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MONDAY 162nd yEAR • No. 181 NOVEMBER 28, 2016 ClEVElAND, TN 18 PAGES • 50¢ Lions Club vision screenings making big difference in city, county schools By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG The Lions use specialized medical-grade Banner Staff Writer cameras — Welch Allyn Spot Vision “We just want to make a Screeners — to test students’ vision. The Cleveland Lions Club has been difference in the community. We Flashing lights and chirping bird sounds doing its part to make sure local school realize a child’s vision can totally help hold children’s attention while their children can see well enough to learn. affect their whole life.” vision is tested. Members of the club have this fall been — Matt Connell It takes just a couple minutes each providing vision screenings to students in time, with the device capturing an image all Cleveland and Bradley County public of a child’s eyes to screen for problems an elementary schools. to conduct the vision screenings. This year, the club sought to test every kinder- eyecare professional would normally try to This means thousands of local children catch. garten, second-grade and fourth-grade who might not otherwise get them are “We used to have these dinosaurs that receiving detailed vision screenings. student. would take 6 minutes,” Connell said. Banner photo, CHRISTy ARMSTRONG After the Lions Club representatives set TAKING PHOTOS with special medical-grade cameras and “We just want to make a difference in “These take less than 60 seconds.” the community,” said club President Matt up at a school, teachers usher their class- The result is not an ordinary snapshot. recording the results, members of the Cleveland Lions Club conduct Connell. “We realize a child’s vision can es to them for quick, non-invasive vision vision screenings at Waterville Community Elementary School. Club While an image of a child’s eyes is record- totally affect their whole life.” screenings. Children are instructed to ed each time, it also looks for irregularities representatives, left, are president Matt Connell, Dianna Calfee and For more than 30 years, members of the stand in a certain spot so someone can Robert Thomas. local club have gone from school to school “take a picture” of them. See LIONS CLUB, Page 9 Food for local families in need Utility A goal to distribute 750 boxes of THE SLOW POCKET OF LIFE food staples and $24,000 in dona- tions has looking been set by the William Hall Rodgers at high Christmas Basket Fund. The food staples will be given to families in need in the community just before Christmas. tech via The fund, which is a 501(c)(3), is a volunteer-supported effort. Donations may be mailed to First Tennessee Bank, P.O. Box 3566, drones Cleveland TN 37320-3566 or dropped off at First Tennessee Inspection, design Bank at 3870 Keith St. would see benefits By RICK NORTON Inside Today Associate Editor In spite of a lighthearted snafu by calling it “unarmed” instead of “unmanned,” Electric Division Vice President Bart Borden believes Cleveland Utilities can benefit from owning its own drone. Updating members of the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities on his plans during a recent formal s e s s i o n , Photo courtesy, MARISSA GASTON Borden said A VETERAN, John Borgia hails from Brooklyn, New York. He now makes his home in Southeast Tennessee, specifically in the CU’s engineer- Cleveland and Bradley County community. ing department is investigating the details and accessibility of 95-year-old Brooklyn native loves Cleveland training “... to certify and Borden Mariota passes By MARISSA GASTON lifetime ago. l i c e n s e MTSU/Seigenthaler News Service He uncovers the first table, meticu- employees to pilot an unmanned Titans to win LAST IN A lously folding the black cover. He eyes aerial vehicle, commonly called a John Borgia eyes the pool table with the table as if he is simultaneously Marcus Mariota threw a pair of an expectant look. drone.” PART inspecting it for defects that might Showing board members a touchdown tosses to lead the It’s not even 10 a.m. on a quiet, gray 7- affect his game and mentally preparing Tennessee Titans to a win over Tuesday morning, but the Bradley brief video on how a drone would himself for battle. Meanwhile, a buddy be used, and who would do the the Chicago Bears. The Atlanta Cleveland Senior Activity Center is MONDAY racks up the balls for the first shot. Falcons picked up a victory over already bustling. Daylight pours in piloting, Borden stressed such a When both men are ready, they grab piece of equipment can bring dis- the Arizona Cardinals. The through the windows of the recreation SERIES their pool cues and take turns sinking Bradley Central Bearettes rolled tinct advantages to inspections room, illuminating a white, Fourth of Marissa Gaston solids and stripes into the pockets. to a win over Flowery Branch in July-themed Christmas tree at its cen- and engineering designs. Here he is, five years from joining the “We are presently researching the 17th annual Holiday Inn ter. rarified position of the centenarian’s drone equipment which will be Express Thanksgiving Classic. Having finished their breakfast, some club, squinting once again down a cue very useful for pole line and sub- The Lee Flames fell to See seniors remain at the round tables that coffee cup in hand, greeting familiar stick, hoping to transfer the power of a station design and inspection,” Sports, Pages 11-13. punctuate the room while others mingle faces with a quick handshake. He does- tap applied with precision to a white, Borden said. and laugh, contributing to the room’s n’t linger. Each greeting, each brief con- hard, round sphere to numbered balls Although such a purchase Forecast lively energy. versation gets him closer and closer to on the table. If he’s not the pool shark would be CU’s first foray into this Borgia (rhymes with Georgia) is the door until he’s in the short hallway, of the senior center, Borgia is certainly type of technology, it would not Today’s forecast calls for clouds sharply dressed, wearing a neatly treading past groups of seniors who are the smiling, cool dude in jeans who still be the local utility’s first expo- pressed light blue button-down shirt, playing Rook or bridge or other card has a bank shot or two left in him. He’s sure to it. In the Harriman Road and a 30 percent chance of show- black slacks and black dress shoes. The games that don’t interest him one whit. ers, with a high near 63. Tonight greeted by handshakes, only this time and Spring Branch Industrial 95-year-old man’s only accessory is a His joy is to be found in another room, accompanied by friendly teasing and Park transmission line project, calls for cloudy skies and some ball cap that reads “NYPD” with an around the corner. There is the pool relief to the area’s long-term dry pats on the back. CU worked with two companies American flag-print ribbon on the bill. table, a game he’s played off and on that operated their own drones. conditions, as the National Weather Borgia has already made his rounds, since he was a teenager, more than a See POCKET, Page 4 Service is predicting a 90 percent See DRONES, Page 4 chance of showers or thunder- storms, with a low around 57. South winds of 20 to 25 mph could gust as high as 35 mph. Keys Fillauer’s love for education Index Classified................................16-17 evident in his school board work Comics...........................................6 By BRIAN GRAVES “I graduated on Aug. 25, Editorials......................................14 Banner Staff Writer ERSONALITY 1968, and was at work in the Horoscope......................................6 P Oak Ridge school system on MINI Page.....................................5 Keys Fillauer won re-election Aug. 28, 1962,” he recalled. “I Obituaries.......................................2 to the Oak Ridge Board of PROFILE was very, very fortunate and Sports......................................11-13 Education earlier this month. blessed to get that job.” Serving on that board as he Fillauer said when he started TV Schedule..................................7 has for the past 15 years rep- ball game. Weather..........................................9 college, he had “no idea” what resents a crossroads for the “People ask me how long I he really wanted to do. Cleveland native as it combines have been in education and, “I always knew in the back Around Town his love of education and his it’s not a flippant answer, but of my mind that my father family’s political DNA. my answer is I’ve been in edu- Billy Millaway celebrating his would have loved for me to Fillauer’s father and grandfa- cation since I started kinder- have gone to law school and birthday by taking a regional garten in Cleveland, ther both served as Cleveland come back to Fillauer and tourist train trip. Tennessee,” Fillauer said. mayors, but it was teaching Fillauer, but he never told me He left as a graduate of Banner photo, BRIAN GRAVES that drew both his interest and that. He never tried to direct passion. Bradley Central High School KEyS FIllAuER sits on the porch of the historic Fillauer House me. He sent me out and said, According to Fillauer, it all and went to the University of at the corner of First and Broad streets where he used to spend started with a pickup basket- Chattanooga. Sundays on a swing with a comic book as a young boy. 6489076 75112 See FILLAUER, Page 4 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Monday, November 28, 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.

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