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What was happening in chattanooga in 1960
Saturday, April 16
New construction projects which would add 113 classrooms to the Hamilton County Schools and cost approximately $4,400,000 were recommended Thurs-day by the school board.
Sunday, April 17
The Chattanooga Lookouts opening day drew a crowd of 6,001 to see Atlanta defeat the home team 5-4.
Federal judge enjoying the best of two worlds
There comes a point in life when one faces a choice: continue working or retire. While few people would object to a schedule of late mornings and lazy afternoons, ending decades of service to one’s profession can be a sobering thought.
The Honorable R. Allan Edgar, senior U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, has figured out a way around this dilemma: partial retirement.
Under Analysis
I read the news today, oh boy.
As I write my column this weekend, the grass is a little less green, the sky a bit less blue. The air is not as fresh as last week- my favorite Easter crème egg is once again off store shelves. This year, I beat the system by buying extra eggs and freezing them. They lasted about three days- not ruined from freezer burn but thawed and eaten too quickly. I am in an egg induced sugar haze.
Read all about it...
Too many plows and no place to plow
Uncle Sid told me one time, “Boy, don’t sell your mule to buy a plow.” His country wisdom has been an important part of my upbringing and has kept me out of trouble on numerous occasions. Now I find myself reaching the age of being the one able to give out the common sense wisdom like Uncle Sid.
Case Digests - Tennessee court of appeals syllabus
Rennee N. Dhillon v. Gursheel S. Dhillon
Williamson County – Husband raises numerous issues regarding the trial court’s handling of this divorce. He asserts that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss based upon improper venue, in approving the parties’ marital dissolution agreement and denying his subsequent motion to set aside the agreement, in denying his petition to modify pendente lite support, in failing to address Wife’s alleged efforts to alienate the parties’ child from Husband, and in awarding excessive attorney fees to Wife.
Are We There Yet?
Amen corner
Watching the Masters last weekend took me back, as it does every year, to 1999. Hard to believe it was a Sunday 11 years ago when I sat in a foldout green chair and ate a pimento cheese sandwich behind the tee box of the 12th hole at Augusta National.
I Swear...
Miss transcriptions
There are times when the person who is charged with transcribing something does the best that he or she can do, but, nevertheless, comes up with something different from what was in fact being said.
In court recently, I was presented with a transcript of a telephone interview with a witness who had been called by a claims adjuster for an insurance company. The witness made several references to seeing something happen “on Stagecoach,” Stage-coach being the name of the road on which the wreck that the witness witnessed had occurred.
What'll they dream up next?
Topsy Turvy
Topsy Turvy
As I was walking to my car one recent morning, a solid black cat that hangs around the neighborhood was slinking its way through the flowers, bushes, pine trees and rocks that mark the scenery of my apartment complex. When it emerged into full view to make its way to the patio door where it has befriended three inside cats, I had to chuckle at its newly camouflaged yellow and green coat. Spring is in full bloom and everything in the South has taken on that pollenous hue.
Chattanooga Football Club ramping up for second season
To a channel surfer, soccer might seem like the least exciting sport on television. First, one team kicks the ball toward one side of the field, and then the other team kicks the ball toward the other side of the field. After what feels like an eternity, someone scores. The burst of excitement lasts a minute or two, and then the slow dance toward the next point begins.
WCR meeting offered country dining flair, tearjerker speech
On April 7, the first luncheon meeting of the spring for the Women’s Council of Realtors had a new location at the luxuriously remodeled DoubleTree Hotel downtown. At least 50 women realtors, as well as a smattering of sponsors, arrived at the DoubleTree around noon to trade tips and “war stories” with their fellow Realtors, enjoy a hearty country style lunch, listen to speaker Nickie Schwartzkopf and bid on the spring themed stuffed baskets during the silent auction.
A day in the life of one of Chattanooga’s busiest Realtors
As Chattanooga Realtor Charlotte Mabry was earning her music education degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she was also preparing for a career in real estate. Following college, she taught music in public schools for several years, and today she directs the choir at Red Bank Baptist Church on Wednesday nights. But as she learned to use the diverse elements of a music ensemble to produce a single, harmonic sound, she was gaining the skills she’d one day need to lead a team of Realtors straight through the heart of an economic recession.
Real Estate Facts
Look before you leap
Many retirees are facing dwindling incomes from their battered investments, which explains why applications for “reverse mortgages” have risen nearly 50 percent in the last two years. It sounds like a great option: a lender essentially gives you a cash advance on your home’s equity, which doesn’t have to be paid back until you either move or “move on.”
Kay's Cooking Corner
Don loved Nona’s (his deceased grandmother) fried eggplant when he was young. However, he claims he never saw what one really looked like until one fateful day when he was five or six years old. He was doing something he shouldn’t, and – well we all know the consequences of disobedience!
The Critic's Corner
I’ve always wanted to write one of those “For Dummies” books, and now I have a topic: “How to Not Ruin 3D Movies For Dummies.” My idea might not fly with the publishers of the series, though, because the readership would be limited to the blockheads in Hollywood who are going to ruin a good thing.
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