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Back Home With Senator Corker

Premier Living — Lake & Mountain Style

Choosing Chattanooga Over Career Moves

Special Dining Section

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In the Chattanooga Region, we are surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Tennessee Mountains that sur-round lakes and rivers that lazily twist through the area. Chattanooga’s thriving waterfront, arts, festivals, parks, restaurants and entertain-

ment are accessible and easily enjoyed by people of all ages. Four seasons are enjoyed but

with a relatively mild climate, and more than ever, our area is becoming the destination

of choice for visitors, families and retirees.

In this issue of CityScope, we capture the beauty of the area in a special section called

“Premier Living — Lake and Mountain

Style.” In this section, we feature the

quality of life and the beauty of homes

nestled in the mountains and on water-

ways surrounding our area.

We share the stories of profes-

sionals who have made career changes

to remain in Chattanooga with their

families. We celebrate this time of the year when rising college freshmen, who success-

fully graduated from high school in May, are now making their way to new colleges, with

new dreams and new aspirations. Twenty three (23) sports teams from the Chattanooga

Region, that achieved the title of “State Champions” during the 2006 and 2007 school

year, are proudly presented.

In this issue, our talented writers present special and unique foods offered in our

area by local restaurants, as well as businesses providing pre-prepared meals. Recom-

mendations for fall wines are provided by Alison Matera, one of Chattanooga’s most

accomplished wine connoisseurs. We showcase a personal story and impactful art of

Mary Ferris Kelly, one of Chattanooga’s most accomplished artists.

The beauty and appeal of this area, along with the special accomplishments and

talents of people and businesses throughout our Region, would not be complete without

featuring Bob Corker, who through his vision and leadership led Chattanooga to a new

level of national prominence. In a personal interview, you will be treated to a special

glimpse into how Senator Corker is now taking his leadership to the U.S. Senate.

I hope you will enjoy this issue of CityScope magazine and I hope you will feel, as

I do, “It is so special to live here!”

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Judy Britain Marketing Consultant

Ken Hays, Partner, Probasco, Kinsey & Hays

Joe Johnson, President, The Johnson Group

Sherry Gilchrist, President/CEO Chattanooga African American Chamber of Commerce

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Special Features14 Back Home with Senator Corker Tennessee’s Senator Shares Early Observations

22 Chattanooga – The Place to Be! Why Executives Choose to Stay in Chattanooga

28 Flying High in the Chattanooga Skies Area Pilots Fly for Fun, Family and Business

Special Premier Living Section35 Premier Living Lake and Mountain Style

56 Living on the Lake Cozy, Comfortable and a lot of Fun

70 Tennessee Mountains… Friendly Waves, Warm Welcomes and Natural Beauty

Snap Shots82 Off to College Rising College Freshmen — New Schools, New Dreams

88 State Champions 23 Sports Teams — Crowned “State Champions”

Special Dining Section94 Appetizers Experience Culinary Expertise and Have Fun Doing It!

104 We Do Ribs….. A Look at Local Barbecue

108 The Wine Cellar Discover Your Next Favorite Wine

109 Special Dining Ballot Vote on Line

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Lightsc h a t t a n o o g a

Swingin’ in the ParkSwingfest to be held at Coolidge Park on Saturday, September 1, 5:30 – 9:45 pm.

Free concert featuring three big band orchestras playing swing music.

5:30 - 6:45 - UpTown Band - sponsored by Unum Group 7:00 - 8:15 - Swingtime Orchestra directed by Ralph Miller 8:30 - 9:45 - Sweet Georgia Sound directed by Mike LaRoche

Contact: Carla Pritchard, 423-265-0771 www.downtownchattanooga.org

2007 Light The Night Walk for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

WHAT: Walkers carry illuminated balloons to celebrate and commemorate the lives touched by cancer during this 2.4 mile evening fundraising walk. Funds raised will support the mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and multiple myeloma and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

WHEN: Thursday, September 20th, 2007

5:30 PM Registration begins; refreshments and family activities

7:00 PM Walk begins

WHERE: Coolidge Park, Chattanooga, TN.

WHAT Join Us Today! It’s easy to form a team and raise money for The Leu-kemia & Lymphoma Society! Log onto our website at www.lightthe-night.org/tn for more information and to register.

For more information, please contact Ginger Smith(x18) at The Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society, 615-331-2980.

Market Street Bridge REOPEnED

Saturday August 3rd!

Kids First™ Coupon Book Celebrates 20 Years!

As familiar as backpacks filled with back-to-school supplies, the annual Kids First™ coupon book sales begin Sept. 7 — its 20th year of raising funds for Hamilton County schools.

For two weeks, Hamilton County elementary school stu-dents scramble to sell the 200-page books that still cost only $10 and feature discounts from area stores, restaurants, attractions and service providers.

“The price of a postage stamp has nearly doubled in 20 years, but the coupon books are still an amazing $10 value — a value measured out to coupon users, but a value of direct significance to students and their schools,” said Kris Humber, executive director for the Hamilton County Schools Fund for Excellence.

Kids First™ has raised millions of dollars for the Hamilton County Schools. The schools keep $7 for every book sold, and the money is allocated according to their individual needs. The remaining 30 percent of coupon book revenue covers program expenses and funds other school programs such as quarterly Teaching Excellence Awards and the annual Superintendent’s Honors Banquet.

The success of the coupon book program is directly attributed to the support of the participating merchants and major sponsors: Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Company, SunTrust Bank, WRCB-Channel 3, and KZ106.

For more information, call 209-5450 or log on to www.fundforexcellence.org.

The CSO Begins its Countdown to 75 Years of Music

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera launches 2007-2008 ticket sales on Au-gust 6 at 10 a.m. Among many audience

initiatives this season are Family Fun pricing (children under 12 can attend any Masterworks Series performance for free) and special stu-dent, senior, military and group discounts.

The “Countdown to 75” season, filled with spectacular music, Maestro Robert Bernhardt, world-renowned guest artists and the CSO orchestra, begins with an opening night gala performance, “Sing for the Cure, A Proclamation of Hope.” Continuing the season, the CSO’s three main stage series offer many opportunities to see the CSO in action. Masterworks Series highlights include Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Brahms’ A German Requiem among many others. This season’s opera schedule features Donizetti’s comic opera, The Elixir of Love and Hansel and Gretel, the ultimate opera for children of all ages. First Tennessee Pops Series highlights include Hooray for Hollywood featuring Hollywood film scores throughout the decades, The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney’s Silent film projected above the Me-morial Auditorium stage, Simply Sinatra with guest artist Steve Lippia and annual favorites

“Home for the Holidays” and “Big Band Fever.” Tickets for performances start at $23 and can be purchased by calling the CSO box of-

fice at (423) 267-8583, by visiting online at www.chattanoogasymphony.org or at the CSO office at 630 Chestnut Street. Join the CSO this season and Let the “Countdown” begin!

NEXT:


Three Sisters Music Festival

Chattanooga’s Waterfront will be the site for one of our City’s newest events,

the Three Sisters Music Festi-val. Held on Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, at Ross’s Landing, this FREE one-of-a-kind event will feature a wide range of music, all with a bluegrass flare. The schedule is as follows:

Friday, Oct. 56:00 PM Dismembered Tennesseans7:30 PM Steep Canyon Rangers 9:00 PM Del McCoury Band Saturday, Oct. 612:00 PM Dismembered Tennesseans1:30 PM Lone Mountain Band 3:00 PM Lovell Sisters 4:30 PM Norman and Nancy Blake 6:00 PM The Greencards 7:30 PM John Cowan Band 9:00 PM Nashville Bluegrass Band Beer, food and non-alcoholic drink con-

cessions will be available on site. No outside food or beverages are allowed. This event is sponsored by Fletcher Bright Company and produced by Chattanooga Downtown Part-nership. For more information, visit www.downtownchattanooga.org or contact Carla Pritchard at 423-265-0771 or [email protected].

Oteil and the Peacemakers

Riverfront Nights Continue Into September!!!

Downtown on Chattanooga’s water-front is the place to be for some FREE, live music. Food and beverages will be

available. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a lovely September evening downtown with your family!

Sept. 8 Blaze •

Sept. 22 Oteil and the •Peacemakers

Sept. 29 Shawn Camp•

For more information visit www.riverfront-nights.com

Robert M. Edsel at UTC’s Roland Hayes Auditorium

On September 19, The Chattanooga Regional History Museum along with the University of Tennessee – Chattanooga are host-ing an evening with Robert M. Edsel. Mr. Edsel will be at UTC’s

Roland Hayes Auditorium to tell the intriguing story of a group of World War II Allied soldiers, nicknamed the Monuments Men, who saved and/or recovered a vast number of stolen art treasures destined for Hitler’s dream of a Fuhrer Museum. Robert M. Edsel tells their fascinating story in his extensively researched book, Rescuing Da Vinci. This presentation will be open to the public free of charge.

Mr. Edsel’s appearance in Chattanooga is his first in the southeast since publication of his book. As additional news on this important subject — Congress recently passed a joint resolution rec-ognizing the heroic work of the men and women known as the “Monuments Men”. Mr. Edsel’s com-mitment to highlighting this important topic has brought honor to the Monuments Men, as well as underscoring the continued need for recovery of the thousands of art treasures still lost.

For more information contact Gail Pollock at [email protected]

Shawn Camp

Robert M. Edsel


HamiltonGreetinGs citizens of Greater chattanooGa!

Hamilton Bush is once again on the scene to provide you with observations, dissertations, excita-tions, and historical ramblings. Just the other day, Old Hamilton was ambling his way along North Mar-ket Street, taking in the sights and sounds of the trendy residential and shopping area, when a dull, rhythmic thudding sound caught his attention.

After a lengthy pause and a glance high and low for the source of the disturbance, your history scribe determined that a motor vehicle, stopped at the nearby traffic light, seemed to be vibrating; nay I say pulsating, with such vigor that the driver must surely have been in the only automobile in Chattanooga sport-ing the thousand-fingers massage option. Then, above the din, came a muffled lyric — something about being hot. Indeed, the temperature has climbed steadily as the summer days have progressed. However, Old Hamilton gained the distinct impression that the “artist” was not delivering a dissertation on the local weather.

Now, yours truly has been on the cutting edge of entertainment innovation since, well, since the days of AM radio and black and white television. Sure, who among us cannot recall the strains of that 70s classic “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero,” which blared from our parents’ 1974 Colony Park station wagon. Don’t the fond memories come flooding back when one contem-plates the strains of “Point Me In The Direction Of Albuquerque,” performed by David Cassidy, his TV mom Shirley Jones, and the remain-ing — decidedly less musically tal-ented — members of the Partridge Family. Oh, and lest we forget, it was Cincinnati-based Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods who gave us the most memorable version of “Billy”

Hamilton started across, and, to his great surprise, found some rhythmic spring in his step. Even though an old dog may not learn new tricks easily, he can at least appreciate them for a moment or so.

Dear Hamilton Bush,I was browsing through a

local antique store the other day and came across an old amber bottle with the words “Chattanooga Brewing Com-pany” clearly visible on it. It had not previously occurred to me that our fair city might one time have been home to a brewery. Can you shed some light on this interesting find?

Sincerely,

Strange BrewDear Strange,From time to time, Old Ham-

ilton must admit that he enjoys a cold beverage, and your question is one which is sure to intrigue a number of readers. Considering

that the brewing of beer can be traced back thousands of years (the ancient Egyptians were known to work with fermenting grain) — bet you didn’t know that — examining a local link to this age old enterprise is a worthwhile exercise.

During the last decade of the 19th century, at the corner of Broad and Third streets, stood the six-sto-ry brick building which housed the Chattanooga Brewery. The building was sprawling. Mail was delivered to 201 Broad Street, but the entire block bounded by Broad, Second, Third, and Chestnut was taken by the first brewing establishment in our city. About 1889, businessman Conrad Geise invested a whopping $100,000 to get the brewing com-pany started.

As the suds began to flow, orders from drinking establish-ments and saloons around the Southeast were filled. Whether or not the orders actually poured in is unknown. It is known, how-ever, that the brand names under

Ask

Top left: Photograph of a drawing of Chattanooga Brewing Company located at Broad and 2nd Streets from 1891-1918.

Bottom left: Circa 1895. Members of the Elks Lodge, No. 91 including seating l to r: Nat B. Butler, George Reif, Jr., A. L. Alsobrook, Harry B. Graves; standing Charles Reif, Thomas R. Preston, and Will S. Albert.

Top right: Circa 1885. Crescent Brewing Company with a fire hydrant in front, as well as four unidentified men and one boy. Sign on the front of the building reads:

“Crescent Aurora Lager Beer;” sign on the side of the building reads: “C. D. Hess Opera Co.” The brewing company later

becomes Vetter Beer and Ice Company, J. (John) W. Vetter, agent.

Bottom right: Circa 1905. Brewing company located at Broad and 2nd St.. Pictured l to r: Agnes Heiny, Annie Craig, Mrs. George Reif [Louise Reif], Charles Reif, James P. Winn, John Henry Brockhaus, Jr., Joseph H. Bucholz, and Sonny Jim.

which was originally recorded by the British rockers dubbed Paper Lace. Pardon the digression, but your history scribe considers providing such detailed information to be a genuine public service.

Well, back to the business at hand. Old Hamilton thought for a moment as he stood at the intersec-tion of Frazier Avenue and North Market Street. The initial impulse was to tap politely on the glass and request that the young driver and his fellow occupants reduce the vol-ume of their woofers and tweeters rather than assume the responsibil-ity of providing a musical interlude for residents and pedestrians span-ning multiple city blocks.

In a moment of profound clar-ity, though, yours truly remembered the Colony Park and his erstwhile favorite, “Brandy” by Looking Glass. Yes, that’s the one with the immor-tal line “Brandy, you’re a fine girl, what a good wife you would be…” To each generation its own. When the orange hand gave way to the slightly stooped stick figure, Old


HamiltonPhotography Provided by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library

Of course, if all of the above were not enough to make any self-respecting beer go flat, these events occurred on the eve of Prohibition. In 1919, the management of the Chattanooga Brewing Company turned out the lights. The party was indeed over. Glub, glub!

Dear Hamilton Bush,As a railroad enthusiast, I

have to say that Chattanooga is a great place to live. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is doing a fantastic job preserving this im-portant part of our history, and the Chattanooga Choo Choo is a wonderful place to take visiting friends and family. I remember when the famous General, the locomotive which gained fame during the Civil War, was on display downtown. Recently, our family made the short drive to Kennesaw, Georgia, and took a look at the old engine. On the coal car were the letters “W. & A. R. R.” These stand for Western &

which the Chattanooga brewed beer was sold included Magnolia, Liebetchaner, Family, Muenchner, and Faultless (which was the house lager). Now, Old Hamilton may not be well versed on the marketing of beer, but the name Faultless doesn’t necessarily conjure up the image of a frosty mug with a thirst quenching draught and a healthy head of foam. And, what would you say to a six pack of “Family” in your fridge.

Perhaps the greatest advertis-ing slogan of all time belongs to Faultless. Allow Old Hamilton to declare that the great marketing thinkers of Madison Avenue could have done no better. No doubt, the guy or gal who came up with “Our Beer Is Liquid Food” was a shoo-in for an Addy Award, or the turn of the century equivalent, that year.

By 1890, the brewing busi-ness was sold to a Mr. Charles Reif of Cincinnati, Ohio, who jazzed up the name as the Chattanooga Brewing Company. Therefore, your prized bottle must have been produced sometime subsequent to the acquisition. As the profits rolled in, production was said to have exceeded an annual volume of 200 freight cars. Mr. Reif plowed profits back into his facility, expand-ing and improving the brewery into one of the most modern to be found anywhere. One must wonder whether the beer barons of the Busch family, Augie and/or Gussie, ever took note of their Southeastern rival.

All good things must, however, come to an end. For a state law, passed in 1909, meant the best of times were in the past for the Chat-tanooga Brewing Company. The law placed severe restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the state of Tennessee. Refocusing on products with a somewhat lower alcohol content than the original beers met with only limited success. By 1913, a real “brewhaha” had developed when U.S. Senator Newell Sanders sponsored a bill to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages across state lines. Adding insult to injury, the state attorney general’s office even labeled the Chattanooga Brewing Company a public nuisance and accused the company of violating state law.

the promise of cooperation, should an enterprise in the state of Tennes-see seek to venture into Georgia, the request was granted. Hundreds of laborers worked to establish the rail bed, and in 1848 the line was operational from Atlanta (which was known as Terminus and then Marthasville for a time) to Tunnel Hill, Georgia.

At Tunnel Hill, the hulk of Chetoogeta Mountain proved to be a formidable obstacle. Because in-vestors and legislators were eager to reap some economic benefit, a temporary road was constructed to haul passengers and supplies around the mountain to tracks that were laid on the other side. By the autumn of 1849, the first railroad into Chattanooga was completed, and the first train rolled into town on December 1, 1849. A tunnel was blasted through Chetoogeta Mountain by the spring of 1850, opening on May 9.

The Great Locomotive Chase occurred in 1862 when a group of Union raiders led by a civilian, James Andrews, commandeered the General and headed north-ward with the intent of destroying railroad bridges behind them. An-drews and company came to grief, and one of the most famous stories of the Civil War has endured.

When the war was over, Jo-seph E. Brown, former governor of the state of Georgia, negoti-ated a 20-year lease and took over operations along the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Subsequently, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway entered into a long-term lease for the use of the line. Today, CSX, the modern successor to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, operates the rail line under lease. More than 160 years old, the Western & Atlantic route is virtually the same today as it was in the beginning.

Atlantic Railroad. Do you know anything about the history of this company?

Regards,Ridin’ A Rail

Dear Rail,The full name of our subject

was the Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. Founded on December 21, 1836, the line runs from Atlanta to Chattanooga and was one of at least nine that even-tually made their way into our city. Traversing a distance of 137 miles between Chattanooga and the capi-tal city of Georgia, the railroad itself was constructed, as funding ebbed and flowed, during the decade from 1841 to 1850.

Construction itself could not begin in earnest until the Georgians struck a deal with the state of Ten-nessee. General Daniel Newnan traveled from Atlanta to Nashville to petition the General Assembly for permission to extend the railway across the state line. In exchange for

Top left: Circa. 1961. The “General” locomotive #3 of Western & Atlantic Railroad (W. & A. RR.) on display. It was built in 1855 in Patterson, New Jersey; taken by Andrews Raiders in Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw); reclaimed near Ringgold, Georgia on the same day (April 12, 1862). It was exhibited for years at Union Depot in Chattanooga and in 1972 it was returned to Kennesaw, Georgia where it is currently on display.

Top right: Train depot located on U. S. Highway 41 in downtown Ringgold, Georgia. It was built in 1848-1849 for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and later leased to the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad (N. C. & St. L.). The State of Georgia bought the depot in 1978 and deeded it to the City of Ringgold.

Bottom right: Andrews Raiders monument, National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Donated by the State of Ohio and erected in 1890, the monument commemorates the 1862 Civil War raid led by James Andrews and the seizure of the locomotive “The General.”




Senator Corker

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Tennessee’s Freshman Senator Shares Early Observations While Home in ChattanoogaBy M i k E H a S k E W

When United States Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) took office less than a year ago, assum-ing the seat vacated by former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, he was a newcomer to Washington, D.C. However, he brought from Tennessee a can-do attitude, a fresh perspective on major issues, boundless energy, and a history of success in business and state and local politics.

A proven leader, Corker’s record of public service is remarkable. In 2001, he was elected mayor of Chattanooga and guided the city during an unprecedented $2.1 billion revitalization project along its riverfront. He implemented a program of merit bonus pay for teachers and supported an effort by the leaders of local law enforcement agencies to cut violent crime by 50 percent. In 1994, he was named Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee, serving two years in that capacity with responsibilities for the preparation and implementation of the state’s $13 billion budget, and


ran for the U.S. Senate. More than 20 years ago, he was instrumental in the formation of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, which has assisted many local citizens in the purchase of affordable housing.

As a businessman, Corker founded Ben-cor Corporation, a major commercial con-tractor, in 1978 with $8,000 in capital. Before the construction segment of his business was sold 12 years later, it had expanded to include operations in 18 states. In 1999, he acquired two of Chattanooga’s best known real estate companies, Osborne Building Corporation and the Stone Fort Land Company, becoming the largest private land owner in Hamilton County prior to selling much of his real estate holdings in 2006.

The only freshman Republican senator in the 110th Congress, Corker was sworn in on January 4, 2007. He is a member of the committees on Foreign Relations; Energy and Natural Resources; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Special Commit-tee on Aging. He maintains his residence in North Chattanooga with his wife, Elizabeth, and daughters, Julia and Emily. He recently spoke with writer Mike Haskew concerning his first months in office, as well as issues which are of major importance not only to Chattanoogans but to our nation and the entire world as well.

CS: How would you describe the campaign

during 2006 and your first weeks in the U.S. Senate?

BC: The campaign was a great experience. We were on the road across the state of Tennessee, and that was a challenge. We are very glad to be doing what we are doing now. Today is my 161st day in office, and we began the process by staffing up. We had to put together six of-fices around the state of Tennessee and one in Washington, D.C. Right now, our staff numbers about 40 people. During the first few weeks, we obviously had plenty of things going on.

CS: Could you describe some of the activities you have been involved in during these opening months of your term?

BC: What has been fortunate for me is that I

enjoy the nexus between foreign relations and energy. I was with the chairman of the Energy Committee last week in Brussels trying to ad-dress energy issues and also discussing climate change. We will be debating a bill in the Senate very soon that deals with climate change and energy, and when it comes to these issues that have a major impact on our country, there is a great deal of time spent in testimony and in committee. People also come in and brief us on the issues in our offices, but we feel it is also important to go out to where a central focus of the issue might be located and try to understand it in the fullest way we can. We use recesses for some of that, too. My first 161 days in the Senate have been vigorous. There have been quite a few debates, and I believe we have figured out how to have an impact.

Bob and his wife Elizabeth just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and have two college age daughters, Julia and Emily. The Corker family lives in Chattanooga and attends North Shore Fellowship.

During the Senate’s February recess, Senator Corker, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, went to Iraq where he met with Tennessee soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division in Baghdad.



CS: What specifics have you discussed relating to energy?

BC: During our trip to Brussels we met with European officials, discussing carbon emissions, and with bills coming to the floor later this year, I wanted to make sure I knew as much as I could on the pluses and minuses in Europe as well as in the United States.

CS: You traveled to Iraq in February as part of a delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). What were your impressions of the situation there?

BC: It was an eye opening experience in Iraq for several reasons. I looked forward to visiting with our troops who are serving so bravely and honorably there. We landed in Kuwait and met with the general who is handling the logistics of getting materials like trucks and humvees and such back and forth and in and out of Iraq and Kuwait. We flew into Baghdad with some troops in a C-130 transport and moved around with soldiers in armed helicopters and armored vehicles. This was just as the troop surge was beginning, and we met with the overall com-mander, General David Petraeus, and others on the ground.

CS: How would you assess the current situation in Iraq?

BC: The situation in Iraq is very difficult, and that is something of an understatement. We are focusing on mid-September when General Patraeus comes back to Washington and gives us an assessment of where the new efforts in Baghdad have taken us. Obviously, things have not gone as well with the most recent security implementation as people would wish. We are seeing the administration there having more diplomatic relations and meetings with neighboring countries, which is a hopeful sign. At this point, I have a lot of concern about where we are, and I am looking forward to the testimony of General Petraeus and others in mid-September. All that will come with a meeting that takes place in the capitol. We will see where we are then and where we need to go from that point.

CS: Do you recall a particular experience during your visit to Iraq that made a lasting impression on you?

BC: I participated in a fascinating and moving meeting with several soldiers from Tennessee. I met privately with a group of six of them, and

we talked about their experiences in Iraq and where we are there. I met with the deputy prime minister of Iraq and talked about a pro-posed oil sharing program. Again, on issues such as these, which are a central focus in our committees, what we are trying to do is make sure that we have the ability to see for our-selves what is happening. It is important to have that experience on the ground to understand things as they are there.

CS: What other issues do you see as being of primary importance at this time?

BC: We have been spending the first part of our time here heavily involved in the issue of Iraq, but to me a short term domestic issue which is very important is health care, and I have been working with other senators and Secretary Leavitt (Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt) to put forth a health care policy to create opportunities for Americans to afford health care today. We have nibbled around the edges of making that occur in recent times, and we need a more radical approach to organizing how health care dollars are spent so that work-ing Tennesseans and all working Americans can afford health care.

Senator Corker, a member of the Energy Committee, discusses advances in fuel injection technology that improves vehicle performance and emissions without sacrificing fuel efficiency on a tour of the General Motors Spring Hill Powertrain Plant.



Immigration has been front and center, and we have just concluded some debate on that for a while. I think it will come up again in the near future, and we will continue working on that issue as well.

CS: What has been the most surprising or interesting aspect of your time in the U.S. Senate thus far?

BC: I really think I should have been writing a journal from day one because I will say that one of the things you realize while serving in the U.S. Senate is the tremendous access to information and resources that are available to you. You have almost anybody in the world wanting to talk to you about policy issues because they feel that in having conversations with you they are affecting pub-lic policy. Access to that infor-mation and to those resources is a benefit because you are able to dig into policy discussions and issues and make good decisions. It is simply phenomenal what is available to you. People around the world are anxious to talk to you about issues.

CS: If there is such a thing as a typical day for you as a senator, could you describe it?

BC: It is really very busy. Some things are scheduled in sporadic fashion, but we do have numerous meetings scheduled every day. This week, we finished voting two nights ago at 12:30, and last night we finished voting at 10 o’clock. Even if we are not voting, a lot of times I will get home at 10 o’clock after a meeting or

something — but the days are obviously long. The other piece of it is that you have got to be flexible because you may be in a meeting and talking with someone and have a vote come up and that may require you to be called away. We also have a lot of committee meetings to attend, and along with those meetings are a number of briefings that take place beforehand.

CS: How are you maintaining contact with the people in your home state of Tennessee?

BC: I have been back in the state several times and visited 36 different counties, some of them a number of times. I am staying in touch with Tennesseans through discussions and town hall meetings. I enjoy talking to them and listening to them on the issues very much.

CS: Has your family adapted well to the changes since your election to the Senate?

BC: I do try to come home every weekend. My youngest daughter just graduated from high school, and my oldest is already in col-lege. While it has not been a perfect time to be away and to be campaigning and running for office, we have really tried to be around for our children. The campaign put a strain on that, no question. I will continue to come home every weekend that I possibly can and to stay in touch with the people of the state of Tennessee.

CS: What is your perspective on the city of Chattanooga today?

BC: I am truly honored to serve in the Senate, and I love calling Chattanooga my home. Given all that is happening, there has been nothing more fulfilling in my life than serving as the mayor of Chattanooga, and I am so proud of our city. The people in Chattanooga are a real pleasure to come home to and to be with. There are so many of them who make our city great. Wherever I go and talk to people about where I am from, there are not many times that

someone doesn’t talk about what a great city it is and how different it is today from some years ago.

One of Chattanooga’s lead-ing citizens, Bob Corker has emerged on the national politi-cal scene during a pivotal time in the history of our country and the world. His dedication to public service and his record of success in building partnerships and consensus to achieve positive, common goals bode well for Ten-nessee and our country.

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Chat tanooga i s a wonderful place to live, play and raise a family. It is not sur-prising that families are often willing to

make significant changes in their lives in order to make Chattanooga home. Many have chosen to work here rather than follow careers that would lead them to other loca-tions. Some of these people have shared their experiences and mo-tivations for makingChattanooga their choice to live and raise their families.

Craig Holley of CapitalMark Bank & Trust and his family have lived in Chattanooga twice.

“The family and I moved here in the early nineties,” he explains. “I am a career banker and was with AmSouth Bank. A mSouth had just purchased First Federal here in Chattanooga. We moved here around 1992 and lived on Lookout Mountain for about three years. We completely fell in love with the city during that period. We relocated to Montgomery, Ala-bama where I was in charge of Am-South’s Central Alabama opera-tions for about two years, then to Huntsville to manage the bank’s North Alabama area. In 1999, we

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returned to Chattanooga. That was during the AmSouth, First American and Pioneer merger, so I came back to run AmSouth’s Southeast Tennessee-North Georgia opera-tions which were headquartered in Chatta-nooga. Of course, Terri and the family were excited about coming back because they had enjoyed the first three years we lived here.

Holley has two daughters now ages 12 and 16. “They never planned to move again,” he notes. “They absolutely loved Chatta-nooga. My second daughter was born here so she did not remember much about it, but my oldest daughter had developed friendships when we lived here before and was excited about coming back to get reacquainted with them. AmSouth Bank, now Regions Bank, is a highly regarded institution with a fine group of employees. However, during my 25 year career with AmSouth I had moved six times, and when I realized in 2005 that to remain with the bank we would once again have to relocate, I resigned. We had already discussed when we moved back in 1999, that we would like to make Chatta-nooga our home. In 2005, Terri opened a new women’s shoe boutique on the north shore called Embellish and after taking a year off, I, along with a group of seven other individuals, organized Chattanooga’s newest

bank, CapitalMark Bank & Trust,” Holley says. “There was no single factor determin-ing that we would stay, though I am not sure that my family would have moved with me if I had remained with AmSouth. We were so ingrained with our friends, our church and the schools. We loved the mountains, valleys and river and Chattanooga’s proximity to Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville where we have friends and love to visit. We loved what was happening downtown. The heart and soul of any city is its downtown area and Chattanooga has made tremendous strides revitalizing its downtown. Groups from around the country and the world come here to learn about the successful redevelopment along the riverfront and our central business district. Terri and I plan one day to relocate downtown to live, but that is about as far as I can get her to move. We love it. We work and go to church downtown and our girls spend a lot of time there, so that is our plan one day.”

Mike and MiriaM THoMpson are own-ers of THe rug raCk in Chattanooga’s Southside. Though Thompson is a na-tive Chattanoogan, he lived

in many other cities after graduating from Middle Tennessee State University. “I worked for a food service company in Columbia, Tennessee, a chemical company in Kentucky, then West Point Pepperell in Dallas. When Shaw Industries bought the company, I moved to Knoxville and St. Louis,” he says. In 1996, Thompson had the opportunity to move to Chattanooga. “It was a really good time in my life to be close to home and to my parents. During the ‘90s, I was seeing Chat-tanooga take shape and living here made me want to have a business here. I started to look at what Shaw was doing with area rugs in Chattanooga and found that we weren’t doing anything. I thought about whether people would go to Dalton if there was a full service rug store here in Chattanooga. The kids were in middle school at the time and I was always someplace else. I enjoyed my job with Shaw, but not what it took to do it. Miriam found our locations for the store and did a great job. We decided to give it a shot,” he explains. “It takes a while to build a business and develop relationships in the community. Seven years later, we are just seeing the fruits of our ability to hang in there,” says Thompson. The single most important factor in Thompson’s decision to leave the corporate career and become a local business owner was the family. “I wanted to be available for my parents if they needed me and to be close enough, if need be, to close the door and go see the ballgame when one of the kids was playing. The family thought that I was crazy at the time, but now I think they understand. I also liked what was happening downtown. Miriam is from the Nashville area, so we are not far from her family. It has worked out well.”

CHip Baker CaMe To CHaTTanooga in 1992 as Administrator of T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital. “As a hospital admin-istrator, you usually move about every four years,” Baker ex-plains. “I spent a year between 1998 and 1999 trying to decide how to stay here. At the same time I was looking at the possibility of parallel paths with hospitals around the country. About the time an old boss from Dallas wanted me to take over a hospital in

Houston, the Riverbend opportu-nity came up. I had gotten into the event business while planning the air show as a fundraiser for Chil-dren’s and used that experience to take advantage of the opportunity for Riverbend and it all worked out. There has never been a hesitation from the family. My wife is actively



involved in many parts of the community and I am involved with the school board. It is all about making the community a better place to live for all of us.”

“Since we have been here, we have had four children, so giving them a permanent home was one of the most important factors in the decision to stay. It is a great place to put down roots and raise children,” notes Baker. “The people in the community, the friends that we made, the beauty of the area and affordability of living all played into the decision. I like the way everyone pitches in to solve problems in this community. That is a truly wonderful thing. The partnerships and relationships that are created through problem-solving are one of a kind. Chatta-nooga is a ‘can-do’ city,” Baker says.

sTeve MurpHy, owner of MoniCa’s in THe norTH s H o r e a r e a was transferred to Chattanooga by Buster Brown from New Jersey in 1985. “Bust-er Brown went into bankruptcy in 1997, so my options were to seek something

in another part of the country or see if there was something that could keep us here,” says Murphy. “Our kids were raised here. We looked into several businesses and Monica’s looked like a good fit, so we bought it. Chattanooga offered a wonderful living environment and this seemed like a signifi-cant opportunity to stay here and prosper. Our children were raised in Chattanooga. Ironically, we had one child in college and two more were going off to college that fall. When we broached the subject of relocation to another area, they were dead set against it. This was their home and if we moved to another area of the country, it would be our home, but never theirs. Their opinions were very important to us. We had also made some wonderful friends here and we did not want to leave them.”

JiM kennedy CaMe To CHaTTa-nooga in 1974 To TeaCH aT Baylor sCHool, following his broth-er Dan, who had come to teach at Baylor the year before (and is still there). Kennedy went to Texas for a couple of years, returning in 1979 to work for Miller-Reid advertising. After nine years with the agency, he went to work for the RiverCity Company. “Those were the pre-aquarium days when we were

going around with a slide show trying to get people excited about the idea,” he says. Ken-nedy served as president of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for six and a half years and the Chamber of Commerce for three. After he left the Chamber, the Kennedys faced the decision whether to stay in Chattanooga.

“We decided to stay, and I hung out a shingle to see if I could make it as a consultant. I started in 2001 doing marketing and com-munications, but wound up doing more strategic planning than anything else. My friend, Ann Coulter, was considering going into business for herself, so we joined forces. Stroud Watson, who had been the city’s urban design consultant for 20 years and Christian Rushing, who had been at the planning and design studio, came on board and we became Kennedy, Coulter, Rushing & Watson. We now do strategic planning and design for cities and the civic organizations, institutions and agen-cies that help cities run. We felt we could be successful at this because there have been so many lessons learned in Chattanooga and we felt that we could give other cities the benefit of our experience.”

Two factors influenced Kennedy’s deci-sion to stay in Chattanooga. “Over the course of 30 years, you really set down roots. By the time the decision came in 2001, Barbara and I

had three kids who had their own circle of friends, and Barbara had a great job. You don’t want to create a family upheaval by moving on. The other thing is that I have been really lucky over my career to have been very close to the renais-sance of this community. When you get tied to a city’s redevelop-ment and reawakening, it is hard to let go of that. I wanted to stay

and continue to contribute to Chattanooga because it has been very good to me. Being able to work with people like Ann and Stroud and Christian was the icing on the cake.”

keiTH Moreland is a naTive CHaT-Tanoogan froM easT Brainerd. He went to college at the University of Tennessee, Knox-ville then moved to Charlotte and Boston. “My mom, brother and two sisters live here. As the kids grew older, being away from family was harder,” he remarks. “I really enjoyed watching Chatta-nooga transition from what it used to be to what it is today and always sort of wanted to come back, so we looked at ways to make that happen. I worked for a big software company doing a lot of travel out of the country. I love my kids and I am so proud of them, but when you miss important events, it is not first-hand pride, but pride from a distance. That was just not what I wanted to continue and if I had stayed in my job, it would have. The motiva-tion was to have more time with my family and allow them to grow up around the rela-tives that I had enjoyed when I was a youth, something they were not getting. I felt that it was doing them a disservice.”

Moreland spent about two years inves-tigating opportunities. “We had our kids in Little Gym in Boston. That was our first ex-posure,” says Moreland. “We looked at many opportunities rather than Little Gym, but when we started narrowing and fine-tuning our interest in a business, this sort of hit us. I was a gymnast growing up and I love kids. The more we thought about it, it just seemed perfect. Chattanooga needed a Little Gym. After a great deal of market research, my idea that East Brainerd would be a good location was confirmed. We opened in May, 2005. It has worked out very well. We have over 400 kids who come through the gym every week. What makes me love this so much is the dif-ference we are making in these kids lives.”

Natural beauty abounds throughout the Chattanooga Region’s mountains, lakes and rivers. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy incred-ibly beautiful walking trails, fishing and water sports. With an ambiance of its own, Chattanooga is richly endowed with his-tory, cultural and educational opportunities. Then, there are its people who have retained a culture of hospitality that is welcoming and heartwarming. Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville, with their unique attractions, are only a couple of hours away. It is difficult to imagine a more beautiful environment. It is no surprise that many families consider Chattanooga as the only place to be.

”It (Chattanooga) is a great place to put down roots and raise children. The people in the community, the friends that we made, the beauty of the area and affordability of living all played into the decision (to stay in Chattanooga.)”

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Few endeavors offer the same sense of freedom and exhilaration as experienced at the controls of an airplane. Few types of transpor-taion can save the time and offer as much fun as flying. Here in the

Chattanooga Region, people of all ages have met the test, earned their wings and fly for fun, their families and for business.

For most, the adventure of flying comes with the fulfillment of a lifelong fascination of soaring aloft in a craft heavier than air. They remember the roar of engines, the names of famous aviators, and building model planes of balsa wood as kids. They find satisfaction in planning and completing a flight, and saving travel time to destinations.

“I got the bug back in 1989,” remem-bered Mike Brown, a senior vice president with the brokerage firm of Morgan Keegan & Co. in Chattanooga. “My dad worked for Delta Airlines all his life, and I can remember going to Lovell Field and watching the flames come out of the engines of the DC-3s as they pulled away from the gate. I loved going up on the observation deck and watching the planes take off and land. So, I finally decided to get my license, and then got my instru-ment rating about a year later.”

Although he is now the owner of his ninth airplane, a single-engine Cirrus SR 22, Brown’s first experience in a small aircraft was not what he expected at all. “There are things people need to tell you before your discovery flight,” he laughed. “It scared me to death, and I said I didn’t want anything to do with it. Then, I understood that all flying involves, is a piece of weight with the forces of gravity and wind applied to it. You will get blown around. Once I found that out, I was fine with it.”

The Cirrus, which he acquired in 2006, accommodates Mike, wife Debbie, and son Michael, who turns 10 in September, com-fortably. Prior to that, he owned a 1960s vintage Hughes 269A helicopter, which had been painstakingly restored by a friend who located the aircraft in a military scrapyard. Along with the helicopter came the logbooks and a history of 14,000 hours of flight time used by the U.S. Army to train pilots.

“The helicopter was not a traveling ma-chine,” Mike recalled. “It was the most fun I have ever had, but it only held enough fuel for two hours, only went 60 miles per hour, and it was just a two-seater. With the doors off it was like a Jeep that would fly at treetop level. It was a sightseeing vehicle, and the world was just gorgeous.”

The Cirrus has a range of about 900 miles minimum altitude, flying four and a half hours at approximately 200 miles per hour maximum airspeed. When it is not in the air, the plane is at the Collegedale airport, where Mike learned to fly. He takes it up once a week to keep the engine lubricated, and over the course of a year he may spend as many as 125 hours in the air.

“If a man is hooked on aviation and his wife isn’t, that can be an issue, but Debbie loves the mobility,” Mike commented. “This past weekend we went to visit my father in Morristown, Tennessee, and the flight took 25 minutes. This is a new style aircraft that is sleek, safe, and fast. Cirrus was the first manufacturer to identify safety problems inherent with planes if the engine quits. Rarely does that happen, but if a pilot gets in over their head, Cirrus designed a parachute which uses a ballistic rocket to shoot out of the tail. Once the parachute is deployed at a certain altitude and minimum speed, it will

bring you gently to earth like falling off a 10-foot ladder.”

Visiting family on a regular basis and running a successful business with interests across the Southeast prompted Kirby Webb, the owner of Webco, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of granite, solid surface countertops and related products, to take to the air five years ago. Business trips have taken him to Houston, Texas; New Jersey; Louisville, Kentucky and St. Louis, allow-ing what might otherwise be a trip of up to three days to be accomplished often in as little as one.

“I live six and a half hours from my origi-nal home in Southern Ohio,” commented Webb, “and I can fly it in two. That means spending more time with family while I am there. I took my time getting my license be-cause I work full-time, and I wanted to make sure that I passed the tests. It took about a year to complete everything, and right now I own a Cessna 182Q single-engine, four-passenger plane. This is like flying a station wagon because you can see all around you, much better than in a big plane.”

“I got the Cessna before I got my license because I wanted to take my test in the same plane I was planning on flying all the time,” he continued. “A wise man once told me that different airplanes fly differently. So, if you fly the same plane you know how it will handle and how it has been maintained.”

Recently, Kirby flew to the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race in Charlotte, North Caro-lina, covering the distance in just a couple of hours. He has flown as many as 180 hours in a given year, always allotting time to practice takeoffs and landings at the airport facility in Dallas Bay.

“I plan on flying until I’m 70 years old,” he concluded, “which is about another 10 years, as long as my health holds up. I have no ambition to fly a jet or anything faster than what I have because I know what to expect out of this plane.”

Dr. Steve Tipps, an oral surgeon with Associates in Oral and Maxillofacial Sur-gery, has been a licensed pilot for 22 years. Currently he owns a six-seat, twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 in partnership with Dr. Andy Rittenberry. While this particular plane is for sale, there are plans to make another

“There are things people need to tell you before your discovery flight. it scared me to death, and i said i didn’t want anything to do with it. Then, i understood that all flying involves, is a piece of weight with the forces of gravity and wind applied to it. you will get blown around. Once i found that out, i was fine with it.” —MikE BrOWn

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purchase in the future.Flying has become a bit less frequent as the

cost of fuel has climbed steadily to between $4 and $5 per gallon, and Dr. Tipps is readily aware that his plane consumes 28 gallons per hour. Therefore, his flights involve a specific destina-tion these days.

“You do have to fly a certain amount to maintain your instrument rating and that sort of thing,” he remarked. “So, it is not a situation in which you just go out on Saturday afternoon and just fly around. The majority of the flying that I have done has been related to vacations with my family and hunting and fishing trips. Last year, I flew to Boston for an annual oral surgery meeting, and my longest flight was to West Yellowstone, Montana.”

Although he had not been captivated by an urge to fly since childhood, Dr. Tipps did decide to find out more about it after leafing through a magazine in the apartment of a fellow student in dental school. After finishing his residency, he re-turned to Chattanooga, invested in a “discovery flight”, and was allowed to handle the controls under the supervision of the pilot.

“There are a lot of things I enjoy about fly-ing,” remarked the doctor. “The initial allure was just being able to get up to 6,000 to 8,000 feet and be close enough to the terrain to recognize what you are flying over. It is an entirely dif-ferent vantage point compared to being on the road. You can appreciate the relationship to the mountains and canyons and rivers and how the city has developed, whereas if you are at 30,000 feet it is difficult to decide what you may be looking at. When you hear the weatherman talk about thunderstorms in Monteagle or Sewanee or whatever, that may seem to be a long way off, but in an airplane it isn’t. Sometimes, you can be flying early in the morning or late in the evening and see a spectacular sunrise or sunset that you could not see unless you were in an airplane.”

Although his wife, Mary Leslie, is wary of flying at times, she has become appreciative of the convenience air travel affords. Daughters Beth, 19, and Katelyn, 24, have also benefited. “Mary Leslie is not particularly an aviation enthusiast,” Dr. Tipps laughed, “but she has flown with me quite a lot. It is more of a pragmatic situation. She would rather suffer through a two and a half hour flight to New Smyrna Beach than stay in a car to get there. My daughters have been flying all their lives. I don’t know that they are enthusiasts, but they are not particularly averse to flying. I’ve never had them decline to go anywhere. We have made a lot of family trips, and I think they have enjoyed being spoiled by not having to sit in Atlanta traffic on the way to Florida.”

Maintaining a healthy respect for safety and proper proce-dures is a given while piloting a plane, and Dr. Tipps offers a word of advice to anyone interested in learning to fly. “It is an expensive hobby, and it has to be taken extremely seriously. It can be unforgiving if pursued in a haphazard manner. Every time you advance the throttle and start down the runway, you have to be ready if something happens. It is challenging and rewarding to plan a flight and arrive safely at your destination, but you have

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got to take the hazards into consideration. It is not like pulling over if you get a flat tire, and running out of fuel is inexcusable. You don’t get to do it over.”

While some people would consider any-one who wants to fly a plane to be a thrill seeker, Andrew Godbold, a rising senior at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, pushes the envelope quite a bit further. An-drew soloed at the age of 16 and got his pilots license at 17, splitting time between the Collegedale Airport and the Moccasin Flying Club, based in Chattanooga. He received his commercial license in June of this year.

“The Moccasin Flying Club is one of the oldest in the country, and I joined it when I

was 15,” said Andrew. “I learned to fly in a Cessna 172, and my first logged f light was a present for my 15th birthday in a T-6 Texan trainer.”

That T-6 flight was also Andrew’s introduction to aero-batics, and he simply calls it “love at first sight.” He recently competed in the Southeast Aerobatic

Championships and is in discussions with a gentleman about “borrowing” a small, single-seat biplane with an open cockpit in order to gain aerobatic hours.

“Aerobatic time is tough to come by for anybody,” Andrew noted. “These airplanes are high performance, and getting time in one is cost prohibitive. People don’t often get into aerobatics because they are scared of being upside down, but it makes you a better pilot because you know how to fly the plane no matter which end is up. Most people get their pilots license for the sense of freedom, but aerobatics is real freedom.”

Andrew acknowledges that Rob Bond, a close friend and accomplished aerobatic pilot

from Knoxville, has taught him a great deal and allowed him to fly a high performance Pitts S2-B Special two-seat biplane with a closed cockpit. “Rob is a highly ranked competitor who flies in the toughest class and has taught me an incredible amount,” he said. “When I came to Knoxville, I wanted to do aerobatics and found a guy named John Burt who had flown in the military for years and is a wealth of knowledge. After graduating from high school, I also bought two courses with him.”

Although his mother and father, Deb-bie and Bill, were reluctant to approve of their son’s passion at first, Andrew says they have come around after realizing that he is actually a safer pilot due to the aerobatic training. The three of them regularly fly to Auburn, Alabama, to visit his brother, Chris. Of course, he refrains from performing loops, spins, hammerheads, or snap rolls while his parents are aboard.

Whether flying for business or pleasure, local pilots find a sense of freedom and ac-complishment in their pursuit. They enjoy the different perspectives between being on the ground and soaring in the air. They enjoy the convenience and time saved by flying. They enjoy the fun and benefits earned from hours devoted for their pilots license. They enjoy

“Flying High in the Chattanooga Skies.”

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Sun-drenched landscapes with unparalleled views draw many young families, baby boomers and retirees to the banks of area lakes and to the highest mountaintops where privacy, plenty of space, and simplicity inspire a higher quality of life. A natural setting provides its own entertainment for residents who enjoy an afternoon swim in a warm lake, floating lazily in an inner tube, or taking peaceful strolls and bike rides along nature trails.

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“Lifestyle living is a common thread in both mountain and lake living,” according to Gina Sakich, a partner in the Chatta-nooga real estate firm of Real Estate Partners Chattanooga LLC and a former lakefront community resident herself.

“Though obviously very different, mountain and lake living provide a nature centered lifestyle. The water or the mountains are the focal point around which everything re-volves. Family activities, entertaining, even just daily living,

“Sun-drenched landscapes with unparalleled views draw many families, baby boomers and retirees to area lakes and mountains.”



and relaxation are centered around the lake or the mountains.”

Ms. Sakich, whose company represents both select lake and mountain properties, says she still sees a number of second home or weekend retreats on the lake or in the mountains but stresses there is a growing number of people who choose the lake or mountain living lifestyle as their primary residence. She cites Dogwood Grove on Signal Mountain, as an example of a community that combines elements of a traditional development with those often found only in a resort community.

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“Communities like Dogwood Grove give residents the ame-nities of a mountain resort as part of their lifestyle every day. Dogwood Grove has nature trails, bike trails, spring-fed ponds and direct walking access to a national forest, yet it also has the appeal of a neo-traditional neighborhood with estate quality homes, sidewalks, a tree-lined boulevard, mountain stone pool with cabana and outdoor fireplace, park and gazebo.”

Ms. Sakich says lifestyle living, whether it is urban, lake or mountain is a growing trend she sees in communities that her company markets and in the overall Chattanooga area housing market. “These communities allow residents to invest in a lifestyle and live that lifestyle every day, not just as a weekend retreat or vacation getaway.”

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the street from waterfront homes,” boast high appeal with their easy access to boat slips, docks, and the water.

“The water always has been a drawing card to fisherman and boaters,” Walker says, noting how outdoor recreation such as water- or jet-skiing, camping, boating and swimming, entice individuals to build on or near the lake.

He says Georgetown Bay, one of his latest developments, boasts a bass fishing area and offers residents an opportunity for watch-ing wildlife such as Canadian geese, ducks and blue herons. He says many families are becoming more attracted to large acreage so their horses can graze and to locations where they have easy access to horse trails.

Another of the region’s mountain and lake communities is Rarity Club, a community overlooking Nickajack Lake, a body of water which connects to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and allows boaters to travel to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Rarity Club offers residents a chance to bask in pristine mountain and water views. Boasting English Manor architecture, champion-ship golf, tennis courts, and a fitness center, Rarity Club provides amenities akin to a luxurious resort. In addition to miles of walking and hiking trails along Little Cedar Mountain, residents may also indulge in the community’s marina and yacht club as well as enjoy events at the clubhouse.

Canyon Ridge, a gated golf community atop Lookout Mountain, further epitomizes the perfect mountain setting with its feeling of seclusion, warmth, and its propensity toward a nature-driven life-style. Amenities at Canyon Ridge are aplenty including swimming, tennis, a fitness facility, hiking trails, and an exclusive clubhouse. A certain feeling of peace and comfort abounds atop this mountain community where the valleys below and neighboring mountains seem within reach.

For years to come many Chattanoogans will establish resi-dences where they can maximize the great outdoors and live where relaxation happens at home and not just on vacations. They will continue to seek areas where they can leave a window open all night and listen to owls or deer making their way in the brush. Rustic mountain retreats and charming waterfront homes are no longer representative of a once-a-year hideaway, but are emerging as a lifetime luxury and a perfect segue to a happy retirement.



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For Trey and Bonnie White and their children, Lexi and Thomas, living on the lake represents a culture all its own and a way of life unlike any other.



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the White family who believes nature’s aromas are like sweet perfume. The family enjoys their quiet, wooded lakefront property in Lakesite and like other families living on the lake, they embrace peaceful days watching the sun cast its reflection on the still waters.

For the Whites, the water plays an instru-mental role in their lives because rather than watching television or sitting at a computer, they often opt to go swimming, boating, or fish-ing — pastimes which become as commonplace as walking to the mailbox or cooking dinner. Drifting in a boat on a lazy summer evening often takes precedence over other activities.

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Above: The White’s lake house is their year round vacation home.

Right: A gentle breeze rising off the lake provides the ultimate backdrop for a life of leisure.

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The family welcomes the opportunity to marvel at unobstructed views of the sun.

“We can see both the sunrise and the sunset, depending on the seasons,” says Bonnie,

“and the moon over the water is beautiful.” Trey says in the winter months they can liter-ally watch the sun go from east to west.

Lexi says the family loves watching thunderstorms from their back deck. She and her brother continue to create fond memories of a childhood on the lake where their favorite pastimes are swimming, riding their Sea-doos, ski-ing, inner tubing, wakeboarding, and fishing. The Whites love boating to various restaurants along the water during the warmer months. They also like watching boats drift by enroute to the main channel.

“We watch football games out here,” Trey says of the outdoor covered veranda where the couple and their children often entertain. “Sometimes boaters will stop and ask the score of a game.” The cozy outdoor nook, which has a full industrial-sized grill and cooking area plays host to many shrimp boils and grill-outs. The ve-

“We can see both the sunrise and the sunset, depending on the seasons,” and the moon over the water is beautiful.” — Bonnie White

randa’s fireplace, which is made of mountain stone, features an engraved mantel that reads,

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Trey notes how Chester Frost Park is just across the channel. “We will go by boat or Sea-doo to the Hamilton County Fair every year,” he says. “We look forward to that. It’s a lot of fun for us.”

Designed and landscaped to comple-ment their picturesque lake view, the Whites’ one-story cottage-style dwelling features all the amenities of a cozy, comfortable lake house. Trey and Bonnie make the house’s eighth owner.

“In fall 2005, we began renovation and it

was completed in the spring of 2006,” Bon-nie recalls. Trey jokes, “Each time someone lived here they added something, and we decided we needed to as well.”

Built in the 1950’s, the lake house still boasted the original flooring underneath its new flooring because the old original board was visible, according to Trey. Casement win-dows facing the lake allow the evening sun’s soft glow to warm the home’s main living areas including the master bedroom, keeping room, and children’s bedrooms.

Trey, a local wine and spirits wholesaler, and Bonnie, knew this lake house would pro-vide a perfect setting in which to raise their children and entertain family and friends. They also knew they wanted to make a few changes of their own.

Right: Trey and Bonnie, and their children, entertain often in the outdoor covered veranda.

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“We kept the general floor plan on one level,” Trey says. “We removed a few roofs and installed new flooring (hickory planks stained a golden oak color).” In the master bath and guest bath, the couple chose a travertine flooring while they opted for slate flooring in the recreation room and bath. The exercise room boasts sisal carpet. “In our daughter’s bathroom we used small white tiles for more of a vintage style,” Bonnie adds.

The Whites also repainted most of the home’s interior walls to reflect their individual tastes. Lexi chose a bright sea-blue shade for her bedroom — a color Bonnie jokes “you need sunglasses to look at.” Thomas opted for more neutral brown shades in his bedroom and bathroom to reflect a more mountainous, masculine flair. The traditional nature of the home’s décor blends well with the neutral blond-colored walls in the main living areas.

The Whites expanded the home from 4,200 square feet to 4,600 square feet. “Some parts of the house were inside and we put those out,” Trey notes, “and we added a master bedroom.” Their master bedroom features a prime view of the lake and Signal Mountain via several casement windows. The master bathroom took on a new look to boast a more mountain/lake flavor, Trey says.

They redesigned one room which was originally a bedroom to make room for a den.

The couple also opted to add four fire-places (for a total of five) as their previous home had several. “We love our fireplaces,” Trey admits. “We use them all.”

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Countertops made of Jerusalem gold limestone add a distinguished presence to the kitchen’s overall design. Handmade crackled tile with accent tiles of acorns and oak leaves rest behind the stove, adding a unique touch. Directly above the stove lies a metal tray inserted as a tile. The kitchen island is made of pine, including the top; it has large drawers and a cabinet which houses the microwave. The island boasts seating on the opposite side of the drawers. The unique kitchen sink features a deep double bowl

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“It really changed the total look of the whole house, especially from the water,” Bonnie says. The house’s brown exterior features white trim and cedar shake shin-gles. “It reminds you of a Maine or Cape Cod house.”

Gas lanterns featured on the porch and the back veranda establish a calming, welcoming effect. “When we visited New Orleans, a lot of homes have gas lanterns and I was immediately drawn to that con-cept. I wanted them for our next house.”

Bonnie says she considers the fam-ily’s decorating style to be casual and relaxed. “A great deal of our furniture has been passed down from family members. Some furniture we’ve had for more that

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Liz and Don purchased the cabin from Wagner Brothers Land Company in 2004, the same year it was built. Until June 1, 2007, when it became their permanent residence, the retreat served as a gathering spot for the family’s weekend getaways and holidays. Now their mountain home is their perma-nent residence and a peaceful alternative to loud sirens and noisy traffic that became the

norm in their hometown of Duluth, a busy Atlanta suburb. Soft rhythmic whistles from cardinals and finches high atop the moun-tain provide a peaceful alternative to work-ing in the steel industry and life relocating across a number of large cities, from which both Liz and Don retired from.

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escaping unseen. The moon and stars provide entertainment on sultry summer evenings as they seem close enough to reach.

Not only did the couple purchase the cabin but they also purchased ten acres of land sur-rounding it. “It was exactly what we were looking for,” Don ad-mits of their cabin and their flat acreage that includes stunning mountain views and two bod-

ies of water that Don appropriately dubbed Catfish Pond and Overlook Lake. Both are stocked for fishing. Other close-by ameni-ties include several nature parks and access to miles of walking trails where no cars are allowed — only walkers or individuals on horseback or in golf carts. “It’s perfect, just absolutely perfect.”

The happily retired couple’s strong desire to leave behind a lifestyle led by de-manding work schedules, long hours, and the corporate rush, had pointed them to the mountains surrounding Chattanooga. After over twenty years in the fast lane, the couple was ready to live in a place which defined the opposite of hustle and bustle. Liz says

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The Burlesons’ log cabin defines the core elements of naturalistic living; a gentle breeze blows every day, birds provide a peaceful wake-up call and deer, fox, and wild turkeys roam slyly upon the land, often escaping unseen.

Until June 1, 2007, when it became their permanent residence, the retreat served as a gathering spot for the family’s weekend getaways and holidays.



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As it turned out, the purchase was ser-endipitous for Don who discovered, after having made his mind up to purchase the land and cabin, that Dunlap was only about 20 miles northeast of his mother’s home-town of Soddy-Daisy and a short drive to Knoxville, near where his father was raised. Don says choosing Dunlap for his retire-ment destination “was like coming home.” Although Liz originally hailed from eastern Ohio and Don had been raised in western Pennsylvania, both shared a love and passion for the Tennessee mountains.

Liz says Don had always been a ‘moun-tain boy’ while she had been a ‘city girl’ until he introduced her to the beauty of the Tennessee mountains over thirty years ago. They had moved to Georgia in 1979 from the North. Grateful to be heading South, Don still knew he felt more connected to Tennesse, He says with a smile, “I’m a Tennesee-er all the way,” which he proves with his subtle Tennessee Vols memorabilia and decor adorning his cabin.

“Don had traveled extensively over the

past thirty years both in and out of the country,” Liz re-calls, “and the easy ‘Mayberry’ lifestyle of Dunlap is an incredible relief.” She says there is nothing not to love in their cabin as it is simple, cozy, and comfortable.

“Our Atlanta home was over twice the size and more on the elegant side but it’s so

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living is balanced by a classy and convenient approach to natural living. Their outdoorsy décor, such as pine cone displays and fescue leaves cut from the land, also embraces the

essence of nature, making it a peace-ful and idyllic rustic retreat.

“We’re trying to keep everything natural because we believe in keep-ing the integrity of the land,” Don says, noting the retaining wall next to their cabin was constructed out of wood harvested off the land. In the fall, the couple peruses the land for seedlings to dig up and replant on their own property so as to grow trees or plants native to the land.

Jimmy Wagner of Wagner Broth-ers Land Company adds, “Don and Liz are a great example of the type of folks choosing to live in our mountain community. They are typically from larger cities and want to get away from traffic and crowds. People come here and feel a sense of peace.”

Don and Liz have relocated for the last time. Home is now a beauti-ful log cabin in a pocket-sized town

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AppetizersExperience the Culinary Expertise Here in The Chattanooga Region and Have Fun Doing It!

BY JOANNE BECKMANPHOTOGR APHY BY DAVID HUMBER

AppetizersExperience the Culinary Expertise Here in The Chattanooga Region and Have Fun Doing It!

BY JOANNE BECKMANPHOTOGR APHY BY DAVID HUMBER


appetizers come in all shapes and sizes. Finger foods, salads, soups, you name it - any smaller portion of food can be called an appetiz-er. The word “appetizer” invokes

the thought of small portions of food with big taste. They introduce the main course by teas-ing the palate and establishing expectations for the rest of the meal either as a contrast or as a complement to the main course.

Appetizers establish the unique charac-teristics and specialties of a restaurant. They showcase the creativity and special talents of the chef and the restaurant’s kitchen.

Appetizers are fun. They offer you the opportunity to experience a variety of dif-ferent foods and have fun doing it. They are great to be shared with friends or family and extend the time spent together.

Traditionally, appetizers are eaten as a first course. Increasingly, however, appetizer portions are being ordered as a main course,

facing page: Teddy Kyraikidias holds a tray of flaming Saganaki,, a favorite at The Acropolis Four Stars Grill.

below: Greek Antipasto platter is another popular appetizer at The Acropolis.


either alone or with another appetizer such as a salad. “Restaurant hopping” is also becoming popular — sharing cocktails and appetizers as a group across several different restaurants in one evening.

Below is a summary of some of the most popular types of appetizers offered by local restaurants. This list reflects the culinary expertise that exists here in the Chattanooga Region. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of restaurants nor of the appetizers offered by the restaurants mentioned. It is just a great reflection of the wonderful variety of fine foods avail-able here in the Chattanooga Region.

For a taste of authentic Greek food, try The acropolis four stars grill which was opened

on Hamilton Place Boulevard by the Kyriakidias family in 1995. The Acropolis serves American and Italian as well as Greek food. It offers a good selection of wine including Greek wine as well as beer and specialty drinks. Among their speci-alities are sugarless desserts that taste like the real thing and decaffeinated iced tea.

The most popular appetizer offered at The Acropolis is Saganaki; a thick slice of Kesseri Greek cheese that is seasoned and seared, and then lit aflame at your table. The creamy melted cheese is served with fresh baked bread — yum! The portion is very generous and definitely enough to share with several people. Another favorite is the Greek Antipasto platter. This made-for-sharing dish includes a generous portion of most of the Greek appetizers offered on the menu — two dolmathakia (traditional grape leaves stuffed with ground sirloin, spices and rice), two spanakopita (spinach, feta and spices wrapped in filo pastry dough), two tyropita (seasoned feta cheese mixture wrapped in filo), moussaka (layered baby eggplant, potatoes, ground sirloin, fresh herbs and Parmesan cheese topped with a bechamel sauce), feta cheese and Kalamata olives.

The Acropolis also offers a wonder-ful hummus served with pita and lightly breaded calamari served with marinara sauce. Another favorite is the Ultimate Chip Dip which is a creamed spinach artichoke dip served with huge, really good house made potato chips.

The Bluff View Art District, close to downtown and in a beautiful area all to its own, is home to the

Back inn Café. This area — offers a unique combination of historic and newer buildings housing art galleries, bed and breakfast ac-commodations, gift shops and restaurants. The Back Inn Café is housed in a 1927 Colo-nial Revival mansion with a large two-story glassed-in addition and an outdoor terrace overlooking the Tennessee River and River

Gallery’s Sculpture Garden. All the restaurants in the District are supplied with herbs and vegetables from an on-site garden, fresh Artisan bread baked daily in the bread bakery, chocolate from the District’s own Chocolate Kitchen and coffee that is roasted on-site. The Back Inn Café offers a tre-mendous selection of wines by the glass and the bottle.

The most unique and popular appetizer served at the Back Inn Café is the Southern Fried Frog Legs. These are lightly-breaded and wonderfully seasoned — they are delicious! If you have never tried frog legs before you are in for a treat. The dish is served over a wonderful pickled slaw and drizzled with a buttermilk dressing. The por-tion is large — enough for a main course or to share as an appetizer. Another favorite is the Barbeque Chicken Flatbread, which is similar to a pizza with green onions, corn, roasted red peppers, cilantro and chicken; layered in a spicy barbeque sauce, topped with cheddar and mozzarella cheeses on Artisan flat bread. The combination of tastes is wonderful. One dish that is actually on the Entree Menu but is often ordered as an appetizer is the Shrimp and Grits. The shrimp is cooked in a spicy cream sauce with Tasso ham, red peppers, green onions and corn, and is served with

crispy wedges of fried grits. This dish is deli-cious and very satisfying.

another local restaurant with stunning views of the Tennessee River is The Boathouse rotis-

serie and raw Bar on Riverside Drive. The Boathouse has a great, casual atmosphere and offers an excellent variety of seafood along with delicious entrees including rotisserie chicken and brisket, steak and barbeque. The bar is a great place for beer, a glass of wine or a specialty drink such as the famous

“Lawton Rita.”The Boathouse is best known for its fresh

oysters, which are brought in from the Gulf of Mexico twice weekly. If you love oysters, this is the place for you! The oysters are cold, fresh and excellent. The Raw Bar also offers clams on the half-shell, extra large peel-your-own shrimp and steamed mussels. Another

above: The Back Inn Café is located in the lovely setting of the Bluff View Art District.

below: Barbeque Chicken Flatbread is a featured appetizer at The Back Inn Café.



excellent choice in seafood appetizers is the Matagorda Bay Fire Roasted Oysters with Garlic Butter which have a wonderful smoky flavor. Also very good is the Wood Grilled Squid, a non-traditional calamari dish that is served with Feta Olive Oil Dip and Grilled Bread. A good non-seafood appetizer is the Poblano Pepper. This specialty is grilled and stuffed with Rotisserie Chicken, Queso and Feta Cheese, then topped with avocado and served with a wonderful Roasted Salsa and chips. This is a huge portion and would make a large main course or serve several as an appetizer.

if you love fresh seafood, you also need to try the Bluewater grille on Broad Street Downtown. Seafood

is delivered almost daily from the Atlantic and is guaranteed to be fresh. The Bluewater offers a large selection of innovative seafood presentations or will cook your choice of fresh fish in the style you wish. The restau-rant also serves a selection of steak, chicken and pasta. In addition to an extensive wine list, the Bluewater offers handcrafted, fresh brewed beers from its sister restaurant, the Big River Grille and Brewing Works, as well as signature cocktails.

The most popular appetizer is the Lob-ster Bites, a generous portion of lobster meat

tossed in seasoned flour and then lightly fried and served with sweet chili remoulade

and mustard sauces. It is deli-cious and more than enough to share if you can bear to! Also very popular is the Tav-ern Shrimp, which is lightly breaded and fried shrimp, tossed in creamy and spicy

“Tavern Sauce”, served over dry coleslaw. The spicy sauce and crunchy fresh slaw contrast well with the fried shrimp.

This is another dish that is great to share. A unique and delicious version of potstickers is also on the menu. Shrimp and Chicken Potstickers are served with Asian barbeque sauce and spicy mustard and are terrific! The Bluewater also serves very good Seared Tuna served rare with wasabi aioli; Tempura Sushi Rolls, and Calamari lightly fried and served with marinara and wasabi aioli.

another great fairly recent addi-tion to the downtown dining scene is Hennen’s located on

Chestnut Street at 2nd Street. In a contempo-rary warm atmosphere, Hennen’s offers an extensive wine selection, including a large selection of wine that can be purchased by the glass. Hennen’s is most well-known for its Angus beef steaks but the menu also in-cludes seafood, pasta, poultry and pork.

The most popular appetizer at Hen-nen’s might be the Smoked Salmon Dip, made from fresh salmon, house-smoked and infused with dill. Served cold with tomato basil toast points, this dish is wonderful. A beautiful and delicious presentation is the Ahi Tuna appetizer. The Hawaiian tuna is delivered the day after it is caught and tastes incredibly fresh. It is encrusted in sesame seeds, seared rare and served with an Asian cucumber and seaweed salad, Ponzu dipping sauce (like teriyaki only without the salt and without the aftertaste), fresh ginger and wasabi. It is great! The most unusual appe-tizer offered at Hennen’s is the Tuna Tartar Cocktail; a tartar of tuna, cucumber, wasabi and avocado served in a large martini glass. Another unusual and delicious appetizer is the Bermuda Triangles Cypress Grove Bermuda goat cheese, lightly breaded and flash-fried, and served with jalapeno pepper jelly and fresh strawberries.

The elegant st. John’s restaurant was opened in 2000 in the former St. John’s Hotel, built at the turn

of the twentieth century. Next door, St. John’s Meeting Place opened in 2004 with a more casual atmosphere. The restaurants share the same kitchen and chef and the same dedication to providing seasonal fare highlighting local produce, fresh fish and fine meats. Here the menu changes with

The Boathouse is best known for its fresh oysters, which are brought in from the Gulf of Mexico twice weekly. If you love oysters, this is the place for you! The oysters are cold, fresh and excellent.


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High quality food with straight forward presentations. Fish shipped door to door from day boats. Steaks cooked over a wood burning fi re.

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the season and the availability of local fresh produce. For example, heirloom tomatoes are a highlight towards the middle and end of summer and into the fall. The menu also includes meats and poultry from local organic farms, fresh whole grain bread from Nedlov’s Bakery and fresh coffee from the Chattanooga Coffee Company. Wines from around the world are offered by the bottle and the glass.

An incredible appetizer or first course is the “Peaches and Cream” Corn Soup. At the time of the tasting, “Peach-es and Cream” corn was available in lo-cal markets. This very generous portion (which can be divided upon request) is served in a bowl over butter poached Maine Lobster, chives and poblano peppers. It is a beautiful presentation and absolutely delicious. Another lovely dish is the Oregon Morel Mushroom Salad — Morel mushrooms served with

above left: Tavern Shrimp is a favorite appetizer at Bluewater Grille. The shrimp is lightly breaded and fried, tossed in creamy and spicy “Tavern Sauce” and served over dry coleslaw. The spicy sauce and crunchy fresh slaw contrast well with the fried shrimp.

top: The Fried Green Tomatoes were unbelievably good and not at all as expected - the tomatoes are served over “Pickled Pink” Onions and topped with Bulgarian Sheep’s Cheese and drizzled with “Dueling Sauces” (a balsamic vinegar reduction and a chipotle mayonnaise sauce.) This is definitely one to try and would be great to share.

below: A beautiful and delicious presentation from Hennen’s is the Ahi Tuna appetizer. The Hawaiian tuna is encrusted in sesame seeds, seared rare and served with an Asian cucumber and seaweed salad, Ponzu dipping sauce (like teriyaki only without the salt and aftertaste), fresh ginger and wasabi.



house-aged prosciuto, white asparagus and sherry vinaigrette. An unusual and tasty ap-petizer is the Sweet Potato Agnolotti which is a pasta dish stuffed with sweet potatoes and served with tender butter braised veal, ramps (a wild leek) and 3 year Gouda cheese. These appetizers were all beautiful to look at and very delicious.

The cornerstone of downtown fine dining is 212 Market. 212 was opened in 1992 before the “down-

town renaissance” began in Chattanooga by the Moses family- sisters Suzie and Sally with mom Maggie. 212 is known for its consistent-ly excellent food including its outstanding desserts and delicious freshly baked breads. The restaurant offers a wide selection of wine, as well as a large offering of beers, fine spirits and specialty cocktails.

Appetizers offered at 212 Market, along with other menu offerings change season-ally in an effort to use the freshest local in-gredients from local growers and producers. The Fried Green Tomatoes were unbelievably good. The tomatoes are served over “Pickled Pink” Onions and topped with Bulgarian Sheep’s Cheese and drizzled with “Dueling Sauces” (a balsamic vinegar reduction and a chipotle mayonnaise sauce.) The presen-tation was elegant and beautiful. This is definitely one to try and would be great to share. Another good appetizer to share with the table is the Three Cheese Plate. This is a platter of Dutch Gouda, Tennessee Chevre (goat cheese) and Spanish Manchego cheese served with Jeff’s Candied Garlic (a wonder-ful treat) and Lavosh, a thin and crispy flat bread cracker. All breads are baked fresh daily at the restaurant and served in gener-ous portions. The Mediterranean Medley is another great appetizer with lots of flavors and more than enough to share. It consists of generous servings of Olive Tapanade, Hummus, Marinated Artichoke Hearts with spicy carrots and Tabbouleh, sprinkled with Bulgarian Feta, served with fresh Pita bread. This would also make a great meal.

With appetizers, you can experience a variety of different tastes, textures and types of foods offered by the many won-derful and unique restaurants in the Chat-tanooga Region. You can enjoy the fun of trying new foods before you settle on your favorite food for a meal. You can enjoy extended time with your spouse and with friends. Enjoy the culinary expertise here in the Chattanooga Region and have fun doing it. I hope that you enjoy yourself as much as I did tasting them!

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The South has long been identified as the birthplace of American barbe-cue and its ribs as the epitome of the culinary art. In Tennessee, many people recognize Memphis as the capital of barbecue and the city’s ribs as simply second to none. However, after looking at some of the best the area has to offer, Chattanooga appears to have its eye on the top

spot. From North Georgia to Bradley County to Soddy Daisy and all points in between, the Chattanooga Region is home to some of the most innovative and down right finger-licking-good barbecue and ribs in the state.

First on our list to try was Sugar’s Ribs. Sitting atop the ridge cut, the first thing many people notice about Sugar’s Ribs is the large sign, which reads “Big Time BBQ” and after trying the food, it is hard to refute their claim. Sugar’s serves enormous pork spare ribs which are sure to leave even the hungriest of rib connoisseurs satisfied. Sold by the pound, these ribs are some of the meatiest and best tasting ribs around.

Sugar’s Ribs are for the purist BBQ fan. Spareribs, as opposed to baby back ribs, are smoked in the style of the old south. Moist on the inside and crunchy on the outside, Sugar’s Ribs are slow smoked and coated with a special sauce to provide a tenderness and rich flavor that the purist barbecue fan will love. Each meal is served with a variety of sauces for dipping, including “Clearly Hot” and “Carolina Red.” The sauces themselves are noticeably thin, complement the meat perfectly and do not overshadow the taste of the ribs. Sugar’s special approach to barbecue sauce is intentional, according to Catering Manager Sherry Ward. “Most barbecue comes out smothered and covered in sauces, and ours comes out just with the meat and you choose the sauce you like to complement it.” This style of serving allows the customers to mix and match the sauces and even create

their own special mix. Sugar’s also serves barbecue chicken and

pulled pork. Side dishes are fresh and simple so as not to detract from the “stars of the show”, the meats. Open since March 1 of this year, Sugar’s has truly become one

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of the most eclectic dining experiences in Chattanooga. Boasting a 100 person banquet meeting room with its own deck, private pool and juke boxes, Sugar’s has

proven to be anything but conventional, and its patrons would not have it any other

way. Sugar’s is a must try.If you want great barbecue quick,

then you need to try Shane’s Rib Shack, located in the Northgate Mall in Hixson.

This restaurant has been open for five months and is enjoying tremendous success. With a

perfect blend of delicious food, a family friendly at-mosphere, and quick and courteous service, Shane’s Rib

Shack provides high quality barbecue to Hixson residents who don’t have time to devote to a sit-down meal at a full service restaurant.

Sugar’s Ribs is located atop the ridge cut off 1-24 in East Ridge.


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However, do not let the ex-press, casual description fool you. The food at Shane’s is top notch and the ribs are certainly no exception. Smoked for three hours, Shane’s loin back ribs are incredibly tender. The meat itself is well seasoned and flavorful and the barbecue sauce mixes both sweet and spicy flavors and provides the perfect complement to the smoked meat.

In addition to ribs, Shane’s Rib Shack also serves pulled pork, chopped chicken, and buffalo wings just to name a few dishes. Shane’s also has a catering menu available, which is perfect for any large gathering. If you want barbeque and great ribs, and you don’t have much time to spare, try Shane’s.

If you love the lake and love ribs, then you will love Steve’s Landing in Soddy Daisly. Situated right next to the lake and with waterfront dining available, Steve’s is a perfect spot to eat after a long day on the boat and is well worth the drive for any land

lovers. Family owned and operated, some of the most

notable features of Steve’s are the friendly staff and family-oriented

atmosphere.As for the ribs, they are so tender

the bones virtually fall right out. You need not worry about messy fingers and stained clothes at Steve’s; the ribs can easily be eaten with a knife and fork. The ribs are served two ways, classic style or “blackened,” which gives the meat a little extra kick. Regardless of which style the patron chooses, the ribs come out basted in owner Steve Russo’s secret “BB2” sauce.

At Steve’s, consistency plays a major role in the quality of food they prepare and as Steve says, “When you’ve got the same guy cooking your food every time you come in, that consistency is there. We prepare them the same way every time.” Serving a variety of food from pasta to burgers to a choice of sandwiches and seafood, Steve’s has proven for 11 years and counting, that consistency

is the name of the game. From lakeside dining in Soddy Daisy,

our next barbecue destination found us at Hillbilly Willy’s Bar-B-Q and Catering lo-cated at 115 Browns Ferry Road in Lookout Valley. Owned and operated by George and Angela Foster and family, Hillbilly Willy’s has been providing residents of Lookout Valley and the surrounding area with quality barbecue and ribs for eight months. In addi-tion to the full service restaurant in Lookout Valley, the Fosters also own a drive-through Hillbilly Willy’s restaurant in Ooltewah, which has been open for three years.

The ribs at Hillbilly Willy’s are offered both wet and dry. The wet ribs come coated with barbecue sauce seasoned according to George’s own secret recipe. Hillbilly Willy’s dry ribs are served rubbed with a variety of spices and are some of the moistest ribs to be found.

After being cooked for 7-8 hours, the ribs at Hillbilly Willy’s are guaranteed to be ten-der regardless of how they are ordered. If ribs


are not quite what the hungry guest is looking for, Hillbilly Willy’s serves a variety of pulled pork, beef barbecue and barbecue chicken. If you want something special, you want to try Hillbilly Willy’s barbecue and ribs.

If you are going downtown, well then you need to try T-Bone’s Sports Café. This restaurant has given Downtown Chattanoo-ga some of its most innovative and intrigu-ing barbecue dishes along with some of the city’s best tasting ribs. T-Bone’s Sports Café

has been a staple of Chattanooga’s Southside for over 20 years and continues to be one of the best lunch spots and sports bars in town. Locally owned, T-Bone’s truly is a place where “everybody knows your name.”

As for the food, T-Bone’s is one of the great casual restaurants in Chattanooga. The ribs are moist and tender, and the sweet and smooth barbecue sauce complements the meat supremely. Taking time with the ribs is what makes T-Bone’s food so deli-

cious. “You have to have patience with them (ribs) because it a takes a long time to cook them,” added owner and General Manager Chad Danner. At T-Bone’s, smoking ribs is truly a labor of love, and the final product is nothing short of impeccable. Along with the ribs, T-Bone’s serves a pulled pork melt sandwich and even barbecue tacos, making it one of the most experimental barbecue restaurants in the area.

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1. T-Bones Downtown. 2. Sugar’s Ribs off 1-24. 3. HillBilly Willy’s located in Lookout Valley and Ooltewah. 4. Steve’s Landing located on the lake in Soddy Daisy.

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of barbecue and ribs throughout the Chat-tanooga Region was Sticky Fingers. This favorite destination mixes the ambience of a formal sit down restaurant with soulful blues music and family-friendly service.

Sticky Fingers ribs are unique due the sheer number of ways they can be ordered. From Habañero Hot to Carolina Sweet, Sticky Fingers has the perfect rib for every customer. With so many choices, making a decision can often be difficult, but rest assured, the customer will be satisfied with the sampler platter where one can taste four different sauces to decide their favorite. With two locations in Chatta-nooga, on Broad Street and near Hamilton Place Mall, Sticky Finger’s is the epitome of convenience and quality. A third loca-tion, on Highway 153 is set to open in the coming months.

So there you have it. From the Ridge Cut, to Hixson, to Soddy Daisy and downtown Chattanooga, you have now previewed some of the area’s favorite, but certainly not all of the finest barbecue and ribs offered in the Region. One thing is for sure, no matter what barbecue or ribs you choose, you are in for a great treat here in the Chattanooga Region.

Shane’s Rib Shack located in Northgate Mall, Hixson.


Colorful foliage, cool evenings and the perfect bottle of wine (not to mention the kiddies headed back to school) are just a few reasons why we love this season. One of the greatest things about living in Chattanooga is that we are not so far south that we miss the “change of seasons”. Being from New York I have a special fondness for the distinct transition of the climate four times a year. It always feels wonderful around this time to leave behind the hot, sticky days of summer and welcome the warm days and chilly nights of autumn. No matter what the weather brings or what season it may be, I’m always in the mood for my favorite beverage: wine.

I love all kinds of wine. I leave nothing out… sparkling, white, blush and red. I guess you can say that these are my fall colors. It is true that there is a wine for every occasion, and every season, and there are so many styles of wine offered to us in the world. Some folks may find a particular brand of wine that they like, and they will stick with it all year, others, enjoy choosing different wines throughout the year. I like to compare our wine style choices with our clothing choices. I change my style of wine the same way I switch out my wardrobe each season. During the summertime, we wear lightweight clothing like shorts, tank tops and flip-flops. So, naturally the thought of a clean, refreshing wine springs to mind, and the next thing you know you are reaching for a light-bodied, crisp, cool glass of Pinot Grigio from Italy or a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Other good choices for summer are: Albarino from Spain, Riesling from Clare Valley, Australia, Chenin Blanc from South Africa (also known as Steen), and of course…sparkling wine year round. If you love red wine, try a light California Pinot Noir (preferably from Carneros or Russian River Valley), or a slightly chilled Beaujolais-Village from Burgundy.

As fall rolls in and cooler weather approaches, we look for something warmer and more in the comfort zone. So, you push those tank tops to the back of the closet and pull out your long sleeve shirts, slacks and light sweaters. For cooler or cold weather, the wine should have more weight and body, similar to our clothing. Medium-bodied whites and reds are certainly in order. Some of my favorites are: Semillon from Australia, Gewürztraminer from Alsace, Meursault and Cru Beaujolais from Burgundy, Valpolicella from Italy and of course…. rosé year round. Deeply colored, bold, dry rosé is perfect for this time of year, and is produced in many regions, including, Spain, France, Italy and Australia to name a few.

But, there is no need to sway from your current favorite wine this fall. If you prefer a certain varietal, try a heavier version of that grape. For example, let’s say you love Sauvignon Blanc from Chile or California, try one from Pouilly-Fume or Sancerre, you may find the same wonderful characteristics with a touch more body and depth. The truth is, there are no rules in my book for drinking wine, except one, “drink what you like and like what you drink”, no matter what time of year it is.

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Brainerd’s Casa-Rolls in July, 2006, as a way of enabling busy fami-lies who don’t have time to cook to enjoy dinner at home. The idea, she says, was spawned as the result of her own life experiences.

“I was a single, working mom for about seven years, and dinner time was so hectic. I’d been working hard all day, the kids needed me, and dinner was the thing that put me over the edge. I always wished for a casserole truck — like an ice cream truck.”

Casa-Rolls, which has a drive-through window, accommodates customers who opt for a pre-assembled dish to bake at home, as well as those who prefer one that is already baked. Thirty minutes advance notice is required for the baked casseroles.

Customers can choose from a 20 to 24-item menu, including appetizers, soups, salads and desserts, in addition to six to eight standard casseroles that are always on the menu, one weekly special and others that are rotated every two months.

Casseroles, from the store’s signature Cheesy Chicken Spinach to Tomato Basil Pie, are available in two sizes: regular, an eight-by-eight size, which feeds two to four people for $12.90 and large, a nine-by-thirteen size that feeds four to six for $14.90 and up, depending on the kind. Menu items and prices can be found at www.casa-rolls.com. Hours of operation are 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Grant says that each serving of a casserole value meal, which includes a salad, rolls and tea, costs the same as a kid’s meal at a fast food establishment. “We want people to think of us instead of pizza, instead of hot dogs or hamburgers,” she continues.

In an effort to ensure that this happens, menu items are made from healthy ingredients, such as lean ground beef, whole grain brown rice, low-fat mayonnaise and low-sodium soup mixes. All casseroles are made fresh, in-house. “We are trying to keep the nutri-tion in and the calories down as much as possible,” Grant says.

Grant, excited about the growth of her new business, says that she and her husband plan to open a store in Hixson next year, as well as one in Fort Oglethorpe. “I think this is a service that every woman in America needs,” Grant says. “The pace of life is so fast, it’s almost impossible to have dinner around the table, and that’s where traditions are passed on. It’s a real service to people who want to make family important in their lives.”

Signal Mountain’s My Family Dinners, also locally owned, opened for business early this summer, and offers another alterna-tive for families on the go by allowing customers to assemble their own dinners.

“People sign up on-line to come to the store to prepare the din-ners,” explains Bevelle Puffer, owner. “The meats are packaged fresh, and each dinner is designed to feed four to six people.”

Puffer explains that up to 14 people may sign up for one ap-pointment time. During that time, each person spends two hours at a station that is equipped with recipes and all the prepared ingredients needed to make six to twelve meals that the customer can take home and freeze.

According to Puffer, who moved to Chattanooga from Hous-ton, TX, meal assembly had become popular there, and it “sort of revolutionized our lives. When I got ready to move, I thought, ‘I’ll do this in Chattanooga.’”

The recipes, including delicious offerings, such as marinated pork tender loin with pineapple-ginger sauce, glazed ham steak and peach crisp, are Puffer’s own, which she tests prior to making them available to the public.

“I test everything exactly the way my customers are going to do it,” she says. “I make it, freeze it and cook it to find out if it’s going to work.”

Menus are rotated each month, with pre-assembled dinners available for an additional charge. Puffer adds, however, that she


does not offer vegetarian fare.An added benefit of meal assembly is

the social interaction it provides. “A lot of people schedule private groups to come and talk and have fun,” she said, “and we’re a lot of fun. I have a great staff that works for me. They make everybody happy.”

Puffer adds that customers may sched-ule appointments by e-mailing her from her web site at www.myfamilydinners.com or by calling at least two days in advance. The cost for preparing six meals is $120 ($20 per meal) and twelve meals is $210 ($17.50 per

meal), resulting in a cost of $3 per serving. Hours of operation are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Monday, Wednesday, Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

“Our food is really excellent,” she adds. “It’s very, very good. The portions are very gen-erous. The meals are also kid-friendly. They’re something the whole family will eat.”

Hixson’s Super Suppers also subscribes to the meal-assembly style. Owner Amy Zer-angue opened the store in October, 2006. “I was on maternity leave from teaching school,

and I saw (a segment about the franchise) on Good Morning America,” she explains.

“I’m one of those people who do Stouffer’s lasagna and tacos — the same thing every night. I just thought it would be a great way to bring families together.”

Zerangue says that the menu is chosen by the corporate office in Ft. Worth, Texas and rotated every month. All recipes are de-veloped at the Culinary School of Ft. Worth.

“We are allowed to swap four entrees per month from the entrée library if we think they will sell better regionally,” she said.

An appealing option at Super Suppers is the freedom to make a smaller number of meals without scheduling an appointment.

“One of the nice things about us that sets us apart is that you don’t have to have an ap-pointment,” Zerangue points out. “You can walk in and make dinner for the week or just for that evening. If you’re going to make more than six meals, however, we prefer that you schedule an appointment.”

Delectable menu selections, including shrimp etouffe and pork chops with cran-berry and barbecue sauce, are offered in a full size, which feeds four to six, and a half size, which feeds two to three. Zerangue adds that two to three vegetarian meals are also featured each month.

Meals assembled by customers are $20 for one meal, $114 for six ($19 per meal) and $216 for 12 ($18 each). Customers who pre-fer a pre-assembled order may call or order on-line one hour in advance. The cost for orders made in advance is $20 for a full-size meal and $14 for a half size. Zerangue says her store also offers what is known as “Grab and Go”, a supply of pre-assembled, frozen meals for $25 each.

Super Suppers’ hours of operation are 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Satur-day. Orders may be placed at www.sschat-tanooganorthtn.com.

Zerangue adds that Super Suppers also occasionally hosts theme nights for children, as well as adults. One such for children six to twelve years old is called Kids in the Kitchen.

“Parents drop off the kids for about an hour and a half, and they make three half entrees and three snacks,” she says. “We have a lot of couples come for the adult nights, and sometimes single women come for a girls’ night out, so there’s a great social aspect to it.”

Dream Dinners, a separate meal-assem-bly business, opened in July of last year on Gunbarrel Road. According to co-owner Liz Davenport, it was the culmination of an interest in food preparation that she and co-owner, Laura Stephens, shared as childhood friends.

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were teenagers,” she said. “We’ve always been about food — cook-ing and preparing it. Bringing people around the dinner table for a nutritious and tasty home-cooked dinner was our motivation.”

Davenport says she first heard about Dream Dinners when she and Stephens were visiting the farmers’ markets in Atlanta to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for meals for their own families.

“We and some friends were mass cooking every month or so and going to Atlanta to get market produce,” she explains. “A friend who knew what we were doing told us about the Dream Dinners franchise located outside of Atlanta.”

Customers sign up at www.dreamdinners.com for a two-hour session in which they prepare an average of twelve entrees to take home and freeze. Prior to the session, frozen meats and other ingredients are prepared and distributed to refrigerated stations where customers assemble them.

“It’s laid out very logically,” Davenport says. “We try to put everything you need in your way.”

Dream Dinners’ headquarters, located in Seattle, employ both a chef and a nutritionist who create and test all recipes before adding them to the menu. Customers may choose from fourteen entrees, such as Beef Enchilada Bake and Lemon Chicken Piccata that are rotated monthly. Meals may be made in a large, six-serving size or a medium, three-serving size.

Depending on the size of the meals, Davenport estimates that the average price for the twelve meals is between $130 and $250, resulting in a cost of $3 to $4 per serving.

“Customers are not just getting restaurant-quality food,” she says. “They’re getting a great price point. Most of our guests are telling us they’re saving at least $250 per month on groceries.” Dream Dinners is open Wednesday through Saturday. Appoint-ment times are listed on their web site.

Chrissie Batts and Claire Horton have both grown up with a passion for food. Chrissie and Claire are the executive chefs and owners of CHATT-a-FOODIE Personal Chef & Catering.

Born out of a passion for making uncomplicated, fun and tasty food, CHATT-a-FOODIE offers gourmet prepared meals to make life easier and of course taste better. Pre-prepared gourmet meals are offered across 12 standard items. These meals include a variety of foods ranging from vegetarian to “southern style.” Individual and family sizes, which feed four, are offered. Owner Clarire Horton describes the meals as “homegrown comfort foods, showing honor to the South with a slight twist.”

In addition to pre-prepared meals, CHATT-a-FOODIE offers a variety of cold foods from the deli. These foods change week-ly and can be purchased by the pound. CHATT-a-FOODIE is located at 1222 Tremont Avenue in North Chattanooga. To learn more about their gourmet meals and fresh foods, you can go to www.chattafoodie.com.

Throughout the Chattanooga Region, we

Liz Davenport and Laura Stephens are co-owners of Dream Dinners on Gunbarrel Road.

are fortunate to be treated to fresh, quality foods that are pre-prepared or can be prepared for meals. Regardless of the choice, families can enjoy a nutritious meal, more time together, lower food costs, less stress and more time to enjoy other activities.


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“The Artist of the Beautiful:” Mary Ferris Kelly

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There’s something about a Mary Ferris Kelly work of art that brings to mind the title of Hawthorne’s story: “The Artist of the Beautiful.” Maybe it’s the crisp lines on her detailed etchings, the bold and sensuous application of colors on her multi-layered

paintings, the life-like qualities of her bronze sculptures, or the subject matter she in-stinctively creates that beg notice. Whatever the reason, Mary Ferris Kelly (Mary Jane to her friends) is one of those rare artists fortunate enough to witness the positive impact her art has on others.

“I just can’t say enough nice things about Mary Jane or her work” says Linda Woodall, Mrs. Kelly’s longtime art representative and friend: “If there’s such a thing as ‘perfect,’ she’s it. She’s not only beautiful and gracious but an incredibly talented artist who always


goes over the edge, and really listens to what people want. I remember the time a woman wanted a portrait painted of her family on the beach. This woman already had one by another artist that she didn’t like. After they talked, Mary Jane created a painting of the family that very subtly included the family’s initials in the sand. I’ll never forget the joy the woman expressed when she said ‘that paint-ing is everything I ever dreamed about.”

“Mary Jane’s not a ‘word’ person; she speaks through her work. All that affects her is in her work. When 9-11 happened, she created at least ten little drawings of angels. When I asked her about them, she said ‘I had to do something about the people who are helping out at ground zero.’ When Tisho Hutcheson Zoanni, a docent at Hunter Museum, suddenly passed away, she created The Reluctant Angel, a large oil painting on canvas (4’tall x 3’wide) as a tribute to all young women who die too soon. This piece was so well-received that it eventually became a part of Hunter’s permanent collection as did a large acrylic painting (7’tall x 9’ wide) entitled Angels with Sunflowers and Crows. After 9-11, Helen Simak (Hunter Museum’s Chief Curator) decided to place Grieving Angel, Mary Jane’s bronze sculpture, on the floor because she felt it was a piece of art that would help viewers express their feelings.”

All three pieces of Mrs. Kelly’s art at Hunter are emotionally charged and un-forgettable because she always creates from within--- acting on what moves her--- causing others to feel her sensitivity and compassion for others. Frequent themes appear in her work such as people, fruit, flowers, animals, and angels in fluid robes. Docents at Hunter Museum frequently exclaim that Grieving Angel is a consistent favorite with viewers of all ages. “Why do you think the angel is sad? For whom does he grieve?” people often ask. Visitors who think the angel perhaps weeps for someone special may be surprised to know just how true this as she created Grieving Angel in honor of a severely brain damaged sister.

Most recently, St. Barnabus Nursing Home acquired another sculpture made by Mary in honor of her sister. Mary Jane says,

“I made this piece to celebrate my sister’s life. It depicts a strong, healthy woman and

Facing page l to r: Mrs. Kelly works in her studio on a commissioned clay sculpture she calls Boy with Frog. When completed, the piece will be taken to a foundry to go through the Classic Lost Wax process; a process where a mold is made of the sculpture and then bronze is poured into the mold to make a bronze sculpture.

Left: Woman on a Wire, Contè crayon and oil wash

Top Right: The Dinner Party, 5’ x 4’ oil painting

Bottom Right: Seated Girl with a Braid, bronze sculpture

represents the strength of my sister’s spirit. It also includes a symbol of St. Barnabus in its fringed cloak.”

Alan Avery, owner of Trinity Gallery in Atlanta has also seen the impact Mary’s work has on others: “Mary is o n e of my longest relationships. She’s been a stable artist with my gallery for 25 years. I saw one of her paintings at a previous gallery I worked at and began my search to find her. I actually searched for her from a previ-ous show she had done through a monastery and had to make many phone calls including one to Italy only to find out that she was in the neigh-boring state of Tennes-see. I called every Kelly starting in Nashville and finally got her on the phone in Chatta-nooga a few months later. The rest is history

and I have been her dealer ever since. She has been placed in three museum

collections, IBM’s collection, Coca Cola’s Collection, RJR Nabisco, Marmot Interna-tional, to name a few. Critic’s say, if you are a Southerner, do not write or paint about the North. Masterful work comes when you paint what you know. This is what Mary does, even though her work could be character-ized as in the style of the Renaissance; her characters are her family, the situations are instances in her life--current, real scenarios from her life which are placed in allegorical

situations that one might have found common place in the 16th century. They tell a story from her life.”

Creating art is an inseparable part of Mrs. Kelly’s life: “I always have to create something or I feel miserable, feel like I’m wasting my time. It’s not unusual for me to cre-ate at least 50 pieces of art a year. I work hard. I start in the morning and work all day long. Sometimes I alternate between painting and sculpture and have several things

going on at the same time, but then eventually concentrate on

one piece until it is finished. When I paint with oils, I mix my own glazes by combining

pure oil paints with medium. I apply several, even thin washes of color, accumulating 36 or more layers of glazes and sometimes pull pigment off the surface with a dry brush before it dries. This yields a rich depth of color. Although I mostly paint in a classical style


and am strongly influenced by Italian and Dutch masters, I also enjoy creating abstracts. I love to sculpt people and am currently working on a large commissioned portrait of a little boy with a frog. After I finish sculpting the details out of clay, it will be sent to a foundry in Atlanta to be bronze cast.”

Linda Woodall remem-bers when Mrs. Kelly seren-dipitously discovered her in-nate talent for sculpture: “it was when Cessna Decosimo, a friend of Mary Jane’s son-in-law Scott asked if he could leave some of his sculpting equipment at her house. He told her to feel free to play with it, so she did. Mary Jane had not taken any courses in sculpture, but you couldn’t tell it by her work. She began creating the most amazing realistic 3D sculptures out of clay. It was as if she had been making them all her life. Now her work is everywhere. She’s big, really big.”

A native of Athens, Tennessee, Mary Ferris Kelly lived in Jasper, TN for several years with Paul, her husband of 46 years. She’s proud of the fact that “Paul’s family has lived in Jasper for five generations and that his grandfather

from Ireland helped found Marion County.” The Kelly’s moved to Lookout Mountain, TN about eight years ago to be near their grand-children. Mrs. Kelly is extremely delighted that one of her grandsons is a serious painter and will hopefully carry on her legacy.

“I love Chattanoo-ga dearly. It’s the most beautiful spot, the love-liest place on earth. Any-time my husband and I travel, I always think how wonderful it is to return home. I love the

mountains and the rivers. It’s a great place for an artist to live; the burgeoning inter-est in the arts is evident here now. I am amazed and delighted by it. It’s a great place for an artist to live and to create.”

For more information about Mary Ferris Kelly’s work, contact Linda Wood-all Fine Arts: 423/238/9985; e-mail [email protected] or contact Alan Avery, Trinity Gallery 315 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA; 1-404-237-0370; www.trinitygallery.com.

GALLERiESTrinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Linda Wood-all, Chattanooga, TN

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PRiVATE COLLECTiOnS Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Kaufman

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raymond

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John and Sally Clarke

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Casey

Dr. and Mrs. Howard Rosing

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Thorton

J. Robert Douglas

Mr. and Mrs. J. McCarty

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Torbett

Mr. William Marriot

Mr. and Mrs. Olan Mills

Mr. and Mrs. William Holmberg

Mrs. Elizabeth Lupton Daven-port

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Lunch in the Afternoon, 30” x 40” oil painting



Outdoor Living

Q. My home is modest in size but I have a large back yard. I would like to create some areas outdoors that would expand my usable space for entertaining and dining. Where do I start?

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Start with a focal point, in this case a fireplace, to help determine how to layout your outdoor living space.

A simple wooden arbor helps to define this outdoor space.

A. Due to our moderate climate with 8-9 months of good weather, entertaining and living outdoors

has enormous appeal. At the turn of the century “lean-to” summer kitchens and outside porches were a necessity to keep the house cool in the summer months, but now we want to cook and entertain outside for the sheer pleasure of it. Long gone are the portable grills and wooden picnic tables from 30-40 years ago. In their place today are outdoor rooms with all the quality, style and performance of our indoor spaces. And with the advances in all-weather fabrics; furniture,

outdoor appliances, outdoor living and din-ing rooms, as well as outdoor kitchens are more accommodating and beautiful than ever before.

When planning your outdoor space, the first thing you must consider is where you want to put it. To help determine the room(s) placement, you need to consider four fundamentals: wind, light, view and privacy. You want gentle breezes, not hurri-cane winds; sunshine is great, but you don’t want to bake; and while you may like your neighbors, you don’t want them as voyeurs in your backyard retreat.


As for outdoor kitchens specifically, you generally want them to be closer to the main house or even sharing an adjoining wall. This way you have less expense in bringing electrical, water and gas lines to the outdoors, and carrying foods and materials is closer and easier. The further away your outdoor kitchen is from the main kitchen, the more you will need to include a full complement of appliances and storage to keep you from making many trips back and forth.

As a general rule, the closer a space is to the house (or particularly if it is attached to it) the more you need to incorporate some of the same architectural elements and similar materials to help seamlessly blend the outdoor space with indoor spaces. This could include using a stone / tile from inside to outdoor use on a wall, floor or counter. Stacked stone from the exterior could be used for low walls or built-in seats. Granite countertops in the kitchen could flow outdoors to the outdoor kitchen as well. Plumbing and lighting finishes from inside could also be used on finishes and materials used outside. The materials you use outside should reflect your main home’s style and character.

Once you have determined a suitable location for your new outdoor living space, you next need to determine the boundaries of the space. Just like a room inside your home, you need to define your space with a floor, walls, and a ceiling. Use fabrics, rugs, walls and structural elements to define your space. Walls can be defined as hedges, trellis, shrubbery or stacked stone walls. Outdoor kitchen counters and cabinets define spaces as well. Remember, the elements you use are to define your space and give it character and to provide protection from noise, wind and neighbors. Always use the lowest, least and smallest you can get away with. You don’t want to become too enclosed, since the purpose is to enjoy the great outdoors.

For floors, try a new outdoor rug, brick pavers, a raised wooden floor or deck, or rustic stone and tile to define your floor space and to bring character to the space.

To fashion an intimate space you need a ceiling to give overhead dimen-sion. This can come in the form of an overhead trellis or pergola. Or try open beams overhead with a wonderful climbing vine to give openness, yet definition to your outdoor room.

Once you have your space placed and the room boundary materials selected and defined, now is the time to add function and personality to the space. Now you have to begin to apply the same design process as you would any indoor room. First, as with any room indoors, you need to start with a focal point for any outdoor space. Consider a fireplace or fire pit. Perhaps a water fountain or water feature. Even a view of the mountains or the river can be a focal point. But establish one and then work your seating to focus on that one great feature. Make sure there is adequate seating for your general purposes. Today’s outdoor furniture is as comfortable as it is stylish. Also make sure you have enough storage for the cushions, equipment and party items you may want to use. This is particularly important in an outdoor kitchen area. The more storage you provide now, the less trips back and forth into the home you will make during a party.

Finally, in considering the style of your new space, while it is good to keep the permanent landscape materials — like floors, walls, light fixtures — consistent with your home’s style and materials, an outdoor room is a chance to break away and try new colors or fabric styles. Think spa retreat, tropical paradise or European countryside as themes to help you establish a look and a feeling of your new outdoor living space.

would you like to have your design dilemma considered for an upcom-ing issue? Just send an e-mail to: [email protected].

Hank Matheny, ASID, IIDA is the owner and principle designer of Haskell Interiors Design Collection located in historic downtown Cleveland, TN.

Top right: Today, there are lots of choices in seating that is as comfortable as indoor furniture.

Center right: Dining alfresco is wonderful with fabrics, candle chandeliers and an arbor of flowers to set the tone.

Bottom right: Think of your outdoor space much the same as an indoor room — furniture layout is key.


Cadillac has con-sistently been redefining the

looks and features of cars for years. The new XLR Roadster is indica-tive of this reputation, as its ground-breaking appearance, including both the interior and the exterior, and ad-vanced technology exceeds expectations for a luxury sporty convertible.

Able to convert from a coupe to a roadster in less than 30 seconds, the all new XLR Roadster provides the excitement of a convertible with the extravagance of a luxury coupe.

With brushed aluminum throughout the interior trim, and featuring both left-hand and right-hand arm rests, comple-mented with cooled and heated leather seats, the new roadster offers a younger look with luxurious comfort. Optional interior char-acteristics such as Eucalyptus wood accents and select micro-fiber lining bring further attraction to the interior of the car. The ap-pealing look is enhanced by a 6.5” LCD color display touch-screen with voice recognition, and controlling features that include a DVD-based navigation system and a 6 disc in-dash

CD changer played through a Bose premium 9-speaker sound system.

In addition to the XLR’s exceptional appearance, the Roadster is furnished with a number of standard features that pamper the operator. An adaptive cruise control feature uses a sophisticated radar transceiver to automatically adjust the speed of the car to maintain the preset following distance, all while updating the driver through the display system. The standard Rainsense wiper system detects moisture on the windshield and adjusts the wiper blades to appropriately cope with conditions at any given time. Not to mention the headlight system that calcu-lates the vehicle’s speed around curves and suitably pivots lamps up to twenty degrees to maximize the driver’s view at night.

The XLR’s advanced technology pro-vides added safety. The new StabiliTrak System increases the car’s stability, allowing

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drivers greater control over the car and decreasing the likelihood of an accident. Tires that use “run-flat” technology, allow the car to safely operate on low air levels or without any air at all.

The new Roadster’s design even takes into consideration the unlikely event of a crash. A special

Passenger Sensing System uses sensors to detect a crash or impact and subsequently determines the correct level of inflation for dual-stage frontal and side-impact airbags. This feature helps to protect passengers from another vehicle as well as reduces the risk of injury caused by the air bag itself.

The luxury of the 2007 XLR does not take away from its performance, as it comes standard with a 4.6L Northstar V8 VVT, de-livering 320 horsepower. With a 0 to 60 MPH time of less than six seconds, the standard roadster covers ¼ mile in 14.3 seconds.

From the looks of both the exterior and interior, standard features and advanced technology, the 2007 Cadillac XLR Roadster provides the driver with an unforgettable experience of excitement and magnificence, all in one package. Priced at $79,000, the Roadster will exceed your expectations for a luxury sporty convertible.

HotCadillac – New XLR RoadsterProvides the Excitement of a Convertible with the extravagance of a Luxury CoupeBy MattheW WiLLiaMS



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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy.” —AnAtole FrAnce


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