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On Tuesday, May 20, steel recycler Gerdau presented new bicycles and safety helmets to 12 Lonsdale Elementary School students – a girl and a boy from each grade – in recognition of their outstanding attendance during the 2013-14 school year.

There is only one event where you can meet the original Spock from StarTrek, Samwise Gamgee from Middle Earth, Lois Lane and Napoleon Dynamite all in one day – the Fanboy Expo Knoxville. The Knoxville Convention Center is excited to host for the first time the region’s premier pop culture meet-and-greet and collectibles event, May 30-June 1.

Knoxville, Tennessee-based Premier Transportation is not only on the go, it’s on the “grow,” merging with Greeneville, Tennessee-based Greene Coach, bringing its total fleet of motor coaches to 29 and increasing its employee base to 81. The company’s new location will be known as Premier Transportation – Greeneville/Tri-Cities.

The Tennessee Theatre invites the community to a free screening of “Back to the Future” during the First Friday celebration on June 6 to dedicate the theater’s new digital projector donated by Regal Entertainment Group. The theater will hold its quarterly First Friday open house with backstage tours and music on the Mighty Wurlitzer from 5-7 p.m., and the movie will begin at 7 p.m.

As Memorial Day approaches, families are getting ready for the season’s first splash in the pool or day at the lake. Without supervision, however, swimming can be a dangerous activity for children. Priority Ambulance urges families to recognize the signs of drowning and always watch children during water activities and sports.

Young-Williams Animal Center is celebrating Memorial Day and the start of the summer vacation season with an adoption special.

The City of Loudon is proud to announce Priority Ambulance as the city’s exclusive emergency and nonemergency ambulance service provider. The one-year agreement empowers Priority Ambulance to respond to emergency 9-1-1 calls and to provide nonemergency medical transportation to and from all residences, assisted living facilities, nursing homes and medical facilities within the city limits.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform a FREE, family-friendly concert at the Theatre in the Park in Marvyille, Tenn. this Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Clayton Homes and Aubrey’s Restaurants, this concert is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

Today, Stroupe led a group of Webb School student tutors to the Caswell Avenue club for the annual year-end party with Boys & Girls Club kids in the gym at the old facility. In that gym where Stroupe learned many life lessons, Merrill Lynch’s Dugan McLaughlin, co-chair of the “Our Kids, Our Future” campaign told the young people that when the gym is rebuilt as part of a new building, the floor will be named for Stroupe.

An estimated 16,000 people are expected to attend the 2014 Destination Imagination Global Finals competition to be held at the University of Tennessee and the Knoxville Convention Center May 21-24.