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T U E S D A Y 162nd YEAR • No. 75 JULY 26, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ County eyes $900,000 transfer for workhouse By BRIAN GRAVES Commission voting agenda for Aug. 1, Davis said by statute, the money in Spring Branch Industrial Park infra- when Chancellor Jerri S. Bryant will Banner Staff Writer after Finance Chairman Milan Blake the reserve was collected for use of law structure. hear from County Attorney Crystal noted the amount was “too great for the enforcement items. “If we get past Wednesday’s court Freiberg, who under advisement from The Bradley County Commission consent agenda.” Blake asked Davis how long the funds date, it’s a simple process with the state officials, will formally present the Finance Committee voted Monday to “This is where we had a reserve fund would last, “because once we use these trustee and we might just do the $3 mil- plan to borrow funds from the proceeds recommend transferring $900,000 from that has accumulated quite a bit over up, we’ll have to issue the bonds.” lion for the industrial park,” Davis said. of the sale of Bradley Memorial reserve funds to finance construction of the years,” said County Mayor D. Gary The mayor said the plan is to bond “We probably won’t need this money Hospital. the new workhouse facility through the Davis. “Our plan from the beginning out the workhouse balance — roughly until the end of the calendar year.” State statutes allowed that process first of the year. was to use this for the first part of pay- $2 million — at the same time bonds are The court date Davis spoke of is one The action is now on the County ment for the workhouse.” let on a $3 million commitment for scheduled for Wednesday morning See WORKHOUSE, Page 16 Inside Today Craft beer restaurant gets first Council approval Second reading Back in pads set in 2 weeks The Cleveland Blue Raiders put the pads on for the first time By JOYANNA LOVE Monday in preparation for the Banner Senior Staff Writer upcoming football season. The ACC will have a new look with the A microbrewery restaurant has addition of four new football passed the first hurdle to being coaches in 2016. The University established in Cleveland. of Tennessee is implementing a The Cleveland City Council new clear bag policy for all sport- voted 4-2 Monday to approve a ing events, beginning in August. change to the city ordinance that Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s return to would create a craft beer restau- NASCAR may take longer than Banner photo, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG rant permit. originally anticipated. See Sports, TEACHERS relive their first-year teaching experiences while taking part in a training session for mentors in Bradley County Schools’ Councilman Richard Banks, Pages 9-11. Teacher Mentoring Program. David May, Avery Johnson and Vice Mayor George Poe voted in favor, and Councilman Bill Estes was absent. Benghazi and County launches new Councilmen Charlie McKenzie lessons learned and Councilman Dale Hughes voted against the motion. The most important information mentoring training In order to become a perma- the American public learned from nent part of the city ordinance, the Benghazi Committee Report is for 1st-year teachers the changes must pass on a sec- not actually in the report. At least, ond reading in two weeks. The ordinance would define a that’s the assessment of one writer By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG who has a few final thoughts about craft beer restaurant as “a Banner Staff Writer restaurant whose business the document. See the guest Teachers being dubbed Bradley County Schools’ “best” includes the retail sale of craft “Viewpoint” on Page 12 of today’s beer manufactured on the prem- edition. met Monday to train to mentor first-year teachers. For the first time, mentors in the school system’s Teacher ises.” Mentoring Program received formal training on best prac- The facility would be required tices and shared their strategies for helping new teachers. to comply with restaurant codes Forecast “We are here ... because we don’t want them to teach in and “be primarily a restaurant or isolation anymore,” said Supervisor of Elementary an eating place” that can seat a Education Sheena Newman. minimum of 30 people “in booths She explained how new teachers can sometimes feel iso- and at tables, in addition to any lated from their colleagues and shared statistics which other seating it may have,” show retaining new teachers can be a challenge. according to the proposed ordi- According to the Alliance for Excellent Teaching, some 40 nance. to 50 percent of new teachers leave the profession within Business owner Smit Patel is five years. planning to develop an Indo- Newman said there are numerous reasons for this, but American Restaurant and micro- lacking good relationships with colleagues and not being brewery, if the craft beer restau- Banner photo, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG rant permit is created. The able to draw from others’ experiences can contribute to the DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS Dr. Linda Cash, standing, helps veter- Today’s outlook is for partly problem. restaurant would be located on cloudy skies and a 40 percent an teachers in Bradley County Schools’ Teacher Mentoring Program 25th Street, and be the first such brainstorm ways they can support new teachers. restaurant concept for the com- chance of showers or thunder- See MENTORING, Page 16 storms, with a high near 94 pany. “We have restaurants, just not degrees. Tonight’s forecast calls for microbreweries,” Patel said. partly cloudy skies and a 30 per- He said the microbrewery cent chance of rain, with a low City honored for environmental awareness restaurant concept has been suc- around 74. Wednesday looks to be cessful other places. partly sunny, with a 40 percent By JOYANNA LOVE “The group determined that the city of come surprise. “People like to go and have a chance of rain and a high near 94. Banner Senior Staff Writer Cleveland is deserving of the award “It indicates to me that the city of good time — good, quality times,” Heat index values could climb as because of the impact of many city pro- Cleveland is recognized for quality of life Patel said. “Cleveland is a grow- high as 100. Wednesday night The Tennessee Environmental Health grams including the Greenway, multiple issues that make the city a good place to ing city. We have diversity of com- calls for mostly cloudy skies and a Association has selected the city of city parks, city swimming pools, the … live and raise children,” said Mayor Tom munity and a lot businesses are 40 percent chance of rain, with a Cleveland as the recipient of its annual Mouse Creek Cleanup, supporting Rowland. coming here.” Community Partnership Award. He said this makes Cleveland a low around 75. Thursday calls for the Shade Tree board, the recently opened At the reception, the Tennessee The award is “given to an individual or dog park and the Keep America Beautiful Environmental Health Association will also good market for such a restau- partly cloudy skies and a 60 per- organization that has made significant program,” said Eric Coffey, Tennessee recognize Johnny Mull, energy manager for rant concept. He said Indo- cent chance of rain, with a high impact on environmental health or the Environmental Health Association presi- Bradley County Schools. He will be recog- American food would add to the near 91. Thursday night calls for environmental health of the community.” dent-elect. nized as TEHA Educator of the Year. variety of taste experiences avail- mostly cloudy skies and a 60 per- The award will be officially presented at The award was not one the city had to cent chance of rain, with a low a reception at the Coffey Barn on Sept. 29. apply for, but the recognition was a wel- See ENVIRONMENTAL, Page 16 See CRAFT BEER, Page 16 around 71. 66-year-old Index Ronald McDonald House woman dies Classified................................14-15 Comics...........................................6 serves many local families in Monday fire Editorials......................................12 By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG By ALLEN MINCEY Horoscope......................................6 Banner Staff Writer Banner Staff Writer Obituaries.......................................2 Though it is not based in Cleveland, the Ronald McDonald One woman died in a mobile Sports........................................9-11 House Charities of Greater Chattanooga has served many home fire early Monday after- Stocks............................................4 Bradley County families. noon on Calhoun Road, accord- TV Schedule..................................7 That was the message the organization’s major gifts and ing to authorities. Weather..........................................8 planned giving officer, Jules Kinder, emphasized while speaking Bradley County Public to the Bradley Sunrise Rotary Club recently. Information Officer Lindsay “Bradley County is the county where we see the most of our Hathcock, who was called to the Around Town families come from,” Kinder said. scene of the incident, said it Chattanooga’s Ronald McDonald House is a facility which pro- occurred around 1:30 p.m. at Sally O’Grady working hard in vides lodging to families with children who are in intensive care the home in the 200 block of the heat ... Jimmy and Ginger at a hospital there. Calhoun Road, located just off Strickland celebrating at the Though Chattanooga is not far from Cleveland, Kinder noted Ladd Springs Road. beach. the distance can still be too far for some of the families her Banner photo, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG He said the fire originated in organization helps. THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES of Greater the left side of the trailer, with The majority of the families the House has hosted have had Chattanooga was the topic of a Bradley Sunrise Rotary Club meet- the woman who died in the right premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at the ing.

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