DUI ‘Zero Tolerance’ Aimed at Holiday by BRIAN GRAVES There Will Be No Lack of Traffic As the with Alcoholic Beverages
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F R I D A Y 161st YEAR • NO. 19 mAY 22, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 22 PAgES • 50¢ DUI ‘zero tolerance’ aimed at holiday By BRIAN GRAVES There will be no lack of traffic as the with alcoholic beverages. Watson also said law enforcement will also specialized units focusing on parks Banner Staff Writer first getaway weekend of summer kicks Law enforcement agencies are gearing be watching for instances of texting and and greenway areas,” Gibson said. “Our off with the Memorial Day holiday. up to take those dangerous drivers off the driving. main focus, along with the [BCSO] and Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson AAA projects 37.2 million Americans roads and the water. “There have been major wrecks and the Highway Patrol, is to focus on traffic- has sent out a warning for those who may will journey 50 miles or more from home “We have to be very serious about this,” fatalities with people not paying attention related events such as speeders, aggres- imbibe too much over the Memorial Day during the weekend, a 4.7 percent Watson said. “This weekend the Sheriff’s or drinking and driving,” he said. sive drivers, alcohol-related events and weekend. increase from last year and expected to be Office will have 40 officers, starting “Everybody has to step it up.” driving under the influence.” “My officers have been told there is zero the highest travel volume for the holiday Friday night, that will work 24-hour Cleveland Police Interim Chief Mark Gibson said his department will also tolerance for DUI’s,” Watson said. “If you in 10 years. shifts for the next four days.” Gibson says his department will be just incorporate a “zero tolerance” policy when are drinking and driving, you are going to Along with the vacation feeling comes He said there will also be a presence on as vigilant. it comes to driving under the influence. jail. We’re not putting up with it. We’ve the tempting of fate by drivers who do not the waters with the sheriff’s Marine “The Cleveland Police Department will had too many wrecks in Bradley County.” use caution when attending celebrations Patrol. be dedicated to having patrol units and See HOLIDAY, Page 6 Truck driver Pérez did not have BCSO CDL license warrant named By TONY EUBANK Banner Staff Writer The 20-year-old driver of Monday the logging truck involved in sweep Wednesday’s fatal crash on North Lee Highway did not have a commercial driver’s speaker license, according to the nets 80 Tennessee Department of Safety. Memorial Day The two-vehicle accident 5 are among took the life of 17-year-old event at 10:30 Ashlyn Lamberth, a recent Bradley Central High School ‘Most Wanted’ By JOYANNA LOVE Banner Senior Staff Writer graduate who was planning By TONY EUBANK to attend Lee University on Banner Staff Writer Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS Bradley County will honor the scholarship this fall. THURSDAY EVENINg produced a large turnout for the Cleveland-Bradley County Chamber of memory of those who died in Dalya Qualls, deputy The Bradley County Sheriff’s Commerce ribbon cutting at the new Blood Assurance donor center in The Village Green. The cel- service to this country during the communications director for Office concluded a two-day war- ebration included the dedication of the Howard H. Kuhns Jr. community room located in the donor annual ceremony on the Bradley the safety department, con- rant roundup Thursday in center. Cutting the ribbon Thursday were Blood Assurance CEO Rick Youngblood and blood donor County Courthouse Plaza at firmed that Cody Judd, of Bradley County that netted some Sissy Figlesthahler, one of the speakers during the program. At her left is Blood Assurance’s Charlie 10:30 a.m. Monday. Decatur, did not have a 80 arrests. Callari. To their right are Cleveland Councilmen George Poe and Dale Hughes, and Cleveland This annual Memorial Day CDL, which is the type of Sheriff Eric Watson said late in Mayor Tom Rowland. observance will feature the read- license required to operate a the day, “It was time to clear out a ing of the names logging truck and other vehi- backlog of arrest warrants that of those from cles commercially in the had built up over time. These peo- Bradley County state of Tennessee. ple had warrants with a variety of who died in Judd was not injured in charges that Blood Assurance World War I and the accident. needed to be World War II, as Meanwhile, the dealt with.” well as the Tennessee Highway Patrol Five of the Lifesaving nonprofit dedicates Korean, Vietnam is continuing to investigate Bradley County and Iraq wars. the crash, which occurred at Top Ten Most The lists will be the intersection of North Lee Wanted were facility, honors Howard Kuhns read by Jackie Pérez Highway and Tasso Lane. captured during Westfield and THP’s Lt. Bill Miller con- the sweep, By LARRY C. BOWERS Kay Cox of the firmed this morning the including 42 Banner Staff Writer Aldersgate Garden Club. Department of Safety year-old sex Watson Former hospital executive Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland assessment. offender Michael will read the names of veterans “In order to receive a Allen Keith, who Howard H. Kuhns Jr., always a strong advocate of health and who have in the past year. CDL, you have to be 21, so was wanted on prescription fraud “Each Memorial Day Bradley he did not even meet the and sex offender registry charges. safety, was honored Thursday afternoon when Blood County veterans organizations age requirement,” Miller told Also captured from the Top Ten remember the men and women the Cleveland Daily Banner. Most Wanted list were Brittany Assurance dedicated the com- munity conference room at its who have given their lives for the Miller pointed out operat- Nichole Bramlett, age 22, on theft freedom of other Americans, so ing a logging truck in of property $10,000-$60,000; new donor center in his honor. The new donor center is we can gather together on a day Tennessee requires a Class Ronnie Ell, 49, for parole viola- to never forget their supreme sac- B CDL. tions; and 57-year-old John located in The Village Green, rifice,” program chairman Steven Miller also confirmed the Martin Cox and 36-year-old Stewart said. “‘I promise and Ronald James Ricky Cox, both on moving from its previous pledge to hold Memorial Day See CDL, Page 6 aggravated assault charges. sacred to the memory of my “Thanks to the hard work of location on Keith Street, departed comrades’ is part of an our Patrol, Criminal oath of one of the veterans organ- Investigations, and Fugitive divi- Thursday’s Forecast celebration Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS izations that I belong to.” was not only BARBARA KUHNS, seated, widow of the late Howard H. The guest speaker this year will Today should be sunny and rel- See BCSO, Page 6 for dedication Kuhns Jr., looks at a framed copy of a newspaper article and pho- be retired Air Force Chaplain Col. atively mild, with a high near 76 of the commu- tograph presented to her Thursday by Blood Assurance. The pres- Benjamin Pérez. degrees. Tonight should be mostly Kuhns nity room for entation came during the dedication of the community room at the Pérez served as a chaplain from 1971 to 2001. He served various clear and cool, with a low around the longtime new Blood Assurance donor center in Kuhns’ honor. Also at the City Codes community leader, but also a Air Force bases in numerous 48. Saturday’s forecast calls for presentation were, standing from left, grandson Wesley, daugh- states, Germany, Thailand and mostly sunny skies, with a high Cleveland-Bradley County ters-in-law Patti and Cherie, and sons Ron, Tim and Jim. Chamber of Commerce ribbon Turkey. From 1999 to 2001, he near 84. Saturday night looks to committee was the director of the USAF be partly cloudy, with a low around cutting for the new Blood Assurance facilities. Chaplain Service Institute. 57. Kuhns’ wife, Barbara, attend- Blood drive is helping “While assigned to Nellis Air Sunset: 8:43 p.m. unhappy ed the festivities, as well as the Force Base Nevada, he was made Sunrise: 6:32 a.m. couple’s three sons, grandson, an honorary Thunderbird, the and daughters-in-law. area American Legions only chaplain ever to receive this honor,” according to Pérez’s biog- Index with cuts Sons Jim, Ron and Tim came in from out of town, as did By LARRY C. BOWERS raphical sketch. Banner Staff Writer By JOYANNA LOVE daughters-in-law Cherie and He received the Legion of Merit Church........................................8-9 Banner Senior Staff Writer Patti. Grandson Wesley is a with two oak leaf clusters, Classified................................20-21 Blood Assurance was recognized Thursday afternoon at its new Meritorious Service Medal with The City Codes Enforcement student at Lee University. donor center in the Village Green, with a Cleveland-Bradley Comics.........................................17 A number of community five oak leaf clusters, Air Force division is growing, but just how County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Commendation Medal, Air Force Editorials......................................16 much remains to leaders, and Blood Assurance The nonprofit agency moved recently to its new location from a officials, participated in the Outstanding Unit Award with two Horoscope....................................17 be seen. Keith Street location it had occupied for more than 25 years. oak leaf clusters, National The codes dedication program, which fol- On the heels of Thursday’s ribbon cutting, and the dedication Movies..........................................18 lowed the ribbon cutting.