Catoosa County Conservation Monday, September 28 at 7:00pm via Zoom
Sofia Rudakevych, District Program Assistant for the Catoosa County Conservation District will be joining Cherokee Sierra to share the exciting current objectives and initiatives the District currently has going on. The Catoosa County Conservation District works with a variety of agencies to meet and promote conservation objectives, along with outreach projects that educate residents about their impact on the watershed. Sofia will dive into the District’s current focus, which is watershed awareness and water quality issues.
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No - we aren’t talking about GO TV channel, your source of travel documentaries. This is Get Out The Vote, a major effort of the Sierra Club. There are several ways that you can participate.
The first one is to make sure that you are still registered to vote - there are all sorts of ways that you can be dropped from the list of registered voters. Go to the Tennessee Secretary of State website to ensure you’re registered to vote. You can also find tons of useful voting information on the TN SOS website.
Early voting is Wednesday, October 14 - Thursday, October 29.
After you check your voter registration status, you can download the Voter Network app, available now for iOS and Android, which checks all of your contacts to see if they are registered to vote. In Tennessee, to be eligible to vote in the election, you must be registered 30 days before the election, so that is soon - next Friday, October 2.
It's never been more important to make sure your friends and family are registered to vote. The biggest way you can help is by staying up to date on the latest information about how you can help friends vote by mail in each state, plus utilizing automatic friend voter registration look-ups so you can help out the people who need it most.
The Sierra Club also has information- visit the Tennessee Chapter website and click through to the Political pages.
Hamilton County Election Commission Procedure for Processing Mail In Absentee Ballots
After the Hamilton County Election Commission receives an application for an Absentee Ballot, the following procedure is followed:
They verify that the application is from a registered voter, who is eligible to vote by mail.
They are entered in our computer system and
They are sent an Absentee Ballot. Ballots are mailed out with a security envelope that includes a voter affidavit.
When the Absentee Ballots are returned, we compare the signature on the affidavit to the signature on the voter's record.
If we determine they have both been signed by the same person, the Absentee Ballot is approved and logged into our computer as returned.
The Absentee Ballot is then placed in a lock box until Election Day.
All Absentee Ballots are counted on Election Day.
NOTE: If the signature is missing or does not match, the election commission sends the voter a replacement ballot with a letter explaining that the need to sign the affidavit.
Although there are many municipalities in Hamilton County, Chattanooga is the leading one. Chattanooga will pick a new mayor in March 2021, which may have a major impact on the Sierra Club Mission.
If you would like to help prepare the questionnaire for mayoral candidates, contact Bill Moll through email or by phone.
Cherokee Group member Bill Moll has selected the impressive Devil’s Walking Stick for our native plant of the month. If you have ever wondered how the Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa) got its name, take a look at the trunk. It typically grows to 10-15’ tall, likes part sun, tolerates drought and many urban pollutants, but is best sited in areas sheltered from strong winds to help protect the large compound leaves. It is easily grown from seed, division of suckers or root cuttings and can grow 5+ feet in a year.
The terminal blooms are a showy large mass of small, 5-petaled, white flowers in late summer that are very attractive to bees. Bill’s Devil's mass of blooms is about two feet in diameter! Because the blooms are at the top and occur very late for a tree, it’s very easy for even experienced hikers to not notice them, so keep your eyes peeled!
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Our mission is to explore, enjoy and protect the planet for our families and our future. We speak for the trees!
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