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What was happening in chattanooga in 1960
Monday, May 30
Miller Bros. Co. has signed a lease for a $1,250,000 store to be included in construction of the East Gate Shopping Center in Brainerd. Felix G. Miller, president of Miller Bros., said the new store in East Gate will be the largest department store in the Chattanooga suburban area.
Lawyer brings skills to bear on complex cases
Are people born to do something specific, with every bend and turn they encounter a part of the road that’s guiding them to their destiny? Or do certain individuals merely lean toward a particular role in society by nature of who they are?
The life of attorney Timothy Mickel could provide the basis for a good argument either way.
Consultant touts benefits of project management
Denise Langford was diagnosed with dyslexia after she’d graduated from college. But instead of seeing the condition, which makes it difficult for a person to read, write and spell in his native language, as an obstacle, she calls it a blessing.
“I’d always wondered why I did certain things in a pattern,” she says. “A college friend who saw a program on learning disabilities suggested I be tested, as she thought I had the characteristics of a dyslexic. I shrugged her off, but what she said stayed in the back of my head.”
Under Analysis
Do you have more control than a fifth grader?
The day started well. I was in an elementary school in a depressed area of the county mentoring a fifth grader named Darius. The lesson of the day was self-control. The boys and girls in his class still had the enthusiasm of youth – they didn’t feel the labels of social status, class, gender or genetic background, which all too often painfully arises and divide us as we get older and more aware of our “differences.”
Read all about it...
Uncle Sid calls the election
It was a beautiful Tennessee spring afternoon when I pulled in the long gravel driveway of Uncle Sid and Aunt Sadie’s farm.
The hills behind their house this year are bathed in hues of deep greens due to all of the rainfall that we have received and it sure looks like spring is finally here.
Are We There Yet?
Welcome back old friend
The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not even past.
~ William Faulkner
On a hot day at the Red Apple Inn golf course last Saturday, I asked my brother-in-law Dennis Althoff about the status of North Hills Country Club in Sherwood (now known as Greens at North Hills). He smiled and said he’d played it a few days before.
I Swear...
Attention ain’t the same as love
Last week, I ventured back in time to a six-year-old column in which tips on love were offered by 5 to 10 year-olds.
Sort of a “Kids Say The Darnedest Things” rip-off.
Judging from the readers’ reaction, you enjoyed it, so here is more of the same:
River City Roundabout
Chihuahuas race,local cupcakes win
On Cinco de Mayo, the air was thick with anticipation, and I was shaking more than the dogs racing during the third annual Running of the Chihuahuas. This year’s event was the biggest yet with the sounds of 750 people and their pooches filling the First Tennessee Pavilion.
What'll they dream up next?
Iron Gym
Like most young girls, I loved pretending to be a gymnast. I would do cherry drops from the bars on the playground at recess and practiced my balance beam routine on every parking bumper curb, railroad tie or deck railing I could find. Even in the middle of a baseball game at lunchtime during elementary school, I would be perfecting my cartwheel skills rather than manning the base. (No wonder I was picked last so often.)
Museum educates ‘first line of defense’ with green roof
With the introduction of the Creative Discovery Museum’s green roof, the wheels continue to turn on the focus of educating children and their families about the importance of environmental awareness and preservation.
The green roof covers the top of the museum with sedum that is comprised of eight different types of plant life, says Randy Whorton of EVS, Inc. (Engineered Verdant Solutions), which worked with Stein Construction in developing and installing the new roof. The 3,000 square feet of plant material is highly heat and drought tolerant, made to resist insect damage and disease as well as providing a hostile environment for weed development, Whorton says. As part of the succulent family, this material can go three weeks without water, and since the soil is mostly rock, it will never dissipate, he says.
Local photographer captures personalities for a lifetime
When Elizabeth Adams was 10 years old, she began creating images. She moved to the darkroom at age 15, and throughout school and after 17 years of work as a nurse, she maintained her love for photography until she could pursue it full time.
To begin her art, she took two years of fine art photography courses at the University of the South. It was there that she began to focus on the fine art photography and the timeless, classic look that she would later build her studio around. She studied in New York City from 2002 to 2005 with commercial photographers including Mary Allen Mark. It was then that her style began to emerge with mirroring of Richard Avedon and John Singer Sargent, whom she admired. All in all, her journey in photographic discovery was more akin to the life of an artist finding the medium their work will follow.
Keller Williams lends a hand to Room in the Inn
Associates from the Keller Williams Realty Downtown, Hixson and East Brainerd market centers were among the more than 25,000 Keller Williams team members across the U.S. and Canada that participated in the second annual RED Day on May 13.
RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, is a collective community service initiative in which Keller Williams associates take the day off to give back to their communities. All Keller Williams offices nationwide were closed to encourage participation in the event.
Maintaining residential landscape could be key to sales
Before Janet Phillips moved to Chattanooga, as she was enrolling her youngest child in school, she was looking for something to do. In 1978, her husband was in the service and the family had owned four homes in four different states and gardened in each to a host of different conditions. While they were selling one of these houses, their Realtor noted that the house had been professionally landscaped. Little did the Realtor realize the professional landscapers were Janet and her husband.
Real Estate Facts
Like moths to a flame
Have you done your “spring cleaning” yet? If you’re selling your home, it’s essential to take care of the details, both inside and out. Since buyers first see your property from the street, there are some steps you can take to pique their interest in seeing more.
Sizzlin’ Memorial Day fare
For millions of Americans, Memorial Day is much more than just a three-day weekend that marks the beginning of summer. It is a day filled with events to honor the brave men and women who have died defending American soil.
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868, by Gen. John Logan, and first observed on 30 May 1868, with flowers placed on Union and Confederate soldiers graves’ at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I when the holiday changed from honoring Americans who died fighting in any war.
The Critic's Corner
I’m not sure why the makers of “Robin Hood” used the name of the kindhearted bandit for the title of their film. They could have called it “Generic Hero in a Standard Medieval War Movie,” which would have been more accurate.
Although it’s generally believed Robin Hood is a fictional character, some sources suggest he’s based on an actual person. Going by this theory, fact slowly morphed into fable until the story had Robin Hood and his band of merry men stealing from the rich, giving to the poor and serving as a thorn in the flesh of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Adherents to this theory might enjoy the new movie, in which an archer in King Richard’s army becomes the legend.
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