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FRIDAY 162nd YEAR • No. 161 NOVEMBER 4, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 22 PAGES • 50¢ Daylight Saving Time Ends November 6 Industrial park to be ready in one year Time Time toto By BRIAN GRAVES "This has been a seven-year conversa- out, but they are not survivors in the long primary stream, Spring Branch, is dry Banner Staff Writer tion," Berry said, noting how long the new term." right now." Fall Fall site has been in the planning and prepa- He said that should reduce some of the He also said "the moment there is Back! Back! When the calendar rolls around to ration stages. mitigation requirements. water" the location will have aquatic life about this time next year, the new Spring "We have asked the Corps of Engineers Berry said there are still some discus- and meet all of the standards of a peren- Branch Industrial Park should be ready and TDEC to come in and do a final deter- sions concerning exactly what the U.S. nial stream. for business. mination on our stream and wetlands," Army Corps of Engineers wants done at Berry said all but the largest parcel That was the word given to members of Berry said. the site concerning the mitigation of road- have been cleared. the Economic Development Council as He added the thought was it has been way stream crossings. Yes, it’s that “time” again. "We are finishing up the last parcel this they met Thursday afternoon. "to our benefit to have had this drought in "The length of time it has taken us to week on some erosion control and we're We’re saying goodbye to Daylight Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of that sense." get started has meant we have had Saving Time at 2 a.m. Sunday. now struggling to get any grass to set and Commerce Vice President of Economic "We think some of the wetlands have staffing changes and perspective changes we're waiting for rain," he said. So, that means set back those Development Doug Berry gave a report on turned out to be what they call 'ephemer- that we are trying to figure out," he said. "Everywhere that we've had sediment clocks by one hour before bed- what the hopes are for scheduling com- al,' which means they are not real wet- "So, we have tried to figure out two or tracks where water would collect and time Saturday night! pletion of the long-planned area near Exit lands," Berry said. "It just depends when three different ways to cross streams. To 20. the ground is wet enough they will pop you, they look like dry ditches. In fact the See INDUSTRIAL, Page 10 Coming Sunday ‘Holiday Recipes’ Almost to be featured SMILE OF A SURVIVOR Although Christmas remains almost two months away, it’s never 28,000 too early to start thinking about the food that comes with the festive hol- Karen Mills iday. For those wanting to try a few different recipes, Sunday’s edition of says fight early the Cleveland Daily Banner may be just the ticket. It’s time for our “Holiday Recipes” special section. cancer with ballots Don’t miss it! love, laughs Inside Today By ALLEN MINCEY are cast Banner Staff Writer Cancer is not something to laugh about, but chuckles were 2,485 vote very evident at Thursday’s Survivors luncheon at Lee University. on final day The event was one of many By ALLEN MINCEY that helped raise money for the Banner Staff Writer MaryEllen Locher Foundation through Volley for a Cure. The final day of early voting Karen Mills, well known come- brought nearly 2,500 to the three dian and Bradley County native, polling sites, which led to total was the special guest speaker. participation in Bradley County She is also a cancer survivor, so during early she not only told jokes that had voting to just those in attendance laughing Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY under 28,000. out loud, but also related her KAREN MILLS, left, was the special B r a d l e y funny stories to her battle with guest speaker at Thursday’s Survivors C o u n t y ovarian cancer. luncheon. She also had the opportunity Administrator “Three years ago, I was diag- to meet with several of her friends, of Elections Kelly ready to run nosed with ovarian cancer. I had including Lee University volleyball coach Fran Green The Tennessee Volunteers are these shooting pains in my Andrea Hudson. said after tally- anxious to see how John Kelly abdomen and went for help, and ing the votes I thought it would be nothing Thursday that will handle the spotlight as a cen- Green terpiece running back. The Lee but routine,” Mills said. “Little 27,989 cast Lady Flames stunned Memphis in did I know that they would find their ballots. She said the 2,485 a road exhibition basketball a mass that ended up being who voted on Thursday raised game. This week’s “Black and cancerous.” the number of early voters to that Gold Glory” excerpt features the She said that she had a come- total. first of a three-part series on the dy show the following night in “Our early voting has seen Johnson family and their history Hickory, N.C., and was actually more people than we have seen in with Bradley County and stopped by police for going 70 in the past,” Green said. “It is prob- Tennessee football. See Sports, a 55 mile per hour zone. She ably the presidential election that Pages 13-15. laughed when she related that has brought out all of these vot- she told the officer that she had ers, but it could also be the con- a “tumor the size of your head venience of voting early that Forecast ... I said it was big. Not his brought them out, too.” head, but the tumor.” She received a warning. See BALLOTS, Page 10 Mills told the group of sur- vivors and other attendees that she eventually had surgery and started chemo four weeks later. Investigation “That was the hardest thing I have ever done,” she said, much continues in Today should be sunny and to the agreement of many sur- breezy, with a high near 73. North vivors in the audience. “But it helped put my life in perspec- winds of 10 to 15 mph could gust tive, and I realized that even man’s death as high as 20 mph. Tonight looks to when the body is weak, the spir- By ALLEN MINCEY be clear, with a low around 43. it can be strong.” Banner Staff Writer Saturday calls for sunny skies and Mills said she lost her hair, a high near 72. Saturday night with the last bit of hair on her Investigation into the shooting death of a Cleveland man Monday should be mostly clear, with a low body being what she called Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY around 43. Sunday calls for sunny “Gladys,” a small growth on her morning is continuing by the MERCEDES FORGEY, a senior at Bradley Central High School, was named the recipient of this Cleveland Police Department. skies and a high near 73. Sunday chin. year’s Volley for a Cure scholarship through the MaryEllen Locher Foundation. From left are Angie “And when my hair returned, James Michael “Tooter” night should be mostly clear, with a Bramlett, Anna Muhonen, Kamryn Woody, Mickey Clark, Tracy Forgey, Mercedes Forgey, Patricia Cheatham, 45, of 805 Sunset low in the low 40s. See SMILE, Page 10 Sharp, Kristi Muhonen and Brent Keaton. Ave., was pronounced dead at Tennova Healthcare early Index Monday morning after being the victim of a Church........................................6-7 shooting at his Classified................................20-21 CUATS transportation still growing h o m e . Comics.........................................17 C l e v e l a n d Editorials......................................16 By LARRY C. BOWERS 8,000 riders. Police have Banner Staff Writer The MPO’s Technical Coordinating since identified Horoscope....................................17 The transit system had never Committee met Wednesday, chaired by the person who Obituaries.......................................2 The Cleveland Urban Area Transit System climbed above 13,000 riders. Cleveland’s Public Works Director Tommy shot Cheatham Stocks............................................4 continues to grow, much to the benefit of Myers. Among items discussed at the pre- as his wife of Sports......................................13-15 the immediate Cleveland community. liminary MPO meeting was a review of an 25 years, A cumulative report handed out by CUATS is currently running a flag stop TV Schedule...........................18-19 system. “We’re trying to move into more amendment to the 2017-2020 Miranda. Weather........................................11 Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Improvement Program for Reports from Cheatham Coordinator Greg Thomas Wednesday fixed stops,” said Thomas. The city is work- ing with Cleveland/Bradley County Public the city, and recommendation of adoption to police said shows ridership on CUATS vehicles reached the Executive Board. Cheatham, his wife and a teenage Around Town a record high of 13,069 riders in August. Library Director Andy Hunt in an effort to locate a fixed stop near the library. The TIP draft was reviewed by TDOT’s son were in the home when the Riders dropped to 11,7224 in September, divisions of Long Range Planning, shooting occurred. The 911 call Kambry Kennedy dressing up Another fixed stop is planned for near the and 11,310, in October, but managers are Multimodal Resources, Program reporting the shooting came from as “the life of the party.” ... Tom Bradley County Health Department on well pleased with the steady participation of Development, and Civil Rights Office.