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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 • Vol. 10, No. 6

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HOME COOKING: BBQ City dishes out hearty fare. PAGE 6.

Haynes states goals for District 3

By Emily CrismanCommunity News Assistant Editor

In a speech to the Friends of Hixson and Hixson Kiwanis Club Jan. 22, District 3 Com-missioner Marty Haynes an-nounced that Ganns Middle Val-ley Elementary will be the next school to be built in Hamilton County.

Falling Water Elementary will be closed, and students from both schools will be combined in one building for a 1,000-student enrollment, he said.

“We think that’s the way to go — to consolidate and make things better,” said Haynes.

He said the county eventually plans to combine DuPont, Riv-ermont and Alpine Crest ele-mentaries, but the new school is not likely to happen in the next two years.

GPS musicians earn All-State bids

See HAYNES, Page 4

GPS musicians perform at an unprecedented level at All-State East auditions in Knoxville, and a sophomore and junior were named to both Concertmaster roles in the two grade level orchestras. According to Orchestra Director Mary Baxter, all of the girls who auditioned at the highly competitive event made it into either the All-State East Band or Orchestra which performs in Gatlinburg in February, or to the All-State Orchestra, which performs in Memphis in April. In front from left are Anjali Chandra and Leah Baxter; standing are Caroline West, Jennifer Brockman, Director Mary Baxter, Christina Love, Anina Mu and Lori Baxter.

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OLYMPIC ART: Students connecting with Sochi through art.

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Ganns Middle Valley Elementary School recognizes its fifth-grade Spelling Bee winners. From left are Ana Richardson (third place), Kenzie Grisar (fifth place), Carter Simms (second place), Owen Johnston (fourth place), Emma Martin (first place), and school principal Allyson DeYoung.

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City seeks sidewalk grants for schools

By Meghan PittmanStaff Writer

For some of the children of Big Ridge Elementary School, the walk from home to school means a trek in the mud alongside the road.

But a potential grant from the Ten-nessee Department of Transportation could change all that — it’d add $250,000 worth of sidewalks linking the surrounding neighbor-hood and school. The city of Chattanooga ap-plied for TDOT’s Safe Routes to Schools grant and stands to improve the surrounding areas of three city schools if awarded the grant next fall.

“Big Ridge Elemen-tary is close to the North Chickamauga Greenway, and we want to be able to open up that area,” said Blythe Bailey, director of transpor-tation for the city of Chattanooga.

Lakeside Academy and Woodmore El-ementary were also chosen as top priority schools from a list formed by the Activate Chattanooga Coalition that identified infra-structure needs to enhance the area.

“Looking at the viability of [adding sidewalks] and how nearby neighborhoods are and what we could connect with small improvements was important to look at,” Bailey said. “Are they high-traffic streets that need a pedestrian crosswalk? How can

we fill in with simple infrastructure to help accommodate more people?”

Beyond just the physical improvements to the infrastructure, he said the grant addition-ally includes money for educational program-ming.

“We want to be able to teach kids how to walk or bike to school safely,” he said.

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“That new school would help revital-ize some of our older neighborhoods,” said Haynes.

An ongoing focus in District 3 is economic development, he said, adding that currently, $100 million is leaving Hixson and is being spent downtown or in East Brainerd.

“I hate the fact that Penney’s has announced they’re leaving Northgate,” said Haynes. “I

think if we get more money staying here in Hixson, we’ll get more retailers wanting to locate here.”

Haynes said he also wants to get the greenway connected to the North Chickam-auga Creek and

get more outdoor enthusiasts in Hixson.Email Emily Crisman at ecrisman@timesfree-

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District 3 County Commissioner Marty Haynes speaks at the recent Hixson Community Breakfast.Photo by Emily Crisman

READ ALL ABOUT ITFor full coverage of the school facilities plan, refer to the articles at timesfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/23/millions-sought-for-school-buildings and timesfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/28/schools-136-million-question-whencsla-ganns-await.

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The new Signal Mountain Road exit that Tennessee Department of Transportation recently opened to traffic will function as it is until TDOT removes the temporary loop ramp to Signal Mountain Road and replaces it with a permanent two-lane free flow ramp, which is slated to be complete in 60 days, said TDOT spokes-person Jennifer Flynn. Although TDOT is now using the temporary ramp as a right\- and left-turn ramp, when the permanent ramp is complete, it will consist of a one-lane left-turn-only ramp toward Dayton Boulevard and a two-lane free-flow ramp onto Signal Mountin Road toward Signal Mountain, which will make traffic flow much better in this area, she said. “This is a critical phase in this very com-plex project, and we will strive to complete it as quickly as possible,” said Flynn.

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Local staffing service celebrates 20 years in ChattanoogaStaff Report

Black Tie Affair, the North Chattanoo-ga-based staffing and bartending service, has a history stretching back to the early 90s.

The company cele-brated its 20th anniver-sary Jan. 1 of this year and is still growing. The owner, Pete Lapina, said he has seen a lot of changes since he started Black Tie Affair on Jan. 1, 1994 — changes in the business, the catering industry and Chattanoo-ga itself.

“At that time, Chat-tanooga wasn’t seeing the influx of wealth that is so noticeable today,” Lapina said. “Nor did it have the ruputation it now enjoys as a destina-tion for high-end con-ventions and galas.”

Lapina’s first staff-ing “gig,” as he likes to call it, was a gala for the American Culinary Federation Chattanooga Chefs and Cooks Asso-ciation. The group was short on servers and bartenders, and since Lapina had been in the restaurant business, he

knew the right people for the job. Lapina’s ser-vice that evening was so well-received Lapina was inspired to start his own business, which he first called Black Tie Temps. It would be 10 long months before the company’s first gig.

Lapina thought he would primarily be needed for in-home par-ties, and only occasion-ally work with caterers who needed extra staff members. The opposite happened. The catering industry entered a peri-od of rapid growth. As a result, many caterers

were equipped to pro-vide food and beverage service for their events but lacked the necessary staff. That’s where Black Tie Affair stepped in.

In addition to off-site events, Black Tie Affair branched out, catering to local country clubs and private organiza-tions. Lapina provided more than just staff; he provided consultation and training to many local restaurants and private venues. They’ve been behind the scenes everywhere, from swanky events for First Lady Laura Bush to par-ties in barns and every-thing in between. Lapi-na also provides a free consultation with each event, helping the host learn how to properly stock the bar or plan the layout of the room. Lapina explained that weddings have been a special niche for BTA because of their ability to regularly staff insured and licensed bartenders.

BTA has grown over the years, as custom-ers realize that hiring professional staff for

an event does not have to break the bank. The service allows hosts to enjoy their own party without having to wor-ry. Lapina and his wife Beth run the business fulltime, and both have worked in the fine din-ing scene.

Their staff boasts too many years of ex-perience to count.

At events, something is always bound to go wrong. Pete Lapina described one event that happened about a dozen years ago when a 6-foot wedding cake was placed on a table with legs that had not been secured. The table collapsed, and a serv-er from BTA dove in to keep the cake from

hitting the floor. All the plates shattered, but the cake was rescued. Now, securing table legs is al-ways on the checklist.

BTA provides staffing for all types and sizes of events, seven days a week. For more in-formation or to make a reservation, visit black-tieservers.com or call 266-0250.

Pete Lapina started Black Tie Affair 20 years ago.

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BBQ City serves up delicious homemade fareBy Kelsie Bowman

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For a couple of ac-countants, Buddy and Carrie Phillips sure know a lot about bar-becue.

They own the walk-up restaurant BBQ City on Hixson Pike, located on the lot right next to Krystal and in front of Dollar General.

When the former owner of the Choo Choo BBQ that orig-inally inhabited the building offered to sell his building to Buddy Phillips, Phillips and his wife dove in head-first. Before they knew it, they were restaurant owners.

“It seemed like it just all fell together,” Buddy Phillips said.

The couple moved the mobile building to its new location on Hixson Pike and set up shop last spring.

“We didn’t have a clue what we were get-ting into,” Carrie Phil-lips laughed. “We’ve learned a lot.”

Now they’re nearing the restaurant’s one-year anniver-sary, and they said

they’ve not only learned how to order the right amount of inventory and how to work with food inspec-tors, they’ve learned how to make a deli-cious barbecue sand-wich.

The recipe: Start with a bun, slap on a heap of pulled pork, chicken or beef, drizzle some barbecue sauce and, for good measure, top it off with a healthy serving of homemade coleslaw.

“We try to keep fresh products,” said Buddy Phillips, who, after lots of experimen-tation, perfected the restaurant’s barbecue recipe. “I’ve just al-ways enjoyed cooking; experimenting, trying new things, seeing how things turn out.”

All of the menu items are homemade — the barbecue, fried okra, potato salad, cole-slaw, fried pickles and more — and much of it is cooked to order, which Carrie Phillips

said is the reason cus-tomers love the food.

BBQ City is located at 4848 Hixson Pike and can be reached at 531-1765.

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BBQ City is a family-run business. Buddy and Carrie Phillips peek through the walk-up window of the restau-rant with daughters Eliana, 4, and Delaney, 10, from right.

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“We didn’t have a clue what we were get-ting into,” Carrie Phil-lips laughed. “We’ve learned a lot.”

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Local students connect with the Olympics through artBy Kelsie Bowman

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In the 2014 Olympic Village of Sochi, Russia, is an exhibit of chil-dren’s art. The colorful pictures depict scenes of competition, friend-ship and peace.

And 70 of those pic-tures were drawn by Chattanooga students.

It’s all part of Inter-national Paint Pals, a global creative forum for students to connect with other cultures through the universal language of art, accord-ing to paintpals.org.

Chattanooga’s IPP co-ordinator Barbara McK-

erley teamed up with art teachers at Signal Mountain High School, Red Bank Elementary, the Northside Neighbor-hood House and more over the last year to connect students of all ages with other cultures.

“[IPP] makes them aware of other people in the world,” McKerley said.

As part of the pro-gram, she gave presen-tations in front of the students. She’d go over her “stepping stones of peace,” which are laugh-ter, trust, friendship, love, dreams and peace. Each stepping stone

involved an activity in order to really bring the message home, McKer-ley said.

“I went in with pho-tos of kids from all over the world,” she said, explaining that the stu-dents were shown pic-tures of children from places like Denmark and Argentina. “They were just so interested in that. It just opens their eyes to the world.”

After she gave her presentation, McKerley then allowed the stu-dents to paint.

“At the end of the presentation, I don’t tell them what to paint,” she

said. “We just wanted them to paint something that represented the Olympics and friendship and peace.”

The paintings then went through the IPP headquarters in Atlanta before being selected to be sent to Sochi for the exhibit. McKerley said that though usually only 10 from each class are

selected to be sent over-seas, IPP Director Lin-den Longino was so im-pressed with the Chat-tanooga students’ work that he decided to send all 70 pieces among the thousands being sent from all over the world, McKerley said.

“They all did a super job,” she said. “It’s all about working togeth-

er and peace. Athletes from all over the world, whether their countries are fighting each other or are good friends, go to the Olympic village and are just fine.”

The 2014 Olympic Winter Games begin Friday, Feb. 7.

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The Pottery Place fires up Cherokee BoulevardBy Kelsie Bowman

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Shelves line the pe-rimeter of The Pottery Place on Cherokee Boulevard, and on the shelves sit countless blank pieces of pottery.

Coffee mugs, quirky owls, bowls, platters, race cars, vases and more — all waiting to be

splashed with color.“It’s so easy to make

something awesome,” manager Kathryn Olinger said in regards to the paint-your-own-pottery shop.

The process is sim-ple. Anyone can simply walk in, pick a piece of pottery and get started.

There’s a myriad of treatments, stamps and patterns to choose from, including speck-les and cool blues or sunshine-yellow stripes. Once they are done, painters just leave their pottery to be fired in the shop’s kiln and can pick it up a week later.

“Anybody who is working is more than willing to help and teach,” Olinger noted.

As someone who doesn’t consider herself an artist, shop owner Teresa Johnson says The Pottery Place caters to

artists at any level.“With so many

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they come in and make something they are su-per-proud of,” Johnson said. “It’s a gift to me to bring it to the com-munity. That’s what I hope shows in customer service and all the way around.”

Johnson, who current-ly resides in Murfrees-boro, said she thought she’d always only work for corporate America, until she opened up her first pottery studio in 2005. The Chattanooga Pottery Place is her third location; the others are located in Murfreesboro and Smyrna.

“It’s such a growing cool community and I just love, love, love that area on the North Shore,” she said of Chat-tanooga.

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Manager Kathryn Olinger shows off some of The Pottery Place’s pottery. Artists at any level can paint their own piece for $6 plus the cost of the pottery.

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FAMILY MATTERSBy Emily CrismanCommunity News Assistant

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North Chattanooga resident Danielle Al-varez was looking at ways to improve her own family dynamics when she first attended a workshop focused on the Reality Formula for Kids taught by local therapist Lynne Forrest.

“I fell in love with the model and wanted to teach it to my own children,” Alvarez said. “I was searching for a different way to relate to my kids that would actually work.”

She has since been working with Forrest for the past five years and has gone through the program to attain her Reality Formula for Kids Coach certification. Al-varez started coaching on her own under the business name of The Happy Family Coach in October. She recently led her first workshop at a school for students on the autism spectrum in West Palm Beach, Fla., that had bullying issues.

“[The Reality For-mula for Kids] works really well for parents of children with special needs,” said Alvarez. “It works with every child because it’s so simple.”

The program is based on transactional analysis, which she said was developed by Dr. Stephen Karpman. The model uses the Victim Triangle, in which the

parent or child takes on one of three roles: Blam-ing Bully, Bossy Helper and Helpless Baby. The cycle reflected in the Victim Triangle per-petuates helplessness, she said, as the child becomes resentful of the parent in the Bossy Helper role, and the par-ent in turn resents hav-ing to take responsibility for their child.

Alvarez and Forrest co-developed The Re-ality Mat, which incor-porates the Victim Tri-angle as well as another triangle consisting of the Respectful Leader, Happy Kid and Empow-ering Ally.

“I teach parents how to empower the child to become a ‘Happy Kid,’” Alvarez said, explaining that the program focus-es on giving responsibil-ity back to the child. “I teach parents the differ-ence between being re-sponsible for their chil-dren and being respon-

sible. The most amazing gift as a parent to give to kids is the ability to take responsibility for their own unhappiness by beginning to look at the role or part they’re playing.”

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■ Soddy-Daisy Healthcare Center is hosting a Valen-tine’s Bake Sale Friday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to benefit the Alzheimer’s As-sociation.

COMMUNITY CORNER■ Alpine Baptist Church, at 4720 Stagg Road in Red Bank, hosts a monthly senior lunch the second Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are necessary to ensure the proper amount of food, which will be prepared by a local caterer. Deadline for reservations is Monday by 5 p.m. prior to each Wednes-day luncheon. Cost is $7 per person. Each meal consists of a meat, two vegetable dishes, bread and dessert along with a choice of iced tea, coffee, water or assort-ed soft drinks. For reserva-tions contact Ann Harrison at 877-8606. The programs vary each month to include

musical guests, topics of interest addressed by ex-perts in the respective topic, Medicare counseling and more. Seniors especially are invited to worship time on Sundays at 11 a.m. as well as the Bible study beginning at 9:45 a.m. Alpine Baptist is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention as well as the local Hamilton County Baptist Association.

■ Chattanooga Youth and Family 2014 fitness and aquatic schedules are avail-able for download at chatta-noogayouthandfamily.com. Each schedule features dozens of free and low cost fitness classes for all ages, including seniors. The 2014 aquatics schedule includes swim lessons, stroke class, lifeguard training and water fitness classes at the city’s three indoor heated pools: Brainerd, South Chattanoo-ga and North River YMCA.

■ Chattanooga Newcomers Club meets every Wednes-day for various activities including luncheons, coffee, book club, bridge games and trips. In addition to women new to the Chatta-nooga area, the group also welcomes those who may have recently left the work-force and would like to meet new people. For more infor-mation visit chattanoogan-ewcomers.info or contact Rosa Rhodes at 893-9508 or [email protected].

■ Life Care Center of Hixson, 5798 Hixson Home Place, will hold an AARP Smart Driver class Wednes-day, Feb 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Smart Driver class will be using the new updated curriculum based on a significant amount of

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■ North Chattanooga Youth and Family Development Center, at 406 May St., is registering youth and adults for the technology-based Lexia Reading program free of charge. Lexia, a world-wide successful literacy program, provides an excit-ing way to learn or enhance one’s reading skills. Call 757-5447 for more informa-tion.

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■ Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association holds open meetings the second Monday of every month at

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■ St. Albans Hixson Farm-ers Market, at 7514 Hixson Pike, is now indoors for the winter. The market is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. with a variety of vendors. Offerings vary and may include some locally grown produce, flowers and plants, farm-direct meats, baked goods, jellies, canned goods, honey, eggs, and handcrafted items such as wood pens, bowls, cutting boards, rolling pins and jew-elry. For more information, email Dee Clark at [email protected].

■ USS Carbonero Base of Chattanooga, a submarine veterans group, meets the second Monday of each month at VFW Post 4848, 1491 Riverside Drive, at 6:30 p.m. For more infor-mation contact Alan Syler at 843-1590 or [email protected].

CULTURAL CALENDAR■ The Ballroom, at 7001 Middle Valley Road, offers a group class in ballroom dance every Saturday start-ing at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $5. Open ballroom dance starts Saturday nights at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $10 with a party to follow. No partner required. Casual dress. For more information call 394-6428 or visit theballroomathixson.com.

■ Hixson Youth and Fam-ily Center, at 5600 School Drive, is offering free dance

classes for ages 3-5 years Mondays-Thursdays. Stu-dents can learn hip hop, ballet, tap and jazz. No reg-istration needed. Call 490-9289 or visit Monday-Thurs-day, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

■ Hixson Youth and Family Development Center offers free sewing and quilting classes. Learn to sew and quilt, or join in the fun of a group project. Drop-ins wel-come any time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays or 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat-urdays. Call Joyce at 490-9289 for more information.

■ Lane Funeral Home, at 601 Ashland Terrace, hosts Southern gospel music performances the first Fri-day of each month at 6:30 p.m. There is no admission charge and refreshments are served. Call 877-3524 to attend. Everyone is wel-come.

■ Line dance instruction is offered Wednesdays from 5-7:45 p.m. at North River Civic Center, 1009 Exec-utive Drive in Hixson. No experience necessary and no registration required. Participants can learn the basics through intermediate level. Dance is to all rhythms and genres of music. Ev-eryone welcome. Cost is $5. For more information contact Jeanette Bowen at 580-4879 or visit bootsand-bucklesdance.com.

■ North River Civic Center, at 1009 Executive Drive, hosts free knitting classes for beginners to intermediate level each Wednesday from

10 a.m. to noon. Participants should bring knitting sup-plies.

■ North River Civic Center, at 1009 Executive Drive, hosts free rug-hooking classes each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rug hook-ing is believed to be an art form originating in North America. A “rug” (pillow, chair mat, wall hanging) is created by using a hook and narrow wool fabric strips or yarn to form loops in a back-ing material such as burlap or linen.

■ Northside Neighborhood House, at 211 Minor St., offers cooking classes every Monday night until Feb. 17. Students take food home with them and the menu for each class is to be determined. There is a $5 registration fee. To register or for more information, call 267-2217.

■ Red Bank bluegrass and country music jamming sessions are held every Thursday night from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Grace Nazarene Church located at the inter-section of Dayton Boulevard and Highway 153. All talent levels welcome. Bring instru-ments and play or come to listen. For more information call Bob at 877-9948.

■ The Red Bank - White Oak Historical Society is meeting Thursday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at Red Bank Firehall No. 2. Anyone with an in-


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■ The Russian Film Club meets Saturday, Feb. 8 at Mikhail Vassilev’s home at 1201 Normal Ave. in North Chattanooga. There is an Olympics theme and the group is watching Anna Karenina, Part I. Pizza time is 6:15 p.m., and the movie begins around 7:30 p.m. Call 322-2262 for more in-formation. The event is free.

■ Soddy-Daisy Jamboree Pickin’ and Grinnin’ takes place the second, third and fourth Thursdays of each month at Soddy-Daisy Com-munity Center, 190 Depot St., at 7 p.m. For more infor-mation call 332-3654.

■ Theater for the New South presents Sheila Callaghan’s Roadkill Confi-dential Feb. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, and 16 at Tanner Hill Gallery (3069 Broad St.) All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Admis-sion cost is $15 online and $20 at the door.

SCHOOL NOTES■ Hixson Youth and Family Development Center, at 5400 School Drive, offers numerous free after-school programs — including the technology-based Lexia Reading program, tutoring, sewing, arts, Girl Scouts, martial arts and more — dai-ly from 3-8 p.m. Call 490-9289 for more information.

■ Northside Neighborhood House, at 211 Minor St., is offering computer classes Feb. 10-12 and 17-19 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There is a $5 registration fee. Call 267-2217 to register or for more information.

■ Northside Neighborhood House, at 211 Minor St., is offering GED classes Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Students must be 18 years or older. To register or for more information, call 267-2217.

■ Toddler Time, a weekly library program, is a learn-ing event for children ages 18 months to 36 months and their accompanying adult held at Northgate Library Wednesdays at 10 and 11 a.m. Participating toddlers and their care-givers learn new songs, rhymes and fingerplays, share books and make new friends. Registration not required.

HEALTH BENEFITS■ Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department offers free car seat installa-tion checks by appointment. To schedule one, call 209-8204 (English) or 209-8203 (Spanish).

■ Family Zumba Night at Red Bank UMC, 3800 Dayton Blvd., with Monica James, certified Zumba Instructor, is Saturday, Feb. 15 from 6-8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, for all ages (children and adults).

■ Hixson Youth and Family Development Center, at 5400 School Drive, offers free Zumba classes Tues-days and Fridays at 6:30 p.m., low-impact aerobics Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. and senior walking programs Wednes-days and Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. Call 490-9289 for more information.

■ Hixson Youth and Family Development Center offers free Ultimate Frisbee clinics for teens and youth Tues-days and Thursdays from 3:30-5 p.m. Call 490-9289 for more information.

■ Life Care Center of Hixson offers free Tai-Chi Classes every Thursday from 2-3 p.m. For more information, contact Mae Petty at 591-6609.

■ Life Care Center of Hixson is hosting an edu-cational series entitled “No Bones About It” at North Riv-er Civic Center Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 12-1 p.m. The series will be offered quar-terly. Lucien Lamontagne, Executive Chef and Food and Nutritional Services Di-rector at Life Care Center of

Hixson presents this ongo-ing educational series with cooking demonstration. This series looks at how fresh, frozen and canned vegeta-bles affect the bones and body functions. For more information, contact Angie Stiltner at 591-6603.

■ North Chattanooga Com-munity Center’s Walk on the Wild Side invites seniors to walk North Chattanooga ev-ery Tuesday and Thursday at noon. All activities free. Meet at North Chattanooga Community Center, 364 May St. Rainy days, walks are in the gym. Call 757-5447 for more information.

■ Red Bank Seniors on the Go meet every Monday and Thursday at the Red Bank Community Center, behind Erlanger North Hospital, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. trengthening and con-ditioning exercises are from 10 - 11 a.m. and are led by Physical Therapists with Benchmark of Red Bank. Everyone is invited. Phone Nancy at 870-0940 for addi-tional information.

■ Soddy-Daisy Hiking Club is offering hikes on the fol-lowing dates: Saturday, Feb. 8 – Retro Hughes to Heiss Mountain trailhead. Approxi-mately 10 miles. Strenuous. Meet at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy Daisy at 9 a.m. Hike leader: John Politte (304-8327). Tuesday, Feb. 11 – Elsie Holmes Na-ture Center. Approximately 4-5 miles. Moderate. Meet at Target parking lot on highway 153 at 9 a.m. Hike leader: George Bonneau. For more information, con-tact George Bonneau at [email protected] or 842-3619.

■ Wyatt Community Center, at 406 Colville St. in North Chattanooga, offers nu-merous free senior sports, including pickleball, badmin-ton, basketball, table tennis and more, Monday through Friday. For the 2014 com-plete schedule call Kelly at 757-5443 or visit chattanoo-gayouthandfamily.com.

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS■ Community Baptist

Church of Hixson, at 8807 Dallas Hollow Road, offers a Truth for Teens program each Wednesday from 7-8:15 p.m. that includes food, fellowship and Bible study. For more information call 314-1819. Parents wel-come.

■ Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, at 3204 Hixson Pike (at the S curve), has a Protestant service at 6 p.m. Saturday nights. It is a casual, come-as-you-are, contempo-rary-style service with praise band Morning Song. A tradi-tional Sunday service is at 9 a.m. with Sunday school at 10:15 a.m.

■ Life Gate Baptist Church, at 1813 Thrasher Pike, hosts a Master Clubs children’s program led by “Cowboy Dan” and his ranch hands Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Call the church at 843-1389 for more information.■ Middle Cross Baptist Church, at 4009 Norcross

Road, hosts a youth pro-gram for kids ages 3-18 years old each Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. Kids ages 3-5 must be brought to the church by parent/guardian (no van transport) and the parent must stay for the church services. The church van is available to pick up anyone in the Hixson and surrounding areas who needs a ride to the youth program.

■ One Accord Community Church, at 343 Sweetland Drive, is hosting AWA-NA (a national ministry) for kids ages 3-18 each Wednesday from 6:45-8:15 p.m. through May 2014. Children under the age for kindergarten must be accompanied by a par-ent or guardian who stays for the adult service. Bus ministry is available for all attending kids who live in Red Bank, though they may ride the church vans only with a permission form signed by their par-

ent. The AWANA ministry includes age-appropriate games, crafts, Bible les-sons, snacks, local and state contests, uniforms and awards. For more information visit oneac-cordcommunitychurch.org or call Deborah Cordell at 618-0339.

■ Trinity Lutheran Church, at 5001 Hixson Pike, has two children’s programs that are now enrolling. TLC Learning Center is a Parent’s Day Out pro-gram offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children ages 2-5 that uses the Wonder-filled Weekdays curriculum. Empower Me is a home-school enrichment program offered Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children ages 6-12 that explores Bible, art and P.E. Find out more by visiting lutherant-rinity.com or searching for “TLC Learning Center” on Facebook, or by calling 870-1236.

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