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Signal Mountain discusses rights of Hodgepodge brand

By Kelsie BowmanStaff Writer

Since the town of Signal Mountain decided earlier this year to wash its hands of man-aging the local Hodgepodge fair, Town Manager Boyd Veal said he’s been receiving in-quiries about it.

He mentioned the inquiries at the most recent Town Council work session and asked council members who owns the rights to the Hodgepodge brand.

In a follow-up interview, Veal said he’s received four or five inquiries from a range of people who either want to take over and run the festival to those who just want to help.

The council didn’t have an-

Lone Oak Community receives gift

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The Lone Oak Community Civic League receives a $500 check from the Signal Mountain Community Guild. From left are guild representative Diane Gallagher, Civic League treasurer Mayrelou Stamps and volunteer Bob Blough. The Civic League is supported by gifts, individual donations and grants. It provides vital services to the citizens of the county in the form of a Volunteer Fire Department, HSE (formerly known as GED) classes, FCE (Family Community Education), a free library with many of the current best-seller books, a free health clinic, free dental clinic and a room available for quilters who meet twice a week for quilting and fellowship.

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Signal explores permit process for allowing alcohol at MACC

By Kelsie BowmanStaff Writer

In an effort to make the Mountain Arts Com-munity Center a more attractive event venue, town of Signal Mountain officials are considering allowing alcoholic beverages there.

There have been at least several instances recently when an entity wanting to rent the MACC for an event wanted to serve wine, Town Manager Boyd Veal reported during a recent work session.

Though nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations have more options than other types of entities when it comes to serving alcohol, the process for obtaining the required permits and licenses is complicated and some-times impossible, he said, with fees up to $250. Town officials would like to streamline the process for event hosts at the MACC so that it will be easier for them to hold their events at the com-munity center.

“I really believe the ability to serve wine at events at the MACC is important,” said Vice Mayor Susan Robertson.

The town code al-ready allows it — the only town property where alcohol is permit-ted — though only “after issuance of a permit by the town council.”

According to state law, event hosts don’t need a permit under

certain circumstances, making it more lax than Signal Mountain’s code.

“[MACC Director Barb Storm and I are] re-ally interested in this, so we went to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission,” said MACC board chair Sandy McCrea. “What no one can do in any cir-cumstance is give away alcohol at a public event.

STRATEGIC PLANMACC board chair Sandy McCrea also presented a fresh look at the community center’s strategic plan and its new goals, which are:1. Establish a volunteer coordinator to develop a volunteer support staff. The volunteer coordinator does not have to be a paid position.2. Improve the MACC’s website and establish online payment capabilities.3. Establish a cooperative relationship with Signal Mountain community schools that fosters volunteerism and venue use beneficial to both the schools, the MACC and the community at large; and identify instructional needs within the MACC mission that are not currently served in the community and fulfill those needs.4. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current Strings Camp and, from that, develop a program model that will address and fulfill the music and arts education needs of the community.5. Identify people interested in the MACC and willing to become supporters and fundraise for the improvement and advancement of the MACC’s programs and facilities.

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For questions or information, contact the Town Hall at 886-2177 or council members at signalmountaintn.gov.■ The Public Works De-partment expects to begin paving on Brook’s Edge Lane, Chamblee Court, Cool Springs Road, Creek-shire Drive, Middle Creek Road, Mountain Cove Road, Northfield Road, Fortune’s Way and Prentice Lane during the second week of June. Residents on those streets are asked to prepare for the construction by trimming bushes or shrub-bery hanging over or within 2-3 feet of the current pave-ment’s edge, but not to put the brush at the curb for pickup until the construc-tion is completed. Also, please place garbage cans at the curb at 7am for pickup. Cans will be emptied before the day’s construction work begins.■ During the paving pro-cess, paving employees will guide residents through the construction zone. How-ever, vehicles may not be parked on the street; there may be traffic delays; and some tar splatter could occur. There will be no construction on weekends. Call 886-2177 for more in-formation.■ 178 moms, dads and chil-dren attended the Library’s Summer Reading Program kick-off performance and sing-along with the Bandana Babes. Other special events are scheduled each Tuesday in June and July at 11am. Check the Library calendar for upcoming events such as “Swamp Things” by Bill Haley of the Chattanooga Aquarium or visits by Magi-cian James Agan or Noah’s Little Ark Petting Zoo and pony rides.■ On Thursday, June 12 at 6pm, Julie Ratliff will offer a presentation at the Library on her recent trip to Easter Island and the mysteries that surround the giant sculptures there. ■ Mulch loading will be this Saturday, June 14, 9am-2pm at the Recycle Center. The cost is $5 a load.■ Please do not place grass clippings at the curb.

An [entity] can give away alcohol at a private party by invitation only, as long as there is no fee asso-ciated with the event. The problem that creates with the town is the lia-bility issue.”

“If we don’t have some permit or in-surance requirement, anyone who rents the MACC for a party can roll the kegs in and have at it,” Veal said. “So [we need to] find that mid-dle ground between ac-

commodating the desire or need for allowing it at certain events and pro-tecting the town.”

McCrea asked if waiving the existing prohibition of alcohol on town property spe-cifically for the MACC would affect insurance premiums, and Veal said he would have to look into it.

McCrea and Storm said they would contin-ue with their research on the topic and come back with a proposal in July.

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swers as to who owns the brand and, therefore, who can relinquish the rights to the festival, which has occurred for decades; since the early 1980s, according to Vice Mayor Susan Robertson. The festival was first orchestrated by a com-munity member, not the town, Veal said.

He is currently look-ing into where the town stands in regards to

ownership rights of the festival.

The town managed the festival for the past two years, utilizing the help of the Chattanooga Market for one of those years.

In recent years, pro-ceeds from the festival have gone to benefit the Mountain Arts Commu-nity Center.

MACC Director Barb Storm said the MACC board has no plans to manage the festival this year.

“[The MACC board is] working really hard

on the points of their strategic plan,” she said. “Truly, their main job is not fundraising.”

Last year, the festival only broke even and didn’t bring in additional proceeds for the MACC. (Read previous coverage at community.timesfree-press.com/news/2014/feb/05/future-hodge-podge-air.)

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MEF adds chess to summer offeringsBy Emily CrismanCommunity News Assistant

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Due to demand from parents of kids who play chess during the school year, Mountain Educa-tion Foundation has add-ed a chess camp to its summer lineup this year.

Instructor Bill Cheal, who teaches chess to students at the three Signal Mountain schools year-round, said the camp is designed for participants who play all levels of chess, from those who have never played to those who want to improve their game. It is open to ris-ing second- through sixth-graders and will be held at Signal Mountain Middle-High School Monday-Friday, July 14-18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“It keeps them sharp,” Cheal said of the benefits of playing chess over the summer. “At the end of the school year, the kids are very proficient chess players. In the fall we typically have to reteach them or remind them what they’re doing.”

The camp is limited to 26 participants, which will ensure that each camper will have a part-ner, he said.

Camp will begin with an introduction to chess

the first day and end with a tournament on Friday. Each day mid-week will focus on a different aspect of the game: the opening game on Tuesday, the middle game on Wednesday and the end game on Thursday.

“Even beginners will leave being able to play pretty well,” Cheal said. “[During the summer]

they have the time on their own to play more chess and use some of the resources online to learn and play better chess.”

Teachers including Joe Kodsi and Diane Huseman will be pres-ent to help beginners, and more advanced players will have the opportunity to learn by facing opponents who

are better than them-selves.

“You don’t win by winning, you win by los-ing,” said Cheal.

Teaching materials from the United States Chess Federation will be used throughout the camp, and boards will be provided for campers to use.

“They just need to bring an inquiring mind

and a desire to play chess, or better chess,” Cheal said.

He recommends campers have a regular competition-style chess set at home to practice, which participants need to do about twice a week to keep up their skills, he said. It can become confusing when people use fancy sets with an-imal or Star Wars figu-rines, he added

“A really good chess board is numbered and

lettered so you can keep track of your moves,” said Cheal.

He said other bene-fits of the camp include before- and after-care options available at the school through MEF.

The cost is $110 and campers should bring their own lunch.

To register, visit meftoday.org or call 517-0772.

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If you think one game of bridge is long — about three and a half hours — try play-ing three back-to-back-to-back-to-back.

That’s what the Chat-tanooga Bridge Club plans to do June 21, the longest day of the year. The fundraising games are open to all local bridge players and will be played in an effort to raise awareness and money for the Alz-heimer’s Association during its nationwide The Longest Day event.

“This is our second year participating, and I challenged our club members to donate or raise $35 a person,” said the bridge club’s manager Myra Reneau. “Bridge is generally a game commonly played by older people, so a lot of club members have been directly affected by [Alzheimer’s].”

The Longest Day festivities will include games at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Lunch and other snacks will also be provided for par-ticipants by the club’s hospitality coordinator, Nancy Mapel.

Reneau, whose moth-er is currently battling Alzheimer’s, said the fundraiser is especial-ly fitting for the club since some studies have shown that people who play bridge are less like-ly to get the disease.

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of quick thinking and stamina, said Rene-au. Many of the older folks in the club seem younger than they are, possibly because of the game, she added.

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Local musician inspiring students at the MACC

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Cody Harvey, 21, con-tinues to wow audiences as the banjo player in Mountain Cove Blue-grass Band, which he helped found in 2008 while still a student at Signal Mountain High School.

Now a senior at UTC, Harvey is studying nurs-ing and recently began teaching banjo and up-right bass lessons at the MACC.

He first picked up a banjo at age 5, but said any age is a good time to start playing.

“It’s better if you start studying young, but any-one can start taking les-sons anytime they want,” Harvey said.

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Cody Harvey, banjo player for Mountain Cove Blue-grass Band, is now teaching banjo and upright bass lessons at the MACC.

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The Nelsen family of Dun-lap, Tenn., have been farming as a hobby for a long time. When Fred and Ana Nelsen’s son Joshua returned last year from a 14-year stint teaching English as a second language in South Korea, they decid-ed to turn their farm, The Healthy Kitchen, into a busi-ness.

“I’m just a farm boy at heart,” said Fred Nelsen, while Joshua Nelsen stayed in the city during his time in South Korea.

“I like the idea of being self-sustainable,” he said, on why he decided to change his way of life. “We hope people support local business, and we want to provide them with fresh, healthy produce.”

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nity Center Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.

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cantaloupe, peanuts and garlic.“We also have quite a few

blueberries this year,” said Fred Nelsen.

Their vegan baked goods free of eggs and milk include banana and zucchini bread as well as dinner rolls and gra-nola.

What sets their produce apart is the use of “stone age” technique, he said.

“We do it all by hand,” said Fred Nelson, adding that all of The Healthy Kitchen’s pro-duce is organic and free of ge-netically modified organisms.

The Healthy Kitchen also features some produce grown from seeds that Joshua Nelsen brought back from South Ko-rea. One such item is a daikon, a very large Asian radish.

“We also put a lot of effort into making sure the soil qual-

ity is good so the produce is fresh, tasty and nutritious,” said Joshua Nelsen.

The farm uses a high tunnel to extend the growing season throughout the winter, said Fred Nelsen.

“We’ve been quite fortu-nate this year,” added Joshua Nelsen. “The weather’s been pretty cooperative.”

For those who really want to see where their food comes from, The Healthy Kitchen of-fers farm tours in which guests are allowed to pick their own produce, he said.

To schedule a visit, send a message through The Healthy Kitchen Facebook page at face-book.com/pages/The-Healthy-Kitchen/588110004616580 or call 423-242-5464.


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■ Bachman Bargain Barn, inside Bachman Communi-ty Center at 2815 Anderson Pike, receives nice, name-brand items every week. All sales are indoors. Open ev-ery Thursday from 3-6 p.m. and every Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon. Contact the barn at 838-4069 for more information.

■ Bachman Community Center offers Zumba Tues-day and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $5 per class or a package of 12 classes for $50. For more information, call the direc-tor at 886-4842.

■ Bachman Community Center offers Zumbini classes Thursdays at 10 a.m. Teacher Dee Bass leads children up to age 4 along with their caretaker through an hour of music and movement. Contact Bass for more information on pricing at [email protected] or 290-5375.

■ Bachman Community Center’s Preschool Story-time for children ages 3-5 is Friday at 10 a.m. Regis-tration not required.

■ Bingo for Seniors has resumed at Bachman Community Center the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Lunch ($2) is at noon with bingo follow-ing from 12:30-1:30 p.m., all provided by the Signal Mountain Lions Club.

■ “Bing! Bang! Boom!,” a new camp for preschoolers, is being offered at Bach-man June 16-20, and at the MACC June 23-27, for ages 3-6. The camp is from 9-10 a.m. each morning, and the final performance will be Friday after the morning class. Call Bach-man or the MACC for more info, or register online at signalmacc.org.

■ Chattanooga Dragon Boat Club practices every Monday and Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. and some Saturdays from March-Oc-tober. Practices are held at Erwin Marine Sales, 3100 Kings Point Road. All skill levels welcome. The club provides all equipment and training needed. Email [email protected] or find the group on Facebook for more infor-mation.

■ Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department offers free car seat instal-lation checks by appoint-ment. To schedule one, call 209-8204 (English) or 209-8203 (Spanish).

■ Chattanooga Youth and Family fitness and aquatic schedules are available for download at chattanoogay-outhandfamily.com. Each schedule features dozens of free and low cost fitness classes for all ages, in-cluding 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 Youth and Family Development’s An-nual Hershey’s Track and

Field Competition is set for Friday, June 13 at 10:15 a.m. Open to all boys and girls ages 9-14. Test your skills at running, jumping, and softball throw, with a chance to compete in Hershey, Penn. For more information, call Richard at 643-6055.

■ Chattanooga Youth and Family Development Cen-ters times have changed to accommodate summer camps, and events. Avon-dale, Glenwood, Patten, North Chattanooga, Shep-herd and Tyner are open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (5-7 p.m. open time for youth not in camp). Cromwell, East Chattanoo-ga, Eastdale, East Lake, WH and Wyatt are open Monday-Frdiay 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Brainerd and South Chattanooga are open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hixson is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to noon. (Closed Saturdays). All centers (except Hixson) are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

■ Creative Discovery Museum, at 321 Chestnut St., hosts Chattanooga Gas Free Family Night the second Thursday of most months. For more informa-tion visit cdmfun.org.

■ Free tutors are now available in all Chattanoo-ga Youth and Family Devel-opment Centers. For more information, call 643-6886 or stop by a local center.

■ Greater Chattanooga Aspies has a support/so-cial group for adults with an official diagnosis of high-functioning autism or Asperger’s syndrome that meets the third Tuesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. For more information visit meetup.com/G-C-As.

■ Hamilton County 4-H has summer camps for those completing fourth through 12th grades. There are a variety of camps avail-able, including Junior High Camp for sixth- through eighth-graders in Green-eville, Tenn., July 7-11; 4-H Electric Camp for sixth- and seventh-graders at the University of Tennessee at

Knoxville campus June 24-27; and 4-H Target Smart Camp for fifth- through 12th-graders in Columbia, Tenn., June 30–July 3. Call UT and Tennessee State University Extension – Hamilton County at 855-6113 for additional informa-tion and camp registration packet.

■ High school parents and educators are invited to attend the Public Educa-tion Foundation’s College Knowledge Break Tues-day, June 17 on Parents, You are Now a Passenger. The session is from noon to 1 p.m. PEF provides an optional lunch for $5 a person. RSVPs for lunch are required. The work-shop is held in the PEF office on the third floor in the Ruth Holmberg Cen-ter for Excellence. PEF is located on 100 East 10th St. For more information, contact PEF VP of College and Career Success Stacy Lightfoot at 648-4443 or [email protected].

■ Lone Oak Library, at 1278 U.S. 127 in the Lone Oak Community Center, has new hours: 10 a.m. to noon the last Saturday of each month.

■ MACC, 809 Kentucky Ave., offers private music instruction in piano, violin, guitar, drums, ukelele, mountain dulcimer, clarinet, banjo and voice. Individ-ual lessons are available Monday-Friday. Visit signal-macc.org or call 886-1959 for more information.

■ MACC, 809 Kentucky Ave., offers Silver Sneak-ers Flex-Cardio Stretch and Balance classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. with instructor Aimee Zukowski. For more information call 886-1959 or visit signal-macc.org.

■ MACC, 809 Kentucky Ave., offers an ongoing mixed-level yoga class for adults on Monday and Wednesday at 9 a.m. with instructor Jan Barrali. Con-tact Jan for more informa-tion at 667-9074.

■ Partners & Peers for Dia-betes Care presents “dMin-dfuless,” a group on eating and living for diabetes health, weight management and reduction of stress, the second and fourth Thurs-days of each month at 6 p.m. The class is hosted by University Diabetes & Endocrine Consultants at 5616 Brainerd Road, Suite 208, in front of Eastgate Mall, and is provided as a free service to the commu-nity. For more information call 505-0558 or visit part-nersandpeers.org.

■ A Piloxing (Pilates and boxing) class is offered at the Mountain Arts Commu-nity Center Mondays and Fridays at 10:45 a.m. Cost is $10 a class. Contact Kay Turner at 316-6742 for more information.

■ The Prayer Room of Signal Mountain Baptist Church, located at 939 Ridgeway Ave. is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the months of June, July and August. Everyone is welcome. As you enter the front door, the Prayer Room is to the left of the Narthex. Someone will be available to pray with you if desired. Call 886-1244 for more information.

■ Signal Mountain Commu-nity Guild hosts Community Craft Night the second Friday of every month in the Community Guild Room adjacent Signal Mountain Town Hall, 1111 Ridgeway Ave. Crafters are invited to come with their personal projects and work on them in the company of other crafters any time after 7 p.m. Contact Angie Bandy for more information at [email protected] or 386-5050.

■ Signal Mountain Farm-ers Market is held every Thursday at the Bachman Community Center from 4-6 p.m. The market offers fresh meats and produce from local farmers. For more information, email [email protected].

■ Signal Mountain Library holds Toddler Storytime ev-

ery Tuesday at 11 a.m. No preregistration is necessary and all are welcome.

■ The Signal Mountain Library is hosting its sum-mer reading program, Fizz Boom Read, now through the end of July. June 17 at 11 a.m. Swamp Things from the Tennessee Aquar-ium. Education director Bill Haley will bring some fascinating critters for this program.

■ Signal Mountain Pres-byterian Church, at 612 James Blvd., has a special program for fifth-graders that meets Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 p.m. The curriculum, Grapple, is designed especially for fifth-graders. The lessons cover everyday issues faced by children and teach God’s perspective through applicable Bible verses. During the year there are special speakers, service projects, some surpris-es, a few parties and the ever-popular fifth-grade movie. Any fifth-graders welcome.

■ The United States Na-val Sea Cadet Corps and Navy League Cadet Corps offer a nautically oriented training program for young Americans ages 10 through 17. The program allows young people to sample military life with no obliga-tion to join any branch of the armed forces. Through organization and cooper-ation with the Navy Coast Guard and Marine Corps, the program encourages and aids American youth to develop an interest and skill in basic seamanship and in its naval adaptations and to train in seagoing skills. It also teaches pa-triotism, courage, self-re-liance and kindred virtues in a drug-, gang- and alco-hol-free environment. With more than 375 units na-tionwide, the NSCC/NLCC program is represented in Chattanooga and Signal Mountain with two Naval Sea Cadet Units: Signal Mountain Division and the Hurricane Division. For more information, contact Lt. Stacy L. Kehoe at 902-0309 or [email protected].


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Participants in the MACC’s Drama Camp rehearse for their production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” The public is invited to attend the showing at MACC Friday, June 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5. The play features Noah Huseman as Prince Eric, Josie Miller as Ariel, Taryn Bracher as Ursula the Sea Witch and Jay Griggs as Triton the Merking.

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MACC’s production of ‘The Little Mermaid’ June 13

The Signal Mountain Community Guild awards two SMMHS students each $1,000 scholarships. Engineering major Dan Sawyer and physics major Rachel Mersch are both attending University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the fall. From left are Sue Agler, Mersch, Betty Fassnacht (scholarship chair) and Sawyer.

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Signal Mountain Community Guild awards scholarships

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