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Your Friday at a glance:

Weather: High 60; mostly sunny

What to drink: Bourbon tea. Here, Edley’s Bar-B-Que Chattanooga shares its recipe.

What to do: Pick up author Erica Wright’s new book, “Snake,” a deeply personal and highly readable essay collection.

What we’re excited about: This Tennessee bridge being named for the town’s first Black police officer.

Greetings, Chattanooga!

Early voting has officially begun in Tennessee. When you vote – if you vote – please take a moment to mentally thank Earl “Bo” Cline. The 100-year-old World War II POW from Chattanooga has a word of advice for Americans. And we all should listen.

And now, a few recent stories:

So, how did Dayton’s “Amazing Race” competitors do on week one? (Spoiler alert!)

Walmart is reinventing Black Friday for the coronavirus pandemic.

And, here are a few fun things to do this weekend.

– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com

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