The Rev. Dr. Steve A. Caudle, senior pastor of the Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, will be the featured speaker Monday, March 19, Tuesday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 21, when First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, holds its 2018 Spiritual Renewal Week services. “The intent of Spiritual Renewal Week is for us to come together at midyear to make sure we are focused on the things that we are supposed to be focused on,’’ the Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Jr., pastor of FBCCH, said recently. “Those things are to make sure that Our agenda is a God agenda.…
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You might be doing it every time you do your laundry. Surprisingly, hanging damp clothes on indoor clothing racks can be a shocking source of indoor pollution, according to Scottish scientists from the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit at the Glascow School of Art. After conducting a three-year study on public housing units, they concluded that drying laundry inside of your home is accompanied by dangerous health hazards. The average home has between 1 and 2.5 gallons of water in the air at any given time, according to the study. But a load of laundry can release an additional half…
NASHVILLE, TN — On Saturday, March 17 from 10 am to 3 pm, new and soon-to-be parents across Middle Tennessee are invited to attend Baby University – a free community baby shower organized by Meharry Medical College’s Division of Public Health Practice. The event is being held at Meharry Medical College, The Cal Turner Family Center for Student Education, 1011 21st Avenue North in Nashville. In collaboration with Meharry’s School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Graduate Studies and Research, and Meharry Medical Group, Baby University will offer a variety of resources to equip and support Nashville’s growing families.…
NASHVILLE, TN — Award-winning Nashville-based financial services company Advance Financial is accepting applications now through March 30 for its Advancing Education Scholarship program. Scholarships are available to seniors at accredited Tennessee schools who reside in a county served by Advance Financial. The students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and plan to attend a two- to four-year institution in the United States as an undergraduate. The $1,000 awards are provided to cover part of the students’ college expenses for the fall semester of their freshman year. Over the past nine years, the company has awarded more than $133,600 in scholarships…
All three media reports below confirm BTN’s analysis & studies of light rail: it does not increase transit ridership, even in densely populated major U.S. cities with 30 yrs of light rail. And LRT does not reduce traffic congestion. In some cities, after having light rail for 30+ yrs., overall transit ridership DECREASED. The articles fully confirm the analysis on the Better Transit website. Click here to view it. The pro side, as far as we know, has not produced any data that shows light rail will be an effective transit/traffic model. The articles below all confirm that light…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — You can’t escape taxes. You can’t escape death either but where you live determines how long you will live. A health care researcher told a crowd of about 100 people at Lenz Public Health Center last week that your zip code is more important than good genes when it comes to life expectancy in the U.S. “There is a tax to living in a low-income neighborhood and you pay that tax in terms of length of life,” said Dr. Tony Iton, Senior V-P of the California Endowment. It is a non-profit working to expand…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — A poorly attended meeting of the General Hospital Safety Net Consortium met last Saturday at the Salahadeen Center in South Nashville. Since only a handful of community members showed up, the Meharry stakeholder work team talked amongst themselves for two hours. The Chief Financial Officer of Nashville General Hospital said the bottom fell out of General’s patient volume after Mayor Megan Barry floated a plan last November to close the hospital. “The revenue that we produce on our own dropped $600,000 -$700,000 a month overnight,” said CFO Bruce Naremore. He said patient volume dropped…
NASHVILLE, TN — In preparation for the annual Literary Luncheon sponsored by Les Gemmes. The signature program, “Lighting the Path for Girls,” focused on etiquette at its latest workshop. “We want to expose our ‘Jewels’ to all aspects of life so they are prepared for success. Proper etiquette is a major part of that perspective,” said Rene’ Whittaker, chair of the Lighting the Path for Girls Committee. The Jewels sampled dishes far from hamburgers and fries. Among their delicacies were smoked salmon and caviar. They also had serious conversations, to learn how to discuss important issues in a formal setting. …
NASHVILLE, TN — Do you have an extra hockey stick, set of golf clubs, soccer shin guards, a basketball or a football you would like to donate and help make a difference in the lives of Middle Tennessee’s at-risk children? It’s time once again to “Play It Forward” as The Sports Fund and the Nashville Predators hockey team will host a sports equipment drive at the Nashville Predators-Winnipeg Jets hockey game set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at Bridgestone Arena. The Sports Fund, an initiative of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, will be on site outside and just…
Editorial by jeff obafemi carr I’m an unlikely, unpredictable guy when it comes to politics, and that’s not a bad thing in today’s political landscape. As a political Independent, I’ve worked to not give my blind allegiance to people based on their party affiliation alone, but rather, to look at issues solely based on their merit and tangible benefit to—especially—the “least of these” in the world, including people in Nashville who look and live like me. I’m a small business owner, a husband and father of five public school kids, an interfaith minister, and a creative who has understood, via life…