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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 • Vol. 9, No. 28
East
Hamilton
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Ritz Boutique gets new
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owner, new location.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Serving East Brainerd, Ooltewah, Collegedale, Apison and Harrison
Grocery store,
more could
replace YMCA
pool, courts
By Joy Lukachick and
Yolanda Putman
Staff Writers
FOREVER HOMES: Trooper’s
Treasures seeks families for
rescued pups. PAGE 6.
Breaking ground at OBC
Members of the community gather for the groundbreaking at Ooltewah Baptist
Church. From left are Leslie Montgomery, president of Cherokee Construction,
the general contractor for the project; Dale Rardin, owner at Rardin & Carroll Architects, the designers for the project; state Rep. Mike Carter; and Pastor Chris
Gaither. See story on page 8.
The rundown tennis courts
and mildew-filled YMCA pool
on Shallowford
Road could soon
be replaced with
a 34,000-squarefoot retail space
and four proposed
one-story office
buildings.
Bassam
Bassam Issa,
Issa
of ANT Group,
hopes to purchase
the 5-acre tract of land listed
for $800,000 that is hedged
between some apartment complexes, condos, businesses such
as Home Depot, and the nearby
YMCA Hamilton branch.
Issa said he will put a grocery
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Collegedale city manager,
employees get raises
By Rachel Sauls-Wright
Staff Writer
A 2 percent raise for Collegedale
employees and a 4 percent raise for
City Manager Ted Rogers are in the
works.
At a recent Collegedale City Commission meeting, commissioners passed the city’s
$8.65 million budget
for the next fiscal year,
which includes raises
for city employees with Ted Rogers
no tax increase for residents. The Commission
sets the city manager’s compensation
separate from other city employees’.
“We moved that [Rogers’ raise] be
two percent along with everyone else,
but I personally would like to see it be
a little bit more,” Commissioner Larry
Hanson said after the commission
initially voted on the 2 percent raise.
“I’d like to move that we make it four
percent.”
The commission, excluding Vice
Mayor Tim Johnson who was absent,
unanimously voted in favor of the in-
BY THE NUMBERS
City managers in Hamilton County
receive the following annually in
compensation:
• Collegedale City Manager Ted
Rogers: $110,760 (goes into effect
fiscal year 2014-2015)
• East Ridge City Manager Andrew
Hyatt: $100,000
• Red Bank City Manager Randall
Smith: $98,940 (fiscal year 2015)
• Signal Mountain Town Manager
Boyd Veal: $90,376
• Soddy-Daisy City Manager Hardie
Stulce: $72,467 (fiscal year 2013)
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currently receives $106,500 annually,
which includes a car allowance. Once
the raise goes into effect for fiscal
year 2014-2015, his salary will be approximately $110,000.
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store in the back of the 5-acre
tract, and he’s already talking to
two potential stores. The front of
the property is slated to be office
space.
“I’d like to see the renderings
and verify that there are no apartments,” Joe Schultz, president of
the Village of Ashwood Homeowners Association, said during
a recent public meeting attended
by nearly 20 area residents.
Surrounding property owners
don’t want another apartment
complex near them because they
say it will increase traffic. Some
86 families occupy the Village of
Ashwood near the proposed commercial development.
Councilman Larry Grohn,
whose district the development
would be built in, said the project will only add to the value of
Shallowford Road, and the two
proposed entrance options won’t
increase traffic on the busy roadway. The layout of the project fits
in with the use of the area and
will attract new businesses to
rent the new space, he said.
Instead of crowding Shallowford, most people would enter
and exit the property on Ogletree Avenue or Commons Boulevard. Delivery trucks would
have access to a back entrance
so they don’t have to use Shallowford Road. Issa said there is
only one exit and entrance on
Shallowford Road planned for
the property.
His proposal also includes a
hedge of green spaces surrounding the office buildings, a water
feature in the center of the parking lot and a retail business near
Ogletree Avenue that he says will
benefit the existing neighborhood.
Issa’s reduction in the size of
office spaces has won over the
Chattanooga-Hamilton County
Regional Planning Agency, said
Grohn, explaining that the agency
was originally hesitant to approve
the rezoning plans to build the
project.
The project is slated to go
before the county Planning Com-
mission in two weeks for a rezoning request.
About four years ago, the
YMCA closed the outdoor pool
because it was small and under-used, said the YMCA’s Chief
Operating Officer Rick Madison,
and the Hamilton branch has
indoor pools. The organization
also stopped any tennis programs
on the courts, but neighborhoods
are still using the courts on their
own, he said.
Madison said he hasn’t received any complaints from the
neighborhoods about losing the
courts and there are no plans
to replace them or the outdoor
pool.
“I think it’s a good deal for our
community,” Joye Lawson, another resident, said of Issa’s proposal. “I’m glad we’re having a local
developer and a local architect.”
Architect Pat Neuhoff is working on the project.
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School Board candidates — District 9
By Rachel SaulsWright
Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is
one in a series of stories
about contested races in
the August county general election. Check upcoming editions of East
Hamilton Weekly for a
roundup of other area
candidates. Early voting
runs July 18-Aug. 2. The
last day to register to
vote was July 8.
With five hopefuls
and no incumbent, candidates in the District 9
School Board race are
campaigning to differentiate themselves from
one another and secure
votes for the August
election.
Incumbent Mike
Evatt, who was elected in 2010 and has
served as the board’s
chairman since 2011,
announced in February
that he would not run
for re-election, leaving
the field wide open for
newcomers.
The only female in
the race, Karen Farrow,
ran for the office in
2010 but lost to Evatt.
Working as a police
officer for the last 36
years, she said school
safety will be her No. 1
priority if elected.
“I want to work on
the bullying issue in the
schools,” she said. “I
plan to spend one day
a month in two to three
of my schools.”
Candidate Steve
Highlander said safety
is a big priority for him
too, specifically secured entrances to the
schools, stricter checkout procedures for
students leaving early
and making the most
of school resource officers.
For the last 42 years,
he has been a teacher in
DISTRICT 9
District 9 consists of
the following schools:
• Brown Middle
• Central High
• Hamilton County
High
• Harrison Elementary
• Hunter Middle
• Ooltewah
Elementary, Middle
and High
• Snow Hill
Elementary
• Wallace A. Smith
Elementary
• Wolftever Creek
Elementary
both Hamilton County
and North Georgia. Another of his priorities
is creating more vocational opportunities
for students who aren’t
college-bound.
“We have to go have
our kids ready for the
job market when they
walk out the door, and
right now they’re not
ready,” said Highlander.
Another of the candidates, Dean Moorhouse, said vocational
opportunities are also a
priority of his. However, the retired businessman from the private
sector said his best
asset is his financial
background.
“I’m the only candidate on the ballot used
to looking at and dealing with a multi-million-dollar budget,”
said Moorhouse. “My
primary focus would
be to make sure our
tax dollars wind up in
the classroom and cut
down on inefficiencies.”
Candidate Larry
Lewis also comes from
the private sector as an
applications administer
for McKee Foods. He
said the problem solving skills and logic he
uses every day at work
will be an asset for
the board, but he also
wants to improve communication efforts.
“I want to increase
the communication
between students, educators and the school
board itself,” he said. “I
want to be available so
that anyone should feel
free to call me up and
talk to me about a situation with their child.”
Candidate Tim
White was unavailable
for comment at press
time despite repeated
requests.
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Trooper’s Treasures adopts out rescued pups
More Pet Hotel on East
Brainerd Road, Smith
said there are still more
than 20 remaining puppies in need of a good
home.
“We pre-adopted out
several after posting
their pictures on our
website, but we also
had walk-ins,” she said.
“People were able to
actually come into the
BarkMore and play
with the puppies instead of just coming to
see them in a cage like
they have to do sometimes, so it was really
good.”
The remaining puppies are only a portion
of the 247 rescued, she
By Meghan Pittman
Staff Writer
Ruth Smith knew
she had room for only
25 foster puppies in
the network of her rescue group Trooper’s
Treasures. But when
the Ooltewah resident went to Bradley
County after the recent
seizure of hoarded
puppies, she held her
breath and went out on
her faith.
Instead of 25 Beagles, Jack Russell Terriers and Pomeranians,
Smith brought home
41 puppies in hopes of
finding them forever
homes here in Hamilton County.
“I was calling people, asking them how
many they could foster
and take in, and some
said one, or some said
two, but I knew I would
have homes for at least
25 of them,” she said.
“But I had a little faith
and couldn’t just leave
some of them.”
After a recent adoption drive at the Bark-
added.
It’s the least she can
do for a cause she believes in, and no dog
leaves hers or her foster homes’ care without
being spayed or neutered.
“We’re still working
hard to try to get them
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weekends with some of
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Ritz Boutique opens on East Brainerd Road
By Meghan Pittman
Staff Writer
After more than 20
years on Highway 58,
a popular upscale consignment shop has a
new owner, new name
and new digs.
Putting on the Ritz
Boutique is now just
Ritz Boutique and is
located at 6347 East
Brainerd Road. New
owner Mary Wilson
was looking to get into
business just as the
shop’s previous owner
was looking to retire,
Mary Wilson shows off a display of purses in the
newly reopened Ritz Boutique.
Photo by Meghan Pittman
she said. Wilson decided to move the business
to East Brainerd Road,
which she said is more
trafficked.
“It just couldn’t have
worked out any better,”
Wilson said from the
store’s new location in
the Brainerd Hills Shopping Center. “I love,
love, love this location
and the neighborhood
has been very good to
us.”
Ritz Boutique is still
an upscale consignment
store that accepts name-
brand women’s clothing
and accessories for resale. Currently the shop
has 705 consignors from
throughout the community, which Wilson said
helps keep the shop full
of unique items.
“We’ve just been
growing and growing, especially at this
location. This area is
booming,” she said. “I
even got a new case for
jewelry and it is already
filled up.”
The store especially
features brands like Ann
Taylor, Talbots, Chico’s
and the recently closed
Coldwater Creek, said
Wilson.
While the store caters to all women age
11 and up, jewelry and
accessories are her top
sellers.
“This is such a
well-established business and people have
responded well to us
moving and I hope it
continues,” Wilson said.
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Members of Ooltewah Baptist Church break ground on a project to renovate the church’s gymnasium. From left are Wayne Henry, Christina Margraves, Taylor
Smith, Stan Coker, Leslie Montgomery, Ron Powers, Dale Rardin, Mike Carter, Chris Gaither, Elaine Pennington, Hal Cantrell, Marcie McMillan, Karen Robinson,
Michael Bradley and Eddie Ingle.
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By Meghan Pittman
Staff Writer
Barbecues, planning
meetings and fundraisers galore have finally
paid off.
More than a year
after beginning an intense fundraising campaign, Ooltewah Baptist
Church broke ground
on the first phase of
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prove the church’s
ministry and outreach.
The current gymnasium
is more than 40 years
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Choo-Choo City ballroom dance group moves to new location
By Kelsie Bowman
Staff Writer
This year has held change for
the Choo-Choo City Chapter of
USA Dance, but the nonprofit is
still dancing on.
The ballroom-dance chapter
formerly held its monthly lessons
and sessions at Allemande Hall
on Standifer Gap Road, but the
building was sold and torn down
earlier in the year, said chapter
president Teresa Steele.
“We were sad to lose our
6,000-square-foot wooden dance
floor,” she said. “It’s hard to find
a large wooden floor, but we’ll
definitely keep the chapter going.
With shows like ‘Dancing with
the Stars’ and ‘So You Think You
Can Dance,’ ballroom dancing
has really come into focus.”
The chapter already has a new
meeting location, at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church. There, on the
second Friday of each month, the
SHALL WE DANCE?
The next monthly meeting of
the Choo-Choo City Chapter
of USA Dance is July 11 at St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305
W. Seventh St. Newcomers
can attend the monthly
gatherings at a discounted rate
of $5. Members get in for $6,
nonmembers $10.
group hosts a dance lesson for
beginners from 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
with more dancing until 10:30
p.m.
“We promote ballroom dancing,” Steele said. “There are
different ballroom studios in the
Chattanooga area and we support
all of them. Our main thing is
we want everybody to come and
have a good time.”
She started ballroom dancing
in Chattanooga in the 1980s, and
even met her husband while
dancing. They’ve been married
for nearly 20 years, she said.
“It’s really a good hobby for
couples; it’s a thing that we do together,” said Steele. “It’s good for
everybody mentally and physically. I could go and dance and for
that hour you don’t think about
anything else that’s bothering you
because you have to think about
your steps and not stepping on
the shoes of your partner.”
Participants don’t have to
come with a partner, she added,
and they range from young collegiates to 80-year-olds.
“I always tell people when
they come in, ‘We are all learning, so get out there on the floor
and enjoy yourself,’” Steele said.
“It’s a lifetime of learning.”
Find out more at chattanoogausadance.com or at facebook.
Dancers take to the floor at the Choo-Choo City Chapcom/ChattanoogaUSADance.
Email Kelsie Bowman at kbow- ter’s new meeting place, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
man@timesfreepress.com
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In Your
Community
■ East Hamilton Weekly wants
to know about your upcoming
church, school and club events.
Please submit event information, including date, time and
location, at least one week in
advance of each Wednesday’s
edition to easthamilton@timesfreepress.com.
COMMUNITY CORNER
■ The 55+ Club of the
Collegedale area meets
Sunday, July 13, at noon
in the fellowship hall of the
Collegedale Seventh-day
Adventist Church. A vegetarian potluck dinner is
served and the program
which follows at 1 p.m.
features a presentation on
the Civil War in the Chattanooga area by Judy Luster,
Children’s Librarian at the
Collegedale Public Library.
The program is open to the
public. Those wishing to
attend the meal may make
a reservation by calling
club president Ralph Neall
at 396-2212. Food assignments: A-B: vegetables;
C-G: potatoes, pasta or
rice; H-M: dessert; N-R:
entrees; S-T: bread, rolls or
sandwiches; V-Z: tossed,
macaroni or potato salad.
Bring food by 11:30 a.m.
■ An AARP Smart Driver
class is scheduled Monday, July 14, from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. at Garden
Plaza of Greenbriar Cove,
4586 Forsythia Way in Collegedale. This is a refresher course for drivers ages
50+. A certificate will be
issued at the completion
of the 8-hour course and
participants may be eligible
for an insurance discount.
Consult your auto insurance agent to see if you
qualify for a discount. Cost
for AARP members is $15,
$20 for nonmembers. Call
396-5100 to register.
■ Bradford Health Services, at 6160 Shallowford
Road, Suite 103, offers a
Concerned Persons Group
every Thursday from
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4:30-5:30 p.m. at no cost
to anyone who would like
more information about
drug and alcohol addiction.
Call 892-2639 for more
information.
■ Chattanooga Newcomers Club meets every
Wednesday for various
activities including luncheons, coffee, book club,
bridge games and trips.
In addition to women new
to the Chattanooga area,
the group also welcomes
those who may have recently left the workforce
and would like to meet new
people. For more information visit chattanooganewcomers.info or contact
Mary Wilson at Mqwdiver9@msn.com.
■ Chattanooga Youth and
Family Development Centers times have changed
to accommodate summer
camps, and events. Shepherd and Tyner are open
Monday-Friday from 7:30
a.m. to 7 p.m. Open time
for youth not in camp is 5-7
p.m.
■ Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church,
at 4829 College Drive E.,
offers English as a Second Language classes on
Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30
p.m. For more information
call the church at 3962134.
■ Creative Discovery
Museum, at 321 Chestnut
St., hosts Chattanooga
Gas Free Family Night the
second Thursday of most
months. For more information visit cdmfun.org.
■ The Obedience Club
of Chattanooga, 4 miles
south of Chattanooga on
Highway 193 in Flintstone,
Ga., is holding registration
for obedience, rally and
agility classes for puppies
and dogs Sunday, July
20, from 1-3 p.m. Canine
Good Citizen Advanced
is a brand new class. It is
also offering a therapy dog
class. Sign up to take the
new agility classes for fun
and exercise. Bring a copy
of shot records to registra-
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
Get all the latest event
information at Chattanooganow.com
tion. During registration,
various OCC dog/handler
teams present training
demonstrations. Classes
begin Monday, July 21.
Visit chattanoogaobedienceclub.org or call 5171448.
CULTURAL CALENDAR
■ Craft N’ Crop meets
Thursdays at Heritage
House from 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Call 855-9474 for more information.
■ The Department of Youth
and Family Development’s
Heritage House Arts and
Civic Center in partnership with the Chattanooga
Songwriters Association
hosts a free concert every
second Tuesday. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. For more
information contact Heritage House at 855-9474
or holley_c@chattanooga.
gov.
■ Ooltewah Gospel Sing,
hosted by Chuck Robinson
at Wendy’s on the corner of Lee Highway and
Ooltewah-Georgetown
Road, is every Tuesday
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Call
899-7852 to learn more.
■ Resurrection Lutheran Church, at 4309
Ooltewah-Ringgold Road,
invites the community for
some fun and food Thursdays, July 10, 17 and 24 at
7 p.m. as they interactively
relive some of the old great
Bible Stories. Join in by the
“fire” while eating ’smores
and hear of God’s love as
we remember Noah, Moses and Samson. For more
information, contact Lesley
Radius at 396-3497 or rlctnpr@gmail.com.
■ The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc,
District III garden clubs is
hosting a Standard Flower Show Friday, July 11
from 2-5 p.m. at the New
Union Baptist Church,
4060 Double S. Road in
Dayton, Tenn.The theme
of this show is “Living in
the Country.” The show will
be judged and awards will
be given out. The garden
clubs sponsoring this show
are Aldersgate, Crestwood,
Dayton, Dirt Dabbers, Magnolia, Ocoee and Sunset
Garden Clubs. The event is
free and open to the public.
For more information, call
499-9751.
■ USA Dance is hosting its monthly ballroom
dance party in the gym of
Brainerd United Methodist
Church, 4315 Brainerd
Road, Friday, July 11, from
7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission
includes a one-hour group
lesson and the party. The
West Coast Swing lesson
will be taught by Paul and
Claire Frey. All ages and
dance levels welcome. No
experience or partner necessary. Cost for members
is $6, $10 for nonmembers,
and $5, first-time guests.
For more information call
645-4888 or visit chattanoogausadance.com.
■ Wendy’s at 7655 E.
Brainerd Road hosts free
gospel signings from
6-8:30 p.m. featuring different singers each week. For
more information contact
Casey at 331-7126.
SCHOOL NOTES
■ Enterprise South Nature
Park, at 8015 Volkswagen
Drive, is hosting the Young
Explorers Program Tuesdays from 10-11 a.m. Cost
is $3 per child. The program is for children ages 3
or preschool to fifth-grade.
Activities include exploring
hikes, crafts and snacks.
Siblings may also attend
with adult supervision. The
July 15 program features
Radical Reptiles with the
Chattanooga Zoo. Closed
toed shoes and adult supervision are required.
EAST HAMILTON
Pre-register by calling 8426748.
■ Free tutors are now
available in all Chattanooga Youth and Family
Development Centers. For
more information, call 6436886 or stop by your local
center.
HEALTH BENEFITS
■ Chattanooga Dragon
Boat Club practices every
Monday and Thursday
from 6:30-8 p.m. and some
Saturdays from March-October. Practices are held at
Erwin Marine Sales, 3100
Kings Point Road. All skill
levels welcome. The club
provides all equipment
and training needed. Email
phaedrarichmond@gmail.
com or find the group on
Facebook for more information.
■ Chattanooga-Hamilton
County Health Department
offers free car seat installation checks by appointment. To schedule one, call
209-8204 (English) or 2098203 (Spanish).
■ Chattanooga Youth and
Family Development’s
fitness and aquatic schedules are available for
download at chattanoogayouthandfamily.com. Each
schedule features dozens
of free and low-cost fitness
classes for all ages, including seniors. The 2014
aquatics schedule includes
swim lessons, stroke class,
lifeguard training and water
fitness classes at the city’s
three indoor heated pools:
the Brainerd and South
Chattanooga YFD centers
and the North River YMCA.
■ Chattanooga Youth and
Family Development’s
Commodity Food Program is open to all eligible
persons and offers free
nutritious food on a quarterly basis. The program is
available for all Hamilton
County residents who meet
household and income
guidelines. Sign up online
at chattanoogayouthandfamily.com or call 6436420.
■ Christ United Methodist
Church, at the corner of
East Brainerd and Morris
Hill roads, hosts basketball for men age 50 and
up from 5-6:30 p.m. each
Thursday in the gym. For
more information call King
Duncan at 855-4558 or
email kingduncan@aol.
com.
■ Dr. Rhonda Hamilton is
offering a free workshop
on BrainCore (Neurofeedback) Therapy Saturday,
July 19 at 1 p.m. Neurofeedback is a drugless,
non-invasive approach to
symptoms related to many
neurological conditions.
This workshop focuses
specifically on ADD/ADHD.
The location for the workshop is Hamilton-Roddy
Chiropractic at 6978 East
Brainerd Road. Call to reserve a seat at 899-0808.
For more information, visit
chattanoogabraincore.
com.
■ Erlanger East at Gunbarrel Road is hosting Stork
Scoop Sunday, July 13,
from 2-3:30 p.m. Get the
scoop on all things new
baby, laboring, delivery
and postpartum for mom.
Learn the basics from experts who bring Erlanger’s
childbirth and breastfeeding classes. The session
is free but registration is
required. Call Erlanger’s
HealthLink at 778-LINK
(5465) to register.
■ Greater Chattanooga
Aspies has a support/social group for adults with
an official diagnosis of
high-functioning autism or
Asperger’s syndrome that
meets the third Tuesday of
every month from 6-8 p.m.
For more information visit
meetup.com/G-C-As.
■ Partners & Peers for
Diabetes Care presents
“dMindfuless,” a group
on eating and living for
diabetes health, weight
management and reduction of stress for diabetics’
See CALENDAR, Page 11
EAST HAMILTON
Calendar
• Continued from Page 10
life, the second and fourth
Thursday of each month at
6 p.m. The class is hosted
by University Diabetes &
Endocrine Consultants at
5616 Brainerd Road, Suite
208, in front of Eastgate
Mall, and is provided free
of charge as a service to
the community. For more
information call 505-0558
or visit partnersandpeers.
org.
■ Pump It Up of Chattanooga, at 7443 Commons
Blvd., is offering Zumba
and Fun Jump every Monday during the summer
from 10:30-11:30 a.m. The
program offers Zumba for
parents and fun jumps for
kids.
■ St. John’s United Methodist Church, at 3921
Murray Hills Drive, hosts
a jazzercise class every
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 8:45 a.m. Instructor is Dawn King.
■ Tyner Youth and Family
Development Center, at
6900 Ty-Hi Drive, offers
Zumba every Tuesday and
Thursday at 6 p.m. for $2
a class. Call 855-2664 for
more information.
■ Tyner United Methodist
Church, at 6805 Standifer Gap Road, hosts an
aerobics class at 10:30
a.m. every Monday and
Wednesday at Wesley
Hall. The class, taught by
Patsy Ware to lively music,
is designed to keep the
body flexible and moving
with a healthy range of motion. Cost is $2 per class,
with all proceeds going to
support the mission projects of the Women’s Group
of Tyner UMC.
■ Washington Hills Community Center, at 4628
Oakwood Drive just off
Hwy. 58, offers free adult
aerobics classes every
Tuesday and Thursday
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
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p.m. All skill levels welcome. No registration
needed. For more information call 855-9471.
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
■ Chattanooga Christian
Women’s Connection invites all women to the July
10 luncheon. Trudy Chester will deliver a speech
titled “Camelot and the
Greatest Story Ever Told.”
Amy French will also present on information regarding Alzheimer’s services.
The luncheon is at Holiday
Inn at Hamilton Place, located at 2232 Center St.,
from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30
p.m. Cost to attend is $15
that can be paid in cash or
check.
■ Christ United Methodist,
at 8645 E. Brainerd Road,
offers a clothes closet to
the community Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 10
a.m. to noon in the adult
Sunday school building.
Nothing required to take
home clothes for free.
■ College/Young Adults
Praise and Worship is
hosted by Grace Baptist
Church, at 7815 Shallowford Road, on Tuesdays at
7:30 p.m. For more information call 892-4869.
■ Dallas Holmn will be
in concert at Collegedale
Community Church, located at 4995 Swinyar Drive,
Saturday, July 12 at 6 p.m.
The concert is free but a
love offering will be taken.
■ East Chattanooga
Church of God, at 4872
Jersey Pike, is hosting
Faith League Superhero
Training Camp vacation
bible school July 17-19
from 7-9 p.m. each night.
Superhero training enrollment is for students ages
3 through sixth-grade. A
grand finale takes place for
all Superheroes and their
families Sunday, July 20,
at 11 a.m. with a Free Ol’
Fashioned Family Festival
including food, old-fashioned family games and
family fun. Pre-register by
Wednesday, July 16, or at
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the door at 6:30 p.m. July
17. For more information
call 892-9297 or visit eastchattcog.cog or register
online at faithleaguecamp.
eventbrite.com.
■ East Hamilton Church of
Christ has begun meeting
in the East Brainerd area.
This newly formed group
of Christians is focusing on
the examples and instructions found in the New Testament. It meets Sundays
at 10 a.m. for Bible study
and worship and again on
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for
Bible study. For more information call 894-6929.
■ Grace Baptist Church
hosts Awana/Bible studies for children ages
2 through sixth-grade.
Small youth groups are
also available for those in
grades 7-12. Adult Bible
studies include Marriage
Oneness, DivorceCare,
My Grandma’s House
(a parenting class), the
Pastor’s Study and That I
May Know Him, an inductive study for ladies. All
take place Wednesdays
at 6:45 p.m. Childcare is
available. For more information call 892-4869.
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■ Soul Hospital, at 5075
Ooltewah-Ringgold Road,
is sponsoring a new alcohol and drug recovery
support group for addicts
and their family members
called “The Most Excellent
Way: A simple, yet powerful biblical approach to
recovery from the effects
of drug and alcohol addiction” that meets Tuesday
nights from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Call 238-7429.
■ Women’s Ministry of
Christ United Church announces a new Bible study
series for women. “Celebrating the Seasons of Life”
by Dr. Cathy Robbs Turner
that encourages women to
live fully in God’s purpose
during all the seasons of
life. The series is designed
for individual study or a
small group study in the
home or workplace and is
available for free at christchurchchatt.org.
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