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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 212 JANUARY 4, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 20 PAGES • 50¢ New enrollment for tax partial pay starts today By RICK NORTON installments — is a sign of growing January and early February. to utilize this, as well as other pro- By visiting the Trustee’s Office in per- Associate Editor need among home and property own- The 1,058 figure, Smith explained, grams that we offer, at an increasing son to sign up for partial payment, ers who struggle to make the lump- represents only last fall’s enrollment. pace,” Smith told the Cleveland Daily county taxpayers can work out a pay- If winter enrollment for the Bradley sum payments once a year. The winter registration for 2016 taxes, Banner. “The 12-month program (aka ment plan with office staff that is best County Trustee’s Office partial pay- At the end of last fall’s sign-up peri- which begins today, is often busier as partial payment plan) has assisted for them — whether it’s monthly, ment plan is anything like last fall’s, a od, the Trustee’s Office had recorded than its autumn-season predecessor, hundreds of households that find this quarterly, twice annually or some record amount of property-tax parcels 1,058 parcels which easily eclipsed he said. payment method more effective for other combination that is agreed upon registered in November and December the numbers from the year before. At Deadline for the winter sign-up, them rather than the lump-sum pay- by the taxpayer and the trustee. will get even bigger. that time, some 964 parcels were reg- which will be the final opportunity for ment.” If a monthly plan is selected, the That’s the assessment of Trustee istered for the partial pay plan; how- county taxpayers to join the growing Partial payment operates like common practice is to divide the total Mike Smith who believes the 6-year- ever, that number included both number of participants for 2016, is financing tools such as credit cards, property tax amount owed for a year’s old initiative — which allows residents enrollment periods — the one held Friday, Feb. 5. mortgages or car loans; except, no to pay their property taxes in equal each fall and the second one in “Bradley County taxpayers continue interest is tacked onto each payment. See ENROLLMENT, Page 6 Inside Today Budgets, Utility’s new faces, electric goodbyes revenue dominated up; water in county is down Commission saw Sales pattern is Looking toward plenty of issues mostly seasonal the Vols’ future By BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer By RICK NORTON Tennessee Volunteers quarter- Associate Editor back Joshua Dobbs and the As spring turned to summer, Volunteers closed out the 2015 Bradley County was in the midst Banner photo, HOWARD PIERCE October’s cooler air and wetter football season with six straight of budget discussions, seeing STUDENTS of Black Fox Elementary cheer about their new basketball court, furnished by conditions unsurprisingly con- wins. Expectations will be high for new faces in certain positions, Bradley County Youth Basketball All-Stars. tributed to a drop in Cleveland the 2016 season. The Tennessee and saying goodbye to some Utilities’ water sales and waste- Titans will get the first pick in the longtime veterans of public serv- water treatment revenue for the NFL draft after closing the season ice. month, but the Electric Division with a 3-13 record. The Atlanta The governor popped into town held its own as customers strug- Falcons also went out on a losing for a collegial visit and the sub- Hoops at Black Fox gled to find the sweet spot in reg- note. See Sports, Pages 13-15. ject of dogs, which had been ulating thermostats between air silent for awhile, began barking conditioning and heat. once again. Electric sales revenue easily May Community, school, students get beat the previous month on the CSCC’s Seymour - The Bradley County Sheriff’s strength of a major decline in sees a busy year Office was amount paid for purchased power r a n k e d basketball court; others will also from TVA, according to Marshall Dr. Bill Seymour, president of ninth out Stinnett, CU’s chief financial offi- Cleveland State Community PART 2 of the 95 By LARRY C. BOWERS cer. College, sees a bright and busy c o u n t i e s Banner Staff Writer In a recent financial report to in solving members of the Cleveland Board year ahead for the local school. He The Black Fox community, burglaries. of Public Utilities, Stinnett point- writes about it in a guest “Viewpoint” Black Fox Elementary School - The County Commission put ed out, “During the month of on Page 16 of today’s edition. and Black Fox students the brakes on a proposed $30 October, the cost of purchased received an appreciated wheel tax. power as a percentage of retail Christmas gift during the - Greg Hicks, owner of sales was 78.6 percent, as com- year-ending holidays. Forecast Impressions Catering, was pared to 84.3 percent for the Additional gifts will be going awarded the Mel Bedwell Small month of September. The year-to- out to other schools and com- Business Person of the year by date percentage is 82.5 percent; munities in Cleveland and the Chamber of Commerce. we can compare this to our bud- Bradley County in the future. - Hardwick Clothes secured a geted percentage of 82.3 percent Officials of the Bradley contract to produce 65,000 suits for Fiscal Year 2016.” County Youth Basketball All- over the next year. Stinnett will further update Stars, a part of Tri-Star - Allan Jones was awarded the CU’s financial revenue and Athletic Ministries, recently first-ever honorary degree from spending status Thursday when held a ribbon-cutting ceremo- Cleveland State. the utility board reconvenes for ny for a new basketball court - Longtime Clerk and Master another formal session at 3 p.m. Banner photo, HOWARD PIERCE at Black Fox. Carl Shrewsbury announced The bottom line is residential BARTLEE NORTON of Bradley County Youth Basketball All- The organization had earlier plans to retire. and commercial customers were Stars shows Black Fox Elementary students the plaque that will be constructed outdoor basketball - A marker was unveiled in still cranking down their air-con- placed near their new court. Plaques will also be installed at Taylor courts at Taylor and Arnold Thaxton, Va., to denote the spot ditioning thermostats to combat and Arnold elementary schools, since they were not available September’s continuing heat, and Today should be mostly sunny, where a train wreck took the when those projects were completed. See HOOPS, Page 6 with a high near 38 degrees. North lives of three Cleveland residents winds of 10 to 15 mph could gust on “the day Cleveland Cried” in See REVENUE, Page 6 as high as 20. Tonight calls for 1889. The Allan Jones Foundation covered the cost of mostly clear skies, with a low the marker. around 23. Tuesday should be - After a TDOT study of acci- Etowah man identified as I-75 crash victim sunny, with a high near 43. dents at Walker Valley Road and in the incident. southbound side of the interstate, went back Tuesday night should be clear, with Lauderdale Memorial Highway, By ALLEN MINCEY a low around 21. Banner Staff Writer Fowler’s report indicated that Arruda was across the median and came to rest in the officials said it is unsafe driving northbound lanes of I-75. skills more than markings that traveling north on the interstate when his Authorities are seeking information on a Both sides of the interstate were shut down are causing the large number of 2004 Buick Rendezvous may have been vehicle that may have been involved in a fatal for a period of time, and traffic rerouted into accidents in the area. struck by an unknown vehicle. That initial Index hit-and-run traffic accident on Interstate 75 Cleveland. June strike may have caused Arruda’s car to travel Saturday. The report did not identify the third vehicle Classified................................18-19 - Resolute Forest Products (the A McMinn County resident was killed in across the median into the path of a south- former Bowater) announced a bound tractor-trailer driven by Kristina L. involved, and THP is asking anyone who Comics...........................................8 the wreck which occurred just after 5 p.m. might have witnessed the crash, or possibly Editorials......................................16 $270 million expansion of its at mile marker 24 of the interstate. Ross of Crossville, Ala., according to the operations at its Calhoun plant has any related information, to contact the Horoscope......................................8 According to Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. regional office at 423-634-6930. MINI Page......................................5 Trooper Larry Fowler’s preliminary reports, Fowler said that Arruda’s vehicle was hit Obituaries.......................................2 See BUDGETS, Page 6 25-year-old Robert L. Arruda of Etowah died by the tractor-trailer in the left lane of the See VICTIM, Page 6 School Page...................................4 Sports......................................13-15 TV Schedule..................................9 Weather........................................11 Jon Tucker latest in family Around Town to impact basketball, kids Sharon Kersey getting a sur- By TYLER WICKMAN attended every one of his prise visit from her beautiful father’s basketball camps after granddaughters ... Cettina Gage Banner Sports Writer PERSONALITY he learned to dribble a ball. distributing candy bars ... Jay If you have followed basket- Clark perfecting the “Superman PROFILE His playing career started ball through the years, then the when he made the team at Dance” ... Mark Grissom looking Tucker family name is probably for a new morning radio co-host Calhoun Middle School in sixth one that rings a bell.