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Submitted photo BCSO SEniOr Lt. Christy Walls, TCI invited to view jail left, and BCSO Capt. of Corrections Gabe Thomas show TCI Inspector updates, improvements Robert Kane (third from left) the newly By BRIAN GRAVES visit as part of the jail’s efforts Sheriff Eric Watson made renovated kitchen at Banner Staff Writer to repair various maintenence what he called “hard decisions” the Bradley County problems found by the TCI’s ini- in getting the numbers in the Jail, during a visit An inspector for the tial inspection last summer. staff to a more acceptable level. Tuesday afternoon. Tennessee Corrections Institute The jail’s reinspection in “We made some changes in At far right is kitchen paid a visit to the Bradley August reclaimed the facility’s shifts, job duties and the overall worker R. Curtis County Jail on Tuesday after- certification, but with a stipula- structure of corrections,” Powers. noon, but the visit was no sur- tion the BCSO must present a Thomas said. “What was hap- prise. plan of action to the TCI during pening was a lot of people were It was done at the invitation of a meeting Dec. 7 in Nashville. working corrections but were BCSO Capt. of Corrections Gabe Part of the findings were con- not listed as being in that cate- Thomas. cerning the personnel staffing of Thomas said he requested the the corrections department. See JAIL, Page 7
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Nine bells added to new tower in Lee University forum quad By SARALYN NORKUS Banner Staff Writer Tuesday morning Lee University welcomed the newest addi- tion to its campus, nine bells that are now hanging in the bell tower at the forum. “It is a wonderful occasion. We designed (and have been working) on this tower for about the last year and a half,” Lee Raiders roll in 1st See BELLS, Page 6 game in new arena The Cleveland Raiders had a big night in the inaugural games of the New Raider Arena, with wins over Polk County. The Walker Valley Mustangs had a tough opener against Riverdale. The CSCC Cougars picked up a pair of wins over Central Georgia Technical College. The Lee University Flames have fun and games planned for Maroon Madness. See Sports, Pages 11-13. Webb honored Ken Webb, former president and CEO of Cleveland Utilities, was honored Tuesday evening with a retirement reception at the Museum Center at Five Points. See story and photo, Page 10. Ceiling murals Catherine Jordan is giving seniors at Bradley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center a rea- son to look up. She has been painting murals on the ceilings of those seniors who are interest- ed. See Lifestyles, Page 19.
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Patchy smoke from regional wild- Banner photos, ALLEn MinCEY fires should continue today. Dr. PAUL COnn, Lee University president, smiles while standing underneath the nine bells that were placed Otherwise it should be sunny, with a in the new clock tower at the university. The new clock tower, where nine bells were placed Tuesday, is located high near 71. Tonight calls for clear on Church Street, near the new School of Nursing building at Lee University. skies but with patchy smoke, with a low around 41. Thursday should see areas of smoke and hazy sunshine, along with a high near 76. Thursday night should be clear, with a low Youth mentors Corrections Dept. prepares around 45. Friday looks to be sunny, with a high near 75. Friday night are invited calls for partly cloudy skies and a 40 for TCI review on Dec. 7 percent chance of rain, with a low around 46. to breakfast By BRIAN GRAVES deficiencies; however, the inspectors noted: “Most of the Special to the Banner Banner Staff Writer Index deficiencies listed in the report Tennessee Promise offers local The corrections department of are due, in large part, to the the Bradley County Sheriff’s high school graduates the continued overcrowding situa- Classified...... 15-17 Office continues to prepare for chance to attend college without tion and a shortage of staff at Comics...... 24 its Dec. 7 meeting with the times to fill all the designated Editorial...... 14 paying tuition — and now adult Tennessee Corrections Institute mentors are desperately needed posts on a consistent basis.” Horoscope...... 24 concerning problems the jail Many of the deficiencies were to guide them through the now faces. Lifestyles...... 19-21 process. related to paperwork which Obituaries...... 2 The TCI reviewed the county includes menu evaluations, On Friday morning, the Allan jail facilities during a July visit Sports...... 11-13 Jones Foundation, Cleveland menu substitutions not being Stocks ...... 4 and released its findings in late recorded, clothing documenta- State Community College and August. TV Schedule...... 25 TnAchieves are inviting those The jail was cited on several See CORRECTIONS, Page 7 Weather...... 9 interested in mentoring to the breakfast gathering at the college Contributed photo Around Town at 7:30 a.m. A tEnnESSEE PrOMiSE mentor breakfast is set for Friday “While the increase in student morning at Cleveland State Community College. It is sponsored by $806 added to George McAlister giving a dot- participation is exciting and con- the Allan Jones Foundation, CSCC and TnAchieves. Area residents loop seminar ... Mendy Gilliland tinues to grow, so does the need interested in mentoring are invited to the 7:30 a.m. gathering. From having a successful morning in for volunteer mentors to support left are Bailey Jones, director of Buy Here Pay Here USA; Krissy Basket Fund the woods for her first deer hunt them,” said Toby Pendergrass, DeAlejandro, TnAchieves executive director; Will Jones, vice presi- Some $806 has been ... Michele Trotter joking about director of the foundation. dent of Jones Management Services; and Toby Pendergrass, foun- added to the William Hall roaming around trying to figure “Locally, we have an urgent need dation director. Rodgers Christmas Basket out where she parked her car. for 151 volunteers and currently Fund total. This brings the only 65 people have signed up. Cougar Room in the gymnasium Tennessee Promise offers money raised to $1,881. This is a great opportunity for at Cleveland State and a brief every high school senior the Each year for decades, members of the community to program will follow explaining opportunity to attend one of the See BASKET, Page 7 help.” the importance of the opportuni- 6489076 75112 Breakfast will be served in the ty. See MENTORS, Page 6 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, November 16, 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 Ariana Liner; two sisters-in-law: Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) To submit an obituary, have the funeral home or cremation Faye Collins and Sue Chambers in Cleveland, TN 37320-3600, daily except Saturday society in charge of arrangements e-mail the information to obitu- and husband, Elmer, all of and Christmas day by Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. [email protected] and fax to 423-614-6529, attention Cleveland; brother-in-law, Phone (423) 472-5041. obits. Winston Varnell; half sisters: Jeannette Rose, Faye McDonald Stephen L. Crass Joyce Taylor and Rhonda Posey, all of Editor & Publisher General Manager Smith. Memory Gardens. Chattanooga; and two nephews: Member of The Associated Press The funeral will be conducted The visitation will be from 6 to Brian and Jay Collins, both of at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Cleveland. 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 2016, in the chapel of Fike- In lieu of flowers, memorials The funeral will be conducted herein. All rights of all other material herein are as reserved. ©2016 Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. Randolph & Son Funeral Home may be made to Womens Care at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, with Pastor Kenneth Elledge offi- Center, 285 Main St. Dayton, TN 2016, in the chapel of Fike- SUBSCRIPTION RATES ciating. 37321. Randolph & Son Funeral Home Publishser Reserves the Right to Change Rates Without Notice Interment will follow in the vet- Please visit www.coultergar- with Dr. Mark Williams officiating. Print Only 3 months 6 Months 1 Year Monthly Daily A private interment will be held Carrier Collect Rate * $6.75 eran’s section of Fort Hill risonfuneralhome.com to share Cemetery. condolescences. on Friday at Fort Hill Cemetery. By Carrier Home / Business Delivery $20.00 $38.00 $75.00 Her family will receive friends By Mail inside Zip 307 $25.00 $45.00 $85.00 Her family will receive friends By Mail outside Zip 307 in TN, GA $38.00 $55.00$105.00 on Thursday, from 2 to 4 p.m., at elizabeth lewis on Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m., at By Mail Outside TN $38.00 $67.00 $130.00 the funeral home prior to the the funeral home prior to the Elizabeth Lewis, 85, of Print + E-Edition service. service. By Carrier Home / Business Delivery $21.25 $40.25 $79.25 We invite you to send a mes- Chattanooga, died Tuesday, Nov. The family requests that By Mail inside Zip 307 $26.25 $47.25 $90.50 15, 2016. memorials be made to Love By Mail outside Zip 307 in TN, GA $40.00$58.00 $112.00 sage of condolence and view the By Mail Outside TN $40.50 $71.00 $137.00 Donahue family guestbook at Survivors and arrangements Nancy (local non-profit for www.fikefh.com. will be announced by Companion Alzheimer’s disease and those E-Edition Only $26.85 $53.70 $107.40$8.95 $1.95 Joy andies Funeral Home. with special needs), 697 Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 423-472-5041 Joy Andies, 71, a resident of Blythewood Road N.W. Cleveland, passed away Sunday, Cleveland TN 37311. Nov. 13, 2016, at the family resi- We invite you to send a mes- dence. sage of condolence and view the She was the daughter of the Liner family guestbook at late Robert and Beulah Johnson Fire heavily damages www.fikefh.com. Edwards. She was also preced- ed in death by her husband of 17 sheila Bowman years, James “Jay” Andies; son, Sheila Kirby Bowman, 70, of home on Gatlin Road Mark Moynihan; grandson, James Price; brothers: Robert Cleveland, passed away and Don Edwards; and sister, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at her From Staff Reports mated that 20 percent of the Doris Davis. home. home was a total loss, with the She was a retired paralegal She retired after 15 years of A Gatlin Road home was heav- remainder being damaged by working with Legal Aid of East service as a paralegal for the ily damaged by fire early Tuesday Department of Children’s Donna Whitener smoke. Tennessee for more than 30 evening, according to reports. Maney said the fire caused an years. The cause of her heart Services of Tennessee and was Donna Whitener, of Cleveland, a veteran of the United States The Bradley County Fire- estimated $40,000 in damages. was helping those in need with passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, Rescue service responded to the legal aid. She loved her church Marines. 2016, at the family residence. Names of the residents of the family at Covenant Baptist Sheila was a member of River Survivors and funeral arrange- fire at 675 Gatlin Road just after home, and those occupying the Church where she was a mem- City Parrot Heads Club. She ments will be announced by 6 p.m. Fire Chief Troy Maney home at the time of the fire, were ber for many years. She loved earned her associate’s degree Ralph Buckner Funeral Home said that four adults and two not available this morning, nor from Cleveland State. reading her Bible and watching and Crematory. children reside in the home, but was the cause of the fire. It is still birds from her sun porch at She was preceded in death by her parents, Roger and Frances only the adults were inside the being investigated by BCFR. home. home when the fire occurred. The American Red Cross was Survivors include her son, Osborne Kirby. Stewart Moynihan, and his wife, Survivors include her husband Maney said that the four contacted to provide assistance Katherine, of Georgetown; step- of 30 years, Alan Mark Bowman adults were able to get out of the to the victims of the fire. No son, Pee Wee Andies of of Cleveland; children: Susan home when the fire was noticed, injuries were reported in the McDonald; daughters: Patricia Casper of Cleveland and Terry as did the family dog. He esti- incident. Darlene Moynihan of Louisville, Casper of Fort Collins, Colo.; and Ky., Janet Moynihan Flint and her grandchildren: Cody Stovall and Max liner husband, Bill, of Leesburg, Fla., Gabby Stovall, both of Cleveland. J. Max Liner, 83, of Cleveland, Shannon Moynihan Dennie and passed away Sunday, Nov. 13, her husband, Mark, of Atlantic A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Beach, Fla., and Amy Andies and He was retired from Bowater her significant other, Scott 2016, at the Chattanooga National Cemetery with military after 48 years of service. He Greene, of Cleveland; 13 grand- enjoyed golfing, working in his children; 14 great-grandchildren; honors. Fike-Randolph & Son Funeral yard, walking and his grandchil- sister, Pat Wells of Cleveland; dren. her brothers: Jimmy Edwards of Home is in charge of arrange- ments. He was preceded in death by Cleveland and Bill Edwards of his wife of 59 years, Sue Kelley Chattanooga; and several nieces We invite you to send a mes- sage of condolence and view the Liner; parents, Jess and May and nephews. Liner; and two sisters: Pat Jones A Remembrance of Life serv- Bowman family guestbook at www.fikefh.com. and Ruth Varnell. ice will be held at 4 p.m. Survivors include his son and Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at daughter-in-law, Craig and Karen Covenant Baptist Church with Hopper Liner of Cleveland; two her friend and Pastor Gary grandchildren: Asher Liner and Higgins officiating. Ariana Liner; two sisters: Faye The interment will be held at 10 Collins and Sue Chambers and a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial husband, Elmer, all of Cleveland; Gardens. Terry clark brother-in-law, Winston Varnell of The family will receive friends Cleveland; and two nephews: this evening, Nov. 16, 2016, from Terry Clark, 67, of Cleveland, Brian and Jay Collins, both of 5 until 8 p.m. at the North Ocoee died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at Cleveland. Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral and the family residence. The funeral will be conducted Cremation Services. Survivors and funeral arrange- at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.17, We encourage you to share ments will be announced by the 2016, in the chapel of Fike- your memories and or condo- North Ocoee Chapel of Jim Rush Randolph & Son Funeral Home lences with the family by going to Funeral and Cremation Services. with Dr. Mark Williams officiating. www.jimrushfuneralhomes.com. A private interment will be held Mike Mccleary/The BisMarck TriBune via aP on Friday at Fort Hill Cemetery. DakoTa PiPeline protesters stand arm-in-arm at the intersection of Rosser Avenue and Fourth His family will receive friends Street in downtown Bismarck, N.D., after marching from the state Capitol to the William L. Guy Federal on Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Building, Monday. the funeral home prior to the service. The family requests that James Godfrey memorials be made to Love klaudiya Belozab Nancy (local nonprofit for Pipeline company seeks federal James Godfrey, 82, of Klaudiya Belozab, 61, of Cleveland, died this morning, Alzheimer’s disease and those Cleveland, died this morning, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. with special needs), 697 Nov. 16, 2016. Survivors and arrangements Blythewood Road S.W, Cleveland TN 37311. court OK to proceed with plan Survivors and arrangements will be announced by Companion will be announced by Companion Funeral Home. We invite you to send a mes- Funeral Home. sage of condolence and view the CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — California to Vermont. Activists tion. In Montpelier, Vermont, Liner family guestbook at www.fikefh.com. The company building the $3.8 called for demonstrations at more than 100 people gathered billion Dakota Access oil pipeline Army Corps of Engineers offices outside a bank, chanting, singing has asked a federal judge’s per- and at banks financing the songs and holding signs saying mission to circumvent President pipeline construction. “Water is Life” and “Standing Barack Obama’s administration More than two dozen people With Standing Rock.” and move ahead with a disputed were arrested near Mandan, “It may seem hopeless, like louise huskey section of the project in North North Dakota, after a group of David against Goliath, but we Louise Huskey, 87, a resident Dakota, as opponents held about 400 protesters put a truck believe that if we’re persistent of Cleveland, died Monday, Nov. protests across the country and tree branches on BNSF and we recruit, that this move- 14, 2016, at The Courtyard at against the pipeline. Railway tracks near a pipeline ment will grow and hopefully Deer Ridge in Dayton. Dallas-based Energy Transfer work staging area and tried to set these kinds of projects will stop,” She moved from Gatlinburg to Partners and a subsidiary asked it on fire, Morton County sheriff’s said protester Lee Shen of Evensville and then to Cleveland. the court on Tuesday to let them spokesman Rob Keller said. Thetford Center, Vermont. She served as chaplin of the lay pipe under a Missouri River “They had a rope soaked with The Corps on Monday called Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post No. 3851, and was a former member reservoir, a plan the Standing kerosene,” he said. “A (Highway for more study and input from of the O.E.S. Chapter 514, and a Rock Sioux tribe says threatens Patrol) trooper with an extin- the Standing Rock Sioux before it former member of Pleasant Dale its drinking water and cultural guisher doused it so it wouldn’t decides whether to allow the Baptist Church in Evensville, sites. The Army Corps of light.” pipeline to cross under Lake Roaring Fork Baptist Church in Engineers said Monday it needs Trains were delayed three Oahe. The 1,200-mile pipeline Gatlinburg, and a present mem- more time to study the impact of hours, railroad spokeswoman that’s to carry North Dakota oil ber of Temple Baptist Church in the plan. Amy McBeth said. Officers in riot through South Dakota and Iowa Cleveland. While President-elect Donald gear used pepper spray and in to a shipping point in Illinois is She was preceded in death by Trump, a pipeline supporter, one instance a stun gun against largely complete except for that her parents, Eli and Mary Elizabeth Hatcher McCarter; four likely would greenlight the proj- protesters who refused to leave. stretch, which will skirt the brothers; and seven sisters. ect when he takes office in Mandan is about 50 miles tribe’s reservation. Survivors include a son, the January, the company is trying north of a camp where hundreds Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Rev. Norman (Becky) Huskey of to win federal approval — or a of protesters have gathered in Tuesday that an additional delay Evensville; three daughters; court order — to allow it to go recent months to oppose the “does nothing but prolong and Jennifer Booton Donahue Jackie (Donnie) Mailloux of Lake forward sooner. The delay has pipeline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., intensify the public safety issues City, Fla., Tracey (Ronnie) already cost nearly $100 million, an environmental attorney and imposed on Morton County and Jennifer Booton Donahue, 69, sue liner Bridwell of Dayton, Leslie Sue Kelley Liner, 84, of the company said in court docu- president of the New York-based the state of North Dakota since of Charleston, passed away (Wayne) Stinnett of Cleveland; Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at her Cleveland, passed away Sunday, ments, “and further delay in the Waterkeeper Alliance, which the beginning of August,” when 12 grandchildren: Dawn Ballard, Nov. 13, 2016. home. Jeff (Lucinda) Gibson, Dottie consideration of this case would seeks to protect watersheds protests against the pipeline She was a veteran of the She was a member of North add millions of dollars more each worldwide, visited the camp broke out. In his statement, Taylor, Tommy (Carrie) Huskey, Cleveland Church of God and United States Army and served Stephen (Samantha) Huskey, month in costs which cannot be Tuesday, speaking out against during the Vietnam Conflict. was involved in the Geneva recovered.” the arrests of protesters and a Nathan (Alison) Stinnett, Phillip Circle at church. She enjoyed She was a member of (Jenni) Stinnett, Cindy (Joe) In a statement Tuesday, the project he says will benefit bil- spending time with her grandchil- T SASPECIAL Covenent Promise Church. Dupre, Trina (Craig) Groce, Ron company blamed the Obama lionaires and not the American I ’ She was preceded in death by dren. Bridwell Jr., Christy (Gary) She was preceded in death by administration for “political people. her parents, John and Pearl Cox Coulter and Angie White; 26 DAY FOR Booton. her husband of 59 years, Max interference” in the pipeline “What they are doing here is a ... great-grandchildren; and several Liner; mother and stepfather, review process. crime, an environmental crime, Survivors include her husband nieces and nephews. of 20 years, Marvin Charles Vergia and Oliver “Hop” Painter; The Army Corps referred a and there are real victims,” he The service will be held at 1 and father, Mark Kelley. Denzil Cooper, Elaine Miller, Donahue of Charleston; step- p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in the request for comment to the said. daughter, Kathryn Smith and Survivors include her son and Justice Department, which In Columbus, Ohio, police Allen Mincey, Brent Steward, chapel of Coulter Garrison daughter-in-law, Craig and Karen husband, Donnie, of Columbus, Funeral Home in Dayton with the declined comment. reported an activist blocked traf- Laura Morrow and Jim Phillips, Ohio; and three stepgrandchil- Hopper Liner of Cleveland; two who are celebrating birthdays Rev. Norman Huskey officiating. grandchildren: Asher Liner and Protests were being held fic by handcuffing himself under dren: Stephanie, Ryan and Tyler Interment will be in Rhea Tuesday across the country, from a vehicle at a downtown intersec- today. www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, November 16, 2016— 3 Lee University to host Honor Band weekend Sixty-one high school stu- year’s Honor Band concert. pieces by Larry Daehn, James Lee students will also per- dents representing 27 schools “This is always a great event Hosay and Ralph Vaughn form during the weekend in the from seven states will arrive at to host,” said Winona Williams, among others. Honor Band Collage Concert on Lee University this week for Holsinger, director of instru- The students were selected Friday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Honor Band 2016 and will mental projects at Lee. “The for the band based on informa- Conn Center. 2538 KEITH ST. • COLONY SQUARE present a concert Saturday, students are solid musicians tion they submitted, as well as The performance will feature Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. in the Conn who come to play music. They recommendations from their Lee’s Symphonic Band, the Start Your Holiday Shopping Center. work hard and always have a individual band directors. They Jazz Ensemble and the Wind Dr. David Holsinger, director great final concert. I look for- will begin rehearsing Thursday Ensemble. 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Plus, Band, featuring Pastor Wally he's been nominated for Male Varnell playing the electric guitar Several leading regional musi- the Quartet are influenced by Registration Dates Vocalist of the Year in the Merle Travis-style, and accom- cal organizations will collaborate this rare physiological ability to Academy of Western Artists plished musician Jerry Green on in a unique chamber music event transcribe sound into colors, and Thursday, Nov. 10, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm Awards’ Pure Country category. bass. on Nov. 18, beginning at 7 p.m. also his intense faith in the Friday, Nov. 11, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm If that’s not enough, one of Barry Sullivan is the announc- in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall Catholic Church. The reflection Saturday, Nov. 12, between 10:00am and 2:00pm Corley's compositions, "Ride er, while Steve Poteet is the host on the campus of UTC. on “time” illuminated in the Thursday, Nov. 17, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm With Me God" is included in the for this enjoyable music event. Musicians from the UTC Quartet allowed Messiaen to cre- Friday, Nov. 18, between 6:00pm and 8:00pm Department of Performing Arts, ate the fundamental connection Saturday, Nov. 19, between 10:00am and 2:00pm Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, that would link all of his beliefs; (Evaluations will be done day of signup) and the nonprofit organization on hearing the work, the concert Music Therapy Gateway In audience will understand differ- LOTTERY NUMBERS Communications will combine ent approaches of how music can LEAGUE SCHEDULE: their talents in a concert influence humanity. First Practice - Monday, January 9, 2017 designed to educate and enter- This event is free of charge and First Game - Saturday, January 21, 2017 (AP) — These lotteries were All or Nothing Day: 01-04-06- tain the audience on the positive open to the public. Awards Celebration - Saturday, March 11, 2017 drawn Tuesday: 08-11-15-18-19-21-22-23-24 therapeutic outcomes for motor, Organizations interested in All or Nothing Evening: 03-04- speech, and cognitive challenges learning more about biomedical REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Tennessee 07-08-11-13-14-16-18-20-22- utilizing music as a direct con- music via MTGIC’s free concert or The registration cost per child for basketball i s $67. Cash 3 Evening: 4-4-1, Lucky 23 duit into the brain. lecture series can contact Martha Everyone must attend one evaluation. Sum: 9 All or Nothing Morning: 01-02- A pre-concert lecture is sched- Summa-Chadwick at Basketball shorts are included in the registration cost. Cash 3 Midday: 2-9-3, Lucky 05-08-10-12-13-15-16-18-19-24 uled at 7 p.m., followed by a 7:30 www.mtgic.org or www.martha- For More Information Contact Sammy Parris 472-5582 Sum: 14 All or Nothing Night: 01-03-04- concert featuring Olivier summa.com. Cash 3 Morning: 1-3-7 07-10-11-12-13-15-16-20-22 Messiaen’s remarkable composi- Cash 4 Evening: 1-1-9-1, Cash 3 Evening: 1-6-4 tion, “Quartet for the End of Lucky Sum: 12 Cash 3 Midday: 1-7-7 Time.” Cash 4 Midday: 8-4-3-2, Lucky Cash 4 Evening: 6-0-8-3 The event is supported by a Sum: 17 Cash 4 Midday: 3-5-3-0 grant from the Tennessee Arts Cash 4 Morning: 0-0-7-0 Fantasy 5: 08-13-16-33-36 Commission to MTGIC as part of Ta k e Mega Millions: 09-17-23-57- Georgia FIVE Evening: 0-3-9- their 2016-17 Arts Build 71, Mega Ball: 6, Megaplier: 3 0-2 Communities grant cycle. Georgia FIVE Midday: 9-2-4-6- Pianist and MTGIC Executive Georgia 6 Director Dr. Martha Summa- 5 Card Cash: JD-KS-9C-7D- Mega Millions: 09-17-23-57- Chadwick will be joined for the 2H 71, Mega Ball: 6, Megaplier: 3 Advantage performance by HSO concert- master Mark Reneau on violin, UTC professor Dr. Nikolasa UGA students Tejero on clarinet, and Heather CHURCH Anderson on cello. get help with The year 2016 marks the 75th of Our ACTIVITIES anniversary of the premiere of Messiaen’s Quartet, which was meal plans composed and premiered in a Allan Lockerman will be the prisoner-of-war camp during ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A speaker for the His Hands World War II. The unusual scor- Special University of Georgia graduate Extended Devotional at Garden ing of piano, cello, violin, and has provided a $2.4 million gift Plaza, 3500 Keith St., Thursday clarinet was a result of the limita- to his alma mater to support at 7 a.m. tions of instruments and musi- students and ensure they don’t ——— cians that could be found at the have to worry about going hun- The Mormon congregation on POW camp. It will be the fea- BREAST gry while in school. Pryor Road in Cleveland will hold tured work following a brief A university press release says a social Thursday. The public is demonstration of the more public Jess Stokely gave the universi- invited to participate. facade of musical entertainment AUGMENTATION ty’s Division of Student Affairs in war-torn Europe during 1941, its largest ever one-time dona- including Strauss waltzes and tion. The Athens Banner-Herald Weill cabaret songs. reports $1.5 million will go for I SEE BY THE The Quartet’s structural $3600.00! general student support and design includes qualities that are $900,000 will go to the Let All BANNER musical, physiological, and also the Big Dawgs Eat Food mystical based on Messiaen’s Call Today For An Appointment Scholarship. personal belief structure. The scholarship sponsors one- The Cleveland Lions Club Messiaen had synesthesia, a con- year meal plans for students Pancake breakfast will be held at dition affecting 1 in 2000 people with a demonstrated financial Jenkin’s Deli on Saturday, from 8 that involves a fundamental jum- need. This year, 46 students’ to 10 a.m. The cost will be $5. The bling of the sensory system; he meals are covered. entertainment will be the could actually see sound and UGA’s seven-day-a-week plan Noteworthy Knights and perform- hear color. costs $3,956, or $1,978 a semes- ers from Park View Elementary. Compositional techniques in ter. UGA also offers a number of Items will be auction off between 8 other options, including a five- and 10 a.m. o f C l e v e l a n d day-a-week plan at $3,754 and ——— an 80-meal per semester plan at The finance committee of the (423) 472-1996 $2,802. Cleveland Bradley County Public Michael L. Hoops, MD Stokely, 80, attended Library will meet Nov. 22 at 2:30 Board Certified by The American 597 Church Street NE • Cleveland, Tennessee Oglethorpe County High School p.m. in the Library Community Board of Plastic Surgery www.hoopsplasticsurgery.com and got an undergraduate agri- Room. The board of directors of the Reuse the News culture degree from UGA in Cleveland Bradley County Public Recycle this newspaper Anyone can wear a white coat. Not everyone is 1958. He was the first of his Library will meet Nov. 22 at 4 p.m., board certified in plastic surgery. 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Tennessee firearms group TENNESSEE BRIEFS calls Harwell ‘pink elephant’ Tennessee posts $184M surplus regular at a Speedway station in gram to recruit exceptional grad- La Vergne last week. The price uate students. in 1st quarter tax collections difference was 60 cents per gal- Starting fall 2017 at the flag- NASHVILLE (AP) — The be armed on the campuses of in-parking-lots legislation, NASHVILLE (AP) — Tax collec- Tennessee Firearms Association public colleges and universities. Harwell urged fellow Republicans lon. ship campus in Knoxville, the tions for Tennessee’s general A city spokeswoman says university will offer four-year on Tuesday denounced — Keeping cities and counties to ignore the demands of what she fund have beaten expectations Tennessee’s first female House from enacting gun bans in public called “fringe” gun groups such as Sparks called police to the scene. $10,000 annual fellowships for by $184 million through the first The manager of the gas station up to 100 graduate students. speaker as the “pink elephant in parks, playgrounds and sports the Tennessee Firearms quarter of the budget year. the room,” saying Republican fields. Association. asked Sparks to leave when he The students will receive the Through the first three began asking other customers to $40,000 in addition to their col- Beth Harwell is not aggressive — Barring employers from pro- In an emailed newsletter on months of fiscal year, corporate enough on gun rights and should hibiting workers from storing Tuesday, the state firearms group check their receipts. lege-funded graduate research franchise and excise taxes have Sparks told WKRN that this assistant or graduate teaching be replaced as the chamber’s handguns in vehicles parked on says Harwell’s “establishment exceeded projections by $93 mil- leader. company lots. Republican perspective” is at odds was the second time he had been assistant stipends. lion and sales tax collections overcharged by Speedway when The school says the program, Harwell is seeking the Tennessee’s generally gun with “the current trend that the were $86 million more than the Republican nomination for a friendly lawmakers have been voters have demanded across using a gift card at the pump. named the Tennessee Fellowship budgeted amount. Speedway spokeswoman for Graduate Excellence, aims to fourth term as speaker when the caught between firearms advo- Tennessee by their overwhelming Sales taxes collections in House GOP caucus meets on cates who want to do away with support of Donald Trump.” Stefanie Griffith says a techni- attract the best and brightest October grew by 4.5 percent cian’s inspection of the pump students worldwide. Thursday. She is being challenged nearly all restrictions on being “The ‘pink elephant’ in the room compared with the same year- by Rep. Jimmy Matlock of Lenoir armed in public and business is that Beth Harwell’s prior found that it was working cor- The new initiative will phase ago period. But corporate tax rectly. out the top-off program, which is City. While the vote for speaker groups that want to maintain con- actions as speaker evidence con- collections dropped 14. 5 per- won’t occur until the General trol over their private property. clusively that it is time for a new Johnson concedes to incumbent providing $4 million to graduate cent, which Finance students campus-wide this year. Assembly reconvenes in January, That friction came to a head in speaker in the House,” according Commissioner Larry Martin Eddie Smith in Knoxville that election should only be a for- 2012 when John Harris, the to the email. “This is not a popu- Dixie Thompson, dean of the attributed to businesses request- KNOXVILLE (AP) — Graduate School, says the old mality as Republicans hold 74 of Tennessee Firearms larity contest.” ing refunds for previous overpay- Democratic challenger Gloria 99 seats in the lower chamber. Association’s president, was Harwell’s office did not immedi- program spread the money out ments. Johnson has conceded to incum- too thin and diluted its impact. The Tennessee Firearms roundly criticized for suggesting ately return a message seeking Tennessee ended the last bent state Rep. Eddie Smith in Association has long criticized in a newsletter that it was time to comment. budget year on June 30 with a their close race in Knoxville. Houston County couple dead Harwell, even though the symbolically “display a used cru- About 581,000 people have general fund surplus of $852 The Knoxville News Sentinel following explosion at their home Legislature has passed several cifix at the entrance to the handgun carry permits in million. reports that Johnson decided to CLARKSVILLE (AP) — A measures loosening firearms General Assembly as a warning” Tennessee. Last year, about 2,300 Tennessee sets new record in stop fighting the 154-vote result Houston County couple have restrictions in Tennessee while to lawmakers with qualms about permits were suspended or after finding out that there been killed in an explosion at she has been speaker. They passing sweeping legislation to revoked, while about 3,300 appli- drug overdose deaths in 2015 weren’t enough provisional bal- their home. include: loosen gun laws. cations to be able to be armed in NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee lots cast to change the outcome The Leaf-Chronicle of — Allowing faculty and staff to During a debate over the guns- public were denied. health officials say the state hit a of the race. Clarksville reports that firefight- record in drug overdose deaths Voters who don’t have proper ers responded to the blaze at the in 2015. identification can vote provision- mobile home in Stewart on The state Department of ally and then return with their Monday night. Health on Tuesday said 1,451 IDs within 48 hours to have their Houston County Emergency people died of drug overdoses ballots counted. Management Director David last year. In 2011, 1,062 deaths Johnson had sought the quick Hardin says the husband was in were reported, and the total has release of 597 names of people a shop about 75 yards from the grown each year since. who cast provisional ballots in property when he heard a blast Last year’s overdose death rate the entire county. But it turned at the home. He rushed to the was 22 per 100,000 people. The out that only 86 provisional home to rescue his wife, but died rate in 2011 was 16.6 per votes were cast in her district. in the attempt. 100,000 people. The close race was a rematch The couple were in their 70s. In comparison, the health of two years ago, when Smith Their identities have not been department says 14.7 per defeated Johnson, who was then released. 100,000 people died in car acci- the incumbent, by 182 votes. Hardin says it’s not immedi- dents last year. Conjoined twins from Nigeria ately clear what caused the Nearly 72 percent of last year’s explosion, but said there were 10 overdose deaths involved opi- separated at Tennessee hospital MEMPHIS (AP) — Conjoined oxygen bottles in the home that oids. had been delivered earlier in the Deaths confirmed to have twins from Nigeria have been separated after a lengthy opera- day. involved fentanyl, which can be Fire marshal and sheriff’s 40 times stronger than heroin, tion at a Tennessee hospital. Multiple news outlets report office officials are investigat- rose from 69 total in 2014 to 174 ing. in 2015. the 1-year-old twins, Miracle Heroin-related deaths and Testimony Ayeni, were sepa- Corrections Center official increased from 147 in 2014 to rated following an 18-hour pro- resigns after Facebook post 205 in 2015. cedure at Le Bonheur Children’s MEMPHIS (AP) — A deputy Gas pump dispute leads Tenn. Hospital in Memphis. The girls director of the Shelby County were conjoined at the lower half Corrections Center has resigned lawmaker to call police of the body. because of derogatory posts Lee University’s Opera Theatre will present Musical Revue, a compilation of well-known opera NASHVILLE (AP) — A dispute The hospital is set to release made on his Facebook page. scenes, on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall. The Opera Theatre, comprising 27 singers, will about gas prices led a Tennessee more information Wednesday. The corrections center said in lawmaker to call the police. perform passages from 13 different scenes out of various musicals, including, “The Sound of Music,” a news release that David Barber WKRN-TV reports that UT to start $4M graduate “Candide,” “Cabaret,” “Into the Woods,” “Little Women,” and “West Side Story,” among others. The resigned Tuesday. The release Republican state Rep. Mike fellowship program in Knoxville Opera Theatre, directed by Associate Professor of Music James Frost, began in the spring of 1998 as a said Barber’s resignation came Sparks of Smyrna claims he was KNOXVILLE (AP) — The workshop and now is a full production organization performing fully-staged operas from both standard after discussing the “offensive and less traditional repertoire. The performance is a free, non-ticketed event and open to the public. charged for the price of premium University of Tennessee is start- gas when he had filled up with ing a $4 million fellowship pro- nature of the comments and the impact they would have on the corrections center.” The release said Barber’s occupation was evident to any- 3 men charged in Holly Bobo’s death could be tried separately one who accessed his Facebook DECATURVILLE (AP) — A and brothers John Dylan and “The venue will be changed,” After Bobo’s disappearance, became the color associated with page. judge said Tuesday he is consid- Zachary Adams will be tried the judge said. investigators and volunteers Bobo because she was wearing a Corrections Director William ering holding separate trials for together or separately for the McGinley said the trial or trials scoured the town of about 2,400 pink shirt and carrying a pink Gupton accepted Barber’s resig- each of three men charged in the 2011 death of Holly Bobo. could be held in Hardin County, people and the surrounding ter- purse when she disappeared. nation. kidnapping, rape and killing of a McGinley has targeted April 3 for south of Decatur County. rain where cow pastures, old Posters with Bobo’s picture could Shelby County Mayor Mark H. Tennessee woman whose disap- the first trial in the case. Bobo was 20 when she disap- barns, thick woods, flowery fields be found throughout the South. Luttrell Jr. said government pearance more than five years The case has stirred emotions peared in April 2011. At the time, and dusty back roads comprise In September 2014 — more leaders are held to high stan- ago led to a massive search for in Decatur County and sur- her brother told police he saw a the landscape. than three years after Bobo dis- dards, on and off the job. her. rounding counties in rural West man dressed in camouflage lead- Residents adorned mailboxes, appeared — authorities said two Barber has been with the cor- Decatur County Judge C. Tennessee, potentially making it ing her into the woods near her lamp posts and store fronts with men searching for ginseng found rections center for 17 years, Creed McGinley said he has not difficult to find jurors who have home in Parsons, about 110 pink bows, as a sign of hope and Bobo’s skull in a wooded area not including two years as deputy decided whether Jason Autry not heard about it. miles east of Memphis. solidarity with the family. Pink far from her house. director.
THE MARKET IN REVIEW DAILY NASDAQ DAILY DOW JONES MONEY RATES CURRENCIES Last Pvs Wk Day Ago Pvs Day Nasdaq composite 5,320 Dow Jones industrials 18,960 Prime Rate 3.50 3.50 Australia 1.3250 1.3260 Discount Rate 1.00 1.00 Britain 1.2469 1.2482 Close: 5,275.62 5,160 Close: 18,923.06 18,420 Federal Funds Rate .25-.50 .25-.50 Canada 1.3469 1.3562 Change: 57.22 (1.1%) Change: 54.37 (0.3%) Treasuries Euro .9330 .9323 1.68 1.33 Japan 109.32 108.51 5,000 10 DAYS 17,880 10 DAYS 5-year 5,400 19,000 10-year 2.22 1.86 Mexico 20.2727 20.7412 30-year 2.96 2.62 Switzerlnd 1.0020 .9987 5,200 Gold (troy oz.,NY Merc spot) $1224.00 $1273.40 British pound expressed in U.S. dollars. 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Army court upholds death ing. Police say the man drove Anaheim is due in court away in a dark gray sport-utility Wednesday on four counts of sentence of former Bragg soldier vehicle. murder and four counts of rape. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police say that happened about Gordon is representing himself An Army appeals court has 3:20 a.m. at the store near at trial. If convicted, he could face upheld the death sentence of a Hershey. Police believe the same the death penalty. former Fort Bragg soldier convict- man stole detergent form the Authorities say 47-year-old ed of killing a mother and two of same store on Nov. 3, too. Gordon and 30-year-old sex her children in North Carolina Man indicted after missing girl offender Franc Cano were wear- more than 30 years ago. ing GPS devices for prior offenses The Fayetteville Observer found chained to a tree when they raped and killed four reports a four-judge panel in the WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A women in 2013 and 2014. Army Court of Criminal Appeals convicted sex offender accused of One of the women’s bodies was filed its opinion last month in the abducting a 6-year-old North found at a recycling plant. 2010 court-martial of Timothy Carolina girl who was found Investigators linked her death to Hennis. He had been convicted chained to a tree has been indict- the disappearance of three other twice previously in civilian court. ed on numerous charges. women also allegedly picked up Hennis is a former master ser- The StarNews of Wilmington by the pair. geant who’s being held in the U.S. reports 46-year-old Douglas Authorities say Gordon con- Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Edwards was indicted Tuesday fessed to the murders. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was by a New Hanover County grand sentenced to death for the slay- jury on charges including Mom accused of texting video of ings of Kathryn Eastburn and her attempted first-degree murder lifeless son is due in court daughters, 5-year-old Kara and and statutory rape of a child. PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 3-year-old Erin, in Fayetteville, New Hanover County Sheriff Pennsylvania woman is due in Steve Gooch/The Oklahoman via AP North Carolina. A third child, 22- Ed McMahon says Edwards was court on charges she killed her OklAhOmA CiTy POliCe officers gather information from vehicles leaving Will Rogers World month-old Jana, was found alive. riding a moped Sept. 14 when he toddler son and sent a video of Airport, Tuesday in Oklahoma City. The airport was put on lockdown after a shooting in the main terminal. Hennis was living in Lakewood, snatched the first-grader from the boy’s lifeless body to his Washington, when the Army her driveway. father during a jealous, vengeful brought him out of retirement for Investigators found the girl the rage over text message. the court-martial. next day, tethered to a tree in Twenty-one-year-old Christian mosquito-infested woods. Clark is jailed on charges of crim- Police search for motive Mexican immigrant seeks Edwards, who was released inal homicide in the death of 17- sanctuary at Philadelphia church from prison in 2012 after serving month-old Andre Price III. She is PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 16 years for a 1994 sexual also charged with trying to kill his Mexican immigrant who had assault of another 6-year-old girl, 2-year-old sister. in killing of airport worker been living in Philadelphia has is being held in lieu of a $9 mil- Allegheny County police say relocated to a church, where he is lion bail. the McKeesport woman sent a OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — have entered the terminal and min- Carney said about 300 people were now seeking sanctuary from It’s unclear whether he has an barrage of angry texts, threats, Oklahoma City police are investi- gled among passengers or employ- held on aircraft away from the ter- deportation by federal authori- attorney. photos and videos over more than gating why a man waited to gun ees. minal after their planes landed ties. School removal of Obama mural two hours Nov. 1, then later con- down an airline employee outside “We have a heightened level of ahead of a ground stop. Juntos, a Philadelphia immi- fessed to smothering the boy. on Election Day sparks outcry Will Rogers World Airport in a dead- security all the time. These people grant support group, says 40- The children’s father, 23-year- ly ambush that forced hundreds of have access to aircraft so we’re very WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A year-old Javier Flores moved into old Andre Price Jr., is jailed on travelers to take shelter and concerned about that,” airport Connecticut school superintend- Arch Street United Methodist child endangerment charges. prompted authorities to shut down spokeswoman Karen Carney said. ent has apologized to parents Church on Sunday. Police say he should have called the state’s busiest airport for Winchester — whose address is who are upset after a mural that The father of three U.S.-born 911. hours. listed as Washington, Oklahoma, featured a silhouette of President children is eligible for a “U-Visa,” Clark’s attorney hasn’t com- about 35 miles south of the airport Barack Obama was removed from Later Tuesday, police discovered which the federal government mented. — was a former University of an elementary school on Election the suspected shooter dead from provides to victims of certain Price is due in court Dec. 12, Oklahoma football player whose Day. an apparently self-inflicted gunshot crimes who have suffered mental and his attorney hasn’t com- son James is a player for the Windsor Public Schools wound inside a pickup truck in a or physical abuse. mented. Kansas City Chiefs. The NFL team Superintendent Craig Cooke said parking garage near where they If Flores’ visa application is tweeted Tuesday night: “Our love DON’S Tuesday the mural at Oliver New Jersey school bus driver believe he waited, watching airport denied, he will be deported after and support is with James and the Ellsworth School was painted killed in head-on, fiery crash employees come and go before 90 days. shooting and killing Michael entire Winchester family.” over to make way for something COLTS NECK, N.J. (AP) — The FENCE CO. Flores recently spent 16 Winchester, 52, a Southwest Southwest Airlines canceled Since 1961 that would showcase student driver of a school bus that months at an Immigration and Airlines employee. flights out of the city for the work. crashed head-on into an SUV and Customs Enforcement detention “We do believe this was a pre- remainder of the day even though ALL TYPES He says it was done Nov. 8, burst into flames in New Jersey center. meditated act against the victim,” the rest of the terminal reopened. when the school was closed, so has died. OF FENCING He was detained because he said Oklahoma City Police Capt. Hundreds of people were strand- students and staff wouldn’t The Monmouth County was previously deported but Paco Balderrama. “This was not ed inside the terminal for more inhale harmful odors in the paint. Prosecutor’s Office says the crash 479-6212 returned to the United States to random, and obviously the investi- than three hours before officers The 2009 mural featured stu- happened Tuesday afternoon in reunite with his family. gation is ongoing.” began letting them leave slowly. dent signatures and other histor- Colts Neck, about 35 miles east of & 336-1501 Dartmouth students who caused Normal operations resumed ical events of that time. Trenton. Wednesday morning at the airport dormitory fire seek 2nd chance Cooke says the timing for Prosecutors say the bus driver, after 25 flights were canceled HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Two replacing the mural “couldn’t an aide and a student were all on Tuesday because of the shooting. former Dartmouth College stu- have been worse” and apologized board the 16-passenger school Balderrama said late Tuesday dents say they’ve been expelled for the “mistake.” bus at the time of the collision. that investigators hadn’t positively for causing a dorm fire last Cooke told parents at a meet- They were taken to a hospital, month, and they’re asking for a ing Tuesday that district officials where the unidentified bus driver identified the shooter, but said the man apparently knew Winchester’s Brought to you by second chance. will work to replace the mural. died. Prosecutors say the other schedule and routine and that the Sebastian Lim and Daniel Ro Officer shooting probe gives two suffered non-life-threatening say in an online petition they injuries. The driver of the SUV two men likely knew one another. MATT want to “publicly apologize” for Alaska police break in 5 cases also suffered injuries that are not “It’s too early in the investigation the Oct. 1 fire. Fire officials said ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — believed to be life-threatening. to figure out the exact motive,” CORDELL an unattended hibachi-style grill The horrific shooting of an It’s unclear what led to the Balderrama said. The 1 p.m. shooting set off a Featuring Special Guest on the roof sparked it. Dartmouth Anchorage police officer has led crash. ONE OF THE to an unexpected break in a scramble at the airport, with police Jimmy Fulbright HOTTEST IN had said that using the grill was The road, which was scattered THE US against college policy. series of outdoor deaths that with debris, was closed for sever- immediately closing the sprawling A musician for The dorm’s 70 residents have gone unsolved for months al hours as officials investigated. complex and asking passengers Travis Tritt who will join in for an acoustic set escaped, but needed new hous- and left people uneasy to use the inside to seek cover. ing. A total of more than 300 were city’s extensive trail system. Officials: ‘Good Samaritan’ shoots They diverted incoming flights November 19th at 7:30 made to leave a cluster of dorms. Ballistics tests matched the man attacking deputy and refused to give already-loaded at Tennessee Wesleyan Townsend Theatre Ro and Lim said their expul- gun to two double homicides and FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — aircraft permission to leave. There Purchase tickets online at eventbrite.com or at the door sion is based, in part, on the a single killing last summer that Authorities say a “Good were concerns the gunman might grounds that they pose a threat helped set off fears a serial killer Samaritan” fatally shot a man to the community. They said they was roaming the Anchorage who was attacking a deputy near made a mistake. trails, picking off one or two peo- a southwest Florida highway. College spokeswoman Diana ple at a time. The News-Press reports that Lawrence said that under the But the chance discovery — Lee County Sheriff’s Office says Family Educational Rights and linking the weapon used in the Deputy Dean Bardes was assist- Privacy Act, she couldn’t com- wounding of an officer with five ing Florida Highway Patrol with a ment on Dartmouth’s disciplinary unsolved murders — doesn’t crash Monday morning on process. mean the suspect killed in the Interstate 75 when 53-year-old Upstate landfill being searched police shooting committed the Edward Strother nearly hit the earlier murders or even had pos- deputy with his car. Bardes pur- for NYC man’s religious item session of the gun in July and sued Strother and the man even- FAIRPORT, N.Y. (AP) — August when five people were tually pulled over. Members of a New York City syn- shot down in public places. The sheriff’s office says agogue are searching an upstate “What I’d be looking at is to see Strother attacked the deputy and landfill for a religious item that what the evidence is and which slammed him to the ground. The fell into a trash can last week. way that points us,” Anchorage man, a concealed weapons per- WHEC-TV reports a congre- District Attorney Clint Campion mit holder who authorities aren’t gant at a Brooklyn synagogue lost said. “I think the firearm is a sig- naming, arrived at the scene and an embroidered bag containing nificant lead in that direction, reportedly told Strother to stop. his tefillin (teh-FIHL’-ihn), scrolls and there’s other investigation Officials say the attack contin- of parchment inscribed with vers- that need to be done.” ued, and the armed man shot es from the Torah. A hallway The gun wasn’t registered to Strother. video surveillance camera shows James Dale Ritchie, Anchorage Officials have called the shoot- the bag in its clear plastic protec- police spokeswoman Jennifer er a Good Samaritan. No charges tive covering tumbling from a Castro said. have been filed. cubby into a garbage can. “We still have to determine who The races of the three men When the synagogue’s rabbi the suspect actually was in these involved have not been reported. contacted the city’s Sanitation cases. We’ve connected the Suspect in deputies’ deaths jailed Department, he was told the weapon in these cases but still trash was hauled in train cars to have work to do on the after hospital release the landfill in Fairport, near suspect(s),” Castro wrote in an MACON, Ga. (AP) — A 57-year- Rochester. email. old Georgia man accused of fatal- Dozens of synagogue members Alaska’s largest city had 28 ly shooting two Peach County were bused upstate to sift homicides this year, one short of sheriff’s deputies has been through tons of garbage from the 1995 total, which was the released from a hospital and dozens of rail cars in an effort to deadliest in recent years. But it transported to jail. find the bag. They’ve had no luck was the rash of nine unsolved The Telegraph reports Ralph after two days of searching, but homicides of people killed while Stanley Elrod Jr. was taken to planned to resume on in public places that set the city Bibb County jail about 3 p.m. Wednesday. on edge, especially last summer Tuesday. He faces murder and Clean getaway: Police seek when the weather was nice. It aggravated assault charges in the didn’t help that police didn’t Nov. 6 shooting. It’s unclear Pennsylvania detergent thief whether he has an attorney. HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The release much information about the killings. Elrod, of Byron, about 16 Pennsylvania State Police are miles southwest of Macon, has hoping to prevent a detergent GPS-tracked sex offender to been hospitalized since the thief from making a clean get- stand trial in serial killings shooting. He is accused of fatally away. SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — shooting 39-year-old Deputy Troopers say an unidentified Opening statements are expected Daryl Smallwood and 41-year- man loaded up his shopping cart in the trial of a sex offender old Sgt. Patrick Sondron after with more than a dozen 150- accused of raping and killing four they responded to a report that ounce bottles of laundry deter- women during a murderous Elrod threatened two young men gent early Tuesday then left the spree in Orange County while who were riding a motorcycle Giant Food Store in South wearing a GPS tracking device. and four-wheeler near his prop- Hanover Township without pay- Steven Dean Gordon of erty. 6—Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, November 16, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com Air quality concerns have limited students’ outside time
By SARALYN NORKUS students and faculty alike, local outside activities due to the shut off outside airflow into the from 101-150. Red, which our Code Red today as well, with an and schools have been limiting stu- poor air quality. buildings. However, Dyer added area is currently under, is AQI of 151. dents’ time outdoors. Bradley County Director of that opening doors inevitably unhealthy for all, with an AQI of According to www.airnow.gov, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Director of Cleveland City Schools Dr. Linda Cash also said allows some smoke to enter. 151-200. Purple is very the AQI for the area is predicted Banner Staff Writers Schools Russell Dyer notified she has been in close contact The Cleveland/Bradley unhealthy, from 201-300 and to be down to 101 on Thursday, As wildfires continue to burn school principals that all out- with local emergency officials. County Emergency maroon is hazardous, with an or back to Code Orange. in the surrounding areas, air side activities, including PE Students in county schools Management Agency has based AQI of 301-500. Even though the numbers quality has become an ever- classes, recess and athletic are experiencing “limited recess its recommendations on high On Monday, government air seem to be dropping, the school increasing concern in teams, are to be restricted. and physical activity.” Cash said AQI numbers. pollution monitoring site officials offered assurances they Cleveland. The director added that this is teachers are also being instruct- When measuring air quality, airnow.gov showed our area at would continue to keep an eye For the past week, Southeast a day-to-day decision, which is ed to pay especially close atten- the AQI is broken down into six Code Purple, while Tuesday it on the situation. Tennessee has been under an air based on the current Air Quality tion to students with respiratory color categories that signify was downgraded to Code Red. “We are very careful about quality alert, going from Code Index. problems like asthma. increasing levels of health con- The Weather Channel noted that anything which might affect the Orange on a national index, “We are closely monitoring the “We haven’t had many cerns. Green is good, with num- at the same time on Tuesday, health of our students,” Cash which is unhealthy for sensitive air quality with EMA,” Dyer issues,” Cash said. “We are bers ranging from 0-50, while parts of the Southeast had AQI said. “We know their safety is of groups, to Code Red, which is said. operating as normal, but limit- yellow is moderate, from 51- values higher or even worse the utmost importance.” unhealthy for all groups. This morning, Dyer emailed ing outdoor activity.” 100. Orange means the air qual- than some Chinese cities with Current air quality for the Due to the elevated air quality his principals again, informing Both school directors said ity is unhealthy for sensitive notoriously bad air quality. region can be found at status and concerns of parents, them that there are to be no school maintenance staff have groups, with numbers ranging The local area will stay at www.airnow.gov. Mentors Many outdoor From Page 1 state’s 13 community colleges or Tennessee’s adult population activities are 27 colleges of applied technology with a post-secondary credential tuition free with a last-dollar to 55 percent by 2025. scholarship, according to In the first two years of the banned as Pendergrass. program almost 120,000 stu- The program also pairs each dents have applied. In the first applicant with a volunteer men- year, 16,291 students began col- tor to ease the transition from lege Tennessee Promise eligible. fires burn high school to college. The state’s college going rate NASHVILLE (AP) — Starting “The support of the mentor increased 4.6 percent, more than campfires, lighting fireworks and can be critical to many students’ the previous seven years com- smoking cigarettes are among success,” Pendergrass said. “Most bined. Enrollment at the state’s the outdoor activities being of the students participating are community and technical col- banned across the South as fires first-generation college attendees leges increased more than 20 burn in forests stressed by and navigating the admissions percent and enrollment at all of drought. and financial aid processes can the state’s public higher educa- Even parking a car off-road is seem overwhelming.” tion institutions increased 10 prohibited for fear that a hot Mentors spend about an hour percent. This translates into tailpipe could ignite dry leaves per month reminding students of approximately 4,000 new stu- below. deadlines, serving as a trusted dents entering the college U.S. Forest Service resource and encouraging stu- pipeline. spokesman Adam Rondeau has dents to reach their full poten- Prior to Tennessee Promise, said the agency is tracking wild- tial. The time commitment is the Allan Jones Foundation was fires that have burned a total of small, but the impact can be life the sole funder of the TnAchieves 80,000 acres across the South. changing, Pendergrass said. program at Cleveland State and That includes a north Georgia Tennessee’s Commissioner of offered the first major endorse- fire that’s burned an area the Economic and Community ment of the program in 2011. size of Manhattan. Development Randy Boyd has TnAchieves said the Jones The Tennessee Valley been a mentor with the program Scholarship eventually allowed Authority issued a burn ban since its inception in 2008. 657 students to attend Cleveland Tuesday on its public lands “With the idea of eliminating State at a cost to the foundation across Tennessee and in parts of the barriers keeping Tennessee of around $839,500. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, students from entering the post- “We accomplished our goal of Mississippi, North Carolina and secondary pipeline, Tennessee giving every student in Bradley Virginia. The authority said its Promise provides a last-dollar County the chance to attend col- ban applies to anything that scholarship with mentor support lege without worrying about the might produce an open flame. to our state’s high school sen- cost,” according to Allan Jones, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, iors,” Boyd said. “It sends the founder of Check Into Cash, Buy meanwhile, banned outdoor message to students and families Here Pay Here USA, U.S. Money burning outright in more than that college is within everyone’s Shops and a handful of other half of the state’s counties reach regardless of ZIP code or successful companies. “The Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY through December 15. socioeconomic background. It scholarship program was the Also, two men were arrested also communicates to business first donation in my life that I LEE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Dr. Paul Conn, left, and Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland get a close- up view of the bells that were installed in the clock tower at the university Tuesday morning. Monday on charges related to and industry that Tennessee is had no idea where the zeroes setting separate fires along road- intensely focused on creating the would end.” sides in Tennessee. Of the 1,238 workforce to meet their To learn more and apply, visit wildfires in the state so far this demands.” www.tnachieves.org or contact year, officials suspect arson in Tennessee Promise is one pro- Graham Thomas at almost half of them. gram of the state’s Drive to 55 [email protected] or 615- Bells In Alabama, Fire Marshal initiative that aims to increase 604-1306. From Page 1 Scott Pilgreen said state officers are investigating two of nearly University President Dr. Paul 1,100 statewide wildfires as pos- Conn declared. sible arson. No arrests have been Municipal planners OK Sitting at the north end of what made, but officers have issued is now referred to as the south misdemeanor citations for campus quad, the bells have allegedly violating the statewide several plat requests made quite an extensive journey no-burn order. prior to arriving at Lee. Smoke from the fires has By LARRY C. BOWERS — A request by TJ and J “These bells are antique bells caused unhealthy breathing Banner Staff Writer Development Company LLC for that were cast in 1870 by a conditions in many places. final plat approval of Stonebriar foundry called the Troy Foundry, The Cleveland Municipal In South Carolina, the re-subdivision of Lots 1-4. The in Troy, New York. A church in St. Planning Commission spent about Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY Department of Health and property is located on Old Tasso Louis, which was razed, last used as much time planning for ETCHING ON THE BELLS installed at Lee University Tuesday Environmental Control issued a Road, Stonebriar Drive and 37th them. There is a company in code red alert for 25 counties December’s meeting as it did in Street N.E. and is zoned General give an idea of their history, as they were cast by the Troy Bell quickly taking action on eight top- Cincinnati, the Verdin Company, along and west of Interstate 77 Commercial Zoning District. Plat is that recaptures old bells, cleans Foundry in New York in 1870. through to Orangeburg County. ics on the Commission agenda by Cleveland Surveying Co. Tuesday evening. them up and resells them,” Conn DHEC said everyone should limit — A request by Jason Tawfik for explained. their time outdoors if possible, The commission is adjusting its final plat approval of Brookbridge months I’ve been waiting for the 2,500 pounds. When including Dec. 20 session from the evening The Verdin Company is the arrival of these bells. the complete structure, a grand especially people with respirato- Subdivision. The property is locat- same company that supplied the ry issues. to a noon holiday celebration. If ed on Mouse Creek Road and is “I loved standing by them and total of around 11,000 pounds there are no conflicts, the evening university with the bells that were thinking that when these bells was hoisted 115 feet in the air to Smoke has also cast a haze zoned R1 Single Family Residential placed in the student union tower over the Atlanta skyline in recent meeting will be held at noon, Zoning District. Plat is by were first cast and hung, Ulysses be placed in the bell tower. When immediately followed by a 16 years ago. S. Grant was the big hero in the tower is completed, it will days. Richmond Surveying. The bell tower stands in the Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has Christmastime meal. — A request by D&S Custom American life,” Conn added. “We reach a height of around 130 feet. The meeting is scheduled for forum, which will include a new have had this scheduled for a long The bells include a rather banned the ignition of all fire- Homes LLC for final plat of D&S pedestrian mall that extends to works in much of the state due Council’s upstairs meeting room. Townhomes on Weeks Drive prop- time. The bells have just been unique feature, which will make 8th Street. to the wildfire risk. Fire officials There was little discussion as erty. Property is located on Weeks waiting for the tower.” them even more special to the “The forum will be a plaza with said the largest active wildfire in MPC members breezed through Drive and is zoned R2 Low Density The forum project is a million- university. brick pavers and park benches, the South has now burned more the eight items listed for consider- Single and Multi-family Zoning dollar project, but the university “The feature of these bells and the center of it will be this bell than 19,000 acres in the north ation Tuesday. District. Plat is by Brown was provided with the funding for which is different is that because Development and Engineering and clock tower. It will be a place the bells from a single donor. there are eight pitched bells; Georgia mountains — an area Surveying. larger than New York’s Services Director Jonathan coordi- for people to gather,” Conn added. “The bells are being bought for that’s a full octave and becomes a — A request by Sonic Manhattan borough. nated the meeting, with assistance Upon arriving to the site, Conn us by a single donor, a couple carillon so we can play melodies. Development LLC for site plan The fires in North Carolina from Senior Planner Corey Divel. made quick work of testing the from North Carolina who are a We could play ‘Rocky Top’ if we approval of revised Cleveland now cover in excess of 40,000 The first item considered was a bells. friend of mine and a friend of Lee wanted to,” Conn detailed. Nissan development within the acres. Federal and state forestry request by Mitchell and Sherra “We ordered these bells in University’s. It was a great gift to Conn added that if the Interstate Gateway Corridor officials said Tuesday that Kinder for preliminary plat March, so since then we’ve known the university,” Conn said. Tennessee Volunteers ever won Overlay Zone. The property is cloudy conditions allowed fire- approval of Ashwood Place. The located on Pleasant Grove Road exactly what bells we were getting, The total weight of the bells is the national championship again, where they were coming from and 9,000 pounds, with the largest they would have the bells play the fighters to make progress on property is located on Freewill and is zoned Commercial Highway containment. Road and 22nd Street N.W. and is Zoning District. had pictures of the bells. Eight bell, the tolling bell, weighing in at famed team song. zoned R1 Single Family Residential The request is to provide addi- Zoning District. The plat is by tional parking at the rear of the Cleveland Surveying Co. dealership. This property was approved for One request originally on the Utah school stabbing leaves 5 injured, school startled annexation at the MPC’s previous consent docket was transferred to OREM, Utah (AP) — High getting hurt.” The attack spread fear and when the attack started. meeting. The request was the category of new business. school junior Karen Martinez Police say the suspect, a soph- panic among students who School district spokeswoman approved, along with six other It was a request by Gordon was arriving for her first class omore in his first year at the described a gruesome scene Kimberly Bird said there were no requests on the consent agenda. Chandler and David May for final when she saw three boys run high school after being home- immediately after the stabbings. indications the suspect was hav- They included: plat approval of the Chandler/May from a locker room toward the schooled, also stabbed himself in Police said the knife used in the ing problems or being bullied, — A request by Frontier Subdivision. The property is locat- school’s central office, one with a the neck. He was cornered attack had a 3-inch blade. she said. Properties for final plat approval of ed on 20th Street N.W. and Harle head wound and another with a Tuesday by school workers until Orem police posted a letter Investigators are talking to Lots 1 and 2 in Dellwood Avenue N.W. and is zoned R1 neck injury. One had blood run- a police officer assigned to online they said was from the students who witnessed the Industrial. The property is located Single Family Residential Zoning ning down the back of his shirt. Mountain View High School got parents of the teen, apologizing. attack and who knew the sus- on Dellwood Lane and is zoned District. Plat is by Cleveland Inside the locker room, police to the locker room and subdued They said none of the victims pect as they try to determine a Light Industrial Zoning District. Surveying Co. say, a 16-year-old straight-A him with a Taser shot. had done anything to hurt their motive, said Gary Giles, the Plat is by Haniszewski Surveying. Planning Commission member student with no record of disci- Authorities did not identify the son and the stabbings were not police chief in the city of Orem — A request by Eric Spencer for and City Councilman David May plinary trouble had attacked his suspect by name because of his racially or ethnically motivated. about 40 miles south of Salt final plat of Revised lots 2 and 3 of Jr. asked that the request be classmates with a knife as they age. “We are at a loss to express Lake City where the attack hap- the Foster Lang Street property. moved. It was quickly approved changed into their gym clothes. The five victims are all expect- how deeply sorry we are for the pened. This property is located on Lang with a motion from Larry “It was awful,” said Martinez, ed to survive, hospital officials pain and injury caused,” the let- “Is it a fight? Is it somebody Street and is zoned R2 Low Presswood, a second by Tricia her eyes filled with tears. “It was said. The two most seriously ter says. who is upset with somebody? Is Density Single and Multi-family Pennington, and approval from the so terrifying. I didn’t know any of injured were in critical but sta- Police said it appears the vic- there more to it than that?” Giles Zoning District. Plat is by remainder of the Planning the kids but still it was like an ble condition, according to Utah tims weren’t singled out for any said. “I don’t have those Richmond Surveying. Commission. awful feeling to see all those kids Valley Hospital. reason other than being nearby answers.” www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Wednesday, November 16, 2016—7 Corrections Bradley Healthcare taking From Page 1 tion, and bedding-equipment whatever money becomes avail- “We were up here some time donations to aid firefighters documentation. able,” Blake said. “This is just ago asking for a compliance offi- Sheriff Eric Watson said at making a formal request and cer,” Walsh said. “That is a full- the time the findings were “no helps us with planning. I want time job. It’s not anything that By SARALYN NORKUS for them. Two of our CNAs have “We are asking our community surprise” and pledged to have your jail to be where it needs to we want. The state is demand- Banner Staff Writer loved ones who are firefighters to come together and support the problems addressed by the be.” ing it and it makes it harder on and are up on the mountain this cause, and show the fire- time TCI revisited the facility on Blake requested the plan be us. The standards are actually The effects of the numerous fighting fires. We just wanted to fighters our appreciation,” Smith Oct. 6. presented within the next six higher for the jails than the fires in the area are constantly assist them, and love giving back said. “That’s the good thing TCI’s report a week later months. schools.” visible due to the ever-looming to the community.” about Cleveland, we take care of noted most of the problems had Watson recounted taking the Watson said it was “sad” that smoke, but when Bradley After talking with Sean own.” been cleared and recertified the Commission members to the jail Washington, D.C., puts unfund- Healthcare and Rehabilitation Fairbanks from Bradley County A bake sale will also be held on jail pending the submission of a during his first week in office. ed mandates on the County Center officials learned about the EMS and also a firefighter, some location Friday, with the proceeds “plan of a action” to the TCI in “We had multiple roof leaks, Commission. needs of the firefighters in the basic needs have been revealed. going toward buying supplies. December. six feet of water within the “It’s not right to put a man- thick of things, they decided to Starting today, BHRC will begin Those donating the suggested “The approved Plan of Action walls, major plumbing issues date on a jail or a county to cre- take action. collecting items that will help items can take them at any time will allow the facility to retain and we said then that over the ate funding for a position they “We at Bradley Healthcare and make life a bit easier for the fire- until then, since Bradley certification while the remaining next 36 months we would tackle require,” Watson said. Rehab want to help those fire- fighters. Healthcare and Rehabilitation maintenance and fixed ratio different problems at the jail The sheriff also addressed the fighters who are keeping it safe BHRC is asking the community Center is a 24/7 facility. deficiencies listed in the report and we have done that,” the department’s manpower issues. for us and placing their lives in to donate items such as snack Donations will be accepted are corrected,” the report stat- sheriff said. “I’m very proud of “My guys are stressed to the danger,” BHRC marketing direc- foods (trail mix, beef jerky, energy until Monday, when they will be ed. where we have come.” max right now,” Watson said. “I tor Annette Smith stated. “These bars, granola bars), sports drinks gathered up and taken up to the “Most of the remaining defi- Watson noted former Sheriff have two guys who [perform fires have affected us all and and powdered drink packets, firefighters battling the fires in ciencies listed in the report are Dan Gilley and BCSO maintenence for] the whole could be much worse if it wasn’t wipes, sunblock and lip balm. Cherokee National Forest. due in large part to the contin- Workhouse administrator Allan facility. If you don’t think run- ued overcrowding situation and Walsh, who were present at the ning a jail is hard, come over shortage of staff at times to fill meeting, were at the jail from and spend the day with them. DID YOU KNOW? all process,” the document con- the first day it opened. Walk through the busted show- The United States Environmental Protection tinued. “They know what the condi- er heads that are kicked off Basket Agency says that in the past 50 years humans The report also commended tion were and the standards are daily and busted sprinkler sys- have consumed more resources than in all From Page 1 previous years. The way people produce, the jail staff and officers for getting tougher,” he said. tems. It’s all the time.” consume and dispose of products and food “correcting the operational defi- Gilley, who is now supervising Gilley said Watson has made the Basket Fund has raised the tribute to this effort in feeding accounts for 42 percent of greenhouse gas ciencies within their control.” the maintenence of the Justice some “hard decisions this week emissions in the United States. Nearly three- funds and purchased boxes or the needy of the community quarters of what is discarded contains organic In recent weeks, the jail’s Center facility, said the last about personnel that are baskets of staple foods to give to may send donations to First materials that could be recycled. Many others, kitchen area has been renovat- thing he did while serving as absolutely necessary if we are the needy during the holiday. Tennessee Bank, P.O. Box such as paper, glass and aluminum cans, also ed and work is continuing on sheriff was to do a jail inspec- going to continue to run the jail These baskets usually 3566, Cleveland TN 37320- can be recycled, potentially preventing tons of other maintenance issues. tion. as it was designed to be operat- garbage from entering landfills. For example, include a meat, potatoes, fruit, 3566 or drop it off at First recycling 7 million tons of cans is enough That was a subject discussed “I was very proud and amazed ed.” bread, flour, sugar and other Tennessee Bank at 3870 Keith metal to manufacture more than 300,000 during Monday’s Building and how well after two and a half Vice Chairman Jeff Yarber staples. There is enough in the St. Boeing 737 airplanes. Land committee meeting. years how well it looked,” Gilley recalled the state at the time boxes to supply several meals to Watson confirmed to Finance said. “When I came through at wanted 118 officers, “But after make the holidays more joyful. Committee chairman Milan midnight on Sept. 1, 2014, it much compromise, we got it The Basket Fund, which is a Blake the BCSO is working on a made me sick to see how the down to 92.” 501(c)(3) charity, is operated list of maintenence issues and a years of neglect had caused the Watson said as of now there completely by volunteers. The “INVEST IN YOUR prioritized list to present to the jail to deteriorate.” are 83 positions working in cor- volunteers raise the funds, County Commission. “Over the last two years, the rections. gather the food and distribute COMMUNITY!” The sheriff has proposed sheriff’s department has done “These were the decisions. the baskets. All the money using the increased fees the jail an amazing job in dealing with The command staff had to raised during the year’s drive is will receive from housing federal the operational guts and it was restructure last week,” he said. used to fill the boxes. prisoners to help fund those reflected in the TCI report of a “This is a major, major mile- It is the generosity of the local needed corrections. few weeks ago,” Gilley said. stone. They were some hard residents who fill the boxes “We want to ask the sheriff for Walsh said the standards are decisions, but you have to make each year. a comprehensive, prioritized getting tougher and “we have some hard decisions for the bet- This year 750 families signed maintenence plan so we can use many more coming this year.” terment of the jail.” up to receive the baskets. It is estimated it will take approxi- mately $24,000 to fill those boxes. This means the fund still needs to have donations of $22,119 to meet the goal. Jail Providing donations this week From Page 1 have been Rodney G. and Linda Thompson, $200; in memory of gory.” designated week of work from weeks in and the roofs were Hoyle and Marie Watts, $6; He said the officers were now through mid-January. leaking. I saw it. I can tell you Hannah F. Robb, $100; and working in correction capaci- The painting project includes that happened,” he said. Jack and Barbara Duggan, Cleveland Daily Banner ties, “but we had to make them walls, video visitation room He said issues happen when $500. fall under corrections.” floors, trap floors and cell doors. there is heavy usage involved. Serving Our Community Since 1854 Individuals wishing to con- “Some of the structure needed All floors will be painted with a “When you have 50 to 60 to be tweaked,” Thomas said. high-quality, long-lasting com- inmates taking a shower, how BCSO Chief Deputy Brian mercial grade epoxy paint. long do you think those knobs Smith gave one example of a “This has been an ongoing are going to last?” Thomas deputy who was with inmates process,” Thomas said. “What asked. during litter pickup. the public may not fully under- “Especially when you have “On the flow chart, he fell stand is the wear and tear on a those here who have no respect under the environmental offi- jail is different than a house.” for the facility from the start,” cer,” Smith explained. “He Thomas noted there are a lot Watson added. should have been listed under of projects going on at the jail, “TCI is very aware of what we corrections, where TCI would including the construction of are doing and that’s why they recognize that.” the new workhouse. are coming just to see our Thomas said the organiza- “We still strive to provide a progress,” Thomas explained. tional shifts that were made did safe, humane environment for “That’s awesome. We want him not mean any loss of jobs or inmates to be in,” he said. “We to see our progress and what we positions. don’t want them living in a are doing.” “Nobody lost any money,” poor-hygiene facility. But, when Thomas said the BCSO and Thomas said. “We just maxi- you are looking at a building the TCI, along with inspector mized our resources.” this age, there will come some Robert Kane, “have a good work- Thomas said anyone working point in time when a sheriff, ing relationship.” in the corrections department doesn’t matter who, will enter “We are not in a tussle with will say the No. 1 need is for the office and will inherit these TCI, like some may suggest,” he more personnel. issues. It was bound to hap- said. “We are working together “We made the adjustment to pen.” and Kane is coming in on my try to get that extra help,” he Smith said there was no request just to see what we have said. “Are there some that don’t attempt at pointing fingers. done.” like it? Yes.” “We have a problem, and are Thomas added that TCI Watson said the goal is to working to correct it,” he said. “wants that good working rela- bring the staffing up to 92 by Smith also noted former tionship with facilities.” spring of next year. That will Sheriff Dan Gilley has been “If something is wrong, they include the current 83, seven named to the full-time position will tell you about it, but they more at the workhouse and two of facilities operations manager, also try to give you the help to other officers the BCSO will to ensure day-to-day mainte- fix it,” he said. fund using new revenue from nence is kept to a high level. Thomas also corrected one housing federal prisoners. There are currently two main- media report which suggested As for the physical plant, the tenence personnel on staff. there would be another inspec- kitchen area has now been Maintenance has utilized tion. totally renovated. inmate labor, and will continue “That is not correct,” he said. “We had 15 drains that were to do so. “The inspection process is com- above the floor and were no “There were six to seven plete, and now we will take our good,” Smith said. “We had to go inmates in C Pod today who plan to TCI. The recertification back in and redo every one of were pressure washing and get- has already been recommended. those in the kitchen [to prevent ting ready to paint,” Thomas “We are an administration standing water].” said. “Doing this, they learn a that is not looking to the past, Thomas said the process on trade, teamwork and responsi- we are looking forward,” Watson the inmate pods has begun. bility.” said. “We are constantly looking “We started in C Pod first and Watson said they want main- at how to make it better for our we moved all of the inmates tenence and garage personnel employees, how to make it more completely out of there into the not to be just mechanics, “but expedient when another agency B Pod,” Thomas said. “By us rehabilitation officers as well.” brings an inmate in here, as doing that, we now have C Pod “They are teaching life skills well as having a safe place for ready to be completely innovat- to the inmates which are inmates.” ed.” assigned to them,” the sheriff Thomas said the overall plan said. “That’s a priority and we is to “fix anything that needs to feel that is very important.” ADVERTISING IS be fixed.” Smith said commissioners “We are actually going above have already been approached NOT and beyond what TCI requires,” about the BCSO needing a third AN EXPENSE... he said. “TCI requires us to maintenence person on staff — ADVERTISING repaint the showers and to especially once the workhouse paint a few of the cells,” but did begins operations. IS not single out particular cells. “There is no sheriff in this AN INVESTMENT... “Their report stated the tiles country who has not faced these in the kitchen needed to be issues over the last three PLAN WISELY fixed. We renovated the whole decades, and continues to do INVEST YOUR thing,” Thomas said. “We didn’t so,” Watson said. “I’ve worked ADVERTISING DOLLAR have to, but we did.” for great sheriffs and they have He said with respect to the all experienced similar issues,” IN THE inmate pods, each will be com- Watson said. Cleveland pletely renovated with new Thomas was working when paint, “and any issues a pod has the new jail first opened 10 Daily will be fixed during that week.” years ago.
Each pod has been given a “There was a big rain two Banner