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What was happening in Chattanooga in 1960
Sunday, July 31
Planting of the formal plaza in front of the new Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company building is to begin early in August, President R.L. Maclellan announced. Focal points of the formal arrangement are fountains, which flank the building entrance. Joseph R. Gangemi, New York landscape artist, is directing the planting.
Importance of thoracic health spans past, present, future
Chattanooga will soon celebrate 50 years of heart surgery saving lives in the community. Part of this recognition of current progress in the field lends itself to pay homage to the medical professionals of past and present that work tirelessly to keep everything pumping.
Moments transfixed by local artist Melissa Hefferlin
There are 86,400 seconds in a day, and any one of them could be a captured moment and the setting of Melissa Hefferlin’s next piece. While it is certain that she isn’t in danger of running out of material any time soon, the choice of which moments and subjects to freeze and immortalize with her work is a daily task.
Under Analysis
What is and isn’t helpful in your performance review
It occurred to me as I began writing this column that I have been writing this column for over a year. I am told the performance reviews at the Levison Towers are brutal, so I’m working on dangling participles and comma splices to get myself ready. To really knock their socks off, I am also working on the argument for making “refudiate” a word.
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They sold Trigger the other day
?I got an email from my son back around the 13th of July that just sort of slid the butter right off of my biscuit during a day when I was feeling like my true age.
He had written to tell me that Christie’s auction house in New York City was selling all the items from Roy Rogers’ museum over the next few days and Roy’s golden Palomino Trigger would be sold to the highest bidder.
Are we there yet?
Trapped
So I was wandering around my house awhile back, having made the decision to sip on a beer rather than do the three-mile walk with my wife, when my daughter Alexis and two of her friends came in with some sushi they wanted me to try.
That’s what I get for not exercising.
River City Roundabout
Striking a “dischord”
Great swells of sound echoed throughout the historic Lindsay Street Hall Sunday afternoon as the summer sun glowed through the stained glass windows and illuminated the room. The local ensemble that made its debut here on July 9 and 11 call themselves “New Dischord,” and their sounds prove fresh and melodious in a matter of speaking.
I Swear ...
Did she really say that?
It may have been the last case of the day.
It wasn’t even on the docket, in fact. Little Rock Traffic Court allows walk-ins.
The courtroom was almost empty.
The female defendant was weeks early for her plea and arraignment date.
Sometimes the folks who come in early provide an element of surprise. This one did.
What’ll they dream up next?
Wild Bands
For the life of me, I do not understand why some kids and their parents go absolutely insane over certain toys. In my lifetime I have seen people go crazy over Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, Pound Puppies, Teddy Ruxpin, Tickle-Me Elmo, Pogs, Skip-It, Nerf guns, TY Beanie Babies, Tomagotchi virtual pets and Polly Pocket, among others. There have even been instances when people were trampled to death when they rushed to be the first to get their hands on some of these toys.
New technology eases heart valve replacement surgery
Doctors with the Vanderbilt Pediatric Heart Institute have performed Tennessee’s first procedures to replace heart valves without open-heart surgery.
The technique, called transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement, uses new technology to position the heart valve into place using a catheter placed in the vein of the leg and then up into the heart where it is deployed.
Signs point to early voting for August primary
Here, there and everywhere is a sign lining the driveway to the Hamilton County Election Commission building during the early voting weeks for the August primary. Early voting will end July 31, and election day for the August primary is August 5.
Chinese association preserves traditions, creates cultural connections
Dr. Ling Jun Wang, a physics professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has clear childhood memories of celebrating the New Year in China.
“Everyone did farm work, so in the winter, you would visit your family since there was nothing else do to. Transportation was inadequate, so we would walk for tens of miles to visit our relatives,” he says.
Upcoming Kennel Club show begs reminder of good pet choice policies
The annual all breed dog show is approaching quickly for the Chattanooga Kennel Club, and members are coaching their pure breed friends in walk, appearance and behavior. This event, which will take place September 18 and 19 at Camp Jordon, is the main event for the CKC and will showcase dogs with their eyes on the blue ribbon prizes and the coveted “best in show” title.
Liles finds unique niche, compelling story in life’s journey
Janell Liles thinks it’s a weird feeling talking about herself. She says although some may identify with their accomplishments and define themselves by such, she thinks when she answers the “Who am I?” question it cannot be fully reliant on credentials. Liles’ immersion into real estate was a roundabout venture, and in telling it, the accolades she has received are not the highlights, but rather it is the journey itself that makes her story compelling.
Real Estate Facts
A whole new ballgame
According to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors, close to one-third of existing home sales were either foreclosures or short sales (meaning sales in which the lender agreed to allow the home to sell for less than the amount outstanding on the mortgage). Indeed, it seems for now that these “distressed properties” have become the new “traditional” sales transaction.
Kay's Cooking Corner
My son, Bobby, and his fiancé, Jessica, are in the middle of planning their October wedding. Jessica lives in Indiana, and so it is a long-distance affair. To make matters a bit more complicated, Jessica’s parents live in Jackson, Miss.
Jessica is moving here to Little Rock after the wedding, so not only is she and her mom, and Bobby, trying to put the wedding together, they are also trying to help Jessica in getting her house sold, and her life packed-up. Did I mention everyone works?
The Critic's Corner
In 1987, Arnold Schwarz-enegger starred in one of the best action movies of that decade: “Predator.” Directed by John McTiernan (“Die Hard”), “Predator” dropped a team of well-oiled commandos in a steamy Central American jungle and pitted them against a merciless hunter from another world. Suspenseful, gory, technically brilliant, masterfully scored, and cheesy in the way most ‘80s action movies were, “Predator” was superbly executed on every level and deserves its standing as a science fiction classic.
Tennessee Guardsmen continue to roll in
Tennessee National Guard Chief of Staff Col. Terry Ethridge has a big welcome-home handshake for National Guard soldiers from Kingsport and Newport who arrived July 20 at the Guard Flight Facility in Smyrna.
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