MONDAY 162nd YEAR • No. 163 NOVEMBER 7, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Enrollment starts for property Applications accepted for tax tax partial payment program relief and tax freeze programs By BRIAN GRAVES the taxpayer and the ability to maintain an By BRIAN GRAVES Commission in 2007 that will freeze the Banner Staff Writer improved cash flow for county services Banner Staff Writer property taxes of elderly applicants, age 65 Bradley County Trustee Mike Smith has and older, at the current amount owed When something is a success, there is announced the current enrollment periods Bradley County Trustee Mike Smith has when the applicant is initially approved. no reason to change anything — except for the 12-month payment program for announced the Trustee’s Office will be The applicant must apply annually to letting more people know what a good property taxes. accepting applications for tax relief and tax retain the frozen amount. thing it is. The program for the 2017 property taxes freeze programs through April 5, 2017. To qualify for the freeze program, all Paying property taxes through an will have the first payment due on March The tax relief program is a state of property owners and the applicant’s installment plan has been a major success 15, 2017. Tennessee program that allows elderly and spousal 2015 income cannot exceed since it was launched in 2010, and is fast Enrollment for the monthly payment disabled residents with a combined income $32,130. becoming a popular choice for taxpayers. program is currently open through Dec. 9. of less than $29,180 to receive a discount “The tax relief and tax freeze programs Last year, the number of parcels which An additional enrollment period will be ranging from $103 to $128 off of their tax are two very important programs that were signed up for the program topped the from Jan. 4, 2017 through Feb. 10, 2017. bill. Veterans classified as permanent and assist our citizens with their taxes,” Smith 1,100 mark and there is every expectation There will be three methods of payment totally disabled can also apply. said. “I encourage any citizen who feels those numbers will increase. The tax freeze program is a local pro- It is all about two things: convenience to See ENROLLMENT, Page 6 Mike Smith gram approved by the Bradley County See APPLICATIONS, Page 6 Food for local Election families in need MEETING THE HANEYS Day will A goal to distribute 150 boxes of food staples and $26,000 in donations has been set by the Dairy farm William Hall Rodgers Christmas arrive Basket Fund. The food staples will be given to families in need family loves in the community just before Tuesday: Christmas. The fund, which is a 501(c)(3), is a volunteer-support- the lifestyle ed effort. Donations may be By AGNES PORTER mailed to First Tennessee Bank, MTSU/Seigenthaler News Service Finally! P.O. Box 3566, Cleveland TN 37320-3566 or dropped off at It’s 8 a.m. on a Wednesday. First Tennessee Bank at 3870 At the Haney Dairy on Old Turnout numbers Keith St. Charleston Road, Junior Haney, a barrel-chested man whose high-and-tight haircut a little uncertain Inside Today contrasts with his long and By ALLEN MINCEY unruly beard, calls for Pearl Banner Staff Writer and Cinnamon to come and eat. On Tuesday, schools across The cows, one a Jersey, the the city of Cleveland and Bradley other a Holstein, lumber slowly County, along with other sites, into the feeding shed and stick could be packed with local voters their heads into a stanchion. casting ballots for their favorite Junior, a dairyman since he candidates in several races. was a boy working on his However, with the number who father’s farm, begins his twice- have participated in early voting, daily routine: wiping the Photo courtesy, AGNES PORTER officials are unsure if it will be a udders clean, connecting the APRIL AND JUNIOR HANEY pose with some of their “girls” on the couple’s dairy farm on Old busy Tuesday or not. milking machine and occasion- Charleston Road. One year after closing their commercial dairy, the couple is experimenting with Nearly 28,000 voted early over ally giving the cows a rub on herd shares, which allows consumers to “buy” raw milk. the last few weeks leading up to their backs as milk flows Tuesday’s final day. That total through thick plastic lines to herd shares, where individuals was thought to be a record stainless-steel milk containers. purchase an interest in a dairy turnout, but it could prove that As Pearl and Cinnamon FOURTH IN A cow and receive milk produced having more people vote early chow down while they’re being by that animal. The law was will affect the number of those milked, a barnyard choir passed by the state Legislature who vote on Election Day. erupts: roosters crow, other 7-PART in 2009. “We have had 43 percent of our Another tough cows moo and guinea hens Why drink raw milk? registered voters participate in scream. All the while, the ONDAY “Well, for one thing, you early voting, but the others who time for Titans farm’s milking machine makes M have all the cream and butter- did not vote early need to let a steady clicking noise keeping their voices be heard as well, so The Tennessee Titans missed fat. If you do any kind of the animals on beat. SERIES research, the fat molecules in we hope those who didn’t vote again in an attempt to get a win in Agnes Porter This is the music heard early will do so on Tuesday,” said San Diego, with their defeat at the milk, when not homoge- twice daily at the dairy farm Bradley County Administrator of the hands of the Chargers. Lee nized, the fat molecules remain run by Junior (Hubert is his Elections Fran Green. men’s soccer coach Paul Furey their cows, a mixture of several degrees I believe, and that was so much larger and your stom- given name, but no one calls The main focus has been on has announced he is stepping breeds. Currently, they are as cold as milk used to get, so ach can digest the larger mole- him that) and his wife, April. the presidential race, and on two down. Senior night was a special milking eight twice a day. it had to be used up quick,” cules,” Junior said. He also As if the names of the cows candidates: Hillary Clinton and time for Cleveland Blue Raiders The couple says downsizing Junior recalled. noted that some people who weren’t a clear enough sign, Donald Trump. Projections by senior Max Jones. “Black and has allowed them to focus “Now a’days, we’ve got refrig- are lactose-intolerant can Haney Dairy is not a typical some media have two other can- Gold Glory” concludes with the their attention on what is most eration, we’ve got chemicals to drink raw milk from certain dairy operation. For almost a didates for president — Gary third of a three-part series about important, the quality of the clean with and hot water.” breeds. year, the couple has ventured Johnson and Jill Stein — seeing the legendary Johnson brothers. milk rather than the quantity. In the past a large tanker As a point of information, it into a new kind of milk-pro- small but statistically significant See Sports, Pages 11-13. Haney Dairy was established truck would come to their old should be noted that a number ducing enterprise, selling raw in 1922. Junior is the fourth milking barn and take away of public-health experts warn voting percentage possibilities. milk to customers in Bradley generation dairyman in his the collected milk, hundreds of against consumption of raw The race between Clinton and Forecast and surrounding counties family. It’s always been hard gallons at a time. Today, the milk, but in the past decade a Trump has appeared to be very through herd shares. work, but it was harder early Haney’s herd produces much raw milk movement has erupt- close, especially over the past few Today should be mostly sunny, Last summer the couple was on, the man noted. less, 20 gallons or so a day, ed. The Haneys and their herd days and weeks. Tennessee is with a high near 71. Tonight’s fore- running a commercial dairy, “Used to they did not have which their herd share part- share partners believe benefits projected to cast more ballots for the Republican candidate, cast calls for mostly clear skies, milking up to 72 head, but last refrigeration. When they would ners pick up. outweigh the risks. fall they had to downsize due milk they would take the milk, Under Tennessee law, raw For the Haneys, who found Trump, but other states appear with a low around 42 degrees. to land issues that were out of themselves involuntarily mov- to be less predictable. Tuesday looks to be mostly sunny, put it in cans and sit it in a milk can only be sold to con- their control. Now, they have a spring house and I think the sumers two ways, as a pet In Bradley County, the presi- with a high near 71. Tuesday night herd of 12 “girls,” as they call water temperature was 58 food, or under the system of calls for mostly cloudy skies and a See HANEYS, Page 6 slight chance of rain, with a low See ELECTION, Page 6 around 50. Wednesday calls for partly sunny skies and a high near 64.