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Cast your votes for the "Best of Walker"
The Walker County Chamber of Commerce and the Walker County Messenger are sponsoring the third annual “Best of Walker” contest, in which residents are encouraged to vote for their favorites in loc...
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Lake Winnepesaukah salutes emergency personnel Sept. 11
In admiration of the heroic contributions of emergency service personnel on 9-11, Lake Winnepesaukah will honor emergency medical technicians, police, firefighters and military personnel and their...
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Tunnel Hill Civil War re-enactment to be held Sept. 11 and Sept. 12
The Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation will kick off the fall season with the 17th annual Battle of Tunnel Hill Civil War re-enactment Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sunday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
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Megan Neal Walker County BB gun victim shows slow prognosis; investigation ongoing
The 10-year-old Fort Oglethorpe girl shot through the eye with a BB gun is still at TC Thompson’s Hospital in Chattanooga. Megan Neal, whose family has released her name via a Facebook page called...
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Ringgold Middle bulletin board recognize school system theme
Catoosa County Public Schools has adopted the theme of “Destination Graduation” for the 2010-2011 school year. Superintendent Denia Reese said, “I want every student who enters a Catoosa County Sc...
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Balloons & Tunes Festival makes it possible to save on overnight lodging
Friends and family traveling to the Balloons & Tunes Festival from out of town can save money at select local hotels when they mention they are attending the festival. Visit www.balloonsandtun...
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The Marksmen Quartet, from left, Mark Wheeler, Davey Waller, Earle Wheeler, Darrin Chambers and Mark Autry will appear in Chickamauga on Sept. 12. 2010 Dove nominees to bring traditional mountain sounds to Chickamauga
The award-winning Marksmen Quartet will bring their unique style of gospel music to the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, located at 2373 Hog Jowl Road in Chickamauga, Sunday, Sept. 12 at 10:30 a.m. The ...
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This year’s Balloons & Tunes Festival will feature 10 hot air balloons, a balloon glow and tethered balloon rides. The Balloons & Tunes Festival will take place at the North Georgia Industrial Park in Rock Spring on Sept. 24 through Sept. 26. Hot air balloons take flight at the Balloons & Tunes Festival
Ten hot air balloons will make an appearance in northwest Georgia Sept. 24 through Sept. 26 at the Balloons & Tunes Festival, sponsored by the Walker County Chamber of Commerce. The balloons a...
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Shaw announces this year’s fall flooring event
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Shaw Floors announces the launch of the company’s fall promotion model, Fall Flooring Event 2010. Beginning Sept. 24 and ending Nov. 8, Shaw’s annual fall promotion is designed to assist retailers...
Ringgold resident to be featured in TV show
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Former Ringgold resident and 2003 Ringgold High School graduate Heather Koplan will have a role in an upcoming episode of ABC’s “Castle.” Koplan will be in a funeral scene playing the part of Sara...
LFO student takes home gold in Athens livestock sheep show
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Seventeen-year-old Zach Autwell drove the lamb that won the grand championship in the livestock sheep show in Athens on Saturday, Sept. 21. Autwell is a senior at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High Scho...
Savings in the September 3 edition of the Walker County Messenger
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Heritage High School’s Chili Fiesta set for Sept. 11
by Mark Andrews
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The Heritage High School marching band on Saturday, Sept. 11, will host its second annual chili cook-off, known as the Heritage Chili Fiesta. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Herita...
Tiger Creek students and Ringgold cheerleaders celebrate math
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Tiger Creek Elementary School held its annual Title 1 meeting Thursday, Aug. 26 with a theme of TCE Thursday Night Football Math Night. Students and parents wore their team jerseys, participated in...
Ringgold business induct members in Girls’ Night Out Hall of Fame
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UnikTings! and United Gift Shop, both in Ringgold, have new inductees for their Girls’ Night Out Hall of Fame. Ringgold’s Girls’ Night Out began in April 2008 as a way to let Ringgold residents vi...
Black lab mix dog needs a home
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Lucy is a small black lab mix about 45 pounds found abandoned at Heritage High School. This sweet but shy girl is learning to trust people. She is spayed, current on all veterinary care and likes b...
Coppola checks back into Venice for "Somewhere" (AP)

Actor Stephen Dorff and director Sofia Coppola, right, pose during a photo call for the movie Somewhere at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Sofia Coppola gives audiences an insider's look into two worlds she knows intimately in her latest film: hotels and Hollywood.


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Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions' (AP)

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, musician Ne-Yo dances while filming a music video for his upcoming single 'One in a Million' on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles. In an interview with The Associated Press, released on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances, and it's time he gets his act together. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together.


Fri Sep 03 12:07:29 -0500 2010
'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray (AP)

** FILE ** In this April 18, 2001 file photo, Australian actor Paul Hogan, star of the 'Crocodile Dundee' movie trilogy, poses in front of a movie poster for 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles,' at a screening of the movie, at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles, Calif. Hogan has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)AP - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.


Fri Sep 03 05:20:06 -0500 2010