Event reminder for tomorrow

The Smyrna Local Library is offering free tax preparing assistance.

Free Income Tax Preparation
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 10, 17, 31 | 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

VITA tax preparers will be on hand to do free tax preparation. Each Saturday they are at the library, registration begins when the library opens. THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.

The following fomrs are NOT eligible for preparation: Schedule C with losses, advanced Schedule D forms, SS-5, 8606, 8615, and SS-8. For married filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Please bring all Form W-2's and 1099's, information for all other income, deductions/credits, previous year's return, proof of account for direct deposit (voided check, etc.), Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification notices/cards for filers, spouses, and all dependents, proof of ID, total paid to daycare providers with their tax ID numbers, birth dates for all parties ont he return and proof of foreign status if applying for ITIN.

This is just one of many services the Smyrna Public library offers.

Career help tomorrow

The Linebaugh Public Library in Smyrna is going to be offering Training Workshops and Job Services through the Tennessee Career coach tomorrow.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is proud to roll out our Career Coaches...mobile centers with services similar to what you might find in a Tennessee Career Center. These vehicles will arrive on the scene to provide a mobile computer lab with Internet access; create a venue for workshops including résumé assistance and interviewing skills; and serve as a recruitment center for companies moving into our state.

The scheduled visit is set for 9AM tomorrow so please be early.

Event reminder for tomorrow

The Smyrna Local Library is offering free tax preparing assistance.

Free Income Tax Preparation
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 10, 17, 31 | 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

VITA tax preparers will be on hand to do free tax preparation. Each Saturday they are at the library, registration begins when the library opens. THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.

The following fomrs are NOT eligible for preparation: Schedule C with losses, advanced Schedule D forms, SS-5, 8606, 8615, and SS-8. For married filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Please bring all Form W-2's and 1099's, information for all other income, deductions/credits, previous year's return, proof of account for direct deposit (voided check, etc.), Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification notices/cards for filers, spouses, and all dependents, proof of ID, total paid to daycare providers with their tax ID numbers, birth dates for all parties ont he return and proof of foreign status if applying for ITIN.

This is just one of many services the Smyrna Public library offers.

Omni hut founder dies

A local resident that was a fixture in Smyrna long before Nissan has passed away recently. Jim Walls was the Founder of Omni Hut and through the restaurant met and became friends to a whole town.

He opened Omni Hut in 1960, shortly after retiring from service. The restaurant is based on the cooking styles and recipes he learned abroad. About three days after it opened, customers kept telling him, “That’s the best Polynesian food I’ve ever had.” So he switched the theme of the Omni Hut to Polynesian.

State Rep. Mike Sparks said Walls gave him his first job at the restaurant at the age of 13.

“I remember him telling me that the banker he went to get a loan said he’d only be in business about three months,” Sparks said. “Maj. Walls was a visionary and he really walked to the beat of his own drum. He had a belief in himself that he could make (Omni Hut) successful.”

State representative Mike Sparks spoke well of him to me on many occasions in the past.

A memorial service will be this Sunday for those interested.

more from WSMV Channel 4

Event reminder

Don't forget that tomorrow the Masonic lodge will be holding a Ham Breakfast. This is a good community event and you can meet some great people there.

Sam Davis Masonic Lodge to host ham breakfast Saturday
SMYRNA – Sam Davis Masonic Lodge #661 is having a country ham breakfast on Saturday from 6 to 10 a.m. The lodge is located on Nissan Drive across from the old Food Lion store on Mary Law Drive.

They will be serving country ham, scrambled eggs, grits, milk gravy and biscuits, potato wedges, coffee and orange drink. The cost is $8 per person.

Event reminder - TODAY!

This morning is the bean lunch planned by the Smyrna Lions club. If you have time drop by and meet some great people who are working to make society a better place.

Smyrna Lions, seniors partnering for bean dinner
SMYRNA – The Smyrna Lions Club and Senior Center will hold their annual bean dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

Tickets for the popular event, to be held at LifePoint Church on Legacy Drive, are $6 each and available at the door. The menu includes white beans, corn bread, cole slaw, assorted homemade desserts and a beverage. Carry-outs are also available.

Proceeds will benefit the Lions Club’s sight projects and the senior center.

Local Auditions

Lamplighter's Theater is having open auditions...if you're the right age category.

Announcing Auditions for Leaving Iowa
The spark behind Leaving Iowa comes from being children of parents from the now dubbed "greatest generation." The story is a toast to their idealism and character and a little roast of their undying dedication to the classic family road trip. More specifically, it is the story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his father's ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma's house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father.

This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don's memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Don's existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at the center of the United States. Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever found himself or herself driving alone on a road, revisiting fond memories of his or her youth.*

We are looking for
1 man - 50-70
1 woman - same
1 man 30-45
1 woman 25 - 40
1 man 25-60
1 woman - 20-60

Auditions will be held at Springhouse Worship and Arts Center
March 4, 3pm-5pm
March 5, 7pm-9pm

Production dates are
April 20-22
April 27-29

Please contact Greg Wilson at greghats@yahoo.com with any questions

*Text from dramaticpublishing.com

Beans, Beans, good for the heart.

Our local Smyrna Lions will be hosting a Bean Dinner this coming Friday. This is a real hands on group and worthy of your patronage and support.

Smyrna Lions, seniors partnering for bean dinner
SMYRNA – The Smyrna Lions Club and Senior Center will hold their annual bean dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

Tickets for the popular event, to be held at LifePoint Church on Legacy Drive, are $6 each and available at the door. The menu includes white beans, corn bread, cole slaw, assorted homemade desserts and a beverage. Carry-outs are also available.

Proceeds will benefit the Lions Club’s sight projects and the senior center.

Ham Breakfast Saturday

Make plans for Saturday as the Masonic lodge is holding a ham breakfast that morning.

Sam Davis Masonic Lodge to host ham breakfast Saturday
SMYRNA – Sam Davis Masonic Lodge #661 is having a country ham breakfast on Saturday [MARCH 3rd] from 6 to 10 a.m. The lodge is located on Nissan Drive across from the old Food Lion store on Mary Law Drive.

They will be serving country ham, scrambled eggs, grits, milk gravy and biscuits, potato wedges, coffee and orange drink. The cost is $8 per person.

Need a car, truck or van?

The town of Smyrna auctions off it's surplus property through govdeals.com. This is for worn out government vehicles, seized vehicles and misc. equipment.

Here is a screen shot of the first page of three showing what is currently up for bid. Click to enlarge.



If interested go to Govdeals.com and register to bid.

Boards and Committees applications

It's that time of the year again when application for the following boards, commissions, and committees are accepted. I myself served three years on the Storm Water advisory committee and enjoyed the heck out of the experience.

Town of Smyrna Citizen Board Appointments coming up at the March Meeting Apply at http://www.smyrnatn.org/ :
a. Appointment of two (2) members to the Packaged Liquor Board to serve four (4) year terms ending 2016.
b.Appointment of one (1) member to the Board of Zoning Appeals to serve three (3) year term ending 2015.
c.Appointment of two (2) members to the Citizens for Sister City Relations to serve three (3) year terms ending 2015.
d.Appointment of two (2) voting members and one (1) non-voting member to the Parks Advisory Board to serve two (2) year terms ending 2014.
e.Appointment of two (2) members to the Planning Commission to serve two (2) year terms ending 2014.
f.Appointment of two (2) members to Project Assistance to serve three (3) year terms ending 2015.
g.Appointment of three (3) members to the Board of Adjustment & Appeals to serve three (3) year terms ending 2015.
h.Appointment of one (1) member to the Beer Board to serve a four (4) year term ending 2016.
i.Appointment of three (3) members to the Storm Water Advisory Committee to serve two (2) year terms ending 2014.
j.Mayor to appoint two (2) members to the Historic Zoning Commission to serve five (5) year terms ending 2017.
k.Appointment of two (2) members to the Industrial Development Board to serve six (6) year terms ending 2018.
l.Appointment of three (3) members to the Arts Commission to serve one (1) year terms ending 2013 and four (4) members to serve two (2) year terms ending 2014.
m.Mayor to appoint one (1) member to the Smyrna Housing Authority to serve five (5) year term ending 2017.

See Boards, Committees, and commissions link on left hand side of home page

Some committees require more time to prepare and a good deal of knowledge on some subjects like Planning. If this is your first time to volunteer and you've not been involved in the 'process' before you likely will not get planning or zoning, but the other boards are good ones to get your feet wet.

I believe the deadline for applying is March 5, and the application can be found here (PDF warning). Good luck!

Event reminder for tomorrow

The Smyrna Local Library is offering free tax preparing assistance.

Free Income Tax Preparation
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 10, 17, 31 | 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

VITA tax preparers will be on hand to do free tax preparation. Each Saturday they are at the library, registration begins when the library opens. THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.

The following fomrs are NOT eligible for preparation: Schedule C with losses, advanced Schedule D forms, SS-5, 8606, 8615, and SS-8. For married filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Please bring all Form W-2's and 1099's, information for all other income, deductions/credits, previous year's return, proof of account for direct deposit (voided check, etc.), Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification notices/cards for filers, spouses, and all dependents, proof of ID, total paid to daycare providers with their tax ID numbers, birth dates for all parties ont he return and proof of foreign status if applying for ITIN.

This is just one of many services the Smyrna Public library offers.

Traffic alert.

Beginning Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 8:30 AM and continuing until approx. 2:00 PM, CSX will be closing Enon Springs Road West from Lowry Street (41/70) to Hazelwood Drive while they make necessary repairs to the railroad crossing. Local traffic will be allowed from Hazelwood Drive only as far as CSX Railroad. Please use Washington, Hazelwood and McNickle as alternate routes. Speed limit in construction zones is 15 MPH and will be strictly enforced.

Academy sports coming to town - UPDATE

The last town council meeting had listed a planned revision request for a new store on Weakly Lane. I was not sure if I had heard the name correctly but it sounded like Academy Sports. This is a growing and large line of stores like Bass Pro shop near Opryland. I went to their website and could not find anything on Smyrna there until I looked at their job listings. Unless there is a second Smyrna in Tennessee, we are already listed for people who wish to apply for jobs.

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I'm not sure how many people one of their stores employ, not the planned opening date, but this is great news as this store covers the shortage of a sports store and a gun store.
Yippee!

UPDATE:
Their planned site will be on the side road where Lowes is and right behind Wendys on Sam Ridley Blvd...this is from the town planner for Smyrna.

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!

I'm not sure who is putting this job fair on. I saw that Mike Sparks had posted about this on his Facebook page and found information on it at CareerBuilder.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
Come One – Come All – Rutherford County Job Fair!

Smyrna Town Centre
100 Sam Ridley Parkway
Smyrna, TN 37167
February 22nd
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Staffmark has JOBS in Rutherford County! Now is the time to get your foot in the door with great companies!

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Positions available include all shifts, ranging from $8.50 to $15.00 per hour!
If you have experience with the following, we want to see YOU!

Picking and Packing
RF Scanner
Warehouse Production
Forklift, Reach Truck, Cherry Picker, and/or Electric Pallet Jack
Inventory Control
Shipping and Receiving
Material Handling
Assembly

Don’t Miss It!

While it does look like a temp service fair, a job is a job.

Equipment donation to the SFD.

Firehouse Subs made an equipment donation to the LaVergne and Smyrna fire departments.

FIREHOUSE SUBS® HEATS UP THE CITY OF LAVERGNE AND SMYRNA FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH MORE THAN $25,000 WORTH OF LIFE-SAVING TOOLS
FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION COMES TO THE RESCUE WITH OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE EQUIPMENT

SMYRNA, Tenn. - Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is awarding much needed equipment to the City of LaVergne Special Operations and the Smyrna Fire Department during a joint ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at the Firehouse Subs in Smyrna. Otherwise unavailable due to fire district budget constraints, the departments benefit with equipment worth more than $25,000. A Polaris Ranger including hitch, pre-runner kit, trailer and landscaping cage worth $16,814 will be awarded to The City of LaVergne Special Operations. The donated vehicle will greatly increase the city's rescue capability in response to off-road incidents and the transportation of vitctims. While the Smyrna Fire Department will benefit with five QRae II gas detectors and five Auto Rae starter kits worth $8,517. The detectors will assist the department in identifying carbon monoxide in victim's and fellow firefighter's blood stream. Since 2005, Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation has donated $228,116 to public safety entities in Tennessee.

Firehouse Subs is renowned for hearty, oversized portions and piping hot subs. The founders' 200-year firefighting heritage inspired the formation of the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which provides funding, resources and support to public safety entities.

"We are truly serving subs and saving lives," said Mark Watson, franchisee of the Smyrna Firehouse Subs location. "Our Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation's support of our local heroes impacts us all."Each restaurant recycles leftover, five-gallon pickle buckets and sells them to guests for $2. Donation canisters on register counters explain the non-profit's mission and collect spare change, while the round up program allows guests to literally "round up" their bill to the nearest dollar.

The presentation takes place at the Firehouse Subs located at 337 Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna. Attendees to the event include local firefighters and their families, franchisee Mark Watson, area representative Bob Conochalla, and Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation development manager Meghan Bender.

In 2005, Firehouse Subs created the non-profit, Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, with the mission to provide funding, life-saving equipment and educational opportunities to aid first-responders. Through the non-profit 501(c)(3), Firehouse Subs has given more than $3.5 million to hometown heroes, including fire and police departments and EMS organizations.

Firehouse Subs, founded in Jacksonville, Fla., by former firefighting brothers Chris Sorensen and Robin Sorensen, is a 490-unit fast casual restaurant chain. Firehouse Subs offers oversized portions of premium hand-sliced meats, steamed to make the flavors burst, then piled high with fresh produce atop a toasted sub roll. The restaurants reflect the authentic firefighter heritage, as well as the founding family's 200 years of firefighting service.
For more information on Firehouse Subs or this donation, please visit Firehousesubs.com, Facebook.com/firehousesubs or follow on Twitter at @firehousesubs.

Event reminder for tomorrow

The Smyrna Local Library is offering free tax preparing assistance.

Free Income Tax Preparation
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 10, 17, 31 | 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

VITA tax preparers will be on hand to do free tax preparation. Each Saturday they are at the library, registration begins when the library opens. THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.

The following fomrs are NOT eligible for preparation: Schedule C with losses, advanced Schedule D forms, SS-5, 8606, 8615, and SS-8. For married filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Please bring all Form W-2's and 1099's, information for all other income, deductions/credits, previous year's return, proof of account for direct deposit (voided check, etc.), Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification notices/cards for filers, spouses, and all dependents, proof of ID, total paid to daycare providers with their tax ID numbers, birth dates for all parties ont he return and proof of foreign status if applying for ITIN.

This is just one of many services the Smyrna Public library offers.

Active as Animals

The animal to learn about today at the parks and recreation program is Penguins.

Our town

Event reminder for tomorrow

The Smyrna Local Library is offering free tax preparing assistance.

Free Income Tax Preparation
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 10, 17, 31 | 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

VITA tax preparers will be on hand to do free tax preparation. Each Saturday they are at the library, registration begins when the library opens. THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT.

The following fomrs are NOT eligible for preparation: Schedule C with losses, advanced Schedule D forms, SS-5, 8606, 8615, and SS-8. For married filing jointly, both spouses must be present. Please bring all Form W-2's and 1099's, information for all other income, deductions/credits, previous year's return, proof of account for direct deposit (voided check, etc.), Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification notices/cards for filers, spouses, and all dependents, proof of ID, total paid to daycare providers with their tax ID numbers, birth dates for all parties ont he return and proof of foreign status if applying for ITIN.

This is just one of many services the Smyrna Public library offers.