News - Friday, April 19, 2013

Like many husbands and fathers, Alaric Henry wants to spend as much time with his wife and children as he can. But like many other white-collar professionals, he’s also burdened with the pressing need to earn a living. He says striking an equitable balance between the two is “a constant battle.”

Mayor Berke and City Council members were sworn in during the City of Chattanooga’s Inaugural Ceremony Monday at Tivoli Theater. Over 1,000 people attended the hour-long ceremony. State Representative Jo Anne Favors served as Mistress of Ceremonies, introducing Mayor Berke and each council member as they were sworn in by a host of honorable judges. Following the administration of oaths, Mayor Berke made inaugural remarks on “where we’ve been as a community, where we are today, and what the next chapters of the Chattanooga story should be.” During his remarks, Mayor Berke highlighted his commitment to public safety, youth development, and economic and community development, stating, “If we are going to make gains on these three priorities, then we need a city government that delivers these services in the most effective and efficient way possible.”

Saturday, April 20

A 12-day expedition to the 127,000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch at Cimarron, N.M., is being planned for a maximum of 30 boys, 14-years of age or older, registered in scouting in the Cherokee Area Council, Boy Scouts of America announced. Don Jones, advisor of Post 2043, will be the leader of the group leaving Chattanooga July 3 by Trailways Bus.

Chattanooga Fire Academy 2013 completed its week of live fire training April 5 at a donated house on Shallowford Road. Earlier that week, instructors showed the recruits how to search for victims with no visibility, either because their masks were obscured or because the house was full of smoke. Later in the week, individual rooms were set ablaze, and the recruits gained valuable experience putting out real fires.  The morning of the live fire training, after cutting extra holes in the house and loading it up with straw and old pallets, the house was lit and allowed to burn to the ground. If everyone in the current class makes it through the academy, 22 recruits will graduate on June 27.

In Re: Taliah L.B.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County

Case Number: E2012-02102-COA-R3-PT

Authoring Judge: Judge John W. McClarty

Originating Judge: Judge Jacqueline Schulten Bolton

Date Filed: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Saturday, April 20

Wine and Shine event at The Crash Pad

The Downtown Sertoma Club of Chattanooga will host its first Wine and Shine event Saturday, April 20 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Crash Pad. Guests will be able to taste a variety of Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine provided by Athen’s Distributing as well as several local wines crafted from members of the Chattanooga Wine Club.  Fork & Pie will offer food to guests as local bands Old Time Travelers and In Cahoots play country tunes. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Speech & Hearing Center’s Achieve Learning Center and Chattanooga’s Kids on the Block.  The Achieve Learning Center is an accredited preschool and kindergarten that serves hearing and speech impaired children in an inclusive and intensely language-focused setting.  Kids on the Block is an award winning international education program designed to help introduce children with special needs into school classrooms.  The program uses child size puppets to carry out its mission and is a licensed child abuse prevention agency in the state of Tennessee. For tickets and information, visit winenshine.weebly.com.

Some days, it doesn’t pay to get out of bed in the afternoon. Or at least, to drive to the office. Today was one of those days.

I arrived at the Levison Towers and saw Skip Harvey, our maintenance man, with a look of concern on his face. While spring to most of us means an opportunity to ditch our overcoats, for Skip, it’s a constant guessing game as to whether we’ll need the furnace or the air conditioner. I had only come to the office to avoid making this same decision at my house. Since today was Saturday, Skip was barely concerned. Rather than guess, he turned off both systems and went home. Nonplussed, I grabbed a jacket and a pair of shorts from my car and went upstairs.

This column was originally published on May 4, 2012.

You often hear people remark that it is better to be lucky than to be good. Whenever I hit upon a stroke of good luck, I have been known to repeat the saying myself. Of course, as my children will tell you, me saying it does not always make it so. It was while playing golf for the first time this year that I found myself wondering which I would rather be.

Chattanooga-based FwdHealth has launched its social media campaign to raise awareness about its new platform for wellness management and identify participants for its upcoming pilot project. The FwdHealth platform is essentially Progressive’s Snapshot for an individual’s health. It integrates popular wellness applications and trackers into one platform that allows users to manage their goals instead of multiple apps.

Man with cirrhosis, hep C never tested for cancer

By Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff

A 69-year-old married retiree was a long-term patient of the defendant, his primary care physician, at a neighborhood satellite of a major Boston hospital.

It’s our job to follow the evidence, wherever it might lead. That’s certainly true in cases of public corruption, our highest priority among criminal threats.

So back in 2005, when we received reliable information that a sitting member of the U.S. Congress was allegedly using his official position to solicit bribes from American companies interested in doing business in Africa, we opened an investigation.

A decade ago in this space, I told a story about receiving multiple hang-up phone calls between midnight and dawn over a period of several weeks. Via Caller-ID and returning some of these calls at later times, I learned the Greyhound Federal Credit Union’s toll-free automated line was one digit off from a toll-free number I’d acquired years earlier. Somehow, I got the issue resolved with Greyhound.

Most people associate high-blood pressure with adults; however, it’s fast becoming a rising concern in the future health of our children. Some very young babies have high blood pressure.

High blood pressure occurs when the arteries narrow, making it more difficult for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. It’s classified in one of two ways: primary or secondary. Primary high blood pressure is without a specific cause, while secondary refers to a particular illness or obvious behavior being the culprit.

(Continued from last week, we pick it up with Fred coming through the open front door of my house)

Inside, the two-story foyer looked normal. He called the girl’s name just as a very wet feline streaked past him and up the stairs. Again, Fred called out the girl’s name. No answer.

Oh, Kellogg’s Fruity Pebbles are the best thing about morning,

Those colorful, enchanting, little specks…

They make my taste buds spring to life without the slightest warning,

Saturday, April 19

Mr. and Mrs. McCleary of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Dumas of Mobile, Ala., will be guests of Mrs. Sue C. Johnson for the Confederate Reunion.

Sunday, April 20

Major W.J. Bass has received an appointment as Colonel on the staff of General Bennett Young for the Confederate Reunion here in May. Major Bass will be chairman of the parade committee.

The Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors has named Broker Owner Sabrena Turner its 2012 Realtor of the Year. Award committee chairman Dan Griess made the announcement on Wednesday, April 17, at a brokers’ breakfast at GCAR.

“The strength of the Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors can be found in each of us. United as Realtors, we have accomplished great things for our industry and our clients. While we are strongest when we work together, there are individuals who stand out in the crowd and embody all that it means to be a Realtor. It is on those individuals that the association bestows its highest honor,” Griess said during his opening remarks.

How much do you know about the world’s oceans? Try this quiz and see how well you do.

1. The Atlantic Ocean covers roughly how much of the Earth’s surface? One-quarter; one-third; one-fifth; one-seventh.

2. What does the name ”Atlantic” mean? Sea of Atlas; Sea of Angels; Sea of Atlantis; Sea of salt water.

Fill in the blanks in the quote using the following words:

Stick, hate, love, decided, burden, bear, have

“I _____ _____ to _____ with _____. _____ is too great a _____ to _____.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer in next week’s paper.

I’ll never know what it’s like to be ostracized, ridiculed, or publicly demeaned because of the color of my skin. But thanks to the movie 42, I have a better feel for what it must have been like for African Americans in the years preceding the Civil Rights movement. And I’m grateful to writer and director Brian Helgeland, and actor Chadwick Boseman, for that opportunity.