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Chattanooga Parks And Recreation Weekly Top 10

Monday, October 29, 2012

Here is the Chattanooga Parks and Recreation weekly Top 10:

#1  Free Trunk or Treat at Shepherd Center.  Monday, 5-7 p.m. and chili supper. Bring the kids and spoons. Call 855-2697 to donate a pot of chili or truck. Come have fun in a safe and inviting environment.

#2 Free Fall Carnival at Patten Center in Lookout Valley.   Wednesday, 6-8 p.m.  Games, prizes, candy, hot dogs, inflatables and more. Bring the whole family. Call 825-5955 for more information. 

#3 Free Pumpkin Carving Contest - Win Zoo Tickets.  Upload photos of the pumpkin you carved for some great swag from Parks and Rec, including free zoo tickets. http://www.facebook.com/events/397031280365148/

#4 Grand Opening of the Health Trail - Outdoor Fitness Trail.  Monday at 12:30 p.m to celebrate the grand opening of Chattanooga's outdoor fitness trail at Warner Park. UTC, Parks and Rec Staff and more will be on hand to demonstrate.

#5 Head of the Hooch 2012. Saturday and Sunday at Ross's Landing. The Head of the Hooch is a 5000m (3 mile) head race on the Tennessee River ending at Ross's Landing Park. All boats are started sequentially and will race against the clock. The Head of the Hooch is a US Rowing registered regatta. All participating organizations/schools/clubs must be members of the US Rowing Association. Single scullers need not be individual members of USRowing.

#6 The Future is Ours "Language of Life."  Saturday at East Lake Community Center.  Food, music, games, candy, giveaways and fellowship.  Join the Future is Ours staff from 12-3 p.m., free.  

#7 North Chattanooga Community Center Can Food Drive, collecting non perishable food items through the month of November. These items will be given to selected families in North Chattanooga. Stop by the center, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. 

#8 Rapid Learning to Roll Practice. Join Outdoor Chattanooga for basic kayaking in a safe, warm environment at MacLellan Gym on the UTC Campus. Two separate sessions, at 6 and 7 p.m. First session is free. Call Ruthie at 643-6888 for more information. All equipment is provided.

#9 Youth Basketball Signups.  For ages 5-18. Boys, Girls, Co-ed. Stop by a local center or call Richard West at 643-6055.  Free. 

 #10 Free "Express Yourself" Art Program at Hixson Community Center. Therapeutic Recreation's newest program, "Express Yourself" is a free, inclusive program for individuals with and without disabilities ages 16 and up. Activities will include pottery, paper mache, mosaics, painting and more. Every Tuesday beginning Oct. 30-Nov. 27 and a special event on Thursday, Nov. 29.  6:30-7:30 p.m. 


May 17, 2013

Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Receives Grant To Promote Safe Boating

May 17, 2013

Agencies Announce Funding Agreement For Federal Trout Hatchery Operation, Tennessee Valley Stocking

May 17, 2013

Get Out And Go Night Is Saturday


The week of May 18-24 is recognized as National Safe Boating Week, and conservation rangers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division encourage those on the water ... (click for more)

Senator Lamar Alexander and representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Georgia Department of Natural Resources ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the third annual “Get Out and Go Night” on Saturday, from 6-8 p.m. at the Tennessee Riverpark. Chattanooga area sports and ... (click for more)


Outdoors

Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Receives Grant To Promote Safe Boating

The week of May 18-24 is recognized as National Safe Boating Week, and conservation rangers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division encourage those on the water to wear life jackets, file a float plan, stay sober and follow DNR regulations for safe boating.  During National Safe Boating Week, and throughout the boating season, the National ... (click for more)

Agencies Announce Funding Agreement For Federal Trout Hatchery Operation, Tennessee Valley Stocking

Senator Lamar Alexander and representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced Friday a new agreement that will continue popular trout stocking programs in reservoirs and tailwaters of certain TVA dams across the region. TVA will provide more ... (click for more)

Breaking News

Man Sought In Murder Of Woman On Lovell Road Commits Suicide In Gordon County Hotel

Terry Lee Releford, who police were seeking in the the murder of a woman on Lovell Road on Sunday, has committed suicide. On Monday, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputies working with Georgia law enforcement and the United States Marshall Service located Releford at the Budget Inn Hotel, at 1442 U.S. Highway 41, in Gordon County, Ga. Communication with Releford was established, ... (click for more)

Federal Agents Seize Almost $6.8 Million From Bank Accounts Of Physician; Says He Has Submitted False Medicare Claims

Federal authorities have seized almost $6.8 million from bank accounts of an area physician. They said Dr. Raymond Sean Brown has submitted false Medicare claims. A lawuit filed in civil court at the Chattanooga Federal Courthouse says Dr. Brown "has engaged in criminal violations of Title 18 of the United States Code, specifically, Brown, and others, have violated the law by ... (click for more)

Opinion

Location Of The Delta Queen Is The Problem

The Delta Queen is a magnificent part of history and in many ways I'm pleased she is in town. Having the boat where she is is the problem. The boat blocks the view of and from the prettiest park in our town. The crew take many of the parking spots around the park leaving families to park across Frazier and schlep their kids, strollers and picnics to the park. You don't get fireworks ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: Aimee Gets New Hands

Aimee Copeland reached for a potato chip and, with a pretty smile, popped it into her mouth and crunched it up. It sounds like nothing but it was an incredible “God moment” just one year after her bout with necrotizing fasciitis capitated the world and left a beautiful young woman with no hands, her left leg removed on one side and a right foot amputated on another. Last May ... (click for more)


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