Amid numerous fundraising events, applications, and of course, practicing, the Soddy-Daisy High School band is headed to Pasadena, Calif., to march in the 121st Rose Parade, one of the many events leading up to the Rose Bowl football game Jan. 1, 2010.

Baylor School lost Friday’s Division II-AA state championship game to St. Agnes Academy. St. Agnes Academy, of Memphis, won with a final score of 1-0.

The U.S. Army Elite boxing team is in Chattanooga to speak to local students, host a clinic and participate in a competition against the Southeast All Stars.

United Visions TV & Film Productions, a German-based media company, is creating a documentary, shot over a three-year period, on the affect of Volkswagen’s investment in Tennessee. The documentary is slated to be broadcast on German television after the Chattanooga facility is open in 2011.

Aldersgate Vibrations, a hand-bell choir at First-Centenary United Methodist Church in downtown Chattanooga, is an example of the variety of activities available in churches throughout the region.

Family and friends gathered at Chattanooga National Cemetery to honor Sgt. 1st Class Lewis Brickell as he was laid to rest 59 years after his death in the Korean War.

Just before making more than $100,000 in renovations, Finley Stadium submitted its bid to keep the NCAA Division I title game in Chattanooga among steep competition from several other cities.

During a news conference at Enterprise South, Frank Fischer, Chief executive of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga operations, unveiled that the German automaker will add a supplier park to their Enterprise South site. VW also showed a new rendering of the Volkswagen vehicle, which will be built in Chattanooga.

Volkswagen will begin the hiring process for production jobs at its Chattanooga facility Monday, Oct. 26. All applicants should apply by visiting www.vwjobschattanooga.com. The German automotive manufacturer plans to begin production at the Chattanooga plant in 2011.

The video production company In the Line of Duty is making a national training video from the officer-involved shooting in which Fort Oglethorpe Police Officer Mitchell Moore was shot and Walker County Deputy Terry Miller killed John Curtis Coates in a Chick-fil-A parking lot in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on June 24, 2009.