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Bachman Selling 2018 Calendars, Making Holiday Plans

11/16/2017

Long-time Bachman volunteer, Leanna Jones, enjoys last year’s Give Shop with her daughter, Stephanie, and grandson, Eli Rogers. This year's Give Shop event is on December 9.

Beginning this month, Bachman Community Center will be selling a 2018 History of Walden’s Ridge Calendar, which makes a great gift! The calendar features historical photos and information about sites, people and events in Walden’s Ridge history. This project is in partnership with the Rev. James Douthat, who has graciously shared his collection of photos and knowledge. The calendar also contains the dates of Rev. Douthat’s History of Walden’s Ridge lectures, which will take place quarterly in 2018 in Bachman’s auditorium. Calendars are $12 and will be on sale on the Bachman website or the community center's office.

Save the merry date of Saturday, November 25: Bachman is hosting an all-day Christmas Movie Pageant at Bachman. A collection of classic Christmas movies will be shown all day to kick off the season. Titles and times are not yet confirmed, but there will be traditional and modern favorites for the whole family to enjoy. There is no admission charge and concessions will be for sale. Follow Bachman on Facebook for up-to-date info about this event.

Did you visit The Give Shop at Bachman last year? This event is so special! This year, The Give Shop is on Saturday, December 9. The Give Shop is a kids-only holiday shopping experience from Bachman Bargains. There is a shop with specially selected items from the store, and shoppers have assistance from elves and other helpers and can shop for parents, siblings, teachers, friends and even pets! Gifts are priced from $2 to $5, and there will be volunteers helping to wrap them. Parents stay on-site and enjoy refreshments while their children shop. Call (423) 886-4842 or visit the Bachman website to sign up your kiddos for this fun experience.

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Bachman Hosting Reunion and Chili Sale

10/24/2017

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Mrs. Laura Lusk’s fourth grade class at Bachman Elementary in 1957-58. Bachman is hosting an alumni event for all past students and staff on November 4 from 4-7 p.m. Do you recognize anyone?

The Bachman Community Center will host a reunion open house on Saturday, November 4, from 4-7 p.m. for alumni and staff of Bachman Elementary. Anyone who attended or worked at Bachman is invited to drop by and enjoy refreshments, see the building and examine archival material. Bachman staff would love help identifying folks in pictures and encourage people to bring their own photos to share.

In addition, the Rev. James Douthat will be telling stories and answering questions. There will be drawings every half hour for door prizes from Signal Mountain businesses, and folks will have the opportunity to learn about how our building serves our community today.

Rather than a chili cook-off this year, Bachman is partnering with the Bread Basket to sponsor a chili sale. The order deadline is soon, November 6! Place your order in person at BCC at 2815 Anderson Pike, online at bachmancc.org or by phone at (423) 886-4842.

Each order costs $25, serves four people and includes a half-gallon of ready-to-heat chili and a large loaf of famous sourdough bread from the Bread Basket. How’s that for an easy dinner or fabulous football food? You can pick up orders at the drive-thru at Bachman on Saturday, November 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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History Center Plans to Strengthen Collection

1/24/2017

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The Board of Directors of the Chattanooga History Center recently announced its plan to remove items that are duplicates or unrelated to the center's collecting mission. The Board voted to conduct this action in order to strengthen its overall historical collection.

This process is common practice among museums, and provides a way to ensure that an item fits the overall scope and mission of the museum. Many items were collected decades ago when the center's collections did not have a Chattanooga-specific focus and thus do not tell Chattanooga's rich history.

The Board stressed that the center is not de-accessioning any items that are part of its core collection.

A list of donors affected by this decision will be posted on the center's website. The CHC encourages donors to retrieve objects scheduled for removal. Satisfactory evidence must be presented in order to claim the objects, such as the original deed of gift or personal identification. If the donor is deceased but his/her heirs are interested in acquiring the object, then a family relationship must be proven as well as a right to inherit.

The deadline for contacting the Chattanooga History Center is February 28. After this deadline, all remaining artifacts will be disposed of as determined by the CHC's Board.

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MACC Birthday Bash is Saturday

8/24/2016

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Signal Mountain Grammar School in 1926

by Helen Barrett
The Mountain Arts Community Center will celebrate 90 years of community service, with a name change along the way, on Saturday, August 27, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The celebration marks a career as an icon for Signal Mountain, beginning with its opening as Signal Mountain Grammar School for the 1926 school year. During its years from 1926 until 1999 as an active grammar school, generations of students passed through its doors, played on the playground, pulled pigtails, tormented teachers and made memories that lasted for lifetimes.

This building has never been vacant since opening day! Ending life as an active educational facility, it was reborn as the Mountain Arts Community Center, building upon the years of service and giving once again to the community that birthed it.

The celebration involves alumni who will tell stories and remember good times, patrons of the arts programs at the MACC, and mountain residents and their families who will join each other on the grounds. The blacktop will host traditional games like Go Fish, hopscotch, a jump rope competition and a bean bag toss. It wouldn’t be a birthday without a special birthday cake, provided by B’s Sweets’ Brianne Hager. Brianne has taught many cooking classes for eager bakers at the MACC in recent years.

Teachers and students will demonstrate art, music, martial arts, and drama. Folk dancers will dance and artists will demonstrate all sorts of crafts. Forms of drama such as mime, storytelling and puppetry will titillate the interest of observers and participants alike. The strong music program currently offered by the MACC will provide a showcase of talent to enchant the ears of listeners.

Past projects that have a continued life, such as the fairy garden Little Root, will be on display. Of paramount importance is the Signal Mountain Lion’s Club car raffle. The Lions will also cook hot dogs and assist with parking.

This event is sponsored by the MACC Patrons organization, which hosted a potluck dinner on June 3, in preparation for this big event. At the dinner, alumni shared memories and stories of the teachers and the students who passed through the doors, and the importance they played in the lives of families now spread far and wide.

Land for the school was donated by C.E. James. The structure was erected by R.W. Arnold, low-bidder, for the lofty sum of $27,942. The building, now on the historical register, reflects the rich architectural values of the time, and the dedication to the mountain setting both in the placement and the design. The generously-sized, light-filled classrooms provide an ideal setting for the art and music classes which fill the air with enchanting sight and sound. The jewel box of a theatre, which seats 250 on a raked floor, is currently awaiting necessary repairs to restore it to its original beauty. This treasure generally hosts 25 to 30 performances and concerts each year. The unique venue often sells out to eager patrons.

Come visit the old school that has new life again! Find out more on the MACC website.

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Celebrate the Seasons, Each in Its Own Time

12/11/2015

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by Sonia Young
After seeing Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas items appear on store shelves shortly after Labor Day, I remembered a time when we celebrated the holidays each in its own time and season.

When I was a child, Halloween items appeared in early October, along with pumpkin pie, pumpkin cakes and even a pumpkin ice cream. When Halloween was over, Thanksgiving decorations and turkeys appeared and stayed until Thanksgiving was over.

I don’t remember even seeing a turkey, let alone a pumpkin pie, in a grocery store except during the months of November and December. Right after Thanksgiving, magically, the Christmas decorations appeared, Christmas carols began to play on the radio, the Salvation Army bell ringers came out and Santa took up residence in Lovemans, Miller Bros., Sears and Penny’s department stores. There were no malls in my younger days, so these festivities were mainly centered in a vibrant downtown which was festooned with lights and featured decorated windows and special shopping nights downtown. My siblings and I loved going downtown with our parents to see the beautiful window scenes at the department stores and the Electric Power Board. A special treat was the toy-filled windows at the old Fowler Brothers, which only appeared at the Christmas season.

This season was short, and we did not experience the “overkill” and surfeit of season, which many of us have today where there is just too much.

There used to be an orderly holiday progression of these certain holidays, with Christmas being the grand finale. Today, the magic is gone, or at least misplaced, and the holidays are one big muddle. I have heard several people proudly announce that they have finished their holiday gift shopping, or as one lady said recently, “Thank goodness I am done!” Whatever happened to the joy of selecting the perfect gift for someone, chosen with love and care? Today we often jam gifts into gift bags or gift cards into envelopes without a second thought.

As a youth, I looked forward to the short special time when Kay’s ice cream had rum raisin and eggnog ice cream. The season for these specialties begins much earlier now, and rum raisin is available all year! I use to know the season by what foods were seen in the grocery stores – pumpkin breads meant Thanksgiving and eggnog ice cream signified Christmas. Now the seasons have lost their distinction.

We need to take time to enjoy and celebrate each holiday for its own meaning. Gift giving should bring pleasure, not dread. Simplify by all means. Give a donation to a charitable cause instead of another “thing they don’t want or need.”

I am so glad I can remember growing up when stores did not concern themselves with who could open earlier on Thanksgiving Day. I want to commend Nordstom’s for preserving the holiday magic. For several years now, Nordstrom’s has posted holiday signs in its stores announcing, “We won’t be decking our halls until Friday after Thanksgiving. Why? Well, we just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time.”

Let’s bring back the specialness of each holiday and celebrate each in its own time for its own season and reason. Take time experience the magic of each season. Happy Holidays!

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