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Saturday, December 4, 2004, p B1 Corker campaign collects $1 million at benefit By Dorie Turner Staff Writer |
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Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker collected more than $1 million at his U.S. Senate campaign fundraiser Thursday night. Mr. Corker, a Republican, is not seeking a second four-year term as mayor, instead choosing to run for the U.S. Senate in 2006. He hopes to succeed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who has said he will leave the Senate after serving 12 years. "(The fund-raiser) was our first step in building broad-based support across the state," Mr. Corker said. "I am overwhelmed, humbled and deeply appreciative." The $1,000-a-plate event was held at the home of local developer John Thornton, who said the event attracted more than 500 people. Some attendees gave more than $1,000. The turnout speaks well for the rest of Mr. Corker's campaign, Mr. Thornton said. "The outpouring of support was just astonishing," he said. "It's more than a first step. It's an Olympic-sized long jump." The Chattanooga record for a political fund-raiser before last night was about $450,000, he said. "We not only broke the old record, we did it by more than double," Mr. Thornton said. Among those who attended were former Chattanooga Mayor John Kinsey; Ken Hays of Kinsey, Probasco, Hays & Associates; U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.; local accountant Dan Johnson; Chattanooga City Councilman Ron Littlefield; CBL executive Michael Lebovitz; local attorney Joe Conner; and Mike Walden of Walden Security. Jimmy Haslam, a Knoxville resident and statewide finance chairman for Mr. Corker, said the campaign will hold fund-raisers in Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville and Cleveland before Dec. 15. The Chattanooga fund-raiser was more than successful, he said. "To have that many people and raise that kind of money, there's no other term than overwhelming," Mr. Haslam said. E-mail Dorie Turner at dturner@timesfreepress.com
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November 18, 2004 The Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Golfer Greg Norman helped break ground Thursday on a $500 million golfing community in Loudon County. The 1,450-acre Tennessee National is being developed with John "Thunder" Thornton of Chattanooga. Thornton, a University of Tennessee trustee and one of the school's biggest donors, has envisioned a course that could be home to UT's golf teams. The project will feature 1,700 home sites, a recreation center, tennis courts, parks, walking trails, a marina and the area's first Norman-designed golf course. "This is a wonderful piece of property," Norman said. "The topography of the site allows us to situate the golf course in the natural valley of the community." Thornton, who has a successful real estate development in Jackson Hole, Wyo., acquired the property in 2000 from Eastman Chemical reportedly for $10 million. The development will be a partnership between Thornton's Thunder Enterprises and Medallist Developments, a joint venture of Norman's Great White Shark Enterprises and Macquarie Bank of Australia. ------------ Knoxville News Sentinel
The Shark enters East Tenn. waters LOUDON - When Greg Norman first walked the hills overlooking the Tennessee River at Matlock Bend four years ago, the golfing great knew he could build a special golf course on the 1,450-acre property owned by Chattanooga businessman John "Thunder" Thornton. ------------
Greg Norman-Designed Golf Course, $500 Million Waterfront Development Coming to Loudon County 8Apr200417:24GMT ------------
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--- Chattanooga, TN, Sunday, August 17, 2003 - University of Tennessee trustees want to have more direct oversight of the president's office in the wake of Dr. John W. Shumaker's resignation. When the board meets Thursday, trustees will discuss how better to control the expenditures of the chief executive of the five-campus system. "We can increase accountability," said trustee John Thornton, who owns Thunder Enterprises in Chattanooga. "We ought to do an audit on a routine basis. We should incorporate that audit into the performance evaluation of the president annually." ----------------- POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Thornton, John C. Mr. (Self-Employed/Real Estate Developer), (Zip code: 37405) $15,000 to REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE on 04/30/04
Thornton, Eileen V. Mrs. (Homemaker), (Zip code: 37405) $2000 to BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC. on 06/25/03
Thornton, John (Thunder Enterprises/President), (Zip code: 37405) $5000 to VOLUNTEER PAC (Sen. Bill Frist, R-TN) on 03/11/03
THORNTON, JOHN C (THUNDER ENTERPRISES), (Zip code: 37405) $1000 to CITIZENS FOR BUNNING (Kentucky) on 04/28/03
PUBLIC POLICY INNOVATION
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THUNDER FARMS DECORATIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
THUNDER DEVELOPMENT, INC.
JOHN C. THORNTON
THUNDER FARMS RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
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THUNDER BEND, LLC
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Thunder Farms Trail
7728 Thunder Farms Trail ------------------- sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1998/07/20/manning_colts/ [Peyton] Manning said he will live in Tennessee when he's not playing football, and he will be a commercial spokesman for First Tennessee Bank, Tennessee's largest bank. The New Orleans native said he will make Tennessee his "principal residence" in the off-season. Specifically, he has a lot picked out in the planned "Thunder Farms" development in Ooltewah near Chattanooga. Chattanooga businessman John "Thunder" Thornton is behind the venture. A big Tennessee booster, Thornton once paid $1 million to run with the players through the "T" formed by the marching band in Neyland Stadium. --------------------------
Manning Chooses Tennessee ... Again (21 Jul 98) -------
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