From left are Buffalo Wild Wings server Noah Nicholas with committee members Jane Corn, Sharon Klein and Jill Legg.Fort Oglethorpe dog park gets ‘Wings’ boost
Volunteers are busy raising money to build a dog park in Fort Oglethorpe.
The Bark City Committee reached out to Buffalo Wild Wings for help. A Yappy Hour event was held on Sept. 29 with dog lovers bringing their canine friends to sit on the patio, enjoy college football and have 10 percent of their bill donated to the dog park (the Home Team Advantage Teammate Cards can be used until Dec. 29 to benefit the dog park).
“Including our dogs was a lot of fun and drew attention to the dog park. People asked a lot of questions and we got great feedback and suggestions for the park,” Klein said.
Sharon Klein, member of the Bark City Committee
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‘Nutcracker’ needs CSO’s talents
The Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra is a great resource for the city of Chattanooga. We are fortunate to have many fine, professional musicians in our community.
In December 2018, many families and children will have the opportunity to see and hear Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” ballet performed. We believe that this performance will be much more educational and memorable if it is performed by these talented musicians rather than a pre-recorded tape. This is true especially if the charge for admission will be the same.
Jonathan Cole
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Politics: A dirty word full of woe
Politics! There, now I need to wash my mouth out with soap. Did Jesus engage in politics? He certainly did, not in any way to take over or run things, but to call out evil, with woe, woe and woe, to the extent of bringing about his own execution.
The November Atlantic has a lengthy article on Newt Gingrich. I’ve had a fulminating dislike for his attack-dog style ever since his rise to speaker; and he’s still with us, personified in his pupil at the helm.
Oscar Romero, now beatified, mistakenly tried to organize the campesinos but met a similar reaction.
Richard Burns, Cleveland, Tenn.
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Clintons, Comey, China need checking
I am tired of the waste of my tax dollar by Mueller. Hillary Clinton’s highly illegal use of a home server is forgotten. The Trump investigation masks this. Any federal worker using a classified server not in a highly secured U.S. government facility would be in prison now.
Did she have compromising material on Comey and Mueller to prevent the investigation? This is the reason for the law – to prevent blackmail and extortion. USB memory devices and backup disks could have been used for extortion; selling secrets may be on them from the Clinton server. We do not know.
Furthermore, the easiest way to compromise information is to manufacture the equipment. Look at your cellphone and laptop and the chips in them. They are not made in Russia; they are made in China. Who makes the chips in voting machines? Why has the China interference not been investigated? Did China give that much money to the Clinton Foundation that there is no China investigation?
When the Clintons, Comey and those who ran the illegal server are in prison, then start a Trump investigation.
Bill Chimiak, Ph.D., Signal Mountain
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Preserve birthright citizenship status
In 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution stating, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States ” Now it’s being questioned by public officials, and those most affected by it can’t vote.
Our country has long boasted the “American Dream.” Founded by immigrants and raised up by their children, we now stand strongly on the world stage. The rights of those children being questioned completely disregards the goal of the 14th and the grounds upon which the American Dream was perceived.
Those who are citizens by birthright, despite their parents’ status, have been given a better life via the 14th. They understand more than anyone, the ideals of our country, and were they not protected by the 14th, they wouldn’t have the opportunity they have today. These children, coming from nothing, are becoming artists, doctors, teachers, and everything in between. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
I’m too young to vote, but as a citizen I can speak. Have empathy, remember what the American Dream is, and please, stand up for the children.
Annabelle Hill
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Ha, ha! The joke’s on Republicans
Republican jokes:
Q. How do you define a level-headed Republican?
A. A politician who can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time.
Q. What do you call a Republican who doesn’t know how to lie?
A. A mute.
Q. How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb?
A. No one knows. No matter how many of them you get together, they can’t get anything done.
Q. Why did the moron become a Republican?
A. What other choice did he have?
John West, Signal Mountain
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Churches dying: Why not just teach love?
I am worried about the demise of the evangelical Christian church. It’s spiraling downward. No youth. No children. Empty baby beds. Senior citizens dying. The few that are present all look alike.
What must happen to revive us? Start at the front door. Get acquainted with the people and assess their spiritual and physical needs; introduce them to one another. The worshipers should resemble the neighborhood surrounding the place of worship.
Welcome everyone – red, yellow, black, white, LGBTQ – and mean it. Allow people to be whom God, the Creator, created them to be, not what the culture thinks they should be based on your misinterpreted concepts of appearance and behavior. Sexuality is inborn; don’t try to change it. That’s God’s business.
There is ample support in the book, “Homosexuality and Christian Faith,” edited by Walter Wink, in which at least 18 scholars from churches, denominations and Christian institutions agree on the premise homosexuality and Christian faith thrive alongside one another without conflict. In fact, most biblical references, supposedly to homosexuality, are, rather, either child sexual abuse or blatant incest within families of blood relatives.
Love is the strongest force in the universe. Let’s live it and teach it.
Matt Nevels
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One solution for two problems?
Enterprise South, formally the Voluntary Ammunition Plant, is more than 7,300 acres. I admit I am not certain, but I believe less than a thousand acres are commercially developed, including the park.
Both the city and county are looking to resolve two issues: moving the firing range from Moccasin Bend and building a new wastewater treatment plant.
Are there issues from using undeveloped acres in Enterprise South for both a firing range and a wastewater treatment plant? Have our elected officials considered this possible solution?
Bob Nash, Ooltewah