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When complet- ed, the store will include the adjoining Koblentz and Singer buildings, which will be razed and replaced by a modern four-story building. e rebuilding and remod- Photograph by Alex McMahan eling program will involve Warda Kahlot, UTC’s Muslim Student Association president, equates wearing a hijab to a Christian wearing a cross or a nun wearing a habit. more than $1 million. Sunday, April 9 thought maybe I was just bad at social- Student group president looks to izing, but it was such a drastic change, Miss Connie Willhoit, once I started wearing it.” freshman at the Univer- rough middle and high school, sity of Chattanooga, was allay fears, counter violent narrative Kahlot adds, other students would occa- crowned Miss Chattanooga By Nancy Henderson mer school class on religion at age 12, sionally shout, “Suicide bomber!” when 1967 in the pageant Sat- that everything changed. they saw her pass by. urday night at the Tivoli arda Kahlot doesn’t remem- “I noticed a lot of the people I used to “People would just avoid me, think I eatre. She is the daughter ber encountering prejudice hang out with kind of avoided me from was super-religious, super-serious, and of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest M. in her native Bronx, or even that point on, and they wouldn’t talk they would tell me that they were kind of See 50 YEARS, page 14 after her Palestinian dad and to me,” says Kahlot, 20. She is seated at scared of me. I had a friend say that she WDominican mom moved the a table outside the Refl ection Area, a would be scared to see me on a plane. … family to Chattanooga when she was a dedicated prayer room at the University I’ve had a teacher tell me, when we were INSIDE kindergartener. of Tennessee at Chattanooga that on this creating a group project and we were ■ FINANCIAL FOCUS P14 It was only when she started wearing day is locked for spring break. naming our group, that I should call it a hijab, the traditional head covering for “ ey kind of isolated me in a sense, ■ REAL ESTATE P17 See MUSLIMS, page 6 Muslim women, after attending a sum- and I couldn’t fi gure out why that was. I When quality matters, call Chattanooga’s most trusted title company. 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Barry to its Chattanooga offi ce. e experienced civil litigator has been serving clients for nearly 40 years. Barry brings his practice of tort, contracts, products liability, insur- ance and casualty defense to the fi rm as he assumes an of counsel role. “John is an accomplished civ- il litigator who has worked with nationally known insurance carriers for several decades on cases involving fi re and arson issues, bad faith claims, construction disputes, commercial and residential premises liability and uninsured motorist actions, among others,” said omas E. LeQuire, managing member of Spicer Rud- See BARRY, page 16 John Barry Photograph by David Laprad Chattanooga attorney Hallie McFadden outside the federal courthouse in Chattanooga, liti- gates criminal defense proceedings. presents Herbert L. Slatery III ASSOCIATION BAR CHATTANOOGA Attorney participating Attorney General, State of Tennessee as our Featured Speaker in Emerge Tennessee for Chattanooga attorney Hallie Mc- Eastern and Middle Districts of Ten- Fadden is one of two dozen women nessee and the U.S. Court of Appeals taking part in Emerge Tennessee’s for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits. inaugural class. Emerge Tennessee is Previously, McFadden served as a 70-hour program designed to pre- assistant public defender in the coun- pare Democratic Party women from ty. She also served as lieutenant in across the state to run for offi ce. the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Emerge Tennessee leaders chose prosecuting and defending hundreds Wednesday, May, 2017 McFadden and her classmates from of cases in Asia and Europe, and is a 11:45 am- 1:00 pm among dozens of women who applied veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserve. for the program, which has proven While mayor of Chattanooga, U.S. in other states to have a successful Senator Bob Corker appointed Mc- THE READ HOUSE - SILVER BALLROOM election rate. Fadden to the city’s Human Rights $45.00 per person‚ includes .50 hour General CLE Credit In Hamilton County, McFadden Commission.