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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 218 JANUARY 11, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Sheriff reflects on busy, diverse year in 2015 By ALLEN MINCEY January, with the deadline to apply that the department passed Deputy Council composed of deputies Banner Staff Writer set for Wednesday. Tennessee Corrections Institute who meet once a month to discuss YEAR IN REVIEW Monthly community devotions were inspection in 2015. departmental issues with upper divi- It has been quite a busy year for implemented at the BCSO, and “In preparation for recertification, sion staff. the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, implementing new community pro- inmates also had the opportunity for the Sheriff’s Office requested two The Public Safety Division is made and 2016 looks to be equally active, grams, using budgeted funds to their spiritual sessions at the jail. mock inspections to discover any pos- up of 13 members along with two according to Sheriff Eric Watson. fullest potential and eliminating obso- “There were 128 inmates baptized sible discrepancies beforehand,” he supervisors, he explained, and within “In 2015, we have continued to lete property and equipment,” said at their request, with over 175 souls said. Watson is kept aware of any this division are four traffic crash improve our service and effectiveness Watson. saved in the year 2015,” Watson facility issues by leadership in the “reconstructionists,” who handle most to the people of Bradley County by The sheriff said that among new noted. corrections staff. traffic crashes within the county. enforcing laws, increasing safety, BCSO programs are the first Citizen’s Watson was very pleased with the He said he is pleased to announce This division also plans and responds decreasing crime, improving jail con- Academy, “which was successfully patrol division’s “Stop and Give” pro- that in February, GED classes will to county events and gatherings, ditions, collecting roadway trash, conducted and very well received by gram that gave out, to selected driv- begin at the jail. along with providing free school restoring the morale of employees, participants.” The Sheriff’s Office is ers, gift baskets during the holidays Several new programs were estab- crossing guards to various schools building relationships with citizens, presently enrolling those interested in instead of tickets. lished in the patrol division in 2015, ministering to and educating inmates, a second academy that will begin in The sheriff said he was also proud according to Watson, including a See SHERIFF, Page 13 Inside Today Lawsuits working through Federal courts Cases include range of issues Contributed photo Who will win? AN EXCITED GROUP of fourth-grade students at E.L. Ross Elementary School shows off their certificates of course completion By BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer Either Alabama or Clemson will from Junior Achievement of the Ocoee Region. These are a few of the 4,300 students reached by JA every year in Cleveland and be crowned the top-level college Bradley County public schools. Litigation by two Cleveland football national champion tonight. Police Department officers The NFL Wild Card games proved to against the city of Cleveland is one of the high-profile cases in be wild. Jordan Spieth gets another the county now making its way dominating win, this one at Kapalua, through the federal court sys- Hawaii. See Sports, Pages 9-11. Achieving in a new year tem. O f f i c e r s Steve Tyson North Korea’s and Jeffrey JA of the Ocoee Region sets its sights Griggs filed latest claims suit against North Korea’s claims that it suc- the city con- cessfully tested a hydrogen bomb on teaching minds and growing goals testing the not only brought suspicions from a p p e a l s international leaders, but also Contributed photo process that By RICK NORTON BELFLEX Staffing Network was in place brought into question the isolationist Associate Editor nation’s history of using leverage to is not only throwing its sup- when the two gain material, or political, conces- Junior Achievement of the port to Junior Achievement of faced discipli- Tyson Ocoee Region launched one the Ocoee Region with nary actions sions from global powers. See the last year. Associated Press news analysis on simple resolution for 2016: employee volunteers, but Keep doing what they’re doing Following an Page 12 of today’s edition for a per- also with some financial i n c i d e n t and do it even better, recruit backing to help pay for JA’s spective. more volunteers and take time involving for- to thank those who are mak- classroom instructional mate- mer Chief Forecast ing it all possible — the com- rials. At a recent check pres- D e n n i s munity and a growing league entation were, from left, Josh Maddux and of business partners. McGowen, BelFlex on-site Griggs’ wife, Two of the latter are Lonza, manager at Lonza; Cindi Tyson was a respected international Thompson, BelFlex team given a verbal chemical manufacturer with a leader; Melanie Connatser, reprimand for Griggs longtime presence in Bradley JA of the Ocoee Region pres- policy viola- County, and BelFlex Staffing tions and was ident; and Janice Baker, reassigned to Network, a company that not Human Resources manager only furnishes employees for the CPD’s Today looks to be mostly sunny, Lonza but also its own at Lonza. Patrol Division. with high temperatures in the lower employee volunteers for Griggs was 40s. Tonight should be mostly Junior Achievement class- cially and through volun- dents,” according to Melanie focusing on the escalating also found to cloudy, with a low around 26. rooms. teerism. Connatser, president of the need of financial literacy. be in violation The task is facilitated by Tuesday should be mostly sunny, BelFlex stepped up its sup- For 50 years, Junior local Junior Achievement affil- of several companies like Lonza and d e p a r t m e n t with a high near 46. Tuesday night port of JA by another notch Achievement has trained iate which services five as 2015 ended with a $500 school-aged children, from Southeast Tennessee coun- BelFlex — working alongside a policies, and as should start out mostly cloudy, then multitude of others in a result was donation to the nonprofit’s kindergarten to twelvth grade, ties, including Bradley, Brewer see gradual clearing. The low myriad of education programs in three facets of real-world McMinn, Monroe, Polk and Cleveland and Bradley County demoted from should be around 21. that have benefited Cleveland education: Financial literacy, Meigs. — which provided financial crime scene technician (Level 26) City and Bradley County work readiness and entrepre- For five decades, and now backing while also encourag- to the Patrol Division as a Level Index Schools classrooms since neurship. entering its sixth, Junior ing their employees to provide 25 patrol officer. 1965. But it wasn’t just the “As we begin a new year, I Achievement has worked volunteer time for the non- Both officers went before Classified......................................15 BelFlex check that caught the look back at 2015, and am closely with the business and profit’s cause. Cleveland City Manager Janice Comics...........................................6 attention of JA leaders, it was grateful for all of our support- education communities to Cindi Thompson, team Casteel for an appeal to the Editorials......................................12 the continuing commitment to ers and volunteers that have deliver hands-on program- leader at BelFlex, said the actions, but were denied their Horoscope......................................6 partner with Junior allowed Junior Achievement ming to local classrooms that requests. MINI Page......................................5 Achievement — both finan- to empower our local stu- is age-appropriate while See ACHIEVING, Page 13 See LAWSUITS, Page 13 Obituaries.......................................2 Sports........................................9-11 Schools..........................................4 TV Schedule..................................7 Weather..........................................8 David Orr is turning out Around Town lights on long CU career Sterling Collins trying to bring home the “perfect” loaf of garlic By ALLEN MINCEY bread ... Bo Lewis feeling Banner Staff Writer PERSONALITY “blessed beyond measure” ... David Orr said he was taught that to get any- Maxie Garner being a faithful where in life, you have to work. member of McDonald Methodist So, it will be a bit different for him as he PROFILE Church ... C.E. Davis making a becomes a retiree later this year. protein milkshake ... Lois Myers Customer Relations supervisor at Cleveland “It was an experience I wouldn’t trade my life headed to warmer weather in Utilities since the middle 1990s, Orr has seemed for.” February ... Dr. Richard to work all his life. He started as many did at a He worked there until he was nearly 20, then Thompson giving some good young age. worked for a couple of months with a friend at a advice ... Brandi Hipps digging “I started work selling Grit [a longtime U.S. Radio Shack in LaGrange, Ga., then at Hardwick up concrete with her toes ... publication], like many did, years ago,” he said. Men’s Store before being hired at Cleveland Eddie Cartwright rehabbing a “I did that for a few months, but eventually went State. Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY pickup truck. back to mowing grass in the neighborhood.” “I applied for a meter reader [position] at Orr later started working at a gas station, DAVID ORR will be retiring from Cleveland Utilities in a few Cleveland Utilities, but they didn’t hire me,” Orr weeks. He will spend his retirement continuing to collect antique where he stayed for a month, then, at about 14 said. “Then, they came to me about a different years of age, he began working at Shake Shack. toys, such as this old bucket truck, and customizing both bicycles “It was the best decision I ever made,” he said.