ORBA HONORS BUILDERS Lifted Burn Ban Shooting in Bradley Co
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MONDAY 162nd YEAR • No. 192 dECEMBER 12, 2016 CLEVELANd, tN 16 PAGES • 50¢ SRF loan to fund additional CU water meters By LARRY C. BOWERS Cleveland will receive $110,418 for leader Ken Webb, expressed his pleas- transmitters and an Elster mobile com- which includes electric meters and Banner Staff Writer Mobile Communicator Water Meter ure this week for the state’s approval of municator with video interactive dis- gatekeepers. Both Phase I and II con- reading equipment. The Cleveland the loan application. play as part of its AMR Water Meter version projects were funded by the The city of Cleveland is the recipient Utilities project will be funded with a “Everyone benefits from these oppor- Conversion Project. loan. of one of two loans announced Monday 20-year, $104,897 loan with an interest tunities, and the utilization of these Over the past several years, Cleveland Utilities needed 355 addi- by Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee rate of 0.88 percent and $5,521 in prin- low-interest, revolving loans from the Cleveland Utilities has converted tional Elster transmitters to complete Department of Environment and cipal forgiveness that will not be repaid. state,” said Henderson. approximately 30,000 direct read the project. The Elster Mobile commu- Conservation Commissioner Bob Tim Henderson, who has assumed Water Division Vice President Craig meters to automatic meter read meters. nicator was needed to read meters Martineau for water and wastewater the authority of the utility’s president Mullinax said the utility applied for the AMR allows the water meters to com- infrastructure improvements. and CEO with the retirement of former loan for the purchase of 355 Elster municate over the electric footprint See SRF, Page 4 REMINDER Midnight Governor has ORBA HONORS BUILDERS lifted burn ban shooting in Bradley Co. By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer leaves 1 As reported in Sunday’s edition of the Cleveland Daily Banner, the burn ban in Bradley County has dead; no been lifted through a proclamation issued by Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday. ID given There has been apparent confu- sion because not all agencies involved in fire prevention in the Incident occurs state had been notified of the proclamation. The Tennessee at Springbrook Division of Forestry had maintained over the weekend and today that By ALLEN MINCEY the burn ban was still in effect, and Banner Staff Writer would be re-evaluated on Thursday. One person is reported dead Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES See BURN, Page 4 from a shooting which occurred at dENNIS EPPERSoN, left, was awarded ORBA’s 2016 Builder Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES the site of a multiple stabbing earli- of the Year award. Making the presentation is ORBA President tIM EVANS is given the President’s Award by ORBA President er this year. Inside Today Lake Mantooth. Lake Mantooth. Sgt. Evie West, public informa- tion officer for the Cleveland Police Department, said that police responded to a call of a shooting at Dennis Epperson gets Springbrook Apartments just after midnight, and found one person dead and another injured in the the group’s top award incident. The injured party was transported for treatment at a local By BRIAN GRAVES hospital. Banner Staff Writer "We are in a Investigators with the Cleveland Police Department, along with Dennis Epperson has been growing city. Things crime scene technicians, were on named the Ocoee Regional will never be back to the scene this morning collecting Builders Association's 2016 what they were before evidence. No information on the Builder of the Year. the housing recession, names of the victims was available The award was presented but I believe we are on at press time today, nor were any at ORBA's annual installa- the right track. There additional details on the alleged tion banquet held Saturday is a lot of building shooting. evening at the Cleveland Elks going on around Though police did not indicate Lodge. Bradley, Polk and Epperson was recently McMinn which we See SHOOTING, Page 8 selected as president of the represent." Home Builders Association of — Chad Dean Titans pull off win Tennessee, the statewide Woman dies builders' organization. over the Broncos Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES "Dennis serves on our President's Service Award oRBA PRESIdENt LAkE MANtooth, right, presents the in 2-car crash The Tennessee Titans scored board and there are a lot of went to Tim Evans. Associate of the Year award to Rhonda Bailey. early and held off the defending things we have been involved Epperson gave the oath of Super Bowl champion Denver with together," said ORBA office to Chad Dean, who will on Highway 64 Broncos Sunday in Nashville. The President Lake Mantooth. serve as ORBA president for Atlanta Falcons had no trouble Epperson presented the coming year. By ALLEN MINCEY with the L.A. Rams. In college Mantooth with the 2016 "We appreciate Chad com- Banner Staff Writer football, the question now is “Who President's Award, recogniz- ing up the ladder," Epperson A Cleveland resident was killed are the top candidates for the ing Mantooth's year of service said. "It's always good to see in a two-vehicle traffic accident on 2017 Heisman Trophy?” In hoops as ORBA president. young blood involved in the U.S. Highway 64 just east of the action, the Tennessee Volunteers Mantooth also helped industry." city Sunday night. fell just short in an upset bid of install the 2017 ORBA board He noted there are 14 According to reports filed by North Carolina. See Sports, of directors members, who builders associations across Trooper Phillip Reagan of the Pages 9-11. were given their oaths by the state of Tennessee. Tennessee Highway Patrol, 47- state Sen. Mike Bell. "Cleveland carries a lot of year-old Lisa C. Swafford was killed "We take our time and try clout at the state level," in the 9:25 p.m. accident. The Forecast to work for the best interests Epperson said. "Anytime they wreck occurred at the intersection of this organization," want any bills carried, they Today’s forecast calls for mostly of Highway 64 and Cherokee Drive. Mantooth said about the look to Cleveland." Swafford, operating a 1998 cloudy skies and a 70 percent board. "We've had our bat- He noted the board of Saturn, was reported to be stopped chance of rain, with a high near 56 tles, that no one really knows directors spend "tireless on Cherokee Drive at the intersec- degrees. Tonight should be mostly about that we've all been hours every month" meeting tion when she pulled in front of a cloudy with a slight chance of rain, involved in very deeply." to implement plans to protect westbound 2003 Chevrolet vehicle and a low around 39. Tuesday calls Mantooth also announced the industry. driven by Johnny R. Reynolds of for cloudy skies and a 40 percent the 2016 Associate of the "It's good to see how these Cleveland. Year title was shared by people care about our indus- Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES chance of showers, with a high JohN PRoffItt, left, receives his Associate of the Year Reynolds’ vehicle struck near 55. Tuesday night calls for Rhonda Bailey and John Swafford’s in the side, with both Proffitt, and the 2016 award from ORBA President Lake Mantooth. mostly cloudy skies and a low See ORBA, Page 4 around 40. See CRASH, Page 8 Index Classified................................14-15 Morgan taking giant strides at Lee Comics...........................................6 Editorials......................................12 By CHAD MAGEE While at Lee, Morgan set the school Horoscope......................................6 Banner Intern record for the indoor mile (4:17.1), the out- MINI Page......................................5 PERSONALITY door 1,500m (3.59.03) and the outdoor 800 Obituaries.......................................2 Caleb Morgan has made long strides in (1:55.4). Sports........................................9-11 his running career without moving far from ROFILE His other running achievements include where he began. P 2012 Tennessee State Half-Marathon TV Schedule..................................7 A former standout high school runner at Weather..........................................8 Champion (1:14.09) and the 2011 Georgia a pair of Bradley County high schools, 10-miler state champion (53:48). Morgan was a key part of the up-and-com- senior. He placed fifth in the 800m and Graduating in the spring of 2011, Morgan Around Town ing Lee University program in its begin- sixth in the mile. immediately began teaching at an elemen- nings. After graduating in 2006 from Walker tary school in Chattanooga. However, his Breanna Melton being praised For the last four years he has directed Valley, Morgan went to Lee University on a record-breaking career as a student athlete for her dancing skills ... Daniel the Flame programs, leading them to the cross country scholarship, where his for the Flames was just the beginning of Marlow and Mike Kelly helping NCAA D-II National Championship level. record-setting habit continued, setting load Christmas gifts ... Kevin Morgan’s legacy at Lee University. Morgan spent grades 10-12 at Walker Flame marks in the 800m, 1,500 and mile. Starting in the fall semester of his second Cannon actually having to wait Valley High School, where he continues to He was the first Lee University athlete to on someone else for a change. year teaching elementary, he became the hold records for the best times in the 800- qualify for the mile event at the NAIA Indoor assistant coach for the Flames’ running Track and Field Nationals, in 2010. meter and mile run. programs in fall 2012. He also served as team captain for all He qualified for the state cross country Morgan said the transition from team- meet all four years, and ran in the state four years and was a three-time outdoor track and field meet as a sophomore and track national qualifier.