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Fourth of July Parade Planned

5/30/2019

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By Michelle Workman

Truly a celebration of our unique and close-knit community, the Fourth of July parade captures the charm and delight people feel about living on Lookout. The annual parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, at Lookout Mountain, Ga., City Hall and end at the Commons, where everyone will enjoy food trucks, music, and lots of fun prizes for the best-decorated vehicles in several classes.  

This parade will consist of fire trucks, a mayoral convertible, children on decorated bikes, Veterans, DAR members, decorated golf carts, homemade floats, business floats, motorcycles, classic cars and all sorts of other vehicles, as well as folks on foot, skates or unicycles. There are no limits! We encourage everyone to be creatively patriotic.
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We are looking for community members to actively participate. Vets and members of the DAR are requested to walk or ride in the parade. We are also looking for children who would like to ride their bikes in the parade, as well as people who want to decorate and drive their golf carts in the parade. Musicians are needed to perform on floats or play for the post-parade gathering at the Commons. Look for updated details at the Lookout Mountain Mirror’s website, mountainmirror.com, and on posters around the mountain. Remember the success of this event depends on everyone’s participation.  

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Center for Mindful Living’s “Paths to Peace” is Oct. 27

10/25/2018

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The Center for Mindful Living’s “Paths to Peace” event will take place Saturday, October 27, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre with a full schedule of activities for all ages.

“We hope this event will provide an opportunity to bring people together to experience activities that nurture and unite us in a common quest for world peace and to be mindful of our common humanity,” said Elizabeth Kabalka, executive director of the Center for Mindful Living.

In addition to children’s activities, a new Pies for Peace component will include a variety of pies provided by dozens of area churches and faith-based institutions. “We are bringing people together over a free piece of pie to create conversation and a unifying experience,” explained Kabalka.

The Paths to Peace event is free of charge, and will feature labyrinth walks for adults and children led by Ellen Simak and Margy Oehmig, along with an introduction to mindfulness practices, yoga, Qigong, art, dance and more! The afternoon will conclude with free pieces of pie for all attending. If your church or faith-based organization is interested in donating pies for the event, or for more information, go to centermindfulliving.org or check it out on Facebook.
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The Center for Mindful Living is a 501c3 nonprofit that educates the community about the benefits of mindfulness and provides opportunities for people to develop a mindfulness practice. These practices lead to more joy, balance, and compassion. Our mission is to empower people to decrease their stress and increase their well-being.

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Take a Walk in Rock City Founder’s Footsteps

10/18/2018

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by Ferris Robinson
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At some point, chances are you’ve been to Rock City. Either as a child, a parent or a tourist, you’ve probably walked through this wonderland, pausing on the Swinging Bridge to catch your breath and gasp at the incredible view.

However, I doubt you’ve had the pleasure of actually walking in Frieda’s footsteps, Frieda Utermoehlen Carter being Rock City’s co-founder and visionary of the Enchanted Trail.

Rock City is offering Walking in Frieda’s Footsteps, historical guided walking tours of Rock City Gardens. Available most days during normal operating hours, the tours are a mere $5 per ticket upgrade from general admission, and there is minimum group size of 15 people. Imagine touring behind the scenes with your own personal guide and horticulture expert as you learn about the infinite number of native plants, most actually planted in the early 1930s by Frieda herself. Fascinated with European folklore as well as wildflowers and rock gardens, she planted columbine, coralbells and hemlock trees that are still there today.

Schedule a tour during the beautiful month of October, and see Rock City again!




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71st LMS Carnival Fun

10/5/2018

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PictureThe 2018 LMS Carnival was a blast!
The 71st annual Lookout Mountain School Carnival on Tuesday, October 2, was a sunny, fun-filled affair. Students, families and community members enjoyed playing games, shopping the marketplace, sending friends to "jail," eating fair food and much more.

Relive the Carnival with these great photographs, taken by Tommy Hopper. You can download the photos by clicking the download button on the top right of the page, entering your email address, and using the download code "5780."

Don't forget! If you have great photos from the Carnival, send them to us, and you might be featured in an upcoming issue of the Lookout Mountain Mirror. Just email them to editor Ferris Robinson.

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Rock City's Oktoberfest Begins October 6

10/4/2018

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PictureExplore Rock City during Oktoberfest and experience all things German this fall.
The region’s longest-running Oktoberfest celebration begins Saturday, October 6, and runs through Sunday, October 28, at Rock City Gardens. The 13th annual German-themed harvest festival, Rocktoberfest, offers a variety of entertainment and delicious food from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

Rock City's German heritage comes alive with music from The Wurstbrats, The Musik Meisters and The Best Wurst Band, as well as dance performances and polka lessons for guests. Take a guided tour of the gardens during peak fall foliage at 9 a.m., noon or 3 p.m. and learn about the attraction's founder, Frieda Utermoehlen Carter, and her love of German folklore and fairytales.

Stop by the pavilion for specialty German food like grilled bratwursts, sauerkraut, beer cheese soup, or dine at Café 7 and have some Weiner Schnitzel or apple crisp with Clumpies vanilla ice cream.

Rocktoberfest hosts one-of-a-kind characters to meet along the way including the fall fairy, Ik the Troll King, a mime and Rocky the Elf. Kids also receive an adventure passport from a scarecrow upon entering the park; the passport features activities, coupons and pages for children to collect stamps during their visits throughout the year.

A must-see at the festival are Birds of Prey Shows at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Other special offerings include pumpkin painting, interactive caricatures and geode digs. This event has been selected as a Top 20 Event for 2018 by Southeast Tourism Society. Find out more at www.seerockcity.com/rocktoberfest.

In addition, Rock City has an ongoing partnership with the MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Foundation honoring breast cancer awareness month during October. Several "survivor" products including new mini pink birdhouse ornaments are for sale, with a portion of proceeds benefiting this organization's scholarship program and MEL's Club. Learn more about that at www.seerockcity.com/survivor.

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LMS Carnival is October 2

9/28/2018

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PictureThe 71st LMS Carnival is October 2.
After 71 years, the LMS Carnival is getting a face lift. On October 2 children from all over the Lookout Mountain community will convene for Jamboree Jars, silly string fights, pony rides and other fall favorites. But this year carnival goers will notice some exciting new changes.
For starters, every booth is getting its own pop-up striped tent, a generous gift from the Redberg family.

“The wooden booths we’ve had for years were great but were starting to show their age,” explains Melinda Redberg, who is chairing this year along with Paula Plating. “We think the new tents will give the whole event a festive, circus vibe.”

But the tents aren’t the only upgrade. This year the Carnival will move to wristbands instead of tickets. Sold in denominations of 5, 10 and 20, the wristbands will feature empty stars that workers will check off at each booth. One star equals one ticket. The new system will help younger children who can’t count out tickets, and prevent lost or stolen tickets. 

One exception will be Children’s Corner, which will continue to operate on tickets because of the volume they sell. A ticket exchange booth will be located adjacent to the ever popular booth. When kids want to buy silly string, bomb bags or other Carnival classics, they will visit the exchange booth where workers will mark off their stars and hand them the equivalent in tickets.

New games this year include the Pirate Boat Race, Spider Toss, an inflatable Gladiator Joust and a NERF gun “Galactic Blast” shooting gallery. Children 48” and taller can see if they have what it takes to complete the new Ninja Warrior course set up on the Commons playground.

Perhaps the most exciting addition will be a drawing, featuring prizes such as a new iPad, bike and other fun prizes. Children can enter to win before and during the Carnival.

Parents can find their own prizes at Carnival Kitchen, where you can get everything you need for a dinner you don’t have to cook. Co-chairs Heather Naggar and Anne Carr are already hard at work stocking the popular booth. In addition to homemade casseroles they are encouraging donations such enchiladas, lasagna, soups and other original goodies.

The Carnival’s 30-plus booths are staffed by parents and friends of LMS. In fact, virtually every parent is needed to contribute in some way in order for Carnival to be a success.

“It truly couldn’t happen without parent and community volunteers,” says Plating. “We are always so grateful and a little awestruck at how it comes together every year. It’s like Lookout Mountain magic.”

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Sign Up for Cub Scouts

8/21/2018

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Lookout Mountain's Cub Scout Pack 3191 is looking forward to a new year of scouting and is welcoming new members. Boys from first through fifth grades are encouraged to sign up for Cub Scouts. Sign-ups take place on Monday, August 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fairyland School Conference Room. For more information, email Bob Zendejas or visit the Scouting website. 

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