Goodbye 'Coach Brown'
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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 236 FEBRuARY 1, 2016 ClEVElAND, tN 16 PAGES • 50¢ City funding short for roadway, Greenway projects By JOYANNA LOVE Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway Director Jonathan Jobe said the Public the road is now. Jobe said the project’s in the past. Banner Senior Staff Writer remain unfunded projects in the pro- Works Department would be adding a goal is to address safety issues at the “What they were willing to do wasn’t posed six-year strategic plan for the city. turn lane to the intersection, though the intersection. actually enough to get it realigned, but Transportation-related projects The Cleveland City Council can “full realignment of 20th street” was not The project, if funded in the 2018 fis- any bit would help. We can still talk to remain a need, Cleveland officials agree, change the projects that are funded funded. cal year, would cost an estimated him about that,” Jobe said. “What we but exceed available funding in the city. either in this year’s budget cycle or next “This could turn into an MPO project $540,000, spread out over three years, could do is flesh out the plan a little These projects address not just vehi- year when it reviews the six-year plan if we needed it to,” Jobe said of potential according to the Strategic Planning more, then take it to him and show him cle traffic needs, but ways to improve again. involvement by the Metropolitan Workshop documentation. The project the plan.” pedestrian access as well. During a recent strategic planning Planning Organization. “But that would would also add a sidewalk on one side of Councilman Avery Johnson spoke of Improvements to the intersection of meeting, Vice Mayor George Poe said he put it even further out on the timeline.” 20th Street toward George R. Stuart the need for sidewalks in the area for Georgetown Road and 20th Street, would like to see the 20th Street realign- The project will realign the two halves Elementary School. students who walk or bicycle to Stuart widening Candies Lane to three lanes ment project funded. of 20th Street so they are in line with Poe said an offer to donate land in the and an extension of the Development and Engineering each other, instead of being offset like area for such a project had been made See ROADWAY, Page 13 Inside Today Utility Photo by GEORGE NORKuS conveys ClEVElAND hEAD FOOtBAll coach Scott Cummings pres- ents Leon Brown with a station Blue Raiders helmet signed by the whole team as assistant coach Heath Weir to TVA (right) applauds the retired coach. Transfer set to save $200,000 By LARRY C. BOWERS Banner Staff Writer Cleveland Board of Public Lady Vols win Utilities members recently over Alabama approved a recommendation from President and CEO Ken The Tennessee women had a Webb and his administrative successful Sunday afternoon staff to convey property at the with a basketball win over South Cleveland Substation to Alabama. The Lee track and field Goodbye ‘Coach Brown’ the Tennessee Valley Authority. team had a pair of provisional The unanimous approval, with qualifiers to the NCAA D-II one board member absent, national championship. Atlanta should save CU thousands of Braves first baseman Freddie dollars, utility officials said. Freeman says his wrist is finally Cleveland High School fixture set to retire The equipment being sent to pain free. The Super Bowl teams TVA includes system bus work, have arrived in California. See after 38 years of classroom and sidelines bus connectors and supporting Sports, Pages 9-11. bus insulators. By SARALYN NORKUS Brown went on to point out that as a Utilities officials explained that Remaining aware Banner Sports Writer driver’s ed teacher, that philosophy has this section of bus work spans PERSONALITY proven very appropriate over the years. from TVA’s termination of the of breast cancer For the past 38 years, Leon Brown has “I love driver’s ed and have been teach- Sequoyah Nuclear Plant’s trans- been an ever-present fixture at Cleveland PROFILE ing it for 38 years,” he stated. “I’d like to mission tie line to the TVA termi- The best advocates for breast High School, both in the classroom and on hang around a bit and continue teaching nation of the East Cleveland cancer awareness are those who the football sideline. it part time.” transmission tie line. have survived it. Each is a different The end of an era has come though, as A transplant from Kentucky, Brown Without conveyance of the story and most can offer sugges- “Coach Brown” decided during the 2015 graduated from Carson-Newman in 1977, equipment, Cleveland Utilities tions on how to cope and what to season that the time to retire had come. and, one year later, began his career at would be required to register expect. See one person’s perspec- During his 38 years as a teacher at Cleveland. with the Federal Energy tive in a guest “Viewpoint” on Page Cleveland, Brown has spent all but six of One year was spent working under Regulatory Commission as a so- them on the Blue Raiders coaching staff, 12 of today’s edition. coach Ronnie Weir and then in 1979, his- called Bulk Energy System either working with the defensive ends, toric coach Benny Monroe began his illus- receivers or inside linebackers. trious career as head coach of the Raiders. See UTILITY, Page 13 Forecast “It’s to the point where I’m getting kids’ Brown was a valued member of Monroe’s kids coming through saying ‘Coach Brown, staff for the next 18 years. you coached my grandpa,’ so I knew it was During his time as an assistant coach City gets a time to go,” the dedicated coach joked. under Monroe, the Raiders had an overall Affecting Brown’s decision was the fact record of 178-33. his wife, Barbara, recently retired from The “glory years” of Cleveland football clean 2015 Cleveland Middle School. included winning three state champi- “One of the reasons I thought about it onships in a row (1993-95) and a 54-0 win now is because my wife retired this year streak that was ended by Anderson audit with after 38 years at Cleveland Middle School County in the 1996 playoffs. — she’s been the assistant principal over When asked about his favorite memories there for a while,” he explained. during the Benny Monroe years, the no findings Today’s forecast calls for cloudy “We’ve got four grandkids living in the answer was easy for Brown. skies and a 60 percent chance of Atlanta area and she already told me that “No. 1 on the list has to be those state By JOYANNA LOVE rain, with a high near 65. Tonight she’s not driving to Atlanta by herself. I championship runs in ’93, ’94 and ’95. Banner Senior Staff Writer should be mostly cloudy with a 30 just needed the time to be off to visit our Then going undefeated in the ’96 season The city of Cleveland has percent chance of rain, and a low grandkids and see them grow up. We’ve and being beat by Anderson County in the received an unqualified audit for around 53. Tuesday should be already missed several grandparent days quarterfinals. It was a fun ride and a time the 2015 fiscal year. at their schools.” of building relationships with the players.” According to the mostly cloudy with a 30 percent Despite the long hours and sacrifices Photo by GEORGE NORKuS The assistant coach got his shot at the Comprehensive Annual Financial chance of rain, and a high near 68. required in the world of football coaching, South winds of 5 to 15 mph could lEON BROWN is all smiles after being head coach position after Monroe stepped report, “The audit revealed no Brown has figured out the secret to stay- recognized for his nearly four decades down in 1997. findings that were required to be gust as high as 20. Tuesday night ing young. “I spent 18 years as an assistant under calls for a strong chance of show- with the Cleveland football program. reported.” “I don’t let things get to me or bother Benny Monroe and then had the opportu- There were no findings in the ers and possibly thunderstorms, me. I try to realize that it’s not going to and dust themselves off and play the next nity to step in after he left. All of the foot- financial statement audit. This is with a low around 54. last forever, and there are just some play. It’s that way in life — if things don’t ball that I learned was from Benny. I kind the second consecutive year that things that are just out of your control. go your way and it seems like it won’t ever of inherited the job late, because he there have not been any findings Index It’s kind of like the guys in football, if they get better, you just have to go on,” he in this category. get beat in one play they have to get up detailed. See COACH, Page 13 “No significant deficiencies Classified................................14-15 See AUDIT, Page 13 Comics...........................................6 Editorials......................................12 Horoscope......................................6 MINI Page......................................5 Tennessee’s history Obituaries.......................................2 Sports........................................9-11 TV Schedule..................................7 captured from people Weather..........................................8 By BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer “It’s a new online Around Town Blake Fontenay would tell resource where people you he has the best job in state Jerry Barnes preparing lunch can go to learn about government.