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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 • Vol. 8, No. 27
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Petty Officer
Smith to be
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July 16
By Katie Ward
Staff Writer
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Ringgold unveils remodeled Patriot Hall
Local and state officials mingle at the grand opening of the newly renovated
Patriot Hall in Ringgold. From left are architect Kenny McDade, Georgia Department of Corrections legislative liaison Bob Plemons, Ringgold Main Street
Manager Rhonda Johnson, Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Homer Bryson and Ringgold Mayor Nick Millwood. See story on page 5.
A July 16th Catoosa County Memorial Road Dedication will pay tribute to the late Petty Officer Randall
Smith, of Fort Oglethorpe, who died
during a terrorist attack last summer
on Chattanooga military installations.
“We wanted to recognize a humble
guy,” Catoosa Memorial Foundation
Board’s Yvonne Morgan said of the
hometown hero. “You expect a veteran to go overseas and this to happen,
but not at home.”
To honor his memory and sacrifice, signage dedicated to Smith is
being installed at the intersection of
Battlefield Parkway and Lakeshore
Drive in front of Fort Oglethorpe’s
Lowe’s. The July 16 dedication ceremony for the new signage, sponsored
by the Catoosa Memorial Foundation
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Patriot Guard hosts July 16 memorial ride
By Ashley Arnold
Staff Writer
Unwilling to allow the
anniversary of the events
of July 16, 2015, pass without recognition, George
Bergen and Dan Parks set
out to make sure the first
anniversary of last year’s
tragedy was memorable
in a big way — at least
300 bikes big.
Bergen, a member of
Chattanooga’s division
of the Patriot Guard, was
responsible for gathering
and organizing the motorcycles that escorted
the funeral processions of
Staff Sgt. David A. Wyatt
and Navy Petty Officer
2nd Class Randall Smith
— men whom he considered friends — after they
lost their lives in a gunman’s attack on the local
military centers last year.
This year, he’s taking that
role a step farther.
He’s arranging another
motorcycle procession,
this one in honor of all
five fallen servicemen.
Beginning at 8 a.m. at
Thunder Creek Harley
Davidson, bikers from all
across Chattanooga will
join together in a memorial ride meant to honor the
five fallen. Cars and trucks
are also welcome, though
they will most likely be
sent ahead to help prevent
traffic complications.
The vehicle participation fee of $15 will benefit
Wreaths Across America,
an organization which
places wreaths on veterans’ graves, including at
the Chattanooga National
Cemetery.
The group has been
working to honor all
those interred at the
Chattanooga National
Cemetery, honoring
around 800-900 veterans
every year who gave their
lives for this country.
Parks, an honorary
member of the Patriot
Guard, and Bergen wanted to see more than 900
wreaths this year.
The admission fee for
Dedication
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Board, coincides with the
one-year anniversary of
the attack.
“The state, the county
and the city came together to do this because he
was a hometown young
man,” said Morgan. “Catoosa County is known
to be one of the most patriotic areas in the state.
Everyone comes forward
and wants to do what
they can. They feel it’s an
honor to do this for him.”
According to the Navy
Times, Smith, who was
just 24 when he died, was
a father who loved baseball and had just re-enlisted on shore duty after
three years on a big deck
amphib.
“Senator Jeff Mullis
will read the state of
Georgia resolution and
that will make tears come
to your eyes,” Morgan
said, referencing the dedication ceremony. “Someone will read Randall’s
eulogy. We will present
Staff photo by Katie Ward
The intersection of Battlefield Parkway and Lakeshore
Drive in front of Lowe’s will soon have signage paying
tribute to the late Petty Officer Randall Smith, of Fort
Oglethorpe, who was shot during the terrorist attack on
Chattanooga military installations last summer.
his widow and children
a flower. It is a memorial
service.”
She said Heritage Funeral Home is helping
with the event, since Heritage organized Smith’s
funeral.
At 9:30 a.m., Smith’s
family will meet at the
intersection for a photo session. The service
opens to the public at 10
a.m. inside Lakeview-Fort
Oglethorpe High School’s
new gymnasium. The
Catoosa County Sheriff’s
Office Honor Guard will
post the colors to pay
tribute to Petty Officer
Smith and the national
anthem will be performed. Fort Oglethorpe
Mayor Earl Gray will lead
the Pledge of Allegiance,
and Rolling Thunder
TN-2 Motorcycle Riders
will present the missing
man table representing
all five officers killed last
the memorial ride gives
folks the opportunity not
only to honor the fallen
five, but also the 50,000
veterans in the Chattanooga National Cemetery
who sacrificed for this
country, said Bergen.
The event will kick
off with bikers heading
to the Chattanooga National Cemetery. There,
a program will take place
honoring Sgt. Carson A.
Holmquist, Gunnery Sgt.
Thomas J. Sullivan, Lance
Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells,
Wyatt and Smith.
Following the program, the bike procession
will make its way back to
Thunder Creek, where a
Celebration of Life service will be held at 1 p.m.
“We just wanted to
come together in some
way to remember the
fallen five and let the
families and people in the
communities know that
their sacrifices haven’t
been and will never be
forgotten,” Bergen said.
For those who have yet
to register, there will be
opportunities to do so the
day of at Thunder Creek.
For more information,
call Thunder Creek Harley Davidson at 892-4888.
The store is at 7720 Lee
Highway.
Email Ashley Arnold at
[email protected]
summer.
“When
the service
dismisses from
the gym,
the signs
will be
The late
unveiled
Petty Officer at that
Randall
time,” said
Smith
Morgan.
“There
will be one sign going
east and one sign going
west on Battlefield Parkway in front of Lowe’s.
I will present a sign to
Randall’s father and a
sign to Randall’s widow.
The signs will look just
like the signs unveiled
on the highway. The sign
basically says we are
dedicating that intersection to the Navy’s Randall Smith.”
Police officers will
be on hand for spectator
safety, she said, and golf
carts will be available for
transport.
“We will have a big
crowd,” said Morgan, who
has organized a half-dozen road dedications
through the Catoosa Memorial Foundation Board.
“This will be the third
dedication on Battlefield
Parkway,” she added. “I
have to go through the
General Assembly and
the state writes a resolution and I work with the
family. It’s historical and
there’s guidelines.”
The event is supported
by the state of Georgia,
Catoosa County, the city
of Fort Oglethorpe, state
Sen. Jeff Mullis, Catoosa County Commission
Chairman Keith Greene,
Catoosa County Sheriff
Gary Sisk, Mayor Earl
Gray and Fort Oglethorpe
Police Chief David Eubanks, she said.
Email Katie Ward at
[email protected]
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If you worked at one or more of the
following locations for a combined period
of five years or more before 1983:
Ringgold’s Patriot Hall
available for bookings
By Katie Ward
Staff Writer
Ringgold Main Street
Manager Rhonda Johnson
wants the community to
know that Patriot Hall is
now open for bookings.
The official dedication
ceremony and accompanying open house held
June 17 showcased the
newly renovated venue.
Holding 200 at capacity, the building includes
a stage area with dressing
rooms on either side.
“We gutted the whole
building and an architect
planned out the inside,”
Johnson said. “Everyone
loves the kitchen. We
have more rentals than
we expected.”
Noting that Patriot
Hall has a different vibe
than the Depot, which
is also available to rent,
Johnson said Patriot Hall
has already been used for
anniversaries and birthday parties, and a church
plans to rent the space
one Sunday per month
for services.
“The building was
pretty run-down before
and it needed a facelift,”
said architect Kenny McDade, who worked with
crews from the Georgia
Department of Corrections to help bring his
vision to life.
Johnson said the project helped the inmates
learn valuable new skills.
“We have such a great
appreciation for the Department of Corrections
and all the contributions
of people like Bobby
Plemons, Homer Bryson,
Kenny McDade and the
prisoners that have overseen the construction,”
said Ringgold Mayor Millwood. “We’ve worked on
the building quite a few
months. We already use it
as a convention center for
wedding receptions and
parties. Anything done at
the Depot could be done
here. We have shows,
plays and receptions at
the Depot.”
Bryson, commissioner
of the Georgia Department of Corrections, said
Patriot Hall shows what
different layers of government can do when they
work cooperatively. He
said it’s a win for everyone involved.
The repairs were needed, said Plemons, Georgia
Department of Corrections
legislative liaison. Though
only completed in the fall
of 2015, the original roof
was flat and had leakage
issues, so workers gave the
building a gable roof and
rebuilt the interior.
About five to 15 people
were working on the project all the time, Plemons
said.
“We put them with a
plumber if they want to
learn plumbing. And put
them with an electrician
if they want to learn that,”
he said. “We want everyone that gets out [of jail]
to have a driver’s license
and a job.”
To learn more about
renting out Patriot Hall,
call Ringgold City Hall at
706-935-3061 and ask for
Rhonda Johnson.
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Harrison Owensby, 1,
from left, take part in the
Family Fun Day. “We’ve
gotten a lot of support
from the community,”
said Owensby. “We only
have positive things to
see in the future.”
leadership has been a
breath of fresh air,” Long
said. “He is very energetic and works well with
nurses and staff. We have
one floor, the third floor,
open with 12 inpatient
beds. It will be a 16-bed
floor by this fall.”
Owensby said in the
interest of all involved,
hospital officials are taking things slowly.
“We don’t want to get
in the same situation the
hospital was in before,”
he said, explaining that
more patient spots will be
opened up down the line.
“We utilize resources to
make sure the patients
get good care. We are
trying to get doctors on
board to see the hospital
in a positive light. Apollo
employees want this to
be the cornerstone of the
community.”
To that end, said Long,
Cornerstone Medical
Center sponsored this
year’s fireworks for Patriotism at the Post in Fort
Oglethorpe.
“We look forward to
finding other ways to
partner with the community,” she said, also noting
that the hospital is in the
process of going through
accreditation, a voluntary,
third-party assessment.
“We are focused on
improving,” said Long.
“It’s been nice to come in
with community support.
Everyone wants the hospital to be open.”
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Cornerstone Medical Center staff and family members talk at Family Fun Day.
From left are Jennifer Robinson, Apollo MD Divisional President Dr. Boykin
Robinson, Cornerstone Chief Nursing Officer Melissa Smeltzer and Chattanooga Police Department’s Lt. Mark Smeltzer.
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took over operation of
Hutcheson Medical Center is working to revive
the community hospital’s
reputation in part by
helping support community events.
Apollo MD purchased
the bankrupt hospital earlier this year and recently
invited the community
out to see the changes at
the renamed Cornerstone
Medical Center.
The grounds came
alive during a community-wide Family Fun Day
with inflatables for children, the SWAT team, firefighters and police officers
all showing up to meet
with children, and doctors
from the hospital turning
out with their families to
greet the community.
“We are excited to be
a part of the community,”
said Dr. Boykin Robinson, divisional president
of Apollo MD, the Atlanta-based physicians
group that began staffing
Hutcheson’s emergency
room with its doctors last
June, before the hospital closed in December.
“We are excited to bring
health care back to the
Fort Oglethorpe area. The
volume we see proves every day that this community needs a hospital.”
Cornerstone Medical
Center CEO Jessica Long
said since reopening as
Cornerstone, the ER has
seen a steady stream of 55
to 60 patients daily, with
that number sometimes
rising into the 90s.
“We are now able to
admit patients to the hospital,” said Long. “It’s a
smaller medical staff. As
we grow, we will recruit
more physicians.”
Dr. Paul Owensby is in
charge of the ER.
“Dr. Paul Owensby’s
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Mountain Cove to perform at Ringgold
Depot for Sacred Sounds series July 8
Staff Report
For more information, visit mtncovebluegrass.com.
Minimum donations for tickets
are $6, with children age 5 and under
free with an adult. Tickets may be
purchased locally in advance during
business hours at SonShine Christian
Books in Fort Oglethorpe. For more
information go to www.shareamerica
foundation.com.
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Bluegrass performers the Mountain
Cove Bluegrass will bring their talents
to Sacred Sounds Friday, July 8 at 7:30
p.m. at the Ringgold Depot in a special
concert for the Share America Foundation.
Also appearing will be pianist Ryan
Stinson and Randall Franks, known as
Officer Randy Goode from TV’s “In the
Heat of the Night,” who will emcee.
Mountain Cove Bluegrass is one of
the region’s most active bluegrass bands
appearing in venues throughout the region. They were featured on the Great
American Country cable network and
have won the Smithville Bluegrass Band
Competition twice.
“This is one of the most talented
group of young men in bluegrass today,”
Franks said.
The group, from the Chattanooga
area, includes Cody Harvey on banjo, Eli
Beard on guitar, Chris Brown on fiddle,
Will Markham on bass and Tyler Martelli on mandolin.
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• Winning entries will receive free passes and have their stories
featured at the museum in printed or audio form
• Visit one of these locations on these dates:
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Friday and Saturday, July 1 & 2
Cambridge Square Night Market Friday, July 8
Chattanooga Market
Sunday, July 10
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Ringgold to hold first community-wide blood drive
By Katie Ward
Staff Writer
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The new Ringgold Welcome
Center at Doc Steve’s Place is paying tribute to its past by hosting the
first-ever community-wide Ringgold Blood Drive Friday, July 15.
The event, which will help
regionwide distributor Blood Assurance replenish after the busy
Fourth of July holiday, is planned
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“When I talked to Blood Assurance, they said currently the
blood supply is very low in this
area,” said Ringgold Main Street
Manager Rhonda Johnson. “We are
real excited to host the blood drive.
Blood Assurance serves more than
70 health care facilities across the
Southeast. We have a goal of 30
units or 30 donors for the blood
drive. I’d love to challenge businesses in Ringgold to step up and help.”
Through researching Blood
Assurance, Johnson said she discovered that every two seconds,
someone in the United States will
need blood, and a single car accident victim could require up to 100
pints of blood.
“Giving blood can save a life. I
can’t imagine needing blood and it
not being available,” she said.
According to Blood Assurance,
each day, a minimum 540 donors
are needed in this area alone.
Johnson said she prefers people
call ahead and schedule a time slot
to donate — she wanted to make it
convenient so people could donate
during their lunchbreak — but
those without an appointment are
welcome to donate too.
“Also, it’s a good way to be
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Staff photo by Katie Ward
The Ringgold Welcome Center at Doc Steve’s Place is the site of a
community-wide Ringgold Blood Drive being held July 15. Ringgold
Depot Associate Jamie Klementisz, left, and Ringgold Main Street
Manager Rhonda Johnson invite the community to donate.
introduced to the new Ringgold
Welcome Center at Doc Steve’s Office,” Johnson said of the drive. The
welcome center formerly housed
the late Dr. Charles Stephenson’s
office. “Everyone talks about what
a wonderful gentleman Dr. Steve
was. Dr. Steve was instrumental in
starting Tri-County Hospital.”
Donors must be at least 17 years
old, or 16 years old with parent
consent, and weigh at least 110
pounds.
To make an appointment, contact Rhonda Johnson at 706-9353061 or visit donor.bloodassurance.
org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/90146.
Snacks and special edition
American Blood Donor T-shirts
will be given to all participants.
For more information about donating blood, visit bloodassurance.
org.
Email Katie Ward at kward@
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Georgia Winery’s Prouty readies for musical debut
Staff Writer
Staff photo by Katie Ward
Musician Adrian Prouty plays a song on his sunburst
orange electric guitar. Prouty said his band, the Unnamed, is almost ready to start performing and he
hopes they’ll get to play JJ’s Bohemia, The Honest
Pint, Sluggo’s, Cloud Springs Deli, Phibbs Bar and
Grill and Track 29.
guitar at age 13, Prouty
has amassed seven guitars of his own: two seven-string black Schecters,
a sunburst orange Dinky
guitar, a black Jackson
electric bass and three
acoustics.
Prouty said he plans to
soon purchase a mixing
board and a microphone
before doing shows with
“The winery is a supporter of my music. Once it
[music] takes off, I can
work part time at the
winery. The biggest passion of my life is music.
To stay up-to-date with
Prouty and his music,
check out his Facebook
page at “Adrian Prouty.”
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his band, the Unnamed,
which is looking to recruit
a bass player. Once that
is complete, he said, the
band will make a demo.
“I want to get tight on
the songs we are working
on,” Prouty said. “I want
to do a Southeastern
tour from Nashville to
Birmingham to Tampa.
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His original song “No
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Local musician Adrian Prouty is connecting
with people in New York,
while focusing on getting
his music off the ground.
Prouty is used to
working on things from
the ground up. He is a
farmer by trade. He manages his family’s Georgia
Winery Farm in High
Point where he grows
hundreds of muscadine
vines. He also works at
the Georgia Winery retail
store in Ringgold selling
the label’s wines. The
dry varietals, like cabernet and merlot, he even
makes himself.
Prouty said he loves
his day jobs, but on weekend nights he focuses on
music.
He has turned his Fort
Oglethorpe apartment
into a musical studio
where he records himself
singing songs to upload
to the internet. Prouty
said he is in the process
of moving to Rossville,
where he is certain to
create another studio.
While in New York,
he got to tour Sandbox
Studios, a media company
which produces visual
content for well-known
entities like Coach, Macy’s,
Restoration Hardware,
The North Face, Marc Jacobs and Kate Spade.
“My mom’s boyfriend
Lewis has a daughter Alesha in Astoria, New York,”
Prouty said, adding that
Alesha works at Sandbox
Studios. “She showed us
around the city. New York
was really cool. It was
one of the biggest cultural
melting pots. I was in the
minority there.”
While visiting Sandbox Studios, Prouty
checked out the owner’s
collection of five guitars,
amps and a piano.
Since beginning playing his dad’s acoustic
my Facebook page. I have
friends in Brazil, Russia,
Germany, Mexico, Japan,
Finland and Spain. I’ve never met them, but I’ve talked
to them through Facebook.
My network is there, so my
demo will be heard across
the world. I set it up that
way with my last band, Beyond the Wake.”
The Unnamed plays
mostly original acoustic,
metal and blues songs.
Prouty said he writes a
lot of the songs to reflect
the obstacles he has faced
in life. At age 31, he has
already overcome a serious bout of cancer, major
wrist injuries and personal devastating losses.
“I’ve been through
a lot of rough stuff,” he
said. “If everything is
happy-go-lucky, you have
nothing to say as an artist.
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In Your
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Catoosa Weekly wants to
know about your upcoming
church, school and club
events. Please submit event
information, including date,
time and location, at least
one week in advance of each
Wednesday’s publication to
[email protected].
n Battlefield Civitan Club
meets the second and fourth
Wednesday of every month
from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Rosewood Assisted Living,
14 Fort Town Drive in Fort
Oglethorpe.
n Boy Scout Troop 52 meets
every Monday night at 7 p.m.
at First Presbyterian of Fort
Oglethorpe, 1 W. Harker
Road. Cub Scout meetings
begin at 6:30 p.m. Call 706866-2521 for more information.
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n Boynton Lions Club meets
the second Tuesday of every
month at Boynton United
Methodist Church, 4246
Boynton Drive in Ringgold.
Festive show at the winery
& Zoning meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30
p.m.
n Georgia Recovery Project
offers individual and family
support groups every Tuesday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. and
6-8 p.m. The groups meet at
the Catoosa Learning Center,
36 Muskogee Trail in Ringgold. To RSVP, contact Tracy
Elleman at 706-225-9262 or
[email protected]. Specify day or evening preference.
n Catoosa County Library,
at 108 Catoosa Circle in
Ringgold, presents Children’s
Storytime every Tuesday at 6
p.m., Wednesday at 11 a.m.
and on alternate Saturdays at
11 a.m.
n Christ United Methodist
Church hosts a ministry
for early to mid-stage Alzheimer’s patients and their
caregivers, “Let’s Sing From
Memory,” the second and
fourth Tuesday of every
month from 10-11:30 a.m.
in the Youth Center. Those
suffering from this disease
can recall songs of their
youth when other memories
have faded. This sing-along
approach provides proven
mental stimulation and their
caregivers a time to relax and
enjoy the group interaction.
Christ UMC is on the corner
of East Brainerd and Morris
Hill roads in East Brainerd.
There is no cost and refresh-
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n North Georgia YMCA
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Fire dancers put on a show at the Georgia Winery
Luau in Ringgold in the outdoor vineyard area.
Visit Facebook.com/Catoosa for a video from the
event.
ments are served. For information visit christchurchchatt.
org, call 892-9363 or Wayne
Evans at 240-6887.
n First Baptist Church of Fort
Oglethorpe, at 2645 Lafayette Road, offers Navigating
Thru Change, a jobs-support
ministry coordinated by human resources professionals
in the area. For help with
resume building, interview
preparation, understanding
online submittals and more,
call 706-866-0232.
n Fort Oglethorpe Planning
offers SilverSneakers Land
Aerobics for adults of all ages
weekday mornings at First
Baptist Fort Oglethorpe and
Fort Oglethorpe UMC. Classes are free for Y members or
cost $48 for a monthly session. Register with the North
Georgia Community YMCA
by calling 706-935-2226 or
emailing [email protected].
n Recovery at Ringgold offers hope, help and healing
from addictions, compulsive
behaviors and life challenges
every Thursday at Ringgold
United Methodist Church,
7484 Nashville St. Based
on the proven principles
of the 12 Steps. Dinner is
from 6-6:45 p.m., a worship
service is at 7 p.m. and
open-sharing groups meet
at 8:15 p.m. Visit RecoveryAtRinggold.com or call 706935-4777 to learn more.
n Ringgold City Council
meets the second and fourth
Monday of the month at 7
p.m. at City Hall, 150 Tennessee St.
n Ringgold Downtown Part-
ners meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.
Call Raye Brooks at 706-9352844 for meeting locations.
n Ringgold Kiwanis Club
meets every Tuesday from
7-8 a.m. at First Baptist
Church of Ringgold, 7611
Nashville St. A breakfast is
served and guests are welcome. For more information
call Jack Deaton at 423-4132219.
n Ringgold Rotary Club
meets every Tuesday at
12:15 p.m. at Ringgold City
Hall, 150 Tennessee St.
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