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South College School of Pharmacy students are learning to fill prescription medications, yet they are reversing the process and taking them back on Saturday, Oct. 26.

With cooler weather just around the corner, KUB is encouraging customers to think “safety first” when using natural gas.

Young-Williams Animal Center is one of 38 animal rescue organizations nationwide that have received funding from the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to participate in the Mega Match-a-thon adoption event Oct. 18-20.

On Oct. 16, Pilot presented checks totaling more than $75,000 to three area not-for-profit organizations.

Joyce Floyd, Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) Director of Strategic Planning and Special Projects, was recently elected President of the Tennessee Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities (TAHRA) to serve a two-year term that began this September.

The $17.2 million Kingsport Aquatic Center has been named Project of the Year by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The center offers Kingsport residents and visitors year-round access to aquatic fitness and recreation activities. The City of Kingsport has earned statewide recognition for the Kingsport Aquatic Center, a rousing recreational success in East Tennessee.

Jerry Harnish has been confirmed as the permanent regional director of Rural/Metro of Tennessee.

Moxley Carmichael, a leading East Tennessee public relations firm, has promoted Lauren Christ to director of client services.

Gene Blaylock, a longtime firefighter who joined Rural/Metro Fire Department when it began its Knox County operations in 1977, has been named Knox County Fire Chief.

University of Tennessee Athletics Director Dave Hart visits with Jim Haslam, Pilot Flying J founder and chairman of the board, at the Pilot on Cumberland Avenue during Pilot Pumpers on Oct. 8. The three-day event raised $86,200 for the United Way of Greater Knoxville. In just three days, “Pilot Celebrity Pumpers” raised a record-breaking $86,200 for the United Way of Greater Knoxville.