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3:45pm

Wed November 14, 2012
Community

Finding The Right Dog For The Part

Emmy McKenzie, who is playing Annie, poses here with Dudley, a dog who has been standing in for Sandy.

The Chattanooga Theatre Centre is putting on Annie next month and there's one character left to cast – Sandy, the dog. The theater center held auditions this week for the part of Annie's fluffy friend, and the competition was stiff. 

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12:49pm

Tue November 13, 2012
Cliffhanger

New Outdoor Climbing Wall Will Let You Scale Bijou

Credit Contributed illustration.
Concept design for the new climbing gym in the old Bijou location.

High Point Climbing and Fitness is transforming part of Chattanooga's old Bijou movie theater into a place for rock climbers to train and compete.  A 55-foot-high wall outside is planned.

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3:54pm

Mon November 12, 2012
This Little Piggy

How The Sausage Is Made: A Visit To Link 41

Tom Montague and Trae Moore started the local meat company Link 41 to connect urban Chattanooga with its surrounding farms. The business has been open for about two years now on Main Street. 

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3:45pm

Mon November 12, 2012
Older And Wiser

Pet Placement Center Pushes Senior Pet Adoption

This month, the  Pet Placement Center is offering a reduced adoption fee for dogs and cats that are at least 7-years-old.  In this segment, executive director Kerry Moyers-Horton introduces a couple of a the older animals at the no-kill shelter on Dayton Boulevard.

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11:01am

Thu November 8, 2012
Sock Drive

'Box of Sox' Collecting Donations For New Jersey Rescue Workers

Chattanoogan Stephanie Steiman is originally from Toms River, New Jersey, one of the places devastated by super storm Sandy. She's collecting socks to send to the rescue workers in New Jersey, and she's calling the relief effort "Box of Sox."

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11:15am

Wed November 7, 2012
Heavy Lifting

Towing Hall of Fame Honors Unusual Heroes

Credit Mary Helen Miller / WUTC
A tow truck from the early 20th century is on display at the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum in Chattanooga.

Halls of fame tend to be for athletes and performers. Our cultural heroes. But not so in Chattanooga. Here, there's a place that honors a group in a far more practical line of work: tow truck operators. The newest class in the hall of fame was just inducted. 

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9:00am

Wed November 7, 2012
Community

Bid on a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis at Three Blind Wines

Ginger and King Birnbaum

The Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is hosting Three Blind Wines on November 15th to raise funds towards a cure for this genetic abnormality affecting the lungs and digestive system. 

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