Thursday, Nov. 3
COMMUNITY · The annual Walker County State Fair, 994 Dougherty Gap Road, in Chickamauga, is Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4, from 5-10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, from 1-7 p.m. Other events: Sunday, 11 a.m.-noon, church service at Manor House; Mountain Cove Run Fun Run 5k/10k Saturday at 8 a.m. Bring your own chair or blanket for our live entertainment. Amusement rides and games, youth livestock shows, live chicken auction, Saturday at 6 p.m., ranch cattle sorting (info: 423-6057824), petting zoo, blue ribbon contest- baking, canning, quilting, fruits and vegetables, photography, flower. handicrafts, antique tractor show and car show, arts and crafts vendors, festival food, beauty pageant, free laser tag, live entertainment. $5 admission, 5 and under free. Cash only. Rides are additional. For more information visit walkercountystatefair. com. Fireworks show Saturday. For general information or vendor/sponsorship opportunities call 706-539-2683 or visit walkercofairatgmail. com.
Friday, Nov. 4
COMMUNITY · North Georgia HealthCare Center, 6120 Alabama Highway, in Ringgold, will host Coffee with Kodsi Friday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m., featuring Dr. Matthew Kodsi of Chattanooga Neurology. Q & A event is free and topic is Dementia/ Alzheimer’s for anyone interested such as caregivers, individuals, families and professionals. Email smitchell@nghcc.com or call 706-935-6442, Ext 119 to register or with questions.
Saturday, Nov. 5
COMMUNITY · The Private John Ingraham Camp No. 1977, Sons of Confederate Veterans would like to invite the public to attend the unveiling of a new Confederate monument in Chickamauga at the Gordon Lee Mansion Saturday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. This monument remembers the men who left Walker County to serve the Confederate States of America. For more information, contact John Culpepper at jcculpepper.63@aol. com.
COMMUNITY · There will be a car show and chili cook off Saturday, Nov. 5, at Joe Stock Memorial Park, 308 North Main Street, in LaFayette. Car show is at 11 a.m., chili ready at noon. Cost is $5 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under. All proceeds go to sexual assault center in Ft. Oglthorpe. Call 706-8610929.
RECREATION · Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park will hold a special living history program Saturday, Nov. 5, about the military preparations at Chickamauga Battlefield in 1916 as the nation debated and prepared to enter World War I. Visitors can interact with living historians from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, and formal programs will be at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30.p.m. One hundred years ago, in 1916, Congress created the National Park Service to protect and preserve all of our national parks, but not all parks were added. At the same time, and in the
midst of a contentious presidential election, Americans debated entry into The Great War that had embroiled Europe for four years. Despite his campaign slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War,” President Woodrow Wilson quietly began readying the armed forces, and the national military parks like Chickamauga Battlefield would become not beautiful additions to the new National Park Service, but training grounds for thousands of soldiers. For more information about programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, contact the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 706-866-9241, the Lookout Mountain
Battlefield Visitor Center at 423-821-7786, or visit park website at nps.gov/chch.
COMMUNITY · East Armuchee Community Center, 11471 Hwy 136, in Villanow, will host a Veteran’s Day program Saturday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m. Plan to attend to honor all our veterans. Lunch furnished. For info, call 706-397-9987.
Sunday, Nov. 6
COMMUNITY · The 2016 Dino Richardson Memorial Toy Run benefitting the Al Millard Memorial Stockings Full Of Love is Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. from Ridgeland High School, 2478 Happy Valley Road, in Rossville to LaFayette High School. Bring a new, unwrapped toy or
Monday, Nov. 7
MEETING · The November meeting of the Conasauga Chapter of GNA will be held at the Whitfield Health Center in Dalton Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. The speaker for the meeting will be Christine Pope, Licensed Acupuncturist with Bradley Wellness Center. She is a master’s degree graduate of Classical Chinese Medicine. A light meal will be served. For questions, please call Mae Johnson at 706-280-0324.
COMMUNITY · Walker County Farm Bureau will host a Blood Assurance blood drive Monday, Nov. 7, from 9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments will be given priority. Participants will receive a free, special edition, long sleeve “Peace. Love. Donate blood.” t-shirt and be entered in to a monthly drawing for a family tour pack to see Rock City.
Wednesday, Nov. 9
COMMUNITY· The Catoosa County public library, 108 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold, will host a movie for the visually impaired “Eat,