The church hopes to collect 300 food bags this year and is asking community members to participate. If you are not able to visit the church to pick up a bag and shopping list, feel free to use your own bag. To find out what grocery items are needed, click here for the shopping lists. For more information, contact Stephanie Young.
Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church is holding its annual Build-A-Bag food drive to benefit the Chattanooga Area Salvation Army. Reusable grocery bags and shopping lists are available in the church's fellowship hall lobby. Please return filled bags to the parlor at LMPC by Sunday, September 9.
The church hopes to collect 300 food bags this year and is asking community members to participate. If you are not able to visit the church to pick up a bag and shopping list, feel free to use your own bag. To find out what grocery items are needed, click here for the shopping lists. For more information, contact Stephanie Young.
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Lula Lake Land Trust recently shared the full details of their signature event "Hike, Bike & Brew," which is planned for Saturday, July 21. This unique beer festival allows participants to hike or bike on eight miles of scenic trails to visit beer stations positioned throughout the property. Attendees will receive a commemorative cup to take from station to station for fill-ups by breweries, and they will vote for their favorite to win the title of "Lula Lake's Favorite Brew." Participating brewing company sponsors include OddStory Brewing Company (last year's winner), Chattanooga Brewing Company, Phantom Horse Brewing Company, Moccasin Bend Brewing Company, Hutton & Smith Brewing Company, Heaven & Ale Brewing Company, Big River Grille & Brewing Works and Bell's Brewery. This year's beer festival includes the addition of restaurant sponsors. 2 Sons Kitchen & Market, 1885 Grill, Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint, The Tap House and Bob's Brick Oven will provide signature bites for attendees. Restaurant booths and a stage will be set up under the big top tent in the Good Shepherd Meadow. This year's entertainment is local band Solar Moonshine. Battlefield Outdoors in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., will be present with bike rentals available. Local outdoor store, Above the Ridge Outfitters, is sponsoring Hike, Bike & Brew. Above the Ridge Outfitters is located in the heart of historic downtown Ringgold, Ga., where they hand pick the brands that have extreme passion, spirit and focus for the outdoors. Early Bird Tickets for this beer festival are on sale for $50, and early bird sales end on July 14 at 11:59 p.m. Week-of tickets are $65. Tickets are limited and can be purchased online at this link. Ticket price includes beer, food and access to eight miles of trails. The event takes place at LLLT from 4-8 p.m. on July 21. All proceeds go toward Lula Lake Land Trust's mission for conservation, education and low impact recreation. by Lark McMillan With the busy holiday season fast approaching, it’s easy to overlook being "green." But this is the perfect time to put your recycling radar and no-waste attitude to the test. Here are a few ideas to make your Thanksgiving holiday more sustainable and eco-friendly: • Buy local. You can support the local economy, eat more nutritious and delicious food, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by buying items that haven’t traveled far to get to your celebration. Area farmers markets are a great place to buy squash, greens, apples and pumpkins. You can even purchase your holiday flower arrangements, as well as fresh roasted coffee and cheese, all from local vendors. The Chattanooga Market has its final outdoor market of the year on Sunday, November 19, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at First Tennessee Pavilion. If you have last minute needs or menu emergencies, stop by Main St. Farmers Market on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets. The market will be open Wednesday, November 22, from 4-6 p.m. In addition, Main Street Meats is selling organic, free range and heritage turkeys this year. The turkeys are from farms within 100 miles of Chattanooga. The shop is also offering delicious sides made with locally-sourced ingredients, including MSM bacon and cornbread dressing with bacon gravy and smothered green beans. Find out more about placing your order at www.mainstreetmeatschatt.com. • Plan ahead so you have less waste, and only buy exactly what you need. The EPA estimates that 38 million tons of food waste was generated in 2014. It is possible to serve a crowd of people without having too much waste. Whole Foods has a handy online "Servings Planner" to calculate how many ounces of appetizers, turkey, potatoes, gravy and pie you’ll need per person. Visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holidays/servings-calculator to start crunching the numbers. • If you do have leftovers, share them with your guests. Ask your guests to bring their own reusable storage containers. At the end of the meal, fill the containers with all the leftovers. Your guests will enjoy them during the long weekend, and you’ll keep food waste out of the landfill. • Store your leftovers responsibly. Rather than reaching for plastic wrap or foil that will be thrown away after one use, make sure you have reusable containers on hand. Mason jars, glass food storage bowls and empty cottage cheese containers are great, durable choices. "Bee's Wrap" is a relatively new alternative to plastic wrap. It’s made with organic cotton, beeswax, jojoba oil and tree resin, and you can use it any way you’d use plastic wrap. From wrapping extra cheese to covering a large bowl, it keeps your food fresh. It’s washable, reusable and, eventually, compostable. You can find it at local health food stores or buy it online. • Make recycling easy. If you’re expecting a big crowd at your Thanksgiving dinner, place recycling bins in obvious places, and make sure your guests know what can be recycled. Beer cans, wine bottles, empty cans of pumpkin puree, cardboard packaging and more can be recycled locally. • Reduce your energy consumption. While you’re cooking the big meal, turn your thermostat down a few degrees. The heat of the oven will warm the home to a comfortable temperature. It’s also a great time to turn off the lights, and go outside for a game of football instead of watching one on TV. Not only will you burn calories to make more room for pie, you’ll also save a little energy. By making just a few adjustments to your holiday routine you can have an easy, enjoyable and more sustainable Thanksgiving. Café on the Corner's annual Fill the Boot fundraiser for Lookout Mountain’s volunteer firefighters is November 16. Starting at 5:30 p.m., Ruth Oehmig will don a fireman’s helmet and begin taking donations. There will be a party on the patio with hot dogs and hanburgers during this fun event. There will also be a gas grill raffled off during the Party on the Patio fundraiser! Visit the Café's Facebook event page for more information. When the café was destroyed by fire in 2014, Ruth vowed to repay the Lookout Mountain firefighters who risked their lives to save her establishment, and she never forgets a promise. Let’s come together as a community to fill those boots! by Ricky Bowers Last summer and fall were some of the driest on record and led to some really frightening wild fires that spread through the Southeast. These fires raged from the highly publicized Gatlinburg fires to the fires in the Chattanooga area. Trees died, ponds dried up, and most areas in North Georgia were placed on a water-rationing schedule. Almost all of the fires were started by people, from careless campers to kids wanting to “see what a fire looked like.” Despite how they started, this is the first I have ever heard of forest fires in the Tennessee Valley of this proportion, and as you all may recall, it got a little dicey at times as communities fought these terrifying fires. Back in November 2016, our hometown chef Lee Cureton heard about the forest fires on the radio, which had spread all over the Chattanooga area. She immediately went to the store to buy bottled water, snacks and other requested supplies, and delivered them to crews of firefighters working at the Slygo fire near Trenton, Ga. Ironically, it was from her good deed of donating water and supplies that a local forestry worker asked for her business card, and, soon thereafter, the Georgia Forestry Department asked if she could provides three meals a day of rotating lunches and dinners to the crews as they changed shifts. Lee provided lunches and dinners for 12 straight days, until November 26, totaling almost 1,000 meals! Along with the meals, she organized donations of water and other supplies as fires raged from Wildwood to Lookout Mountain, Taylor’s Ridge to Signal Mountain and Fox Mountain to Sand Mountain. Volunteers she organized also helped assemble the lunch bags and packaged food into individual containers. As a state agency, the Georgia Forestry Department had certain nutritional guidelines that had to be met, but that was no problem for Lee with her years of cooking experience. The forest fires weren’t the only challenge Lee jumped in to assist with in 2016; a Southeast Lineman Training Center student fell from a pole and was seriously injured. The young man, and his wife, who were expecting a child, suffered a real financial setback because of this injury and related surgeries. Lee immediately organized a luncheon fundraiser. A few years earlier, Lee did the same thing for a friend and church member who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. While I have known Lee a long time, going back to days when she was at GPS and I was at Baylor, I have enjoyed getting to know her better recently. She has a real love for what she does and is willing to provide a very customized culinary experience. Her catering company, Culinary Creations Catering Company, is celebrating its 10th year, and I would like to congratulate her, not just for her successful 10 years in catering, but for being a loving, caring neighbor and friend to our community. Anyone who can prepare a small side of squash casserole as a needed add-on for a prepared meal, as well as prepare a several-course seated wedding reception meal for 350 people, and do so with a constant smile and good attitude, all the while serving her community, deserves an award of recognition. Thank you for all of your community support, Lee, and congratulations! For more information on Lee Cureton, visit the Culinary Creations website, follow it on Facebook, or call (423) 802-0695. Ruby Falls is hosting its third annual amateur barbecue competition this Saturday, April 29. Battle Below the Clouds is a fundraiser for Lana's Love Foundation. Twelve teams of backyard cookers and smokers are invited to test their skills for Best Pulled Pork, Best Ribs and Grand Champion! Support the cookers and enjoy the festivities and fun. The meat is provided for participants to begin grilling at 6 a.m., with independent judging to start at 5 p.m. and awards to follow. The overall purpose of this event is to support families living with pediatric cancer through raising funds and providing them fun family outings! Who will be this year's winners? Last year, Ross Ballenger and Rink Murray on the team R&R Flavor Train won for Best Barbecue Ribs. In 2015, Ward Petty's team took that honor. "Our Lana's Love mission has always been to provide fun to children and their families battling cancer in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas," said Holly Shull, director of Lana's Love Foundation. "Through the support of our community sponsors and donors, Lana's Love has grown to be so much more. It has become a true support system between families, volunteers and hospital staff. These families look forward to the monthly events where they can relax and forget about life for a while. The Webster family had a great vision and Lana Beth is proud." The event is free for spectators with live music throughout the day by The Von Wamps (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) and Mountain Creek House Fire (2-4 p.m.). There are drawings available for a Big Green Egg and Yeti cooler, along with other giveaways and free products at the Coca-Cola tent. Battle Below the Clouds is sponsored by Ruby Falls, Coca-Cola, Food City, The Barn Nursery and Lana’s Love Foundation. In the event of prolonged rain or storms, the rain date is April 30. For more, visit www.rubyfalls.com/bbqbattle. Ruby Falls is home to America’s deepest commercial cave and tallest underground waterfall open for public viewing. It features a 145-foot waterfall located 1,120 feet beneath the surface of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There's still a little bit of time left to place your Thanksgiving meal order with Market on the Mountain! The menu includes favorites like ham rolls and boiled shrimp, roasted turkey and delicious sides like cornbread dressing, cranberry orange relish and more. There are many cakes and pies to choose from for dessert. Download the order form here. Orders must be placed by Thursday, November 17. Orders can be picked from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23. For more info, call (423) 821-5150. |
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