SPORTS: LOCAL NEWS: Late-season woes Reception honors continue for Vols Edwin Davis at at LSU: Page 9 College Hill: Page 5 162nd YEAR • No. 260 28 PAGES • 50¢ CLEVELAND, TN 37311 THE CITY WITH SPIRIT THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 Legislators eye gas tax, transportation needs By BRIAN GRAVES original bill could still find its way into “It’s not unusual to have protests, but Banner Staff Writer law. it is unusual to have your life threat- State Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R- ened,” Howell said. “One of my col- Gov. Bill Haslam’s transportation bill Chattanooga) recently told the leagues in the House, because of a posi- narrowly passed the House Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of tion he has taken, was sent a note say- Transportation Subcommittee Commerce’s Public Affairs Committee ing he needed to die and be killed. It’s Wednesday, but with amendments that the issue has “sucked out all of the been turned over to the FBI and the TBI, which eliminated a proposed hike in the air” in the state Capitol. and they will file charges if they need state’s gas tax. “There’s really not any huge issue that to.” The two amendments eliminated any I can see surfacing that’s going to cap- Howell noted such things “make it tax increases, retained a reduction of ture everybody’s energy,” Gardenhire more difficult to do your job.” taxes on groceries, and used a portion of said. “The House is taking it up first, “In today’s climate, it is difficult to sales taxes to fund highway projects. It and we’ll see what happens there before have a discussion or debate about also removed a portion of the bill relat- [the Senate] gets into it at all.” issues without dividing up into the good ing to indexing. State Rep. Dan Howell (R-Georgetown) guys and the bad guys,” he said. “We do However, since it remains the gover- agreed with Gardenhire, acknowledging have policy discussions within our own nor’s bill which moved forward and not his third session in the state House “has an alternative, there is the potential the been an interesting one.” See LEGISTLATORS, Page 5 Howell Brooks Gardenhire Storm’s big blow leaves very little Students damage in area at Arnold Emergency officials say bring life community was spared By ALLEN MINCEY rounding Cleveland Country Banner Staff Writer Club, and a few more were in to past the general areas of North Lee Wednesday’s storm front Highway, Davis Trail and brought a big blow and heavy Carriage Lane. By SARALYN NORKUS rain to the Cleveland and A tree was downed by the Banner Staff Writer Bradley County region, but heavy winds at a home on the community was spared Some of America’s greatest Carriage Lane, and while it the brunt of what could have struck the house, it reported- historical figures literally came been a dangerous situation. to life in Arnold Elementary ly did not cause major dam- That’s the assessment of age, according to BCFR offi- School’s recent “wax museum” emergency agencies and exhibit, which actually did not cials. responding units who report- The Bradley County involve either wax or a muse- ed a small number of downed um. Emergency Management trees due to strong winds. Agency reported there were a Family and members of the Although some roads were community were welcomed into small number of power out- blocked by fallen trees and ages in that area which are the school recently to experi- heavy limbs for short periods ence the second-grade project, serviced by Volunteer Energy of time, the area suffered only Cooperative. in which the school children a few power outages. pretend to be figures in a wax Along with just a few According to Shawn downed trees in these neigh- museum, but then become ani- Fairbanks, Bradley County mated when visitors show up. borhoods, EMA and BCFR Fire-Rescue chief, most of the officials also reported a hand- The crowd was able to walk Banner photo, DANIEL GUY felled trees were in the north- ful of roads were blocked for a through the hallways and learn JOSH STINNETT gives the green light for Arnold Elementary’s Wax Museum presentations to ern end of Bradley County; about the various historical fig- begin. Stinnett’s presentation and outfit were based on Neil Armstrong as a part of the Wax namely, in the areas sur- See DAMAGE, Page 4 ures represented. Museum project last Friday. Figures like Neil Armstrong, Ruby Bridges, Theodore Roosevelt, Sally Ride, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, lined the hallways at Arnold, springing 2018 election qualifying to life whenever their ‘button’ was pushed. “Everyone is frozen as if they begins in mid-November were wax, and as our ‘patrons’ Commission election will be come and press their buttons, By ALLEN MINCEY quite busy. Yet, before that they come to life and share the Banner Staff Writer registration date for registra- knowledge that they’ve Bradley County commission- tion should be uneventful. learned,” second-grade teacher ers will be running for election “We don’t have lots of things Kristen Donnelly said. or re-election in 2018, and for our office staff to do until She continued on to explain other individuals may begin to then,” said Election how the wax museum served register by mid-November. Commission Administrator. as the second grade shared The Bradley County Election One thing that the election research project. Commission met Wednesday to commission staff would nor- “This was to practice discuss the upcoming election. mally be involved in would be research and learn skills like Registration was set to begin letting voters know their exact gathering information and with candidates for the county, voting precinct, but that is not learning what’s most important with the exception of the being allowed due to new regu- about different people, espe- Assessor of Property, on Nov. lations. cially since research is some- 7. Green said that these regula- thing they will encounter from The current property asses- tions are based on a lawsuit now until adulthood,” Donnelly sor, incumbent Stanley from the 6th Circuit of detailed. Banner photo, DANIEL GUY Banner photo, DANIEL GUY Thompson, was re-elected in Appeals, and though not speci- A total of 58 students partic- ERIC DE AZA TORRES stands up and pro- MARILYN HERRERA sits confidently and presents her American Legend, Rosa Parks, at 2015. fied, the station election com- claims his “dream” as Martin Luther King Jr. at The Election Commission See LIFE, Page 5 Arnold Elementary’s Wax Museum project. Arnold Elementary’s Wax Museum project. feels that the County See ELECTION, Page 5 AROUND TOWN WEATHER INDEX Mike Luithle busily burning some Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high Classified.....................13-15 Opinion...............................12 DVDs ... Jeff Stansberry “coming near 57. Tonight should be mostly clear, with a low Comics.................................6 Stocks...................................4 out of retirement” for an upcoming around 34. Friday calls for sunny skies and a high race this weekend ... Mike Dooley near 52. Projected southwest winds of 10 to 15 in Horoscope............................6 Sports............................ 9-11 catching up with an old friend. 6489076 75112 the morning mph could gust as high as 20. Friday NASCAR............................16 TV Schedule.........................7 night should be mostly clear, with a low around 28. Obituaries.............................2 Weather................................8 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Thursday, March 2, 2017 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 Darlene Beck The interment and committal David Crump and the Pastor sage of condolence and view the Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) Napier family guestbook at Darlene Beck, 57, of service will take place on Ronnie Pearson officiating. in Cleveland, TN 37320-3600, daily except Saturday www.ralphbuckner.com. 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