Parks And Recreation Weekly Top 10

Monday, July 23, 2012
Here is Parks and Recreation's Weekly Top 10:


#1 FAMILIES FOR $5 AFTER 5 AT WARNER PARK POOL AND SPRAY AND PLAY 

Now that it seems the rain might be slowing down, I just want to remind you about the good deal at Warner Park Pool and our Spray Park! Just $5 for 2 adults and 2 children from 5-8pm! Now that's a deal! 

#2 MOVIES IN THE PARK AT DARK THIS FRIDAY. 

Movies at Heritage Park returns July 27, at dusk for another free Family Movie...I hear the movie this week has to do with a green frog...Just bring a blanket and the family to Heritage Park in East Brainerd. At the corner of East Brainerd Road and Jenkins Road. 

#3 NEW! FREE 12 WEEK FITNESS CLASS AT CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER

Chattanooga Parks and Rec and Memorial Health are adding new classes to Carver as part of the East Chattanooga Health Improvement Wellness Program. Aerobic classes, bible studies, education, nutrition, testing and more! Mon/Wed/Thu 5pm or Tue at 7pm, or Thu at 6pm. Call Monica at 504-6260 for more.  

#4 
CHATTANOOGA BADMINTON OPEN 2012

Sign up today. Games played Aug. 25-26 at Brainerd Community Center at 9am. $20 at team. Call 425-3600 for more information.

#5 FREE BALLET PERFORMANCE. "THE COLOR OF DANCE" THIS FRIDAY.

Come support local youth as Dance Alive, a program directed by Ballet TN with youth from Parks and Rec, will provide a free performance for the public at the Hayes Concert Hall at the UTC Fine Arts Center, this Friday, July 27, at 6 p.m. Come support the next star. For more information call 821-2055. 

#6 LOW IMPACT AEROBICS WITH SUSAN! FREE AT HIXSON CC.

Join Susan Poss Tuesdays and Thursdays at the NEW Hixson Community Center from 9:15am to 10:15am for Low Impact Aerobics! 5400 School Drive (Old Hixson Middle School). 

#7 BECOME A CHATTANOOGA PARK STEWARD. VOLUNTEER NOW. 

With 65 parks and greenways, its tough sometimes to keep them trash free! We could use volunteers to help. Check out the website and find out how you can become a Chattanooga Park Steward! No time commitment, no cost, just volunteering. If interested call 643-6096 for more!

We have several projects lined up as well, including education classes, click for more.

#8 SUMMER BLAST 2012

Coolidge Park - July 31, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. First things First will host a teen event focused on communication and core vales...but fun! from 9am-4pm. You can register at Hixson Community Center, where transportation will also be provided. 
 

#9 CAMP ZOOABILITY

Spots available for adult week of Camp Zooability. Please note: this is for adults only, ages 22 and up. The dates for this camp are July 30-August 3rd. Please contact Jessie Steele for more information: 423-643-5716. 

#10 PLEASE NOTE, CENTER CLOSINGS....

Just for cleaning, but we do want to make you aware. Just click the link to find the Community Center and the date of closing. Each center will close for one week.




TDEC Lifts Water Contact Advisory For Little Fiery Gizzard Creek

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has lifted a 13-year water contact advisory for Little Fiery Gizzard Creek and several of its tributaries in the Tracy City, Tn. area of Grundy County.  TDEC Deputy Commissioner Dr. Shari Meghreblian presided over Friday’s ceremonial “de-posting” announcing the advisory lift and was joined by Senator Janice Bowling, Representative ... (click for more)

Cities, Including Chattanooga, Mobilize For National Kids To Parks Day

Hundreds of thousands of children nationwide, including in Chattanooga, will take part in a grassroots movement to discover America’s parks through play on Saturday, to commemorate National Park Trust’s (NPT) third annual National Kids to Parks Day. At a time when obesity epidemic touches nearly one in three children who are either overweight or obese, communities are witnessing ... (click for more)

Man Sought In Murder Of Pregnant Wife On Lovell Road Commits Suicide In Gordon County Motel

Terry Lee Releford, who police were seeking in the the murder of his pregnant wife on Lovell Road on Sunday, has taken his own life. On Monday, Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies working with Georgia law enforcement and the United States Marshall Service located the 34-year-old Releford at the Budget Inn motel at 1442 U.S. Highway 41 in Gordon County, Ga. Communication ... (click for more)

Atwood Gets 9-Year Prison Sentence In Traffic Death Of Friend

A man who police said was traveling 70 miles per hour on a side street in St. Elmo when he wrecked and killed one of his close friends was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison. Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern told Robert Allen "Bobby" Atwood, 22, "There is way too much of this going on. Young people need a wakeup call. Let the message go out." Atwood will be eligible ... (click for more)

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)