the enclosure.‚  Following her recovery, park officials reopened all trails and park roads used for hiking and mountain biking to public access.

Kawoni was located in field on a farm just outside park boundaries.‚  She was then successfully darted with a tranquilizer allowing the search team of staff and volunteers to approach and secure her for safe transport back to Bays Mountain Park.‚  Upon her arrival, Kawoni was placed in a separate enclosure from the other wolves where she underwent a close physical examination by park staff and is doing very well.‚  After allowing her a couple of days of rest, park officials will then begin to reintroduce her back to the pack.

Park officials estimate this most recent breach occurred sometime during the night on Saturday resulting in the escape of five of the parks seven wolves.‚  Following a phone call by a resident living on park grounds advising of a possible problem, staff arrived by 9:30 a.m. Sunday and immediately began recovery efforts.‚  Within three hours, four of the five wolves had been successfully returned to the habitat.

This latest incident occurred as park officials were preparing to begin the introduction of planned measures designed to improve the security of the wolf habitat.‚  Following the December storm that resulted in similar fence damage and also resulted in the wolves escaping, park staff with the aid of certified arborists identified and addressed trees in and around the wolf habitat that needed to be removed and trimmed.‚  Trees identified as immediate threats or dead were then cut down and removed.‚ ‚  Further plans call for the addition of utility poles around the perimeter of the habitat to help provide greater strength and resistance for the fence.

One of the nations largest city-owned parks with 3,550 acres, Bays Mountain Park features 38 miles of hiking trails, a state-of-the-art planetarium, wildlife habitats, fun exhibits, a 44-acre lake, trails for mountain biking and much, much more.

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KINGSPORT ‚¬ The Kingsport Board of Education will host a town hall meeting on Monday, April 26 to solicit input and answer questions regarding the 2010-11 Kingsport City Schools budget.

The informal question and answer session will be held at Robinson Middle School, Room 205, beginning at 7 p.m. Board of Education members will speak briefly on the status of the Kingsport City Schools budget and results from the recent community survey. The public is invited to ask questions related to potential budget cuts and expenditures.

For more information, contact the Kingsport City Schools Office of Community Relations at (423) 378-2123.

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KINGSPORT A Tyrannosaurus rex has been spotted on Broad Street in
downtown Kingsport. No, its not an April Fools joke.

Paleontologist Jerry Jacene (previously of Cookeville) has been
working for the past four weeks to get his business up and running in
downtown Kingsport and plans to have a soft opening on Saturday.

The business is called The Prehistoric Exhibits Company and is
located in the old Lazer Tag building on Broad Street, catty-corner to
the Kingsport Public Library.

This is a Times News article, to read more click here.

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KINGSPORT – Bays Mountain Park is currently accepting applications for both of the park’s summer camps.‚  Day camps are available for Bays Mountain Park Association Members who have children or grandchildren entering grades 1-3 and 4-6. Raptor camp is available for members with children or grandchildren entering grades 7-12.‚ 

Below you will find the membership application as well as the day camp and raptor camp registration forms.‚  To participate in these camps, just fill out the forms, (you must have a family membership for day camp and an individual membership for raptor camp) and fax them to us at 224-2589 or mail them to us at 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport, TN 37660.

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Day Camp

Summer Day Camp program is a week full of fun and learning! Each week is filled with outdoor, nature-oriented activities led and supervised by our talented camp counselors.

Dates for Summer Day Camp 2010

Students entering 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade	June 14 – 18 June 21 – 25 July 5 – 9 July 12 – 16 July 19 – 23
Students entering 4th, 5th, and 6th grade	June 7 – 11 June28 – July 2 July 26 – 30

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Day Camp Info

There are two levels of day camp offered. One for children who will be entering 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade in the fall and another for children who will be entering 4th, 5th and 6th grade.

• Hours for day camp are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.*
• Campers should bring a bag lunch and drink for each day, except Friday. On Fridays of each week, the staff will fix lunch for each child.
• Parents must arrange for transportation. We will provide a list of campers names who are interested in carpooling.
• Parents or grandparents should plan to stay on the first morning for a short orientation.
• Tuition for camp is $50.00 per child and does not include the family membership dues. A current family membership is required and costs only $35.00 per year. Sessions are limited to 30 campers, so hurry and secure your spot today!
• There will be no overnight stay offered for 4th-6th grade day campers this year.‚ 

To download the application for Summer Day Camp
please click here.

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Raptor Camp

Want to learn more about Bays Mountain’s birds of prey? Raptor Camp will provide you the perfect opportunity to learn basic bird care from feeding to understanding techniques used with our raptors.‚  Raptor Camp is a single-day program and is offered during the summer
months.‚ 

Dates for Raptor Camp 2010

All dates are Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Students entering 7th – 12th grade

June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31

Raptor Camp Info

Sessions are limited to students entering 7th – 12th grade for the
following school year. Enrollment is limited to three (3) students per
session and is awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applicant’s
parents or guardians must be members of the Bays Mountain Park
Association.

To download the application for Raptor Camp please click here.

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To download the application to become a Bays Mountain Park Association member click here.

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All applications can be faxed to Bays Mountain Park at 224-2589 or mailed to 853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport,
TN 37660.‚  Happy Camping!

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