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FRIDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 246 FEBRUARY 12, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 22 PAGES • 50¢ ‘Be Positioned to go,’ Reynolds says church PTS audience is told must remain relevant By JOYANNA LOVE By JOYANNA LOVE Banner Senior Staff Writer Banner Senior Staff Writer The Rev. Arlene Hall, a doctoral in ministry student, emphasized Change is coming to the world and the church needs to prepare to being “Positioned to Go” as the guest speaker at the Pentecostal be ready to lead change and stay relevant. Theological Seminary chapel service during the Church of God Black Rev. Dr. Michael Reynolds spoke on “Leading to a Kingdom Ministries Awareness event Thursday. Perspective” during his Black Ministries Awareness lecture at the In keeping with this year’s theme of “Together We Go,” Hall focused Pentecostal Theological Seminary Thursday. on the Great Commission and the contributions of those of African “The subject of leading to a kingdom perspective is an urgent one descent in making “disciples of all nations” as Jesus commands his and it continues to climb to be of great urgency,” Reynolds said. disciples in Matt. 28: 19-20. She spoke of the need for Christians today “We have to do things now that will affect who will we become “to be positioned to go.” later. If we do it later, it will only affect what we become late. So, if Her reference was to when Jesus told his disciples to “go into all the we want to become something later, we have to do something now,” world.” Reynolds said. “When they did the 2010 census, it confirmed what See PTS, Page 5 Rev. Arlene Hall Rev. Dr. Michael Reynolds See REYNOLDS, Page 5 Inside Today Veterans cemetery needs are reviewed by council Fencing, signage, lighting lead list By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer Fencing, lighting and posting of Mustangs split with rules are just a few of the develop- Contributed photo ments now being debated for the McMinn Cherokees THE MAIN ENTRANCE of the proposed new academic building at Lake Forest Middle School is seen in this image provided by Bradley County Veterans The Walker Valley Mustangs Lewis Group Architects. The school’s existing freestanding gym, which would be covered with brick to match, sits at right. A new drive- Cemetery at Fort Hill. took care of business against way offers easier access for arrivals and departures by car. The Southeast Tennessee McMinn County, but the girls fell Veterans Home Council met to the Lady Cherokees. The Lee Thursday evening, and among the Flames split with West Alabama. many items discussed, physical The Tennessee Lady Volunteers enhancements at the veterans will hold on to a Top 25 spot after New look of LFMS unveiled cemetery were a major concern. defeating Vanderbilt. Walker Council member Kim Dees pre- Valley soccer standout Jake sented a list of projects for the Poulakis has signed a scholarship Bradley County Board of Education hears updates special area of Fort Hill Cemetery with Bryan College. See Sports, to the group. Pages 13-15. One of the first items he dis- on construction cost and strategies for funding it cussed was lighting of the flag at Dyslexia needs the site, which is mandatory. He said that he has spoken to state’s attention Cleveland Utilities about placing The funding The design electricity in that area that would Understanding dyslexia, and its be used for the lighting, but the impact on the educational develop- cost of that installation is out of ment of children, is an issue that By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG the budget range of the council. Banner Staff Writer state leaders in the industry need to Banner Staff Writer He mentioned the possibility of face. At least, that’s the assessment The cost of a new academic building at Schematic designs for the proposed new solar lighting for that area, and of an education veteran who leads Lake Forest Middle School is estimated to be academic building at Lake Forest Middle could be something that might be the Professional Educators of in excess of $17.1 million. School have been revealed. investigated soon. Tennessee organization. See his The Bradley County Board of Education Representatives of Lewis Group Dees also mentioned the perspective on Page 16 of today’s voted Tuesday to ask the Bradley County Architects presented their designs to the American flag at the cemetery Commission to kick in $14.5 million for the Bradley County Board of Education on needs to be replaced. Council edition. project, while the board indicated it will han- Thursday. members agreed to address the dle the rest. Designs for the two-story building fea- flag issue in a future session. Forecast Money became a point of discussion dur- ture a brick facade and simple lines, and it Other items discussed included ing a schematic design presentation by is situated to line up with existing build- signage that explains the rules for Lewis Group Architects. ings on campus. the site. Dees said that while most “We’re starting to see an uptick in con- “We wanted it to have a really clean and funeral homes adhere to the rules, struction costs,” said Douglas Shover, vice classic look while addressing some of the some do not and need to have the president for Lewis Group’s primary and sec- challenges of the site,” said project archi- signage posted to remind them of ondary education division. tect Lauren Bush. those stipulations. Because of that, he said he was going to Lake Forest’s current campus consists of The fence area around the This afternoon looks to be partly be “very conservative” and estimate the price multiple pod-style classroom buildings, cemetery needs to be discussed, sunny, with a high near 46 degrees. of the building based on construction cost- along with separate buildings for the gym, Dees said. But, he pointed to the ing between $125 and $130 per square foot. cafeteria, auditorium and administrative difficulty in deciding on that proj- Tonight’s forecast calls for mostly The new two-story academic building is cloudy skies, with a low around 23. office suite. ect until a survey is done to deter- set to contain 137,000 square feet, making Banner photo, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Current plans for the school are to com- mine the property lines. Council Saturday should be sunny, with a the building cost more than $17 million with CHRIS TURNER, chairman of the bine all the classrooms and offices into one member Jimmy Kibler, a former high near 33. North winds of 10 to either option. Bradley County Board of Education, building, while the existing gym, cafeteria Bradley County commissioner, 15 mph could gust as high as 20. “But, of course, we’re not going to do $130 frowns as he talks about the “sacrifice” of and auditorium would remain where they said that the county engineer was Saturday night should see increas- [per foot],” Director of Schools Dr. Linda taking money from the school system’s are to save money. to do an analysis of the property ing clouds and cold temperatures, Cash said. budget to fund a new building for Lake Even with that money-saving measure, it many years ago. However, if done, with lows in the mid to upper teens. that information is not available, See FUNDING, Page 10 Forest Middle School. See DESIGN, Page 10 Index See CEMETERY, Page 5 Church........................................8-9 Classified................................20-21 Comics.........................................17 Grocery store’s Editorials......................................16 Horoscope....................................17 Obituaries.......................................2 fundraiser aids Stocks............................................4 Sports......................................13-15 TV Schedule................................18 food ministry Weather........................................11 By LARRY C. BOWERS Banner Staff Writer Around Town Cleveland’s Food City South is continuing its Terry and Amy Posey telling eight-year partnership with the Caring the tale of how they traveled to Compassion food ministry of Waterville Baptist Atlanta to do some shopping and Church. ended up in Miami ... Cameron, The supermarket has been raising funds since Erin and Ainslee Saylors being before last Thanksgiving, through the year-end very excited to welcome their holidays, to assist the ministry and its volunteers. brand-new perfect little bundle of On Thursday morning, Mitch Cochran, the joy ... Abby Lescher of Cleveland store’s manager, and Food City district manager finally feeling better after a long Rodney Dillard presented a group of volunteers from Waterville Baptist with the proceeds from bout with the flu. Banner photo, LARRY C. BOWERS this year’s food-fund drive. FOOD CITY district manager Rodney Dillard, left, and Food City South store manager Mitch Cochran, right, presented Cochran said the store’s customers, in more a group of ladies from Waterville Baptist Church with food and a number of shopping coupons for the church’s Caring than 9,000 shopping trips to the supermarket, contributed $1 each to help the food recipients Compassion food ministry. The ladies who volunteer with the food program include, from left, Betty Morrow, Nancy Weed, Kathy Sefcik, Kelita Puckett, Janice Parker and program director Kay Houk, who is accepting the food gift coupons from 6489076 75112 See FUNDRAISER, Page 5 Cochran. 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Friday, February 12, 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. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 the funeral home. Published at 1505 25th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) William R. Reinhart in Cleveland, TN 37320-3600, daily except Saturday You may share your condo- To submit an obituary, have the funeral home or cremation William R. Reinhart, 70, of and Christmas day by Cleveland Newspapers, Inc.