Burglary solving rate above state average

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S U N D AY
APRIL 19, 2015
160th yEAR • No. 300
Inside Today
cLEVELAND, tN 60 PAGES • $1.00
Burglary solving rate above state average
Watson credits more
officers, community
supplying information
By BRIAN GRAVES
Banner Staff Writer
The Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation will release a report
today showing the Bradley County
Sheriff’s office above the state and
regional averages in solving burglary cases.
According to the report, the
BCSO has solved 26 percent of its
cases — almost double the state
rate of 12 percent and the East
Tennessee regional rate of 14 percent.
“I can account for that rate of
crimes solved because five of the
18 new employees we recently
hired are assigned to the Criminal
Investigations Division,” said
Sheriff Eric Watson. “There were
only 18 CID officers and now
there are 23.”
He said those officers now work
around the clock.
“There are detectives available
at night now and working on the
street,” he said. “If there is a burglary that happens or theft that
occurs, they can respond from
their car or the office instead of
from their house — meaning
response times are much faster.”
Watson said he also gives much
credit to the community for helping solve those crimes.
“I think through social media
and the newspaper, the ‘Top 10
Most Wanted,’ and community
relations we have increased our
ability to communicate with the
public much better,” the sheriff
said. “We’ve worked to build that
trust factor up.”
He said the bridge to success is
The first-ever True Grit
Strongman Challenge took place
Saturday with 28 competitors
from across the country gathering in Cleveland for the competition. The Lee University Flames
battled it out with Valdosta State
at Olympic Field. The Atlanta
Braves fell to the Toronto Blue
Jays. Former Cleveland Blue
Raider Chad Voytik is becoming
more comfortable with the newlook Pitt offense. See Sports,
Pages 17-21, 25.
Austyn Glover, 7 months,
was selected by the votes of
Banner readers as this year’s
Banner Cutie. See photos,
Page 37.
Results of internal,
public polls on
school director given
Banner photo,
BRIAN GRAVES
tENNESSEE
DcS
coMMISSIoNER
JIM hENRy (far
right) speaks with
one of the people
being served by
Life Bridges at its
Sheltered
Employment
Center. Standing
behind them are
state Rep. Kevin
Brooks and Mrs.
Jim (Pat) Henry.
By BRIAN GRAVES
Banner Staff Writer
TDCS Commissioner Henry:
Hardwick Day
Gov. Bill Haslam talks with
Hardwick Clothes Inc. CEO and
President Bruce Bellusci, and
Will Jones during the recent
“Hardwick Clothes Inc. Day”
observance on Capitol Hill in
Nashville. See story, Page 26.
Summer camps
If you are thinking about
camps for your youngsters this
summer, then some of the tips in
the Banner’s Camp Pages might
be helpful. There is also information on some local options. See
Pages 41-43.
Forecast
Showers and thunderstorms
are forecast for today mainly
before 5 p.m. Wind gusts are
possible as high as 25 mph. The
chance of precipitation is 90 percent. The chance for showers
decreases to 40 percent tonight.
Monday’s outlook is a 50 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 72.
Tonight’s sunset: 8:15 p.m.
Monday’s sunrise: 7:02 a.m.
Index
Business news ............................27
Church...........................................5
Classified................................55-60
Comics.........................................45
Editorials.................................22,23
Horoscope....................................45
Lifestyles ................................29-33
Obituaries.......................................2
Stocks..........................................25
Sports................................17-21, 25
TV Schedule............................46,47
Weather........................................15
Life Bridges’ members ‘really care’
By BRIAN GRAVES
Banner Staff Writer
Tennessee Department of
Children’s
Services
Commissioner Jim Henry and
his wife, Pat, visited Life
Bridges Friday morning and
lauded the work and progress
the organization has made in
helping to provide services to
people with intellectual dis-
abilities.
It is a subject close to the
Henrys’ hearts.
Their late son, John, suffered from the same malady as
those who are helped by
organizations such as Life
Bridges.
“We’re coming up on the
three year anniversary of our
son’s passing,” Henry said.
“I just want you to know
how very special we think this
place is. I’ve known all the
directors and have been here
many times,” he said.
Henry also noted Life
Bridges has “members that
really care” in the state legislature noting the presence of
state Reps. Kevin Brooks and
Dan Howell.
“They are out front and not
many people become champions for people with disabilities
and kids with difficulties
unless they have some experience with it or they’ve got
some special connection to it,”
Henry said.
“You couldn’t have a better
See HENRY, Page 9
Both the public and those
associated with the Bradley
County School System appear to
be in agreement the next director
of schools should be a “proven
leader.”
That bottom line comes from
surveys conducted by the
Bradley County Board of
Education.
The two surveys were conducted simultaneously and concluded
Thursday at 5 p.m.
An “internal” survey went out
via a broadcast email to all
Bradley county school emails and
allowed unlimited responses from
any device. A “public” survey was
released to the media and only
allowed single responses from a
device.
Board Chairman Nicholas
Lillios released the final tallies
along with comments added to
the survey forms Friday afternoon.
According to the figures, 29
participated in the public survey
while 580 cast their opinions on
the internal questionnaire.
On the question of what attribute is most important in the next
director of schools, both groups
See LEADER, Page 8
State funding concerns
voiced by Airport Authority
By JOYANNA LOVE
Banner Senior Staff Writer
Funding was the focus for the
Cleveland
Municipal
Airport
Authority Friday.
Changes in funding at the state
level have the board concerned
that projects may be delayed. The
need for more T-hangars at the airport led the Cleveland City Council
to approve funding assuming the
state portion would be approved.
Timing on the issue is what Ron
Fitzgerald of PDC Consultants
described as “the perfect storm.”
The T-hangar bids have come in
higher than initial estimates at the
same time revenues at the state
level are not coming in as projected.
Reducing the space between the
hangars has been mentioned as a
way to reduce the cost of fire barri-
ers, but Fitzgerald said this would
not change the price much.
In addition to these challenges,
specifications for the T-hangars
have changed since the last ones
were constructed on the site.
Fitzgerald said fire barrier and
asphalt standard requirements
have been amended.
Jetport director of operations
Mark Fidler said he has talked with
the state aeronautics director and
discussed options.
Fidler said he hopedstate funds
would be able to make up the difference between the funds available for the project and the projected costs. However, the state aeronautics director was not able to
say anything definite.
Board chairman Lou Patten said
there were elements of the project
See AIRPORT, Page 8
Around Town
Nola Beth Greene painting
rocks ... Bob Evans looking forward to a veterans get togethers
... Tucker Yarber making student
of the month at Lake Forest ...
Bert Osment excited about a new
career move ... Jessica Bonner
sporting a sassy new "do" ...
Scott Creech, Jay Goza, Bud
Goza and Garth Sneed going
fishing in the Atlantic.
See BURGLARY, Page 8
Surveys:
‘Proven
leader’
wanted
Rockin’ and rollin’
Banner Cutie
through communicating with the
public.
“I have never in my life seen a
70 to 80 percent success rate on a
‘Top 10’ list that is printed in the
paper,” he said. “I really believe it
has come from building the trust
in the community.”
He said Bradley countians are
“tired of thieves and tired of burglars.”
Grand jury letter praises
workhouse proposal
By BRIAN GRAVES
Banner Staff Writer
The Bradley County Grand
Jury is praising the steps being
moved forward to build a workhouse facility at the Justice
Center.
After nearly three years of
discussions,
the
County
Commission approved a resolution in March authorizing
County Mayor D. Gary Davis to
negotiate and execute an agreement with an architect for a
workhouse which can house
128
minimum
security
inmates.
See LETTER, Page 8
Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES
MoRE thAN 40 offIcERS from the Bradley County Sheriff’s office, Bradley County FireRescue and Bradley County Emergency Management joined in Saturday’s search.
Local emergency workers launch
‘intensive search’ for missing man
By BRIAN GRAVES
Banner Staff Writer
A combined team of more than 40 local emergency officers conducted what was described as
“an intensive search” Saturday for a Cleveland
man who has been missing for almost two weeks.
However, the efforts did not provide an answer
to the mystery.
Brian Keith Smith was reported missing by his
family from the White Oak Valley Road area more
than 10 days ago.
BCSO Detective Brandon Edwards, lead detective in the case, said Smith had recently been
released from Mocassin Bend and had shown
signs of paranoia.
He also said Smith’s last statements suggested
suicidal tendencies.
Officers separated into several teams to cover
one approximately one square mile of wooded
area.
A preliminary search was conducted April 7,
when Smith was reported
missing, using K-9s and
nine squad officers.
Sheriff Eric Watson said a
trigger to increase the volume of the search came
from a lack of evidence
Smith had used any available avenue to access items
he would need to survive
Smith
combined with the statements from the family as to Smith’s frame of
mind.
“Although there are no signs of a homicide, this
is the way we have to treat a situation like this
because we just don’t know what has happened to
him,” Watson said.
The search involved members of the Bradley
County Sheriff’s office, the Bradley County FireRescue and the Bradley County Emergency
See SEARCH, Page 8
2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Sunday, April 19, 2015
Storms
develop from
Texas through
Nebraska
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OBITUARIES
Charles E. Ballew
The funeral will be conducted
at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 20,
2015, in the chapel of Higgins
Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe
Hatcher officiating.
The interment will follow in
Benton Memorial Gardens with
his grandsons serving as pallbearers.
A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the
Waters family guest book at
www.higginsfuneral.com.
Charles E. Ballew, 56, of
Chattanooga, died on Friday,
HOUSTON (AP) — Storms fea- April 17, 2015, at his home.
turing high winds, hail and at least
Survivors and arrangements
one report of a tornado swept will be announced later by
through an area stretching from Companion Funeral Home.
southern Texas to parts of
Oklahoma, Kansas and central
Nebraska on Saturday, and more
were forecast later in the evening.
Heavily populated areas with
the highest risk of storms are San
Antonio, Oklahoma City and
Norman, Oklahoma, according to
the National Weather Service.
Reports of hail, some of up to
quarter-size, were widespread
Saturday afternoon along a line
from central Nebraska through the
plains of western Oklahoma and to
the rolling plains of North Texas
and Central Texas plateaus. One
unconfirmed report of a tornado
was received from the public in an
unpopulated area of remote
Edwards Plateau country, about
110 miles northwest of San
Antonio. No damage or injuries
were reported.
The storms developed a day
after at least five firefighters were
hurt on Friday when their truck
overturned on a rain-slick rural
road in Central Texas and hit a
tree. They were taken to a hospital.
Texas Department of Public Safety
Trooper Harpin Myers said an
ambulance crew responding to the
wreck also was involved in a crash.
The crews were responding to an
initial accident after a vehicle
hydroplaned on the wet road and
collided with another.
In Houston, some creeks and
bayous filled to their banks and
drivers in found water reaching
nearly to car bumpers.
The weather service reported
Saturday that rain gauges at
Reliant Park, the complex that
includes the NFL Houston Texans
football stadium, registered 5.32
inches over the previous 24 hours.
Other readings topping 4 inches
were common in parts of Houston.
The Harris County Flood
Control District recorded 3.6 inches of rain during a 30-minute period in Pasadena, southeast of
Houston, and Center Point Energy
said as many as 35,000 of its electric customers had been without
power.
South of Houston in Brazoria
County, police reported hail the
size of tennis balls in Angleton,
and Needville received 4 inches of
rain. The roof was torn from a
home on Jamaica Beach in
Galveston County. In La Porte, as
many as 40 homes took in water.
In South Texas, funnel clouds
were reported near Victoria and
Beeville and authorities said a tornado briefly touched down in a
rural area of Matagorda County
about 100 miles southwest of
Houston.
Mary Carver
Mary Carver, of Reliance, died
Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the
family residence.
Survivors and funeral arrangements will be announced by
Higgins Funeral Home.
Dennis ‘Dean’ Moses
Victor Hollifield Jr.
Victor Hollifield Jr., 78, of
Cleveland, died Saturday, April
17, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital.
Survivors and funeral arrangements will be announced by FikeRandolph & Son Funeral Home.
William T. Locklear Jr.
Long-time Cleveland resident
and Chattanooga native William
T. “Bill” Locklear Jr, 83, passed
from life to death to Heaven on
Friday, April 17, 2015.
After an extended hospital
stay, Bill spent his last few days
at his home in Cleveland, being
cared for by his wife, Katherine
Marie Pickett Locklear, and other
family members.
He worked for Combustion
Engineering, Inc. for more than
35 years, then freelanced his
exceptional welding skills and
multiple certifications to repair
equipment at nuclear power
plants around the country. He
loved welding, working on cars
and most all sports, but his greatest love was for fast-pitch softball.
His best friends were found in
his family, church and his sports
interests.
He is also survived by four children and their spouses: William
T. Locklear III and wife, Bernie of
Atlanta, James R. Locklear and
wife, Jennifer of Decatur, Ga.,
Deborah Locklear Buchanan and
husband, Ben of Marietta, Ga.,
and Jody C. Locklear and wife,
Deborah, Tudhope-Locklear of
Port Townsend, Wash. He was
blessed with 10 grandchildren:
Kimberly Anne Locklear of
Atlanta, Kyle Elizabeth Hartman
(Andrew) of Atlanta, Jameson
Phelan Locklear (Bethany) of
Franklin,
Ohio,
Justin
Christopher Locklear of Dallas,
Texas, Jedidiah Jones Locklear
of Decatur, Ga., Dane Frances
Fisher
(Dylan),
Chauncey
William
Locklear
of
Port
Townsend, Dashiel Thomas
Locklear of Port Townsend, Lyris
Christian Locklear of Port
NASHVILLE (AP) — A state law- Townsend,
Taylor
Estes
maker from Metro Nashville is fac- Buchanan of Marietta, Ga.; one
ing charges of drunken driving great-granddaughter, Aberdeen
and violation of the implied con- Wren Locklear of Franklin, Ohio;
five sisters-in-law: Mary Ellen
sent law.
Media report Nashville police Locklear (Jerry) of Chattanooga
pulled Rep. Bill Beck over on and Brenda Locklear (Robert) of
Ga. Lora Davis of
Friday morning and arrested him Cohutta,
Charlotte, N.C., Verta Rollins of
after he declined to continue with Whitwell, and Evva Cooper of
a sobriety test. Beck is a first- Brentwood; and many nieces
term Democrat who represents and nephews.
portions of downtown, East
The family will receive friends
Nashville, Old Hickory and today from 4 until 8 p.m., and
Monday from noon to 2:30 p.m.
Germantown.
A police affidavit says Beck was at Chattanooga Funeral Homedriving outside travel lanes, had North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153
Hixson.
bloodshot eyes and slurred in Funeral
services will be conspeech. He told officers that he ducted at 2:30 p.m. on Monday,
had not been drinking.
April 20, 2015, in the funeral
Online court records do not list home chapel with Pastor Allan
an attorney for Beck. According to Lovelace officiating. Interment
media, he is scheduled to appear will follow in Hamilton Memorial
Gardens
in court on Monday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
can be made in
Animal groups helping contributions
Bill’s name to Waterville Baptist
care for rescued
Church, Building Fund, 4555
Dalton Pike S.E., Cleveland, TN
walking horses
37323
Please share your thoughts
PULASKI (AP) — Animal rescue
memories at www.chatgroups are caring for several dozen and
tanooganorthchapel.com
Lawmaker
arrested on
DUI charge
Tennessee
walking
horses
removed from a Giles County farm
whose owner is charged with animal cruelty.
The Humane Society says the
animals were living in dirty conditions and had little food. The Giles
County Sheriff’s Department
seized 54 horses and seven goats
on April 14.
The owner, Jeffrey Mitchell, has
been charged with several counts
of animal cruelty. The groups
Volunteer Equine Advocates,
Horse Haven and Safe Harbor
Equine and Livestock Sanctuary
are nursing the horses back to
health and will find them new
homes.
The Humane Society of the U.S.
has donated $16,000 for the care
of the horses.
Dennis "Dean" Moses, 59, a
lifelong resident of Cleveland,
passed away at his home on
Thursday, April 16, 2015, after a
lengthy illness.
He is survived by his wife,
Carmella Longwith Moses; his
children: Shane Moses, Kevin
Moses, Brooke Gregg and
Crystal Moses; his stepchildren:
Jennifer Woody and Jamie Crye;
his mother, Dorothy Moses; his
brothers: Eddy (Martha) Moses,
Johnny (Melodie) Moses, and
Jeff Moses; as well as other
grandchildren, nieces, nephews,
and extended family members
and friends.
A memorial service is planned
for 7 p.m. on Monday, April 21 in
the chapel of Companion Funeral
Home
located
at
2419
Georgetown Road N.W.
The family will received friends
from 5 p.m. until the 7 p.m. service time.
You are encouraged to share a
memory of Dean and/or your personal condolences with his family
by visiting his memorial web
page
and
guestbook
at
www.companionfunerals.com.
The Cody family is honored to
assist the Moses family with his
arrangements.
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers, 81, of Cleveland,
died Friday night, April 17, 2015,
in a Chattanooga hospice.
Survivors and arrangements
will be announced later by
Companion Funeral Home.
Henry Price
Henry Price, a resident of
Cleveland, died Saturday, April
18, 2015, in a local hospital.
Ralph Buckner Funeral Home
and Crematory.
Gary Turner
Gary Turner, 62, a resident of
Cleveland, died Friday, April 17,
2015.
and Crematory.
J.C. ‘Shorty’ Waters
J.C. “Shorty” Waters, 85, a resident of Benton, passed away
Thursday, April 16, 2051, at his
residence.
He enjoyed life, fishing, farming and bluegrass music. He
was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Yvonne Virginia Ratcliff
Waters; parents, Jim and Roxie
Harden Waters; five brothers:
Herb, Cecil, Buck, Willie and A.L.
Waters; and one sister, Bonnie
Kate Waters.
Survivors include his seven
children: Johnny Waters of
Benton, Sheryl Disharoon of
To submit an obituary,
Cleveland, Dennis Waters and
have the funeral home or
wife, Carolyn, of Benton, Jacky
cremation society in charge
Waters and wife, Derida, of
of arrangements e-mail the
Benton, Connie Scoggins and
information to
husband, Brian, of Cleveland,
obituaries@clevelandbanPam Adams and husband,
ner.com and fax to 423-6146529, attention Obits.
Ralph, of Old Fort and Greg
Waters and wife, Charlotte, of
Old Fort; grandchildren: Waco
Sloan,
Brandi
and
Brian
Abrasley, Jason C. Waters,
Stephanie and Scotty Lewallen,
Tateka and Matthew Craig, Gary
Waters, Wayne Ashley, Craig
Waters and Kenny Adams; greatgrandchildren: Tyson Chambers,
Peyton
Chambers,
Lauren
April Terrell, Van Deacon, Lee Waters, Briley Waters, Jaley
Waters, Landon Craig and Jace
Rickards, Angie Beaty, Deanna Adams; brother, Bo Waters and
Goins and Will Thomason, who wife, Betty; and sister-in-law,
are celebrating birthdays today.
Bessie Waters.
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Amanda Freeman Webb, 39,
of Boaz, Ala., died Wednesday,
April 15, 2015.
She was born on April 2, 1976.
The funeral was held in the
chapel of Crossville Memorial
Chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
18, 2015. Interment was in
Mount Pleasant Cemetery with
the Rev. Allen Stephenson officiating.
Casketbearers were Harley
Webb, Joey Walker, Brent Smith,
Josh Mays, Chris Colegrove,
Harold Watson and Robert
Webb.
Survivors included her husband, David Webb; children:
Taylor Danielle Freeman, Drew
Carlton
Freeman;
mother,
Virginia Watson Venable; stepfather, Jerry Venable; grandmother,
Leona Watson; and aunts, uncles
and cousins.
AP Photo
AP Photo
A CiViL WAr statue is on disOTTERY
play at Congress Park in
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In the
UMBERS
decades after the Civil War
ended in April 1865, statues
depicting Union and Confederate
soldiers were placed in countless
(AP) — These lotteries were American communities, from
drawn:
New England commons to the
TENNESSEE
grounds outside Southern courtSaturday
Cash 3 Evening: 3-9-5, Lucky houses.
THE
COnfEDErATE
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
was dedicated May 30, 1894 on
Libbie Hill terrace in Richmond,
Va. Known as the “Single
Soldier — Silent Sentinel” or
similar names depending on the
locale, he tops many of the
thousands of Civil War monuments to be found in more than
30 states.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.
(AP) — After the Civil War ended
in April 1865, statues depicting
Union and Confederate soldiers
went up across the country,
from New England squares to
Southern courthouses. A century and a half later, these weathered “Silent Sentinels” still stand
guard, rifles at the ready, gazing
off in the distance.
For a war that pitted brother
against brother, many of them
bear a strong family resemblance.
Most of the statues were
mass-produced by a handful of
Northern companies that found
a steady market selling to communities — North and South —
eager to honor their fallen soldiers and surviving veterans.
“They’re not meant to represent one person or another,” said
Sarah Beetham, an art historian
who teaches at the University of
Delaware and the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. “This
way, people could go and see in
them their sons or fathers who
had fought in the war.”
Known as the “Silent
Sentinel,” ‘’Single Soldier” or
similar names, he tops many of
the thousands of Civil War monuments to be found in more
than 30 states. Today, 150 years
after the guns fell silent to end
the nation’s bloodiest conflict,
the ranks of the more than 3
million citizen soldiers who
fought on both sides are represented by some of our most
ubiquitous yet often overlooked
public symbols.
“Before the Civil War, you
would never have had an image
of the common soldier to memorialize. You would have a general
or a biblical figure,” said Earle
Shettleworth, head historian for
the state of Maine. “After the
war, there was more of a democratic way of memorializing
those who had participated.”
With untold thousands of war
dead buried in graves on or near
battlefields and encampments
far from their homes, some communities in the North and South
erected hometown monuments
to the fallen even as the fighting
raged. Most were stone obelisks
placed in local cemeteries.
Within a couple of years after
Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender
at Appomattox, Virginia, more
elaborate monuments were
being commissioned from sculptors. By 1867, monuments featuring sculpted or cast metal
soldier statues were dedicated in
cemeteries in Cincinnati and
Boston. The version depicting a
single soldier at “parade rest” —
hands gripping a musket at the
end of the barrel, the stock resting on the ground — became the
most popular way to honor the
more than 2 million men who
fought for the Union.
But commissioning a monument made of Italian marble or
northern New England granite
could cost tens of thousands of
dollars, much too expensive for
most small towns. Many turned
to the northern foundries specializing in cast bronze or zinc
statuary used to decorate cemetery markers. Firms such as the
Monumental Bronze Co. of
Bridgeport, Connecticut, did a
brisk business selling soldier
statues. A life-size parade rest
model was listed in its sales catalog for $450, while the 8-foot-6inch version sold for $750.
“It’s like going to Wal-Mart. It’s
less expensive,” said Timothy S.
Sedore, author of “An Illustrated
Guide to Virginia’s Confederate
Monuments.”
Because they had lost the war
and were economically shattered, Southerners got a later
start erecting monuments. By
the time the 20th century
arrived, they were making up for
lost time, with hundreds of soldier statues installed across the
South, typically outside county
courthouses.
But old animosities died hard,
and folks in the South didn’t
usually publicize who was supplying the statues: mostly companies
in
Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Ohio.
“The Southerners didn’t talk
about that, buying from
Yankees,” Beetham said.
Versions of the Silent Sentinel
statue can be found from
Amarillo, Texas, to Kennebunk,
Maine. The Northern version features a Union soldier wearing a
kepi and caped greatcoat, while
his Southern counterpart typically wears the iconic slouch hat
and bedroll strapped diagonally
across his chest.
An accurate number of Civil
War monuments is difficult to
pin down. Beetham, who wrote
her dissertation on post-Civil
War citizen soldier monuments,
estimates there are some 2,500
across the Northern states, with
the Silent Sentinel version
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Coupon class
Sonya Mangrum, a coupon
queen, will be leading a class on
couponing Monday, 6:15 p.m., in
the main dining room of Life Care
Center of Cleveland.
She will be sharing how to get c
oupons, how to use them and
how to establish a stockpile.
The cost will be
$3 for those
over 50 and $5 for general admission.
Civil War ‘Silent Sentinels’
still on guard in North, South
Cleveland Daily Banner—Sunday, April 19, 2015—3
The Family of
John Craigmiles
Would like to thank
everyone for their prayers,
flowers, food and support.
We also would like to
thank those who spent
time preparing and serving
food and singing his
favorite songs. Thank you to Rev. Edward Robinson Sr.
of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for sharing
wonderful memories of our loved one.
Your kindness was much appreciated.
Craigmiles/Whaley Families
Sibyl Flannery
Sibyl Whitehead Flannery, 76, of
Colorado Springs, Colo., went to
be with her Lord and Savior on
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, after a
courageous year-long battle with
cancer.
She died peacefully at her home
embraced in the love and warmth
of her family.
Sibyl was born on Sept. 29,
1938, in Asheboro, N.C., and grew
up in Ramseur, N.C. She received
her bachelor of science degree
from Lee University in Cleveland in
1972 and her master’s degree
from the University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga in 1975.
She taught in the Bradley County
school system for 35 years.
Although she never fulfilled her
personal dream of becoming a
physician, as a biology teacher she
influenced thousands of students
over the years, many of whom
went on to become successful
doctors, nurses and other medical
professionals.
In 1972 and 1973 she received
the
Outstanding
Elementary
Teachers of the America Award
and the Bradley County Teacher of
the Year Award.
Her love of helping others led her
to become a CPR instructor in
Cleveland, where she lived for 35
years.
The American Heart Association
recognized her dedication and
named her Tennessee Volunteer of
the Year in 1979. She worked in
the emergency room of two local
hospitals in Cleveland and
volunteered in local nursing homes.
She received training as an EMT
and became one of the first female
EMTs in the Cleveland-Bradley
County area. She also worked for
eight years as a deputy sheriff for
the Bradley County Sheriff’s
Department.
Throughout her life she belonged
to multiple organizations and
received many awards for her
various occupations and activities.
Remarkably, she accomplished all
of this while teaching full-time.
In 2006, she moved from North
Carolina to Colorado Springs,
where she lived the remainder of
her productive life. In that year, she
married Darrell L Flannery. Sibyl
and Darrell were happily married
nine years. They were totally
devoted to one another and were
completely inseparable.
She was a devoted mother,
grandmother, wife and friend. An
exceptionally kind and thoughtful
person, she genuinely cared for
and loved all her family and friends
and was loved by everyone who
knew her.
She was preceded in death by
her son, James “Jimi” R. Flowers
of Colorado Springs; and by her
parents:
Charles
Raymond
Whitehead and Dorothy Allen
Whitehead of Ramseur, N.C.
She leaves behind her loving
husband, Darrell L. Flannery of
Colorado Springs; her son, Charles
E. Flowers III of Asheville, N.C.; her
granddaughters: Katherine A.
Flowers and Sarah D. Flowers of
Chapel Hill, N.C.; her daughter-inlaw, Melanie “Sue” Flowers, and
grandchildren: Samuel J. Flowers
and Lauren A. Flowers of Colorado
Springs; her brother, Charles
“Mickey” Whitehead of Asheboro,
N.C.; her niece, Cheryl Hollady of
Lusby, Md.; and nephew, Michael
Whitehead of Asheboro, N.C.
A memorial service was held at
the Swan Law Funeral Home in
Colorado Springs on Tuesday, April
14, 2015.
The family requests that in lieu of
flowers donations may be made to
Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative
Care.
Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN! It’s time to prepare your little ones for kindergarten and the start of their education, molding of their intellect and expanding their knowledge. Cleveland Schools held early kindergarten registration this week. Parents still needing to register their child, or children, can call the elementary school in your district and schedule an appointment to register. Stuart Principal Randy Stephens,
right, and kindergarten teacher Brandi Beard, left, talk to Bella Hawkins and Cameron about their preschool experiences as they prepare for next year. Bella’s parents are Lyndsey and Caleb Hawkins, and
Cameron’s parents are Jessica and Donald Ramsey.
Open enrollment at Lake Forest
Middle School begins on April 27
Beginning April 27, Lake
Forest Middle School will be
accepting registration information and Open Enrollment/Out
of Zone applications for the
2015-16 school year, for students who are currently attending an out of zone elementary
school.
The deadline for Open
Enrollment/Out of Zone appli-
cations will be May 15.
Please bring your child’s most
recent report card, attendance,
and immunization records.
All students zoned for Lake
Forest will attend fifth-grade
orientation on May 6 and will
complete
the
registration
process through their elementary schools.
Any other family interested in
a campus tour may schedule an
appointment through the office
at 478-8821. “We look forward
to meeting you,” a spokesman
said.
Lake Forest offers numerous
academic and extracurricular
options, an award-winning
musical program, and a fullslate of competitive sports activities.
Music, crafts and food featured
at Polk County Ramp Festival
Attendees for the 57th annual
Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival
will be thoroughly entertained.
Musical entertainment will start
with the Ramp Tramp “Bluegrass
and Beans” kick off party on
Friday at 7 p.m.
“New Day” and “County Line”
will be on stage as a meal of white
beans, fried potatoes and ramps,
corn bread, and raw ramps are
served.
Door Prizes given away every
hour. On Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
the festival gets underway with
musical entertainment from Ben
Calihan followed by Playing on the
Planet, who will take the stage at
11 a.m. Following the noon program is Royal Priesthood at 12:30
and The Liberty Boys will finish
out the day starting at 1:30 p.m.
Parking and entertainment are
free.
The traditional ramp meal will
be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
for $8 for adults and $4 children
under 12. Plenty of homemade
cakes and pies will be served to
top of the meal of ramps.
Local crafters will be showing
off their skills. Crafts scheduled
for display and sale are baby
items, soaps and lotions, candles,
pillows, baskets, wood working,
etc. Booth space still is available.
A handmade quilt will be given
away at 2 p.m. tickets will be on
sale all day.
To be a part of the annual
Digging of the Ramps, Volunteers
are ask to meet at the Polk County
Blood Assurance has
increased need of O blood
Special to the Banner
Nonprofit regional blood center, Blood Assurance, is in critical
need of O blood, with an
increased demand of 30 percent
from area patients affected by
unexpected, traumatic situations.
The organization is asking the
community to please consider
taking 30 minutes out of their
day to make a life-saving donation that will save three lives.
Blood Assurance thanks all
donors who help meet the needs
of our local hospitals.
To be eligible to donate blood,
you must be at least 17 years old
(16 years old with parental consent), weigh 110 pounds or more,
and be in good health.
Donors are asked to drink
plenty of fluids — avoiding caffeine — and eat a meal that is
rich in iron prior to donating.
For questions about donating
blood, please call (423) 7560966. For more information on
Blood Assurance, donating blood
or hosting a blood drive, please
visit www.bloodassurance.org.
Blood Assurance is a nonprofit, full-service regional blood center serving 51 counties and more
than 75 health care facilities in
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina and Virginia.
More than 540 volunteer blood
donors are needed every day in
order to adequately supply these
hospitals.
Founded in 1972 as a joint
effort of the ChattanoogaHamilton
County
Medical
Society, the Chattanooga Area
Hospital Council and the
Chattanooga Jaycees, the mission of Blood Assurance is to provide a safe and adequate supply
of blood and blood components to
every area patient in need.
Blood Assurance is headquartered in Chattanooga.
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or at the Ducktown Hardee’s at 9
a.m. In case of rain the dig will be
moved to Thursday. The digging
of the ramps includes a strenuous
hike up in the mountains. You
will need a SUV or truck for transportation. Lunch is provided to
the ramp diggers.
For more information, on what
are ramps and a full schedule of
the Festival contact the Polk
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for city school leaderships posts
By LARRY C. BOWERS
Banner Staff Writer
Banner photo, HOWARD PIERCE
JROTC of Bradley Central High School presented the colors as USMC veteran Fighter Pilot Captain
Tom Wickes sang the National Anthem during the Lee Flames Baseball Military Appreciation Day event
Saturday.
LEE FLAMES BASEBALL team and special guests stay in line as the colors proceed off Olympic
Field during Military Appreciation Day. Presenting the colors were the JROTC of Bradley Central High
School.
BILL NORWOOD, Korean War veteran and former POW, threw out one of the first pitches of the game
for Military Appreciation Day at Lee University’s Olympic Field Saturday
Cleveland Director of Schools
Dr. Martin Ringstaff has
announced a number of changes
in leadership and plans for additional changes and/or new hires.
“Walt Disney once said ‘Around
here, we don’t look backward very
long. We move forward, opening
new doors and doing new things
because we’re curious, and
curiosity keeps leading us down
new paths,’” Ringstaff said.
This past week, Cleveland
Schools announced a few new
paths for leadership within its
school system.
“We have a very good school
system,” said the director of
schools. “We set high standards
for ourselves. We believe we can
always get better. We target the
right areas, and focus on the right
things.”
“For us to get from ‘very good’ to
‘great’ takes everyone realizing
that new paths must be forged,”
he added. “We must remain curious, and we must beat down that
easy feeling of settling for good.
“As we continue to angle our
school system for the future and
tackle major issue such as serving
a rapidly increasing ESL population and creating success for our
at-risk population, we seek the
strengths of individuals to make
this happen,” Ringstaff continued.
“I am proud to announce that in
2015/2016 we have great individuals leading these charges.”
They include:
— Debby Torres will be the
supervisor
of
Alternative
Programs and Education, and will
focus on at-risk programs and
students.
— Christy Duncan will be coordinator of English as a Second
Language (ESL).
“As those two main dominoes
fell, other leadership opportunities
arose and we tapped into the
strengths of others,” Dr. Ringstaff
added.
— Kelly Kiser leaves Mayfield
Elementary School to take over as
supervisor
of
Federal
Programs/Professional
Development. This is the position
that Torres is vacating.
— Randall Stephens leaves
Stuart Elementary School to take
over the Mayfield Elementary
School principal position that
Kelly Kiser is vacating.
From interviews this past week,
Dr. Ringstaff said the assistant
principal at Mayfield Elementary
School will be Bob Pritchard, currently instructional facilitator at
Cleveland High School.
— Karen Hall will take over as
instructional
facilitator
at
Cleveland High School, vacating
the instructional facilitator position at Stuart Elementary School.
— Alicia Kahrs will be the
instructional facilitator at Stuart
Elementary School during the
next school year.
The director of schools said he
is impressed by this list of leaders,
and believes the system is setting
up for its best year ever.
He
added
tthe
Stuart
Elementary principal position will
be posted soon.
“We will meet with the faculty
and staff at Stuart to discuss the
process and procedures for hiring
a new principal. We will also seek
their advice on their beliefs and
culture,” he said.
Dr. Ringstaff said change can
be challenging, but exhilarating.
“When new people arrive in
buildings or positions, new and
greater expectations also enter
with them,” he said.
“I have the utmost respect for
our leadership team. We have vetted these moves extensively.
“We have looked at timing and
making sure leadership styles fit
into current cultures guide decisions,” he added. “We had 12
interviews for the Mayfield
Elementary assistant principal
position.”
Dr. Ringstaff said outgoing principal Kelly Kiser shared with him
that it was the most impressive
group (all 12) that he has had the
privilege to interview as principal.
“We have an impressive group
of aspiring administrators ready
to take the helm of whatever is
asked of them,” Ringstaff said.
“We strive for ‘Every Child, Every
Day,’ and I am very excited about
where we are going.”
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Heritage Center receives $50,000 community grant
USDA Rural Development
State Director Bobby Goode this
week announced funding to
support the renovation and
expansion of the CharlestonCalhoun-Hiwassee Tennessee
Historical Society’s Hiwassee
River Heritage Center.
“Honoring and sharing the
heritage of this community with
others improves the lives of its
residents both economically and
culturally and provides an
important historical account
and education for us all,” said
Goode.
A
$50,000
Community
Facility grant will help to double
the space of the existing building by adding an exhibit hall
and 50-seat classroom. The
additional exhibit space will
allow expansion of the exhibits
to include artifacts.
The Heritage Center is located
across Highway 11E from
Charleston Elementary School.
It is used for Charleston
Commission meetings.
The Community Facilities
Direct Loan and Grant program
provides affordable funding to
develop essential community
facilities in rural areas. An
essential community facility is
defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the
local community for the orderly
development of the community
in a primarily rural area, and
does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Others participating in the
event included Jeff Lewis, a field
representative for Sen. Lamar
Alexander, and Claire McVay, a
field representative for Sen. Bob
Corker.
USDA Rural Development is
moving investments to rural
America with housing, business
and infrastructure loans and
grants to create jobs and
strengthen rural economies with
an emphasis to assist areas of
persistent poverty.
Since 2009, the agency has
assisted more than 1.5 million
Tennessee families and businesses in 230 communities in
all 95 counties, investing more
than $5.4 Billion through
affordable loans, loan guarantees and grants.
For more information on
USDA Rural Development programs available in Southeast
Tennessee
contact
the
Chattanooga Area Office at
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specials from many of the retail
shops throughout downtown.
This event has sold out in the
past, so get your tickets early!
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During Boys & Girls Clubs conference
Cyndi
Fields
says:
Bobby Greene receives regional honors
By LARRY C. BOWERS
Banner Staff Writer
Cleveland’s Bobby Greene was
recently selected as the
“Southeast
Region
Board
Member of the Year” at the Boys
& Girls Clubs’ Leadership
Conference in Atlanta.
Greene, a 35-year member of
the Cleveland organization,
received the award in the presence of his family, other
Cleveland officials and officers
from other Boys & Girls Clubs
affiliates from across the nation.
A number of Cleveland
Chapter alumni were in attendance.
“Bobby Greene is a past president and has truly been a friend
and a comrade,” said Charlie
Sutton, executive director of the
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland.
“He loves all the youth of the
club,” Sutton continued.
Greene served the local Boys &
Girls Clubs as the Board’s development chair from 2012 until
2014. He served on the
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do you
mean
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Tennessee Alliance Board from
2009 to 2014, and was the organization’s secretary from 1998 to
2006. He served as president in
2007-08.
One of his lifetime goals has
been to follow in the footsteps of
an uncle, Morris Greene, who
was probably the catalyst of the
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland.
Greene has been a liaison to
the Area Council, and served on
the executive committee, Board
Development
Committee,
Resource Development/Finance
Committee
and
Program
Committee.
He has been instrumental on
the board, attending 90 percent of
its meetings.
Attending the conference with
the award recipient was his wife,
Pam, sons Kyle and Brad, and
daughter-in-law Amber.
Other notables at the conference included Todd Ferrell, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Cleveland; National Youth of the
Year Maryah Sullivan; Boys &
Girls Clubs President Jim Clark;
Vice President of the Southeast
Region Duane Hinshaw; and
Contributed photo
Cleveland alumni Clyde McGuire
CLEVELAND’S
and Ronnie Jenkins, both direcBOBBY GREENE,
tors of development. Sutton also
right, is the 2015
made the trip.
Boys & Girls Clubs’
In the nomination application,
Southeast Region
it was pointed out that Greene
Board Member of the has been extremely active in comYear. With Greene
munity relations for the local
clubs.
are Southeast
He
has
served
during
Region Vice
Christmas parades, Halloween
President Duane
Block parties and Boys & Girls
Hinshaw, left, and
National Youth of the Clubs events. Being an M&M
Mars associate, he has assured
Year Maryah
that the candy company’s characSullivan, center.
ters attend local events and pass
out candy. He has become affectionately known as “The Candy
Man.”
Greene has worked closely with
Boys & Girls Clubs alumni in the
community, especially with Terry
Gallaher, director of Bradley
County’s Juvenile Division, and
Juvenile Judge Daniel Swafford.
He has served as a strong advocate for the local clubs and their
youth.
Greene has worked hard at the
local level to ensure each child
has a world-class experience. He
has assisted in sending two
Cleveland youth to the national
Youth of the Year competition in
Washington, D.C.
He also works to see that local
Boys & Girls Clubs members are
able to attend a college of their
choice.
Contributed photo
CLEVELAND’S Bobby Greene was recently selected as the Board Member of the Year for the
Southeast Region of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. At the presentation in Atlanta were, from left,
Southeast Region Vice President Duane Hinshaw, National Youth of the Year Maryah Sullivan, and
Greene. To Greene’s left side are his wife, Pam, sons Kyle and Brad, and daughter-in-law Amber.
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MainStreet Cleveland has been
designated once again as an
accredited National Main Street
Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the
National Main Street Center, a
subsidiary of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation.
Each year, the National Main
Street Center and its partners
announce the list of accredited
Main Street programs, in recognition of their exemplary commitment to historic preservation and
community
revitalization
through the Main Street Four
Point Approach.
“We congratulate this year’s
nationally accredited Main Street
programs for their outstanding
accomplishment in meeting the
National Main Street Center’s 10
Standards of Performance,” said
Patrice Frey, president and chief
executive officer of the National
Main Street Center.
“As the National Main Street
Center celebrates its 35th
anniversary, it is also important
to celebrate the achievements of
the local Main Street programs
across the country, some of
whom have been around since
the beginning.
“These local programs work
hard every day to make their
communities great places to
work, live, play and visit while
still preserving their historic
character,” she said.
The organization’s performance is annually evaluated by the
Tennessee State Main Street
Program, a division of the
Department of Economic and
Community Development, which
works in partnership with the
National Main Street Center to
identify the local programs that
meet ten performance standards.
These standards set the
benchmarks for measuring an
individual Main Street program’s
application of the Main Street
Four Point Approach to commercial district revitalization.
Evaluation criteria determines
the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and
include standards such as fostering strong public/private partnerships, securing an operating
budget, tracking programmatic
progress and actively preserving
historic buildings.
In May MainStreet Cleveland
celebrates its 25th year as accredited National Main Street and
State Main Street community.
“Thanks to the dedication and
generosity of its membership,
sponsors, and government leaders, MainStreet Cleveland continues to provide quality community
events that bring more than
60,000 people downtown each
year and leads revitalization projects that will serve generations to
come,” said Sharon Marr, executive director.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Christian Classics Choir of
Cleveland makes its debut
appearance at First United
Methodist Church on North
Ocoee Street in the Red-Back
Hymnal Sing starting at 6
tonight. The choir meets for
rehearsal each Tuesday from 5 to
7 p.m. at the Pentecostal
Theological Seminary Chapel.
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Kay McDaniel will be the
speaker Tuesday, 7 a.m., for the
His Hands Extended Ministries’
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The
Bradley
County
Democratic Party will meet
Monday at 7 p.m. at the
Cleveland/Bradley Public Library
in the community room. The purpose
is reviewing the new
bylaws, discussion of and making plans for the future activities
and plans for improving the
methods of communicatons.
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Echoes of Mercy Baptist
Church will have a yard sale to
support mission teams from the
church to go to the Philippines on
May 2 through May 7.
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The
Bradley
County
Democratic Women’s will meet
Monday
at 6 p.m. at the
Cleveland Bradley Public Library
community room for elections of
new officers.
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The Meigs County Republican
party will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m.
in the commission room of the
Meigs County Courthouse.
devotional at Garden Plaza, 3500
Keith St.
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Mount Paran Missionary
Baptist Church, 1319 Moss Drive
in Chattanooga, will have its
2015 Spring Revival — Spiritual
and Social Transformation April
Sunday through Wednesday, 7
nightly. Speakers will include
Steve Caudle, William Terry Ladd
III, Wayne L. Johnson and Randy
Jacks.
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Heart Strings will sing at Four
Point Baptist Church at 6
tonight.
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Abundant Life Church will
have a special singing at 6
tonight with Scott Nelson and
family singing.
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Toddler has no kidneys;
family hopes for transplant
Contributed photo
STAFF MEMBERS of the 10th District Children’s Advocacy Center are shown with this year’s
pinwheel garden. The 253 pinwheels mark the 253 children the staff worked with last year. Staff
members include, from left, intern Brandy Watson, intern Elizabeth Whitwell, Executive Director
Teresa Grant, intern Sofi Jarquin, and family advocate Kristen Bowers.
Contributed photo
SEVERAL CASE WORKERS for the 10th District Children’s Advocacy Center are shown
above. They include, from left, Angel Berrios, a therapist; Lesley Brackett, a therapist; Krista
Oswalt, an assistant district attorney; Detective Andy Wattenbarger of the Cleveland police
Department; Executive Director Teresa Grant; and detective Kevin White of the Bradley County
Sheriff’s Office. On the front row, from left, are Juquita Constant of the Tennessee Department of
Children’s Services; detective Daniel Gibbs of the Cleveland Police Department; and DeAnna
Brooks, Brittany Olenick and Jillian Shaw, all from the DCS.
HOPE Center to hold candlelight
vigil Monday at the Courthouse
By LARRY C. BOWERS
Banner Staff Writer
The 10th Judicial District’s
Children’s Advocacy Center (or
HOPE Center) will be involved
in a number of activities during the final half of the April,
which is National Child Abuse
Prevention Month.
The four staff members of
the HOPE Center (Health,
Opportunity, Protection and
Encouragement), work with
children who have been sexually and/or severely physically
abused, or who are witnesses
to a violent crime.
One of the staff’s projects
again this year is the establishment of a pinwheel garden
outside the center’s offices in
Executive Park, above the
Mountain View Inn.
There are 253 pinwheels in
the garden, one for each of the
children the agency worked
with in 2014.
The Children’s Advocacy
Center works with local law
enforcement agencies, the
Tennessee Department of
Children’s Services and the
District Attorney’s Office in the
10th Judicial District.
“We’re a multidevelopmental
team,” said Kristen Bowers,
the family advocate at the
Children’s Advocacy Center.
The center has four staff
members in Cleveland and
Athens, with its cases referred
by area law enforcement agencies and/or the Tennessee
Children’s Services staff.
The week of April 20 is
National Crime Victims Rights
Week, and the Advocacy
Center is having a candlelight
vigil at the Bradley County
Courthouse.
The event will begin at 6
p.m. on April 20 in partnership
with the Family Violence
Program and the District
Attorney’s office.
Tenth District DA Stephen
Crump will be the speaker,
and T-shirts will be provided
by the Victims of Family
Violence’s Clothesline Project.
On Saturday, April 25, the
Advocacy Center will join in
the “Healthy Kids Day” program at the Cleveland Family
YMCA.
17 prosecutors say law helping
deter drug-dependent births
NASHVILLE (AP) — A majority
of Tennessee prosecutors asked
about a new law that has drawn
criticism for allowing assault
charges against mothers of
drug-addicted newborns say it
is having a positive effect.
According to a statewide survey done by the Tennessee
Department of Safety, more
than half of state prosecutors
said they were seeing positive
results. The agency released
results last week showing that
17 prosecutors thought the
threat of jail was deterring more
drug-dependent births, while
seven thought it wasn’t helping
and six didn’t respond, The
Tennessean reported.
Meanwhile, data shows the
number of drug-addicted babies
born in Tennessee is still on the
increase.
In a letter that accompanied
the survey, Department of
Safety
Commissioner
Bill
Gibbons said criminal charges
were “used sparingly and selectively” in the six months the law
was in effect last year.
Monroe County District
Attorney Steven Crump says he
thinks the law is necessary, but
he doesn’t use it often.
“We’ve tried to be very sparing
in the use of the statute,” he
said. “We’ve tried to stay away
from cases where there was a
significant question in our
minds as to whether or not
there was the (drug dependence), or where we didn’t feel
like we were going to accomplish anything by charging the
mother in that set of circumstances.”
Since the law went into effect,
Crump’s office has charged
three women, who were all given
diversion instead of jail time.
American Civil Liberties
Union of Tennessee Executive
Director Hedy Weinberg opposes
the law. She says it doesn’t
entice women to get treatment;
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JACKSON (AP) — Josh and
Janna Ferrell said they could not
imagine what raising a child with
health problems would be like.
They watched “Teen Mom”
together at their home in Milan
and wondered how difficult it
must be. In May 2012, they got
firsthand experience when their
second daughter, Aubrey, was
born with a kidney disease.
Janna said the first signs there
might be an issue with Aubrey’s
kidneys came before she was
even born. She said the doctors
did tests and found potential
problems.
“They told us that it was possible that she may have something
wrong with her kidneys, that she
might have a kidney disease, and
we’d have to wait until she was
born and do an ultrasound,”
Janna said.
She said Aubrey was born
early at 34 weeks and weighed
three pounds, 11 ounces. She
was kept in the hospital for a few
weeks, and the ultrasound was
done.
“They told us everything was
normal,” Janna said. “We went
on with our lives thinking, we
made it through without any
trouble.”
Janna said over the next few
weeks, Aubrey stopped growing
and gaining weight. Josh said he
could tell something was off with
her development.
“It’s hard to explain; it just
wasn’t quite right,” he said.
When Aubrey was three
months old, the Ferrells decided
to take her to Le Bonheur
Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
Janna said after a week at the
hospital, Aubrey was diagnosed
with congenital nephrotic syndrome, a rare kidney disease.
“Le Bonheur had not seen her
disease in twenty-something
years,” Josh said. “That’s scary
when the best children’s hospital
around doesn’t know what to do.”
Janna said Aubrey had begun
to swell and have difficulty
breathing from fluid buildup in
her body. Because of her disease,
she was losing protein, and it
was affecting her thyroid,
immune system and growth.
“Her kidney was filtering all of
the good stuff as well,” Josh said.
The doctors determined that
Aubrey needed to have a kidney
removed. They did the surgery
and put in a feeding tube and a
central line for IV access. Six
weeks later, the Ferrells went
home.
Josh said his insurance would
not pay for transplants outside
seven specific hospitals in the
country. After some research,
they decided to take Aubrey to
Boston Children’s Hospital in
Massachusetts.
“If we’re going to have to go
somewhere, we decided to go to
the best place in the United
States,” Josh said.
The family moves back and
forth from Boston whenever
Aubrey needs specific care.
Josh said caring for Aubrey
takes up almost all of Janna’s
time. She had to quit her job as a
nurse to care for her. He said
because of all the things that
have to be done for Aubrey, they
cannot hire a babysitter or send
her to daycare.
Janna said Aubrey’s immune
system is compromised because
of her disease, and she has been
hospitalized for pneumonia,
dehydration and other sicknesses.
“You get normal stomach bug,
and you have it for 24 hours,”
she said. “Aubrey will get it, and
she’ll be sick for three weeks.”
In January, Aubrey had to
have her second kidney removed.
She now has a dialysis catheter
in her abdomen and has to go
through dialysis every night.
Aubrey needs a kidney transplant for her body to work normally.
“I was going to give her my kidney,” Janna said.
She said she went through the
tests, but both of her kidneys
have two arteries, which would
create a clotting risk in a baby.
“It would be fine for an adult,
but not for her,” she said.
Janna said Aubrey is too small
to go through regular hemodialysis like an adult kidney patient
would. Instead, for 12 hours
each night, a solution flows into
her abdomen and soaks up tox-
ins typically removed by kidneys.
Janna said the dialysis makes
Aubrey very tired.
“Aubrey doesn’t know how to
walk,” Janna said. “She’ll be two
in May, and she can’t walk. She
can’t crawl. She doesn’t eat ...
She’s just not able to do the typical things that she should do.”
Janna said it is sad to see
other kids do things that Aubrey
cannot do. She said Aubrey goes
to physical therapy, occupational
therapy and speech therapy
every week.
“She’s getting there,” Janna
said.
Aubrey has another kidney
donor lined up who is going
through testing now. Josh and
Janna said they are hopeful that
the donor will be cleared, and
Aubrey can get a transplant in
the next few weeks.
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California man guilty of accessory
charge in Vanderbilt rape
NASHVILLE (AP) — A
California man has pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor accessory charge in the June 2013 rape
of a Vanderbilt University student by football players.
Miles Finley was friends with
Brandon Vandenburg, who was
convicted in January of multiple
counts of aggravated rape.
Finley testified at trial that
Vandenburg sent him text messages and videos of the assault
as it was happening. The 21year-old said Vandenburg later
came to California and confiscated his cell phone.
Finley originally was changed
with evidence tampering.
Defense attorney Bernie
McEvoy said Finley pleaded
guilty on Friday to attempted
accessory after the fact.
Appearing via Internet video from
Palm Desert, Finley was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days
unsupervised probation. The
charge can be expunged if he
stays out of trouble during that
time.
Man who went on 9-day killing
spree in 1977 denied parole
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A
convicted California serial killer
who went on a nine-day rampage
that claimed the lives of four people has been denied parole and
cannot reapply for seven years.
Brett Matthew Paul Thomas,
now 56, and his friend, Mark
Titch, were convicted in 1977
after committing the murders
during robbery or burglary
attempts in Orange County.
Thomas, who was 18 at the
time, and Titch, who was 17,
were both sentenced to life with
the possibility of parole. Titch
died behind bars last year.
The two were neighbors at a
Stanton apartment complex that
the police had dubbed “The Zoo”
because of the criminal activity
there, City News Service reported.
Their first victim was Laura
Stoughton, 20, who interrupted
the pair on Jan. 21, 1977, as
they were breaking into her
home.
They abducted her and drove
to an abandoned field, where
Titch shot her at close range with
a stolen .22-caliber rifle.
Three days later, the two killed
Ephraim Jacob Christian, 35,
during a botched robbery at
Rockview Dairy.
Five days after that, Thomas
and Titch followed the owner of a
billiards hall to his home with a
plan to rob him.
They gunned down Aubrey
Duncan at his home, and then
shot his 18-year-old daughter,
Denise, in the heart after her
mother opened the door to find
out what was going on.
Duncan’s wife and two other
daughters survived, as did an
11-year-old daughter who was at
a neighbor’s house.
Fla. Panhandle police: Man with
gun fatally shot by officers
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) —
Authorities
in
Florida’s
Panhandle say a man has died
after being shot by a police officer.
Panama City Police say officers
responded early Saturday to a
report of a man carrying “a long
gun.” Police tell The News Herald
that after the officers repeatedly
ordered the man to put down his
gun, “the suspect engaged officers and they returned fire.”
Police say the man was shot
and taken to a hospital, where he
was pronounced dead. The suspect’s name has not been
released.
A message left by The
Associated Press for a police
spokesman was not immediately
returned. The News Herald
reports that the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement
is investigating.
Charges dismissed against
Missouri officer in shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —
Prosecutors have dismissed
charges against a Missouri police
officer who was indicted in the
nonfatal shooting of a man during an arrest last summer, saying
they wouldn’t have been able to
get a conviction.
The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said late Friday that it
dropped the case against 31year-old Jacob Ramsey, who was
indicted in February on charges
of first-degree assault and armed
criminal action in the June 24
shooting of 37-year-old Anthony
Contreras.
“Like all prosecutors, we have
a duty to be convinced that evidence supports a defendant’s
guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt,”
Jackson
County
Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker
said in the news release. “Our
subsequent investigation con-
vinced us that burden could not
be met.”
Prosecutors say Contreras was
suspected in a string of 31 thefts
from tractor-trailers when an
officer saw him on the porch of a
home. The officer yelled at him
“Anthony Stop!” but Contreras
went inside. Contreras then
emerged from the back door,
where Ramsey and another officer were stationed. Ramsey said
he ordered Contreras to show his
hands.
According to a summary of
Baker’s findings, Ramsey said he
fired on Contreras because
Contreras’ right arm dipped and
he thought he was reaching for a
gun. Ramsey’s shot struck the
left side of Contreras’ face, seriously injuring his jaw, teeth and
tongue.
Teen girl to stay in adult jail
until trial in mom’s murder
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A
judge has ruled that an eighthgrade girl accused of conspiring
with her soldier boyfriend by text
message to have her mother
killed will remain in adult jail
while awaiting trial.
Lehigh County Judge Maria
Dantos on Friday denied a
defense petition to return 14year-old Jamie Silvonek to the
juvenile facility where she was
initially sent after the body of 54year-old Cheryl Silvonek was discovered last month, according to
both the prosecutor and defense
attorney.
District Attorney Jim Martin
had opposed the petition on
behalf of the teenager, who is
charged as an adult with homicide and criminal conspiracy.
Her boyfriend, Caleb Barnes, 20,
who is from El Paso, Texas, but
was stationed at Fort Meade,
Maryland, is charged with homicide.
Cheryl Silvonek’s body was
found with stab wounds in a
shallow grave about 50 miles
northwest of Philadelphia, and
her vehicle partially submerged
in a pond a few miles from the
family home.
Authorities said Barnes and
the teenager met in October,
when she was 13, but she told
him she was 17. The teen’s mother found out about their relationship in early March and ordered
them to end it. A day later, the
teen told Barnes in a text, “I want
her gone,” police said.
Defense
attorney
John
Waldron, however, maintains
that the teenager must have been
under “some type of duress or
coercion,” citing the age difference. He also said she wept and
told him how much she missed
her mother and that she feared
for her life and that of her father.
County officials say Jamie
Silvonek in the women’s housing
unit, away from older inmates.
Florida gyrocopter pilot driving
home to await next hearing
RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) — A mail
carrier is driving back to Florida
to await his next hearing for flying his gyrocopter onto the U.S.
Capitol lawn.
Doug Hughes was charged
with operating an unregistered
aircraft and violating national
airspace after landing his gyrocopter near Congress on
Wednesday.
The 61-year-old told the
Tampa Bay Times on Friday that
he was driving back to his Tampa
Bay-area home. Hughes said he
needs to arrive in Ruskin before
Monday, when his house arrest
begins.
He will wear an electronic
monitoring ankle bracelet until a
May 8 court hearing in
Washington, D.C.
Hughes flew his gyrocopter
onto the Capitol lawn to call
attention to his belief that campaign finance laws are too week.
His wife told The Associated
Press on Friday that Hughes was
a patriot.
Travelers diverted from Denver
get stuck on plane for hours
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(AP) — At least eight planes were
diverted from Denver to Colorado
Springs on Friday because of
weather, and some passengers
were left sitting on the tarmac for
hours.
One of those flights, from
Kansas City, Missouri, kept passengers on the plane for more
than six hours.
Passengers on Flight 4934,
operated by Republic Airlines,
asked to be let off the plane, but
were kept on the tarmac. They
were later taken by bus to
Denver International Airport.
According to KOAA-TV, officials at the Colorado Springs
Airport say they aren’t sure why
the airline didn’t dock the planes
at the gate to let the passengers
off. It would have cost the airline
$73.
Republic Airlines says the
plane had to stay on the ground
because of lightning and weather
disruptions at DIA.
BMW recalling 91,800 Mini
Coopers to fix air bag problem
(AP) — BMW is recalling
91,800 Mini Coopers to fix a
defect that may prevent the air
bag on the front passenger side
of the cars from deploying in a
crash.
The problem affects the 2005
to 2008 models of the Mini
Cooper and Cooper S. BMW says
the air bag may not work properly because of a flam that might
prevent the vehicles’ mat detection system from sensing a passenger sitting in the front seat.
BMW told the National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration that it has been
notified of one minor injury
linked to the defect.
To repair the problem, BMW
will replace the detection mat in
the affected models for free. The
recall will begin May 1.
Vehicle owners can get further
information at 1-888-327-4236
or http://www.safercar.gov .
Caged puppies on car roof
trigger dozens of 911 calls
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police
finally caught up with a minivan
carrying four caged puppies on
its roof after dozens of calls
poured in to 911 centers in
northeast Ohio.
Akron police say the driver
didn’t realize he did anything
wrong by leaving the mixedbreed puppies on the roof. He
said Friday he was transporting
them for his father, who couldn’t
keep them. He was taking the 3month-old puppies to his wife’s
family in Pennsylvania, some 300
miles away.
He, his wife and their four children were inside the minivan.
The Mennonite family from Nova,
Ohio, turned over the dogs to
police, who said they would be
given to the Humane Society of
Greater Akron.
The Akron Beacon Journal
reports police didn’t charge the
man, but educated him on proper transportation of animals. The
puppies appeared shaken, but
fine otherwise.
Police: Man shot, killed
by Chicago officer
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago
police have shot and killed a man
in the city’s South Shore neighborhood after officers said he
pointed a gun at them.
The
Chicago
Police
Department Office of News
Affairs said in a statement early
Saturday that officers heard
shots fired at about 10:10 p.m.
Friday and saw a van driving
away. A male passenger jumped
out of the van and began running.
Deputy Chief Dana Alexander
told WLS-TV the man, whose
identity and age were not
released, pointed a gun at the
officers and was told to drop it.
She said one officer fired two
shots.
The news release said a
weapon was recovered at the
scene and no officers were
injured.
The shooting is under investigation. The Independent Police
Review Authority could not be
reached Saturday morning.
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Attorneys seek dismissal of
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a Chicago-area man charged
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State group in Syria are seeking
the dismissal of the charges.
Lawyers
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Downtown business opportunities explored by Council
By JOYANNA LOVE
Exploring options for new business in the downtown area is getting discussion by the Cleveland City
Council.
During a recent budget planning work session, the
Cleveland City Council discussed having a downtown hotel/convention center market feasibility
study conducted.
“This essentially would be a third-party review to
tell us if there is a market for this type of facility,”
Doug Berry, Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of
Commerce vice president for economic development,
said.
City staff included $20,000 from the sales tax
budget to fund the study in the 2015-2016 budget
proposal.
A proposal by Hotel & Leisure Advisors outlines
their research plan. This would include traveling to
downtown, developing objectives of the facility,
speaking with community shareholders, local hotel
owners and potential customers.
This company, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one
that has worked with Whirlpool on projects in the
past.
A downtown hotel had been mentioned in previous
meetings as the CityCouncil discussed the possibility
of converting The Summit into a hotel. The building,
which was once the Cherokee Hotel, is one of several
historic downtown buildings.
The company could also conduct an economic
impact study to outline how such a facility would
impact the downtown area, if the second phase of the
study was approved.
Berry said there are options the City Council can
consider when deciding how to move forward. He
emphasized the importance of keeping the downtown
area successful.
“We are not achieveing full revenue earnings
potential that we could on some of our existing
assets that are already in the city. I think that is the
statement we need about redevelopment,” Berry
said.
This can be accomplished by working with property owners of currently empty buildings, he said.
Recently, some of these empty spaces have been
turned into apartments. Berry said incentives for
redevelopment in the downtown area should also be
considered.
“Incentivize the residential, which ... encourages
the restaurants to stay open in the evenings,” Berry
said.
The Old Woolen Mill was cited as a local example
of a building owner driving redevelopment of an
abandoned site. Berry said effective partnerships are
key to success of redevelopment in downtown and
surrounding areas.
Councilman Bill Estes said redevelopment of the
downtown area had the potential to give the city a
“better return on investment” than even the Spring
Branch Industrial park.
“As we finish off this project (Spring Branch
Industrial Park) and we need to finish this project off,
we need to turn our attention and efforts to the redevelopment,” Estes said.
Berry said Whirlpool is willing to partner in the
future of the site.
“I am happy to say that Whirlpool has jumped in
now. Since they have vacated the site, they have initiated their own review from the developer, landscape, architecture standpoint to look at what they
think they can accomplish on behalf of their partnership with the community in redevelopment of those
sites,” Berry said.
He pointed to Benton Harbor, Mich., as a successful redevelopment of a former Whirlpool site. Mixed
use, not large manufacturing, is most likely what will
be coming to the site.
Berry said the site does have some potential for
smaller “local, entrepreneurial” industries. Estes
commented this kind of industry was a good fit with
the location’s proximity to downtown.
“The reality is we have 850 acres of potential
impact area when you look at the adjoining neighborhoods,” Berry said. “We have a lot of environmental assesments that have to occur in non-Whirlpool
areas.”
A 10- to 20-year plan would need to be drafted to
fully make use of the Whirlpool site and surrounding
areas, Berry said. Preliminary discussions have
begun.
“Every city I have been in all through this past
month it is all about this kind redevelopment,” Estes
said. “It’s not just the right thing to do, but I think
the return, the economic impact will be so much
greater than just new construction out on the interstate.”
He said these efforts in other areas have been driven by private investment, not government funding.
With recent state laws restricting how cities can
annex additional land to grow their boundaries,
Berry said redevelopment will be crucial to future
growth.
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that were not crucial to the completion that could be eliminated
to cut costs.
“As of today they are still
working on the final figures, so
we are not going to be able to
make a recommendation,”
Patten said. “What we hope to do
is have that worked out in the
next week or two.”
State funding has been
approved for the engineering
portion of the runway extension
project. The Cleveland Regional
Jetport is requesting $2 million
for completion of the project.
Fidler said the state portion of
this project likely would not be
funded until the 2016 -2017 fiscal year.
“Their (Tennessee department
of Transportation Aeronautics
division) funds for the current
fiscal year are not coming in as
they had projected,” Patten said
The airport also has concerns
about how pending legislation at
the state level could impact
future funding. House Bill1147
and Senate Bill 0982 would set a
maximum on how much tax one
business would pay on aviation
fuel. FedEx currently pays more
than 50 percent of the aviation
fuel taxes collected in the state.
Board member LeRoy Rymer
and Fidler pointed out this tax is
directly linked to something they
need to operate, not simply an
extra tax on the business.
Patten said this would mean
“a tremendous cut” in the state
funding available for aviation
projects.
“I’ve talked to some of my
friends in the Legislature and
they think it is probably going to
pass,” Patten said.
The most recent amendment
to the bill would set the cap just
over $21.3 million in the next
fiscal year and $17.7 million the
following year.
Patten said if the bill passes,
FedEx would pay $12 million
less in aviation fuel tax in the
first year. Patten said the situation should be studied further
before a bill is voted on.
“I think they are being short
sighted in pushing this
through,” Patten said.
Board member Steve Wright
said if the Legislature was going
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Initial estimates put the cost
of the facility at $2.8 million and
the resolution calls for it to be
funded for the next fiscal year.
Tenth
District
Attorney
General Steve Crump and local
judges have all expressed their
support for the building.
Now, another part of the judiciary process has expressed its
vocal appreciation for the effort
and hoped for result.
Alvin Word III, grand jury
foreman, said in a letter to commissioners this week it took
months of “dedicated time and
effort to bring together a consensus that our county is in
need of the workhouse and work
release program.”
He noted the grand jury itself
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to pass this, they should include
a way to make up the difference
in funding in the bill. Some are
concerned that if the bill does
not pass, FedEx will move its
Memphis operations to an out of
state location. Fidler said he did
not think that would happen.
Rymer said if the bill passed,
it would have a long-term negative impact on economic development, because municipal airports would not have the necessary funding to upgrade airports
to meet growing demands.
On Friday, the bill was placed
on the Senate Regular Calendar
for consideration on Tuesday.
The bill will be considered by
the House Finance Ways and
Means subcommittee on the
same day.
The sales tax on aviation fuel
in Tennessee is 4.5 percent.
An anonymous letter sent to
the city has negatively impacted
local revenue from the jetport.
The letter writer took issues
with the jetport allowing the
Sports Car Club of America to
hold events on the tarmac
because it was not an aviation
related event.
Fidler said the meetings have
been temporarily suspended
until Fidler receives a response
from the Federal Aviation
Administration.
Fidler said he was writing a
response to the letter for consideration by the FAA. He also
noted there are other airports in
the country that allow similar
events on their property.
A
contract for the club to hold
monthly events at the jetport
was approved by the board at a
previous meeting. The contract
was expected to bring in revenue
of $19,800 at $1,800 per event.
The board approved a $1.2
million budget for consideration
by the Cleveland City Council.
Continual rain has postponed
flights for the 10 students
enrolled in the FBO’s flight
school.
Consideration of the Cleveland
Regional Jetport as an extension
of the Chattanooga port has
been reviewed by the New
Orleans customs office and has
been passed on to the Memphis
office for consideration.
Management Agency, the Bradley
County EMS as well as Constables
Wayne Henry and Steve Anderson.
“We are not giving up,” Watson
said at the end of a long day. “We
will keep trying — hoping to find a
lead that will help this man home
to his family.”
The sheriff asked that anyone
with any information that could
help to contact the sheriff’s department at 423-728-7300.
Volunteers from “Cleveland 100”
provided food for the volunteers in
the search or the missing man.
Brenda Lawson, president of
“Cleveland 100,” along with
Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland
and his wife, Sandra, took the food
to the command post Saturday
afternoon. The food was courtesy
Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES of Cooke’s Food Store.
“Cooke’s has been extremely
PASToR GARy SEARS of Mount Olive Ministries leads searchers in prayer prior to beginning their
task of finding Bryan Keith Smith who has been missing for almost two weeks. BCSO Det. Bradon generous to the efforts of
‘Cleveland 100’ and emergency
Edwards (left) and Sheriff Eric Watson join in with the prayers.
services,” Rowland said.
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“They call and report these people. They call and report crime,”
he said.
Watson said one of the biggest
burglary rings involving 128 cases
in the county was solved with one
phone call.
“A lady called. She knew a vehicle in her neighborhood didn’t
belong there,” he said. “It’s
through that type of relationship
with the community and building
that type of trust these cases are
being solved.”
Watson said it is a reason he
feels the quarterly town hall meetings are so important.
“We want to hear the concerns
of the community. We want to
know what we can do better to
serve the people,” he said.
The sheriff also gave credit to
“the hard work of our officers.”
“They are hard workers. They
don’t complain to work or work
overtime if needed to solve someone’s burglary or theft. They go
the extra mile,” Watson said.
He noted there has been “time
after time” when BCSO officers
have fed people “out of their own
pocket.”
“There was a situation a few
weeks ago where two of our offi-
cers found a family with a 3month-old baby living underneath
a bridge,” he said. “They took
them to a hotel and paid for them
to stay out of their own pocket
until we could get a church to
help.”
“They don’t do it for fame and
glory. I didn’t know anything
about it until I heard it through
the rumor mill. We did congratulate and recognize their efforts in
helping those less fortunate,” he
said.
Watson said the success the
recent numbers show is because
“everybody has come together” in
the department.
“They have seen the goals of
this department,” he said. “I set
some pretty tough goals on day
one and a lot of sleepless nights
determining how to distribute the
work load around the department,
what kind of tools can make the
officers’ jobs better and have good
communication with the public.”
“We can have all the tools, cameras and forensic equipment in
the world. But, 80 percent of our
crimes are solved through the
public’s help,” Watson said. “Then
it’s up to the officers to put those
pieces together. That’s their job.”
than 10 percent of the total
respondents saying that qualification is “critical.”
Both surveys did rank highly
the need for a new director to
have served as a principal.
More than three-fourths of the
total respondents ranked that
qualification as “critical” or
“important.”
Those same rankings were also
reflected in the importance of the
director having prior experience
as a teacher.
Board members reading the
survey will see some pointed
remarks about their past actions
— especially from the survey’s
answered from within the system.
Seventeen out of the 140 comments in the internal survey referenced a dissatisfaction with the
loss of former Director of Schools
Johnny McDaniel.
There were two specific recommendations for director mentioned in the comments.
Walker Valley High School
Principal Danny Coggins and current Interim Director Scott
Humberd were both given high
marks on a few of the comments
to be elevated to the director’s
post.
There were also suggestions the
board should go outside the current system.
“Sometimes an objective, fresh,
unbiased view is what is needed
to repair and bring unity,” one
commentator wrote.
Throughout the comments,
there are some direct criticisms of
the board itself.
While those criticisms were not
in the majority, it was numerous
enough to be notable.
“I find it funny that the board is
now interested in the teachers’
input when then teachers were
not included in any of the discussion regarding what has recently
occurred on the board and in our
district,” wrote one internal commentator. “The teachers are the
glue holding the district together,
yet our opinions never seem to
matter.”
“What I really want to see in a
director or a board of education
that supports him/her without
personal power control issues
and vendettas,” another wrote.
The 15th and last comment
submitted from the public seems
to be a summary of all the others:
“The school board needs to hit
a home run with the next choice
for director of schools. Prove to us
that politics is not a factor and
make the best choice for Bradley
County schools.”
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almost mirrored each other.
“Proven leader” was tops with
a score of 3.03 from the public
and 3.27 from the internal.
“Effective
communication”
was second on both with scores
of 2.83 from the public and 2.47
from the internal.
Both surveys marked the subject of experience as their third
place selection.
Public attitude toward the
need to be skilled in technology
and social media was slightly
higher than that of those within
the system.
Both surveys scored almost
equally and highly it is important for the new director to have
a proven record for improving
student achievement.
However, both surveys did not
rate highly the need for prior
experience as a director with less
recommended in 2012 the project be a priority “for the benefit
of all Bradley County citizens.”
In his letter, Word wanted to
personally thank the workhouse
committee “for all their time and
effort spent in time and travel to
make this much need facility a
reality.”
“The commissioners, led by
Louie Alford, and our County
Mayor, Gary Davis, have provided great insight to the grand
jury and to the workhouse committee,” Word wrote.
“It is our belief and understanding that this program will
help with the overcrowding of
our current jail facility and give
those who are sentenced to this
program an opportunity, with a
non-violent conviction to pay
their debt to society, keep a job,
get a GED if needed to get a job
and to be given a direction, if
wanted to find their moral compass for their life,” he continued.
“The vast majority of these
men and women are good people
who have made one or more bad
choices. I am glad to have been
part of this program that over
time will be of great benefit and
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legislative delegation than you
have on this subject.”
He said promoting the needs
of those special people is “not an
easy sell.”
“These are not mandatory
services,” Henry said. “We make
little wins all the time that we
celebrate. I don’t think there has
been any group that has the ear
of the state legislature like people with disabilities.”
He said in tough budget years
as it is currently “it’s very difficult to remain with the money
you’ve got.”
“We’re always appreciative of
what the legislature does for us,”
he said.
Henry also said the same for
the directors and staff of Life
Bridges.
“Every community that has
facilities like this is a reflection
of that community and how they
really care about people who are
less fortunate,” Henry said. “I
seem to think that people will
care if they know about it.”
He said dealing with their
son’s difficulties “is still fresh in
our memories.”
“Everything we do has been
molded around our relationship
with John,” he said.
Henry said he started out
teaching before going to the real
estate business.
“If anybody had told me then
I’d be doing what I’m doing
today, I’d never have believed
them,” he said.
He recalled his years as a
state legislator and Republican
House minority leader where he
became the chief advocate for
people with disabilities.
“For 12 years, that was my
main business because I got
there and a state senator not of
my party told me to learn something no one else knows and I
would be the resident expert,”
he recalled. “I thought about it
and became the champion for
people with disabilities.”
Henry said this position will
end his public service career
which allows him the luxury to
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GAtHERING At LIfE BRIdGES during DCS Commissioner Jim Henry’s visit are pictured from left to
right: Eddie Cartwright, Life Bridges board member; John Craven, East TN Regional Director of the
Deptartment of Intellectual Disabilities; Diana Jackson, Life Bridges CEO; Sandy Holder - DCS
Tennessee Valley director; Mrs. Jim (Pat) Henry; Nancy Bouroney, Commissioner Henry's sister; DCS
Commissioner Jim Henry; state Rep. Dan Howell; Bob McIntire, Life Bridges board member; state Rep.
Kevin Brooks; Ginger Davis, Life Bridges CFO; Ken Webb, Life Bridges board member; and Dr.
Raymond Brown, Life Bridges Board chairman.
say what he thinks — even to
the governor.
“He’s been nothing but supportive,” he said.
Henry also mentioned the
continuing debate over the governor’s Insure Tennessee program.
“Let me tell you something.
That will make a difference in
children’s lives in Tennessee. It
will make a difference of people
here [at Life Bridges].”
He said for individuals to be
able to get mental health services who are struggling to keep
their children “is huge.”
“I’ve just got a feeling somewhere along the road, we’re
going to come up in the right
place. I’ve not given up on it.
We’ve just got to work on it,” he
said. “It’s a very controversial
issue, but I think we’ll be fine
with it. It will open up some
opportunities for people — especially children with disabilities
and people in state custody.”
Henry said he was appreciative of the work Life Bridges has
done during its 42-year history.
“This is really a special com-
munity,” he said.
Henry will be honored in
Washington, D.C. on April 22 by
the organization ChildHelp.
The commissioner and his
senior staff will be honored with
the ChildHelp Voice of the
Children Award
at the
Childhelp National Day of Hope
celebration at the Nation’s capital.
“The outstanding work that
Jim and his team are doing for
Tennessee’s at-risk children and
families should be brought to
the forefront,” said Sara
O’Meara, co-founder, CEO and
chairman of the board for
Arizona-based organization.
Mrs. Henry noted that date
will be the anniversary of their
son’s passing.
“We think John had something to do with it,” she said.
The presentation will be made
by U.S. Sens. John McCain and
Dianne Feinstein.
That fact made Henry joke, “If
they can agree on anything,
that’s not bad.”
Life Bridges CEO Diana
Jackson said she was apprecia-
tive of the commissioner’s visit
and recognized the support of
the board and staff.
“We have a strong board with
over 175 years of service when
you combine the directors we
have,” said Life Bridges CEO
Diana Jackson. “We’re excited.
Life Bridges has grown. We are a
staff who is blessed to do what
we love and get paid for it and
be able to something we feel is a
calling on our lives. It’s turned
into a legacy for us and how
grateful we are.”
The agency is the 13th largest
employer in the county with 500
employees and serves 170 in day
programs and 120 in residential
settings including supported living and group homes.
During their visit, the Henrys
toured
the
Sheltered
Employment Center where people are able to do work and learn
how to adapt and be able to
work in real-world circumstances.
Many of them do work part
time in area businesses such as
Cormetech
and
SkyRidge
Medical Center.
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Highway abuzz with millions of bees after big truck tips
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A
tractor-trailer carrying millions
of honeybees overturned on a
highway north of Seattle early
Friday, scattering hives and
sending white-suited beekeepers
scrambling to save as many
insects as they could.
The truck had just merged
onto Interstate 5 around 3:30
a.m. when it tipped on its side,
dumping its load of 448 hives, or
about 13.7 million bees,
Washington State Patrol Trooper
Travis Shearer said. The driver, a
36-year-old man from Idaho, was
not hurt.
The company that owns the
insects, Belleville Honey and
Beekeeping
Supply
of
Burlington, sent beekeepers to
recover as many as possible, and
bees covered their protective
suits as they worked.
The bees became more active
as the sun rose and the weather
warmed, and firefighters had to
spray a layer of foam on some of
the boxes, killing the insects for
safety.
Many of the hives were still
along the highway more than
seven hours after the accident,
when a front-end loader began
scooping them up and dumping
them into a dump truck, Shearer
said. The majority of the hives
had been crushed.
The bees were being transported from Sunnyside, in central
Washington, to a blueberry farm
in Lynden, a city near the
Canadian border about 100
miles north of Seattle, Shearer
said. Their job: pollinating crops.
First responders and reporters
alike swatted at the bees as they
tried to do their jobs.
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explosion released from hospital
Leigh Ellington
Banner photo, JOYANNA LOVE
VANESSA HAMMOND of Lee University presents community chair Debbie Melton with a plaque of appreciation.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pacific
Gas & Electric Co. investigators
were at the scene Saturday of a
natural gas pipeline blast at a
sheriff’s gun range, as four of the
11 people injured in the explosion
were released from the hospital.
The victims included two
Fresno County sheriff’s deputies,
a public works employee and
eight jail inmates, according to
sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti.
The deputies and two of the
inmates were released. The public works employee and another
inmate were in critical condition,
with the inmate’s condition considered life-threatening, Botti
said.
Friday’s explosion on a PG&E
pipe occurred at the Fresno
County sheriff’s gun range while
the county employee was using a
front-loader to build a dirt berm
to confine gunfire to the range,
sheriff’s officials said.
A group of county jail inmates
was doing cleanup work about 50
feet away, Botti said.
The explosion sent flames towering over Highway 99 and
warped 400 feet of nearby railway
line, shutting both down.
It was not clear whether the
front-loader was being used to dig
at the time of the explosion, fire
and sheriff’s officials said.
PG&E’s natural-gas operations
have been under scrutiny since a
fiery 2010 PG&E pipeline blast
killed eight people in the San
Francisco suburb of San Bruno.
National Transportation Safety
Board investigators blamed faulty
safety practices by PG&E, and lax
oversight by state regulators, for
the 2010 blast.
PG&E said the pipeline in
Friday’s incident was buried and
was damaged by a vehicle. The
company was not notified in
advance of any work in the area,
spokesman Nick Stimmel said.
Such advance notice allows
PG&E to mark any gas lines.
Sheriff Margaret Mims said
PG&E had previously marked the
location of gas lines in the construction zones.
PG&E crews planned to cap
the line on Saturday so they
could remove the damaged section, Stimmel said.
Crews were expected to complete repairs and reopen the
freight rail line that was damaged
on Saturday, Union Pacific
spokesman Francisco Castillo
said.
The California Public Utilities
Commission said it was also
investigating the explosion in
cooperation with the federal
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration.
Great Strides Walk, 65 Roses
raises $74,147 for CF Foundation Last 2 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders giving
By JOYANNA LOVE
Lee University and its community partners celebrated
raising $74,147 for the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation with a
luncheon Friday.
The funds were raised by
teams participating in the 2015
Great Strides Walk and 65
Roses 5K.
The top team this year was a
joint venture by Garden Plaza
of Cleveland and Life Care
Centers of Cleveland. Together
they raised more than $6,000.
The top student team was
the Lee U Student Leadership
Council raising $2,230.
Some of the teams that participate are family members of
someone who has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The
top CF family team this year
was Dalton’s Gang, which
raised more than $4,200.
“Dalton is a young boy in our
community with CF,” Vanessa
Hammond of Lee University
said.
She said it means a lot to
those in the community who
have CF to see a group of people who care.
“I talked to another mom.
She has a little boy named
Lucas. She said, ‘It has been so
supportive to her and her family to know how many people
care
and
participate,’”
Hammond said.
Lucas’ CF team was named
Lucas’ Avengers.
There a total of 28 teams
that participated.
“One of the goals of Great
Strides is to raise awareness
about
cystic
fibrosis,”
Hammond said.
According to the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation website,
“Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lifethreatening genetic disease
that primarily affects the lungs
and digestive system.”
“Your community has truly
opened your arms and
embraced the cause,” Leigh
Ellington, director of development for the Tennessee Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, said.
She said because of the
efforts “decades of life” have
been added for CF families. The
ultimate goal is a one-time
treatment cure.
“I am excited to say that it is
within reach,” Ellington said.
Lee University’s student
coordinator for the event was
Amy Marona. Debbie Melton
served as community chair.
“It was wonderful to work
with you Debbie, and she
helped us tremendously with
sponsorships,” Hammond said.
Hammond presented Melton
with a plaque of appreciation
for her “generous service.”
On July 5, the FDA will make
a decision on a new drug for
treatment of the disease. If
approved, this drug would
shorten the treatment time to
get the disease under control,
she said.
“When we started this 15
years ago, we knew it was a
great opportunity to partner
Lee University with the community,” Mike Hayes, vice president for Student Development,
said. “Great Strides is everyone
pulling together … despite all
the weather challenges (freezing temperatures) we had over
200 walkers that day.”
In the past 15 years, the
Cleveland Great Strides has
raised more than $700,000 for
the cause.
“One of the reasons I think
that cystic fibrosis resonated
as a cause among our students
… was Nathan. He was a young
man who grew up in our community, went to Cleveland high
School, graduated… came to
Lee, graduated … and was so
well loved and respected by the
university family and in the
community
family,”
Lee
University President Dr. Paul
Conn said.
“This is one of the ways that
this cause was personalized for
all of us.”
The Cleveland Great Strides
is the only event out of 600 that
has added a run to accompany
the walk.
top teams
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TOP FUNDRAISING TEAM members for the local 2015 Great Strides, from left, David Dailey
of Garden Plaza, Angie Stiltner of Life Care Center of Cleveland, Edna Leamon of Garden Plaza,
Amy Mchone of Dalton’s Gang and Loren Otten of Lee University’s Student leadership council
stand with community chair Debbie Melton and Leigh Ellington of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
MainStreet Cruise-In returns on Saturday
The MainStreet Cruise-In
opens its 14th season on
Saturday, April 25, from 1 to 6
p.m. in historic downtown
Cleveland
around
the
Courthouse Square.
Join classic car enthusiasts
and see restored cars and other
special interest vehicles as they
line the streets of downtown.
The MainStreet Cruise-In has
grown by an average of 20 percent in the number of cruisers
attending the event over the past
few years.
Last season nearly 600 vehi-
cles a month lined the
Courthouse Square and surrounding streets with participants coming from as far away as
Florida, Illinois, Texas and
Delaware.
Stroll the streets, shop, have
dinner in one of the locally owned
restaurants and enjoy specialty
foods such as funnel cakes, kettle corn, and fried apple pies
from the vendors. Music from
the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s fills
the air, adding to nostalgic
atmosphere.
The swap meet is located in the
parking lot on Broad Street south
of Inman Street. Spaces are free
and are available on a first-come,
first-served basis.
The Cruise-In is free to enter a
vehicle and free to spectators. It
continues on the fourth Saturday
of each month through October.
Anyone interested in joining
the MainStreet Cruisers Car
Club should contact Terry Marr
at 310-1187.
For general information call
the MainStreet office at 4791000 or visit the website at
www.mainstreetcleveland.com.
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congressional medal to Ohio museum
CINCINNATI (AP) — And then
there were two.
Although most of the “Doolittle
Tokyo Raiders” beat long odds 73
years ago, surviving anti-aircraft
fire, crashed planes and vengeful
Japanese soldiers, time has been
taking its own toll. Since their
70th anniversary reunion at the
National Museum of the U.S. Air
Force near Dayton, three more
Raiders have died, two of them
this year.
Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick”
Cole, 99, and Staff Sgt. David
Thatcher, 93, are the last of the
original 80 crew men from the 16
B-25 bombers that attacked
Japan, boosting American morale
and stunning Japan less than five
months after its attack on Pearl
Harbor brought the United States
into World War II. They returned to
the museum in Ohio for a
Saturday event ceremony to present the Raiders’ Congressional
Gold Medal for display.
“It just happens that way, I
guess,” Thatcher, of Missoula,
Montana, said of being one of the
last survivors.
“Something’s just got to give,”
said Cole, a Dayton native who
lives in Comfort, Texas.
The museum’s director, retired
Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, accepted
the medal, the highest honor
Congress can give a civilian, for
them
in
Washington
on
Wednesday. In a video message,
Cole said it was an honor to
receive the medal “on behalf of 78
fallen Raiders who we proudly
served with on that famous raid.”
The latest Raider to fall was Lt.
Col. Robert Hite, who died March
29 at age 95 at a Nashville,
Tennessee, nursing facility. Hite
was also the last of the eight
Raiders who were captured by
Japanese soldiers. Three were executed and a fourth died in captivity. Three other Raiders were killed
soon after the bombing run, as
most crash-landed or had to ditch.
Cole was the co-pilot for their
mission’s leader, James “Jimmy”
Doolittle, in plane No. 1 of the 16.
Thatcher was engineer-gunner
aboard the 7th plane, nicknamed
“The Ruptured Duck,” whose
crew’s crash-landing and evasion
of Japanese troops in China was
depicted in the movie “Thirty
Seconds Over Tokyo.”
Thatcher, who was played by
Robert Walker in the movie while
Spencer Tracy portrayed Doolittle,
chuckled as he recounted how the
Raiders had given little thought at
the time of the raid about earning
a place in history.
“We figured it was just another
bombing mission,” he said in a
phone interview from his home
this week.
In the years afterward, though,
he said, they realized: “It was an
important event in World War II.”
Thatcher, who said he uses a
cane and walker but otherwise is
“getting around OK,” was looking
forward to weekend events including reunions with family members
of the other Raiders to share stories and remembrances.
“You learn something new every
time,” Thatcher said.
Thatcher joined Cole and Lt.
Col. Edward Saylor at the museum less than two years ago for a
public “Final Toast” in which they
lifted specially engraved silver goblets for the traditional toast of their
reunions to those who have gone.
He and Cole planned to do so
again this weekend at a private
gathering, now saluting Hite and
Saylor, who died in January at 94,
among the fallen.
Their medal will go on display in
the diorama about their raid at the
museum, where the director,
Hudson, has pledged their inspirational story “will live on.”
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JASoN ColEmAN, grandson
of the legendary pianist Floyd
Cramer, was in town this week for
a concert spotlighting the songs
his grandfather made famous
with his unique style. Coleman
also did an afternoon performance for local students who
enjoyed singing and dancing
along as he played new hits “Let
It Go,” “Roar,” and “Happy” in his
grandfather’s style. Coleman’s
appearance was part of the the
Bradley Concert series and his
student performance was sponsored by the Allied Arts Council of
the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber
of Commerce.
Facsimile of first Elvis
recording re-released
NASHVILLE (AP) — After anonymously buying Elvis’ first-ever
recording at a January auction,
Jack White is offering a limitedrun vinyl re-release of “My
Happiness” and “That’s When
Your Heartaches Begin” at his
Third Man Records in Nashville.
The 10-inch, 78-rpm facsimile
of the 1953 recording was digitally
transferred from the original
acetate onto new vinyl discs with
no cleanup — pops, crackles and
all.
“It’s exactly what came off the
grooves,” Third Man’s Ben
Blackwell said.
The record is being sold in a
plain paper sleeve because that’s
“what Elvis would have walked out
of Sun with a record in,” Blackwell
said.
“Sun” is, of course, Sun
Records, the legendary Memphis
label operated by Sam Phillips.
Presley paid $4 for the recording.
Six decades later, White paid
$300,000.
Super-fans camped out in front
of Third Man beginning Friday
morning to make sure they could
get their hands on the Elvis record
and other goodies available only
for Record Store Day. That included the first commercially available
vinyl edition of “Get Behind Me
Satan” from White’s former band
The White Stripes. The original
Elvis recording was on display at
Third Man as well.
The first four people in line were
mother-and-son teams from
Cleveland and Indianapolis.
Christina Condor, said her love
affair with White and his store
began about three years ago when
she saw him perform on
“Saturday Night Live.”
“I fell in love with his music and
started buying more and more
albums,” she said. She also introduced her 24-year-old son Maxx
Trevino to the scene.
Although she and Trevino make
the 8-hour drive from Ohio every
few months for special store
events, she has glimpsed White
only rarely on her trips to
Nashville.
“I drove into the curb the first
time I saw him,” she said.
“She dented the bumper,”
Trevino said. “And there was a
Beatles school-girl scream.”
Nicholas Lynch, who was in line
with his mother, Mary Page, said
he moderates a Facebook page for
collectors of Third Man’s records.
He estimated that at least 100
members of the group were in the
line of about 700 people waiting
for the store’s 10 a.m. opening.
Lynch also was one of about 50
customers who had been able to
sign up online to relive the 18year-old Elvis’ recording experience by cutting his own single on
a one-microphone, direct-toacetate setup in Third Man’s Blue
Room.
He planned to play “Baby Please
Don’t Go” and then morph into the
White Stripe’s “Little Bird.”
Once inside the store, Page said
that she, Lynch and Lynch’s girlfriend spent more than $500 on
merchandise. That included a
Record-Store-Day-only version of
the White Stripes album with one
red disc and one white disc. It also
has a lenticular cover — one of
those images that changes as you
move it around.
Nonexclusive versions of the
White Stripes album and the Elvis
record will be released to a wider
audience later this year, Blackwell
said. Among the differences, the
Elvis recording will be cleaned up
and “Get Behind Me Satan” will be
stamped on standard black vinyl.
But for collectors like Condor,
Trevino, Lynch and Page, waiting
in line for 26 hours for the exclusive versions was worth it.
“Why do we do it? Our love of
Jack White,” Condor said. “And
Elvis too.”
Sheriff: Cannot yet arrest
woman bragging of killing cat
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas
sheriff said Saturday that he
could not arrest and charge a veterinarian shown in a Facebook
post bragging about killing a cat
with a bow and arrow unless an
investigation determines the picture of the dead cat is genuine.
Austin County Sheriff Jack
Brandes said he was disturbed by
the image that shows Kristen
Lindsey holding up what she
described as a dead feral tom cat.
He has assigned two deputies and
an investigator to the case.
“I’ve had people calling me from
all over the country expressing
their concern,” Brandes said,
speaking from a pasture while
inspecting his cattle. “I just want
everybody to know several things.
We can’t arrest and charge someone like that based on a picture
on the internet. We have to make
sure that is true and correct.
“Anybody can take a computer
and alter a photograph.”
The operators of the clinic
where Lindsey worked in
Brenham, about 100 miles northwest of Houston, said Friday she
was fired after they learned of the
posting earlier in the week, which
has since been removed, along
with her Facebook account. The
posting prompted hundreds of
phone calls also to the
Washington Animal Clinic.
“We are absolutely appalled,
shocked, upset, and disgusted by
the conduct,” the clinic posted on
its web site. “We do not allow such
conduct and we condemn it in the
strongest possible manner.”
Bruce Buenger told BryanCollege Station television station
KBTX (http://bit.ly/1CWummO
), which first reported the story,
his clinic’s goal was to “try to fix
our black eye and hope that people are reasonable and understand that those actions don’t
anyway portray what we’re for
here.”
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio (AP) —
An Ohio police officer is being
praised for holding his fire even
as a slaying suspect charged
him, saying repeatedly, “shoot
me.”
WLWT-TV
in
Cincinnati
reported (http://bit.ly/1EXuKaK
) the tense moments were captured Thursday on a body camera worn by New Richmond officer Jesse Kidder.
The video shows Kidder
repeatedly backpedaling and
telling 27-year-old Michael
Wilcox he doesn’t want to shoot
him.
“Law enforcement officers all
across the nation have to deal
with split-second decisions that
mean life or death,” Kidder said.
“I wanted to be absolutely sure
before I used deadly force.”
The New Richmond Police
Department Web site says Kidder
had been sworn in to join the village police force last April 16,
after serving in Iraq as a Marine.
One year later, he found himself
facing his toughest police challenge so far. Kidder said dispatchers warned him Wilcox
could try to force a “suicide by
cop.”
“He jumped out and he sprinted toward me. I had my firearm
already drawn ... and I told him
to put his hands up in the air
and he was screaming ... ‘Shoot
me! Shoot me!’ “
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Chair-ries Jubilee — Chair-rie Pickers
CHAIR-RIES JUBILEE celebrated its 17th year on Friday to a packed house at the Museum Center at Five Points. Artists using donated
CHAIR-RIES JUBILEE celebrated its 17th year without a hitch
furniture created masterpieces that follow both form and function and submit them for the annual auction to help raise money for the Allied thanks to the generous volunteers like Bill and Catherine Seymour.
Arts Council.
Bill agrees his wife is a perfect “10.”
Banner photo, HOWARD
PIERCE
MELISSA BARNETT provided
some Tennessee
pride for this
year’s Chair-ries
Jubilee with the
state flag painted
on a half palette.
AS PART OF a STEM project, some of the students from
Tennessee Christian Prepatory School created this table made from
recycled materials. The piece raised $700 for the Allied Arts Council
during the live auction at this years Chair-ries Jubilee. From left; auction winners Chris and Krystal Woods, David Veach, TCPS Junior
Austin Veach, TCPS Art Teacher Jennifer White, and TCPS Senior
Eric Hall. Not pictured is TCPS Tech Teacher Pete Cuison.
EMILY COYLE, Allison Hoffer
and Lisa Hoffer take a look at
one of the more interesting
pieces donated for auction at this
year’s Chair-ries Jubilee,
Magazine Marilyn.
THIS DRY SINK, done in a beautiful interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” brought in
NANCY CASSON and state Rep. Dan Howell
SAMANTHA HAYNIE gets ready to enjoy a pastry $175 for the Allied Arts Council during the live auction at this years Chair-ries Jubilee. The artist was Lake
take a look at some of the items for bid during the while looking at all the artistic furniture at years Chair- Forest Middle School art teacher Sarah Kunnemann. Presenting the piece are Lee University students
17th annual Chair-ries Jubilee.
Tanner Harris and Ben Clifton, auctioneer is David Carrol.
ries Jubilee.
Banner photo,
HOWARD PIERCE
BRANDI LYLE of
Side Street Cafe
brought a variety of
delectable cookies
for all to enjoy at this
year’s Chair-ries
Jubilee.
CONGRATULATIONS to Brian and Carrie Workman who now
TASTEFUL GATHERINGS Shari Lovsey and Dee Johnston suc- have a new addition to the family, 4-week-old Levi. The family
cessfully brought their touch of gourmet again to this year’s Chair- enjoyed an evening of delicious food and helping the Allied Arts
ries Jubilee.
Council raise money at this years Chair-ries Jubilee.
Banner photo,
HOWARD PIERCE
A LITTLE CAJUN and Creole made its way to this year’s ChairSERVING UP Stadium BBQ’s peach cobbler, pulled pork BBQ and ries Jubilee via 2 Nola Natives. The caterers served up a delicious
smoked chicken wings at this year’s Chair-ries Jubilee are General gumbo and red beans and rice. From left; David Alcantara, Denise
Alcantara and Susan Humphreys.
Manager Casey Blaylock and Owner Keith Porter.
MIKE WOLFE,
creator and star of
History Channel's
hit TV show
"American
Pickers," donated
this Mid-Modern
chair for this year’s
Chair-ries Jubilee.
The stylish seat
from the 1950s
helped bring in
$675 at live auction for the Allied
Arts Council.
Auctioneer is
David Carrol and
presenting the
piece is Tanner
Harris.
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Finance officials see rising risks to economic recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials said
Saturday they see a number of threats on the horizon for a global economy still clawing back from the
deepest recession in seven decades, and a potential
Greek debt default presents the most immediate
risk.
After finance officials wrapped up three days of
talks, the International Monetary Fund’s policy
committee set a goal of working toward a “more
robust, balanced and job-rich global economy”
while acknowledging growing risks to achieving
that objective.
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis,
held a series of talks with finance officials on the
sidelines of the spring meetings of the 188-nation
IMF and World Bank, trying to settle his country’s
latest crisis.
Mario Draghi, head of the European Central
Bank, said it was “urgent” to resolve the dispute
between Greece and its creditors.
A default, he said, would send the global economy into “uncharted waters” and the extent of the
possible damage would be hard to estimate. He told
reporters that he did not want to even contemplate
the chance of a default.
Earlier in the week, IMF Managing Director
Christine Lagarde had rejected suggestions that
her agency might postpone repayment deadlines
for Greece. On Saturday, she cited constructive
talks with Varoufakis and said the goal was to stabilize Greece’s finances and assure an economic
recovery and “make sure the whole partnership
hangs together” between Greece and its creditors.
In its closing communique, the policy-setting
panel for the World Bank expressed concerns about
the unevenness of global growth and pledged to
work with the IMF to provide economic support for
poor nations that have been hit hard by falling
commodity prices.
But international aid group Oxfam expressed
disappointment that the IMF and World Bank did
not devote more time to exploring ways to lessen
widening income gaps.
“Given that rising inequality continues to make
the headlines everywhere in the world, it is surprising how the issue remained almost totally absent
from these spring meetings,” said Nicolas
Mombrial, head of the Washington office of Oxfam
International.
Greece is in negotiations with the IMF and
European authorities to receive the final 7.2 billion
euro ($7.8 billion) installment of its financial
bailout. Creditors are demanding that Greece produce a credible overhaul before releasing the
money.
The country has relied on international loans
since 2010. Without more bailout money, Greece
could miss two debt payments due to the IMF in
May and run out of cash to pay government
salaries and pensions.
Fears that Greece could default and abandon the
euro currency group sent shockwaves through
global markets Friday. After being down nearly 360
points, the Dow Jones industrial average recovered
a bit to finish down 279.47.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said that a
Greek default would “create immediate hardship”
for Greece and damage the world economy.
In a speech Saturday to the IMF panel, Lew
urged South Korea, Germany, China and Japan to
do more to increase consumer demand in their own
countries instead of relying on exports to the
United States and elsewhere for growth.
“We are concerned that the global economy is
reverting to the pre-crisis pattern of heavy reliance
on U.S. demand for growth,” Lew said. “As we all
know, such a pattern will not lead to strong, sustainable and balanced global growth.”
The negotiations over Greece’s debt have proved
contentious but all sides have expressed optimism
that the differences can be resolved.
A number of countries directed criticism toward
the U.S. for the failure of Congress to pass the
legislation needed to put into effect IMF reforms
that would boost the agency’s capacity to make
loans and increase the voting power of such
emerging economic powers as China, Brazil and
India.
Agustin Carstens, the head of Mexico’s central
bank and the chair of the IMF policy panel, said
that “pretty much all of the members expressed
deep disappointment” that a failure of Congress
to act is blocking implementation of the reforms.
The IMF panel directed IMF officials to explore
whether any interim reforms could be put into
effect pending congressional action.
The finance ministers urged central banks
including the Federal Reserve to clearly communicate future policy changes to avoid triggering
unwanted turbulence in financial markets.
Time plus distance help
— See related story, Page 53 —
AP Photo
KAylee KemP climbs on her father’s gravestone as her mother, Courtney, sits on a nearby bench in
Jonesville, La. Shortly before his unexpected death on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Wyatt had asked
Courtney to bury him with photos of Kaylee and her little sister, Maddison.
5 years on, empty graves,
full hearts for Gulf survivors
JONESVILLE, La. (AP) —
Courtney Kemp was getting
dressed for work when husband
Wyatt walked in and sat down.
He didn’t speak, but she could
tell something was weighing on
him.
She knew that things hadn’t
been going well on the job, but
Wyatt never wanted to trouble
her with details. They’d talked
often about the risks of working
on an oil rig 41 miles out in the
Gulf of Mexico; Wyatt had always
insisted that the most dangerous
part was the helicopter ride to
the Deepwater Horizon. In just a
few days, the 27-year-old derrickhand would be leaving for his
next three-week hitch.
Courtney asked what was
wrong.
“I just want you to know that if
something happened to me ... I
don’t want you to be by yourself,”
he told her. “And I don’t want the
girls to grow up without somebody to be their father.”
“If something did, I wouldn’t be
able to get over it,” she insisted.
“I don’t know how I would go on.”
Courtney began to cry, and
Wyatt pulled her into a tight
embrace.
“It’s all going to be OK,” he
assured her.
In the five years since the
Deepwater Horizon exploded and
sank off the coast of Louisiana,
the Gulf has shown remarkable
resilience. So, too, have the families of the 11 men who lost their
lives in the disaster.
But the shockwaves of April
20, 2010, continue to send out
ripples across the gulf of time.
Children too young to have any
real memories of their fathers
ask to hear stories and make pilgrimages to empty graves. The
family of one victim recently celebrated the birth of his first
grandchild; the mother of another is still coming to grips with the
bitter fact that her youngest son
will never give her grandkids.
These survivors are doing their
best to balance the memory of
the men they loved and the reality that each of their own lives is
an ongoing journey.
Consider the road traveled by a
young widow named Courtney.
—By the spring of 2010,
Courtney and Wyatt had been
together nearly half their lives.
Shortly after high school graduation, they married and moved
away. But after just a couple of
years, they were drawn back to
Jonesville, and to their comfort-
able “home” church.
Wyatt found a job as a
roustabout on a land-based oil
rig, then made the jump to the
Deepwater Horizon, the “pride of
the Transocean fleet.” They built
a home amid the ironing boardflat pastures and croplands outside town, and had two daughters — Kaylee and Maddison.
Church remained a constant
in their lives.
The Sunday before he left for
his last hitch on the rig, Wyatt
answered the pastor’s invitation
to approach the altar. When
Courtney asked if everything was
OK, he replied simply: “Everyone
needs prayer at some time or
another.”
He’d had just a few weeks with
newborn Maddison before it was
time to return to the Deepwater
Horizon.
Around noon on April 20,
Wyatt
called
from
the
Deepwater’s tower. It had been a
rough hitch, and he was ready to
come home.
“I’ll see y’all tomorrow,” he
said.
At 4:30 the next morning,
Courtney was jolted awake by the
telephone. A woman from
Transocean said there had been
an accident.
The couple’s pastor was there
when Courtney learned that
Wyatt was dead. He asked if she
remembered the altar call.
“Wyatt told me that he wanted
to be so close to God that he
couldn’t get any closer,” he said.
—Ten days after the explosion,
Wyatt’s memorial was held at
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Roughneck Dustin Robertson
was among those who came to
pay their respects.
The day of the accident,
Robertson was working on BP’s
Thunder Horse platform, about
30 miles from the Deepwater. He
watched helplessly as the flames
shooting from the stricken rig lit
up the horizon.
At the church, Robertson listened as family and friends eulogized the man who read the Bible
to his girls and would sing Dolly
Parton’s “Nine to Five” as he
laced up his work boots. Sitting
there, Robertson knew that it
could easily be his wife and
daughters crying in that front
pew.
As the investigations and lawsuits dragged on, Wyatt’s insistence that she remarry kept
echoing in Courtney’s mind. She
asked God to “send me the right
guy.”
Following
the
disaster,
Robertson had decided to start a
Bible study on his rig. He asked
Kemp’s widow if she would share
his “testimony.”
In March 2011, Robertson
invited her to lunch so he could
show her how he’d worked
Wyatt’s story into his lesson
plan.
When they parted, Robertson
— who was separated from his
wife — asked if he could call
Courtney from time to time; she
said yes. He called later that
afternoon and asked if he could
take her out on a date that
Saturday.
They drove all over Jonesville
and down the road to Jena,
Robertson’s hometown, forgetting even to stop to eat.
“We talked for hours,” she
says. “And it was easy.”
Three months later, Courtney
told her father she thought
“Dusti” was “the one.”
There was just one thing: If
they were going to be together,
Robertson would have to leave
the oilfield.
—The couple were married on
April 14, 2012. Robertson is
now youth minister at the
church where he first saw
Courtney.
They live in the spacious
home Courtney and Wyatt built.
In November, Corbin Grace
Robertson joined her older sisters, Kaylee, 8, and Maddison,
5.
Wyatt is still very present.
Photos of him with the girls sit
on shelves and in bookcases. A
miniature of a memorial statue
erected
at
Transocean’s
Houston headquarters stands
on the family room mantel. A
bronzed hard hat with Wyatt’s
name on the brim sits in a glass
box beside the dining room
table.
Kaylee and Maddison call
Robertson “Daddy.” Wyatt is
simply “daddy in heaven.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The
Oklahoma City bombing thrust
Diane Koch into the life of a crime
victim’s advocate for 13 years,
until she realized she had to leave
the state to start a new chapter of
life.
Bud Welch said his ability to
eventually forgive enabled him to
survive emotionally after the death
of his daughter. For Jannie
Coverdale, though, there’s “no
such thing” as moving on, even
after two decades.
All three lost loved ones 20 years
ago Sunday, when Timothy
McVeigh blew up the Oklahoma
City federal building with a rental
truck laden with explosives.
However, all three took different
paths as they tried to come to grips
with a pain that never fully heals.
Koch initially sought justice for
her husband and the 167 other
people killed in the attack, eventually becoming an advocate for victims of all crimes in a role at the
Oklahoma attorney general’s
office.
“It was my life for 13 years,”
Koch said. “I just had a heart for
those who have been hurt by crime
— and still do.”
But the intensity she threw at
her job prevented her from letting
go of the trauma of April 19, 1995.
“The first few years, I couldn’t
see beauty anywhere,” she said.
“You can’t even see sunshine.
You’re blinded to anything positive, it seems like.”
McVeigh and Terry Nichols were
convicted of conspiring to detonate
a truck filled with more than two
tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel
oil outside the Oklahoma City federal building and of the deaths of
eight federal law enforcement officers, including Koch’s husband,
Secret Service agent Don Leonard.
McVeigh was eventually executed and Nichols will spend the rest
of his life in prison.
For Koch, now 68, remarried
and living in another state, moving
on meant moving away.
“Peace was such a hard thing to
access for so many years. It’s a
wonderful thing to access now,”
she said. “You can let go of it being
the controlling thing in your life
every day. There is life beyond
April 19th, not that April 19th goes
away. It’s still a part of each and
every one of us. But you can focus
on other things and have a wonderful life.”
Welch’s slain daughter, Julie
Marie Welch, was a 23-year-old
Spanish-language translator for
the Social Security Administration.
He said his emotional journey has
allowed him to become a resource
for the families of other victims of
terrorism, including relatives of
victims of the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks.
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The Three
mAsTs of the 213
feet long frigate
Hermione sails at
La Rochelle, southwest France, as
part of preparation
of a trip to America
on Wednesday.
The replica of the
frigate Hermione,
which, in 1780,
allowed La Fayette
to cross the Atlantic
to America and join
the American
rebels in their
struggle for independence aims to
cross the Atlantic
and will sets off on
Saturday.
French replica of revolutionary
frigate sets sail for Boston
FOURAS, France (AP) — With
champagne, fireworks and a
presidential
blessing,
a
painstakingly built replica of the
frigate once used to bring
French troops and funds to
American revolutionaries set sail
Saturday for the U.S. East
Coast.
With the celebratory sendoff,
the 25 million euro ($27 million)
Hermione began its voyage to
retrace the 65-meter (213-foot)
frigate’s trans-Atlantic journey
in 1780, when its namesake
under the Marquis de Lafayette’s
command helped to lay the foundation of French-American relations.
Lafayette persuaded French
King Louis XVI to provide military and financial support to
George Washington’s troops.
Lafayette set sail on the frigate
on March 21, 1780, from the
southwestern port of Fouras,
arrived 38 days later in Boston,
and played an important role in
the revolutionaries’ ultimate
defeat of Britain three years later
in the Battle of Yorktown with
the support of a French army
and fleet.
French President Francois
Hollande took a short trip on the
ship ahead of its official departure Saturday night from the
waters off Fouras.
The Hermione is expected to
reach Yorktown, Virginia, in
June, and then make several
other stops along the U.S. East
Coast, including Boston, and
should be in New York for the
Fourth of July.
The ship is the fruit of nearly
two decades of brainstorming,
fundraising and toil. Using captains’ logs and manuscripts from
the era, maritime experts and
historians ensured that workers
used the same construction
materials and methods as those
used to build the original.
Sailmakers sewed eyelets by
hand on the 2,200 square
meters (2,600 square yards) of
linen sails. Engineers replicated
the pulley system. The vessel
even was built in the same shipyard, in Rochefort in southwest
France.
“It has been a very long project,” said Miles Young, president
of the Friends of HermioneLafayette in America. “You don’t
create an 18th century warship
very easily these days. ... It took
enormous efforts to find enough
oak trees naturally shaped so
they could create the helm.”
Volunteer crew members from
France, the U.S. and other countries are sailing the frigate, with
“Hermione” carved across its
stern, across the Atlantic.
“Authority and respect for the
hierarchy is what guarantees
our safety on board and ensures
the boat runs smoothly,” said
crewman Nicolas Masse. “Given
that more than 70 percent of the
ship’s crew is made up of amateurs, never questioning the line
of command is something you
have to learn.”
A rigger, American Woody
Wiest, praised the international
camaraderie aboard, and the
unique experience of sailing in
the 21st century on a ship made
up of natural fibers and materials.
“When you put people side by
side aboard a ship, they’re puking together, they’re cleaning the
toilets together, they’re really
bonding,” he said. “It makes for
a very close and open relationship between people and it lasts
forever.”
The relationship born of
Lafayette’s journey has also
been lasting. Even in times of
modern diplomatic tensions,
American presidents routinely
refer to France as “our oldest
ally.”
“If it hadn’t been for that
French intervention at that
time,” Young said, “the war of
independence probably wouldn’t
have been won.”
U.S.
officials
attended
Saturday’s events.
The U.S. had a chance to
reciprocate for France’s support
in the American Revolution in
two World Wars. After the U.S.
entered World War I, a senior
American
military
officer
declared “Lafayette, we are here”
at the Revolutionary War hero’s
tomb in Paris.
Local
resident
Isabelle
Rousseau said of Saturday’s
voyage, “France helped (the
Americans). They returned the
favor afterwards with the landing on the beaches in ‘44. ... It’s
a magnificent journey.”
Among those aboard is Adam
Hodges-LeClaire, a volunteer
apprentice tailor dressed in period clothing.
“I wanted to push this experiment to its logical extreme, so I
prepared a full 18th century
wardrobe based on after-death
inventories I found in the Paris
archives and artwork from the
period,” he said. “So I have a full
valise of 18th century clothes
and nothing else. The experiment doesn’t end until I get back
to my house this fall and put on
jeans again.”
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (AP) —
A motorcycle-riding suicide
bomber attacked a line of people
waiting outside a bank Saturday
in eastern Afghanistan, killing at
least 35 and wounding 125 in an
assault the country’s president
blamed on the Islamic State
group.
The accusation by President
Ashraf Ghani, following local
media reporting the Islamic State
group’s Afghan affiliate claiming
the attack, would mark a major
escalation in the extremists’ nascent campaign of violence in the
country.
While nowhere near as powerful
as the Taliban, the affiliate’s ability to strike at will would mark a
new threat for the country to contend with as U.S. and NATO forces
ended their combat mission at the
start of the year.
It also further stretches the
Islamic State group’s influence far
beyond its self-declared caliphate
stretching through a third of Iraq
and Syria.
The attack in Jalalabad, the
capital of eastern Nangarhar
province, targeted a crowd of soldiers and civilians gathered outside the bank to receive their
monthly salaries.
The blast killed at least 35 peo-
ple and wounded 125, said
Ahmad
Zia
Abdulzai,
a
spokesman for the provincial governor.
Hours after the attack, Ghani
blamed the Islamic State group for
the bombing.
“In the horrific incident in
Nangarhar, who took responsibility? The Taliban didn’t claim
responsibility. Daesh claimed
responsibility for it,” Ghani said,
using an Arabic acronym for the
group.
Local Afghan media quoted a
previously unknown man who
identified himself as a spokesman
for the Islamic State group’s affiliate in the country, claiming
responsibility for the attack.
It’s not clear whether Ghani
relied on this for his remarks or if
he had other intelligence at his
disposal.
The Taliban denied it carried
out the bank attack and another
elsewhere in the province that
killed one civilian and wounded
two.
“We condemn/deny involvement in both,” Taliban spokesman
Zabiullah Mujahid tweeted.
The Islamic State group, currently targeted by a U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes and an Iraqi
ground offensive, has seen its
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ArchbishoP cesAre NosigliA presents the Holy Shroud, the 14 foot-long linen revered by
some as the burial cloth of Jesus, on display during a preview for the press at the Cathedral of Turin,
Italy on Saturday. The long linen with the faded image of a bearded man, that is the object of centuriesold fascination and wonderment, will be on display for the public from April 19 to June 24. Pope Francis
said he is planning to visit the Holy Shroud during a pilgrimage to Turin next June 21.
Turin Shroud goes back on
display for faithful and curious
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Turin’s
archbishop says interest in the
Shroud of Turin is so keen that
many pilgrims who already saw
the burial cloth some believe covered Jesus are returning to see
the linen again when it goes back
on display starting Sunday.
The 4.3-meter-long (14-foot)
cloth will be displayed April 19June 24. Pope Francis will view it
on June 21 on an overnight trip
to the Turin area, which will
include private time with relatives.
Public viewings of the cloth
were last held in 2010.
“Many pilgrims who had
already seen the shroud in past
showings come back, even
though some saw it just five
years ago,” Archbishop Cesare
Nosiglia said on Saturday.
“That’s not a long time. And yet
many of the bookings we have
are people who have already seen
the shroud. That means there is
a fundamental need in people’s
hearts to renew this incredible
experience that they had the first
time they saw it,” the prelate told
reporters.
Reservations are mandatory
but free of charge to see the
shroud, displayed in a climatecontrolled case, in Turin’s cathedral. Turin’s mayor said recently
that more that 1 million people
had made reservations. In 2010,
some 2.5 million people came,
according to organizers of the
display.
The
pope’s
predecessor,
Benedict XVI, has described the
cloth as an icon “written with the
blood” of a crucified man.
Benedict said there was “full correspondence with what the
Gospels tell us of Jesus.”
When Pope John Paul II saw
the shroud in 1998, he said the
mystery forces questions about
faith and sciences and whether it
really was Jesus’ burial linen. He
urged continuous study.
Skeptics say the linen bearing
the figure of a crucified man is a
medieval forgery.
Nosiglia said people of all
faiths will come to see the
shroud, not just Christians.
“Even non-believers will come.
It’s an occasion that brings
everybody together and aims to
give a precise response to the violence in this world. It tells us that
the way to build a fairer world is
not violence, but love,” he said.
Pope hopes Milan fair will
help environmental effort
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope
Francis says Milan’s world’s fair,
which opens on May 1, can
inspire decision-makers to help
save the “health of the planet that
God entrusted to the care of the
human race.”
Francis on Saturday praised
Expo’s theme of exploring ways
the planet can feed its people. The
exposition will run for six
months.
public image rise dramatically
since it seized much of Iraq last
summer. Its online videos and
propaganda, including scenes of
its mass killings and beheadings,
have caught the attention of many
extremists.
In Libya, an Islamic State group
affiliate has carried out attacks
and beheaded 21 Coptic
Christians from Egypt. Insurgents
in Egypt’s strategic Sinai
Peninsula also have pledged to the
group, while another purported
affiliate in Yemen claimed a series
of suicide bombings in March that
killed at least 137 people.
Ghani previously has warned
that the Islamic State group was
starting to establish a presence in
Afghanistan. He used his visit to
the United States last month to
reiterate his concerns.
“If we don’t stand on the same
line united, these people are going
to destroy us,” Ghani told a crowd
of 600 people Saturday in
Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province.
He called on the Taliban to join
with the Kabul government, and
said that any Taliban who
switched allegiance to Islamic
State group would earn the
wrath of Afghanistan’s religious
leaders.
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From LEE SPORTS INFORMATION
Dustin Lawson pitched a complete nine-inning game — his
second straight — and Lee
defeated Valdosta State in the
opening game of a Gulf South
Conference doubleheader 8-2,
but the visitors came back to win
the nightcap, 11-3, Saturday
afternoon at Olympic Field.
In game one, Lawson improved
his record to 4-1 and hurled a
seven-hitter over a VSU team
that is the top-hitting club in the
GSC. The senior right-hander got
plenty of support. Lee pounded
lee university photo
13 hits against Mitchell
lee uniVersity FlAMes Ryan Zimmer, Denis Lyman and Logan Campbell, from left, display out
Cody, who came into the contest
Military Appreciation Day T-shirts before the Flames and Valdosta State played a doubleheader on with a 7-1 record.
Saturday, at Olympic Field.
Lawson walked one batter, hit
another and struck out five. He
worked his way out of jams in
the third, seventh and ninth
innings.
“Dustin did a great job again,”
said Lee head coach Mark Brew.
“He has really matured and was
in control against an outstanding hitting team.”
The Flames put two runs on
the board in the second inning.
Trent Hill singled and M.J.
Brown reached on a fielder’s
choice. Nate Wierzgac singled
home Hill and Luke Toms’ onebase hit scored Brown.
Five runs in the sixth inning
put the contest out of reach with
11 Lee hitters walking to the
dish. Andres Nelo, Holland and
Preds even
series, look
to take lead
Blazers 11,
Flames 3
The Blazers gained a measure
of revenge in the nightcap
pulling off a win to close the
See LEE, Page 25
Jays beat
Braves in
10 innings
TERESA M. WALKER,
AP Sports Writer
NASHVILLE (AP) — Getting the
first victory in three weeks is nice.
Beating the Chicago Blackhawks
to avoid an 0-2 deficit before hitting the road is much, much
sweeter.
Craig Smith scored the first two
playoff goals of his career and
added an assist, and the Nashville
Predators beat the Blackhawks 62 on Friday night to tie their
Western Conference openinground playoff series at a game
apiece. It also was their first victory since clinching a postseason
berth on March 28, and they did it
in style with a postseason franchise-high six goals.
Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne,
who was in net for six of the seven
games in the skid, called it a big
win.
“It feels great. Winning is a lot of
fun, and at this point of the season, it’s a high stakes and it’s a big
game and we come out like that,”
Rinne said. “It’s fun to play at
home. Obviously, second game at
home and big, big, big tying
gaRinne made 24 saves for the win
and even had an assist. Filip
Forsberg had a goal and an assist,
and Colin Wilson, Roman Josi and
Mike Santorelli each scored a goal.
Nashville lost captain Shea Weber
to a lower-body injury nearly midway through the second period.
Patrick Sharp and Patrick Kane
scored for Chicago, which is chasing its third Stanley Cup trophy in
six years. Corey Crawford, yanked
after one period in Game 1, gave
up three goals in 2 minutes, 19
seconds in the third period as
Nashville turned a tight game into
a rout late with the fastest threegoal spurt in the franchise’s playoff
history.
“They stole some home ice here,”
Nashville coach Peter Laviolette
said. “We’ve got to go back into
Chicago and get it back.”
Game 3 is Sunday in Chicago,
and coach Joel Quennville has to
decide whether to stick with
Crawford or go with Scott Darling,
who made all 42 saves in winning
Game 1.
“We’ll see,” Quenneville said.
“We’ll talk about it as we go along
tonight and tomorrow, and we’ll do
what gives our best chance.”
With NHL Commissioner Gary
Bettman in the stands, he got to
Hill singled to load the bases.
Brown cleaned the sacks with a
long double (3RBI). Wierzgac
posted his second hit before
Luke Toms unloaded a three-run
jack over the 375 mark in rightcenter field.
The Flames added the final
run in the eighth. Toms was hit
by a pitch. Siosi Poti had a bunt
single and Chris Adams delivered an RBI hit that scored
Toms.
banner photo, sArAlyn norkus
sAMAnthA coleMAn begins to flip a 700 pound tire during the True Grit Strongman Challenge. The United States Strongman
sanctioned event was held on Saturday at the Grit House.
Competitors muscle through
local Strongman competition
By SARALYN NORKUS
Banner Sports Writer
Coming from near and far,
28 bastions of strength gathered in Cleveland on Saturday
for the True Grit Strongman
Challenge.
“This was our first event in
Southeast Tennessee for the
United States Strongman. I
think it went great and we had
people come from all over to
compete,” event organizer
Larry Berry stated. “We had a
good number (of competitors),
a great crowd and the events
went well — I really couldn’t
have asked for anything bet-
ter.”
Held at the Grit House gym
off Waterlevel Parkway, the
five-event Strongman competition began at 9 a.m. and finished up six hours later.
“The owners of this gym letting us use this place were
incredible. The volunteers were
awesome and we couldn’t have
done it without them.
They made this run smooth,”
Berry declared. “The reaction
from the competitors has been
very, very good. They have
praised how well it ran and
how efficient it was.”
The 28 competitors were
grouped together based on
weight class (lightweight, middleweight, heavyweight and
super heavyweight) and competition level (novice or master). According to Berry, the
men’s lightweight and middleweight classes were the
most competitive.
The competition was made
up of the axle clean and press,
deadlift medley, tire flip, farmers carry and stones over bar.
Those competing in the
men’s lightweight did the clean
and press with 200 pounds
and the deadlift medley with a
450-pound trapbar, 350pound fatbar and 275-pound
standard bar. In the farmers
carry they had 200 pounds in
each hand and flipped a 500pound tire. In the stones over
bar event, they had to get a
180-pound stone over a 48inch high bar.
The middleweight men were
bumped up to 225 pounds for
clean and press, carried 240
pounds in each hand for the
farmers carry and flipped the
700-pound tire. In the deadlift
medley, they began with a 525pound trapbar, 425-pound fatbar and had 345 pounds on
the standard bar. A 240-pound
stone was picked up and put
See STRONGMAN, Page 25
See PREDS, Page 25
TORONTO (AP) — After waiting
11 games for his first home run
with Toronto, Josh Donaldson is
quickly making up for lost time.
Donaldson went deep for the
third time in two days, belting a
leadoff shot in the 10th inning
that lifted the Blue Jays to a 6-5
victory over the Atlanta Braves on
Saturday.
It was the fourth game-ending
homer of Donaldson’s career.
“As a baseball player, as any
competitor, you enjoy moments
where you can win the game for
your team,” he said.
Donaldson’s drive into the second deck in left was his third hit of
the afternoon. The slugger, who
was acquired in an offseason trade
with Oakland, had two homers in
Friday night’s 8-7 loss to Atlanta.
Being in the spotlight is nothing
new for Donaldson, who hit 29
homers and made the All-Star
team last year. But he feels any of
his new teammates could have
come up with the big hit against
the Braves.
“I think what’s great about this
lineup is it can be anybody any
given day,” he said. “We have a lot
of guys in here that are very capable of shouldering the load and
today it was just my turn.”
Danny Valencia went 4 for 4 for
Toronto, and Jose Bautista connected for his third homer.
Valencia matched his career high
for hits, accomplished three other
times.
In the Blue Jays’ 12th game of
See BRAVES, Page 25
AP photo
AtlAntA’s Freddie Freeman
watches his two-run home run in
the third inning Saturday, against
Toronto.
Voytik growing comfortable in new-look Pitt offense
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chad Voytik is prepping for his second season as the starting
quarterback at Pittsburgh, but in so many
ways it seems like his first.
The impending junior knows what to expect
once the competition begins on September 5
against Youngstown State, but it is the preparation under the offensive staff that joined new
head coach Pat Narduzzi where Voytik needs to
find his way.
“It kind of feels the same with the new
offense,” Voytik said. “I am kind of back to
square one. I kind of felt like a freshman. As
far as my knowledge of the defense and overall
IQ, it has helped me a lot this spring. I know
why we are running a certain concept if we see
AP photo a certain coverage and I can attack that.”
Pittsburgh quArterbAck chAd Voytik has a new quarAnother concept that is new to Voytik: enterterback guru in offensive coordinator Jim Chaney but the same old ing Saturday’s Blue-Gold game as the
expectations heading into Saturday's spring game: take care of the entrenched starter. New coach Pat Narduzzi
ball and get it to wide receiver Tyler Boyd whenever possible.
brought back the traditional spring wrap up —
with a twist — after former coach Paul Chryst
opted for a series of scrimmages last year.
Narduzzi brought in former Pitt stars Larry
Fitzgerald and Aaron Donald to serve as honorary coaches for the game, with teams selected during a live player draft.
Voytik will be surrounded by familiar faces
in the huddle, with junior wide receiver Tyler
Boyd and running back James Conner joining
him on Fitzgerald’s team.
“It is going to be nice to be out there and get
a crowd out there and have Fitzgerald and
Donald come out,” Voytik said. “That will be
cool. It puts guys in a game situation. We have
had all spring to evaluate our play. This is kind
of the grand evaluation. You see what you have
learned and how you can execute it.”
After a month of practicing, Voytik is ready
to use his progressions and knowledge of
offensive coordinator Jim Chaney’s playbook
in a game setting.
“We installed a lot and learned a lot. It is hard
to piece together your thought process and your
emotions as well. If you think too much, you
will see a lack of accuracy,” Voytik said. “That
has been the battle, to settle my mind.”
As for earning his spot and good graces with
the new coaching staff, Voytik proved to each
one of them he is ready for the challenge. He
got to know Chaney when Chaney was working at Tennessee trying to lure Voytik to the
Volunteers. Voytik opted for the Panthers
instead, though Voytik feels their familiarity is
speeding up the process.
“It is nice to have known coach Jim Chaney
before,” Voytik said. “We are just building off
our previous relationship. It feels like they
trust me.”
Narduzzi has given his players plenty of
incentive to go hard. The winning team will
dine on steak and lobster Saturday night,
while it’s hot dogs for the losers.
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AUTo RACING
10:30 a.m.
NBCSN — Formula One, Bahrain Grand Prix, at Sakhir
1 p.m.
FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Food City 500, at Bristol, Tenn.
3 p.m.
NBCSN — Indy Lights, Long Beach (Calif.) Grand Prix (sameday tape)
4 p.m.
NBCSN — IndyCar, Grand Prix of Long Beach (Calif).
2 a.m.
NBCSN — GP2, at Sakhir, Bahrain (delayed tape)
CoLLEGE SoFTbALL
3 p.m.
ESPN — Oregon at Stanford
GoLF
6 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour, Shenzhen (China) International,
final round (same-day tape)
1 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, The Heritage, final round, at Hilton Head
Island, S.C.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour, The Heritage, final round, at Hilton Head
Island, S.C.
TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Gwinnett Championship,
final round, at Duluth, Ga.
MAJoR LEAGUE bASEbALL
1:30 p.m.
MLB — Baltimore at Boston or Philadelphia at Washington
8 p.m.
ESPN — Cincinnati at St. Louis
MoToRSPoRTS
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — MotoGP, World Championship, Grand Prix of
Argentina, at Santiago del Estero
NbA
3 p.m.
ABC — Playoffs, first round, game 1, Boston at Cleveland
5:30 p.m.
TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 1, Brooklyn at Atlanta
8 p.m.
TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 1, Portland at Memphis
10:30 p.m.
TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 1, San Antonio at L.A.
Clippers
NHL
Noon
NBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Washington at N.Y.
Islanders
3 p.m.
NBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Nashville at
Chicago
7 p.m.
NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Montreal at
Ottawa
10 p.m.
NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, Vancouver at
Calgary
SoCCER
8:25 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League, West Ham at Manchester City
8:30 a.m.
FS1 — FA Cup, semifinals, Aston Villa vs. Liverpool, at
Wembley Stadium
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLS, New England at Philadelphia
7 p.m.
FS1 — MLS, Portland at New York City
oN TAP
Sunday, April 19
SoCCER
Cleveland at Knox West, 4
Monday, 20
bASEbALL
McMinn County at Polk County, 5
Bradley Central at Walker Valley, 7 (JV 4)
Ooltewah at Cleveland, 7
Walker Valley at McCallie (9), 5
SoFTbALL
McMinn County at Walker Valley, 5
East Hamilton at Bradley Central, 5
TRACK
Decathlon/Pentathlon at Rhea County, TBA
Tuesday, April 21
bASEbALL
Walker Valley at Bradley Central, 7 (JV 4)
Cleveland at Ooltewah, 7
SoFTbALL
Walker Valley at Cleveland, 5
Bradley Central at Soddy-Daisy, 5
SoCCER
McMinn County at Walker Valley, 6
Cleveland at Ooltewah, 7
Bradley Central at East Hamilton, TBA
TRACK
Decathlon/Pentathlon at Rhea County, TBA
Wednesday, April 22
bASEbALL
Polk County at Hiwassee Dam, 4:30
Thursday, April 23
bASEbALL
Cleveland at Maryville, 6
Signal Mountain at Bradley Central, 6:30
Cleveland at Bradley Central JV, 4
SoFTbALL
Ooltewah at Bradley Central, 5
Soddy-Daisy at Cleveland, 5
Polk County at Bradley Central, 6:30
SoCCER
Grace at Bradley Central, 5
Walker Valley at Ooltewah, 7
East Ridge at Cleveland, 7
TENNIS
Cleveland vs. Soddy-Daisy, Lee University, 4
Friday, April 24
bASEbALL
Tellico Plains at Polk County, 5
Walker Valley at Meigs County, 5:30
SoFTbALL
Polk County at Murphy, NC, 6
Coffee County Tournament
Bradley Central participating
SoCCER
Cleveland at Lenoir City, 7
Saturday, April 25
bASEbALL
Walker Valley at Boyd-Buchanan, 1 (JV 10:30 a.m.)
Chattanooga Central at Cleveland, 1
SoFTbALL
Coffee County Tournament
Bradley Central participating
bASKETbALL
bASEbALL
National League
East Division
W
New York
8
Atlanta
7
Washington
5
Philadelphia
4
Miami
3
Central Division
W
St. Louis
7
Chicago
6
Cincinnati
5
Pittsburgh
4
Milwaukee
2
West Division
W
Colorado
7
Los Angeles
7
San Diego
7
Arizona
6
San Francisco
3
—Friday’s Games
San Diego 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 3
Washington 7, Philadelphia 2
Atlanta 8, Toronto 7
N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 1
St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 3
Arizona 9, San Francisco 0
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 5, Washington 3
Toronto 6, Atlanta 5, 10 innings
St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 2
Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 6, 11 innings
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta (S.Miller 1-0) at Toronto (Da.Norris 1-0), 1:07 p.m.
Miami (Koehler 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 2-0), 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Garza 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 1-0), 1:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Buchanan 0-2) at Washington (Strasburg 0-1),
1:35 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 0-1), 2:20
p.m.
Arizona (Hellickson 0-2) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 0-1),
4:05 p.m.
Colorado (E.Butler 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (McCarthy 1-0), 4:10
p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 0-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:20 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
American League
East Division
W
L
Pct
Gb
Boston
7
3
.700
—
Tampa Bay
6
5
.545
1½
Toronto
6
6
.500
2
Baltimore
5
5
.500
2
New York
4
6
.400
3
Central Division
W
L
Pct
Gb
Detroit
9
2
.818
—
Kansas City
8
2
.800
½
Chicago
4
6
.400
4½
Minnesota
4
6
.400
4½
Cleveland
3
6
.333
5
West Division
W
L
Pct
Gb
Los Angeles
5
5
.500
—
Oakland
5
6
.455
½
Texas
5
6
.455
½
Houston
4
6
.400
1
Seattle
3
7
.300
2
—Friday’s Games
Detroit 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Atlanta 8, Toronto 7
Boston 3, Baltimore 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 2, 11 innings
L.A. Angels 6, Houston 3
Kansas City 6, Oakland 4
Texas 3, Seattle 1
Saturday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 12, Detroit 3
Cleveland 4, Minnesota 2
Baltimore 4, Boston 1
L.A. Angels at Houston, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta (S.Miller 1-0) at Toronto (Da.Norris 1-0), 1:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-0) at Detroit (Greene 2-0),
1:08 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-0) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0), 1:10
p.m.
Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 1-1) at Boston (Porcello 1-1), 1:35
p.m.
Cleveland (House 0-1) at Minnesota (May 0-1), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0) at Houston (Feldman 0-2), 2:10
p.m.
Oakland (Kazmir 2-0) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 1-0), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (Detwiler 0-2) at Seattle (Paxton 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Baltimore at Boston, 11:05 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
L
3
4
7
8
8
Pct
.727
.636
.417
.333
.273
Gb
—
1
3½
4½
5
L
3
4
6
6
8
Pct
.700
.600
.455
.400
.200
Gb
—
1
2½
3
5
L
3
3
5
5
9
Pct
.700
.700
.583
.545
.250
Gb
—
—
1
1½
5
NbA Playoff Glance
All Times EDT
FIRST RoUND
(best-of-7; x-if necessary)
EASTERN CoNFERENCE
Atlanta vs. brooklyn
Sunday, April 19: Brooklyn at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: Brooklyn at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 25: Atlanta at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.
Monday, April 27: Atlanta at Brooklyn, TBA
x-Wednesday, April 29: Brooklyn at Atlanta, TBA
x-Friday, May 1: Atlanta at Brooklyn, TBA
x-Sunday, May 3: Brooklyn at Atlanta, TBA
Cleveland vs. boston
Sunday, April 19: Boston at Cleveland, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21: Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 26 Cleveland at Boston, 1 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: Boston at Cleveland, TBA
x-Thursday, April 30: Cleveland at Boston, TBA
x-Saturday, May 2: Boston at Cleveland, TBA
Chicago vs. Milwaukee
Saturday, April 18: Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Monday, April 20: Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Saturday. April 25: Chicago at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
x-Monday, April 27: Milwaukee at Chicago, TBA
x-Thursday, April 30: Chicago at Milwaukee, TBA
x-Saturday, May 2: Milwaukee at Chicago, TBA
Washington 1, Toronto 0
Saturday, April 18: Washington 93, Toronto 86, OT
Tuesday, April 21: Washington at Toronto, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 24: Toronto at Washington, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 26: Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.
x-Wednesday, April 29: Washington at Toronto, TBA
x-Friday, May 1: Toronto at Washington, TBA
x-Sunday, May 3: Washington at Toronto, TBA
WESTERN CoNFERENCE
Golden State vs. New orleans
Golden State 106, New Orleans 99
Monday, April 20: New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Golden State at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25: Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: New Orleans at Golden State, TBA
x-Friday, May 1: Golden State at New Orleans, TBA
x-Sunday, May 3: New Orleans at Golden State, TBA
Houston vs. Dallas
Saturday, April 18: Dallas at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21: Dallas at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, April 24: Houston at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 26: Houston at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: Dallas at Houston, TBA
x-Thursday, April 30: Houston at Dallas, TBA
x-Saturday, May 2: Dallas at Houston, TBA
L.A. Clippers vs. San Antonio
Sunday, April 19: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Friday, April 24: L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 26: L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 28: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, TBA
x-Thursday, April 30: L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, TBA
x-Saturday, May 2: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, TBA
Portland vs. Memphis
Sunday, April 19: Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 25: Memphis at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Monday, April 27: Memphis at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
x-Wednesday, April 29: Portland at Memphis, TBA
x-Friday, May 1: Memphis at Portland, TBA
x-Sunday, May 3: Portland at Memphis, TBA
GoLF
RbC Heritage Par Scores
Saturday
At Harbour Town Golf Links
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Purse: $5.9 million
Yardage: 7,101; Par: 71
Third Round
69-61-69—199
73-66-63—202
68-67-67—202
68-66-68—202
72-66-65—203
70-67-66—203
71-64-68—203
69-68-67—204
74-62-68—204
73-66-66—205
70-68-67—205
70-67-68—205
69-67-69—205
68-68-69—205
69-65-71—205
66-69-70—205
69-70-67—206
75-64-67—206
66-70-70—206
72-70-65—207
74-67-66—207
69-71-67—207
70-67-70—207
70-67-70—207
71-65-71—207
71-66-70—207
73-69-66—208
77-64-67—208
68-73-67—208
72-67-69—208
74-64-70—208
69-69-70—208
71-67-70—208
72-65-71—208
72-65-71—208
70-67-71—208
71-71-67—209
71-70-68—209
71-70-68—209
75-65-69—209
73-67-69—209
71-68-70—209
74-68-68—210
74-68-68—210
72-69-69—210
70-71-69—210
73-68-69—210
71-70-69—210
72-69-69—210
67-73-70—210
69-71-70—210
70-69-71—210
70-69-71—210
72-70-69—211
71-71-69—211
69-72-70—211
70-70-71—211
72-67-72—211
72-67-72—211
70-69-72—211
70-72-70—212
72-70-70—212
71-70-71—212
74-67-71—212
69-69-74—212
72-70-71—213
70-70-73—213
70-67-76—213
71-70-73—214
68-70-76—214
73-68-74—215
69-72-74—215
72-68-75—215
71-70-75—216
72-69-77—218
74-67-77—218
Troy Merritt
Brendon Todd
Kevin Kisner
Matt Kuchar
Brice Garnett
Branden Grace
Jim Furyk
Bo Van Pelt
Jordan Spieth
Luke Donald
Brendon de Jonge
Justin Thomas
Louis Oosthuizen
Morgan Hoffmann
John Merrick
Graeme McDowell
Ian Poulter
Russell Knox
Matt Every
Jason Kokrak
Jason Dufner
Pat Perez
Sean O’Hair
Lucas Glover
Kevin Streelman
Jerry Kelly
Anirban Lahiri
Brandt Snedeker
Cameron Smith
Chris Stroud
Bryce Molder
Ben Martin
Vijay Singh
John Peterson
Blake Adams
Stewart Cink
Robert Allenby
William McGirt
Bill Haas
Brian Harman
Martin Flores
Freddie Jacobson
Steven Bowditch
Robert Streb
Billy Horschel
Alex Cejka
Brian Stuard
Webb Simpson
Carl Pettersson
Sangmoon Bae
Joost Luiten
Zac Blair
Hudson Swafford
Tom Watson
Danny Lee
Ricky Barnes
a-Scott Vincent
George McNeill
Ben Crane
James Hahn
Andres Gonzales
Martin Laird
Charley Hoffman
Scott Brown
Jim Renner
Charl Schwartzel
Daniel Summerhays
Aaron Baddeley
Chris Kirk
Scott Langley
Jason Bohn
Charlie Beljan
Daniel Berger
Ryo Ishikawa
Nick Taylor
Boo Weekley
-14
-11
-11
-11
-10
-10
-10
-9
-9
-8
-8
-8
-8
-8
-8
-8
-7
-7
-7
-6
-6
-6
-6
-6
-6
-6
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-3
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
E
E
E
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+3
+5
+5
HoCKEY
NHL Playoff Glance
All Times EDT
FIRST RoUND
(best-of-7; x-if necessary)
EASTERN CoNFERENCE
Montreal 2, ottawa 0
Wednesday, April 15: Montreal 4, Ottawa 3
Friday, April 17: Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT
Sunday, April 19: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
x-Friday, April 24: Ottawa at Montreal, TBA
x-Sunday, April 26: Montreal at Ottawa, TBA
x-Tuesday, April 28: Ottawa at Montreal, TBA
Detroit 1, Tampa bay 0
Thursday, April 16: Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2
Saturday, April 18: Tampa Bay 5, Red Wings 1
Tuesday, April 21: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m.
x-Saturday, April 25: Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBA
x-Monday, April 27: Tampa Bay at Detroit, TBA
x-Wednesday, April 29: Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBA
N.Y. Rangers 1, Pittsburgh 0
Thursday, April 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1
Saturday, April 18: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 20: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
x-Friday, April 24 : Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA
x-Sunday, April 26: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA
x-Tuesday, April 28: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA
N.Y. Islanders 1, Washington 1
Wednesday, April 15: N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 1
Friday, April 17: Washington 4, N.Y. Islanders 3
Sunday, April 19: Washington at N.Y. Islanders, Noon
Tuesday, April 21 : Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: N.Y. Islanders at Washington, TBA
x-Saturday, April 25: Washington at N.Y. Islanders, TBA
x-Monday, April 27: N.Y. Islanders at Washington, TBA
WESTERN CoNFERENCE
Minnesota 1, St. Louis 0
Thursday, April 16: Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2
Saturday, April 18: St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1
Monday, April 20: St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: St. Louis at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.
x-Friday, April 24: Minnesota at St. Louis, TBA
x-Sunday, April 26: St. Louis at Minnesota, TBA
x-Wednesday, April 29: Minnesota at St. Louis, TBA
Chicago 1, Nashville 1
Wednesday, April 15: Chicago 4, Nashville 3, 2OT
Friday, April 17: Nashville 6, Chicago 2
Sunday, April 19: Nashville at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21: Nashville at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Chicago at Nashville, TBA
x-Saturday, April 25: Nashville at Chicago, TBA
x-Monday, April 27: Chicago at Nashville, TBA
Anaheim 1, Winnipeg 0
Thursday, April 16: Anaheim 4, Winnipeg 2
Saturday, April 18: Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
Monday, April 20: Anaheim at Winnipeg, 9 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22: Anaheim at Winnipeg, 9:30 p.m.
x-Friday, April 24 : Winnipeg at Anaheim, TBA
x-Sunday, April 26: Anaheim at Winnipeg, TBA
x-Tuesday, April 28: Winnipeg at Anaheim, TBA
Calgary 1, Vancouver 1
Wednesday, April 15: Calgary 2, Vancouver 1
Friday, April 17: Vancouver 4, Calgary 1
Sunday, April 19: Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21 : Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Calgary at Vancouver, TBA
x-Saturday, April 25: Vancouver at Calgary, TBA
x-Monday, April 27: Calgary at Vancouver, TBA
NASCAR
Sprint Cup
Food City 500 Lineup
At bristol Motor Speedway
bristol, Tenn.
Lap length: .533 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 128.632 mph.
2. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 128.442.
3. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 128.322.
4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 128.211.
5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 127.419.
6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 127.317.
7. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 126.871.
8. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 126.829.
9. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 126.829.
10. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 126.612.
11. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, 126.436.
12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 126.262.
13. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 127.081.
14. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 127.073.
15. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 126.562.
16. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 126.503.
17. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 126.428.
18. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 126.088.
19. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 125.947.
20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 125.939.
21. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 125.831.
22. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 125.798.
Contributed photo
23. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 125.609.
24. (55) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 125.199.
25. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 126.378.
26. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 126.328.
27. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 126.303.
28. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 126.146.
29. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 126.046.
30. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 125.823.
31. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 125.798.
32. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 125.625.
33. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 125.551.
34. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 125.51.
35. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, 125.453.
36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 125.158.
37. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, owner points.
38. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, owner points.
39. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, owner points.
40. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, owner points.
41. (32) Mike Bliss, Ford, owner points.
42. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, owner points.
43. (33) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, owner points.
Failed to Qualify
44. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 124.034.
45. (30) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 123.682.
XFINITY
Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 Results
Saturday
At bristol Motor Speedway
bristol, Tenn.
Lap length: .533 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 300 laps, 150 rating, 0 points,
$61,795.
2. (9) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 300, 109.1, 42, $50,774.
3. (14) Chris Buescher, Ford, 300, 109.6, 41, $43,677.
4. (1) Erik Jones, Toyota, 300, 112.9, 0, $44,885.
5. (16) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 300, 101.9, 39, $34,701.
6. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 300, 97.4, 38, $33,566.
7. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 300, 119.8, 0, $25,998.
8. (4) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 300, 108.9, 36, $31,857.
9. (8) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 300, 90.6, 35, $31,635.
10. (12) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 300, 85.5, 34, $34,382.
11. (17) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 300, 81.8, 33, $31,080.
12. (7) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 300, 91.8, 32, $30,979.
13. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 299, 74.4, 31, $30,878.
14. (11) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 297, 72, 0, $30,828.
15. (20) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 297, 68.7, 29, $31,152.
16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 297, 88.2, 0, $24,702.
17. (23) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 296, 61.2, 27, $30,652.
18. (29) David Starr, Toyota, 296, 62.6, 26, $30,601.
19. (33) Cale Conley, Toyota, 296, 59.5, 25, $30,500.
20. (25) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 295, 59.3, 24, $30,950.
21. (24) Ryan Reed, Ford, 294, 63.6, 23, $30,574.
22. (32) Blake Koch, Toyota, 294, 48.5, 22, $30,319.
23. (22) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 294, 49.5, 21, $30,268.
24. (28) Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 293, 46.3, 20, $30,192.
25. (27) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 293, 47.7, 19, $30,291.
26. (26) Eric McClure, Toyota, 291, 40.6, 18, $30,066.
27. (18) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, engine, 273, 67.2, 17,
$30,016.
28. (19) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, brakes, 268, 67.4, 16,
$29,940.
29. (31) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, 260, 49.6, 15, $29,889.
30. (10) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 252, 75.1, 14, $29,634.
31. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 229, 91.6, 0, $23,128.
32. (35) Peyton Sellers, Chevrolet, electrical, 227, 37, 12,
$28,992.
33. (15) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, accident, 206, 67.6, 11, $28,876.
34. (37) Timmy Hill, Toyota, engine, 198, 33.7, 0, $28,841.
35. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, suspension, 106, 28.2, 9,
$22,800.
36. (38) Carlos Contreras, Chevrolet, brakes, 60, 32, 8,
$20,646.
37. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, fuel pump, 55, 28.7, 7,
$19,646.
38. (30) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, brakes, 41, 37.2, 6,
$18,646.
39. (34) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 28, 33.8, 5, $17,646.
40. (40) Derek White, Dodge, electrical, 11, 28.1, 4, $16,646.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 87.218 mph.
Time of Race: 1 hour, 50 minutes, 0 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 1.172 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 48 laps.
Lead Changes: 1 among 1 driver.
Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-300.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
J.Logano, 1 time for 300 laps.
Top 10 in Points: 1. C.Buescher, 258; 2. T.Dillon, 258; 3.
C.Elliott, 246; 4. D.Wallace Jr., 236; 5. R.Reed, 220; 6.
E.Sadler, 215; 7. B.Gaughan, 211; 8. R.Smith, 211; 9. B.Scott,
205; 10. D.Suarez, 202.
TENNIS
Fed Cup Results
WoRLD GRoUP
Semifinals
Winners to WG Final, Nov. 14-15
Czech Republic 2, France 0
At Cez Arena
ostrava, Czech Republic
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Caroline Garcia, France,
4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1.
Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic,
France, 6-3, 6-4.
Russia 1, Germany 0
At Adler Arena
Sochi, Russia
Surface: Clay-Indoor
Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany,
6-4, 6-4.
WoRLD GRoUP PLAYoFFS
Winners to 2016 WG; losers to 2016 WGII
United States 1, Italy 1
At Circolo Tennis brindisi
brindisi, Italy
Surface: Clay-outdoor
Singles
Serena Williams, United States, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 7-6
(5), 6-2.
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Netherlands 1, Australia 1
At Maaspoort Sports & Events
Den bosch, Netherlands
Singles
Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia,
6-1, 6-3.
Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 75, 6-3.
Poland 1, Switzerland 1
At Centrum Rekreacyjno Sportowe
Zielona Gora, Poland
Singles
Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Martina Hingis,
Switzerland, 6-4, 6-0.
Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Urszula Radwanska,
Poland, 6-2, 6-1.
WoRLD GRoUP II PLAYoFFS
Winners to 2016 WGII; losers to 2016 Zonal groups
Serbia 2, Paraguay 0
At Spens Sport Centre
Novi Sad, Serbia
Singles
Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Veronica Cepede Royg,
Paraguay, 6-1, 6-3.
Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, def. Montserrat Gonzalez, Paraguay, 62, 6-0.
Slovakia 1, Sweden 0
At Aegon Arena National Tennis Centre
bratislava, Slovakia
Singles
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Rebecca Peterson,
Sweden, 6-3, 6-3.
Japan 1, belarus 1
At Ariake Coliseum
Tokyo
Singles
Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-1, 6-2.
Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-4, 4-6,
6-2.
ZoNAL GRoUP II
Asia/oceania Zone
Winner to 2016 Group I
At SAAP Tennis Complex
Lee University photo
CHATATA VALLEY GENERAL MANAGER Joe Starr (left) and
John Maupin, coach of the Lee University golf teams, discuss the
annual Stanley Butler Shootout which will be played at the Chatata
Valley Golf Course on May 6.
Butler Shootout set for May 6
From LEE SPORTS INFORMATION
The Lee University Athletic
Department will host the annual
Stanley Butler Shootout May 6 at
Chatata Valley Golf Course.
It will be a 4-person team,
select shot event. Each player will
receive a polo shirt and be eligible
for many doors prizes that will be
given immediately after play is
completed. A $10,000 prize will be
given for a hole-in-one and Lebron
Sterchi carried home the big prize
during the 2014 Shootout.
The day begins with registration at 11 a.m. Lunch will be provided at noon and the shotgun
Hyderabad, India
Surface: Hard-outdoor
Pool A
Wednesday
Philippines 3, Singapore 0
Pool b
Tuesday
Iran 3, Kyrgyzstan 0
Wednesday
Turkmenistan 3, Iran 0
Thursday
Turkmenistan 3, Kyrgyzstan 0
STANDINGS: Turkmenistan 2-0, Iran 1-1, Kyrgyzstan 0-2
Pool C
Tuesday
Malaysia 3, Pakistan 0
Wednesday
India 3, Pakistan 0
Thursday
India 3, Malaysia 0
STANDINGS: India 2-0, Malaysia 1-1, Pakistan 0-2
LoCAL NoTES
bASEbALL
CSCC SUMMER bASEbALL ToURNAMENTS
Cleveland State Community College will host a series of
summer baseball tournaments at Cleveland State Community
College in Cleveland, Tennessee. Ages and dates are as follows: 16-under, May 30, 31, (enter by May 8, 2015); 18under, June 5- 7, (enter by May 15, 2015) 15-under, June 13,
14, (enter by May 22, 2015); 14 and 13-under, June 20, 21
(enter by May 29, 2015). The 15- under and 16- under tournaments will be three games pool play and championship.
The cost for the tournaments is $375. The 18-under tournament will be four games pool play and championship. The
cost for this tournament is $475. The 14 - 13-under tournament will be three games pool play and championship. The
cost for this tournament is $300. For more information, contact Jason Sewell at Cleveland State Community College,
(423)614-8744
or
visit
www.cscougars.com/information/camps.
CSCC CAMPS
Cleveland State Baseball Coach Mike Policastro will
conduct the following summer Baseball Camps: Youth Skills
Camp, June 1-4 for ages 5 - 12. Camp hours are 9 a.m.-12
p.m. Campers will participate in group instruction and participate in a game each day. The cost is $80 and includes a
camp T-shirt. Youth Pitcher/Catcher Camp, June 8-10 from
9-11:30 a.m., and a Youth Hitting Camp, June 22-24 from 911:30 a.m. Both camps will be for ages 8-16. The camps will
consist of advanced instruction on the fundamentals of pitching, catching and hitting. The cost is $60 per session and
includes a camp T-shirt. There will be a $5 discount per camp
registration if a participant registers for more than one of the
camps. For registration information, contact Mike Policastro
at
(423)
478-6219,
or
go
to:
http:
http://www.cscougars.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/CLEVELAND_STATE_2015_SUMMER_BASEBALL_CAMP_SERI
ES_REGISTRATION_FORM.
UMPIRES NEEDED
Persons interested in umpiring youth baseball this spring
and summer may contact the Bradley County Parks and
Recreation office at 728-7035.
bASKETbALL
bRITTANY JACKSoN ACADEMY
The Fourth annual Brittany Jackson Basketball Academy
All-Star Weekend for boys and girls in first through eighth
grades, will take place May 1, 2 at Bradley Central High
School from 4:30 -7:30 p.m. May 1 and 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
May 2. The cost is $75 per student ($25 per sibling). The
Academy will cover a variety of skills including shooting, positioning, rebounding, offense, footwork, dribbling, mental
preparation and composure. Registration will take place May
1 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call
(423) 312-8091 or visit brittany-jackson.com/upcomingcamps.
JoE SPENCER SKILLS CAMP
The Joe Spencer Basketball Skills Camp for boys and
girls ages six years to eighth grade will take place May 18-20
from 5-8 p.m. at the Ocoee Middle School gym. The cost for
the camp is $45. Along with coach Spencer, coaches Mindy
Casteel, Andrea Spencer and Jordan McElhaney will be
teaching basketball skills and fundamentals. Registration will
be on the firs day of camp. Each camper will receive a free Tshirt on the last day of camp. For ore information, contact Joe
Spencer at 244-3741.
bEARETTES CAMP
The 2015 Bearettes Basketball Camp for ages 5-14 will
take place June 3-5 from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at Jim Smiddy
Arena at BCHS. The camp will be instructed by Bearettes
coaches Jason Reuter, Katie Frazier, Amy Tinsley and the
Bearettes basketball team. The camp will focus on basketball
fundamentals. There will be camper awards and T-shirts for
each participant. The cost for the camp is $55 per person, $45
start follows at 1 p.m.
The entry fees for the fun-filled
event will be $400 per team or
$100 per player. Prizes also
include $125 for each member of
the winning team; $100 for each
member of second-place team;
and $50 for each member of thirdplace team. Prizes will also be
awarded for the closest to the pin
and longest drives.
For more information or to
enter your team in the Shootout,
call Tena Walker at 614-8440 or
John Maupin at 310-5427. You
can also email Maupin at
jmaupin@leeuniversity.edu.
per person for campers attending two days. The gym will be
open for play each morning at 8:15 a.m. For more information, contact coach Jason Reuter at 284-2135.
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTIoN
Individual basketball instruction for male and female elementary, middle school, high school and post graduate athletes is being offered by Cleveland State assistant men’s
coach L.J. Kilby. Coach Kilby brings 10 years of head coaching experience as well as 30 years experience in junior college, NAIA and NCAA Division I basketball. The cost is $25
per each hour of instruction. For more information, contact
coach Kilby at (423)596-2515.
FISHING
CLEVELAND bASSMASTERS
The Cleveland Bassmasters meet the first Thursday of
each month at South Cleveland United Methodist Church at 7
p.m. Cleveland Bassmasters includes boaters and nonboaters and are associated with FLW. The club fishes and
holds tournament on Chickamauga Lake, Nickajack Lake,
Lake Guntersville, Lake Weiss, Watts Bar and Neely Henry.
Dues for the Bassmasters are $35 quarterly. Other fees
include $35 FLW joining fee, $8 insurance, $20 per year for
biggest largemouth or smallmouth bass and $15 for tournament largemouth or smallmouth prize. For more information,
contact Dewayne Lowe at (423)715-5772.
GoLF
TCPS ToURNAMENT
The 17th annual Tennessee Christian Preparatory
School Golf Classic will tee off May 4 at Chatata Valley Golf
Club. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at noon.
Tee off will be at 1 p.m.The cost for the 4-person team is $300
and includes green fees, cart, lunch complementary drink
cart, range balls, gift bag, one mulligan and red tee hit (not on
par 3 hole). First place will receive a trophy. There will also be
winners for the longest drive and closest to the hole. For more
information contact TCPS at 599-8939.
JUNIoR GoLF CLINIC
The Bradley County Junior Golf Clinic will be held each
Monday in june at Cleveland Country Club. The clinic, for
ages 5-17, will take place June 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Ages 510 will go from 8-9:30 a.m. Ages 11-17 will go from 9:45-11:15
a.m. There will be a final tournament July 13. Pre-registration
will take place May 9-16 from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. in the Golf Shop
at CCC. All tournament participants must attend three of the
five week instructional program to be eligible to participate.
For more information, contact Cleveland Country Club at 3212779.
SoFTbALL
WALKER VALLEY SoFTbALL CAMP
The Walker Valley Lady Mustangs Softball Camp will be
held June 1-3, 2015 at Larry Haney Field on the campus of
Walker Valley High School. Sessions will run daily from 9:00
a.m.- noon for upcoming 2nd -5th graders and from 1:00
p.m.- 4:00 p.m. for upcoming 6th-8th graders. Fundamental
hitting, pitching, fielding, and catching instruction will be
taught by Walker Valley coaches and Lady Mustang players.
The cost of the camp is $50 and will include a free t-shirt. For
more information, please contact Coach Lauren Limburg at
walkervalleysoftball@gmail.com or (423)336-1383.
WALKER VALLEY SoFTbALL TRYoUTS
Tryouts for the 2015-2016 Walker Valley Lady Mustangs
Softball team will be held July 13, 2015 and July 20, 2015
from 5:00-6:30 at Larry Haney Field on the campus of Walker
Valley High School. Any young ladies interested in playing for
Walker Valley need to be at one of these dates. Participants
must bring proof of having passed a physical to participate.
For more information, contact Coach Lauren Limburg at walkervalleysoftball@gmail.com or (423)336-1383.
oCoEE MIDDLE SoFTbALL TRYoUTS
Tryouts for the 2015 Ocoee Middle School Lady Colts
Softball team will be held July 13, 2015 and July 20, 2015
from 6:30-8:30 at Larry Haney Field on the campus of Walker
Valley High School. Tryouts are closed, and parents are welcome to pick up their daughter at 8:30 pm. Any young ladies
interested in playing for Ocoee Middle need to be at one of
these dates. Participants must bring proof of having passed
a physical to participate. For more information, contact
Coach April Richards at ocoeemiddlesoftball@gmail.com or
(423)476-0630.
TENNIS
KAY MCDANIEL CLINIC
Only 50 places remain of the 400 spots for the 2015 Kay
McDaniel Tennis Clinic for girls and boys ages 6-13 to be held
June 1-5 at Lee University. Entries will be accepted on a firstcome-first-served basis. The clinic will he headed by former
women’s tennis pro Kay McDaniel and will cover all skill levels. There is no cost for the clinic. Registration begins April 1.
Girls sessions will run from 8-10 a.m. and boys sessions will
go from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Athletes may register at kaymcdanieltennisclinics.com.
WATER PoLo
WATER PoLo TEAM
Girls and boys in grades 8-12 interested in playing high
school water polo are invited to contact Tim Davis at tnwaterpolo@aol.com.
Contributed photo
THE C4 11-YEAR oLD VoLLEYbALL TEAM finished second in the Southern Regions silver division
THE HEAT 9-UNDER select baseball team won the ACAA tournament in Loudon. Front row, from left,
in Birmingham, Ala. Front row, from left, are Bailey Lockhart, Calli Elrod, Karson Morrison, Courtney are Dakota Peace, Hunter McDonald, Peyton Dodson, Rylan Adams, Skylar Crittenden and Felipe
Carroll and Kaley Worley. Back row, from left, are Coach Kevin Carroll, Ashlyn Crittenden, Katelin Castellanos. Second row, from left, are Daylen Spradling, Mason Roderick, Jace Hyde, Ty Barnett and
Ledford, Ava Koger, Kyndall McElhaney, Abigail Leonard and Coach Christie McElhaney.
Briley Larue. Third row, coaches Jason Dodson, Justin Barnett and Jeff Pierce.
Lightning rebound to even
series against Red Wings
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa
Bay Lightning flexed a little bit of
muscle, then went to work on
evening their NHL playoff series
against the Detroit Red Wings.
Ben Bishop had 23 saves and
Tyler Johnson scored two goals,
one on them on a power play
while two teammates were in the
penalty box for roughing, and the
Lightning rebounded Saturday
for a 5-1 victory Saturday in
Game 2 of the opening-round
Eastern Conference series.
The best-of-seven series shifts
to Detroit for Game 3 on
Tuesday, with the Red Wings
searching for answers on how to
generate more scoring opportunities against Bishop.
“We played physical, we played
hard, and finally the hard work
paid off,” Lightning captain
Steven Stamkos said.
A big scrum along the boards
in front of the Lightning bench
led to Stamkos and teammate,
Brian Boyle, in the penalty box,
along with Detroit’s Danny
DeKeyser and Kyle Quincey, who
tussled with Stamkos and drew a
four-minute penalty.
“We’re just sticking up for each
other. We’ve done that all year.
That’s been a characteristic of
this team,” Stamkos said.
“Whether it had an effect on the
game,
obviously,
Johnny
(Johnson) was nice to get it going
on the power play there.”
Johnson scored just over 3
minutes into the game, giving
Tampa Bay its first lead of the
series. He beat goal Petr Mrazek
again to finish a three-goal flurry
that put Tampa Bay up 4-0 after
two periods.
“It was a little bit more physi-
cal, but that’s the way it’s supposed to be this time of year,”
Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg
said. “Nothing really surprised
me.”
Bishop lost his bid for a
shutout when Detroit’s Tomas
Tatar scored at 5:49 of the third
period. The 6-foot-7 goalie won a
career-best 40 games during the
regular season and is one of the
reasons the Lightning feel good
about their chances of making a
deep run in the playoffs.
“We thought we played well
enough in the first game to win
and we didn’t, so it was important to come out and play like we
did,” Bishop said. “Obviously, it’s
going to be a little tougher in
Detroit, but we’re looking forward
to it. It should be fun.”
See RED WINGS, Page 25
AP photo
tAmPA BAy lightning defenSemAn Nikita Nesterov (89) and Detroit Red Wings center Landon
Ferraro battle for the puck in the first period of Game 2 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series
Saturday, in Tampa, Fla.
Blues whip Wild to even series at game apiece
ST. LOUIS (AP) — There was
no
containing
Vladimir
Tarasenko this time around.
Held to an assist without a
shot in a deflating Game 1 loss,
Tarasenko responded with his
first career playoff hat trick, and
the St. Louis Blues beat the
Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Saturday
to even their first-round series at
a game apiece.
“You need to forget whatever it
was. Bad game, good game, doesn’t matter,” Tarasenko said.
“You need to make a next step.
If you think about your success,
you’ll stop playing.”
Tarasenko scored two goals in
the first period and an emptynetter with 17 seconds remaining
in an impressive performance
more in line with his play in the
regular season. The dynamic
winger ran his playoff total to
seven goals in nine games.
“We need him to rise up,”
coach Ken Hitchcock said. “For
us to have success, our best
players have to be significant,
and that was a big step today.
“We needed more of that and
we got it.”
Patrik Berglund stole the puck
from Jordan Schroeder at center
ice and beat Devan Dubnyk for a
two-goal cushion with 1:58 to go,
sending the Central Division
champions to Minnesota with the
momentum for Game 3 on
Monday night. It was Berglund’s
AP photo
St. louiS BlueS' VlAdimir tArASenko, left, scores past
Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) as Blues' Jori Lehtera (12)
and Wild's Ryan Suter watch in the first period Saturday, in St. Louis.
fifth career playoff goal.
“You lose a game and it’s frustrating, it’s disappointing,” Wild
coach Mike Yeo said. “We knew
we were going to face their best
game.
“We’ll find a way to get better.”
The Wild trimmed St. Louis’
lead to 2-1 when Marco
Scandella scored on a slap shot
that broke his stick and snuck
past Jake Allen at 1:46 of the
third. Allen, the first rookie goaltender to win a playoff game for
the Blues since 1990, survived
another few close calls before the
final flurry.
Minnesota had won 13 of its
last 14 road games, including a
12-game streak that ended in the
regular-season finale in St. Louis
after it had clinched a wild card
and several regulars were rested.
Defenseman
Kevin
Shattenkirk assisted on both of
Tarasenko’s goals in the first
period, giving him four points in
the series.
The Blues made several slick
passes to set up Tarasenko’s
deflection of a shot from the
point by Alexander Steen at
13:18.
Tarasenko scored on the
Blues’ next shot on a power play
late in the first. Dubnyk strayed
just enough from guarding the
post and the Blues’ top scorer
snuck one in off the goalie’s pad
from a severe angle at 18:01.
“That’s just a mistake by me,”
Dubnyk said. “It’s not a good
goal. Make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Besides the empty-netter,
Tarasenko had two more good
chances in the second period, a
lunging one-timer and a quality
shot on the rush near the buzzer.
He set career highs with 37 goals
and 36 assists in the regular season.
Thomas Vanek and Charlie
Coyle assisted on Scandella’s
fourth career playoff goal, with
all three earning their first point
of the series.
Coyle hit the crossbar falling to
his knees with just under nine
minutes to go, and Blues captain
David Backes cleared the puck
from the crease.
Allen used much of his body to
make a save midway through the
second period after a dump-in by
Ryan Suter deflected off a seam
in the glass. The puck bounced
into the crease and ended up
inches from the goal line after
Allen first tried to wedge it out
with a pad and then fumbled
with his glove before finally
securing it, somehow, under the
top of his stick.
“We have some weird glass
here,” Allen said. “It hit my left
pad, hit my right skate and then
I turned around and honestly,
just saw it and tried to pounce on
it.”
Serena Williams gets a rare test
from Giorgi but holds on to win
BRINDISI, Italy (AP) —
Nineteen Grand Slam titles.
Nearly 20 years as a professional.
An undefeated record this year.
And not one career loss in the
Fed Cup.
Serena Williams’ vast experience proved the difference during
an extremely tight first set
against Italy’s Camila Giorgi in a
7-6 (5), 6-2 win for the United
States in a Fed Cup playoff.
Wearing red, white and blue,
the top-ranked Williams was put
to the test as she kicked off her
clay season in front of a hostile
crowd Saturday. The end result,
though, was quite familiar.
“I competed well,” the 33-yearold Williams said. “She played
very, very well and I stayed in
there. I didn’t get negative. I
stayed positive and just did the
best that I could. I’ve been working really hard my whole life, so
maybe it was just experience.”
Neither player broke serve in
the first set, which was only
decided when Giorgi missed two
straight forehands to end the
tiebreaker.
“My game is very instinctive
and I made two key errors,” the
23-year-old Giorgi said. “Two
errors are not many but it
depends when you commit them.
In a tiebreak, two points are
worth gold. But I have no regrets
for how I played.”
Italy’s Sara Errani then evened
the best-of-five series with the
U.S. at 1-1 by routing 57thranked Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-2.
Williams improved to 19-0 this
AP photo
SerenA WilliAmS returnS A Shot to Italy's Camila Giorgi
during their Fed Cup World Group playoff match in Brindisi, Italy,
Saturday.
year and 15-0 for her career in
Fed Cup. The only blemish on
Williams’ 2015 record came
when she withdrew before the
Indian Wells semifinals last
month with a knee injury.
Giorgi was an unexpected
choice by captain Corrado
Barazzutti for Italy’s second singles spot over Brindisi native
Flavia Pennetta but she showed
surprising poise and was even
able to match Williams’ power in
the opening set.
Giorgi and Williams had 17
winners apiece in the first set —
which lasted more than an hour
— while Williams committed 18
unforced errors to Giorgi’s 15.
Unable to impose her game,
Williams appeared frustrated and
kept shouting “Come on!” to herself in angrier and angrier tones
as the first set wore on. Williams
consistently applauded, putting
one hand to her racket, when
Giorgi blasted winners by her,
prompting the capacity crowd of
4,000 to break into chants of “ITAL-IA, I-TAL-IA.”
But Williams played solidly in
the tiebreaker and Giorgi clipped
the top of the net on Williams’
first set point.
“It was a great match. Giorgi
played great throughout,” U.S.
captain Mary Joe Fernandez
said. “Serena did a good job to
really fight and play a solid
tiebreak. She served really well in
the tiebreak, which I thought was
the difference.”
In the second set, Williams
took control early on.
“I haven’t played that many
points on the clay so I think that
factored a little bit,” Williams
said. “But it was also that she
played really well. She had a
great game plan and that’s the
player she is. She just goes for a
lot.”
Barazzutti was pleased with
the score at the end of the first
day.
Coming in Monday’s editon of the
Curry scores 34, Warriors
beat Pelicans in Game 1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Stephen Curry scored 34 points
with an MVP-worthy performance, and the Golden State
Warriors went up big before holding off the New Orleans Pelicans
106-99 in their playoff opener
Saturday.
Klay Thompson added 21
points, and Draymond Green and
Andrew Bogut dominated down
low as the Warriors looked every
bit like the NBA’s top seed — at
least for three quarters. They
smothered Anthony Davis and
the Pelicans with the league’s
best defense, thrilling a gold
shirt-wearing sellout crowd of
19,596 that rocked and roared all
afternoon.
The Warriors led by 15 after the
first quarter, 18 at the half and 25
late in the third. The Pelicans
pulled within four in the final
minute behind Davis, who scored
20 of his 35 points in the fourth
quarter, to make the contest seem
closer than it really was.
Game 2 of the series is Monday
night in Oakland, where the
Warriors have won 19 straight.
Davis shot 13 of 23 from the
floor and grabbed seven
rebounds in his playoff debut.
Quincy Pondexter scored 20
points and Eric Gordon added 16
for the Pelicans, who shot 42.2
percent.
That was due in large part to
Golden State’s defensive stoppers, Green and Bogut, who
came up big on both ends.
Pelicans point guard Tyreke
Evans also left in the first half
with a bruised left knee and did
not return.
Green finished with 15 points,
12 rebounds and seven assists.
Bogut had 12 points, 14
rebounds and five assists.
The Warriors won a franchiserecord 67 games, going a leaguebest 39-2 at home. And just like
their regular-season resume predicted, they worked over the
Pelicans with all the pomp and
potency of a playoff powerhouse.
Fans chanted “War-ri-ors!”
during warmups, an alley-oop
from Thompson to Bogut got
them roaring more and then
came Curry crashing through the
lane for layups, sending them
into a chorus of “M-V-P!” for the
man many believe will take home
the league’s most coveted individual award.
All of it started from a swarming defensive effort that kept
Davis from doing much until the
final quarter and, in turn, negated everything New Orleans wanted to do.
Golden State led 28-13 after
the first quarter. In the final seconds of the second quarter, Curry
raced up court and converted a
left-handed reverse layup off the
top of the glass, drawing a foul on
Davis to start a three-point play
and flexing his arms to the
crowd.
The basket put the Warriors up
59-41 at the half, and they led
82-57 late in the third quarter.
Despite Davis’ late push, it was
too much for New Orleans to
overcome.
Curry finished 13 of 25 shooting but just 4 of 13 from 3-point
range. He also had five assists
and four rebounds.
The Pelicans’ Pondexter was
called for a technical foul in the
second quarter for shoving Green
in the face after the two got tangled up under the basket. Jrue
Holiday had five points and five
rebounds in 21 minutes in
Evans’ place.
AP photo
new orleAns PelicAns' Jrue HolidAy shoots over
Golden State Warriors' Andrew Bogut in the second half in Game 1
of their playoff series Saturday, in Oakland, Calif.
LeBron back
in playoffs
with Cavs
AP photo
toronto rAPtors' kyle lowry fouls Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal (3) during NBA
playoff action in Toronto, Saturday.
Pierce leads Wizards past
Raptors in OT in Game 1
TORONTO (AP) — Paul Pierce beat the
Raptors with a veteran mix of brains and baskets.
Pierce scored five of his 20 points in overtime,
Nene had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and the
Washington Wizards beat Toronto 93-86 on
Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff
series.
Pierce hit a 3-pointer, his fourth of the game,
to begin the extra session, further tormenting a
Raptors team he eliminated with Brooklyn in
last year’s playoffs, then derided this week by
saying, “I don’t feel they have the ‘It’ that makes
you worried,” in an interview with ESPN.
Bradley Beal scored 16, while John Wall and
Kevin Seraphin each had 10 for the Wizards.
Amir Johnson scored 18 points and DeMar
DeRozan had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the
Raptors, who have yet to win the opening game
of a first-round series in seven postseason
appearances.
Toronto hosts Game 2 on Tuesday night.
Badgered by taunts from a vocal sellout
crowd, Pierce also drew the ire of Toronto’s general manager. Masai Ujiri, who was fined
$25,000 after he used a profanity about
Brooklyn at the start of last year’s series, used
another profanity in a pregame speech to thousands of fans watching on a big screen outside
the arena. This time, Ujiri’s off-color comment
referred to Pierce’s recent “It” remark.
Pierce may have never played it better,
although he’s certainly had plenty of practice.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who attended the game, told Canadian broadcaster TSN
that Ujiri’s comments were “not appropriate.”
Before the series, Wittman said he picked
Pierce’s brain about what Brooklyn did to beat
Toronto last year, and Pierce’s experience in
winning an NBA title with Boston.
Washington held a double-digit lead in the
second half, but Greivis Vasquez, who came on
after All-Star Kyle Lowry fouled out, tied it at 82all by hitting a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left.
Neither team scored again until Pierce made a
3-pointer 36 seconds into overtime, the first
basket in a 7-0 Wizards run. Toronto missed
seven straight shots before DeRozan’s dunk
with 29 seconds left.
The Raptors’ only Game 1 win came over
Philadelphia in the second round of the 2001
playoffs.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Five years
ago, LeBron James left the floor
after Game 5 against Boston in
disgrace. There were boos from
the home fans, even some whispers he'd quit on the Cavaliers.
On Sunday, in his first playoff
game for Cleveland since 2010,
James will take his first step
toward an NBA championship —
toward the one that could top
them all.
James and the Cavaliers open
the playoffs against the Celtics, a
team he knows well and the one
that abruptly ended his first stay
in Cleveland. Shortly before his
exit to Miami in the summer of
'10, the Cavs were beaten in six
games by the Celtics, and that
series loss, perhaps as much as
any other, scarred James.
This opening-round matchup
appears to be a mismatch for
James and the Cavs, who righted
themselves after a 19-20 start and
are expected to easily dispatch the
up-and-coming Celtics. In James,
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love,
Cleveland has an updated version
of the "Big 3," while Boston traded
star guard Rajon Rondo and finished two games under .500.
The oddsmakers have tabbed
the Cavs co-favorites to win the
title, but James knows well that
there are no guarantees.
"Everyone's 0-0 when you get to
this point, so our whole game plan
right now is giving ourselves a
chance to win the game," said
James, who has never lost a firstround series.
Since that defeat by Boston in
2010, James has won two titles in
Miami, and he's now hoping to
quench a 51-year championship
drought in a tortured city that didn't take long to re-embrace him.
Cleveland and Boston split the
season series, with the Celtics
winning twice last week — games
in which Cavs coach David Blatt
rested starters to be fresh for the
postseason.
The only time both teams were
at close to full strength was March
3, when the Cavs demolished the
Celtics 110-79.
Boston guard Evan Turner
knows for the Celtics to have any
chance, James must be slowed.
"You try to make it uncomfortable for him, make him work
(defensively), contest his shots,"
Turner said. "I know he's going to
get calls, and I know he's going to
make a lot of great plays."
There are some other sub-plots
to the Celtics-Cavs series:
Smooth transiiton: Celtics
coach Brad Stevens knows his
way
around
the
NCAA
Tournament, but this is his first
dance with the big boys. In 2010
and 2011, he guided Butler to
consecutive NCAA title games. He
took over the Celtics last season,
when they went 25-57 while
rebuilding.
Hawks know from experience
that eight seeds can be trouble
ATLANTA (AP) — There’s nothing to indicate the Atlanta Hawks
will have any trouble with the
Brooklyn Nets in the opening
round of the NBA playoffs.
The top-seeded Hawks won all
four regular-season meetings by
an average of more than 17
points. They finished a whopping
22 games ahead of the Nets in
the Eastern Conference standings.
But Atlanta knows from experience that a No. 8 seed can
cause plenty of problems.
A year ago, the Hawks were in
the same position when they took
on the Indiana Pacers. Atlanta
won twice in Indianapolis, had a
chance to wrap up the series at
home, and wound up losing in a
seven-game thriller.
Now it’s the Hawks (60-22)
with the target on their backs
after setting a franchise record
for wins and earning their first
No. 1 seed since 1994.
“We understand that seeds
don’t really matter once you get
in the playoffs,” Hawks center Al
Horford said. “We were the perfect example of that last year. We
pushed Indiana to the limit. We
understand we need to come out
with a sense of urgency.”
The Nets (38-44) didn’t clinch
a playoff berth until the final
night of the regular season. They
know they’ll have their hands full
trying to become only the sixth
No. 8 seed to win a series since
the playoff format expanded in
1984.
“They’ve played consistently
well all year long,” Brooklyn
coach Lionel Hollins said. “It’s a
tremendous challenge, but that’s
what competition is all about.”
Here are some things to watch
for when the Hawks take on the
Nets:
TURNING IT BACK ON: After
building a huge lead in the
Eastern Conference, the Hawks
coasted down the stretch with
the idea of giving their starters
plenty of rest and keeping everyone as healthy as possible. The
team won only seven of its last 15
games, including a pair of threegame losing streaks. Can Atlanta
regain the form that led to a 19game winning streak and a perfect mark in January?
Lopez in the middle: Center
Brook Lopez might provide one of
the best chances for Brooklyn to
pull off a huge upset. The 7-footer has really stepped up his play
since the All-Star break by averaging 19.7 points and 9.2
rebounds, compared to 15.3 and
6.2 over the first 42 games. Lopez
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AP photo
AtlAntA HAwks guArd Jeff Teague disrupts the drive of Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose in the
first half in Chicago.
Merritt maintains edge through 3 rounds at RBC Heritage
AP photo
JordAn sPietH hits out of
the bunker on the ninth green
during the third round of the RBC
Heritage in Hilton Head Island,
S.C., Saturday.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) —
Troy Merritt felt the fear Saturday he
experienced during his successful amateur career. The third-round leader at the
RBC Heritage expects another healthy
dose Sunday.
Merritt shot a 2-under 69 to take a
three-stroke lead over defending champion Matt Kuchar, Brendon Todd and Kevin
Kisner. Jim Furyk, No. 10 in the world,
was four shots behind, with Masters
champ Jordan Spieth another stroke back
and eager to win another jacket — this
one tartan.
Merritt finished at 14-under 199, two
off the 54-hole scoring record set by
Justin Leonard in his 2002 victory.
Todd made the big move with a 63, the
day’s lowest round. Kisner shot 67, and
Kuchar 68.
Furyk led a group another stroke
behind after a 68, with Spieth five shots
back, also following a 68.
Brice Garnett and Branden Grace were
tied with Furyk in fifth. Garnett shot 65,
and Grace 66. Bo Van Pelt was 9 under
along with Spieth after a 67.
The pack of seven players at 8 under
included 2013 winner Graeme McDowell,
past British Open champ Louis
Oosthuizen and former world No. 1 Luke
Donald.
All of them will have to chase down
Merritt, the 54-hole leader for the first
time in his career. His best finish on the
PGA Tour is a second in Memphis last
year.
Merritt moved to the top and built a
four-shot lead Friday with his courserecord tying 61 at Harbour Town Golf
Links. He lost nearly all of that on the
front nine Saturday before regrouping.
Merritt explained how that fear calms
him and reminds him not to press and
take chances to keep the edge. “You go out
there, play solid golf, take care of your
business and you see how the other guy is
doing,” he said.
That worked in the third round after
Merritt put a ball in the water on the par4 eighth hole — “It was a spectacular
splash,” he said — leading to a double
bogey and reducing his lead to a stroke.
That’s when Merritt regrouped and
responded, making a birdie on the ninth
to regain his rhythm.
Spieth thrilled the gallery with his
bounce-back 62 on Friday and it was a
full house around the first tee when the
21-year-old Texan got started. But Spieth
played more like he did in Thursday’s
opening 74 than in the second round,
fighting to put shots close and make putts
on the way to his 68.
Still, it was Spieth’s 18th time breaking
par in his past 19 rounds, a monthlong
run of success that included the Valspar
Championship title, seconds at Texas and
Houston and that record-tying Masters
win from last week where he matched
Tiger Woods’ mark of 18-under from 1997.
And the fans continued to celebrate that
accomplishment, shouting and applauding Spieth wherever he walked. One more
round and Spieth can get some rest: He’s
not playing the Zurich Open next week.
RCR moving past penalties with interim crew chief
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) —
Richard Childress Racing had the
foresight to send an interim crew
chief to a test session this week
with Ryan Newman — a move
that may pay dividends this
weekend at Bristol Motor
Speedway.
RCR lost its bid to overturn
penalties
levied
against
Newman’s team for allegedly
manipulating tires at a race last
month at California. Although an
appeals panel reduced some of
the sanctions, the six-week suspensions for crew chief Luke
Lambert and two other team
members were upheld.
Unsure if the organization will
take its case to NASCAR’s chief
appellate officer, team owner
Richard Childress sent Todd
Parrott to Bristol to crew chief
Newman.
Parrott attended a three-day
test this week at Kentucky
Speedway with the No. 31 team
and got started working with
Newman and the crew.
The decision to take the case to
Final Appeals Officer Bryan Moss
means Lambert and the two suspended crew members can work
this weekend.
There was no immediate word
from RCR if Lambert will direct
AP photo
teAM owner riChArd Childress chats with driver Ryan Newman, left, before qualifying at
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
Newman on Sunday, or if engineer Philip Surgen and tire specialist James Bender would
return to work.
Moss has not set a date to hear
the case and has deferred the
suspensions. Lambert missed
practice and qualifying Friday.
RCR’s decision to appeal could
backfire: Moss, a former
Gulfstream executive, could reinstate the original penalties.
The appeals panel reduced the
points penalty to Newman and
the team from 75 to 50 points
and Lambert’s fine from
$125,000 to $75,000.
Unsure how the appeal process
would go, RCR had the foresight
to send an interim crew chief to a
test session this week with
Newman. As the team debated on
whether it wanted to appeal further, it sent Parrott to Bristol on
Friday in Lambert’s place.
Parrott, who is RCR’s director
of competition for the second-tier
Xfinity Series, gathered the crew
in the team truck for a pep talk in
Kentucky in case the Thursday
appeal was unsuccessful.
“I sat them down up in the
lounge of the truck and I said,
‘I’m not sure what is going to
happen, but if it does happen and
I do get the call to go to Bristol
and work with you guys, is there
anything you need from me?
What do you want? What do you
like?’” Parrott said Friday at
Bristol.
Parrott guided Dale Jarrett to
the 1999 title and has 31 Cup
wins on his resume.
There had been speculation
throughout the garage that teams
were poking tiny holes in their
tires in a move called “bleeding
tires” and NASCAR seized tires
after races at Phoenix and
California. Of the four teams who
had tires confiscated after
California, only Newman’s tires
came back as having been
manipulated. Kevin Harvick’ and
Joey Logano’s tires were taken at
Phoenix and both passed an
inspection.
RCR has maintained its innocence and Childress was grateful
that the appeal committee
reduced the points deducted
from driver and owner from 75 to
50, and cut Lambert’s fine from
$125,000 to $75,000.
Newman has so far not been
made available to comment on
the penalties.
Parrott, who will split his time
between the Cup and Xfinity
garages this weekend, said he
came to Bristol to win in both
series. Ty Dillon is currently leading the Xfinity Series points for
RCR and Parrott said he will not
“lose sight of that” while guiding
Newman.
“Ryan is an awesome talent in
this sport and one heck of a race
car driver,” he said. “I’m not out
to get Luke Lambert’s job or any
of these guys. I’m just here to fill
in and do the job they have asked
me to do.”
Logano gets flag-to-flag Xfinity win
BRISTOL (AP) — Joey Logano
led flag-to-flag Saturday to win
the Xfinity Series race at Bristol
Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones started from the
pole but was passed by Logano
before he completed the first lap.
Logano led all 300 laps in cruising to his second Xfinity Series
victory of the season.
“I’ve never led every single lap
in a race before,” Logano said.
“Gosh this is fun. This is amazing. You’re just waiting for something to go wrong.”
In three starts in NASCAR’s
second-tier series, Logano has
driven his Ford to two wins and a
second-place finish for Team
Penske.
Daniel Suarez, a rookie for Joe
Gibbs Racing, finished a careerbest second. He needed a big
save of his Toyota about halfway
through the race, eventually
moved into second, but never
had a challenge for Logano.
“I just can’t believe it — I can’t
explain to you in words right now
what I’m feeling in Spanish or
English,” said Suarez, who was
born and raised in Mexico and
didn’t speak any English when
he first visited North Carolina
three years ago to pursue a
NASCAR career.
Chris Buescher was third in a
Ford for Roush Fenway Racing
and moved into a tie with Ty
Dillon for the series points lead.
He said he wasn’t looking too far
ahead at a potential championship race.
“We recognize that we’re in a
very, very good spot right now
and we’ve worked very hard to
get to that point, but it’s early,”
Buescher said. “We’re going to
keep going at these races and
trying to win. If we can keep that
mindset that we just need to go
run as well as possible and try to
win these races, even if it means
taking some chances, I think it
will pay off better for us in the
long run.”
Jones was fourth, followed by
Dillon, Chase Elliott, Kevin
Harvick and Brian Scott.
Brendan Gaughan, Elliott
Sadler and Brennan Poole
rounded out the top 10.
Only 12 drivers finished on the
lead lap.
Harvick appeared to be
Logano’s biggest competition, but
he never could get around
Logano for the lead. Then a
speeding penalty on pit road during the fourth caution sent
Harvick to the back of the longest
line on the ensuing restart.
Regan Smith, a championship
contender, finished 30th after
losing power in his car.
AP photo
The race had a red-flag period
Joey
logAno
celebrates
in
just over 10 minutes when J.J.
Yeley spun into the wall and Victory Lane after winning the
damaged a SAFER barrier that Xfinity Series race at Bristol
had to be replaced.
Motor Speedway, Saturday.
AP photo
MAtt Kenseth will be
on the pole for the Sprint
Cup Food City 500 today, at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kenseth wins
pole at Bristol
BRISTOL (AP) — Matt
Kenseth will try for his first
win since 2013 when he
starts from the pole at Bristol
Motor Speedway.
Kenseth led a strong showing from Joe Gibbs Racing on
Friday when he turned a lap
at 128.632 mph to grab the
top starting spot.
But he wasn’t sure how his
pole-run would help him
Sunday. Kenseth is winless in
51
races
since
New
Hampshire in September
2013, but came close last
month at California until a
late debris caution ruined his
day.
“Finishing up front is the
most
important
part,”
Kenseth said after qualifying.
“The guy who’s on the pole
always says it’s a big deal for
Sunday. Qualifying and racing is different, I think everywhere. Certainly getting one
lap here is a lot different than
being good for 500 laps.”
It was Kenseth’s first pole
of the season and 13th of his
career.
Brad Keselowski qualified
second at 128.442 in a Team
Penske Ford.
He was followed by Carl
Edwards as JGR drivers took
two of the top three spots,
and three of the top five when
Denny Hamlin qualified
behind Kevin Harvick. David
Ragan, the interim driver for
injured Kyle Busch in the
fourth JGR Toyota, qualified
11th.
Martinez, Heyward, Cardinals beat Reds for 4th win in row
AP photo
ChiCAgo Cubs stArter Kyle Hendricks delivers a pitch
in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Saturday, in
Chicago.
Bryant gets first hit,
reaches 5 times as
Cubs beat Padres
CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant
got a standing ovation for his
first major league hit and
reached base five times
Saturday in the Chicago Cubs’
7-6, 11-inning win over the San
Diego Padres.
A day after the prized
prospect went 0 for 4 with three
strikeouts in his big league
debut, Bryant went 2 for 3 with
three walks.
He allowed Wil Myers’ bouncer leading off the game to kick
off his glove for his first major
league error.
Bryant walked against Tyson
Ross in the first and fourth
innings. With the Cubs trailing
2-1 in the fifth, Bryant hit a
broken-bat single off the end of
his bat into short center to drive
in the tying run, earning a big
cheer from the 33,958 fans at
Wrigley Field.
Bryant walked in the seventh, flied out in the ninth and
reached on an infield single to
shortstop in the 11th against
Craig Kimbrel (0-1), moving
Anthony Rizzo to third with one
out. Pinch-hitter David Ross
walked to load the bases, bringing up Starlin Castro.
San Diego brought in Myers
from center as a fifth infielder
and, with all five playing in,
Castro singled past third baseman Will Middlebrooks and into
left field.
Zac Rosscup (1-0) allowed
one hit in two scoreless innings
for his second major league win.
Matt Kemp, who is batting
.340 with nine RBIs, hit a tworun homer in the first off Kyle
Hendricks, whio allowed two
runs and three hits in six
innings with eight strikeouts
and no walks.
Ross gave up three runs, five
hits and five walks in 5 2-3
innings, striking out nine.
Trailing 6-2, Chicago tied the
score in the ninth, which began
with singles by Yonder Alonso
and Kemp off Phil Coke.
Justin Upton greeted Hector
Rondon with a run-scoring single, Middlebrooks hit an RBI
double, Jedd Gyorko had a
run-scoring groundout and
pinch-hitter Yangervis Solarte
tied the score with a two-out
single.
Rondon had converted 17
straight save opportunities
since Aug. 5.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jason
Heyward wasn’t sure how to
react after hitting his first home
run as a member of the St.
Louis Cardinals in a 5-2 win
over the Cincinnati Reds on
Saturday.
The curtain call concept was
new to him.
“A couple guys in the dugout
said, ‘They want you to go back
out there,’” Heyward said. “So I
did. It was a good feeling.”
Heyward’s homer backed a
strong six-inning pitching performance by Carlos Martinez as
the Cardinals won their fourth
in a row.
Matt Carpenter drove in a
pair of runs for the NL Central
champions.
Zack Cozart homered for the
Reds, who have lost three in a
row and six of seven.
Cincinnati speedster Billy
Hamilton left in the eighth
inning after beating out an
infield single. He is day-to-day
with irritation in his right groin,
manager Bryan Price said.
Heyward was acquired from
Atlanta in November to replace
outfielder Oscar Taveras, who
was killed in an automobile
accident.
Heyward homered in his 42nd
at-bat of the season, connecting
in the third inning.
“He’s a big boy with a big
swing,” said Carpenter, who had
two hits. “Hopefully he’s got a
lot more homers left in there for
us.”
St. Louis manager Mike
Matheny has final approval on
all curtain calls.
“They usually look down
towards my end of the dugout to
see if it is appropriate or not,”
Matheny said.
Matheny gave the thumbs-up
and the celebration was on.
Martinez (1-0) allowed one
run and three hits, striking out
four and walking two.
Trevor Rosenthal picked up
his fourth save in as many
opportunities. He struck out
Joey Votto with two on to end
the game.
Homer Bailey (0-1) surrendered five runs and nine hits
over 5 2-3 innings. He made his
first start after beginning the
season on the disabled list while
recovering from surgery on a
torn flexor tendon.
“Early on, I felt I made some
pretty good pitches that got hit,”
Bailey said. “They put some
pretty good swings on them. But
it does feel good to get back out
there.”
Martinez picked up his first
win of the season and need just
86 pitches. He retired 10 of the
last 11 batters he faced.
“I tried to limit my pitches so
I could last longer,” Martinez
said. “It worked.”
Carpenter, who has six successive
multihit
games,
improved to 17 for 29 (.586) lifetime against Bailey. His two-run
double in the sixth pushed the
lead to 5-1 and chased Bailey.
Matt Adams put St. Louis in
front with an RBI single in the
first. He drove in Matt Holliday,
who doubled with two out.
Holliday left the game after
scoring with stiffness in his
back. Holliday, who has hit
safely in all 10 games this season, is day-to-day.
Yadier Molina made it 3-0
with a run-scoring double in the
fourth. Molina has eight hits in
his last 15 at-bats.
Cozart, who had three hits,
pushed his hitting streak to
seven games.
“We kept coming at them, we
hit some balls hard,” Price said.
“But we weren’t able to string
together the big inning that we
needed.”
Jhonny Peralta of the
Cardinals had a nine-game hitting streak snapped.
hit a grand slam, Adam LaRoche
added a three-run homer and
four RBIs and the Chicago
White Sox beat the Detroit
Tigers.
Chicago, which set a season
high for runs, scored 11 runs in
the third and fourth innings
combined and collected a season-high 17 hits for the game.
Abreu and LaRoche had three
hits apiece, and Melky Cabrera
matched a career high with four
hits and knocked in two runs.
J.D. Martinez homered for
Detroit, which lost for the second time in 11 games this season.
Chris Sale (2-0) cruised to the
win, allowing two runs on four
hits in six innings.
Anibal Sanchez (1-2) gave up
nine runs on nine hits in 3 1/3
innings.
INDIANS 4, TWINS 2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Danny
Salazar matched his career high
with 10 strikeouts while pitching into the seventh inning of
his season debut, leading the
Cleveland
Indians
over
Minnesota.
Roberto Perez had a home run
among his three hits for the
Indians, and Jason Kipnis
stopped an 0-for-16 slide with a
two-out, RBI single in the seventh that prompted the Twins to
pull starter Phil Hughes (0-3).
Salazar (1-0) gave up two
runs and six hits. Cody Allen
pitched a hitless ninth for his
third save in as many attempts.
ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 1
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Davis
hit a two-run homer, Chris
Tillman rebounded from a
rough start and the Baltimore
Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox
4-1 Saturday.
Adam Jones had three singles
for the Orioles, who moved back
over .500 at 6-5.
David Ortiz went 3 for 3 with
a double and two singles for the
Red Sox, who lost for the third
time in their last nine games.
Brock Holt had three singles.
Tillman (2-1) gave up one run
and six hits in 5 1-3 innings, a
turnaround from when he
allowed seven runs in 2 2-3
innings in Sunday’s 10-7 loss to
Toronto. Three Orioles pitchers
combined for one-hit relief.
Zach Britton threw a perfect
ninth for his fourth save.
Clay Buchholz (1-2) allowed
two runs and 11 hits in six
innings and is winless since
beating Cole Hamels in
Philadelphia on opening day.
PHILLIES 5, NATIONALS 3
WASHINGTON (AP) — Odubel
Herrera had three hits and
scored twice, Aaron Harang
pitched six innings and the
Philadelphia Phillies snapped a
six-game losing streak, beating
Washington.
Freddy Galvis had two RBI
singles for Philadelphia, which
had scored 13 runs over its last
six games.
Bryce Harper hit a long home
run for Washington, which had
won three straight. Ian
Desmond added three hits, but
the shortstop continued to
struggle in the field, making his
eighth error.
Harang (2-1) gave up three
runs and seven hits. Jonathan
Papelbon pitched the ninth for
his third save.
Jordan Zimmermann (1-2)
allowed two earned runs and
four hits over 6 1-3 innings.
AP photo
MinnesotA twins left fielder Oswaldo Arcia fires to second
after falling while fielding a grounder against the Clevelad
WHITE SOX 12, TIGERS 3
DETROIT (AP) — Jose Abreu Indians in the fourth inning Saturday, in Minneapolis.
Editorials
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you
will not do much.”
— Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (“Lewis Carroll”), English author (1832-1898)
A star is born and she
is BGCC’s Gaby Ortiz
T
hrough the eyes of
teenagers and preteens,
some of whom are asked
to endure challenged lives and
troubled homes, safe places like
the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Cleveland are not just safe
places ... they are godsends.
Several of the Cleveland and
Bradley County community’s
prized young people have told
this story before. Two who
quickly come to mind are Maria
Hernandez and Meeri Shin,
each of whom won state and
regional titles as Youth of the
Year representing their beloved
BGCC.
Most will remember young
Maria who became a walking
advocacy for opportunity but
most of all for courage. In Youth
of the Year, she went as far as
the national competition where
she finished as runner-up.
Thanks in part to the footprints, and to the legacies, left
by Maria and by Meeri, another
young star is born who has represented our hometown in marvelous fashion.
She is Gaby Ortiz, a Bradley
Central High School senior who
earlier was selected as Youth of
the Year for the local organization, and who then represented
her local BGCC in the state
competition in Nashville.
There, she finished as second
runner-up.
Some might mistakenly consider the young BCHS teen as
being lost in the shadows of
prior success stories like Maria
and Meeri whose levels of
achievement carried them further in the annual competition
than other locals from prior
years.
But this is not the case, nor
should it ever be considered as
such.
Like Maria and Meeri, young
Gaby Ortiz is a remarkable
young woman. She will enroll at
Lee University and more than
likely take up the cause of education. That’s because she
wants to give back in a way that
the kindness of others has given
to her.
The Youth of the Year competition is far more than winning
this award or earning that recognition.
It is about learning.
It is about growing.
It is about representing.
It is about scholarships.
It is about education and
understanding its value in life.
It is about embracing the
ideals of being young and of
overcoming the sometimes hidden obstacles of youth.
Like Maria and like Meeri,
young Gaby has overcome
much. She still is. But today, she
is a shining portrait of potential,
and she is the epitome of the
kind of difference that can be
made in the life of a teen who is
wrapped in the bosom of an outreach like that offered by the
Boys & Girls Clubs.
Here’s an example of that
impact. It was eloquently written
in the lead of a front-page story
published by our newspaper in
the edition dated April 2, 2015. In
that opening paragraph composed by long-time journalist
Larry Bowers — whose popular
“Looking Back” columns are
reminders of what it was like to be
young — he wrote of young Gaby:
“Cleveland’s Gaby Ortiz did
not bring home the Tennessee
Youth of the Year title this year,
but she did gain newfound confidence, recognition and a huge
check.”
The recognition and certainly
the check are nice, but it is the
“newfound confidence” that we
believe young people like Gaby
and Maria and Meeri would
agree are the truest reward to
participating in Youth of the
Year.
We believe others would
agree such as Embry Barks, a
sophomore at Polk County High
School, and Richard Burke, a
senior at Cleveland High
School, and Cierra Diaz, a
freshman at Polk County High
School.
Embry, Richard and Cierra
competed against Gaby in the
local Youth of the Year competition. Each walked away a winner. As we said, it isn’t about
points or trophies or prizes.
Certainly, such awards are nice.
Such kudos are appropriate for
young models of excellence
who seek only to be accepted
and to be part of something far
grander.
But it is mostly about the
experience.
It is mostly about the challenge.
It is mostly about the opportunity to stand before others and
declare, “I am.”
This year’s Tennessee Youth
of the Year is James Bennett
who represented the Murray
County Boys & Girls Clubs of
Columbia. The runner-up, who
was just ahead of Gaby by the
cards of the judges, was
Alexondria McKinny who represented the Tennessee Valley
Boys & Girls Clubs of Knoxville.
Other state finalists were
Queen
McElrath,
Middle
Tennessee Boys & Girls Clubs
of Nashville; Debria Tyler,
Rutherford County Boys & Girls
Clubs; and Whitney Andies of
Elizabethton Boys & Girls
Clubs.
Only one emerged as
Tennessee’s No. 1. But just by
being there, and by having the
courage to step into the spotlight of scrutiny, should make
each of these wonderful young
people a winner.
In our heart, and we know in
the hearts of their respective
organizations, their communities and their families, all are
No. 1. This is as it should be.
This is, we hope and pray, as it
always will be.
Young women like Gaby Ortiz
will do well in life as long as they
have the love, the support and
the encouragement of others ...
others like the Boys & Girls
Clubs of Cleveland.
Thanks to the local organization, and to leaders like Charlie
Sutton and his staff who are
known for going the extra mile in
the lives of their young stewards, teenagers like Gaby will
get the fair opportunity that life
owes them.
It isn’t just about surviving
today.
It is about reaching for
dreams tomorrow.
None can say it better than
Gaby herself. Of the influence of
the Boys & Girls Clubs on her life,
she offered, “It was an escape
from reality. I was no longer
alone in the world. Since then,
I’m not a victim. I’m a survivor.”
She added, “I want to bring
hope, as it was brought to me. I
have a passion for children. I
want to teach elementary children.”
Experience is truly the best
teacher.
Gaby’s troubled home life in
her younger years, and her welcomed inclusion in her new
home at the Boys & Girls Clubs,
served only to make her
stronger as a young woman.
We believe Gaby has the
makings to be a great teacher.
And certainly, she has the
potential to be a model of excellence — not because she’s any
better than anybody else, but
because she has walked the
walk of life. And she has learned
its lessons.
We credit Gaby’s opportunity
at success to the Boys & Girls
Clubs.
We credit Gaby’s willingness
to rise above the storm to Gaby.
Congratulations to this young
rising star, and a sincere thank
you to the organization that
launched her dreams.
As long as there are young
people like Gaby, and as long as
supporters like the Boys & Girls
Clubs stand in the wings, life will
be good.
And we will have them to
thank.
Nuclear deal with Iran a tough one
But, loopholes could test some of the restrictions
VIENNA (AP) — In selling the Iran nuclear
deal to Congress and other skeptics,
President Barack Obama said it is built on
“unprecedented verification,” telling his radio
audience: “If Iran cheats, the world will
know it.”
Only time will tell if Obama is right. While
Iran could try to push back or cover up, it
certainly has little incentive for deceit.
Its negotiators returned home to jubilant
crowds hailing the prospect of an end to the
crippling economic sanctions that forced
Iran to the negotiating table in the first
place. Even the chief of Iran’s powerful
Revolutionary Guard joined in praising their
efforts.
Tehran thus is unlikely to risk the
prospect of having the sanctions re-imposed
— the penalty for cheating. More likely, Iran
will push for every loophole any agreement
provides but honor it, and wait out the strict
restrictions any deal will impose.
Still, hoping that Iran will toe the line
isn’t enough. Distrust about its intentions
will persist long after the fleeting good vibes
generated around the negotiating table by
last week’s preliminary deal. It was
designed to at least temporarily cap such
potential Iranian bomb-making nuclear
activities.
That has left the United States and its
negotiating partners seeking tight controls
against potential Iranian deceit. The commitments Tehran has signed on to certainly go
further than ever before to ensure that if it
does try to clandestinely circumvent restrictions on its nuclear program, it will not get
away with it.
Iran can afford to bide its time — it resisted efforts to demolish its nuclear infrastructure, leaving it intact. That allows it to
quickly expand to dimensions dwarfing its
present capacities once constraints are lifted, starting 10 years after any accord takes
hold.
Obama acknowledged as much, telling
AP NEWS ANALYSIS
NPR News that Iran could have the capacities to build a nuclear bomb within roughly
13 years of the emerging nuclear deal.
As negotiators try to turn a sketchy
understanding into a comprehensive deal by
June 30, Tehran’s nuclear history cannot be
ignored.
Iranian atomic activities that the U.S. and
its five negotiating partners are now trying
to restrict were born of secrecy. Iran has
repeatedly played for time since they were
revealed, blocking probes while drawing out
negotiations meant to curb the programs —
and using the weeks, months or years won
to expand nuclear activities instead.
That means that Iran again could turn to
delaying tactics to blunt sleuthing attempts
by the U.N’s International Atomic Energy
Agency — even though on paper at least,
Iran appears to have little wiggle room.
The IAEA already has a presence in Iran.
Yet it has been allowed to monitor only
Iran’s declared nuclear programs under
agreements linked to Tehran’s ratification of
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
That is to change under any June deal.
Iran left the negotiating table in
Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday with a
commitment to implement the Additional
Protocol, IAEA’s most potent monitoring
instrument. In effect in nearly 150 countries, that agreement is meant to allow IAEA
experts nearly unfettered access — normally
within a day or two — to any site within
those nations that the agency suspects may
be used for secret nuclear work.
For Washington, lessons learned from
Iran’s nuclear past made such an agreement
indispensable as part of any deal.
And although Tehran denies past, present
or future interest in the bomb, the IAEA
believes it may have worked secretly on
nuclear arms — suspicions shared by the
United States and other countries.
Iran’s willingness to hew to terms imposed
by the Additional Protocol is by no means a
given.
While accepting an Additional Protocol
between 2003 and 2006, Iran often balked
at the kind of intrusive inspections the
agreement was supposed to guarantee. The
U.S. State Department says Tehran only
“implemented it provisionally and selectively.”
Washington hopes to avoid a repeat
through a “dispute resolution process” that
it could turn to if it wants a special inspection of any site at any time. If cheating by
Iran is revealed, the preliminary deal allows
a “snap-back” of sanctions that were previously eased to reward Tehran for good
behavior.
But Iran may push back on any dispute.
And that could give it plenty of potential
cover-up time.
Whether it’s IAEA’s 35-nation board or a
specially created U.N. panel, any arbiter is
bound to be composed of multiple countries,
including some with more sympathy for Iran
than harbored by the United States and its
Western allies.
That means that consultations leading to
any ruling that special inspections are necessary could take, days, weeks, even months
— with Tehran fighting it all the way.
And while U.S. intelligence agencies will
be on sharpened lookout for cheating,
they’re not infallible.
The intelligence community was wrong in
assessing that Iraq had significant weapons
of mass destruction. As well, a 2007
National Intelligence Estimate concluding
that Iran apparently halted nuclear weapons
work in 2003 has since been contradicted by
the IAEA, as well as U.S. allies including
Britain and Germany. All say Tehran may
have continued such activities past that
date.
ANNIE’S
MAILBOX
Dear Annie: I have been married to “Tom” for 30 years, and
we’ve raised two successful children. Tom is a nice guy, but he
is a binge drinker and has been
all the years I have known him.
I didn’t recognize this as alcoholism until 10 years ago. Tom
has been in therapy ever since. It
has increased his awareness,
but hasn’t stopped the bingeing.
It seems to happen several times
a year at social events. He drinks
so much that he blacks out,
falls, vomits on himself, displays
other inappropriate behavior
and suffers countless humiliations.
As always, Tom is shocked
when I tell him what he did the
night before and promises never
to drink again. Slowly things get
better, I forgive him, and then it
happens again. This also happens when he goes away with his
friends, but I don’t know the
details, so there is a trust issue,
as well. I have been going to AlAnon for years and am taking
great care of myself. But I do feel
sad sometimes.
Now that the children are
grown, I could leave him, but the
vows “through sickness and
health” stop me. And, of course,
many people would be upset,
including our kids. Any advice?
— T.
Dear T.: Worry less about
what others will think and more
about what you can live with. Is
Tom a good candidate for medication to curtail his drinking?
Would he be willing to do it? Talk
to his doctor. Would it make a
bigger impression if you videotaped him when he’s drunk so he
could see for himself how he
behaves? Do it. Would he cooper-
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dietary group
matches 2010
UN report
To The Editor:
Just in time for the 45th
anniversary of Earth Day this
Wednesday, the U.S. Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee
has made it official: consumption
of animal products is not environmentally sustainable.
Their conclusions match those
of a massive 2010 United Nations
report, which concluded that a
global shift toward a vegan diet is
vital to save the world from
hunger, fuel poverty and climate
change.
Carbon dioxide, the chief
greenhouse gas, is emitted by
burning forests to create animal
pastures and by combustion of
fossil fuels to operate farm
machinery, trucks, refrigeration
equipment, factory farms and
slaughterhouses. The much
more damaging methane and
nitrous oxide are released from
the digestive tracts of cattle and
from animal waste cesspools.
Moreover, animal agriculture
contributes more pollutants to
our waterways than other human
activities combined. Principal
sources are animal wastes, soil
particles, minerals, crop debris,
fertilizers and pesticides from feed
croplands. It is also the driving
force in worldwide deforestation
and wildlife habitat destruction.
In an environmentally sustainable world, just as fossil fuels are
replaced by wind, solar and other
sustainable energy sources, animal foods must be replaced by
vegetables, fruits and grains. Our
next trip to the supermarket is a
great starting point.
— Collin Dushay
Cleveland
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The Benton Lions Club of
Benton would like to express our
heartfelt thanks to the following
individuals: Gov. Bill Haslam,
state Rep. Dan Howell and state
Sen. Mike Bell.
These gentlemen were kind
enough to arrange the donation
of a Tennessee state flag which
was flown over the Capitol in
Nashville, to our local club, and
we very much appreciate their
time.
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officials, in that they have always
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established in 1941 and has
served countless children and
elderly with free eye care, is but
one example of the many ways
these gentlemen strive to serve
the people by whom they were
elected.
Again, we would sincerely like
to thank the governor, representative and senator for all
their help, and for all they do
for so many.
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Tears for a lost schoolmate and a day gone by
“Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A
farewell is necessary before you can
meet again. And meeting again, after
moments or a lifetime, is certain for those
who are friends.”
— Richard Bach
American writer
(b. June 23, 1937)
Author, “Jonathan
Livingston Seagull”
———
Last week I learned of the apparent
death of a friend and schoolmate from
my years at Collierville High School.
She died in 1984. I wasn’t made
aware of her passing until 31 years
later.
Her name was Johnnie. I won’t give
her last name because I use the word
“apparent” with purpose. It might or
might not have been her.
My information came from one of
those online classmates websites. Like
Facebook, Twitter and who knows how
many others, its intent is to make the
world a smaller place.
In this case, it did. It also made mine
a sadder place.
The information seemed accurate,
and it appeared to be far more than
coincidence. I didn’t research it indepth because I didn’t want to register
with half-a-dozen unfamiliar Internet
sites.
But I did learn this much ...
The name was the same.
The high school was the same.
The place of residence was almost
the same: Memphis, the metropolitan
Bluff City only about 20 miles away
from our little Collierville hometown
back in the late 1960s and early ’70s
when I — and when Johnnie — lived
there.
We weren’t classmates, just schoolmates.
I was a senior. Johnnie was a junior.
I was the student athletic trainer for
the football and basketball teams during my junior and senior years.
Johnnie was a cheerleader her junior
year. I cannot speak for her days as a
senior for I had left home in September
1973 to enroll at the University of
Tennessee at Martin. Johnnie would
have graduated the following May.
I always thought Johnnie was as
cute as a kitten. But back in those
early ’70s, it was taboo to speak of
such, much less think it.
In those sometimes tumultuous days
of the 20th century, it was frowned
upon for a white teenaged boy in high
school to consider a black teenaged girl
pretty; I suppose the reverse was just
“Hey,” I said. For a teenage boy who
was shy, white and Southern, that was
the equivalent of, “Hello.”
“Hey,” she replied.
Her voice seemed strained, slightly
raspy, but otherwise velvet soft and
oddly enough Southern. Mine was,
well, mine was just plain ... with a pronounced Tennessee twang.
“You’re ... Johnnie, right?” I asked.
She smiled again.
“Yes ... and you’re, Ricky?”
I nodded, now all-too flattered. My
chest probably puffed.
She added, “... But some of the boys
on the football and basketball teams
call you ‘Doc’ and ‘Professor.’ They call
you ‘Doc’ because you’re the trainer.
They call you ‘Professor’ because you’re
in the Honor Society.”
“... Yeah, but I think it’s mostly
because of these glasses,” I chuckled,
fumbling the heavy black rims with
thumb and forefinger.
Frustrations with my geeky eyeglasses dated back to sixth grade.
“So how’d you know all that ... I
mean, the ‘Doc’ and ‘Professor’ stuff?” I
asked. “We’re not even in the same
grade.”
She laughed, “Well, I do talk to people ... and I listen.”
Being a junior, she probably had
been swapping tales with some of her
own classmates in athletics for whom
she cheered on weeknights: Rickey
Jeans, the star tailback in football and
forward on the basketball squad; or
Morris, Roy, Otha Lee, Dave, John ...
and the list went on and on of
eleventh-grade friends I had made
through sports.
All were good guys. Most I had met
through desegregation.
“Nice to meet you ... officially,
Johnnie,” I managed. Far from suave,
even as an overconfident senior, I tried
not to stare. She was just so pretty.
“Nice to meet you, too,” she replied.
On this day, if Collierville High
School could have granted me one wish
it would have been to spend the afternoon talking to Johnnie. But it wasn’t
to be. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Owens —
who were two of my favorite teachers,
except for this day — called class into
session and that ended the chat.
“Gotta go,” I said before turning in
my seat to face the front.
“Bye,” she whispered, suppressing a
giggle along the way.
While swinging back around, I locked
eyes with two lanky basketball buddies
two rows over — Rodney and Eddie,
whose ankles I had taped far too many
INKSPOTS
Rick Norton
Assoc. Editor
as true.
This was late in the Civil Rights era:
Court-ordered desegregation (known in
the day as integration), student busing
and school consolidations. Older
schools, most of them predominately
black, were being closed and the students sent to white schools.
Collierville had been one of those lopsided, mostly white institutions, but
our racial diversity began to even out
by my sophomore year.
The change had started in the ’60s,
but by the early ’70s students were still
struggling to come to terms with this
new look of education ... and with each
other.
It wasn’t easy. Racial tensions flared
on some days more than others. You
never quite knew what to expect on any
given morning. But this I still believe.
The kids adapted better than the parents and the community. When it came
to tolerance, the young folks became
the teachers; the parents were the students.
Looking back on life 42 years ago, I
can barely recall the first time I met
Johnnie. It may, or may not have been,
in a class called American Studies
which then was a hybrid between literature and history, and the classroom
mix included both juniors and seniors.
It was a textbook experiment to
gauge the effectiveness of dual academics and merging students from two
grade levels into the same classroom.
Johnnie and I were part of the experiment, not like lab rats ... just more
like advancing the cause of secondary
education.
One day early in the school season,
Johnnie sat in the desk directly behind
me. I turned to see who had taken the
seat. Or, maybe I already knew.
Her eyes were the first thing I saw —
big and brown. Her smile was the second — broad and warmer than the
morning sun. Yet, she was timid. That
made two of us.
I had seen her before ... out in the
hallways between classes, in the cafeteria, on the sidelines at the games. But
this time it was up-close and it was
personal.
She met my gaze, perhaps a little
startled at my actions, and she blinked.
times. Both were my teammates and
off-court friends. Both I met because
their schools had been closed. And on
this day, both were wearing grins as
wide as the moon.
Realizing they had watched the entire
conversation, I probably mouthed
“What?” in their direction, my hands
open in perceived innocence.
It was just as well that class started.
I was running out of things to say to
Johnnie; yet, I had a thousand questions.
Over time, most went unasked and
equally unanswered.
And it remained that way.
With her being a junior and me a
senior, our paths didn’t often cross. We
always talked a little before the start of
American Studies, but that darn school
bell was forever getting in the way.
Now over four decades later, life’s
much easier. Surprises are few and
expectations are fewer.
We’re no longer hormone-driven
teens and we don’t stumble over our
words in the face of those who are different; or at least, different from us.
Diversity is the norm and people are
the friends we’ve made and the
strangers we’ve never met.
Johnnie was one such person.
Johnnie was one such friend.
But I wish I had known her better.
When I saw that website text, “Died
1984,” I honestly thought I was going
to cry. And I can’t explain why.
Johnnie and I were friends, but not
what you’d call especially close.
Johnnie and I were schoolmates, but
not social buddies who shared a meal
or enjoyed a movie together.
Johnnie and I were two peas in a
giant pod of racial interaction, one that
was forced yet one far too long in its
coming.
The other day, I pulled out the old
1973 Collierville High “Pathfinder,”
wiped off the dust and turned to the
junior class. There she was.
I then turned to the cheerleader
squad picture, and there she was again
decked out in Dragon maroon, white
socks and those funny two-toned
shoes. And she wore the same smile as
that early day in American Studies.
I called Johnnie my friend, yet ...
I never knew her best subject in
school.
I never knew her ambitions beyond
education.
I never knew her favorite color.
I never knew her parents’ names.
I never knew her brothers and sisters.
Annie
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This Week
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hisTory
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The following items were compiled by the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library from old issues of the
Cleveland Daily Banner and its forerunners, the Cleveland Banner, the Journal, and the Journal and Banner.
The following items were compiled by the
Cleveland Bradley County Public Library
from old issues of the Cleveland Daily
Banner and its forerunners, the Cleveland
Banner, the Journal, and the Journal and
Banner.
April 19, 1923
Children of the Confederacy
The Summer Cunningham Chapter of
Children of the Confederacy selected
William Hall Rodgers as an honorary member of the chapter, and notified him of the
honored appointment.
That chapter was one of the youngest,
yet one of the strongest of the Tennessee
Division. William was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will D. Rodgers.
He was the grandson of Andrew M.
Rodgers, who was a Confederate veteran,
and George T. Hall. Both men died at that
time. The boy was also the great-grandson
of John Montgomery Hardwick and George
Tucker.
Friends congratulated him on his
appointment.
———
Special Bible program
The Berean Bible Class of the First
Baptist Church had a special program
Sunday morning. The class quartet opened
the program with a special number, "He
Included Me."
A lesson taught by professor. W.K. Main
followed. Then David North Jr., the talented young son of Cleveland's well-known
jeweler, and assisted by Miss Grace
Lambdin at the piano, rendered a selection
on the violin. The Berean quartet then gave
a closing number, "Memories of Gallilee."
———
April 20, 1923
Deserter brought back
John Farris was brought back from
Chattanooga on April 19, 1923, in the
evening to answer the charge of deserting
his two motherless children.
His trial was held on April 21, 1923,
before Judge W.L. Humphrey. Deputy Will
Evans went after him, and was accompanied by Steve Plank, the grandfather of the
two children he was charged with deserting.
According to the story told by the
I never knew her opinion about our
school.
I never knew her hobbies.
I never knew her plans for college.
I never knew her interests in guys.
I never knew her circle of friends.
I never knew her beliefs about
church, God or religion.
I never knew her preferences in fashion, hairstyle or make-up.
I never knew her choices in music.
I never knew her feelings about the
feelings of others.
I never knew her feelings about me.
I called Johnnie my friend, but there
was so little of Johnnie that I knew.
But that was my fault. I had bowed to
tradition. I had conformed with the
social norm. In school, there was too
little time. In society, there was too little patience for those who dared to be
different.
I don’t remember the last time I saw
Johnnie or heard her voice. I don’t
think I even saw her on the night of my
graduation.
But I know this. If the Johnnie on
that website is the Johnnie of my past,
then Heaven welcomed a new angel on
a heartbreaking day in ’84.
Life’s odd.
As teenagers of the ’70s, we came to
grips with the color of another’s skin. It
wasn’t always simple. It wasn’t always
pure. But when we looked deeply —
and thankfully many did — we found
hearts that were just as open, just as
warm and just as willing to reach out
instead of pulling back.
Today, when I see news accounts of
racial hatred ... shootings and fighting
and bigotry ... I am angered.
The kids of those early ’70s deserve
better than this. Their sacrifices gave
birth to America’s modern-day melting
pot.
They weren’t perfect. But then again,
they were the children of an imperfect
age.
They did the best with what they
were given. They gave when they just
as easily could have taken. It is a lesson best learned, and most needed, by
those of the 21st century.
I miss Johnnie.
Her skin was dark as the night and
her heart was pure as gold.
If by God’s grace we ever meet again,
I will say, “Hey.” And I will ask, “You’re
... Johnnie, right?”
———
(About the writer: Rick Norton is an
associate editor at the Cleveland Daily
Banner. Email him at rick.norton@clevelandbanner.com.)
deputy, Farris, when confronted at the
Hamilton county jail, would not acknowledge his children and their grandfather. He
denied them, and was knocked down by
the enraged grandparent.
Farris carried a black eye that was said
to be the result of the encounter. Plank
claimed that Farris had deserted the children about a year before.
———
Women's Club meets
The first meeting of the Literary department of the Women's Club met on April 20,
1923, at the home of Mrs. John W. Taylor.
The subject for that afternoon was "Old
Nature Writers John Burrough, John Muir
and Henry Thoreau.” The discussion was
led by Mesdames R.D. Baldwin, W.C. Nevin
and Miss Jessie Gaut.
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Warning to taxpayers
Trustee Walter Kile issued final notices
to delinquent taxpayers.
The trustee published notices in the
Banner on April 21, 1923, notifying taxpayers that their unpaid taxes were to be
delinquent on May 1.
ate with your setting a time limit
on how long he spends at these
social events in the hope that
you could get him out before it’s
too late? (We understand that
this would be difficult.)
If Tom refuses to do any of
these things, or if it makes no
difference in his drinking, you
need to determine whether it
happens often enough that you
can no longer tolerate it. You
may benefit from some counseling to help you figure it out.
Dear Annie: You printed a lot
of responses about people whose
nickname is “Dick.” But how
does one get that out of
Richard? — K. in Hot Springs,
Ark.
Dear K.: It is human nature
to shorten names, both when
speaking and when writing.
Shortened versions of Richard
have been common for centuries, likely starting with “Rick”
or “Rich,” which then produced
nicknames of their own, such as
“Richie.” In England, where
Richard has been a familiar
moniker since the Norman
Conquest, people liked to rhyme
names, which is probably how
“Rick”
became
“Dick.”
(Apparently, there used to be
another rhyming nickname,
“Hick,” which has since dropped
from its early popularity in the
13th century.)
Here’s a little additional information for you: Richard derives
from the old German and means
“brave power” or “brave ruler,”
which could explain why
England had three kings named
Richard, the last of whom was
recently given a royal burial in
Leicester Cathedral after his
remains were discovered underneath a municipal parking lot.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Sunday, April 19, the 109th
day of 2015. There are 256 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 19, 1865, a funeral was
held at the White House for President
Abraham Lincoln, assassinated five
days earlier; his coffin was then taken
to the U.S. Capitol for a private memorial service in the Rotunda.
On this date:
In 1775, the American Revolutionary
War began with the battles of
Lexington and Concord.
In 1912, a special subcommittee of
the Senate Commerce Committee
opened hearings in New York into the
Titanic disaster.
In 1935, the Universal Pictures horror film “Bride of Frankenstein,” starring Boris Karloff with Elsa Lanchester
in the title role, had its world premiere
in San Francisco.
In 1943, during World War II, tens of
thousands of Jews in the Warsaw
Ghetto began a valiant but ultimately
futile battle against Nazi forces.
In 1945, the Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical “Carousel”
opened on Broadway.
In 1951, Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
relieved of his Far East command by
President Harry S. Truman, bade
farewell in an address to Congress in
which he quoted a line from a ballad:
“Old soldiers never die; they just fade
away.”
In 1960, South Korean students
began an uprising that toppled the
government of President Syngman
Rhee a week later. The South West
African People’s Organization (SWAPO)
was founded in Namibia.
In 1965, New York City radio station
WINS-AM launched its all-news format, which continues to this day, making it America’s oldest all-news broadcaster.
In 1975, India launched its first
satellite atop a Soviet rocket.
In 1989, 47 sailors were killed when
a gun turret exploded aboard the USS
Iowa in the Caribbean. (The Navy initially suspected that a dead crew mem-
ber had deliberately sparked the blast,
but later said there was no proof of
that.)
In 1993, the 51-day siege at the
Branch Davidian compound near
Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed
the structure after federal agents
began smashing their way in; dozens
of people, including sect leader David
Koresh, were killed.
In 1995, a truck bomb destroyed the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
(Bomber Timothy McVeigh was later
convicted of federal murder charges
and executed.)
Ten years ago: Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger of Germany was elected pope
in the first conclave of the new millennium; he took the name Benedict XVI.
A Spanish court convicted a former
Argentine naval officer, Adolfo Scilingo,
of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 640 years in prison for
throwing 30 prisoners from planes
during his country’s “dirty war.”
General Motors reported a $1.1 billion
quarterly loss.
Five years ago: The U.S. and Iraq
claimed a major victory against alQaida, saying their forces had killed
the terror group’s two top figures in an
air and ground assault on their safe
house near former President Saddam
Hussein’s hometown. Kenya’s Robert
Kiprono Cheruiyot won the Boston
Marathon and broke the course record
with a time of 2:05:52; Ethiopia’s
Teyba Erkesso won the women’s race
in a time of 2:26:11.
One year ago: The captain of a ferry
that sank off the coast of South Korea,
leaving more than 300 dead, was
arrested on suspicion of negligence
and abandoning people in need. (Lee
Joon-seok was later sentenced to 36
years in prison; he was acquitted of a
homicide charge which could have carried a death sentence.) Ten months
after their capture in Syria, four
French journalists crossed the border
into neighboring Turkey to freedom,
though dozens more remained held in
the country’s chaotic civil war.
Country music singer Kevin Sharp, 43,
died in Fair Oaks, California.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Hugh
O’Brian is 90. Actress Elinor Donahue
is 78. Rock musician Alan Price (The
Animals) is 73. Actor Tim Curry is 69.
Pop singer Mark “Flo” Volman (The
Turtles; Flo and Eddie) is 68. Actor
Tony Plana is 63. Former tennis player
Sue Barker is 59. Former race car driver Al Unser Jr. is 53. Actor Tom Wood
is 52. Recording executive Suge Knight
is 50. Singer-songwriter Dar Williams
is 48. Actress Ashley Judd is 47.
Singer Bekka Bramlett is 47. Latin pop
singer Luis Miguel is 45. Actress
Jennifer Esposito is 43. Actress
Jennifer Taylor is 43. Jazz singer
Madeleine Peyroux is 41. Actor James
Franco is 37. Actress Kate Hudson is
36. Actor Hayden Christensen is 34.
Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is
34. Actress Kelen Coleman (TV: “The
McCarthy’s”) is 31. Roots rock musician Steve Johnson (Alabama Shakes)
is 30. Actor Courtland Mead is 28.
Tennis player Maria Sharapova is 28.
Protect pets from ticks and fleas
By Sue LittLe
Along with the lovely blossoms
and lush green leaves that
spring brings comes the arrival
of tick and flea season.
Fortunately, we now have
many ways to prevent our pets
from suffering from serious diseases, such as Lyme disease,
which deer ticks can cause. and
also the itching misery that fleas
can cause along with the anemia
that comes with blood loss due
to flea bites.
Numerous effective insect preventives are now available from
veterinarians which are highly
effective in keeping pets free of
ticks, fleas and other insect parasites.
On the advice of an expert, I
also now spray the insect repellant, “Off!” on my shoes and
clothes, which keeps me free of
ticks and mosquitos when I am
walking with my dogs or enjoying
the outdoors in other ways, since
ticks can also cause dreaded
Lyme disease in humans as well
as pets.
A friend of mine is now aiming
her sights on increasing preventive measures after she said she
had to remove ticks from her legs
on four different occasions in the
past two weeks.
She was wondering whether
this is going to be “a bad year
with an abundance of ticks, even
in our well-kept yards.”
As Dr. Sally Poston of Animal
Medical Center urges in her
monthly newsletter, prompt
removal of a tick is vital to
decrease chances of tick-borne
disease being transmitted to a
pet or person.
“Regularly inspect your pet for
ticks, especially after being in
wooded or tall grassy areas. If a
tick is found, use tweezers to
carefully pull up on the head
until it detaches. Wipe areas
with alcohol and wash hands
and the tweezers. Then place the
tick in a sealed plastic bag and
label the bag with the date in
case it is needed for evaluation if
your pet becomes ill.”
She strongly advises using
vet-recommended flea and tick
preventives on pets, “even
though they are always indoors.
Fleas can hitch a ride on
humans to get to their desired
meal — our pets!”
While many flea and tick preventives are sold in stores, she
urges getting our preventive from
a veterinarian because “these
often work better than storebought brands.” Then, consult
your veterinarian “about the
right preventive for your pet.”
Lyme disease is now regarded
as the most common tick-borne
illness in the United States,
according to experts.
It was first recognized in 1975,
“following an outbreak of what
appeared to be acute arthritis in
several rural counties in
Connecticut.”
Signs that a pet is infected
with Lyme disease may appear
within days, “or not show up for
weeks or even months. Some
signs that a pet is infected may
be the appearance of walking in
a different manner, which then
can develop, into paralysis of
limbs. Other symptoms may be
ChIChI, a 3-year-old female Chihuahua, came to the SPCA last week as an owner surrender. She
was adopted five days later into her new forever home by Kim Cates, Chrystal Buckner, and Lindsey
Bounds. The SPCA staff reports they are beginning to receive several puppies and kittens during this
birthing season. If you are interested in adopting a young puppy or kitten, please check with the SPCA
during normal operating hours for availability. The SPCA Shelter's operating hours are: Mondays, 3 to 5
p.m., for adoptions only, and Tuesday through Saturday 1 to 5 p.m., for adoptions and surrenders. Calls
may be made during these hours to 423-790-1915. The SPCA's web site, spcaofbradleycountytn.org,
lyME DIsEasE, which can inflict pets bitten by an infected tick, can be accessed at any time.
can be easily prevented with veterinary-prescribed preventives of
many varieties.
RalPhIE,
a
6-week-old
miniature
pinscher/Rottweiler mix, was abandoned to fend
for himself. Good fortune smiled on Ralphie when
a Good Samaritan rescued him during a thunderstorm and brought him to the SPCA of Bradley
County shelter. Good fortune smiled on him again
the next day when he was adopted by Raymond
Hagler.
MCCloUD, a 3-year-old dachshund mix, was
first brought to the SPCA in June 2014 as a stray.
He was adopted 16 days later. However, his adoption did not work out and he was returned to the
SPCA recently. The good news is the very next
day, McCloud found a new home with Austin
Coons. McCloud seems to be one lucky dog.
KaThRINE MUsTaVa went to the Cleveland Animal Shelter when
she decided the time was right to adopt a new four-legged family
member. When she met this sweet male beagle-mix and spent time
with him in a meet-and-greet room at the shelter, she felt he just
might be "the right one."
swollen lymph nodes, fever,
lethargy, joint pain and appetite
loss.”
If a pet does not receive veterinary treatment, Lyme disease
can cause major harm to the
heart, lungs, liver and other
organs. The good news is we can
now prevent our pets from getting this terrible disease.
If your pet is not on a heartworm preventive, head to your
veterinarian right away for a
heartworm test for the pet.
Then breathe a sign of relief if
he/she is free of heartworms. If
not, several months of veterinary
treatments will be required in
the hope of restoring the pet's
good health. As that old saying
goes, “Prevention is easier than
cure.” Let's spread the word!
Paws up this week to: Terry
and Olive Templin; Leeanna
Burrall; Evelyn Harbert; Barb
Scanion; and all who rescued a
pet with the assurance of providing a long, wonderful life in a forever home.
Call me with your pet and
wildlife stories, 728-5414; or
write to Exclusively Shelter Pets
Inc., P.O. Box 4864, Cleveland
TN 37320.
ashlEy haRTsEll, above left, visited Ark dogs on Tuesday.
She narrowed her search for a canine companion to Sampson, a
handsome beagle/King Charles mix, and Delilah, a petite dachshund. She returned with her mother on Wednesday to visit both dogs
again. After giving the decision careful thought, Ashley decided little
Delilah would join her family. Having received comprehensive vetting
before being offered for adoption, Delilah was ready to go to her new
home.
"DIxIE, above right, sends greetings from Biltmore Estate's waterfall trail. She even waded and really had a big day. We're camping
this weekend in Asheville. ... She enjoyed Gulf Shores camping over
the holidays. ... She's adjusting very well, but doesn't like to share the
campground with other dogs," noted Dixie’s owner. Dixie was adopted from The Ark two years ago.
aNDy, 6, is a delightful male boxer-mix
who always seems to have a smile on his
sweet face. He is hoping for a new forever
home. You can meet him now at the
Cleveland Animal Shelter and make him
your own new family member.
JUNIPER, 2, is a handsome, lovable kitty
who can give lots of love and bring many
smiles to a two-legged family in a new, loving home as an indoor kitty. He will adopt
you now at the municipal Cleveland Animal
Shelter, 360 Hill St., off Inman Street.
Shelter hours are weekdays, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon.
CasEy TollEsoN was looking for a
healthy canine companion when she visited
the Ark. After spending time with dogs in a
play group, she knew Millie, a hound mix,
would be perfect. After reviewing Millie’s veterinary records and completing an adoption
contract, the two visited Petco with a “Think
Adoption First” Coupon.
New England Aquarium experts
hope for a penguin romance
BOSTON (AP) — The New
England Aquarium hopes its
endangered African penguins get
a little steamy this spring.
Aquarium experts are playing
matchmaker behind the scenes
to encourage eight pairs of
African penguins to breed more
chicks. Biologists say that will
help a population that’s expected to be extinct in the wild by
2025 to continue to thrive in
captivity.
The Boston facility is giving its
penguins “honeymoon suites” —
cozy plastic igloo-style homes
and other private nooks off the
main exhibit designed to get
them in the mood.
Over the past 15 years, the
aquarium has sent 28 birds to
seven different zoos and aquariums around North America.
World Penguin Day is April 25.
Strongman
Lee
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over a 52-inch bar.
Those in the heavyweight class
had 250 pounds for the clean
and press, 275 pounds in each
hand for the farmer’s carry and
an 800-pound tire to flip. They
lifted a 280-pound stone over the
52-inch bar and in the deadlift
medley, began with a 575-pound
trapbar, then went to a 475 fatbar and 395-pound standard
bar.
Thirty-year-old Cleveland local
Jonathan Kist was one of seven
competing in the middleweight
masters. Kist came into the True
Grit Strongman Challenge with
no background in the sport.
“I found out about this on
Wednesday and figured it was
something that I would like to
try,” Kist explained. “I came and
picked this stuff up for the first
time (on Saturday) and it was
awesome. The most fun event
was the deadlift. The clean and
press was the hardest — I had
never done that before in my life,
but I got one rep so I was happy.”
Kist finished fifth overall in his
weight class.
Competing in his first ever
Strongman competition was 18year-old Tim Barrett out of
Unionville, Tenn., who is also a
preacher. Barrett was the lone
teen participating in the event.
“I think it was a success. I
believe that the Lord led me here
and I plan on from here on out,
furthering my strength, continuing to preach and doing feats of
strength to show the power and
abilities that God can give you,”
Barrett commented. “I trained
within a 8-10 week window. It
was really enjoyable and was a
great, memorable experience. I
plan on showing up again in the
future really soon.”
Heavyweight
competitor
Shawn Ustunel, whose towering
6-foot-8 presence commanded
the crowd’s attention, travelled
from San Antonio to compete in
his eighth Strongman event.
“I wanted to travel a little bit
and had never travelled this far
(for a competition) before. I wanted to see how it felt after a long
day of travel to do a competition
that is this hard — that was one
of my challenges to myself actually,” Ustunel explained. “It went
pretty good. It was a very
smoothly ran competition and I
beat my own personal records,
which is all that matters to me.”
Ustunel finished first in his
division, which included two others.
Out of the 28 competitors, four
of those were women. Of those
four, only one competed outside
of the novice group.
Professional powerlifter and
Cleveland local Samantha
Coleman decided to branch out
try something a little different.
“I found out that they were
doing this competition about
three or four months ago. I started messing around with the tires
and flipped the 700 pound one,”
Coleman explained. “This was a
really fun atmosphere and everyone was really supportive.”
The 35-year-old was in the
women’s super heavyweight
class. In the clean and press she
got one rep at 185 pound and
went through the deadlift medley
with a 315 pound trapbar, 250
pound fatbar and did 28 reps
with the 225 pound standard
bar. Coleman flipped the 700
pound tire and got the 240
pound stone over the bar eight
times. The only struggle for the
powerlifter came in the farmer’s
carry, where she had 225
pounds in each hand.
“The farmers carry was definitely the hardest event for me.
My grip was gone by the time I
got to it,” she explained.
In the men’s middleweight
masters, Bob Schwantz finished
first, while Pierre Suter and Greg
Fields came in second and third
respectively.
Brian Chia finished first in the
lightweight masters, Chris
Sullivan finished second and
Seth Hunter came in third.
These six individuals, along
with Ustunel, have qualified for
the 2015 USS Nationals, which
will be in Indianapolis on June
27.
ing up their first man-advantage
61 seconds into the game.
Wilson, who scored two goals
Wednesday night, roofed a wrister over Crawford’s shoulder for
the power-play goal.
Chicago managed only one shot
midway through the first, but
managed to tie it at 1 when Sharp
lifted the puck over a sprawling
Rinne at 16:13. But Josi scored
on a wrister with 3.6 seconds left
in the period for a 2-1 lead.
On the ensuing faceoff, the
teams scrapped, with roughing
penalties handed out to Andrew
Shaw and Bryan Bickell of
Chicago and Paul Gaustad and
Taylor Beck of Nashville. Gaustad
hadn’t been out of the box long
when he drew a double-minor for
high-sticking Michal Rozsival,
catching the Chicago defenseman
with his stick after pushing him
away.
Gaustad is one of Nashville’s big
penalty killers, and he got help
from Rinne getting just enough of
Sharp’s slap shot late to deflect it
off the crossbar.
Replay showed six Blackhawks
on the ice during a line change
when Kane managed to get the
puck alone and tie it with his wrister from the left circle slipping
under Rinne’s glove midway
through the period. Laviolette
yelled at officials over the missed
call and said it was a big moment
in the game.
Then, Weber apparently got
hurt when he was checked at the
boards by Chicago forward
Brandon Saad, knocking the 6foot-4 defenseman to the ice.
Weber went to the bench and went
straight to the locker room favoring his right leg. The Predators
had no update on his status after
the game.
Preds
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see another packed arena in
Nashville with Predators fans
keeping the Chicago faithful way
outnumbered.
The Predators felt like they
only needed to make a few
tweaks to their game after outshooting and outhitting Chicago
in Game 1. They jumped on the
Blackhawks from the start, pick-
Braves
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the season, particularly after losing three of four in the opening
series at home against Tampa
Bay, Toronto manager John
Gibbons felt this kind of win was
coming.
“We’ve had some opportunities
this year at home to maybe make
a run late, walk-off type thing,” he
said. “We’ve been in a position to
do it, but just couldn’t come
through with it. So we definitely
needed that.”
Donaldson connected on the
second pitch from rookie Sugar
Ray Marimon (0-1), handing
Atlanta its first road loss of the
season. Brett Cecil (1-1) picked up
the win after working a scoreless
10th.
Down 4-0 in the seventh inning
after home runs by Freddie
Freeman and A.J. Pierzynski, the
Blue Jays rallied against Alex
Wood.
Bautista belted a two-run shot
off Jim Johnson in the eighth, giving Toronto a 5-4 lead, but Kelly
Johnson hit a leadoff drive in the
ninth for Atlanta.
R.A. Dickey, who is still waiting
for his first win of the season after
three starts, struggled with his
control at times and was pulled
after the seventh inning. The
knuckleballer was charged with
four runs and four hits with four
walks.
Braves RHP Shelby Miller (1-0)
faces Daniel Norris (1-0) today. In
his second career start in Toronto,
Miller will be hoping to replicate
last year’s success, when he
tossed a three-hit shutout as a
member of the St. Louis
Cardinals.
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off the left-center field wall that
scored all three runners. Adams
collected two of Lee’s six hits.
“Overall it was a good day,”
concluded
Brew.
“Military
Appreciation Day went outstanding and I want to think everyone
who helped make this special day
possible. The rain finally stayed
away and our veterans and current servicemen and women really seemed to enjoy themselves.”
The Flames will return to
action Tuesday at 6 p.m., hosting Bryan College in a single
nine-inning
non-conference
game.
about it, but it’s tough.” Backup
forward Mike Scott also went
down with a bruised back in the
final week, but he practiced
Saturday and is expected to play
for the Hawks in Game 1.
Joe’s return: Brooklyn’s Joe
Johnson was a perennial All-Star
when he played with the Hawks
from 2005-12. Now, he faces his
former team. While Johnson
would no doubt like to end
Atlanta’s amazing season, he
insisted it’s not doing to be a solo
effort. Johnson will surely hear
some extra boos when he’s in
Atlanta, where he was always
viewed as a guy who never quite
fulfilled his potential by becoming one of the NBA’s elite players.
The trade that sent him to the
Nets is considered the key move
in the overhauling of the Hawks’
roster.
No Thabo: The Hawks lost a
valuable player off the bench
when Thabo Sefolosha sustained
a season-ending injury, which he
claims was caused by New York
City police during a much-debated arrest with a week to go in the
regular season. The 6-foot-7
Sefolosha was the main backup
to small forward DeMarre
Carroll, providing another top
defender on the perimeter. Kent
Bazemore will step up to fill
Sefolosha’s role, but he’s 2 inches shorter and may have trouble
guarding
bigger
forwards.
Sefolosha’s absence could really
prove to be an issue if the Hawks
wind up facing LeBron James
and the second-seeded Cleveland
Cavaliers in the conference
finals.
From Page 20
was even better over the final 16
games, averaging 23.2 points.
The Hawks don’t have anyone to
match up to Lopez physically, so
they’ll try to beat the Nets with
speed, quickness and lots of running. Brooklyn, on the other
hand, would prefer a game that’s
played primarily in the halfcourt.
Millsap’s shoulder: Atlanta’s
All-Star forward, Paul Millsap,
will be wearing a protective pad
on his right shoulder after missing five games with a sprain.
Millsap was able to return for the
season finale, playing 27 minutes, but concedes the shoulder
is still a bit tender. “Anybody
coming off an injury, they kind of
favor their injury. They don’t
want it to get hit,” Millsap said.
“I’m going to try not to think
Red Wings
From Page 19
Despite the loss, the Red
Wings return home feeling fortunate the series is tied one game
apiece. They did not play particularly well in the opener, but
coach Mike Babcock felt the team
elevated its play Saturday.
“I thought we were way better,
for sure. You look up and you’re
down 4-1, and you think you’ve
done a lot of good things,”
Babcock said. “But you can’t
make big mistakes. It just goes to
show you, you’ve got to keep it
out of your net first and score
second.”
Mrazek was superb in his playoff debut with 44 saves in the
opener, but couldn’t replicate
that success, stopping just 14 of
18 shots in the first two periods.
The Red Wings said it wasn’t
the 23-year-old’s fault.
“I think Pete played pretty
good. We gave up some slam
dunks to them,” Babcock said.
“You’ve got to give your goalie a
chance. You can’t make those
defensive mistakes and then
think your goalie’s going to
make those saves. If you give
him a chance to battle, he’ll bat-
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who also tacked on four big
insurance runs in the fifth.
“I might have pulled Hill a little
too quickly in the second game,”
noted Brew. “Since we were
rained out on Friday, I thought
we had plenty of help in the
bullpen, but that didn’t work out.
Also, Hill did not look comfortable
on the mound after we had a brief
rain shower in the third inning.”
Down 10-0, the Flames did not
score until the sixth inning of the
seven-inning game. Josh Tate
doubled to start the rally. Adams
and Nelo got infield hits to load
the bases and Hill ripped a double
Hawks
DAILY DOW JONES
4,840
5,200
afternoon. VSC collected 11 hits
off four Lee pitchers. Hill (6-5)
took the loss and Kyle Andre (54) got the win. The Blazers
improved to 25-15 overall and
16-11 in the GSC. Lee dropped
to 25-16-1, 14-13-1.
Kevin Cruz was the hitting
star for VSU with a solo homer in
the fourth as the Blazers put six
big runs on the board. Cruz finished the contest with two hits
and a pair of runs scored.
Michael Gouge followed with a
double and a single and four
RBI. Hayden Jones and Jayk
Graham tripled for the winners,
17,640
tle.”
Mrazek was pulled after
Tampa Bay’s three-goal second
period capped by Johnson’s
breakaway. He was replaced by
the struggling, but much more
experienced Jimmy Howard, who
gave up Tampa Bay’s final goal to
Valtteri Filppula on a power play
in the closing minutes.
Babcock said Mrazek will start
Game 3.
Coker delivers for Tide
in Bama spring game
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jake
Coker threw a long touchdown
pass and had an interception
returned for a score in Alabama’s
spring game.
Coker was easily the most productive of the Crimson Tide quarterbacks on Saturday in his second
bid to win the starting job after
transferring from Florida State last
summer. He led the White team
featuring the first-team offense to a
27-14 win over the defense-led
Crimson before 65,157 fans.
Coker completed 14 of 28 passes
for 183 yards, hitting ArDarius
Stewart in the end zone for a 40yard touchdown.
Coker is the only candidate to
replace Blake Sims who has
thrown a college pass. He had an
interception returned 51 yards by
Maurice Smith. David Cornwell
passed for 110 yards but threw two
of the quarterbacks’ six interceptions.
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10 DAYS
The Lightning ended a sixgame postseason skid dating to
2011. They dominated Game 1 —
outshooting the Red Wings 46-14
— but also went 0 for 7 on the
power play and yielded a shorthanded goal that proved to be the
difference in a 3-2 loss.
Detroit was outshot 30-24 this
time, but still didn’t put enough
pressure on the Lightning
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Legislators observe ‘Hardwick Clothes Inc. Day’
From Staff Reports
Hardwick Clothes Inc. recently
was honored with its own day on
Capitol Hill, compliments of state
Rep. Kevin Brooks, R-Cleveland
who represents the 24th
Legislative District.
The occasion came last
Wednesday when Brooks invited
company representatives to
Nashville where they were honored in the House of
Representatives. By legislative
resolution, April 15 was designated as “Hardwick Clothes Inc.
Day” in Tennessee.
“It is my honor to welcome
America’s oldest tailored clothing
manufacturer and Cleveland,
Tennessee’s very own Hardwick
Clothes to Nashville,” Brooks
said from the House floor. “I am
privileged to represent this
esteemed organization, a 135year tradition of Made in
Tennessee, USA. We proudly
welcome the Hardwick leadership
team to the State Capitol: Bruce
Bellusci, CEO; Jim Park, Jake
Cremer, Jabo Covert, Abby Jones
and Will Jones.”
Brooks added, "It’s a great
honor to represent America's oldest tailored clothing manufacturer, but equally important, it is a
tremendous honor to represent
the hard-working, truly excellent
men and women of Hardwick
Clothes, who proudly sew 'Made
in Tennessee, USA' into every
garment made."
House Joint Resolution 269, as
sponsored by Brooks, was offered
in support of the Cleveland manufacturer.
Calling Hardwick Clothes “... a
credit to this state,” the resolution described the company as an
“... estimable organization that
evinces the greatest integrity and
probity in all its chosen endeavors.”
Brooks’ resolution also provides a glimpse at Hardwick
Clothes’
history.
Excerpts
include:
—“...
Originally
called
Cleveland Woolen Mills, [it] was
founded in 1880 in Cleveland by
C.L. Hardwick, John Craigmiles,
John Parker, P.B. Mayfield, and
Creed Bates”;
—“... For the first half of the
twentieth century, Hardwick
Mills was one of the largest manufacturers of wool fabric and
men’s clothing in the world”;
—“... In the 1920s, Hardwick
evolved into a vertical operation,
weaving the wool yarn at one end
of the factory and assembling
garments at the other”;
Woolen Mills contributed to the
war effort by manufacturing uni-
forms for the military”;
Mills sold its woolen operations
to focus on the men’s tailored
clothing market and was
rebranded as Hardwick Clothes,
Inc.”; and
—“... Hardwick once again
modernized its operation in
1974, moving from its original
Church Street factory to a new,
175,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on the outskirts of
Cleveland. The expansive new
facility and modernized manufacturing
equipment
helped
Hardwick stay competitive
against an increasing supply of
cheap, offshore clothing.”
The resolution also points out,
“Hardwick’s reputation for
American-made quality has
helped the company survive in
the face of outsourcing and costcutting, which led Hardwick to
contract with a wide range of
national clients, such as the U.S.
military and Major League
Baseball.”
Also recognized in the legislative document is that in June
2014, the company “... was
acquired by Allan Jones, a
prominent Cleveland entrepreneur who committed to an
increased investment in the company to help it regain its rightful
status at the summit of the
American clothing industry.”
The resolution also points to
the naming of the new Hardwick
Clothes leadership team; and
specifically to the hiring in July
2014 of Bruce Bellusci as CEO
and president who became the
ninth person to hold these positions in the company’s history.
Brooks’ resolution specifies,
“... For more than 130 years,
Hardwick Clothes, Inc., proudly
‘Sewn in the South,’ has endured
factory fires, economic recessions, two World Wars, inflation
and leisure suits. Despite these
challenges, Hardwick Clothes
continued to produce unsurpassed suits, pants and jackets
for men and women, operating
successfully with pride and quality.”
The state document acknowledges, and “celebrates,” the
resurgence of the clothing manufacturer as an employer of 240
Tennesseans, “... and a manufacturer of exquisite men’s suits
made with top-quality fabrics
and meticulous attention to
detail that surpass anything
offered by other clothing manufacturers here in the States.”
A Hardwick Clothes product
display was set up at the Capitol
as part of the day of celebration,
and was visited by Gov. Bill
Haslam.
Contributed photo
HARDWICK CLOTHES INC. DAY was recently observed on Capitol Hill in Nashville by the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Hardwick Clothes representatives attending the event include President and CEO Bruce Bellusci, Jim Park, Jake Cremer, Jabo Covert, and
Abby and Will Jones, who are photographed above from the House floor. The occasion also included state Reps. Kevin Brooks and Dan
Howell, and Speaker of the House Beth Harwell.
Contributed photo
STATE REP. KEVIN BROOKS, left, and state Rep. Dan Howell
share a lighthearted moment as Brooks measures Howell for fit at the
Hardwick Clothes Inc. product display on Capitol Hill.
Contributed photo
HARDWICK CLOTHES INC.
President and CEO Bruce
Bellusci, left, receives a copy of
the House of Representatives
resolution
honoring
the
Cleveland-based manufacturer
from state Rep. Kevin Brooks.
Contributed photo
GOV. BILL HASLAM, left,
talks with Hardwick Clothes Inc.
CEO and President Bruce
Bellusci, center, and Will Jones
during the recent “Hardwick
Clothes Inc. Day” observance on
Capitol Hill in Nashville.
Photo at far left:
Contributed photo
VARIOUS CLOTHING products manufactured at Hardwick
Clothes Inc. were on display during the recent Capitol Hill observance of “Hardwick Clothes Inc.
Day.”
Peevish or loaded for bear — Obama getting tough on critics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as
Congress is hitting something of
a bipartisan stride on such
issues as Medicare, Iran and
trade, President Barack Obama
and his White House team have
decided to go after their
Republican critics, picking fights
and scornfully calling them out
by name.
In just the past week, the
president and his spokesman
have targeted Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell and
Republican Sens. John McCain
and Charles Grassley, on topics
from climate change to the Iran
nuclear deal. On Friday, he used
a news conference to deliver to
senators a testy lecture about
the delayed confirmation of
attorney
general
nominee
Loretta Lynch.
This is a White House
unleashed, forgoing niceties for
the kind of blunt talk some of
Obama’s allies have been
demanding for some time. But
the rhetoric carries risks of
sounding peevish and signals
that a president who once ran on
the promise of changing the tone
in Washington has fully
embraced its political combat.
Obama on Friday decried the
long wait Lynch has faced since
she was nominated in early
November.
“Enough. Enough!” he said,
addressing Senate Republicans.
“This is embarrassing, a process
like this.”
Last Saturday, Obama hit
McCain especially hard, after his
2008 presidential rival declared
a major setback in the Iran
nuclear talks after Iran’s
supreme leader, the Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, demanded that
sanctions against Tehran had to
be lifted immediately after a deal
went into place. (The preliminary
deal says the sanctions will be
lifted as Iran proves it is complying with limits on its nuclear
program.)
Obama cast McCain’s criticism as an assault on the credibility of Secretary of State John
Kerry.
“That’s an indication of the
degree to which partisanship
“Being nice has gotten us a 160-day delay. So maybe
after they look up ‘duplicitous’ in the dictionary we’ll get
a different result.”
— White House spokesman Josh Earnest
has crossed all boundaries,”
Obama said. “That’s a problem.
It needs to stop.”
He went on: “We have Mitch
McConnell trying to tell the
world, oh, don’t have confidence
in the U.S. government’s abilities
to fulfill any climate change
pledge that we might make.”
On Thursday, White House
spokesman Josh Earnest singled
out Grassley, declaring comments he made about the Lynch
vote “duplicitous.”
Asked how harsh words might
help his cause, Earnest replied:
“Being nice has gotten us a 160day delay. So maybe after they
look up ‘duplicitous’ in the dictionary we’ll get a different
result.”
It was the kind of “ouch”
moment seldom heard from the
White House.
Pat Griffin, who was legislative
director in the Clinton administration, said the tone from the
White House dovetails with the
aggressive strategy Obama has
set since his party lost control of
the Senate in November and put
Congress in Republican hands.
“I think the president since the
election has kept these guys on
their heels,” Griffin said. Obama
and his aides “have come to
understand that you don’t get the
attention of these guys and the
attention of the country without
having some edge.”
Republicans maintain Obama
would be better off working on
bipartisan efforts, such as trade.
Top lawmakers on Thursday
revealed a bipartisan agreement
to give Obama authority to nego-
tiate trade deals without having
to face delays in Congress. But
many Democrats oppose such
deals, fearing they will cost jobs
or lower environmental standards.
“Rather than spending so much
time criticizing people like Chuck
Grassley and myself, he ought to
be out there lining up the
Democratic votes for trade promotion authority,” McConnell said in
an interview Friday. “This is a
time for presidential leadership.”
On the White House needling,
“We’re used it,” said McConnell,
who frequently jousts with
Senate Minority Leader Harry
Reid. “We used to get it from the
Democratic leader routinely.”
As for Lynch, McConnell said,
“The cheap shots at Sen.
Grassley were particularly inappropriate.”
Lynch’s confirmation has
been delayed because McConnell
has wanted to pass a sexual trafficking bill through the Senate
first. That bill has been held up
because of Democratic objections to anti-abortion language
in the bill. McConnell predicted
the dispute would be resolved
next week, opening the way for a
vote on Lynch.
For many Democratic allies of
the White House, Obama’s confrontational talk could have even
come sooner.
“If you’re sitting at the White
House looking at Republicans on
Capitol Hill, especially on the
House side, you can’t expect
either much respect from them
or a willingness to get much
done,” said Jim Manley, a
Democratic strategist and former top aide to Reid. “Point two,
as we move into the primary season, the base is looking for a
more combative tone from the
White House as well.”
The last two years of a second
term are especially liberating for
presidents. They don’t face reelection and they don’t feel they
have much to lose legislatively
by going on the offensive.
“It feels good to do that when
you have been bottled up,” said
Matt Bennett, a veteran of the
Clinton White House.
Business
SUNDAY
Larry Bowers
Business writer
Phone 472-5041 or fax 614-6529
Larry.Bowers@clevelandbanner.com
Community Hospitals
elevates Jim Coleman
PLANO, TEXAS – In response to
a growing presence in the U.S.
southeast region, Community
Hospital Corporation (CHC)
announces the addition of Jim
Coleman as CHC senior vice president of Southeast Hospital
Operations.
Wilson Weber, executive vice
president and chief operating officer, said, “We welcome Jim to our
leadership team of highly experienced executives who offer broad
industry knowledge and a deep
understanding of today’s healthcare market.”
Coleman served for three years
Wagner, Seiter join
Bender sales team
Bender Realty is pleased to welcome two new agents to the residential sales team, Amy Wagner
Alan Seiter.
Wagner is a Cleveland native
and daughter of Donna Mason, a
30-year veteran with Bender
Realty. She is married and the
mother of two children.
She attends Central Church of
Christ, and has been a full-time
at-home mother raising her children. She is very family oriented
and believes success comes from
dedication to the job at hand.
Amy, like her mother, believes
personal customer service is the
top priority in the Real Estate
Business and chose Bender
Realty because of the outstanding
training and dedication to community and customer service
Bender Realty has provided for
over 45 years.
Seiter relocated to Cleveland in
2005 and is married with two
children. He attends Cleveland
State Community College.
Alan's experience includes 25
years in service and problem solving, with a large manufacturer.
He enjoys interacting with people, and has years of experience
Wagner
Seiter
in negotiations and contracts.
Sales, marketing and customer
service are his priorities in building relationships with clients and
customers, as well as honesty,
professionalism and family.
For all of these reasons, Seiter
chose Bender Realty. "Working
with folks that are connected and
care about you as a person, and
helping you on a personal level to
build your business, is what
Bender Realty is all about," said
Seiter.
Both are Members of the
National Association of Realtors,
Tennessee Association
of
Realtors, and River Counties
Association of Realtors.
Jim Workman, owner/Broker
of Bender Realty states, "We are
very pleased to welcome Amy and
Alan to our team.”
as system chief executive officer
for Cleveland Community Hospital
and Bradley Memorial Hospital
(now SkyRidge Medical Center.
His leadership resulted in top
physician satisfaction scores and
customer satisfaction above the
95 percentile.
With more than 20 years of
experience in hospital operations,
strategic market and partnership
development, and physician relations and recruiting, Coleman will
focus on serving CHC hospitals
and oversee CHC client growth in
this region.
For the past nine years, he has
been with Parkridge Medical
Center, a Hospital Corporation of
America (HCA) facility based in
Chattanooga.
He served as chief operating
officer of Parkridge Health System
and prior to that as Interim CEO
for Parkridge Valley Hospital.
He led business development
and increased market share
across
five
hospitals
in
Chattanooga, receiving recognition by The Joint Commission for
top performance in core measures
in 2011.
Coleman has also served in
executive leadership positions as
chief operating officer of
Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., Executive Vice
President of Ultragroup Ventures
in Chattanooga, and vice president of Planning and Decision
Support for Erlanger Health
System, also in Chattanooga.
Community
Hospital
Corporation owns, manages and
consults with hospitals through
three distinct organizations – CHC
Hospitals, CHC Consulting and
CHC ContinueCARE.
They share a common purpose
to guide, support and enhance the
mission of community hospitals
and healthcare providers. The
corporation is based in Plano,
Texas.
PaPa Murphy’s expands in region
Papa Murphy's Holdings Inc.
the world's leading take 'n' bake
pizza franchise, has announced
plans to strengthen and grow its
presence in the Southeast.
The Company, which currently
has over 1,400 locations in 38
states, recently completed acquisitions of existing Papa Murphy's
franchise stores in Knoxville as a
springboard for further expan-
sion throughout the Southeast.
Papa Murphy's is a franchisor
and operator of the largest take
'n' bake pizza chain in the United
States, selling scratch-made pizzas that customers take home
and bake in their own oven for a
convenient home-baked meal.
The Company makes fresh
dough in-store daily and tops its
pizzas with fresh, never frozen
ingredients, including vegetables
chopped daily, 100 percent
Williams joins Award Realty
Financial Peace classes by Dave
Ramsey. Outside of work, they
Stuart Williams has joined enjoy hiking, gardening, travel
Award Realty as an affiliate
and attending Tennessee
Broker.
Football games.
Prior to joining Award
Stuart is passionate
Realty, he worked 41
about real estate and
years as a manufacturing
committed to excellent
manager at Merck.
customer service. He
He and his wife (Christy)
would love to help you
are active members of
find your dream home, or
First Baptist Church
he will work hard to help
where they serve as the
you sell your existing
site collection coordinator
home.
for Operation Christmas
Williams
If you have any real
Child and as a volunteer
estate needs, you can confor Manna Ministries.
tact him at 423-476-3205 (office)
In addition, they facilitate or 423-280-8338 (cell).
Reynolds shows profit hike
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) —
Reynolds American’s first-quarter profit climbed, helped by
increased cigarette prices. Its
adjusted profit beat analysts’
expectations.
The parent of the Camel and
Pall Mall cigarette brands earned
$389 million, or 73 cents per
share, for the three months
ended March 31. A year earlier it
earned $363 million, or 67 cents
per share.
Earnings, adjusted for nonrecurring costs, were 86 cents
per share.
The results beat Wall Street’s
view. The average estimate of six
analysts surveyed by Zacks
Investment Research was for
earnings of 79 cents per share.
Reynolds American said its
performance also benefited from
higher moist-snuff pricing.
Its revenue amounted to $2.06
billion in the period.
whole-milk mozzarella - grated
in-store each day.
It includes high-quality meat
with no added fillers and specialties, premium ingredients like
spicy fennel sausage, angus
steak, roasted garlic and artichoke hearts.
Papa Murphy's core purpose is
to bring families together
through food people love with a
goal of creating fun, convenient
and fulfilling family dinners.
Ken Calwell, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Papa
Murphy's, stated, "There is clear
and growing demand for the
Papa Murphy's brand in the
Southeast and we see tremendous opportunity to build upon
our success and growing awareness in this key underpenetrated
region.
“We look forward to opening
more franchised and companyowned stores in Knoxville and
through East Tennessee, and
continuing to deliver on our mission of helping busy families
everywhere solve the dinnertime
dilemma."
To celebrate the brand's
expansion, Papa Murphy's will
host promotions for all stores in
the regional market during the
week of Sunday, March
To find Papa Murphy's pizza
near you, please visit www.papamurphys.com.
The company was founded in
1981. In addition to scratchmade
pizzas, the company offers a
growing menu of grab 'n' go
items,
including salads, sides and
desserts.
For more information, visit
www.papamurphys.com. Find
Papa Murphy's on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/papamur physpizza.
‘Wings’ event benefits Blood Assurance
The Buffalo Wild Wings in Cleveland, Hixson and
downtown Chattanooga has tremendous success
with the recent “Eat Wings, Raise Funds” promotion.
Proceeds go to benefit Blood Assurance, the
regional non-profit blood center.
The Downtown Chattanooga restaurant is located
at 120 Market Street, Cleveland’s restaurant is
located 625 Paul Huff Parkway and Hixson is located
at 5744 Highway 153.
Ten percent of receipt sales during the “Eat Wings,
Raise Funds” event was donated to Blood
Assurance.
Blood Assurance is based in Chattanooga. Blood
and blood components are supplied to 74 healthcare
facilities in 51 counties in the area served by Blood
Assurance.
AP photo
BUSINESS WAS slowed this week in Hot Springs, Ark., because of the buffalo herd. The boyhood
home of former President Bill Clinton had two buffalo on the run Friday after authorities failed to round
up all of an escaped herd. The herd of six escaped Thursday from a neighborhood farm, and two
remained loose overnight. They were able to avoid sheriff’s deputies, officers and volunteers. One animal
was hit by a car and three were tranquilized. They were left in a pasture to help attract the others. No
human injuries were reported in the resort community.
Enjoy fruits of your labors
Dear Dave,
My husband and I are 28 years
old. We’re completely debt-free,
and we each have great jobs.
We don’t talk a lot about this
kind of stuff, because we’ve found
it causes other people to treat us
differently. We realize how incredibly blessed we have been, so we
always try to give God the credit,
save, tithe and give regularly, and
not brag about these things.
How would you recommend
handling a situation like ours?
— Amanda
Dear Amanda,
When you start to win with
money, build wealth and achieve
some of your goals, you discover
pretty quickly that there’s a very
small group of people you can
celebrate with. It sounds like
you’ve discovered this already.
A lot of times there are friends,
and even family members, you
can’t celebrate with because it
comes off as bragging — even if
you’re just happy you’ve reached
a milestone. So, you learn to keep
lots of stuff private and not even
share the good things.
Still, if you have a nice car or a
beautiful home, these things can
indicate that you’re successful.
Even if they’re a small percentage
of your financial world, it will
sometimes generate feelings of
jealousy or envy in other people.
Jealousy is, “I want what you
have.” Envy is, “I don’t think I can
have what you do, so I don’t want
you to have it either.” These are
two really evil spirits, and they’re
loose in our country today like
never before.
Part of the price of making
smart decisions, and being wise
Dave Says
By
Dave
Ramsey
with your money, is that some
people don’t understand when
you win and don’t think it’s fair.
But the truth is that you guys
have every right to enjoy the fruits
of your labor. You’ve earned it.
You’re generous, giving people,
and you take care of your family
so the rest of us don’t have to pay
extra taxes to take care of them
for you.
That’s the truth about winning
with money. You guys are under
no obligation to explain your
income, net worth or the fact that
you’re winning. And you’re not
obligated to be ashamed of it
either!
— Dave
Pay it, but with caution
Dear Dave,
I got a department store credit
card, using my real age at the
time, when I was 17. I ran up a
debt of $150, and the balance
has grown to over $350.
This was 10 or 12 years ago,
but a debt collection agency
started calling again the other
day wanting the money. Hasn’t
the statute of limitations run out
by now? What should I do?
— Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth,
There is a statute of limitations, but there are a couple of
other things to consider, too.
First, the debt is not collectible
because a minor alone cannot
enter into a legally binding contract in any state.
The second thing is they can
screw up your credit report for a
very long time, and it sounds like
they’re in the process of doing
that right now.
Here’s my advice. Call them
and explain that they are past the
statute of limitations, and that
you are considering suing them.
After that, remind them that you
were a minor when someone
approved you for the card, which
means the store you signed up
with can be sued as well.
However, since you did take
stuff from the store, offer them
the original $150 to settle the
deal. Get it in writing that the
account is settled in full by this
amount, and don’t give them
electronic access to your money.
When you get the settlement
offer in writing, keep a copy of the
letter and a copy of the cashier’s
check you’ll use as payment.
Pay it because you owe it,
Elizabeth. It’s a moral issue. And
hopefully as a result you can get
these kinds of people out of your
life for good!
— Dave
(Dave Ramsey is America’s
trusted voice on money and business. He has authored five New
York Times best-selling books. The
Dave Ramsey Show is heard by
more than 8.5 million listeners
each week on more than 550 radio
stations. Dave’s latest project,
EveryDollar, provides a free online
budget tool. Follow Dave on
Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on
the web at daveramsey.com.)
Publix celebrates anniversary
Friday was “Publix Serves Day”
in communities throughout the
Southeast. Publix Super Markets
associates celebratined the company’s 85th anniversary this year
by giving back to the communities in which company employees
live and work.
The Middle and East
Tennessee projects took place in
Nashville, Franklin, Smyrna and
Covenant to
list earnings
CHATTANOOGA - Covenant
Transportation
Group
Inc.
announced plans to release its
first quarter earnings in the late
afternoon next Thursday.
Covenant
Transportation
Group Inc. will hold a conference
to discuss its first quarter earnings release in the morning of
Friday, April 24.
An audio replay will be available for one week following the
conference by calling 877-9194059, access code 73218300. In
addition, you will be able to listen
to the audio replay for an extended period of time on the investor
website, under the icon "Audio
Archives".
Cleveland.
Publix volunteers created care
packages for returning military
troops for Operation Stand
Down; sorted food for Grace
Works Ministries; created gardens for the Smyrna Boys and
Girls Club and Impact Cleveland.
Publix founder George
Jenkins was a giving person and
believed in supporting the community.
The firm decided what better
way to honor his legacy than to
encourage others to give back as
well.
He was affectionately called,
“Mr. George,” and once he was
asked what he thought he would
be worth if he hadn’t given so
much away. He humbly responded “Probably nothing.”
“Giving back is a part of the
Publix culture and mission statement of being involved as responsible citizens in our communities,” said Brenda Reid, media
and community relations manager for Publix’s Atlanta Division.
On Friday, hundreds of Publix
associates took to the streets to
make a difference in their communities by volunteering to help
organizations focused on youth,
education, hunger and homelessness. Projects included beautification efforts, feeding those in
need and so many more.
Bender Realty
welcomes
PJ McKay
to the Bender
Realty Family.
We are proud to have PJ joins us. An experienced agent dedicated to
Professionalism and Outstanding Customer Service.
Contact PJ at our office by phoning 423-472-2173 or 423-650-8685
Celebrating 50 Years
The Cherokee Chapter of the International Association of Administrative
Professionals (IAAP) is celebrating 50 years in Cleveland and Bradley
County in 2015 and with it comes major changes in the international
structure of the organization which was established locally in 1965.
IAAP Core Purpose
IAAP Core Values
“
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To ensure individuals working in office and administrative
professionals have the opportunity to connect, learn, lead and excel.
IAAP Core Values
The International Association of Administrative
Professionals (IAAP) is a 501 (c)(6) registered not-forprofit professional association for office professionals.
IAAP strives to be the premier network and resource for
the administrative profession. We ensure individuals
working in office and administrative professions have the
opportunity to connect, learn, lead and excel.
The association founded in 1942 as the National
Secretaries Association to provide a professional network
and educational resources for secretarial staff. The
association’s name was changed in 1998 to the
International Association of Administrative Professionals
to encompass the large number of varied administrative
job titles and recognize the advancing role of
administrative support staff in business and government.
Integrity: Demonstrated by honesty, accountability and
ethical behavior consistent with an abiding respect for the
dignity and value of individuals.
Transparency: Demonstrated through listening,
understanding and responding to member and
stakeholder feedback.
Excellence: Demonstrated by quality resources that
support growth and development of the individual and the
profession.
Collaboration: Demonstrated by an inclusive culture that
appreciates the value of diverse perspectives, the power
of common vision, and equality among peers.
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For Harry Hysni, timing is everything
By WILLIAM WRIGHT
Lifestyles Editor
AT THe LIbrArY
—Monday brings bouncing babies to the library for
the Wiggle Worms program,
designed for babies 2 and
under to explore and learn
in a unique and imaginative
environment. Every Monday
at 3 p.m., join Ms. Lauren in
the Community Room.
—Teen Zone is on
Mondays at 4:30 p.m. Try
out gaming on the Wii and
X-Box. Games include
“Mario Kart,” “Super Smash
Brothers” and “Just Dance.”
—Come hear stories with
the Cleveland Storytelling
Guild on Tuesday evening at
7 p.m. Learn about this
wonderful community
organization while hearing
unique tales.
—On Tuesdays and
Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Ms.
Keisha leads a preschool
story time. On Thursdays at
10:30 a.m., Ms. Lauren
reads babies the interactive
stories at Baby Bookworms
and on Saturdays Ms. Abby
leads a family story time at
2 p.m. All of these include a
unique craft for your child to
create.
—The library book club
will be meeting Wednesday
at 2 p.m. to discuss the
book, “The Magic Mountain”
by Thomas Mann. This
group meets every third
Wednesday of the month to
discuss different works of
fiction.
—Wednesday, bring the
whole gang in for Family
Game Time at 4:30 p.m.
Play board games and enjoy
Wii sports during this interactive program for all ages.
—Lego Club will meet
Thursday at 4:30 p.m. to
continue construction on
their “Land of Good and
Evil: Heroes vs. Villains.”
—The annual Spring
Author Event sponsored by
Friends of the Library
Association will be on April
30 at 7 p.m. Steven James
will be the guest author.
Tickets go on sale
Wednesday. You may order
them at the library or
through the website.
—Zumba is offered every
Tuesday and Thursday
morning, at 8:05 a.m.
“eAT Your ArT ouT,
CLeveLANd!” an event
begun on Valentine’s Day
and running through April,
is sponsored by The
Greenway Public Arts
Committee in the promotion
of local art and business.
CHrISTIAN CLASSICS
CHoIr of Cleveland makes
its debut appearance at
First United Methodist
Church on North Ocoee
Street in the Red-back
Hymnal Sing today starting
at 6 p.m. The choir meets
for rehearsal each Tuesday
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Pentecostal Theological
Seminary Chapel. For more
information or to become a
member, email Daniel Petty
at classicschoir@gmail.com,
or call 903-530-3017.
AArP Smart Driving
classes are scheduled at
Cleveland — Tuesday and
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Call Dee at 4761191 for reservations. This
is an eight-hour class with
no tests or actual driving.
Check with your insurance
agent, as you might qualify
for a discount after completing this class.
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email information by
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It is rare to run into a person
who works on time machines,
but that’s exactly what Harry
Hysni of Cleveland specializes in.
The craftsmanship he displays in
repairing antique watches and
clocks is becoming a lost art.
Few, if any, have spent more
than six decades mastering his
techniques, but Albanian-born
Hysni has invested the time and
talent to be the best.
Raised in Italy as a child during the rise of communism in
Albania, Hysni and his family
could see that it was time to
leave their native country and
start a new life.
“When we left Albania we left it
during communist times,” he
said. “The communists were getting stronger and stronger, so we
had to get out of there to save
our skin. This was around 1941
right before the war started. It
was time to leave. So we left. We
went to Italy, which was a neutral country. It wasn’t involved
with any wars. I was only 6 years
old then. I went to Italian
schools. My father opened a little
business there. I would stay with
Banner photos, WILLIAM WRIGHT
him after school. I helped my
HARRY HYSNI, a watchmaker and clock repairman with more than 60 years of experience is a meticulous craftsman with steady hands
father a little bit. Of course, I had
my mind to go outside and play, and an eye for perfection. The 80-year-old Albanian specializes in antique watches and clocks, using tiny balance staffs, screws and jewels
but I was kind of interested in to repair or improve clocks and watches that keep running for decades. Below right, Hysni uses professional tweezers for precision while
what he was doing.”
working on instruments where low friction, long life and accuracy are important. Below left, Hysni stands beside a 100-year-old clock.
That interest grew as Hysni
and his family made a life in Italy
before moving to New York. He
even lived in Syria and Saudi
Arabia for 10 years, during
which times he continued to
hone his skills as a mechanic.
“It was a heaven there. It was
peaceful, nice,” he recalled.
“People respected each other.
They loved each other. They
never harmed anybody. You didn’t hear of crimes like you do
here. It was a peaceful country
back then. Now? Forget it. It’s a
mess! People have gone crazy
now. Before I worked as a watchmaker I worked as a mechanic. I
was a toolmaker. I worked with
big machines. I was a cracker
jack! My boss used to love me for
what I knew. Every time he had a
problem he used to come and
ask me. I solved the problems. I
learned all of this on my own. No
school. It’s all right here (pointing to his head).
“Knowledge,
knowledge,
knowledge. If you have the
brains you can do anything. You
have to have two things: The
brains and the will. If you have
those two things you can do anything. Everyone has to make a
living and you have to choose in
life what you’re going to do. My
father and grandfather was in
this business. It’s a tradition. If a
father is a doctor, usually the
children become doctors. If a
father is a lawyer, usually the
children become lawyers. That
For some, the attraction of
was the tradition years ago. Now,
mechanical timepieces lies in the
children don’t have time.
“I learned my craft from my technical complexities and precifather. At first I wasn’t too crazy sion involved in displaying inforabout it. I didn’t want to be tied mation about time using minusup inside. I wanted to be running cule gears and springs. Also,
around outside. But when I grew because these time machines
up I started realizing this was it. were made by hand, they can be
I gotta do something. I can’t be understood and repaired by a
bumming around. My older dedicated watchmaker like
brother was in the watch-making Hysni, who moved to Cleveland
Aja Brown
Seth Godin
business too. So, naturally I less than three years ago.
Although the wristwatch
started working with my brother
became
common in the late
in New York. I was 21 then.”
According to the 80-year-old, 1800s, particularly among
there is a certain quality needed women, it was during the first
to specialize in watch repairs. He World War when artillery officers
said, “You have to have skillful learned that a watch worn on the
hands, good eyes and a lot of wrist was more practical than
patience. It takes a lot of one carried in a pocket. Soon
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patience. This work is not only thereafter, the popularity of
wristwatches
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that the master craftsman paused.
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then
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up
required surgical precision to
replace and repair. The silver in the back. It don’t last. You
haired senior uses professional take an old watch and it’s still
tweezers and a magnification good after 100 years old (holding
device called a monocular loupe, up an antique pocket watch).
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Malala Yousafzai
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closely.
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“The
Brave
Ones”
Family works
By Rob Coombs
ID. Min. Ph.D.
Speaking on respecting
death wishes
A friend — I think he is a friend
— once sent me a Dr. Kevorkian
gift certificate.
It was a joke, I think.
I am one who hopes and prays
that I will never have a need for
Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s services. I
assume that most, if not all of us,
want no part of a lingering, suffering death that drains the family emotionally, physically and
financially.
Given a choice, it would be difficult to believe any mentally
healthy person would choose to
suffer and cause suffering to
loved ones because of one’s condition. Of course, there are many
instances when there is not a
choice and it is these instances I
would like to address. I know
this is not a comfortable subject
for many. We do everything possible to avoid talking about such
issues. But even though painful,
the issue of dying is a very real
part of life that needs to be
faced.
My first intimate confrontation
with death came at the age of 23.
Of course, I had been to a few
funerals as a child, but no one
close to me had died, so death
remained a distant reality.
During my second year of graduate school, I began a clinical
training program in a hospital.
There, on my first day of training,
I met Rosemary, a 24-year-old
blue-eyed blonde. Although only
a year older than myself, she had
traveled quite a different road in
life.
She had married young, just
out of high school, to a heavily
abusive man. He kept her, as is
true in many cases with abusers,
isolated. They lived in the country
where she had no car, no telephone, no money. Whenever she
left the house, he went with her.
He was an extremely jealous man
who did not take any chances
that his pretty, young blonde
would leave him. Because his
temper was not compatible with
his keeping employment, he eventually turned to a life of crime.
Repeatedly, he beat Rosemary
without mercy.
Finally, on a day which for
months she had hoped would
come, her husband was to be
gone for a full day and night. She
took a quarter that she had hidden sometime before and walked
miles to the nearest grocery,
called her mother collect and
pleaded for help.
Her mother’s response, “You
chose to marry this man, don’t
come to me begging for help” ...
and hung up. Despondent,
Rosemary returned home, and
endured many more beatings.
Slowly a tumor began growing on
the side of her neck. Her husband
refused to take her to the hospital
for treatment, believing that her
condition was just a ploy to meet
good-looking male doctors.
Finally, hope arrived when the
police came to their home in
response to her husband being
caught on film during an armed
robbery. Rosemary pleaded for
help. They took her to the local
hospital. Rosemary’s tumor was
now the size of a baseball. After
removing the tumor, which unfortunately was cancerous, aggressive treatment began which
would last the next 18 months.
I worked with her during those
months and watched her slowly
but surely put her life back
together, physically, emotionally
and spiritually. Finally, the doctors told her she was on the last
lap of this race she had so courageously run. A return to a normal
life looked imminent.
But, sadly, after returning
home her temperature spiked
and an infection set in. The cancer was back and her hope for
survival was next to none. Her
faith had moved to a level where
she no longer tried to bargain
with God.
As she told me on several occasions, “It really doesn’t matter
anymore whether I live or die; it
only matters how I live today.”
Over the next several weeks the
medical technology that had been
her ally in her hope for recovery
became her enemy that would not
let her die.
She begged me to pull the plug,
to allow the suffering to end. I
was confused and unsure of what
to do. If she had written some
direction, such as “Under
________ circumstances, I wish
medication and procedures to be
stopped,” it may have helped.
Finally, she died despite medical
intervention.
When the dying process
involves prolonged suffering,
whether we are 24 or 94, the
issues involved are many. But the
primary issue is what role we
should play as loved ones in the
dying process. Taking a role is
inescapable, because even if we
do nothing at all, we have
assumed a role.
So it is important, out of love,
to think carefully about the roles
we play and the effect they have.
The most important role should
be assumed by the person who is
facing a lingering death. Before
the onset of any illness, provisions can be made to assure your
wishes are followed.
For the best guidance in this
area, check out fivewishes.com.
Without question, making your
wishes known is a powerful
expression of love to those who
love you most.
‘Entopreneurs’ feed growing
appetite for edible insects
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — They
hop. They crawl. They squirm.
And they could be coming to a
dinner plate near you.
An increasing number of “entopreneurs” are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite
for crickets, mealworms and
other edible insects.
These upstarts are trying to
persuade more Americans to eat
bugs, which can be produced
with less land, food and water
than other sources of animal protein.
The United Nations has been
promoting edible insects as a way
to improve nutrition, reduce
greenhouse-gas emissions and
create jobs in insect production.
At least 2 billion people worldwide already eat insects as part
of their diet, according to the
2013 report by the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization.
But it could be a tough sell for
Westerners who are more likely
to squash bugs than savor them.
“Insects are viewed as what
ruins food — a roach in your
soup, a fly in your salad. That’s
the biggest obstacle — the ick
factor,” said Daniella Martin, the
“Girl Meets Bug” blogger and
author of “Edible: An Adventure
into the World of Eating Insects
and the Last Great Hope to Save
the Planet.”
Inside San Francisco’s La
Cocina, a commercial kitchen for
food entrepreneurs, Monica
Martinez empties hundreds of
live mealworms, each about 2
inches long, into a plastic container. She uses chopsticks to
pull out dead ones before pouring
the squirming critters on a tray
and sliding them into an oven.
Martinez started Don Bugito
PreHispanic Snackeria to entice
American consumers with treats
inspired by popular snacks in her
native Mexico. Among her specialties are spicy superworms
and chocolate-covered, salted
crickets.
“The idea is to offer another
type of protein into the food market,” said Martinez, an artist and
industrial designer who launched
Don Bugito as a street food project in 2011. “The biggest job that
we have to do is to try to get more
people to try our foods.”
Don Bugito snacks are sold
online or at a La Cocina kiosk in
San Francisco’s Ferry Building,
where retail workers recently
offered free samples of chocolatecovered crickets and spicy superworms.
“No!” said a young boy when
asked to try one.
But more adventurous eaters
gave them a try.
“It doesn’t really taste like a
bug. It tastes like crunchy
spices,” said Leslie Foreman, who
works at a medical technology
firm, after sampling a chili-lime
cricket. “I’m not sure this is going
to be my everyday snack, but I
think it’s fun and I think it’s
cool.”
Across San Francisco Bay
inside at a kitchen in Berkeley,
Megan Miller and her assistants
shape clumps of orange-ginger
cookie dough, carefully arrange
them up on a tray and slip them in
an oven. The key ingredient: flour
made from ground-up crickets.
Hysni
From Page 29
railroad times. It still works, still
performs and it’s still beautiful.
Those kinds of watches are good
forever.
“You take a new watch — if it
runs for 10 or 15 years, you’re
lucky. The technology today
stinks. It’s a fake. It’s made just
to sell more things to people. It
don’t last. You have everything in
them — to tell time, to tell the
weather — sure, that’s fine. But
how long is that phone going to
be around? The old telephones
were strong. They still work. Old
cars, old homes — anything that
was made years ago still stands
up strong. Old people too! This
new generation — they’re on
drugs. They’re all doped up.
They don’t know which way
they’re going. Many wind up in
jail. They need repairing too.”
While Hysni see similarities in
the declining qualities of a
younger generation and its products in comparison to an older
generation and its more traditional qualities and products,
there is no question that a new
chapter in the relationship people will have with technology is
about to begin with the Apple
Watch.
Still, there is something to be
said about the durability and
reliability of antique watches
and clocks that can not be
matched by most of the disposable technology that keeps time
today. Such antique watches
and clocks, passed down from
Banner photos,
WILLIAM WRIGHT
WATCHMAKER Harry
Hysni uses tiny
balance staffs,
screws and
jewels as precision instruments where
low friction,
long life and
dimensional
accuracy are
important.
Hysni has more
than 60 years
of experience
as a third generation
Watchmaker.
parent to child, can have great
sentimental value. Many people
also appreciate the skill, ingenuity and craftsmanship exemplified in mechanical watches and
clocks.
So, let Apple unveil its most
personal product designed to be
worn — the Apple watch. Let a
new chapter in the relationship
people have with technology
begin. Time stands still for no
man and no one can stand in the
way of progress. But for Harry
Hysni, a man who works on time
machines — who still has the
will to bring perfection to his
craft — repairing and selling a
quality product that outlives
most human beings has its own
appeal — in fact, it’s timeless.
Many choices, indecision with Apple Watch
NEW YORK (AP) — Of the 13
Apple Watch models I tried over
two sessions, the one I liked
most cost $15,000.
Oops — where’s my raise?
Both sessions at the Apple
store began with indecision:
What size do I want? Which
band do I prefer? I didn’t have
good answers as my Apple
Watch try-on visits started — at
first modestly, with models that
cost about the same as an
iPhone.
The try-on session typically
begins with making an appointment online. If you’re looking for
a luxury “Edition” made of 18karat gold alloy, you specify
that. Only some stores offer
those, including the one I visited
on New York’s Upper West Side.
I bypassed the appointments
because Apple’s media reps in
Cupertino, California, had
arranged my sessions. Stores
will try to accommodate walkins, but appointments are
encouraged.
As someone who can’t decide
what to eat for lunch, I expected
to be told which watch I wanted.
Sensing my indecision, the
employees in both cases picked
one just to get started.
I began with a smaller version
of the stainless steel case, with
a brown leather band called
Modern Buckle ($749). The
band looks like a leather strap
you buckle, but has magnetic
clasps. It felt loose, even at the
tightest setting. I was told not
every band is going to fit every
wrist.
I then tried a large stainless
steel case with a black leather
loop ($699) — also clasped magnetically, but without the holes
you normally see with a buckle.
The band comes in two sizes,
but only the large one was available for trying. It was too long.
It turns out stores don’t have
all 54 configurations available
for trying out. Most stations
have 18 watches to choose from,
locked in a drawer that requires
a tap from the employee’s security device. You get a feel, but
not necessarily in your color or
length.
I tried the Modern Buckle
again, this time in black. Still
loose. That was followed by
AP photo
A CUSTOMER looks at a line of Apple’s new watches displayed at a store in San Francisco, April 10.
Apple has started taking orders for the watch on its website and the Apple Store app. Currently, that’s
the only way Apple is selling the watch, with shipments scheduled to start April 24.
large and small cases with a
classic buckle. The fit was much
better. I also tried models with a
synthetic-rubber sports band
and a stainless steel link
bracelet.
Bands are easily interchangeable by pressing a release button, and some are sold separately. I can use the sports band
for running and a classic buckle
for regular wear. Likewise, individual links on the bracelet can
be removed without special
tools. But the try-on visits aren’t
set up for that. Nor are they set
up for lefties; everything will
appear upside down in the
watches’ demonstration mode.
You can change that — once you
buy it.
I returned several hours later
to meet with an Edition specialist.
I wasn’t feted with chocolate
and champagne, but I did get a
more personalized experience.
You’re taken to a private room
in some stores, but mine didn’t
have one, so luxury appointments are done on the main
floor, to the side.
As the specialist assisted me,
another employee went into a
backroom to bring out specific
models on request — in nice
boxes that give the watch a luxury feel, while doubling as a
charger (there’s a charging port
in the back). The process wasn’t
as quick as I expected, but
what’s the rush when you’re
ready to spend $10,000 to
$17,000?
I tried one with a blue classic
leather buckle ($15,000) and
another with a white sports
band ($12,000). The syntheticrubber sports band looked out
of place on a case made of gold
alloy, but the gold clasp matches. Likewise, the metal on the
buckle straps are also gold to
match.
I tried four others from nonluxury lines. One also had a
classic buckle to get a feel for
the difference in weight. At 69
grams, or 2.4 ounces, the gold
model I tried is 38 percent heavier than stainless steel. I didn’t
notice it, though, until someone
pointed it out.
Apple does offer six configurations for $17,000, but my specialist says they are designed for
women. The $15,000 blue buckle I tried was one of the two
priciest for men. It fits nicely on
my wrist and looks sharp —
possibly because it just feels
rich. I’m sure the other ones will
work just fine, including the
cheapest ones at $349 for the
small case and $399 for large.
So which of the others to
choose?
Urgh. Indecision.
A trick for keeping spring lamb burgers from tasting gamey
By MELISSA D’ ARABIAN
Associated Press
No meat says spring quite like
lamb. When I lived in France, the
seasonality of meats such as
lamb was celebrated. Rarely
have I tasted lamb so mild and
sweet as the first cuts of spring
lamb from the South of France.
While healthier cooks tend to
limit red meat, happily there is a
place for lamb on the healthy
plate! While animal proteins
bring saturated fats to the table,
only about half of lamb’s fat is
saturated. And lamb is full of
protein, which means even a few
ounces of it can be filling. A 4ounce raw portion has just
about 200 calories, which means
it’s easy to celebrate spring with
an evening of juicy, tasty lamb.
I love lamb that isn’t gamey, so
I tend to do one of two things. I
either buy tender baby lamb
racks, then season them with
garlic, mustard and herbs before
roasting them, or I buy less
expensive ground lamb and
make patties or burgers.
To keep the lamb burgers
extra mild, I often mix in another
variety of ground meat, usually
turkey or lean beef. I add just
enough to take the gamey edge
off the lamb. The result is a perfect flavor that reminds me of a
French springtime supper.
———
LAMB BURGERS WITH
WATERCRESS AND CREAMY
MINT SAUCE
Start to finish: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
3/4 pound ground lamb
1/2 pound 93 percent lean
ground beef
Kosher salt and ground black
pepper
Garlic powder
1/3 cup light mayonnaise
1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek
yogurt
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh
mint leaves, roughly chopped
1 small shallot, roughly
chopped
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
4 burger buns, toasted
6-inch segment of an English
cucumber, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, sliced and salted
2 cups watercress
In a large bowl, gently combine the lamb and ground beef
until mixed. Form the mixture
into 4 patties, then season them
with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Heat a grill or large grill pan to
medium-high. Lightly oil the grill
grates using an oil-soaked paper
towel held with tongs, or coat a
grill pan with cooking spray. Add
the burgers and cook for 8 to 10
minutes (for medium), flipping
them after 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the mint
sauce. In a blender, combine the
mayonnaise, yogurt, mint, shallot and Worcestershire sauce.
Blend until creamy.
To assemble the burgers,
divide the cucumber slices
between the buns, then set a
burger on top. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the mint sauce onto
each burger, then top with a
tomato slice and watercress.
LIBRARY CORNER
FOLA to feature Steven James
in Spring Author Event April 30
The library is selling tickets
to the Belk Charity Sale on May
2, 6 through 10 a.m. All proceeds go to support adult programs. Tickets are $5 and can
be bought at the Circulation
Desk.
This week’s HOT pick is
“Somewhere
Safe
with
Somebody Good” by Jan Karon.
This is the 10th book in her
Mitford Years series and readers will love the comedic interactions of all her characters in
the small town of Mitford.
Spring has come to the community and with it comes the
annual Spring Author Event
sponsored by the Friends of
the Library Association. This
year, Steven James will be the
guest. James is a national
bestselling novelist and storyteller who constructs pulsepounding tales that keep you
up all night reading. Come
hear him and support the
library on April 30 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and
priced $5 for students with a
valid ID, $10 for current FOLA
members, and $15 for nonmembers. They may be ordered
at the library or through the
website. The library has a
number of James’ books located in the display case in the
Fiction Room, so come read
one today.
The Lions’ Club of Cleveland
is collecting used prescription
eyeglasses to distribute to individuals throughout our community. If you have some that
you can donate, it will go a long
way to make Cleveland a better
place for all. There is a box at
the Circulation Desk where you
can drop them off.
Today bring your family to
see “The Lion King” at 1:30
p.m. in the Community Room.
Popcorn provided.
Monday brings bouncing
babies to the library for the
Wiggle Worms program. It was
designed for babies 2 and
under to explore and learn in a
unique and imaginative environment. Every Monday at 3
p.m., join Ms. Lauren in the
Community Room.
Do you have a teenager who
loves to game? Send them to
the Teen Zone on Mondays at
4:30 p.m. to try out gaming on
the Wii and X-Box. Games
include “Mario Kart,” “Super
Smash Brothers” and “Just
Dance.” You may also bring an
E-rated multiplayer game to
share.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
wake up with the rhythms of
Library Zumba! Join the fun at
8:05 a.m., work up a sweat and
cool down with a book. Located
in the Community Room, this
program does begin before the
library opens, so be prompt in
order for our staff to let you in.
Tuesdays and Fridays, come
see Ms. Keisha for Preschool
Story Time at 10:30 a.m. in the
Community Room. If you love
to learn new things, read fun
books, and create unique artwork, then this is the place for
you.
Saturdays, Ms. Abby brings
joy to all ages during Family
Story Time. Located in the
Children’s Room at 2 p.m., this
reading time offers a comfortable domain.
Lego Club Jr. will meet
Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to create
Lego marble runs. This club is
for ages 4-7 and meets in the
Community Room.
On Wednesday, join in on the
third and final Seasons with
the Symphony at 4:30 p.m. in
the Community Room. Come
prepare to tap those feet as
they celebrate spring with their
musical
program,
“Let’s
Dance.”
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., let
your baby enjoy stories with
Ms.
Lauren
at
Baby
Bookworms. This program is
designed for babies and their
wandering ways, so please sit
back and let your baby enjoy
the playful atmosphere.
Scribblers
will
meet
Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the
Teen Zone. This is a writing
club for teens ages 13-17. They
explore works of poetry, fiction
and
narrative
nonfiction
through
various
writing
prompts.
Email
teenzone@clevelandlibrary.org
for more information.
On Saturday, prepare for a
“Hunger
Games”
Movie
Marathon. From 5 p.m.
through midnight, the Teen
After Hours will partake in this
dystopian phenomenon. They
will watch “The Hunger
Games,” “Catching Fire” and
“Mockingjay: Part 1” on the big
screen in a back-to-back-toback marathon. Feel free to
come dressed as your favorite
character but relax, no actual
uprisings will occur.
The University of Tennessee
County Extension is offering
free gardening classes in the
Carmichael Room from 6 to 7
p.m. On Monday the topic will
be “Dealing with Weeds.” On
May 4, the topic is, “Veggie MD:
How to Prevent Disease.” On
May 11, the topic will be, “Is it
Ripe yet? Picking and Storing
Produce.” Sign-up is not
required.
Try BonLife Coffee today at
the library and support a local
business.
For more information on the
library and its service, visit
clevelandlibrary.org.
Narrative of ‘Adult Onset’ feels intensely personal
“Adult Onset”
(Tin House Books)
By Ann-Marie MacDonald
AP Photo
Ann-Marie MacDonald’s latest novel, “Adult Onset,” tracks a week
in the life of Mary Rose MacKinnon.
A famous author of YA novels, Mary Rose is stalled on starting
the last book of a popular trilogy and taking care of her two young
children while her partner, who is focusing on her career, is directing a play out of town.
To that end, it’s the most accurate description of solo parenting
I’ve ever read, not so much juggling a number of tasks from the
seemingly simple (answering one email) to crucial (keeping scissors
away from a toddler) as trying to keep from drowning under them.
MacDonald nails both the hilarity and the crippling anxiety of
day-to-day life, revealing they are not necessarily mutually exclusive, as well as the internal struggle between needing help and
believing one should be capable of handling all this without it.
The novel starts with an email from Mary Rose’s father, which
triggers the memory of a childhood bone injury.
As her week progresses, Mary Rose comes to wonder how reliable
her memories are, and her fear about what’s behind this memory
continues to affect her relationships with her parents, siblings and
children.
The narrative feels intensely personal, and in fact MacDonald
drew from her own experiences in writing “Adult Onset.”
Her writing is dizzying and brilliant and often disorienting, which
beautifully supports the novel’s themes, perfectly capturing how it
feels to be unmoored and seemingly alone.
Equally moving are flashback passages centering on Mary Rose’s
mother, herself suffering through postpartum depression.
Less effective are excerpts from Mary Rose’s YA novels — they feel
more like interruptions but do serve to bridge the transition
between chapters and to break some of the rising tensions in the
main story.
Both the external and internal pressures build slowly yet steadily for Mary Rose, and the novel wades into very dark territory, but
ultimately bears a message of light and hope, remembrance and
forgiveness.
Rabbits in the house
a few things all the time. Of
course, fresh food, water and litter
box are the basics. They need hay
to chew and a safe place to play.
Think rabbit “playpen” so they are
safe and the house is safe, too.
Rabbits CHEW and CHEW —
it’s their nature — so you MUST
bunny-proof wherever you let
them roam. Electric cords are the
first priority to cover up, then
drapery, throw rugs, furniture,
etc. Some need to have their
front teeth filed, as these teeth
grow ALL THE TIME! They are
like human fingernails. That’s
why they chew, to keep the teeth
sort of ground down. Rather like
us, with filing our nails.
Rabbits can develop health
issues (from chewing), so they
should be groomed and brushed
often. Like cats, they tend to
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Jon Dewey, the author of “The
20-Foot Tomato Plant,” has written the second book about his
WaterStick invention.
In “The 20-Foot Tomato Plant
II: The Next Season,”
Dewey teaches the
reader how to build
a
Multiplant
Wa t e r S t i c k ® ,
which allows the
gardener
to
water and fertilize multiple
smaller
plants,
such
as
spinach, lettuce,
Swiss chard, beets, radishes, carrots, peanuts, small potatoes and so forth over a much
larger area while only using one
WaterStick.
The Multiplant WaterStick,
Dewey said, is a different design
than the original WaterStick.
The book includes instructions
on how to:
—Build cinder block gardens;
—Build an easy and inexpensive hoop frame and cover for
your gardens;
ingest their hair when preening!
Rabbits and pet dogs and cats
can get along, but you must
introduce them to each other
slowly. Do find a veterinarian
who treats rabbits before you
make one a family pet. Do your
homework and research first.
The website www.rabbit.org is
the place to start. — Hopalong
Heloise
P.S.: Share your bunny hints
and photos. I’ll print as many as
possible.
—Heat your winter garden for
as little as 25 cents a day:
—Make three new variations of
the original Bug Juice organic
pest repellent/fertilizer;
—Practice sustainable gardening in states with drought.
The book also contains many
other ideas, extras and tips.
Find the book on
the
website
www.waterstickgrowsystem.com/the20-foot-tomato-plantii-the-next-season.
Dewey said he has
given permission to
Sanders Irrigation in
Chattanooga to manufacture WaterSticks for resale,
because he knows “there are
going to be some people who
for one reason or another simply
can't build or don't have the time
to build their own.”
Check out www.irrigatechattanooga.com/product/waterstick
for more information.
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12 years old and younger. This is how you can enter:
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us why you feel your mom is the best. you can even bring in a photo of your mom.
(Photos can be picked up after April 21st).
2. Bring the form into our office by Tuesday, April 21st or mail by April 15th.
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3. We will have a drawing for special Mother’s Day Prizes to include a table runner
from Callaway Antiques, $25 gift card from The Shoe Tree, $50 floral
arrangement from Fenimores and $25 Gift Certificate from Village Bake Shop.
4. We will also be printing some of the letters in the Mother’s Day Special Section in the
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No back pain
Dear Heloise: My husband
had back pain, and had surgery
for a disk problem. His doctor
advised him to carry his wallet in
his FRONT pocket. A lumpy wallet (in a back pocket) could throw
your back out of alignment. It’s
also safer in the front pocket
(harder for a thief to grab). —
Janet in Texas
Save your back and wallet,
too. This lumpy “walletitis” (what
I call it) is well-known in the
medical field. Carry that bulky
wallet somewhere else and see if
your back feels better. — Heloise
Dear Heloise: There are “55
Alive” (driving) courses that provide an insurance discount.
These are valuable for several
reasons, including reminding
people that they are operating a
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Cleveland Music Club celebrates ‘Bach to Bach’
Patty and Andy Hunt greeted members and
guests of the Cleveland Music Club in their
home for the club’s meeting held on April 9.
President Rick Donegan welcomed the group,
and he thanked the host couple for once again
extending their gracious hospitality.
Secretary Dortha Townsend conducted the
roll call and read the minutes of the February
meeting. In the absence of treasurer Terry
Barger, Donegan read the financial report that
Barger had submitted prior to the meeting.
Donegan announced the location listed in
the yearbook for the club’s meeting on May 7
needs to be changed. Prior to that date, he
will notify all members about the site of the
new meeting place.
Music Scholarship Committee Chairman
Pat Meagher, who was not present at the
meeting, will be asked about her committee’s
preparations for the next scholarship award.
Donegan also stressed the need for a look at
the club’s bylaws to decide whether to change
them or start using them as they are written.
For that purpose, he invited member participation on a committee that would review the
current bylaws and discuss the issue with the
executive committee when it meets for the
summer planning session.
Melanie Mallett
Josh Wenger called attention to two student
Chad akins
choir concerts at the Lake Forest Auditorium
to be held on April 16 and 21, both starting at
A Bradley Central High School 7:30 pm. George Olin added a reminder about
graduate, he is employed by a Woodwind concert at Lee’s Conn Center.
Mountain View Ford.
Milteen Cartwright led the group in singing
They both attend Abba’s House the Hymn of the Month, “Praise God From
in Hixson.
Whom All Blessings Flow.” She explained it
was written by the Englishman Thomas Ken
(1637-1711), an ordained Anglican priest. He
has been called “England’s first hymnist.” He
wrote many poems and hymns as well as the
“Manual of Prayers.” When serving as chaplain at Winchester College, he wrote for use by
his young scholars the morning, evening and
midnight hymns. All three of them end with
the same refrain that is referred to as “The
Doxology,” which was Cartwright’s selection
for the evening.
Not only was Donegan conducting the meeting, he directed “Bach to Bach,” also, a program of instrumental music by Johann
Sebastian Bach.
Starting the program, Donegan talked
about the German composer, who lived from
1685 until 1750. He described him as the
greatest composer and musician of the
Baroque era and explained that “Bach
enriched established German styles through
his skill in counterpoint, harmonic organiza-
Mallett — Akins
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Mallett of
Cleveland, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Melanie
Mallett, to Chad Akins, both of
Chattanooga. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Akins of Cleveland.
The couple will exchange wedding vows in a 5:30 p.m. ceremony on May 16 at Patten Chapel in
Chattanooga.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Delmer and Linda
Hutchinson of Cleveland. She is
the sister of Marissa Mallett of
Cleveland.
Miss Mallett is a graduate of
Landmark Christian School,
Chattanooga State Community
College and East Tennessee State
University. She is employed by
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Akins is the grandson of
Bea and Rollin Johnson of
Cleveland. He is the brother of
Reid Akins of Nashville.
The engageMenT and
forthcoming marriage of
Elizabeth Ann “Beth”
Cearley and Keith Ronald
Rodgers is announced by
Steve and Judy Cearley, the
parents of the bride-elect.
The couple will exchange
wedding vows on May 9.
Contributed photo
Cleveland MusiC Club met at the
home of Patty and Andy Hunt on April 9.
President Rick Donegan directed “Bach to
Bach,” a program of instrumental music by
Johann Sebastian Bach. Karen Archer
played "Prelude No. 2 in C minor," by Bach,
on the piano. Right, Donegan and guest performer Dan Knappen played "Minuet and
March for Two Trumpets," by Johann
Sebastian Bach, during the program.
tion of motives and the adaptation of rhythms,
forms and textures from abroad. His compositions include the “Brandenburg Concertos,”
the “Goldberg Variations,” the “Mass in B
minor,” two “Passions” and more than three
hundred sacred cantatas of which nearly two
hundred have survived.
“His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth,”
Donegan shared with his audience. “Bach was
born into a musical family and his father
probably taught him to play the violin and
harpsichord. After being orphaned by age 10,
his brother, Johann Christoph, took him in
and taught him the clavichord. His abilities as
an organist were respected throughout
Europe during his lifetime, but he was not
widely recognized as a great composer until a
revival of interest and performances of his
music in the first half of the 19th century.
Now he is generally regarded as one of the
greatest composers of all time,” Donegan said.
Pianist Karen Archer played Bach’s
“Prelude No. 2 in C minor,” and George Olin
continued with a clarinet solo announced as
“Solo for Unaccompanied Clarinet.” He
explained for lack of finding a suitable clarinet
solo from a suite to fit into the program, he
and a fellow musician adapted Bach’s “Cello
Suite No. 2 in D minor” to be played as a clarinet solo.
Bach’s “Minuet and March for Two
Trumpets” was played by the trumpet duo of
Donegan and guest performer Dan Knappen.
The Woodwind Trio with April Itson (flute),
Sandy Donegan (oboe), and George Olin (clarinet) presented Bach’s “Bourrée from Suite No.
3 in D major.” Itson, likewise a guest performer, is no stranger to the Cleveland Music
Club. She has been a frequent guest performer with woodwind ensembles that have
played at previous club meetings.
Margaret Ann Randolph closed the program
on the piano by playing “Gigue” from Bach’s
“French Suite No. 5 in G major.”
Donegan reminded members he will call
them to let them know where the May 7 meeting will be held. He thanked all performers for
their participation, the Hunts for their hospitality, and the Hospitality Committee chaired
by the Donegan couple, who together with
Brian and Andrea Lessig and George and
Maurine Olin, had brought in refreshments
that were enjoyed by all after the meeting.
The Magnolia
garden Club
met at Jenkins
restaurant on March
26. Introduction of
new officers for
2015-17 was given
by Patsy Bettis.
From left are Lelia
Ware Johnson,
Ginger Cloud,
Brenda Nakdimen,
Sue Taylor, Linda
Cross, Bettis and
Fredricka Lawson.
Magnolia Garden Club selects officers for 2015-2017
gene and edwina dasher will celebrate their 50th anniversary by renewing their vows on April 25 at Peerless Road Church at
2 p.m. For 50 years they’ve walked through life hand-in-hand as husband and wife — their love is pure, timeless and true. Mr. Dasher is
a retired teacher and Mrs. Dasher is a retired registered nurse. They
serve as pastors of Union Grove Church of God of Prophecy. The
Dashers have two children, Gene Dasher Jr., and his wife, Tina, and
Christy Dasher; two grandchildren, Chris Dasher and Tiffany Dasher;
and a great-granddaughter, Lexi Grace Dasher. Friends and relatives
are invited to attend the wedding through this Banner announcement,
and celebrate the day they said “I Do.” (No gifts, please.)
Banner bridal
policy outlined
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—There is no charge for engagement, wedding or party stories if received by set deadlines. Only two shower or party photographs will be published.
—Good quality photographs which are no larger than 5x7 are
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—In order for a wedding story to be published in the Banner,
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made for wedding stories not published within 90 days after the
ceremony. Deadlines are firm.
—Banner editors also reserve the right to edit any information provided to conform to the newspaper’s requirements and
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The Magnolia Garden Club
held its regular monthly meeting
on March 26 at Jenkins
Restaurant.
Chaplain
Linda
Cross
arranged and hosted a buffet
meal and offered the blessing
from Mark 3:24-26. Members
were reminded of the importance
of standing united and working
together to accomplish common
goals. Incoming District III
Director Lelia Ware Johnson
attended as a very welcome special guest.
President Fredricka Lawson
reported on awards received for
participation in the Deep South
Community Garden Project. The
Day of Gardening on Feb. 28 was
pronounced “a huge success.”
Club events included planting
10 willow oak trees at a community park in Charleston to celebrate Arbor Day and the upcoming placing of an information
table to give advice to gardeners
visiting Ace Hardware on May 2.
Other community events and
projects for 2015 were discussed.
A clever, entertaining and
touching induction of new officers for 2015-2017 was delivered
by Patsy Bettis. She likened officers and club members to
Proven Winners, the leading
brand of high quality flowering
plants in North America.
Magnolia Garden Club, claims
Bettis, has a 60-year history of
being a winning leader.
Lawson was compared to a
rose, queen of the garden, and
praised for her versatility, charm,
class and ability to climb to new
heights. She was implored to
bring everyone together in a “profusion of beauty and excellence.”
Chaplain and vice president
Linda Cross’ role was compared
to that of the garden annual,
whose role as planner of programs and activities is like the
new “must have” annuals used to
create massed plantings and
beauty throughout the changing
seasons. She was asked to use
her creativity to provide variety
and deliver programs that help
Magnolia Garden Club be the
best it can be.
Taylor’s role as treasurer was
compared to the techniques of
the gardener who uses plant
propagation, seed collection and
plant exchanges as frugal ways
to guard funds. Similarly, her
role as treasurer serves the club
in cooperatively collecting and
protecting raised funds like a
wise gardener in a way that
increases the range of the club.
Club activities are similar to
the immense variety of perennials available to the gardener.
Club happenings are documented by the secretary, Brenda
Nakdimen, who was asked to
keep written record of the “colorful happenings” of the Magnolia
Garden club.
Club parliamentarian LuAnn
Carey was asked to remind mem-
bers of the use of the club constitution and bylaws, similar to the
way the gardener uses the basics
of botany to enhance horticultural techniques.
The Bible tells us God created
the heavens and the earth.
Incoming chaplain Ginger Cloud
was entreated to remind members of the “joy in and responsibility to care for God’s creation”
of land, water and sky and all
that He created.
Specimens presented included
flowering quince, euphorbia
cyparissias, apple blossom,
pussy willow and Nandina. Floral
arrangements of marigold, caladium, verbena, petunia and
coleus were presented to speaker
Bettis and Officer Johnson.
Individual plants were presented
to incoming officers.
Others in attendance included
Annette Stanbery, Elsie Yates,
Erma Brewer, Cecile Broz, Sheila
Cardin and guest Bonnie Bain,
Nakdimen’s mother.
The MarCh 26 meeting
of Magnolia Garden Club
was held at Jenkins
Restaurant. From left are
Linda Cross, Sue Taylor,
Annette Stanbery, Fredricka
Lawson, Elsie Yates, Cecile
Broz, Ginger Cloud, Erma
Brewer, Sheila Cardin, Patsy
Bettis and Lelia Ware
Johnson.
Retired Teachers’ Association
Contributed photo
the sPeAker at
the meeting of the
Bradley County Retired
Teachers’ Association
was Lynn Voelz, executive director for the
Bradley/Cleveland
Public
Education
Foundation. From left
are Jane Littlejohn,
foundation grant manager and RTA member;
Deborah Flower, RTA
president; Voelz; and
Mary Charles Blair, RTA
vice president.
Education grants discussed at April meeting
The Cleveland Bradley County
Retired Teachers’ Association
met for a luncheon meeting on
April 9 at Westwood Baptist
Church.
Deborah Flower, president,
called the meeting to order, welcomed members and recognized
guests Valerie Helmstetter and
Cheryl Ledford. Duane Schriver
gave the devotion.
After the luncheon, Mary
Charles Blair, vice president,
introduced the speaker, Lynn
Voelz,
director
of
the
Bradley/Cleveland
Public
Education Foundation.
The Foundation partners with
the Cleveland and Bradley
County school systems to raise
community awareness, gain
financial support and enhance
teaching and learning.
This partnership provides
funds for supplemental programs and materials not covered in the regular school budg-
et reaching 26 schools and more
than 15,000 students.
Ms. Voelz reviewed the mission, vision and beliefs of the
foundation.
She gave an update on the
impact of the foundation
through teacher grants and professional development.
Jane Littlejohn, grant manager, shared information on grants
awarded during the 2014-2015
academic year. She said 19
teacher grants were awarded to
10 different schools.
The grants were used in the
classroom by 40 teachers and
affected 7,500 students.
Voelz expressed the importance of financial support for
the Bradley/Cleveland Public
Education Foundation and distributed brochures on tribute
giving and the legacy society.
During the business portion
of the meeting, the minutes of
the February meeting were read
and approved. Joy Yates presented copies of the treasurer’s
report which was approved as
presented.
President Flower announced
the scholarship committee will
meet on April 10 to review applications received for the Ann
Guthrie Martin Scholarship and
select the recipient.
Lois Glass asked members to
remember the family of Gaynelle
Humbred and the contribution
she made to education.
Gerald Lillard gave legislative
updates regarding retired
teachers.
Flower announced a meeting
of the East Tennessee Retired
Teachers’ Association to be held
on May 21 in Knoxville and a
Tennessee Retired Teacher
Association conference on June
9 in Murfreesboro.
Duane Schriver and Cathy
Elkins will serve on the nominating committee to prepare a
slate of officers for the next twoyear term.
The next meeting will be on
June 11 at 11:30 a.m. at
Westwood Baptist Church.
Gerald Lillard will be the speaker and conduct the installation
of officers.
The Ann Guthrie Martin
Scholarship recipient will be
presented.
The local association meets
bimonthly and membership is
open to any retired teacher.
GET READY FOR SUMMER!
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An “AdoPt A trAIl” threemile section of the John Muir
Trail along the Hiwassee River
was cleaned up by several
members of the Cherokee
Hiking Club. Participants were,
from left, Rebecca Levings, Rick
Harris, hike leader Deborah
Flower, Dave Flower, Carol
Guhne, Kathy Seymour (with
canine hiker, Holly Blue), hike
leader Clayton Pannell, Letha
Kelly and daughter Tina. The
trail was clipped and snipped
and Harris made quick use of
his chainsaw to clear the trail of
several massive blowdowns.
The members saw many wildflowers including yellow trilliums,
fire pinks, native mountain laurel, Indian cornflowers, violets,
flox and may-apples “on the gorgeous day,” a hike leader
observed.
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ORBA meeting to be Tuesday in Benton
Do you have your new bee
packages installed? Are you
installing supers? Are you feeding?
These are a few of the questions
beekeepers in East Tennessee are
currently facing which will be
addressed in ORBA’s April meeting, in addition to this month’s
guest speaker topic. We want to
encourage everyone who is interested in, or who is already raising
bees, to participate in our monthly
meetings.
Guest speaker Dale Hinkle, former vice president of Ocoee
Region Beekeepers Association,
will discuss queen rendering and
sharing his knowledge on nukes
and splits with us on Tuesday
evening. Hinkle is a very experienced beekeeper and will explain
procedures, importance and timing of what needs to be done to
ensure the growth and health of
honey bees with regard to the
subjects.
There will be many experienced
beekeepers and a number of
state-registered hive inspectors at
the meeting from whom you will
find answers to your beekeeping
questions. The association will
continue to provide knowledgeable speakers as well as demon-
strations throughout 2015.
Come out to support the allimportant efforts of helping these
“life sustaining” creatures do what
they do best; make the world sustainable.
ORBA’s April meeting will be
held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the
Benton Municipal Building located at 6496 Highway 411 in
Benton. Welcome packets will be
given to new attendees and beekeeping-related door prizes will be
awarded. Current members are
welcomed back and all interested
parties are invited.
You may follow ORBA and like
the organization on Facebook.
Do your homework before ordering plants by mail
AP photo
By Lee Reich
In thIs
Photo,
though looking
forlorn, these
healthy, bareroot, mail-order
nursery trees
are ready to
grow, their
roots recently
unpacked from
moist sawdust
and wet newspaper, and a
wrapping of
plastic film, in
New Paltz, N.Y.
Associated Press
You can buy trees, shrubs, and
flower plants through the mail
that are as high-quality as those
you can get locally, and often in
greater variety.
Problem is: Not all mail-order
nurseries are equally reputable.
And you can’t just drive your sickly plant back to the store to show
it and complain.
It’s not always obvious when
you open a packaged plant that
arrived by mail whether that plant
has problems.
I once ordered a Green Gage
plum tree from a mail-order nursery that specializes in fruits. My
mouth was watering a few springs
later as branches snowy in bloom
foreshadowed delectable fruits for
summer. Alas, the ripe fruit
lacked the green-gold color and
heart shape of Green Gage, as well
as the delectable flavor. I called
the nursery about the mislabeled
plant and they offered to replace
it. Yeah, right. And wait another
few years to see if they got it right
this time?
The lesson: Investigate before
you purchase. A website such as
http://davesgarden.com/ or magazine articles are ways to sleuth
out a nursery’s track record.
WORDS TO WATCH FOR
Winnowing through the wording of plant descriptions can help
you avoid disappointment. Too
many superlatives, for example,
makes them suspect. I have in
front of me a magazine advertisement in which almost every item
promises to be “carefree,” ‘’easy”
and “blooming year after year.” In
fact, hybrid tulips, one of the
items offered, bloom year after
year for just a few years and then
typically lose steam.
This ad also features a “fantastically low-priced offer.” If prices
seem too cheap, the plants being
sold are likely low-quality. Ten
gladiolus bulbs might seem like a
bargain at $4.99 — until you read
the fine print stating their size.
Any good nursery should specify
the size of their bulbs. High-quality gladiolus bulbs are large,
which means more and better
blooms.
Ah, you say, but the nursery
has an ironclad guarantee. That’s
generally a reliable indicator of
nursery quality, however. A nursery may bank on the fact that
many people won’t bother to contact it to make good on a guarantee, especially if the plants were
inexpensive in the first place.
And a guarantee for a free
replacement just brings you
another plant more worthy of your
compost pile than your garden. A
mail-order nursery once sent me
what seemed like a stick dropped
into a sandwich bag — allegedly a
bush cherry that I had ordered.
My replacement was the same.
Contrast this experience with
the one I recently had with a small
mail-order nursery that specializes in nut trees and did not even
offer guarantees. I noticed that a
chestnut tree I had planted last
spring had died, so I called to
order another. The nursery’s
owner insisted on replacing it for
free.
RESEARCH BEFORE ORDERING
Consult books and reliable
websites for information about
the plants you’re seeking. The
fruit nursery I mentioned earlier
bills Liberty apple as one that
resists “insects and apple diseases.” Not true! Liberty is a
delectable apple and does resist
diseases, but it’s no more resistant to insects than a diseasesusceptible McIntosh. And their
Granny Smith apple? Yes, it does
have a “unique, spritely, crunchy
flavor,” but there’s no mention of
that fact that it won’t have time
to ripen in northern gardens.
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TAmArA rusoff-Hoen, right, receives instructions about the
video she will record for her mother, Louise Irving, from Charlotte
Dell, Director of Social Services at The Hebrew Home of Riverdale,
in New York, Wednesday The nursing home in the Bronx has started
a pilot program in which relatives record video messages for patients
of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The videos are played
for them each morning to calm their agitation and reassure them
about their surroundings and their routines.
Videos made to reassure
patients with dementia
NEW YORK (AP) — For 94-yearold Louise Irving, who suffers from
dementia, waking up every day to
a video with a familiar face and a
familiar voice seems to spark a
flicker of recognition.
“Good morning, merry sunshine, how did you wake so soon?”
Irving’s daughter, Tamara RusoffHoen, sings in a video playing
from a laptop wheeled to her
mother’s nursing home bedside.
As the five-minute video plays,
with stories of happy memories
and get-togethers, Irving beams a
bright smile before repeating the
traditional family send-off.
“Kiss, kiss ... I love you.”
Such prerecorded messages
from family members are part of
an apparently unique pilot program at the Hebrew Home at
Riverdale aimed at helping victims
of Alzheimer’s disease and other
forms of dementia break through
the morning fog of forgetfulness
that can often cause them agitation and fear.
It’s an idea borrowed from an
unlikely place, the 2004 Adam
Sandler movie “50 First Dates,” in
which a brain-injured woman
played by Drew Barrymore loses
her memory every day and a suitor played by Sandler uses videos
to remind her about him.
“It was fluff, but it made me
think, ‘How could that translate to
our residents with memory loss?’”
said Charlotte Dell, director of
social services at the home.
“We’re looking to see if we can
set a positive tone for the day”
without using drugs, she said.
“What better way to start the day
than to see the face and hear the
voice of someone you love wishing
you a wonderful morning?”
As in the movie, every day is a
new day, and the video becomes
part of the morning routine.
Relatives who take part are urged
to say good morning, use memory-triggering personal anecdotes
and remind the residents that
attendants will be helping them
get dressed and ready for the
day.
Alzheimer’s disease and other
dementias afflict a growing number of Americans as baby boomers
age and people live longer. The
Alzheimer’s Association says more
than 5 million Americans have
Alzheimer’s.
The first-thing-in-the morning
video visits appear to be a new
wrinkle in dementia caretaking.
“Memory tools like videos and
photos get a lot of use, but to have
a couple of minutes with a loved
one as a way to start out the day,
I haven’t heard of anything quite
like that,” says Ruth Drew, director of family and information services for the association.
Robert Abrams, a geriatric psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital, called the program “both
innovative and thoughtful.”
“You’ve got a group of people
with dementia who don’t really
grasp the nature and purpose of
their surroundings, or the circumstances that compelled them
“Memory tools like
videos and photos get a
lot of use, but to have a
couple of minutes with a
loved one as a way to
start out the day, I
haven’t heard of
anything quite like
that.”
— Ruth Drew
to be there,” Abrams says.
“Consequently they’re alone and
at sea, and feel frightened and
even abandoned by family.”
Experts cautioned, however,
that Alzheimer’s patients vary
widely, and that techniques that
may work beautifully for one may
not work for another.
The program at the Hebrew
Home is limited to residents in the
early and moderate stages of
dementia who are likely to recognize the people in the video and
understand what they say.
“Do we know for sure that they
know, this is my daughter, this is
my son? No,” Dell said. “But they
recognize them as somebody they
care about and love.”
The program is starting with
residents who are known to the
staff as difficult in the morning
and refuse care, a description that
Rusoff-Hoen acknowledged fits
her mother.
“Some of her agitation comes
from, ‘Who the heck are these
people? Why am I here?’” she
said.
Though Rusoff-Hoen, who lives
a couple of hours away in Ghent,
New York, visits her mother three
days a week, she said the video
program makes her feel, “I am
there with my mom, loving her
and wishing her a wonderful day
and helping her to feel better,
because there’s not a lot I can do
for her.”
The Hebrew Home plans to
evaluate the program after this
month and then may expand it to
more of the several hundred residents in its memory-care “neighborhoods.” Dell said anecdotal
evidence from the staff is “very
positive.”
Irving’s son-in-law, Mihai
Radulescu, also made a video for
Irving, in which he kids her about
being “a delinquent” because she
once worked for a bootlegger.
On the recording, he repeatedly
reminds Irving, “I know where you
are. ... I will always find you,”
because she has expressed a deep
fear of being lost.
Other videos currently in use
include a woman reminding her
mother, in Spanish, to eat and
take her medications, then tearing
up at the end and saying, “I love
you, Mom.”
On another video, a man
encourages his mother, saying,
“You used to tell me that attitude
is everything. ... You said that it’s
best to start off on the sunny side
of the street.”
CHICAGO (AP) — She was born
to a young Chicago couple, named
Jennifer, and grew into a beautiful
long-lashed child with wavy dark
hair, big brown eyes and a yearning, youthful desire to be just like
all the other girls.
Only she wasn’t. Doctors first
noticed her slightly enlarged genitals, and then discovered she had
testes inside her abdomen and
male chromosomes. And so began
a series of surgeries to make
things “right.”
Jennifer Pagonis was born
intersex, an umbrella term for
several conditions in which an
infant’s reproductive anatomy
doesn’t conform to standard definitions of male or female. The
physical effects can be subtle, or
very obvious.
A century ago, intersex adults
were top draws at circus
sideshows. Then, as surgical techniques for ambiguous genitals
evolved, doctors began performing
surgeries on affected infants and
encouraged parents to raise children as the sex they visibly
resembled. Many families kept the
conditions hidden, fearing stigma
and shame.
Pagonis’ parents knew nothing
about the conditions — or about
the surgeries’ troubling risks,
including damage to sexual function, satisfaction and psyche later
on.
Now, efforts are underway to
change the way intersex children
are treated.
“The way that we took care of
things in the past ... where there
was a fair amount of secrecy,
where there was surgery done in
the infant state, and potentially
irreversible surgery, is probably
not the best way to go about
things,” said Dr. Earl Cheng, who
runs the 2-year-old sex development disorders program at
Chicago’s Ann & Robert H. Lurie
Children’s Hospital.
The program is one of several
nationwide that employ a team of
specialists including surgeons,
hormone experts, genetic counselors, psychologists and ethicists. The team helps families
weigh their options, including
whether surgery should be considered at all.
Intersex activists advise against
it and urge tolerance for affected
kids. There’s even an intersex
character on television, introduced on this season on MTV’s
“Faking It” series.
It’s a fitful evolution and a sign
of the times, perhaps the natural
next step in the gender-blurring
evolution, with feminism and the
gay- and transgender rights
movements helping pave the way
for more acceptance of people who
don’t fit the typical male or female
mold.
Intersex conditions are often
confused with gender identity
issues, but they’re different.
Gender orientation refers to
whether someone identifies as
male, female, or something else;
intersex involves reproductive
anatomy. Some affected children
have typical male or female chromosomes, but genetic glitches
and hormonal problems that
begin in the womb, cause genitals
to resemble those of the opposite
sex. Others have a male-female
blend of sex chromosomes and
AP Photo
Pidgeon PAgonis speaks at her home in Chicago. Pagonis doesn’t identify as female or male and
works as an artist and intersex activist against surgery.
reproductive organs.
Prevalence estimates vary,
from more than 1 in 1,000 newborns, which includes conditions
that involve mildly atypical genitals, to about 1 in 5,000 for more
obvious cases. Experts say
there’s no evidence numbers are
increasing, although rising
awareness has led more families
to seek treatment at specialty
centers like the one in Chicago.
The new treatment approach
stems partly from a 2006 consensus statement on intersex disorders by U.S. and European medical specialists who advocated
against knee-jerk surgeries and
said older patients should be
involved in some decisions. That
year the American Academy of
Pediatrics retired an old surgeryfocused policy.
The evolution is part of a trend
in U.S. medicine toward better
communication
and
more
patient-focused treatment. With
intersex conditions, these interactions can be fraught with emotion and controversy, and not all
families are ready to embrace the
change. Some still choose surgery, fearing that without it, their
children will be considered
freaks.
“There was some angst about
getting surgery done when she
was an infant. I wouldn’t let anyone baby-sit for her or change her
diapers, other than my mom. I
didn’t want other people to
know,” says a suburban Chicago
woman who agreed to speak with
The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to protect her
8-year-old daughter from possible public scorn.
The girl has congenital adrenal
hyperplasia, an intersex condition that caused boyish-looking
genitals. It involves overproduction of male hormones and can be
deadly unless lifelong hormone
treatment is started quickly.
Her parents agreed to a clitoris
reduction.
“I definitely had second
thoughts about were we doing the
“The way that we took
care of things in the past
... where there was a fair
amount of secrecy,
where there was surgery
done in the infant state,
and potentially
irreversible surgery, is
probably not the best
way to go about things.”
— Dr. Earl Cheng
right thing,” her mom said. “I still
feel like we made the right decision. Time will tell.”
Pagonis has a different condition involving male hormones —
androgen insensitivity syndrome
— but also had a clitoral reduction, and more. Undescended
testes were removed to prevent
them from developing cancer;
some doctors now think affected
children can be monitored
instead. Pagonis was born without a uterus and a partial vagina
that surgeons later extended so
that as an adult she might have
normal sexual intercourse, but
Pagonis says she learned as a
teenager that it was almost
impossible.
Pagonis knew her body was different, but didn’t learn the full
truth until a college instructor
described the hormone syndrome.
Pagonis phoned her mom after
class to find out the name of her
condition.
“I was like, ‘Oh. My. God!
That’s the thing the teacher was
talking about ... ,” said Pagonis,
now 29. “And then I went into like
a freefall.”
Pagonis struggled with depression and angst until meeting
young intersex adults who’ve
embraced their differences.
Pagonis now uses the first name
“Pidgeon,” doesn’t identify as
female or male and works as an
artist and intersex activist
against surgery.
Pagonis’ advice for parents
with intersex infants?
“Take them home and love
them ... just the way they are.”
Alice Dreger, a Northwestern
University ethicist and author,
says it makes sense for parents to
raise affected kids as boys or
girls.
“But sometimes we get that
gender assignment wrong. And in
those cases it’s particularly
important that we’ve not done
unnecessary interventions.”
A Columbia, South Carolina,
couple who adopted a child with
a condition similar to Pagonis’s
filed a landmark medical malpractice lawsuit over surgery performed after the birth parents
lost custody.
Doctors and social services
authorities decided on operations
to make him look like a girl, the
2013
lawsuit
says.
Representatives for the state and
doctors declined comment.
Pam and Mark Crawford, the
adoptive parents, raised the child
as a girl until he insisted he was
a boy.
The Crawfords worried that the
gender switch “would offend people’s sensitivity in the Bible Belt
but that has not been the case at
all,” Mark Crawford said. He said
their child, now 10, has been welcomed as a boy at school and
church, and is doing well.
An appeals court in January
dismissed their federal complaint
alleging the boy’s constitutional
rights were violated. The
Crawfords’ state lawsuit is likely
to go to trial later this year.
“What happened to our son is
something that is pretty devastating. We feel like this is the only
way we can have an influence on
it not happening again,” Pam
Crawford said.
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Many Medicare cataract patients given needless tests
By MarIlynn MarchIone
AP Chief Medical Writer
Millions of older people are getting tests they don’t need to
prove they are healthy enough to
have cataracts removed, a new
study finds. The excess testing
before this quick, ultra-safe eye
procedure is costing them and
Medicare a bundle, and many
patients don’t know they can
question it, doctors say.
“They should ask, ‘Is it really
necessary?’” and how much it
will cost them in co-insurance —
usually 20 percent under
Medicare, said one study leader,
Dr. R. Adams Dudley of the
University of California, San
Francisco.
It’s amazing “how much harm
a doctor can do with the wiggle of
their pen or a check in a box” to
order these tests, he said. “In
just seconds they can spend tons
of people’s time and money.”
Removing cataracts that cloud
vision is the most common elective operation for older adults,
done 1.7 million times each year
in the United States. It’s an outpatient procedure that takes
about 18 minutes and requires
only numbing eye drops, not
general anesthesia.
“This is one of the lowest-risk
surgery procedures you can
have,” with less than a 1 percent
risk of major heart problems or
death, said Dr. Catherine Lee
Chen, a UCSF anesthesiologist
who led the study.
Yet many doctors order preoperative tests such as blood work,
chest X-rays, electrocardiograms and even advanced heart
and lung tests to ensure a
patient can withstand the procedure.
Major studies found that
about half of Medicare recipients
were getting such tests before
cataract removal, and that routine testing did not improve outcomes or safety. In 2002, several
medical groups issued guidelines advising against it.
Chen did the study to see if
the situation had improved
since then, and found it had not.
Looking at Medicare records on
more than 440,000 patients who
had cataracts removed in 2011,
researchers found that 53 percent had at least one test in the
month before surgery.
About 13 percent of patients
were given one test; 11 percent
had two, 10 percent had three, 7
percent had four, and a whopping 13 percent had five or more
tests.
The biggest factor in whether
tests were ordered was the eye
doctor, not characteristics of the
patients or their health risks.
About 36 percent of eye doctors
ordered tests on three-fourths or
more of their patients, and 8
percent did so for every patient.
“It could be the policy at their
surgery center,” Chen said, yet
researchers found that whether
the procedure was done at a
hospital outpatient center versus somewhere else made little
difference in testing rates.
The study is in Thursday’s
New England Journal of
Medicine.
The results are surprising,
said Ellen Meara, a professor at
the Dartmouth Institute for
Health Policy and Clinical
Practice.
“It suggests a lot of unnecessary testing,” and that patients
should be questioning it, she
said.
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TENNESSEE Education Commissioner Dr. Candice McQueen, far right, visits with students in Cara
STUDENTS in Kristin Stansell’s class at Michigan Avenue Elementary School demonstrate their work
Rogers’ music class at Michigan Avenue Elementary School during her recent visit to Cleveland. Joining on iPads for Bradley County Schools staff members Patti Hunt and Terri Murray, as they tour the school
her and the students are, from left, Principal Angela Lawson and Rogers.
during Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr. Candice McQueen’s recent visit.
Michigan Avenue PTO raises more than $17,000
The
Michigan
Avenue
Elementary
School
Parent
Teacher Organization raised
more than $17,000 for the school
during a recent event.
The PTO held its annual spring
auction April 10, with hundreds
of parents, students, teachers,
staff and community members in
attendance.
This yearly event raised money
for teachers' classroom accounts,
the school’s Reading Intervention
Program and the operational
budget for the PTO. The PTO
began planning the event in
September, solicited over 500
community businesses and
acquired over 170 donations. An
additional 60 items were donated
or made by those at the school.
The items that made the most
money were the school street
signs which are named after families and placed on the drives for
a school year, along with
Gatlinburg cabin rentals, a day
on the Greenway child's bike
package, a gorgeous adult bike,
an American girl doll, and experiences like “Pizza, Pop and Play”
with the SRO and “Principal for
the Day.”
"We can't thank the Cleveland
and Chattanooga community
enough for their dedication to
education and our community.
Without the donations, this event
would not have been as successful as it was," PTO President
Becca Brnik said. "We even had
12 auction table sponsors that
donated money on top of items
towards the auction. We could
not be prouder of these relationships with both large and small
businesses.”
"We are proud to announce
that we grossed over $17,000 for
MAS, with close to $4,000 directly returning to classroom teachers’ accounts," added PTO
Treasurer Angie Myers. "This is
far above our desired goal of
$10,000 and just demonstrates
the incredible parental and community support we have at MAS.”
"We couldn't be more excited!"
PTO Secretary Rachael Swigert
said. "It was a huge endeavor,
and we are happy and blessed it
worked out so well!"
The PTO had incentives for
attending. Elizabeth Clark's
kindergarten class won a pizza
party, and the entire kindergarten cohort had the largest
percentage of registered bidders
and won a popcorn party.
PTO Vice President Jessica
Wolfendon added that one highlight of the event involved throwing pies.
"MAS and the PTO are committed to all children learning how
to read well, and we were able to
celebrate Accelerated Reader
achievement. Students who had
earned over 500 points were
allowed to throw a pie into our
SRO Aubrey [Rominger]'s face.
We had seven students qualify,
and five were able to attend the
event. Our SRO not only protects
our students, but she believes in
their hard work and achievement."
"It was a fabulous evening, and
we are already beginning to think
about updates for next spring,"
Brnik said.
Contributed photo
VISITORS to Michigan Avenue Elementary browse among the
items up for silent auction during a recent event hosted by the
school’s PTO.
Clevelander finishes research
WORCESTER, Mass. — Alexis
Simpson of Cleveland, a senior
majoring in civil engineering at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
recently completed an intense,
hands-on project in Boston.
The project was titled,
“Advanced Nutrient Removal at
the City of Montpelier.”
At WPI, all undergraduates
are required to complete a
research-driven, professionalContributed photo level project addressing a chalAUBREY ROMINGER, the school resource officer for Michigan Avenue Elementary, squeezes her lenge in their major field of
eyes shut as she gamely prepares to take a pie in the face from a young student at a recent auction study.
"The WPI project-based curevent.
riculum brings students out of
the classroom and into the real
world to apply their knowledge
to solve problems," said
Professor
Richard
Vaz.
"Students are immersed in a
new setting, solving open-ended
problems and working with people of different backgrounds.”
Founded
in
1865
in
Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of
the nation's first engineering
and technology universities. Its
14 academic departments offer
more than 50 undergraduate
and graduate degree programs.
HONOR ROLLS
Local
schools
recently
announced which of their students earned spots on honor roll
lists following the third nineweek grading period of the 201415 school year.
Hopewell Elementary
Top Honors —
Fourth grade:
Spencer Foutz, Callie Gobble,
Cassie Hicks, Cami Knott,
Connor Lewis, Ryder Martin,
Zach
Mayton,
Brady
Montgomery, Ben Pace, Elaina
Rasaphouthone, Griffin Smith,
Hannah
Snyder,
Hannah
Watson, Knox Watson, Conner
Wilkins and Hope Withrow;
Fifth grade:
Micah Biller, Alex Cartee,
David Griffin, Liz Hooker,
Fletcher Owens, Emma Reagan,
Kyra Sims, Haley Swafford, Kain
Vail and Caleb Whigham.
High Honors —
Fourth grade:
Braden Andrews, Alex Arnold,
Emma Bates, Shelby Caldwell,
Ian Carlson, Emma Cox, Clay
Cranfield, Eli Denton, John
Emendorfer, Jacob Graham,
Kera Hamilton, Kara Holmes,
Conner Lewis, Jacob Percy,
Reagan Rapson, Taylor Rose,
Robert Tanksley, Alivia Weeks
and Madison Wingrove;
Fifth grade:
Annika Barnes, Caitlyn Board,
Haley Cabrera, Ella Curry, Jesse
Daugherty, Shelby Farris, Dylan
Gibson, Abbie Hancock, Emily
Henderson, Alyssa Higgins, Abby
Jackson, Olivia Judd, Daphne
Lyon, Victoria Majeske, Joel
Martin,
Aubrey
Neidich,
Samantha Ocampo, Kennedy
Pickel,
Braden
Schroeder,
Madison Shean, Riley Stoker,
Abigail Switter, Arica Watson,
Ethan West and Joshua
Whitaker.
Honors —
Fourth grade:
Andrew Allmon, Jayla Blair,
Destiny
Collette,
Braden
Crumley, Paige Feagins, Gavin
Neese, Kaylie Riley and Matt
Thompson;
Fifth grade:
Honors: Minnie Brock, Alex
Calfee, Cloie Chastain, Slade
Moats, Richard Sewell, Coleton
Terry and Savannah Westberry.
Michigan Avenue Elementary
All A’s —
Third grade:
Braxton Arthur, Katelyn
Bennett, Owen Clayton, Brady
Fox, Jackson Fox, Braden
Greear, Rilla Metzger, Eli Miles,
Jeremiah
Myers,
Grayson
Owens, Jacob Page, Caleb
Sausville,
Kellar
Stansell,
Joshua Whitaker and Izzy
Williams;
Fourth grade:
Seth Adams, James Arrowood,
Ashley Bryant, Caleb Casteel,
Carly Coleman, Nick Cottone,
Gabe Dill, Jessica Edgemon,
Polly Fowler, Shyanne Fuller,
Zander Haselwood, Jimmie
Howard, Alex Hyder, Ben Miller,
Hannah Morris, Jarred Poe,
Sasha Roberts, Lillian Rogers,
Brianna Romero, Emma Kate
Squires, Aiden Teeters and Alley
Wild;
Fifth grade:
Katelyn Anziano, Jackson
Arthur, Harley Bell, Abby
Bennett, Addy Bot, Riley
Browand, Matthew Car, Chase
Carroll, Edward Couvillion, Abby
Coppings, Coebe Davis, Hannah
Davis, Abby Ellis, Maggie Fox,
Alli Gay, William Harden, Leah
Hargis, Jack Kibler, Bo Lonas,
Maddie Morris, Kyla Myers, Jaicy
Olivas, Axel Rupiza, Seth
Sausville,
Cassidy
Shope,
Addison Smith, Kaitlyn South,
J.C. Squires, Emma Jo Stepp,
Myrackle Strickland, Rachel
Turner, Kerrington Walsh and
Braeden Wiggins.
All A’s and B’s —
Third grade:
Knox Arthur, Rylee Cain,
Emily Canseco, Chelsea Carroll,
Destini Crabtree, Keely Cross,
Valencia
Davis,
Melanie
Fentress, Brianna Frazier, Kyra
Gentry, Dakota Goines, Jonas
Harness, William Hernandez,
Kaylee Littrell, Caius Loyless,
Nicole Marrie, Kimberly Mason,
Brooklyn Mayes, Elizabeth
Miller, Brandon Nichols, Jurnee
Russell, Sabrina Perez, Hailey
South and Mason Thompson;
Fourth grade:
Johnathan Brewington, Elisha
Davis, Taylor Duggan, Blake
Gladden, Jacob Hutcheson,
Elizabeth
Hughes,
Laynie
Johnson, Julia King, Ian Kinsey,
Kyler Lashlee, Jaydin Lee, Brie
Lonas, Blaine Lowe, Levi Moore,
Landon Price, Garrett Rester,
Faith Sellers, Bruce Selvage,
Hunter White and Kaylee
Williams;
Fifth grade:
Joshua
Bramlett,
Blake
Bullington, Madison Bobo,
Farrah Cooke, Caiden Cross,
Lucas Dill, Dillon Dutcher,
Cooper Ensley, Benny Garner,
Alex Goforth, Hannah Grider,
Gaven
Higgins,
Makayla
Humbert, Blaise Loyless, Lily
Maddux, Aubrey Rymer, Jaden
Saillard, Caroline Saunders,
Carson Saunders, Jaydon Smith,
Jordan Taylor, Tyler Teague,
Tayana Thompson, Brody Ware,
Jasmine Ware, Charlie Williams
and Olivia Williams.
Prospect Elementary
Gold Honor Roll (All A’s) —
Second grade:
Pearl Allmon, Sam Anderson,
Laiken Brownfield, Emily Casey,
Tori Beth Cooke, Lily DiFebbo,
Brayla England, Luke Goins,
Katie Leight, Zane McSpadden,
Maria Rincon and Sydney Sacca;
Third grade:
Parker Jackson, Alex Loveday,
Catie
McIlvain,
Pollianna
Moshenskiy, Avery Shamblin,
Addison Stevenson and Tobin
Wright;
Fourth grade:
Nicholas Geren, Lane Hicks,
Cason Marr, William Middleton,
Jessica Pham, Maggie Sauls and
Enrico Ventura;
Fifth grade:
Sierra Brown, Hailey Jones,
Hailey Leslie, Ethan Mayo,
Nathan Pell, Kyndall Shamblin,
Mackenzie Turner and Abigail
Young.
Purple Honor Roll (all A’s
and B’s) —
Second grade:
Hazel Adams, Brady Anderson,
Isaac Augustine, Carson Brown,
Brady Coe, Landon Falke,
Giovanny Fields, Jacob Gentry,
Kyle Greathouse, Brandon
Hughes, Emily Lawson, Dalton
Lopez, Drew Massie, Will
Mathews, Adysen Mitchell,
Andrew Morris, Lily Smith, Gena
Stevenson, Campbell Thompson,
Chaislyn Witt and Ariana Zavala;
Third grade:
Easton
Carson,
Dustin
Duckett, Taylor Earls, Allie
Gibson, Hailey Hughes, Franklin
Jones, Will Jones, Joanna
Mateo, Skylar Pirkle, Madison
Pruitt,
Garrison
Rodgers,
Maddisen
Santos,
Keely
Stephens, Emily Todd and Caleb
White;
Fourth grade:
Ella Beth Arnold, Will Bailey,
Gracey Beck, Jeremy CandiaCastro, Cary Coffey, Sam Cox,
Raeley Farmer, Hunter Goins,
Grant Haney, Priscilla McGuire,
Isaiah McNeal, Makenna Miles,
Drew Miller, Kyndal Parker,
Brandon Price, Jonas Rayfield,
Andrew Staton, Isabella White,
Braden Wingfield and Bridgette
Withrow;
Fifth grade:
Jada
Barker,
Matthew
Calhoun, Angel Denton, Gabbi
Dunkle, Sydney Ellis, Shelby
Gossett, Jordan Hartsell, Jenni
Hayes, Ethan Herndon, Landon
Hicks, Brandon Hutto, Jesus
Lopez, Gavin Marr, Simon Mateo,
Austin
McIlvain,
Hunter
Mitchell, Bryan Parris, Colin
Stewart, Riley Vaughan, Emma
Jane White, Kate Wilson and
Nolan Wright.
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ReaDeRS have selected the 2015
Banner Cuties. The No. 1 Cutie honors
go to Austyn Glover, top right, 7 months.
Above left is Austyn with her parents,
Brandi and Wesley Glover. Runner-up
honors go to 14-month-old Grayson
Embry, right. Grayson is the son of
Ashley Embry. The youngsters each
received a trophy from Trophies
Unlimited, and gifts from Cooke’s Food
Store and Bank of Cleveland.
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“fraud” or
“scam” is
eric Watson
used almost
Bradley
County
daily in the
Sheriff
news these
days.
In
one
way or the other, there are people in this world
who want to make a quick buck at your
expense.
I know April Fool’s Day is passed, but those
who seek to make “fools” of honest folks seem
to operate every day of the year. Recently, I
warned readers about burglars and thieves,
who prey on homeowners, especially in spring
and summer, when we’re gone on trips, or
when we are more likely to leave a door
unlocked or a window open. These criminals
are too lazy to seek useful employment, they
would rather steal from hardworking citizens
who buy what they want and need.
That is why the Bradley County Sheriff’s
Office is constantly on the lookout for burglars
and thieves of another sort … the scam artist
or those who commit fraud.
There are all different kinds of swindles. No
doubt, you have heard of the IRS scam, or the
jury duty scam, both of which have swept our
area recently. The IRS scam accuses honest
residents of owing money to the Internal
Revenue Service … money they do not owe.
The jury duty scam can be even scarier, as
those involved allege honest residents have
missed a court date and will be jailed unless
they pay a fee. These are just a couple of the
frauds, scams, swindles or whatever you
choose to call them.
Also, there are all sorts of home improvement frauds floating around this time of year.
Do not be an April Fool, be ready and be suspicious when people purporting to represent
roofing companies or lawn services roll into
your neighborhood.
Some people are talked into paying the total
fee before services are rendered, then the services are never completed.
The “contractor” disappears with the money,
never to be seen again.
Make sure the contractor has the required
licenses, insurance, etc. — and be sure to
See WATSON, Page 38
CSCC’S ChambeR Choir, from left front, incudes Gracie Cunningham, Logan Smith, Nacor Lantigua;
middle, Cody Langford, Betsy Broersma, Piper Evans, Leah Smalley; and back, Emily Crawley, Sean
Moran, Robert Wiggall and Josh Gardner. Not available for the photo were Morgan King, Katie
Shackleford, Hilliary Woods, Aubrey Woodside and Shelby Yarbrough.
Cleveland State choral emsembles
to present concert on April 24
The choral ensembles of Cleveland State
Community College will present a concert on
Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in the George R.
Carlos Rising
and Logan Smith
Johnson Cultural Heritage Center on the CSCC
campus.
The spring concert will be a mix of musical
styles and genres. Works included in the program
begin with the 1930s and the music of George and
Ira Gershwin (“A Gershwin Portrait Opening”) and
Harold Arlen (“Over the Rainbow.”) The Ladies of
Vocal Rhapsody will carry it into the next decade
with “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” and the Chamber
Choir will sing the 1941 sacred choral composition
by Mueller, “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God.”
Cody Langford will wrap up that decade with the
1949 song “Some Enchanted Evening” from South
Pacific.
The Chamber Choir will perform a lively medley
from the 1950s, and the men of Vocal Rhapsody
will share the 1957 hit, “Book of Love,” as well as
an “Ode to Krispy Kreme,” the iconic doughnut
chain. The ’60s will include the Chamber Choir’s
rendition of “Rhythm of Life” from Sweet Charity,
and an a cappella arrangement by the Vocal
Rhapsody ladies of “When I’m 64,” with the men
singing the 1969 No. 1 Temptations hit, “I Can’t
Get Next to You.”
The 1970s will feature Vocal Rhapsody with
biology professor Penni Jo Wilson on solo singing
“Come Sail Away,” and the ensemble singing a
brief segment of its namesake song, “Bohemian
Rhapsody.”
The 1980s will begin with the beautiful John
See CONCERT, Page 38
‘Jane the Virgin,’
John Oliver
among Peabody
Award winners
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jane
the Virgin” and John Oliver’s
satirical news show are among
the winners in the first round of
this year’s Peabody Awards.
The Peabody panel deemed the
CW sitcom “Jane the Virgin” a
“smart, self-aware telenovela” and
its star Gina Rodriguez “incandescent.”
HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with
John Oliver” is a “worthy addition
to the news-as-comedy genre,”
and offers “fresh, feisty investigative reports,” the panel said in
announcing its entertainment
awards this week.
Others winners include “The
Americans”;
“Fargo”;
“The
Honorable Woman”; “Inside Amy
Schumer”; “The Knick”; “Rectify”
and “Black Mirror,” an English TV
anthology of dark tales.
Individual and institutional
Peabodys are being awarded to
David Attenborough, the veteran
British nature documentarian,
and “Afropop Worldwide,” a public radio series about African
music and its international incarnations.
Peabody news and radio winners will be announced Monday,
followed on Thursday by honorees in the documentary, public
service, education and children’s
programming areas.
Winners will receive their statuettes May 31 in New York as the
awards take a step toward glamor
with its first red-carpet evening
ceremony, hosted by Fred
Armisen (whose “Portlandia”
comedy is a past Peabody recipient). The ceremony will be featured in a Peabody special airing
June 21 on Pivot.
The awards for the best in electronic media, in their 74th year,
are decided by the board of the
George Foster Peabody Awards at
the University of Georgia.
—Online: http://www.peabody
awards.com/
Masterworks to be presented at Tuesday concert
Program to include Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Williams’ Serenade to Music’
Bernhardt
‘The Lee University Choral
Union and Symphony
Orchestra will present a concert of masterworks on
Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30
p.m. in the Conn Center.
The performance will be
conducted by Dr. Jonathan
Rodgers and Maestro Robert
Bernhardt.
The program will feature
Handel’s “Messiah” and
“Serenade to Music” by Ralph
Vaughan Williams.
The concert will also
include Lee University student
soloists. For “Messiah,”
Rachel Walls, Nick Branson,
Tyler Plemons, Carly
Wingfield, Vera Voznyuk and
Aaron Murphy will perform.
Soloists for “Serenade to
Music” will be Murphy,
McKenzie Stephens, Nathaniel
Mell and Audra Daniel.
Violinist Holly Mulcahy, the
concertmaster of the
Chattanooga Symphony, will
be guest concertmaster for
“Serenade to Music.”
Rodgers, assistant professor
of music at Lee, directs Choral
Union and Ladies of Lee. He
joined the faculty in 2013.
Bernhardt serves as Lee’s
artist-in-residence and conductor of the Lee University
Symphony Orchestra. He is
also music director emeritus
of the Chattanooga
Symphony.
This is a free, nonticketed
event, and community members are invited to attend.
Watson
From Page 37
Lee University Wind ensemble
Lee Wind Ensemble to present concert Thursday
The Lee University Wind
Ensemble will perform its final
concert of the season on
Thursday, April 23, at 7:30
p.m. in the Conn Center under
conductor Dr. David Holsinger,
professor of music at Lee.
The concert will consist of a
number of the conductor’s
“favorites” and will open with
the march from “Symphonic
Metamorphosis,” composed by
Paul Hindemith.
Graduate conductor Timothy
Linley will conduct the “Pas
Redoublé” by Camille SaintSaëns, which, according to
Holsinger, was “a lively quickstep march originally written
for four-hand piano” and later
transcribed for band.
Following a performance of
Gustav Holst’s “First Suite in
E-Flat,” Mrs. Winona Holsinger
will take the podium to conduct
several of her husband’s “gentle” pieces. A new edition of
“The Globe and Eagle March”
by John Philip Sousa, “East
Wind” by William O. Smith, and
“Festive Overture” by Dmitri
Shostakovich will close out the
night.
The Lee Wind Ensemble is
composed of 52 student musicians. Under the direction of
Holsinger for the past 16 years,
this group is committed to the
highest level of performance of
instrumental ensemble literature for winds and percussion,
and performs for special con-
certs on the Lee University
campus.
In addition to his university
teaching, Holsinger spends
time as a guest clinician, composer, and conductor throughout the United States, appearing at more than 60 major universities and colleges in the last
decade and conducting high
school honor bands in 37
states.
The concert is free and open
to the public.
check references! Otherwise, you
may end up paying for repairs,
damages and more, after you
thought the job was done.
It’s important to be vigilant,
know who you’re doing business
with … and … even be a bit suspicious of those folks offering
quick home improvements and
repairs. Over the years, legitimate companies don’t have to
solicit your business, as they
stay busy year-round.
In closing, if you have a question about a possible fraud,
scam, or swindle in your area,
call your Bradley County Sheriff’s
Office.
We are veterans at spotting
flimflam artists, and know how
they operate.
If it is between calling BCSO or
being ripped off by shady characters, you can make that shady
character the April Fool, as you
give us the information to arrest
them before they strike again!
We are always grateful for the
public’s help! Thank you so
much for helping members of the
Patrol Division and Criminal
Investigations Division by providing information that has led to
recent arrests of criminals and
the recovery of stolen items.
We’re a TEAM — Together Each
Accomplishes More!
Greater Cleveland Concert Band
to perform at Lee’s Pangle Hall
On Tuesday, April 28, the
hallowed
halls
of
Lee
University’s Pangle auditorium
will ring out with the most popular music of the Broadway
stage and Hollywood movies.
The free admission public concert will be conducted by Sarah
Pearson and feature soprano
Mary Beth Torgerson.
The concert begins at 7 pm
but early arrivals will be entertained from 6:30 to 6:50 with
Pearson’s comments about the
music. This preopening feature
is a first for the band but is
often presented by America’s
premier bands and orchestras.
The band returns to
Broadway themes again from
Diana Jackson, executive director of Life Bridges, was the
guest speaker this week for the Cleveland Civitan meeting. Life
Bridges has been serving the intellectually diagnosed community
residents with grace, integrity and devotion since 1973. As Bradley
County's 12th largest employer, their more than 500 professional
employees deliver quality care, housing, therapy, educational,
employment and community involvement opportunities for those that
they serve. While giving a brief history of their accomplishments, she
also explained how some new changes that future laws may effect
their ability to help their community in need as they have in the past.
their “Broadway, Just Off
Broad Street” concert of April,
2013, with encores of “Phantom
of the Opera”, “West Side Story,”
and Fiddler on the Roof.”New
presentations for this upcoming
concert will be Paul Yoder’s
arrangement of Rogers and
Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” with
vocal by Torgerson. Her recent
credits include performances in
“Les Miserables,” “Titanic the
Musical,” and “Cinderella.”
Other first time offerings will
be “My Fair Lady,” and Paul
Lavender’s arrangement of
composer John Williams medleys including “Theme From
E.T.,” “The Mission Theme,”
The Imperial March,” “Star
Wars,”
“Cantina
Band,”
“Olympic Spirit,” and the pulsating, “Theme from Jaws.”
Band founder and current
president, R.G. Wolf, resurrected one of his favorite boyhood
selections, Karl King’s “Old
Vienna Overture.” Pearson
liked it and chose it for the 7
p.m. curtain raiser. King, like
John Philip Souse, is best
known for composing and
directing marches, but both
authored many other musical
formats.
This will be GCCB’s forst concert of 2015, with two more
planned in June for Greenway
Park, and two more after
September.
More concert or band information is available by phoning
423-614-0060.
cscc’s vocaL Rhapsody includes, front from left, Landon Seaborn, Molly McConnell, Autumn
Combs, Lydia Hill, Kendra Martin and Logan Smith; back, Colby Tatum, Benjamin Dale, Nathan Myers
and Bo Marshall. Not available for the photo were Penni Jo Wilson, Ashley Gentry, Leah Snowman,
Morgan King, Amy Fowler and Daniel Carrasquillo.
Concert
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Rutter anthem, “For the Beauty
of the Earth” and will also
include Rene Clausen’s “Set Me
as a Seal” (1989) and the energetic 1982 Robert Ray spiritual,
“He Never Failed Me Yet.”
“Unchained Melody” could be
included in most any decade.
Songwriter Alex North presented
it to Bing Crosby in 1936, but he
did not record it. Several instrumental versions were released,
and in 1955, it was the theme
song for the movie “Unchained.”
The most popular version was
recorded by the Righteous
Brothers in 1965, and was popular once again in 1990 with the
movie “Ghost.”
Vocal Rhapsody will perform
this timeless standard, and a
medley from “Aladdin” (1992
movie/2011 musical) will also be
performed.
Carlos Rising and Logan
Smith will sing the guitar/vocal
song from the 1990s song “More
than Words,” the Chamber Choir
will light up the 2000s with the
beautiful song, “Come in from
the Firefly Darkness” leading
into the 2009 Owl City hit,
“Fireflies,” complete with flashlight “choreography” on the latter.
Vocal Rhapsody will bring the
concert up to date with Kendra
Martin and Lydia Hill as soloists,
singing Meghan Trainor’s “All
About That Bass,” arranged for
choir by Roger Emerson.
The concert might also feature
one or two brief scenes or songs
from the Musical Theatre
Workshop class, in addition to
the two choral ensembles.
Admission to the concert is
free.
Ohio panel OKs measure saying
Connecticut is not 1st in flight
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An
Ohio House panel has approved a
resolution
rejecting
Connecticut’s insistence that one
of its aviators beat the Wright
brothers to the first successful
airplane flight by two years.
The
Ohio
House
Transportation Committee OK’d
the measure by an 11-0 vote
Tuesday. The measure’s next
stop is the full House.
The measure repudiates
Connecticut’s
contention
Gustave Whitehead successfully
flew a powered, heavier-than-air
machine of his own design on
Aug. 14, 1901, “or on any other
date.”
A 2013 Connecticut law
declared Whitehead’s 1901 flight
as beating the Wright Brothers’
December 1903 flight off Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina. Aviation
historians generally agree the
Wrights won the race to flight.
Lee University recently hosted its annual Lee Day geared toward prospective students and their families. As the final event of the
weekend on April 11, eight students won scholarships from the annual scholarship drawing. The winners are, from left, Rebecca Carson
from White Pine; Chandler McCosh from Englewood; Moriah Vickery from Bedford, Virginia; Jody Ingels from Cleveland; Alexander Wingo
from Gahanna, Ohio; Elise Petersheim from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Benjamin Forquer from McConnells, South Carolina; and
Hannah Sims from Buford, Georgia.
Danielle Grape chosen for Congress
of Future Medical Leaders in June
Danielle Grape, a senior at Nobel Laureates and National
Bradley Central High, has been Medal of Science Winners talk
nominated to attend the Congress about leading medical research;
of Future Medical Leaders in be given advice from Ivy League
Boston, June 24 through 26.
and top medical school deans on
The Congress is an honors-only what is to expect in medical
program for high school students school; witness stories told by
who want to become
patients who are living
physicians or go into
medical miracles; be
medical research fields.
inspired by fellow teen
The purpose of this event
medical science prodiis to honor, inspire, motigies; and learn about
vate and direct the top
cutting-edge advances
students in the country
and the future in mediwho aspire to be physicine and medical techcians or medical sciennology.
tists, to stay true to their
“This is a crucial time
dream and, after the
in America when we need
Grape
event, to provide a path,
more doctors and medplan and resources to help them ical scientists who are even better
reach their goal.
prepared for a future that is
Grape was nominated by Dr. changing exponentially,” said
Connie Mariano, the Medical Richard Rossi, executive director,
director of the National Academy National Academy of Future
of Future Physicians and Medical Physicians
and
Medical
Scientists to represent Bradley Scientists.
Central High School based on her
“Focused, bright and deteracademic achievement, leader- mined students like Danielle
ship potential and determination Grape are our future and she
to serve humanity in the field of deserves all the mentoring and
medicine.
guidance we can give her.”
During the three-day Congress,
The Academy offers free servicGrape will join students from es and programs to students who
across the country and hear want to be physicians or go into
medical science.
Some of the services and programs the Academy offers are
online social networks through
which future doctors and medical
scientists can communicate;
opportunities for students to be
guided and mentored by physicians and medical students; and
communications for parents and
students on college acceptance
and finances, skills acquisition,
internships, career guidance and
much more.
The National Academy of
Future Physicians and Medical
Scientists was founded on the
belief that we must identify
prospective medical talent at the
earliest possible age and help
these students acquire the necessary experience and skills to take
them to the doorstep of this vital
career.
Based in Washington, D.C.,
and with offices in Boston, the
Academy was chartered as a nonpartisan, taxpaying institution to
help address this crisis by working to identify, encourage and
mentor students who wish to
devote their lives to the service of
humanity as physicians, medical
scientists.
SOme Of THe new initiates are shown with other 4-H Honor Club members and state Rep. Dan
Howell.
14 from Polk County initiated
into the state 4-H Honor Club
Fourteen members of the Polk
County 4-H Clubs were initiated
into the Tennessee 4-H Honor
Club in an afternoon candlelight ceremony Saturday, April
11.
The ceremony was conducted
by senior members of the Polk
County 4-H Clubs.
Monroe County 4-H member
and Regional Area Scout Leslie
Summitt, State 4-H All Star
Scribe Abigail Firestone and
state Rep. Dan Howell were the
guest speakers at the event.
Summitt
and
Firestone
addressed the new initiates and
challenged them to keep active
in 4-H and take advantage of
the many opportunities 4-H has
to offer, while Howell encouraged the initiates to become
leaders in their community
while explaining to the group
that their participation in 4-H
would give them a greater
chance to be successful in life.
4-H Members initiated came
from 4-H clubs from Chilhowee
Middle School, Copper Basin
High School and the Polk
County Home School Club.
Each member earned over
200 points each on the State 4H Honor Club application and
was accepted into Honor Club.
The 4-H Honor Club is a
statewide organization of outstanding junior high and senior
4-H members.
Honor Club members are
those who have shown exceptional 4-H project work and a
willingness to share what they
have learned with other 4-H'ers
as a junior or teen leader.
4-H members initiated from
Chilhowee Middle School were
Shelby Boyd, Isaac Brown,
Evan Carpenter, Emily Casteel,
Jake Darnell, Travis Stewart
and Meggie Woody.
Initiates from Copper Basin
High School were Ashlynne
Cross, Emmyllie Cross, Sierra
Deal and John Dublin.
Initiates from Polk County
High School were Scot Dalton,
Autymn Dalton and Brianna
Walraven.
Honor Club is only the first
step in Tennessee's recognition
program for outstanding 4-H
members.
Senior members can earn a
spot in All Stars through their
citizenship and community
service work. All Stars is the
second step leading to the final
step of recognition.
Vol State is the highest recognition a Tennessee 4-H member
can earn, and it all starts with
the Honor Club.
Polk County 4-H members
initiated into honor club
received a certificate and an
Honor Club Pin.
Scarlett O’Hara outfit could fetch $100,000 at auction
THe POlk COunTy UT/TSU Extension office offered the Tennessee Great Garden Experience, during March. The Experience consisted of four class sessions on the topics of vegetable gardening, soils
and soil testing, annual and perennial selection and care, and insect and diseases in horticulture.
Classes were taught by Master Gardener Melissa Carden and UT/TSU Extension agents Greg Paxton,
Kelley Frady and Tom Stebbins. Participates in the program, from left, were Paxton, Gail Lawhorn-Pharr,
Jackie Calhoun, Chris Spurling, Clare Sullivan, Kay Green, Roger Scott, Donna Calhoun, Paula
Armstrong, Ed Sullivan, Frady and Terry Lynch. Also participating, but not pictured, was Tim Lynch.
During the last class session, participants completing the Tennessee Great Garden Experience received
a certificate of completion from the University of Tennessee Extension. Participants also received door
prizes provided by Massengill Ace Hardware, Misty Mountain Greenhouse and Burgess Pro Hardware.
“Estate and Health
Care Planning”
DALLAS (AP) — Experts say an
outfit worn in the 1939 film
“Gone With the Wind” by Vivien
Leigh as she played Scarlett
O’Hara could fetch more than
$100,000 at auction.
Heritage Auctions is offering
the gray jacket and skirt, featuring a black zigzag applique, plus
other items from the Academy
Award-winning film at auction
Saturday in Beverly Hills,
California.
Dallas-based Heritage says
more than 150 items from the
movie, including costumes and
props, are being offered by
James Tumblin. He formerly was
in charge of the hair and makeup
department
at
Universal
Studios.
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BREAD BAkiNg winners were, from left front, – Cathena Hightshoe, Clayton Blankenship, Aaron
Matthews, Xander Caywood, Angelia Rouser; back, Baylee Machren, Sarah Tanck, Breanne Mikel and
Marijke Sawyer.
RABBiT AND SEwiNg Exhibitors were, front from left, Kylie Ehlers; and back, Jacob Mooneyham,
Emily Mooneyham and Logan Cross.
4-H Project Expo winners given
Bread Baking, Photography,
Dairy Poster and Piggy Bank
Pageants have been staples in
the 4-H program for years.
Participating in the contests
teaches youth new life skills and
build their self-esteem.
This year, the 4-H staff combined these contests and 51
Bradley County 4-H students, in
grades fourth through 12th, participated in 4-H Project Expo.
Students were invited to submitted entries in the Bread
Baking Contest, Photography
Contest, Dairy Poster Contest
and Piggy Bank Pageant. Two
project groups also set up
exhibits.
The Rabbit Club exhibit
included live rabbits with inforExPo wiNNERS were, from left, Brianna Mikel, Carly Coleman, Joshua Nicodemus, Autumn Miller, mation about their meetings and
the Sewing Club displayed variElijah Davis and Jada Hilton.
ous sewing projects completed
during this year.
Winners in the Photography
Contest were:
Fourth and fifth Grade
Category: Cathena Hightshoe,
Elisha Davis, Abby Watson, Carly
Coleman, Stoyer Dansby and
Xander Caywood.
Sixth through eighth Grade
Category: Joshua Nicodemus,
Autumn Miller, Elijah Davis,
Kiana Hooper, Bethany Hobbs,
Virginia Willis, Taylor Guyton,
Jenna Kraft and Jada Hilton.
9th through 12th Grade
Category:
Shelby Woods,
Elizabeth Payne and Anjali Patel.
Winners of the Bread Baking
Contest were:
Fourth and fifth grade
Category:
Brianna
Mikel,
Cathena Hightshoe, Angelia
Rouser, Xander Caywood, Aaron
Matthews and Josh Porter.
Sixth through eighth Grade
JENNA kRAfT, Breanna Mikel, Abby Watson, Stoyer Dansby, Elisha Davis and Cathena Hightshoe Category: Jada Hilton, Baylee
Machren, Sarah Tanck, Clayton
were photography winners.
Blankenship
and
Marijke
Sawyer.
The overall fourth and fifth-
DAiRy PoSTER Contest Winners were, from left, Esmerelda
Granados and Autumn Miller.
grade category winner was
Brianna Mikel with her recipe for
cornbread.
The overall sixth through
eighth-grade winner with her
recipe for cornbread was Jada
Hilton.
Winners of the Piggy Bank
Pageant Contest were:
Fourth grade — First place,
Abby Blair; and second place,
Xander Caywood.
Fifth grade — First place,
Cathena Hightshoe; and second
place, Breanna Mikel.
Sixth through eighth grade —
First place, Autumn Miller; and
second place, Jacob Mooneyham.
Ninth through 12th grade —
Shelby Woods
Wet soils and weed seeds
There are a few items that I
always keep in my car for when I
go on farm and garden calls.
I always bring my soil auger, so
that I can sample top- and subsoil at the growing site, along
with several soil analysis kits.
Second, I always bring a raincoat so that I’m prepared if I get
caught in a storm.
Next, I always make sure I’ve
packed my compendium of
Southern Weeds in case I run
across something that I can’t
identify.
Lastly, I also make sure to
have a stain stick for if I spill coffee on myself during the drive to
the call — it’s true, some things
you have to learn the hard way.
For the past couple weeks,
BEThANy hoBBS, Elisabeth Payne, Xander Caywood, Taylor Guyton, Anjali Patel and Shelby though, it seems like both the
Weed book and my raincoat have
Woods were among 4-H photography winners.
been getting the brunt of the
work. Between weeks of on-andoff rain and the rapidly warming
temperatures, the weeds in nearly every field and lot have been
thriving. In our little garden, violets, wild onion and morning glories have all been growing at an
unbelievable rate and even in the
Extension Office parking lot we
can see catchweed bedstraw
climbing out of every crack in the
Piggy BANk Pageant winners were, from left,Cathena Hightshoe, Autumn Miller, Abby Blair; back,
Shelby Woods, Xander Caywood and Jacob Moonyeham.
pavement.
Strategies for Management
In light of the increasing vigor
of our unwanted plants, we’ll be
discussing strategies for garden
weed control in our next Monday
night class at the Cleveland
Public Library. I’ll cover identifying problem garden weeds and
different management techniques that range from mechanical to cultural to chemical. If
you’re struggling with weeds
already, this may be a good place
to start.
Too often during mid-summer
farm visits I run across the pullthe-weeds-when-they-shade-outthe-tomato type of management
strategy.
If this is you, then should
know that weeds actively compete with crop and ornamentaltype plants, so a plan that waits
for them to reach a vigorous,
mature state has already let the
weeds do their damage.
By focusing on controlling
weeds when they are young and
in the vegetative state (before
they start dropping more seeds!)
your garden or plantings can
achieve their full productive
potential.
Winners of the Dairy Poster
Contest
were
Esmerelda
Granados and Autumn Miller.
Autumn Miller was also the overall county winner. The winning
overall poster winner from
Bradley County will be sent on to
the state competition.
Receiving prizes for exhibits
were Jacob Mooneyham, Emily
Mooneyham and Logan Cross
(Rabbit Exhibit) and Kylie Ehlers
(Sewing Exhibit).
Sponsors for this event were
River Valley AG Credit, VFW
Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 2598,
Mrs. Wilma Goins, Old Fort
Restaurant, Bradley Square Mall,
Santa Fe Steakhouse and Town
House Bake Shop.
From the County
Agent’s Desk
By Patrick Sweatt
TSU Extension Agent
Bradley County Agriculture
and Natural Resources
Why Are Weeds So Difficult
to Kill?
This is a common question
that I hear fairly often. Unlike
crop plants, weeds have evolved
to be competitive and fast growing with extensive root systems
and tremendous numbers of
seeds. They easily adapt to
remain competitive during
drought and spend very little of
their energy growing fruit or flowers, but rather seek to create
dense, monoculture stands of
their vegetation.
A farming strategy that takes
these aggressive characteristics
into account will seek to kill weed
seedlings as soon as they germinate or even before they have the
opportunity to sprout.
If weeds have been a problem
in your gardens or plantings, I’d
encourage you to visit with us on
Monday at 6 p.m. at the
Cleveland Public Library, or give
us a call at the Cooperative
Extension Office a call at (423)
728 7001.
4-H offers youth number of camp opportunities
Are there children in your
house who would like to attend a
4-H camp somewhere in
Tennessee?
Then Bradley County 4-H has
a number of camps for you.
4-H Junior Camp, for youth in
grades 4 through 6, will be held
June 15 to 19 at the Clyde
Austin 4-H Center in Greeneville.
The deadline to register for
this camp is Friday, May 1. Cost
for this camp is $295.
The fee includes meals, lodging, transportation, T-shirt and a
variety of traditional camp activities such as swimming, fishing,
canoeing, wildlife center, crafts,
campfire and making new
friends.
For more information, contact
Lynne Middleton or Robin
Ramsey at 423-728-7001.
Other camp opportunities
through 4-H include:
Junior High Camp for grades 7
and 8: July 6 to 10, at the Clyde
Austin 4-H Center, Greeneville.
Cost is $285 which includes
meals, lodging, T-shirt and a
variety of camp activities as well
as offsite adventures such as
canoeing, hiking and a history
tour of Greeneville.
The deadline to register is
June 19. For more information,
contact Robin Ramsey at 423728-7001.
Target Smart Camp for grades
6 through 12: June 29 to July 3,
2015 at Ridley 4-H Center in
Columbia.
Discipline areas
include hunting, rifle/BB gun,
archery, muzzle loader and shotgun. Free time activities include
games, crafts, swimming, camp-
ARCHERY is one of the skills taught at the 4-H Target Smart Camp for grades six through 12.
fires and nature studies.
Campers should have completed
fifth grade and had some shooting experience prior to camp.
Cost is $245 which includes
lodging, meals, and activities.
Transportation to this camp is
not provided.
Deadline to register is May 8.
For more information, call Lynne
Middleton at 423-728-7001.
Electric Camp for grades 6
and 7: July 7 to 10 on the campus of the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville.
Learn about energy, electricity
and basic sciences as well as
participate in a variety of other
fun-filled camp activities. Cost is
$245 which covers transportation, meals, lodging and supplies
and materials for all classes.
Deadline to register is April 24.
Lynne Middleton at 423-7287001.
Adventures in Appalachia for
grades 4 through 7: June 29 to
July 1 at Camp McCroy in
Reliance. Cost is $60 which covers all meals, lodging, T-shirt,
all classes and materials. Learn
about
Tennessee
wildlife,
forestry, and conservation as
well as activities such as shooting sports, crafts and campfire.
Participants will also take a field
trip to Sequoyah’s Birthplace
and Fort Loudoun.
Speakers from TWRA will also
bring in birds of prey and
snakes for the youth to learn
about. Deadline to register is
June 8. For more information,
contact Robin Ramsey at 423728-7001.
4-H Day Camp for grades 4
and 5: July 15 to July 16, from
9 a.m. until 12 noon each day at
the 4-H Office in Cleveland. A
variety of activities such as
crafts, cooking, games and other
projects will be offered. The cost
is $20 and this fee covers all
material and activities for both
days. Space is limited for this
camp.
the 4-H Office at 423-728-7001.
4-H is open to youth ages 9
through 19 without regard to
race, gender, ethnic background, handicap, or religion.
For more information on the
4-H Program in Bradley County,
contact Lynne Middleton at UT
Extension–Bradley at 423-7287001 or LMiddle2@utk.edu or
RRamsey3@utk.edu.
Kids going to camp for the first time? Don’t overtalk it
NEW YORK (AP) — Audra Friis
has already decided on a Long
Island day camp for her 7-yearold daughter and 5-year-old son.
She’s confident her oldest will do
just fine after attending other day
camps, but she’s a tad worried
her first-timer will have trouble
settling in.
“He doesn’t transition as easily
as his older sister,” Friis said. “It’s
definitely a high-energy camp. My
whole issue is really the high
energy and the overstimulation.
Kids respond to that or they
don’t.”
While some kids prefer to know
all the details of a new experience, she thinks a less-is-more
approach to preparing her
kindergartner is the way to go.
With sign-ups for day and sleepaway programs under way, she’s
not the only parent looking ahead
to easing that transition.
“Instead of filling his head with
all of the things that he’s going to
be doing that would ordinarily get
somebody excited, he might back
away and decide it doesn’t sound
like fun,” said Friis, who lives in
Commack, New York. “It took him
a few weeks to get used to the
idea of a fire drill at school, with
the loud noises and everything,
and now he’s OK because he
knows what it is.”
Camp directors and consultants think there’s no one way to
prep new campers since a child’s
personality and the care taken in
choosing a camp play key roles,
but there are things parents
should avoid doing and saying.
Never, for example, promise a
child heading off to sleepaway
camp for the first time that they’ll
be picked up early if they get
homesick.
“What is it that you’re sending them to camp for? A lot
of kids come to camp and they really don’t know why
they’re here.”
— David Seddon
“Kids shouldn’t go into it with
the feeling that they have an out.
Start with an attitude of excitement and enthusiasm and confidence,” said Laurie Kaiden, who
calls herself a Campcierge for her
work connecting parents with the
Maine Camp Experience, a group
of 32 camps there.
She’s also a mom. Her 9-yearold daughter went to sleepaway
for the first time last summer
without a hitch and her 6-yearold daughter attends a day camp
that requires a 45-minute bus
ride each way. For the long bus
ride, she recalls packing an extra
snack for the return trip home,
assuring her daughter that she
was going to have a great time,
and that’s about it.
“My kids didn’t have a transition problem and I think the reason is because it’s all been a transition. Before they went to the
day camp that’s 45 minutes away
they went to a local camp that
was five or 10 minutes away, that
I drove them to.”
Kaiden’s oldest had the benefit
of a “sleep week” at her day camp
before heading off to overnight
camp the following summer. The
family also stepped up her sleepovers at friends’ homes.
Trial or introductory programs
are a good idea for parents who
aren’t sure whether their kids will
do well in a day program or far
from home. Many sleepaway
camps offer “taster” sessions of
one to two weeks.
David Seddon is a former camp
counselor who trains staff and
works with parents as director of
the Frost Valley YMCA sleepaway
camp program for younger kids,
in Claryville, New York. He recommends a one-week trial session for first-timers.
Whether it’s taking on a new
activity or trying a new food,
Seddon said parents should talk
with kids before the season starts
about what they expect from
them.
“What is it that you’re sending
them to camp for? A lot of kids
come to camp and they really
don’t know why they’re here,” he
said.
Parents also should realize
that kids might end up liking
things at camp that they wouldn’t
try at home, Seddon said.
“Sometimes we get a camper
information form that says he
won’t eat anything and then he
gets to camp and he eats everything. They go home with a completely different diet just because
they’ve been away from their parents and tried new things,” he
said.
Seddon agreed that “overtalking” the details ahead of time —
how many activities are crammed
into a day, say, or what the showers are like — might create undue
anxiety.
Logistics will work themselves
out with the help of counselors,
he said. And lots of camps try to
create some familiarity for new-
comers through videos, home visits and group meet-ups.
Lindsay Davis, who works with
sick kids and their families as a
certified child life specialist at the
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
in the Bronx, has chaperoned
young sickle-cell patients at a
camp in Ashford, Connecticut,
called Hole in the Wall Gang. She
suggests that parents be as
detailed as possible on camp
forms that ask them to describe
their kids.
Perhaps most importantly, she
advises: “Remind (kids) there is
no right or wrong way to experience camp. Their job is to just
relax and have fun.”
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Camping and playing YMCA summer camps rely on fundamentals
on Lake Ocoee
Camp Ocoee, located on the shores of Lake Ocoee in the
Cherokee National Forest, is operated by the YMCA of
Metropolitan Chattanooga.
“Camp Ocoee’s mission is to provide experiences, under a
strong Christian emphasis, that will strengthen the spirit, mind,
and body of all its participants. In addition, the activities are
focused on helping to prepare youth for challenges they will face
in the future,” according to the camp website.
The camp features session for boys and girls ages 7-15. Teen
leadership is also provided for boys and girls ages 16 and 17.
Ranger Camp is “the flagship program established by Glen Ellis
in 1923. In our long history, we have balanced tradition with the
interests of today’s campers by offering fun, exciting and safe
activities,” the website said.
Campers will experience both land and water activities.
Campers may choose from a list of activities each morning. In the
afternoon, group activities will be offered.
Water activities offered will be banana boat, canoeing, swimming, keowees, kayaking, stand-up paddleboards, sit-on tops,
water games, water slide, water trampoline, water jungle jim,
water skiing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding.
A wide variety of land activities are also provided, including
archery, arts and crafts, beading, basketball, Bible study, climbing tower, dance and cheerleading, drama, fishing, flag football,
high ropes, hiking, horseback riding, lanyards, mountain biking,
nature study, BB gun range, volleyball, soccer, team sports and
Ultimate Frisbee.
Camp dates are:
May 31 through June 6 — Spaces open for both boys and girls.
June 7 through 13 — Still some openings for boys, but girls’
list is full.
June 14 through 20 — Almost full for both girls and boys.
June 21 through 27 — Almost full for both girls and boys.
July 5 through 11 — Almost full for both girls and boys.
July 12 through 18 — Almost full for boys and full for girls.
July 19 through 25 — Almost full for both girls and boys.
July 26 through Aug. 1 — Spaces open for both boys and girls.
Horse Camp, June 21 to 27, has openings for both girls and
boys.
Registration fee for one week is $522 for members and $580 for
nonmembers. Deduct $40 for each additional child from the same
household registered for a summer session. Discounts also exist
for campers signing up for multiple sessions.
Camp scholarships are offered on a first-come, first served
basis. For information go online at www.campocoee.com.
To contact the camp send information to YMCA Camp Ocoee,
111 YMCA Drive, Ocoee, TN 37361; phone: 423-338-5588; fax:
423-338-5507; or email: info@campocoee.com.
Camps for the kid who
loves science, tech,
engineering and math
The Associated Press
For kids whose dream summer
camp involves more coding than
canoeing, more technology than
tennis and more science than
swimming, STEM summer camps
— once considered a contradiction in terms — are popular and
plentiful.
The camps, ranging from private half-day camps for younger
children to longer sleep-away
camps for teenagers, cater to kids
who are passionate about STEM
subjects (science, technology,
engineering and math) or who
just love immersing themselves
in projects involving thinking creatively and problem-solving.
“We’re definitely seeing a lot
more summer programs that
focus on science, technology,
engineering and math, and also
programs that combined those
elements with art,” said Kathy
Heraghty, program director and
founder of Destination Science,
based in Orange, California. The
group, which began in California
in 2000, now runs summer
camps for children ages 5 to 11
in five states.
“The education system is slowly coming around to putting more
emphasis on the sciences, and
parents are also beginning to
change some pretty old-fashioned ideas about summer
camps and also about science,
which is about way more than
data and Bunsen burners,” she
said.
STEM-oriented summer camps
often include more traditional
summer pursuits like swimming
and crafts, but the focus is on the
fun of “thinking like a scientist”
in more depth than is often possible during the school year. “We focus on things that are
playful and fun and that kids can
connect to, like building a really
cool car with a solar cell,”
Heraghty said.
“This summer we are introduc-
ing a Super Heroes camp that
takes a closer looks at bats and
spiders and things like warp
speed. And robotics and robots
are also always exciting to kids.”
The camps cost $379 per week
for full day camp, with discounts
available to those who register
early and some scholarships
available.
For older kids looking for a
sleep-away experience, options
include BEAM Camp, in Stafford,
New Hampshire, which offers
three-and-a-half-week camps for
kids ages 10 to 17.
“We’re a camp about making
things and bringing ideas to life,”
said co-founder Brian Cohen,
who shuns the STEM label
because, he said, the emphasis
should be on the human side of
things and “fashioning physical
reality,” not on abstract concepts.
“We give kids the experience of
making a big idea happen on
their own. Last summer, the kids
in one session built a 30-foot
kaleidoscope, and another session built a boat powered by a
human-size hamster wheel,” he
said.
In addition to building and
problem-solving, campers swim
daily and spend time with chefs,
artists, architects and engineers
to help broaden their ideas about
creative career options. The
camps, open to boys and girls,
have a hefty $5,200 price tag, but
Cohen said about 40 percent of
campers receive partial or full
scholarships.
Emagination, a much larger
summer camp focusing on coding, game design and other computer skills, offers day camp and
sleep-away options for kids ages
8 to 17 in five major cities in the
Midwest and on the East Coast.
Camps range in price from $845
per week for day camp to almost
See STEM, Page 44
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — There are
many firsts to be discovered on a
trip to the new YMCA summer
camp at Horsethief Reservoir in
the mountains of central Idaho.
A first encounter with a campfire, perhaps. A first night in
bunk beds with cabin-mates,
telling ghost stories in the dark.
That first plunge off the dock into
the cool waters of the reservoir.
And for many kids, the first
day without any electronic
devices, because they all had to
be handed over to the counselors
when campers boarded the bus
to the mountains.
YMCA summer camps have
been around for more than a
century, and they still provide
the basics — the archery, canoeing, crafts and obstacle courses
— that the organization believes
kids need to grow into adults
who appreciate and love the outdoors.
“What we are here for is to get
kids into an outdoor setting that
can help them develop the skills
and tools they need to live,” said
Laura Mahan, executive director
of the Boise YMCA’s summer
camp at Horsethief Reservoir.
She doesn’t mean wilderness
survival skills, although those
are also taught here.
“We are really focused on relationships and character development, and we use the outdoor
setting for that,” Mahan said.
The 400-acre Horsethief,
which opened in 2010 about 100
miles northeast of Boise, is one of
more than 300 overnight YMCA
camps around the country, and
the first new one west of the
Mississippi in 50 years. Boise
has had other YMCA camps
since 1905.
Nearly 200,000 American children and teenagers attend YMCA
camps each summer, said John
Duntley, senior camping specialist at the YMCA of the USA in
Chicago. Most YMCA camps are
in the Northeast. The average
cost is about $600 per week,
Duntley said, and financial aid is
available. (Horsethief Reservoir is
$500 a week.)
Many YMCAs also offer day
camps.
All YMCA camps, Duntley said,
are built around the values of
caring, honesty, respect and
responsibility.
“Those values cross all religions and ethnicities and are
universal to all people,” said Jim
Everett, CEO of the Treasure
Valley Family YMCA and a force
behind the creation of the
Horsethief camp. “It’s about,
‘What is my responsibility to the
greater good?’”
The YMCA’s Camp Dudley in
Massachusetts lays claim to
Y Day Camp
begins May 26
When school is out, the YMCA
has day camps that can help
“ignite” your child’s summer.
The camp experience at the Y
includes field trips, daily swimming, arts and crafts and outdoor
educational opportunities.
Th first day of Summer Day
Camp is May 26. Designed for
ages 5 to 10 and teen camp ages
11 to 15, the Day Camp will be
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer camps include:
Ignite your Summer, May 2529, offers outdoor games, crafts,
sports and a variety of “get to
know you” activities.
Pay it Forward, June 1 through
5, focuses on games and activities
on the environment and its
impact.
Talent Week is June 8 through
12.
World Traveler Camp is June
16 through 20. Attendees will be
able to “let our imaginations run
wild with fun outdoor games.”
Mad Science Week is June 22
through 26. This week will feature adventures that include leaf
collections, baking soda volcanoes and a Science Zone presentation.
Great Outdoors Camp will be
June 30 through July 3.
See Y, Page 44
being the oldest continuously
operating summer camp in the
United States. It started in 1885,
said Tom Holland, a spokesman
for the American Camp
Association, which accredits
more than 2,400 camps around
the country.
Everett said he enjoys seeing
children from different backgrounds meet on equal ground at
Horsethief Reservoir.
“You have children from
migrant worker families and kids
who live in a mansion,” he said.
“It gives kids an appreciation
for what others do have. It’s the
most level playing field on the
planet.”
Another valued lesson is selfsufficiency.
“One of the first things we do is
dismantle a bike, so if your chain
pops off on the trail, you know
how to put it on. You’re not like,
‘My dad’s not here, what do I
do?’” said counselor Travis
Miller, Horsethief’s adventure
camp coordinator.
Although many camps offer
the simple, traditional and electronics-free activities offered by Y
camps, the YMCA name helps
parents know what they’re going
to get.
“They all have a curriculum
they adhere to,” said Jill
Tipograph, a Manhattan-based
summer-camp consultant who
works with parents. “So there’s
an understanding for parents
that if they send their child to a Y
camp they’re going to have kind
of a classic experience. It’s a
brand, so they can feel confident
that their child will get that experience.”
Electronics-free
summer
camps are “very much in vogue
right now,” Tipograph said.
“I get calls from parents saying
to me, ‘I need to get my child
unplugged, I need him to learn
how to communicate.’”
At Horsethief, electronic
devices are returned to kids at
the end of the stay, which is usually a week.
“We do not usually have parents who object, although a parent has been known to hide a cell
phone in a camper’s luggage ‘just
in case’ they need to call home,”
said Mahan. “Most parents see it
as a great thing....
“The teens, on the other hand,
are pretty crafty at trying to
sneak them in,” she said. “We
confiscate them as quickly as we
find them.”
To help develop cooperation
and character, kids at Y camps
share small cabins where they
can learn to resolve personality
differences.
“When you’re living in a small
group setting and you have a dis-
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agreement with another kid, you
have to talk about it. We help you
with the tools for resolving it,”
Mahan said.
For Everett, Idaho’s wilderness
also plays a key role. He likes to
take groups hiking at night to a
place where they can turn off
their headlamps and lie on huge
rocks, gazing at the stars.
“The kids are a little nervous at
first,” he said. “Nobody is saying
anything; nobody wants to break
that silence.
“How often do you get to just
sit and look at the magnificent
sky and think, ‘Wow’? To me,
that’s part of counting your
blessings, which we do a lot at
camp.”
—To find a YMCA camp:
http://www.ymca.net/find-ay-camp
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• Intermediate Rider Camp/
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Offered throughout the year, a variety of camps and clinics are available to all
ages. Summer camps are small in size (10-15 participants) for lots of 1:1
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Summer Dance Programs
Open to any and all dancers regardless of where you train.
Ballet, Jazz, and Tap. Ages 3-Adult
Princess Camp: Ballerinas who are three to five years of age will explore and
experience a different Princess everyday from July 13-17, 9:00AM - 12 NOON.
Petite Dance Camp: There are two sessions of Petite Dance Camp, both from
9:00 AM - 12 NOON. June 1-5 is designed for four and five years olds, and June
8-12 for six to eight year olds.
Fairy Tale Camp: Join Tinkerbelle and friends on a fabulous trip to Neverland,
wearing wings and waving your magic wands in Fairy Tale Camp. From July 20-24.
Fairy Tale Camp is from 9:00 AM till 12:00 NOON.
Aspiring Dancers: Classes for students 8-12 years of age who wish to
maintain their skills in ballet as well as improve their jazz and tap techinique. Two
sessions are available. June 15-19 and July 27-August 1, from 9:00 AM-12 PM.
The Pointe Intensive: June 2nd through July 30 the Pointe Intensive will meet
each Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00-3:00 PM. This class is for dancers beginning
pointe work and those who simply wish to grow stronger en pointe.
TN Youth Ballet Summer Intensive: June 1-12, 3:00-6:00 PM, Monday thru
Friday is open to rising Ballet III through Ballet VI. Intermediate and Advanced
dancers. lessons in Ballet, Contemporary Ballet, Modern, Musical Theatre Dance
and Choreography will be taught.
Private Classes: One on one coaching is the best and quickest way to
improve dance technique. In addition to, or apart from any camp, private lessons
once a week are available to any level of dance. Private lessons twice weekly are
also available.
For more details visit us online www.tnyouthballet.com
or call 423-476-3030. Ask about our half price specials!
Those tear-stained letters home:
How to handle homesickness
By Lisa FLam
Attending overnight camp for
the first time last summer, 10year-old Lily Becker longed to be
back home in Chicago. She
missed her parents and sister,
wondering what they were doing
and wishing she could hear their
voices. She missed simply being
alone in her bedroom.
“I was really, really homesick,”
Lily recalled of her “painful” first
half of a four-week session at
Sanborn Western Camps: High
Trails Ranch for Girls in
Florissant, Colorado. “It was kind
of scary at first because I had
never been away from home
before for that long.”
Lily got through her homesickness with the help of friends,
experienced campers who promised it would get better, and her
counselors, and by pushing herself to focus on having fun in the
present rather than dwelling on
home.
“I set a goal for myself not to
cry for five days,” she said. “I
kept thinking about my mom
and dad, and by thinking of
them, I wasn’t having any fun
because I kept crying all the
time.”
Lily proudly held in her tears
and began having such a good
time that by the last day, she
didn’t want to leave. “It was the
best experience after those two
weeks,” she said.
As hard as it may feel for
campers — and parents who
receive their tear-stained letters
home — homesickness may be as
common at sleepaway camp as
sunscreen and color war.
“Homesickness is a perfectly
normal human emotion,” said
clinical psychologist Dr. Michael
Thompson,
whose
book
“Homesick and Happy” (Random
“Homesickness can be intense, but it’s not lethal.”
— Dr. Christopher Thurber
House, 2012) reflects his belief
that children can feel both while
away at camp. “It means you
have a home worth missing.”
Overcoming homesickness and
spending time away from parents
helps children gain self-assurance and independence, experts
say.
“It inoculates them against
future bouts of intense homesickness, like freshman year in
college or the next year of camp,
and it can teach them emotionregulation skills that will be helpful throughout their lives,” says
Dr. Christopher Thurber, a clinical psychologist who has
researched homesickness and
worked at camps for three
decades.
Homesickness is often a longing for Mom and Dad, but can
also be for a pet or pillow, home
cooking or an activity like screen
time.
“Just about everybody misses
something about home,” Thurber
says.
His research found that about
95 percent of kids who spent a
week or two at an overnight
camp felt homesick at least once,
feelings so mild they might not
have even called them “homesickness.” About 20 percent had
moderate to severe homesickness, while 7 percent suffered
the most intense homesickness,
with possible signs of anxiety or
depression, he said.
“Most of the kids who are bothered by it learn to cope with it —
that’s a confidence-builder,”
Thurber said. “For the few who
experience it quite intensely, the
staff are there to coach them
through it.”
There are steps parents can
take to reduce the risk.
Before camp, talk with kids
about the possibility of homesickness and offer ideas for feeling better, like talking to a counselor or writing a letter home.
“Many parents don’t want to
bring it up because they think it
will make it worse, but this is
naive,” said Thompson, also a
consultant
to
numerous
overnight camps.
Lynda Bekore sent her 9-yearold son to camp in New Jersey for
the first time five years ago with
a way to feel close to home if he
was homesick: Just before lights
out, she said, look at the moon,
and she would do the same.
Her son sounded homesick in
his first letter, said Bekore, of
Merrick, New York: “I’m having a
good time. At night I’m looking at
the moon.” Several weeks later
on visiting day, she was relieved
that he had forgotten all about
the moon and had needed to gaze
upward only the first few nights.
Thurber suggests three more
tips for parents:
— Let children practice being
away from home by planning
sleepovers with friends and
grandparents (no texting or calling).
— Get the kids involved in
planning and packing for camp
so they feel ownership over the
experience.
— Don’t agree to pick them up
early if they ask to be rescued at
the first pang of sadness.
“Parents need to say, ‘No.
Absolutely not,’” Thurber said.
“That might seem like tough love
but it’s the very message kids
need to hear. ‘This is your experience. You’re not going to be rescued.’”
Some kids do leave camp early,
and before that decision is made,
Thompson suggests parents rely
on the advice of the camp director. For these campers, their time
at camp should be celebrated,
rather than viewed as a failure.
Lily wrote her parents asking
to go home, but they had agreed
beforehand that was not an
option. Reassured by the camp
that her daughter was having
fun, Lisa Becker, who attended
the camp as a girl, was proud of
Lily for sticking it out, and said
her daughter returned with a
new sense of independence and
appreciation for home.
“She had a lot to overcome,”
Becker said. “She was super sad,
and I think it was a big accomplishment for her.”
Ariella Rogge, a director at
Sanborn, says that even kids
who are excited about being at
camp “are still going to have
moments they’re just blue,”
Rogge said. “There’s that
moment, and they write about it.
Part of that coping skill is to
write about it.”
Making a friend, mastering a
skill and the simple passage of
time can help cure homesickness.
“They develop competence in
camp living, which gives them
confidence in themselves and
their ability to live without the
help of their parents,” Rogge
said.
Parents of children struggling
with homesickness should
respond “in a positive, optimistic
way,” Thurber advises, and avoid
sharing their own anxieties.
“Homesickness
can
be
intense,” he says, “but it’s not
lethal.”
Wacky events shake up the daily routine at summer camp
Summer camp means color
wars, campfires and friendly
competitions. But at many
camps, daily routines get a jolt
every now and then with wacky
events, from pies in the face to
applesauce wrestling.
In addition to the surprise element and sheer fun, there’s a
psychology behind these once-asummer happenings. Camps
nowadays are attended by kids
used to compelling forms of
entertainment, from videogames
to interactive theme park rides,
so some try to make memories
beyond the silly traditions, creative themes and daily activities
that have historically shaped the
Sports camps
CSCC CAMPS
Cleveland State Baseball
Coach Mike Policastro will
conduct the following summer Baseball Camps:
Youth Skills Camp, June
1-4 for ages 5 - 12. Camp
hours are 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Campers will participate in
group instruction and participate in a game each
day. The cost is $80 and
includes a camp T-shirt.
Youth Pitcher/Catcher
Camp, June 8-10 from 911:30 a.m., and a Youth
Hitting Camp, June 22-24
from 9-11:30 a.m. Both
camps will be for ages 8See CAMPS, Page 44
camp experience.
“How fun can you make camp?
How out of the box can it be?”
says Lori Waldman, co-owner of
Camp Blue Ridge near Dillard,
Georgia.
Here are a few examples of offthe-wall events staged now and
then to shake things up at summer camps.
TAPED TO THE WALL
On Crazy Feats Day at Camp
Blue Ridge, campers are divided
into teams and given supplies,
including a few rolls of duct tape,
along with a series of tasks.
They don’t get detailed instructions — just a clue about what’s
expected. For example, they
might be told to create Toby
Maguire’s protege — hint
“Spider-Man”. If they’re smart,
they’ll choose the lightest person
on their team to tape to the wall
like Spider-Man.
FESTIVUS
Fans of the TV show “Seinfeld”
will remember Festivus, an alternative to celebrating Christmas.
At Maine Teen Camp in Porter,
Maine, it’s an alternative to color
war.
“The idea is not for us to define
precisely what needs to happen,
but instead, allow staff and
campers to come up with a fun
theme for a day-long carnival
and feast,” explained co-director
Matthew Pines. Themes have
included NASA, zombies and
superheroes.
A “wheel of misfortune” offers
random campers and staff “such
wonderful prizes” as a pie in the
face, getting drenched by a
waterfall (water poured off a balcony) or a surprise party, with
confetti blown from a leaf-blower.
You might be covered with chocolate syrup or paint — to be
washed off by a dunk in the lake
— before taking part in sports
and game competitions, followed
by an evening banquet of, what
else?, lobster (this is Maine).
MUD BATH
“Everyone likes playing in the
mud,” says Driftwood Day Camp
owner Mike Wagenberg. So once
a year, the camp fills an outdoor
inflatable skating rink with
truckloads of dirt, adds water,
and invites campers and staff to
jump in. When it’s over, you get
hosed down.
Related events at the camp,
located in Melville, N.Y., have
included applesauce wrestling
and a “Tough Mudder” course
with obstacles including a mud
run.
PIE IN THE FACE
Jodi Turk’s twins have summer birthdays. Here’s what sold
them on attending Camp Echo:
On your birthday, you get to pie
any counselor you want in the
face while the rest of the camp
chants “Pie in the face! Pie in the
face!”
Oh, and there’s also a cake for
your cabin, and the whole camp
sings “Happy Birthday.” But the
pie’s the highlight, especially
since the moment is recorded
with a photo that gets hung in
the dining hall. Those getting
pied can choose between
whipped cream or shaving
cream.
“After a while, the staff began
to realize there’s no bigger compliment than getting picked for a
pie in the face,” said Jeff Grabow,
director of the camp in
Bloomingburg, New York. “It’s
not a vengeance thing. We can
tell who the best counselors are
because their pictures are on
that wall of fame.”
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Conveniently located off Interstate 75 at the Tri-State
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Bateman Team receives honorable mention
Dr. arLie tagayUna, left, and Devonte Coleman pose for a
photo after their Southern Sociological Society presentation.
Lee’s Tagayuna and
Coleman present
research at conference
Dr. Arlie Tagayuna, an assistant professor of sociology at Lee,
and Devonte Coleman, a senior
sociology major, recently presented research at the 2015 meeting
of the Southern Sociological
Society. The meeting took place
in New Orleans.
Their presentation, titled
“From Rap to Lap: A Discourse
Analysis of Rap Music in the
Promotion of Sex Trafficking,”
explored how the burgeoning of
contemporary rap music facilitates a culture of sexual exploitation of women, particularly in the
field of sex trafficking.
“I think this is a prime example
of student-professor collaboration,” said Tagayuna. “I always
come to the table with my students knowing that they can be
experts on something, and I
could learn more in the process.”
Tagayuna and Coleman’s
research delved into a discourse
analysis of 150 rap songs from
1998 to 2014 in seeking a
grounded theory from lyrics and
its presentation in music television. According to their research,
since rap music’s creation in the
late 1980s, themes and subjects
of most of the lyrics have now
shifted to social deviance and
crime.
The project sought to answer
the question, “How does rap
music facilitate the promotion of
sex trafficking?” Furthermore,
the analysis ventured into the
subliminal mechanisms of different ways women are presented in
the media and how these intersect with race and social class.
“This project was engineered
with Devonte’s expertise in rap
music and my interest in human
trafficking,” said Tagayuna. “I
firmly believe that pedagogical
practice can be rewarding if you
are able to motivate students in
active learning.”
For more information about
Lee’s sociology program, contact
the Department of Behavioral
and Social Sciences at (423) 6148125.
The Lee University Bateman
Team’s statewide campaign for
Home Matters received an honorable mention as a part of the
Public
Relations
Student
Society of America’s (PRSSA)
National Bateman Competition.
The team, named “423 PR,”
consisted of senior public relations majors Megan Ash, Allie
Cable, Megan Jafari, and
Katelyn Tresh.
PRSSA holds the Bateman
Team Competition every year. It
is a competition in which
approximately 70 universities
and colleges select four or five
students to participate to create
a complete public relations
campaign for a national client.
The teams are required to
research, plan, implement and
evaluate their campaign during
the school year, and turn in
their submission to national
PRSSA for judging. The challenge is that every team has
only the month of February to
implement their campaign.
This year, the national client
was Home Matters, a coast-tocoast coalition that seeks to
partner with organizations that
strive to promote the five foundations of a home, which are
Health, Education, Stable
Economy, Individual Success,
and Public Safety.
There have been nine
Bateman teams from Lee since
2003 with one team winning a
4th place nationally and five
receiving Honorable Mentions.
"I am so proud to be awarded
the fifth honorable mention in
Lee’s history," Jafari said. “Our
team worked extremely hard to
implement a professional, successful campaign, and I’m so
glad the judges recognized
that.”
The Lee team held a statewide
public relations campaign titled
“Be a Neighbor. Be a Volunteer.
Be Tennessee.” They partnered
with all five existing Home
Matters affiliates in the state of
Tennessee and obtained six
more as a result of the campaign. This raised organizational Home Matters partnerships in
Tennessee by 120 percent.
The affiliates in Tennessee
now
include
Chattanooga
Neighborhood Enterprise in
Chattanooga; Knox Housing
Partnership and Restoration
House in Knoxville; Affordable
STEM
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$3,000 for some two-week programs. As with many science
camps, some scholarships are
available.
“STEM summer camps are
wilderness exploration, but in
the wilderness of exploration and
inquiry,” said Meg Kaufer, president of the STEM Alliance of
Larchmont and Mamaroneck,
New York, one of a growing number of grassroots organizations
helping promote STEM activities
in and out of schools.
One of Kaufer’s sons attended
a high-school-level summer
sleep-away camp at Brown
University involving 3D printers
and bronze casting. One of her
daughters attended an all-girls
robotics day camp for seventh
graders.
“Do it yourself does not mean
do it alone, and for a lot of kids
who are used to tinkering solo,
having a rare chance to explore
science with people who think
the same way really helps them
form a social identity,” she said.
“That can be truly transformational.”
—www.ScienceBuddies.org lists
a wide range of summer science
Sports
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16. The camps will consist of
advanced instruction on the fundamentals of pitching, catching
and hitting. The cost is $60 per
session and includes a camp Tshirt. There will be a $5 discount
per camp registration if a participant registers for more than one
of the camps.
For registration information,
contact Mike Policastro at (423)
478-6219, or go to: http:
http://www.cscougars.com/spor
t s / b s b / 2 0 1 4 15/CLEVELAND_STATE_2015_S
UMMER_BASEBALL_CAMP_SER
IES_REGISTRATION_FORM.
JOE SPENCER
SKILLS CAMP
The Joe Spencer Basketball
Skills Camp for boys and girls
ages six years to eighth grade will
take place May 18-20 from 5-8
p.m. at the Ocoee Middle School
gym. The cost for the camp is
$45.
Along with coach Spencer,
coaches Mindy Casteel, Andrea
Spencer and Jordan McElhaney
will be teaching basketball skills
and fundamentals. Registration
will be on the firs day of camp.
Each camper will receive a free Tshirt on the last day of camp. For
ore information, contact Joe
Spencer at 244-3741.
BEARETTES CAMP
The 2015 Bearettes Basketball
Camp for ages 5-14 will take
place June 3-5 from 8:30 a.m.-12
p.m. at Jim Smiddy Arena at
BCHS. The camp will be instructed by Bearettes coaches Jason
Reuter, Katie Frazier, Amy
Tinsley and the Bearettes basketball team.
The camp will focus on basketball fundamentals. There will be
camper awards and T-shirts for
each participant. The cost for the
camp is $55 per person, $45 per
person for campers attending two
days.
The gym will be open for play
each morning at 8:15 a.m. For
more information, contact coach
Jason Reuter at 284-2135.
WALKER VALLEy
SOfTBALL CAMP
The Walker Valley Lady
Mustangs Softball Camp will be
held June 1-3, 2015 at Larry
Haney Field on the campus of
Walker Valley High School.
Sessions will run daily from 9:00
a.m.- noon for upcoming 2nd 5th graders and from 1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m. for upcoming 6th-8th
graders. Fundamental hitting,
pitching, fielding, and catching
instruction will be taught by
Walker Valley coaches and Lady
Mustang players. The cost of the
camp is $50 and will include a
free T-shirt.
For more information, please
contact Coach Lauren Limburg
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t
walkervalleysoftball@gmail.com
programs across the United
States,
as
does
www.lmstemalliance.org .
Destination Science: www.destinationscience.org
Beam Camp: www.beamcamp.com
Emagination: www.computercamps.com
Lee University’s Bateman Team, which consists of Katelyn Tresh, Allie Cable, Megan Ash and
Megan Jafari, attended the campaign launch in Nashville.
Megan ash, Allie Cable, Megan Jafari and Katelyn Tresh said, “Home is a warm cup of chili,” at the
Fun Run and Chili Cook-off.
Housing Resources and How’s
Nashville in Nashville; United
Housing, Inc. in Memphis;
Eastern Eight Community
Development Corporation in
Johnson City; Habitat for
Humanity of Cleveland; Impact
Cleveland; Family Promise of
Bradley County; and Triple E
Construction in Cleveland.
Three major events were held
throughout the state of
Tennessee as a part of this
awareness campaign. The
launch took place at the Capitol
building in Nashville, a Fun
Run and Chili Cook-off was
held in Cleveland, and a Home
Matters luncheon was hosted
by the team at Knox Housing
Partnership.
These events, along with a
statewide social media contest
and an informational branding
presentation for all of the affiliates, made up the campaign
that brought Lee’s Bateman
Team an honorable mention.
“The PRSSA Bateman Team
national campaign is the most
prestigious and challenging
competition for public relations
majors,” said Dr. Patty
Silverman, the Lee University
public relations program coordinator and the PRSSA co-advisor and internship coordinator.
“Our students continue to
make their mark nationally as
outstanding public relations
majors, competing with the top
universities across the nation. I
am so proud of this year’s team
and their statewide campaign
for Home Matters.”
The Lee University Public
Relations (PR) program is
designed to train students
interested in professional or
academic work in the area of
corporate, nonprofit or agency
PR.
There are currently 118 PR
majors, making it one of the
largest and fastest growing
majors in Lee’s Communication
Arts Department.
In fall 2011, the program
earned international accreditation from the Public Relations
Society of America, receiving a
Certification in Education for
Public Relations (CEPR). Lee
became the first Christian university to receive this certification. Approximately 40 schools
internationally have been
awarded CEPR.
For more information about
the Bateman Team or the PR
program at Lee University,
please contact Dr. Silverman at
psilverman@leeuniversity.edu.
Home Matters® is a national
movement uniting America
around Home. For more information, visit www.HomeMatters
America.com.
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Attendees will be hiking, going
on a scavenger hunt and other
outdoor educational activities.
H2WOW camp will be held
July 6 through 10. There will
be a variety of swimming and
water activities.
Freaky Fitness/Field Day is
July 13 through 17. This week
will have a field day and sports
activities at branches, with a
Citywide Day Camp at Finley
Stadium.
Holiday Week, July 20
through 24, will celebrate
Thanksgiving and Christmas in
the summer with games and
activities.
Aloha to Summer is July 27
through Aug. 1. Say goodbye to
new friends and make lots of
crazy, special moments to last
until next summer as everyone
tries an assortment of new
activities.
The minimum age for
campers is 5.
Camp fees, which are due the
Wednesday before the camp
starts, are $95 per week for
members and $125 per week
for nonmembers.
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tina’s Groove
CROSSWORD
By Eugene Sheffer
Baby Blues
Blondie
ASTROLOGY
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2015
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:
Hayden Christensen, 34; Kate Hudson,
36; James Franco, 37; Ashley Judd, 47.
Happy Birthday: You'll be torn
between the changes you want to make
and what your budget will allow. You'll
need to be cautious and look for hidden
expenses before you agree to any proposal you are offered. Stick to facts and
refrain from letting your emotions sway
you. Don't let a past personal connection
turn into a costly affair. Your numbers are
3, 11, 13, 22, 29, 37, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don't feel
guilty for taking a little "me" time. You
deserve a chance to pamper yourself or
to be treated to something that makes
you happy. A shopping spree will lift your
spirits and lead to a great bargain. Love
is highlighted.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take in
as much information as you can. What
you discover will help you find unusual
ways to use your skills. It's in your best
interest not to overreact or let stubbornness cause you to miss an opportunity.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do your
research before getting involved in a joint
venture or risky investment. Try to be frugal when it comes to money matters.
Expect a visitor or a change in the
dynamics of your home environment.
Love will be unpredictable, but exciting.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do your
best to help others and you will avoid criticism. Your empathetic nature will win
favors from those who recognize your talent and expertise. Something that starts
out as an act of kindness will turn in to a
profitable enterprise.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Letting your
emotions swell up regarding your professional objectives will also cause problems in your personal life. Look for posi-
Snuffy Smith
Hagar the Horrible
Dilbert
By Eugenia Last
tive changes you can make that will
broaden your outlook and help you overcome any setbacks.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Travel
plans or getting involved in a cultural
event in your community will give you a
better understanding of the way others
live and do things. Implement the ideas
that you feel will improve your life. Protect
your reputation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Accept the
inevitable. Put your energy into home,
financial and health improvements that
will encourage a better future. Make a
commitment and follow through with
regard to self-improvement and important relationships. Travel and romance
are highlighted.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don't
overdo it. You are better off doing one
thing superbly instead of trying to do too
much. Put less pressure on yourself and
focus more on working as a team player
with someone you feel close to. Explore
the unfamiliar or unusual.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Look at your options. You can make
headway if you bring about positive alterations to the way you live. A financial
opportunity is apparent and will have an
impact on your current lifestyle choices.
Love is on the rise.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take
charge. Be ready to stop anyone who is
offering negativity or criticism. You can
make positive changes at home that will
suit your needs and make you feel comfortable about moving forward with your
dreams. Romance is highlighted.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Watch
what you say. You'll face opposition and
interference if you aren't willing to meet
someone halfway. Put effort into fixing up
your home or doing something special
for someone you love. Positive and lov-
Contract Bridge
by Steve Becker
Garfield
Beetle Bailey
Dennis the Menace
By Ned Classics
By Conrad Day
See
Answer on
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ing gestures will bring good returns.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Update
your resume and search for a position
that interests you. Finding out what your
options are will help give you peace of
mind. Don't limit what you can do
because someone is giving you a hard
time.
Birthday Baby: You are creative and
persistent. You are confident and aggressive.
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:
Joey Lawrence, 39; Carmen Electra, 43;
Jessica Lange, 66; Ryan O'Neal, 74.
Happy Birthday: Your hard work will
pay off this year, but you will also be
tempted by people, products, services
and luxury items that can counter your
attempt to get ahead financially. Set a
strict budget this year and don't let anyone talk you into indulgence of any kind.
It's up to you to keep a level head and
balanced books. Your numbers are 2, 7,
12, 20, 24, 33, 48.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take
advantage of a chance to make a professional move. Negotiate shrewdly and get
whatever you want in writing, and you will
come out on top. Bold action will bring
interesting results that will inspire you to
excel.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Learn as
you go, but practice moderation when it
comes to how much you take on as well
as spend. A cautious but progressive
move will help you convince others that
you are on the right track. Control your
emotions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dealing
with officials, banks, hospitals or government agencies should be handled quickly and with diplomacy. Get all your
papers in order to avoid delays.
Uncertainty due to a lack of detail must
be avoided. Don't take on more than you
can handle.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make a
point to stand out. Your involvement in
groups will enhance your reputation and
put you in a position to make a difference. Share your thoughts, appeal to the
sympathy of others and let nature take its
course.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take a back
seat and be an observer. You will avoid
interference and get a much better view
of the situation you face as it unfolds.
Keep in mind that going with the flow will
end up giving you greater freedom.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can
make a difference if you share your
insight and findings. Don't allow your
health to restrict what you want to do.
Take care of your responsibilities and put
your plans into motion. Networking will
pay off.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen and
learn from someone with more experience or with knowledge that can help you
advance. Personal changes will require
discipline, but in the end you will like the
results you get. Invest in your home and
your skills.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take a
close look at any partnerships you are
involved in, and you will find a way to
improve your position or move on to bigger and better opportunities. Don't make
costly cosmetic changes to your surroundings. Keep things simple and functional.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Advancement awaits, and all you have to
do is focus on what you do best. Don't
embellish or make unreasonable promises. It's your honesty and energetic
approach that will seal a deal. Love is in
the stars.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Make changes at home that will bring
you great joy. Test the waters, try new
things and don't be afraid to put yourself
first for a change. Don't let someone's
sob story take up your time or money.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Difficulties with friends, relatives or people in your community will cause concern. Don't overreact to the situation until
you check the facts. Make home and personal improvements instead of trying to
fix or change others.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick
close to home and avoid mental or physical strain. Focus on what you can do to
make a difference or improvement to
your life, but don't make promises that
you will be unable to deliver on.
Birthday Baby: You are caring and
helpful. You are persistent and resourceful.
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“Deadly Revenge” (2013) Alicia Ziegler, Mark Hapka. Å
› “Obsessed” (2009) Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles. Å
(12:02) › “Obsessed” Å
My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å
My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å
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Who Do You Think You Are? Medium
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Castle Rock
to be protected
for the future
Your Best Shot
Recent photos — within the last year — may be submitted for Your Best
Shot by emailing gwen.swiger@cleveland banner.com, mailing good quality photos to Your Best Shot, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 or
dropping them off at 1505 25th St.
JOe WOODS
shared this photo of
the Hiwassee River
in Polk County.
h.D. hyberger
submitted this photo
“The early bird gets the worm! The birds knows; while we wait, of a frog sitting on a
we should watch .....else we will not receive the blessings prepared ceramic frog in the
garden.
for us,” noted Dennis White. Photos below, left and right, were also
submitted by White.
Jasper — The Tennessee river
Gorge Trust, The Land Trust for
Tennessee, The Conservation
Fund, Harvey Cameron and The
southeastern Climbers Coalition
have announced Castle rock,
Marion County’s most iconic view
as well as a renowned rock climbing venue, will be protected and
accessible for generations to
come.
The Land Trust for Tennessee
holds a conservation easement on
the 30-acre Castle rock property
that will protect it in perpetuity
while allowing access for recreational use.
Through a lease agreement with
the Tennessee river Gorge Trust,
The southeastern Climbers
Coalition will continue to manage
the property for rock climbing
enthusiasts and other recreational needs, which it has done since
2005.
Castle rock sits atop the
Cumberland plateau in Marion
County. The forested property
contains nearly a half mile of bluff
line, clearly visible from the valley
below, which is popular among
local and visiting rock climbers.
The south-facing sandstone turret
forming the bluff offers breathtaking views of the scenic sequatchie
Valley.
The Castle rock property was
previously jointly owned by
Harvey Cameron, an attorney
from Jasper, and the late Bud
(sam) Werner, an honored veteran
and conservationist.
Werner’s
ownership
was
bequeathed to The Conservation
Fund, a national organization
dedicated to creating land and
water protection strategies that
balance environmental stewardship with economic vitality.
Together, the Fund and
Cameron donated Castle rock to
the Tennessee river Gorge Trust.
Thanks to the hard work of The
southeastern Climbers Coalition,
Castle rock, portions of which
rise up to 120 feet, are now
marked and equipped with nearly
100 sport and traditional climbing
routes.
The crag is known for having
one of the hardest routes in
Tennessee (apes on acid 5.13d)
offering a challenge to even
advanced climbers.
George Gray Allstate has
newly renovated office
ALLSTATE’s newly
renovated office is
located on Keith
Street near the
Greenway.
Open house planned Thursday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
By TONY EUBANK
Banner Staff Writer
George Gray Allstate is gearing up for an
open house on Thursday, April 23. The open
house will be the debut of the recently
remodeled office.
The renovation began in October of last
year, with S and J Construction contracted
to the work.
Owner and insurance broker, George
Gray stated that when he bought the building in June of last year it was actually a
commercial duplex.
Gray said about 900 square feet of the
building used to be a check cashing business and
his office occupied the other 1200 of the
2,100 square foot building.
“I’m about what I perceive to be, halfway
through my career so it was just time to
freshen up and get ready for the next half,”
said Gray.
Gray, whose office now occupies the
Banner Photo, TONY EUBANK
GEORGE GRAY
and staffer Dawn
Harp are ready to
help clients with their
insurance needs.
See ALLSTATE, Page 51
Golf tourney to benefit Boehm center
CHATTANOOGA — The 31st
Annual Shirley Logan-Renia
Williams Little Angels Golf
Tournament will be held on
June 13, at the Calhoun Elks
Lodge in Calhoun, Ga.
Presented by Philips VanHeusen
and
local
area
Teamsters, this charity event
raises money for the Walter E.
Boehm Birth Defects Center, a
local nonprofit that provides
medical, financial and psychosocial support to children
born with neural tube defects.
To date, the tournament has
raised over $945,000 for the
Boehm Center.
The tournament has tee
times at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
with select shot, two-person
teams with a minimum of four
flights. A driver will be given
for each player of the leading
team of each of the flights, and
a Ping golf bag will be awarded
for each player of the second
place team in each of the four
flights.
The entry fee is $100 per
player and includes green fees,
cart, one mulligan, one team
photo, and food and refreshments throughout the day. The
cut-off date is Thursday, June
11, at 5 p.m. or the first 224
paid applicants.
For tournament application,
sponsorship forms, or more
information,
please
visit
www.boehmbdc.com or call
423-778-2222.
ABSOLUTE ESTATE
CLAUDE HARDISON, right, presented awards to several Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter of the
Sons of the American Revolution members for their work during the state convention. Hardison gave certificates of apprecation to Bob George, president, Lynn Freeman and Stan Evans. George and Freeman
hold the McCarthy Demere Membership award and plaque presented for the chapter enrolling the most
members last year.
Sons of the American Revolution
swear-in four new members
On April 9, the Col. Benjamin
Cleveland Chapter of the Sons of
the American Revolution held its
Annual Meeting at the Elks Club
at 235 2nd St, downtown
Cleveland.
At 6:30 p.m., President Bob
George called the meeting to
order. The Invocation was given
by Chaplain Joe White, followed
by the pledge of Allegiance to the
U.S. flag led by Sam Allen, the
pledge to the Tennessee flag led
by John Clines Jr., and the
pledge to the SAR flag led by
Shawn Pritchett.
The visitors were welcomed
and recognized, among them
Chaplain Joe White’s parents,
Joe and Penny, and his daughter
Whitney. Also the entire Clines
family as follows: The below relationship is to chapter secretary,
John A. Clines: John T. Clines,
his uncle; Carl E. Clines, his
uncle and uncle’s wife, Keiko
Tachikawa; Warren L. Clines, his
uncle; Earl W. Clines and Betty,
his uncle and aunt; Chris
Nummer and her daughter Alice
Woodward, his aunt and cousin;
Gerri Darling and her sons Chris
and Noah, his sister and
nephews; Cindy McDaniel and
her son Adam Arant, his sister
and nephew; and Troy Clines, his
brother. Also present were regular chapter members John A.
Clines and John A. Clines, Jr.,
and wives Vicki and Traci.
Second Vice President Jerry
Venable introduced the program
which was a performance by the
Ringgold (Ga.) High School
Junior ROTC silent drill team.
Their instructor, Sgt. 1st Class
Joey Sisemore, spoke on the
accomplishments of this drill
team.
Sisemore said when he took
over the unit, the drill team hadn’t won any serious completion
meets in over seven years, and
told how he had turned the unit
around to where they are now
well respected, not just in the
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RINGGOLD HIGH SCHOOL (Ga.), Junior ROTC silent drill team
performed the program at the recent Col. Benjamin Cleveland
Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution meeting at the Elks
Lodge. The team performed outside for the members.
state of Georgia, but throughout
the country.
They finished in the top four
in national competition last year
in Daytona.
The silent drill team consisted
initially of three cadets performing together, Tavian Henson,
Dawson Norfolk and Nick Woods,
with the fourth, who is a national
winner Eric Cromwell, performed singly.
They performed outside the
Elks Lodge on the grass, with the
three initially performing as a
group with their rifles, doing very
difficult acts and getting much
applause for their performance.
Cromwell performed harder acts
with his rifle than the others,
which thrilled all present.
SFC Sisemore said the team
was scheduled to perform again
in Daytona, and that a government agency has paid for them to
the enter the competition, but
not for transportation or other
accommodations while there.
President George had chapter
treasurer Bill Hamilton pass the
hat, in which members and
guests contributed generously.
President George recessed the
meeting, for one of Chip Taylor’s
fine meals.
Four new members — Carl E.
Clines, John T. Clines, Charles
M. Corn and Dennis P. Purvis II
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— were sworn in by chapter
founder Stan Evans. They thanked
all who assisted them becoming
members, and told interesting
facts and experiences about themselves.
One interesting fact was that
one of the new members, Dennis
Purvis had been the winner of the
NSSAR National Orations Contest
back in 1993 at the National
Congress in Phoenix, Arizona.
Two prospective members of the
Clines family, Earl W. Clines and
Warren L. Clines, are still awaiting
approval. They were honored by
the chapter as being part of this
fine family, and was told by Evans
that they would be considered
sworn-in as soon as they were
approved.
A Memorial program was conducted by Stan Evans for Jefferson
D. Morelock Jr., father of member
Jeff Morelock III.
Evans read and then presented
the
Memorial
Membership
Certificate for his father. Jeff spoke
about his father and thanked the
chapter for this memorable occasion.
Evans next presented Morelock
a War Service Medal and certificate, honoring his father’s military
service in World War I, and for
being a member of Cleveland’s
“last man club.” Jeff said the “last
man’s club” was started with the
founding of the American Legion
post in Cleveland in 1913 with
most of the members being WWI
veterans.
Evans presented the Military
Service Veterans Corps “Certificate
of Patriotism” to Claude T.
Hardison Jr., and David L. Hicks.
They had previously received the
Military Service Medal for their
military service.
The “Pin the Patriot” program
this month was given by the chapter secretary John A. Clines honoring his ancestor, George Cline.
This was very appropriate with 18
members of the Clines family present at the meeting.
John said his patriot was born
as Hans Gorge Klein in 1740 in
Postroff, Lorraine, in the northern
German-speaking part of France.
George Cline arrived with his parents and family in Philadelphia on
the ship Phoenix in 1744. They initially settled in Berks County, Pa.
George married Susannah
Buck, another German immigrant,
in 1770 in New York City. They
moved
to
Sunbury,
Northumberland County, Pa., and
started raising a family. On 4 Nov.
4, 1776, George enlisted in the
continental army into the 12th
Pennsylvania Regiment. This was
also the same day that his third
son, Levi, was born.
With the 12th Regiment’s headquarters at Amboy, Pa., they were
involved in battle engagements at
Bound Brook, Brandywine,
Monmouth and Germantown.
They wintered over at Valley Forge
as part of George Washington’s
army in the winter of 1777-78.
George made corporal, and was
made sergeant in Capt. Craig’s
Company of the 3rd Regiment
under Col. Thomas Craig.
His first enlistment was over in
January 1781 and his family then
moved to Washington County, Pa.
In early 1782 he re-enlisting into
Washington county, Pa., militia.
His unit was believed to have been
assigned to defend Fort Henry.
With his family in the fort, it was
attacked by Indians Sept. 11,
BILL HAMILTON received a certificate of appreciation from
Claude Hardison for his major assistance with the Tennessee Society
Sons of the American Revolution convention.
JOHN A. CLINES points out on the map where his patriot lived in the Pin Your Patriot program.
JEFF MORELOCK accepted a Memorial Membership certificate
NEW MEMBERS WERE SWORN IN at the Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter of the Sons of the
from Stan Evans for his father, Jefferson D. Morelock Jr.
American Revolution meeting by Stan Evans, left. New members are John T. Clines, Carl E. Clines,
Dennis Purvis II and Charles M. Corn.
THE COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND Chapter of the Sons of the
American Revolution recently gave a Military Service Veterans Corps
MEMBERS OF THE CLINE family were on hand to witness the swearing in of John T. Clines and Carl
award to Claude Hardison. Dave Hicks received a certificate of patri- E. Clines.
otism.
1782, by British and Indians.
George’s third son was killed by
the Indians.
In 1795 the entire Cline family
was living in the Grandview
Township of Ohio. George died
there in 1801. The Cline family
comes through George’s second
son, John, who was born in 1772
and married Mary Brown in 1791
in Virginia. He has been recognized
as helping defend the fort at
Wheeling (now West Virginia)
against the notorious Simon Girty.
John was pretty active being a
Justice of the Peace, a spy, a
farmer of hemp, and with his home
serving as the site where the first
sermon was preached in Jericho,
Benton Township, Va. The Cline
line from this John to present lived
primarily in Indiana and Ohio and
then into Michigan for the past
three to four generations.
Past State President Claude
Hardison spoke on the different
events of the recent Tennessee
Society State Convention which
was held in Cleveland March 2829 and among those present from
a number of states six national
officers, including President
General Lindsey Brock and his
wife, Billie.
He then presented Certificates
of Appreciations to President Bob
George for the chapter, and one to
Bill Hamilton (Perry Skates was
not available to receive his). He
next presented the McCarthy
Demere Membership award and
plaque to President George.
This was awarded to the chapter that brought in the most new
members in the past year, and
that was the Col. Benjamin
Cleveland Chapter. Stan Evans
and Lynn Freeman, the two who
made this happen, were recognized.
Chapter Secretary John Clines
announced the chapter now had
its own Facebook page, and
reflected a bit on it.
President
Bob
George
announced the next meeting will
be held on May 14.
Lynn Freeman led the
Recessional with Chaplain Joe
White giving the Benediction.
Alzheimer’ Association, Brookdale
team for legal, financial workshop
THE BRADLEY MEMORIAL Hospital Senior Social Circle, which is made up of former BMH employees and their families, celebrated 15
years of bimonthly luncheons at the Golden Corral on April 8. David May, guest speaker, shared memories of the fire that occurred at BMH
on April 5, 1976. AT the time, he was a firefighter with the Cleveland Fire Department. He noted the hospital employees calmly carried out
the hospital’s fire plans. The patients were moved from the rooms nearest the fire into the newly constructed third floor, which had not yet
been occupied by patients. The floor was scheduled to open April 11, 1976. He noted the fire was quickly extinguished. Eighteen of the 35
people at the luncheon were working at the hospital at the time of the fire. Everyone shared their memories. All former BMH employees are
invited to attend the BMH Seniors Social Circle. For information, contact Tommie Vincent at 790-0907.
N.Y. woman tackles pothole problem by planting pansies there
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) —
An upstate New York woman
has taken on the post-winter
pothole problem in her hometown by filling in the eyesores
with pansies.
After months of severe weather
left
the
streets
of
Schenectady pocked with pavement craters and city public
works crews scrambling to fix
them, some residents began filling in the holes themselves.
Elaine Santore decided to take
it a step further by dumping dirt
and pansies into potholes on two
streets. She told The Daily
Gazette of Schenectady that she
decided to plant the flowers to
make a statement about the
problem and to make people
smile after what she called “a
horrible winter.”
Of the 10 holes she filled with
flowers over three days starting
Monday, Santore told The
Associated Press on Friday that
she believed all have now been
fixed by city crews. When she
drove past on her way to work,
most of the holes had been
patched over with blacktop, she
said.
“I knew something would happen to them,” she said. “Either
people would take the flowers or
they would be filled in.”
Santore, the director of a local
not-for-profit organization that
helps retirees remain in their
homes, said she wanted to do
something different to address
her city’s annual pothole problem, one that has been particularly widespread thanks to a
harsh winter.
“The winter was so hard on
everybody and so depressing,”
she said. “I wanted to do something creative to solve a problem
we have every year and bring a
smile to people’s faces.”
The Alzheimer’s Association
and Brookdale Cleveland will
host Martin Pierce, attorney and
counselor at law, at Brookdale
Cleveland to discuss legal and
financial planning for area family
caregivers of those with dementia.
This educational program will
be on April 27 at 5:30 p.m.
“An Alzheimer’s diagnosis
affects every part of a person’s
life and planning for the future
becomes vitally important,”
shared Amy French, manager of
programs for the Alzheimer’s
Association.
“Having
the
appropriate
resources and support on how to
plan financially and legally can
be of great help to the person
with dementia as well as their
loved ones.”
Topics for this program will
include advanced directives,
estate planning issues, conservatorships, special needs trusts
and
Tennessee
Medicaid.
Caregivers will be provided with
resources from Martin Pierce and
the Alzheimer’s Association.
According to the 2015
Alzheimer’s
Association
Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and
Figures report, caregiving costs
for Tennessee caregivers for
those with Alzheimer’s equaled
$245 million in 2014. With numbers like this, educational programs
provided
by
the
Alzheimer’s Association and local
assisted living communities are
needed.
Embrey Ardis, community liaison for Brookdale Cleveland, is
excited to offer this program and
information to caregivers.
“The goal of our program is to
provide answers to caregivers
who are concerned about how to
plan for the care needs and
financial needs of their loved one
with dementia, while trying to
plan for their own financial
future,” Ardis said.
Brookdale Cleveland is located
at 2745 Executive Park Drive,
Cleveland. Refreshments will be
provided.
This program is free to attend;
however, due to limited seating
please RSVP at 423-479-8899.
The Alzheimer's Association is
the world’s leading voluntary
health
organization
in
Alzheimer's care, support and
research.
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retired in 2001 and I bought them
out,” Gay said.
Gray explained he had been
leasing the building from Creech
and Brown up until he bought it
last year.
Gray also said the building was
put in 1986 and was really beginning to show its age,
“We really ran out of space, we
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AUTO ENTHUSIASTS came together Saturday at Bradley Square Mall to do a little showing off and talk cars
during the Cherokee Valley Region AACA Antique Auto Show.
REBECCA CRAWLEY takes
a ride in a 1972 MGB-GT during
Saturday’s Antique Auto Show,
hosted by the Cherokee Valley
Region AACA.
LARRY AND DEANA RECTOR take a look inside this
sleek 1966 Chevelle SS-396
during the Cherokee Valley
Region AACA Antique Auto
Show at Bradley Square Mall.
Ocowassee Festival continues
at Hiwassee/Ocoee State Park
Ocowassee Festival is underway
this
weekend
at
the
Hiwassee/Ocoee State Park in
Delano. The programs began
Saturday and continue today.
A variety of programs and
events are planned today at the
park, located at 404 Spring Creek
Road. The park celebrates Polk
County’s two rivers — and combines the names Hiwassee and
the Ocoee.
If it rains, the activities will be
moved inside the Visitor
Center/Ranger Station.
Today, there will be a repeat of
some activities and some new
ones included.
At 9 a.m., Rick Houlk will lead
Contributed photo another expedition on Bird
REBA PHELPS, left, tries on a scarf suggested by neighbor Lois Maio as they prepare for a fashion Sighting. Meet Houlk outside the
show sponsored by BonWorth.
bathhouse.
Leon Bates will lead the
Wildflower Hike at 10 a.m. The
hike will begin at the bathhouse.
Also at 10 am., Tennessee
Wildlife Resource Agency will provide a fish shocking demonstration. This will be a cool opportuni-
BonWorth sponsors fashion show
for Village, Garden Plaza residents
BonWorth Store, located in
Bradley Square Mall, graciously
agreed to sponsor a fashion
show for ladies from Garden
Plaza and the Village at Garden
Plaza.
Recently, the models went for
their fitting and had a wonderful
time. One of the residents
leaned over to Edna Leamon,
activities assistant and said,
“This make me feel so special.”
On Wednesday, April 22, at 2
p.m., the fashion show will be
held in the garden Plaza
Community Room. The goal is to
make the models feel beautiful,
appreciated and excited.
Garden Plaza staff want them
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and worthy to be celebrated, a in the upcoming BonWorth sponsored fashion show at Garden Plaza
and the Village at Garden Plaza.
spokesman said.
Institute.
In a survey of employers last
fall, the employment center found
that hiring of graduates with
four-year degrees will rise 16 percent this year.
“It’s led by the ones you would
expect — engineering and business,” Gardner said. “But there
seems to be a lot of room for
everybody... Even arts and
humanities are making a comeback.”
Employers have more openings
to fill because Baby Boomers are
retiring and more workers are
feeling confident enough about
the economy to switch jobs.
Overall, the United States generated 3.1 million jobs last year, the
most since 1999. The overall
unemployment rate has fallen to
5.5 percent in March from 6.7
percent at the end of 2013.
Tyler Etten, 22, had a $54,000a-year job in finance waiting for
him when he graduated from
Iowa State University in May
2014. Three months later, he
bounced to an even better job
with the investment firm Piper
Jaffray in Minneapolis. His 3.5
grade point average helped. But
Etten says he set himself apart by
getting internships, participating
in campus clubs and spending
his spare time learning financial
modeling and advanced Excel
skills.
“A degree is not enough with
record amounts of people graduating from college,” he said.
In
particular,
employer
demand for so-called STEM graduates — in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics —
is high.
“We can’t graduate enough
engineers,” said Holly Proffitt,
employer relations coordinator in
the career services office at
Arkansas State University.
Still, many recent college grads
are struggling and have yet to
enjoy a full recovery from the
dark days of the Great Recession.
In a report last year,
researchers at the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco
found that wages for recent college graduates haven’t kept up
with overall wages since the
Ranger Brad Hamby will be at
the amphitheatre at 2 p.m. to lead
a program on Birds of Prey. He
will point out the features of these
predators that make them so
good at what they do. This is an
excellent and enjoyable class for
all ages.
The grand finale is a hike at 3
p.m. Interested individuals
should meet at the Ranger Office.
A 10-mile drive will be made to
the John Muir trailhead, where
hikers will proceed at a leisurely
pace along the scenic Hiwassee
River. This will give you an excellent opportunity to polish those
new photography skills, or to get
a little more time in with your
plant identification. What type of
bird just passed overhead? Armed
with all of the knowledge gained
throughout the weekend, this
may be a completely different hike
than any you have taken before.
Police: Drunken woman
arrested for letting
10-year-old drive
MEMPHIS(AP) — Police in
Memphis have arrested a woman
who they say was drunk and
allowed a 10-year-old girl to drive.
The Memphis Commercial
Appeal reports 35-year old Laura
Eugenia Smith faces multiple
charges, including DUI, child
endangerment and public intoxication.
In an affidavit, police say a witness noticed the girl driving Smith's
car with Smith sitting in the passenger seat. The witness followed
the vehicle into an auto parts store
parking lot. The witness said Smith
got out of her car and pepper
sprayed him as he called police.
Don’t panic, college seniors: Jobs for grads likely to grow
WASHINGTON (AP) — The consulting and accounting firm EY is
aggressively recruiting on college
campuses this spring. The company formerly known as Ernst &
Young plans to hire 9,000 graduates from U.S. universities this
year, up from 7,500 in 2014. But
recruiting isn’t as easy as it used
to be.
“I’m seeing a lot more competition” from rival employers, says
Dan Black, EY’s Americas
recruiting leader.
That’s good news for college
seniors and graduate students
preparing to accept diplomas this
spring, and a sign that new graduates will fare better than they
did in 2014. The Labor
Department
reported
on
Thursday that the unemployment
rate for Americans in their 20s
who received a four-year or
advanced degree last year rose to
12.4 percent from 10.9 percent in
2013.
“This is a real breakout year,”
said Philip Gardner, director of
Michigan State University’s
Collegiate Employment Research
ty to see some of the fish that we
share the river with and learn a
little more about their world.
At 11 a.m., Shutterbug 101
with Jim Caldwell will be offered.
Meet Caldwell just out side the
Ranger office. He will be offering
his experience and practiced
hand at the art of photography.
At noon, there will be a presentation on backpacking, at the
bathhouse. Things will be covered that you need from day
hikes to multinight trips. Gear
will be compared and discussed
comparing everything from backpack stoves to backpacks to tents
etc.
The 1 p.m. program at the
amphitheatre will be on
Orienteering. The ranger will talk
about the compass and take individuals on a “mostly intellectual
exercise” on how to use the compass.
Great Recession. Between 2007
and 2014, median wages for all
full-time workers rose 15 percent. For recent college grads,
they rose just 6 percent. The
same thing happened after the
2001 recession: College grads’
wages lagged behind everyone
else’s as the economy recovered,
the report said.
The Michigan State survey
found that 62 percent of employers were planning to keep starting wages flat for college grads
compared to last year; 37 percent
planned to increase starting
salaries. The increases tended to
range from 3 percent to 5 percent.
Elizabeth Earl, 22, landed a job
at a health care trade publication
after graduating from Columbia
College Chicago in December. The
pay is low and the work tedious,
but she’s relieved she has a job.
“By the time you get out, you
assume you’ll be a barista,” she
said. “It’s not idyllic nor at all
what I want to do, but it is a job
from which I can be getting paid
while I consider career paths.”
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In thIs MAy 5, 1995 fIle Photo, a large group of search and rescue crew attends a memorial servIn thIs APrIl 20, 1995 fIle Photo, The Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma
ice in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The blast killed 168 people — City is the center of attention as rescue workers continue digging through the rubble after the deadly car
including 19 children — injured hundreds more and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to bombing. The blast killed 168 people — including 19 children — injured hundreds more and caused hunstructures and vehicles in the downtown area.
dreds of millions of dollars in damage to structures and vehicles in the downtown area.
On 20th anniversary
Original aP report of Oklahoma bombing
EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 19,
1995, a former U.S. Army soldier
parked a rented Ryder truck
packed with explosives outside a
federal building in Oklahoma
City. The blast killed 168 people
and injured more than 500 others, and the attack is the worst
homegrown terror attack on
American soil.
The bombing came only two
years after the first attack on the
World Trade Center.
Former U.S. soldier Timothy
McVeigh was convicted on 11
counts of murder, conspiracy and
using a weapon of mass destruction in the blast, and was later
executed. Another ex-soldier,
Terry Nichols, was convicted on
similar charges for his role in the
bombing and sentenced to life
without parole, because the jury
deadlocked on the death penalty.
The two were motivated by contempt for government, the hatred
sharpened by the 1993 federal
raid on the Branch Davidian
compound in Waco, Texas.
Twenty years later, the AP is
making the original story and
photographs available.
——
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A
car bomb ripped deep into
America’s heartland Wednesday,
killing at least 33 people and
leaving 200 missing in a blast
that gouged a nine-story hole in
a federal office building.
The dead included at least 12
youngsters, some of whom had
just been dropped off by their
parents at a day-care center.
The government had received
calls from six people saying they
were from different Muslim
groups, asserting they were
responsible for the deadliest
U.S. bombing in 75 years.
“But there is no way to know
if the calls are genuine,” said a
Justice Department official, who
declined to be identified by
name. “They could be hoaxes.”
At least 200 people were
injured — 58 critically, according to Fire Chief Gary Marrs.
Scores were feared trapped in
the rubble of the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building.
“I was in Japan for the Kobe
earthquake and saw the devastation,” said James Lee Witt,
director
of
the
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency. “The area impacted here
is just as bad, if not worse.”
AP photo
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In thIs APrIl 19, 1995 file photo, an unidentified woman calls out to friends as she waits for treatment, following a car bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.
The blast killed 168 people — including 19 children — injured hundreds more and caused hundreds of
millions of dollars in damage to structures and vehicles in the downtown area.
Three people were pulled from
the rubble Wednesday night but
two died a short time later, said
Assistant Fire Chief Jon
Hansen. He said a 15-year-old
girl was taken from the building
in critical condition. He also said
a woman trapped in the basement said there were two others
with her. She didn’t know if they
were dead or alive.
The death toll was certain to
rise.
“Our firefighters are having to
crawl over corpses in areas to
get to people that are still alive,”
said Hansen.
The first of four urban search
and rescue units activated by
the federal government was
headed into the building early
Thursday, using dogs, acoustic
listening equipment and tiny
cameras to look for victims.
Attorney General Janet Reno
refused to comment on who
might have been behind the
attack. President Clinton called
the bombers “evil cowards,” and
Reno said the government would
seek the death penalty against
them.
A Department of Public Safety
dispatcher in El Paso, Texas,
told the El Paso Times that an
alert had been issued from the
DPS for two people who may be
bloodied and may be trying to
cross into Mexico at Laredo,
Texas. The bulletin said the
information was on the authority of the FBI.
The bomb was believed to be
in a minivan with Texas plates,
owned by National Car Rental,
said Oklahoma City Police Sgt.
Kim Hughes. An axle of the vehicle was found about two blocks
from the scene, said a police
source who requested anonymity.
Their clothes torn off, victims
covered in glass and plaster
emerged bloodied and crying
from the building, which looked
as if a giant bite had been taken
out of it, exposing its floors like
a dollhouse.
Cables and other debris dangled from the floors like tangled
streamers in a scene that
brought to mind the car bombings at the U.S. Embassy and
Marine barracks in Beirut in
1983.
“I dove under that table,” said
Brian Espe, a state veterinarian
who was giving a slide presenta-
AP photo
In thIs APrIl 19, 2005 file photo, people visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial site on the 10th
anniverary of the federal building bombing where 168 people were killed. A memorial to the bombing’s
victims now sits on the former site of the federal building, and a nearby building that was damaged in the
bombing houses an interactive museum. Each year on the bombing’s anniversary, victims’ family members, survivors, rescue workers and others return to the memorial for a remembrance ceremony.
tion on the fifth floor. “When I
came out, I could see daylight if
I looked north and daylight if I
looked west.”
Mayor Ron Norick said the
blast, which left a crater 30 feet
long and 8 feet deep, was caused
by a car bomb. He said the vehicle had been outside, in front of
the building.
“Obviously, no amateur did
this,” Gov. Frank Keating said.
“Whoever did this was an animal.”
Police Sgt. Bill Martin said
that 12 of those killed were children.
Earlier in the day, paramedic
Heather Taylor said 17 children
were dead at the scene, a figure
later disputed by police. Dr. Carl
Spengler, one of the first doctors
at the scene, said the children,
all at the day-care center,
ranged in age from 1 to 7, and
some were burned beyond
recognition.
About 20 of 40 children in the
day-care center were missing
late in the day.
The search continued after
nightfall, with about 100
Oklahoma Army National Guard
soldiers activated to help with
rescue and security operations
in the downtown area.
The explosion, similar to the
terrorist car bombing that killed
six people and injured 1,000 at
New York’s World Trade Center
in 1993, happened just after 9
a.m., when most of the more
than 500 federal employees were
in their offices.
The blast could be felt 30
miles away. Black smoke
streamed across the skyline,
and glass, bricks and other
debris were spread over a wide
area. The north side of the
building was gone. Cars were
incinerated on the street.
People frantically searched for
loved ones, including parents
whose children were in the
building’s day-care center.
Christopher Wright of the
Coast Guard, one of those helping inside the building, said rescuers periodically turned off
their chain saws and prying
tools to listen for pleas for help,
“but we didn’t hear anything —
just death.”
“You’re helpless really, when
you see people two feet away,
you can’t do anything, they’re
just smashed,” he said.
In thIs APrIl 19, 1995 file photo, people injured in the car
bomb blast at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City gather near the explosion site. The blast
killed 168 people — including 19 children — injured hundreds
more and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to
structures and vehicles in the downtown area.
Oklahoma City
bombing images
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A cargo truck laden with more than
two tons of explosives was detonated in front of Oklahoma City’s
nine-story federal building on April 19, 1995 — an act of terrorism that at the time was the worst such attack ever committed
on U.S. soil.
The blast killed 168 people, including 19 children, injured
hundreds more and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in
damage to structures and vehicles in the downtown area.
President Bill Clinton led a memorial service for the victims as
the FBI launched a nationwide investigation to find those
responsible.
Within days, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were arrested and accused of conspiring to destroy the federal building in
retribution for the government’s handling of the siege of the
Branch Davidian religious group at their compound in Waco,
Texas, two years earlier.
McVeigh and Nichols were tried and convicted on federal
charges, and Nichols was convicted of murder following a separate trial in Oklahoma. McVeigh was sentenced to death and executed and Nichols received multiple life prison sentences.
A memorial to the bombing’s victims now sits on the former
site of the federal building, and a nearby building that was damaged in the bombing houses an interactive museum.
Each year on the bombing’s anniversary, family members of
victims, survivors, rescue workers and others return to the
memorial for a remembrance ceremony.
Doctors had to amputate one
woman’s leg to free her.
“She was lying underneath a
beam. It was obvious that she
could not be extracted alive,”
said Dr. Andy Sullivan. “The
attempt to remove the concrete
beams would have caused the
rest of the building to collapse.
So at that point there was no
decision made other than to
crawl into the space and perform the amputation to get the
patient out.”
The building, which opened in
1977, has offices of such federal
agencies as the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
Social Security, Veterans Affairs,
the
Drug
Enforcement
Administration and Housing
and Urban Development, and a
federal employee credit union
and military recruiting offices.
The bomb was perhaps 1,000
to 1,200 pounds, said John
Magaw, ATF director. As for
whether his agency suspected
terrorists, he told CNN: “I think
any time you have this kind of
damage, this kind of explosion,
you have to look there first.”
Bob Ricks, agent in charge of
the FBI in Oklahoma, said that
there were hundreds of leads
and that the bureau was treating them all seriously. “At this
point we do not speculate as to
who is responsible,” he said.
Keating said he was told by
the FBI that authorities were
initially looking for three people
of Middle Eastern descent in a
brown pickup truck.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol
put out an all-points bulletin for
the three, but Keating later
downplayed the report, saying it
was one of many leads being
checked.
Keating also said they were
checking whether the rental of a
vehicle in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area was tied to the explosion.
Dallas is about 200 miles south
of Oklahoma City.
The explosion heightened U.S.
fears of terrorism. Federal buildings in several cities were evacuated because of bomb threats,
and the government ordered
tightened security at federal
buildings throughout the country.
In 1920, a bomb blast in New
York’s Wall Street area killed 40
people and injured hundreds.
See OKLAHOMA, Page 54
MILITARY REUNIONS
reunions for members of the
military are held regularly.
Below are some of the upcoming events:
n The U.S. Air Force 34th
Bomb Squad will be having its
next reunion May 27-31, 2015, in
Chattanooga. For more information, please contact rod Breland;
5731 Hickory ridge Blvd, Baton
rouge lA 70817. Phone: 225751-2058;
email:
rodbrel@msn.com;
website:
www.34thbms.com; reunion Info:
www.mlrsinc.com/34thbombsqd
n The 2015 reunion for the
630th Military Police Company
Veterans — 1965-72 reunion will
be held Oct. 5-10, 2015, in
Washington, D.C. 2015 marks
the 50th anniversary of the
reconstitution of the 630th MP
Company in Fort riley, Kansas,
and deployment to Cam ranh
Bay, republic of Vietnam. For
more information, please contact
roger Merillat, telephone 419445-7220,
or
email
rkmerillat@gmail.com, or website
www.mlrsinc.com/630thmp
n The Combat Infantrymens
Association will be holding their
next reunion Oct. 1-4, 2015, in
San Antonio, Texas. Please contact larry eckard by email at
combatinfantrymensassoc@yaho
o.com; or by regular mail at P.O.
Box 11438, Hickory N.C. 28603;
Phone: 828-256-6008; website:
www.cibassoc.com;
reunion
website: www.mlrsinc.com/cia
n ASA Okinawa will be having
its next reunion Sept. 23-27,
2015, in Kissimmee, Fla. If you
served with the 111th Sig Svc. Co
(49-52); 327th Comm recon Co
(1952); the 8603rd AAU (19521954); the 8603rd DU (19541956); the 3rd US ASA FS (19571961); the 104th ASA Det. (195761); the 51st ASA SOC (19611967); the USASA Field Station
Sobe (1967-1977) or the Army
Field Station Okinawa (19771985), please contact gary
Duenow. Phone: 319-393-2234.
email: thedue60@yahoo.com;
reunion
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/asaokinawa
n The USA SigC OCS
Association will be having its next
reunion Oct. 9-12, 2015, in San
Antonio, Texas. For more information, please contact richard
Kerns at 4101 Helena Bay Ct.,
Hermitage TN 37076-3104.
email: rkerns99@bellsouth.net;
Phone: 615-391-0867 or 727595-4070
(email
preferred
method)
n Anyone who served at a
radar Station — be ye military or
civilian — is invited to the 2015
USAF radar Station Veterans
reunion, which will be held June
28 to July 3, 2015, in Dayton,
Ohio. For more information, visit
the
reunion
website
at
www.mlrsinc.com/usafrsv and
submit the online questionnaire!
Or you can contact Woody
Woodworth by email at lgwdwrth@roadrunner.com, or by
phone at 927-878-2495.
n The former crewmembers of
the USS AMPHION (Ar-13) will be
meeting for their next reunion
May 14-17, 2015, in Norfolk,
Virginia. If you served aboard the
Amphion, please contact Dina
Coffey, 828-256-6008; ussamphion@gmail.com;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/amphion
n The former crewmen of the
USS ArCADIA (AD-23) will be
having their next reunion May
14-17, 2015, in Norfolk, Virginia.
If you served aboard the Arcadia,
please contact Dina Coffey, 828256-6008; ussarcadia@gmail.
com;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/arcadia
USS BeXAr (APA-237) will be
holding their next reunion in
September 2015 in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. If you served on the
USS BeXAr, please contact Steve
Malloy, 1542 10th St., Bremerton
WA 98337; Phone: 360-3731093;
or
by
email
at
ussbexar@comcast.net. website:
www.mlrsinc.com/bexar
n The next reunion of the USS
BrADleY (De/FF-1041) crew
will be Sept. 17-20, 2015, in
Washington, D.C. The association
is eagerly searching for former
crewmembers. If you served
aboard the Bradley, please contact Bruce gottsch at P.O. Box
1256, New City NY 10956-4702.
Phone: 845-634-3993; email
bgottsch@verizon.net; ship's website:
www.ussbradley.com;
reunion
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/bradley
n The crewmen of the USS
BrYCe CANYON (AD-36) will be
holding their next reunion in
October 2015 in reno, Nevada.
Mike Nesbit at 9605 Derald road,
Santee CA 92071. Phone: 619562-5690,
email:
thenezz@cox.net,
web:
www.mlrsinc.com/brycecanyon
n The U.S. Coast guard and
Navy crewmen of the USS
Cambria (APA-36) will hold their
next reunion April 26-29, 2015,
in Charleston, S.C. If you were a
crewman of the USS Cambria,
please contact Andrew Henry Jr.,
Mailing address is 4412
Flintstone road, Alexandria VA
22306; Telephone number is
703-660-8602. He may also be
reached by email at usscambria@gmail.com; reunion website: www.mlrsinc.com/cambria
n USS CANOPUS (AS-34) crew
will be meeting for their 2015
reunion Sept 16-20, 2015, in
Charleston, S.C. Please contact
Charles Norris for more information at 978-764-7323, or visit the
association website at usscanopusassociation.org
USS COlUMBUS (CA-74, Cg-12,
SSN-762) will be holding their
next reunion Sept. 23-27, 2015,
in San Diego. If you served on the
USS COlUMBUS, please contact
Al Hope. Telephone number is
260-341-3615. email address is
hope4391@frontier.com website:
www.mlrsinc.com/kaskaskia
n The USS COUrTNeY (De1021) crew will be holding their
in Cincinnati. If you served on
board any of the Dealey-Class
destroyer escorts out of Newport,
please contact Marc Arsenault,
98 Oxbow road, Charlton MA
01507; Phone: 508-248-5072;
email: marc-a@charter.net. The
ship's website is www.newportdealeys.org. The reunion website
is www.mlrsinc.com/courtney.
n The USS CrOMWell (De1014) crew will be holding their
01507; Phone: 508-248-5072;
email: marc-a@charter.net. The
ship's website: www.newportdealeys.org; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc.com/cromwell
n The USS DeAleY (De-1006)
crew will be holding their next
reunion Sept. 10-13, 2015, in
Cincinnati. If you served on board
any of the Dealey-Class destroyer
escorts out of Newport, please
contact Marc Arsenault, 98
Oxbow road, Charlton MA 01507;
Phone: 508-248-5072; email:
marc-a@charter.net. Ship website:
www.newportdealeys.org;
reunion website: www.mlrsinc.
com/dealey
n The crewmembers from the
USS gUrKe (DD-783) will hold
their next reunion May 4-7, 2015
in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Any former crewmember or officer who is not already on the
mailing list is asked to contact
Thomas Stephenson, 2030
lockwood Drive, San Jose CA
95132. Phone: 408-263-2836;
email: dd783_reunion@tstephenson.com; website: www.ussgurke.org
HAlSeY POWell (DD-686) will
be holding their next reunion
Sept. 4-7, 2015, (Fri-Mon), in
Washington, D.C. For more information about this reunion, please
contact James Wyatt, 344 east
600 South, logan UT 84321. His
phone number is 435-752-2026;
email:
halsey.powell@
comcast.net;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/hpowell
n The crewmembers from USS
HArTleY (De-1029) will be holding their next reunion Sept. 1013, 2015, in Cincinnati. If you
served on board any of the
Dealey-Class destroyer escorts
out of Newport, please contact
Marc Arsenault, 98 Oxbow road,
Charlton, MA 01507; Phone: 508248-5072; email: marc-a@charter.net. Ship website: www.newportdealeys.org; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc.com/hartley
HUNTINgTON (Cl-107) will be
holding their next reunion Oct. 58, 2015, in Atlanta. For more
information about this reunion,
please contact gene Volcik, 6311
Walnut Hills Drive, Austin Texas
78723. Phone: 512-926-7008.
email: evolcik@aol.com; web:
www.mlrsinc.com/huntington
n The USS JOHN WIllIS (De1027) crew will be holding their
01507; Phone: 508-248-5072;
email: marc-a@charter.net. Ship
website:
www.newport
dealeys.org; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc. com/johionwillis
n The former crewmembers
from the USS JONAS INgrAM
(DD-938) will be having their next
reunion
in
Fall
river,
Massachusetts in Seprember
2016. If you served on board the
JONAS INgrAM, please get in
touch with Pete Ventola so we can
get you added to our database.
Address: 28 Circle Drive,
rockaway NJ 07866. Phone: 973-
627-7491;
email:
prpenn@rcn.com; reunion website: www.mlrsinc.com/jonasingram
n The USS JOSePH K TAUSSIg (De-1030) crew will be holding their next reunion Sept. 1013, 2015, in Cincinnati. If you
served on board any of the
Dealey-Class destroyer escorts
out of Newport, please contact
Marc Arsenault, 98 Oxbow road,
Charlton MA 01507; Phone: 508248-5072; email: marc-a@charter.net. Ship website: www.newportdealeys.org; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc.com/jktaussig
n The 2015 reunion for the
crewmembers of the USS
KASKASKIA will be held Sept 2327, 2015, in San Antonio, Texas.
For more information, please
contact Jimmy Tabb at 901-8293398
or
tabbjd@msn.com.
reunion
website
is
www.mlrsinc.com/kaskaskia
USS KeNNeTH D BAIleY
(DD/DDr-713) will be holding
their next reunion May 20-24,
2015, in Warwick, rhode Island.
If you served on the KeNNeTH D
BAIleY, please contact ernie
Pina, 28 Thomas leighton Blvd,
Cumberland rI 02864-2220.
Phone: 401-333-1964; email:
cpopina@cox.net;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/kdb
n The USS lake Champlain
Association Inc. members will
hold their next reunion Nov. 9-12,
2015, in Pensacola, Fl. For further information, please contact
James Brown, 5 Denise Drive,
Jackson NJ 08527. email:
goat1964@aol.com; Phone: 732928-8355; ship Web address:
http://www.usslca.org. reunion
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/
lakechamp
n The USS leSTer (De-1022)
crew will be holding their next
reunion Sept. 10-13, 2015, in
Cincinnati. If you served on board
any of the Dealey-Class destroyer
escorts out of Newport, please
contact Marc Arsenault, 98
Oxbow road, Charlton MA
01507; Phone: 508- 248-5072;
email: marc-a@charter.net. Ship
website: http://www.newportdealeys.com; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc.com/lester
USS MISSISSIPPI (eAg-128) will
be holding their next reunion Oct.
5-8, 2015, in Atlanta. If you
served on the USS MISSISSIPPI
(eAg-128), please contact Paul
Shepley, 2015, MacCumber
lane, Wilmington NC 28403.
Telephone: 910-256-6173; email:
eag128reunion@yahoo.com; website: www.mlrsinc.com/eag128
n USS MUlIPHeN (AKA-61)
crew will be holding her next
reunion April 29 to May 3, 2015,,
in Nashville. Please contact Jerry
Wotherspoon for more information — phone: 813-685-9477;
email: president@ussmuliphen
.com;
website:
www.ussmuliphen.com
n The crewmembers from the
USS PICKAWAY (APA-222) will be
meeting for their next reunion
Sept. 17-20, 2015, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. For more information,
please contact Jim Crawford at
527 Childers lane, ringgold gA
30736; email: sailor@catt.com;
website: www.mlrsinc.com/pickaway
USS Purdy (DD-734) will be holding their next reunion May 13-17,
2015, in Charleston, S.C. If you
served on the USS Purdy, please
contact larry DiPasquale. His
address is 3744 Surrey Drive,
Allentown PA 18103-5329.
Telephone number is 610-4334787. email: chiefdi@juno.com;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com
/purdy
n The crewmembers of the
USS SAMPle (De/FF-1048) will
be meeting for their next reunion
April 23-26, 2015, in New
Orleans. To get more information
and to get your name and
address added to the mailing list,
contact gary Smoyer by phone:
315-769- 7996; by email: garysmoyer@gmail.com;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/sample
(please fill out the online questionnaire, link is on the left side
of the page)
n The next reunion for the
crewmembers from the USS
SCHOFIelD (Deg/FFg-3) will be
held in Chicago from Sept. 10-13,
2015. If you served aboard this
ship, please contact Mark
Fletcher, 469 Country Club road,
greenfield MA 01301; Phone:
413-773- 3211; email: gunnerfletch@hotmail.com;
website:
www.mlrsinc.com/schofield
USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40)
will be holding their next reunion
April 16-19, 2015. If you served
on the USS Tarawa, please contact les Ward, 101 Meadow lane,
randolph MA 02368; Phone:
781-961-2583; reunion website:
www.mlrsinc.com/tarawa; email:
tarawanewsletter@gmail.com
New York Peace Monument
receives preservation facelift
FOrT OgleTHOrPe, ga. —
The New York Peace Monument
at
Chickamauga
and
Chattanooga National Military
Park is currently receiving a long
overdue preservation facelift.
This iconic Civil War memorial
located within Point Park, atop
lookout Mountain, last received
a thorough cleaning in 1988. The
monument was originally erected
in 1907.
gordon Ponsford, a conservator from Acworth, ga., has been
contracted to conduct this current preservation work. His crew
has been busy washing all the
stone surfaces, re-pointing joints,
cleaning and waxing bronze
plaques, and inspecting the monument for other repair needs.
On Monday, April 20, they are
scheduled to bring in a lift to
work on the 85-foot tall granite
column and bronze statue at the
top of the monument. The areas
directly surrounding the monument will be temporarily closed to
the public while the crew completes their work. The staff wishes to apologize for any inconvenience these activities might cause
park visitors.
The park is using Point Park
entry fee money to cover the
$150,000 cost of preserving this
important piece of our nation’s
history. Money collected by fees
has also been used to rehabilitate
the Point Park Visitor Center and
the Ochs Museum on lookout
Mountain.
This preservation work is timely as the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military
Park prepares to commemorate
its 125th Anniversary later this
year, and the National Park
Service looks forward to celebrating its 100th Anniversary in
2016.
———
www.nps.gov
AP photo
In thIs APrIl 21, 1995 file photo, Timothy James McVeigh is lead out of the Noble County
Courthouse by state and federal law enforcement officials in Perry, Okla., after being identified as a suspect in the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal building. McVeigh was sentenced to death and executed.
Oklahoma
From Page 53
AP photo
In thIs Aug. 9, 2004 file
photo, convicted Oklahoma City
bombing conspirator Terry
Nichols, is led from the Pittsburg
County Courthouse in McAlester,
Okla., after his sentencing in the
state’s murder case against him.
McVeigh defense
archive shows
bomber viewed
blast as failure
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Timothy
McVeigh
considered
the
Oklahoma City bombing a failure
because he left the building
standing and once suggested the
government should pay his
defense attorneys $800,000.
Documents revealing those
things are among the more than 1
million pages the convicted
bomber’s former lawyer donated
to the Briscoe Center for
American History at the
University of Texas. The school
began assembling the collection
in 1998 but it only became fully
organized late last year.
The executive director of the
museum says lawyer Stephen
Jones wasn’t comfortable putting
the material at an Oklahoma
institution, fearing it would be
seen as a “shrine” to McVeigh.
McVeigh was executed by injection in 2001 for the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people. At the
time it was the deadliest terrorist
attack on U.S. soil.
Authorities concluded it was the
work of “anarchists” and came
up with a list of suspects, but all
had fled to russia.
After Wednesday’s blast,
emergency crews set up a first
aid center near the federal building, and some of the injured sat
on the sidewalks, blood on their
heads or arms, awaiting aid.
Carole lawton, 62, a HUD secretary, said she was sitting at
her desk on the seventh floor
when “all of a sudden the windows blew in. It got real dark
and the ceiling just started coming down.” She then heard “the
roar of the whole building crumbling.” She managed to crawl
down some stairs and was not
injured.
The explosion occurred on the
second anniversary of the fiery,
fatal ending to the federal siege
of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. That siege
began with a raid by ATF agents
a month and a half earlier.
Oklahoma
City
FBI
spokesman Dan Vogel wouldn’t
speculate if there was a connection. The FBI’s offices are about
five miles away.
In the World Trade Center
bombing in February 1993, a
rented van blew up in a parking
garage beneath the twin towers.
Four Muslims were convicted.
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found.
This two-way street evidently
began when dogs were domesticated long ago, because it helped
the two species connect, the
Japanese researchers say.
As canine psychology experts
Evan MacLean and Brian Hare of
Duke University wrote in a commentary on the work, “When your
dog is staring at you, she may not
just be after your sandwich.”
The new work is the first to
present a biological mechanism
for bonding across species, said
researcher Larry Young of Emory
University.
Neither he nor the Duke scientists were involved in the study,
which is reported in a paper from
Japan released Thursday by the
journal Science.
The brain response is an
increase in levels of a hormone
called oxytocin (ahk-see-TOH’sin). Studies in people and animals indicate this substance promotes social bonding, such as
between parent and infant or
between two lovers.
One experiment in the new
research involved 30 owners and
their dogs. Oxytocin levels in the
urine of both species were sampled before and after the owners
and their dogs spent a half-hour
together.
Analysis showed that owners
whose dogs looked at them longer
in the first five minutes had bigger boosts in oxytocin levels.
Similarly, dogs that gazed longer
got a hormone boost, too. That’s
evidently in response to being
touched by their owners during
the session, one of the study
authors, Takefumi Kikusui of
Azabu University near Tokyo,
said in an email.
No such result appeared when
researchers tried the experiment
with wolves. The animals were
paired with people who had
raised them, although not as
pets. The difference suggests dogs
started gazing at owners as a
social strategy when they became
domesticated, rather than inheriting it from their wolf ancestors,
researchers said.
Another experiment with dogs
found they looked at their owners
longer if they were given doses of
oxytocin, and that the hormone’s
levels then went up in their own-
ers. But these results appeared
only in female dogs; the reason
isn’t clear.
An oxytocin researcher not
connected to the study said previous work had provided bits of evidence that the hormone plays a
role in bonding between species,
but that the new work is more
comprehensive.
“It makes very good sense,”
said C. Sue Carter, who directs
the Kinsey Institute at Indiana
University.
But Clive Wynne of Arizona
State University, a psychologist
who studies interaction between
dogs and people, said he thinks
the link to domestication is “barking up the wrong tree.” The study
doesn’t provide convincing evidence for that, he said.
Emory’s Young, who studies
bonding behavior, said the relationship between people and dogs
is special. Human love can lose
its initial exhilaration over time,
he said, but he hasn’t seen that
with the dogs he has owned for 10
years.
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PACKAGING POSITIONS - FULL TIME
Lonza (formerly Arch Chemicals) in Charleston, TN is now
accepting applications for full time Packaging positions. Major
responsibilities include operating packaging equipment, filling
drums, pails and bottles as well as documentation of production
data; fork truck operation, loading and unloading trucks,
processing returned product, housekeeping and other duties as
assigned; Must be willing to work a 12-hour rotating shift.
High school education or GED required. Minimum of 6 months
packaging or light industrial work experience preferred. Fork truck
skills a plus.
Starts $11.64 per hour with a generous benefit package including
12 paid holidays, 15 days paid vacation days, 6 paid sick days,
401K, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, etc. After 90 days
with satisfactory performance, pay progresses to $11.89 per hour
and $12.42 after one year.
All candidates must apply in person at either the Cleveland
(423-790-5552) or Athens (423-252-5055) Tennessee Career
Center no later than Friday, May 8, 2015. A Key Train
assessment will be provided at the Career Center.
Candidates must also apply online by May 8 at http://
www.lonza.com/ (Careers/Available Jobs/US Opportunities &
search for the Key Word “Charleston”).
If offered a position, the applicant must successfully complete a
background check as well as a pre-employment physical including
a drug screen.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
M/F/Disability/Protected Veterans
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When your ad has been processed we will follow-up
with cost and insertion dates.
FAX & EMAIL DEADLINES:
2:30 pm Tuesday for Wednesday;
2:30 pm Wednesday for Thursday;
2:30 pm Thursday for Friday.
If you need to contact a classified sales rep., call
(423) 472-5041. Office hours are
Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm. Yard sales are
payment in advance and we accept Visa,
Mastercard, Discover or American Express.
Name:
Contact Phone Number:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Yard Sale Info:
Days/Dates:
Time:
Address/Town:
Items to be Sold:
Directions (Optional):
Fax: (423) 476-1046
classifieds@clevelandbanner.com
1505 25th Street, NW
Cleveland, TN 37311
423-472-5041
PEYTON’S SOUTHEASTERN
CLEVELAND TENNESSEE
IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY FOR
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT!!!
ORDER SELECTOR – CASE PICK
UP TO $13.00 an hour!
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Opportunity to earn up to 4.00/hr. in production bonus.
Earn a Training Bonus of $400.
FOR ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A GOOD WORK HISTORY, A GOOD
ATTENDANCE RECORD, WHO ARE PRODUCTIVITE AND HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
You must be able to pass a Drug Screen, Strength and Endurance Test and a Background Check.
PEYTON’S OPERATES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
BENEFITS INCLUDE PAID VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS; LIFE, HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION
INSURANCE; 401(K); CASH BALANCE RETIREMENT PLAN; DIRECT PAYROLL DEPOSIT
OPTION.
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD APPLY ON-LINE AT:
Go to www.jobs.kroger.com to place your application on-line.
Apply for hourly distribution center opportunities;
Peyton’s Southeastern Distribution Center, Cleveland, TN:
29. Help Wanted - Part-time
30. Help Wanted - Full Time
40. General Services Offered
WEEKEND
HOUSEKEEPERS,
weekend Shuttle Driver, and Night
Audit, needed at Holiday Inn Express, Ooltewah. Apply in person.
AIR CONDITIONING Technician
Previous experience required. Pay
based on experience. Paid Holidays
& Sign on bonus. Ken Manis Heating
& Air. Please call (706)695-2901.
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY seeking drug free laborers in the Ocoee,
TN
area.
Call
Ward
at
931-510-4428. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
FRAMERS/ HANGERS and Dry
Wall Finishers needed. 5 Years experience a must. Must pass drug
test and have own tools. Company
benefits and good pay. Call
423-322-7003 or 423-322-7002.
KITCHEN HELP: Full & Part time,
Waiter/ Waitress, Experience helpful. Cleveland and Ocoee Gondolier.
Apply in person.
OWNER OPERATORS Express
Courier is contracting Cargo Van
Owner Operators for daily MondayFriday routes and route overflow.
Must own dependable full size cargo
van, have clean driving record, and
no
criminal
record.
Call
(423)510-0271 x4013.
PULLEN'S USED Cars is looking for
experienced Detail Help. Apply in
person. See David, 413 S. Lee Highway.
CURTIS CRISP is back doing odd
jobs, porches, garages, decks.
423-595-0651
CLEVELAND STATE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
is accepting applications for the following positions
COUNSELOR/COORDINATOR
OF
DISABILITY
SUPPORT
SERVICES- Full- time- Salary
Range $37,255 - $46,566 - Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in Rehabilitation
Counseling, Student Personnel,
Special Education, Counseling,
Social Work, Psychology, or related field is required. Previous
work experience in providing accommodations for students with
disabilities in a higher education
setting strongly preferred. Applications accepted until May 15,
2015.
COMMERCIAL ROOFERS/ Foremen We are growing fast and so
can you. Tri-State Roofing Contractors, a Firestone Master Applicator based in Chattanooga, is
searching for career- minded roofers and foremen. We offer: Top
pay for top performers, paid safety
and product training. Earn paid vacation. Call for an interview appointment 423-825-4261. Visit us
at www.tstateroofing.com.
DELIVERY DRIVER needed full
time. Must be able to lift 100 lbs,
have a valid drivers license, clean
driving record, able to pass drug
screen. Apply in person: Cleveland
Aluminum 3485 Waterlevel Highway.
FRONT DESK MANAGER (Enrollment Services Center)– Fulltime- Salary Range $24,555$29,468- Associate degree from a
regionally accredited college, previous customer service experience
in a business or educational setting
and demonstrated proficiency with
computer technology and applications are required. Experience in
admissions/ recruitment, records/
registration, financial aid or related
field preferred. Applications will
be accepted until April 24, 2015.
DELIVERY TRUCK Driver Positions available
• Competitive pay
• Load pay
• Extra delivery pay
• $500 monthly safety/
performance bonus
• Daily opportunities for extra
bonus
• Weekly direct deposit
• Modern fleet of Cascadia
Tractors
Please visit our website for minimum qualifications, job announcement, and online application:
https://jobs.tbr.edu
Requirements:
• Class A CDL
• Able to operate forklift (willing
to learn)
Cleveland State
Community College
is an E E O/ A A/ Title VI/ Title IX/
Sections 504/ A D A employer
If interested or for more information
call
423-338-0583
or
931-409-1015, Office hours Monday- Friday 7am-4pm.
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL
Medical Center
Seeking
Full- Time Intensive Care Nurses
DRIVERS: CDL-A 1 year experience, earn $1,200 + per week.
Guaranteed home time. Excellent
benefits & bonuses. 100 % NoTouch, 70 % D & H 855-842-849.
EARN THOUSAND$ from home. Be
careful of work-at-home schemes.
Hidden costs can add up, and requirements may be unrealistic.
Learn how to avoid work-at-home
scams. Call the Federal Trade Commission. 1-877-FTC-HELP. A message from Cleveland Daily Banner
and the FTC. Or visit our Web site at
www.ftc.gov
EHM IS seeking a full time maintenance technician for their Cleveland
& Chattanooga, TN locations. Duties
include daily repair and upkeep of
the property, turn of vacant units,
work on an on-call basis, and be familiar with OSHA standards. Must
have previous experience in apartment maintenance setting including
painting, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and HVAC and must have a
valid driver’s license. Benefits include health & life insurance and
PTO. Hourly rate based on experience level. Email Resume to mawooliver@yahoo.com.
ExPERIENCED GRILL
cook
needed. Must be mature, clean,
neat, and drug free. Apply in person
at Huddle House, Ocoee.
FUEL MART, TOM'S : Third/ second
Shift, verifiable references. Apply
any Fuel Mart.
Cookeville Regional Medical Center is seeking to hire full- time
nurses with Medical/ Surgical Intensive Care experience.
Education: Graduate of a school
of professional nursing. Current
Multi-state or Tennessee license
required for employment.
Experience: Management of patients with intra- aortic balloon
pumps, intracranial pressure monitors, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute
myocardial infarction, COPD and
multiple intravenous medications.
Must have knowledge of hemodynamic parameters and be able to
manage patients on ventilators.
Apply on-line
www.crmchealth.org
E. O. E.
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL Medical Center is seeking qualified
candidates for the following position:
2nd Shift
Housekeeping Supervisor
Successful candidates will oversee
daily functions of the Environmental Services Staff on 2nd shift as
well as performing quality checks
and patient surveys.
EDUCATION: High school diploma
or equivalent education required.
EXPERIENCE: Three year’s previous supervisory experience in Environmental Services Management
or 5 years previous supervisory experience in related fields, i.e. Hospitality, Building Management, and/
or Food Service Industry required.
Apply by visiting:
www.crmchealth.org
E. O. E.
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL
Medical Center
Seeing Full- Time
HVAC Technician
Successful candidate will be responsible for the upkeep of all
HVAC/ refrigeration and air handling systems within the Medical
Center. Position will be accountable for compliance with city, state,
federal, NFPA and JCAHO regulations, installation, troubleshooting,
and preventative maintenance, repair and service as well as performing boiler watch.
Education: High School Diploma
or equivalent required.
Experience:
a. Trade school with courses in
A/C, refrigeration, electrical
required.
b. Experience in another
healthcare facility desirable.
c. Must have a minimum of three
years previous experience.
d. Computer experience required.
e. PLC knowledge desirable.
f. Knowledge of chillers desirable.
Apply On-line
www.crmchealth.org
E. O. E.
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT Manager
(Credit & Billing Department):
Responsibilities:
• Process money for cash
customers, including preparing
the deposit form
• Release orders after verifying
funds received
• Input credit memos into our
system
• Process customer disputes
• Process customer chargebacks
• Collect accounts receivable
• Reconcile customer accounts
• Respond to customer account
questions via phone or email
• Light filing
• Other duties as assigned
E O E/ Send resumes to
careers@jacksonfurnind.com
HEALTH CARE OPPORTUNITIES
Life Care Center of Athens
REGISTERED NURSE
Full- time position available for a
Tennessee- licensed RN.
CERTIFIED NURSING
ASSISTANT
Full- time positions available for
Tennessee- certified nursing assistants.
HOUSEKEEPING/ LAUNDRY
AIDE
Part- time position available.
Housekeeping/ laundry experience
preferred. High school diploma or
equivalent required.
Long- term care experience preferred. We offer great pay and
benefits to full- time associates in a
team- oriented environment.
Environmental:
David_Lewis@LCCA.com
Nursing:
Susan_Goodman@LCCA.com
Cherish_Lowe@LCCA.com
423-745-8181/ 423-745-9257 Fax
1234 Frye St./ Athens, TN 37303
LifeCareCareers.com
E O E/ M/ F/ V/ D– 57643
HELP WANTED. Full time position
for a busy medical practice, Competitive benefits, Must be experienced. Position is for a certified
coder. Filing insurance claims, processing claims, ICD-9, 10 and CPT
Coding. Please send your resume to
PO Box 4195, Cleveland, TN 37320.
Certified Medical Coder. Great benefits!
HR/ SAFETY Rep. $11- $13 per
hour (7am- 3:30pm). Screening
and interviewing applicants; maintaining personnel records; Log and
follow up on injury claims; send
weekly reports with claim/ injury information, status and cost; track
and report drug screens; conduct
monthly plant inspections. Skills/
Qualifications: Administrative writing skills, verbal communication,
maintaining employee files, interviewing skills, professionalism, organization, teamwork, confidentiality, MS Office experience. E O E
/send resumes to:
careers@jacksonfurnind.com.
SELL IT TODAY!! THE CLASSIFIED
WAY. CALL 472-5041.
AIR CONDITIONING Technician
needed immediately, $12- $18
hourly to start based on experience.
Only
qualified
need
apply.
423-504-7740.
IMMEDIATE OPENING for a Veterinary Assistant in a veterinarian hospital. Some weekend work required.
Veterinary or Medical experience required. Send resume to:#707-P, c/o
Cleveland Daily Banner, P.O. Box
3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600
JANITORIAL GENERAL Cleaners
1st & 2nd shift, full time/ part time.
No experience required but helpful.
Call
toll
free
1-877-327-3787
Ext.4351 leave name & number.
LOCAL FIRE protection company
seeking full- time apprentices, laborers and inspectors/ technicians looking to make a career in the fire protection industry. Must have valid
driver license. Backflow certification,
extinguisher/ kitchen system & pipefitting experience a plus. Call
423-339-5533.
GREGORY'S CARPENTRY- Kitchens, bathrooms, flooring- hardwood,
laminate, tile; metal roofing. We do it
right or it is free! 423-933-5485.
KEITH'S TREE SERVICE: Trimming, topping, removal. Senior Citizen/ Military discount. Major credit
cards accepted. 423-499-0134.
33. Business Opportunities
INVESTIGATE BEFORE
YOU INVEST!
Always a good policy, especially for
business opportunities and franchise. Call TN Division of consumer
Affairs at (800) 342-8385 or the Federal Trade Commission at (877)
FTC-HELP for free information. Or
visit our Web site at www.ftc.gov
PROCESS MEDICAL claims from
home? Chances are you won’t make
any money. Find out how to spot a
medical billing scam. Call the Federal Trade Commission,
1-877-FTC-HELP.
A message from
Cleveland Daily Banner and the
Federal Trade Commission. Or visit
our Web site at www.ftc.gov
MOTHER'S DAY Gift idea: How
about a photo session for a family
portrait at a local location of your
choice?
G. E. Norkus Photography
webcaptain1@yahoo.com
423-464-5015
OWENS CONSTRUCTION Services
LLC 423-284-8667. Interior/ exterior
renovations, additions, emergency
plumbing. Credit cards accepted.
Medical, Dental & Technical Careers
NOW ENROLLING
We specialize in 7 of the
fastest growing career paths!
So that your education
leads to a career!
*Medical Assisting, AAS
*Medical Office
Administration, AAS
*Practical Nursing
*Dental Assisting, AAS
*Criminal Justice, AAS
*Computer Networking, AAS
*Cosmetology
Day or Night Courses
Financial Aid
For Those That Qualify
423-305-7781
2 Chattanooga Locations
Eastgate 5600 Brainerd Rd
Hixson 248 Northgate
Mall Drive
www.chattanoogacollege.edu
FB, Twitter, Text#423-896-1996
R & J Complete Lawn Care:
423-469-5753 or 423-472-0442.
34. Money To Lend
LPN
MORNINGSIDE of Cleveland, a Premier Assisted Living is seeking an
LPN for a full time and PRN positions, preferably a nurse who loves
to work with seniors and has geriatric experience. This position requires
7.5 hour shifts and weekend rotation. All interested candidates please
apply in person to 2900 Westside
Drive Cleveland, TN or fax resume
to: 423-614-6259
EOE
MAINTENANCE PERSON needed
for apartment complex in Cleveland.
Some maintenance experience required, including basic electrical,
plumbing and building repairs. Benefits include retirement plan, insurance, and paid vacation. References
and background checks are required. Call 423-476-2273 between
8am and 4pm, Monday- Friday for
an appointment. Equal Opportunity
Employer.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT Needed: A
well established Cleveland Office
looking for experienced individual in
the following areas: Phlebotomy, Injections, and EKG’S and the ability
to work in a fast paced, pleasant environment. Please submit resume to:
medicaloffice37311@gmail.com
MEDICAL
INSURANCE
clerk
needed for open access family
practice. Position will be full time,
with PTO accrual and insurance after 90 days. MUST be skilled and
experienced in insurance claims filing, processing, re-filing, ICD-9/
ICD-10, and CPT. Hours are flexible, and will also include some
medical secretary/ receptionist duties. Interpersonal skills are essential. Salary will be top tier, but commensurate with demonstrated and
proven ability. Please enclose your
resume with 3 references. Mail to:
#709-P, c/o Cleveland Daily Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN
37320-3600
MEMBER SERVICE/
Administrative Assistant
Business office in Cleveland seeking a full- time Member Service/
Administrative Assistant.
Must
have professional appearance, and
excellent computer skills; including
Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher. Experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable and
QuickBooks recommended. Highly
motivated individual with excellent
communication skills, well organized, able to work independently as
well as a team player. Please submit resume and references to
tara@rivercounties.com or fax to
423-478-5964.
NEED EXPERIENCED Dump Truck
Driver with CDL. Must be willing to
do other construction duties. Call
423-618-3410. We are an equal opportunity employer.
NEEDED ExPERIENCED Air Conditioner Installer. Hourly or subcontractor. Call Ken Manis Heating & Air
Conditioning at 706-695-2901 experience required.
NOW HIRING Care Givers or CNAs
in the Cleveland area. $9 hour, insurance benefits after 90 days. Apply online at www.fhcsllc.com or call
Brandy at 423-744-4674.
NOW HIRING: Desk Clerk 1 year
computer experience preferred. Apply in person at Douglas Inn &
Suites, 2600 Westside Drive. NO
phone calls.
OTR DRIVERS wanted. Teams &
Singles. Owner Operators or Company Drivers. Late model equipment.
Great home time. Steady freight
year round. Call: 423-870-9681.
* FIRST loan free *
$200- $1000
See manager for details.
423-476-5770
NEED CA$H fast but can’t get a
loan? Don’t pay for the promise of a
loan. Call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP to learn
how to spot advance-fee loan
scams. A message from Cleveland
Daily Banner and the FTC. Or visit
our Web site at www.ftc.gov
38. Barber/Beauty Salons
BOOTHS FOR rent Design 1000.
423-478-1155, 423-479-2291, or
423-596-9940.
GREAT STYLISTS Wanted
Great Clips is seeking great Licensed Stylists in our busy Clevland
locations! Earn more $ per hour with
the BEST pay plan in the industry!
Vacation/ holiday pay, health benefits, management opportunities, advanced live training. Call Debbie at
423-504-8625 NOW for a confidential interview.
HAIR STYLISTS booth rental available at Changes Salon. Also looking
for part time Lash Technician. Leave
voice mail 423-255-2108.
NAIL TECH needed, pedi chair furnished, Design 1000. 423-478-1155,
423-479-2291, or 423-596-9940.
NOW HIRING ALL SHIFTS
• Production Operators • Assembly Line Workers
• Material Handlers
• Mechanics
• Stand-Up Forklift Operators
APPLY IN PERSON AT:
3312 Keith Street NW - Cleveland, TN 37312
***Must pass all pre-employment testing***
Visit our website for additional details
www.globalpersonnelsol.com
NOW HIRING!
Would you like to have a job that changes lives?
39. Services And Repairs
ADVANCED CONCEPTS Painting
and Remodeling. We will beat anyones written estimate. Excellent work
and excellent references. Interior,
Exterior, staining, sheetrock repair.
Call us today 423-599-0733.
* AAA House PAINTING: InteriorExterior, Pressure Washing, FREE
estimates,
References.
423-284-9652.
BOBCAT FOR Rent or Hire with
trencher or brush cutter, mini excavator with thumb, tractor loader with
boxscrape
or
bushhog.
423-478-2724.
BOx TRAILERS, 40' goose neck
trailer, dump trailer, towable grill for
rent. 423-478-2724.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
COMPLETE LAWNCARE
Commercial and Residential
Landscaping, Aerating and over
seeding mowing, trimming, mulching, pressure washing, yard cleanup, leaf service.
Licensed and insured.
Free Estimates
Very reliable
Offering the Best Rates in Town!
Call Saylors Outdoor Services
423-432-7167
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
NEED NEW OUTDOOR
CUSHION COVERS MADE?
CALL TODAY!
Quality Workmanship
Timely Service
Custom made:
• Bedding • Drapes • Curtains
• Slip Covers • Home Decor
ALTERATIONS &
MINOR REPAIRS
423-665-3354
DANNY'S TREE SERVICE: Camping wood. Tree removal. Senior discount,
Military
Discount.
423-244-6676.
DOVE
HEALINGAcupuncture
423-458-4076. Sinus, migraines, sciatic, digestion issues, face lifts,
stress relief.
ExTREME MAINTENANCE Home/
Mobile Home Commercial, residential, Painting (interior/ exterior).
Decks, plumbing, electrical, roofing,
siding, all work! 30 years experience.
Free
estimates.
423-331-7045.
A company that’s been improving the quality of life for the
intellectually disabled in our community for 39 years is
now hiring for the following positions:
DIRECT CARE STAFF AND LPN’S/RN’S
PAY FOR DIRECT CARE
STARTING AT $8.50 PER HOUR
Applications may picked up at our Main Office at
764 Old Chattanooga Pike, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Background check, valid driver’s license
and drug screen required. EOE
CITY OF CLEVELAND
Lifeguard Certification Class
The City of Cleveland will be conducting
lifeguard training and certification classes
in the near future. Anyone interested in
obtaining certification and possible
employment with the City, please
contact the City Parks and Recreation
Department at 423-479-4129. Minimum
age requirement is 16. The dates for the
classes are not yet determined.
46. Storage Space For Rent
Replace/ Remodel your roof
with Best Roofing! Warranty certification. certified Tennessee Roofer/
Bonded
423-595-1798.
bestroofing.biz
calFee'S mINI Warehouse for rent:
Georgetown pike, Spring place
Road and Highway 64. call
476–2777.
TempSaFe SToRaGe
climate controlled
& outside units
downtown location
& Georgetown Road
614-4111
Top cuT lawn care- professional
Service, affordable prices. credit
cards accepted. 423-593-9634
We coVeR all aspects of home
projects delivering first class services and rates. We offer a wide
range of home repairs from structural improvement, painting, to home
exterior. We offer free estimates and
are proudly serving all surrounding
counties. 423-333-4366.
45. Vacation Rentals
2 RIVeRS campING: RV park,
cabin Rentals, directly on the river
at junction of Hiwassee and ocoee
Rivers. 423-338-7208.
47. Business Property For
Rent
$750- $995: office and storage
space combined, 20x 35 storage,
perfect for contractors, plumbers,
etc.
$850: 1,770 square foot commercial
property, formerly leased as restaurant and an office. Good location.
call dennis, pRoVISIoN Real eSTaTe & pRopeRTY maNaGemeNT llc. 423-240-0231.
BeaR paW coTTaGeS- 2, 3 bedrooms, $75- $85. mountains, fireplace, serenity. 423-476–8480.
47. Business Property For
Rent
laRGe Space- Star Vue Square
7,000 square feet, $4,000 monthly.
owner/ agent 423-987-9232.
48. Office Space For Rent
600 SquaRe feet, multiple office,
$350 monthly, very convenient,
423-991-4984.
AVAilABle DOwntOwn 2,400
square foot, offices, prime location,
parking. Contact Jones Properties
423-472-4000.
NoRTH KeITH Street: First month
free rent with acceptable application
and paid deposit. owner/ agent
SToNY
BRooKS
RealTY
423-479-4514.
OFFiCe/ RetAil Space Available,
short and long term lease. Several
locations, priced from $300 up. call
Jones properties 423-472-4000.
49. Apartments For Rent
SIGNATURE HEATHCARE OF CLEVELAND
Is now accepting applications for the following positions:
Staff Development Coordinator (RN)
C.N.A. (Full-time 2nd shift) and PRN
PRN Nurses
Dietary Cook/Aide
Activities Aide (11:00 am – 7:00 pm)
If you are interested in being a part of a Five Star facility, with the
opportunity to implement ideas that will revolutionize, improve and
change the landscape of healthcare then call our Human Resource
Director at (423) 476-4444 or fax your resume to (423) 472-4542 or
email to: hr.cleveland@signaturehealthcarellc.com or apply in
person at 2750 Executive Park NW Cleveland, TN 37312
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Come join our team at
as a
• RN/LPN 7PM-7AM E/O WEEKEND
• CNA 2ND SHIFT
• CNA WEEKENDS
We offer competitive
pay and benefits in a
rewarding environment,
apply in person to:
3530 Keith Street NW
Cleveland, TN 37312
EOE-M/F/V/D
$1,050: laRGe 2 bedroom, 2 bath
townhome, located close to Wacker.
amenities include community pool.
Contact
Jones
Properties
423-472-4000.
$700: NIce, 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath
townhouse, black appliances.
$550: Nice 2 Bedroom, 1.5 bath
townhouse, hardwood floors.
$375: 1 Bedroom, 1 bath includes
water, new tile floors.
pRoVISIoN Real eSTaTe &
pRopeRTY maNaGemeNT llc.
423-693-0301
puBlISHeR'S NoTIce: all real estate advertised in this newspaper is
subject to the Federal Fair Housing
act of 1968 and the Tennessee Human Rights act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference,
limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin, handicap/ disability or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination."
This newspaper will not knowingly
accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. our
readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal opportunity basis. equal Housing opportunity, m/F.
1 BedRoom, 1 bath, convenient location, $425 plus deposit $250. located 1000 emmett avenue apartment # 1. No pets. call:
423-605-0623.
1 BedRoom, 3 blocks from lee
university, 700 square feet, water included, one year lease. Harle avenue. $500 monthly. 423-650-9813.
No calls after 10pm.
1513 BlouNT avenue SW #1, 1
bedroom, 1 bath, $410 monthly,
$410 deposit.
625a Beech circle, 2 bedrooms, 1
bath, $525 monthly, $525 deposit.
887 Georgia circle NW, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, has garage, $625
monthly, $625 deposit.
681/ 683 Gale drive Ne, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, $550 monthly,
$550 deposit.
Burris properties 423-478-3050.
2 BedRoom, 1 bath duplex. located across from old Whirlpool. Has
new paint and carpet. Very large
with central heat/ air and laundry
room. $525 monthly. No pets.
423-595-2891.
Small Engine Mechanic
Come work with the largest shop in the industry.
Large dealership seeks experienced small engine,
lawnmower mechanic. Experience a plus. Competitive
pay increased upon performance. Paid vacations,
insurance, 401K. Excellent work conditions.
Must have own tools.
Call Melissa at 423-745-0133 or
apply via e-mail at apply@ritchietractor.com
RITCHIE TRACTOR COMPANY
ATHENS, TN
49. Apartments For Rent
luxuRY ToWNHome: 1 bedroom,
1 bath, $545 monthly, $300 deposit.
423-595-1943
woodridgecleveland.com
ToWNHome, 2 BedRoom, 1.5
bath, washer/ dryer hookup. all appliances, NW section. $550 monthly.
No smoking. No pets. 423-322-6320.
WeeKlY ReNT- INcludeS all
uTIlITIeS! 1 bedroom with central
heat/ air! off Georgetown Road.
$150 weekly. No depoSIT! call
423-476-6113.
50. Mobile Homes For Rent
colleGeToWN
moBIle
eSTaTeS: Two bedrooms nice and
clean. 472–6555.
52. Sleeping Rooms
$129 pluS tax weekly special, 1
person with ad, HBo/ eSpN.
423-728–4551.
OPEN HOUSE 1-3 PM
1050 12th Street
$65,000
3 bedroom, 2 bath home in
great condition. Vinyl siding
and metal roof, all for a great
price. MLS #20151733.
Directions: Cleveland Bypass
to Overhead Bridge Road,
right on 15th, left on
Craigmiles, right on 12th.
Call
Bill and
Linda
Casper at
1300 25th St NW Suite 7 284-6658
for more
Cleveland, TN 37311
information
423-559-5590
EQUAL HOUSING
REALTOR
OPPORTUNITY
®
53. Houses For Rent
$2,000: 4- 5 Bedroom, 3 bath home
located on large farm, fireplace,
within 2.5 miles to Wacker area.
Contact
Jones
Properties
423-472-4000.
$2,500: FullY Furnished, utilities
paid, 4 bedroom, 1 bath, with fireplace and screened porch and deck.
access to Hiwassee River. Contact
Jones Properties 423-472-4000.
$795: NIce 3 bedroom, 1 bath, laminate floors, new appliances, unfinished basement. Single garage.
$895: Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath, wood
floors, double carport.
pRoVISIoN Real eSTaTe &
pRopeRTY maNaGemeNT llc
423-693-0301.
$850: NeWeR, 3 bedroom, 2 bath,
vaulted ceilings, includes washer/
dryer, new carpet/ paint, Se cleveland. pRoVISIoN Real eSTaTe &
pRopeRTY maNaGemeNT llc.
423-693-0301.
puBlISHeR'S NoTIce: all real estate advertised in this newspaper is
subject to the Federal Fair Housing
act of 1968 and the Tennessee Human Rights act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference,
limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin, handicap/ disability or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination."
This newspaper will not knowingly
accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. our
readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal opportunity basis. equal Housing opportunity, m/F.
We’re Online!!!
Visit Our
Web site At
OPEN HOUSE 2-4 TODAY!
Listing Agent
Michelle
McRee
650-2109
133 Redspire Way $299,900
“ UHOH!”We Missed You! New Date For Open House @ 133 Redspire Way
is today Sunday, April 19th! Please come by for tea and cookies this
afternoon during the “OPEN HOUSE” and see this wonderful Executive Home
with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, two lofts and bonus room. Granite in kitchen,
built-in pantry, and built-in bookcases in living room and curio in formal dinning
room. Newer HVAC and 80 gallon water heater. Convenient Neighborhood in
NE Bradley County w/Plenty of space for a large family.
DIRECTIONS: Take Paul Huff to Stuart Road, then turn left on Urbane Rd. by
YMCA, go 1 mile approx., then left on Bartlett Cir., home is on your left at
corner of Redspire Way & Bartlett Cir.
Joe Womac
MLO ID #500886, Loan Originator
P.O. Box 4730 • Cleveland, TN 37320
Phone: 423-596-2131
Fax: 423-476-0060
jwomac@southernheritagebank.com
1130 laNG Street Ne, 2 bedrooms,
1 bath, $455 monthly, $455 deposit.
Burris properties 423-478-3050.
caBIN oN conasauga River. Very
Nice! 3/ 2. $1,000 monthly plus deposit. No Smoking! 1-954-629-2754.
FaRm HouSe with wrap around
porch, 4 bedroom, 2 bath, walk in
closets, 2 car garage, all sitting on 3
beautiful acres, $1,500 monthly, 20
minutes
from
chattanooga.
423-802-4307.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Real Estate Professionals
Each Office Independently Owned and Operated
2700 Executive Park, Suite #2
Cleveland, Tennessee 37312
476-7300
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
BlYtHewOOD- SteePleCHASe
APARtMentS- 1 Bedroom with
utilities furnished ($369- $559); 2
Bedroom ($429- $599). appliances
furnished; duplexes. 423-472–7788.
cleVelaNd SummIT apartments
Rent is based on income for persons
62 or older, handicapped or disabled. We have immediate openings. equal Housing opportunity 44
Inman Street 479-3005
exTRa NIce, large, 3 bedroom, 2.5
bath townhouse with garage, $995
monthly, 3526 Walnut Grove lane
Ne, pRoVISIoN Real eSTaTe
and pRopeRTY maNaGemeNT
llc call 423-693-0301.
laRGe 3 bedroom townhome,
newly refurbished, 1,400 square
feet, 2 Full baths, large master bedroom suite, laundry room/ pantry.
$750 monthly. optional storage
space available. less .5 mile from
Whirlpool. 678-357-7771.
Now Hiring:
Maintenance Apprenticeships:
(Must be enrolled/ing in the Chattanooga State
Engineering Technology Division)
•
EI&C Technician
•
Mechanical Technician
Maintenance:
•
EI&C Technicians
•
Mechanical Technicians
•
Planner and Scheduler
•
Facilities Services Coordinator
Engineering:
•
EI&C
•
Inspection QA/QC
•
Mechanical Integrity
•
Mechanical
Candidates should apply online at
www.Wacker.com/careers
CNC Service Repair Technician
Jackson Furniture Industries has 9 operations and 1300+ employees in four states. We
are located in Cleveland, TN, and are currently seeking candidates for the position of
CNC Service Technician. The technician will: evaluate, organize, integrate, delegate, and
direct all activities of this position and or related duties as prescribed by his manager.
Knowledge Requirements for CNC Service Repair Technician:
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Experience or equivalent education servicing or troubleshooting CNC Routers
PLC and CNC controls including ladder logic, CNC Programming
Familiar and worked with Fanuc Controls
AC and DC motor control
AC and DC circuits
High voltage 60 - 150kV, 25kW switching power supplies
480 volt 3 phase circuits
Solid mechanical and electrical aptitude of complex systems
Job Requirements
Personal Requirements for the CNC Service Repair Technician:
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An analytical and detail-oriented personality
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Positively interface with fellow employees and customers in difficult situations
Personally organized mentally and with documentation, both hard copy and electronic
Maintain accurate records of projects including machine assembly, start up and
installation
The initiative to learn independently by utilizing available in-house knowledge
Interface with all departments and other personnel in an effective and efficient manner
Coordinate and work efficiently and effectively with all supervisors and managers
Have the ability to manage and schedule multiple tasks at one time
Physical Requirements for the CNC Service Repair Technician:
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Work overtime as required
Able to lift up to 50 pounds
Climb and work utilizing ladders
Work in confined spaces
Utilize mechanical hand and power tools
Please forward your resume to careers@jacksonfurnind.com
COTTAGES
ON THE
GREEN
53. Houses For Rent
56. Houses For Sale
56. Houses For Sale
56. Houses For Sale
For lease: 3/ 4 bedroom, 2.5
bath, 2,000 square feet, appliances,
hardwood/ tile, huge fireplace. No
pets/ smoking. $1,100 monthly, $500
deposit. 423-544-9383.
Two homes: Three bedrooms, two
baths, city or county schools, $1,150
monthly. owner/ agent sToNY
BrooKs realTY 423-479-4514.
3 BeDroom, 3 BaTh, Upper river
road, Charleston. 1.50 acres.
$139,900.
423-336-3046/
423-618-7157.
2312 DrY Valley- Charleston, TN.
Desirable 4 bedroom, 3 baths, new
carpeting, freshly painted, brick,
great schools, move- in condition.
$249,000. Chris 423-593-4335.
New CoNsTrUCTIoN on hickory
Top road 1,850- 1,370 square feet,
$199,900$165,900.
Call
423-413-4661.
54. Lots For Sale
oCoee hIlls, lots 52 and 53, .67
acres each. $22,000 each. Call ron
Kubala at 941-416-9999.
walKer ValleY roaD, 4- 1 acre
lots, 100 feet road frontage each,
wooded, near high school, $17,900
each, 423-479-9891.
56. Houses For Sale
2511 INVERNESS DRIVE
OPEN
SATURDAY 12-6 PM
SUNDAY 1-6 PM
D i re c t i o n s : I-75N to exit 25,
right on Hwy. 60. Left on
Candies Lane, follow to
Inverness Dr.
MELISSA LANE
423-457-8613
THDA PROGRAM
PURCHASE YOUR HOME WITH
"NO"
DOWN PAYMENT
CALL MY CELL
423-593-1508
HERB LACY
AFFILIATE BROKER
CENTURY 21
1st CHOICE REALTORS
2075 OCOEE ST
CLEVELAND, TN 37311
HLKL3@YAHOO.COM
478-2332
423-757-7687
PRATTLIVING.COM
Listing Agent
Mark
Dixon
423-284-3354
3627 Blue Springs Road $249,900
Lovely home with over 2,200 sq. ft. finished sitting on over an acre. The first floor has two
baths two bedrooms with living, dining, family room and kitchen. The basement has a family
room/den, a bedroom, bath and garage. The home has hardwood, ceiling fans, a smoke
alarm, walk in closet and garage opener. The lot is nicely landscaped with a great view of the
mountains and lots of cover for automobiles with a large carport on the rear of the house
and an extra RV shed for your RV storage. MLS #20145032.
DIRECTIONS: Go south on Blue Springs Road. Home will be on the right one mile after you
go underneath APD 40.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Angel Clark, Loan Originator
423-505-4835
TN# 121338 GA# 43521
NMLS # 1220773
3810 Keith St. NW
Cleveland TN 37312
423-790-7355
2075 N. OCOEE STREET
CLEVELAND, TN 37312
Ph: (423) 478-2332
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated
3465 Crown Colony Dr. $195,000
Lovely Home In
Crown Colony! This
4BR, 3BA ranch
offers fantastic
views from the
deck. The living
room has large
windows that let in
extra light.
Separate driveway
to spacious
unfinished
basement area
that’s great for
storage, workshop, or future expansion! wooded area around home provides glimpses of
wildlife. washer/dryer to remain, home warranty offered! MLS #20151207 $195,000
DIRECTIONS: West on 25th St right into Crown Colony, bear right onto Crown Colony Dr
home in cul-de-sac.
650 25th St. N.W.
Suite 300
Cleveland, TN 37312
(423) 303-1200
Each Keller Williams office is
independently owned & operated
Listing Agent
Rhonda Vest
McClure
618-8575
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
Host Agent
George
McAlister
280-8862
OPEN HOUSES 2-4 PM
260
GREENSHADOW
ROAD $124,900
KELLI
PAUL
BROKER
280-8072
Well maintained and updated cape cod. Qualifies for
RHDA financing. Owners suite on the main and large
bedrooms on second level. Rocking chair front porch, large fenced
back yard with storage building. Convenient for Valley View
Teachers and GA commuters. MLS #20150261.
Directions: APD 40 to Hwy 74 Exit. Left at exit approx 6 miles on
Spring Place to Left on Green Shadow. See signs.
1065 HAWK
STREET NE
$47,500
BUYER’S
AGENT:
BILLIE
STEVENS
762-8908
A must see for first time buyers/
investors. Nicely updated 2
bedroom, 1 bath with a large backyard. Newer
siding, flooring, windows, cabinets and roof. Will
not last long at this price. MLS #20150306.
Directions: Bypass to Benton Pike, west on
Benton Pike, left on Lewis Street, left on
Strawberry Lane, right on Hawk Street. House on LISTING AGENT:
STEVE MARTIN
right.
504-1819
LEGAL PUBLICATION
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to notify the public that the City of Charleston, TN is considering the annexation of an additional 17 acres at 8511 Hiwassee St., Map 16I, Parcel 14.08, currently known as Charleston Commons. The city will hold a public hearing on the
proposed plan of services and annexation ordinance
at the Municipal Bldg on Tue., May 5, 2015, at 6:00
pm. Copies of the Plan of Service and Annexation
Ordinance may be viewed at Preferred Family Pharmacy, M-F from 9 am till 6 pm, the Hiwassee Heritage Center Tue-Fri. 11-5 pm and at City Hall anytime.
April 19, 2015
LEGAL PUBLICATION
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE
Sale at public auction will be on May 28, 2015 on or
about 11:00AM local time, at the Bradley County
Courthouse, Cleveland, Tennessee, conducted by
the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth
herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by JANNUTH M FARMER AND BILLY SEAN
FARMER, to WESLEY D. TURNER, Trustee, on June
19, 2006, at Record Book 1654, Page 3 as Instrument No. 06012024 in the real property records of
Bradley County Register's Office, Tennessee.
Owner of Debt: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
HOLDERS OF THE CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN
TRUST INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-SHL1
The following real estate located in Bradley County,
Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder
subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
LOCATED IN THE THIRD CIVIL DISTRICT OF
BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEETO-WIT:
LOTS SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) AND SEVENTY-NINE
(79), EASTVIEW SUBDIVISION, PROPERTY OF J.A.
RAMSEY, WHICH PLAT IS DULY RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 166, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JANNUTH M. HIGGINS BY DEED FROM MARTHA A.
LANGLEY, SINGLE, DATED 12/20/02 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1272, PAGE 563 IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS SET OUT IN DEED
BOOK 118, PAGE 372, IN THE SAID REGISTER`S
OFFICE.
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL
ORDINANCES OR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN
EFFECT THEREON.
M/P 65L-A-9.00
GR
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1021 29TH STREET ST,
CLEVELAND, 37323
Tax ID: 651a9
Current Owner(s) of Property: JANNUTH M FARMER
AND BILLY SEAN FARMER
The street address of the above described property
is believed to be 1021 29TH STREET SE, CLEVELAND, TN 37323, but such address is not part of
the legal description of the property sold herein
and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN
POSSESSION.
THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY
OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE
CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR
THE
SALE
SET
FORTH
ABOVE.
THE
TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS
SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT
THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER
SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST
THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE.
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: None
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A.
35-5-117 have been met.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said
Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good,
but the undersigned will sell and convey only as
Substitute Trustee.
If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State
of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State
of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is
being given to them and the Sale will be subject to
the applicable governmental entities’ right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425
and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by
the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at
any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have
no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
MWZM File No. 15-000435-670
JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE
LONG, Substitute Trustee(s)
PREMIER BUILDING, SUITE 404
5217 MARYLAND WAY
BRENTWOOD, TN 37027
PHONE: (615) 238-3630
EMAIL: TNSALES@MWZMLAW.COM
April 19, 26; May 3, 2015
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3703 WOODCREST CIRCLE
$215,000
Spacious in-town updated full brick ranch with
finished basement. You will love the warmth of
this 3BR 2.5 BA 3634 sq ft home with a beautiful
new kitchen, wood flooring, stone fireplace and
much more. MLS #20151747.
Directions: N on Keith, Left
on Woodcrest (across from
Chick-Fil-A), right on
Woodcrest Circle, Home on
left. SOP.
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YSIDRO
Buyer’s Agent
(423) 310-1996
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Cleveland 423-476-5681
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WHCF
2350 Blackburn Rd. SE
Cleveland, TN 37311
479-7362
Open House Today 2-4
114 Twin Creeks Cove $355,000
Absolutely beautiful New Construction home in Twin Creeks Subdivision just off of Georgetown Rd in
Cleveland TN. This home has it all! Beautiful hardwood flooring through out the main level, formal living
room, formal dining room, very large great room with gas fireplace, and so much more. The large kitchen
with granite counter tops is open to the great room. Open the back doors to enjoy the 16’ x 20’ deck. In
the master bedroom you have an electric fireplace, and an amazing on suite which includes a large jetted
tub, even larger shower, dual vanities, and your very own sauna for 2! Upstairs you will find 2 more
bedrooms, and two more full bathrooms. There is also a large bonus room on one end of the hall and walk
out attic storage on the other. You couldn’t ask for more! MLS #:1221422
Directions: From I-75 North, Take exit 27, Paul Huff. Turn Left onto Paul Huff. Turn Right onto
Georgetown. Turn Right into Twin Creeks Subdivision. Home is on your left at the first corner.
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Melody Smith
(423) 595-0199
249 Gentle Mist Lane
$244,900
Hosting Agent
WONDERFUL OPEN FLOOR PLAN! This 3 BD/2 BA Ranch opens
to an elegant, formal dining room and spacious great room with
vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace. The eat-in kitchen includes a
stationary island, two freestanding pantries and stainless steel
appliances. This home offers a finished bonus room and two car
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garage. The front and back yard have beautiful landscaping and a
sprinkler system. The large back yard features a private screened
porch, fire pit, storage building and fenced area for dog lot or play yard. Less than 4
miles to Wacker, Amazon and Walker Valley High School. First American Home
Warranty provided! MLS #: 20151400
DIRECTIONS: North on Keith St. Turn right onto Sheffey Ln, Right onto Dry Valley Rd,
Right onto Gentle Mist Ln, Home is on the Left.
Listing Agent
Melody Smith
(423) 595-0199
2722 Kensington Park Trail NW
$274,900
Hosting Agent
THIS QUALITY BUILT HOME has 4 BD/2.5 BA. Spacious great room Becky Bailey
is open to kitchen and dining areas. Gleaming hardwood floors,
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ceramic tile and extensive upgrades throughout. Kitchen offers lots of
cabinet space, pantry, granite counter tops, gas surface unit and
more! Large laundry room including cabinets and utility sink. Airy
master bedroom on the main level featuring large walk in closet,
double vanity, jetted tub and separate shower. Second level includes 3 additional
bedrooms, a finished bonus room OR 5th bedroom. Large patio and a private level
partially fenced back yard are great for entertaining. Home features include a security
system, walk in closets, lots of storage, sprinkler system and more! This home is
located convenient to I-75, shopping, entertainment and qualifies for Rural Development
loan (100% financing)! MLS #: 20143785
DIRECTIONS: From Hwy 60, Left on Candies Lane. Go 2 miles, Right into Kensington
Park Subdivision. Home on the Right.
MARKIETTA
MUNCK,
Broker/Owner
(423) 504-6980
650 25th St. N.W.
Suite 300
Cleveland, TN 37312
(423) 303-1200
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LEGAL PUBLICATION
The Board of Directors of the Bradley County 911
Emergency Communications District will meet in
regular session on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at
the Communications Center, 1555 Guthrie Drive
NW, Cleveland, TN. Meeting time is at 9:30 a.m.
The Facilities & Equipment Committee will meet at
8:30 a.m. and the Finance & Audit Committee
meets at 9:00 a.m. All meetings are open to the
public.
Danny Lawson, 911 Board Chairman.
April 19, 2015
LEGAL PUBLICATION
The Cleveland City School System will accept bids
for the Mayfield Parent-Teacher Organization for an
exterior concrete games court at Mayfield Elementary School, 501 20th Street NE, Cleveland, Tennessee until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 23,
2015, at the Central Office of the Cleveland City
School System, 4300 Mouse Creek Road NW, Cleveland, Tennessee. 37312
Bidders may obtain one set of bid documents from
the Architect: Associated Architectural Services,
301 Keith Street SW, Suite 215, Cleveland, TN
37311. 423-476-5612.
April 12, 15, 19, 22, 2015
LEGAL PUBLICATION
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
LAKE FORREST MIDDLE SCHOOL
Bradley County Board of Education (“Owner”) will
accept proposals on or before 4:00
p.m. E.S.T. on April 22, 2015, for the provision of
architectural services for the renovation and alteration of, or construction of, the Lake Forrest Middle
School. Proposals may be picked up at the Administrative Offices of Bradley County Schools or found
at www.bradleyschools.org/lake_forest
All proposals must be delivered to the Administrative Offices of Bradley County Schools located at
800 South Lee Highway, Cleveland, TN 37311. The
Owner will only consider proposals made by architectural firms ("the Architect") that have experience in similar renovation projects – both in scope
and price of the work.
April 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 2015
LEGAL PUBLICATION
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF TENNESSEE, BRADLEY COUNTY
WHEREAS, Mark A. Weber and Kelly A. Weber executed a Deed of Trust to Bank of Cleveland, Lender
and David S. Humberd, Trustee(s), which was dated
November 20, 2009 and recorded on December 1,
2009 in Book 1945, Page 288, Bradley County, Tennessee Register of Deeds.
WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debt(s) and obligation(s) thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the current
holder of said Deed of Trust, U.S. Bank National Association, (the “Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee,
by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Bradley County, Tennessee,
with all the rights, powers and privileges of the
original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the
entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the
Holder, and that as agent for the undersigned,
Brock & Scott, PLLC, Substitute Trustee, by virtue
of the power and authority vested in it, will on May
5, 2015, at 12:00PM at the usual and customary location at the Bradley County Courthouse, Cleveland, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to
the highest and best bidder for cash, the following
described property situated in Bradley County, Tennessee, to wit:
Located in The Second Civil District of Bradley
County, Tennessee:
A portion of Lot Three (3), Woodmore Estates, as
shown by plat of record in Plat Book 3, Page 252, in
the Register's Office of Bradley County, Tennessee.
Said portion of Lot Three (3) is more particularly
described as:
Beginning on an iron pin set in the Southeasternmost line of Sipes Road at the Northwesternmost
corner of Lot Three (3) and the Southwesternmost
corner of Lot Two (2), Woodmore Estates Subdivision; and run thence with the common dividing line
between Lots Two (2) and Three (3), South 66 degrees 58 minutes West, 457 feet, to an existing iron
pin; thence South 23 degrees 01 minutes West,
190.60 feet to an iron pin corner; thence North 66
degrees 58 minutes West 461.88 feet to an iron pin
set in the Southeasternmost line of Sipes Road; and
run thence with said line of said road, North 24 degrees 29 minutes East 190.66 feet to the beginning.
Being a part of the same real estate conveyed to
Donald R. Miller and wife, Karen A. Miller by Warranty Deed form Daniel W. Leviner by Attorney in
Fact, Wanda K. Keviner, dated February 28, 1996
and recorded in Book 375, Page 113, in the said
Register's Office.
Subject to restrictions as set out in instrument recorded in Misc. Book 87, Page 381, in the Register's
Office of Bradley County, Tennessee.
Subject to Fifteen (15) foot Utility Easement, as
shown or as specified on said recorded plat.
Subject to five (5) foot Drainage/Utility Easement
on interior lot line, as shown or as specified on said
recorded plat
Subject to One Hundred (100) foot Building Setback
Lines, as shown or as specified on said recorded
Plat.
Subject to any governmental zoning and subdivision ordinances in effect thereon.
Parcel ID Number: 048 098.01
Address/Description: 557 Sipes Road Southwest,
Cleveland, TN 37311.
Current Owner(s): Mark A. Weber.
Other Interested Party(ies): N/A
The sale of the property described above shall be
subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat;
any and all liens against said property for unpaid
property taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any
prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority
created by a fixture filing; a deed of trust; and any
matter than an accurate survey of the premises
might disclose; and
All right and equity of redemption, statutory or
otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly
waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another
day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place
for the sale set forth above.
This office is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Brock & Scott, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
c/o Tennessee Foreclosure Department
277 Mallory Station Road
Suite 115
Franklin, TN 37067
PH: 615-550-7697 FX: 615-550-8484
File No.: 14-25266 FC01
April 12, 19, 26, 2015
LEGAL PUBLICATION
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF TENNESSEE, BRADLEY COUNTY
WHEREAS, James D Gray executed a Deed of Trust
to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
as nominee for Walker Jackson Mortgage Corporation, Lender and David A Harris, Trustee(s), which
was dated March 25, 2009 and recorded on April 1,
2009 in Book 1898, Page 378-387, Bradley County,
Tennessee Register of Deeds.
WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debt(s) and obligation(s) thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the current
holder of said Deed of Trust, U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee of SW REMIC Trust 2014-1 without recourse, (the “Holder”), appointed the undersigned,
Brock & Scott, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee, by an
instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Bradley County, Tennessee, with all
the rights, powers and privileges of the original
Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the
entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the
Holder, and that as agent for the undersigned,
Brock & Scott, PLLC, Substitute Trustee, by virtue
of the power and authority vested in it, will on May
5, 2015, at 12:00PM at the usual and customary location at the Bradley County Courthouse, Cleveland, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to
the highest and best bidder for cash, the following
described property situated in Bradley County, Tennessee, to wit:
Certain real property situate in 4th Civil District of
Bradley County, Tennessee, and described as follows, to-wit:
Being Lots 218 and 219, South Gate Subdivision, as
shown by plat of record in Plat Book 2, Page 62,
Register's Office of Bradley County, Tennessee, to
which record reference is hereby made for a more
particular description thereof.
Being all of the same property conveyed to James
D. Gray by Warranty Deed from Hank W. Wilson, unmarried, dated March 8, 2006 and filed of record in
Book 1622, Page 271, Register's Office for Bradley
County, Tennessee.
Parcel ID Number: 065K C 016.00
Address/Description: 2806 Blackburn Road Southeast, Cleveland, TN 37323.
Current Owner(s): James D. Gray.
Other Interested Party(ies): N/A
The sale of the property described above shall be
subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat;
any and all liens against said property for unpaid
property taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any
prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority
created by a fixture filing; a deed of trust; and any
matter than an accurate survey of the premises
might disclose; and
All right and equity of redemption, statutory or
otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly
waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another
day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place
for the sale set forth above.
This office is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Brock & Scott, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
c/o Tennessee Foreclosure Department
277 Mallory Station Road
Suite 115
Franklin, TN 37067
PH: 615-550-7697 FX: 615-550-8484
File No.: 15-05245 FC01
April 12, 19, 26, 2015
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177 KEYSTONE DRIVE NE
$369,500
Paul Ramsey
Craftsman style home in prestigious Keystone Ridge. This striking 2900
square foot 1 1/2 story home offers 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths with a
bonus room in the NE county. Kitchen contains stainless steel appliances,
granite counter tops with tile back splash, tile floors, two pantries, and
range with double oven. Large great room with cathedral ceiling, stone
and tile fireplace with built in bookshelves, hardwood floors, and built in
bar with tile back splash. Formal dining room has coffered ceiling and
craftsman style molding. Huge master bedroom with door that opens to
back covered porch, deck and patio. Master bath includes two walk in
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includes two large bedrooms, jack and jill bathroom and bonus room.
Attic opens to plenty of storage. Sit on the covered back porch and enjoy
the peace and quiet with a view of two large oak trees. MLS #20144974.
Directions: East on Stuart Road to left on Michigan Avenue Road. Travel
2.9 miles to right into Keystone Ridge. House is on the left.
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310•6464 • 473•9545
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5245 HUNTERS COVE
$209,900
Chip Phillips
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Directions: North on Mouse Creek Road
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left.
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715•2105 • 473•9545
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MLS #20151311.
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2930 WEST LAKE DRIVE NW
$129,900
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$289,900
Awesome Ranch; full bsmnt; 4 bdrm; 3 bath,
3092 sf; Arched door ways, 14 ft. ceiling, Open
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Corian counter top; stainless steel appliances.
784 sf finished basement with den, office and
bath. Over 1000 sf in bsmt w/garage door. Well
established neighborhood, close to all the
conveniences. MLS #20151971.
MIKE AND SHERYL DOMECK
310•8966 • 310•4488 • 473•9545
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596•1618 • 473•9545
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