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Spring 2012 

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The Gig — Economic 

Game Changer 

Championship Wrestling 

Chattanooga Leads State 

Luminaries de l’Opera 

Illustrious Performers 

Muscadine Wines 

Pride of the South 

Premier Living 

Beautiful Local Homes 

Special 

Weddings & 

Independent 

Schools — 

Camps Sections 

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Game changers…they’re people or ideas that transform the accepted rules, processes 

or strategies. And they often radically change a situation. 

In this issue of CityScope magazine, we feature a number of local organizations and individuals 

who are game changers, those who have led or are leading great things in Chattanooga. 

Among them is EPB, whose Gig and Smart Grid network is changing the landscape of our business community. Now with access 

to the fastest broadband internet in the world, many businesses and services in Chattanooga are finding new opportunities to 

increase profitability and market share, while others are beginning to rely on the infrastructure to develop innovative products 

that could revolutionize industries. 

We are equally proud to feature the SimCenter at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This organization has provided 

super computational engineering to advance businesses, services and public safety across the U.S. and around the world. 

Through the newly formed SimCenter Enterprises, the commercialization of this group’s superior capabilities offers promise 

for the creation of new industry and jobs in Chattanooga. 

Turning to game changers in sports, this issue also features the rich history of Chattanooga wrestling, including the men 

who have led this sport to be one of the most respected in the state. 

And if these wonderful and uplifting stories don’t inspire you, then “Luminaries de l’Opera” will for sure. Few realize that 

Chattanooga is home to many nationally and internationally recognized opera singers. Getting their start in area schools, 

these stars now perform on some of the biggest stages across the globe. 

And like always, this spring issue of CityScope magazine provides a complete review of independent schools and camps as 

well as a gorgeous wedding section that features bridal gowns, bridal jewelry and beautiful local weddings. The visuals provided 

by local photographers are just stunning. 

I hope that you will find this issue of CityScope magazine to be beautiful, uplifting and inspiring. I hope that it will fill you 

with a wonderful sense of pride for our city and all the men, women and 

organizations who have achieved extraordinary success and continue to 

lead Chattanooga to greater heights. 

magaZine 

Celebrating 

19 Years 

Changers 

Cindi Mullinix, Editor-in-Chief 

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CONTENTS 

Volume 19 Issue 3 • Spring 2012 

Features 

18 The Gig 

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34 

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An Economic Game Changer 

Pioneering New Solutions 

UTC’s SimCenter 

Luminaries de l’Opera 

Chattanooga’s Illustrious Performers 

Championship Wrestling 

Chattanooga Leads for Nearly 80 Years 

Magnificent Muscadine Wines 

Pride Varietal of the South 

Celebrating the City 

66 

68 

70 

Premier living 

76 

86 

7th Annual Pink! Gala 

Benefitting the MaryEllen Locher Breast Center 

Chattanooga Heart Ball 

Benefitting the American Heart Association 

Women of Distinction 

Benefitting the American Lung Association 

Drawing From Nature 

The Schlanger Family Home 

A Legend on Lookout 

The Moss Home 

Photo courtesy of ePB Photo By reed hummell 

Photo courtesy of notre dame 

Photo By chris cate 

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SCENIC 

100 

Photo courtesy of the lynn h. wood 

archaeological museum 

annual School & Camp Profi les 

100 

106 

Connecting the Past & Present 

University Archaeologists and Anthropologists 

Independent School Profiles 

Complete Summary of Independent Schools 

where the best 

is yet to be 

Now Selling 

Model Home Coming Soon! 

Craftsman • Prairie • Lodge Home Designs 

Community Clubhouse with Pool 

Pergola • Sidewalks • Street Lamps 

Zoned Apison Elementary & 

East Hamilton Middle/High School 

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122 

Camp Snapshots (also see page 126) 

Local Youth Enjoying Camps 

Summer Camp Profiles 

Directory of Spring & Summer Camps 

Apison - 35 Homesites Under Contract 

Experienced Select Builder Team 

Lakeside Bungalows (1400 to 1800 sq ft) 

$189,000 - $225,000 

Single Family Homes (1800 to 2500+ sq ft) 

$220,000 - $275,000 

Gina 

Sakich 

423.595.8364 

GinaSakichHomes.com 

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154 

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Photo By daisy moffatt 

Special wedding Section 

134 

140 

146 

150 

Bridal Fashions 

Local Brides Model Wedding Gowns and Bouquets 

Wedding Day Jewelry 

Local Brides Model Bridal Jewelry 

Chattanooga Charm 

The Shipley Wedding 

Stylish & Sophisticated 

The Smalley Wedding 

Thank You Chattanooga for Making Us Your 

Independent 

LocaLLy owned 

ReaL estate company 

# 1 

New Craftsman Homes 

in Downtown’s Southside 

Custom Home Designs. Open, thoughtfully 

designed floorplans that “live large” with 

neighbor-friendly front porches & tuckedaway 

private balconies. Quality construction 

& amenities galore. Energy efficient & 

environmentally friendly in a beautiful 

parkside location in Downtown’s growing 

Southside. And at affordable & fair prices. 

A welcome return of The American Dream. 

423.265.0088 

154 Easy Elegance 

The Lewis Wedding 

158 

Local Wedding Gifts 

Great Gifts from Shops Near You 

Coming Soon to 

North Chattanooga 

10 Custom Designed 

Craftsman Homes! 

Darlene 

Brown 

423.595.0943 

Custom Designed Craftsman Homes with 

attached two car garages. 1600 to 2600 sq. 

ft. Most are 4 Bedrooms & 3.5 Baths. Priced 

from $244,900 to $359,000. 

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Departments 

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City Lights 

Art, Charities and Events 

Ask Hamilton 

Hamilton Bush’s 

Local Trivia and Tales 

Living in the City 

Downtown is Home 

Taste of the City 

Sugar’s Downtown 

Working in the City 

Freeky Friendz 

Ask the Designer 

Spice Up Your Home in 2012 

Last Look 

Spring 

C H A T T A N O O G A 

Publisher 

Assistant to Publisher 

Editor-in-Chief 

Assistant Editors 

Proofreader 

Design 

Website Design 

and Development 

Contributing Writers 

Pamela Boaz 

B.B. Branton 

Hamilton Bush 

Benjamin Butler 

Laura Childers 

Mike Haskew 

Christy L. Luellen 

Photographer 

Volume 19, Issue 3 • Spring 2012 

George Mullinix 

Danielle Curtis 

Cindi Mullinix 

Laura Childers 

Hannah Vanbiber 

Taylor McGee 

Jessica Henon 

Emily Pérez 

Emily Pérez 

Haskell Matheny 

Katherine Ladny Mitchell 

Judith Nembhard 

Rebecca Rochat 

Andrew Shaughnessy 

Hannah Vanbiber 

Kim H. White 

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c h a t t a n o o g a 

city 

Lights 

Arts 

Shuptrine’s 

In February and March, Shuptrine’s Gold 

Leaf Designs will present “COLOR,” featuring 

the paintings of artists Bob Ichter, John 

Buner and Keith Harmon. From March 

29 through the end of May, Shuptrine’s 

will present “Be Still and Know,” an exhibit 

showcasing American art depicting the 

South and West in a variety of art styles. An 

opening reception featuring guest speaker 

Seth Hopkins, the Booth Western Art Museum’s 

executive director, will be held on 

March 29 from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit is 

sponsored by Carter Distributing. For more 

information, call (423) 266-4453 or visit 

www.shuptrines.com. 

In-Town Gallery 

In March, the In-Town Gallery 

will present “Brushstrokes 

and Bracelets,” an 

exhibit featuring watercolors by Helen Burton 

and jewelry by Mary Clor. The opening reception 

will be Friday, March 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. 

In April, the gallery will feature “Multimedia 

Miniatures” by Ellen Franklin with an opening 

reception on Friday, April 6, from 5 to 8 

p.m. In May, the gallery will present “Spring 

is in the Air,” a showcase of new work from 

36 regional artists, with an opening reception 

on Friday, May 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. For more 

information, call (423) 267-9214. 

12th Annual 4 Bridges 

Arts Festival 

Mark your calendars! The 12th annual 4 

Bridges Arts Festival will be held April 14 

and 15 at the First Tennessee Pavilion. A 

staple of the Southeast’s art scene, 4 Bridges 

features some of the finest original artworks 

made by contemporary artists in the region 

as well as live music from talented regional 

performers. To complete the package, a focus 

on artisan foods and diverse dishes will add 

to the festival’s atmosphere. Hours are Saturday, 

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for one day or $10 

for both days for adults 18 and over. For more 

information, call (423) 265-4282, ext. 106. 

HATCH! 

HISTORY ARTS TECHNOLOGY 

CULTURE HAPPENINGS 2012 

WWW.HATCHCHATT.ORG 

From April 12-22, Chattanooga will host 

“HATCH,” the city’s first ever collaborative 

arts and culture showcase. For 10 days, local, 

regional and national artists and entertainers 

will present visual art, performance art, 

technological art, musical art and history 

throughout the city, from Southside to downtown 

to the Northshore. Headlining events 

include the 4 Bridges Arts Festival, the Mid- 

South Sculpture Alliance Conference, the 

Festival of New Plays, several exhibits at the 

Hunter Museum of American Art and 10x10, 

a new exhibition of creativity that will span 

10 city blocks. For more information, visit 

www.HATCHchatt.org or call (423) 648-7341. 

Charities 

CFA’s Palate 2 Palette 

A benefit for the Craniofacial Foundation of 

America, Palate 2 Palette is an evening dedicated 

to celebrating the arts in Chattanooga’s 

Southside. Come Friday, April 13, at 5 p.m. 

for the opening of the Youth Gallery Exhibit. 

Then return on Saturday, April 14, at 5 p.m. to 

tour galleries via a trolley ride before finishing 

the night at Track 29 at the Bubbles & Sweets 

event. For more information, visit www. 

p2pchattanooga.org or call (423) 778-9176. 

Local Events and 

Announcements 

Junior League’s 

Tour du Jour 

The Junior League of Chattanooga will host 

the 7th annual Tour du Jour on Saturday, 

April 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests will 

enjoy a self-guided tour of the latest premier 

kitchens in Chattanooga. Tickets are one for 

$15 and two for $20 advance and $20 per 

person on the day of the event. A pre-party 

will be held April 13. Funds raised by the 

Tour du Jour support the Junior League of 

Chattanooga. For more information, call 

(423) 267-5053 or visit www.jlchatt.org. 

MS Walk 

Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis 

Society, the MS Walk will be held at 

10:30 a.m. on April 28 at the Tennessee 

Riverpark with registration beginning at 9 

a.m. Proceeds from the event go to support 

the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. For 

more information on the walk, contact Katie 

Turner at (615) 690-5323 or katie.turner@ 

nmss.org. 

Siskin’s StyleWorks 

Siskin Children’s Institute’s 36th annual 

StyleWorks: Fashion with Compassion will 

be held on Thursday, May 3, at the Chattanooga 

Convention Center. The event will 

include lunch, marketplace shopping and a 

runway fashion show. Proceeds will benefit 

children with special needs and their families 

served by the Institute. For more information, 

visit www.siskin.org/styleworks or call 

(423) 648-1707. 

27th Women of 

Distinction Event 

The 27th annual Women of Distinction 

Awards Luncheon will be held on Friday, 

April 27, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 

the Chattanooga Convention Center with 

registration beginning at 11:15 a.m. The 

event, which benefits the American Lung 

Association in Tennessee, will honor the 

Tennessee Woman of Distinction and ten of 

the Chattanooga area’s most accomplished 

women. For reservations or more information, 

call the American Lung Association in 

Tennessee at (423) 629-1098 or visit www. 

alatn.org. 

Everyday Heroes Gala 

The 2nd annual Everyday Heroes Gala 

will be held on Saturday, May 5, at The 

Chattanoogan Hotel. The event is led by a 

team of community leaders whose families 

or friends have been impacted by ALS. 

Individual tickets are $150 per person and 

sponsorship tables begin at $2500. The 

evening will begin with cocktails at 6:30 

p.m. followed by dinner, a brief program 

and dancing to The Michel Jons Band. All 

proceeds go directly to research dedicated 

to finding a cure for ALS. For more information, 

go to EverydayHeroesGala.com or call 

the local Muscular Dystrophy Association 

office at (423) 855-0645. 

A Night to Remember 

The 25th annual A Night to Remember 

fundraising gala will be held on May 19 at 

the Chattanooga Convention Center. This 

year, the event also celebrates the 125th anniversary 

of The University of Tennessee 

at Chattanooga and its 50th anniversary of 

desegregation. Proceeds from the event support 

scholarships, cultural enrichment and 

intervention programs for the city’s youth. 

For more information, call (423) 463-0687 or 

visit www.anighttoremember.org. 

Events 

Keeper Kids 

Spring break turns into 

a wild adventure at the Tennessee Aquarium 

when kids get a chance to get closer to some 

of the Aquarium’s animals. From March 10 

through April 8, kids can explore behind the 

scenes, meet penguin experts, feed feisty otters, 

make enrichment toys for playful parrots 

or learn what it takes to wrangle reptiles. Kids 

may choose two of the 19 different activities 

offered throughout the day, available on a first 

come first serve basis. For more information, 

call (423) 265-0695 or visit www.tnaqua.org. 

Shamrock City 

Find the luck of the Irish at Rock City’s 5th 

annual Irish celebration festival on March 

17 and 18 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event 

will feature live music and entertainment, 

Irish food, specialty beer from Big River 

Grille and Brewing Works, and Rock City’s 

famous fudge with a “green” twist. This 

event has been selected as a Top 20 Event 

by Southeast Tourism Society for 2010, 2011 

and 2012. For more information, call (706) 

820-2531 or visit www.seerockcity.com. 

20th Anniversary of the 

Tennessee Aquarium 

The Tennessee Aquarium 

will celebrate its 

20th Anniversary on 

Saturday, April 28, 

with the opening of 

“River Giants,” a new 

exhibit featuring freshwater 

species of legendary 

size. “Party by the Peaks,” a free event 

held that evening, will include music and a 

laser graffiti display. A ticketed after-hours 

party from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. will give guests 

the chance to meet National Geographic Explorer 

Dr. Zeb Hogan. For more information, 

call (423) 265-0695 or visit www.tnaqua.org. 

For more information on events in Chattanooga, visit www.chattanoogafun.com or call (800) 322-3344. 

March 15 & 16 at the Tivoli 

CSO Masterworks: 

Carmina Burana 

March 17-April 1 at the 

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 

The Mousetrap 

March 18 at the Tivoli 

Country Legend Don Williams 

March 21 at Memorial Auditorium 

Trans-Siberian Orchestra 

March 25 at the Tivoli 

CSO Chamber: Dvorak Serenades 

March 31 

Party with the CSO at Track 29 

April 6 at the Tivoli 

Alison Krauss & Union Station 


Straight No Chaser 

April 13-29 at the Chattanooga 

Theatre Centre 

A World Premiere Play 

April 13-29 at the Chattanooga 

Theatre Centre 

Festival of New Plays: 

Runners-Up 


CSO Pops: The Piano Men: 

Music of Elton John and Billy Joel 


Shun Yun World Tour 2012 


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HAMILTONtrivia & 

Chattanooga Area 

tales 

Greetings Chattanooga! 

Hamilton Bush, your local historian 

at large, is here to shed light on a couple 

of tidbits of local interest, recalling the 

grandeur and the tough times of days 

gone by and reminding you, dear reader, 

that we are still influenced today by 

the events of the past. Whether we 

acknowledge such or simply brush it 

aside makes no difference. Chattanooga 

and Hamilton County today are very 

much shaped by the city and county of 

a decade or even a century ago. Thus, 

when we ask ourselves why history is 

important, we should consider that there 

are perhaps lessons to learn and advice 

to be had from our predecessors if we 

only take a moment to listen. 

Dear Hamilton Bush, 

As a lifelong resident of Chattanooga 

and a graduate of the College of Business 

Administration at UTC, I have to tell you 

how excited I am about the university’s 

future. With the support of the community, 

a wave of new construction 

projects, and high academic standards, 

UTC will certainly have a positive impact 

on the lives of its students, Chattanooga, 

and the world beyond for years to come. 

However, along with the progress that 

includes the construction of a new library 

comes a little pang of sadness. As 

the South Stadium of Chamberlain Field 

comes down, could you fill me in on the 

story of that grand gridiron façade 

Sincerely, 

Moc Maniac 

Dear Moc Maniac, 

The aging edifice of the Chamberlain 

Field South Stadium bleachers went under 

the wrecking ball last August, but wait a 

minute, maybe wrecking ball is not the best 

way to describe what is happening. It is cheery 

to note that while the structure has come 

down, signs and brick are being preserved in 

anticipation of the erection of Chamberlain 

Photos courtesy of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library (www.lib.chattanooga.gov) 

Pavilion to commemorate the location of the 

hallowed facility that hosted its first football 

game in October of 1908 (when the Mocs 

defeated Athens 11-0) and ended its nearly 

80-year run in October of 1997 (with a 20-17 

Moc victory over Wofford). 

From a historical perspective, Chamberlain 

Field helped tell the story of the 

growth of UTC and of our city. A brief timeline 

runs thusly. In 1907, the area north of 

Oak Street was used as a pasture for the 

horses and mules that were employed by 

the Chattanooga Transfer Company. The following 

year, a site for the field was chosen, 

construction began, and basic locker room 

facilities were installed in the adjacent science 

building which has since been torn down. 

Captain Hiram S. Chamberlain, a prominent 

businessman and president of the college’s 

board of trustees, was honored when the 

new field was named for him. 

Much of the wooden grandstand seating 

was destroyed in a fire during the 1925 

season. However by 1927, the familiar brick 

structure on the south side was completed 

Chamberlain Field 

South Stadium at UTC 

with seating for 5,000. Although a 1940s 

master plan to turn the field into a horseshoestyle 

stadium was never fully implemented, 

one part of the plan, a 5,000-seat grandstand, 

was completed. Today, a dormitory is housed 

under these stands on Vine Street. 

Chamberlain Field is further notable because 

the college’s football team completed 

16 undefeated seasons during its operational 

life. In total, 63 winning seasons were realized 

during the field’s life span, and at the 

time of its closing, the facility was the second 

oldest on-campus college football venue in 

America. It is with anticipation that we watch 

the exciting future of UTC unfold and with 

gratitude that we are able to remember the 

glories of the past. 

(By the way, on a personal note, yours 

truly will never forget the 72-14 pasting the 

Mocs put on Appalachian State at Chamberlain 

Field during the 1978 season, nor the largest 

crowd to see a gridiron contest there. During 

a Tennessee State game in November of 1981, 

more than 12,000 fans packed the venue 

whose stated capacity was a mere 10,501.) 

“Founder of Chattanooga,” a mural of the vision of John Ross by artist Charles Cox 


Dear Hamilton Bush, 

I recently read a local newspaper 

article that referenced the possible future 

home of the John Ross house. It got me 

thinking about the early days of our area’s 

history, and the casual mention of a fearsome 

Cherokee chief named Dragging 

Canoe intrigued me. Apparently, he was 

none too friendly to American colonists 

or white settlers in what became the 

Chattanooga area. Can you enlighten me 

on who Dragging Canoe was and exactly 

what role he played during our colonial 

period 

Regards, 

Child of the Cherokee 

Dear Child of the Cherokee, 

Indeed, you are correct. Chief Dragging 

Canoe was a fierce opponent of settlers who 

might lay claim to traditionally Cherokee lands 

in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. 

At times, he was an ally of British, French and 

even Spanish agents who worked for their own 

governments either for or against the upstart 

American colonists who ventured westward 

beyond the Appalachian mountains into what 

was, in the latter part of the 18th century, the 

“Wild, Wild West.” 

Dragging Canoe lived from 1738 to 1792 

and was raised along the banks of the Little 

Tennessee River. It is said that as a young 

boy he wanted to prove himself ready to 

accompany Cherokee warriors on their adventures. 

He earned his nickname, when, unable 

to lift a canoe, he resorted to dragging it along 

the sandy banks of the river. 

In his prime, Dragging Canoe was six feet 

tall and muscular, and to add to his fierce looks, 

he supposedly survived a bout of smallpox as a 

child, leaving his face deeply rutted with scars. 

Dragging Canoe and his breakaway band 

conducted numerous expeditions against 

white settlements and often fought colonist 

Dragging Canoe led expeditions against colonist 

homes similar to the John Ross house in Rossville, Ga. 

militias, at times led by none other than the 

great Tennessee soldier John Sevier. When 

they built several towns on the banks of the 

creek, the Cherokee led by Dragging Canoe 

came to be called the Chickamauga by the 

colonials. Incidentally, Dragging Canoe’s place 

was near the homestead of the local British 

commissary, John McDonald, the grandfather 

of John Ross, whose deeds are well known to 

Chattanoogans. On more than one occasion, 

the Cherokee towns along the Little Tennessee 

and later South Chickamauga Creek were 

destroyed by militias. 

Dragging Canoe fought the colonists 

along the length of present-day East Tennessee 

and tried his best to form alliances with other 

Native American tribes such as the Muscogee 

and Shawnee. It is said that he died suddenly 

one evening while celebrating the conclusion 

of a treaty with the Muscogee and Choctaw. 

The actual circumstances of his death have 

been lost to history. He was also said to have 

been buried in a cave that is now covered by 

the waters of Nickajack Lake. 



The 

GIG 

AN ECONOMIC 

GAME CHANGER 

By Mike Haskew 

W 

e are at an incredibly important 

moment in Chattanooga’s 

history. A moment 

when Chattanooga has access to an 

information infrastructure that hardly 

anyone in the world has access to: a 

gigabit of broadband. Since the installation 

of EPB’s fiber optics in the 

fall of 2010, Chattanooga has been 

recognized around the globe for this 

economic advantage. A critical public 

infrastructure, the Gig offers businesses 

and services new opportunities to 

achieve higher levels of sales, market 

share and profitability. 

The Gig provides a superhighway for data transfer. Dr. Jim Busch, CEO Specialty Networks 

Photo courtesy of ePB 

wHat Is tHe GIG 

A gigabit is a measure of bandwidth, 

which refers to the amount of information 

that something—usually a computer— 

can handle in a given time. In computer 

networks, bandwidth is often used as a 

synonym for data transfer rate (DTR)—the 

amount of digital data that can be carried 

from one point to another in a given time period. 

The gigabit allows for a DTR more than 

100 times faster than the national average— 

1 gigabit per second. That’s a huge capacity. 

A helpful analogy for understanding 

bandwidth is to think of highways and 

cars. Chattanooga now has a very wide 

superhighway; it can handle a level of traffic 

at speeds that, up to this point, have been 

unachievable in any city across the United 

States, and for that matter, in most cities 

around the world. 

drIvInG ForCe 

For eConoMIC GrowtH 

As the first city to have this superhighway, 

Chattanooga now has a competitive edge. 

The Gig infrastructure can help lower costs, 

improve productivity, improve product 

quality and ultimately drive higher levels of 

profitability for local businesses and services. 

Because of its capabilities, the Gig offers 

Chattanooga another advantage to attract 

existing businesses and services from 

around the world, and with them new 

jobs. Additionally, it offers Chattanooga 

the opportunity to attract the brightest 

minds in the world to develop new applications 

that can revolutionize existing 

industries and establish new businesses 

and services that are currently unheard of, 

but could emerge as leaders in new commercial 

markets. Just 25 years ago, who 

knew about home video games Today, 

revenues in the U.S. for this industry 

exceed $10 billion. 


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EPB employees monitor the area’s electric system in the dispatch control center. 

Lower Costs 

It is difficult to talk about gig applications 

without mentioning that the 

infrastructure was initially built by EPB 

to support the Smart Grid network. “We 

started looking at fiber optics years ago, 

primarily as a tool to modernize our electric 

system,” says Harold DePriest, EPB’s chief 

executive. “Ours and other electric power 

systems around the world are in need of 

an upgrade, and a robust communications 

network is the foundation for that.” 

EPB understood that the Smart Grid, 

supported by the Gig, could potentially 

save businesses and services millions of 

dollars by minimizing blackouts and providing 

a vehicle to identify power use and 

opportunities to reduce power costs. 

“A reliable electric and communications 

system is very important to businesses,” 

says Diana Bullock, vice president of 

economic development and government 

relations at EPB. “When a business or site 

selectors are evaluating cities to locate to, 

this infrastructure is among the top five 

items along with waterways, highway systems 

and quality of life. It is a key factor for 

attracting new business.” 

With its wide superhighway, the Gig 

offers businesses and services the opportunity 

to increase productivity. Chattanooga 

radiologist Dr. Jim Busch is CEO 

of Specialty Networks, LLC, a provider 

of software products used in the medical 

imaging arena. Currently, Specialty Networks 

has clients throughout Tennessee 

and Georgia. “Imaging examinations are 

typically large data files with an average 

exam size of approximately 230 MB,” explains 

Busch. “So bandwidth is extremely 

important in the time it takes to deliver 

these large files to their destination for 

interpretation by a radiologist. By utilizing 

the Gig system, Specialty Networks 

can save two seconds in delivery speed. 

Given that a radiologist reads about 

20,000 exams per year, the increased speed 

equates to a time savings of 40,000 seconds, 

or 11 hours of increased productivity per 

radiologist.” 

Chattanooga Research Institute (CRI), 

a nonprofit medical research company in 

Chattanooga, uses computational biology 

to analyze huge stores of chemical and 

proteomic data to discover new drugs 

more efficiently and cost-effectively. Dr. 

Justin Boyd, founder of the Chattanooga 

Research Institute and a Leads Discovery 

Scientist at Harvard University’s Laboratory 

for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, 

wants to harness the Gig to help 

identify combinations of chemicals and 

proteins that may lead to the development 

of disease-curing drugs. 

To do this, CRI uses high-performance 

computation to simulate millions of three 

dimensional interactions of chemicals and 

proteins. Then, with the support of the 

Gig infrastructure, CRI can move the data 

from a supercomputer (where the testing 

and simulation are done), to a data center 

(to be stored securely), to a lab (where 

information is monitored and analyzed). 

Boyd believes that this less labor-intensive 

method can not only save money, but can 

reduce years of research to months or even 

days. 

“As I see it, there’s no denying the importance 

of data transfer available here in 

Chattanooga,” Boyd says. “I believe that 

we can develop the most efficient early 

stage drug development platform in the 

world. Eventually, we want to create a 

tool that pharmaceutical companies can 

use.” 

Increased Productivity 

The Gig and Smart Grid can help businesses lower power usage costs. 


The Gig and Smart Grid allow manufacturers to minimize lost productivity caused by power outages. 

IMProve ProduCt QuaLIty 

While some businesses are using the Gig 

to increase productivity, others see the Gig 

infrastructure as a means to improve their 

product or service. One of these businesses 

is HomeServe USA, a Connecticut-based 

provider of emergency repair services for 

homeowners. In November of 2010, Home- 

Serve USA opened a call center in Chattanooga. 

It now employs approximately 200 

people to handle sales and customer service 

calls as well as claims handling. 

“Our customers in the U.S. and Canada 

need to contact us 24 hours a day for 

service, so it’s important to have a quality 

power supply and rich telecommunications 

support,” says Myles Meehan, senior vice 

president of HomeServe USA. “When we 

were looking for locations to build a second 

service center, we looked at a number of 

states east of the Mississippi. We selected 

Chattanooga because of the type of businesses 

already located there, and local 

officials who helped us understand the 

infrastructure and how it could help us 

improve the quality of service delivery.” 

Another company recently enticed to 

Chattanooga because of the Gig is Claris 

Networks, a multi-million dollar cloud 

computing company which hosts, manages 

and maintains computer networks for local 

businesses. 

According to Larry Bodie, CEO of Claris 

Networks, “Access to the Gig dramatically 

improves a client’s experience with our service. 

Without this kind of fiber connection, 

performance is going to be slower. But by 

putting in a connection that’s large enough, 

our clients won’t feel a difference when 

their IT is delivered by us here.” 

InnovatIon 

Imagine having the ability to get Facebook, 

Twitter, email, blogs and news all in 

one place. This is exactly what a Chattanooga-based 

company—Retickr—allows 

users to do with their application, retickr, 

currently available at the Mac Apple Store. 

Started by four friends in 2011, Retickr 

gives users the ability to choose the content 

important to them, and then delivers it in a 

simple and easy-to-use way. 

However, such an undertaking requires 

the ability to handle and work with huge 

amounts of data. “A standard day at Retickr 

might look something like this,” says Travis 

Truett, co-founder and CEO of Retickr. 

“Crawl and catalog 50,000 news feeds. Pull 

Facebook and Twitter data for 25,000 people. 

Personalize all of this data and deliver it to 

our users. Back up everything in the cloud. 

Rinse. Repeat.” 

According to Truett, as the company 

grows, it is absolutely essential that it has an 

infrastructure capable of handling increased 

traffic and enormous amounts of information. 

“As we grow and add more users it is 

definitely a good thing that we have the Gig 

in our corner. We couldn’t really afford to 

be anywhere else,” he says. 

The Gig has also been a strong factor 

in the development of a new gaming and 

technology major at Chattanooga State 

Community College. The gaming industry 

and other creative media industries are 

among the largest, fastest growing and 

most lucrative industries in the world. 3D 

art—which requires transference of large 

project files—is widely recognized as the 

wave of the future for this industry. The 

Gig offers existing companies and entrepreneurs 

in Chattanooga the opportunity to 

develop new products among this advancing 

industry. 

In his role as director of Technology 

Development and Transfer at the Enterprise 

Center, Chris Daly envisions rapid 

development in Chattanooga of products 

and services that take advantage of the Gig. 

“We are a testing bed now,” he observes, 

“and I am sure that in a couple of years we 

will see new jobs created as people become 

increasingly aware of what is going on here. 

The research community is excited. We are 

seeing people saying, ‘I would like to test 

my brainchild in Chattanooga.’” 


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Personal 

Care Robot at 

Georgia Tech 

Companies are looking to test new products supported by the Gig in Chattanooga. 

According to Daly, the National Science 

Foundation and several large researchoriented 

universities are inquiring about 

coming to Chattanooga to test their research. 

Among these is Georgia Tech, who 

is currently conducting research involving 

a personal care robot that could be controlled 

through the Gig internet connection 

in Chattanooga. The robot itself is potentially 

capable of brushing a patient’s teeth 

or even picking up a pill that has fallen to 

the floor. “These and other things are in 

the prototype stages,” says Wayne Cropp, 

president and CEO of the Enterprise Center, 

“and we want to see companies use 

the prototypes here and then bring their 

manufacturing operations to Chattanooga.” 

Subsequently, these groups are working 

quickly to attract new businesses and 

services, along with the brightest minds 

from around the world to develop the 

benefits offered by the Gig. 

Currently, EPB is working hand-inhand 

with local, regional, state and national 

economic development organizations to not 

only spread the word about Chattanooga, 

but to offer specific incentives and services 

that add up to real, tangible advantages for 

companies to locate here. 

When Amazon.com announced plans 

to locate in the area in the fall of 2010, the 

presence of the Gig and the Smart Grid 

were significant factors in the company’s 

decision-making process. Today, the new 

Amazon distribution center employs approximately 

1,420 people in Chattanooga. 

This summer, corporations, foundations 

and organizations from around the U.S and 

locally will come together to host a “GIG 

Tank” in Chattanooga. Part incubator and 

part think tank, the GIG Tank will give students 

and entrepreneurs not only access to 

unlimited bandwidth, but a chance at seed 

capital, cash prizes and support from local 

industries for their brilliant ideas. 

“Chattanooga was the first and only city 

in the western hemisphere to get a whole 

service territory up and running at this level 

of internet speed, and it’s available today,” 

said John Wilson, the coordinator of the GIG 

Tank, on Gigabit Nation Broadband Talk 

Radio. “It’s not something we have to wait 

and have someone else come and install. It’s 

there today to be used by a homeowner or 

by a business or an industry as they see fit.” 

Blazing the communications trail, 

Chattanooga literally leverages 

technology today like no other city 

in the Western Hemisphere. The first city to 

offer gigabit-per-second internet speed is 

seizing a competitive advantage as private 

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soLUTioNs 

BY ANDREW SHAUGHNESSY 

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s SimCenter 

for Computational Engineering is at the forefront 

of a field with seemingly limitless potential. Since its 

inception, The SimCenter has functioned primarily 

Photo courtesy of utc’s simcenter 

as a graduate level education program at UTC; its mission is 

and has been to train the brightest minds in the field of computational 

engineering. However, with the establishment of Sim- 

Center Enterprises, a non-profit organization “representing 

the collaboration between UTC, the SimCenter and private 

enterprise,” intellectual capital from the SimCenter can 

now be marketed to industries around the world. With 

new business ventures in sight, SimCenter Enterprises 

offers great promise for the creation of new businesses 

and jobs in Chattanooga, while furthering Chattanooga’s 

notoriety as a center for technology and innovation. 

simcenter: advancing 

Public and Private enterprise 

with computational engineering 

a NaTioNaL LeaDer 

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s SimCenter 

Since its formation in 2002 and the approval of the Ph.D. 

computational engineering program in 2004, the SimCenter 

has distinguished itself as a focal point for the development of 

cutting-edge technologies in computational modeling and simulation. 

Notably, in 2007 the SimCenter became the first National 

Center for Computational Engineering. Computational engineering 

involves the computer-based creation of virtual models for 

products or prototypes that can be tested in variable conditions 

through simulated physics, particularly using field equations 

that govern fluid mechanics, structures and electromagnetics. 

“In the last 20 years as computers have become more powerful, 

they have been able to better represent the physical world. 

This improves the accuracy of the design, but also enlarges 

the gateway of operational space that an 

engineer can operate in,” says Dr. Henry Mc- 

Donald, chair of excellence in computational 

engineering at UTC. “[Computational engineering] 

is truly the future of engineering.” 

“Instead of physically building [and testing] 

prototypes, we can use a computational 

model as a prototype and effectively put it 

through the same kind of cycle,” says Tim 

Swafford, professor and head of the graduate 

program in computational engineering. 

“When you don’t have to build anything, 

you save time, reduce costs, go through cycles 

quickly, and keep from putting people 

in harm’s way.” These virtual simulations 

prove particularly helpful for projects such 

as submarine or aircraft design, where a 

fully functional prototype launch and test 

can cost millions of dollars and potentially 

risk hundreds of lives. “It’s a whole new 

ballgame,” Swafford explains. 

In this ballgame, it appears that the 

SimCenter is taking a decisive lead. Faculty 

and graduate students have researched and 

simulated everything from air flow on Air 

Force F-16s and F-22s to the complex geometrical 

arrangement of dimples on golf balls 

to reduce drag during rotation and flight. 

NASA asked the SimCenter to investigate 

what caused a V-22 Osprey to crash in the 

Arizona desert in 2000, killing 19 Marines. 

The SimCenter accepted the task and in relatively 

short order was able to determine the 

problem, resulting in changes to operational 

procedures. Additional research has been 

conducted for the Navy, the Department of 

Energy, the Department of Defense, Space 

and Missile Defense Command, Cummins 

Engines, Bloom Energy and U.S. Xpress. 


Photos courtesy of UTC’s simcenter 

The SimCenter at UTC has conducted research and 

developed simulations for the Department 

of Defense and Navy. 

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of distinction 

When the results were in, the new 

truck design had closed the gap between 

the cab and the trailer, reducing wind 

resistance and making the whole more 

aerodynamic and fuel efficient. In 2008, 

U.S. Xpress saved 63,179,217 gallons of 

fuel and emitted 701,289 fewer tons of 

carbon dioxide. 

The SimCenter’s next big project was 

to work on a solid oxide fuel cell design 

Discoveries 

Simultaneously efficient and costeffective, 

high-performance computing 

and simulation will likely be at the core 

of manufacturing over the next century 

for both small and large businesses. As 

an industry, computational engineering, 

modeling and simulation is now valued 

at $63 billion per year, growing at a staggering 

pace of nearly 25 percent annually. 

“In the future, computational engineering 

could be integral to the production and 

design of everything from baby diapers 

to rockets,” says Joe Ferguson of Chattanooga’s 

Enterprise Center and chairman 

of the board at EPB. 

In 2010, top IBM officials praised the 

SimCenter, stating that Chattanooga 

holds the best concentration of computational 

engineering expertise worldwide, 

and advised that it branch out into the 

private sector to take full advantage of its 

capabilities. In fact, the SimCenter already 

has several nonprofit projects under its 

belt that resulted in significant savings 

for clients. 

When the U.S. Department of Energy 

partnered with U.S. Xpress [the Chattanooga-based 

trucking and logistics company] in 

a research and development project aimed 

at reducing wind resistance to increase 

fuel economy, the SimCenter took on the 

project. Staff from The Enterprise Center 

introduced David Whitfield, director of 

the SimCenter, to Max Fuller, CEO and cochairman 

of U.S. Xpress. Utilizing computer 

simulations, fluid dynamics application and 

three-dimensional modeling, Whitfield and 

his colleagues conducted virtual tests of 

hundreds of trailer designs. 

for California-based Bloom Energy; a 

project to create an alternative energy 

source. The fuel cell cogenerates energy 

and also emits hydrogen, which itself 

has the potential to be used as another 

fuel source. Working with a grant from 

the U.S. Department of Energy, Bloom 

Energy’s 5-kW fuel cell design was first 

field-tested at the SimCenter in 2006 

with great success. In 2010, the Sim- 

Center ordered a record-setting 100-kW 

system to be installed on top of the EPB 

parking facility. 

“Bloom Energy is now in the process 

of setting up manufacturing facilities 

for large scale production of fuel cells. 

They’ve got a game changer with this fuel 

cell that was developed by what we now 

know as Bloom Energy, The Enterprise 

Center, and the UTC SimCenter as project 

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New Endeavors 

As the SimCenter increasingly finds 

itself crossing into the private sector, 

SimCenter Enterprises intends to support 

the SimCenter by maximizing its 

commercial potential. “Our vision is to 

identify technologies coming out of the 

SimCenter, commercialize them, and 

create companies that will operate out 

of Chattanooga,” President and CEO of 

SimCenter Enterprises Tim Walsh says. 

Since its beginning in early 2010, 

and particularly since Walsh’s start in 

January 2011, SimCenter Enterprises 

has focused on three ways to monetize 

the intellectual capital and technologies 

provided by the SimCenter. 

In one year a new aerodynamic trailer saved 

U.S. Xpress 63 million gallons of fuel. 

Photo courtesy of UTC’s simcenter 

Photo courtesy of UTC’s simcenter 

Tim Walsh, President and CEO 

of SimCenter Enterprises 

Faculty and graduate students have researched 

and simulated the flow of air and the drag on golf balls. 

Photo courtesy of simcenter enterprises 

These include 1) providing individualized 

contracting services, 2) licensing 

technologies, and 3) identifying technologies 

that can be commercialized on 

a large scale; ultimately setting up companies, 

individuals and technologies to 

operate out of Chattanooga. 

At the forefront of its efforts are two 

emerging technologies, the first of which 

includes a simulation of high sea conditions 

to test and optimize hull design for 

naval engineering. 

“On average one large ship goes down 

or is severely damaged a week,” Walsh 

says, “and billions of dollars are lost in 

this way each year. The SimCenter is the 

only place in the world where you can 

simulate an object in high seas, so there’s 

a huge opportunity for naval architects. It 

requires supercomputing, so the idea is 

to set up a new company with these tool 

sets and make them available to naval architects 

over the web. In return, they pay 

for that service.” 

The second technology on the docket 

is the SimCenter’s disaster mitigation 

system. Dr. David Whitfield and some of 

his fellow researchers had the inspiration 

for the project while temporarily housed in 

the Tallan Building downtown, courtesy of 

then mayor Bob Corker. 

“While we were redeveloping our code, 

we looked out the hotel window and saw 

Lookout Mountain. We thought, ‘Lord, if 

someone threw a handful of anthrax off 

that mountain, where would it go’ So we 

ran a simulation just to check on the code, 

and it showed that it would go right down 

Market Street,” Whitfield says. “The Space 

and Missile Defense Command found out 

about that and we got a grant with them to 

address the problem of hazardous release 

in an actual urban environment.” 



Plume dispersion simulation can assist with 

nuclear disaster public planning. 

attracted enough attention that, according 

to Walsh, “there is a very high probability 

of winning federal grants to further research 

and develop these advanced capabilities.” 

Perhaps the most important upcoming 

development is the establishment of 

a supercomputing cloud infrastructure 

in Chattanooga. This infrastructure will 

provide companies the means to solve 

business problems quicker and with less 

expense and lower risks. It will further 

support Chattanooga’s notoriety for being 

a professional and technological center, 

and a base of operations for companies to 

solve problems in disaster mitigation, naval 

architecture, and so much more. 

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1981–2011 

SimCenter Enterprises believes this 

sort of technology could be marketed to cities, 

states and local governments as well as 

chemical companies or nuclear plants that 

deal with large amounts of toxic materials. 

In the event of a dirty bomb, chlorine spill, 

extreme weather conditions, or another 

disaster situation, the Disaster Mitigation 

System and plume dispersion simulation 

technology would be used for real-time 

monitoring and streamlined dispatch of 

emergency services to locations needing 

help the most. Additionally, behavioral 

analysis and simulation of traffic patterns 

and response have proven useful in testing 

and planning urban evacuation routes. 

According to Tim Walsh, the economic 

benefit for the local economy could be 


substantial. While services like the disaster 

mitigation system will be set up with major 

metropolitan cities, resources and services 

can be provided from right here in Chattanooga. 

Local companies are already being 

contracted to partner with the SimCenter. 

“Our desire is to make Chattanooga a technology 

center,” Walsh says. “We want to 

keep the talent here.” 

Funding for new endeavors will come 

from a growing revenue base derived from 

services rendered and technology licensed, 

in addition to the substantial support provided 

by foundations. Additionally, the 

SimCenter’s disaster mitigation system has 

With world-renowned intellectual 

capital, SimCenter Enterprises is 

on the verge of revolutionizing how businesses 

and services plan and test products 

as well as solve problems. The opportunities 

for computational engineering are 

virtually endless. Leading new practices 

that can be applied across the globe, Sim- 

Center Enterprises stands to be a catalyst 

for the creation of jobs and businesses in 

Chattanooga. Supported by some of the 

brightest minds in the world, Walsh calls 

the SimCenter’s steadily building stream 

of successes its “rolling thunder.” This 

may very well be Chattanooga’s perfect 

storm. 

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Multiply the l ove 

Thirty years ago the concept of hospice care was new to 

our area. A small group of local volunteers decided that people 

with terminal illnesses deserved a different kind of care that would 

allow them to stay at home, surrounded by family and friends. 

In this season of Thanksgiving, we ask you 

to give, so that no one who needs our care is 

ever turned away. A simple equation 

will multiply the love. 

$1 x 30 years = $30 

Help us honor those who have been touched by our 

30 years of care by making a $30 donation today. Mail your 

check to the Hospice of Chattanooga Foundation, 

4411 Oakwood Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37416 or 

donate online at hospiceofchattanooga.org. 

Thank you — your generosity will bless our mission. 

Henry McDonald D.Sc., Chair of 

Excellence in Computational Engineering 

One area of specialty at the SimCenter is computer simulation of aerodynamics. 


Luminaries 

l’Opera 

Seth Carico (Baylor ‘00) as 

Monterone in Rigoletto with 

the Nashville Opera in 2010 

CHATTANOOGA NATIVES EMERGE 

AS ILLUSTRIOUS PERFORMERS 

By Christy L. Luellen 

Mention Tennessee music 

and the mind easily races to 

any one of Nashville’s many 

famous country artists. But Chattanooga 

has produced several 

internationally recognized opera 

singers, who credit, among others, 

teachers from Harrison Elementary, 

Ooltewah Elementary School, 

Baylor School and McCallie School 

for their start in musical careers. 

What follows are profiles of four 

opera professionals who are proud 

to call the Scenic City home. 

Photo By moniKa rittershaus 

Richard Cox (Chattanooga Central ‘91) as Alonso, King of 

Naples in The Tempest at Oper Frankfurt in 2010 

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John Brandon 

MCCALLIE SCHOOL, ‘04 

Twenty-six-year-old John Brandon, 

a McCallie School graduate, has been 

emerging as an opera professional in the 

United States for the past two years, with 

engagements at North Carolina Opera, 

Nashville Opera, Opera Columbus, Opera 

Naples and Opera Birmingham. While 

Brandon’s baritone voice is most often 

noted by critics for its lyrical quality, others 

have praised it for its “fine abandon 

and style” and “abundant heft and color.” 

At the age of nine, Brandon started his 

singing career as a member of the Chattanooga 

Boys Choir before going on to receive 

training in music and voice by teachers at 

the McCallie School. His education continued 

at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, 

N.J., where he earned a Bachelor of 

Music in Vocal Performance in 2008. Shortly 

after, Brandon toured eight different European 

countries, performing with some 

of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, 

including the Kammerchor Stuttgart in 

Germany and English Voices in London. 

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Even with his extensive vocal training 

and experience, Brandon believes that his 

acting is just as important as his singing. 

“It is important for me to not only give a 

performance that is beautifully sung, but 

one that is convincing. So I’m internally 

motivated by what my character wants and 

needs, and externally motivated by what 

the audience wants and needs,” he says. 

One of Brandon’s all-time favorite roles 

has been Gaylord Ravenal in 

Showboat, 

performed with Opera Naples in November 

of last year. “I loved the fact that we 

were both from Tennessee,” he says. “Plus, 

it was a romantic lead, which does not 

always happen for baritones.” When 

his voice matures into Verdi repertoire, 

Brandon said he would also 

love to play the title role in 

Macbeth 

or Rodrigo in 

Don Carlo. 

www.johnbrandonbaritone.com 

Brandon as Morales in Carmen with the Nashville Opera in 2011 

Brandon just finished a role in Carmen 

in Opera Birmingham. This summer, he 

will perform a private concert in Copenhagen, 

Denmark, as well as audition for 

several European opera companies. 

Brandon as Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro 

with Opera Columbus in 2011 

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Described by Opera News as “powerful 

in voice and bearing,” 30-year-old 

bass-baritone Seth Carico—a 2000 Baylor 

grad—is quickly distinguishing himself as 

an accomplished singer both nationally and 

abroad. Last year, Carico made his European 

debut as a young artist at the Deutsche 

Oper in Berlin and the Teatro Regio Torino 

in Turin, playing roles in Tosca, Carmen, 

Le nozze di Figaro and La Traviata among 

other operas. 

However, Carico’s first performance 

venue was a little closer to home. At nine 

years old, Carico appeared on stage for the 

first time in Signal Mountain Playhouse’s 

1991 production of The King and I. Gifted in 

both acting and singing, he would continue 

performing at Baylor School in both musical 

and non-musical productions, a combination 

that he believes still continues to give 

him a competitive edge. 

Carico as Olin Blitch in Susannah at the Brevard Music Center in 2010 

Claiming his voice is not suited for 

light romantic roles, Seth now prefers 

to play “complicated, not always happy, 

characters.” One of his favorite memories 

is helping to create the role of Victor in 

the world premiere of Cuban-American 

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the oppressor of the central character, and 

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other than through the use of music and the 

spectacle of epic productions.” 

The summer of 2012 will find this graduate 

of Middle Tennessee State University 

and the University of Michigan as a young 

artist at the Merola Opera program at the 

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Championship 

Photo courtesy of notre dame 

Wrestling 

By B.B. Branton 

Matt Keller, four-time state 

champ at Bradley Central and 

two-time All-American at UTC 

WRESTLING. 

It’s legalized 

hand-to-hand 

combat... 

Photo courtesy of mccallie school 

It’s two teenagers – in front of 

a standing room only, cheering, 

screaming crowd – fighting for 

school pride, a championship 

and sometimes, just for survival. 

It’s two well-conditioned athletes 

of the same weight (from 

the lightest weight class of 106 to 

the big boys tipping the scales at 

285) attempting one of the most 

difficult tasks in sports – to take 

someone off their feet and control 

them for six, long grueling minutes. 

From late November to late 

February in Chattanooga, parents, 

schoolmates, girlfriends and even 

strangers cheer, agonize, cry and 

give standing ovations to those 

who enter the squared circle, give 

it their best, and often, learn life 

lessons along the way. 

A 2010 match between T.J. Duncan (left) and Spencer Craig (right) 

in the long-standing Baylor-McCallie wrestling rivalry 

Pez Whatley Sr., a two-time heavyweight 

state champ at Notre Dame turned pro wrestler 

Chattanooga 

Leads State 

Wrestling 

for Nearly 

80Years 


UTC: A Mentor 

for Chattanooga’s 

High Schools 

Today, talented wrestlers and teams 

stretch across Tennessee, but the center— 

the mecca—for high school wrestling in the 

Volunteer State is Chattanooga. Since the 

inception of the high school state tournament, 

41 out of 56 state dual titles have been 

won by a Chattanooga-area team (roughly 

73 percent) and 52 out of 67 state titles have 

been won by a Chattanooga-area team 

(roughly 78 percent). How did this happen 

To many, the reason is simple – University 

of Tennessee at Chattanooga 

wrestling.“Why we have great wrestling in 

Chattanooga, Cleveland, Tullahoma, north 

Georgia and beyond is because of the great 

wrestling tradition at UTC,” says former 

Photo courtesy of utc athletic dePartment communications 

STATE TRADITIONAL 

CHAMPIONSHIPS (1961-2012) 

Baylor School 14 

Father Ryan 12 

Bradley Central 10 

McCallie 8 

East Ridge 6 

Red Bank 4 

Cleveland 3 

John Overton 2 

Notre Dame 2 

Soddy-Daisy 3 

Franklin 1 

Hixson 1 

Chattanooga City 1 

Total 67 

Chattanooga Area Total 52 

SOURCE: TSSAA.ORG 

DID YOU KNOW 

Retired coaches and former Mocs 

wrestlers Jim Morgan and Steve 

Logsdon led Baylor and Bradley 

Central respectively to a combined 

18 traditional state titles. 

(standing) Heath Eslinger, two-time state champ at Bradley Central and current head wrestling coach at UTC 

Mocs wrestler and current Cleveland High 

School head coach Eric Phillips. “Make a list 

of the past and current high school coaches 

in this area who wrestled at UTC and it’s 

pretty impressive.” 

Many see UTC wrestling alums 

as a type of fraternity.“You go from 

high school tournament to tournament 

throughout the season and note all the 

coaches in the chairs matside and it’s 

pretty impressive how many wrestled 

for UTC,” says Danny Gilbert, who is a 

Mocs wrestler turned wrestling official 

and assistant principal at Soddy-Daisy 

High School. 

The interconnectedness of high 

school and college wrestling in Chattanooga 

is embodied in Heath Eslinger, 

the current head coach of the UTC Mocs. 

Formerly, Coach Eslinger was a twotime 

state champ at Bradley Central, a 

three-time Southern Conference champ 

for the Mocs and the head coach at 

Cleveland High School. Now at UTC, 

Eslinger coaches some of Tennessee’s 

greatest college wrestlers. 

The Early Years 

So how did it all start When exactly 

did Chattanooga first emerge as a hotbed 

for great wrestling 

In the early 30s, Chattanooga’s downtown 

YMCA hosted a “city” wrestling 

tournament for adult men and high 

schoolers. This tournament gave way to 

another tournament in the late 30s and 40s 

held at the Frye Institute, a recreational 


STATE DUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

(1989-2012) 

Bradley Central 12 

Father Ryan 7 

Baylor 7 

McCallie 6 

Soddy-Daisy 4 

Brentwood Academy 3 

Cleveland 3 

Notre Dame 3 

Chattanooga Central 3 

Hixson 2 

Clarksville 1 

John Overton 1 

East Ridge 1 

Franklin 1 

Franklin Road Academy 1 

Christian Brothers 1 

Total 56 

Chattanooga Area Total 41 

SOURCE: TSSAA.ORG 

center for working people funded by 

businessman Capt. William R. Frye. 

Soon, several all-boys prep schools 

(mostly in Tennessee and Georgia) 

formed the Mid-South Association, 

a conference for competitive varsity 

sports. The Mid-South wrestling tournament 

was held from 1949-70 with 

the dominant teams being McCallie 

and Baylor. Around this time, these 

two Chattanooga prep schools also 

started giving Southern wrestling a 

good name among traditional Eastern 

Preps at the National Prep School 

Wrestling Championship held in 

Lehigh, Pa. Together, Baylor and 

McCallie had 16 individual national 

champions and regular top five finishes 

in the team race. (Baylor won 

it all in 1970, McCallie was second in 

1968 and 1971). 

Meanwhile, the high school state 

tournament was inaugurated in 1961, 

leading Red Bank, East Ridge and Notre 

Dame to emerge as state powers. Now 

with multiple platforms for public and 

private school high-level competition, 

Photo courtesy of John farr 

Chattanooga teams continued to increase 

their skill level. Competition among private 

and public school teams contributed to the 

development of strong programs in the area. 

It wasn’t long until Chattanooga was producing 

national caliber wrestlers and teams 

as well as talented coaches and officials. 

“McCallie (Coach Dave Spencer) and 

Baylor (Coach Luke Worsham) were the 

dominant teams in the 50s and 60s and 

then came Red Bank and East Ridge to win 

a combined five state championships in the 

1960s,” says wrestling official Mike Craft, 

who wrestled for UTC in the early 1970s.“I 

see it as iron sharpens iron. We have had so 

many good teams over the years in the Chattanooga 

area and north Georgia which has 

led to such a natural progression in helping 

newer programs succeed.” 

The 60s: City, 

Red Bank & 

East Ridge 

In the 1960s, Chattanooga began 

its dominance at the Tennessee state 

tournament, and wrestling rivalries, for 

the most part, were contained within 

the city. 

The first school to show its muscle was 

Chattanooga City, who won the first state 

team championship in 1961 under Bill 

Von Schaaf. This was directly followed by 

Red Bank High School, which won three 

straight team titles (1963-64-65) under 

coach John Farr. Shortly following, crosstown 

rival East Ridge claimed the title as 

the toughest guys in the state with wins 

in 1966 and 1967. 

The Red Bank High School 1964 wrestling team (shown above) won the state championship that year under 

coach John Farr. This was the second of three consecutive wins for Red Bank and Farr in the 60s. 

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(right) Coach John Mullin celebrates with Pez Whatley Jr. (son of two-time champion Pez 

Whatley Sr.) after Whatley won the 1992 state championship for his weight class. 

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From where we’re standing, 

the grass is always greener. 

The 1969 Fighting Irish (Notre Dame) 

Late 60s, Early 70s: 

The Holy Wars 

Next came the emergence of a pair of 

Catholic schools – Notre Dame and Father 

Ryan (Nashville) – as the next prep powers 

on the scene, alternating state crowns 

from 1968 to 1971, Notre Dame in the even 

years and the Purple Irish in the odd years. 

“Our dual matches on Sunday afternoons 

at 2 p.m. in late January for about 

six to eight years became known as the 

holy wars,” says former Notre Dame state 

champion and wrestling hall of famer 

Kenny Mara. “We went to mass together, 

prayed together, ate lunch together and 

then at 2 p.m., World War III broke out 

in one of the best dual meet series in 

that era.” 

For the first time, Chattanooga schools 

had a serious rival from another part of 

the state. “Those were great late-season 

dual matches and I feel strongly that the 

rivalry on Sunday afternoons was not 

only good for the schools but for the sport 

statewide,” Mara adds. 

Current Father Ryan coach Pat 

Simpson tells of his first Notre Dame- 

Father Ryan match while in grammar 

school. “My brothers and I had never 

seen anything as exciting and thrilling 

as those two Catholic schools fighting 

toe-to-toe for two hours on a Sunday 

afternoon and we were hooked on the 

sport for life.” 

For the next decade, Ryan would 

win four state titles (1969-71-74-77) 

while Notre Dame (1968-70) and East 

Ridge (1972-75) would claim two each 

and Hixson (1973) and McCallie (1976) 

one apiece. 

On an individual basis, the late 60s 

produced one of the great heavyweight 

battles as Bill Emendorfer (Cleveland) 

and Pez Whatley, Sr. (Notre Dame) had 

epic battles from 1967-69. Whatley won 

state crowns in 1967 and 1969 while 

Emendorfer won in 1968 before playing 

football at Tennessee. During this time, 

Chattanooga also produced the state’s 

first four-time state champion in Notre 

Dame’s Martin Francis (1969-72). 

MULTI-STATE CHAMPIONS 

The Chattanooga area has produced 

more multi-state champs than any other 

place in Tennessee. Out of the nine 

four-time TSSAA champs, the following 

eight are from this area: 

MARTIN FRANCIS 

(Notre Dame, 1969-1972) 

KENNY HILL 

(Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 1978- 

1980; East Ridge 1981) 

MATT KELLER 

(Bradley Central, 1999-2002) 

JORDAN LEEN 

(Baylor School, 2001-2004) 

RYAN SCOTT 

(McCallie School, 2001-2004) 

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CAMPBELL LEWIS 

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Chattanooga has also produced 

the state’s only two five-time state 

champions: 

• T.J. DUNCAN 

(McCallie School, 

2007-2011) 

• ZACH WATSON 

(Baylor School, 

2008-2012) 

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Current McCallie coach Gordon Connell 

took over at Hixson in the early 1970s 

and quickly produced a championship 

squad. Thanks to a talented lineup of 

state champs in Randy Batten and Dean 

Smith, Hixson was able to stop the Notre 

Dame-Ryan express and won it all in 1973. 

Batten won two state titles and then 

headed to UTC, which was, at that time, 

on the rise. Longtime UTC coach Andy 

Nardo had led the Mocs to be a formidable 

foe in the Southern Conference in 

the 50s and 60s. When he died in Athens, 

Ga., during the 1967 Southern Conference 

tournament, a young, energetic Jim 

Morgan (a 1960 UC grad) stepped in to fill 

his shoes. Morgan took the program to national 

prominence at the NCAA D-II level. 

In the early 1970s, as UTC made itself 

known at the NCAA D-II level, the Mid- 

South Association closed its doors and 

McCallie and Baylor joined the TSSAA, 

where they have been dominant forces on 

the mat for the past 40 years. Baylor has 

won a combined 21 state traditional and 

duals titles, followed by McCallie with 14. 

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succeeded him as head coach in 1991. For nearly 

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wineries within a two-hour drive from 

Chattanooga depend on muscadine 

grapes for wine production. 

A thick-skinned grape known for its 

sweet wines, the muscadine thrives in the 

humidity and heat of our summers, while 

our relatively mild winters provide the chilling 

hours muscadine vines need to sprout 

blossoms. As a result, the muscadine has 

become a livelihood for several nearby 

vineyard owners and winemakers, who 

are eager to delight the senses of Chattanoogans 

with their beautiful vineyards 

and delicious recipes for muscadine wines. 

At Tsali Notch Vineyards in Madisonville, 

Tenn., vineyard manager JD Dalton 

is hard at work planting five additional 

acres of muscadine vines to the existing 

90-acre farm. Already, the farm has 5,450 

vines that produce five different varieties 

of muscadines. As the largest commercial 

muscadine vineyard in Tennessee, Tsali 

Notch sold 100 tons of grapes to winemakers 

in Tennessee just last year. 

“The soil, the climate, and the hard 

work of the growers are the keys to 

[the muscadine’s] success in our region,” 

Dalton says. He explains that the grape’s 

resistance to disease is also a factor in 

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muscadines fresh usually requires biting 

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to grow in close clusters, which means 

there is less opportunity for mold growth 

common to other grapes. However, it 

also means that harvesting the grape is 

a labor of love, since the vines must be 

pruned by hand and the grapes picked 

individually. 

But to Dalton, it’s worth it. “The 

winemakers like to buy raw fruit rather 

than juice because they are the recipe 

makers, and starting with the whole 

fruit gives them more control,” he says. 

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local winemakers. 

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different varieties of the grape. “We live it 

and love it,” Carolyn says. “Some days are 

long, especially during the four months 

when people can come and pick their own 

fruit. That’s when we’re open every day from 

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.” 

No longer is taste the sole reason for 

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recognized as a “super” food. Muscadines 

have some extra benefits. “They have 20 

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in a wider variety of molecules like polyphenols 

and flavonoids that promote good 

At Tsali Notch, a harvest machine dumps muscadines into a bin for transport to local wineries. 

health. 

Additionally, muscadines produce 

For many owners and managers of 

local vineyards and wineries, growing 

and harvesting muscadines has become 

a way of life. The Georgia Winery and 

Vineyards in Ringgold, Ga., is a family affair. 

Adrian Prouty manages fifteen acres 

of cultivated muscadines, while his sister 

and her husband, Tara and Jesse Taymore, 

run the winery that makes 20 wines made 

from 100 percent muscadines. Originally 

bought by Tara and Adrian’s grandfather, 

Dr. Maurice S. Rawlings Sr., the farm 

is now owned by their mother, Patty 

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In 1982, Rawlings purchased 52 acres 

of land at the foot of Lookout Mountain in 

hopes of farming the land. Soon told that 

the land was more suitable for grapes than 

other produce, Rawlings quickly switched 

gears. Already a wine enthusiast, he was 

eager to plant a variety of grape vines, but 

where the California plants did not flourish, 

the native muscadines did. 

In 2003, the Taymores decided to suspend 

the use of chemicals on their crops 

and go entirely organic with their muscadines. 

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and Morris Vineyard in Charleston, Tenn., is 

another family-owned vineyard and winery 

dependent on the muscadine grape. First 

established in 1965 as Malinda’s Vineyard, 

the farm came under the management of the 

Morris family in 1979. 

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12 acres of muscadine vines, including 28 

around six times more resveratrol—a 

healthful chemical byproduct of the fermentation 

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The muscadine grape 

Morris Vineyard in Charleston, Tenn. 

In the hands of local winemakers, 

muscadines transition easily from fruit on 

the vine to wine in your glass. Throughout 

the region, wineries are hard at work developing 

a wide range of palate-pleasing 

wines from muscadines, from the delicate 

to the robust. With grapes from their Morris 

Vineyard, Eric and Carolyn produce 

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Mountainview Winery— a white wine from 

scuppernongs and a “Muscadine Blush” 

available in dry, semi-sweet and sweet 

varieties. 

The award-wining Georgia Winery 

has found its niche with sweet muscadine 

wines. “Southerners like sweet,” says 

Tara Taymore, explaining that most of 

the Georgia Winery’s wines are sweet or 

semi-sweet, as they are made from a variety 

of muscadine vines including Carlos, 

Noble, Fry, Regale, Jumbo and Magnolia. 

However, if looking for a heartier wine 

more like a cabernet sauvignon, Jesse Taymore 

suggests the “Napoleon” or “Rawlings 

Ruby Red”—although not exactly an 

equivalent, the Rawlings is their delicious 

trademark wine named for the winery’s 

founder. 

The Beans Creek Winery in Manchester, 

Tenn., produces one white muscadine 

wine, a white wine blend that includes 

muscadine grapes (“Nana’s White”), 

and a very popular red muscadine wine 

nicknamed the “Song of the South” by 

fans. 

Beans Creek Winery was founded in 

2003 by Tom and Becky Brown along with 

a group of Tennessee grape growers—in all, 

10 families are involved in the winery. “It’s a 

family of families,” Tom says, whose interest 

in winemaking began in his mother’s kitchen 

in 1976. Beans Creek buys a wide variety of 

grapes from vineyards in eight different Tennessee 

counties to produce their 30 wines. 

Wine production at Beans Creek hits 

its peak during mid-August through mid- 

October, and the winery produces 9,500 

cases of wine every year. According to Tom 

Brown, the process of making white muscadine 

wine is the same as for other grapes. 

Grapes are put first through a crusher and 

stemmer and then through a press. This 

is followed by two to three months of primary 

fermentation, fining (which allows 

the solids to settle), and a final filtering 

in the spring. However, when making red 

muscadine wine, grapes are crushed and 

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Adrian Prouty. Tours last approximately 

one hour and include a tasting flight of 

three organically grown muscadine wines. 

Morris Vineyard even offers guests 

the ability to pick their own grapes—the 

vineyard is open to the public from mid- 

August through October 1 for muscadine 

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Mountainview Winery is open for sales 

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allowed to sit with the skins on for four to 

five days—this pulls the red color from the 

skins and allows for the health benefits associated 

with red muscadine wine. 

Mike Nunley, co-owner of the Monteagle 

Winery on Monteagle Mountain on 

the Cumberland Plateau, says that leaving 

the skins on also contributes to the taste. 

“The muscadine has a distinct taste, and the 

reason for that is the skin,” he says. “You 

ferment [red muscadines] on the skins 

and some of that carries over to your wine, 

private tastings or tours, allowing visitors 

to experience the very best of muscadines. 

“You’re a blessed man if you can turn a hobby 

into a business and still keep it fun,” says Tom 

Brown of Beans Creek Winery, which is open 

for sales and tastings seven days a week. 

Monteagle Winery is also open seven 

days a week, offering wine tastings, a vineyard 

on site and events on request. It also 

hosts events including an annual Mardi 

Gras celebration every February. 

At the Georgia Winery, visitors can 

and October. “We want people to enjoy the 

farm,” says JD Dalton, “and it is our goal to 

keep improving it. When you drive in during 

the harvest, the fragrance of the grapes is 

wonderful.” 

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In November of 2007, Mike and his 

wife Denise bottled their first wine at the 

Monteagle Winery. Now they produce 

about 3,500 gallons of wine annually, all 

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sample eight different wines at any time 

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the 17 different wines made at Monteagle, 

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DRAWING 

From 

Nature 

THE 

SCHLANGER 

FAMILY HOME 

Randy and Lynn Schlanger with their daughters Rebecca and Mariah 

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L 

ocated 

on a nature preserve 

just outside of Dunlap, 

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Schlanger’s 5,000 square 

foot home offers a seamless 

transition between outdoor and indoor living. The 

design of this beautifully rustic home on Fredonia 

Mountain was inspired by the couple’s love for nature 

and organic architecture. Both the exterior and 

interior of the home incorporate natural resources 

from the nature preserve on which the house sits. 

Craig Smith, owner of both Vision Homes and the 

nature preserve, assisted the couple in the design 

and construction of this dream home. Now, with 

their daughters Mariah and Rebecca, the Schlangers 

continue to enjoy their secluded retreat, nestled on 

approximately three acres of land including a stream 

and abundant wildlife. 


When designing the home, the Schlangers 

knew exactly what they wanted—a 

home that embraced the natural landscape 

and was both practical and visually 

appealing. The main structure of the 

Schlanger home is made from massive 

umber logs, mimicking the feeling of a 

log cabin—the initial inspiration for the 

home’s design. Portions of Signal Mountain 

stone, a manufactured stone created to 

look like the indigenous rock, and stained 

beams of shaker wood accent one another 

on the home’s front exterior. Exterior doors 

are painted in a Navajo red, while the majority 

of the framing around the windows 

is painted a forest green. The wrap-around 

porch extending to the rear of the home is 

made of pine beams and includes a railing 

of whimsically-shaped twigs. These are 

some of the main features that work to 

obscure the line between nature and the 

house. “The idea was to create different 

textures, colors and angles in order to 

bring in as much of the outdoors as possible,” 

Lynn says. 

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The wrap-around porch 

Nature-centric themes transition 

gracefully into the interior of the home. 

Stressing the idea of a natural setting, 

logs and beams used in the exterior 

also form the interior. Upon entering 

the foyer, visitors can look up and see 

a ceiling of beams and cross beams 

stained in a rich dark pine, while 

lighter honey-colored walls and large 

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The kitchen and living room area 

Leaving the foyer, guests are brought 

into the Schlangers’ expansive combined 

kitchen and living room area. Here, they 

can comfortably entertain guests or 

spend time together as a family without 

worrying about too many walls. “The 

purpose of combining the spaces was 

to ensure that you could be a part of 

everything going on,” Lynn says. 

The stained pine walls of this warm 

and inviting space glow brightly, illuminated 

by sunlight streaming through 

the assortment of plate glass windows in 

the room’s western wall. “During winter, 

watching the snow out of these windows 

is fabulous,” Randy says. 

The couple talks about their plan to 

install a stained glass window in the long 

window in the stairwell—just one example 

of their constant search to discover 

new pieces that might fit into the home. 

“The entire house is a constant work in 

progress,” they say, explaining their desire 

for a natural process of home design. 

At the entrance to this combined area, 

a high ceiling gives way to the relatively 

low ceiling of a cozy kitchen. Although 

located in a nook in the rear of the room, 

the kitchen remains bright due to the 

lightly stained maple cabinets lining its 

walls. Earth-toned granite countertops are 

lit by rustic hanging lanterns and recessed 

lighting. Stainless steel appliances —a very 

intentional modern aspect of the home — 

compliment natural pine walls. Lynn says 

the kitchen was designed with an open 

floor plan so that she could still visit with 

her family while cooking holiday meals. 


Off to the side of the unified space, 

a screened-in porch is the Schlanger’s 

favorite place to kick back and enjoy 

morning coffee while listening to the 

sounds of birds and other wildlife. 

Lynn says that the screened porch is 

her preferred place to unwind. “Our 

cats love to sit here with me and watch 

the blue-tailed skinks,” she says with a 

laugh. 

On the back of the home, the Schlangers’ 

immense back porch projects out 

into the surrounding landscape. “Everything 

is continuous,” says Randy, explaining 

the significance of this design. The 

size of the porch is almost equal to the 

2,700 square feet of living space within 

the house itself, and its high elevation 

provides a picturesque view of a stream 

and stunning foliage. 

In the heart of the home—the living 

room—a pitched ceiling reaches nearly 

30 feet. The centerpiece of this room 

is a massive, 25-foot by 10-foot hearth 

made of the same Signal Mountain stone 

used on the home’s exterior. White oak 

taken from a tree cut down during the 

construction of the home is resourcefully 

used for the hearth’s mantle. Nearby, an 

area designated for wood storage gives 

the Schlangers an easy means of fueling 

the fire during winter months. 

Contributing to the room’s organic 

design, Appalachian-style furniture 

includes a handmade wooden dinner 

table and chairs and a rocking chair of 

The sunny screened-in porch 

exquisitely carved hardwoods. Other 

furnishings help to introduce a wildlife 

theme. Couches made of leather and 

fabric feature a pattern of bears, fish and 

canoes. Randy and Lynn also have a fauxbear 

rug resting in the center of the living 

room, reflecting their desire for harmony 

with nature. 

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The living room area 


Just off the living room, 

the master suite has a 

wooden queen-sized bed 

featuring a headboard and 

footboard of logs arranged 

into a sunrise pattern. The 

logs have a sanded-down 

bark finish and are stained 

with a shade similar to a 

redwood. Above, a stylish 

ceiling fan has a base of 

stylized, iron leaves. In the 

master bath, honey maple 

cabinets echo the cabinets 

in the kitchen, and charcoal-colored 

stone floors 

lead into a large walk-in 

shower and steam room. 

A flight of stairs leads 

to the bedrooms of Mariah 

and Rebecca. These rooms have a 

design similar to the master suite, but 

with a few unique additions. Mariah’s 

room features a personal Juliet balcony 

that rises above the back deck to offer 

a spectacular view of the surrounding 

landscape. The balcony is lined with the 

same twig railing used for both the wraparound 

porch and the indoor stairway. 

Although Mariah’s bed is also constructed 

from logs, it has a smoother finish than the 

one in the master bedroom. 

Rebecca’s room features a high ceiling 

with exposed wooden beams, and the 

woodwork’s details are beautifully accentuated 

by natural light from a trio of windows 

located in a nook on the eastern wall. 

Outside the home once more, a covered 

walkway adjoined to the house 

leads to a large two-car garage. Randy 

uses the lower-level garage space as his 

personal workshop, while the upper level 

is an unfinished apartment. Randy and 

Lynn hope to finish the garage apartment 

so that they can one day offer a 

The master bedroom 

fully-functional living space to visiting 

children and grandchildren. 

T 

he Schlanger family home is a 

testament to their love for nature 

and their desire to live comfortably 

alongside the natural landscape 

without imposing on what it has to offer. 

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resources, Randy and Lynn Schlanger have 

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A 

LEGEND 

ON 

Lookout 

Trey and Jane Brooks Moss with their dog, Quay 

The Moss Home 

By Rebecca Rochat 

Photos by Chris Cate 

F 

rench culture has long been 

intertwined with the many cultural 

threads of New Orleans. But 

where is the connection to Lookout Mountain 

In 1928, a family named Williams from 

New Orleans, with cultural and family connections 

to France, built a summer home on 

the west brow of Lookout Mountain. With 

a desire to connect with their New Orleans 

and French heritages, the Williams designed 

and built a 6,000 square foot French Renaissance 

chateau and incorporated a fleur-de-lis 

motif—a symbol of the French royal family 

and the city of New Orleans—into many of 

the home’s architectural details. 


the West Brow home over the next several 

decades. “We were fortunate to live there as 

long as we did. It is a wonderful house,” says 

Mems Bicking, reminiscing over the full 50 

years she lived in the home. 

Today, the home is owned by Trey and Jane 

Brooks Moss. In 2006, Trey, a developer and 

president of Ray Moss Development, Inc., began 

a one-year renovation to modernize the home 

in a manner that built upon its cultural heritage. 

Since then, Trey and his wife Jane Brooks, who 

is a design consultant at Revival Uncommon 

Goods, have continued to improve the home, 

showing impeccable taste in their mixtures of 

vintage and contemporary home design. 

Entrance to the sweeping circle drive 

The Williams were just the first in a line 

of prominent owners who participated in 

shaping the personality and design of the 

home. In 1943, the house was purchased by 

Richard L. Moore, a successful Chattanooga 

businessman and owner of the once popular 

downtown department store, Loveman’s. 

His sister, Grace Moore—a famous operatic 

soprano and actress said to be the inspiration 

for Elvis’s “Graceland”—frequently visited the 

home before her death in 1948. Fast forward to 

1975, when Richard Moore’s daughter, Mems 

Moore was married to Samuel Bicking in the 

house. The Bickings raised their children in 

The north side of the home 

The westward-facing rear patio 


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The central living room 

Besides a new slate roof, few visible 

changes have been made to the Williams’ 

original design for the home’s 

exterior. At either end of the circular 

driveway, four brick turrets stand like 

guard posts, while the façade is dominated 

by a massive brick chimney and a 

two-story turret that envelopes the foyer 

and stairwell. The exterior casement 

windows still use the original hardware, 

but have been re-glazed and filled with 

new glass. The two front doors, an outer 

glass door and an inner vertical plank 

wooden door, were both constructed to 

follow the curve of the outer walls of the 

turret. The wooden door is embellished 

with an iron strap hinge and a mullion 

in the shape of the fleur-de-lis inside a 

small, square window. At the opposite 

end of the house and slightly separate, a 

guest cottage houses a two car garage, a 

living and dining room, and a bedroom 

and bath suite upstairs. 

Inside the chateau, the Moss’s have furnished 

the house with a mixture of antiques 

and contemporary pieces in keeping with 

the French Renaissance style of interior 

design. Some improvements are obvious, 

such as refinished hardwood floors and 

totally renovated kitchen and bathrooms. 

Some are not as obvious, such as all new 

wiring and plumbing and replastered walls. 

Original iron wall sconces and chandeliers 

still light the house’s many rooms, and 

the interior color palette consists of sage 

greens and beiges—colors of the forest—to 

complement the dark oak wood trim and 

molding used throughout the home. 

The house is divided into two wings, 

with one wing containing four guest 

bedrooms and baths and the other wing 

containing the dining room, kitchen, and 

on the second level, the master suite. A 

grand living room, reminiscent of a hunting 

lodge, occupies the center block of 

the house. The rustic room has a vaulted, 

beamed ceiling, and its two story front 

wall includes a stone fireplace and hearth. 

Pecky cyprus, first brought from Louisiana 

by the Williams, is used in the room’s 

door surrounds, while the two massive 

chandeliers in the living room came from 

the Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club. 

The room is furnished comfortably 

with overstuffed sofas and large club 

chairs in neutral colors. Above the fireplace, 

sets of antlers reinforce the room’s 

rustic tone. French doors on either side of 

the fireplace and at the rear of the living 

room lead out to front and rear patios, and 

at the back of the room, a recessed nook 

furnished for casual dining has a bank of 

four windows with transoms. On one wall, 

a Renaissance style court cupboard is sandwiched 

between twin built-in niches, filled 

with graceful displays of vases and books 

accentuated by recessed lighting. Above, a 

second story landing with a railing is the 

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The dining room, with doors to the rear patio 

to entertain guests. The corresponding wall 

also has a second story, but with a smaller 

rounded balcony, rumored to be the place 

where Grace Moore once serenaded guests. 

The area below the balcony, previously 

used as a formal dining space, is now the 

home of a baby grand piano. 

Two steps down lead in to the Moss’s 

dining room, formerly used as a den. The 

room features a fireplace and offers some 

of the best views in the house. The walls 

are covered in rich brown burlap, and 

furnishings mix old and new styles of 

interior design. The room’s dining chairs 

and armoire are made in an early 19th 

century French provincial style, while a 

glass top dining table and buffet add a 

contemporary touch to the room’s French 

country feel. 

Although thoroughly renovated, the 

kitchen still has the look and feel of a 

farmhouse kitchen. Tiles in the floor and 

backsplash in hues of green, gold and 

brown complement sage green cabinets, 

concrete countertops and beige walls. A 

copper farmhouse sink is paired with topof-the-line 

appliances including a Bosch 

dishwasher, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and 

stainless steel Viking ovens. The room 

has ample counter space on both the sink 

wall and in the corner breakfast dining 

area. Tucked into an offset nearby is an 

The kitchen 

antique card catalogue cabinet that Trey 

converted into a rustic wine rack. 

Two steps from the kitchen lead back 

into the main level of the home. Just off the 

foyer, a small mudroom is furnished with 

an antique hall tree, while nearby a convenient 

powder room has a metal vanity 

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with a scrolled base and a hanging lantern 

chandelier. The foyer leads into the main 

stairway in the front turret, which spirals 

up to the second story master suite. The 

stairwell is lit by an iron lantern chandelier 

and a series of long, slender windows 

embedded with the fleur-de-lis motif. 

The master bedroom, which offers 

spectacular views from the rear of the 

house, is furnished with a leather sleigh 

bed and cozy seating in front of the fireplace, 

perfect for curling up for a good 

read. The master bath, which underwent 

a complete renovation, now includes a 

tiled walk-in shower, a double vanity oak 

cabinet and a separate room housing a 

soaking tub. The master bath also features 

two walk-in closets with built-in shelving; 

one has a Bosch stacked washer and dryer, 

and the other has its own vanity table. 

On the other side of the home in the 

guest wing, the four guest bathrooms 

are outfitted with tile floors and walls in 

varying tones of beige, ivory and white, 

with smaller rectangular tiles on the floor 

and larger rectangular tiles on the lower 

walls. Trey added a new white pedestal 

sink to each of the bathrooms and carefully 

reglazed many of their original cast 

iron tubs. 

Trey also converted the two downstairs 

guest bedrooms into spaces for 

entertaining and relaxing—one room now 

has a pool table and the other is furnished 

as a den/office. Upstairs, the two guest 

bedrooms are decorated uniquely, one 

being feminine in style and the other more 

masculine. 

The light and airy feminine guest bedroom—said 

to be the bedroom where Grace 

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The guest house 

Moore stayed when she came to visit—is 

decorated in shades of white. The room is 

furnished with a four-poster iron bed with 

a scrolled headboard and Louis XV style 

end tables with marble tops. In front of the 

bed rests a large mirror-fronted armoire. A 

recessed area with windows houses a whitewashed 

Louis XVI writing desk paired with 

a Louis XV style fauteuil chair grouped with 

a comfortable wing back chair. 

The more masculine of the two guestrooms 

has windows on three walls. Mirror 

images of each other, the front and 

rear windows provide outside projecting 

oriel windows with recessed areas on 

the inside. A large mahogany carved bed 

between two end windows is flanked by 

a wing chair and side table on one side 

and a writing desk on the other. 

T 

his French chateau on Lookout 

Mountain has a long history 

with many interesting stories 

to tell, and while some may be urban 

legends, others are far from myths. Trey 

and Jane Brooks Moss, who held their 

wedding reception in the home in May of 

2011, continued the legacy of this storied 

mountain home with French roots. Now 

the home looks forward to a new future— 

currently listed by The James Company, 

the home awaits a new set of residents 

with many memories to come. 

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School & Camp 

s p e c i A L s e c t i o n 

Contents 

100 Connecting the 

Past & Present: 

Anthropologists 

& Archaeologists 

106 Independent 

School Profiles 

120 Camp Snapshots 

Summer Camp at GPS 

122 Summer Camp 

Profiles 

126 Camp Snapshots 

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CONNECTING 

the Past & 

Present 

By Judith Nembhard 

area anThroPoloGY 

& arChaeoloGY ProFeSSorS 

niCholaS 

honerkaMP, Ph.d. 

UC Foundation Professor in the 

Department of Sociology, Anthropology 

and Geography and Director of the 

Institute of Archaeology at the University 

of Tennessee at Chattanooga 

Archaeology came naturally to Dr. 

Nicholas Honerkamp—his mother was 

an archaeologist. However it was Charles 

H. Fairbanks, professor and noted archae- 

Dr. Sarah C. Sherwood 

Archaeology and anthropology: 

they’re not your 

typical college majors. 

But our city is leading 

the way when it comes to producing 

first class explorers and world travelers, 

as top-notch teachers of archaeology 

and anthropology from local universities 

press on into uncharted territories, 

spearheading studies and cultural 

experiences both locally and abroad. In 

addition to inspiring students, their 

work shines a light on our collective past, 

guiding the way for our collective future. 

So what are archeology and anthropology 

all about, other than musty 

tombs and treasure hunters, the stuff 

of movies and fiction Archaeology, 

which studies peoples and cultures of 

prehistoric times through recovery and 

analysis of material and environmental 

data, is actually a very relevant and 

practical discipline. Many professors 

from Chattanooga area universities 

have even conducted exciting excavations 

right here in our own backyard. 

Archaeology is a sub-discipline of 

anthropology, the study of humans, 

past and present. Anthropologists apply 

knowledge to the solution of human 

problems, and they usually have training 

in one or more of four sub-fields: 

sociocultural anthropology, biological/ 

physical anthropology, linguistics, or 

archaeology. In addition to working for 

colleges and universities, anthropolo- 

Dr. Murl Dirksen 

gists and archaeologists work for federal 

and state governments, museums, and as 

consultants for private companies. 

Understanding that a working 

knowledge of past and current cultures 

is important for shaping the future, City- 

Scope magazine celebrates the remarkable 

accomplishments of archaeologists 

and anthropologists from our area by 

profiling five of these scholars from local 

universities. 

ologist and studier of slave sites, who 

inspired Honerkamp to go to the coast of 

Georgia and follow in his footsteps. 

Honerkamp now specializes in 

historical and plantation archaeology, 

and his surveys have centered on such 

sites as Chocolate Plantation, High Point 

Plantation, and Behavior Cemetery on 

Sapelo Island, Georgia as well as the Doak 

House Plantation in Greenville, Tennessee. 

Additionally, Honerkamp has done many 

surveys in the Chattanooga area on sites 

including Ross’s Landing, Moccasin Bend, 

Honerkamp on site at Sapelo Island 

Two students assist Honerkamp (right) on an archaeological dig at Chocolate Plantation in 2006. 

Maclellan Island and “Little Owl Village.” Geechee don’t believe in disturbing their 

Honerkamp believes archaeology ancestors’ gravesites. But with the help 

offers a reality check for interpretations of Honerkamp’s archaeology team, the 

of the past, going beyond documents to Gullah-Geechee were able to expand their 

present evidence of how a society came cemetery beyond the site of the unmarked 

to be. “What’s written about [a group] graves while leaving them intact. 

can be completely biased,” he says, citing 

Native American peoples and slaves an archaeological field school, largely 

Each summer Honerkamp conducts 

as examples. “Archaeology corrects the to expose students to the realities of the 

record. It gives voice to people who do discipline. Laughing, he says that this is 

not have a literate voice.” 

when many discover that archaeology “is 

One of Honerkamp’s most satisfying not Harrison Ford with a bull whip.” 

memories is a day of doing archaeology 

at a Gullah-Geechee cemetery in which 

he and his team used ground penetrating 

radar (GPR) to look for unmarked 

graves.“The best part about it was that the 

Sapelo residents were directly involved,” 

he says. As a cultural practice, the Gullah- 


Sherwood collects samples from a Neolithic kiln from the tell site of Vinca in Serbia. 

Sarah C. 

Sherwood, Ph.D. 

Geoarchaeologist and Assistant 

Professor of Environmental Studies 

at Sewanee: The University of 

the South 

At the age of 12, Sarah C. Sherwood 

was well on her way to becoming 

an archaeologist. Each morning, she 

stood in her driveway and waited to 

be picked up by an excavation crew 

of professors and college students, 

who, she recalls, treated her “like a 

regular.” “I worshipped the students,” 

she says. Now a geoarchaeologist, Dr. 

Sarah C. Sherwood has worked in the 

Southeastern United States for more 

than 20 years. 

And she is one active lady. Currently, 

Sherwood teaches undergraduate 

students at Sewanee: The University of 

the South, sits on graduate committees 

at University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 

and assists graduate students from other 

universities. “I often work as a consultant 

on other people’s projects,” she says. “In 

the last few years I’ve also enjoyed being 

a part of large scale projects studying 

Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in eastern 

Europe for a month or two each summer.” 

With a unique interest in reconstructing 

the relationship between environment 

and culture on the Southern 

Cumberland Plateau, Sherwood works 

on rock shelters to find out more about 

the activities of ancestors of Native American 

hunter-gatherers and their use of rock shelters 

through time. 

More recently, Sherwood has been saddened 

by the way new developments on the 

plateau have impacted the natural landscape, 

destroying sites rich in archaeological potential. 

“People forget that archaeological sites 

are finite,” she says.”Without them we can’t 

understand our universal past. It’s not about 

us. My ancestors are your ancestors. The past 

belongs to all of us.” 

How does Sherwood fit in a maledominated 

field “If you’re good at what you 

do, then you’re recognized for your skills,” 

she says. “I’m tall, confident, and not easily 

intimidated.” Sherwood believes that things 

are changing in the field; in the past eight 

years, she says she has seen more women 

going into archaeology. Admitting that the 

discipline does, however, come with many 

physical challenges, she describes her many 

encounters with venomous snakes including 

cottonmouths and copperheads. “But I’ve 

learned to carry a ‘snake stick’ to move them 

out of the way,” she says, laughing. 

Sherwood takes a break from recording stratigraphy from a 

Bronze Age Tell in the Banat Region of West Romania. 

Photos courtesy of the lynn h. wood archaeological museum 

Michael G. 

Hasel, Ph.D. 

Professor of Near Eastern Studies and 

Archaeology and Director of the 

Institute of Archaeology at Southern 

Adventist University 

Dr. Michael Hasel credits his decision 

to go into archaeology to two pivotal events. 

The first was a trip to Jordan, Egypt and 

Israel with his father when he was in high 

school. “I saw the ancient world of the Bible 

come alive,” he says. The second was a lecture 

by a visiting archaeologist from Rome 

at the university where he lived, Andrews 

University. Mesmerized, Hasel went to a 

museum curator from the university’s museum 

and asked to volunteer, only to spend 

the next five years working at the museum. 

Hasel removes a Hellenistic pithos at Khirbet Qeiyafa 

Currently, Hasel is directing excavations 

with scholars from The Hebrew University 

of Jerusalem at Khirbet Qeiyafa, a 

fortress city above the Elah Valley where 

the famous battle between David and 

Hasel beside an ancient olive press at Khirbet Qeiyafa 

Goliath took place according to the Bible. 

The excavations are being sponsored 

by National Geographic, and National 

Geographic and the BBC have both made 

documentaries about the project. 

Hasel finds his work in the Middle 

East very relevant, as this region gave birth 

to the three important monotheistic world 

religions. “Archaeology makes the past 

tangible,” Hasel says, “because we are all 

looking for where we came from and the 

stories we are a part of.” He describes the 

thrill his students felt on an excavation last 

summer, when they discovered a huge olive 

press and a cache of iron swords. “People 

can take a group through a museum to look 

at glass cases,” he says, “but when I watch 

my students pick up a lamp or a coin of 

Alexander the Great and wonder who held 

it last, it’s like reaching back and shaking 

someone’s hand.” 

Hasel has successfully transferred 

his enthusiasm for archaeology to many 

of his students, who, like him during his 

student days, regularly volunteer during 

the school year in the Lynn H. Wood 

Archaeological Museum at Southern 

Adventist University. Additionally, many 

of Hasel’s former students have gone on 

to graduate programs at universities in 

Chicago, Aberdeen and London. 


Murl 

Dirksen, Ph.D. 

Professor of Anthropology 

and Sociology at Lee University 

Raised on a Hopi Native American 

reservation where his Mennonite parents 

were lay missionaries, Murl Dirksen experienced 

culture shock fairly early in life. 

From the time he was three to the time he 

was 14, Dirksen was “the only white kid” in 

Richard 

Jones, Ph.D. 

Professor of Anthropology 

at Lee University 

When he was 11, Richard Jones saw 

Boris Karloff’s 1932 version of “The 

Mummy,” and the Coptic priests in the film 

fascinated him so much that he rushed to 

the library and checked out every book he 

could find on Coptic monasticism. That 

early interest in ancient history would 

later be channeled into a lifelong career in 

anthropology and archaeology. 

As a student of archaeology, Jones continued 

to focus on the Coptic Church and 

the growth of Christianity in Egypt. He even 

had the opportunity to go to Cairo for a year 

to study Coptic monasticism on a Fulbright 

Scholarship—one of the highlights of his 

career. Along the way, Jones also developed a 

love for languages, believing firmly that they 

are a means of understanding 

culture. Jones concentrated 

on linguistics in his graduate 

studies and now has formal 

training in both Arabic and 

German. 

More recently, Jones has 

been involved in excavations 

in East Tennessee and Colorado. 

He is also a participating scholar in the 

KRP Project, a regional project examining 

the Karak district of central Jordan and has 

many ongoing research projects in Middle 

Eastern Christianity. 

In addition to helping people understand 

where they come from and who 

they are, Jones believes archaeology and 

anthropology can help people solve problems. 

“The greatest problems we face today 

are not technological problems. They are 

human problems,” he says. 

However, Jones, who received the 2011 

Excellence in Scholarship Award at Lee 

University, finds his greatest satisfaction in 

(left) Jones on an 

archaeological dig in 

Western Colorado 

(below) Jones with his 

Bedouin hosts on the 

Karak plateau in Jordan 

teaching. Every summer, he takes 10 students 

from Lee University to do volunteer 

culture resource management work for the 

U.S.D.A. Forest Service at an archaeological 

site near Tellico Plains called Fort Amistad. 

Fort Amistad is a significant historical site 

approximately 80 miles from Chattanooga, 

and Jones believes that it will soon be declared 

a national historical landmark. 

Jones’ passion for his discipline has 

passed on to many of his students. Although 

the major in anthropology at Lee is 

only six years old, Jones already has one of 

his students in graduate studies at UTK and 

another in a graduate program in London. 

sight. 

Dirksen attributes much of his own 

interest in anthropology to this childhood 

experience and the influence of his parents. 

He was particularly impressed by the way 

his farmer dad and teacher mother interacted 

with their Hopi friends. “It was a 

great example of cultures coming together 

and respecting each other.” 

Now an experienced anthropologist 

at Lee, Dirksen finds his greatest satisfaction 

in the classroom. He is one of the few 

professors from Lee who have received 

both the Excellence in Teaching Award 

and the Excellence in Scholarship Award. 

Dirksen along the 

Gunnison River in 

western Colorado 

“When I walk in the classroom to 

teach—to me, it’s a drug. I’m totally 

excited,” he says. The highlight of his 

career, he says, is seeing his students 

succeed in taking the perspectives 

he’s taught them. Enthusiastically, he 

describes a recent encounter with a 

former student on her way to Kenya 

to work on a community development 

initiative—a project related to 

gardening. “I ask my students, what’s 

your interest If it’s dance, I take them 

someplace where dance is part of the 

culture. I want to connect people.” 

In addition to his work at Lee, 

Dirksen devotes much of his time to 

world travel. Often, these travels take 

Dirksen at Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Peru 

him to unusual places, such as the 

Harani Preserve deep in the Amazon 

jungle, the home of a people group 

notorious for the missionaries they 

have killed. Dirksen’s other travels 

have taken him to the Karak Plateau 

in central Jordan to work as a cultural 

anthropologist on a multidisciplinary 

research team and to New Zealand to 

work on an archaeology project spearheaded 

by one of his former students. 

What does Dirksen see as the 

ultimate purpose of his work “I 

think it’s a perspective of respect,” 

he says. “Everybody wants to have 

their ideas respected. That’s what it’s 

all about.” 


Independent School Profi les 

Bachman Academy 

414 Brymer Creek Rd. 

McDonald, TN 37353 

(423) 479-4523 

Fax: (423) 472-2718 

Email: admissions@bachmanacademy.org 

www.bachmanacademy.org 

Grades Represented: 6th–12th 

Number of Students Enrolled: 35 

Average Number 

of Students per Class: 5 

Year Founded: 1999 

Religious Affiliation: Nondenominational 

Tuition per Student per Year: 

Day: $18,779; Five-day: $38,845; 

Boarding: $48,275 

Uniforms Required: Yes 

Description: Bachman Academy’s mission 

is to empower students who have 

learning differences to develop the skills 

and values necessary for success in a 

global community. Bachman is a boarding 

and day school for children in grades 

6-12 who have language-based learning 

differences, such as dyslexia, and attention 

issues, such as ADHD. Bachman 

Academy provides a language-rich program 

of study emphasizing active learning. 

In addition to college-prep academics, 

the academy offers career education in 

equestrian, mechanics, woodworking and 

horticulture. Bachman Academy is duallyaccredited 

by SAIS/SACS. 

Baylor 

School 

171 Baylor School Rd. 


(423) 267-5902 

Fax: (423) 757-2525 

Email: admission@baylorschool.org 

www.baylorschool.org 


Number of Students Enrolled: 1,070 




Religious Affiliation: At Baylor, faith is 

central to every person’s life and the study 

of religion is an essential part of a complete 

education. The school welcomes and 

respects all faiths. 


Day (6th–12th grades): $19,985; 

Boarding (9th–12th grades): $40,705 


Description: One of the country’s leading 

college preparatory schools, 100 percent 

of Baylor graduates attend college. The 

most recent graduating class earned more 

than $8.9 million in college scholarships. 

At Baylor, students quickly fi nd peers who 

value academic achievement and are surrounded 

by a faculty committed to helping 

them reach their full potential. The mission 

of Baylor School is to foster in students 

both the ability and the desire to make a 

positive difference in the world. 

Belvoir Christian Academy 

800 Belvoir Ave. 


(423) 622-3755 

Fax: (423) 622-0177 

Email: admissions@bcalions.org 

www.bcalions.org 

Grades Represented: PK3–8th 





Religious Affiliation: Christian 

(Lutheran) 

Tuition per Student per Year: PK3 

and PK4 (1/2 day program): $3,500; 

Kindergarten: $5,950; 1st–5th grades: 

$6,500; 6th–8th grades: $6,950 


Description: Belvoir Christian Academy 

(BCA) is fully accredited by the National 

Lutheran School Accreditation and SACS/ 

CASI. BCA is committed to faith, families 

and futures and has been serving the 

Chattanooga community for 125 years. At 

BCA, small class sizes, individual attention, 

academic excellence, spiritual growth 

and a family environment are valued. The 

benefi ts of a small school are offered with 

many extracurricular activities including 

competitive sports, cub scouts, private 

music lessons, math and science clubs, 

gymnastics and much more. 

Boyd-Buchanan School 

4626 

Bonnieway Dr. 


(423) 622-6177 

Fax: (423) 508-2218 

Email:cwitt@bbschool.org 

www.bbschool.org 







Tuition per Student per Year: PK-5th 

grade: $6,750; 6th–8th grades: 

$8,100; 9th–11th grades: $8,950; 

12th grade: $9,160 (discounted sibling 

rates apply) 


Description: Boyd-Buchanan School 

offers a loving, Christ-centered 

environment that fully nurtures the 

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spiritual, intellectual, social and physical 

potential of each student. Boyd-Buchanan 

prepares students to walk with the Master 

and to embrace life’s challenges with 

joy, courage and wisdom. Committed to 

offering young people a source of truth, 

strength and vision for today’s changing 

world, Boyd-Buchanan strives to guide 

students toward possessing the heart 

and spirit of Jesus, to instill a sense of 

belonging and self-worth and to provide 

a college-preparatory education that 

stresses academic excellence. 

Brainerd Baptist 

School 

300 Brookfi eld Ave. 


(423) 622-3873 

Fax: (423) 624-5164 

Email: scorcoran@brainerdbaptist.org 

www.brainerdbaptistschool.org 

Grades Represented: K3–5th 





Religious Affiliation: 

Christian (Nondenominational) 

Tuition per Student per Year: K3 (T/ 

Th): $3,184; K3 and K4 (MWF): $4,530; 

K3 and K4 (M–F): $5,562; K5: $7,208; 

1st-5th grades: $7,481 


Description: Brainerd Baptist School is an 

independent Christian school that offers 

a challenging curriculum where teachers 

instill a love of learning in their students. 

BBS offers a robust fi ne arts program, innovative 

technology that is among the best 

in the city, and a strong athletic program 

for its students. Graduates routinely excel 

at the best middle/high schools in Chattanooga. 

Bright School 

1950 Hixson Pk. 


(423) 267-8546 

Fax: (423) 265-0025 

Email: bmoore@brightschool.com 

www.brightschool.com 

Grades Represented: PK–5th 





Religious Affiliation: None 


PK: $9,500; K–5th grades: $12,500 


Description: Bright School offers a happy, 

nurturing environment where critical 

thinking, creative inquiry, intellectual 

achievement and a love for learning 

prepare children to become wise and 

compassionate citizens of the world. 

Bright School values opportunities for curious 

investigation, hands-on exploration, 

creation, celebration and play. 

Calvary Christian 

School 

4601 North Ter. 


(423) 622-2181 

Fax: (423) 622-0150 

Email: calvary4601@mybluelight.com 

www.ccseagles.org 






Religious Affiliation: Independent Baptist 

Tuition per Student per Year: K4–K5: 

$2,900; 1st–6th grades: $3,200; 

7th–8th grades: $3,300 


Description: For over 35 years, Calvary 

Christian School has educated children 

from a Biblical point of view. Children 

are taught by highly qualifi ed, spiritual 

teachers and enjoy a low student-teacher 

ratio. CCS places a strong emphasis 

on patriotism, discipline and moral values. 

CCS is affi liated with the Tennessee 

Association of Christian Schools and 

the American Association of Christian 

Schools. 

Chattanooga 

Christian School 

3354 Charger Dr. 


(423) 265-6411 

Fax: (423) 756-4044 

Email: dgrisham@ccsk12.com 

www.ccsk12.com 

Grades Represented: K–12th grade 

Number of Students Enrolled: 1,150 

Average Number of Students per 

Class: 17-22 



Christian (Interdenominational) 


Elementary: $5,950; Middle: $7,095; 

High: $8,709 

Uniforms Required: Dress Code 

Description: Chattanooga Christian 

School is a kindergarten through 12th 

grade day school nestled on 60 acres at 

the foot of beautiful Lookout Mountain. 

CCS has been serving Christian families 

in the Chattanooga area for over 40 years. 

“Reaching Higher, Growing Deeper” is the 

theme applied to all that is done at CCS to 

educate students. Chattanooga Christian 

School is committed to providing an environment 

that allows children to grow and 

realize their full, God-given potential. 

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Collegedale Academy 

P.O. Box 628 

4855 College Dr. East 

Collegedale, TN 37315 

(423) 396-2124 

Fax: (423) 396-3363 

Email: info@collegedaleacademy.com 

www.collegedaleacademy.com 







Seventh-day Adventist 


Constituent: $6,940; Non-Constituent: 

$8,760 


Description: Collegedale Academy, a 

private, four-year, coeducational secondary 

school owned and operated by the 

Seventh-day Adventist church, provides 

education in general and college preparatory 

secondary curriculum. The school 

facilities include fi fteen classrooms, three 

science laboratories, a music complex, an 

auditorium, a media center, two computer 

labs and a dining commons/gymnasium 

facility. Collegedale Academy’s mission is 

to educate, equip and inspire students to 

recognize God’s call, reach out to others 

and reveal His truth. 

Girls Preparatory School 

205 Island Ave. 


(423) 634-7645 

Fax: (423) 634-7643 

Email: admissions@gps.edu 

www.gps.edu 







Tuition per Student per Year: $20,020 


Description: Founded in 1906, Girls 

Preparatory School is one of the largest 

secondary independent girls’ day schools 

in the United States, serving 600 girls in 

grades 6-12 in southeast Tennessee and 

northeast Georgia. Among its unique features 

are an integrated laptop program and 

a global education initiative. Laptops are an 

integral part of learning as students collect, 

assimilate and communicate knowledge. 

To become active world citizens, students 

engage in classroom learning and service 

projects that broaden their intellectual horizons 

and deepen their understanding of the 

world’s issues. Focusing on and teaching 

to girls’ strengths, faculty members work to 

foster both intellect and character in each 

girl. Girls Preparatory School creates leaders 

by engaging the mind, stimulating the 

spirit, instilling values and self-confi dence, 

and challenging girls to recognize their 

membership in the global community. 

Grace Baptist 

Academy 



(423) 892-8222 

Fax: (423) 894-1194 

Email: jmccurdy@mygracechatt.org 

www.gracechatt.org 






Religious Affiliation: Baptist 

Tuition per Student per Year: Elementary: 

$5,090; Middle: $6,120; High: 

$6,665 


Description: Grace Academy is a private 

Christian school serving the metropolitan 

Chattanooga area and the surrounding 

counties in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. 

Grace is committed to providing an 

excellent educational program by utilizing 

the appropriate curriculum and methods to 

establish a creative, supportive and wholesome 

atmosphere for its students. The total 

educational experience is designed to help 

students recognize their learning styles, 

abilities and talents, and to use them in 

pursuing God’s design for their lives. 

Hamilton 

Heights 

Christian Academy 

2201 Hickory Valley Rd. 


(423) 894-0597 

Fax: (866) 567-4496 

Email: hhca@hamiltonheights.net 

www.hamiltonheights.net 








Uniforms Required: No 

Description: Hamilton Heights Christian 

Academy was founded to offer a unique 

educational opportunity for secondary 

high school students at an affordable 

tuition rate. HHCA has full accreditation 

with the Southern Association of 

Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the 

Association of Christian Schools International 

(ACSI). Hamilton Heights does 

not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, 

race, national/ethnic origin or physical 

disability when determining the qualifi cation 

of an applicant for enrollment. 

Where does she go 

from here 

Anywhere she wants. 

GPS… a place where 

a girl can find her voice 

and be challenged to 

develop leadership skills. 

GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 

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Hixson 

1985 Northpoint Blvd. 

870.4840 

East Brainerd 

1619 Gunbarrel Rd. 

499.5584 

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Hickory 

Valley 

Christian 

School 



(423) 894-3200 

Fax: (423) 894-8665 

Email: jexum@hvcs.org 

www.hvcs.org 







Nondenominational 


$2,300–$6,655 (varies by age 

and hours) 

Uniforms Required: Yes (1st grade 

and up) 

Description: HVCS is a private 

Christian school that offers academic 

excellence, small class sizes, and 

individualized learning with a focus on 

integrated technology in a Christcentered, 

nurturing environment. HVCS 

focuses on fi ve things: (1) meeting 

children where they are, (2) giving 

students the intellectual capacity to 

face the future, (3) making learning fun, 

(4) helping students grow in their sense 

of global awareness, and (5) working 

towards Christ-centeredness. 

The Honors 

Learning Center 

(423) 280-1813 

Email: ryan.rsm@gmail.com 

www.honorsofchattanooga.com 

Grades Represented: K–12th 

Number of Students Enrolled: 

Varies 




McCallie 

School 

500 Dodds Ave. 


(423) 624-8300 

Fax: (423) 493-5426 

Email: info@mccallie.org 

www.mccallie.org 

Grades Represented: 6th–12th (Day), 

9th–12th (Boarding) 


Average Number of Students 

per Class: 14 



(Nondenominational) 


Day: $20,953; Boarding: $39,285 


Description: “We want you to be 

educated, but honestly we want more 

than that. We want you to be capable, 

committed, and morally courageous, 

to become men who make a positive 

difference in your world. We want 

you to strive for excellence, to live 

honorably, to act responsibly, to seek 

intellectual and spiritual truth and to 

help others.” –Headmaster Dr. R. Kirk 

Walker Jr. ‘69 

The Montessori 

School 

300 Montessori Way 


(423) 622-6366 

Fax: (423) 622-6027 

Email: admissions@themontessorischool. 

net 

www.themontessorischool.net 

Grades Represented: 1 year–8th 



Class: Toddler: 13; Middle School: 30 

Year Founded: 1973; founded as 

non-profi t in 2004 

Mccallie 

seeks to inspire 

& MOTIVATE 

boys to 

STRIVE 

EXCELLENCE 

Description: Offering academic 

testing for each student before Religious Affiliation: None 

developing a comprehensive program 

Tuition per Student per Year: $4,662– 

of study to address the student’s individual 

needs, the Honors Learning 

$6,615 (varies by age and hours) 

Center offers individualized programs Uniforms Required: No 

Siskin Early Learning Center 

in math and reading as well as Description: The beauty of 

East Brainerd 

homework support. The school 

Montessori is that it is the right “fit” 

provides remedial programs to help 

1602 Gunbarrel Road 

for a wide array of personalities, 

students catch up in their studies 

temperaments and learning styles. 

423.643.4059 

and also enrichment programs for 

At Montessori, all children can find 

advanced and gifted students to help 

them achieve even more. The Honors 

joy in learning in an atmosphere 

Now Enrolling! 

Learning Center offers affordable 

of both cooperation and respect. 

ACT group student classes as well The Montessori method works for 

as individualized instruction. The families with a range of learning 

teachers are state certifi ed, and the expectations. Teachers and parents 

program develops strong study skills work together between home and 

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Unique learning environments for children of 

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1101 Carter Street 

423.648.1759


Notre Dame 

High School 

2701 Vermont Ave. 


(423) 624-4618 

Fax: (423) 624-4621 

Email: communications@myndhs.com 

www.myndhs.com 






Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic 

Tuition per Student per Year: Catholic 

students: $9,605 (includes fees 

and books); Non-Catholic students: 

$12,709 (includes fees and books) 


Description: Serving the Chattanooga 

community since 1876 and providing 

excellence in Catholic education, 

Notre Dame offers a diverse and 

challenging college-prep program and 

welcomes students of all faiths. 

Oakwood 

Christian 

Academy 

113 Oakwood St. 

Chickamauga, GA 30707 

(706) 375-7247 

Fax: (706) 375-5216 

Email: laurahulsey@oca.oakwoodbc.org 

www.ocaeagles.org 








$3,800–$5,600 (varies by grade, 

form of payment, etc.) 

Uniforms Required: Yes (1st grade and up) 

Description: Oakwood Christian 

Academy promotes a Christ-centered 

curriculum and focuses in all areas 

on helping students develop a biblical 

worldview. A fully accredited school, 

Oakwood has an academically 

challenging curriculum and certified 

Christian faculty. Also offered are 

chapel programs for students from 

kindergarten to high school. The 

school offers resource enrichment 

classes including music, P.E., Spanish, 

technology lab, library, band, art 

and chorus. Additional electives for 

middle and high school students 

include: sign language, practical technology, 

media development, teacher’s 

aide, strength training, etc. Sports 

programs include soccer, volleyball, 

basketball, baseball, track and golf. 

Ooltewah Adventist 

Kindergarten & School 

9209 Amos Rd. 

Ooltewah, TN 37363 

(423) 238-4449 

Fax: (423) 238-4577 

Email: ooltewahsda@epbfi .com 

www.oaksonline.net 






Religious Affiliation: Seventh-day 

Adventist 


$3,825–$5,075 (varies by grade and 

church membership) 


Description: OAKS…a great place to 

grow with God! 

Our Lady of Perpetual 

Help Catholic School 

505 South Moore Rd. 


(423) 622-1481 

Fax: (423) 622-2016 

Email: teresahennen@catholicweb.com 

www.myolph.com 

Grades Represented: PK4–8th grade 



Class: 18 


Religious Affiliation: Catholic 


$4,650 


Description: Our Lady of Perpetual 

Help Catholic School is a parochial 

school providing a high quality education 

for girls and boys in grades PK4 —8th 

grade. OLPH is committed to providing 

an education that fosters the realization 

that each person’s relationship with God, 

self and others is a lifelong process. It is 

dedicated to preparing students to live in 

an ever-changing society. OLPH strives 

to motivate students to employ Christian 

principles in using their talents to serve 

the needs of others. Free exchange of 

ideas and opinions among students, 

parents and teachers is encouraged. 

Primrose School of East 

Brainerd & Hixson 

East Brainerd 



(423) 499-5584 

Fax: (423) 499-9846 

Email: hmiller@primroseeastbrainerd.com 

www.primroseeastbrainerd.com 

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Certified Microsoft IT Academy 

Offering students the opportunity to earn 47 college credit 

hours on campus 

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Hixson 


Hixson, TN 37343 

(423) 870-4840 

Fax: (423) 870-9447 

Email: ctownsend@primrosehixson.com 

www.primrosehixson.com 

Grades Represented: Infants–PK 

Number of Students Enrolled: 100+ 


per Class: 8-18 

Year Founded: East Brainerd: 

1993, Hixson: 1995 


Tuition per Student per Year: Varies 

by classroom and full or part-time 

Uniforms Required: PK only 

Description: Primrose School is an 

educationally based preschool that 

blends accredited curriculum that is 

teacher-directed with a child-initiated 

approach called “balanced learning.” 

The school combines the best of both 

philosophies. Primrose School lets the 

particular interests of each child serve 

as the springboard to healthy social, 

emotional, physical and academic 

development, while teachers guide 

them to self-assurance and prepare 

them for lifelong academic and social 

success. 

Scenic Land School 

1200 Mountain Creek 

Rd. Ste. 300 


(423) 877-9711 

Fax: (423) 876-0398 

Email:akinsey@sceniclandschool.org 

www.sceniclandschool.org 



Average Number of Students per Class: 6 


Religious Affiliation: N/A 



Description: The Scenic Land School 

is an accredited Tennessee category 

one school located at the foot of Signal 

Mountain. Scenic Land is a K-8 school 

serving students from Chattanooga 

and surrounding areas. Scenic Land is 

dedicated to serving students with learning 

differences and academic challenges. To 

ensure success, Scenic Land School has 

1:4 faculty-to-student ratio for reading, 

writing and math programs and a 1:8 ratio 

for other programs. Scenic Land strives 

to have students reach their full potential, 

regardless of challenges or confi dence 

level. Scenic Land School believes that 

every child can learn and be successful. 

Signal Mountain 


2502 Fairmount Pk. 

Signal Mountain, TN 37377 

(423) 886-1115 

Fax: (423) 886-1115 

Email:smcs@smcstn.org 

www.smcstn.org 




per Class: 12 



Tuition per Student per Year: K–2nd 

grade: $4,200; 3rd–5th grade: $4,700 


Description: SMCS aids parents in training 

their children to love and understand 

God’s Word and His world. Classes are 

small to allow children to learn through 

discovery and exercise giftedness, 

individuality and styles of learning. A broad 

curriculum promotes academic excellence. 

Silverdale Baptist Academy 

7236 Bonny Oaks Dr. 

Chattanooga, 

TN 37421 

(423) 892-2319 

Fax: (423) 648-7600 

Email:development@silverdaleba.org 

www.silverdaleba.org 


Number of Students Enrolled: 988+ 


Class: 18 



Tuition per Student per Year: Elementary: 

$6,571; Middle: $7,427; High: $7,986 


Description: Silverdale Baptist Academy 

is a Christ-centered college preparatory 

academy. The school’s mission is to 

partner with families in providing an environment 

of academic excellence through a 

Biblical worldview. Silverdale is a member 

of TSSAA and is accredited with ACSI and 

SACS. Silverdale Baptist Academy also 

provides students with learning challenges 

and opportunities to fl ourish with its specialized 

academics department. 

Siskin Early 

Learning Centers 

Downtown- 

1101 Carter St. 


(423) 648-1700 

Fax: (423) 648-1780 

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East Brainerd-1602 Gunbarrel Rd. 


(423) 643-4059 

Fax: (423) 643-4068 

Email: siskin.mail@siskin.org 

www.siskin.org 

Grades Represented: 6 weeks– 

6 years (PK) 

Number of Students Enrolled: 

Downtown: 120; East Brainerd: 114 


Class: 12 



Tuition per Student per Year: Contact the 

Early Learning Centers for tuition rates 


Description: Siskin Children’s Institute 

operates two early learning centers for 

children ages six weeks to six years in 

Chattanooga, Tennessee. The centers 

educate children with developmental disabilities 

such as down syndrome, cerebral 

palsy and autism spectrum disorders as 

well as typically developing children in an 

inclusive learning environment. Siskin’s 

philosophy is that children of all abilities 

develop to their full potential by having 

opportunities to interact with one another 

and develop meaningful relationships. A 

comprehensive team of special educators, 

therapists, researchers and nurses work 

together to provide a broad range of programs 

and services, such as curriculumbased 

education, physical, occupational 

and speech therapies, nursing care, and 

enrichment programs such as creative 

movement, music and gardening. 

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee 

School 

290 Quintard Rd. 

Sewanee, TN 37375 

(931) 598-5651 

Fax: (931) 463-2121 

Email: admission@sasweb.org 

www.sasweb.org 






Religious Affiliation: Episcopal 

Tuition per Student per Year: Middle 

(Day): $15,865; Upper (Day): $16,040; 

Boarding: $38,475 


Description: St. Andrew’s-Sewanee 

School is a private, coeducational, day 

and boarding college preparatory school 

that offers students an innovative 

curriculum. Dedicated to cultivating 

well-rounded and thoughtful individuals, 

students are encouraged to challenge 

themselves in and out of the classroom 

while participating in a close-knit and 

caring community. Students enjoy small 

classes, an award-winning arts program, 

sports and recreational opportunities and 

access to the facilities of the University of 

the South. Typically, 95 percent or more 

of graduates enroll directly into four-year 

colleges and universities. 

St. Jude School 

930 Ashland Ter. 


(423) 877-6022 

Fax: (423) 875-8920 

Email: ketherton@stjudechattanooga.org 

www.stjudechattanooga.org/school 




Class: 15 


Religious Affiliation: Catholic 


Catholic students: $2,400; 

Non-Catholic students: $7,570 


Description: Guided by God, St. Jude 

School strives to provide academic excellence 

in an environment that embraces the 

Catholic values of spirituality and service. 

At St. Jude School, our strong core curriculum, 

dedicated faculty, extracurricular 

activities, enthusiastic parental involvement 

and most importantly, our ability to serve 

and honor God, make us unique. At St. 

Jude School, we learn, pray and play. 

St. Nicholas 

School 

7525 Min Tom Dr. 


(423) 899-1999 

Fax: (423) 899-0109 

Email: bdawkins@stns.org 

www.stns.org 




per Class: 10–15 




$9,262–$12,704 (varies by grade) 


Description: Located on a beautiful, 

wooded, 24-acre campus in the East 

Brainerd community, St. Nicholas School 

is an independent Episcopal school for 

boys and girls in pre-school to grade 

5. Founded in 1958 as a neighborhood 

kindergarten at Grace Episcopal Church, 

St. Nicholas has grown into a unique 

educational community of cottagebased 

classrooms which provide 

focused settings for integrated learning. 

St. Nicholas nurtures the whole child, 

integrating spiritual, artistic and physical 

development. 

St. Peter’s Episcopal School 

848 Ashland Ter. 


(423) 870-1794 

Fax: (423) 877-2604 

Email: rhill@stpeters.org 

www.saintpetersschool.net 




Class: 16 




$4,000–$8,600 (varies by grade, day 

students and boarders) 


Description: The goal of St. Peter’s 

Episcopal School is to celebrate children 

as they become unique people by discovering 

and using their gifts. The school’s 

programs create the space for that to 

happen, following the school motto of 

“Learning to Love and Loving to Learn.” St. 

Peter’s Episcopal School is proud of its 

core curriculum, and the character of its 

teachers creates a loving space where 

children feel safe to explore their potential 

to speak, perform or create. 

Standifer Gap 

SDA School 

8255 Standifer Gap Rd. 


(423) 892-6013 

Fax: (423) 664-4891 

Email: standifergapsda@yahoo.com 

www.sgsdaschool.org 




Class: 15 


Religious Affiliation: Seventh-day 

Adventist 



Description: Standifer Gap SDA School 

is a PK–8th school that operates in 

cooperation with the Georgia-Cumberland 

Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 

Students enjoy the advantage of 

low student-teacher ratios, providing 

individualized instruction in an inviting 

environment. 

Sylvan Learning 

of Chattanooga 

4295 Cromwell Rd. 

Ste. 309 


(423) 894-8333 

Fax: (423) 894-1891 

Email: sylvanchattanooga@yahoo.com 

www.sylvanchattanooga.com 


and college 

Number of Students Enrolled: Varies 


Class: 3:1 student-to-teacher ratio 

Religious Affiliation (if any): None 

Tuition per Student per Year: Math, 

Reading, Writing Study Skills: Pre-pay: 

$45/hour; Monthly: $50/hour; ACT 

Prep Program (24 hours): $895; SAT 

Prep Program (30 hours): $1,095 


Description: Sylvan Learning partners 

with families to uncover each student’s 

needs. Individualized programs are 

designed to give the student the confi - 

dence he or she needs to be independent 

and successful in the classroom. 

Caring instructors and an encouraging 

environment are the hallmarks of Sylvan’s 

student-focused culture. Remedial 

and enrichment programs are available 

in reading, math, writing, study skills 

and ACT/ SAT prep. 

Tennessee Christian 

Preparatory School 

4995 North Lee Hwy. 

Cleveland, TN 37312 

(423) 559-8939 

Fax: (423) 476-4974 

Email: ksuits@tcpsk12.org 

www.tcpsk12.org 




per Class: 15 



(Interdenominational) 


PK: $6,120; K: $6,695; Lower: 

$6,995; Upper: $7,995 


Description: Tennessee Christian 

Preparatory School (TCPS) is a coeducational, 

interdenominational school 

offering a strong college preparatory 

academic program for students in 

PK–12th grade. At TCPS, Christian faith 

is integrated into the curriculum and 

the daily life of students. While TCPS 

is appreciative of the various Christian 

doctrines and traditions of the numerous 

students and families in the school 

community, TCPS does not operate 

under the authority or doctrine of any 

denomination or church. TCPS operates 

as an independent 501(c)(3) corporation 

under the authority and supervision 

of an independent board of directors. 

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caMP SNAPSHOTS 

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Baylor School 

Primrose Schools 

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St. Nicholas School 

Alpine Camp for Boys 

Silverdale Baptist Academy 

Art Camp 

Chattanooga Christian School 

Notre Dame’s "Discover the Spirit" 

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School 

Bright School 

Mystery Dog Ranch 

Boyd-Buchanan School 

Camp Skyline Ranch 

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Summer Camp Profiles 

EXPERIENCE!BAYLOR 

SUMMER CAMP 2012 ! June 4 – July 27 

Alpine Camp 

for Boys 

P.O. Box 297 

Mentone, AL 35984 

(256) 634-4404 

Email: summer@alpinecamp.com 

www.alpinecamp.com 

Boys, Girls or Both: boys 

Ages Represented: 7-15 

Programs Offered: team sports, ropes 

course, climbing, rifl ery, archery, kayaking, 

canoeing, water park, swimming, crafts, tennis, 

horseback, physical training, wilderness 

skills, disc sports, fl y fi shing, mountain biking, 

guitar, drums 

Cost: junior camp (11 days): $2,300; fi rst 

and second term (26 days): $4,275 

Description: Situated on the crest of Lookout 

Mountain, Alpine’s massive rocks, rushing 

waterfalls and deep woods provide the 

perfect setting for a summer away at camp. 

Over the course of a term, the usual schedule 

of activities is interspersed with events like 

the 4th of July celebration, Mountain Day celebration 

and a trip day. Each night concludes 

with an activity that could range from a cabin 

campout to a game of “Mission Impossible” 

to a night of slaughterball in the gym. 


BASE Camp 2012 

414 Brymer Creek Rd. 

McDonald, TN 37353 

(866) 397-2267 

Email: basecamp@bachmanacademy.org 

www.bachmanacademy.org 

Boys, Girls or Both: both 

Ages Represented: rising 8th–12th graders 

Programs Offered: (students pick two) 

woodworking; veterinary science; equestrian 

program (riding and equine studies); writing 

(essays, journaling and self-expression); environmental 

studies (hands-on our green planet) 

Cost: residential students: $1295/per week; 

day students: $995/week 

Description: Classroom settings and lesson 

plans are specifi cally designed to accommodate 

the unique needs of students with learning 

disabilities and other language/processing 

disorders. Campers can choose from a variety 

of evening and free time activities, including 

sports and other outdoor activities, games, 

arts and crafts, social events and the opportunity 

to enjoy the campus. Highly trained 

teachers share their passions with campers in 

low student-to-teacher ratios, providing each 

camper with optimal individualized instruction. 

Baylor School 

Summer 

Programs 

171 Baylor School Rd. 


(423) 267-8505 ext. 336 or 

(423) 757-2616 

Email: carol_huckaby@baylorschool.org 

www.baylorschool.org 


Ages Represented: 5–18 

Programs Offered: traditional day camp 

(“Raider Days,” a co-ed all sports camp and 

“Baylor All-Sports Camp”), individual sports 

clinics, enrichment programs and overnight 

sports camps 

Cost: $145–$500, depending on the session 

Description: Day camps are enormously 

popular because of the variety offered: art, 

robotics, cooking, and of course, all kinds of 

sports for all levels of athletic ability. Before 

care and aftercare is also provided. A variety 

of overnight sports camps are also offered. 

Visit the Baylor camp website for details and 

easy online registration. 

Belvoir Christian 

Academy 

800 Belvoir Ave. 


(423) 987-8774 

Email: admissions@bcalions.org 

www.bcalions.org 



Programs Offered: sports, crafts and fun 

interactions with friends; preschool fi eld trips: 

Build-a-Bear, Creative Discovery Museum, 

Aquarium (in house), Noah’s Little Ark (in 

house) and Angela’s Angels athletic prep and 

gymnastics (in house); Kindergarten—8th 

grade fi eld trips: weekly swimming, Coolidge 

Park, Holiday Bowl (Brainerd Rd.), Chattanooga 

Zoo and Southern Belle. 

Cost: $130/week, depending on hours and 

ages; full-day (7:30 am-6 pm) and partial-day 

(9 am-3 pm) options. 

Description: BCA’s summer camp is a day 

camp that takes place on the school’s campus. 

There are a variety of activities and fi eld 

trips incorporated into each day. The children 

get to know one other and their camp counselors 

and are saturated in a family-friendly 

environment. Field trips and outdoor activities 

make this camp a place kids will beg to come 

back to each year! 

Boyd-Buchanan 

School Summer 

Camps 

44650 Buccaneer Trl. 


(423) 624-9064 

Email: lroland@bbschool.org 

www.bbschool.org 


Ages Represented: Pre-K – 12th 

Programs Offered: athletic and academic 

Cost: $75-$125 (day care and lunch 

additional) 

Description: In addition to offering athletic 

camps, BBS offers academic camps, which 

are taught with engaging learning activities 

by our experienced faculty members. 

Participants can sharpen athletic skills in 

the cool of the morning and then move into 

an air-conditioned environment to work on 

their academic interests. BBS seeks to offer 

an enriching atmosphere for all participants. 

Summer programs at BBS are just another 

way for us to fulfi ll our mission: enabling 

participants to grow physically, spiritually and 

mentally. 

Bright School 

Summer Camps 

1950 Hixson Pk. 


(423) 265-0024 

Email: jwilburn@brightschool.com 

www.brightschool.com 



Programs Offered: PK camp: fi rst camp for 

three and four-year-olds; day camp: theme 

camps; specialty camps: offering opportunities 

in school readiness, math, science, 

technology and more 

Cost: varies by session 

Description: Bright School summer camp 

celebrates summer in a big way. The summer 

programs allow children to thrive in a 

supportive, creative environment. 

Challenger STEM 


Cosmic Space 

Quest Summer Camp 

UTC Challenger STEM 


855 East 5th St. 


(423) 425-4126 

Email: bill-fl oyd@utc.edu 

www.utc.edu/outreach/challengercenter/ 

summercamp.php 



Programs Offered: half-day, 1-day, 2-day, 

3-day, and 5-day camps from May 30 – July 31 

Cost: $35–$275 

Description: Challenger STEM Learning Center 

Cosmic Space Quest offers engaging and 

fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, 

Math)-driven content that is predominately 

space-themed. The program is facilitated 

by professionally licensed and experienced 

schoolteachers. 

Chattanooga 

Arboretum 

& Nature Center 

Summer Camps 

400 Garden Rd. 

Chattanooga, TN 

37419 

(423) 821-1160 

Email: kwaggener@chattanature.org 

www.chattanoogaanc.org 


Ages Represented: 5 (completed kindergarten)–13 

Programs Offered: live animals, hiking, 

games, canoeing, wallowing in mud 

Cost: members: $95-$210; non-members: 

$125-$240 

Description: Campers will explore nature 

through exciting activities, games, hikes and 

live animal encounters. Some age groups 

also go on a wild cave tour, mountain biking, 

canoeing and spend the night at the Nature 

Center. 

Chattanooga 


Summer Camps 

3354 Charger Dr. 


(423) 265-6411 

Email: sbowling@ccsk12.com 

www.ccsk12.com 


Ages Represented: K–12th graders 

Programs Offered: academic, arts and 

athletics 

Cost: varies 

Description: Please see our school 

website for details of our various summer 

camps. 


Want Maximum Fun In addition to traditional day camps loaded with activities kids love, you can count on Baylor 

camps to provide a huge variety of offerings and schedules. AVA Art Camp! A variety of art and film activities for 

kids and teens ages 4-17. Enrichment! Dance and art classes, robotics, cooking (with visits to our very own organic 

garden), and even sailing! No question about it – this is the place for creative minds to mingle! 

Activities: 

Horseback riding Sailing 

Ropes Course Canoeing 

Climbing Wall Swimming 

Archery Diving 

Tennis Crafts 

Hiking OLS 

Overnights Campfires 

Register by March 31 to take advantage of Early Bird discounts! 

Call (423) 757-2616 or visit www.baylorschool.org for easy online registration. 

Maximum Fun 

A summer adventure for ages 4 through 18. 

Camp Juliette Low, Inc. 

Atop Beautiful Lookout Mountain In Cloudland, Georgia 

For Girls 7-17 

One and Two week 

sessions available 

June 3 - 

July 28, 2012 

We have a brochure and DVD available by request. 

You can contact us the following ways: 

Winter Address: P.O. Box 5113, Marietta, GA 30061 

Phone: 770-428-1062 FAX: 770-428-1302 

Website: www.CJL.org Email: info@CJL.org 



Chattanooga Theatre 

Centre’s Summer 

Academy 

400 River St. 


(423) 267-8538 

Email: chuck@theatrecentre.com 

www.theatrecentre.com 



Programs Offered: acting, creating plays, 

performance training, dance 

Cost: $100–$600 

Description: Various programs explore 

acting, comedy, performance training, 

dance, stories to stage and other aspects 

of stage work. 

Creative 

Discovery 

Museum 

321 Chestnut St. 


(423) 648-6045 

Email: cmf@cdmfun.org 

www.cdmfun.org 



Programs Offered: June 18 (half-day); 

June 25 (half-day); July 9 (full-day); July 16 

(full-day); July 23 (full-day) 

Cost: members: $160 (full-day), $80 

(half-day); non-members: $195 (full-day), 

$95 (half-day) 

Description: Camps are based on a theme 

and many of the activities during the week 

correspond with that theme. Children will 

take a fi eld trip during each of the full-day 

camps that will relate to the theme. Halfday 

camps are for 4 —5-year-olds who 

may be experiencing camp for the fi rst time. 

Creative Discovery 

Museum Friends’ 

Discovery Camp 

321 Chestnut St. 

Chattanooga, 

TN 37402 

(423) 648-6045 

Email: cmf@cdmfun.org 

www.cdmfun.org 



Programs Offered: The Creative Discovery 

Museum offers Friends’ Discovery 

Camp as a camp dedicated to and 

designed for children with special needs. 

Campers participate in fun, engaging activities 

on and off the Creative Discovery 

Museum campus. 

Cost: $80/week ($160 total) 

Description: Friends’ Discovery Camp is 

a two-week camp (June 4–15, 2012) for 

children with autism and their typically 

developing peers. This two-week long 

half-day camp is supported with UTC 

psychology students who use the camp 

as a practicum for their class. The adultto-camper 

ratio is 1:2 which allows the 

entire camp to participate in fun activities 

and fi eld trips. 

Cumberland Youth 

Foundation Day 

Players 

1505 North Moore Rd. 


(423) 698-2556 

Email: amberfcp@gmail.com 

www.fi rstcumberland.com 



Programs Offered: organized group 

games, VBS, summer musical, beach 

volleyball, water volleyball, tournaments, 

daily swimming, weekly movies, daily 

chapel, singing, crafts, service projects, 

fi eld trips 

Cost: $925 

Description: The Day Players program 

is a ministry that provides a fun, loving 

and well-supervised Christian camp for 

children who need support and care 

during the summer. 

GPS Summer 

Programs 

205 Island Ave. 


(423) 634-3457 

Email: summerprograms@gps.edu 

www.gps.edu 

Boys, Girls or Both: mostly girls, but some 

boys too! 


Programs Offered: day camps, athletic 

camps, academic classes and enrichment 

camps and classes 

Cost: $145–$475 (depending on session) 

Description: GPS offers traditional day 

camps for girls. Athletic camps are 

available for sports fanatics. Academic 

and enrichment classes are available for 

all ages. Camps offered include: Camp 

Kaleidoscope, Bruiser Camp, basketball, 

softball, running, sailing, volleyball, soccer, 

tennis and swimming lessons. NEW 

FOR 2012: American Girl Camp, Hunter 

Safety Certifi cation for girls and women, 

handmade card-making, Habitat Appalachia!, 

Mrs. Bolden’s Theatre Workshop, 

Ready, Set,….Math and Serving the 

Community. 

Hickory Valley 


6605 Shallowford Road 


(423) 894-3200 

Email: knichols@hvcs.org 

www.hvcs.org 


Ages Represented: Rising 3 years–5th 

graders 

Programs Offered: specialty camps, 

enrichment programs and weekly themes 

focusing on athletics, fi ne arts, technology, 

world cultures, science, health, philanthropy, 

Bible and more 

Cost: $125/week (sibling discounts and 

daily rates available) 

Description: The summer day camp 

program focuses on weekly themes 

intended to enhance summer learning. It 

offers a loving Christian environment where 

children can enjoy their summer vacation 

and explore creative ways to learn about 

the world around them. Theme weeks and 

specialty camps allow children the opportunity 

to learn and grow in many different 

educational areas. 

Hunter Museum of American 

Art Summer Art Camp 

10 Bluff View 


(423) 752-2051 

Email: bprigge@huntermuseum.org 

www.huntermuseum.org 



Programs Offered: seven weeks of 

themed, week-long day camps in June 

and July 

Cost: Half Day: Members, $84; Nonmembers, 

$105; Full Day: Members, $168; 

Non-members, $210 

Description: Camps incorporate art, 

physical activity and fi eld trips to local 

parks and organizations. Each week of 

camp closes with an art exhibition where 

campers share their hard work and 

creativity with family and friends. Before 

care and aftercare are available. 

Camp Joe Joe’s 

The Clay Pot 

1311 Hanover St. 


(423) 265-2007 

Email: theclaypotriverview@comcast.net 

www.dirtfromtheclaypot.com 



Programs Offered: photo shoots, making 

party hats, designing fl ip fl ops, gift making, 

Cost: $125/child for three half-day sessions 

Description: Kids learn about fresh fl owers and 

plants, create their own arrangements, make crafts 

and much more. Instructors are Joe Jumper, owner 

of the Clay Pot, and Education Specialist Nikki 

Russell. 

Camp Juliette Low 

321 Juliette Low Rd. 

Marietta, GA 30731 

(706) 862-2169 

Winter- 

P.O. Box 5113 

Cloudland, GA 30061 

(770) 428-1062 

Email: info@cjl.org 

www.cjl.org 



Programs Offered: horseback riding, tennis, 

swimming, diving, challenge course, outdoor living 

skills, drama, archery, canoeing, sailing, campfi res, 

cookouts, climbing wall, campouts, campcraft skills, 

counselor-in-training program, singing 

Cost: one week: $730; two weeks: $1,425; 

counselor-in-training (3 weeks): $1,075 

Description: Camp Juliette Low is celebrating 90 

years of camping on Lookout Mountain! Camp Juliette 

is a traditional girls’ camp where self-reliance, 

confi dence and teamwork are nurtured through fun 

instructional programs. 

L2 Boards Summer 

Paddle Camp 

100 Market St. 


(423) 531-7873 

Email: kim@l2boards.com 

www.l2boards.com 


Ages Represented: 10 and up 

Programs Offered: stand-up paddle, kayaking, 

nature education, geo caching, snorkling, yoga and 

hiking 

Cost: $175 and up 

Description: L2 Boards has partnered with the 

Chattanooga Audubon Society to provide an educational 

paddleboard summer camp. The camp 

is a fun way for kids to exercise with a focus on 

balance and coordination. With the permission of 

the Audubon Society, campers will get a chance 

to explore McClellan Island, including its plants, 

trees, fl owers, rocks and wildlife. 

McCallie Summer Programs 

500 Dodds Ave. 


(423) 493-5852 

Email: wce@mccallie.org 

www.mccallie.org 

Boys, Girls or Both: both, for some camps (art, 

debate, fl y fi shing, golf, sailing, soccer, swim lessons, 

technology and tennis) 

and much more continued on page 128 

JUNE & JULY 

Schedule your daughter to 

experience GPS Summer Camp 

and Athletic Camps. 

Visit www.gps.edu or email: 

summerprograms@gps.edu for more info. 

Kim Leffew, Camp Director • 423-634-3457 

SWIM • CREATE • DANCE 

LEARN • TRAIN 

GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 

Girls Preparatory School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in any of its policies, practices or procedures. 

SUMMER CAMP 

SPORTS • FINE 

ARTS • ACADEMIC 

Learn more at www.myndhs.com 

Notre Dame High School 

2701 Vermont Avenue 

423 624-4618 


caMP SNAPSHOTS 

McCallie School 

Girls Preparatory School 

Tennessee Christian Champ Camps 

Riverview Camp for Girls 

Camp Juliette Low 

Creative Discovery Museum 


BASE Camp 

Hickory Valley Christian School 


School (SAS) Summer 

Camp Woodmont 

Camp Joe Joe's 

Cumberland Youth Foundation Day Players 

Challenger STEM Learning Center 

Cosmic Space Quest 

Scenic Land School Academic Camp 





Programs Offered: athletic camps in 

baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer, 

tennis and wrestling; Limited enrollment 

camps in art, debate, fl y fi shing, golf, paintball, 

sailing and technology; also day camp, 

fi rst camp, swim lessons, cross training and 

boarding camps 

Cost: varies by camp; see website for more 

information 

Description: McCallie’s summer programs 

include a variety of camps for boys and 

girls age fi ve and up with emphasis on 

participation, cooperation, teamwork and 

having fun! See the school website for more 

details and online registration or call (423) 

493-5886. The camp’s goal is to provide a 

quality summer recreational experience in a 

safe and wholesome environment for current 

students, alumni children and the community 

in general. 

Notre Dame High 

School “Discover 

the Spirit” 

2701 Vermont Ave. 


(423) 624-4618 

Email: summercamp@ 

myndhs.com 

www.myndhs.com 


Ages Represented: rising K–rising 9th 

graders 

Programs Offered: sports camps, fi ne arts 

camps, academic and spiritual enrichment 

Cost: $75–$225, depending on camp 

selection 

Description: Notre Dame offers half-day 

and full-day programs that focus on athletic 

skills development, fi ne arts instruction, 

academic enrichment and spiritual enrichment. 

The mission of Notre Dame’s summer 

camp is to provide recreational, educational 

and spiritual activities in an environment that 

embraces religious, academic, cultural and 

economic diversity. 

Our Lady of Perpetual 

Help School - Let the 

Fun Begin! 

505 South Moore Rd. 


(423) 622-1481 

Email: ksumrell@ 

catholicweb.com 

www.myolph.com 


Ages Represented: rising K–rising 8th 

graders 

Programs Offered: book club, stepping up 

to kindergarten, football skills clinic & camp, 

soccer skills clinic & camp, cheerleading 

camp, science camp, art camp, drama 

camp, volleyball camp, writing workshop, 

maker’s club camp 

Cost: varies; call for more information 

Description: Summer Camps 2012 offer 

a great summer of fun at OLPH! Children 

from K—8th grade are invited to join camps 

that focus on learning enrichment, sports 

and the arts. A great team of staff members 

ready are to make your child’s summer fun, 

exciting and enriching. 

Primrose Schools 

East Brainerd 



(423) 499-5584 

Email: hmiller@primroseeastbrainerd.com 

www.primroseeastbrainerd.com 

Hixson 


Hixson, TN 37343 

(423) 870-4840 

Email: ctownsend@primrosehixson.com 

www.primrosehixson.com 



Programs Offered: weekly, entire summer 

and part-time 

Cost: Varies by program; call for more 

information 

Description: The camp theme for this 

summer is Expedition Summer! Students 

will explore the great outdoors, time travel, 

fi lm-making and much more. They will also 

participate in three fi eld trips per week and 

many activities related to weekly themes! 

Riverview Camp for Girls 

757 County Rd. 614 


(800) 882-0722 

Email: info@ 

riverviewcamp.com 

www.riverviewcamp.com 

Boys, Girls or Both: girls 


Programs Offered: riding (both English 

and Western), swimming (heated pool), tennis, 

ropes course, climbing tower, canoeing, 

golf, archery, rifl ery, gymnastics, cheerleading, 

dance, sports, outdoor living skills, arts 

and crafts, Riverview Refi nement, knitting 

and more 

Cost: one week: $1,270; two weeks: 

$2,375 

Description: On top of Lookout Mountain 

and on the banks of Little River, Camp 

Riverview is only 45 minutes south of Chattanooga. 

Recognized as one of the South’s 

favorite all-around summer camps for girls, 

Riverview’s Christian emphasis and exciting 

programs are appreciated by both parents 

and campers. 


General Camps: Day Camp, First Camp, 

Swim Lessons, Cross-Training for Athletes 

Athletic Camps: Baseball, Basketball, 

Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, Wrestling 

Limited Enrollment Camps: Art, Debate, 

Fly Fishing, Golf, Paintball, Sailing, Technology 

Excellent Facilities. Caring Adults. 

Enthusiastic Counselors. 

A summer your child will cherish. 

summer.mccallie.org 423.493.5852 

In 1985, S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, created 

a safe, wholesome and Christ-centered camp experience 

in Mt. Berry, GA. Since then, thousands of campers have 

attended WinShape Camps for Boys and WinShape Camps 

for Girls at Mt. Berry. Campers also experience the fun 

and adventure of WinShape Camps for Communities in 

locations all over the nation. For a complete list of locations 

for summer 2012, visit winshapecamps.org. 

WinShape Camps for Girls now offers a one-week overnight experience at Young 

Harris, GA. Located at the base of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Young 

Harris, GA is the perfect place for your daughter to experience the fun and 

adventure that can only be found at WinShape Camps. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP GIVE YOUR 

CHILD THE SUMMER OF A LIFETIME AT WINSHAPE CAMPS, GIVE US 

A CALL AT 1-800-448-6955 EX. 1120. HURRY! SPACE IS LIMITED! 

Created by S. Truett Cathy, founder of 



Scenic Land 

School 

Academic CityScope Camp Ad 

March 2012 

1200 Mountain Creek Rd. Ste. 300 


(423) 877-9711 

Email: akinsey@sceniclandschool.org 

www.sceniclandschool.org 



Programs Offered: reading, writing, math 

Cost: varies; call for information 

Description: Camp sessions begin May 29th 

and end June 29th. The reading, writing, math 

sessions are from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

Monday through Thursday. There is a 5:1 

student/teacher ratio. 

Silverdale Baptist 

Academy – Seahawk 

Super Camp 

and Art Camp 

7236 Bonny Oaks Dr. 


(423) 892-2319 

Email: development@silverdaleba.org 

www.silverdaleba.org 


Ages Represented: sports camp: 9th–12th 

graders; art camp: 1st–12th graders 

SUMMER 

CAMP 

June 4 - August 3 

NOW 

ENROLLING! 

Programs Offered: Seahawk Super Camp: 

football, baseball, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, 

cheerleading, softball, golf, basketball; art 

camp 

Cost: varies, call for information 

Description: Silverdale Baptist offers both 

a sports and arts camp for students of all 

ages. The Seahawk Super Camp will be 

held June 18 —21 and features a variety of 

sports and activities. Silverdale’s Summer 

Art Camp is not only engaging but loads of 

fun and excitement. Each student will create 

through various mediums and learn simple 

but fascinating artistic designs. 

Camp 

Skyline 

Ranch 

A Day and Enrichment Camp 

for boys and girls ages 4-12 

A Camp Leadership 

Program for ages 13-15 

stns.org 

Where the love of learning takes root. 

1/3 page Horizontal 

4.875” x 4.8125” 

4888 Alabama Hwy. 117 


(800) 448-9279 

Email: info@campskyline.com 

www.campskyline.com 

Boys, Girls or Both: girls 


Programs Offered: horseback riding, circus, 

ropes course, swimming, canoeing, gymnastics, 

cheerleading, arts & crafts, painting, 

cooking, sports, golf, tennis, rifl ery, archery 

and much more 

Cost: one week: $1,520; two weeks: $2,835 

7AM–6PM • MON.–FRI. • CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED 

Description: Camp Skyline Ranch has been 

enriching young girls in God, relationships 

and self since 1947. With a 1:5 counselorto-camper 

ratio, campers are assured 

individual attention and guidance. Beautiful, 

modern facilities are equipped with restrooms 

and showers in every cabin. 


School (SAS) Summer 

290 Quintard Rd. 

Sewanee, TN 37375 

(931) 598-5651 

Email: sassummer@sasweb.org 

www.sasweb.org/summer 


Ages Represented: 6-Adults 

Programs Offered: basketball camp, 

Camp SAS (traditional day camp), Shakerag 

Workshops (residential adult craft program), 

soccer camp, outdoor adventure workshops, 

volleyball camp, naturalist workshops 

Cost: varies by program; see website for 

more information 

Description: SAS Summer offers a variety of 

day camps for sports and outdoor adventure, 

including weeklong day camps and oneday 

workshops. The Shakerag Workshop 

welcomes adults for a one-week residential 

program to learn crafts from artists from 

around the world. 

St. Nicholas School 

Summer Camp 

7525 Min Tom Dr. 

Chattanooga, 

TN 37421 

(423) 894-6485 

Email: kleckenby@stns.org 

www.stns.org 


Ages Represented: 4–12 in camp, 13–15 in 

camp leadership program 

Programs Offered: local field trips, 

weekly art classes, music classes and 

group swims; enrichment classes include: 

math and science, ballet and creative 

dance, football, soccer, golf, softball, 

cross country, reading, Spanish, computer, 

Taekwondo and more 

Cost: $50 registration, $135/week 

Description: The St. Nicholas Summer 

Camp Program is a comprehensive schoolage 

program licensed with the Department 

of Education. The program challenges imagination, 

encourages self-directed initiative, 

and develops leadership skills in children. 

Fun opportunities for learning by discovery 

through active child-centered experiences 

are an important part of the program. 

Sylvan Learning 

of Chattanooga 

4295 Cromwell 

Rd. Ste. 309 


(423) 894-8333 

Email: sylvanchattanooga@yahoo.com 

www.sylvanchattanooga.com 



Programs Offered: reading, writing, math, 

study skills and ACT/ SAT prep 

Cost: summer programs begin at $199 and 

vary by program 

Description: Two-week camps are offered 

to provide supplemental and enrichment skill 

development in reading, writing and math. 

Instruction is available year-round for other 

supplemental programs. 

Tennessee Christian 

Preparatory School 

Champ Camps 

4995 North Lee Hwy. 

Cleveland, TN 37312 

(423) 559-8939 

Email: lbennett@tcpsk12.org 

www.tcpsk12.org 



Programs Offered: football, softball, basketball, 

criminology, grammar, cheerleading, volleyball 

and more 

Cost: $75 

Description: Tennessee Christian 

Preparatory School’s Champ Camps offer 

opportunities for school-age kids to grow 

their academic and athletic prowess. 

Tennessee Valley 

Railroad 

East Chattanooga Depot 

2202 N. Chamberlain Ave. 


(423) 894-8028 ext. 13 

Email: info@tvrail.com 

www.tvrail.com 



Programs Offered: instruction on all 

aspects of railroading 

Cost: $300 (includes lunch each day) 

Description: Camp will include learning 

railroad terms, signals, how steam and 

diesel engines work, and the history of 

trains. There will also be a Blacksmithing 

demonstration, fi eld trips, and guest speakers. 

Campers will also have the opportunity 

to be a tour guide on a Missionary Ridge 

Local train trip and so much more. 

Camp Vesper 

Point 

3216 Lee Pk. 

Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379 

(423) 648-7936 

Email: cvp@vesperpoint.org 

www.vesperpoint.org 


Ages Represented: rising 4th –10th graders 

Programs Offered: swimming, water skiing, 

blobbing, canoes/kayaks, tennis, frisbee, 

crafts, volleyball, fi shing, baseball, guitar, 

many other group games and fun 

Cost: $500/week 

Description: Located on Lake Chickamauga, 

Vesper Point has provided over 55 

years of Christian camping for children and 

families. At CVP, Jesus Christ is presented 

to kids through fun outdoor activities, highenergy 

adventure, sports, worship and a 

loving relationship with a Christ-centered 

counselor. Waterfront activities, beautiful 

facilities, competitive prices and convenient 

sessions are offered. The camp is owned 

and operated by First Presbyterian of 

Chattanooga. 

Camp Woodmont 

381 Moonlight Dr. 

Cloudland, GA 

30731 

(706) 398-0833 

Email: alyson@campwoodmont.com 

www.campwoodmont.com 



Programs Offered: horseback riding, 

hiking, canoeing, archery, climbing wall, 

high/low ropes, giant swing, dance, crafts 

and more 

Cost: 1 week: $725; 2 weeks: $1,150 

Description: Camp Woodmont on Lookout 

Mountain in northwest Georgia is a traditional 

overnight camp. Founded on strong 

Christian morals and principles in 1981, 

Camp Woodmont is the perfect place to 

build lifelong friendships and lasting memories. 

The camp program is very well suited 

to fi rst-time campers: all traditional camp 

activities start at an introductory level and 

the camp layout is conveniently spaced out. 

WinShape Camps 

P.O. Box 490009 

Mt. Berry, GA 30149 

Phone: (800) 448-6955 ext. 1120 

Fax: (706) 238-7742 

Email: info@winshapecamps.org (overnight 

info); communitiesinfo@winshapecamps.org 

(day camp info) 

Website: www.winshapecamps.org 


Ages Represented: completed grades 1-11 

Programs Offered: archery, horseback 

riding, swimming, pottery, basketball, fl ag 

football, indoor rock climbing, mountain 

biking, soccer, swimming, tennis, ultimate 

Frisbee, digital photography, Indian lore, 

rocketry, wacky science, gymnastics/cheerleading, 

roller blading, golf, tennis, musical 

theatre, puppetry, hand crafts, drawing and 

painting and many more! 

Cost: one-week program: $660; twoweek 

program: $1,645; adventure program: 

$1,995 

Description: WinShape Camps create 

unforgettable overnight and day camp experiences 

for boys and girls of all ages through 

exciting programs designed to sharpen their 

character, deepen their faith and grow in 

their relationships with others. 

YMCA Camp Ocoee 

111 YMCA Dr. 

Ocoee, TN 37361 

(423) 338-5588 

Email: info@campocoee.com 

www.campocoee.org 



Programs Offered: traditional Resident 

Camp featuring canoeing, archery, mountain 

biking, high ropes course, climbing tower, 

horseback riding, water skiing, swimming, 

and more 

Cost: $565/week 

Description: Located in the Cherokee 

National Forest on Lake Ocoee, a week at 

Camp Ocoee is a life-changing experience. 

The Christian values learned and the 

confi dence gained by participants becomes 

a way of life. 


The American Heart Association would like to offer our Heart Felt Thanks to the following 

sponsors who generously gave their support to making the 25th Heart Ball successful. 

Presenting Sponsors 

Blood Assurance, Erlanger, 

Hutcheson Health Foundation, Sodexo 

Helping Heart Sponsors 

Anesthesiologists Associated 

Karen & Alan Bazzell 

Boston Scientific 

Chattanooga Coca Cola 

Bottling Company 

The Chattanoogan Hotel 

CIGNA Healthcare 

Cindy Cornette & 

Associates / Merrill Lynch 

Cornerstone Community Bank 

Media Sponsors 

CityScope Magazine 

Fairway Outdoors 

Preview Party Sponsor 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee 

Because of the generosity of these companies, individuals and the many volunteers who worked to make the 2012 

Heart Ball successful, the American Heart Association is able to continue working right here in Chattanooga by: 

Helping hospitals 

provide better treatment 

for cardiac and stroke 

patients with our Get 

With The Guidelines 

quality improvement 

program. 

COS Business Products & 

Interiors 

Dr. Roger DeVersa 

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Fant 

Grace Healthcare 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hanselman 

Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC 

Healthsouth Rehabilitation 

Hospital 

HealthSpring 

Heart Institute at Memorial 

Humana 

Advancing surgical 

techniques through funding 

research that led to many 

medical breakthroughs 

including pacemakers, 

artificial heart valves and 

cholesterol-lowering drugs. 

Internal Medicine Group of 

Cleveland 

Kindred Hospital 

Memorial Health Care System 

Miller & Martin, PLLC 

NAI Charter Real Estate 

Northwest GA Bank 

Parkridge Health System 

Russ Blakely & Associates 

Siskin Hospital for Physical 

Rehabilitation 

Establishing CPR 

guidelines and training 

people of all ages so 

that a bystander who 

administers effective CPR 

can double a victim’s odds 

of survival. 

THANK YOU! 

SkyRidge Medical Center 

Spears, Moore, Rebman & 

Williams, PC 

Siemens 

Steris Inc. 

Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Talbert 

University Surgical Associates 

USXpress 

Wolfe Studio Interiors 

Dr. James Zellner 

Leading the fight for clean 

indoor air in public areas 

such as workplaces and 

restaurants. 

Wedding s 

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Lara Beth (Taylor) Self married Justin 

Self on October 1, 2011, at Catoosa 

Baptist Tabernacle. They now live in 

Ringgold, Ga. 

Contents 

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Fashions 

140 Wedding Day 

Jewelry 

146 Chattanooga 

Charm — 

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150 Stylish & 

Sophisticated 

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Wedding 

154 Easy 

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LOCAL BRIDAL FASHIONS 

L illian Disla is a nurse at 

Memorial Hospital and a graduate of 

Southern Adventist University. She is 

the daughter of Dolores and Florencio 

Disla of Miami, Florida. Lillian is engaged 

to Craig Silva who is also a nurse 

at Memorial Hospital and a graduate of 

Southern Adventist University. Craig’s 

parents are Emina and Carlito Silva of 

Houston, Texas. 

Lillian is wearing a Martina Liana 

gown from Boutique Couture. The 

slim a-line gown in antique color features 

a corset top and silk ruffle skirt. 

The dress is coupled with a “runway” 

style oval veil and champagne belt 

with crystals and pearls. Lillian is 

holding a hand-tied bouquet designed 

by Blue Ivy. The bouquet is made 

of blue mountain thistles, yellow 

crespedia, hydrangeas, protea foliage, 

dianthus and berries encased in silver 

wire bouillon and river grass. 


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Brittany Eason is a Learning 

Development Representative at TVA 

and a graduate of Boyd-Buchanan 

High School and the University of 

Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is the 

daughter of Rick and Annette Eason 

of Harrison, Tennessee. Brittany is 

engaged to Chris Harr, a graduate 

of Notre Dame High School and 

undergraduate at the University of 

Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the 

son of John and Tina Harr of Signal 

Mountain, Tennessee. 

Brittany is wearing a WTOO gown 

by Watters from Monica’s. The ivory 

strapless dress is made of alencon lace 

and features a strapless corset bodice 

and a trumpet skirt with a chapel 

train. The delicate, lace-edged Paloma 

Blanca veil and jeweled headpiece are 

also from Monica’s. The bouquet of 

peonies and tulips was designed by 

Poppy’s Flowers. 

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Lindsey Moore is currently 

pursuing a pre-med degree at the 

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 

and is the daughter of John 

Moore and Vickie Vernon of Cleveland, 

Tennessee. She is engaged to 

Dane Johnston, who is also pursuing 

an undergraduate degree and is 

the son of Lorin Johnston and Laura 

Bishop. 

Lindsey is wearing a Maggie 

Sottero gown and Viché veil from 

Prado. Her bouquet from Grafe Studio 

contains tillandsias, succulents, 

lotus pods and shelf fungus. Post 

wedding, succulents can be rooted 

and tillandsias hung for continued 

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W 

hitney Garvich, a graduate of 

Auburn University, is a donor 

recruiter for Blood Assurance. She is the 

daughter of Stephen and Barbara Printz of 

Pella, Iowa. In January, Whitney married 

Brady Garvich, a graduate of McCallie 

School and Sewanee: The University 

of the South. He is the son of Mike and 

Beegie Garvich of Signal Mountain, Tenn., 

and is currently in medical device sales 

as an orthopedic specialist with Stryker. 

The Finest 

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14 kt. yellow and white gold ring with 

natural 0.96 ct. yellow radiant diamond with 

42 round brilliant cut diamonds (0.32 ct.) 

A small assortment of diamond 

semi mountings 

Men’s 14 kt. white gold 

wedding band with 

18 round brilliant cut 

diamonds (0.38 ct.) 

From Brody Jewelers 

Platinum ring with 1.75 ct. round 

brilliant cut diamond solitaire (G.I.A. 

certified “VS/1” clarity and “G” color) 

18 kt. white gold eternity 

wedding band featuring fi ve rows 

of round diamonds with 4.25 

total ct. weight 

18 kt. white gold double shared 

prong eternity band with 24 

round brilliant cut diamonds 

(1.79 ct. t.w.) 

18 kt. white gold engagement 

ring with 1.97 ct. round brilliant 

cut diamonds with 46 round 

brilliant cut diamonds (0.48 

ct. t.w.) 

18 kt. white gold ring with 3.34 ct. natural 

yellow round diamond (G.I.A. certified “VS/1” 

clarity) with 298 round brilliant cut 

Pavé diamond (1.43 ct.) 

Handmade platinum ring with 2.03 ct. fancy 

yellow cushion diamond (G.I.A. certified 

“VVS/2” clarity) with 2 trillion diamonds (0.51 

ct.) (“VS/1” clarity and “D” color) 

18 kt. white gold oval genuine aquamarine 

diamond earrings feature round brilliant cut 

diamonds with 0.73 total ct. weight 

18 kt. white gold tennis bracelet with 44 

round brilliant cut diamonds (6.60 ct. t.w.) 

Gregg Ruth 18 kt. white gold rose cut and 

round brilliant cut diamond pendant with 

2.17 total ct. weight 

18 kt. white gold 1.70 ct. asscher 

cut G.I.A. certifi ed ring featuring 

140 round brilliant cut diamonds 

Platinum princess cut diamond 

tennis bracelet with 16.00 total 

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“G” color) with 37 round brilliant 

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WeddinG dAy 

Jewelry & Gifts 


Dorothy Murray Thornton (Dori) 

is the owner of The Social Office, 

an event planning company. She attended 

Girls Preparatory School and graduated 

from the University of Tennessee. 

Her mother, Mrs. Sally Lockett, lives in 

Hixson, Tenn., and her father, Mr. John 

Thornton, lives in Chattanooga. Dori is 

engaged to Wendell Blake Waller, a cardiovascular 

specialist sales representative 

at Eli Lilly. Blake attended Baylor School 

and graduated from the University of 

Georgia. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob 

Waller of Signal Mountain, Tenn. 

From 

Leslie Greene pear shaped renaissance-style drop 

earrings studded with 24 pave mounted diamonds with 

a milgrain rope edge 

Leslie Greene Le Fleur Monarch medallion in 18k 

white gold with 1.40 total ct. weight of diamonds on a 

twisted hand-fi nished cable chain by Jude Frances 

Fischer Evans 

Jude Frances engagement ring in 18k white gold with a 2.00 

carat center stone and .70 ct. pave diamond halo and split 

pave shank with a rope edge gallery 

Luminere fl exible cuff style bracelet in 18k white gold with 

fi ve diamond centers 


F ine 

handmade 

William Yeoward 

English crystal for 

your formal and 

informal table. 

E 

lisabeth Lynn Farrow, graduate of Collegedale Academy 

and Southern Adventist University, is a business banking 

relationship manager at SunTrust Bank. Her parents are Joe and 

Linda Farrow of Collegedale, Tenn. Lynn is engaged to Benjamin 

Probasco Brown, senior director of planning, development and 

analysis at CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc. Benjamin 

completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia 

and his graduate degree at Vanderbilt University. Benjamin’s parents, 

Greg and Zane Brown, live in Lookout Mtn., Tenn. 

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Kristin Anderson is a nurse and 

a graduate of Chattanooga State 

and Ooltewah High School. Her parents, 

Mike and Jessie Anderson, live in Ooltewah, 

Tenn. Kristin is engaged to Brandon Porter, 

who graduated from the University of 

Tennessee at Chattanooga and attended 

high school at the Chattanooga School for 

the Arts and Sciences. His parents are Liz 

and Eddie Porter of East Brainerd, Tenn. 

Brandon is an engineer. 

Christopher Designs 

0.53 ct. “crisscut” 

diamond earrings 

with 58 surrounding 

diamonds (0.27 ct. 

t.w.) 

From Markman’s 

C Gonshor diamond engagement 

ring set in 18k white gold with 

12 baguette diamonds (1.14 ct. 

t.w.) and 92 round brilliant cut 

diamonds (2.60 ct. t.w.) 

Simon G 18k two-tone wedding 

band with 33 princess cut 

diamonds (2.45 ct. t.w.) invisibly 

set in by the “Simon set” process 

bordered by 48 natural fancy 

yellow full cut diamonds (0.19 

ct. t.w.) 

Garrett went to Markman’s 

He was working in Las Vegas; she was two hours from New 

York City. When he wanted to propose, there were plenty 

of jewelers to choose from. He went to Markman’s. 

Last December, Garrett Moewe planned the surprise of a lifetime: 

he’d fly from Las Vegas to Connecticut and ask his girlfriend, 

Lee Anne Murphy, to marry him. Everything had to be just right, 

beginning with the ring. 

He put their future in the hands of Steve Markman. A trusted friend 

had told Garrett about Markman’s. He said Garrett could count on 

Steve to design the perfect ring for Lee Anne and have it waiting 

in Connecticut when the big day came. 

So Garrett called Steve in Tennessee. Working by email, Steve 

created what Garrett envisioned. Two and a half weeks later, 

Garrett surprised Lee Anne with an early Christmas gift, a stunning 

three-stone diamond engagement ring from Markman’s. Lee 

Anne gave Garrett a gift, too—the word yes. 

For Garrett and Lee Anne, it didn’t have to be posh. It just had to 

be perfect. 

Markman’s Diamonds and Fine Jewelry 

is located outside Hamilton Place Mall 

and at markmansdiamonds.com. 

(423) 894-7581 

Christopher Designs 18k white gold 

pendant with 0.31 ct. “crisscut” 

diamond surrounded by 30 round 

diamonds (0.30 ct. t.w.). The chain 

has four “stations” each with a 

diamond. 

14k white gold engagement ring 

with 1.01 ct. oval diamond set in a 

Markman’s mounting with accents 

weighing 0.26 ct. 

14k white gold diamond bracelet 

featuring sections of fl oral motif joined 

by classic pave bars with the 280 round 

brilliant cut diamonds (4.26 ct. t.w.) 


Chattanooga Charm 

Lindsey 

& Luke Shipley 

hen Michigan-native Lindsey 

W 

Dotson agreed to marry Luke 

Shipley of Chattanooga, she 

had a lot to learn about local wedding 

vendors. “I wasn’t very familiar with the 

area,” Lindsey says. “I had to do all research 

from scratch.” Like most brides-tobe, 

Lindsey wanted a beautiful wedding. 

But she also wanted out-of-town guests 

to experience her new life in the South. 

“I wanted my family to get a true taste of 

Tennessee,” Lindsey says. With the help 

of resident wedding vendors, Lindsey and 

Luke crafted a beautiful celebration with 

a distinct Chattanoogan flair on October 

1, 2011. 

While researching, Lindsey discovered 

Grandview—a scenic venue with 

in-house catering and mountain overlook. 

“After I took the tour, I knew it was the 

place to have our wedding,” Lindsey says. 

Grandview offered a romantic, intimate 

setting with decorative lights on the railings 

and candles on the tables. “And the 

food was superb!” Lindsey says. “Some of 

AT GRANDVIEW 

ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 

BY KATHERINE 

LADNY MITCHELL 

PHOTOS BY DAISY MOFFATT 

my favorite hors d’oeuvres at our reception 

were the spinach cheese phyllos. And 

Luke loved the bacon-wrapped scallops.” 

Grandview also provided Lindsey 

and Luke with a list of recommended local 

wedding vendors. Luke and Lindsey 

selected The White Table for their crisp, 

white linens, and Jason Peterson to DJ the 

ceremony and reception. “I walked down 

the aisle to ‘This Year’s Love’ by David 

Gray,” Lindsey recalls. “And our first 

dance was ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ by 

Frank Sinatra. Luke and I love to dance.” 


Amanda Williams from Divine 

Designs transformed Lindsey’s and 

Luke’s themes of blue, green and 

white into fantastic floral centerpieces 

and bouquets, while Kimmee’s Cakes 

used the same shades for the threetiered 

wedding cake. “We added our 

flowers to the cake as well. I picked 

the bottom and top tier flavors: white 

cake with raspberry filling. And Luke 

chose the middle tier: chocolate cake 

with chocolate mousse.” 

WEDDINGS 

At Grandview 

Experience Grandview, where you and your guests will be treated to everything your wedding 

should be – a joyous and memorable day – while taking in the fresh air and gorgeous, Georgia 

mountaintop vistas. We offer a variety of accommodating amenities and unique features which 

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Lindsey & Luke Shipley 

make Grandview such a special setting. It truly is high above the rest. If you’re planning to 

have your fairy tale wedding, consider having it at Grandview. 

Lindsey and Luke also used other 

local vendors such as Daisy Moffatt 

Photography, Dream Hair Studio 

Beauty Salon, and Blue Moon Cruises 

for a riverboat rehearsal dinner. Finally, 

Luke and Lindsey surprised their 

out-of-town guests by transporting 

them from the DoubleTree Hotel to 

the wedding on the red Chattanooga 

Double Decker bus! 

“My biggest fear was that things 

wouldn’t come together at the end,” 

Lindsey recounts. “But everyone was 

fantastic! My advice to other brides: 

no matter what happens on your 

wedding day, just don’t forget what 

it’s truly about—marrying the love of 

your life.” 

1400 Patten Road, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 • 706.820.7920 • meetatgrandview.com 


Stylish & Sophisticated 

Christy & Chad 

Smalley 

A 

s soon as Christy 

Painter pulled up 

to the sprawling 

green lawn on Walnut Hill Farm, 

she knew it was the perfect place 

to have her wedding. The venue’s 

gorgeous view of the Georgia Blue 

Ridge Mountains would soon be the 

backdrop for her wedding to Chad 

Smalley. 

That day got off to a beautiful 

start. “On the morning of the wedding 

I had a bridesmaid brunch in 

a little pavilion right on the pond at 

Walnut Hill, and then the girls went 

upstairs in a top part of the barn 

to get ready,” she says. There, she 

donned her contemporary cream 

wedding gown by Jim Hjelm. “I had 

done modeling for Emily Goodin 

at Boutique Couture before and 

there were a zillion dresses that I 

loved. But one day, Emily called 

me and said, ‘Christy, your dress 

has arrived.’ She was right, I loved 

everything about it,” Christy says. 

Christy & Chad Smalley 

BY LAURA CHILDERS 

PHOTOS BY JOHN BAMBER 

AT WALNUT HILL FARM 

The wedding was scheduled for four 

o’clock, but as the afternoon came, it 

brought rain. Attempting to stick with an 

outdoor ceremony, guests were invited 

to enjoy cocktails on a covered porch to 

wait out the rain. But the weather wasn’t 

promising. “Right when I had accepted 

that we would have to change plans, the 

rain stopped and a double rainbow appeared 

in the sky. When I was walking 

down the aisle I was crying, I was so 

happy,” she says. 


…the place for all of your most special events 

Forte Strings, a five-piece group, 

played both classical and contemporary 

music before and during the 

ceremony, and Amanda Williams 

from Divine Designs filled the 

outdoor seating area with beautiful 

flower arrangements in soft 

greens and cream. Swirls of white 

rosebuds were scattered down the 

aisle, and roses spilled out of cones 

on the aisles. 

After the ceremony, a cocktail reception 

with heavy hors d’oeuvres 

was held in a small covered pavilion 

while Chad and Christy took 

photos at different parts of Walnut 

Hill’s beautiful 80 acres. Afterwards 

the guests were welcomed into a 

transformed barn for a full dinner 

reception. 

Sound Force provided both a DJ 

and lighting for the occasion. “We 

wanted to soften it and make it more 

romantic, so they used an amber light. 

Walnut Hill put white sheets over 

the ceiling and down the columns, 

and with the light on them, it was 

beautiful!” Christy says. Impressions 

Catering set up three different food 

stations at the reception. A signature 

cocktail inspired by Easy Bistro called 

“Cool as a Cucumber” was also served, 

a favorite of Christy’s. The Cake 

Boutique provided both the wedding 

cake, a true vanilla with butter 

cream icing, and the groom’s cake, 

a dark chocolate covered in fresh 

raspberries. 

When all the cake was eaten and 

the toasts made, there was one surprise 

left: a gorgeous white vintage 

Bentley came to sweep Chad and 

Christy away. With cheers and fireworks 

set off by close friends and 

family, the new couple sped away, 

having had a fantastic start to their 

new life together as husband and 

wife. 

Uncommonly Enchanting Settings…Majestic Mountain Views…Formal and Informal Gardens…Beautifully Landscaped Pond 

Personally Tailored Service…A Uniquely Memorable Event 

The views and gardens of this private estate offer the perfect venue for gracious entertaining opportunities! 

Just 15 minutes off I-75 

For an information packet, please email us at: 

WalnutHillFarmEvents@gmail.com 

800 Lee Bryant Road NE Dalton, GA 30721 

Inquiries welcome, call us today! 

706.259.6943 

By appointment only 

2012 East Main Street 

Chattanooga, TN • 423.629.4996 

www.kennedyjewelry.com 


n September 10, 2011, at 5 

O 

p.m., Mandy Morris married 

her best friend Drew and 

became Mandy Lewis. How does she 

remember that day Perfect, of course. 

“There wasn’t a cloud in the sky,” Mandy 

remembers. “It was a peacock-themed 

wedding—navy blue, eggplant and teal. 

I wanted a classy sophisticated wedding 

so we had the wedding at the Mayor’s 

Mansion Inn downtown.” 

Mandy and her matron of honor got 

ready in a room upstairs. She sent a note 

down to Drew that said, “Today I get to 

marry my favorite person in the world!” 

Her dress, which she got through 

Monica’s, was designed by Casablanca. 

“I wanted it tea length, so Monica’s called 

them for me and got it custom designed. 

I was so nervous to try it on, but it was 

perfect—exactly what I wanted it to be,” 

Mandy says. She’ll never forget the first 

time Drew saw her in it, a magical moment 

walking down the aisle to Taylor 

Swift’s “Fearless.” “I couldn’t get to 

Drew fast enough!” she says. 

Mandy & Drew Lewis 

Easy Elegance 

AT THE MAYOR’S MANSION INN 

BY HANNAH VANBIBER 

PHOTOS BY DAISY MOFFATT 


The ceremony itself was luxurious 

yet relaxed in the blooming gardens of 

the Mayor’s Mansion Inn. “It was a very 

relaxing wedding. Our guests were free to 

eat, drink and mingle after we said ‘I do!’” 

Mandy says. Guests witnessed the ceremony 

from gallery seating on the deck and the 

wrap-around porch. Flowers by Laura’s 

Garden played into the peacock theme, 

with vibrant purples, teals and blues and 

peacock feathers tucked into every bouquet. 

Mandy remembers flowers everywhere, 

CARRABBA’S 

CATERING 

filling centerpieces on the tables, creating an arch 

over the altar and gracing the aisles. 

For the reception, the mansion was transformed 

as tables were brought out and set 

up in the garden and in the ballroom. With 

all the doors thrown wide open, guests were 

free to move from room to room on the whole 

lower floor. One room had food, another room 

had dancing, another had cakes, another gifts. 

Mandy says it seemed that guests just floated 

around. “It’s a gorgeous, gorgeous house. I loved 

the feel of it.” 

The food, of course, was what everyone 

talked about most. Carrabba’s catered, setting 

up a huge tent and grill and serving seemingly 

endless supplies of shrimp scampi, chicken marsala, 

salmon and pork tenderloin. Tapping into 

an increasingly popular trend, the bridal “cake” 

was a tower of cupcakes baked and decorated by 

Gigi’s Cupcakes. The groom’s cake was made in 

the shape of a trout. “It was the only thing Drew 

said he had to have!” Mandy remembers with a 

laugh. 

Choose Carrabba’s Catering for hand-prepared 

dishes made from the freshest ingredients. 

Miguel Morales, Proprietor Chattanooga 

2040 Hamilton Place Blvd. | 423 - 894 - 9970 

Carside pick-up at the restaurant at your convenience, 7 days 

a week. Or delivery available for orders of $100 or more 

Mon.-Fri. until 4 p.m. Delivery and set-up fee is $25. 


local 

wedding 

Gifts 

pHotoGrApHy 

By med dement 

“Will you be my Bridesmaid” 

Notes by Heatherly 

Pack of 8 cards, including one “Will 

you be my Maid of Honor” card - $14 

“Wedding” Notes by Pluff 

Mudd Designs 

Pack of 8 cards - $12 

Cynthia Howell Stationery & Gifts 

423.266.2667 

www.cynthiahowellonline.com 

Embroidered 

Linen 

Boudoir 

Pillow 

Money Clips by M-Clip 

May be custom engraved 

$75–$150 

Bruce Baird & Co. 

423.265.8821 

www.brucebaird.com 

Starlight WaltzElle MacPherson Intimates 

Bra - $59.99; Panties - $29.99 

Hanky Panky Keepsake Garter $24 

Ellie’s Fine Lingerie 

423.531.3054 

www.ellieslingerie.com 

The Newlywed 

Cookbook from 

Chronicle Books 

$35 

Shadowbox Paperie 

Warehouse Row 

423.266.4877 

www.shadowboxpaperie.com 

$39.95 

Charlotte’s Web 

Monogramming 

& Gifts 

423.266.4022 

Locally made artwork 

by Denice Bizot 

Large Clock - $110 

Small Clock - $95 

Smart Furniture Studio 2 North Shore 

423.643.0025 

www.smartfurniture.com 

Large Garden 

Zebra Leaf 

Platter by 

Beatriz Ball 

$84 

Fischer Evans 

423.267.0901 

Denby Halo 

Dinnerware 

Beechwood 

Spoons and Servers 

Solid beechwood with natural oil 

fi nish and etched design 

$9–$18 

Sophie’s 

423.756.8711 

www.sophiesshoppe.com 

$24–$84 

Belk 

423.899.3148 

www.belk.com 

Prentice Hicks 

Glassware from 

Wauhatchie 

Glassworks 

Cup - $40 

Medium Tall - $42 

Wine - $60 

Plum Nelly 

423.266.0585 

www.plumnellyshop.com 



Spring’s Freshest Place-Setting by Juliska 

6-piece “Country Estates” place-setting - $229 

(items also priced for individual sale) 

“Arabica” heavy linen napkin by Libeco - $21 

“Woodbury” hand-forged iron 5-piece fl atware 

by Simon Pierce - $85 

REVIVAL Uncommon Goods 

423.265.2656 

www.revivaluncommongoods.com 

“Etoile” Towels 

from Yves Delorme 

Guest Towel - $24 

Bath Towel - $65 

Yves Delorme 

423.265.4005 

www.yvesdelorme.com 

Large Water Well by 

Montes Doggett 

$245 

Nell’s Home Gifts & 

Interior Design 

423.899.9141 

www.nellsathome.com 

Grape Beverage Server 

by 

Arthur Court 

$199 

(Also available in 

Butterfly, 

Fluer-de-lis and 

Magnolia) 

Genevieve Bond 

423.510.0099 

www.genevievebond.com 

Round Stewpot by Emile 

Henry in Purple (Figue) 

4.2 quart - $165 

Mia Cucina 

423.265.4474 

www.theplaceforcooks.com 

WATERHOUSE PAVILION 

Miller Plaza, Downtown Chattanooga 

Whether it’s your wedding, party or other event, Waterhouse Pavilion provides a beautiful, versatile setting 

right in the middle of downtown Chattanooga. Tables, chairs and sound equipment are available with rental. To 

find out how this 3,600 square foot facility with open air capabilities can make your special day one you’ll never 

forget, call 423-265-3700 or go to www.rivercitycompany.com/pavilion. 


Living in the C ity 

Karen and 

Stephen Culp, 

owners of Smart 

Furniture 

Living & Working in the City 

People Calling 

Downtown Home 

By Kim H. White 

President 

River City Company 

You read it in the newspaper, watch it on the news and 

even see it for yourself: people enjoying our downtown 

all of the time. But did you know that tens of thousands of 

people work downtown, thousands live here and millions more 

visit downtown each year Maybe they’ve all discovered why 

downtown is the perfect place in the region to live, work and play. 

In fact, our downtown residents and business owners 

find that it has everything they need to be successful in the 

heart of one of the most progressive, livable mid-sized cities 

in America. Whether it’s taking advantage of the convenience 

of locally-owned restaurants and shops or taking in the spectacular 

views and urban lifestyle, downtown offers a unique 

experience for everyone. 

Karen and Stephen Culp not only found downtown the most 

lucrative place to locate their businesses, SmartFurniture.com and 

the Smart Furniture Studio, but also found a condominium overlooking 

the city at One North Shore the perfect place to call home. 

“I’m from Toronto and went to school in Chicago, Ill.,” Stephen 

says. “I moved to Chattanooga with plans to relocate to 

Nashville or Atlanta, but after a short time, realized I’d rather 

make Chattanooga my home, because I love it here. And being 

downtown allows us to be close to everything —from parks and 

shopping to restaurants.” 

“While SmartFurniture.com started in a Silicon Valley garage, 

I chose Chattanooga to build and grow the company,” Stephen 

adds. “You could feel a strong entrepreneurial current flowing 

through this city, and it’s getting stronger.” 

Downtown residents Tahnika and Armando Rodriguez 

Speaking of entrepreneurs, downtown 

retail growth is due in large part to independently 

owned shops and restaurants 

like Bruce Baird, Rock Creek Outfitters, 

Urban Stack and 212 Market. Terri Holley, 

local entrepreneur and owner of Embellish, 

explains. “My business success is due in 

large part to my investing in a downtown 

location. The majority of my customers live 

within 10 miles of the downtown area. Plus 

we are able to serve the large tourism and 

convention base we have here. Our customers 

see downtown as the premiere area for 

boutiques, so being here is a must.” 

And some enjoy just being in the middle 

of it all —with the advantage of working 

just blocks away a bonus. Tahnika and Armando 

Rodriguez’s Southside townhome 

affords them the perfect location to walk 

anywhere they like and settle down in a 

quiet neighborhood. 

“We love being able to walk to work and 

ride our scooters around to any restaurant, 

shop or store we want to visit. Our Southside 

townhome is perfect for getting around 

the bustling downtown area, but just far 

enough away to be very quiet, peaceful 

and neighborly,” Tahnika explains. “We’re 

meeting new friends and feel more in touch 

with the community. It’s just great.” 

Terri Holley, 

owner of 

Embellish 

Jennifer and Tripp Goodman decided 

to take advantage of Tripp’s family business 

location to experience a different 

downtown than what he remembers as a 

child. Living in a condominium within the 

OCI complex on Main Street enables them 

to stay close to work as well as enjoy their 

after-work activities. 

“We moved from the suburbs down to 

the Southside where our family business 

has been located for nearly 40 years,” says 

Tripp. “The main reason was that with 

work, after-work and weekend activities, 

we found ourselves spending more time 

downtown than we did at home.” 

Come downtown, look around, and 

you’ll be amazed at all of the great 

things happening. Boutique shops and 

new restaurants are springing up everywhere. 

Residential growth is happening 

from the NorthShore to the Southside 

and everywhere in between. There 

are so many great reasons to experience 

life downtown, in the middle of it 

all! 

Kim White, President/CEO of River City Company, 

downtown Chattanooga’s economic 

development company, knows firsthand that 

Chattanooga Happens Downtown! 


taSte of the c ity 

Sugar’s Ribs established its reputation 

as a go-to place for BBQ in 

Chattanooga long ago. With its 

combination of smoked meats, delicious 

side dishes and live entertainment, it’s 

passed the test of time as a city destination 

for family-friendly fun. Now, recent developments 

at the restaurant’s downtown location–newly 

called just “Sugar’s,” or “Sugar’s 

Downtown”–continue to heighten its 

appeal and expand its clientele. Reaching 

out to a downtown audience, owners Lawton 

and Karen Haygood are introducing 

new entertainment, new menu items and a 

new themed bar and seating area. 

“South of the Border” items, such as 

homemade Texas tacos (five different kinds!) 

and tostados now offer patrons a twist on 

Sugar’s traditional BBQ. Popular new side 

Downtown 

A Fresh take on A chattanooga classic 

BY BENJAMIN BUTLER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MED DEMENT 

Pork butt 

sliders 

Sugar’s new 

Texas Tacos 

items include queso fondito, served in a 

rustic dish, and pork butt poppers—pork 

butt in a jalepeño pepper cooked on the 

grill with cheese. 

Sugar’s has also added two unique salads 

to its menu at its downtown location. 

The more traditional “Southern Big” salad is 

topped with grilled okra, fresh corn, grilled 

cornbread croutons, peperoncinis and cilantro, 

while the “Asian South of SeOUL” salad 

features a unique blend of chicken breast 

tossed in Asian peanut dressing with wasabi 

peas and cilantro on a bed of cabbage. 

For a sampling of many popular items 

on the menu, the “Ribs to Butts” special 

is a favorite among families and business 

groups. “There is no ordering,” says Karen. 

“The food just keeps coming.” 

Featuring live entertainment almost every 

night of the week, Sugar’s has moved 

its bandstand to the front, giving the venue 

a Nashville feel. A large, open interior 

provides wonderful acoustics for local and 

national country and blues acts, while a 

jukebox and disco ball only confirm that 

Sugar’s is not your typical BBQ joint. Tuesday 

nights are also full of activity, when 

the stage is opened up for patrons wishing 

to showcase their musical talents in “Chattanooga 

Star,” a karaoke contest boasting 

a $1000 grand prize. Beginning in February, 

dancers can compete for a grand prize 

at a Thursday night disco-themed dance 

contest. 

With unbeatable daily drink specials, 

Sugar’s is also a great place to enjoy an expertly 

prepared cocktail (try the “blackberry 

thrill”) after work or on a weekend 

excursion into Chattanooga’s downtown 

landscape. Drink offerings from 

Sugar’s extensive bar—located in a conversational 

room in the back—include 

over 50 varieties of “small batch” bourbons, 

a variety of different beers on tap 

and wine by the glass or bottle. However, 

the Haygoods are most excited about 

a new tequila/food bar, now located in 

a renovated room on the left side of the 

restaurant. Food prepared at the new bar 

includes homemade tacos (mentioned 

above) and flatbread pizza, cooked in 

front of patrons in a wood-burning oven. 

with a focus on freshly smoked 

meats and vegetables cooked 

on a wood fire grill, Lawton 

and Karen Haygood established a delicious 

take on traditional BBQ fare. Now with an 

added emphasis on nightly entertainment, 

new drink offerings and fresh new menu 

items, Sugar’s is establishing itself as a staple 

downtown. 



WOrKing in the c ity 

Freeky Friendz 

Use Your imagination 

BY BENJAMIN BUTLER 

the display is an odd menagerie of brightly-colored creatures with strange and 

whimsical features. Locally hand-crafted from American-made materials, these 

“Freeky Friendz” were originally the brainchild of thirteen-year-old Dan Harper. 

When he was just nine years old, Dan wanted a one-of-a-kind, American-made toy for 

a good friend’s birthday party. Frustration in the toy department led him to the idea of 

making his own gift. The toys were such a hit amongst his friends that Dan, along with 

the help and support of his family, turned this simple gesture into a business committed 

to producing crazy-looking stuffed toys called Freeky Friendz, all made in the USA with 

the safest materials available. The name of the business (and toy) came from his mom’s 

initial reaction to his homemade birthday present. “My mom just looked 

at it and made a funny face,” he says. It was dubbed “freaky,” and 

with a little creative spelling help from his friends Alex and Cathy Gray, 

Freeky Friendz was ready to take off. 

Dan Harper 

The “Mr. Monster” Freeky Friendz design 

Since the launch of the business, two 

of Dan’s biggest supporters have been his 

mother and grandmother. Phyllis Dunworth, 

Dan’s grandmother, assisted him 

with the physical production of the first 

ever Freeky Friendz toy. Jeannie Harper, 

Dan’s mom, continues to encourage 

Dan in further expanding his ideas for 

products and the direction of the company. 

Along the way, the Harpers partnered 

with their friends the Grays, who 

were instrumental in the development 

of a website and other business-oriented 

endeavors. 

Today, the company prides itself in the 

fact that each toy is unique and can even be 

custom designed after a child’s own sketch. 

Dan introduced this feature after receiving 

multiple requests from friends for specific 

shapes and colors. “The designs got so specific 

that I said, ‘Just make me a sketch of 

what you want!’,” he says. Now, the Freeky 

Friendz website has galleries of sketches by 

other children in order to provide inspiration 

for new customers. 

The company also continues to ensure 

that local is the primary emphasis, particularly 

in the use of American-made raw 

materials. Dan explains the current manufacturing 

process. “My mom and our 

partner, Alaine Gray, cut the patterns for 

Freeky Friendz, which are all based on 

kids’ drawings. Then my mom hand embroiders 

the faces and Alaine sews them 

up on the machine. Then they are checked 

to make sure they are up to our ‘freeky’ 

standards,” he says. 

In the summer of 2009, the Harpers 

trademarked the name Freeky Friendz: 

The Perfectly Imperfect Toy and began 

operating under the company name, 

Whatever Toys, LLC. Since then, Dan has 

turned over the day-to-day operations of 

the company to his mom and business 

partner, Alaine Gray, in order to pursue 

other passions such as wrestling and rock 

climbing. Jeannie and Alaine continue to 

regularly attend trade shows and craft 

festivals throughout the Southeast to promote 

this one-of-a-kind toy. 

Looking to the future, the Harpers 

would love Freeky Friendz to grow 

enough that it would be necessary to open 

a factory in Chattanooga with local employees. 

Dan also says he might want to 

attend business school one day. 

S 

ince the very beginning, Freeky 

Friendz has maintained its focus 

on manufacturing one-of-a-kind toys 

that are handmade in the USA from 

local, earth-friendly materials. In this 

endeavor, Dan Harper, along with his 

family and friends, has continued to 

provide children with a creative outlet 

through which they can use their imaginations 

to design and enjoy their own 

zany, “freeky”- looking stuffed toys. 

For more information, call (423) 645-5170 

or visit www.freekyfriendz.com. 


aSK the d esiGner 


NEW YEAR, 

NEW TRENDS 

BY HASKELL MATHENY, ASID, CAPS, LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE 

Spice Up Your Home in 2012 

w 

ell, it’s a new year. Filled with 

optimism and hope and, of 

course, a new year means new 

trends. So what’s hot From my recent 

trips to both the International Furniture 

Market and several smaller shows, there 

are definitely some trends that are coming 

on strong for 2012 and beyond. Here 

are just four. 

GRAY IS THE NEW NEUTRAL 

What do you get when you take black, 

a neutral, and mix it with white, a neutral 

Answer: gray, the new neutral. Designers 

and manufacturers are in love with 

this color, which can feel cool or warm, 

masculine or feminine, all depending on 

what you pair it with. You can dress it up 

with glamour or dress it down with rustic 

texture and pattern. Think of a having a 

gray sofa or bedspread or painting a room 

in a soft gray. Every accent color looks 

great with gray—I especially love it with 

lavender or yellow. 

GO FOR THE GOLD! 

From jewelry to clothes, faucets to 

lamps, gold has come back. After a decade 

of silver’s dominance, designers and artists 

have discovered gold’s warmth again. 

Now, we are not talking polished brass but 

gold – warm and mellow. Brushed or polished, 

rustic or refined, gold can be used in 

everything from wall coverings to leathers, 

Photo courtesy 

of Murray Feiss 

fabrics and accents. It’s a warm compliment 

to today’s dominant blues and is a wonderful 

pairing with silver. (Yes, you can mix 

silver and gold in the same room! It is much 

more fun than sticking to one metal-tone 

for the entire space. In fact, I enjoy the play 

between these warm and cool metals.) 

Photo courtesy of stanford furniture 

NAIL TRIMMING IT DOWN 

Nailhead trim, whether in continuous 

rows or used sparingly and artistically, is 

another big trend seen in 2012. Once just a 

functional detail, nailhead studs have now 

emerged as a design detail that can add 

punch and whimsy to anything. From ottomans, 

to tables, screens and headboards, 

nailhead trim can elevate a simple profile 

into something wonderful. Patterns, finishes 

and shapes of the nail studs can contribute 

to an almost limitless combination. 

A great way to add pizazz to a reclaimed 

piece of furniture, nailhead trim is both 

traditional and modern at the same time. 

DO THE “TANGERINE TANGO” 

If there is ever a quick and cost-effective 

way to update and renew a room, it’s adding 

a new accent color. This year, Pantone— 

the world’s color authority—has selected 

“Tangerine Tango” as the hottest color of 

2012. This warm, exciting color is already 

appearing in fashion trends across the globe 

and just a small dose or two can completely 

transform your space. Think about painting 

just one wall behind your bed or sofa in this 

shade, or adding a new seat cushion to an 

accent chair or some pillows in this juicy 

color. Even a few well-placed accents in this 

hot color can give a room the extra “oomph” 

needed to stay current. 

So, as you start off the New Year, pick 

a trend or maybe two, and move 

forward into a new look that reflects the 

latest styles and can keep your home 

looking fresh and renewed. 

Would you like to have your design 

dilemma considered for an upcoming issue 

Just send an e-mail to designerguy@ 

haskellinteriors.com. 

Haskell Matheny, ASID, CAPS, LEED 

GREEN ASSOCIATE is the owner and 

principal designer of Haskell Interiors, located 

in historic downtown Cleveland, Tenn. Visit 

www.haskellinteriors.com. 



laSt LooK 

photography by tom cory, ph.d. 

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