Editorial

McKamey Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, July 31

There will be a special meeting of the McKamey Board of Directors Wednesday, July 31, at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the McKamey Animal Care Center, located at 4500 North Access Road.

Mark Making photo exhibit

Friday, August 2 through Friday, August 30

Mark Making is celebrating four years with Mark Making: More Than Art, a photo exhibition of selected projects, available for public viewing August 2 through August 30 at the Association for Visual Arts, located at 30 Frazier Avenue. Mark Making is a Chattanooga-based nonprofit that empowers individuals and transforms communities through professionally-led public art projects, with a focus on the underserved. For information on viewing the exhibit, call Zach Atchley at (423) 227-3288.

Free concussion seminar

Tuesday, August 13

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Concussion Prevention Initiative will host a free sports concussion seminar Tuesday, August 13 from 6:30 p.m.to 8:00 p.m. at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University Center Auditorium for community coaches, parents and school administrators in conjunction with Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center. Attendees will be taught the signs and symptoms of a concussion, short and long-term effects of a concussive injury, baseline testing, medical management, rehabilitation, prevention and more. Seating will be limited, so call (423) 240-1708 to RSVP.

Citizens’ Police Academy

Beginning Thursday, September 5

Have you ever wanted to learn more about how the Chattanooga Police Department works?  To learn more about what the men and women, who patrol and protect our city, do on a daily basis?  If so, the Chattanooga Police Department’s Office of Community Outreach is once again holding its Citizens’ Police Academy. Beginning Thursday, September 5, the eight week course will give citizens a glimpse into how the Police Department does its job.  Instructors from the department teach each class one night a week, covering a variety of topics including narcotics, homicide investigation, patrol and the SWAT team. To sign up for the academy, contact Officer Wayne Jefferson at (423) 643-5090. Forty seats are available. Applications must be returned no later than Tuesday, August 20.

Chattanooga Theater Center 2013-2014 schedule

The Chattanooga Theatre Centre will mark the group’s 90th anniversary with a 2013-2014 season of favorites selected from the community theatre’s unbroken 90-year string of productions. The Secret Garden will play Sept. 6-22 in the Main Theatre; Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, a haunting comedy, will play Oct. 18-Nov. 3 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; A Christmas Story: The Musical is slated for Dec. 6-22 in the Main Theatre; and Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple will be Jan. 24-Feb. 16, 2014 on the Circle Stage. Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew will play Feb. 28-March 16, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie will run March 21-April 6, 2014 in the Main Theatre; Pump Boys and Dinettes, a musical with Chattanooga roots, will play April 11-May 4, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; Harper Lee’s drama To Kill A Mockingbird will play May 16-June 1 in the Main Theatre; Pippin will play June 6-July 5, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; and Les Miserables, inspired by Victor Hugo’s novel, will run July 11-27, 2014 in the Main Theatre.

Tennessee Gas Association 2013-2014 events

• September 26 - Scholarship Golf Tournament, Windtree Golf Club, Mt. Juliet

• September 27 - Scholarship Fishing Tournament, Old Hickory Lake

• October 8-9 - Finance & Accounting Conference, Embassy Suites Cool Springs, Franklin

• October 23-24 - Fall Management Conference, Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park, Knoxville

• February 12 - Legislative Luncheon, The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville

• April 8-10 - Distribution & Operations Conference, Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin

• June 16-18 - Annual Meeting, Marriott Griffin Gate, Lexington, Ky.