http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/ Manassas, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/65a39dc399ad85de7e070cff082687f9.html ATLANTA Joe Johnson scored 30 points Marvin Williams added 22 and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away in the closing minutes for a sloppy 8883 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/fd44baa3ae2ef8b2525d0f54dbd35cd0.html The Georgia Department of Transportation opened bidding today Friday on the Ga 369 intersection work http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/f5f3cf6dbe723819f166cdb3897dbf78.html INDIANAPOLIS mdash; Danny Granger isnrsquo;t ready to consider himself an NBA star just yet http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/130daa298eae0939aebc8b8eb7c30c66.html BanksJacksonCommerce BJC Medical Center has announced it will stop delivering babies as of Dec 9 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/7d85b5dda7aad78b163b335903a09759.html Editorrsquo;s note: State Rep Doug Collins RGainesville currently is in Iraq as a US Air Force Reserve chaplain He began his service there in September He is reporting weekly on the activities at his location http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/cde2e5ebf24c0d42a44a2fb5e14eda12.html Another teenager has been arrested in a rash of bomb threats at Effingham County High School in southeast Georgia The 16yearold boy is being held at the Claxton Youth Detention Center charged with making terroristic threats transmitting a false public alarm and disrupting a public school in two out of seven bomb hoaxes received since Oct 14 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/3632d6e67372fabbbc8ef90d19d9aa86.html EAST RUTHERFORD NJ mdash; Devin Harris back in the lineup after missing three games because of a sprained left ankle scored 30 points to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 115108 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night The Nets also got careerbest nights from rookies Brook Lopez 25 points and Ryan Anderson 15 Vince Carter had 26 many coming down the stretch to help the Nets http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/manassas/content/001e45d7a83fc9f34545c74198eb52ac.html The Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon had the largest turnout in its 29year history with more than 600 registrants for the marathon 700 registrants for the half marathon and 250 registrants for the junior marathonThe race included registrants from 35 states and five countries Both the marathon and half marathon sold out before race dayMarathon winnersHugh Enicks of Signal Mountain Tenn won the marathon in a time of two hours 48 minutes 33 seconds Gina Krabbendam of Lookout Mountain Tenn was the female marathon champion covering the course in three hours 14 minutes 47 secondsJohn Van Steenbergh of Flowery Branch Ga won the champion of marathon male masters division Lynn Mooney of Marietta Ga won the marathon female masters division Benn Paletz of Norcross Ga won the marathon male grand masters division Linda Mason Berber of Pine Mountain Ga won the marathon female grand masters divisionThe marathon featured a 262 mile course with approximately 23 miles run through the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park The event featured a new startfinish location at the 6th Cavalry Museum on Barnhardt Circle in historic Fort Oglethorpe The move to the new startfinish location was made possible through a partnership with the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism CommitteeHalf Marathon winnersThis is the first year a half marathon was run in conjunction with the marathon In past years the marathon was accompanied by a 10mile race 20012007 and a 5k race 19901991 The half marathon was won by Michael Kirk of Signal Mountain Tenn in a time of one hour 15 minutes 42 seconds Christina Evans of Canton Ga was the female half marathon champion finishing in a time of one hour 32 minutes 39 secondsJoe Sneed of Soddy Daisy Tenn won the half marathon male masters division champion Joan Vos of Chickamauga Ga won the half marathon female masters divisionJunior Marathon winnersThe event also featured the 2nd Annual Chickamauga Junior Marathon Designed to promote physical fitness among children and their families the Junior Marathon was open to students enrolled in first through sixth gradesParticipants in the junior marathon spent the last few months individually logging 252 miles Children were able to divide up the distance in any way they liked; they just needed to run jog or walk a total of 252 miles with adult supervision before Nov 8 On Nov 8 the junior marathoners completed the final mile of their marathon crossing the official finish line of the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon Runners who submitted a completed log sheet and finished the last mile received a race number Tshirt finisherrsquo;s medal and a goody bag The Chickamauga Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon was made possible through the generosity and hard work of numerous volunteers the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism Committee The National Park Service and Hutcheson Medical ServicesThe Chickamauga Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon was a Chattanooga Track Club event Sponsors of the Chickamauga Marathon and Half Marathon include the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism Committee Fuller Rehabilitation Hutcheson National Park Service PowerAde Sports Barn Ankle Foot Center Out of the Blue Cafeacute; Southern Coffee Service and Lookout Mountain Tomato BananaTo view more race results visit http:wwwbattlefieldmarathoncomresultshtmlCLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage