Is It Bye-Bye Big Boy? Keith Street’S Iconic Shoney’S Building Could Be Demolished for New Business by JOYANNA LOVE Order for a Bank to Be Built on the Site
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T H U R S D A Y 162nd YEAR • No. 119 SEpTEMBER 15, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 pAGES • 50¢ Is it bye-bye Big Boy? Keith Street’s iconic Shoney’s building could be demolished for new business By JOYANNA LOVE order for a bank to be built on the site. Banner Senior Staff Writer The Shoney’s Big Boy restaurant was built by Benton’s father, Cletus, in 1971. An empty building at the corner of Raider Drive and Benton said the restaurant “was one of the top Shoney’s Keith Street, which retains the iconic Shoney’s awnings, in the nation for quite awhile” in sales. could be coming down. “I get stories all the time of, ‘My parents met there,’” Banner photo, JOYANNA LOVE Staff reports from a Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals Brad Benton said. THIS FORMER Shoney’s location, which most recently served as a restaurant spe- meeting held Tuesday state that property owner Brad cializing in Mexican cuisine, might be demolished to make way for a bank. Benton possibly plans to have the building demolished in See BIG BOY, Page 13 Inside Today Proposed External FHA rule review impact is eyed by praises local MPO Bradley By JOYANNA LOVE Banner Senior Staff Writer County A potential Federal Highway Administration rule that could change the way metropolitan plan- ning organizations set their bound- Schools aries would not have an immediate impact on the Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS Reaccreditation to C l e v e l a n d ARNOLD MEMORIAL SCHOOL students are shown in the newly renovated library completed Bearettes get Urban Area over the summer. Drainage problems had caused serious damage to this part of the historic school be recommended MPO. building, but the school system’s Maintenance Department worked to make repairs (inside and out) district golf win The change By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG over the summer. Banner Staff Writer The Bradley Central Bearettes could, however, claimed a district golf win over have an impact Representatives of Bradley Cleveland and Walker Valley. The down the line. County Schools’ accrediting organ- Walker Valley boys were also Greg Thomas, City schools get a shine ization have announced plans to winners. On the gridiron, the Cleveland MPO recommend the school system be Cleveland Blue Raiders will host coordinator, reaccredited. McMinn County in a big region Thomas said the rule, if An external matchup, while the Bradley enacted, would Board receives progress updates review team Central Bears host Jefferson combine smaller from accredit- County and the Polk County urban areas to ing organization Wildcats travel to Bledsoe County form larger on various maintenance projects AdvancED visit- in other region clashes. All three planning organi- year. ed Monday zations. By LARRY C. BOWERS games are previewed. See Banner Staff Writer A quick emphasis of Taylor was that two t h r o u g h Sports, Pages 9-11. “It would cre- major projects were almost completed, with Wednesday, to ate a number of Hal Taylor, Maintenance and one in the finishing stages this week. evaluate the headaches, I Transportation supervisor for Cleveland City The final work on Phase I (one half) of school system. Candidates should think,” Thomas Schools, provided the school board’s newly Cleveland Middle School’s roof replacement A d v a n c E D said. organized Site Committee with an update is anticipated by Saturday evening. Phase II team lead Dr. Cash cough up records Schroer The potential Wednesday of projects which were ongoing of the project is scheduled for next summer. Drew Moore impact on during the summer months. The other major project is repair and reno- presented the results to an eager With all the recent talk about Cleveland was discussed during a Hillary Clinton’s battle with pneumo- Six of the board’s seven members attended vation work on the Arnold Memorial School crowd of educators Wednesday local MPO meeting Wednesday. the meeting at the Star Center on North Lee library. afternoon. nia, maybe it’s about time both can- He said changes to the way the Highway, the session under the direction of “Your work and your profession- didates for the presidency cough up The exterior walls in the library area had MPO boundaries are drawn could new Committee Chair Steve Morgan. Former been leaking and this area of the building alism have been very evident,” their full medical records. It might especially affect planning organiza- Chair Dr. Murl Dirksen stepped down from Moore said. not seem important, but it is. See the board at the end of the 2015-16 school See SHINE, Page 13 The team was able to get that one columnist’s perspective in the See MPO, Page 8 impression after interviewing 183 guest “Viewpoint” on Page 12 of people with ties to the school sys- today’s edition. tem, including 60 teachers, 50 students and all seven members of CPD report says Kanavos the Bradley County Board of Forecast Education. AdvancED team members also Today’s outlook is for mostly visited seven Bradley County could have been targeted schools — one high school, one sunny skies, with a high near 94 middle school, four elementary degrees. Tonight’s forecast calls for By JOYANNA LOVE windows total, is thought to have schools and the system’s one alter- partly cloudy skies and a low Banner Senior Staff Writer occurred Tuesday night when no one native school. around 69. Friday calls for mostly was in the office. Kanavos reported the Moore presented findings from sunny skies and a high near 92. The majority of damage from gun- damage to the police early Wednesday shots to the windows of the Chancey, the visit, along with Bradley morning. County Schools’ scores on Friday night should be partly Kanavos, Love and Painter Law Office CPD Officers A. Cochran and Cory AdvancED assessments. cloudy, with an overnight low of was to a window in attorney Scott Fox responded to the incident at 6:45 around 68. He congratulated the county on Kanavos’ office. a.m. Wednesday. its above-average results and According to a Cleveland Police Kanavos estimated the damage at noted there is room for the school Department report, “One round in par- $20,000 because of the double-pane system to continue to make Index windows’ value. Banner photo, JOYANNA LOVE ticular appeared to have been aimed FIVE WINDOWS at the Chancey, Kanavos, Love improvements. Classified................................14-15 right at where he would have been sit- Initially, no shell casings or bullet “No matter how good we are, we ting at his desk, so he [Kanavos] felt he fragments were found. and Painter law office have holes like this one in Comics...........................................6 them after an incident thought to have occurred Editorials......................................12 may have been the target.” The incident, which damaged five See KANAVOS, Page 8 around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. See SCHOOLS, Page 13 Horoscope......................................6 NASCAR......................................16 Obituaries.......................................2 Stocks............................................4 Sequoyah drill shows strong level Sports........................................9-11 TV Schedule..................................7 Weather..........................................8 of cooperation: EMA’s Troy Spence By BRIAN GRAVES It is drills such as these that pre- Banner Staff Writer pare emergency responders to react Around Town “Here in Bradley County, as if the unimaginable is really hap- Wednesday morning was one of we have cooperation and pening. Nova Cannon making her first those times when everything that visit to the Banner offices ... that’s what it takes, and it’s With monitors up, lights flashing, could go wrong, seemingly did. better now than I ever phones beeping and clocks ticking, Gene and Juanita Cannon get- A train hits a tractor-trailer rig at ting to meet their new great- remember it.” — Troy Spence the drill proceeded throughout the a railroad crossing. day as the simulated complications granddaughter ... Gage Brakebill, There is a leak at Sequoyah Drew Linkous and Parker Gray progressed. Nuclear Plant. tion. A quiet calm was maintained knowing how to get in the picture What else could possibly go awry? ... Aaron Prouse getting to meet They also included representatives throughout the drill, just as it would Fortunately, those two events more of “the family” ... Kevin from Cleveland Utilities, the be in the event of a real emergency. were only simulations as part of an Cannon being a handyman appli- American Red Cross, the Communications are maintained at ance installer ... Jimmy Mincey emergency drill for area emergency Department of Human Services and a high level through cellphones, talking about basketball. teams and law enforcement agen- the Bradley County Health radios, the internet and one-on-one cies. Department. Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES conversations. The Emergency Operations Center Those representatives each played However random and sparse they EMA DIRECTOR TROY SpENCE, left, and 911 at the Cleveland/Bradley 911 Center an important part in assuring every- Director Joe Wilson exchange notes during may seem, each is an important part was filled with representatives from thing is in place for the public’s of the entire picture, at least when it Wednesday’s emergency preparedness drill at the every conceivable agency that might safety should the unimaginable hap- 6489076 75112 911 Center. be required in an emergency situa- pen. See EMA, Page 8 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Thursday, September 15, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com OBITUARIES (USPS 117-700) Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Post Office POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. 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