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May 24-25
Pro-Rodeo at Tri-State Exhibition Center at 8 p.m.  Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for children 6-12. Children five and under get in free.  Off exit 20 in Cleveland.

May 26
The 9th Annual Harrison Ruritan Club Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Tennessee Riverpark off Amnicola Highway. Registration from 8 a.m.-noon.  Church service at 11 a.m. Judging begins at noon and trophies will be awarded at 3 p.m. Registration is $25 the day of the show.  Free for spectators. Contact Jim Holcomb, show chairman, at 413-6140.

May 27
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park hosts a torch light tour of the Chattanooga National Cemetery at 8:45 p.m.  Park Historian Jim Ogden will lead this 90 minute, one mile walking tour in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Chattanooga National Cemetery and will review the coming campaign of 1863 and its events through the stories of those now interred in this place of honor. 

June 1
Belvoir Christian Academy, formerly known as the Lutheran School, announces the 43rd annual “Lutheran School Horse Show” at the Tri-State Exhibition Center in Cleveland. 12 and 6 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit BCA students in need of partial scholarships.  Tickets for adults are $3; $2 for children, 12 and under.  892-5392. 


June 1-2
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank 26th annual Garden Tour. Tickets are $15 and the proceeds will benefit the Food Bank's Garden Program.  622-1800. 

June 17-27
Healthy and Homemade Cooking School, a school for dads, moms, and anyone who wants to prepare quick and easy meals at home.  The four-class series of food demonstrations will include grilling, stir-frying, time-saving recipes and taste testing.  Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m.  $55.  University of Tennessee Extension, 3rd floor, 6183 Adamson Cir., just off Bonny Oaks Drive. 425-4344,  www.utc.edu/ce.



Chattanooga Police Officer Arrested For Domestic Assault

Chattanooga Police Officer Brian Smith was arrested Thursday for domestic simple assault.   The criminal investigation has been completed by the CPD Family Violence Unit; however, the internal affairs investigation is still ongoing.   Officer Smith has been relieved from duty with pay pending the outcome of the IA investigation.    (click for more)

Haslam Memorializes Three Tennesseans Killed In Action

Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston of the Tennessee Military Department to pay tribute to three Tennesseans killed in action, including a soldier previously missing in action for 62 years. Sergeant Jacob M. Schwallie of Clarksville, was fatally injured ... (click for more)

Immigration Reform - And Response

We do not have to pander to those in our country who were not invited and made their way here on their own. They are here against our laws that are already on the books which are not enforced.  They do not have negotiation rights to dictate to the United States government nor does our government have the right to pick and choose which laws are to be enforced or ignored so ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: So How Am I Really Doing?

I’ve gotten hundreds of jokes since Tuesday when I wrote about feeling a little puny lately and expressing my belief that laughter is the best medicine. After breaking some bones in my arm as I slept last week and having no idea there were already some other fractures, it looked pretty certain I had a case of “The Big C.” I’ve always felt that stands for “courage” but the medical ... (click for more)

Baylor Beats St. Benedict, 7-2, To Earn Spot In Softball Title Game

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Baylor’s Lady Red Raiders beat St. Benedict on Friday to earn a spot in the Division II-AA state softball championship game. Baylor (33-7) rode the four-hit pitching of Sarah Moore and an 11-hit attack – three different players each had two hits – to a 7-2 win over St. Benedict at the Starplex softball complex. The Lady Raiders will play Pope John ... (click for more)

Silverdale Strikes Back To Bounce Decatur County, 6-2, For Shot At Title

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Talk about resiliency. Three-time defending state Class A champion Decatur County Riverside routed Silverdale Baptist Academy, 18-1, Thursday to force a winner-take-all showdown and determine the upper bracket winner at Middle Tennessee Christian’s Joe Baron Field. Decatur County had the momentum. Silverdale had its horse on the mound – senior ... (click for more)