Civic Clubs

To add your event to Civic Clubs, email us the information at news@chattanoogan.com  


Jill Vernon with CARTA at the Brainerd/East Brainerd Council.  Tuesday, May 22, 11:30 a.m. at the Car Barn.

Clare Sawyer on the Chattanooga Food Bank at the Chattanooga Kiwanis Club. Tuesday, May 22, noon at the Sheraton Read House.

Denise Reed with the Concierge Level, speaks on social network at the East Ridge Council.  Wednesday, May 23, noon at the East Ridge Community Center.

Brian Brodniak, manufacturing human resource manager for McKee Foods Corporation, speaks on human resources at the Enterprise Gateway Council.  Thursday, May 24, 8:30 a.m. at Hospice of Chattanooga.

Ron Bhalla, 3rd District Congressional candidate, at the Nightside Pachyderm Club.  Thursday, May 24, 6 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Ooltewah. 

Stan Ruffin, FBI special agent, at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, May 25, 11;45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

Will Healy, director of recruiting for UTC Football, at the Brainerd Kiwanis Club.  Friday, May 25, noon at the Country Place Restaurant on Shallowford Road.

Dr. Steven Coulter on National Health Care Reform & Its Impact on Tennessee & your business at the Chattanooga Kiwanis Club. Tuesday, May 29, noon at the Sheraton Read House.

Brad Scott speaks on getting a degree in Political Science from UTK at the Catoosa County Tea Party.  Tuesday, May 29, 6:30 p.m. at the Poplar Springs Voting Precinct.  

State Rep. Gerald McCormick at the Nightside Pachyderm Club.  Thursday, May 31, 6 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Ooltewah. 

Tim Brown with Chattanooga Funeral Home speaks on pre-need planning at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, June 1, 11:45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

Ben Kegley and Eric Snider will be presenting about UTC's winning Chem-E-Car and research entries at the recent American Institute of Chemical Engineers southern regional conference at Clemson, SC, at the Chattanooga Engineers Club.  Monday, June 4, noon at the Doubletree Hotel.

Greg Vital, 10th District State Senate candidate, at the Nightside Pachyderm Club.  Thursday, June 7, 6 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Ooltewah. 

Rev. Curtis Schofield, founder of CONTACT of Chattanooga, at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, June 8, 11:45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

Brent Powell at the Chattanooga Engineers Club. Monday, June 11, noon at the Doubletree Hotel.

Martha Frickie speaks on overcoming disappointment at the Chattanooga Women's Connection.  Thursday, June 14, noon at the Country Place Restaurant. 

Scottie Mayfield, 3rd District Congressional candidate, at the Nightside Pachyderm Club.  Thursday, June 14, 6 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Ooltewah. 

Rae Bond with Chattanooga Medical Society, at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, June 22, 11:45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

Todd Gardenhire, 10th Distruct State Senate candidate, at the Nightside Pachyderm Club.  Thursday, June 28, 6 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Ooltewah. 

Federal Judge Sandy Mattice at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, June 29, 11:45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

Jim Catanzaro, president of Chattanooga State, at the Chattanooga Civitan Club.  Friday, July 13, 11:45 a.m. at Bessie Smith Hall.

 


State Board of Education Reduces Penalties For 5 Signal Mountain Educators

The State Board of Education has agreed to reduce penalties against five Signal Mountain High School educators after county school officials met last Friday with state officials and provided additional information. The state initially flagged the contracts of guidance counselors Dr. LeAnn Welch, Dr. Anne Cushing and Leslie Sharpe, assistant principal Jason McKinney and boys ... (click for more)

Petition Drive Started To Rescind Suspension Of Principal Tom McCullough

An online petition drive has been launched to ask county school officials to rescind the decision of Supt. Rick Smith to suspend Signal Mountain High School Principal Tom McCullough for the remainder of the school year. By Wednesday afternoon, there were 186 signing on, including many with ties to Signal Mountain High/Middle. Dr. McCullough is retiring at the end of this year. ... (click for more)

Debates Don't Decide Leadership Ability

I've watched how some in the media have attacked Scottie Mayfield for not debating. I've never been to a debate, and I am not going to vote for someone because they are able to remember and recite from memory, the well crafted answers they came up with the night before.   Often times, candidates focus on attacking each other instead of influencing undecided voters on any ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: Two Horse Owners Write

As Jackie McConnell was being told he now faces up to five years in prison and a multitude of other penalties after pleading guilty to just one of 48 counts in violation of the Horse Protection Act on Tuesday, the outcry from Tennessee Walking Horse owners was incredible and there is a groundswell of support growing to either clean up a very crooked industry or actually ban it. ... (click for more)

Reynolds, Nunley Power Soddy-Daisy Into Winners Bracket Final

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- While reporters and players were mingling after Soddy-Daisy's state softball victory Wednesday over Munford, Lady Trojan assistant coach Lamar Lasley came through with a classic one-liner. "Dont' anybody touch Haley Reynolds because she is on fire,'' Lasley said. And he was so right. Reynolds, a sophomore first-baseman, was 4-for-4 as Soddy-Daisy ... (click for more)

Notre Dame - State Tennis Champs

 MURFREESBORO - 5/23/12 --In the 1950s and 60s, the Irish leprechaun danced across the parquet floor of old Boston Garden as legends Russell, Cousy, Havlicek, Heinsohn and the Jones duo won world titles. Today the leprechaun came South to dance across the hard courts at Old Fort Park as young ladies - Dorris, Voges, McIntyre, Ross and  the Joyce sisters - ... (click for more)