LEISURE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF KINGSPORT December 2012 BAYS MOUNTAIN PARK. PLANETARIUM SHOWS free for BMPA members with card & ages 5 and under $4.00 for others UNDER THE MILKY WAY Tuesday – Friday 4:00 Saturday & Sunday 1:00 and 4:00 Learn how the Milky Way was formed, what is it and how large it is plus live presentation highlighting the current night sky CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING PLANET Saturday & Sunday @ 2:00 NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE Tuesday, Dec. 11 @ 6:00 Meet at Farmstead parking area before 6:00. Must ‚ pre-register at www.sorba-tricities.org or president@ntmba.org Safety gear required. The Park will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. For more information about Bays Mountain, visit www.baysmountain.com or call 423-229-9447 CULTURAL ARTS GRAMMY AND INDIE-AWARD WINNING DUO OF AL PETTEWAY & AMY WHITE Friday, Dec. 7 7:30 p.m. Renaissance Center Theatre $15 reserved seating $12 students tickets can be purchased online @ www.EngageKingsport.com PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT TRADITION – TENNESSEE LIVES & LEGACIES (Tennessee Folk Artists) Dec. 13- February 24 2nd floor Atrium Gallery Opening reception Thursday, Dec. 13 4:00-7:00 Free and open to the public IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE FROM WVL RADIO THEATRE Tuesday, Dec.‚ 18 7:00 P.M. Renaissance Theatre $15 reserved $10 student call 423-392-8416 or email BonnieMacdonald@KingsportTn.gov CATTAILS GOLF Winter rates (Nov. 1 – April‚ 30) 2012-13 Riding Winter Rates 18 holes weekday $33 ($21) 18 holes‚ weekend ‚ $38 ($26) 9 holes weekday ‚ $21 ($15 9 holes weekend ‚ $23 ($17) 2012-2013 Walking Winter Rates 18 holes weekday $23 ($11) 18 holes weekend $28 ($16) 9 holes weekday $15 ($9) 9 holes weekend $17 ($11) Junior rates Riding – 18 holes $22 ‚  ‚  9 holes $14 Walking ‚ 18 holes $12 ‚  9 holes ‚ $8 ( ‚ ) = Cardholder rate Join Cattails email club Join Cattails Text Club PARKS & RECREATION ‚  ‚  MODEL CITY SHOOTOUT TRAVEL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT January 18-20 V.O. Dobbins Lynn View Community Center Robinson Middle School $75 per team Divisions for boys & girls: 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade (contact Parks &‚ Recreation – GregWalker@KingsportTn.gov or 423-229-9458 for details about the ages by grade, ‚ playing down, etc. WINTER BREAK ACTIVITIES @ V.O. Dobbins Friday Dec. 21 1:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 26 11:00-4:00 Thursday Dec. 27 ‚ 11:00-4:00 Friday, Dec. 18 ‚ 11:00-5:30 Movies, open gym, games, etc. HOLIDAY PARENTS NIGHT OUT V.O. Dobbins Friday, Dec. 21 5:00-9:00 ages 6-12 Activities and pizza provided. ‚ Kids may even bring their own pillows, blankets and stuffed animals. ‚ Pre-registration required. ‚ Limited space. Contact tommywolterman@kingsporttn.org or 224-2489. For information about Parks & Recreation, visit www.kingsportparksandrecreation.org or call 229-9459 or 229-9460. PUBLIC LIBRARY AMERICANS ON D-DAY FILM Thursday, Nov. 29 4:00 p.m. Visit the sites of major action, hear from veterans who were there and view the events through the soldier’s eye. ‚ Dobyns-Bennett history teacher, David Hoover, will introduce‚ the program. Free and open to the public. SATURDAY PRESCHOOL STORYTIME December 1 @ 10:30 REGULAR STORYTIMES Preschool: Tuesdays@ 10:30‚  Time for Twos: Thursdays @ 10:30 FREE MOVIE Sunday, Dec. 16 ‚ @ 2:30 Rated R Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. Stars Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson and more… OPEN JOB LABS Wednesday Dec 5 & 12 @ 2:00 create a resume apply for jobs online post your resume online library staff available for assistance TEEN BOOK LEAGUE Thursday, November 29 @ 4:00 Thursday, December 13 @ 4:00 Board room (for middle/high school students) GAME & CRAFT NIGHT Monday,Dec. 3 & 17 @ 6:00 p.m. For more information about the Kingsport Public Library, visit www.kingsportlibrary.org. SENIOR CENTER PACKAGE WRAPPING PARTY Tuesday, Dec. 11 @ 10:00 Card Room‚ ‚  Volunteer wrapping elves needed! GSP MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEM Tuesday, Dec. 18 @ 12:30 Card Room Contact emergency personnel no matter where you are by using GPS. ARTISAN CENTER HOLIDAY HOURS Lynn View Community Center 257 Walker St. Saturdays 10:00-2:00‚  Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 4:00-7:30 Shop for beautiful handmade items PILOXING (pilates+boxing) Colonial Heights Baptist Church Tuesdays and Thursdays @9:30 For more information about these Senior Center programs: 423-392-8400‚ or visit http://seniors.kingsporttn.gov

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KINGSPORT – View the film, The Americans on D-Day by Living Battlefield at the Kingsport Public Library on Thursday, November 29 at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium.  Dobyns-Bennett history teacher, David Hoover, will provide an introductory talk.

The Americans on D-Day is a tour film with battlefield historian, Ellwood von Seibold.  Visit the sites of major action, hear from veterans who were there and view the events through the soldiers eye.  Some extras of the film include discussion of some of the weapons carried by both sides.  This program is free and open to the public.

Cooking Fires and Thanksgiving

The number of home cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day was three times the national average of fires per day in 2009, according the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA.) The Kingsport Fire‚  Department and the NFPA are urging the public to keep fire safety in mind when preparing holiday meals.‚ 

Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and related injuries. In 2005-2009, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 155,400 home fires per year involving cooking equipment. These fires caused an annual average of 390 civilian deaths, 4,800 civilian injuries, and $771‚ million in direct property damage.

Cooking fires can easily be prevented by following a few simple precautions, such as staying in the kitchen when preparing a meal because fires often start when items cooking are left unattended, said Lorraine Carli, NFPAs vice president of communications. As much as unexpected guests are sometimes a part of the holidays, you dont want the fire department arriving because your feast is going up in flames.

A cooking fire can quickly turn deadly. We have seen too many homes destroyed and people killed or injured by fires that could have been easily avoided. said Barry Brickey of the Kingsport Fire Department. ‚ Please heed these simple safety rules.

Stand by your pan

• Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling, or broiling bard.
• If you must leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, boiling or roasting bard, check it regularly, remain in the home while bard is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that the stove or oven is on.
• Keep in mind that you should avoid wearing loose clothing or dangling sleeves while cooking. Loose clothing can catch fire if it comes in contact with a gas flame or electric burner.

No kids allowed

• Keep kids away from cooking areas by enforcing a “kid-free zone” of 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove.
• If you have young children, use the stove’s back burners whenever possible, and turn pot handles inward to reduce the risk that pots with hot contents will be knocked over.
• Never hold a small child while cooking.

Keep it clean

• Keep anything that can catch fire‚¬â€pot holders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, bard packaging, towels or curtains‚¬â€away from your stove top.
• Clean up bard and grease from burners and the stove top.

Turkey Fryers

Outdoor gas-fueled turkey fryers cook up juicy turkeys in a fraction of the time it takes to roast one in an indoor oven. However, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) discourages the residential use of turkey fryers because they pose an enormous risk of injury. Outdoor fryers heat gallons of cooking oil to very high temperatures to cook the turkey. The risk of this oil being spilled is significant, and the injuries resulting can be severe.

• The fryers are often bumped or tipped over when the turkey is put in or taken out, presenting a greater risk for the oil to splash or spill. Outdoor fryers that come with a stand pose the greatest risk of tipping.
• The oil is heated to such a high temperature for frying that the vapors could ignite, resulting in a fire.
• If you use a turkey fryer during rain or snow, the risk of injury is increased. When rain or snow hits the hot oil, the oil can splash or turn to steam, which can cause burns.
• Numerous fires have ignited when fryers were moved indoors or into a garage to keep the appliance out of the rain.
• Moving the turkey from the fryer to a serving plate presents another chance of contact with hot oil.
• The approximately 5 gallons of oil in these devices introduce an additional level of hazard to deep fryer cooking, as does the size and weight of the turkey, which must be safely lowered into and raised out of the large quantity of hot oil.
• Many turkeys are purchased frozen, and they may not be fully thawed when cooking begins. As with a rainy day, a defrosting turkey creates the risk of contact between hot cooking oil.
• There is a new outdoor turkey cooking appliance that does not use oil. NFPA believes these should be considered as an alternative. NFPA understands that this appliance will be listed by a recognized testing laboratory.