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162nd YEar • no. 146 OCtOBEr 17, 2016 CLEVELanD, tn 20 PaGES • 50¢ ‘American Pickers’ looking to find spots in Tennessee By BRIAN GRAVES “American Pickers” is a doc- Banner Staff Writer umentary series that explores “I am a huge fan the fascinating world of Calling Cleveland and myself and I am pleased antique ‘picking’ on the Bradley County! that they will showcase History channel and the team If you have an unusual col- our home state again!” will be returning to Tennessee lection, this is your chance to — Melissa Woody in November and December. be on national television. The hit show follows Mike “American Pickers,” the hit Wolfe and Frank Fritz, two of series on the History channel, “American Pickers is such a popular show all over the the most skilled pickers in the is coming to Tennessee and is business, as they hunt for searching for that unique find country,” Woody said. “To have Frank and Mike return- some of America’s most valu- to share with their audience. able antiques. ing to Tennessee shines a The producers of the pro- They are always excited to spotlight on our interesting gram contacted Melissa find sizeable, unique collec- Woody, vice president of people and places that will tions and learn the interesting Tourism Development for the entice people to visit us. I am stories behind them. Cleveland/Bradley Chamber a huge fan myself, and I am “As they hit the back roads of Commerce to help spread pleased that they will show- Frank Fritz, left, and Mike Wolfe are bringing their History channel program “American Pickers” the word. case our home state again!” See PICKERS, Page 4 back to Tennessee, and are looking for collections to feature in their program. Inside Today Early voting starts in just
Titans do the job 2 days against Cleveland Turnout called Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes to help the ‘unpredictable’ Tennessee Titans earn their sec- Photo courtesy of SHaina JOHnSOn ond win in a row, and third of the aMOnG tHE ManY itEMS in Jim Finley’s collection of political memorabilia are both the practical and the whimsical. One exam- season. The visiting Atlanta ple are these Jimmy Carter mugs, featuring peanut-themed caricatures of the former president’s toothy smile. By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer Falcons couldn’t hold on late against Seattle. The Lee Flames Bradley County Administrator split with Alabama-Huntsville on of Elections Fran Green admits the soccer field. Kevin Harvick Keeper of all things presidential she does not know how to pre- moved to the next round of the dict the numbers of voters who NASCAR playoff chase with a win might cast ballots early or on in Kansas. See Sports, Pages 13- Nov. 8, the traditional Election 15. Day. Clevelander Jim Finley’s unique hobby dates “It’s an unprecedented, unpredictable election,” she said. Educators ponder back to impressionable years of third grade She was mental illness issue By SHAINA JOHNSON and deemed him worthy of being a princi- s p e a k i n g MTSU/Seigenthaler News Service IRST IN A pal. The small school, grades sixth, sev- mainly on the As questions about mental illness F enth and eighth, was located in Buck’s presidential continue to dominate news head- Jim Finley was in third grade when he Pocket. election. Many lines, the issue is now taking anoth- got the itch for political buttons. He spied 7-PART “In fact they taught me, as much as I voters will vote er direction: How do education and a button promoting presidential candidate taught them,” Finely said with a smile as along party educational leaders figure into the Wendell Willkie and had to have one. MONDAY he remembered those early days of lines. Others, equation in discussions about identi- “Hey, where’d you get that, Jack?” the schooling. though, have fying it? See a professional educa- young Finley asked, pointing at the bright SERIES Shaina Johnson “They knew all about creatures I didn’t m e n t i o n e d button on the boy’s shirt. know anything about. By the end of the they are not Green tor’s perspective in the guest “Oh, my daddy brought it home,” Jack pleased with “Viewpoint” on Page 16 of today’s year I had a collection of skeletons.” told him. the former, not so much. But his uncle’s He said the kids would bring in all either of the top two candidates edition. “Could you get me one of those? I like work ethic rubbed off on his nephew. kinds of animals from a baby squirrel to a and will vote for what they call that.” The next day, as promised, the “I grew up in that store and learned snake. Later, Finley returned to the class- the lesser of two evils. Willkie button was delivered and Finley how to work,” said Finley. room before returning to be a principal Voting will begin on Forecast had a hobby that continues to fascinate After high school, he enrolled in Bob later in his career. He retired after 35 him. Jones Academy, which was then located years. See VOTING, Page 4 “I just was so interested in it, I just in Cleveland, and graduated a few years During those years of work, he did not kept on adding to it,” Finley said. Today, later. He began searching for jobs. Having fail to keep up with his political button his basement brims with sturdy apple no luck, he went to the county superin- collections. No ID yet boxes filled with his extensive collection. tendent. The superintendent told him that “I would find them wherever I could, Finley lost his father to tuberculosis he had no jobs other than that of a princi- antique shops and flea markets,” he said. before he was 10 years old. His mother pal position. The only problem was that “I’d contact the candidate’s headquarters on woman’s also contracted tuberculosis shortly after position required a year of teaching expe- to ask for stuff. People would bring me losing her husband. She survived and rience, which Finley did not have. The items.” body found lived to be 88, but because her recovery superintendent told Finley that he would The collection grew and grew. was so long, Finley was moved in with his give him a call in a week regarding the He and his wife of 62 years, Veola, trav- in house fire uncle, well-known businessman H.E. Today’s forecast calls for mostly position if he could not find anyone. eled extensively. “I’ve been to 79 coun- By ALLEN MINCEY Haggard of Cleveland. He began working sunny skies, with a high near 84. Later that week, he called Finley to sub- tries,” he said. Naturally he expanded his Banner Staff Writer at H.E. Haggard General Merchandise, stitute for a teacher. Then, he substituted Tonight should be mostly clear, with taste for campaign items to political con- reporting for work in the summer and for another teacher the next day. After tests in other countries. One woman is dead, and the a low around 59 degrees. Tuesday weekends at 7 a.m. every day, sweeping three days of substitution experience, the cause is being investigated, in a looks to be sunny, with a high near and selling candy. The latter he enjoyed; superintendent called Finley to his office See KEEPER, Page 4 fatal fire at a Bates Pike home 86. Tuesday night calls for mostly late Saturday night. clear skies, with a low around 62. Just before 10 p.m., the Wednesday should be mostly Cleveland/Bradley 911 sunny, with a high near 86. Communications Center Wednesday night should be partly received a call about a struc- cloudy, with a low around 63. In retirement, Oscar Kelley stays ture fire in the 3300 block of Bates Pike, between the inter- section with Carrie Street and busier than ever for community Randolph Samples Road. Index According to James Bradford, By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Korean War, he found himself director of public relations for Classified...... 18-19 Banner Staff Writer PERSONALITY training with an infantry divi- the Bradley County Sheriff’s Comics...... 8 sion in peacetime. Office, a patrol deputy was Editorials...... 16 Though he is retired, Oscar PROFILE His military career did send nearby and responded within Horoscope...... 8 Stanley Kelley still has a busy him to Austria and Germany 33 seconds of the 911 call. He MINI Page...... 5 schedule filled with communi- for a couple years, but he said a second deputy responded ty service efforts. the 10th grade, he volunteered spent most of his time train- within three minutes and the Obituaries...... 2 “I always feel the need to get Sports...... 13-15 to join the Army at the age of ing on Army bases in the U.S. Bradley County Fire-Rescue out if there’s something I can 16. Part of his service also had service was at the site of the TV Schedule...... 9 be doing to help,” Kelley said. “Being that young, I learned Weather...... 11 him training in athletics. blaze in around four minutes. Kelley, 80, is originally from a lot from the men I served Before joining the Army, The nearest BCFR station is Fort Payne, Ala. His move to with,” Kelley said. “It was Kelley had been an avid ath- on Minnis Road, just across Tennessee came after years of actually great for me.” lete. He later joined special from Park View Elementary military service. With the United States hav- services units which allowed School. Having decided he no longer ing just wrapped up its Shawn Fairbanks, Bradley wanted to attend school after involvement during the See KELLEY, Page 4 Oscar kelley 6489076 75112 See FIRE, Page 4 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Monday, October 17, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com
OBITUARIES (USPS 117-700) Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Post Office POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Evans and George McCoin. Tickel, Kate Tickel, Hannah Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) A celebration of his life is Freeman; sons: Ethan Tickel in Cleveland, TN 37320-3600, daily except Saturday To submit an obituary, have the funeral and Christmas day by Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. planned for this evening, Oct. 17, and Julian Tickel; and grandchil- Phone (423) 472-5041. home or cremation society in charge of 2016, at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of dren: Cinjin, Bella and Zeke. arrangements e-mail the information to Wesley Memorial United Church, The visitation will be held at Stephen L. Crass 3405 Peerless Road NW in the Tickel family home on Editor & Publisher [email protected] and fax Cleveland with Carolyn Braddy Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, from 4 and Pastor Ramon Torres officiat- to 6 p.m. Member of The Associated Press ing. Interment will be at 6 p.m. at to 423-614-6529, attention Obits. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches The family will receive friends at the family cemetery at 159 credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper, and also the local news of spontaneous or igin the church from 4 until the 7 p.m. County Road 965, Calhoun. The herein. All rights of all other material herein are as reserved. ©2016 Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. service time. directions can be found on the SUBSCRIPTION RATES In lieu of flowers, the family “Tickled by Cancer” Facebook Cecile Cartwright requests that memorial donations page. Publishser Reserves the Right to Change Rates Without Notice Print Only 3 months 6 Months 1 Year Monthly Daily Cecile Cartwright, 79, of be made in Mike’s memory to his The family requests that in Carrier Collect Rate * $6.75 Birchwood, died Sunday, Oct. 16, favorite charity — “St. Jude lieu of flowers, donations be By Carrier Home / Business Delivery $20.00 $38.00 $ 75.00 2016, at the family residence. Children’s Hospital”. made to the American Cancer By Mail inside Zip 307 $ 25.00 $45.00 $ 85.00 Survivors and funeral arrange- The family would like to say a Society, Attn: Angela Mathis, By Mail outside Zip 307 in TN, GA $38.00 $55.00$105.00 ments will be announced by the special appreciation to his home 6221 Shallowford Rd., Suite By Mail Outside TN $38.00 $ 67.00 $ 130.00
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The point of con- The eggs accumulate in inverte- Others take offense to that Roger Michael Hodnett, 61, tention? Deadly cat poop and the brates that live along the sea floor, notion. went to be with his Lord and feral felines that produce it. where monk seals often feed. They Classifying animals with labels Savior on Friday evening, Oct. 14, Federal researchers believe can survive in fresh water, saltwa- such as native and invasive cre- 2016, at his family residence. feces from the legions of feral cats ter and soil for up to two years. ates a “hierarchy in which the pro- He was a lifelong resident of Broughton ‘B.J.’ Maynor roaming Hawaii is spreading a Any warm-blooded animal can tection of certain animals comes Bradley County. He graduated Broughton “B.J.” Maynor, 75, of disease that is killing Hawaiian become infected. California sea at the suffering of others,” from Cleveland High School in Cleveland, died Friday, Oct. 14, monk seals, some of the world’s otters have died from toxoplasmo- Hawaiian Humane Society 1974 and attended Cleveland 2016, in an Etowah health care facility. most endangered marine mam- sis, and it’s one of the major rea- President and CEO Pamela Burns State Community College. mals. Some conservationists sons the Hawaiian crow, alala, is wrote in a letter opposing the state He owned and operated several He was a veteran of the U.S. businesses over the years. He Army, serving in Vietnam where advocate euthanizing those cats extinct in the wild. Toxoplasmosis Senate bill that would have was a member of Wesley he received the Purple Heart and that no one wants, and that’s got is rarely problematic for people banned cat-feeding on state land. Memorial United Methodist the Vietnam Service Medal with 3 cat lovers up in arms. with healthy immune systems, She contended the 300,000 figure Church. Bronze Service Stars. He was “It’s a very difficult, emotional but it’s why doctors advise preg- overstates the problem because He is preceded in death by his also a veteran of the U.S. Navy, issue,” said state Sen. Mike nant women not to handle kitty the study looked at how many parents, Bobby and Oleta serving from 1973 to 1975. He Gabbard, chairman of a commit- litter. cats people were feeding and Hodnett; his grandparents, Carl was a member of the American tee that earlier this year heard Many cities struggle with feral might have missed instances Russell Edward Curry Legion and VFW and was active and Elsie Hodnett and Cora and and then abandoned a proposal cats, but the problem is particu- where multiple people fed the Russell Edward “Russ” Curry, in the Bradley County Democratic D.W. Burkhead, along with several to ban the feeding of feral cats on larly acute in Hawaii because of same outdoor cat. 60, a resident of Cleveland, aunts and uncles. Party. passed away Saturday, Oct. 15, He is survived by his loving wife Survivors include his children, state land after an outcry. “It its sensitive ecosystem and at-risk Those who care for stray cats 2016, at the family residence. of 25 years, Rhonda McNeely Dida Knight of Cleveland, and struck a nerve in our communi- native species, experts say. Only advocate trapping, neutering and Russ was preceded in death Hodnett; children: Brandon Steve Gatlin of Chattanooga; ty.” two mammals are native to spaying to help control their pop- by his father, Edward Lee “Ted” Hodnett, Candice Hodnett and grandchildren: Abigail Gatlin and The problem stems from a par- Hawaii: the hoary bat and the ulation. Curry. Casey Hodnett, all of Cleveland; Kate Lawson; sisters: Peggy asite common in cats that can Hawaiian monk seal. The University of Hawaii’s He was a veteran of the U.S. sisters: Philis Hodnett McDuffee Chastain of Marietta, Ga., and cause toxoplasmosis, a disease “Everything else here— deer, Manoa campus, in Honolulu, Air Force. He was employed (Bob) and Dianne Hodnett Linder, Jeannie Baxter of Jasper. The funeral will be conducted at that killed at least five female sheep, goats, cats, mongoose — started a feral cat management with the U. S. Postal Service for all of Cleveland; nieces and Hawaiian monk seals and three they’re all invasive, they’re all program — with authorized feed- more than 30 years. He served 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, nephews: Dr. Aaron Miller (Gina) males since 2001, according to introduced,” said Angela Amlin, ers trained in tasks like trapping as Postmaster for Signal of Chattanooga, Joshua Miller of in the chapel of Fike-Randolph & Mountain and for Georgetown. Los Angeles, Calif., Benjamin Son Funeral Home with Pastor the National Oceanic and NOAA’s acting Hawaiian monk and feces disposal — after the He also worked with the Linder of Cleveland, Jon Matt Maynor officiating. Atmospheric Administration. seal recovery coordinator, adding stench and mess from hundreds Engineering Department with McDuffee of Pfafftown, N.C., Interment will follow in “While eight seals may not cats have no predators in Hawaii of cats prompted complaints, the U. S. Postal Service in Samuel McDuffee (Alicia) of Chattanooga National Cemetery sound like a lot of animals, it to control their population. especially when children at a cam- Washington, D. C. He enjoyed Lewisville, N.C., Daniel McDuffee with military honors. actually has pretty large ramifica- Marketing research commis- pus daycare center got flea bites, working on projects including (Stephanie) now serving in His family will receive friends tions for an endangered popula- sioned by the Hawaiian Humane said Roxanne Adams, director of woodworking, computers and Vilchek, Germany, David from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Oct. 17, 2016, at the funeral home. tion where there’s only about Society in 2015 estimated some buildings and grounds. electronics. But most of all he McDuffee of Raleigh, N.C. and 1,300 seals in existence at this 300,000 feral cats roam Oahu The program started in 2011 loved spending time with the joy Rachel McDuffee of Cleveland; point in time,” said Michelle alone. and appears to have reduced the of his life, his children. He and several great-nieces and attended Mount Olive Church of great-nephews; mother and Barbieri, veterinary medical officer Marine debris, climate change, number of felines, she said. God. father-in-law, Clyde and Iris for NOAA’s Hawaiian monk seal predation and human interaction Euthanizing cats is unaccept- Survivors include his wife of McNeely of Riceville; brothers-in- research program. all threaten the survival of able unless they’re extremely sick, 37 years, Rhonda Price Curry of law, Larry McNeely of Athens, Scientists believe monk seals Hawaiian monk seals. But feral said Alicia Maluafiti, board presi- Cleveland; daughters: Kathryn Michael McNeely of Madison, Ind., become exposed to toxoplasmosis cats present their greatest disease dent of animal welfare group Poi Curry of San Francisco, Calf., and Curtis McNeely (Ann); by ingesting contaminated water concern, Amlin said. Dogs and Popoki. Karen Colangione and her hus- nephews: Gabriel McNeely, Josh Tammy Hysinger McCallie or prey. “As conservationists, what we “I totally disagree with the ... band, David, of Johnson City; McNeely (Brenda), of Charleston, Tammy Hysigner McCallie, 54, Felines are the only animals really have to look at is this is generalization that cat people love son, Chris Curry and his wife, Jonathan McNeely (Jana) of of Cleveland, died Saturday that can shed Toxoplasma gondii what Hawaii’s native ecosystem cats more than these endangered Katie, of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchil- Abilene, Texas, Jeff McNeely night, Oct. 15, 2016, at her home. dren: Amelia Rose Colangione (Misty) of Decatur, Jason Survivors and arrangements eggs, or oocysts. The parasites includes, and cats are unfortu- species,” Maluafiti said. “What we and Wyatt Elliott Curry; mother, McNeely serving in Japan, will be announced by Companion enter their digestive tract through nately not part of that,” Amlin just don’t advocate is the whole- Willa Mae Roberts Curry of Michael Anthony McNeely; nieces: Funeral Home and Crematory. infected prey then multiply in the said. “When it comes to the feral sale killing, the extermination, of Cleveland; his sisters: Brittany McNeely of Cleveland small intestine and produce the cat population, there should be a one species ... for one.” Cassandra Booth, Kim Boggess and Melissa McNeely; special and her husband, Mike, all of niece, Misty Hale (Larry) of Cleveland; brothers: Larry Curry Lamontville; several great-nieces Judge: Let Florida voters fix vote-by-mail ballots and his wife, Lynne, of and great-nephews; and a very Cleveland, Terry Curry and his special aunt and uncle, Sue and TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Meredith Beatrice, a spokes- burden to affect the outcome of an wife, Margaret, of Lynnhaven, Burrell Jerkins of Brewton, Ala. Calling the state’s current law woman for Secretary of State Ken election and “by extension, our Fla., Timothy Curry and his wife, As a senior in high school Mike Quanda Ross “illogical” and “bizarre,” a federal Detzner, said state officials were country’s future.” Lola, and Henry “Hank” Curry, sustained an injury that changed judge late Sunday ordered the reviewing the decision. Florida’s Republican-controlled all of Cleveland, Chris Curry and the course of his life. Even with the Quanda Ross, of Chattanooga, died this morning, Oct. 17, 2016, state of Florida to give thousands It is not clear exactly how many Legislature in 2004 passed a law his wife, Terri, of Ohio; and sev- adversity he has lived an amazing of voters a chance to make sure voters would be affected by the that said all vote-by-mail ballots eral nieces, nephews and life. He has been a loving, devoted at Memorial Hospital. cousins. husband and father to three young Arrangements are forthcom- their vote-by-mail ballots are decision. But more than 23,000 that had mismatched signatures The Remembrance of Life people, that he enjoyed more than ing. Her remains rest at Patton counted. vote-by-mail ballots were rejected or did not contain a signature graveside service and interment anything in his life. He cared most Funeral Home. U.S. District Judge Mark by Florida election officials during were to be tossed out. But then in will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. about his love of God, his family, Walker ruled that county election the 2012 presidential election 2013 legislators changed the law 18, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. from the his friends, his work and the offices should notify voters if their where President Barack Obama to allow people who turned in a Chattanooga National Cemetery Tennessee Vols. In business he signature on a vote-by-mail ballot carried the state by slightly more ballot without a signature to fix with Pastor Gary Sears officiat- loved the “thrill of the deal.” He and their voter registration forms than 74,000 votes. the mistake prior to the election. ing. stated he loved to go to work don’t match. Voters would then be Nearly 513,000 Floridians have Detzner, the state’s top election Family and friends will serve every day. He was a natural born given a chance to fix the problem already voted by mail according to official, did not try to defend the as casketbearers. Military hon- storyteller and also listened to ors will be given. friends and family and was always by 5 p.m. the day before the elec- data compiled by the Florida current law. Instead his lawyers The Jim Rush Funeral and willing to help solve a problem. Judy Lynn Tickel tion. Division of Elections. And another asserted that he could not order Cremation Services North One friend quoted that “Mike had Judy Lynn Price Tickel of The Florida Democratic Party 2.4 million vote-by-mail ballots county election offices to correct Ocoee Chapel has charge of the the biggest heart in town and a Calhoun, died peacefully at her sued the state because currently have been requested. the problem and that he was not arrangements. wicked sense of humor.” He felt home on Saturday, Oct. 15, voters who don’t sign their vote- Judge Walker, citing the con- the proper person to sue. Walker You may share your condo- blessed to have three special 2016. by-mail ballot are given a chance tentious 2000 Florida election disagreed sharply in his decision. lences and your memories with friends that he considered his Survivors include her hus- to fix it. But voters whose signa- where George W. Bush carried the Walker rebuked Detzner on the Curry family at www.jimrush- brothers: Budgie Whitener, Eric band, William; daughters: Mary tures don’t match aren’t told state over Al Gore by 537 votes, Saturday in a separate scathing funeralhomes.com. about the problem until after the said he needed to act because the ruling connected to the same election is over and their ballot is current practice was enough of a case. discarded. LOTTERY NUMBERS Walker said that makes the law unconstitutional. Family (AP) - These state lotteries were 08-10-13-15-16-18-19-21-22 “It is illogical, irrational, and drawn Sunday: All or Nothing Evening: 01-02- patently bizarre for the state of Medicine Today Tennessee 04-05-07-13-14-17-18-19-22-23 Florida to withhold the opportuni- by Dr. Paul Grayson Smith, Jr., D.O., P.C. Beacher Hayes Cash 3 Evening: 4-8-6, Lucky All or Nothing Morning: 03-05- ty to cure from mismatched-sig- and Dr. Paul Grayson Smith, III, D.O. 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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) governor to assist local author- — Authorities are investigating ities in this investigation,” after a local Republican Party McCrory’s added, and Cooper’s office in North Carolina was said “the culprits must be vandalized and set on fire in caught and brought to justice.” what a state GOP official called The Bureau of Alcohol, an act of “political terrorism.” Tobacco, Firearms and A bottle filled with flammable Explosives was working with liquid was thrown through the local investigators to solve the window of the Orange County crime, which was discovered Republican Party headquarters Sunday morning by another overnight, damaging the interi- business owner. or before burning out, accord- Republican offices around ing to a Sunday news release the state are re-examining from the town of Hillsborough. their security, state GOP exec- The office was empty and no utive director Dallas one was injured. Woodhouse said. People some- Also, someone spray-painted times work after-hours in the “Nazi Republicans leave town office, and the bottle appeared or else” on a nearby wall. to have landed on or near the The violent act in the key couch where volunteers some- battleground state has been times take naps, he said. condemned by public figures “They are working around across the political spectrum. the clock. It is a miracle that A tweet from Democratic nobody was killed,” he said in presidential nominee Hillary an interview, calling the fire an Clinton on Sunday said the act of “political terrorism.” attack “is horrific and unac- On Sunday afternoon, the ceptable. Very grateful that walls of the multi-room office everyone is safe.” An hour were covered in black char, and later, Trump tweeted: “Animals a couch against one wall had representing Hillary Clinton been burned down to its AP photo and Dems in North Carolina springs. Shattered glass cov- A BURNED COUCH is shown next to warped campaign signs at the Orange County Republican Headquarters in Hillsborough, N.C., on just firebombed our office in ered the floor, and melted cam- Sunday. Someone threw flammable liquid inside a bottle through a window overnight and spray-painted an anti-GOP slogan referring to Orange County because we are paign yard signs showed "Nazi Republicans" on a nearby wall, authorities said Sunday. State GOP director Dallas Woodhouse said winning.” warped lettering. The graffiti no one was injured. The North Carolina GOP had been covered in paint. tweeted thanks to both Clinton At a news conference, that Americans are thirsty for ly made violent threats against Democrats outnumber GROOM’S TUX and Trump for their words of Woodhouse urged Republicans civility and decency, and that the office, several miles from Republicans by a 3-1 margin in TUX FREE WHEN YOU support. to respond peacefully by turn- we love our democracy above the town’s historic square. the county that picked RENTAL RENT 6 TUXES! In tweets of their own, North ing out to vote in November. He all differences,” said the fund’s Tom Stevens, mayor of the President Barack Obama by a (423) 790.5834 92 OAK ST., SW. Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat said he’d received messages of creator, David Weinberger, a town about 40 miles northwest lopsided margin in the 2012 www.hardwickandcompany.com McCrory and his Democratic support from Democrats. researcher at the Berkman of Raleigh, said the act doesn’t election. challenger, state Attorney Democrats also joined a Klein Center for Internet and represent the character of “I’d like to believe we aspire General Roy Cooper both GoFundMe campaign to raise Society at Harvard University. Orange County, which also to respect hearing differing MullinaxLincolnOnline.com described the violence as a $10,000 to reopen the GOP Orange County GOP chair- includes much of Chapel Hill views,” Stevens, a Democrat, (423) 476-6501 threat to democracy. office, meeting the goal in less man Daniel Ashley told and the University of North said in an interview. “This is 550 1st Street NW “I will use every resource as than 40 minutes and “showing reporters no one had previous- Carolina campus. Registered very troubling.” Comey: Lack of use-of-force data fuels unfortunate narrative WASHINGTON (AP) — Comey said, speaking in San That narrative creates a that gap of distrust, fall more Dramatic videos of deadly law Diego during a gathering of the wedge between law enforce- dead young black men. In enforcement encounters and International Association of ment and the public, keeping places like Chicago, we know the absence of reliable data Chiefs of Police. “good officers in their car” and what the chasm looks like and about how often police use “It is a narrative driven by perhaps causing them to think how much pain it causes,” the force contribute to a regret- video images of real and gut- twice before making a certain FBI director said. table narrative that “biased wrenching misconduct, by traffic stop at midnight, Comey The FBI is moving forward police are killing black men at images of possible misconduct, said. with plans for a national data- epidemic rates,” FBI Director by images of perceived miscon- “Our officers see the videos. base to track information James Comey said Sunday. duct,” Comey said. “It’s a nar- They desperately do not want about police use of force, That story line has formed rative given force by the awe- to be in one. They think about Justice Department officials amid a lack of comprehensive, some power of human empa- that all the time,” he added. announced last week. national data about how many thy.” On the other side of the “We need to collect actual, citizens are killed or injured at Americans “actually have no divide are distrustful commu- accurate and complete infor- the hands of police officers. idea if the number of black nity members who stay quiet mation about policing in this Videos of fatal police encoun- people or brown people or instead of sharing information country so that we have ters that capture the public’s white people being shot by with the police after a crime, he informed debates about things attention and are shared police is up, down or sideways said. that matter enormously,” he broadly across the internet can over the last three years, five “And so into the chasm, into said. fuel the perception that “some- years, 10 years,” or if black thing terrible is being done by people are more likely than the police,” even if the data white people to be shot during FBI Director James Comey aren’t there to back it up, police encounters, Comey said. Aleppo to the Ivy League: Syrian doctor preps for end of the war PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — never go to a protest because planned the vaccination cam- Khaled Almilaji coordinated a they don’t have any hospitals paign as the administrative campaign that vaccinated 1.4 to receive them in case they are director. Teams went house to million Syrian children and injured.” house and vaccinated 1.4 mil- risked his life to provide med- Almilaji said he was arrested lion Syrian children. ical care during the country’s in September 2011 in He is working with Canadian civil war. Now he’s in the Ivy Damascus, interrogated and doctors to establish safe health League, learning about how to tortured. The savagery he wit- facilities in Syria, train medical rebuild Syria’s health system nessed during six months in workers and connect hospitals. when the war finally ends. prison convinced him he was The group formed the He is one of three Syrian “one thousand percent correct” Canadian International scholars studying at Brown in opposing the regime, he Medical Relief Organization, University, which said last year added. and Almilaji reviews the proj- it would welcome Syrians after Almilaji returned to Aleppo ects from Providence. dozens of governors attempted after his release and cared for If insurgents are still fighting to block refugees. Almilaji, 35, protesters’ families, considered President Bashar Assad’s received a scholarship to earn a crime. A friend who was help- forces when he graduates in a master’s degree in public ing those families was arrested two years, Almilaji plans to health and moved to Rhode in April 2012. Almilaji escaped work from Turkey on relief Island in August on a student to Gaziantep, Turkey, and his efforts that can later facilitate visa with his wife. parents soon followed. redevelopment. When Syria is He said he feels lucky A U.N. commission found stable enough, he wants to because many other Syrian government forces in Syria return and work on preventing doctors have had to give up deliberately target medical per- diseases and other health their work after sacrificing for sonnel to gain a military advan- problems, since resources for five years, watching their fami- tage, by depriving the opposi- treating ailments will continue lies suffer and seeing their chil- tion and those perceived to to be scarce. dren go without an education. support them of medical assis- More than 60 U.S. and inter- “Every time I go inside Syria, tance. The commission called national colleges provide schol- I see the smile on the face of the targeting of medical per- arships for Syrian students to families and people. They say, sonnel one of the most insidi- complete their degrees in North ‘We will stay here. We will never ous trends of the war. America and Europe. The con- go out, and we will still fight Almilaji translated for sortium, led by the Institute of this regime,’” he said. “You Syrians in Turkish hospitals International Education, has cannot go out with less energy, and worked to equip Turkey supported more than 300 just to continue supporting with ambulances to transfer Syrian students to date. those people.” Syrians from the border. He Brown is a consortium mem- Almilaji was born in Aleppo, made trips into Syria to work in ber. Almilaji was recommended now the epicenter of Syria’s a medical clinic in Aleppo and to the university by an alum- conflict. He studied in the deliver medical supplies. He nus, while the institute helped coastal city of Latakia to treat successfully pushed for the connect the other two Syrian disorders of the ear, nose and building of underground hospi- scholars with Brown. throat. He was preparing to go tals because he expected Brown Provost Richard Locke to Stuttgart, Germany, for a health facilities to come under said it was a humanitarian residency in March 2011 when increasing attack, a fear that statement, not a political one. anti-government protests proved true. School administrators wanted sparked the conflict. He said he joined the to help and show how a school He treated protesters who humanitarian arm of the oppo- could successfully host Syrians likely would have been arrested sition and began monitoring so other colleges would, too, he or killed if they went to govern- the spread of communicable said. ment-run hospitals, he said, diseases in northern Syria by Locke said it’s important to and he set up field hospitals. setting up an early warning “lead through our values, so “They accept to be killed if response and alert network. that other people would at least this is the way to show the The first case of polio was have an alternative narrative to world we are in a revolution discovered through the net- the one that was being dissem- here,” he said. “But I cannot work in October 2013 in east- inated by some of those gover- accept that those people will ern Syria, he said. Almilaji nors.” 4—Cleveland Daily Banner—Monday, October 17, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com Iran offering 50 oil, gas fields to foreign bidders TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s sanctions level. national oil company said Meanwhile, Iran’s Oil Ministry Monday that it has offered 50 oil announced Sunday it will invite and gas fields to international foreign companies to bid for oil bidders, the first time it has done and gas projects for the first time. so since last year’s landmark On Monday, the ministry nuclear deal with world powers. released details, saying this Also Monday, the country’s would include 29 oil fields and 21 deputy oil minister welcomed a gas fields. preliminary agreement by OPEC The ministry has said foreign nations to limit output to companies should submit their between 32.5 million and 33 mil- applications by Nov. 19, and that lion barrels per day. The deal by successful companies would be the Organization of Petroleum announced on Dec. 7. Exporting Countries was reached Iran had previously said that in late September, with the aim priority for exploration and pro- reducing a global glut that has duction for foreign companies depressed oil prices for over two would be given to neighboring years. countries with which it shares The deputy minister, Amir border fields. The country has 28 Hossein Zamaninia, told joint offshore and onshore gas reporters in Tehran that the and oil fields with those coun- agreement was a “small step, but tries. in the right direction.” Iran hopes to attract more Iran has been trying to restore than $150 billion foreign invest- its oil industry since emerging ment in its oil, gas and petro- from international sanctions over chemical industry by 2020. It has its nuclear program earlier this already upgraded its model for oil year. The country, with an oil contracts, allowing for a potential Photo courtesy of SHAINA JOHNSON output of 3.85 million barrels per full recovery of costs over almost JIM FINLEY’S display of political memorabilia is impressive. The Cleveland man has been collecting for much of his 90 years, and the day, initially said it would only two decades. Earlier this month, items now take up a large section of his basement. “All this stuff tells the story of our political process,” he says. consider a ceiling after it reaches Iran signed the first such con- 4 million barrels per day, its pre- tract with a local oil company. Keeper Kelley From Page 1 From Page 1 “I’d go into a campaign office and ask if I Someday he’d like to see his collection of could get a button and they’d give me all political memorabilia go on display at a him to be involved with boxing sorts of stuff. Everywhere I went I started “I would find them wherever I museum. and baseball for the Army. looking to add more stuff, pens, pamphlets, could, antique shops and flea “I’m still collecting,” he said, holding a When he left the Army, he “We help them look at whatever they were willing to give me.” markets. I’d contact the saxophone-playing Bill Clinton doll. had trouble finding work in his what they need to do to Many of the buttons feature a slogan or, candidate’s headquarters to ask Well, that’s not exactly correct. He hasn’t hometown. He then decided to stay in a positive in the case of a presidential race, the last for stuff. People would bring me collected anything from the current presi- move to Chattanooga, in hopes direction. We also talk to names of the president and vice president items.” — Jim Finley dential campaign. of finding employment there. them about having good nominees. But others offered portraits of the “We’re having a hard time figuring that “My grandparents lived there, relationships with law candidates, some flattering, some not. one out,” he acknowledged. and it also allowed me to be enforcement and help “No two are just alike,” he said. he dabbled in other hobbies for awhile, but No doubt he’s not alone on that score. closer to them,” Kelley said. “My get them on the right They tell the story of a politician’s hopes none of them seemed to keep him as busy ——— grandfather was also in the path if need be.” and dreams for electoral success. But a can- as he liked, or in contact with the public. (About the writer: Shaina Johnson is a clergy and traveled quite a bit, — Oscar Kelley didate’s successful election doesn’t mean “So I quit retirement,” he said with a journalism major from Middle Tennessee so I could be there to help my that politician’s button is more valuable. As chuckle. “I went to Kmart and put in an State University. She was one of several stu- grandmother while he was with most collections, rarity is the standard application and didn’t hear a word from dents who recently spent a week in away.” students college scholarships. by which value is placed. them. I went to Walmart and put in one and Cleveland writing news stories for the Daily It was in his first couple years He also spends his time with Finley has one piece that dates back to they hired me on the spot,” he said. Banner. This is the first in a seven-part in Chattanooga that he decided the following organizations: the 1850s. That was 31 years ago. On June 30, he Monday series by the MTSU students. An to continue his education. n American Legion Post 81, a “But I have others that I think are inter- turned 90, becoming one of the oldest additional look at Jim Finley and his collec- Though he had earned his GED veterans organization of which esting, too. That’s why I keep them,” he employees of the national chain of discount tion will be featured by the Banner on while in the military, Kelley he is the current chaplain; said. stores. He’s still working in the paint Election Day, in the Nov. 8 edition of this decided he “wasn’t happy” with n La Societe des Quarante After retiring from education, Finley said department, going in several days a week. newspaper.) that. He opted to return to high Hommes et Huit Chevaux, or school. After two years at “The 40 & 8,” a coed veterans’ Howard High School, he gradu- organization which participates in ated. community service projects; and After high school, he began n The McDonald-Black Fox Voting Fire working and attending Zion Ruritan Club, which also partic- College, a two-year college ipates in variety of community From Page 1 From Page 1 which was later renamed service efforts. Chattanooga City College. Wednesday, with early voting Though currently “on leave” County Emergency Kelley would eventually spend from it, Kelley has also served at three sites: the Bradley Management Services director, the bulk of his career — some County Election Commission on the Bradley County Veterans “Just the final day of registration, we had 297 new said that initial reports were of 40 years — working for Mueller Funeral Honor Guard, a group office at the Courthouse Annex registrations, 27 name changes, 147 address changes and a ranch-style house being on Company, which makes water on Broad Street, inside which provides military honors 60 who came in who were not sure that they were fire, with a woman and child distribution products. at funerals. Bradley Square Mall, and at a registered but found out they are.” — Fran Green inside. He worked his was up from mobile station in the parking He is also a frequent church “The fire was knocked down being an entry-level laborer to attendee, going to both Second lot of Food City off McGrady enough to search, and they working in the clerical depart- Street Church of Christ and Drive in the southern part of that they were registered but 3rd District U.S. House seat. found one female in the kitchen ment. He retired as a mainte- Central Church of Christ. the city. found out they are,” Green Those also on the ballot for area deceased,” Fairbanks said. nance supply clerk. While he stays busy through- Normally, Green is able to said. that seat are Melody Shekari, “There was no child — she After retiring from Mueller, out the year, another group with predict, somewhat, the approx- The turnout will benefit from Topher Kersting, Cassandra didn’t have any children with Kelley decided he needed a which he is involved is in the imate number of voters who a hotly contested presidential Mitchell and Rick Tyler. her.” change of scenery. midst of its busiest season. will vote, but this election has race, with front runners Scott DesJarlais, the incum- Bradford said three engines “Truth be told, I was looking Kelley is secretary of the her stumped as to how many to Republican candidate Donald bent, will be opposed by Steven and a tanker truck responded for a smaller city to live in. ... I Bradley County Election expect. The Election Trump versus Democratic can- Reynolds in the 4th District to the scene. have now lived for over 30 years Commission. Members of the Commission plans to have an didate Hillary Clinton. There U.S. House seat, while incum- Fairbanks said that the in Cleveland,” Kelley said. “The commission are appointed by adequate number of workers at are others on the ballot for bent Todd Gardenhire will be Tennessee Bureau of move was good for me.” the state government, and he the polls on Nov. 8 and during president, but most voters are challenged by Khristy Investigation, State Bomb and Before retiring for real, Kelley has served Bradley County vot- early election. concerned about which of the Wilkinson for the 10th District Arson department and the settled into his new city and ers for 17 years. A class for new election two top candidates will be State Senate seat. BCSO, along with arson investi- began working as a real estate The election commission acts workers is being held tonight at elected, Green said. Other Incumbent Dan Howell faces gators with the BCFR, are agent. He ended up working like the board of a company or the Bradley County independent candidates on the Anna Miller Grabowski for the investigating the cause of the with Century 21 for 14 years. organization, making a variety Courthouse in efforts to avoid ballot for president include 22nd District Tennessee House fire. During those years, Kelley of decisions to make sure voting any mishaps that could occur “Rocky” Roque De La Fuente, of Representatives position, There was little information became more acquainted with goes smoothly. during the election. Gary Johnson, Alyson while incumbent Kevin Brooks on the victim — only that she the community and began get- Commissioners oversee opera- Green said that the last pres- Kennedy, Mike Smith and Jill is unopposed for the 24th was female. Her body was taken ting more and more involved. By tions for three early voting loca- idential election without an Stein. District Tennessee House of to Knoxville where a forensic the time he retired, he had tions, as well as 17 Election Day incumbent was in 2008, when Oddly enough, early voting Representatives seat. examination will be performed enough on his plate to ensure voting precincts. Early voting 64 percent of those registered begins on the same day as the “I can’t predict how many will in an effort to verify her identi- he would continue to stay busy. starts this Wednesday and goes ty. voted. Numbers for the Nov. 4, final presidential debate, this turn out, but these are some Kelley has been heavily through Nov. 3. Election Day is 2008, election show that Wednesday. very important elections, so Bradford said he anticipates involved with 100 Black Men of Nov. 8. 25,691 people voted, with Green pointed out that the people need to vote and let their that dental records will be used Bradley County Inc. and the “We expect everything will go 12,688 voting early. It was one presidential election is not the voices be heard,” Green said. in that analysis of the body. organization’s efforts to help smoothly this year, but we do of Bradley County’s highest only item on the ballot. The Early voting will continue He also mentioned that infor- local youth. He has served two expect long lines on Election turnouts ever. ballot also includes the U.S. through Nov. 3, from 9 a..m. to mation on the victim will not be terms as its vice president and Day,” Kelley said. “We encourage If visits to the commission House of Representative 3rd 6 p.m. Monday through Friday released until her family has has coordinated its annual com- everyone to go do early voting.” office since the August election District seat, the U.S. House of and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on been notified. munity health fair. Though he is a man about are any indication, there is Representatives 4th District Saturday at the three sites. Anyone with any information However, he said his favorite town, he stressed spending time much interest in the Nov. 8 seat, 10th District State Senate On election day, the polls will on the incident is asked to con- part has been working with with family remains one of his decision by voters. position, and Tennessee House be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. tact either the Bradley County boys and girls in 100 Black biggest priorities in life. He and “Just the final day of regis- of Representatives 22nd and 24 To find out more on the Sheriff’s Office or the BCFR. Men’s mentoring program at his wife, Catherine Tillery tration, we had 297 new regis- District seats. upcoming election, visit the Cleveland Middle School. Kelley, have been married for 24 trations, 27 name changes, Incumbent Chuck Bradley County Election “We help them look at what years. He also enjoys spending 147 address changes and 60 Fleischmann will be squaring Commission’s website at “The fire was knocked they need to do to stay in a pos- time with his children, grand- who came in who were not sure off against four others for the www.bradleyelections.com. down enough to search, itive direction,” Kelley said. “We children and great-grandchil- and they found one also talk to them about having dren. female in the kitchen good relationships with law Still, he said getting involved area deceased,” enforcement and help get them with the community has given Fairbanks said. “There on the right path if need be.” him a love for people in the Pickers was no child — she He added students in the pro- community as well. From Page 1 didn’t have any children gram are “training to be CEOs.” “I’ve always been a people with her.” The organization further empha- person,” Kelley said. “I like to do from coast to coast, Mike and “American Pickers” is look- — Shawn Fairbanks sizes the importance of planning unto others as I would have Frank are on a mission to ing for leads and would love for the future by awarding local them do unto me.” recycle and rescue forgotten American Pickers is to explore your hidden treas- relics,” said Alegra Hueso, such a popular show all ure, Hueso said. who works with the program. over the country. To She added that if you or “Along the way, the pickers have Frank and Mike someone you know has a want to meet characters with returning to Tennessee large, private collection or remarkable and exceptional shines a spotlight on our accumulation of antiques that items. The pair hopes to give interesting people and the pickers can spend the bet- Reduce, Reuse, historically significant objects places that will entice ter part of the day looking a new lease on life, while people to visit us.” through, send your name, learning a thing or two about — Melissa Woody phone number, location and America’s past along the description of the collection way.” with photos to: americanpick- Recycle Hueso said the pickers are something they have never [email protected] or call 855- “always looking to discover seen before.” old-rust.