Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) articles from September 2001

Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) archives from September 2001

Chattanooga, Tenn., Fastener Distributor Changes Hands.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 1--Bolts & Nuts is being retooled. Started in 1979 by Mack Catlin and brothers Mike and Eddie Crandall, the company distributes fasteners including rivets and screws ranging from watch-size to industrial...

Survey Places Tennessee in Top 10 Preferred States.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 1--When she moved to Atlanta in May 2000 after eight years in Milwaukee, native Tennessean Bethe Deakin thought she'd be glad to get back down South. Only a few rush-hour traffic snarls later, she'd changed...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Utility Requests Permission to Limit Price Fluctuations.
September 1, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 1--Chattanooga Gas Co. wants to limit the kind of price fluctuations which nearly doubled home heating bills for some homeowners last winter. The Chattanooga utility asked state regulators Friday for...

Czech Republic Native Manages Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Compaq Network.
September 5, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 5--Rudy Kozak won't sell you a Compaq computer, but he'll help you set up a network to maximize usage of Compaq computers. Mr. Kozak recently moved to Chattanooga from Prague in the Czech Republic to become...

Reports Indicate Electricity Usage in Tennessee Outpaces National Average.
September 5, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 5--Electricity usage in Tennessee, already at the highest per capita rate of any state, is rising nearly 50 percent faster than the national average, according to government reports. Tennessee Valley...

Dutch Firm Buys Alabama-Based Supermarket Chain.
September 5, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 5--The owner of Bi-Lo food stores has bought Alabama-based Bruno's Supermarkets, which formerly operated as FoodMax in Chattanooga, in a $500 million deal. Dutch-owned Koninklijke Ahold already owns Bi-Lo and...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Developer to Auction Off Mountain Estates.
September 6, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 6--Developer Frank Basadre wants more people to take advantage of the spectacular views from atop White Oak Mountain. That has led him to decide to auction off the bulk of Mountain Lake Estates. ...

Lookout Mountain, Ga., Company Specializes in Decorative Concrete.
September 7, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 7--People walk all over Aubrey Black's work. Stamped and decorative concrete is the specialty of Aubrey Black Construction/Increte Systems of Lookout Mountain, Ga. It can be found in public places like the...

American Eagle To Enhance Service between Chattanooga, Tenn., Chicago.
September 8, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 8--American Eagle plans to boost the size of its jets flying between Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport and Chicago. This is the second time in about three months the airline has enhanced its service. Starting...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Nonprofit Organization To Open New Headquarters.
September 8, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 8--At 8 a.m. Monday, Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise will be open for business at its new headquarters in the Southern Railway building at the corner of Market and King streets. CNE is expected to...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Planners Recommend Denial for Rezoning Request.
September 10, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 10--Less than 15 minutes after regional planners recommended approval of the Hamilton Place Community Plan on Monday, they were asked to modify it. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning...

Community Bank to Open Hamilton County, Tenn., Branch.
September 11, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 11--Three of the South's biggest banks may have captured most of the bank deposits in Hamilton County, but Bernice Sale is still convinced there will always be a demand for smaller community banks. Mrs. Sale,...

Chattanooga, Tenn., United Way Looks Again at Building Renovation Plans.
September 11, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 11--The United Way of Greater Chattanooga is taking a hard look at its plan to renovate the Central Block Building downtown and will know by Oct. 31 if it will move ahead. "We entered the project with one set of...

Officials Work to Gain Approval for Chattanooga, Tenn., Road Work, Mayor Says.
September 11, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 11--Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker says the city is working on state approval for new intersections on Riverfront Parkway, but it isn't focused on a proposal to narrow the key road. "We're not against the...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport Plans to Beef Up Security Significantly.
September 13, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 13--Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport is to enforce sharply tighter security measures starting today which officials said are unprecedented but necessary to boost to passenger safety. The steps, which include...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Residents Stock Up on Gasoline.
September 13, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 13--Fuel flowed more freely in the Chattanooga area Wednesday. Fearing Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., might jeopardize oil supplies, motorists nationwide lined up to fill...

Tennessee Governor Reassures Residents about Gasoline Supplies.
September 13, 2001... Byline: John Commins Sep. 13--NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Gov. Don Sundquist reassured Tennesseans that there is an ample supply of gasoline, as investigators track down rumors of price gouging by unscrupulous dealers exploiting public fear after...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Advisers Counsel Investors after Terrorist Attacks.
September 13, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 13--Investment advisers in Chattanooga weren't able to trade most stocks or bonds Wednesday, but they remained busy counseling clients and one another Wednesday. "A lot of the comments we have received have...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport Opens to Limited Service.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 14--Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport reopened Thursday afternoon, but it may be days before airlines run normal schedules. Airline officials are hopeful of operating some flights today, though schedules are...

Dalton, Ga., Carpet Trade Show Goes on Despite Terrorist Attacks.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 14--DALTON, Ga.--This year's Carpet Technologies Show was nearly swept under the rug by Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The biennial event began Tuesday morning, just as two...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Based Insurer Honored by National Multiple Sclerosis Group.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 14--When Madeline Orr learned she had multiple sclerosis in 1994, she said she never had any reservations about telling her employer. "I never felt any threat about letting them know that I might need some time...

Tennessee Utility Dismisses Developer's Offer to Restart Old Reactor.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 14--Tennessee Valley Authority officials on Thursday dismissed an initial offer from developer Franklin L. Haney to finance the restart of the utility's oldest nuclear reactor. But Mr. Haney immediately...

Chairman of Dalton, Ga.-Based Carpet Company Discusses Business.
September 15, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 15--Carpet may be king in and around Dalton, Ga., but the crown's sitting uneasily these days. During this week's Carpet Technologies Show at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, industry leaders...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport Tries to Manage with Tougher Security.
September 15, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 15--Nancy Skinner said it was good to see Chattanooga on Friday after being stranded in Utah this week, missing a meeting in New Mexico, and dealing with more stringent security at three airports. "The airlines...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Utility Looks to Build Bigger Power System.
September 15, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 15--Stretching across seven states, the Tennessee Valley Authority's 17,000 miles of transmission lines comprise one of the world's largest distribution networks of electricity. But growing power demands and...

New Hotel to Open in Chattanooga, Tenn., in October.
September 16, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 16--For more than a decade in the late '80s and early '90s, no hotel rooms were built in downtown Chattanooga. But, a Residence Inn on the riverfront opened five years ago and, in 2001, over 400 more rooms are to...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport Shelves Thoughts of Expanding Service.
September 17, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 17--With major airlines promising cuts in operations nationwide, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has put the idea of expanded service on the back burner while it focuses on keeping existing flights. "We won't...

Chattanooga-Area Companies See Stock Slide; Analysts Upbeat Nonetheless.
September 17, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 17--On a day when the collective value of publicly traded Chattanooga-area companies dropped by more than $700 million, one analyst found a pleasant surprise. "There was a sense of unity, of coming together,"...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Employers Honored for Helping Families.
September 17, 2001... Sep. 17--UnumProvident Corp. and Kelly Services will receive awards today for their work with the Families First welfare-to-work program. Disability insurer UnumProvident, headquartered in Chattanooga and Portland, Maine, was named large...

Nuclear Power Plant May Help Tennessee Valley Authority Recover.
September 18, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 18--The nation's last unfinished commercial nuclear power plant, long a financial albatross for the Tennessee Valley Authority, could help the federal utility eventually get out of debt, Chattanooga financier...

German Utility Buys Chattanooga, Tenn., Water Company.
September 18, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 18--One of Europe's biggest water suppliers is buying the owner of Chattanooga's water company, just two years after the local utility said it was not for sale. RWE AG, the second-biggest utility in Germany,...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Developers Pay $950,000 for Well-Located Building.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 19--Porter Yarbrough and Steve Hunt may not have definite plans on how the former Amos & Andy Buick building on Broad Street will be utilized, but they know it's strategically located. Berry Hunt &...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Companies Continue Feeling Mixed Effects of Attacks.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 19--Chattanooga companies continued Tuesday to feel reverberations of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Some security companies and cell phones companies report an increase in business while...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Businesses Feel Shock Waves from Terrorist Attacks.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 19--Chattanooga companies continued Tuesday to feel reverberations of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Some security companies and cell phones companies report an increase in business while...

Chickamauga, Ga.-Based Textile Company Stays Upbeat despite Softening Economy.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 19--SI Corp. employees were cheered on by Ringgold cheerleaders as they watched football clips and listened to their coaches Tuesday evening. The pep rally wasn't for any football contest, however. The...

Embattled Ringgold, Ga.-Based Textile Firm to Sell Off Luxurious Furnishings.
September 20, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 20--RINGGOLD, Ga.--Through its troubled 14-year history, Tapistron International was always recognized in the carpet industry for the high-tech tufting machines it developed and produced. But as the new...

Bookings Hold Steady at Chattanooga, Tenn., Convention Center.
September 20, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 20--Future bookings are holding up at the Trade Center in spite of last week's terrorist hijackings, but officials on Wednesday expressed worry about the economy. "If it continues for another year in a slump,...

Tennessee Valley Authority to Begin Big Capital Spending Program.
September 20, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 20--DICKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority will begin its biggest capital spending program in seven years next month as it adds new transmission lines, reduces pollution from its coal plants and gets...

Utility May Rebuild, Reactivate Tennessee Nuclear Reactor.
September 20, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 20--DICKSON, Tenn.--The oldest nuclear reactor in the Tennessee Valley may get a new life after being idle for two decades, TVA officials said Wednesday. But the restart of the first reactor at the Browns...

US Airways to Stop Large-Jet Flights through Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Airport.
September 20, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 20--US Airways will pull its big jets from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport early next month and replace them with regional jets or turboprops. But the airline plans to maintain a similar level of service in...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport May See Decline in Service.
September 21, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 21--Air service at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport could shrink as the fallout continues from the suicide terrorist strike last week, the facility's president said Thursday. Airport chief Mark VanLoh cited the...

Operating Chattanooga, Tenn., Toy Store Is a Family Affair.
September 21, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 21--Taking her daughters to work isn't a problem for Christy Haskins as they can find plenty to keep themselves entertained. Earlier this summer, Mrs. Haskins and her husband, David, bought Mountain Top Toys...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Transit to Give Additional Pay to Workers in Military.
September 21, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 21--CARTA officials said Thursday they plan to give extra pay to workers who are called into active military duty due to the nation's new war against terrorism. "It would follow what the city is doing," said Tom...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Store Owner Sees Jump in Gas-Mask Sales.
September 22, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 22--In the 38 years he's owned Red Bank Army Store, Herbert Payne said Friday, he's sold an average of about six gas masks a month. On Sept. 12, the day after terrorists attacked New York City and Washington,...

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Internet Entrepreneur Undaunted by Current Economy.
September 22, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 22--Jeff Gomberg helped build three different businesses in the booming 1990s. But even as the economy slows and enthusiasm for Internet startups wanes, Mr. Gomberg is confident he can build another company...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Chamber of Commerce Plans to Select Chief Executive Soon.
September 25, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 25--The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce is narrowing the search for a new chief executive and hopes to have a pick within the next three or four weeks. Chamber Chairman Mike McGauley said Monday the business...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Job Fair Sees Increase in Applicants.
September 25, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 25--Brandon Palmer was a man on a mission when he walked into Monday's job fair at the Choo Choo Holiday Inn. "In two weeks, I'll either be in the Navy or in a serious job," said the 22-year-old Rossville,...

Kansas City, Mo., Phone Company to Offer Services to 14 Southern Markets.
September 25, 2001... Sep. 25--Birch Telecom announced Monday it will offer local and long-distance phone service on one simplified bill to residential customers in Chattanooga and 13 other Southern markets. The Kansas City, Mo.-based phone company began...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Sign Business Fills Local Need.
September 25, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 25--Steve Taylor and Phil Smartt aren't postal workers, but they deliver letters for a living. They're two of the principals at Southern Advertising and Sign Service LLC, a Chattanooga company that has just...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Charities Face Different Landscape due to Terror Attacks.
September 26, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 26--Americans are contributing record amounts to help the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in response to everything from star-filled television shows to popcorn sales at movie theaters. The ongoing...

Florida-Based Concrete Manufacturer Purchases Chattanooga, Tenn., Quarry.
September 26, 2001... Byline: Bob Gary Jr. Sep. 26--Florida Rock Industries Inc. has acquired Chattanooga's American Materials Technologies LLC, which opened an aggregates quarry off Jersey Pike early this year. Neither Ben Robuck, a former Chattanoogan who...

Bonuses, Retirement Payments Increase at Tennessee-Based McKee Foods.
September 26, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 26--Susan Hoskins took her family on a weeklong vacation to Panama City, Fla., last week, courtesy of McKee Foods Corp. As a mail clerk at the Collegedale-based baking company, Mrs. Hoskins didn't qualify for...

Owners to Convert Vacant Building in Chattanooga, Tenn., into Office Space.
September 26, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 26--John Clark and Rob Taylor both were formerly paid to promote Chattanooga's Southside, but now they've joined together to turn a vacant building in the area into new office space. "It was an opportunity to...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Welcomes Economic Development Company.
September 27, 2001... Byline: Duane W. Gang Sep. 27--Local businesses wanting to start up or expand will not have to look too far now to find the needed money. Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker said Wednesday the city has recruited a venture capital firm with a...

Poll Finds Many Tennesseans Worried about State's Economic Health.
September 27, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 27--Nearly two of every three Tennesseans believe the Volunteer State is headed in the wrong direction and is falling behind neighboring states because of its budget problems, according to a new statewide poll...

Graphic, Web Design Business Moves in Chattanooga, Tenn.
September 27, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 27--Jerry Siler bucked a trend when recently relocating his design business, ImageWright Inc., to a three-story brick building at the corner of Belvoir Avenue and South Terrace in East Ridge. "With a lot of...

U.S. Airways Revises Flights at Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport.
September 27, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 27--Chattanooga's nonstop flights to Pittsburgh on US Airways Express will end next month as the carrier restructures in the wake of the terrorist strikes, an airline spokesman said Wednesday. However, the...

Hamilton County, Tenn., Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.2 Percent in August.
September 28, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 28--Hamilton County's jobless rate ticked up in August, but unemployment still remained below the state level. Also, counties surrounding Hamilton saw unemployment rates drop last month compared to July and...

Minority Entrepreneurs Attend Business Expo in Chattanooga, Tenn.
September 28, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 28--William Bulls started his own business four years ago and visited the Minority Enterprise Development Week's Business Expo on Thursday to talk with other minority entrepreneurs. "I am real supportive of...

Chattanooga, Tenn., Airport Parking-Lot Manager Suffers Revenue Losses.
September 29, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 29--Republic Parking Systems took a direct hit Sept. 11 when terrorists attacked America and the government grounded all airlines. "This is the worst experience I've had in 32 years in this business," said...

Hair Shop Wins Minority Business Award in Chattanooga, Tenn.
September 29, 2001... Byline: Emily McDonald Sep. 29--Expozure Hair Concepts Inc. was named Minority Business of the Year during the 19th annual Minority Enterprise Development Week awards dinner on Friday at The Chattanoogan conference center. Expozure is...

Cement Firm's New Plant Gets Praise in Chattanooga, Tenn., Area.
September 29, 2001... Byline: Mike Pare Sep. 29--Signal Mountain Cement Co.'s new $140 million plant, one of the biggest investments in Hamilton County in years, drew plaudits Friday from businessmen and politicians. Signal Mountain Cement, on Suck Creek...

Attacks Hurt Vulnerable Chattanooga, Tenn., Stocks in Third Quarter.
September 29, 2001... Byline: Dave Flessner Sep. 29--The aftershocks of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon and World Trade Center rattled an already fragile market for Chattanooga stocks during the third quarter. The overall market value of Chattanooga's...