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Holston Medical Group gastroenterologist and Chairman of the Board Dr. Dallas Shone (left) and President and CEO Dr. Scott Fowler (right) present a $200,000 Kingsport Aquatic Center sponsorship to Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips (center) at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce May 16. The center’s Olympic-size pool will now be known as the HMG Competition Pool, and HMG will provide rehabilitative therapies and classes for their patients and the general public at the center. Holston Medical Group gastroenterologist and Chairman of the Board Dr. Dallas Shone (left) and President and CEO Dr. Scott Fowler (right) present a $200,000 Kingsport Aquatic Center sponsorship to Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips (center) at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce May 16. The center’s Olympic-size pool will now be known as the HMG Competition Pool, and HMG will provide rehabilitative therapies and classes for their patients and the general public at the center. Holston Medical Group (HMG) announced a $200,000 Kingsport Aquatic Center sponsorship at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 16. This public-private partnership benefits the center, HMG and our region.

City officials and dog lovers have two weeks left to nominate their towns to compete in the third-annual PetSafe “Bark for Your Park” contest, which awards a total of $200,000 in funding for U.S. cities to build local off-leash dog parks.

Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam speaks to trucking executives at the Scopelitis Transportation Seminar on May 16 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Pilot presented a donation of $75,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Greater East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia (MDA) on May 14 at the Pilot Food Mart at 8541 Middlebrook Pike in Knoxville.

Students from the South College School of Pharmacy recently came in 4th in the third annual National Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition (NSPCC) held in Gainesville, Florida. In its first national competition, the South College team competed against 14 other pharmacy teams from colleges and universities across the country.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero has appointed Dan Murphy and John Turner to the Board of Commissioners at Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC).

The East Tennessee Historical Society recently awarded Dr. Bill Snyder with the Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his work that was instrumental in preserving one of Knoxville’s greatest landmarks, the Tennessee Theatre, as a source of regional pride for many generations to come.

Every day, the Joy of Music School parking lot sees dozens of cars picking up and dropping off kids of all ages toting guitars, violin cases, music books and more.

Which two area kids will be the first down the slides at the public grand opening of Kingsport Aquatic Center’s water park attraction? The center is now accepting photo entries at http://www.swimkingsport.com for this momentous opportunity.

Kristi Sowards, sales manager at the Knoxville Convention Center, has been awarded the 2013 Pauly Award for Service/Supplier Employee of the Year by the Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association (GKHA) at the 9th Annual Pauly Awards sponsored by the University of Tennessee Tourism Institute and Visit Knoxville.