T U E S D A Y 162nd YEAR • No. 176 NOVEMBER 22, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Senior citizens Christmas event Logan wants to send liquor tax needs sponsors From Staff Reports lawsuit to state Supreme Court Sponsors are being sought for the Bradley/Cleveland By BRIAN GRAVES "Our lawsuit is at the Court of Appeals hundreds of thousands of students of our Community Services Banner Staff Writer level and we have received some encouraging state," he said. "I believe it's the kind of case Agency’s annual Senior opinions lately," Logan said. "There are the Supreme Court should take from the Citizens Christmas Banquet, The lawsuit between the city and county appeals pending on all of these cases [con- Court of Appeals. There are cases pending in and their support includes concerning liquor-by-the-drink revenues cerning the revenues] to the extent that we the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts. I door prizes for more than 550 appears to be headed to the highest court in have final judgments and there are three am going to ask the Supreme Court to con- attendees. the state. final cases that are not final cases." solidate all of these appeals and stop all of Scheduled for Friday, Dec. Attorney James Logan, who is acting as Logan said barring hearing objections this wasted time at the appeals level because 16, at Bradley Central High counsel for the county in the matter, report- from the Commission or the Bradley County everybody is going to appeal." School, the popular holiday ed to the Bradley County Commission on Board of Education, he would be filing a Logan said he anticipated the move "could event will kick off at 5 p.m., Monday that he intends to file a motion "reach down motion" to the state Supreme save as much as a year of time and a lot of according to CSA’s Dale which would move the issue from the state Court. Enos. Jimmy Logan Court of Appeals to the state Supreme Court. "This matter involves million of dollars and See LIQUOR TAX, Page 16 The banquet will feature a Christmas dinner, entertain- ment, door prizes and gifts. “The agency is presently County’s asking for sponsors for the annual banquet,” Enos said. “The tax-deductible monetary A CMS THANKSGIVING signatures contributions will help assist in paying for food, support staff and gifts.” For information on dona- City middle seal deal tions, and how to make them, CLEVELAND MIDDLE contact Enos at 479-4111, SCHOOL Student Council ext. 108, or mail monetary school aids members pose with some on loans donations to food drive items. Standing, Bradley/Cleveland from left, are Amber Community Services Agency, 45 families Zamora, Reece Meagher, via HCI c/o Dale Enos, P.O. Box 3297, Cleveland TN 37320- food drive organizer Anne First totals $2.2M 3297. of its own Woody and Hannah Morris. Enos said transportation Kneeling are Caleb on a 20-year note will be provided to the ban- By SARALYN NORKUS Mysinger and Isaac Iosia. quet within a 10-mile radius Banner Staff Writer Banner photo, SARALYN NORKUS By BRIAN GRAVES to and from the event by call- Banner Staff Writer Thanksgiving will be a little ing 479-4111, ext. 100. This The votes of the Bradley call will place the attendee’s bit brighter for families in need, thanks to a highly successful County Commission were basi- name on the transportation cally formalities on Monday as list, she explained. canned food drive at Cleveland Middle School. they put their formal stamp of A total of 45 turkeys and 45 approval on subjects which had bags/boxes of food were hand- already been discussed to the Inside Today ed out to CMS families last point of finality. week, which means 45 families In one his- will have quite a Thanksgiving toric budget- feast for Thursday. ary milestone, “We need to take care of our the signatures own,” declared food drive of County organizer and sixth-grade A “naked” turkey was hand- our very own community will class, Bunch extended the Mayor D. Gary sponsor Anne Woody. ed out to each classroom and benefit from their compassion- challenge for each student to D a v i s , Woody, who has been head- in order to dress the turkey ate goodwill.” bring in 10 cans, for a total of C o m m i s s i o n ing up the event for 16 years, with feathers, the classes need- Phyllis Anderson’s home- 70. C h a i r m a n worked alongside seventh- ed to turn in either cans or room was the top seventh- The students went above and Louie Alford, grade sponsor Phyllis Anderson money. grade class with 54 feathers. beyond. County Clerk and eighth-grade sponsor Kelly The winning sixth-grade According to Anderson, her “Our seven students beat D o n n a Davis Owens this year to ensure a homeroom was Natalie Roe’s students were excited to partic- classes with 35 kids in their Simpson and successful collection. The mid- class, which finished with 42 ipate in the food drive and were homeroom,” Bunch declared. Trustee Mike dle school’s Student Council feathers. further spurred on thanks to Her class also helped to sort Smith were was also a driving force in the “I was blown away with how the competition aspect. and fill the bags that were affixed and food drive. much they got into it,” Roe The eighth-grade winners handed out last week. sealed to the Homerooms collected cans in commented. “I am so proud of were Karen Bunch’s extended “If everyone does what they $2.2 million a schoolwide contest, with the my students for contributing resource class, which took the can, then the world works,” note which winning classroom for each more than I could have imag- top spot with 48 feathers. With obligates the grade winning a pizza party. ined, and the best part is that only seven students in her See CMS, Page 5 county to pay itself back Mustangs gallop (with interest) on a 20-year Simpson Both Walker Valley basketball note, using the teams finally got into the win col- proceeds from umn Monday evening. Tennessee Business owners face the sale of the Vols hoopsters are still trying to former Bradley make some successful early sea- M e m o r i a l son adjustments. The National more moral dilemmas Hospital. Football League’s return to Those signa- Mexico had a few hiccups. See By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG opinion poll conducted by news organiza- tures were Sports, Pages 9-11. Banner Staff Writer tion CNN in 1987 and again in 2014. done quickly While more respondents in 2014 than so the proper Serving the public while also maintain- in 1987 called adultery and cheating on c o m m u n i c a - Forecast ing deeply held personal beliefs is a chal- taxes “immoral,” other categories saw big tions could be Smith lenge business owners seem to be facing shifts the opposite way. made with the Today looks to be sunny, with a more than ever. For example, over 80 percent of state, and so a check going high near 61. Tonight’s forecast That was the assessment of Dr. David respondents in 1987 said homosexual toward the construction of the calls for partly cloudy skies and a Smartt, a Lee University business profes- behavior was “immoral,” versus close to new Justice Center workhouse low around 37. Wednesday calls for sor, as he spoke at the 55 percent in 2014. Attitudes on other can be issued, probably within mostly cloudy skies and a 40 per- Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of behaviors, like smoking marijuana, the week. cent chance of rain, with a high Commerce’s quarterly Women’s Council drinking alcohol, getting abortions and The idea to use those funds near 64. Wednesday night calls for luncheon on Monday. looking at pornography, similarly saw was nearly a year in the making He attributes these increasing chal- drastic shifts. as Smith and County Attorney clouds and a 30 percent chance of lenges to a major shift in American soci- rain, with a low around 51. Smartt also shared data from a Pew Crystal Freiberg worked with the ety’s views on what is right and wrong. Research poll which showed attitudes Thanksgiving Day should be mostly state comptroller's office and the “It’s really been rather dramatic,” also changed among many in religious state attorney general's office to sunny, with a high near 65. Smartt said. Thursday night should be mostly Dr. David Smartt Smartt compared the results of a moral See DILEMMAS, Page 5 See HCI, Page 16 clear, with a low around 42. Index Committee chairs Downtown development Classified......................................15 Comics...........................................6 can’t keep issues Editorials......................................12 is targeted by Littlefield Horoscope......................................6 Obituaries.......................................2 By ALLEN MINCEY from Commission Banner Staff Writer Sports........................................9-11 Stocks............................................4 By BRIAN GRAVES Former Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield likened downtown TV Schedule..................................7 Banner Staff Writer development to a game of chess — the player must think one Weather..........................................8 There will be an addition to the policies and pro- move ahead to eventually win. cedures currently used by the Bradley County Littlefield talked about downtown development and redevelop- ment with members of MainStreet Cleveland at the group’s Around Town Commission on how it operates meetings. Members of the ad hoc committee on the subject monthly meeting Monday. With a background in planning, and voted Monday to recommend to the full having political experience as both mayor and a Chattanooga Kaycee Higdon receiving com- city councilman, he said he has seen how that city has changed, pliments on her fashion sense ..