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161st YEAR • NO. 107 SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 26 PAGES • 50¢ TVA to award $3.75 million to Impact Cleveland By JOYANNA LOVE hard in making today’s announcement According to a United Way of Bradley measures.” unprecedented revitalization in the Banner Senior Staff Writer possible,” said Cleveland Utilities County press release, “TVA’s Extreme In order to apply for the funding, a Blythe-Oldfield community and the sur- President and CEO Ken Webb. “It is Energy Makeovers project focuses on public utility had to sponsor the effort. rounding neighborhoods, and is a sus- Cleveland Utilities and United Way of truly a win-win for all of the participat- homes that are at least 20 years old and TVA made the opportunity available to tainable model for serving our commu- Bradley County’s Impact Cleveland ini- ing parties and residents who will bene- located in lower-income communities, all 155 customer utilities. Cleveland nity. We now have the ability to trans- tiative will receive $3.75 million from the fit from these energy-saving measures. making Impact Cleveland’s target neigh- Utilities approached Impact Cleveland form a home’s energy efficiency to lower Tennessee Valley Authority. Cleveland Utilities is honored to be a borhood a perfect fit. The project goal is about partnering to apply for the fund- the expense to an affordable level,” said The award comes as a part of TVA’s participant and partner in this process, to achieve a 25 percent reduction in ing. Other partners including Cleveland Dustin Tommey, executive director of Smart Communities Extreme Energy and looks forward to the day the project each home’s electric energy use through Housing Authority, CLEAResult, the city Impact Cleveland. Makeovers project. is completed and some 300 households cost-effective, whole-home retrofits. of Cleveland, Habitat for Humanity and Many of the homes in the Blythe- “This is great news for our communi- are seeing their heating and cooling Each home will go through a building The Home Depot have also joined the Oldfield community were built sometime ty, and I commend and congratulate all costs reduced as a result of more ener- diagnostic and analysis to identify the effort. of the individuals who worked long and gy-efficient homes.” most cost-effective energy reduction “This project will be a catalyst for See TVA, Page 6 Inside Today EPB says Internet now life’s necessity Rotarians hear COO David Wade By BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer It was less than a century ago when electricity appeared to be only a fad within the Tennessee Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS Valley, and not THE CHANGEOVER of two Cleveland BI-LO supermarkets to Food City stores will not take place for three weeks, but there is taken very seri- Volley for the win already a name change in place. The Food City tractor-trailer, above, was parked conveniently in front of the BI-LO store in Ocoee ously. The Walker Valley Lady Crossing Tuesday. Current managers and associates at both stores will be retained by the new parent company. Today, that fad Mustangs earned a district volley- is deemed a ball win against the Bradley necessity of life, Central Bearettes. In soccer, the and has become Lady Mustangs picked up a win the base of what over the Cleveland Lady Raiders, is now a public Taking stock of Food City utility system. Wade while the Bearettes cruised to vic- tory over Ooltewah. Two surprise Access to names top the Tennessee broadband Internet service is the Volunteers’ depth chart for “fad” of today and appears on the Saturday’s opener. See Sports, Cleveland BI-LO locations gearing up cusp of becoming the newest pub- Pages 11-13. lic utility. David Wade, chief operating offi- for a brief closure, then re-emerging cer of EPB, addressed that subject Inspecting public to a packed room Tuesday as he records at a cost? By LARRY C. BOWERS Officials with the new parent company Cleveland, said he has been through these spoke to the Rotary Club of Banner Staff Writer said they plan to retain BI-LO personnel. transfers of ownership several times in his Cleveland. The Office of Open Records Food City is already making changes, 42-year career. Wade said part of his job is Counsel is conducting public Cleveland and Bradley County grocery additions and renovations at Chattanooga “I believe our customers will be pleased “watching trends and seeing where hearings in Knoxville, Nashville shoppers have about three weeks before area stores, planning to switch those with the changeover,” said Cochran. the future is.” and Jackson in September to ask the changeover of two local BI-LO stores to shopping venues over prior to the switch “There’ll be some difference in brands, and He told of how the computer on the question: Should the Food City. in Cleveland. Signage has already been pricing, but I believe they’ll be pleased.” the first moon lander had a speed Tennessee Public Records Act Food City, which purchased 29 BI-LO changed at some of the stores, as it will be Food City will also take over Southeast measuring 4 bits per second. permit the government to charge supermarkets in July (including 21 phar- in Cleveland the third week of the month. Tennessee stores in Dayton, Etowah and “The calculator many students citizens to inspect public records? macies), is making changes at almost all of Cleveland’s two BI-LO stores are located Harrison, and has purchased eight BI-LO where using only a few years later the stores in Southeast Tennessee and See what one person has to say at 2550 Ocoee Crossing off Keith Street, stores in North Georgia — Rossville (two), in classrooms was 100 times faster in a guest “Viewpoint” published North Georgia. Food City officials are and at 2310 McGrady Drive near the Blairsville, Chatsworth, Dalton, Fort than the one on that lander,” Wade on Page 14 of today’s edition. promising a different shopping experience. South Walmart. Oglethorpe, LaFayette and Trenton. said. The two Cleveland BI-LO stores will be Mitch Cochran and Eric Hozouri, man- Steven C. Smith, Food City president Devices today such as laptops closed on Sunday, Sept. 20. The stores will agers of the stores for BI-LO, will be and CEO, announced the recent acquisi- and smartphones are now making Forecast be closed Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 21- retained by the new parent company, as tions. those first computers antiquated. 22, and reopen as Food City supermarkets will all associates. “In 2008, the number of Internet on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Cochran, the manager in South See FOOD CITY, Page 6 See EPB, Page 6 CHS Raider Arena completion Ben Brewer is extradited Today’s outlook is for partly delayed by 1 week due to rain sunny skies, with a high near 89 of updates on the Raider Arena completion date of the $11 mil- to Tennessee degrees. Tonight looks to be mostly By LARRY C. BOWERS Banner Staff Writer project. lion project back by about a By ALLEN MINCEY cloudy, with a low around 69. Architect Brian Templeton of week. Banner Staff Writer Thursday’s forecast calls for mostly The Cleveland Board of Upland Design Group said one The anticipated completion sunny and hot conditions, with a Education continues to wrestle high point in the gymnasium’s date had been Feb. 26, 2016, but Benjamin Brewer, the truck high near 92. Thursday night with problems at track facilities construction is that 80 percent of is now March 2. driver who has been charged in the should be partly cloudy, with a low at Cleveland High School and the roofing is in place. Another positive, according to six-fatality crash on Interstate 75 in June, has been extradited to around 68 and a north wind of Cleveland Middle School, and Also, 80 percent of the elevated Templeton, is that with the roof- was informed of a small delay in concrete slabs are in place, and ing nearly complete, the con- Tennessee. about 5 mph. He presently is incarcerated in construction of the new Raider electrical work inside the new struction is now beyond addi- Sunset: 8:06 p.m. Hamilton County after being Arena during Tuesday evening’s facility is progressing as well as tional weather concerns. Sunrise: 7:15 a.m. meeting at Stuart Elementary other interior work. returned Tuesday evening by local School board members did authorities. School. The downside of Templeton’s approve the addition of a rubber- Index The school board was delight- report is that continued storms CLEVELAND HIGH Principal Brewer has been charged with ized glazing over interior win- Autumn O’Bryan introduces her several counts of vehicular homi- ed to welcome 27 new teachers to through July and August delayed dows in the new gymnasium at a Classified...... 15-18 the school system’s family. The the scheduled pouring of con- school’s nine new teachers to the Comics...... 24 board also received a mixed bag crete and pushed the anticipated See CHS, Page 6 school board. See BREWER, Page 6 Editorials...... 14 Horoscope...... 24 Lifestyles...... 19-21 Obituaries...... 2 OUD eyes Stocks...... 4 BCSO team approach Sports...... 11-13 TV Schedule...... 25 backflow Weather...... 9 credited for successes guidelines By BRIAN GRAVES Around Town Banner Staff Writer SECOND Wyleen Jones enjoying attend- The Eric Watson era at the Bradley ing Cleveland High soccer by TDEC County Sheriff’s Office had barely begun OF 2 PARTS games ... Deborah Harbin con- By JOYANNA LOVE when the agency announced it had gratulating Rebekah and Andrew Banner Senior Staff Writer solved one of the biggest theft/burglary Watson said. Peek, who said “I do” on rings in a decade, and started an opera- Those numbers also showed a clear- Saturday ... Gracie Harmon look- Community concerns about an tion to weed out human trafficking, pros- ance rate of offenses at 55 percent — 12 ing forward to her next tennis Ocoee Utility District require- titution and drugs which led to more percent higher than that of the entire match ... Kylee and Taylor ment to have backflow devices on than 11 indictments. East Tennessee region. Hoffman excited to start Awana. swimming pools were addressed That mission has been an ongoing one “That kind of success comes when you during a public meeting for the team the new sheriff put together are blessed enough to have the people Tuesday. in leading the county’s law enforcement. around you who share a desire for dedi- Tim Lawson of Ocoee Utility “Within a year, we now rank No. 9 out cation and professionalism in serving the of 95 counties for the most burglaries Eric Watson solved in the state, according to the TBI,” See BCSO, Page 4 6489076 75112 See OUD, Page 6 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, September 2, 2015 www.clevelandbanner.com
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Brenda Faye Fox, 71, of Gertrude Stella Hampton, 91, Robert “Bob” Taylor McAlister Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 423-472-5041 The family will receive friends Calhoun, formerly of Cleveland, of Etowah, passed away Sr., 67, of Cleveland, passed Friday from 4 until 7 p.m., the went home to be with her Savior Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in a service hour, at the funeral home. on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. She was born on Oct. 21, Chattanooga hospital. Interment will follow Saturday She was proceeded in death 1923, to the late Alfred and He retired from Olin Chemical at 11 a.m., at the Calhoun First by her husband of 52 years, Mamie Sylvester. after 48 years of service. He was Baptist Church Cemetery. George Fox; father, Austin She was a lifelong resident of a member of the VFW, Post No. Survivors will be announced by Visage; mother, Janie Visage; McMinn County. She was a very 2598 and was also an avid fan of the funeral home. brothers: Charles Visage and hard worker, loved reading the UT football and NASCAR. He Billy Dean Visage; brothers-in- Bible and listening to gospel was of the Church of God faith. law: J.P. Fox, Leon Fox, and Bill music, spending time with her He was preceded in death by Pendergrass; sister-in-law, grandchildren, and was an avid his parents, Ervin and Barbara Margaret Fox; niece, Theresa Tennessee Vols football fan. Jean Moore McAlister; and broth- Pendergrass; and her nephew, In addition to her mother and er, Dale McAlister. Dale Moore. father, she was preceded in Survivors include his wife of 49 She is survived by her three death by her husband, James years, Billie McAlister of daughters: Angie Christenbury, Harvey Hampton; sons: James Cleveland; children: Robert T. and life partner, Greg Pierce, David Hampton and Larry Don McAlister Jr. and Mark A. Andrea Rahamut and husband, Hampton; and daughter, Judith McAlister and Becky, all of David Rahamut, and Bridgett Ann Hampton. Cleveland; three grandchildren: Alden and husband, Bob Alden; She leaves behind to cherish Nick McAlister and Neyland eight grandchildren and spouses: her memory her daughter, McAlister, both of Cleveland and Brooke and C.E. Davis, Heather Barbara Gaddis (Jimmy); brother, Matthew McAlister of Tullahoma; Massachusetts Probate Records/ancestry.com via AP Harmon, Jenifer and Brian Pauls, Jimmy Sylvester (Brenda); sister, five great-grandchildren: This undATed public document from Massachusetts probate Emily and Justin Urban, Tanner Carrie-Lee O’Daniel; several McKenzie, Gavin Riley, Lindsey records provided by ancestry.com, shows a portion of Paul Revere’s Petitt, Kylee Petitt and life part- grandchildren; great-grandchil- and Will; three stepgrandchil- ner, Grant Bottoms, Ava dren and extended family mem- dren: Casey Crittenden, Tasha will. A three-year digitization project by the genealogical research firm Rahamut and Caden Rahamut; bers and friends. Crittenden and Haley Harden; will make available online, starting Wednesday, wills and probate one great-grandchild, Jazzmyne A graveside service will be brother, Benny McAlister and his records of about 100 million Americans from the Colonial era to the Hensley; sisters: Martha held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, children, Wendy and Brian, all of beginning of the 21st century. Pendergrass, Judy Watson and 2015, at Green Hill Cemetery in Cleveland; and nieces: Shannon her husband, Raymond Watson, Etowah. and Ashley. and Patsy Murphy and her hus- You are invited to share a per- The funeral will be held at 2 band, Tim Murphy; sisters-in-law: sonal memory of Gertrude or p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in the Wills of millions of Americans Ruby Fox and Peggy Dill; and your condolences with her family chapel Fike-Randolph & Son several nieces and nephews. at her online memorial located at Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe She started her working career www.companionfunerals.com. Collins officiating. are now available online at a local drive-in restaurant Companion Funeral and Interment will follow in Union BOSTON (AP) — Paul Revere that grandchild did to deserve his called “The Little Pig,” where she Cremation Service and the Cody Grove Church of God of left all his household furniture to famous grandfather’s snub isn’t family are honored to assist the just happened to meet and fall in Prophecy Cemetery. an unmarried daughter. explained, Utley said, but the will love with her soulmate, George Hampton family with these His family will receive friends Fox. arrangements. Harriet Beecher Stowe offers clues into Revere’s think- Richard Baine from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the bequeathed her stock in several ing. Richard Gene Baine, 51, a res- She obtained her nursing funeral home. degree and went to work at We invite you to send a mes- railroads and a Florida orange “These are details you just can- ident of Cleveland, passed away grove to her son. not find anywhere else,” she said. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in a local Bradley Memorial Hospital on the sage of condolence and view the hospital. pediatric floor. After that, she McAlister family guestbook at Daniel Webster willed a The information has for cen- He was a true American patri- continued her nursing career at www.fikefh.com. beloved grandson a gold snuff turies been hidden in dusty base- ot, and loved guns and target the Bradley County Health box with the head of George ments and storage areas in shooting. He also enjoyed motor- Department where she served on Washington on it and all his fish- courthouses across the country. cycles, fast cars and trucks. staff for nearly 40 years and then ing tackle. Ancestry.com’s three-year digiti- He is survived by his wife, retired to spend time with and care for her husband. Eli Whitney left two nephews zation project brings it all togeth- Norma Baine, of Cleveland; $1,000 each. er in one place for the first time. mother, Marion Elke Rohall She was a member at Unity Church of God since 1975 and Such mundane details that The massive collection of infor- Baine of Cleveland; three chil- shed fascinating insights into the mation is a gold mine for histori- dren: Ericka Mitchell and was recently awarded a plaque Gennifer Mitchell, both of for 40 years of service. She Reba May Rogers family relationships of some of ans and genealogists, both pro- taught the youth class, women’s Cleveland, and Donald Roush of Reba May Rogers, 83, of America’s most famous citizens fessional and amateur. Chattanooga; six grandchildren: Sunday school class and vaca- are now just a mouse click away “This is an extraordinary tion Bible school. Cleveland died Monday, Aug. 31, Kaylee Burden of Cleveland, 2015. thanks to Ancestry.com, which resource for all researchers,” said Emilee Bates of Ooltewah, Erick She and George often hosted has digitized the wills and pro- Laura Lovett, an associate pro- special events such as cookouts She was preceded in death by Mitchell, Ashlee Mitchell and her husband, Lloyd Rogers; and bate records of about 100 million fessor of U.S. history at the Andrew Mitchell, all of Cleveland, and hayrides for the church and enjoyed mentoring the youth. parents, James Frank and Della Americans dating from the University of Massachusetts at and Austin Roush of Athens; sis- Henson May. Colonial era to the beginning of Amherst who specializes in the ter, Angalina Baine Bundy and Many of the young people, whom are all grown up now, remember Survivors include her three the 21st century. history of women, childhood and husband, Roy Michael, of Kaiden Todd hooker sons: Darrell Rogers, Randy Riceville; niece, Megan Thea her by her gentleness and meek- Kaiden Todd Hooker, infant Most Americans know the the family, and is an ness. “Doc” Rogers and Alton D. Pickering and husband, son of Dakota Hooker and Ashely Rogers; six grandchildren; and grand narrative of the nation’s ancestry.com subscriber. Benjamin; and nephew, Thomas On any given day, you could Minnis, was born and passed most famous historical figures, “A will allows us to really look find her studying her Bible, listen- four great-grandchildren. Jean “T.J.” Kendrick, both of away on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. The funeral will be held at 1 but the new trove of records con- at their daily life: What did they Cleveland. ing to Gospel music, reading, He was preceded in death by tains information not found in possess? What did they value? growing flowers and vegetables p.m. today, Sept. 2, 2015, in the The funeral will be held at 1 two great-grandparents: Frances chapel of Fike-Randolph and most history books. What’s important enough to write p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in in her garden, or canning and Clay and Ralph Hooker. making jellies and jams. If you Son Funeral Home with Pastor It’s also an invaluable resource down?” she said. “They let us the chapel of Ralph Buckner In addition to his mother and Sammy Hooker officiating. for ordinary Americans digging understand the material life Funeral Home, with the Rev. Cliff came to visit, she would give you father, he leaves behind to cher- a tour of the garden and even Interment will follow in Sunset into their roots. Looking at a will across the centuries. It allows us Vickery officiating. ish his memory grandparents: Memorial Gardens. Interment will follow in Sunset share her heirloom plants and Tonya and Bobby Higgins, Jason is like pulling a thread on family to tell history from the bottom Memorial Gardens with Erick seeds with you; her family, in par- and April Minnis, Dewayne and history. Wealth, possessions, up.” Mitchell, Donald Roush, Justin ticular, loved taking home fresh Lisa Hooker and Denna James family relationships can be fol- In some cases, a will may be Wall, Benjamin Pickering, vegetables from the garden. McKinley; great-grandparents: lowed down the generations. the only written evidence that Michael Bundy and Thomas She cherished time spent with Betty and Ronnie Franklin, “What you find in probate someone even existed, Lovett Kendrick serving as pallbearers. her grandchildren, preparing spe- Thelma and Bob Minnis, Kathy cial meals for them like her records and wills are the rich sto- said. A white dove release ceremo- and Donnie Hill, Linda Cook, and ries about what mattered enough People researching family his- ny will conclude the service. famous “soupy potatoes,” playing Tony Clay; aunts and uncles: Mary ‘sue’ sneed dress up, hosting tea parties, and Brittany, Courtney, and Emily to pass down and a wealth of tory often look to marriage certifi- The family will receive friends Mary “Sue” Sneed, 83, of reading those books like “Love Minnis; Jasmine, David, and information about family histo- cates, birth certificates and cen- from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday Cleveland, died Sunday, Aug. 30, You Forever” by Robert Munsch. Gabe Higgins, Bayli Bivens, ry,” said Jennifer Utley, senior sus information, said Ruy at the funeral home, prior to the 2015. She had a gift of creating many Shawn Clines, Matt and Felecia manager of research at Cardoso, a Massachusetts-based service. She was preceded in death by memories and lifelong traditions Freeman, Eric and Cayci Ancestry.com’s Utah headquar- certified genealogist. But those We invite you to send a mes- her son, David Sneed; and very that will live on through her fami- Freeman, Misty and Alain sage of condolence and view the special aunt, Susie Mantooth, ters. records aren’t as detailed as ly. Guzman, Lisa and Todd Baine family guestbook at who reared her from birth. “They paint a more beautiful wills, and haven’t been kept for She strived daily to be the best Bauknecht. www.ralphbuckner.com. Survivors include her husband, picture of people’s lives.” as long. wife, mother, grandmother, great- A graveside service will be Edward M. Sneed of Cleveland; Every American elementary “Wills can give a lot more grandmother, sister, aunt and held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, five children: Phoebe Stepp, friend to all, and most important- 2015, at Johnson Cemetery with school student learns about insight into their lives and Sherry Maples, Cindy McCoy, ly, her sole desire was to serve Sammy Randolph officiating. Revere’s 1775 ride to warn about thoughts as well as the times and Garth Sneed and Jennifer Long, Jesus Christ with her life. She A visitation will be held at British troop movements, and his places where they lived,” he said. all of Cleveland; 14 grandchil- was successful at all of the Companion Funeral Home, from career as a master metal worker, “They contain the language of the dren; and several great-grand- above, being compassionate and 5 until 7 p.m. with a small service but his will reveals some interest- day, weird bits of terminology, children. caring toward her family, and to follow today Sept. 2, 2015. The funeral will be held at 3 ing facts — not just about his words we don’t use today.” Terry Brown sharing Christ with everyone she You are invited to share a per- p.m. today, Sept. 2, 2015, in the relationship with his daughter — The information is available to Terry Brown, 66, died Tuesday, encountered. sonal memory or your condo- chapel of Fike-Randolph and but about his relationships with the public starting Wednesday. Sept. 1, 2015, in a local health Visitation will be held today, lences with the family at Kaiden’s Son Funeral Home with Pastor his grandchildren, Utley said. “People are going to get lost in care facility. from 5 to 8 p.m., at Grissom online memorial located at Guinn Green and Minister Joe Survivors and funeral arrange- Serenity Funeral Home. www.companionfunerals.com. They all got $500 in his will, this collection,” Ancestry.com’s ments will be announced by A Remembrance of Life serv- Kemper officiating. except for one, “who shall have Utley said. Grissom-Serenity Funeral Home ice will be held on Thursday, Interment will follow in Hilcrest no part of my estate” except for —- & Cremation Services. Sept. 3, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. at the Memorial Gardens. $1, the will says. Exactly what Online: www.ancestry.com funeral home with Pastor Grady Simpson and David Rose officiat- ing. The interment will follow at Survey: US businesses hired Sunset Memorial Gardens with Tanner Petitt, Tony Watson, Tim Watson, Steve Watson, Kenny Lewis Lee at steady pace in August Saxe and David Rose serving as Lewis Lee, 61, died Tuesday, WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. moil in the financial markets and Joyce Crisp pallbearers. A white dove release Sept. 1, 2015, in a local health Mildred M. Williams ceremony will conclude the serv- businesses added jobs at a worries about faltering growth in Joyce Crisp, 74, of Cleveland, care facility. Mildred M. Williams, 68, of steady pace last month, with China have not yet had much died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at ice. Chattanooga, died Tuesday, Survivors and funeral arrange- construction and manufacturing impact on the U.S. job market. her home. We invite you to visit the guest- ments will be announced by Sept. 1, 2015, at her home. Survivors and arrangements book for Brenda Fox and send a Grissom-Serenity Funeral Home Survivors and arrangements showing solid gains, a private The government will release its will be announced by Companion message of comfort to www.gris- & Cremation Services. will be announced by Companion survey found. official jobs report for August on Funeral Home. somserenity.com. Funeral Home. Payroll processor ADP said Friday. Economists forecast it Wednesday that businesses will show that employers added added 190,000 jobs last month, 220,000 jobs, and the unemploy- up from 177,000 in July, but ment rate slipped to 5.2 percent below a six-month high in June from 5.3 percent. of 231,000. The ADP survey covers only The figures suggest that tur- private businesses. www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, September 2, 2015— 3 Police find 2 missing children in Soddy-Daisy
SODDY-DAISY (AP) — Search scratches but were to be exam- crews have found two young sib- ined by emergency workers at the lings who were reported missing scene. in southeastern Tennessee. The brother and sister were Police told media that 7-year- reported missing about 8:30 p.m. old Hannah Elizabeth Musgrave Tuesday. They had a dog with and 4-year-old Matthew Gideon them before they disappeared Musgrave were found together from the front porch of their rural Wednesday morning after day- residence. break. They suffered only minor A TBI helicopter helped local officers, several fire departments and state park rangers search for North America’s tallest the children. It's a new year for Girl Scouts as the Echota Service Unit hosted a recruitment rally Aug. 23 at Leisure Time Bowling. Girl Scouts old and new had the opportunity to bowl, play games, and have fun mountain gets new with their fellow Scouts. name and height The Family of A.J. 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Some of that goes through Gabe as well.” NASHVILLE (AP) — Add the role of government. great pride in as the calendar where we raised the pay to more that had been there for 15 years,” Watson also praised the work chairman of the state Senate The Tennessee chapter of rolls over into his second year as than the city of Cleveland,” he he said. “That was a goal — to of the department’s reserve offi- transportation committee to the Americans for Prosperity, the the sheriff. said. “We also have education clean things up and buy equip- cers which now total 70. list of opponents of raising political advocacy group of con- Watson said Chief Deputy incentive pay. We pay more ment we needed.” “They have the same authority Tennessee’s gas tax in 2016. servative billionaires Charles Brian Smith comes “with a incentives for being on the SWAT Nearly $180,000 from auctions and powers as regular deputies,” Republican Sen. Jim Tracy of and David Koch, has been lead- wealth of knowledge, having team.” has helped purchase items such he notes. “We use them at events Shelbyville, who heads the ing the charge against a gas tax served with the Cleveland Police Watson said there has been a as state-of-the-art audio/video such as the football games and transportation panel in the hike, much as the it did in its Department and on the County deputy council established. systems for 39 patrol cars. things we don’t want to tie up upper chamber, said Tuesday opposition to Haslam’s Insure Commission.” “Once a month, I meet with The department has also been full-time deputies on.” that there isn’t enough time to Tennessee proposal to extend That brought him to comment non-ranking officers from each the recipient of more than The volunteer corps also repre- put together a comprehensive health care to 280,000 low- on remarking that the relation- shift in the conference room,” he $260,000 in grants which has sents community service officers, road funding proposal for the income people. ship between the Cleveland said. “There are no supervisors helped to purchase items such training officers, senior visitation upcoming legislative session. The group launched a website Police Department and the BCSO in there. It’s just me and them as bullet-proof vests. officers, chaplains and special “I don’t think it’s doable,” this week showing that 48 state “has never been closer than it is asking about how things are Watson also notes not one deputies. Tracy said in a phone interview. lawmakers — including 13 of 33 today.” going and what are their con- vehicle on the road has been With all of those who have “Because we’ve got a lot of work senators and 35 of 99 represen- “I feel like the two need to be cerns. I’ve learned a lot from driven more than 180,000 miles. taken important leads in the to do to put it together.” tatives — oppose raising the gas working hand-in-hand and side- that. If you include them as part “My rule is when it hits department, Watson said it is Gov. Bill Haslam has been on tax next year. by-side. There’s no division of of the process, it makes them feel 200,000 miles — it’s sold and those officers who spend every a statewide tour to discuss what Tracy, who has attended sev- lines when it comes to crime,” he ownership of the department gone,” he said. day and hour on the job that has he calls a $6 billion funding eral of the governor’s roundta- said. they work for.” Arnold Botts serves as the made the real difference the shortfall for infrastructure proj- bles on road funding, said the He said Smith’s relationship He said Edwards is good about director of administration for the BCSO has experienced. ects in Tennessee. But the state’s road funding needs will with both the City Council and keeping the morale up and keep- department. “There is a great deal of pride Republican governor has said he need to be funded by more than the Commission “is very impor- ing the BCSO active in public “He has done a great job in when I think of those men and wants to complete the 15-stop just an increase in the gas tax. tant.” activities as well as neighborhood finding the new employees we women,” he said. tour before deciding whether to Electric cars and vehicles run- “It’s important because I want- watch. needed to find and trying to keep The sheriff recounted a story of propose raising the state’s gas ning on natural gas will also ed to build a bridge back that “We are pretty much at every the turnover rate down,” Watson a new deputy who was called to a tax for the first time since 1989. have to pay their share, he said. hasn’t been there in a very long community event that happens said. “He has been instrumental home one Friday night where a That hasn’t stopped promi- Haslam spokesman David time,” Watson said. “It’s worked in Bradley County, if we’re in our working with Cleveland woman was having a baby. nent GOP lawmakers like House Smith said the governor has perfect. There has not been one asked,” Watson said. State and he has also helped “The mother was in the bed- Speaker Beth Harwell of four more stops to make on his negative aspect of any conversa- He said Richard McAllister coordinate events for the employ- room and the baby was still in Nashville and Senate Majority road funding tour following his tions with the city. Brian has “brings a wealth of knowledge ees, such as our recent, first-ever the birth sac,” Watson recalled. Leader Mark Norris of return from a trade mission to helped build that bridge. when it comes to finances, budg- family picnic.” “The deputy picked it up and Collierville from voicing their Israel this week before deciding “Steve Lawson (Criminal et needs and maintenance” as he He said Botts is “very person- took it to the waiting ambulance opposition. a course of action. Investigation Division) was a per- heads support services for the able and understands what these outside. That baby is still living Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, “There is no proposal out fect fit for me because of his department. officers have to go through, men- today.” R-Blountville, has called on law- there,” Smith said in an email. background with the Drug Task “Within the first few weeks in tally and physically.” “It’s still amazing to me how he makers to keep an open mind, “Before you talk about solutions Force, and he also did an out- office, we saw where a lot of Gabe Thomas is in charge of responded,” he said. arguing that properly funding you have to understand the standing job when he was a cap- money was being wasted in the corrections, which the sheriff Watson also remembered when infrastructure projects is a key need.” tain here before,” the sheriff said. leasing of two different build- calls “a big job.” a deputy, on the job less than Watson said when he met with ings,” Watson said. “We did away “We have 580 inmates with two months, was called to a Lawson, they “had the same goal with one that was not needed 407 beds,” Watson said. “The scene and gave CPR to a 75-year- and the same vision.” and saved around $15,000 a reason for that is we are averag- old man. Shelby County Schools sue “It was a perfect fit to coordi- year.” ing 60 more arrests per month “The man passed away, but nate between the public and the He said more recently the than last year. that deputy would not give up,” Sheriff’s Office,” he said. “He department “shopped around” “That is because of our aggres- Watson said. “That touches me, state over lack of funding believed in the Victims’ Service for a new contract on oil and siveness toward crime — more because here was a brand-new Unit, which is something we grease lube which is now saving patrolmen on the road, more officer just out of the academy. MEMPHIS (AP) — The Shelby The board is seeking a judg- detectives solving crime — and “I cannot say anything nega- County Board of Education is ment that the funding level is started. It gives victims a second up to $6,800 a year in those officer who works with them, and costs. doing things differently,” he said. tive about the men and women suing the state of Tennessee, unconstitutional, as well as Watson said Thomas has been on our force,” he said “We hand accusing it of failing to fully reimbursement for legal costs. makes sure we are doing the job He said McAllister has also we are supposed to be doing and been buying everything locally the leader in establishing the pick them. We pick them from fund the county’s public schools Board attorney Valerie “program pods” where inmates Bradley County because they are and forcing students from Spekman said the lawsuit’s goal [assisting] with other needs.” that is possible and economically Watson said the CID is now on responsible. earn the right to participate in invested in our community, we impoverished areas to cope with is to change the formula used to special programs designed to want to know them and if some- the road seven days a week up to “We are doing a lot more busi- overcrowded classrooms. determine public school alloca- help and encourage them to not thing major happens, we want midnight. ness locally than has even been The lawsuit was filed Monday tions. Shelby County school offi- return to a self-destructive path. them to be able to respond in a “The days of working 8:30 a.m. done at BCSO,” Watson said. in Davidson County, multiple cials have said in the past that if “He’s also been overseeing the timely manner.” to 4:30 p.m. for detectives is over He said everything is bid out media outlets report. According the district were to get what the drug court which has an 80 per- “This department is a family with,” he said. “Crime doesn’t every six months. to the complaint, the state has formula says it is entitled to cent success rate,” Watson said. and represents the best this shut down at 4:30. We have “Some businesses don’t like it, withheld funds and dispropor- receive, they would get $103 Watson said he is also pleased county has to offer,” Watson said. but I’m sorry. I believe in bidding tionately hurt children in impov- million more per year. detectives who can answer calls, with the recent initiative in pub- “I could not be more proud of the stuff out and whoever can give us erished areas. Board member Chris Caldwell and that saves a lot of time and lishing the “Top 10 Most Wanted” work they do every minute of the best product for the best The lawsuit highlights hun- said officials are committed to sometimes aggravation. list in the Cleveland Daily every day to keep the residents of price is who we’re doing business dreds of millions of dollars in following through with the law- Everybody knows that in solving Banner. Bradley County safe, and we are cuts the board was forced to suit. a crime, the first 48 to 72 hours with,” Watson said. “I’ve made “That has a 90 percent capture just getting started.” make over the past several “The suggestion that SCS or are the most important. We think some people mad over that. In years, leading to what it says are any school district in the state of every minute we save getting a the end, it’s my responsibility to increased class sizes, fewer Tennessee should accept this detective to the scene makes us make sure the taxpayers’ money Las Vegas’ new ad campaign teachers, deteriorating facilities and should sacrifice a genera- better able to solve a case.” is spent wisely. I have actually and poor-performing schools. tion of students because the The choice of Capt. Keith told some businesses they “This is an unprecedented state of Tennessee has failed to Edwards as captain of Patrol shouldn’t be taking advantage of pushes ‘sexy’ watering habits move for the district, but we feel fulfill its constitutional respon- Services came because of his the county like they have been.” LAS VEGAS (AP) — Another tagline: “What Happens Here, it is the right thing to do to sibility is unacceptable,” he three-decade career with the The sheriff also said he reviews part of the drought-ridden West Stays Here.” ensure we can provide a solid, said. BCSO. every bill that is written before it is attempting to make water con- The new advertisements adequate, quality education for A state attorney general’s “He’s worked in every division is submitted to the courthouse. servation sexy, this time with depict people adjusting watering all our children,” school board office spokesperson said the we’ve had here, and he handles “I question a lot, because I funny ads in Las Vegas. clocks as members of the oppo- chairwoman Teresa Jones told office was reviewing the com- all the concerns we get from the want to know how this money is The Southern Nevada Water site sex ogle with lust. It coin- The Commercial Appeal. plaint. public,” Watson said. “He’s done being spent and how we might be Authority this week launched a cides with the new fall restric- The Shelby County board is a great job ... especially helping able to save more money,” he campaign on television, radio, tions that began Tuesday, which not the first district in the state with beefing up our patrols and said. print and social media themed: through Oct. 31 limits watering " to sue over this issue. In March, increasing the number of officers One of the things that has “There’s Nothing Sexier Than to three days a week and pro- Hamilton County and school on the shifts.” helped the agency has been the Saving Water.” The ads were hibits sprinklers during the day boards in six smaller systems The sheriff said one of the auctions to sell surplus materi- developed by R&R Partners, the and misting systems at busi- jointly sued the state. things he told Edwards was he als. firm behind Vegas’ most famous nesses.