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John Shearer: With New Vocational School Planned, 1950s Kirkman Athletes Recall Positives Of School And Playing For Jack Carr Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - by John Shearer
Jack Carr
Kirkman graduates, from left, Darrell McDonald, Bill Green and U.S. Myers
U.S. Myers, left, and Darrell McDonald with old Kirkman letter jackets.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and a photo of a signed basketball remembering a moment of sports success for Kirkman High in the 1950s started quite a conversation recently among three former players about playing for their well-liked coach, Jack Carr.
Coach Carr had died in 2008, and one of his sons, Allen, with whom I had gone to Baylor in the 1970s, was going through some of his father’s items recently and had emailed me saying he had a signed basketball.
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How Raquetta Dotley Went From Boone-Hysinger To A Seat On The City Council Monday, May 3, 2021 - by John Shearer
Raquetta Dotley
Newly elected City Council member Raquetta Dotley’s early life in Chattanooga included living in the Boone-Hysinger, later Harriet Tubman, housing project off Roanoke Avenue in East Chattanooga.
But in just a few years, she has gone from being part of a family in slight need to someone who is ready to help lead.
On March 2, she edged Ken Hays, the former chief of staff under Chattanooga Mayor Jon Kinsey and former CEO of The Enterprise Center, to win the open District 7 seat that had been vacated when former Councilman Erskine Oglesby decided to make an unsuccessful bid for mayor.