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Fort Oglethorpe resident Glen Shavers sits in front of his wife Helen in a wheelchair that was given to him by the Vietnam Veterans of America chapter 203 in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
Vietnam veterans supply Fort Oglethorpe man with much-needed wheelchair
A retired Fort Oglethorpe man is cruising around his home in style nowadays after a group of Vietnam veterans got together and supplied him with a much-needed wheelchair. “I’m glad you boys came ou...
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An Eastern box turtle was among the burrowing animals that visited the library’s summer reading program. (Catoosa News photo /Mike O’Neal)
Kids of all ages dig Catoosa County library’s summer reading program
By Mike O’Neal moneal@catoosanews.com Youths of all ages, from toddlers to teens, are welcome to learn about worms, ants, dinosaurs — or at least their fossilized remains — and other earthbound cr...
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The Catoosa Teachers Federal Credit Union at 25 Gateway Business Park Drive in Ringgold is accepting donations to benefit the Oklahoma tornado relief efforts. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
Catoosa County credit union pays it forward with help for tornado victims
The Catoosa Teachers Federal Credit Union is currently stepping up to the plate to exemplify its philosophy of “people helping people” by setting up a tornado relief account to help with the rebuil...
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Rising sophomore Haylie Jimenez (right) and LFO art instructor Wendy Morgan work painting trees on a mural inside Hutcheson hospital’s pediatric unit. Caption. (Catoosa News photo/Mike O’Neal)
Catoosa County students paint murals to help heal the young
Frogs, pandas, turtles and bunnies will soon greet Hutcheson hospital’s youngest patients. That’s because students from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School are painting hospital halls and walls ...
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Mark your calendar: Monday, June 17, 2013
Monday, June 17 COMMUNITY · A section of Spivey Road will be closed for about two weeks, beginning today, June 17, while a stormwater culvert is replaced. Weather permitting, this Keith Communit...
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Mark your calendar: Friday, June 14, 2013
Friday, June 14 ENTERTAINMENT · “Once Upon a Mattress,” the musical story of the Princess and the Pea, will be presented at the Colonnade Theater, 264 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, on Friday, J...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013: Mark your calendar
Thursday, June 13 ENTERTAINMENT · A teenage country music group that has been getting a lot of attention in Nashville and Hollywood tonight will perform live, on stage, in Ringgold. Jetset Getset...
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Classic comedy “See How They Run” coming to Walker Community Theater
Back Alley Productions invites you to the classic stage comedy “See How They Run,” a family-friendly show set to run at the Walker County Community Theater. Performances are June 21, 22, 28 and 29 ...
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Mark your calendar: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Wednesday, June 12 COMMUNITY · Seniors and Friends of Fort Oglethorpe meet from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays, at Constitution Hall on Forrest Road in Fort Oglethorpe, for games, crafts, refreshme...
Teen country group Jetset Getset to perform in Ringgold Thursday
Jun 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 84 84 recommendations | email to a friend
A teenage country music group that has been getting a lot of attention in Nashville and Hollywood is coming to northern Georgia. Jetset Getset, which was recently named “Who New to Watch” by the Co...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013: Mark your calendar
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Tuesday, June 11 COMMUNITY · Master Lee will be visiting the LaFayette-Walker County Public Library on Tuesday, June 11, at 10:30 a.m. to give a special demonstration on the art of Tae Kwon Do. T...
“Once Upon a Mattress” opens at The Colonnade on Friday
by Adam Cook
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 66 66 recommendations | email to a friend
The Colonnade Players will be putting a musical spin on a classic fairy tale when it opens its production of “Once Upon a Mattress” for five performances beginning on Friday, June 14. This family-f...
Catoosa County names bridge after lifetime resident Bert Ward
by Adam Cook
Jun 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
Four generations of the Ward family gathered with numerous Catoosa County officials at the Old Stone Church in Ringgold on Tuesday, June 4, to celebrate the naming of a county bridge after a man wh...
Saturday, June 8 through Monday, June 10: Mark your calendar
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Saturday, June 8 COMMUNITY · Potluck Picnic, Fishing, Creek Wading and Games. The South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance invites those of all ages to spend Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. until ...
Friday, June 7 through Sunday, June 9: Mark your weekend calendar
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Friday, June 7 COMMUNITY · Bi-Lo stores in Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina are honoring National Doughnut Day by offering free jumbo doughnut holes to customers on Friday, June 7. Th...
Closed Door Entertainment presents “A Walk Down Broadway” dinner show
by Adam Cook
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 62 62 recommendations | email to a friend
The talented members of Closed Door Entertainment (CDE) will be looking to serenade guests during dinner as part of its fundraiser dinner show in Ringgold on Friday, June 7. The show is slated to t...
James Gandolfini: He let his characters star

FILE - This May 20, 2013 file photo shows actor James Gandolfini at the Los Angeles premiere of "Nicky Deuce" in Los Angeles. HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss.


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Italy film fest dedicates homage to Gandolfini
ROME (AP) — Organizers of the Taormina, Sicily, Film Festival are scrambling to put together a tribute to U.S. actor James Gandolfini, who had been expected to attend the festival's closing ceremony this weekend.
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Some of Tony Soprano's memorable lines

FILE - This undated publicity image released by HBO shows, from left, Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Vicint Pastore,from the HBO drama series "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Some memorable lines spoken by the late James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos":


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