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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 27 JUNE 1, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 20 PAGES • 50¢ Social Security to be topic at next Community Legal Forum By RICK NORTON Cleveland attorney Jack Tapper, a former presi- Tuesday’s forum on Social Security will be no dif- cial planner and host of the “David Medford Money Associate Editor dent of the Bradley County Bar Association, has ferent. Show” on Cleveland radio station MIX 104.1; and directed the ongoing Community Legal Forum The gathering, in which panelists and the moder- Cleveland attorneys Anne C. Wagner and Matthew One thing about Social Security, everybody wants series since its 2010 inception. Most have been ator are giving their time as volunteers, will be seg- G. Coleman, both of whom have years of experience it upon retirement or when legally disabled ... but heavily attended — some even packed — because mented into two halves. in working with the various facets of Social most don’t claim to fully understand it. they traditionally deal with complicated topics that “The first will focus on little-known strategies to Security. That’s about to change Tuesday, at least for involve, or potentially involve, the average house- increase benefits for married, divorced and widowed Tapper, who in past forums has served as moder- Cleveland and Bradley County residents willing to hold. spouses,” Tapper said. “The second segment will ator or panelist, this time will return to the moder- give up 90 minutes of their time to attend the next The forums draw the public because the informa- explain the nuts and bolts of processing claims for ator role. Community Legal Forum. To convene at 7:30 p.m. tion is presented by experienced professionals who Social Security Disability and Supplemental Another key feature about all Community Legal in the Community Room of the Cleveland Bradley try to use understandable layman’s terms; plus, all Security Income.” Forums made available through the local Bar County Public Library, the free event will feature forums include question-and-answer interaction Participants will include some familiar names Association, and its partners, is there is no solicita- three trained professionals and an equally as gifted between audience members and panelists, Tapper and recognized faces. moderator. explained. Panelists will be David A. Medford, certified finan- See FORUM, Page 4 Inside Today Resolute expansion to add 105 more jobs By BRIAN GRAVES expanding in Tennessee and for Banner Staff Writer the new jobs they are creating in Calhoun and McMinn County,” Resolute Forest Products said Gov. Bill Haslam. “We think announced today it will be it says a lot when companies like expanding its current operations Resolute, who can choose to do at the Calhoun plant. business anywhere in the world, The $270 million expansion is continue expanding here, and expected to add 105 jobs to the today’s announcement is another more than 500 currently step toward our goal of becoming employed at one of the largest the No. 1 location in the paper mills in North America. Southeast for high quality jobs.” According to a press releases, a Construction is expected to new, state-of-the-art facility will begin this month with production be constructed to manufacture projected to start in the first approximately 60,000 metric quarter of 2017. tons per year of at-home, premi- Formerly Bowater, the um bath tissue and towel paper, Resolute Calhoun mill was estab- Johnson sets focusing on the growing private lished in 1954 as one of the ear- label market. liest newsprint mills in the record at Dover “We want to thank Resolute for Southern United States. Jimmie Johnson won for a record-setting 10th time at Dover International Speedway, in Griggs, Tyson appeal Sunday’s Sprint Cup FedEx 400. The Atlanta Braves pulled out a win in San Francisco to earn a CPD disciplinary actions split in their weekend series with By BRIAN GRAVES approved by the Giants. Florida and Michigan Banner Staff Writer the City will face off in the Women’s C o u n c i l , ” College World Series, beginning Two Cleveland Police officers Logan said. tonight in Oklahoma City. See formally appealed their discipli- “She takes the Sports, Pages 13-15. nary actions during two separate position that hearings last Thursday. the approval of Following an Internal Affairs the application Good school report prepared under the to Commission supervision of the office of o n behavior Contributed photo District Attorney General Steve Accreditation Crump, Jeffrey Griggs was There are steps parents can CLEVELAND NATIVE Steven Akin makes a quick stop at the Montana border on his bike jour- for Law Griggs take to ensure their children ney across the country to raise money for the family of Addie Heltsley (pictured inset), a 5-year- demoted from a Level 26 crime Enforcement understand the expectations of old girl who has cerebral palsy. scene technician to a Level 25 Agencies con- having good behavior in school. patrol officer. stitute an See Viewpoint on page 16. The report found Griggs to adoption of have violated four separate CPD the policies.” policies including truthfulness, “There is no Forecast Riding for a cause prohibited behaviors, disobeying question they orders and compliance with were never direct orders of a superior of approved [by Small girl’s battle with CP inspires journey internal investigation officer. City Council],” Steve Tyson was given a verbal Logan said. reprimand for violating a policy By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG raise money for her,” Akin said. “It’s not so “The city takes concerning a failure to report the position Banner Staff Writer much about the bike tour as it is the need of Tyson her family.” violations and was reassigned to when CALEA A Cleveland native is getting ready to wrap Both bicycle enthusiasts, Akin said the men the patrol division. approved it, the up a 4,234-mile, cross-country journey he took wanted to find someone they could assist with The request for appeal was City Council did.” Today’s forecast calls for mostly on with a friend to raise money for a little girl something like medical bills to add extra mean- filed on May 15, 48 hours after He said there has been no cloudy skies and a 60 percent with special needs. ing to what was just going to be a fun bike the IA report was released. advisory as to when an answer to Walker Valley High School and Cleveland trip. Attorney Jim Logan, who rep- the appeals may be submitted. chance of rain, with a high near 80 resents both officers, said the degrees. Tonight calls for more State Community College graduate Steven Akin Through some friends, they learned about A team of assessors from and John Garza of San Antonio in March the Heltsley family of Yuba City, Calif., and hearings both lasted approxi- CALEA will be in Cleveland clouds and a 70 percent chance of launched a tour they named “Hope for Addie,” mately 90 minutes and was beginning today to examine all showers or thunderstorms, with a Addie’s challenges with cerebral palsy. a trip to help the family of a little girl they just Akin said her father, Addam, is a Church of presided over by City Manager aspects of the CPD’s policy on low around 62. Tuesday looks to met. Christ minister, and her mother, Sarah, is Janice Casteel. procedures, management, opera- be partly cloudy, with a 30 percent Addie Heltsley is a 5-year-old California girl expecting another baby. “She has not yet ruled on the tions and support services. chance of rain and a high near 81. who has been dealing with spastic quadriplegic “They’re really great people, and we asking substance of the appeals,” Logan A public information and com- Tuesday night calls for mostly cerebral palsy, a condition requiring her to use people to help,” Akin said. said. ment session is scheduled for 2 cloudy skies and a 30 percent a wheelchair and receive nourishment from a The growing young girl is soon to be in need He said one of the issues that p.m. Wednesday, at the depart- chance of showers or thunder- feeding tube. was raised was the “acknowl- ment’s community room located “We’re doing a coast-to-coast bike tour to edgement” that the personnel at 100 Church St. storms, with a low around 63. See RIDING, Page 4 polices of the Cleveland Police Sunset: 8:49 p.m. That assessment visit was Department have never been announced late last week by Sunrise: 6:28 a.m. approved or adopted by the City Interim Chief Mark Gibson. Council “as required.” Attempts to contact Casteel “She acknowledged they have Monday morning for comment Index Maxine Hyde is BCHS never been submitted or were unsuccessful. Classified................................18-19 Comics...........................................8 through and through Editorials......................................16 CU prepares for more Horoscope....................................10 By JOYANNA LOVE MINI Pages.................................5-6 Banner Senior Staff Writer PERSONALITY projects; gets major grant Obituaries.......................................2 Cleveland has always been Orchard Hill Road tie line proj- Sports......................................13-15 home for Maxine Buckner Hyde. By LARRY C. BOWERS PROFILE Banner Staff Writer ect. This tie line will service the TV Schedule..................................9 Born in Sept. 1932, the only Weather........................................11 city’s new Jetport, and the neigh- time Hyde lived anywhere else Cleveland Utilities’ Electric borhoods ravaged by a series of was when is when she attended how to play hopscotch,” Hyde Division has a number of proj- deadly tornadoes in 2011. Around Town Asbury College, in Kentucky. quipped. ects in the works, and is getting The line will be from Benton Hyde grew up across the street Music stayed a favorite pas- ready to add more.