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What was happening in Chattanooga
Saturday, February 13
A severe snowstorm hit Chattanooga Friday night, leaving seven inches of snow on the ground by noon Saturday, and was expected to continue until late Saturday night, which would be the heaviest snowfall in 20 years. All truck traffic on major highways throughout the state has been banned. Buses suspended service and Lovell Field was closed to air traffic.
Tennessee Bar elects attorney Dana Perry as a Fellow
Not long ago, Dana Perry, managing partner at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, received an envelop through the U.S. Postal Service. When she opened it and read that the Tennessee Bar Foundation had elected her as a Fellow of the association, she thought the letter had been addressed to the wrong person.
Primary care physician making things easy for patients
Dr. Monica Gefter has a gift for making things that might be difficult for lay people to understand easy to grasp. When asked to explain what she means when she says she practices internal medicine, for example, she says she’s a pediatrician for adults. “We take care of every issue an adult might have,” she says, her voice gentle, like that of a soft-spoken kindergarten teacher. “You might come to us about your blood pressure, your cholesterol, your diabetes or your aches and pains.”
More than 3,000 Tennessee Guardsmen leaving for Iraq
Hundreds of families, friends and well-wishers turned out Feb. 5 for departure ceremonies at Camp Shelby, Miss., for over 3,000 soldiers of the National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
The regiment is bound for Iraq, marking its second deployment to that country, the first coming in 2004. Governor Phil Bredesen and his wife, Andrea Conte, were at the military post to see off the Tennesseans, just as they did five years ago. The governor told the assembled soldiers, “Nothing humbles me more than to serve as your Commander in Chief.”
Under Analysis
Laws of human existence
When I told my fellow lawyers I was going to be vacationing in Southeast Asia and Bali, Indonesia, I saw fear on some of their faces. After all, Indonesia is the home of more Muslims than any other country in the world, although Bali is mostly Hindu. In 2002, bombs killed about 175 tourists in Bali. Several members of a violent Islamic group were convicted of the bombings and two were executed. The Balinese people were aghast at violence on their gentle island.
Are We There Yet?
Driving around
After the Super Bowl ended, I tried to stay awake to see what the weathermen promised for the workweek ahead. “A dusting,” were the last words from Ed Buckner in The Weather Garden.
About 1:30 a.m., the sounds of that dusting woke me up. I thought it was rain, and grudgingly decided to extricate myself from my curled warm position under the covers to see what was up. Being over 50, I was going to be getting up anyway.
I Swear...
Good grief
Thanks to all who called and wrote to say that you appreciated the memorial piece printed last month.
I wrote that piece as a part of my grieving process over losing my sister. Grief is a part of life. And the older we get, the more we get to experience it first hand.
Weekly Indulgence
Stick figures. That is both the beginning and end of my artistic talent – and even they are often oddly misshapen. Suffice to say, I was quite nervous as I headed to the basket weaving class, sponsored by Outdoor Chattanooga, last week.
Basket weaving is as old as the dawn of our species; baskets have been uncovered in ancient Egyptian tombs, among other archeological sites. Who knows who wove the first, but according to basketweaving.com, explorers arriving in new lands traded goods that were in baskets, and in turn, the recipients would mimic the weaving and also put their own twist on it, thus diversifying both patterns and styles.
Women’s Council of Realtors gets educated on schools
The ladies of the Women’s Council of Realtors gathered in the Choo Choo Hotel’s Imperial Ballroom last week for their regular monthly meeting. Danielle Clark of the Hamilton County School Board was the guest speaker – she addressed many questions often heard from Realtors, both during her speech and the Q&A held afterward.
TN9rs membership drive, Web site unveiling in March
Members of the Women’s Council of Realtors who want to take advantage of yet another benefit can do so in March after the membership drive for the TN9rs kicks off at the state conference in Murfreesboro.
Women’s Council already provides tremendous leadership training and other experiences to its members, and the TN9rs group is another avenue the members can take to increase their network and referrals. Local Women’s Council of Realtors President Chereé Dumas isn’t a member yet. “I am joining in March at our state convention,” she said.
Real Estate Facts
Definitely mayb
Although less than ideal, sellers are seeing more “contingency” contracts, wherein the buyers make their offer contingent upon being able to sell their own home first to complete the purchase. If the buyers aren’t successful, their Offer To Purchase becomes null and void, potentially leaving the sellers at Square One.
Kay's Cooking Corner
Snickers fudge
I think everybody occasionally takes a trip for no reason other than “you want to.” Don and I do that often. A few years back, we traveled to Seattle, which is such a beautiful city! Big and beautiful.
We ate so much seafood, and would still be eating it had we not had to come back to reality! One of the places we dined at, Salty’s, we accidentally found; and Salty’s just happens to be one of the best places in the nation to eat seafood. At least, that’s what we heard – and read. According to MSN-Citysearch.com, Salty’s has one of the nations best Sunday brunches. I haven’t tried all the Sunday brunches in the nation (I’m trying!), but it definitely has to be hard to beat!
Critic's Corner
Mel Gibson is back! Where was he? Since starring in “Signs” in 2002, he’s divorced his wife of 28 years, had a daughter with his 24-year-old girlfriend and been arrested for suspicion of DUI, during which he allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks. That said, who are we to judge? If the media announced our sins to the world, we wouldn’t fare much better.
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