Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) articles from August 2011, page 6

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EDITORIAL: Rebirth in South Pittsburg.(Editorial)
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--For decades, one of the best ways to monitor the vibrancy of a community's downtown was to keep tabs on the movie theater or theaters in the heart of the city. If they were thriving, things were fine. If they were not, the business...

EDITORIAL: Higher electric bills coming.(Editorial)
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--Residents of this region of the Southeast are dependent upon the Tennessee Valley Authority for electricity. TVA must cover its costs by passing them on to customers in our monthly power bills. So it's unfortunate but understandable...

EDITORIAL: TVA and Bellefonte's future.(Editorial)
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--The Tennessee Valley Authority supplanted the private enterprise Tennessee Electric Power Co. in the 1930s. Many changes in electricity generation have occurred since then, and more are on the way. Originally, TVA was advertised as...

Students piling up debt with college loans.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Joan Garrett Aug. 20--To some college students, the thousands in federal loans they spend for school each semester can feel like Monopoly money because it can be years before a bill appears in their mailbox. But unpaid debt, which...

County goes back to original plan for redistricting.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Ansley Haman Aug. 20--A second attempt to redraw Hamilton County voting districts failed to gain support, so commissioners are going back to their original plan. A new map of proposed district lines circulated among commissioners...

Moore, Heatherly to return soon.
August 20, 2011... Byline: John Frierson Aug. 20--The grin was evident on Chaz Moore's face as he ran around -- between the lines, at long last -- at Scrappy Moore Field on Friday. Wearing his helmet, shoulder pads and a green no-contact jersey, the...

Georgia cornerback Commings doubling up in secondary.
August 20, 2011... Byline: David Paschall Aug. 20--Meet Georgia cornerback Sanders Commings. Meet Georgia free safety Sanders Commings. Commings isn't so talented that he can play two positions at the same time, but he's valued enough to where he'll play one...

Sewanee's league announces name.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--The new conference including Sewanee has chosen a name: the Southern Athletic Association. It already had been announced that the league comprised of seven current members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and NCAA Division...

Matthew Oellerich sparks Baylor rout of Soddy-Daisy.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Jay Greeson Aug. 20--No Jacob Huesman, no problem for Baylor. Baylor senior Matthew Oellerich was almost perfect in his first start at quarterback since 2008 and paced the Red Raiders to an overwhelming 48-0 win over Soddy-Daisy in...

Eagles stop Hurricanes.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Ward Gossett Aug. 20--East Hamilton was geared up to stop Signal Mountain's touted counter play, but Zack Bowman scored two touchdowns straight up the middle behind center John Evans and Signal Mountain rolled to a season-opening...

Pioneers romp past Mustangs.
August 20, 2011... Byline: David Uchiyama Aug. 20--CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- East Ridge and Walker Valley both showed signed of first-game jitters and had players cramp up in the second half because of the heat and humidity. Visiting East Ridge overcame the early...

Reed-led Bucs overpower Chargers.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Stephen Hargis Aug. 20--In a game that featured 66 passes, it was still the legs of Chase Reed that proved to be the difference. Boyd-Buchanan's senior running back accounted for three of his team's four touchdowns and the...

Durham, Vandiver key Trojans victory.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Lindsey Young Aug. 20--The old-school coach in him wouldn't allow Kevin McElhaney to glow too much following his football team's impressive showing Friday night. A season-opening 25-6 win at Silverdale Baptist was enough, however,...

Defense ignites Owls' 41-7 win.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Kelley Smiddie Aug. 20--In the beginning, Ooltewah's best offense was its defense Friday night. After Brainerd stunned them with an opening trick play, the Owls' defense scored twice and set up two other first-half scores, and...

Greeson: Oregon, Ohio State grateful to Miami.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Jay Greeson Aug. 20--Talk about the University of Miami's scandal hasn't been all bad for some parts of the college football world. Miami's troubles have deflected the swirling rumors and allegations at Oregon, where the questions...

Lookouts win 6-5 in ninth.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--Travis Denker's one-out single to center field in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night scored Alfredo Silverio from third base to propel the Chattanooga Lookouts to a 6-5 win over Carolina at AT&T Field. Silverio, who went...

Do-it-yourself projects for crafty kids.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Karen Nazor Hill Aug. 20--Maddie Kertay is extremely crafty. And so are her kids. Their handiwork includes quilts, stuffed animals, stationery, rubber stamps, jewelry and sculptures. The youngest family member, Sammy, 10, won a...

Food trucks to converge at Warehouse Row on Tuesdays.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Holly Leber Aug. 20--Looks like food on the go is here to stay. The nationwide trend of food trucks has been growing in Chattanooga -- one, Southern Burger Co., is even in the running to appear on the Food Network. Fresh on...

Cooper: Pastor overcomes personal demons.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Clint Cooper Aug. 20--Jim Smith has a word for pastors and others who are struggling: Just don't quit. "If you don't quit," said the pastor of Solid Rock Community Church in Chickamauga, Ga., "God can restore you." Smith should...

Five tips for controlling weeds.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Karen Nazor Hill Aug. 20--Weeds may be "the scourge of every gardener," but they can be controlled, said Tim Holcomb, owner of Holcomb Garden Centers. Containing them is the tricky part. "I heard one new gardener say that they were...

Sermons.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Clint Cooper Aug. 20--EDITOR'S NOTE: All services are Sunday unless otherwise noted. The deadline for submitting items for use in the following Saturday's paper is 5 p.m. Wednesday. To reach faith editor Clint Cooper, call 757-6497 or...

BRIEF: Parenting workshop on special education Tuesday.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--LifeLine Inc. is sponsoring an introductory parents' workshop on the topic of special education on Tuesday in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The parent-training workshop, Basic Special Education Rights, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at...

Locher Foundation awards scholarships.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--Sixteen area students have been awarded $54,000 in college scholarships from the MaryEllen Locher Foundation. The foundation is a national college scholarship program for children who have either lost a parent to breast cancer or...

Children's choirs set audition dates.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--Organizers of children's choirs in Cleveland and in Rhea County announce dates for upcoming auditions. Lee University Children's Chorale will hold auditions in Cleveland, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to noon, and...

Ronald McDonald House Charities announces scholarship recipients.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--Forty-one local students in the graduating class of 2011 have received $1,000 scholarships through the Ronald McDonald House Charities' scholarships program. Students were selected based on their grade-point averages, community...

Calming effect: Erlanger using iPads to explain procedures, let patients play.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Chris Carroll Aug. 20--Distraction is a wonderful thing when you're little, especially if cancer, staph infections and CT scans are involved. With that in mind, Erlanger Health System has made a night (or many nights) at the...

Nurse suspended after police say she hit boy.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Chris Carroll Aug. 20--Chattanooga police charged a home health care nurse with assaulting one of her pediatric patients for "acting out," but an officer released the nurse Thursday without taking her into custody. Maxim Healthcare...

Baylor School to be site for Helen Hunt movie.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Barry Courter Aug. 20--"Will To Succeed," a motion picture reportedly starring Oscar winner Helen Hunt, will begin filming in Chattanooga in the next few weeks, city officials say. "This is huge," said Missy Crutchfield, city...

Got milk? Got money?
August 20, 2011... Byline: Mike Pare Aug. 20--Bobby Baughn bought milk in Chattanooga for his 85-year-old mother Friday and was struck by the high price for the staple product "This is ridiculous," he said, noting the $3.92 price for a half-gallon of premium...

Bessie Smith Festival seeks sustainability.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Yolanda Putman Aug. 20--The Bessie Smith Heritage Festival hasn't earned a profit yet, but organizers say they hope the event eventually will generate a $50,000 return to help protect the cultural center during a tough economy. "We...

Body found on road believed to be Bledsoe man.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Ben Benton Aug. 20--PIKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A body found in White County is believed to be that of a Bledsoe County man reported missing on Aug. 1, officials say, but what happened to him remains a mystery. White County Sheriff's...

Pikeville seats up for vote.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Ben Benton Aug. 20--All five seats on Pikeville, Tenn.'s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will be on the ballot when city voters head for the polls in December, election officials said. The five long-timers on the city panel face no...

Rail crossing risks in Chickamauga.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Andy Johns Aug. 20--A rail crossing in Chickamauga, Ga., has been named the region's busiest intersection for trains and traffic, but officials say there are very few issues with the location. But next door in Dade County, that's...

Local women sue airline, claim gender, age discrimination.
August 20, 2011... Byline: Todd South Aug. 20--Three Hamilton County women have sued Piedmont Airlines and U.S. Airways for gender and age discrimination they say caused them to lose their jobs. Vicki Sanders, 48; Vicky Manchew, 54; and Judith Ann Matthews,...

BRIEF: TVA stays put with BlueCross.
August 20, 2011... Aug. 20--BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will continue to handle claims and insurance administration for nearly 42,000 TVA employees, retirees and their family members under a $904 million contract approved this week by directors of the...

EDITORIAL: Causes of our summer of discontent.(Editorial)
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--We're in the midst of a summer of discontent. You may have seen polls showing that most of our people do not think the president and Congress are leading us in the right direction. Of course, opinion polls don't elect anybody,...

BRIEF: Local home sales rise.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--Home sales and prices rose in Chattanooga last month from their year-ago levels, bucking a nationwide slowdown in the housing market. The Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors reported Thursday that local real estate agents...

Walters tops Harris in playoff.
August 19, 2011... Byline: David Uchiyama Aug. 19--Steve Golliher congratulated Doug Harris as those two and Ron Waters shook hands on the 18th green of Council Fire Golf Club. But Harris couldn't accept. "Ron caught me," Harris uttered. Waters...

EDITORIAL: U.S. gets new credit downgrade warning.(Editorial)
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--The rating agency Standard & Poor's took a lot of unjustified criticism from the Obama administration recently when S&P downgraded the United States' credit rating from the top level, AAA, to AA-plus for the first time in our...

Bellefonte restart gets green light.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Pam Sohn Aug. 19--KNOXVILLE -- After hearing about 70 speakers support or oppose nuclear power and the completion of the half-finished Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, the TVA board voted unanimously on Thursday to restart construction. ...

States try to make kids count.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Chris Carroll Aug. 19--When it comes to health studies, Southern states often scrape the bottom of the national barrel. That tendency held up in a comprehensive children's wellness study in which Mississippi took last place and...

Trail of treats promotes tourism.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Carey O'Neil Aug. 19--Local tourism has been strong this summer, and with the opening of a regional self-guided driving tour Thursday, industry leaders expect more visitors to stay longer and explore a wider region. The "Pie in the...

Mayes will miss UTC season.
August 19, 2011... Byline: John Frierson Aug. 19--The NCAA informed UTC on Thursday that transfer defensive tackle Chris Mayes will not be eligible to play this season. He will, however, be on scholarship and will have three years of eligibility remaining. ...

Charles likely a top target at UGA.
August 19, 2011... Byline: David Paschall Aug. 19--The secret is out on Georgia's offense. Sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray plans to seek out junior tight end Orson Charles during the Sept. 3 opener against Boise State in Atlanta. And in the Sept. 10 game...

Football Preview: Baylor to use four running backs.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Ward Gossett Aug. 19--Baylor returns most of the starters who carried the Red Raiders to the Division II-AA state final a year ago, but the impact guy -- quarterback Jacob Huesman -- has taken his skills to the University of Tennessee...

Coaches, former players look back as high school football prepares to kick off tonight.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Stephen Hargis Aug. 19--More lasting than a long gain or a big hit. More important than a win over a heated rival or even the pursuit of a championship, high school football is defined by the memories made on the field each Friday...

Chattanooga-area prep football programs challenged to help veterans.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Tim James wants to issue a challenge to every Chattanooga-area prep football program. The Heritage High School head coach has started what he hopes will be an annual fundraising program to assist wounded returning...

Football Preview: Porter small but big for LaFayette Ramblers.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Lindsey Young Aug. 19--Devarus Porter knows what it's like to be an underdog. When you're 5-foot-7 and a few biscuits shy of 170 pounds, it's hard to be taken seriously on the football field. Until, that is, you do what the shifty...

Football Preview: Old enemy now big help to Dalton.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Lindsey Young Aug. 19--The irony doesn't escape Bill Napier. Then again, very little does. He may not have been public enemy No. 1 in Dalton for a quarter century, but the long-successful Murray County head coach wasn't on many...

Football Preview: Playoffs 'very realistic' for Heritage Generals.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Lindsey Young Aug. 19--Luke Sims sometimes finds it hard to believe this is the same group he started camp with four years ago. Sims is part of the first full senior class at Heritage High in Ringgold and one of several Generals...

Football Preview: Greene calming concerns at Rhea County.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Gene Henley Aug. 19--Tyler Mize admitted that in the few days Danny Adams was the head football coach at Rhea County, he was unable to meet him. "He held one morning workout, and I had to work that day," Mize said. Luckily, the...

Football Preview: Bradley Central's Goldston embraces key Bears role.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Gene Henley Aug. 19--Rue Goldston was ready to leave Bradley Central after his first few days as a freshman. With family bloodlines tied to crosstown rival Cleveland High, he already was unhappy about his parents' decision to send him...

Football Preview: Cleveland Blue Raiders turn to new receivers.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Gene Henley Aug. 19--The Cleveland football team will have no problem figuring out who will throw passes in 2011. The Blue Raiders' biggest issue will be finding a few guys capable of consistently catching them. The quarterback...

Football Preview: McCallie goes back to look ahead.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Ward Gossett Aug. 19--There is an air of suspense around McCallie these days, and for some a sense of having passed this way before, with Bubba Simmons in command of the Blue Tornado football program. A Tornado assistant in the...

Super nostalgia: Local gamers fondly remember Super Nintendo on its 20th anniversary.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Casey Phillips Aug. 19--To children growing up in the early 1990s, there were few things more desirable than the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. For some of them, the video-game console still holds its appeal, even as it turns 20...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Holly Leber column.(Column)
August 19, 2011... Byline: Holly Leber Aug. 19--Friends, I feel like we need to have a little talk about courtship. When asking for a date, no one's saying there's any need for long-stem roses or a handwritten invitation, but some things just make me...

Unassuming Asia Cafe contains surprises.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Ellis Smith Aug. 19--Fans of Asian food have griped for years about the trade-off between inexpensive meals and quality food. Sure, you can pay $20 for an entree and a fresh, healthy experience at a Japanese steakhouse, but what...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Barry Courter column.(Column)
August 19, 2011... Byline: Barry Courter Aug. 19--It might have been overlooked by some in all of the news about the Tennessee Aquarium partnering with local restaurants in developing a sustainable seafood program, but TV foodie Alton Brown will also serve as...

Michael Burks brings tireless six-string blues to Nightfall.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Casey Phillips Aug. 19--To some musicians, after playing for an hour, they're ready to call a break to cool their fingers. For blues guitarist Michael Burks, that's not even a warm-up. At an age when other kids were "out playing...

Bounty Hunters open Sunset Concert Series.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Susan Pierce Aug. 19--Local country band The Bounty Hunters will open the 2011 Sunset Concert Series tonight at 7 o'clock in the North River Civic Center, 1009 Executive Drive, behind the Northgate Library. The series that...

Gem Theater buries itself in 'The Cemetery Club'.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Clint Cooper Aug. 19--Happiness may be where you find it, but a cemetery is certainly an unusual place to make the discovery. Yet, for Ida, Doris and Lucille in "The Cemetery Club," which opens today at the Gem Theater in Etowah,...

Riverfront Nights headliner known for straightforward lyrics.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Holly Leber Aug. 19--What you hear isn't always what you get. Take the music of Yarn, for example. Lyrics like, "I hope you're broken baby, I hope you're beat down, I hope your pain is here to stay," might conjure up a pretty...

Folk-funk scamp featured in Bessie Smith Heritage Festival.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Casey Phillips Aug. 19--To some people, the idea of a funny blues song sounds like a contradiction of terms. As Bobby Rush sees it, however, blues music is too big for one emotion. "The blues is the same thing that makes you laugh...

D.L. Hughley at The Comedy Catch.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Barry Courter Aug. 19--Bullies serve a purpose in the eyes of comedian D.L. Hughley. "Schools have these anti-bully campaigns, but bullies actually served a purpose. Everybody dealt with them. They taught you that everything...

BRIEF: Smooth jazz tonight at Dalton Creative Arts Guild.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--A former Dalton High School Catamounts singer is featured in the next installment of the Spigel Summer Concert Series at the Creative Arts Guild in Dalton, Ga. Lizzie Hebel Thomas will be accompanied by contemporary jazz ensemble...

BRIEF: Lake Winnie talent search continues.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--Five finalists will be chosen from a field of 20 young talents Sunday in the second of two preliminary contests in the Lake Winnepesaukah talent search. On Aug. 28, they'll join the first group of five finalists, determined in an Aug. 7...

Q&A with blues guitarist Michael Burks.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Casey Phillips Aug. 19--Chattanooga Times Free Press entertainment reporter Casey Phillips spoke with Arkansas-based blues guitarist Michael Burks about how he earned the nickname "Iron Man," his father's influence on his music and...

BRIEF: TVA officials say 2 percent increase to cover 2012 shortfall.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Pam Sohn Aug. 19--Electricity will cost more come October. On Thursday, TVA's board unanimously approved a 2 percent rate increase effective Oct. 1. Officials say the increase is to help the utility cover a $234 million...

Grant will move Riverwalk ahead.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Andrew Pantazi Aug. 19--A federal grant of almost $1 million will help get Riverwalk closer to St. Elmo Avenue. Tennessee will receive $7 million of the $77 million the state asked for in federal grant money, Tennessee Department...

Moving day: UTC dorms full; Choo Choo takes overflow.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Perla Trevizo Aug. 19--A constant flow of cars, vans and pickups circled the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus Thursday as students and parents parked to unload plastic bins and boxes and carry them into dorm rooms. A...

Pancake house worries East Brainerd residents.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Carey O'Neil Aug. 19--It's not that East Brainerd area residents don't like pancakes. They're just worried the community's love of the morning meal will be too much to handle. About 60 locals debated Thursday whether a block...

Ideas sought by park planners.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Cliff Hightower Aug. 19--Maps hung on all four walls of the banquet hall showing concepts planners hope to turn into reality. The plans included tree-lined streets with sidewalks along Manufacturers and Hamm roads. They also...

BRIEF: Local attorney suspended for misconduct.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--Attorney Jeffrey A. Stinnett, of Chattanooga, has been suspended from practicing law for two years by the Tennessee Supreme Court, according to a news release. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a disciplinary petition...

BRIEF: Officer's killer loses appeal.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--A man convicted in the shooting death of a Chattanooga Police Department officer in 2002 was denied a second appeal related to the case Wednesday before the Court of Criminal Appeals in Knoxville. Isaac Jones III, who was convicted...

Fleischmann checks in from Israel.
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., hosted a media conference call Thursday and discussed his trip to Israel, but he decided against answering questions that were a little closer to home. Fleischmann, a freshman congressman for...

Group hopes to boost learning.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Kevin Hardy Aug. 19--A new group sparked by a 2009 community survey wants to shift the conversation surrounding local education. Organizers say they began Shift Chattanooga to help improve public education in Hamilton County. The...

Red Bank shelves plans for new City Hall.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Kate Harrison Aug. 19--Behind a potted tree in the corner of Red Bank City Manager Chris Dorsey's office lie stacked rolls of blueprints for a new City Hall. Forty-seven pages of construction documents detail a two-story,...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Mark Wiedmer column.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Mark Wiedmer Aug. 19--Welcome to Miami Vice, episode 2011: The Collapse of the 'Canes. Instead of chasing sleazy drug dealers who are tossing plenty of ill-gotten Ben Franklins around South Beach, detectives Sonny Crockett and...

EDITORIAL: Buffett, tax increase for rich.(Editorial)
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--Warren Buffett, the mega-billionaire American investor who teamed up with Microsoft's Bill Gates to create an epic philanthropic endowment, may have performed his greatest public service this week with an op-ed piece in The New York...

EDITORIAL: Spending by wealthy.(Editorial)
August 19, 2011... Aug. 19--Warren Buffett's tax advice to Congress, discussed above, makes it clear that very wealthy Americans would not face difficulties if Congress were to bring investment tax rates for multimillionaires closer to the income tax rates that...

VW labor exec won't promote UAW in city.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Mike Pare Aug. 19--A key German labor leader says he won't promote United Auto Workers' efforts to organize Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant. Bernd Osterloh, who represents labor on the German carmaker's supervisory board, said he is...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., 5-at-10 column.(Column)
August 19, 2011... Byline: Jay Greeson Aug. 19--Gang, another Friday, another mailbag filled with another great round of questions. Give yourselves a hand (you too JordanRules). Quick announcement: Enjoy the Prep Blitz high school football preview section...

Mudcats get by Lookouts in 12.
August 19, 2011... Byline: David Paschall Aug. 19--In a game that had a little bit of everything and took a lifetime to play, the Carolina Mudcats topped the Chattanooga Lookouts 12-11 in 12 innings Thursday night at AT&T Field. A Miguel Rojas sacrifice...

BRIEF: Mocs prep for second scrimmage.
August 19, 2011... Byline: John Frierson Aug. 19--The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team looked sharp for most of this morning's practice at Scrappy Moore Field, the Mocs' last morning session of the preseason and last before Saturday's...