Your Tuesday at a glance:
- Weather: Sunny and cool with a high of 65.
- What’s happening: There are two upcoming job fairs to fill 30 positions at the new $40.4 million Lodge Fall Creek Falls.
- What’s helping: Navigating health care in America can be daunting, especially when you don’t speak English. Here’s how Clinica Medicos is working to help pregnant Hispanic women in the Chattanooga area.
- What you tried: Remember that trivia fact a couple of weeks ago about how it’s impossible to hum while holding your nose? Reader Trish Bowers decided to have her Chattanooga Newcomers Club tour group try it and sent us a picture that’s sure to make you smile so, of course, we got permission to make it our photo of the day below.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
Chattanooga’s newest grocery store is set to open today in Southside. Company officials say it’s unlike anything the area has ever seen.
“A lot of folks who live around the store need a place to grocery shop,” said Gordon Food Service Store marketing director Mark Dempsey. “We’ll bring them something they’ve never had before in Chattanooga.”
The store hopes to cater to both wholesale and everyday consumer needs with a variety of different brands and a delivery service.
Here, learn more about the store and what the company hopes to offer to the community.
Now for some recent stories:
SHINE BRIGHT: Neon signs, a hilltop garage and a business endeavor. Here’s a story about a Boyd Buchanan student, her pilot dad and how they bond over making neon signs.
WHO YA GOT?: Vote for your favorite local prep teams ahead of this weekend’s games.
GIVING KIDS A SHOT: After Pfizer announced last week that its COVID-19 vaccine was effective for kids as young as 5, yesterday Moderna said it found similar findings for its low dose shot for kids 6-11.
– Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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