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162nd YEAR • No. 185 DECEMBER 2, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 20 PAGES • 50¢ Rains put slight dent in ‘exceptional’ drought
By LARRY C. BOWERS the combination of approximately 5 The Cleveland and Bradley County Only a section of Southern California days of November, which will improve Banner Staff Writer inches of rain was only a slight dent in area has climbed to the top of the scale is rated D4 on the national table. the total somewhat. Total rainfall for the possibility late-year rainfall will turn in drought monitoring over the past two Mullinax emphasized the local area April through the first 27 days of Nowhere in the nation are drought around the disastrous numbers of 2016. months, along with surrounding areas of had no measurable rainfall during the November was less than 20 inches conditions worse than they are here in Craig Mullinax, vice president of the the Southeastern section of the nation, 62 days prior to the Monday and (19.54). the region encompassing Cleveland, Cleveland Utilities Water Division, Mullinax reported. The community is Tuesday storms this week. Mullinax said he has never, during his Bradley County, East Tennessee, North attempted to put the dilemma into per- ranked at D4 (exceptional drought con- The community has recorded only 33 time with the local utility, experienced Georgia and several other Southeastern spective for the Cleveland Board of ditions), along with parts of Alabama, inches of rainfall this year, compared to anything like the extended two-month states. Public Utilities during Thursday’s formal Georgia, South Carolina and North an average amount of 55.25 inches. Early week storms were a relief, but session. Carolina. This does not include the final three See DROUGHT, Page 8 Coming Sunday Haslam, Christmas ‘Song GOODBYE TO AN OLD OAK Book’ scheduled senators As the Yuletide approaches, and more and more families, groups and churches are taking to inspirational music, it’s time for publication of the to tour annual “Christmas Song Book” spe- cial section by the Cleveland Daily Banner. Watch for it in Sunday’s edition. disaster Inside Today areas Corker addresses Senate on tragedies By RICK NORTON Associate Editor As Southeast and East Tennessee families mourned the loss of loved ones in the wake of a deadly school bus crash, two drownings, a horrific tornado out- break and a heartbreaking wild- fire that scarred the lives and livelihoods of three mountain- resort communities — all within the same month — words of hope were Banner photos, LARRY C. BOWERS o f f e r e d CLEVELAND’S ABC Tree Service reached Thursday from high in the sky Thursday to bring down First the nation’s Mustangs, Raiders Cumberland Church’s old oak tree, across the capital. intersection from the Cleveland Municipal They were win in ‘The Stable” Building. ABC’s “climber,” Chuckie Perez, is delivered by Walker Valley hosted a shown in the central section of the diseased U.S. Sen. Bob wrestling tri-meet with Cleveland tree around midday, upper left. He sliced Corker (R- and Cookeville inside “The through the larger limbs, and a crane lowered Tennessee), a Corker Stable” Thursday night, with the them to the ground. The scene at the upper right was just after 8 a.m., with street H a m i l t o n Mustangs and Blue Raiders com- County native signs in place and workers ready to begin the cutting project. Below are city 200-year-old tree and former ing out victorious. The basketball employees who crossed the street to say goodbye to the old landmark. Raiders and Mustangs will clash Chattanooga tonight inside the Raider Arena in mayor who district 5-AAA basketball openers. coming down due chairs the gov- On Saturday, Lee Flames basket- erning body’s ball will host Make-A-Wish Night, F o r e i g n against Shorter University. See to age and health R e l a t i o n s Sports, Pages 11-13. Committee. By LARRY C. BOWERS C o r k e r , Banner Staff Writer whose wife is a Haslam Forecast Sevier County First Cumberland Presbyterian Chuch in native, made downtown Cleveland was the location of consid- his remarks erable activity Thursday, and more than a few from the Senate visitors. floor. He spoke The church’s 200-year-old pin oak tree, specifically of which authorities said has been suffering from the tragedies poor health for years, is no longer a Cleveland that took the landmark. ABC Tree Service brought the old lives of six oak to the ground piece by piece, beginning W o o d m o r e just after 8 a.m. and continuing through the E l e m e n t a r y day. students in Alexander Today looks to be sunny, with a Project manager Casey Akins, and designated Chattanooga, high near 56. Tonight’s forecast “climber” Chuckie Perez, were at the church the tornado outbreak that killed calls for partly cloudy skies and a early in the morning going through plans for two in Polk County and the devas- low around 35. Saturday should be the day. Also arriving early were First tating, wind-driven wildfires in partly sunny, with a high near 53. Cumberland Pastor Jennifer Newell and Sevier that at last count had Saturday night calls for clouds and Church Elder Davis Morelock. taken at least 11 lives and dam- aged or destroyed 700 structures a 70 percent chance of rain, with a See OAK, Page 9 low around 41. Sunday calls for clouds and an 80 percent chance See DISASTER, Page 8 of rain, with a high near 49. Sunday night calls for cloudy skies and a 60 percent chance of rain, with a low around 43. Valley View Beta Club Index earns top state award Church...... 6-7 Classified...... 19 By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Comics...... 15 Banner Staff Writer “They competed Editorials...... 14 In their very first state com- against thousands of Horoscope...... 15 petition, the students of the other students. They Obituaries...... 2 Valley View Elementary School’s did a great job.” Stocks...... 4 Junior Beta Club were honored — Jennie White Sports...... 11-13 with a first-place award. TV Schedule...... 16-17 As a group, the fourth- and fifth-graders took home first and leadership in schools. Each Weather...... 10 place for Living Literature, a year, school chapters can competition category where stu- choose to take part in a Around Town dents re-enact scenes from statewide competition. books, during the recent This year’s Tennessee compe- Arlene Marr and Betty Bryant Tennessee Junior Beta tition was held at Nashville’s enjoying a special show ... Jeff Convention. Gaylord Opryland Resort & Johnson serving once again as “They competed against thou- Convention Center, with stu- the turkey chef for his family ... dents competing in a variety of Contributed photo sands of other students,” RE-ENACTING a scene from the book “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry, Valley View Elementary Billy West looking for some fresh- teacher and sponsor Jennie categories to show off their aca- made buttermilk pie. White said. “They did a great demic skill. School’s Junior Beta Club students take part in the Living Literature competition at the recent job.” Valley View’s students Tennessee Junior Beta Convention. They depicted a scene in which characters in the book staged a The Junior Beta Club is a excelled in categories related to fake funeral as part of an effort to keep Jewish friends from being taken to concentration camps during national student organization the Holocaust. Here, they are being questioned by Nazi soldiers. The scene won the students a first- emphasizing community service See AWARD, Page 8 place award, and it was the club’s first state competition. 6489076 75112 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, December 2, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com Saundra Jo Faulk Ruth Ellen Hardwick Saundra Jo Stoker Faulk, 50, Ruth Ellen (Pellen) Hardwick, a resident of Ocoee, passed 86, of Cleveland, passed away OBITUARIES away during the early morning on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. (USPS 117-700) hours of Wednesday, Nov. 30, A memorial service will be held Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Post Office 2016, when the storm passed Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at 2 p.m. through Polk County. She at Broad Street United Methodist POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 nate to have played many of the loved making crafts with her Church in Cleveland. Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) great golf courses from Asia to mother. Visitation will be in the Narthex in Cleveland, TN 37320-3600, daily except Saturday Europe. She was preceded in death of the church beginning at 1 p.m. and Christmas day by Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. He was a member of by her husband, Mark Riddle In lieu of flowers, the family Phone (423) 472-5041. Springbrook Golf and Country Faulk Jr.; father, Joe Stoker; requests that donations be made Club in Niota for more than 50 and twin sister: Rhonda Jo either to The American Red Stephen L. Crass Joyce Taylor years and Royal Dornoch Golf Stoker Milner. Cross of Southeast Tennessee, Editor & Publisher General Manager Club in Dornoch, Scotland, She is survived by her moth- 4115 South Access Road, Member of The Associated Press where he and his son were mem- er, Geri Stoker of Ocoee; two Chattanooga, TN 37406 or Broad bers for many years and was a children: Kira Chadwick and Street United Methodist Church, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper, and also the local news of spontaneous origin former member of Cleveland CC Christopher Graves, both of Music and Arts Memorial Fund, herein. All rights of all other material herein are as reserved. ©2016 Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. (TN) and Lake Charles CC (LA), Cleveland; and one grandchild, 155 Central Ave NW, Cleveland, the James Braid Society, the Felix Chadwick. TN 37311. 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His wife, He is survived by his best for 12:30 p.m. in Sunset Dorothy “Dot” Brackett; his son, friend and beloved wife, Carolyn Memorial Gardens with Pastor Terry Lee Brackett; his sister, Kincaid Brewer; his daughter, Lake Walker officiating. Marie Joyce Corum; and his Melissa Leigh Brewer Didier; and In lieu of flowers the family has brother, T. J. Brackett, also pre- the apple of his eye, his grand- requested donations be made ceded him in death. daughter, Gabriella Celeste either to Caris Healthcare of He was a World War II Torres. Chattanooga or Operation Veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy A memorial service will be con- Christmas Child through Franklin in the Pacific. He retired from ducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. Nancy Riggle Graham. TVA as a foreman with more than 3, 2016, in the chapel of Smith Nancy Riggle, 58, of Rossville, You are invited to share a per- 42 years of service. He was a Funeral Home in Athens with the Ga., died Wednesday, Nov. 30, sonal memory of Iva or your con- member of the Conasauga Rev. David Graybeal and the 2016, at Parkridge Medical dolences with her family at her Lodge No. 396 F&AM, the VFW Rev. Will Shelton officiating. Center. online memorial located at and he was a member of the The family suggests that in lieu Cremation arrangements have www.companionfunerals.com. IBEW Local 175. He loved of flowers any memorials be sent been entrusted to Companion gospel music and in his younger to the Tennessee Fund at the Funeral Home & Crematory. years, and he loved playing the University of Tennessee in sup- Banjo. He loved animals, espe- port of the Brewer Family cially cats, working in his yard Football Scholarship and he loved eating at Hardee’s. Endowment. The fund's address Beatrice H. Odom He was a member of the is Tennessee Fund, Brenda Beatrice Hamilton Odom, 96, Washington Avenue Baptist Lawson Athletic Center, 1551 of Cleveland, died Tuesday, Church. Lake Loudon Blvd., Knoxville, TN Judith Ann Fields Nov. 29, 2016, at a local health Survivors include his grand- 37996. Judith Ann Caylor Fields, 70, care facility. daughter, Crystal Summers and If you are unable to attend this of Cleveland, passed away Bea, as she was affectionately Liam James Sullivan OTTERY her husband, Wally, of service you may sign the guest Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at known to her many friends, was L Cleveland; his great-grand- Liam James Sullivan, infant register at www.smithfuneral& the family residence. born in Matthews, Ga., in a pas- son of Meghan and Matthew daughter, Tabatha Summers cremationservicesofathens.com. She was a member of Big tor’s home. Sullivan and her husband, Sullivan, died Wednesday, Nov. NUMBERS Spring Baptist Church. She was She was the oldest of five chil- 30, 2016, in a Chattanooga hos- William, of Maryland; and he has a former employee of Sherlin dren and from an early age was a great-great-grandson on the Donna Busby pital. Grocery and Faye Swafford. involved in ministry activities. The Jim Rush Funeral and way, George William Sullivan IV; Donna Busby, 41, of She loved to sew, cook, and go Often, she would accompany (AP) — These lotteries were his niece, Patsy Cheek; his Chattanooga, died this morning, Cremation Services North Ocoee camping, but most of all she her father as he pioneered new Street Chapel will announce drawn Thursday: nephew, Alan Brackett, both of Dec. 2, 2016, in a Chattanooga loved spending time with her churches in communities sur- Old Fort; and his cousin, John health care facility. other survivors and service grandchildren. rounding Asheville, N.C. arrangements. Tennessee Stone of Cleveland. Survivors and arrangements She was the daughter of the As a young woman, she was Cash 3 Evening: 9-5-5, Lucky Special appreciation to his will be announced by Companion late James P. Caylor and involved in her church’s music Sum: 19 caregivers and special friends: Funeral Home. Elfreda Brown Caylor. She was ministry and Christian education Rebecca and Ricky Wright. Cash 3 Midday: 9-4-2, Lucky also preceded in death by her program. One of the things she Sum: 15 The Remembrance of Life grandchild, Tasha Mussared; loved was vacation Bible school service will be conducted today, siblings: James P. Caylor III, and she directed VBS programs Cash 3 Morning: 5-3-1 Dec. 2, 2016, at 1 p.m. from the John F. Caylor, David E. Caylor, in several churches. She attend- Cash 4 Evening: 0-3-6-2, Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Catherine Louise Beck, and ed Bob Jones University, where Lucky Sum: 11 Services Wildwood Chapel with Malinda Gayle Caylor. she met Elmer Odom whom she Cash 4 Midday: 9-1-5-3, Lucky the Rev. Daniel White officiating. She is survived by her hus- later married. Sum: 18 Interment will follow in the Joanna Davis band, Ulyless Lee Fields of After graduating from Bob Cash 4 Morning: 1-1-5-3 Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with Joanna B. Davis, 74, of Cleveland; two sons: John Jones, she and Elmer joined the family and friends serving as cas- Cash4Life: 17-23-30-49-55, Cleveland, died Thursday, Dec. Goodwin Jr. and wife, Michelle, Lee College (now University) Cash Ball: 1 ketbearers. Military Honors will 1, 2016. of Cleveland and William faculty, where they taught for be given. Survivors and funeral arrange- Goodwin and wife, Jennifer, of more than 30 years. While at The family will receive friends ments will be announced by Pennsylvania, Leah Mussared Lee, Bea was instrumental in the Georgia from 11 a.m. until the service Ralph Buckner Funeral Home. and husband, Chris. of Trenton, formation and development of 5 Card Cash: 3D-5D-6D-8D-5H time at 1 p.m. at the funeral Ga., and David Fields and wife, the Christian Education All or Nothing Day: 01-02-07- home. Tian, of Spokane, Wash.; Department. Hundreds of her 09-10-11-13-14-19-21-23-24 You may share your memories grandchildren: Shanna, Briana, former students have lead edu- All or Nothing Evening: 01-05- and your condolences with the Brad and Naaman Goodwin, cation programs in churches 06-07-09-10-11-13-15-18-19-22 Brackett family at www.jimrushfu- Dalton and Cody Denman; throughout the nation. neralhomes.com. All or Nothing Morning: 01-02- great-grandchildren: Kawika, As a long-time active member 03-04-11-12-14-17-20-21-22-23 Dawsen and Chandsty Fields, of North Cleveland Church of All or Nothing Night: 01-06-09- Emily, Justin and T.J. God, she helped found and Mussared; great-great-grand- direct the church library, served 10-15-17-18-19-20-21-22-24 child, Conner Denman; sister, regularly on the Christian Cash 3 Evening: 6-5-1 Donna Sue Sherlin and hus- Education Board, and filled other Cash 3 Midday: 4-7-0 band, Wayne, of Cleveland; and positions. Following her retire- Cash 4 Evening: 5-2-9-9 several nieces and nephews. ment from Lee, she became a Cash 4 Midday: 4-8-7-4 The funeral will be conducted committed volunteer at Bradley Fantasy 5: 08-23-27-30-37 Denny ‘Jack’ Brewer Jr. at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, County Memorial (now Tennova) Georgia FIVE Evening: 0-9-6-7-3 Denny H. “Jack” Brewer Jr. 2016, in the chapel of Ralph Hospital. She took special joy in Georgia FIVE Midday: 7-1-5-9-9 passed away on Saturday, Nov. Iva Dean Watson Buckner Funeral Home with the making and providing bonnets Jumbo Bucks Lotto: 02-03-19- 19, 2016, at Starr Regional Rev. Sammy Hooker officiating. for newborns leaving the hospi- Iva Dean Watson, 81, a lifelong Medical Center. Interment will be held at 1:30 tal. resident of Cleveland, passed 25-28-40 He was born on Aug. 28, 1930, p.m. at Chattanooga National Bea was an excellent cook away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in Sweetwater to the late Denny Cemetery with Stanley Millsaps, and always took pleasure in pro- at her home surrounded by her H. Brewer Sr. and Enid Gaston Wayne Sherlin, Dustin Sherlin, viding wonderful meals, espe- loved ones. Her family and Brewer. He was also preceded in Eric Sherlin, Brad Goodwin and cially for family during holiday friends can rest in the knowledge IT’SASPECIAL death by a son, Denny H. Naaman Goodwin serving as celebrations. that her absence from this world (Bubba) Brewer III. pallbearers. A white dove She was preceded in death by is presence with the Lord. DAY FOR ... He graduated from Tennessee release ceremony will conclude her husband, Elmer; her par- She was preceded in death by Military Institute and earned a the service. ents, Roy Earl and Nora Lee her husband of 63 years, Jerry bachelor of science degree in The family will receive friends Hamilton; and two brothers: Watson; her parents, Sallie and accounting from East Tennessee from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Clarence Hamilton and Donald Howard Griffith; and siblings: Theba Hamilton, Bob State University, where he was a funeral home. Hamilton. Junior Griffith, Don Griffith, Armstrong, Christy Whitlatch, member of the football team and Mark and Saundra Faulk We invite you to send a mes- She is survived by her chil- Wilma Moore and Emma Gregg. Donna Scoggins, Jaylene Allen the debate team. While at ETSU sage of condolence and view dren: Franklin Odom (Darlene), She is survived by her daugh- ter, Ginger Pierce and husband, and Pamela Wilson, who are cele- he and his fraternity brothers the Fields family guestbook at of Cleveland, and Lowell Odom brating birthdays today ... Roy chartered the first national frater- Mark Riddle Faulk Jr. Brian; her son, Wendell Watson www.ralphbuckner.com. (Jessica), of Fort Pierce, Fla.; Boring, who is celebrating his nity at ETSU. Mark Riddle Faulk Jr., 59, a grandchildren: Christy and wife, Tina; five grandchildren He received a master’s in busi- resident of Ocoee, passed away Washington (Joe) of Cleveland, who knew her as Mi-Mi: Josh 95th birthday today ... Carol ness at the University of during the early morning hours of Philip Odom (Melissa) of Pierce, Joby Pierce, Hunter Hoops, Karen Hood, Lydia Tennessee and was a graduate Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, Cleveland, and Eric Odom Watson, Ben Watson and Wendi Howard and Jackie Truelove, who of the Louisiana State when the storm passed through (Kara), of Fort Pierce, Fla.; five Watson; and great-grandchil- will celebrate birthdays Saturday. University's Executive Polk County. great-grandchildren; sister, dren: Caleb and Callie Pierce, Management School. He was employed with Knight Vivian McIntyre, of Kannapolis, Drake Pierce, Tatum and Huntlee Officials: Death toll He served in the U.S. Army Transport for seven years. N.C.; and brother, Charles Watson. during the Korean War in the He was preceded in death by James Gregory Hamilton, of Knoxville; and sev- She was a member of First 278th Regimental Combat Team his wife, Saundra Faulk; and his James Gregory, of Cleveland, eral nieces and nephews. Baptist Church of Cleveland for from storms rises and the 9th Infantry Division. father, Mark Riddle Faulk Sr. died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at The Remembrance of Life many years and also a member Upon graduation from college, he He is survived by his mother, his home. service will be conducted of Bellefount Baptist. to 4 in Tennessee began his working career as a Conchetta Rackley Faulk; two Survivors and arrangements Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at 1 She loved reading her Bible NASHVILLE (AP) — The and making chocolate gravy for high school football coach in children: John Christopher Faulk will be announced by Companion p.m. from the North Cleveland Tennessee Emergency Tennessee and Georgia. He later and wife, Cayla and Jason Corey Funeral Home. Church of God Dixon Chapel her grandchildren. Faulk and wife, Ashlee, all of She was a pioneer for women Management Agency says two taught accounting at Tennessee with Pastor Mark Williams and more deaths have been con- Wesleyan College and Lee Midway, Ga.; one grandchild, Ruth Lindsey officiating. in motorcycle racing. One of her University. James Allen Faulk; one sister, Interment will follow in the great accomplishments was firmed, for a total of four, in severe He went to work for Olin Tammy Darlene Faulk; and two Sunset Memorial Gardens with being featured on the cover of storms that hit the southeastern Corporation in 1962 as an stepchildren: Kira Chadwick and family and friends serving as American Motorcycling Magazine part of the state. accountant and retired 34 years Christopher Graves, both of casketbearers. in November of 1950 for riding on TEMA said in a statement later as corporate vice president, Cleveland. The family will receive friends a grease covered plank during a Thursday night that two deaths government relations responsible A memorial service will be Alma Hammontree from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on competition in Atlanta, Ga. Her were in Polk County and two were love of off road activities was for Olin's government relations in planned at a later date. Alma Sue Hammontree, 86, of Saturday at the North Cleveland in Meigs County. It says 11 people Ralph Buckner Funeral Home passed on to her children and all 50 states. He and Carolyn Cleveland, died Monday, Nov. Church of God Dixon Chapel. were injured in McMinn County and Crematory is in charge of the 28, 2016, at the family residence. grandchildren. loved to travel and visited all 50 In lieu of flowers, the family and one in Hamilton County. states and over 35 foreign coun- arrangements. There will be a private grave- requests that memorials be Josh Pierce, Joby Pierce, tries. We invite you to send a mes- side service at a later date. made to the Roy Earl and Nora Hunter Watson, Ben Watson, At least five tornadoes have He was a longtime member of sage of condolence and view the Ralph Buckner Funeral Home Hamilton Ministerial Scholarship Caleb Pierce and Ronnie Moore been confirmed in Polk, McMinn, Keith Memorial United Methodist Faulk family guestbook at and Crematory is in charge of the Fund at Lee University, 1120 N. will serve as pallbearers. Marion and Coffee counties. Church. He was a devoted sup- www.ralphbuckner.com. arrangements. Ocoee Street Cleveland, TN The family would like to give a Crews are still assessing damage porter of East Tennessee State 37311. special appreciation to her care in those and other counties, University and the University of The Jim Rush Funeral and takers Martha, Rhonda and Sue where more than two dozen for their loving commitment and Tennessee in Knoxville where his Cremation Services North homes were damaged. son created a football scholar- Ocoee Chapel has charge of the care. Visitation is planned for TEMA says crews are working ship in his name. He was an avid arrangements. to restore power to more than golfer and felt he was very fortu- You may share your memories Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, from 11 a.m. to noon at Companion 6,000 homes. www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, December 2, 2016— 3 FRIDAY
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Phone 472-5041 or fax 614-6529 LifestyLes [email protected] A desire named street cart: Red tape stifles NYC vendors NEW YORK (AP) — With a guy That could be changing. The Association, which represents she’s been doing it though, she’s selling pretzels and hot dogs on New York City Council is looking the city’s 72 business improve- already been fined $3,000. every other block, Manhattan at adopting legislation that ment districts. must seem to tourists like a would create 600 new food ven- New York City capped the Shangri-La for street food ven- dor permits each year for a number of food vending permits dors — a place where any entre- seven-year period, roughly dou- at around 4,200 in the early preneur willing to stand in bad bling the number of carts and 1980s after similar complaints weather for long hours can hus- trucks allowed on the street. from brick-and-mortar business- Dec. 3: College Hill School tle up a living. In reality, though, Street vendors and their advo- es about clogged sidewalks. Few New York’s food cart business is cates hail the legislation, which people lucky enough to have got- no picnic. has the support of the City ten permits in the 1980s have For decades, the city’s regula- Council’s speaker, as a much- willingly given them up. Instead, tory scheme has made it next to needed change to outdated rules they rent them to people like impossible to obtain a new per- they say have strangled entrepre- Huq, even though such arrange- mit to operate a food cart or neurship. ments are a violation of city truck. That’s locked thousands But others, like representa- rules. of vendors into a black-market tives of the city’s business Only a minuscule number of system where they are forced to improvement districts, say there permits become available in any pay huge amounts to “rent” one are already too many carts in given year, roughly 50, according of the city’s roughly 4,200 exist- AP photo prime locations as it is now. They to the city. A waiting list that was ing permits from do-nothing IN THIS PHOTO Mohammed Shaheedul Huq serves a customer want any increase in the number opened in 2007 with 2,500 spots middlemen. Or else, they can from his food cart in the Brooklyn borough of New York. For decades, of permits to only follow after still has about 1,700 people on it. risk hefty fines by operating ille- the city's regulatory scheme has made it next to impossible to obtain systematic enforcement of exist- Thousands more vendors set gally. a new permit to operate a food cart or truck. Unable to get a permit ing rules. up shop without any permit, Unable to get a permit of his of his own, Huq paid $18,000 upfront to lease one from a man who “If you lift the cap on the num- though they run a risk of steep ©2015 own, Mohammed Shaheedul pays the city just $200 every two years for the license. ber of vendors without doing fines. JEWELERS Huq, who operates a cart in anything else, it’s not like 600 Delmy Zelaya, who runs a cart downtown Brooklyn, paid “I have no choice,” said Huq, posed to not sell it to me. 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They did not say whether they their first look at what remains of than they are about their people,” believe anyone else is still miss- their homes and businesses in he said. ing or may have died. Gatlinburg after a wildfire tore In Pigeon Forge, the Comedy The mayor said the searches through the resort community in House rented an electronic bill- were winding down and should the eastern Tennessee moun- board message that said it was be completed Friday. tains, killing 11 people and dam- open. A hotel flyer urged guests Nearly 24 hours of rain fell aging hundreds of homes and to check out the scenic Cades Wednesday and helped dampen businesses. Cove loop: “Take a drive and the wildfires. But fire officials Local officials, bowing to pres- remember what you love about struck a cautious tone, saying sure from frustrated property the Smokies!” people shouldn’t have a false owners, said they will allow peo- Dollywood, the amusement sense of security because months ple back into most parts of the park named after Parton, will of drought have left the ground city and affected parts of the reopen Friday afternoon after it bone-dry and wildfires can rekin- county for the first time Friday was spared any damage. dle. beginning at 10 a.m. “Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and The trouble began Monday Residents have to pass through Sevier County is open for busi- when a wildfire, likely caused by a checkpoint and must show ness,” Sevier County Mayor Larry a person, spread from the Great some proof of ownership or resi- Waters said Thursday. “We want Smoky Mountains National Park dency, Gatlinburg City Manager people to know that they can visit into the Gatlinburg area as hurri- Cindy Cameron Ogle said. these areas ... and we encourage cane-force winds toppled trees “The city is not implying that them to do that.” and power lines, blowing embers private property is safe,” she said. The Associated Press was in all directions. Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP “People may encounter downed allowed exclusive access into the “We had trees going down ChArred hoMe and cars sit on a property, while a neighbor's home, background, is undamaged powerlines or other hazards.” Great Smoky Mountains National everywhere, power lines, all those Thursday in Gatlinburg. A devastating wildfire destroyed numerous homes and buildings on Monday. Among those anxiously waiting Park on Thursday. A forest of power lines were just like lighting to return was Tracy Mayberry. He bare trees standing amid a a match because of the extreme forced to evacuate, and the typi- Werner said. “We’re gonna be continues. Agents from the and his wife, 12-year-old son and scorched landscape could be drought conditions. So we went cally bustling tourist city has back better than ever. Just be Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, five dogs have bounced between seen along with fire crews sawing from nothing to over 20-plus been shuttered ever since. At patient.” Firearms and Explosives are hotels since they were forced to up a tree stump. structure fires in a matter of min- least 700 buildings in the county Great Smoky Mountains helping investigate the cause. evacuate their rental home In Gatlinburg, the center of the utes. And that grew and that were damaged. National Park Superintendent About 10,000 acres, or 15 Monday night. They were strug- devastation, officials there hope grew and that grew,” Gatlinburg “Gatlinburg is the people, Cassius Cash has said the fires square miles, burned inside the gling to find a place to stay to open the city’s main roads to Fire Chief Greg Miller said. that’s what Gatlinburg is. It’s not were “likely to be human-caused” country’s most visited national Thursday as many lodges began the public by Wednesday. More than 14,000 residents the buildings, it’s not the stuff in but he has refused to elaborate, park. Another 6,000 acres were to discontinue the special rates Authorities said after following and visitors in Gatlinburg were the buildings,” Mayor Mike saying only that the investigation scorched outside of the park. School bus driver declines interview in fatal crash probe NASHVILLE (AP) — The driver immediately in Chattanooga and in a Chattanooga school bus across the country for Durham wreck that killed six children by the end of next year. last week has declined to be The company will also install interviewed by federal crash cameras in all buses that record investigators on advice of his the driver and the road each lawyer, the National time they sense unusual driv- Transportation Safety Board ing. They’ll be installed on said Thursday. Chattanooga buses by the end of The NTSB has filed subpoenas the year and on all buses within to obtain 24-year-old driver the next two years. Johnthony Walker’s medical and Duke said the company’s own mental health history. investigation into the accident is Investigators are also seeking ongoing. his cellphone records and The Hamilton County school employment details from his district last week released a cor- second job with Amazon. The respondence from students, agency’s final report is expected parents and administrators to be presented within 18 raising concerns about Walker’s Photos courtesy Bradley County Sheriff’s office months. behavior behind the wheel of the A CereMoNY WAS heLd at Waterville Elementary School to honor fifth-graders who completed the DARE program which was taught The six children died on Nov. bus in the weeks before the by School Resource Officer and Deputy Kolby Duckett. Each student submitted an essay at the conclusion of the program, and the best 21 after the bus carrying 37 stu- crash. essay was chosen from each of the four classes. The best essay winners were Layla Rogers, Matthew Rogers, Cameron Achata, and Abella dents hit a mailbox and utility Duke told a Chattanooga Mullins. These students read pole, rolled onto its side and newspaper that his company their essays during the ceremo- then crashed into a tree. searched its email database and ny, and were presented a medal Walker’s attorney, Amanda only found a handful of com- and certificate from Bradley Dunn, has said she expects him plaints. After someone com- County Sheriff Eric Watson, to plead not guilty if a grand plained Walker had been speed- Principal Jennifer Huskins, and jury indicts him for vehicular ing, the company checked GPS Duckett. Front row, from left, are homicide. data on the bus and found that Walker was working for school it wasn’t the case, Duke said. Sgt. Mitchell Roe, Duckett, essay bus contactor Durham School “We can only act on what we winners Layla Rogers, Matthew Services, which is paying his know and what’s before us,” Rogers, Cameron Achata and legal bills. Duke told the paper. Abella Mullins. In back are Durham CEO David A. Duke Duke has said the company is Watson, Bradley County School said in a video released cooperating with law enforce- Board Member Amanda Lee, Thursday that the company is ment and federal crash investi- Darren the Lion, Huskins, making multimillion-dollar safe- gators. That cooperation pledge Bradley County Mayor D. Gary ty changes after the crash. doesn’t extend to Walker, for Davis, Bradley County School Duke said Durham will put in whom the company has hired Board Member Jerry Frazier, and place a nationwide complaint his own independent lawyer. management system where “We are not privy to the advice Lt. Julie Quinn. teachers and administrators can that the counsel is providing Mr. report specific issues with driv- Walker,” Durham spokeswoman ers and buses. It will be online Molly Hart said.
THE MARKET IN REVIEW DAILY NASDAQ DAILY DOW JONES MONEY RATES CURRENCIES Last Pvs Wk Day Ago Pvs Day Nasdaq composite 5,440 Dow Jones industrials 19,240 Prime Rate 3.50 3.50 Australia 1.3490 1.3533 Discount Rate 1.00 1.00 Britain 1.2579 1.2512 Close: 5,251.11 5,320 Close: 19,191.93 19,040 Federal Funds Rate .25-.50 .25-.50 Canada 1.3326 1.3421 Change: -72.57 (-1.4%) Change: 68.35 (0.4%) Treasuries Euro .9394 .9435 1.90 1.83 Japan 114.04 114.22 5,200 10 DAYS 18,840 10 DAYS 5-year 5,400 19,500 10-year 2.45 2.35 Mexico 20.7392 20.5270 30-year 3.11 3.02 Switzerlnd 1.0121 1.0162 19,000 Gold (troy oz.,NY Merc spot) $1166.90 $1189.10 British pound expressed in U.S. dollars. All others Silver (troy oz., NY Merc spot) $16.427 $16.383 show dollar in foreign currency. 5,100 18,500
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Source: Morningstar. www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financial Advisor 2080 Chambliss 3858 Candies 112 Stuart Financial Advisor 3575 Keith Edward ones 230 1596 Clingan Ave. NW, Creek Ln. Rd. NE, 1053 Peerless St. NW J N. Ocoee St. Ridge Dr. Suite 1 Suite C Farmland Corner Crossing Suite 201 MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING 476-9143 476-0162 472-6814 476-3320 476-4325 339-2885 476-0190 www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, December 2, 2016— 5 Trump’s ‘Thank you’ tour gets off to boisterous start CINCINNATI (AP) — Donald the stage. Monday, so he jokingly warned bered his general election foe by of a victory tour just days after business victories to come. Trump returned to his campaign Trump’s first stop on this the Cincinnati crowd to “not tell joking, “We had fun fighting winning the election but has Some questions remain about roots Thursday in his first major “Thank you” tour to salute his anyone.” Hillary, didn’t we?” He boasted instead prioritized filling Cabinet the extent of the victory at Carrier, public appearance since Election supporters was in Ohio and, ever The raucous rallies during the about size of his victory and positions. He is also expected to which announced this week that Day, resembling the pugnacious, the showman, he made the sur- Trump campaign road show often repeatedly bashed the media. hold rallies in Pennsylvania, it will keep an Indianapolis plant brawling campaigner more than prise announcement that he will had the feel of a rock concert, and Protesters briefly interrupted the Florida, North Carolina and open. In February, the heating the traditional president-to-be as be offering the post of Defense Thursday night in Cincinnati had proceedings. And the crowd Michigan in the coming weeks, and air conditioning company he held court in front of thou- Secretary to retired Marine Corps all the hallmarks of a reunion chanted “Build the Wall” and though details have yet to be said it would shut the plant and sands of adoring fans — and even Gen. James Mattis. Trump said tour: Trump took a veiled swipe at “Lock Her Up.” announced. His supporters were send jobs to Mexico, and video of announced a Cabinet pick from he was supposed to unveil that fellow Republicans. He remem- The president-elect had eased thrilled that he had hit the road angry workers being informed up on those campaign promises again. about the decision soon went recently, suggesting the U.S.- “That he wants to do this, to viral. Mexico border wall could be part- take time out of his schedule to fly “Companies are not going to fence and indicating no willing- out here and personally thank the leave the United States anymore ness to pursue criminal charges people ... shows what kind of man without consequences. It’s not against Democratic opponent he is,” said Josh Kanowitz, 43. going to happen. It’s simply not Hillary Clinton. “He’s one of us.” going to happen,” Trump said to Perhaps befitting an encore But while Kanowitz largely workers at the Indianapolis plant. presentation, the downtown praised Trump’s initial moves as During the campaign, Trump arena that Trump packed in president-elect, he visibly recoiled had often pointed to the Indiana October — drawing a crowd that at the suggestion that he might plant’s moving plans as a result of was one of the loudest of the cam- pick Mitt Romney as secretary of poor Obama administration poli- paign — was only about half-full tate, saying the 2012 Republican cies, and he pledged to revive U.S. Thursday night. But the thou- presidential nominee was “some- manufacturing. Officials said this sands who were there cheered one we should leave behind as we week that Carrier had agreed to Trump as he declared to restore move forward.” keep some 800 union jobs at the American to greatness, saying, Others at the rally also plant. “Now is not the time to downsize expressed some hesitancy at Seth Martin, a spokesman for our dreams.” Trump’s picks, with a few sug- Carrier, said Indiana offered the “Never again will anyone’s gesting that choosing former air conditioning and furnace interests come before the inter- Goldman Sachs partner Steven manufacturer $7 million in tax ests of the American people. It’s Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary incentives after negotiations with not going to happen,” Trump was not exactly fulfilling Trump’s Trump’s team to keep some jobs thundered. “The old rules no campaign promise to “Drain the in the state. longer apply. Anything we want Swamp” and eliminate corruption for our country is now possible.” and elitism from Washington. AP Photo/evan Vucci Trump did nothing to downplay But most were inclined to give President-eleCt Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence talk to workers during a visit expectations before he takes the president-elect the benefit of Join Treehouse Fairies to a Carrier factory Thursday in Indianapolis, Ind. office, declaring that “America will the doubt. at the Museum for the start winning again, big league.” “He’s a businessman. He’ll pick “Enchanted Fairy Much like he did during the talented people to work for him Event” just for kids! stretch run of the campaign, he and then keep them in line,” said Tempers flare as campaign read from teleprompters, but he Jaime Bollmer, a 28-year-old Sunday, December 4 was bombastic as ever, spending teacher from Lockland, Ohio. 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. more than a dozen minutes brag- “He’s a leader. That’s what leaders ging about his victory before out- do.” aides assess still-raw 2016 race lining his economic plan. The rally in Cincinnati was the He boasted about his wins in second stop on a victory lap CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Midwest states that normally vote through the Midwest on Tempers flared and political Democratic, declaring he didn’t Thursday, coming hours after fault-lines were inflamed, as just “break the blue wall, we shat- Trump saluted workers, owners aides to Donald Trump and tered it.” He veered off-script to and himself at a Carrier plant in Hillary Clinton gathered for make fun of a protester, saying Indiana. There he declared that a (423) 339-5745 their first meeting since she was being ejected from the deal to keep a local plant open 200 Inman St E Cleveland Election Day. arena so “she could go back to instead of moving operations to www.museumcenter.org Every four years since 1972, Mommy.” He repeated his recent Mexico was only the first of many top presidential campaign aides threat that, despite Constitutional have met for a polite discussion protections, “if people burn the of the fierce battle they just American flag, there should be SUITS $ 00 waged. consequences.” And he repeated HEMMED SUITS 99 UP Not so this year. many of his signature campaign WHILE YOU Big & Tall Also After an election that left the promises, including a pledge to WAIT political world spiraling, this “construct a great wall at the bor- year’s gathering at the Harvard der.” University’s Institute of Politics And he stunned his own aides felt an awful lot like group ther- when he announced the Mattis apy — or a knife fight. Stony- pick from the stage. Mattis, nick- faced campaign aides heckled named “Mad Dog,” is considered www.hixonsfashions.com pollsters, jeered top media exec- AP Photo/Charles Krupa one of the foremost strategic Bradley Square Mall • 479-4545 utives and traded shouted KellyAnne ConwAy, the campaign manager for Donald thinkers of his generation but to charges of racism, sexism and Trump, left, looks towards Robby Mook, the campaign manager for gain confirmation as Pentagon Est. 1948 Your Tuxedo Rental Headquarters fear-mongering. Hillary Clinton, prior to a forum at Harvard University's Kennedy chief, he would need Congress to “Let’s be honest, don’t act as School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday. waive a requirement that a if you have some popular man- defense secretary be a civilian for date for your message,” said simultaneously on all three of factors — just a few self- at least seven years before taking Hillary Clinton’s chief strate- cable news networks. inflicted. Aides argued that FBI up the post. gist, Joel Benenson, citing At a panel on the media’s role director James Comey’s investi- Mattis retired as chief of U.S. Clinton’s more than 2 million- GIFT in the election, top GOP cam- gation, media coverage, the Central Command in 2013 after GLASS ACT CERTIFICATES vote lead in the popular vote. paign managers heckled CNN’s hacking of Democratic email serving more than four decades in WINDOW TINTING AVAILABLE “Hey guys, we won,” Kellyanne Jeff Zucker after the network accounts, gender bias and even the Marine Corps. There is no Conway, Donald Trump’s for- president claimed that other Clinton’s personal penchant for sense of strong opposition to his • Automotive • Residential • Commercial mer campaign manager, shot candidates turned down inter- privacy and policy were to nomination in Congress. Give The Gift Of Health • Comfort • Security With back. She later added: view requests. blame for her defeat. They Trump, who has long spoken of A Great Looking Window Tint! “Hashtag: he’s your president. “I don’t remember being accused Trump’s team of ped- feeding off the energy of his rau- How about that?” asked to call in,” shouted for- dling lies on social media and cous crowds, first floated the idea 1407 Jones Ave. ( B e h i n d D a r i - K r e m e ) 478-3005 Here were some of the mer Carly Fiorina campaign alt-right websites. exchanges: manager Sarah Isgur Flores, “I don’t think you guys give —- arguing that the cable news yourself enough credit for the LET TRUMP BE TRUMP shows would demand other negative campaign you ran,” Trump’s aides defended his candidates show up at a studio said strategist Mandy controversial statements, while letting Trump phone in. Grunwald, pointing to Trump’s Cleveland Daily Banner including his recent comments “You showed empty podi- historic negative ratings and his about criminalizing flag-burn- ums,” shouted Todd Harris, team’s trafficking in conserva- ing, a Muslim travel ban and who worked on Florida Sen. tive media. “There was a very his racial comments about a Marco Rubio’s campaign. impressive gassing of her.” Christmas! federal judge overseeing class- Zucker stood his ground: “I Palmieri said her only strate- action lawsuits against Trump understand that emotions con- gic regret was not pushing for a University. tinue to run high. That is not fourth debate, arguing that Gift Certificates “I think the American people cable news’ fault and that is not Clinton was strongest when she agree with him that burning the CNN’s fault.” faced off on a stage with Trump. flag is wrong,” said former —- Mook admitted he regretted not Trump campaign manager TRUMP’S CRITIQUE putting more staff in Michigan, Corey Lewandowski, who was Trump’s campaign argued a state her team lost narrowly. fired in June. “I don’t care what that Clinton should have simply But said Grunwald, dismissing the Supreme Court has said.” released all her emails to the many of the post-game analysis, Besides, they argued, there public, nullifying some of their “it’s all theoretic.” was little they could do to attacks. Instead, Trump’s —- change the mind of a political deputy campaign manager A NEW RULEBOOK? novice who’d just bested a pri- David Bossie said her team Strategists on both sides of mary slate of well-known “used the old Clinton playbook” the aisle were struggling with a Republican politicians. by fighting off lawsuits asking big question in the post-Trump Clinton’s team said they to make her correspondence world: Do the time-worn tactics didn’t regret their responses to public. of political campaigns still T ! Trump’s racist and sexist “Is that the playbook you apply? Trump won, according to h e g remarks, saying they were some used on taxes?” asked cam- his aides, not by issuing serious g v i n of their proudest moments in paign manager Robby Mook, policy plans or establishing an i ft g i the race. “I would rather lose citing Trump’s decision not to extensive political machine but t h a t k e e p s o n than win the way you guys did,” release his tax returns. Bossie through “branding.” said Palmieri, her voice shak- shot back: “It was a winning “You guys took Donald Trump ing. playbook, I guess.” so literally and the American “Do you think I ran a cam- Trump’s staff argued that public didn’t,” Lewandowski Home or Business Delivery & paign where white supremacists Clinton simply didn’t work for said. had a platform?” Conway it, citing their more active travel Clinton’s campaign, saddled Our New On-Line Edition asked. schedule coming out of the with a policy wonk candidate, —- national conventions, and failed felt penalized for playing by the MEDIA ANGST to motivate women voters old rules. “This was the first Top Trump staffers cited the despite her historic role as the sort of post-factual campaign 12 Month Subscription $75.00 billionaire businessman’s first female major party nomi- and I think you were punished “innate understanding” of the nee. 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Phone 472-5041 or fax 614--6529 Religion e-mail: [email protected] ChurCh [email protected] ‘Mr. Piano Man’ to be Rough day or blessed day? — A matter of attitude in concert Dec. 8 at It was so good to have my around after Terry checked And don’t try to convince me son and his goddaughter, Ella, Lifelines out, I managed to get to the that come to Cleveland during house, thanks to Shanna There’s something good in Charleston 1st Baptist Thanksgiving week. Ella went Weekes, call the number, Terry every day to Chattanooga to spend a picked up his car at the Because, when you take a couple of days with her family Bettie church, and picked me up to closer look, Pianist Jeff Stice will be in Marlowe concert on Dec. 8, 7 p.m., at and Terry and I prepared din- go back to the hospital to meet This world is a pretty evil Charleston First Baptist ner for some friends and fellow the service truck — finally all place. Church. church members. was well again. And I made it Even if Stice, who is known as “Mr. He planned to stay until the signs for the next couple of on time for evening church Some goodness does shine Piano Man,” has received both weekend so he could attend days since he has a history of service, even going by for a through once in a while Grammy and Dove Award nomi- church services Sunday morn- heart attacks. It was recom- couple of ladies at the Towers. Satisfaction and happiness nations. He has received the ing and leave for North mended he stay overnight, but He was five hours late in don’t last. Musician of the Year award five Carolina afterward. Somehow, after more than three hours, leaving for North Carolina — And it’s not true that years in a row from The Singing it didn’t turn out that way. he was ready to leave. determined to go — but when It’s all in the mind and heart News Magazine. This year he When he got to church late, Before he checked out, I was he called at 1 a.m., he was OK Because was named AGM Musician of the it was to grab my purse and ready to leave, also. But my — and then, so was I. True happiness can be Year. sweater (and me), telling me to car was dead. I had neglected Looking back — as I told the obtained For four years, Stice played drive to the emergency room. to turn off the flashers. Since events to my co-worker Only if one’s surroundings for the Blackwood Brothers. He He was having the signs of a all my doors would not unlock, William Wright — he reminded are good then moved on to the Rex Nelon heart attack — like the first the only way to get the jumper me what a good day I had. It’s not true that good exists Singer. In 1990, he helped form time four years ago. His blood cables was to climb over the Terry didn’t have a heart I’m sure you can agree that Perfect Heart. In 2002 he helped pressure was out of sight, he rear seats to the storage com- attack, my car revived, we had The reality put together the Triumphant had chest pains and indiges- partment. Then, there was no good Thanksgiving leftovers Creates Quartet for the Louise Mandrell tion, he was trembling ... and one available to use them. for lunch at 5 p.m., and he My attitude theater in Pigeon Forge. He with the emergency flashers Since I have 100,000-mile made it home OK. That was a It’s all beyond my control arranged, played and produced Jeff Stice on, my car headed for the ER. road service, I wasn’t too wor- blessed day! And you’ll never in a million The church was praying. ried, but the number I was This whole episode reminds years hear me say that music for 12 years. He also three months. During this pro- played in Mandrell’s orchestra. Tests were run and it was supposed to call was at home me of a poem I was sent once: Today was a good day gram, he had a personal experi- determined he was not having in my desk. (How smart is In 2014, Stice enrolled in an ence that launched him into his intense discipleship program for a heart attack, but was that?) Today was the absolute (Now read from bottom to solo career. reminded to be alert for any But with some maneuvering worst day ever top.) “While sitting on a picnic table by a creek one afternoon, I felt Wolfe to lead Blue God’s arms wrap around me. He drew me close and reminded me Springs Community that he loved me unconditional- Church revival ly and that He had given me a ‘Gloria Live: An Intimate Christmas Celebration’ set Dec. 11 gift to share … the gift of Grace. Eddie James Ministries invites .com/glorialive. Production filled with music, adults who break down walls of Kenneth Wolfe will be the For 46 years I had known about all to be part of his Intimate Since seating is limited, regis- dance, and spoken word. addiction, abuse and disfunc- speaker for revival services God, but now I know how to BE C h r i s t m a s tering will guarantee VIP seating. James said, “This event is sure tion, lives are transformed!.” tonight and Friday at 7, at Blue with God. So now I have a testi- Celebration on Non-registered seating will open to ignite your Christmas season The International Ministry Springs Community Church. mony to share and I have a new Sunday, Dec. at 6:30pm. with joy.” headquarters were recently The church is located at 4832 song to play, as I start a new 11, at River “The birth of Christ was glori- He said special guests: moved to Ocoee. Blue Springs S.W. in the old Blue chapter for my life,” Stice said. Hills Church, ous. Angels declared it, shep- Ultimate Call, Scribe, TAB, “We are excited to be a part of Springs School gym. Stice is now doing piano con- 813 Hwy 64, in herds believed it, and wise men Omega and others will “release a celebrating this season as a com- On Saturday at 5 p.m., a Revive certs, producing projects for Ocoee. traveled from a far because of it. great celebration.” munity,” he said. Us Again benefit concert will be groups, soloists and other musi- Doors will We are saved as a result of it. Eddie James Ministries has held featuring Dallas Rogers cians. open at 6 p.m. Gloria Live Christmas Production spanned the globe bringing hope, Ministries, Harley Madden and Charleston First Baptist for registered will be a celebration in honor of freedom and change through Meadow Lane. Church is located at 338 Market VIP guests. the Glorious Birth of Christ,” music and fine arts for more The public is invited to partici- St. N.E. 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NATIONAL BRIEFS Israel’s Iron Dome The Bible and The Iron Dome is an imag- Current Events inary ceiling over Israel to Shoe bomber says he The state Department of The measure provides Exelon the Jacksonville building, unbe- protect her. The system is Clyne W. Transportation said the south- with $235 million a year as a known to the suspect, made a designed to intercept and Buxton can’t pay $250,000 fine bound lanes were shut down reward for the carbon-free energy run for it, distracting the man. destroy rockets and artillery BOSTON (AP) — The British after the accident. One lane of the its nuclear reactors produce — a SWAT team members stormed shells fired from distances of man sentenced to life in prison highway was reopened at about 8 prize Exelon argued it was just as the credit union and put them- 2.5 miles to 170 miles away for trying to detonate explosives defense system. p.m. Thursday. entitled to as the “clean” energy selves between the gunman and and whose trajectory would in his shoe on a trans-Atlantic The Iron Dome, named by producing wind and solar indus- the 11 hostages, ending a two- take them to a populated flight in 2001 says he can’t afford Brooklyn raid yields more than an Israeli colonial and his tries. hour standoff, said Jacksonville area. the $250,000 fine that was part $10M in fake smartphones Without the money — financed Sheriff Mike Williams. wife, operates day and night, of his sentence. NEW YORK (AP) — Police in Israel is surrounded by under all weather conditions, by an increase in electric rates — “We were able to take him into countries who hate her. Richard Reid has asked a fed- New York City raided two ware- the company threatened to close custody and save the lives of and can respond to multiple eral judge in Boston to declare houses in Brooklyn that yielded There is Lebanon on the threats simultaneously. nuclear plants in Clinton and the those hostages,” Williams said north who has often fired him bankrupt. three arrests and the seizure of Quad Cities during the next 18 Thursday, about an hour after Each launcher, containing The Boston Herald reports more than $10 million worth of rockets at her. Syria on the 20 interceptors, is independ- months. That would threaten the hostage ordeal had ended. north and east is always an that the 43-year-old Reid writes: counterfeit electronics. reliability, in a state with more “We were not only able to resolve ently deployed and operated “I am not now, nor will I — I Authorities say Thursday avowed enemy. remotely via a secure wireless nuclear power reactors — 11 — it, but resolve it peacefully.” Jordan, also on the east, is believe — ever be, able to pay this night’s bust was the culmination than most, proponents said. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s connection. Each launcher is fine.” of a nine-month investigation not as violently opposed as capable of protecting a large Deputy checking armed Office identified the suspect on some of the other countries. Reid contacted Judge William launched in response to a string social media as 23-year-old urban area. Young after receiving notice last of suspicious packages that disturbance report kills suspect Then there is Egypt on the The cost of the interceptor Nicholas Daquan Humphrey, of south who in the past has month reminding him the pay- started trickling through customs DOVER, Ark. (AP) — A north- Tampa. He was charged missile used by the Dome ment is past due. at John F. Kennedy International ern Arkansas sheriff’s deputy attacked her. launchers is expensive — Thursday evening with one count Of course, there is Gaza on Young on Thursday told prose- Airport. shot and killed a suspect after a of armed robbery and 13 counts $20,000 or more each — and cutors they have until Dec. 16 to Police and federal agents with report of an armed disturbance the west who has lobbed when many are fired during a of kidnapping. Jail records didn’t more than 10,000 rockets respond to Reid’s request to have Homeland Security Investigations led to what investigators list an attorney for Humphrey. barrage from the enemy, the the fine forgiven. and U.S. Customs recovered described as an armed confronta- and artillery shells into cost is exorbitant. However, Reid tried to set off the bomb 31,000 fake Apple and Samsung tion. Woman found in storage Israel, saying “Israel will exist Israel says the Iron Dome on a Paris-to-Miami American phones from the two buildings, The incident happened shortly container sues serial killer and will continue to exist intercepts only rockets deter- Airlines flight. The plane was along with $71,000 in cash. after 3 p.m. Thursday in a rural SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — until Islam will obliterate it.” mined a threat, and that the diverted to Boston. Three men — ages 23, 24 and area about three miles southeast A woman who police say was Nonetheless, the Iron lives saved and the strategic Dome is a marvelous system NYPD plans to expand Smart 27 — were taken into police cus- of Dover, about 65 miles north- chained in a storage container impact are worth the cost. tody and charges are pending. west of Little Rock. Arkansas for two months by a man and is 90 percent effective in Where does all of this leave car fleet to replace scooters The identities of the suspects State Police spokesman Bill charged with killing seven peo- destroying rockets and Israel — the Holy Land? NEW YORK (AP) — The New haven’t been released. Sadler says deputies dispatched ple is suing her alleged captor. artillery shells before they (Israel frowns at the term York City Police Department has NYPD Assistant Chief Brian to rural home were confronted on The woman filed suit reach populated areas in Palestine, saying it is a fabri- announced plans to expand its McCarthy says the bogus smart- arrival by an armed man. When Wednesday in Spartanburg Israel. cation of the press and the fleet of Smart cars to replace the phone ring was operated as a the deputies ordered the man to County, where authorities say The Dome became opera- Arabs.) What does the Bible three-wheeled scooters that offi- joint partnership involving multi- drop the gun, he instead moved Todd Kohlhepp kidnapped the tional in early 2011 and was say about the permanence of cers utilized for decades. ple locations. to cover and began firing toward woman Aug. 31 after talking to deployed near the biblical city Israel and their staying in the The New York Times reports New judge sets Dec. 12 hearing the deputies. her and her boyfriend about hir- of Beersheba. The next Holy Land? the NYPD is among the first pub- Sadler says at least one deputy ing them to clean up his proper- month the system success- We know that ultimately lic safety organizations in the on Ohio cop shooting retrial returned fire and wounded the ty. fully interrupted a Grad rock- the Jews will live in peace in world to introduce the cars, with CINCINNATI (AP) — The new man, who died later at a hospital Deputies say Kohlhepp fatally et launched from Gaza. the Holy Land, for the prom- 150 vehicles already in service. judge in the case has scheduled a in nearby Russellville. shot her boyfriend that day, On Nov. 19, 2012, after ise is repeated numerous The department has contracted Dec. 12 hearing to discuss plans None of the deputies were then locked the woman in the 400 rockets had been inter- times in the Bible. When will to add at least 75 more Smart for the retrial of a white former injured. The Pope County container, where deputies even- cepted earlier, reporter Mark this time come? In God’s cars, which are made by German University of Cincinnati police Sheriff’s Department has asked tually found her. Thompson wrote that while time. automaker Daimler AG. officer charged with killing a state police to investigate. The lawsuit seeks unspecified these numbers were impossi- Will they ever be driven out black motorist during a traffic In addition to being described Police have video of delivery of damages from Kohlhepp for ble to confirm the “lack of of the Holy Land? It doesn’t as more approachable by civil- stop. intentional infliction of emotion- Israeli casualties suggests seem so. The Word says they ians, the vehicles are said to be Hamilton County Common Philadelphia makeshift bomb al distress, false imprisonment, Iron Dome is the most effec- would return to the land safer, cheaper and easier to oper- Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz (GIHZ) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A assault and battery. tive, most tested missile twice and that has already ate than the scooters. And unlike was selected this week to preside package that blew up when a Court records didn’t list a shield the world has ever happened. The first return the scooter, the Smart car goes over the retrial of Ray Tensing on man opened it contained a lawyer for Kohlhepp. seen.” was after the Babylonian cap- fast enough for highway travel. murder and voluntary homemade explosive, and police The Associated Press isn’t The cost of the Dome is tivity and the second was NYPD officials have empha- manslaughter charges in the July have video of the person who naming the woman because the quite expensive. Earlier, when they became a nation sized that the Smart car is still 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose. dropped it off, authorities said suspect is a sex offender, though President Obama signed a in 1948. seen more as a scooter than a A key issue will be Prosecutor Thursday. authorities haven’t said whether bill granting an additional God promised the Holy squad car. Joe Deters’ (DEE’turz) effort to Police Commissioner Richard she was sexually assaulted. $225 million dollars to Land to Abraham and repeat- move the retrial out of the Ross cautioned that the person Dead man found in SUV that had Feds to appeal ruling that blocks expand the project, bringing ed the promise to Isaac, Cincinnati area. Deters has said in the video might not necessar- the total of U.S. involvement Jacob, David, and others — pile of parking tickets on it jurors in the first trial were fear- ily be the one who manufactured expansion of overtime pay and God does not lie. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) in the effort since inception to ful of being identified amid com- the device that exploded when AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The nearly one billion dollars. — A South Florida woman says munity pressure. 60-year-old James Alden opened Obama administration says it (Column 3 of a series on the she peeked inside an SUV with a Besides, Israel has spent The first trial judge, Megan it Nov. 22 at his home in the will challenge a federal court’s multiplied millions on the Holy Land) stack of parking citations on the Shanahan, recused herself city’s tony Rittenhouse Square decision to block implementa- windshield and saw the body of a Monday. She declared a mistrial neighborhood. Alden assumed tion of a regulation that would man slumped over the center Nov. 12 because of a hung jury. the package, which was dropped make an estimated 4 million console. Aggressive passenger sends off Nov. 20, contained asthma more higher-earning workers Carolyn White tells the inhalers. eligible for overtime pay. SunSentinel she wonders why a NYC-bound plane back to Honolulu Police believe the person in The U.S. Labor Department parking meter attendant didn’t HONOLULU (AP) — A New York the video is male but said they filed a notice of appeal CHURCH ACTIVITIES see 62-year-old Jacob Morpeau if City-bound flight returned to can’t be completely certain. Still Thursday, the same day the he was inside the vehicle when Honolulu after a passenger who photos from the video show a administration’s rule had been the citations were written from had been drinking allegedly person wearing what investiga- set to take effect nationwide. Nov. 12 to Nov. 15, the day his threatened to kill his girlfriend, tors described as an Elmer Twenty-one states sued to Solid Rock Baptist Church, ——— body was found. her children, passengers and Fudd-type hat, with the flaps block the rule, arguing it would 4975 U.S. 11 South, Calhoun, The Jordan Family from The newspaper reports an crewmembers, the FBI said. down, and a baseball cap under- unduly burden the public and will have its Christmas pla,y Calhoun, Ga., will be at Ball assistant clerk confirmed that According to an FBI affidavit, neath. The person’s age could private sectors. “Time,” Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Play Baptist Church in Old Fort, the city dismissed $160 in park- James August allegedly slapped range from late teens to early Last week, a federal judge in ——— Sunday at 11 a.m. It is also ing fees “due to extenuating cir- a female flight attendant’s shoul- 30s. Texas issued an injunction sus- Gum Spring Baptist Church Friends and Family Day. cumstances.” der and threatened his girlfriend. Alden said this week that he’s pending it to allow for further will have a Christmas play, ——— The medical examiner’s office The captain of Tuesday’s still healing from shrapnel scrutiny. “Generation Gap,” Sunday at 6 The Rev. James Scott will says Morpeau died of natural Hawaiian Airlines Flight No. 50 wounds to his face, chest and The lead plaintiff is Nevada p.m. minister at Community Hall, causes. decided to turn the plane around arms and faces additional sur- Attorney General Adam Laxalt, ——— 1305 6th St., Sunday at 11 a.m. Son Alain Danier says his for the safety of occupants, the geries to repair his badly dam- who’s a frequent critic of what The Dove Quartet will sing at ——— father last spoke with friends court document said. aged left hand. he calls Obama administration Hampton Drive Baptist Church, Sunrise Baptist Church Trouble started before the Sunday at 11 a.m. Lunch will be Youth Sunday will be held around 8 p.m. Nov. 11. 1 dead, 11 injured after Texas overreach. Texas, which has Cops: Man who streamed drive, flight took off from Honolulu sued the Obama administration served after the service. There Sunday at 11 a.m. Special International Airport when a cry- school van rear-ended will be no Sunday school or music by the “One Man crashed has suspended license nearly 50 times, is also a plain- ing 11-year-old boy told a flight TRINITY, Texas (AP) — A 7- tiff. evening service. Quartet” Chris Smith. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — attendant “can you please just year-old girl died Thursday after Police say a Rhode Island man keep him away from us?” the a school van that had stopped to who streamed himself on document said. August’s girl- pick up children was rear-ended Facebook Live driving 114 mph friend and her three children by a truck on a rural East Texas before crashing into a garbage refused to return to their seats in highway, officials said, and 10 CHURCH DIRECTORY truck and a concrete barrier was the same row as him. students and the van driver were driving with a suspended license. A passenger told the FBI injured. Serving Cleveland for State police say 20-year-old August had been drinking before The Trinity County Sheriff’s over 175 years Farmland Community Church Onasi Olio-Rojas, of Pawtucket, the flight. The affidavit says he Office identified the child on its lost control Wednesday on U.S. tried to order more alcohol and Facebook page as Journey 1675 Greendale Drive, Cleveland, TN 37323 Route 6 in Providence. drank some alcohol he personal- Magness, daughter of Deputy Sanctuary - Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship Service 10 AM The video posted on Olio-Rojas’ ly brought onto the plane. David Magness. Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Facebook page shows him driving During the meal service, the Authorities in Trinity County, Fellowship Hall - Informal Worship - 8:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Office Phone: 473-9891 114 mph and weaving through girlfriend’s 16-year-old son told a which is about 75 miles north of Nursery available for all worship services traffic. Police confirmed its flight attendant August called her Houston, believe the uninjured Randy Martin, Senior Pastor Skip White, Associate Pastor “Come See The Difference” authenticity. a derogatory word, insulted the 17-year-old driver of the pickup 155 Central Ave., NW 423-476-5586 http://www.bsumc.org REV. CHIP HAMMONDS Rescue crews extricated him children, and made life-threaten- truck was temporarily blinded by from the car after the crash. He ing comments. When the flight the sun as her truck came over a FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH was hospitalized in critical condi- attendant asked August to go hill, crashing into the stopped United Christian Church 3425 Ocoee St. N 476-4504 tion. Rhode Island Hospital says with her to another part of the van at about 7:30 a.m. Pastors Charles & Margie Poteat www.ClevelandUMC.com he was in fair condition as of late plane, he slapped her shoulder “The best as we can tell, the 2200 Peerless Rd Thursday night. Pastor: Rev. Tim Bracken with the back of his hand, the sun is going to play a big, major Sunday Worship . . .. 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Cleveland, TN The truck driver wasn’t hurt. document said. role in this,” Trinity County 423.479.4277 Police say Olio-Rojas had been Sunday School ...... 9:30 a.m. Flight attendants reported that Sheriff Woody Wallace said. Wednesday Night Together ...... 5:30 p.m. A Full-Gospel Fellowship involved in two prior accidents he yelled, swore and threatened The 7-year-old girl was riding (Supper Reservations Required) - (Nursery Provided) and has several previous traffic to punch his girlfriend in the in the van and died at a hospital. Everyone Welcome violations. WJAR-TV reports OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS... face. Ten children from the van and Service Times: Sunday 11 AM & 6 PM, Wed. 7 PM police plan to bring misdemeanor Male passengers helped the pickup truck — ages 5 to 15 The People of The United Methodist Church charges against him. restrain August, the document years old — were taken to a hos- Police: Woman hit, killed on I-95 said. pital, along with the van driver, Wesley Memorial United St. Thérese ´ of Lisieux while checking on child Illinois lawmakers vote to East Texas Medical Center Methodist Church Catholic Church spokeswoman Rebecca Berkley MASS SCHEDULE OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) — State spare 2 nuclear plants 3405 Peerless Road NW police say a Connecticut woman said. All were treated and Saturday 6 p.m. (Vigil) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Cleveland, TN 37312 • 472-9578 Sunday: 8 a.m. (Spanish), 9:30 a.m., 12 p.m. had gotten out of her vehicle to released by Thursday afternoon, multibillion-dollar subsidy for Berkley said. www.wesleymemorialchurch.com 1st & 3rd Sunday, 3 p.m. (Latin) check on a 1-year-old child in the power giant Exelon Corp. to keep Email: [email protected] Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 8:30 a.m. back seat on Interstate 95 when Sheriff: Suspect in credit union Rev. Ramon Torres Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. two unprofitable nuclear plants SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday 4:45-5:45 p.m. she was hit and killed by a trac- Sunday Worship – 8:30, 11:00, 6:00 in Illinois operating during the hostage-taking charged 900 CLINGAN RIDGE DR. NW • 476-8123 tor-trailer. next 13 years was on its way to a JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Where Everybody is Somebody, & Jesus Christ is Lord sttheresecatholicchurch.org Police say 31-year-old Ashley supportive Gov. Bruce Rauner After an armed robbery suspect Ferguson of Middletown was Thursday after days of rushed put a gun to the back of one First Lutheran Church standing near the rear driver-side negotiations and hours of con- hostage’s head, SWAT team ATTEND A door around 11:30 a.m. tentious debate by lawmakers. members resolved at the first “Building on His Promise” Thursday when she was struck in The Senate endorsed the meas- chance they had Thursday to “Scripture-Based” Old Lyme. She was pronounced ure, praised as a forward-looking, storm a north Florida credit CHURCH OF dead at the scene. clean-energy plan and lambasted union where nearly a dozen peo- 8:15 & 10:45 Service The child and another passen- as a bailout for a massive, prof- ple were being held, authorities 9:30 Sunday School YOUR CHOICE ger weren’t hurt. Police say the itable corporation, on a 32-18 say. Reverend Robert Seaton, Pastor child was taken to a clinic as a vote just an hour after the House That moment came, they say, precaution. -C)NTIRE 3TREET .% s #LEVELAND 4. OK’d it 63-38. when two people hiding inside #HURCH /FlCE s 0ARSONAGE THIS WEEKEND 8—Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, December 2, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com Award From Page 1 the arts, most notably with the hard work, but we did well!” “A lot of the things you did you Living Literature win. Several students also won had to do for yourself.” In that category, students awards in individual arts-related Teacher and sponsor Chase gather all the props and cos- competitions. The following Valley Smartt explained confidence and tumes they need to re-enact a View students received awards in self-reliance are good qualities for scene from a book. Then, they the competition’s Division I: student leaders to gain. must get into the scene and hold n Chloe Littlejohn — first Though competitions like the their poses as if they are statues place for fiber arts; recent one allowing students to in a diorama. n Ben Caywood — first place showcase what they have learned The Valley View group chose to for recyclable arts; in classes at school, they are also re-enact a scene from the book n Lorelei Kertesz — second gaining skills which will help “Number the Stars” by Lois place for painting; them with things like leadership. Lowry. The book, which has been n Lilly Gelnett — second place “The Beta Club really exists for the selection of an extracurricu- for sculpture; service and leadership,” said lar book club at the school, tells n Shelby Longwell — second Smartt. the story of a family which place for poetry; This school year, the student helped Jews escape deportation n Trinity Gibson — third place leaders have been participating in to concentration camps during for pastel. service projects like collecting the Holocaust. Those students, along with recycling and collecting food to The scene the students chose others who competed but did not donate to Valley View Baptist is one in which a fake funeral is win awards, spent a great deal of Church’s food ministry for the staged to have an excuse to carry time and effort preparing their holiday season. a group of people to safety. entries. Then, they had the pres- The group also has other proj- Students posed as the funeral- sure of being in a state competi- ects planned for the remainder of goers as well as the Nazi soldiers tion for the first time. the year, and its sponsors say questioning the supposed death. Teachers said they watched students will likely be doing proj- The Nazis were ultimately fooled the students go from nervous to ects to improve their school. when they were told they could confident as they saw what it Valley View is just one of many not see the body because the was like to compete. Some stu- schools with Junior Beta Club nonexistent person had died from dents, even those who did not chapters. However, it is uncom- infectious disease. win individual awards, said it mon for a school to do so well in “We had to do everything, even taught them some important life state competition its first compe- set up the scene with the coffin lessons. tition. ourselves — with help from [the “I learned to be more self- “We’re really proud of them,” club sponsors] of course,” said reliant — and confident, too,” White said. “They worked really fifth-grader Eli O’Dell. “It was said fifth-grader Ticia Branham. hard to get everything together.” Drought From Page 1 drought. “The dryness really Tuesday storms, but also affects usage and demand, and touched on the tragedies which this has really been an extremely The Cleveland and accompanied them. dry period,” he said. Bradley County area has Cleveland and Bradley County Contributed photo If rainfall were to reach an climbed to the top of the were fortunate in suffering only VALLEY VIEW Elementary School’s Junior Beta Club recently competed at the Tennessee Junior average level this month scale in drought moderate damage, with some Beta Convention for the first time and won a first-place award during it. On the bottom step, from left, are (December), of 2 to 5 inches, the monitoring over the past short outages from the storms. total for the year will still be just two months, along with Utility repair crews were praised Ben Caywood and Eli O'Dell. On the second step are Shelby Longwell, Ticia Branham and Trinity over 40 inches. Such a total surrounding areas of the for the efficiency of their respons- Gibson. On the third step are Aiden Smith, Karly Blackwell and Alex Sponable. On the fourth step are would be well under rainfall Southeastern section of es. Cameron Higgins, Lexi Burgess and Lorelei Kertesz. On the top step are teacher Jennie White, Lilly totals for the past four years. the nation, Mullinax Borden said there was a maxi- Gelnett, teacher Chase Smartt and Chloe Littlejohn. The lowest was in 2012, when reported. The mum of 1,944 customers without the community recorded 49.85 community is ranked at power during the storms, but inches of rainfall. In 2013 the D4 (exceptional drought never more than 1,248 at one amount was 76.17, with 53.04 conditions), along with time. Power was restored to most inches in 2014, and 69.96 in parts of Alabama, of these outages within two 2015. hours. Georgia, South Carolina There is also the matter of the But, high winds, heavy rainfall, U.S. Drought Monitor. There are and North Carolina. downed trees and limbs and even five designated levels, with D4 some tornadoes, wreaked havoc being the worst, and where our where the utility’s crews have throughout East Tennessee. community is now perched at the responded to problems. He said Areas of McMinn and Polk coun- top of the heap. there have been 59 breaks this ties were hit hard, with two peo- The least serious measure on year, after only 22 last year. ple were killed near Benton. the monitor is D0 (abnormally “We’ve been very, very active,” he Drought conditions prior to the dry). There are also D1 (moderate said. storms also have resulted in wild- drought), D2 (severe drought), The video showed crews work- fires throughout East Tennessee and D3 (extreme drought). ing on breaks in the Bradford in recent weeks, especially in the Cleveland and Bradley County Place Subdivision off Urbane Cherokee National Forest and in have been up the chart before, Road, where the road had buck- and near Great Smoky but not this high. led from a water line rupture. Mountains National Park. This long, dry period has had Mullinax said there was extreme Wildfires in the resort commu- an extensive impact on the com- concern and challenges because nities of Pigeon Forge and munity and utility system, added of the presence of gas lines in Gatlinburg, during the early week Mullinax. He said there has been that area. “It was a long repair,” arrival of the storms, resulted in a huge increase in demand, with he said. several deaths and a multitude of a jump of 24 percent. “It’s been Other breaks displayed were in homes and businesses being slowing, but it’s still up,” he said. the Oakwood Subdivision, and destroyed. Mullinax added that there is Whisperwood Trail N.E. In Borden reported that CU’s also an increase in water line Whisperwood, about 550 feet of Electric Division sent two four- breakage. He said that when roadway was washed out. In men crews to Sevier County to there is a lengthy time period help in the Sevierville, Pigeon explaining the seriousness of the Contributed photo without moisture (or water) the washout, Mullinax said, “This Forge and Gatlinburg communi- STUDENTS from Valley View Elementary School recently competed at the Tennessee Junior Beta cast-iron water pipes become was one of the worst ones I’ve ties. The emergency power brittle and are often prone to restoration crews stayed a day Convention, and some won individual awards for visual arts during the school’s first year there. In the seen.” back row, from left, are Alex Sponable, Chloe Littlejohn, Lilly Gelnett, Ticia Branham and Lexi Burgess. breaking. Mullinax and Electric Division longer than anticipated, but were Mullinax displayed a video with Vice President Bart Borden also scheduled to return to Cleveland In the front row are Shelby Longwell, Trinity Gibson, Ben Caywood, Lorelei Kertesz and Karly Blackwell. a number of water line locations mentioned the Monday and Thursday night. Valley View’s Junior Beta Club also took home a first-place team award. Disaster From Page 1 in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and each praised the performance of their colleagues on the U.S. Senate floor beautiful God-given amenities. Millions structures damaged or destroyed. Sevierville. emergency responders — not only in the Thursday. His comments are published of people from around the world visit Locally, the tornado outbreak also Corker and Senate colleague Lamar Sevier County response, but the Polk verbatim, as made available by his com- each year and have built memories in affected the city of Athens in McMinn Alexander were scheduled today to join County assistance as well. munications staff: this treasured community. But as the County with structural damage. As Gov. Bill Haslam in a tour of three disas- Alexander also praised the efforts of “Mr. President, I rise today to express mayor of Gatlinburg noted earlier today, reported in Thursday’s edition of the ter-ravaged areas: Sevier County, East Tennessee crews from nearby and my deepest sympathies and offer stead- it’s not the attractions or the restaurants Cleveland Daily Banner, damage was McMinn County and Polk County. (See distant counties who rushed firefighters fast support to the countless that make this place special, it’s the peo- also reported in Bradley County, most of details later in this story). and emergency-response units to Sevier Tennesseans who have experienced ple who live there. So many wonderful which came in the Candies Creek area. The numbers may still grow in Sevier County. tragedy in the recent days. It’s been a families call Sevier County home. Tough, The storm-related deaths of two Meigs County as emergency responders and Alexander, whose comments came rough few weeks in our great state. proud people whose roots in the area County men have also been linked to the firefighters from multiple counties con- Wednesday while the fires were still “Last week, my hometown of span generations. tornado outbreak that ravaged sections tinue to sift through the debris of this being battled, pointed to the history of Chattanooga lost six young children in a “Those who know this area, these peo- of several counties in Alabama and week’s unexpected carnage. the resort communities and how state tragic school bus crash. And today, ple, are not at all surprised by the com- Tennessee. Through the Tri-State Mutual Act and national governments can now countless East Tennesseans face a long munity response. The nation has In a media statement released late agreement, firefighters from the stand up in support of the beleaguered road ahead after severe storms and tor- watched and read countless stories of Thursday night by the Nashville office of Cleveland Fire Department and Bradley towns. nadoes ripped through Southeast selfless individuals — many who lost Gov. Bill Haslam, officials confirmed that County Fire-Rescue were dispatched to The former Tennessee governor is a Tennessee, leaving tremendous damage everything themselves — helping others. the governor, Corker and Alexander were Sevier County to battle the deadly native of Maryville which sits near the and taking the lives of two individuals in You have watched the mayor and city scheduled to tour many of the damage blazes. All have since returned home to Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Polk County. manager of Gatlinburg, who both lost areas today, including the wildfire and Cleveland, although some from BCFR Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. He “Tomorrow morning, I will be in anoth- their own homes, provide steadfast tornado paths of destruction. were sent directly to Polk County to described the emergency response as er area of our state that is dealing with strength and grace. And you have The trio’s tour was scheduled to begin assist in storm recovery there. being “incredible.” unimaginable tragedy. As you have likely watched the Sevier County mayor close late this morning in Sevier County, Also, Cleveland Utilities sent two four- “... The response has been almost as seen by now, the damage caused by wild- each press conference with the simplest where the leaders were scheduled to man electric crews to Sevier County to incredible as the fire,” Alexander told fires in Sevier County — a place where request: Pray for us. hold a news conference at 11 a.m. assist with power restoration in the wake reporters. “There are more than 100 fire my wife was raised — is heartbreaking. “The coming days and weeks and Later in the day, the governor and of the wildfire devastation. Due to the trucks from all over Tennessee. There While officials continue to assess the full months will not be easy. The recovery senators were scheduled to tour tornado widespread damage, and the intensity of are volunteers, [National] Guardsmen, extent of the damage, we know that will take time. We are committed to doing damage in McMinn County at 1:30 p.m. the recovery initiative, both units stayed troopers, people bringing water and peo- many have suffered tremendous loss. everything that we all can do to help you and then in Polk County at 3:15. a day longer than planned. Each was ple bringing money.” “As of this morning, officials con- rebuild. The support does not end when On Thursday, Haslam issued scheduled to return to Cleveland He said the mayors of the resort towns firmed that they are still addressing the the cameras leave. Governor Haslam, Executive Order No. 61 suspending cer- Thursday night, according to Bart continue to “keep their chins up,” and remnants of smoldering wildfires. More Senator Alexander, Congressman Roe tain state laws in order to ensure that Borden, vice president of the CU Electric that all — and their communities — “... than 400 firefighters are supporting the and I are ready to support requests for wildfire and severe weather disaster sur- Division. are looking forward to recovery.” effort. The exact number of structures assistance for the recovery efforts. vivors have access to important health Borden delivered an update on CU’s He pledged the federal government’s affected remains unknown, but local “People throughout Tennessee and care services, consumer rights protec- response to the Sevier County wildfires support in assuring the wildfires are officials are estimating that 700 impact- across the nation will be back to visit tions and availability of state services as during a gathering Thursday of the extinguished in their entirety, and in ed structures and more than 17,000 very soon. And, of course, as has been they recover. Cleveland Board of Public Utilities. helping Haslam and the state of acres have burned. More than 200 indi- requested, we will continue to pray. Mr. “From the Smoky Mountains to the Cleveland Fire Marshall Ben Atchley Tennessee to support the recovery of viduals remain in shelters. And just President, I yield the floor.” Ocoee River, it is a difficult time for many and BCFR Chief Shawn Fairbanks con- affected families and the damaged com- moments ago, we learned that 10 fatali- Since Corker’s address, the death toll in East Tennessee,” Haslam said. “The firmed to the Cleveland Daily Banner on munities. ties have been confirmed. in Sevier County has risen to 11. state is doing everything we can to sup- Thursday that all local firefighters had The latest words of comfort came from “Sevier County is a special place sur- Officials report the numbers could con- port the victims and survivors of these returned from the wildfire dispatch, and Corker who addressed his Capitol Hill rounded by some of the country’s most tinue to rise — both in fatalities and devastating disasters.” www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, December 2, 2016—9 ‘Journey to the Manger’ underway at Greenway Park By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG 200 people involved each Banner Staff Writer night,” Hill said. “It is an event The event has been in the Two local churches are once children, students and works for months, with organ- again teaming up help the com- adults can all enjoy. It’s izers and volunteers making munity experience what the a great way to celebrate plans to improve on last year’s very first Christmas night the season.” — Bruce Hill event while also preparing for a might have been like. large crowd. Some 6,000 people Members of Mount Olive attended the event over three Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus Ministries and Westwood nights last year, said Hill. will be. Baptist Church are hosting Parking is available at In addition to the people “Journey to the Manger” Friday Peerless Road Church and at and Sunday night from 6 to 9 leading visitors on a “journey to Cleveland High School and the p.m., at Greenway Park off the manger,” event attendees Bethel University building, Raider Drive. will get to see numerous live which are both on Raider Drive. The second annual event, animals. There is no charge for admis- which kicked off Thursday Animals like sheep, donkeys, sion or for the refreshments. night, offers the public the goats and miniature cows will “It is a gift to the city of chance to experience the accompany the shepherds and Cleveland,” Hill said. events, as depicted in the other characters during the He also offered a reminder Bible, leading to the birth of skits. Some of the animals will that the event is not taking Jesus Christ. also be part of a petting zoo. place Saturday, as organizers “It is an event children, stu- The festive atmosphere will wanted to avoid a conflict with dents and adults can all enjoy,” also be punctuated by live the Cleveland Christmas said Bruce Hill, worship pastor Christmas music performed by Parade. at Westwood Baptist. “It’s a several local elementary and The event is being spear- great way to celebrate the sea- middle school choirs. headed by Hill, Mount Olive son.” Hot cocoa, coffee and cookies Ministries Senior Associate Members of both churches baked by students running a Pastor James Sears and Mark will be dressed as characters school-based business at Goal Swank of the Church of God from the Christmas story and Academy will also be served. International Offices. Hill said be performing scenes from the With so much going on, Hill it is also being supported by Contributed photo Bible as visitors are led on a pointed out the event is the numerous local businesses and BIBLE CHARACTERS tell visitors the Christmas story during the “Journey to the Manger” event at tour. culmination of hard work by organizations. Greenway Park on Thursday. The free event will also take place tonight and Sunday night. Each tour, led by a guide, many local church members For more information, visit ends with a stop at a manger and community volunteers. https://www.facebook.com/cle scene where those portraying “There are approximately velandlivenativity.
Contributed photo Contributed photo A CHRISTMAS MANGER scene was acted out by local church members at the “Journey to the ACTORS from local churches take part in a rehearsal to prepare for this year’s “Journey to the Manger” event Thursday at Greenway Park. The event will also be tonight and Sunday night. Manger” event taking place at Greenway Park. The event continues tonight and Sunday night. Oak From Page 1 One of the interesting happenings was that the cross at the top of the church placed it’s shadow from an early morning sun on the side of the old oak as the cutting process began. Observers felt it was much like a kiss goodbye. Newell had earlier provided her congregation with a heartfelt prayer about the old tree, which she titled “It Won’t be the Same Without You!” The prayer: ——— “We are grateful, Lord, for our tree's long limbs and long life; for the shade it provided on hot days; for the fresh air it shared with us year after year; for the hundreds of happy children who have run circles around its trunk; for acorns beyond counting; for beautiful green leaves that turn orange in the fall; for the shelter it offered countless generations of squirrels and birds; and for being such a trustworthy landmark all these years. Thank you, Lord, for our tree. Amen. ——— Newell, Morelock and several other visitors were hoping portions of the old tree would be strong Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS enough to provide woodworking enthusiasts the THIS IS AN EARLY MORNING View opportunity to create items to leave behind for pos- Thursday of the First Cumberland terity. At the end of the day, it seemed that prayer Presbyterian Church oak tree, prior to it being was gratefully answered. brought to the ground due to poor health. If Akins and Perez, early in the morning, dis- you look closely at the tree trunk, you can see cussed the process of bringing down the towering a shadow cast from the cross of the nearby tree. They also admitted they were somewhat sad- church building. The old oak was reportedly dened by the project. 200 years old. ABC Tree Service has been involved with the church family for some time in providing the tree nourishment and treatment. The oak has reported- were sliced through, steadied by the crane and ly grown since before the Cherokee Removal, but lowered to the ground. reportedly suffered somewhat from a lack of mois- Akins had explained earlier that the toughest ture, because some of its roots are located under part of Thursday’s project would be cutting the the nearby pavement of Church Street. large trunk. It would take four or five people to Church members and others had hoped to extend around the tree. nourish the tree back to health. “We put so much The tree was brought to the ground late in the water out there this summer, I believe we created a day, and the church family can now move forward, mushroom pit,” said Newell. despite some sadness. Four or more vehicles were used for the opera- Newell has been collecting acorns from the old tion, along with a crane and a chipper. oak, and will present packets for planting to con- Perez was carried aloft by the crane, into the top gregation members and friends of the church. branches of the old oak. He began by trimming the Several sections of the wood were also collected smaller limbs, and passing them to the ground Thursday. where co-workers expertly fed them into the chipper. The church plans to replant a tree at the loca- These chores proceeded through the morning tion, with a mature, but much smaller tree. They hours, until Perez reached the large limbs in the are hopeful this newcomer will be a part of the mid-portion of the tree around noon. The limbs church family for another 200 years. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle