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A cultural event this week is bringing the sights, sounds and taste of Korea to the River Region through a musical performance, dinner and more at Troy's campus in Montgomery on Friday.
The traditional Korean musical, "The Lady Hwang Jinee" is an operatic love story about one of Korea's most famous female poet, lyricist and entertainer and will be performed on Troy Montgomery's campus in the Davis Theatre. It will act as the centerpiece of the Korean Cultural Experience that will also include a traditional Korean dinner, speakers and panelists.
Colorfully dressed singers, actors and actresses from the multi-awarded Korean Traditional Music and Performing Arts, Women's Association will take the stage at 6 p.m. with events starting as early as 8 a.m. that same day. The Taste of Korea dinner will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Goldroom at Whitley Hall.
GE Aviation and Lockheed Martin will join several other companies next week for an engineering and technology job fair in Huntsville.
GE Aviation is in the process of building two materials factories employing up to 300 in Huntsville-annexed Limestone County.
Expo Experts will host a career event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Huntsville Marriott on Five Tranquility Base in Huntsville. Participants must be U.S. citizens, have at least two years of engineering or technology experience, and an engineering or technology degree.
The Alabama State Port Authority announced today two changes to its Board of Directors.
On October 19, Governor Robert Bentley named Horace H. Horn, Jr., of Montgomery, Ala., as Chairman of the Board. Horn, initially appointed to the board in 2014, represents the State's Central Region. In a concurrent gubernatorial action, the Governor appointed T. Bestor Ward, III of Mobile, Ala., to represent Board's At-Large seat.
Horace Horn currently serves as vice president of external affairs for PowerSouth Energy, where he oversees the daily operations of governmental and public affairs in Alabama, Florida and Washington, D.C. Horn is the past State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, now known as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency.
A gleaming field of solar energy panels now sits beside a state energy company's headquarters. It's the largest solar field in the county and cost $150,000 to build.
But that power won't be going to customers, at least not yet. Instead, it's an investment in the years ahead.
"Clearly, renewable fuel resources are in our future, but the economics have to work," said Fred Clark, president and CEO of the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority. "Our role is to provide the lowest-cost (option) possible. Solar's not there yet in terms of it being a competitive resource, but in the next five to 10 years we believe it will be."