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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Lookout Mountain CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a non-profit organization that supports the communities of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade and Walker counties with volunteer advocacy. CASA volunteers serve in the best interest of abused and neglected children in foster care. Becoming a CASA advocate requirements: 21yrs +, clean background check, completed application/reference check, completion of up to 34 hours of on-boarding training and a commitment of 18 months. Are you willing to speak up for children from broken places? CASA volunteers are specially trained people from all walks of life and are appointed to a case by the juvenile circuit court judge. The need for volunteers is continuous. To schedule a training or for questions, contact kellyelulmcasa@gmail.com or lookoutmtncasa@gmail. com, or call 423-402-0843.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

On Saturday, May 7, at 2 p.m., Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a special one-hour, rangerled, program discussing cave art and petroglyphs of the American Indians of the Southeast. This program will take place at Moccasin Bend National Archeological District’s Gateway Site (10 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405). Visitors are welcome to bring folding chairs and are encouraged to dress accordingly for weather conditions. When we think of cave art, instinctively, we think of the images on caves in some European countries. In fact, the world’s first modern discovery of cave art was made in 1879, at Altamira, in northern Spain. Rarely do we consider the cave art and petroglyphs of the native peoples where we live, here in the Southeastern United States. Nevertheless, the mountains of east Tennessee, northeast Alabama, and northwest Georgia provided for the formation of caves, that those who are now lost to history had the opportunity to record some of their daily encounters for us to now interpret. Come learn the fascinating stories of this era of human history in our area. 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 the park website at www. nps.gov/chch.

The Marsh House Museum in LaFayette will hold

Mother’s Day Tea and Tour on Saturday, May 7, from 2-4 p.m. Tickets are $20 for two people and by reservation only. The tea will include a show of vintage dresses and costumes curated by Tina Brewer Barberee using the inventory of costumes from the Marsh House closets. Mothers and daughters are invited to come see how they would have dressed in the 1800s and how to put together an outfit for a lady of the time. Tea and cookies will be served. There will be tour groups every half hour, limited to 6 guests. To make reservations, call 706764-2801 or message at www. facebook.com/TheMarshHouseOfLaFayette. Spaces are limited.

Mother’s Day lunch on Saturday, May 7, at noon at Ridgeway Baptist Fellowship Hall, 1594 Ridgeway Road, LaFayette. Guest speaker/ singer Cathy Worley. Guest speaker Gina Crabtree. Will have lunch followed by some encouraging words from the speakers. Call or text the church secretary Megan Lawrence at 423-305-3031 with how many will be attending so the church can get an estimate for food.

MONDAY, MAY 9

The Catoosa County Historical Society will meet Monday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at the Old Stone Church Museum. The speaker will be historian Marvin Sowder of Whitfield County. He will present a program on Dr. Mary Walker, Civil War Union physician who stayed for seven days at the Huff House in Dalton when it was occupied by Gen. Joseph Johnson, commander of the Tennessee Confederate Army. Sowder currently serves on the board of directors of the Huff House, as well as the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears and other historic organizations. Visitors are always welcome and meetings are open to the public. This will be the last meeting before summer break; in June the Historical Society will hold a picnic. Old Stone Church Museum is two miles south of Ringgold on U.S. Highway 41 at the intersection with Ga. Highway 2 (41 Catoosa Parkway).

THURSDAY, MAY 19

The Catoosa County Board of Education will hold a called meeting on Thursday, May 19, at 6 p.m. for the purpose of attending a joint work session with county and city elected officials in the media center at Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School, 1800 Battlefield Parkway in Fort Oglethorpe. The purpose of the joint work session is for review, planning, and intergovernmental coordination.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 Oakwood Christian Academy’s graduation

will be Friday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at Oakwood Baptist Church in Chickamauga.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

The Friends of the Gordon-Lee Mansion will conduct the annual spring tours on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The mansion will be decorated in fresh-cut greenery and flowers. The self-guided tours are $5 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under. Pay at the door. This event is held in conjunction with the Chickamauga Downhome Days. All proceeds support the GordonLee Mansion.

Protect your family from rabies. Bring your dog and cat to a Walker County Rabies Clinic and have it vaccinated. Cost: $15.00 (cash only). Saturday, May 21: 1:00-2:30 p.m., Gordon Lee

High School; 3:00-4:00 p.m., Naomi Elementary; 4:305:30 p.m., Rock Spring Elementary. Sponsored by Walker County Extension/4-H and Cornerstone Veterinarian Services.