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Monday, March 14
Mayor P.R. Olgiati has issued a proclamation setting aside the period of March 17 through Easter Sunday, April 17 as Easter Seal Month. A goal of $33,333.33 has beens set.
Tuesday, March 15
The County Court, awaiting a called meeting Thursday morning, may delay the election of an interim judge to succeed the late County Judge Wilkes T. Thrasher, because of closeness of the Democratic Primary April 5.
It’s all in a day’s work for Chancellor Roger Brown
A day in the life of Chancellor Roger Brown of UTC can involve making decisions that affect the more than 10,000 students enrolled in the school.
Brown said the idea of having over 10,000 people depending on his decision-making is a feeling of great responsibility.
Lawyer finds unique niche in Chattanooga legal market
Each year, legions of new attorneys hit the job market, having graduated from law school and passed the bar. As they look for employment, many of them face the proverbial concrete jungle, a modern grid work of tall buildings packed with businesses, government agencies and nonprofits, each one filling a role that makes the city tick, each one packed with offices, cubicles and work stations.
Under Analysis
One for me, none for you
Recently I came across a criticism of practicing law that I had heard once before – the criticism that practicing the law is a zero-sum game, and is one of the reasons lawyers may be stressed or unsatisfied with the practice.
In theory, a “zero-sum game” is a situation where a party’s gain or loss is exactly balanced by the gains or losses of the other parties. So, if the total gains of the parties are added up, and the total losses are subtracted from those gains, a zero-sum game is reflected when the balance is zero. If a pie is cut, and you take a larger piece, it reduces the amount of pie available to others. So, cutting a pie is a zero-sum game.
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Winter Olympic withdrawal can be cured
The other night as I sat down to enjoy some TV, I realized that I really miss not being able to see the Olympic Winter Games any longer.
I have to say I enjoyed the two weeks of winter sports coming from our neighbors up in Canada and I even had figured out what in the world some of them were doing. I still wonder about the sport of curling where you heave a teakettle looking object down the ice and sweep the path clear for it to make it down the track. You have to wonder who came up with the idea the first time to do such a thing. Did someone’s kettle get slung out in the snow and they thought it would be fun to see how far it would go before it stopped or what? Strange game, but I’m still trying to figure out golf, so I guess it takes something for all of us.
Are We There Yet?
My legacy
(The following was written nearly six years ago, when my metabolism was faster and my doctor more lenient)
One of our favorite places to eat lunch in the downtown area is at the restaurant located in the Legacy Hotel. One day last week, I was alone in my car, heading back to the office. It was nearly one o’clock, and I had convinced myself not to eat lunch that day.
I Swear...
Oxymorons revisited
Part 2
Last week, we began a revisitation to the world of words, phrases and concepts that are seemingly self-contradictory. The community of oxymorons or, as Richard Lederer insists on calling them, oxymora.
At a site called fun-with-words.com, I found an article by Lederer, whom I have been alluding to since at least 1987, when his first book, “Anguished English,” was published. Lederer has gone on to publish many more books, virtually all of them involving simple fun with our complex language.
Gadget Girl
Dumbbell Alarm Clock
I do not know about the rest of the world, but it takes a lot to get me out of bed in the mornings. I have a radio alarm clock that wakes me up around 6:33 a.m. to my favorite morning show. Depending if it’s just me in the house, I may or may not snooze it.
Realtor finds blessings, strength in battle with cancer
Two opposing forces are locked in battle within C’Na Raines, a Realtor with Keller Williams in East Ridge. On one side, there’s the cancer that has resurfaced after several years of remission. It’s an insidious presence that’s as much a part of her genetic make-up as the DNA that makes her eyes brown. Her doctor at Vanderbilt says she’s “radioactive” with the disease and that it can materialize anywhere in her body, at any time. She hasn’t responded well to treatment, either, and her doctor is concerned about it spreading to her brain and lungs. The cancer is, for all intents and purposes, a mountain that stands between Raines, who’s 46-years-old, and a longer, healthier life.
WCR and HBAST hold annual joint lunch meeting
There’s a common belief in the real estate industry that Realtors and builders don’t get along. While that’s not the case in Chattanooga, that didn’t stop Barry Payne, president of the Homebuilders Association of Southern Tennessee, from joking about the alleged strained relationships during his speech at the joint lunch meeting of the local Women’s Council of Realtors and the organization he currently leads.
“Bloody good” turn-out
Ed Mahn, a fellow Crye-Leike realtor of Grace Johnson, donates platelets during the Chattanooga Association of Realtors blood drive in her name. One donation of platelets equals 10 regular blood donations. Phlebotomist Rachel Stewart of Blood Assurance monitors Mahn’s progress.
Real Estate Facts
Making it at the top
You may be hearing that things are improving in the residential real estate market, and while that is true, not every area is experiencing the euphoria yet.
Even where sales are making gains, it often still depends on the ranges of listing prices – bargain foreclosures, mid-range homes, or high-end properties.
The Critic's Corner
When you go to sleep at night, how certain are you that when you wake up, the world will be the same as you left it? That there will be clean water coming out of your faucets, that the shelves of the grocery store will be full, that there will be plenty of gas at the filling station and that your job will be waiting for you? If you’re like me, you feel fairly certain that everything will be fine.
Kay's Cooking Corner
Silicone bakeware
Surely by now you seen the newest in bake ware - the silicone stuff? You know, it’s the bendable muffin pans, cake pans, loaf pans and molds and casseroles. Have you tried it yet?
I passed these items up several times, with nothing more than a glance and nod of my head, wondering what will they come up with next. (All the while not knowing exactly who “they” are, but that term seems to apply well to anyone who invents anything that is weird or unimaginable!)
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