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161st YEAR • NO. 293 APRIL 7, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 20 PAGES • 50¢ Inside Today Sunset Memorial complaints continue DA Office — Lawrence Group is in contempt;
State — Cemetery owner is in compliance Contributed photo THIS By LARRY C. BOWERS filed against Sunset Memorial this “This discovery process is a PHOTO of Banner Staff Writer year, and they have been in com- slow walk, sometimes,” he recent- grave markers pliance with terms of the original ly told the Banner. discovered by The 10th District Attorney consent order filed last August.” Robinson said the state has members of General’s Office, and the Robinson said he has been try- apparently sent an inspector to the group Tennessee Department of ing to talk with the Department of the cemetery, and they’ve given “Restore Commerce and Insurance, are at Commerce and Insurance con- them a certificate of compliance. Sunset different ends of the spectrum cerning the 200-plus complaints Walters agreed this is true. when it comes to the most recent he has been reviewing for his Memorial Robinson, early today, said he Gardens” was complaints against Sunset case. is attempting to reach the state Memorial Gardens. Kevin Walters, communications office for two specific reasons: No. placed on Assistant District Attorney director for the state department, 1 — To get a copy of the inspec- social media. Drew Robinson is preparing a said he has been attempting to tor’s report on the cemetery, and The markers case of contempt for Chancery reach Robinson. No. 2 — To get the Cecil Lawrence were randomly Court on May 10, charging Apparently there has been a Group’s responses to more than lying around Bearettes get win Georgia’s Cecil Lawrence Group communication breakdown 200 complaints filed last fall with the cemetery’s over Lady Raiders with failure to respond to a con- between the two governing bod- Cleveland funeral home owner maintenance sent order filed early last year. ies. Ralph Buckner. shed. The Bradley Central Bearettes In this order, the cemetery own- The state’s original consent The state’s consent order says held off the Cleveland Lady ers were to respond to numerous order against the cemetery firm the CLG was to “provide a written Raiders for a softball win. The complaints filed by people whose remains in place, and the District response to all allegations in each Walker Valley Lady Mustangs bat- loved ones had their final resting Attorney’s case is headed to court of the citizens’ complaints, and a tled high winds and the East place at the cemetery. next month as Robinson contin- plan for remediation within 75 Hamilton Hurricanes before losing State authorities claim, “There ues to sift through numerous in eight innings. The baseball have been no formal complaints complaints. See SUNSET, Page 6 Mustangs pulled off a rain-short- ened victory over McCallie. See Sports, Pages 13-15. Kids’ credit Two bills Kids can be victims of identity theft, too, and it often goes unno- Photo courtesy of Impact Cleveland ticed by parents for years. It is NEIGHBORS work in the await important to check on your little community garden spon- one’s credit report. See story, Page 10. sored by the Blythe-Oldfield Community Association and Haslam’s Signature event its partners. In his column today, Cleveland signature Mayor Tom Rowland takes a look at Cleveland State Community College’s Community First Private act measures Awards. See Editorial, Page 16. would impact Bradley Health Fair County’s budget By BRIAN GRAVES Cleveland State Community Banner Staff Writer College’s Nursing Department held a Health Fair on Two bills which could have an Wednesday. See photos, Page 5. impact on Bradley County’s future budgeting have now passed the Tennessee General Tax haven Assembly, and are headed for The U.S. lambastes and Blythe-Oldfield group Gov. Bill Haslam’s desk. strong-arms countries that help The private act which will allow drug lords and millionaire the Bradley County Commission investors hide their money from focuses on community to raise the current hotel/motel tax collectors. Critics say it tax from 5 to 7 percent passed should look closer to home. See By JOYANNA LOVE Once thriving within walking dis- last week. story, Page 17. Banner Senior Staff Writer tance of bustling industry, the neigh- According to Jennifer Donnels, borhood is now surrounded by aging press secretary to the governor, Forecast Safety and restoration are the dual or empty manufacturing facilities. the governor has 10 days (not mission of the Blythe-Oldfield Safety was one of the top issues counting Sundays) to take action Community Association. bringing the neighbors together. on any legislation once it reaches The association began in 2013 as a “We wanted our neighborhood to be his desk. group of concerned neighbors wanting safer for our kids,” Porter said. The Legislature’s website to see change from what their neigh- There are more than 300 children shows the bill was “transmitted to Photo courtesy of Impact Cleveland borhood had become. living in the neighborhood. JULIA PORTER and Shirley Knight stand near governor for his action” on March “There were just so many things “We want a safe place for them to 29, which means the bill could be the Blythe-Oldfield Community Association recy- going on that needed to change,” said signed into law by the end of the cling program. BOCA President Julia Porter. See GROUP, Page 6 week. Today’s outlook is for increasing County Mayor D. Gary Davis said the county must wait on the clouds and a 40 percent chance of official notice from the governor’s showers, with a high near 65. West office before the County winds of 10 to 15 mph could gust Commission can take any official as high as 25 mph. Tonight’s fore- Cash: Community embracing Read 20 action on the matter. cast calls for mostly cloudy skies It will take a two-thirds majori- and a 30 percent chance of show- By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG — from preschool to the 12th on, Cash said. partners and individuals who ty vote by the Commission to ers, with a low around 42. Friday Banner Staff Writer grade — to read or have someone Cash has spoken at several would like to sponsor Little Free impose the new rate — an action calls for partly sunny skies and read to them for at least 20 min- local groups since the fall, heavi- Libraries. A Little Free Library is that is expected since the vote to cooler temperatures, with a high Bradley County Schools’ Read utes a day. ly emphasizing the importance of a cabinet stocked with books ask for the private act was 13-0, 20 initiative, which just started The goal is to get 90 percent of reading and sharing statistics of that is located in a readily acces- with one abstention. near 59. Friday night should be this school year, has begun to be partly cloudy and cool, with a low all Bradley County students how illiteracy affects people. sible location. Children are As has been previously report- embraced by the community. reading at or above grade level by “Almost every group I’ve spo- ed in a memorandum of under- around 35. encouraged to take and read Director of Schools Dr. Linda the third grade. ken to has asked, ‘How can we books, either returning it or standing developed by the coun- Cash explained that everyone Cash said kindergarten help?’” Cash said. “They’re very replacing it with a new one when ty, the Cleveland/Bradley Index from parents to business owners through second-grade students open and ready to get on board.” done. Five county schools either Chamber of Commerce and the have been working to promote were targeted because of how Schools have increasingly been have or are in the process of Tri-State Exhibition Center, the Classified...... 17-19 reading and make sure children learning is typically structured in inviting people to read with and building them. Chamber will receive $520,000 Comics...... 8 have books to read. schools. Once they hit the third help mentor students struggling “We would also like to see them per year, to be divided evenly for Editorial...... 16 “I am so appreciative and hon- grade, students focus less on with reading. Such efforts have at locations like the economic development and Horoscope...... 8 ored by how the community has learning the mechanics of read- included an after-school reading (Cleveland/Bradley County) tourism. Lifestyles...... 3 stepped up,” Cash said. ing and begin using their reading program at Charleston Greenway,” Cash said. “It is diffi- Tri-State will receive $240,000 for tourism development purpos- Obituaries...... 2 Read 20 was rolled out in the skills to learn other subjects. Elementary School which invites cult to promote literacy if chil- es. Sports...... 13-15 fall in an effort to help students The key to making sure stu- local adults to volunteer. dren do not always have access Stocks...... 4 improve their reading skills. The dents succeed in school is mak- The school system has also See BILLS, Page 6 TV Schedule...... 9 initiative encourages all students ing sure they learn to read early been working to find business See CASH, Page 6 Weather...... 11 Around Town CSCC plans sexual assault awareness program Dee Burris detailing a new By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG followed by a panel discussion, university campuses. They share Cleveland Police Department; floor plan for a home ... Brenda Banner Staff Writer an art installation featuring work what it was like trying to report Joan Bates, Title IX representa- Snowman doing some planning by sexual assault victims and the crimes to college officials, and tive for Cleveland State Campus ... Sophie Chase answering the Cleveland State Community more. the filmmakers pay close atten- Police; and Tori Tucker, program call for a volunteer mission ... College is planning an event to “Cleveland State wants stu- tion to how the institutions’ prac- manager and court advocate from Gavin Miles of the Polk County talk about an issue which has dents to be aware, to avoid situa- tices help or hurt the situations. The Family Violence Program’s Wildcats playing hard in a win garnered much discussion on tions which may put them at risk Among the issues addressed are sexual assault program. over Meigs County ... David college campuses as of late — and know how to get help if they the colleges’ compliance with Mathis said these professionals Crane standing outside to video sexual assault. or someone they know is victim- Title IX, a set of federal laws his daughter Kaitlyn driving by ... will discuss the film and share A sexual assault awareness ized,” said Juliann Mathis, event which covers issues like sexual information on how students and Laura Thompson describing the event is set to take place organizer and coordinator of dis- harassment. antics of her dog Rocky. community members alike can Tuesday, April 12, at 9:40 a.m. in ability support services at the col- The panel discussion is set to help prevent sexual assault and the college’s George R. Johnson lege. “It boils down to protecting include three individuals who will address it if it does happen to Cultural Heritage Center. all students.” share their views and let students them or someone else they know. The college will show the The film follows the stories of know how they or someone else While Cleveland State does not nationally recognized documen- several students who claim to they know can receive help. They 6489076 75112 tary film “The Hunting Ground,” have been raped on college and include Lt. Scott Bronze of the See PROGRAM, Page 6 2—Cleveland Daily Banner—Thursday, April 7, 2016 www.clevelandbanner.com Kathleen Minwell Children. She received her master’s Kathleen Ann Minwell, 61, of degree from the University of Ooltewah, passed away Tennessee and served as vices OBITUARIES Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at her for the Home for Children and as (USPS 117-700) residence. such touched the lives of hun- Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 Post Office She was an elementary and dreds of children over her life- POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN 37320-3600 preschool teacher in upstate time. 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Sevierville, or any charity of your E-Edition Only $26.85 $53.70 $ 107.40 $8.95 $1.95 The funeral mass will be con- choice Mary Lou Davis Margaret henderson ducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, The family will receive friends Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 423-472-5041 Mary Lou Davis, 78, of Fort Margaret “Marie” Henderson, April 9, 2016, at St. Therese of 3 until 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Lauderdale, Fla., and formerly of 82, a resident of Cleveland, Lisieux Catholic Church with 2016, with the funeral service to Georgetown where she resided passed away Wednesday, April Father Mike Nolan officiating. follow at 5 p.m. in the West for 40 years, died Sunday, April 6, 2016, in a Cleveland health The inurnment will follow in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home 3, 2016, in Hospice Care. care facility. church columbarium. with Pastor Phillip Morris officiat- She had resided in Fort She was the daughter of the Her family will receive friends ing. Lauderdale for the past three late Ava Dunn Hall and Joe Hall. on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Family and friends will meet at years. She loved the beach, visit- Her son, Bruce Edward Moore; Fike-Randolph & Son Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Smoky ing family and was also a big her sisters: Edith Mowery, Home. Mountain Memory Gardens for George Jones fan. Maggie Marler, Ruby Johnson The family requests that interment. She was preceded in death by and Reba Green; and her broth- memorials be made to St. Online condolences may be her husband, Bill H. Davis; par- ers: J.C. Hall, Lester Hall, Cecil Therese of Lisieux Catholic made at www.atchleyfuneral- ents, Elmer and Velma Rush; her Hall and Hoyt Hall, also preceded Church, 900 Clingan Ridge Drive home.com. son, Gary L. Davis; and brother, her in death. N.W., Cleveland, TN 37312. Walter Rush. She was a past employee of We invite you to send a mes- She is survived by her three International Yarns and sage of condolence and view the Iva odum smith sons: James M. Davis and wife, Charleston Hosiery Mills. She Minwell family guestbook at Lynn, of Delano, John A. Davis of enjoyed the outdoors, including www.fikefh.com. Iva Odum Smith, 56, of Athens, Fort Lauderdale, and Steve M. working in her vegetable and died on Tuesday evening, April 5, Davis and wife, DeAnna, of flowers gardens and fishing. She 2016, at her residence. Cleveland; five grandchildren: attended the Baptist Church. The funeral will be held at 11 Chris Davis and wife, Christin, Survivors include her daugh- a.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016, from Dylan Davis, Nikki Davis, Megan ters: Paula Woodward and her the chapel of Serenity Funeral Home of Etowah. Prichard and husband, Josh, and husband, Paul, Diane Tanksley AP Photo Mindy Hysinger and husband, and her husband, Marvin, all of In thIs MAy 28, 2003 file photo, country music legend Merle Tanner; five great-grandchildren: Cleveland; son, Jeff Moore and Ella Davis, Rylan Hysinger, his wife, Cyndi, of Chattanooga; Linda Faye Rhoades Haggard smiles during a news conference at the Smithsonian’s Aubree Hysinger, Jonas grandchildren: Brandon Linda Faye Rhoades, 61, of National Museum of American History in Washington where he and Prichard, and Emery Prichard; Tanksley, Jamie Tanksley, Charleston, died Tuesday, April his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge donated belongings taken on their two brothers: Donnie Myers and Matthew Woodward, Josh 5, 2016, at a local hospital. family’s Dust Bowl-era move from Oklahoma to California on Route wife, Donna, and James (Butch) Moore, Jessica Amos, Misty Survivors and funeral arrange- Rush all of Mich.; five sisters: Hicks and Christian Mowery; five ments will be announced by Fike- 66. Haggard died of pneumonia, Wednesday in Palo Cedro, Calif. He Gloria Burdette, Penny Reed, great-grandchildren; sister, Randolph & Son Funeral Home. sean Patrick smith was 79. Patricia Speck and husband, Melba Perry and her husband, Sean Patrick Smith, 45, of Donnie, all of Mich., Jean Swartz Robert; her special friends: Meridian, Miss., died and Nancy Rush both, of Barbara Greer and Betty Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Country icon Merle Haggard, Pennsylvania.; and several Emerson; and several nieces Arrangements will be nieces and nephews. and nephews. announced by Covenant Funeral The funeral will be conducted The Remembrance of Life & Crematory, at www.Covenant champion of the underdog, dies at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, service will be conducted Friday, Funeral.com. 2016, in the chapel of Ralph April 8, 2016, at 11 a.m. from the Ed shelton NASHVILLE (AP) — Country lament “Today I Started Loving giant Merle Haggard, who rose You Again” and such blue collar Buckner Funeral Home with Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Ed Shelton, of Polk County, Pastor David Evans officiating. Services Wildwood Chapel with died this morning, Thursday, April from poverty and prison to inter- chronicles as “If We Make It Interment will follow in McInturf the Rev. Joe Lockman officiating. 7, 2016, at the family residence. national fame through his songs Through December” and “Workin’ Cemetery with Chris Davis, Interment will follow in the Survivors and funeral arrange- about outlaws, underdogs and an Man Blues.” Dylan Davis, Dave Armour, Josh Macedonia Baptist Church ments will be announced by abiding sense of national pride in “We’ve lost one of the greatest Prichard, Tanner Hysinger, and Cemetery with Brandon Higgins Funeral Home. such hits as “Okie From writers and singers of all time. David Davis serving as pallbear- Tanksley, Jamie Tanksley, Beverly spurgeon ers. Honorary pallbearer will be Matthew Woodward, Josh Muskogee” and “Sing Me Back His heart was as tender as his Beverly Spurgeon, 75, of Jonas Prichard. Moore, Christian Mowery, Home,” died Wednesday at 79, on love ballads,” said Dolly Parton. Pikeville, died Wednesday, April The family will receive friends Jessica Amos, Matthew Cross his birthday. “I loved him like a brother.” 6, 2016, at Erlanger Medical from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday at the and Casey Hockman serving as Haggard’s manager, Frank Few faces in country were as Center in Chattanooga. funeral home. casketbearers. Survivors and arrangements Mull, said the country icon died recognizable as Haggard’s, with We invite you to send a mes- The family will receive friends will be announced by Companion in Palo Cedro, California, of its wary, sideways glance and sage of condolence and view the from 6 until 8 p.m. today, March Funeral Home and Crematory. pneumonia that he had been bat- chiseled, haunted features that Davis family guestbook at 7, 2016, at the funeral home. Michael L. shirley tling for months. His publicist, seemed to bear every scar from www.ralphbuckner.com. You may share your condo- Michael L. Shirley, died Friday, Tresa Redburn, said no official his past. lences and your memories with April 1, 2016, in Thompson’s cause of death has been deter- General audiences knew him Mrs. Henderson’s family at Station. www.jimrushfuneralhomes.com. mined. best for “Okie From Muskogee,” a He was preceded in death by He had kept up an ambitious patriotic anthem released in his parents, L.D. Shirley and touring schedule, but the pneu- 1969 at the height of the Vietnam Robbie Rogers Shirley; and his maternal and paternal grandpar- monia in both lungs had forced War that quickly became a cul- ents. him to cancel several shows this tural touchstone for its anti-hip- He is survived by his wife year. Mull said his family was by pie lyrics proclaiming “we don’t Patricia Geren Margaret Holland Shirley; daugh- his side when he died at home burn our draft cards down on Patricia Ann Geren, 70, of ter, Julie Anne Shirley; brothers: LOTTERY and they were planning a funeral Main Street; we like living right Cleveland, passed away Gary L. Shirley of Natchez, Miss., for Saturday at his home. and being free.” Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at her Burnell Marie Mcnabb and Scott Taylor of Vidalia, La.; A masterful guitarist, fiddler “Okie from Muskogee” made residence. Burnell Marie McNabb, 91, and other extended family mem- NUMBERS She retired from Duracell and songwriter as well as singer, him a hero among conservatives, passed away Wednesday, April bers. the Country Music Hall of Famer but he softened on the counter- Corporation after 25 years of He was by profession a finan- 6, 2016, at a local health care with the firm, direct baritone culture and released the light- service. She was a member of facility. cial advisor and planner. He was (AP) — These lotteries were South Cleveland Church of God. recorded for more than 40 years, hearted “Big Time Annie’s She was a member of also an ordained minister and drawn Wednesday: She was preceded in death by Waterville Baptist Church. served all of his adult life working releasing dozens of albums and Square,” a tribute to a hippie girl her parents, Edward and Lucille with Margaret in music ministry. No. 1 hits. and her “crazy world.” More She was preceded in death Tennessee Brock Boling. husband, Dolphin McNabb; and The funeral will be held today, “He was my brother, my friend. recently, he was a backer of Survivors include her daugh- her daughter, Sandra Harrill. April 7, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Cash 3 Evening: 7-8-2, Lucky I will miss him,” said Willie prominent Democrats. In 2007 ters: Tonya Maples and husband, She is survived by her sons: McNelly Road Church of God in Sum: 17 Nelson, his longtime friend, in a he unveiled a song to promote Andy, and Rhonda Price and Doyle (Cathy) McNabb of Natchez, Miss. Interment will be Cash 3 Midday: 8-2-4, Lucky husband, Tim, all of Cleveland; statement. Tanya Tucker recalled Hillary Clinton and two years Etowah and Paul (Virginia) in Greenlawn Cemetery in Sum: 14 fondly the time they ate bologna later he penned “Hopes Are High” three grandchildren: Hannah and Natchez. McNabb of Cleveland; sister, Cash 3 Morning: 1-3-3 sandwiches by the river: “I just to commemorate Obama’s inau- Harrison Price and Kinser Burness Hamilton of Knoxville; Officiating ministers will be the Cash 4 Evening: 3-8-2-6, Crawford; two sisters: Becky five grandchildren; and seven Rev. Linus Vaughn of can’t imagine a world without guration. In “America First,” he McKeel and Betty Guinn, both of Lucky Sum: 19 Merle. It’s so hard to accept, but even opposed the Iraq War, great-grandchildren. Murfreesboro, the Rev. Julius Cash 4 Midday: 8-8-5-4, Lucky Cleveland; several nieces and Roberts and the Rev. Brian I’ll continue honoring him on singing “Let’s get out of Iraq, and A Celebration of Life of Burnell Sum: 25 nephews; and her special pet, Marie McNabb, will be held on Monehan. stage just as I do during every get back on track.” Priss. Saturday, April 9, 2016, at 3 p.m. Young’s Funeral Home in Cash 4 Morning: 0-4-6-5 show.” In 1970, Haggard was named The funeral will be held at 3 at Waterville Baptist Church with Ferriday, La. was in charge of Hot Lotto: 02-09-14-28-34, Hot The White House called entertainer of the year by the p.m. Friday, April 8, 2016, in the Pastor Gary Higgins and Pastor arrangements at www.youngsfh. Ball: 15 Haggard a “legend” and said Country Music Association, and chapel of Fike-Randolph & Son Doyle McNabb officiating. com. Powerball: 04-28-49-60-65, Funeral Home with Pastor President Barack Obama was “Okie From Muskogee” won best The family will receive friends Powerball: 25, Power Play: 2 sending his thoughts and prayers album and single. The No. 1 hits Timothy Gann officiating. at the funeral home from 5 to 8 Tennessee Cash: 04-08-25-27- Interment will follow in Sunset to Haggard’s family. White House “Mama Tried” and “Workin’ Man p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2016, at 29, Bonus: 3 Memorial Gardens with Kinser Grissom Serenity Funeral Home. press secretary Josh Earnest Blues” also broke onto the charts Crawford, Harrison Price, Andy said Haggard told stories that around that time, sealing his rep- Interment will follow the serv- Georgia Maples, Tim Price, Chad McKeel ice at Sunset Memorial Gardens people from all walks of American utation as one of country’s defin- and Gary Guinn serving as pall- with family and friends serving as All or Nothing Day: 02-04-05- life could relate to. ing voices. He picked up another bearers. pallbearers. 06-09-12-14-15-19-21-23-24 “His passing is a loss for coun- CMA album of the year in 1972 The family will receive friends We invite you to visit www.gris- All or Nothing Evening: 01-03- try music, but obviously is a loss for “Let Me Tell You About a Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the somserenity.com to view the obit- 04-06-08-09-13-14-16-17-20-24 funeral home prior to the service. for all the people who got to know Song.” uary and leave a message of All or Nothing Morning: 05-07- him personally, too,” Earnest Still, Haggard referred to the We invite you to send a mes- condolence. 09-10-11-14-16-19-21-22-23-24 sage of condolence and view the said. improvisations of his band, the The family would like to All or Nothing Night: 02-07-08- Geren family guestbook at express a special appreciation to Haggard — along with fellow Strangers, as “country jazz,” and 10-13-14-17-18-19-20-23-24 California country star Buck in 1980, became the first country the caregivers of Etowah Cash 3 Evening: 9-0-8 Healthcare Center especially to Owens — was a founder of the artist to appear on the cover of the CNA’s who took such great Cash 3 Midday: 3-3-6 twangy Bakersfield Sound, a the jazz magazine “Downbeat.” care of our beloved mother. Cash 4 Evening: 3-1-9-2 direct contrast to the smooth, Cash 4 Midday: 6-7-4-6 string-laden country records Fantasy 5: 03-18-19-23-41 popular in Nashville, Tennessee, Georgia FIVE Evening: 5-9-9-4- in the 1960s. IT’SASPECIAL 8 His music was rough yet sensi- Georgia FIVE Midday: 9-1-6-7- tive, reflecting on childhood, DAY FOR ... 0 marriage and daily struggles, Powerball: 04-28-49-60-65, telling stories of shame and CHURCH Edna Earle shults Powerball: 25, Power Play: 2 Edna Earle Shults, of redemption, or just putting his to submit an obituary, have James A. Cass, Nancy Sevierville, went to be the Lord foot down in “The Fightin’ Side of Pendergrass, Judy Moore, Karen ACTIVITIES the funeral home or crema- on Monday, April 4, 2016. Me” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay tion society in charge of Goforth, Chari Buckner, James She was born in Spartanburg, Here and Drink.” Weaver, Rod Taylor, Kevin LeFoy, arrangements e-mail the S.C., and moved to Sevierville His most beloved songs includ- information to after graduating from Berea Donny Brown, Lewis Jones and A womens conference will be ed the prison ballad “Sing Me Julie Burrell, who are celebrating obituaries@clevelandban- College, in Berea, Ky., and Reuse the News Back Home,” the tributes to his held at Tasso Baptist Church, began a 40-year-long career of Recycle this newspaper birthdays today ... Johnny 164 Old Charleston Road N.E., ner.com and fax to 423-614- mother “Mama Tried” and 6529, attention obits. loving and dedicated service with Holden, who is celebrating his Saturday at 5 p.m. the Church of God Home for “Hungry Eyes,” the romantic 75th birthday. www.clevelandbanner.com Cleveland Daily Banner—Thursday, April 7, 2016— 3 THURSDAY
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Phone 472-5041 or fax 614-6529 LifestyLes [email protected] Women in Craft: making their mark, and often a living AP photo By KIM COOK EVAN GRAY GREGORY, a ©2014 Associated Press Seattle-area furniture maker, JEWELERS Women have always been an designed her “cat console” and integral part of crafting culture, cabinet when she moved into a 1721 KEITH STREET • STUART PARK PLAZA ( and now, with help from the small home that had little space (Next to The Town Squire) internet, they’re at the forefront for the unsightly gear needed for 478-0049 • 478-0050 of the current “maker” move- her newly adopted cat. LAY-AWAYS WELCOME ment around the world. Hobbies can become thriving sidelines or full-time livelihoods. At Etsy.com, a major online crafts marketplace that launched in Brooklyn in 2005, most of the sellers are women, says Heather Jassy, a senior vice president for the site. She says women make up 86 percent of the site’s sellers in America, 94 percent in Australia and 91 per- cent in Canada, for example. “We hear from our sellers that they want to make a life, not just a living,” she says. “Starting a creative business gives many women the opportunity not just to follow their passion, but to retain their autonomy, and build (www.etsy.com/shop/gretade- (www.etsy.com/shop/mod- new skill,” she says. In Loving Memory of flexibility into their lives.” parrydesign ) ernistcat ) (www.etsy.com/shop/ilLOOMiK Greta de Parry of Chicago grew Evan Gray Gregory of Seattle, Amelia McDonell-Parry, Spin NOTiweavings ) up on her dad’s construction who used to design displays at Media’s editor-at-large and an Home-decor trends favoring Philip M. Thomas sites, poring over blueprints. Macy’s, turned her interest in amateur weaver, says Instagram handmade and bespoke goods “I always knew I’d follow some woodworking into a business has become a powerful player. have helped turn furniture, 2/4/86 ~ 4/7/15 kind of creative path,” she says. when she came up with a clever “Over the last few years, a woodwork, ceramics, and fiber “I just didn’t know what.” In a fix for a common problem. She’d community of mostly female cre- arts like macramé and weaving first-year woodworking class at gotten a new cat, and decided ators has exploded on the app, into some of the biggest growth the Art Institute of Chicago, she that a standard, pet-store litter including both professional mak- areas on Etsy, says the site’s fell in love with furniture mak- box wasn’t going to work. ers and on-the-side hobbyists, merchandising manager, Emily ing. “I couldn’t find anything out many of whom have seen sales Bidwell. “It felt so natural to me, I there to blend with our collection grow along with their follower In some countries, talented didn’t think twice about it.” of midcentury modern pieces,” accounts,” she says. craftswomen are doing more She started her own line of she said. She posts pictures of her tex- than pursuing personal creative custom pieces in 2009, and in She designed and built a styl- tile pieces. “I’ve built up the paths: They’re helping bring 2014 opened an Etsy shop. ish litter box that drew raves majority of what following I have income to their communities. Among her works are geometric from friends, and she opened through Instagram, where mak- God saw him getting tired, a cure was not to stools, bar carts and bread Modernist Cat on Etsy in 2010. ers are super-vocal about sup- be. He wrapped him in His loving arms and boards made of hand-cast con- The line now includes walnut- porting each other’s work and whispered, “Come with me.” He suffered crete, powder-coated steel and and maple-finished crates, ele- celebrating each other’s achieve- DON’S locally sourced hardwood. Last vated bowls, and consoles that ments, whether it’s launching a much in silence, his spirit did not bend. He year, she won an award at Dwell combine a storage shelf with a collection with a cool local shop, FENCE CO. faced his pain with courage, until the very on Design in Los Angeles for her scratching pad, all designed with or hitting a milestone in terms of Since 1961 end. He tried so hard to stay with us, but his Coleman steel stool. a midcentury modern flair. followers or sales, or learning a fight was not in vain. God took him to His ALL TYPES loving home and freed him from his pain. OF FENCING Loved and Sadly Missed by Mom 479-6212 and all your family and friends. Hints from Heloise & 336-1501
Lisa H., Watertown, Conn. “I take mine down when I see “Dear Heloise: As my children the last taillight on the kids’ car ... When does the tree are now grown, I find comfort in usually Dec. 26.” — Sue B., come down? all the old ornaments. The tree is Texarkana, Texas Dear Readers: You came up until the days begin to warm. Sue, you really made me laugh! through again when I asked when It isn’t about Christmas for me, All good examples, and from you take down your CHRISTMAS but about the joy and blessings “both sides” of the tree. — Heloise TREE AND DECORATIONS — that are too soon forgotten after wow, what a response! Here’s a Christmas.” — A Reader in Safer walkways Indiana sampling of what you said: Dear Heloise: I save old rugs, “Hi, Heloise: I love reading your Dear Reader: Fond memories especially longer runner rugs, to column every morning in The can make a gray winter day put over ice and snow to make Washington Post (online edition). bright. — Heloise safe walkways to various places In fact, it’s the first thing I look for “I leave my decorations up outside my house. These are great in the Advice section. until the end of January; it is for getting to vehicles or even to “My tree gets decorated by such a long, BLAH month. They bird feeders. — Kimberly, via Black Friday (the day after keep the house alive and cheer- email Thanksgiving), and stays up ful.” — Janis B., Englewood, Fla. through the ‘Twelve Days of “When Christmas is over, I Salt of another color Christmas.’ remove all symbols from the tree “Thanks for your hints! I’ve and put up woodsy, winter deco- Dear Readers: If you have reg- incorporated some into daily life, rations on it. The theme in my ular-salt users and low-sodium and they’ve solved problems and home becomes ‘winter.’ At the end salt users in your home, here’s an made a difference to me and my of February, I take all down and easy way to distinguish the differ- family.” — Krista G. in Florida get ready for spring.” — Peggy G., ent kinds of salt: Add a drop of “Hi, Heloise: My Christmas tree via email blue food coloring (or really any comes down on New Year’s Day. “I think for many of us, it’s color) to the low-sodium variety, I’m anxious to put everything based on when we have an extra and stir or shake the container. away and have the house looking day off work!” — Lisa C., Colorado Blue salt! — Heloise clean and neat once again.” — Springs, Colo. © 2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc.
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