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1 S U N D A Y 162nd YEAR No. 233 JANUARY 29, 2017 ClEVElANd, TN 60 PAGES $1.00 Inside Today Latest on taxes If you have not yet filed your income taxes for 2016, today s Banner has a special section to provides you with the latest tax information. The publication includes sections on overlooked deductions, an update on tax laws, tax preparation services, and tax saving ideas. Discussion looks at mentoring, math and more County school board holds annual retreat By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Banner Staff Writer The Bradley County Board of Education discussed plans which may lead to a variety of changes within the county school system on Saturday. The board, which is on its annual retreat, is talking its way through an agenda which includes everything from math instruction to future capital projects. The board began its two-day retreat, which is taking place at a resort in Dayton, with a variety of updates related to existing efforts in the school system. I have a lot of good things to share with you today, Director of Schools Dr. Linda Cash told the board. As the board heard and began discussing these updates, the updates often gave way to ideas for future plans. One area of discussion, was the program Bradley County Schools has for mentoring new teachers. Cash said the system has had success with changes made to the program this fall, which have included holding a training session for the veteran teachers LIvING LIKE MARTIANS serving as mentors. However, the director said future plans may include appointing a lead mentor at each school to help organize the mentoring program at his or her individual school. Another update was related to math instruction. Cash said teachers say students need more academic support for math. Some are also questioning the current schedule for high school math. Cash said she is looking at ways to offer more math instruction support to local schools, and this could include adding a new staff position a system-level math coordinator. The other concern could require high schools to change their schedules. Currently, the county high See SCHOOLS, Page 7 Chamber launches workforce initiative NASA via AP The planet mars Cole catches fire Bradley Central senior Cole Copeland caught fire in a tripleovertime win over Walker Valley. Bearette nearly gets quadruple double. Hicks triplets key to Bear mat success. Lee splits with CBU. CSCC goes 50-50, inducts eight into hall of fame. See Sports, Pages 17-21, 25, 28. Dreams go on Jacob Samples is once again on a path to achieve his dreams of a college education, and playing collegiate sports. The young Clevelander suffered traumatic brain injuries in an automobile accident in August of 2016, while traveling with teammates in Alabama. Rehabilitation and therapy has the young man on the road to recover. See People, Page 37. Storytelling It s that special time of the year again for the 22nd annual Ocoee Story Fest. Sponsored annually by the Cleveland Storytelling Guild, the Ocoee Story Fest is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church. This year the fest will feature storyteller Stephen Hollen. See Lifestyles, Page 29. Forecast The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and chilly conditions with a rain or snow shower in places. Today s high is expected at about 41. The outlook overnight calls for mostly cloudy with a couple of snow showers. Roads and sidewalks could be slippery late. The overnight low is expected at 31. Monday should be chilly with sun and some clouds. High is expected at 45. Index Business news...27 Church...2 Classified Comics...41 Editorials...22,23 Horoscope...41 Lifestyles Obituaries...2 Stocks...25 Sports , 25, 28 TV Schedule...42,43 Weather...15 Around Town Faith Cannon making some new friends... Linda Headrick planning a trip to to cheer on the bears... Jane Davis answering three phones at once... Debbie Mullins loving spirit shining through. Former Clevelander Jay Bevington researching feasibility of living on Mars By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Banner Staff Writer A former Cleveland resident is now commanding a NASA-funded mission to study the possibility of people traveling to and living on Mars. James Jay Bevington, a 28- year-old independent researcher, is commander of the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI- SEAS, Mission V on the Big Island of Hawaii. This mission, which began earlier this month, has six people living and working in a geodesic dome for eight months to study what it would take for people to be able to live on Mars for long periods of time. HI-SEAS is a project of University of Hawaii at Mānoa and is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration s Behavioral Health and Performance division. The thing I am most excited about for HI-SEAS is the camaraderie, Bevington said in an . We have a crew of highly qualified, talented, accomplished individuals who are among the most humble, good natured people I have ever met. The combination of these traits is rare, and we have been able to bond rapidly because of it. I can only imagine how close we will be after eight months. The crew will be living in a habitat which features 1,200 square feet of floor space and is located on the Mauna Loa volcano, a location chosen for the land s visual resemblance to the surface of Mars. The crew is conducting a variety of experiments related to geological fieldwork and life systems management, all while in an environment meant to mimic what it might be like to live in a settlement on Mars. In addition to conducting specific research projects, crew members are having to approach basic tasks like food preparation and exercise in new ways. For example, Bevington explained crew members are only cooking food at certain times of the day, to take advantage of when the sun is providing the facility with the most solar power. While the facility might start to feel a bit more crowded once the crew reaches the eightmonth mark, Bevington said the facility is actually more spacious than he thought it might be. When you first arrive at the hab, it looks really small from the outside. However, once you walk in it seems much larger, Bevington said. We have plenty See MARS, Page 6 Contributed photos, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I FORmER ClEVElANd resident Jay Bevington is one of six researchers studying the possibility of humans living on Mars. The six are living in a geodesic dome, above, on Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. Banner photo, CHRISTY ARmSTRONG PROUd GRANdPARENTS Thomas and Sally Newman of Cleveland are eager to see what their grandson, Jay Bevington, will discover as he researches what it would take for humans to live on Mars. Sian Proctor/University of Hawaii via AP THIS AUG. 9, 2015 photo provided by the University of Hawaii shows the interior of the domed structure that will house six researchers for eight months in an environment meant to simulate an expedition to Mars, on Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. By SARALYN NORKUS Banner Staff Writer With the area continuing to see increased industrial growth, a major three-year workforce development initiative Your Skills. Your Future. was announced Friday. The announcement was made by the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce, along with business and civic leaders, educators and industry representatives. Our improving economy combined with the corresponding decrease in unemployment, existing industry expansion and an increase in new business prospects for our community, has highlighted the critical need for more workers with technical skills to meet future demands, said Gary Farlow, president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Our goal is to create this workforce by educating the community that a well-paying career with a successful future is easily attainable and does not require massive student loan debt. From October 2015 to October 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found Cleveland had added the largest amount of new job opportunities among the nation s 387 metropolitan areas. The concept for Your Skills. Your Future was created about a year ago with the goal of helping connect existing industry opportunities to community members across Bradley County, as well as the immediate 11-county region. The message will stress that most skilledtrade jobs require only a two- See CHAMBER, Page 7 Grant to fund tourism plan in Polk County By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer A tourism asset development plan is being created in Polk County to help enhance the area for visiting tourists, while Rhea County is preparing to replace the roof at the courthouse there, all through recently announced Tennessee Tourism Enhancement Grants. Polk County will receive $20,000 to help create the development plan, which the county s grant applications said will help identify ways to enhance and increase tourism in the area, particularly outdoor recreation opportunities. The application points out that Polk County has a plethora of tourism assets spanning the entire county, from the number one rafted river in the U.S., to the Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine State Historic Site, plus other destinations such as the Cherokee National Forest, the Hiwassee River, the Reliance Historic District, the Copper Road, See POLK, Page 6

2 2 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Robbin Marie Carden Robbin Marie Owens Carden, 56, a resident of Cleveland, passed away at her home on Friday evening, Jan. 13, She was born in Chattanooga on April 22,1960. She was preceded in death by one brother, Rick Owens. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her husband, Terry Carden; two daughters: Amanda Wade and Rachel Fairchild Lopez; her mother and father, Beverly and Jim Catlett of McDonald; brother, Randy Owens (Darcy) of Harrison; sister, Rhonda Wolfe (Jason) of McDonald; three grandchildren: Taya, Destynie and Kassidy; and several other extended family members and a host of special friends. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Companion Funeral Home, 2419 Georgetown Road N.W. in Cleveland, with Pastor Ronnie Dotson officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, one hour prior to the 1 p.m. service time. You are encouraged to share a memory of Robbin and/or your personal condolences with her family by visiting her memorial web page and guestbook at Jimmy Lamar Crow Jimmy Lamar Crow, 66, of Dalton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at Ridgewood Manor, surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his dad, Chessley Earl Crow. He is survived by his loving companion, Peggy Blackwell; children: Sonya and Terry Blackwell, all of Dalton; mother, Jessie Mae Crow; sisters and brother-in-law: Kathy Rendon, and Donna and Joe Stapp; brothers and sisters-in-laws, Eddie and Debbie Crow, all of Dalton, and Steve and Crystal Crow of Cleveland; one aunt; one uncle; and nieces, nephews, and cousins. The funeral will be held Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Pleasant Grove Chapel of Julian Peeples Funeral Home in Dalton, Ga., with chaplain, the Rev. Danny Cochran, officiating. Burial will be at Whitfield Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations for St. Jude s Children Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis You may leave a message for the family at For more information, call George Ernest DeLay George Ernest DeLay, 82, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, Jan, 25, He was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson DeLay and Zula Whaley DeLay. He was of the Baptist faith. He owned and operated DeLay s Auto Parts for 55 years. He was proceeded in death by his parents; and one infant sister, Berneice DeLay. OBITUARIES Left to cherish his memory are his son and daughter-in-law, Tony (Ann) DeLay of Cleveland; two daughters and son-in-law: Mitzi DeLay of Chattanooga and Anna (Robbie) Williams; one brother, Glen J. DeLay; six sisters and brothers-in-law: Deanie (Tim) Sample, Sandra DeLay, Mable (Barkley) Geren, Glenda (L.V.) Bible, all of Cleveland, Betty (Hugh) Shot, of Gainsville, Ga., and Jean (Bob) Baird, of Knoxville; and four grandchildren: Heath DeLay, Lane DeLay, Gloria Williams, and Matthew Williams. A Celebration of Life service will be held today, Jan. 29, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. at Companion Funeral Home, 2415 Georgetown Road N.W., with the Rev. Waymond Cooper officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30 p.m. today prior to the service. A graveside service will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens with military honors. Lane Delay, Matthew Williams, Kinny Geren, Bryan Geren, Walker Geren and Bradley Carter will serve as pallbearers. The family expressed special appreciation to Michelle Bradford and Lori Baker with Hearth Hospice and a special appreciation to his caregiver Ruth Holcomb for the excellent care given to George and his family. You are invited to share a personal memory of George or your condolences with his family at his online memorial located at Wilma Grace Hyler Wilma Grace Brown Hyler of Milton, Fla., passed away unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 24, She was born in Polk County to Claude and Ada Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Betty (Gene) Johnson of East Ridge; and her brother, Otis Brown of Cleveland. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Billy Fred Hyler of Milton; her daughter, Donna Elizabeth (Phillip) Henderson of Spanish Fort, Ala.; her sons: Billy Allen (Kelly) Hyler of Milton, and Michael Eric Hyler of Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Barbara Joyce (Fouts) Killian of Cleveland; and many beloved nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Wilma always loved line dancing and this love led into a love of watching Dancing with the Stars each season. She was an avid fantasy football participant and loved Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. For many years, she and Bill enjoyed going to the casino and made many happy memories there. The highlight of each day, though, was preparing a delicious meal for Bill. She enjoyed her favorite time of year, Christmas, with the wonderment of a child. She and her vivacious spirit will be missed by friends and family. Blessed are they who mourn. A Remembrance of Life service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Services Wildwood Avenue. The interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Monday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the funeral home. We encourage you to share your memories and/or condolences with the family by going to CHURCH ACTIVITIES Trinity Trio will sing at Parkway Baptist Church, 185 Meadow Lane S.E., at 11 a.m. today. Wendell Johnson Wendell Jefferson Johnson, 77, of Cleveland and Gulfport, Miss., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at a local health care facility. He retired from a career in heavy construction. He worked on and supervised projects including some of the largest levees on the Mississippi River Waterway System and the Tennessee- Tombigbee and Red River locks, dams and channels. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Cleveland. He was born in West Carroll Parish, La., to Mattie and Claude Johnson, who preceded him in death, as did two brothers: Huey and Joe Douglas. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Ragsdale Johnson, of Cleveland; children: Brian (Ginger) of West Monroe, La., Jeff (LaDonna) of Keota, Okla., Sharon Ledford of Helena, Mont. and Teresa Rollins (Chris) of Cartersville, Ga.; grandchildren: Brian, Ira, and Mason Johnson of West Monroe, Jeffery Johnson of Porum, Okla., Elizabeth Jackson of Stigler, Okla., April Ingram of Shreveport, La., Meranda Weece of McCurtain, Okla., Keri Ledford of Fairbanks, Alaska, Trey, Tara and Hayley Rollins of Cartersville, Ga.; a number of great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Ann Jones (Eugene) of Risen, Ark.; brother, Donald Johnson (Brenda); sistersin-law: Chrisie Johnson of Epps, La., and Denna Kastner of Prescott, Ariz.; brothers-in-law: Joe Ragsdale (Nelda) of Calhoun, Ga., and Clyde Ragsdale (Anne) of Crossville; and a number of nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life service is planned for 3 p.m, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at Companion Funeral Home, 2419 Georgetown Road N.W. The family will receive friends one hour prior, from 2 until the 3 p.m., to service time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: First United Methodist Church, 3425 North Ocoee St., Cleveland, TN, You are invited to share a personal memory of Wendell or your condolences with his family at his online memorial located at Harriet Lemon Harriet Lemon, 85, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in a local health care facility. She was an avid bridge player and loved to go dancing and traveling with her husband. Her children will always remember her as not only a great cook but more importantly, a loving and devoted mother and wife. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Howard Lemon, five months prior. She is survived by her children: Janis Lemon of Cleveland and Fred Lemon (Diane) of Cumming, Ga.; and grandchildren: Walker Lemon and Kate Lemon. A gathering of friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in the parlor of Grissom-Serenity Funeral Home. We invite you to visit to view the obituary and leave a message of condolence. Charles Danny Morris Charles Danny Morris, 45, of Cleveland, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, He is survived by his father and stepmother, Charles T. and Lisa Morris; sisters, Sandra Collins and Mary-Beth (Miguel) Jimenez; grandmother, Hazel Morris; children, Cody Grady and Chris McCarty; and nieces and nephews, Nathanial Patterson, Jessica Collins, Paltiel Jimenez and Mandy (Aaron) Dotson. There are no services planned at this time. Grissom Serenity Funeral Home and Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Martha Newman Martha Green Newman, 75, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in a Chattanooga hospital. She was born in Dayton, and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a graduate of Bradley Central High School Class of 1960 and a 1964 graduate of The University of Chattanooga. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Delmar Samuel Green and Altheia Williams Green. She is survived by her husband, David Cooper Newman; children, Michael Cooper Newman (Gena) and David Brian Newman and wife, Lisa; grandchildren, Caitlyn Elizabeth Lynn, Andrew Cooper Newman and Taylor Stewart Newman; greatgrandson, Cooper I. Newman; brother, Walter E. Green and wife, Connie; sister-in-law, Sarah N. Shouse and husband, Bill, of Preston Island, Ala.; brother-inlaw, Thomas P. Newman and wife, Sally; several nieces and nephews; and very special friend, Sandra Bishop Rogers of Dayton. A gathering of friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Newman family guestbook at Patsy Pentecost Patsy Pentecost, 59, of Sweetwater, died Saturday, Jan. 28, Survivors and arrangements will be announced by Companion Funeral Home. Rita Peterson Rita Peterson, 89, of Chattanooga, died Thursday, Jan. 26, Survivors and arrangements will be announced by Companion Funeral Home. IT S ASPECIAL DAY FOR... Melody Smith, Clara Mizell, Joe Evans, Joel Curtis, Eric Bankston and James Graig, who are celebrating birthdays today... Bell Rush, who is celebrating her 94th birthday today... Holli Collins, who celebrated a birthday Saturday... Jason Lett, who celebrated a birthday Friday. (USPS ) Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, TN Post Office POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN Ralph Baldwin Editor & Publisher Published at th Street, NW (P.O. Box 3600) in Cleveland, TN , daily except Saturday and Christmas day by Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Publishser Reserves the Right to Change Rates Without Notice Print Only 3 months 6 Months 1 Year Monthly Daily Carrier Collect Rate * $6.75 By Carrier Home / Business Delivery $20.00 $38.00 $75.00 By Mail inside Zip 307 $25.00 $45.00 $85.00 By Mail outside Zip 307 in TN, GA $38.00 $55.00 $ By Mail Outside TN $38.00 $67.00 $ Print + E-Edition By Carrier Home / Business Delivery $21.25 $40.25 $79.25 By Mail inside Zip 307 $26.25 $47.25 $90.50 By Mail outside Zip 307 in TN, GA $40.00 $58.00 $ By Mail Outside TN $40.50 $71.00 $ E-Edition Only $26.85 $53.70 $ $8.95 $1.95 Office Hours: Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m Patsy Jo Puckett Patsy Jo Puckett, 79, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in a local heath care facility. She was a homemaker who loved her children, and enjoyed babysitting and baking cakes. She was a member of East Side church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Sarah Elizabeth Bradford Norman; brother, Garnett Forrester; and sister, Marion Key. Survivors include her four children: Samuel Puckett of Chattanooga, John Puckett and wife, Kendra, Mark Puckett, and Matthew Puckett and wife, Kelita, all of Cleveland; grandchildren: Spencer Puckett and Mackie Puckett, both of Chattanooga, and Elijah Puckett, Zachary Prichett, Brianne Prichett, Dyllan Puckett, Jordan Puckett and Mercedeez Kuhn and husband, Chris Kuhn, all of Cleveland; great-grandchildren: Brookelynn and Noah Kuhn and Malia Grace Puckett; brother, Ellis Forrester and wife, Leanne, of Flintstone, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 in the chapel of Fike- Randolph & Son Funeral Home with Minister Jeff Archey and Minister Bill Maynard officiating. The interment will follow in Union Grove church of Christ Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Puckett family guestbook at Connie Sue Shehorn Connie Sue Shehorn, 65, of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 26, She was born on Nov. 9, 1951, to the late Luther and Alnita Pendergrass. She was a lifelong resident of this area and she enjoyed collecting white rabbits. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her mother and father, she was preceded in death by her brother, Lonnie Pendergrass. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her husband of 17 years, Charles Arthur Shehorn; one son, Justin Brackett; beloved sister, Marilyn Cooper; and numerous other nieces, nephews, and extended family members and friends. The funeral will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Companion Funeral Home, 2419 Georgetown Road N.W.. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 6 until the 7 p.m. service time. A private interment will take place at Chattanooga National Cemetery. You are invited to share a personal memory of Connie or your condolences with her family at her online memorial located at Jessie Sprinkle Jessie Sprinkle, 67, died Friday, Jan, 27, She was born and raised in Franklin, N.C., but was a resident of Cleveland for the past 44 years. She was one of 11 children of Lon and Rachael Ammons Cook, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by sisters: Pearl Cook and Ellen Landing. She is survived by husband of 44 years, Ray; sons: Doug (Barbara) and Dennis Sprinkle; brothers: John (Sue), Jim, Gene (Thelma), Richard and Otis; and sisters: Violet Pannell, Betty (Raymond) Dodgins, and Sharon Cook. A gathering of friends will be on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Grissom-Serenity Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the ALS Association, or to your charity of choice. Online condolences can be left for the family at Stanley Talley Stanley Talley, 81, of Cleveland, died Thursday, Jan. 26, Survivors and arrangements will be announced by Companion Funeral Home. Carol M. Williams Carol M. Williams, 50, of Cleveland, died on Saturday morning, Jan. 28, 2017, in a local hospital. Survivors and arrangements will be announced later by Companion Funeral Home and Crematory.

3 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, LOTTERY NUMBERS Banner photo, Daniel Guy WilliaM Hall RODGeRS Basket Fund receives a donation check from Cooke s Food Store to help fund its yearly endeavor of providing needed food items to needy families in the community during the holidays. From left are store manager Keith Scott, director of merchandising Brian Hemminger, Todd Duggan, Horace Coffey, John Moses, and store manager Tim Gaddis. U.S. no longer has geography as defense, ally in cybercombat WASHINGTON (AP) The United States has long relied on its borders and superior military might to protect against and deter foreign aggressors. But a lack of boundaries and any rulebook in cyberspace has increased the threat and leveled the playing field today. It s unclear how President Donald Trump, who has emphasized an America First approach to domestic issues, will respond to cyberspace threats, which transcend traditional borders and make it easier and cheaper than ever for foreigners to attack the U.S. Whatever the approach, it will set the tone and precedent for global policies during a critical time when the ground rules are still being written. At a hearing this month on foreign cyberthreats, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ran through a list of recent operations the U.S. believes was carried out by foreign countries Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. The targets: the White House, State Department, Office of Personnel Management, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy, major U.S. financial institutions, a small New York dam and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Our adversaries have reached a common conclusion, that the reward for attacking America in cyberspace outweighs the risk, McCain said. With most of the U.S. critical infrastructure in private hands and Americans among the most connected citizens in the world, the potential attack surface for any hacker is vast and increasing. U.S. officials and lawmakers have argued that because there is no official policy on cyberwarfare, the response to any attack can be slow, politicized and ultimately ineffectual. The U.S. took two months, after publicly accusing Russian government hackers of trying to influence the presidential election, to respond with economic sanctions and other more symbolic measures. The reality is that the nature of conflict has moved to the information space instead of just the physical kinetic space, and it now operates at greater scale and quicker speed, said Sean Kanuck, who served as the first U.S. national intelligence officer for cyber issues in the Office of the Director for National Intelligence. Under the Obama administration, the U.S. proposed international cyber rules for peacetime, including that countries should not target another s critical infrastructure. But otherwise, it has maintained existing international laws and reserved the right to respond to any cyberattack. The Trump administration is reviewing cyber policies, but it has said it will prioritize developing defensive and offensive cyber capabilities. It has also said it will work with international partners to engage in cyberwarfare to disrupt and disable (terrorist) propaganda and recruiting. Unlike conventional warfare, the costs in cyberspace can have rippling impacts for both the victim and attacker. Malicious software may end up spreading in an unforeseen and unplanned manner, and a hacker who gets into a single computer can cause unpredicted effects to a network. Look at what North Korea did to Sony or what China did to us via the OPM hack, said David Gioe, a history fellow at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point and a former intelligence officer. You ve got all of these aircraft carriers and all of this ocean, and it really doesn t matter because we re still feeling effects. They re not kinetic effects, but they re surely effects. More than 20 million people had their personal information compromised when the Office of Personnel Management was hacked in what the U.S. believes was a Chinese espionage operation. Really it s our geeks versus their geeks, Gioe said. In the same way as single combat. It doesn t matter how good my army is or your army is, it s me versus you. 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4 4 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Wacker, BCHS students donate winter items to The Caring Place CHARLESTON Wacker and students from Bradley Central High School last week delivered 244 winter-weather items to The Caring Place, including nearly 100 coats and several bags of food and toiletries. In addition, Wacker donated $2,500 to the organization. The collection drive was organized by Wacker and students from two clubs at Bradley Central High School: Health Occupations Students of America and the National Technical Honor Society. When we work together, we can achieve great things and help so many, said Mary Beth Hudson, vice president and site manager at Wacker Polysilicon North America. We are very proud of our BEST (Business and Education Serving Together) partnership with Bradley Central High School and all that we have been able to accomplish together. One of the objectives of this partnership is to enhance the quality of life for our community, and by supporting the Caring Place we knew we helped to make a difference. Bradley Central High School students and staff have huge hearts, said Donna Mitchell, NTHS adviser who helped to coordinate the drive at the school. I ve watched our students work on a number of community service projects and they always give 110 percent. The students inspire me to do more. Being able to share this experience in conjunction with Wacker, our BEST Partner, has really shown them what can happen when a community comes together. We hope what we ve done can help those less fortunate, because the truth is, we never know when that could be one of us, Mitchell said. Thank you Wacker and Bradley Central High School for demonstrating The Caring Place s motto: meeting needs with love, said Toni Miles, director of organization advancement at The Caring Place. With our deepest gratitude, we thank you for coats for the Community Coat Drive, several bags of food and toiletries. The advisers for HOSA are Drew German, Cindy Leslie and Tammy Estrada. Bradley Central High School is Wacker s BEST Partner. BEST is a program of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce that connects a business and a selected school to enhance the quality of life for our community and provide business support for our educational programs. Wacker Polysilicon is a global leader in the production of hyperpure polycrystalline silicon. Polysilicon is the key material in the solar and semiconductor industries. WACkER AND STUDENTS from Bradley Central High School recently delivered 244 winter-weather items to The Caring Place, including nearly 100 coats and several bags of food and toiletries. From left are Donna Mitchell, National Technical Honor Society adviser, Bradley Central High School; BCHS student Laney Houston; BCHS student Breanna Whitener; Dr. Randy Howard, executive director at The Caring Place; BCHS student Haylee Pell; BCHS student Emma Fannin; BCHS student Julia Sandryka; BCHS student Mikahla Gay; BCHS student Sami Dotson; BCHS student Jonathan York; and Amanda Plecas, communications manager at Wacker Polysilicon. WACkER AND STUDENTS from Bradley Central High School last week delivered 244 winter-weather items to The Caring Place, including nearly 100 coats and several bags of food and toiletries. From left are Dr. Randy Howard, executive director at The Caring Place, and Bradley Central students Jonathan York, Laney Houston, Haylee Pell, Sami Dotson, Julia Sandryka, Emma Fannin, Mikahla Gay and Breanna Whitener. 10 shot, injured at TN National Guard Armory BROWNSVILLE (AP) Authorities say 10 people in western Tennessee were injured in a shooting at a party at a National Guard Armory. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland says the shooting in Brownsville occurred before midnight Friday when a fight broke out at the armory. Authorities believe the facility had been rented out for a party. Niland says the victims ranging from juveniles to young adults were transported to Jackson General Hospital. Two are expected to be transported to The Med in Memphis with non-life threatening injuries. Historic Nashville recording studio to get restoration NASHVILLE (AP) Historic RCA Studio A will receive a $500,000 renovation to reflect to its 1960s days of fame. The Tennessean reports that designers will restore a retro feel to the complex s offices, a small recording studio and work space. The recording studio section will remain largely untouched. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride are among the musicians who recorded at Studio A. The building on Music Row includes a recording room large enough to hold a full orchestra. Preservationist Aubrey Preston saved the studio after a developer bought the property three years ago with plans to raze it and build condos. Photo courtesy Bradley County Sheriff s Office THE BRADLEY COUNTY SHERIFF S OFFICE, in partnership with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, will be watching out for drunk and impaired drivers on the Super Bowl weekend. From left are Deputy Brandon Coffel, Deputy Earl Pike, Sgt. Mario Santos, Sheriff Eric Watson, Lt. Dennis Goins, Deputy Corey Loftis and Deputy Daniel Marlow. Sheriff s Office partnering with T.H.S.O. in a Super Bowl saturation campaign From Staff Reports The Bradley County Sheriff s Office is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (T.H.S.O.) to enhance impaired-driving enforcement during the Super Bowl weekend. The T.H.S.O. s Booze It & Lose It campaign is a statewide mobilization to prevent impaired-driving crashes, injuries and fatalities. The Public Safety Unit along with BCSO patrol deputies will target drivers who are driving impaired. Additionally, there will be no tolerance for those who engage in reckless and distracted driving. Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson encourages everyone to enjoy the Super Bowl festivities that weekend, but to do it responsibly. Drunk driving is one of the most serious traffic-related issues that we face today, said Watson. Our deputies will be out in full-force to keep roadways safe that weekend to look for drivers who are under the influence. Our department will specifically deploy personnel for D.U.I. saturation patrols to stop and arrest those who show signs of alcohol and drug impairment. Increased state and local Banner photo, DANIEL GUY THE CLEVELAND/BRADLEY Keep America Beautiful Neighborhood Committee selected Douglas Inn & Suites to receive their Business Beautification Award on Thursday, for its continuing efforts in making Cleveland s Interstate 75 Exit 25 an inviting stop for travelers. From left are Keep America Beautiful member Joyce Johnson, Douglas Inn & Suites manager Priti Patel, KAB member W.W. Johnson, housekeeper Jaqueline Mesimas, KAB member Ron Braam, laundry attendant Melissa Castro, KAB Executive Director Joanne Maskew, and KAB board member Shari Horton. messaging about the dangers of drunk driving, coupled with sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, aim to drastically reduce alcohol-impaired driving. During Super Bowl weekend last year, there were 76 crashes and eight fatalities related to impaired driving across Tennessee, said T.H.S.O. Director Vic Donoho. During the 2015 Super Bowl weekend, there were 77 crashes and six fatalities related to impaired driving. This year, we want zero. Let s work together to make sure everyone gets home safely. A single D.U.I. conviction can cost an individual $5,000 or more, in addition to jail time. An offender could also be required to attend drug and alcohol treatment or to install an ignition interlock device inside his/her vehicle. Any penalty imposed by law pales in comparison to the injury or death of a loved one. The T.H.S.O. provides grant funding to support Bradley County Sheriff s Office efforts during the Booze It & Lose It enforcement campaign. For more information about the T.H.S.O., visit or contact Arriale Tabson at Arriale.Tabson@TN. gov. Ash borer threatens state s forests CHATTANOOGA (AP) The fight to protect East Tennessee s forests from two invasive species continues to expand. The emerald ash borer has been found in 47 of the state s 95 counties, while 40 counties are known to be infested with the Hemlock woolly adelgid, reported a Chattanooga newspaper. The number of Tennessee counties with an emerald ash borer presence has more than doubled since The invasive beetles are pretty much unstoppable, said Chattanooga city forester Gene Hyde. The bugs can be difficult to detect, because ash borer attacks usually begin high in the tree. By the time it gets down to eye level where you can see the warning signs, it s been in the tree for three or four years, Hyde said. It s an insidious little critter. Woolly adelgids were found in Knoxville in 2010 and have spread across the eastern part of the state since then, said Tennessee forest health specialist Nathan Hoover. Chemical treatments are effective in killing woolly adelgids but are not the long-term solution for the spreading problem. The University of Tennessee maintains a lab that produces woolly adelgid-eating beetles and releases them in hopes they eat the adelgid, reproduce and spread to other areas. Over time, it could really make an impact, Hoover said of the beetles. New TVA chair hopes to keep trajectory as Trump fills slots NASHVILLE (AP) The new Tennessee Valley Authority board chairwoman says she hopes the federal utility will maintain its trajectory, including efforts to reduce airborne carbon pollution, with President Donald Trump having the chance to pick a new board majority by the spring. Lynn Evans, the first woman and first African-American to chair the board, told reporters in a conference call Friday that three of nine TVA board slots are currently vacant, and her term and another member s term expire in May. Trump will choose nominees for those five slots, and the U.S. Senate will confirm them. Evans said she can t speculate whether direction from a starkly different administration in Washington will mean more changes for the utility, which provides electricity to more than 9 million people in seven southeastern states. An appointee of President Barack Obama, she was sworn in in January TVA has said it s on track to cut its carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels. By the end of 2018, TVA will have retired five of its original 11 coal-fired power plants, TVA spokesman Scott Brooks said. Trump has promised to roll back Obama s regulatory efforts to stem global warming by capping carbon emissions from power plants burning what the new president called clean, beautiful coal on Thursday. Trump also promised to bring back jobs to the beleaguered coal mining industry, despite economic forecasts that say a big recovery for coal is highly unlikely amid competition from lowpriced natural gas. During the campaign, Trump also shrugged off the extensive scientific evidence that the planet is warming and man-made carbon emissions are to blame, at one point claiming that global warming is a hoax created by the Chinese. Evans said she s particularly excited about plans to replace TVA s coal-fired Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis by the end of 2018 with natural gas, reducing that plant s carbon emissions by 60 percent. We re on a trajectory, and my hope is that trajectory will still be able to be maintained going forward, Evans said.

5 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Teens prepare for annual B&GC Youth of Year competition By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer This decade has seen two members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region crowned as national Youth of the Year runner-ups. One of the parts of that competition includes each participant presenting a speech on what the clubs mean to him or her. In preparation for these presentations, those seeking the honor practice their speeches in front of many groups prior to the contest. This year, those who are participating have visited several site, including the Cleveland Daily Banner, and will now be in front of a dozen or so judges this coming Thursday. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region will host its local event on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Lee University in the School of Nursing Building, explained Wyatt Bevis, chief operating officer for the clubs. The event will start at 5 p.m. and is open to the public. The event will feature high school students who are club members giving a speech and being interviewed by a panel of Banner photo, allen MinCEY several BoYs and Girls will be judged on their presentations this Thursday as part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region s Youth of the Year program. The event will begin at 5 p.m., in the lecture hall at the Lee University Nursing Building. The event is open to the public. Candidates are, from left, Crystal Stander, Kira Stander, Hailey Strickland, Desiree Swallows, Jonathan Dupree (who is not a candidate but presented support), Yaniel Ortiz, and Jalynn Sullivan. Other candidates include Ellissa Lawson, George Holmes, Quentin Scott and Preston Higgins. judges. The top three finalist will be announced, Bevis added. He said the three finalists will then be the special guest speakers for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region Annual Board Dinner on Feb. 27. 'The local winner will be announced that night to represent the Ocoee Region at the state competition at the end of March, Bevis added. Since 1947, Youth of the Year has been Boys & Girls Clubs of America s premier recognition program, celebrating the extraordinary achievements of club members. Each year, one exceptional young person from a Boys & Girls Clubs rises to the role of National Youth of the Year. The National Youth of the Year serves as both an exemplary ambassador for Boys & Girls Club youth and as a strong voice for all of our nation s young people. The journey to being named National Youth of the Year begins locally and progresses to state, regional and national levels, Bevis said. Not only does the club member participating get to carry the Youth of the Year title with them at local events (or state and national, should he or she get to that level), but is also up for receiving a scholarship for college. Bevis said the Youth of the Year program has awarded more than $250,000 in scholarships to six club members over the past six years. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Elevation Worship to sing Thursday at Lee Lee University will continue its spring U-Church line-up with Elevation Worship on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Conn Center. The concert will close Lee s spring Convocation Week. Elevation Worship is based in Charlotte, N.C. It began as the worship team for Elevation Church when it was founded in The band members share the church s vision of seeing the lost be found in Christ. In addition to recording and touring, Elevation Worship members continue to lead worship at their church. The band has recorded multiple albums and headlined at the Desperation Conference, the Motion Conference, and the Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference, among others. It will be great to have Elevation Worship on our campus to lead our students, staff, and faculty in worship, said Dr. Brad Moffett, director of chapel music. Elevation Worship has emerged as a leader in writing and performing the songs the church wants and needs to sing in corporate worship. Their passionate heart for worship and desire to see God s people unite their voice in praise has made them not only popular, but a powerful voice in the world. On March 19, U-Church will continue with the student-led ElEvation Worship will sing Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at the Lee University Conn Center to close Convocation Week. event, Come to the Table: An Evening of Worship. This event is a unique worship event designed and led by students. Attendees encounter many diverse styles of student-led worship, including music by the Lee University Chapel Band, elements of spoken word, dance, art, and Communion. The series will end on Friday, April 7, with a special Lee Day event featuring Bethel Music. The worship team is part of Bethel Church based in Redding, California. Bethel Music strives to produce a global expansion of God s Kingdom. U-Church is a free, nonticketed event open to students, alumni, and the community. Seating is first come, first served. Child care is available for all who attend. Please contact Lindsey Sifferman at lsifferman@leeuniversity.edu for more information. Storm death toll climbs after Georgia woman dies in hospital ALBANY, Ga. (AP) The death toll the Jan. 21 and 22 outbreak of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the Southeast increased to at least 21 after a Georgia woman struck by a falling tree died at a hospital, a coroner said Friday. Patricia Ann Gohman, 77, died Thursday night at an Albany hospital. She suffered head injuries after a tree fell on her home as a powerful tornado struck Sunday afternoon, said Dougherty County coroner Michael Fowler. The midwinter storm outbreak sent waves of menacing weather across the region last Saturday and Sunday from Louisiana to Florida and South Carolina. Sixteen people were killed in Georgia, including Gohman. Four people died in Mississippi and one death was reported in Florida. It s possible the toll could continue to rise. On Friday, WALB-TV quoted an emergency official as saying crews were ending their search for a 2-year-old southwest Georgia boy whose parents report- ed him missing during the storms. The child, Detrez Green, had not been found as of Friday afternoon. Authorities in Albany say the boy s mother told them he slipped away from her Sunday afternoon and toddled into their kitchen just before a tornado sent an oak tree crashing onto their home. Search and rescue teams combed the wreckage of the family s home and the surrounding area for days, but found no sign of the toddler. 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Shin used her scholarship funds to attend the University of California at Berkeley, while Hernandez (whose married name is now Beaulieu) attended Kansas State University and East Tennessee State University, while also working at several Boys & Girls Clubs during those years. It has certainly been my distinct pleasure to be their coach and to lead this program this year, added Jonathan Pierce, Johnson Teen Center unit direc- tor. These teenagers are amazing and have great stories. They have put in hours of hard work and I am proud of all they have accomplished. Please come out, if you can, to the event on Feb. 2 at Lee University in the lecture hall of the new Nursing Building. Women s a Cappella is coming to Cleveland! Come out to our open house! February 4th PM Ocoee Middle School

6 6 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Contributed photo JAy BevInGton, who is now commanding a NASA-funded mission related to possible human settlement on Mars, relaxes at his grandparents home in Cleveland. Mars From Page 1 of space and a private bedroom. While the crew is living in relative comfort on Earth, he noted there have been measures taken to make the experience as much like space as possible. For example, the crew s communication with the outside world is limited to text-based messages relayed through and a specialized communication system. These messages are relayed on a 20-minute delay to replicate the time it would take for messages to be transmitted to and from Mars. The habitat is also equipped with a simulated airlock, and the crew members are supposed to wear spacesuits any time they go outside to work. This is not the first time a study like this has taken place. In fact, HI-SEAS Mission V is just the latest mission of its kind in Hawaii. Since 2012, HI-SEAS has been contributing to NASA s plans for long-duration space exploration, said Kim Binsted, principal investigator for HI-SEAS and professor with the University of Hawaii. We are an international collaboration of crew, researchers and mission support, and I m proud of the part we play in helping reduce the barriers to a human journey to Mars. While HI-SEAS is the latest project to study the possibility of living in space, other projects may be more well-known to many on the mainland. Biosphere 2, a structure which was built in Arizona in the 1990s, became infamous for its failure. Among the problems crew members faced was the fact they reportedly struggled to get along with each other. Because of this, the study of behavioral science is actually playing a big part in the HI-SEAS missions work. While the story of Biosphere 2 is still serving as a cautionary tale for the latest HI-SEAS researchers, Bevington said he is optimistic his crew will succeed. He noted the proof is in how well the crew has bonded so far. This bonding is one of the aspects that the research team is studying, and I hope our crew can inform not only crew selection for University of Hawaii via AP In this PHoto ProvIded by the University of Hawaii, scientists Joshua Ehrlich, from left, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington and Ansley Barnard, pose for a photo before they enter a geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, Jan. 19. The four men and two women moved into their new simulated space home, as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for sending astronauts on long missions to Mars. ross Lockwood/University of Hawaii via AP In this MAy 23, 2014 photo provided by the University of Hawaii, Lucie Poulet, right, uses a geotechnical tool while Annie Caraccio records the data during a previous study outside the domed structure that will house six researchers for eight months in an environment meant to simulate an expedition to Mars, on Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The group entered the dome Jan. 19, and will spend eight months together in the 1,200-square-foot research facility in a study called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS). They will have no physical contact with any humans outside their group, experience a 20-minute delay in communications and are required to wear space suits whenever they leave the compound. future human exploration missions but also for all teams such as those at work, school and recreational organizations, Bevington said. If every team could bond like we have, the world would be a better place. While he is now leading a highprofile research team, Bevington was years ago just another young boy who would spend his summers helping on a family farm in Bradley County. Bevington grew up in Louisiana, but he lived in Cleveland for a short time in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region. My mom grew up in Cleveland, and my grandparents have been there most of their lives, Bevington said. I grew up in Louisiana but spent summers on our farm, which has been in the family since After high school, Cleveland became my permanent address, making me the sixth generation to live on the farm. The vast majority of my high school time was spent in Louisiana at Mandeville High School. However, I did attend Bradley High for three weeks during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, making me the third generation to do so. Whether he was living out his life in Louisiana or on the Tennessee farm, he developed a love for science. His grandfather, Thomas Newman, said he often talked about wanting to study ways to help prevent natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina from having such a dramatic effect on the environment and the cities in the storms paths. He did have a big imagination, and he was always coming up with ideas, Newman said. It s amazing how he has taken ideas like that and started a career out of it. After high school, Bevington went to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he earned a bachelor s degree in biosystems engineering. He then earned a master s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Georgia. However, Bevington later decided to shift his focus to the study of space. He explained he made that shift by enrolling in International Space University in Strasbourg, France, to pursue a master s degree in space studies. I can t cite a specific thing that got me interested in space, Bevington said. Space is one of the few science fields that kids really love, and I think I just never really grew out of it. Since shifting his focus toward space, he has been involved with several research projects around the world. These have included work with researchers at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. While beginning work on a doctorate degree in space life sciences, Bevington helped develop an experiment bound for the International Space Station. Unfortunately, this project just so happened to be one of the ones which was destroyed in a rocket explosion. In September 2016, a SpaceX rocket being prepared for launch blew up in a fueling accident before it had ever left the launch pad. Since the rocket launch failed, his study was delayed, his grandfather said. But he is going to stay busy with his new project in Hawaii. Bevington and his five fellow crew members were chosen from among hundreds of applicants. Officials from the University of Hawaii describe the crew as consisting or astronaut-like researchers who have a great deal of experience in various areas of scientific research. While manned missions to Mars are still not an immediate possibility, the latest HI-SEAS crew is contributing to research which could help lay the groundwork for manned missions. As one might expect, this is giving his family in Cleveland plenty of reason to be proud. We re proud of him the way all grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, grandmother Sally Newman quipped. He was just like any other child but he loves an adventure. After years of scientific study, Bevington is now in the middle of his latest adventure. When he was a young boy, one his grandmother referred to as quiet and unassuming, neither Bevington or his family knew he would eventually be helping the possibility of human space travel to Mars. Bevington takes a lighthearted view of the path he has taken in his life and career so far. On a blog he started just prior to the HI-SEAS mission starting, he playfully described himself as just some kid with a mohawk that for whatever reason thinks a 9 to 5 is boring. He acknowledged his journey has taken a great deal of work and many years of post-secondary education. However, his journey has been one fueled by enthusiastic curiosity and dreams of making significant contributions in his field. Bevington has a few words of advice to offer to any young people who might be thinking of reaching toward the stars whether they be proverbial ones or literal ones. The sky is the limit only if you let it be. Think bigger and go beyond, Bevington said. Your future is what you decide to make it. We live at a time where we have access to vast amounts of knowledge and can connect to almost anyone in the world. The only limit to what you can accomplish is your own imagination. S.C. addresses faith, violence intersection COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The federal trial of the South Carolina man who slaughtered nine Bible study participants has come and gone, with Dylann Roof s death sentence assuring he will spend the rest of his limited days in custody. But the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME continue to prompt a conversation about the uneasy intersection of faith and gun violence, as thousands of worshippers around South Carolina gather this weekend to memorialize crime victims and call for reform. It isn t just the church slaughter that has sounded the alarm bells. The Center for American Progress found South Carolina ranked sixth in the nation for the overall rate of gun violence, noting someone was killed with a gun in the state roughly every 13 hours. Events throughout the state are part of Stand Up Sunday, launched last year by a group meeting in the very room where the Rev. Clementa Pinckney and eight others were gunned down as they prayed. Pinckney s lifelong best friend, fellow AME Pastor Kylon Middleton, is now heading the group he says provides an opportunity for people of faith to stand up for those they ve lost and talk about real solutions to problems of gun violence. Middleton was recently chosen to head the board for Arm-In- Arm: South Carolinians for Responsible Gun Ownership, a grassroots group of more than 1,200 faith leaders, gun owners, teachers and others across South Carolina that is coordinating the weekend s events. What they all have in common, Middleton says, is a desire to find ways to cut down on gun violence. Prosecutors who secured a death sentence against Roof argued the 22-year-old white supremacist researched and picked his victims because, as loyal, churchgoing folk, he figured they d be less likely to resist his attack. He fired his first shot at Pinckney as the worshippers closed their eyes in the evening s final prayer. Stand Up Sunday isn t about encouraging people to arm themselves as they worship, although the group counts among its members people who have purchased weapons and practiced using them in real-life situations. This weekend, congregants are signing petitions and talking about ways to cut down on violent gun deaths in South Carolina. At Charleston s Mt. Zion AME, where Middleton is pastor, the altar will be decorated with white crosses bearing the names of South Carolina gun violence victims, whose names will be read aloud in Sunday s service. Choir members will sing a song specially written to talk about gun violence in South Carolina. It allows us the opportunity to articulate their story and to give them a space to at least publicly be acknowledged in their grief, and to move the pendulum in another direction toward activism, Middleton told The Associated Press recently. Roof, who was sentenced to death last month in a federal trial, should never have been able to purchase a gun because of a prior drug arrest. But authorities later told The Associated Press that, due to a combination of errors, Roof managed to buy one anyway. Polk From Page 1 the Ocoee Whitewater Center, and site the of the 1996 Olympics. A tourism asset development plan would help identify opportunities for existing tourism assets as well as emerging businesses and opportunities within Polk County, read the application to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. One critical outcome of this process would be the development of a core team of tourism partners within the county. Polk County, along with the Polk County Chamber and the Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association, will take the lead on this project. With the Chamber and Tourism Association playing a large role in the promotion of the county, they will assist the consultant in identifying assets along with how current destinations are being promoted. The county will also be partnering with TVA, the Cherokee National Forest and the Hiwassee River. Polk County will provide a 10 percent match for the grant, which the county has agreed to fund. This will bring the total budget for this project to $22,250. Polk County is a prime tourist destination in southeast Tennessee. With a strong reliance on the rafting industry that is in peril, it is hoped that this countywide plan will bring about new tourism opportunities and economic drivers to Polk County, the application read. This will provide guidance on how to promote these assets, while linking previously identified sites through new marketing strategies. The application from Rhea County also deals with existing tourism attractions, specifically the Rhea County Courthouse. The proposed project is a roof restoration at the historic Rhea County Courthouse, located at 1475 Market Street, Dayton, TN. the application to the TDEC reads. The courthouse, constructed in 1891 and a designated National Historic Landmark, is an extremely important tourism asset in Rhea County. The courthouse contains a museum, and each year is the site of the Scopes Festival, a week-long event celebrating the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial which took place there. That event draws over 2,000 visitors a year, and includes a series of Scopes Trial reenactments, food vendors, music, and other events. The proposed project is needed because of the current deteriorated condition of the roof. The county has performed minor repairs to the roof in the past, but a completely restored roof is now needed. Without a roof, the courthouse cannot be maintained as a historic and cultural tourism asset. The cost of replacement of the roof is $200,000, and the grant from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development is for $50,000. Rhea County is requesting $50,000 in Tourism Enhancement Grant funds (which was approved), and will provide a 25 percent match (of the project) of $50,000. The remaining 50 percent, or $100,000, will be matched by a TDEC Clean Energy Grant which Rhea County will apply for in the upcoming grant round, according to the application. Rhea County said this project was chosen through a collaborative process between the local governments in Rhea County and the Rhea Economic and Tourism Council (RETC). Representatives from the local governments and the RETC met to determine which tourism project was the highest priority in the county for this year s Tourism Enhancement application round. The restoration of the Rhea County Courthouse roof was chosen because of its particular importance to Rhea County tourism and because of ongoing efforts to raise private money for the restoration of the courthouse s brick, creating a perfect opportunity for a public/private partnership. This project supports an existing cultural and historical tourism asset in Rhea County, the Rhea County Courthouse. The courthouse was the site of the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial case in which William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow argued over the legality of teaching evolution in public schools. This case received national attention, and because of its importance to legal and religious history, the National Parks Service named this site a National Historic Landmark in 1976, the grant application reads. Each year, approximately 3,000 tourists visit the courthouse museum and over 2,000 guests attend the Scopes Festival every summer. This particular event annually generates approximately $18,000 of revenue in ticket sales alone, and thousands more in money spent at restaurants, hotels, etc. The proposed project will restore the courthouse s roof, which is unstable, leaks in multiple places, and requires asbestos mitigation. The improvement/replacement of this roof is extremely important to this existing tourism asset. Without roof improvements, the Rhea County Courthouse cannot be maintained as a safe and healthy tourism site, and cannot be protected as a historic and cultural landmark. Additionally, this project will directly increase tourism related economic impact by allowing funds that would have been allocated to the roof to be used for additional programming. One anticipated future upgrade is to the museum located inside the courthouse. This includes moving the museum to the more visible upper floors of the courthouse and updating some of the existing interpretative items and panels as well as adding new interpretation, including more interactive and multimedia items. These improvements, when complete, will be marketed to attract new visitors to the courthouse. In all, over $1 million in grants were rewarded to 29 sites for tourism enhancement in Tennessee.

7 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Schools From Page 1 schools offer students something called integrated math, courses which combine subjects like algebra and geometry into integrated classes instead of having separate subject courses. The problem, Cash said, has to do with when these classes are offered. A student may take a math course in the fall but not in the spring. Not having math every semester is reportedly affecting how students do on tests like the ACT. Sixth District board member Amanda Lee said she agrees this is a problem, as her high school son recently experienced it. He took math in the fall, but then he went the whole spring semester without studying math, Lee said. This made things a lot more challenging when he had to go and take the ACT. Cash said she and her staff would continue to look at ways to remedy these issues. While there have been some challenges with math, Cash said the school system is seeing success with a recent reading curriculum change. At the beginning of the school year, all the county elementary schools introduced a new reading curriculum called Open Court, which included an emphasis on teachers leading more in-class reading activities. Though the first year is not finished yet, Cash said recent tests measuring students reading progress have already been promising. The most recent scores have been phenomenal, and they re nationally-ranked gains, Cash said. The county school system is also making good strides with work-based learning for high school students. These have included efforts like getting more local businesses to buy into the idea that it is a good idea to offer students internship opportunities so they can start gaining experience in high school. Now we have industries asking us how they can be involved with that, Cash said. It s a cooperative effort between the schools and the community. There was also brief discussion about making improvements in academic intervention for struggling students, adding more college dual enrollment opportunities and continuing to help teachers integrate technology into their classes. The board also talked about capital outlay needs, with one of the most immediate ones being needed repairs at Bradley Central High School. In recent months, the board has floated ideas like purchasing the former American Uniform building on Parker Street to turn into a multi-use school facility. However, problems with sinking floors and cracking walls at Bradley Central which came to the fore this past fall are said to be a much more immediate concern. Cash said the insurance company which has been evaluating the damage has ruled the building movement an act of God, meaning repairs are not likely to be covered. This also means the school board will likely have to budget for the repairs. However, Cash said the system still does not have a cost estimate yet. Third District board member Ted Bryson said he is hearing cost-related concerns from people in the community, including some Bradley County Commissioners. He said he has been told the board should fund the Bradley Central repairs before pursuing the American Uniform building purchase. Board Chairman Rodney Dillard, 5th District, said the Bradley Central repairs will be addressed, once the cost of them becomes known. The public should know we are working on it, added 1st District board member Nancy Casson. Board members also went line by line as they discussed the board goals listed on the school system s website, They made minor changes to the wording, but they reaffirmed that they will continue working toward the same goals. The board also heard a presentation from representatives of two companies which assist school boards with insurance, Brentwood-based Public Risk Insurors and Cleveland s McIntire & Associates. The presentation centered around the county school system s liability and worker s compensation insurance plans. The guests told the board they could potentially be saving money by going with new plans. Cash said she and her staff will soon be preparing a bid for new insurance plans, and the board will likely vote on it during one of its regular voting sessions this spring. Other items on the board s agenda Saturday included discussion on the Bradley Cleveland Public Education Foundation, the Tennessee School Boards Association s upcoming Day on the Hill in Nashville and school cleaning service contracts. Today s agenda was set to include discussion on the director of school s contract, state academic testing results, the school system budget and more. Koch political network to spend $300M to $400M INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) The conservative Koch network plans to spend between $300 million and $400 million to influence politics and public policy over the next two years, intensifying its nationwide efforts in the initial years of Donald Trump s presidency. Network officials disclosed their rough spending plans Saturday as donors gathered at a luxury hotel in the California desert. Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is hosting the event, which has attracted more than 550 donors, each willing to donate at least $100,000 each year to the various groups backed by the Koch brothers a network of education, policy and political entities that aim to promote a smaller, less intrusive government. Koch and many of his top donors refused to support Trump in the run-up to his election. The network s spending level marks an increase from the two years before the 2016 election, which was roughly $250 million. Ignoring the presidential race, the network focused on several key Senate races, along with promoting conservative policies at the state level across the nation. Charles and his brother David Koch have hosted such gatherings of donors and politicians for years, but usually in private. Several reporters, including one from The Associated Press, were invited to attend some of the forums. As a condition of attending, reporters were not permitted to identify any donors without their permission. Banner photo, DANIEL GUY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE President and CEO Gary Farlow unveils the launch of the Your Skills Your Future initiative to a packed room at the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Chamber From Page 1 Mancini re-elected as chair of state Democrats NASHVILLE (AP) Tennessee Democrats have elected Mary Mancini to another term as party chairwoman despite one prominent donor s call for her to be replaced following last year s election results. The Tennessean reports ( ) that the party s executive committee on Saturday voted unanimously to keep Mancini through the 2018 election. Former state Rep. John Litz of Morristown was elected vice chairman. Democrats lost a seat in the state House as Donald Trump overwhelmingly carried Tennessee in November. The failure to gain back seats in the General Assembly led real estate investor Bill Freeman to call for Mancini s replacement as leader of the party. Freeman, who came in third in Nashville s mayor s race despite spending $3.5 million of his own money, is mulling a bid for governor next year APD-40 (423) year degree or certificate, which allows for little-to-no student loan debt. With such a large amount of industry growth in Cleveland and Bradley County, the Chamber recognized through conversations with various companies that coming up with a skilled workforce was becoming a critical issue. One of the most important issues we hear from them is that many are still trying to do hiring. This is a way for us to help fill the pipeline for them and hopefully get some people into better paying jobs, Farlow commented. Your Skills. Your Future will serve to provide a variety of audiences with information to pursue postsecondary education and other resources such as financial aid, certifications and training. Their goal is to see those resources turn into longterm careers. The reality is there are immediate jobs available that are lifelong, sustainable careers. We want students, parents and adults looking for a change to understand the affordability of the training needed for these jobs as well as the attainability to taking the first steps to a bright and successful future, said Bob McIntire, a business leader and chairman of the Cleveland Economic Development Council. The initiative s target audience includes school administrators and faculty, parents, prospective students, prospective employers and employees, underemployed workers, veterans, guests of the court system, elected officials and civic leaders, the general public and media. Workforce development and job creation is one of the most important issues in my district and our nation. A strong workforce not only helps to fill current jobs, but it also attracts future industries to our great state, said Congressman Banner photo, DANIEL GUY VICE CHAIRMAN OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Bob McIntire urges the crowd to visit YourSkillsYourFuture.com to explore the options available to developing youth and adults who may not know about the continued educational and technical skill training options available to them. Chuck Fleischmann. This is why I am proud to support the efforts of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce and hope the community will be inspired to pursue technical career opportunities that are the backbone of our economy. By 2017, it is estimated that 2.5 million new, middle-skill jobs will be added to the workforce, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all job growth. More information about the Your Skills. Your Future campaign can be found at We re online! Check us out: www. cleveland banner.com The website includes a career test for those who are interested as to what skilled labor job might be best suited for them. JEWELERS 1721 KEITH STREET STUART PARK PLAZA ( (Next to The Town Squire) LAY-AWAYS WELCOME Featuring community growth, accomplishments and projections for the future. Including local businesses, industry, government, schools, hospitals, chamber of commerce, religion and other community organizations. 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8 8 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 NATIONAL BRIEFS cleveland state Art student Bianca Dedicatoria completed her first solo art exhibition titled Cultural Diversity in America, The exhibit is in the CSCC s George R. Johnson Cultural Heritage Center. CSCC art student Dedicatoria offers solo exhibition on cultural diversity Special to the Banner Deal reached to close Santa Monica airport SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) A Southern California city and the federal government on Saturday said they reached a deal to close Santa Monica s airport, ending a lengthy battle over the site. Under the agreement, the city can close the airport after 2028, Santa Monica officials said in a statement. In the meantime, the city can shorten the airport s single runway to 3,500 feet from its current length of nearly 5,000 feet. Santa Monica has long sought to shut the airport located amid residential neighborhoods in a seaside city of more than 90,000 people. Residents have raised concerns about noise, air pollution and the risk of planes crashing into neighborhoods. The city plans to turn the 227- acre site into a large park, spokeswoman Constance Farrell said. More details would be released at a press conference later Saturday, Farrell said. The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates the airport, previously fought Santa Monica s efforts to ban fast-landing jets over safety concerns. This is a fair resolution for all concerned because it strikes an appropriate balance between the public s interest in making local decisions about land use practices and its interests in safe and efficient aviation services, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a statement. Reuse the News Recycle this NewspapeR I thought it would be interesting to feature other people s perspectives and experiences. They all had some sort of story, and I wanted to tell it. I wanted them to know that I truly cared. Bianca Dedicatoria As a child, CSCC student Bianca Dedicatoria was bullied, and after working on her recent art exhibition, she realized she wasn t alone. After interviewing 40 students and faculty members, Dedicatoria discovered that almost all of those interviewed had experienced some form of discrimination because of their ethnicity. Her collection of artwork titled Cultural Diversity in America, 2016 renders an understanding of the cultural diversity in the U.S. Each photograph represents the cultural diversity as well as an inscription of the individual s social, cultural and political views and experiences. I have always been intrigued by how culturally different people are and yet they survive interacting with one another for a long period of time, stated Dedicatoria. Each interview took anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes to complete and through the interviews, Dedicatoria was able to get to know each individual s character, the relationship with his or her family and how their cultural background has impacted their lives here in the United States. She also learned of various discrimination experiences encountered, and during the course of the interviews, each individual really opened up to her about these experiences. I thought it would be interesting to feature other people s perspectives and experiences, stated Dedicatoria. They all had some sort of story, and I wanted to tell it. I wanted them to know that I truly cared. And she did care because she had experienced discrimination at a young age herself. Growing up, Dedicatoria s family traveled a lot, so she had to learn several different languages. Originally from the Phillipines, she moved to Indonesia when she was 12 years old. She was enrolled in an international school, but the other children made fun of her and felt that she was unfit to be there. Through this, I learned to be independent and do the best that I could so people would accept me many of my friends were also bullied, and even now they still think about it. It really impacted them. They still feel uncomfortable about it, and that s why they don t like to talk about it. They still feel the hurt. Although she has had other exhibitions as a student at CSCC, this was Dedicatoria s first solo art exhibition, which made it special for her. Through this exhibition, Dedicatoria said she learned a lot. I learned that whether a person is Asian, Latino, Hispanic, European or African-American, all had likely experienced various kinds of racism and criticism from people who are also culturally diverse racism still exists no matter what your ethnicity. Mark McLeod, associate professor of art, said, The project was part of an individual problems course where students are allowed to explore their own interests in the pursuit of a body of work. Bianca expressed a desire to research various cultures on campus and document that experience through numerous interviews and photographs. I was impressed with the project and the diversity of Cleveland State s student body. Dedicatoria said she really enjoys the art program at CSCC. I like the fact that it is very diverse; we don t just focus on one area. We have drawing, sculpting, painting, photography you name it. Last year, I went to New York City for spring break with the art program, and it was such a great experience. We went to different museums, and I was able to see famous art work that I had wanted to see since I was young. Dedicatoria will graduate from Cleveland State in May with an associate degree in art. She plans to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the fall where she plans to continue her education in art. A car is wedged under a school bus that crashed in South Los Angeles on Friday. A Fire Department spokesman said there were no injuries to the seven students or the driver aboard the bus. Students, bus driver escape serious injury LOS ANGELES (AP) Students and their driver escaped serious injury when their school bus and multiple other vehicles crashed in South Los Angeles early Friday, leaving the bus almost on top of a crushed car, authorities said. Seven students were aboard the bus. Four complained of pain but were not hospitalized, while the bus driver and the driver of a car had minor injuries and were treated at hospitals, according to a California Highway Patrol report. It s not as bad as it definitely could have been, California Highway Patrol Officer Randy Rodriguez said. A security surveillance video obtained by KABC-TV showed how the accident unfolded: As a car on a cross-street made a left turn onto the roadway, another car swerved to the right to avoid it and then swerved out of control to the left, crossed the center line and hit the side of the approaching bus. The impact knocked the bus into parked cars, and one was dragged until the bus hit a utility pole and stopped. Deon Jones, owner of the mangled car, told the TV station that he was at home when he heard the crash and went outside. Thank you, Lord, for not me being in that car. That s what I was thinking. I was blessed not to be in the car, he said. The driver of the car that caused the accident was being sought, according to the CHP. WWII museum acquires German document demanding surrender NATICK, Mass. (AP) A suburban Boston museum with a huge trove of World War II-era items has acquired two key documents, including one from the Germans demanding the U.S. surrender. The Natick-based Museum of World War II says the latest additions epitomize the American spirit at the end of the war. The museum says it acquired the English version of a German letter demanding the U.S. surrender at Bastogne, Belgium, in That demand prompted U.S. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe s legendary retort: NUTS! McAuliffe and the 101st Airborne Division were able to hold Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, considered one of the U.S. military s greatest triumphs. The museum says it s also acquired an original and previously unknown mimeographed period copy of the Potsdam Proclamation, which had called for Japan s unconditional surrender. California governor: Driver s license penalty harms the poor SARAMENTO, Calif. (AP) When Aaron Cutchon was laid off from his job at an auto body shop, he could no longer afford to pay for two traffic tickets he got for driving in a carpool lane. His license was suspended, and he had to stop attending classes at a Napa junior college where he was working toward an associate s degree. New legislation in California supported by Gov. Jerry Brown would eliminate such a dilemma by forbidding courts from taking licenses from people just because they can t pay their fines. State Sen. Robert Hertzberg introduced a bill this week that would ban the practice. Brown and Hertzberg say the current policy disproportionately targets low-income Californians and can send people into a cycle of job losses and more poverty. What we ve learned is it ruins people s lives, said Hertzberg, a Democrat from Van Nuys. The privilege of driving should not be connected with the size of your wallet. Cutchon, 35, said his two tickets have snowballed from roughly $900 to about $2,000 because of added fines and fees. He found a new job at a warehouse but said he doesn t make enough to pay off the tickets and can t get a higher-paying job because he doesn t have a license. The money he does make goes toward rent and taking care of his three children, said Cutchon, who lives in Cordelia, an area that overlaps the Bay Area city of Fairfield. Texas mosque destroyed in Saturday blaze; cause unknown VICTORIA, Texas (AP) An early-morning Saturday fire has destroyed a Texas mosque that had been a target of hatred in the past. The Victoria Advocate reports that a convenience store clerk spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2 a.m. Saturday and called the fire department. Jeff Cowan, battalion chief for the city s fire department, says firefighters and police officers found the mosque completely consumed in flames when they arrived. The blaze was extinguished about four hours later. No injuries have been reported. Victoria Fire Marshal Tom Legler has asked for help from state and federal fire investigators to determine what caused the blaze. The Islamic center s president, Shahid Hashmi, wouldn t speculate about whether it was arson, but he says the building was burglarized a week ago. The paper reports that in July 2013, a man admitted to painting H8, a computer shorthand for hate, on the outside of the building. The mosque has a congregation of 100 members. Prosecutors won t pursue misconduct charge against Christie HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) New Jersey prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue a criminal misconduct case against Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. Bergen County assistant prosecutor John Higgins said in a letter to Superior Court Judge Bonnie Mizdol that the state does not believe it can prove official misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt and will not be bringing charges. The letter deals a blow to the misconduct case stemming from a complaint filed by former Teaneck firefighter William Brennan, who has declared himself a Democratic candidate for governor. A municipal court judge is set to hear arguments for the second time in a probable cause hearing next month. Brennan s complaint says that Christie violated the state s misconduct law when he failed to reopen local access lanes in Fort Lee that were closed in an alleged political revenge plot to punish a mayor who didn t back Christie s re-election bid in A Superior Court judge this month sent the complaint back to municipal court for a new hearing. Judge refuses to toss lawsuit on harsh CIA interrogation SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against two psychologists who designed the CIA s harsh interrogation methods used on terror detainees, pushing them closer to a trial that is expected to include secret information. The American Civil Liberties Union sued James Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen on behalf of three former detainees, Gul Rahman, who died in custody, and Suleiman Abdullah Salim and Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud, who claim they were tortured in CIA prisons in Afghanistan. Trial is set for June in the lawsuit saying the psychologists Spokane, Washington, company contracted with the spy agency to develop interrogation methods such as waterboarding. The judge s decision comes as President Donald Trump declared this week that he believes torture works on terror suspects but that he would defer to his defense secretary, retired Gen. James Mattis, who has questioned the effectiveness of practices such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning. Feds: Arrests in scam banking on Hamilton, Adele shows NEW YORK (AP) Two men were charged Friday with roles in Ponzi schemes that cheated wealthy people, including some who believed they were investing in ticket businesses for popular shows like an Adele concert and Broadway s Hamilton. Joseph Meli, 42, of Manhattan, and Steven Simmons, 48, of Wilton, Connecticut, were arrested on charges alleging they enticed wealthy individuals to make multi-million-dollar investments. The Securities and Exchange Commission said in a civil complaint that the Ponzi schemes led people in 13 states to invest $81 million. Meli s scheme included investments in businesses that would buy large blocks of tickets for major concerts and musicals, authorities said. The SEC said at least $51 million of the $81 million was diverted to pay off other investors or for personal expenses of coconspirators. Simmons was not charged in the civil complaint, but both men were charged criminally with conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud. They were each freed on $1 million bail as U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV rejected a prosecutor s request that they be held without bail. Georgia city police chief, mayor apologize for 1940 lynching LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) In an emotional ceremony, the mayor and the police chief of a west Georgia city have apologized for the lynching of a black man more than 75 years ago. LaGrange Police Chief Lou Dekmar said the killing of Austin Callaway, who was taken from the city jail by a band of armed white men in 1940, should never have happened. Callaway was 18 when he was led from his basement cell in the LaGrange City Hall, then shot and left to die along a road on Sept. 7, He had been arrested that day, accused of assaulting a white woman. Dekmar told a gathering of blacks and whites packing a Methodist church in LaGrange that police that day had failed to protect Callaway in custody and failed afterward to investigate the killing, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution reported. I sincerely regret and denounce the role our police department played in Austin s lynching both through our action and inaction. For that I am profoundly sorry, Dekmar added. NYC to pay $6.9 million to man shot by off-duty officer NEW YORK (AP) New York City on Friday agreed to pay $6.9 million to a man shot six times by an off-duty police officer who had consumed 10 drinks before getting in his car to drive home. A spokesman for the city law department said Friday s settlement in the shooting by former officer Brendan Cronin was in the best interests of the city. Joseph Felice and Robert Borrelli sued the city after Cronin fired a barrage of bullets into their car in suburban Pelham on April 29, Borrelli was not hit and was able to drive his wounded friend to the hospital. Friday s settlement awards $6.9 million to Felice and $1.275 million to Borrelli. The two men were driving home from a recreational hockey game when Cronin opened fire on them without provocation. Cronin told Pelham police that he had downed 10 drinks at a bar after spending the day training at an NYPD shooting range. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges and is serving a nine-year prison sentence. An attorney for Felice and Borrelli, Debra S. Cohen, said the plaintiffs hope that the settlement demonstrates the beginning of a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol abuse by police officers. Man, son guilty of shackling, raping girl who escaped house TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) A father and his adult son were sentenced to life in prison Friday after being convicted of raping and shackling a teenage relative who escaped their basement by hiding a spare key and using it to unlock her handcuffs. Jurors found Timothy Ciboro and his 28-year-old son, Esten Ciboro, guilty on charges of rape, kidnapping and child endangering. Both men had denied abusing the girl, who is now 14, and a 9- year-old girl who also testified that she had been sexually abused by the father and son. Esten Ciboro, who along with his father served as his own attorney, told jurors during his closing argument Friday that they needed to do the right thing and reunite this family and end their suffering. Lucas County Judge Linda Jennings sentenced Timothy Ciboro to life without parole while his son received 68 years to life. No prison time for father who pleads in baby s hot car death JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A Mississippi father pleaded guilty Friday in the hot car death of his baby daughter but won t go to prison, under a deal with prosecutors. Joshua Blunt, 26, pleaded guilty to culpable negligence manslaughter and was given a five-year suspended sentence. His attorney, Carlos Moore, said Blunt agreed to the plea after the prosecutor in Grenada County acknowledged Blunt did not intentionally kill 8-month-old Shania Rihanna Caradine. The child died last May 19 after being found unconscious in Blunt s car, where she was left while he worked at a restaurant job in Grenada, a town about 100 miles north of Jackson. In August, grand jurors in another Mississippi county declined to indict a white mother whose 2-year-old died in a hot car eight days before Shania died. Moore has repeatedly said he believes Blunt, an African- American, was treated more harshly because of his race. Blunt forgot his baby was in the car, and that s something that could happen to many parents, Moore said. Tests: Maintenance workers killed by train were on drugs PHILADELPHIA (AP) Both maintenance workers killed by an Amtrak train near Philadelphia last year were on drugs when the crash happened, test results show, but that doesn t appear to have factored into safety lapses and miscommunications being blamed for their deaths. Toxicology reports released Thursday by federal safety investigators show backhoe operator Joseph Carter Jr. tested positive for cocaine and supervisor Peter Adamovich had morphine, codeine and oxycodone in his system. Tests on train engineer Alexander Hunter, who was injured in the crash, showed evidence of marijuana use. Other documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board pinned blame on a lax safety culture that put Carter, 61, and Adamovich, 59, in harm s way as they performed maintenance on an active track in April.

9 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Underground fires, toxins in unfunded cleanup of old mines The Red Elephants via AP A fake news story is positioned near ads from major global corporations on The Red Elephants website. It may not be intentional, but major corporations are helping prop up sites that publish false news stories. Experts say it s not so easy for brands to make sure they don t end up on websites that publish false stories. Intentionally or not, big brands are helping to fund fake news NEW YORK (AP) Wittingly or not, major global corporations are helping fund sites that traffic in fake news by advertising on them. Take, for instance, a story that falsely claimed former President Barack Obama had banned Christmas cards to overseas military personnel. Despite debunking by The Associated Press and other factchecking outlets, that article lives on at Fox News The FB Page, which has no connection to the news channel although its bears a replica of its logo. And until recently, the story was often flanked by ads from big brands such as the insurer Geico, the business-news outlet Financial Times, and the beauty-products maker Revlon. This situation isn t remotely an isolated case, although major companies generally say they have no intention of bankrolling purveyors of fake news with their ad dollars. Because many of their ads are placed on websites by computer algorithms, it s not always easy for these companies to steer them away from sites they find objectionable. Google, the biggest player in the digital ad market, places many of these ads. The company says it bars ads on its network from appearing against misrepresentative content its term for fake news yet Google spokeswoman Andrea Faville acknowledged that the company had sold ads on the site with the Christmas-card story. Those ads vanished after The Associated Press inquired about them. Faville declined to comment on their disappearance. online sites, from niche, smalltraffic blogs to professional news and entertainment sites with audiences in the tens of millions. By tracking web users to smaller sites, advertisers can reach them more cheaply than by limiting themselves to premium websites like the Washington Post, CBS or ESPN. The megaphone of social media can give marginal sites a big lift. When a fake-news story spreads on Facebook, lots of people end up on the article s original site and ads follow. The result: Big companies help fund some low-rent websites trafficking in conspiracy theories and other unverified claims, at the measly rate of a fraction of a cent per person per ad. ADS THAT GO WHERE THEY WILL Media advertising was much simpler when companies had only to buy ad space in newspapers or magazines to reach readers in a particular demographic category. Digital ads, by contrast, can wind up in unexpected places because they re placed by automated systems, not sales teams, and targeted at individuals rather than entire demographics. In effect, these ads follow potential customers around the web, where a tangle of networks and exchanges place them into ad slots at online publications. These middlemen have varying standards and levels of interest in helping advertisers ensure that their ads avoid controversy. A brand wouldn t have a real foolproof way of not getting on sites that have issues like this, said Joseph Galarneau, CEO of the New York City startup Mezzobit, which helps publishers and marketers manage advertising technology. BRANDS IN A BIND When the AP pointed out that a Chrysler Ram truck ad popped up on a story saying that the United Nations was making the U.S. pay reparations to AfricanAmericans it s not Fiat Chrysler said it works with ad companies to scour individual sites and block them from loading its ads if it finds them harmful. An ad for would-be Amazon rival Jet.com, owned by Walmart, showed up on a misleading story claiming California had legalized child prostitution. The company said in an ed statement that it has filters that stop its ads from loading on these kinds of sites, but wouldn t provide more detail or explain its criteria. Walgreens ads also popped up next to the child prostitution story on the site The Red Elephants, but the drugstore chain has since prevented its ads from appearing there, a company spokesman said. A person who responded to an sent to The Red Elephants declined to discuss the site s advertising, but insisted that the child-prostitution story was true. The person declined to provide their name. A Financial Times spokeswoman said in an ed statement that the media company was frustrated to learn that its ads appeared next to fake news like the Christmas-card story, saying the situation underscored the very real risk of using automated ads. We think the ad technology ecosystem could, and should, do more to improve brand safety, she said. Revlon declined to comment. AUTOMATIC FAKE-NEWS FUNDING Such automated ads are a major income source for fake news stories, which may have influenced voters in the U.S. presidential election. False stories can undermine trust in real news and they can be dangerous. A widely shared but untrue story that pegged a Washington, D.C., pizzeria as part of a Hillary Clinton-run child sex trafficking ring led a man to fire a gun in the restaurant. This largely invisible web of automated exchanges and ad networks funds millions of WHERE FAKE FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS While advertising technology vendors have safeguards in place to help mainstream advertisers avoid porn or hate speech, those don t always work for spoof news sites, said Marc Goldberg, CEO of Trust Metrics. Advertisers pay him to keep them off unwanted sites. That s partly because fake news can be hard to define. And while advertisers can come up with blacklists of sites to avoid, there s no guarantee that adtech vendors farther down in the food chain will honor it, said Susan Bidel, an advertising analyst for research firm Forrester. Many publishers and advertisers use Google s ad technology without having Google sell their ads. In those cases, Google s misrepresentative-content policy doesn t apply. A Geico spokeswoman said the company didn t know about its ad that ran on the spoof Fox News site. PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. (AP) An underground coal mine fire burns beneath a sprawling hillside in West Virginia, the pale, acrid smoke rising from gashes in the scarred, muddy earth only a stone s throw from some houses. The fire, which may have started with arson, lightning or a forest fire, smoldered for several years before bursting into flames last July in rural Preston County. The growing blaze moved the mine to the top of a list of thousands of problem decades-old coal sites in West Virginia awaiting cleanup and vying for limited federal funds. State officials say $4.5 billion worth of work remains at more than 3,300 sites abandoned by coal companies before 1977, when Congress passed a law establishing a national fund for old cleanups. That program was part of an effort to heal the state from the ravages of an industry that once dominated its economy but has fallen on hard times. West Virginia is right at the top for needs, said Chuck Williams, head of Alabama s efforts and past president of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Lands Programs. He said Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia all states with a mining history that extends back two centuries account for the lion s share of unfinished work among the 28 states and Indian tribes in the program. Despite being one of the most affected, federal officials have only one-third of West Virginia s proposed cleanup costs on their $7 billion national list of highpriority work. The sites include old mines that leak acidic water into streams and kill wildlife and dangerous holes that attract children. Tunnels and caverns beneath homes also need to be shored up and new water lines are needed where wells are polluted. Our program exists to abate health and safety hazards, said Rob Rice, chief of the West Virginia Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, which is handling the mine fire. We have so much need. It s frustrating for us. Environmental improvements are a secondary but major benefit, he said. This whole area has been extensively mined, said Jonathan Knight, riding recently through the exurbs east of Morgantown. A planner for the state office, he said housing developments have been built above old mines that many homeowners don t even know about. The state will get $23.3 million from the federal reclamation fund this year, which is replenished by fees on mining companies. The mines pay 12 cents per ton of underground coal mined and 28 cents per ton from surface mining, but the funding has dropped the past three years with a downturn in coal production. It will cost about $1 billion just to extinguish all of West Virginia s 43 fires in abandoned mines, according to the state office. They could have been caused by forest fires, arson, lightning strikes or even old underground explosions that never went completely out. About $5 million will be spent to extinguish the Preston County fire, smoldering a stone s throw from houses in a mostly rural area near the hamlet of Newburg. In October, the office spent $209,400 to cut trees and plug holes feeding the fire with oxygen. The state office, with about 50 staff, is paid from the federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund along with the contractors it hires. Together they close mine portals, extinguish fires, support collapsing hillsides and sinking houses, and treat acidic water leaking out along with dissolved metals. The need for drainage work won t end for centuries. The grants also fund water lines to replace polluted wells. There s more water within mine pools in West Virginia than there is in the lakes of West Virginia, Rice said. More than 2,500 miles of streams are severely degraded because of mine drainage in West Virginia.

10 10 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Lee, Hamilton County schools partner with Project Inspire By SARALYN NORKUS Banner Staff Writer Lee University is partnering with the Public Education Foundation (PEF) and Hamilton County Schools to help expand the Project Inspire teacher residency program. Lee University and the Helen DeVos College of Education have worked with the Hamilton County Department of Education for many years, Lee University Dean of Education Dr. Bill Estes said. We have also seen the development and impact of PEF programming throughout Chattanooga. We are so pleased to have a more formalized agreement such as this and to partner in this residency program. Project Inspire was developed in close partnership with Hamilton County Department of Education (HCDE) to meet the specific needs of local students, and in alignment with the district s strategic plan goals. Expanding Project Inspire to include elementary literacy will help address the need to build strong foundations to ensure more students are reading on grade level by the third grade. Project Inspire is part of a comprehensive approach to attract and retain great teachers and leaders into Hamilton County priority schools in order to close the achievement gap between low-income students and their peers. As the higher-education partner for Project Inspire, Lee will offer a 14-month degree program specifically tailored for the needs of residents, which will ultimately end with them receiving a masters of arts in teaching. We re excited to partner with this residency program. Let me stress the words to partner, we re not just coming in and teaching some classes, Estes added. We went down for the training. We helped write the MLU. We re going to help in the selection. We ve helped in crafting the entire program from start to finish. We re working with Hamilton County and their principals, supervisors and central office in this program. The Project Inspire partners aim to bring candidates into the educational residency program. Residents will be nontraditional teaching candidates and must teach in Hamilton County for a minimum of four years. The trick is hiring. You want to hire caring, competent, capable teachers. Hamilton County has schools that have incredible difficulties because of what comes into them, Estes commented. You ve got to find good people. Trump, Putin discuss mutually beneficial trade and security WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump had an hourlong discussion Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin the first since Trump assumed office last week raising questions over the fate of U.S. sanctions against Moscow and whether the two will look to enhance military cooperation against the Islamic State group. The White House provided a thin readout on the call between the two leaders, saying it was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair. The two leaders discussed a range in topics from mutual cooperation in defeating ISIS to efforts in working together to achieve more peace throughout the world including Syria, the White House statement said, using an acronym for the militant group. A White House official later said sanctions did not come up in Saturday s call between Trump and Putin. The official said Putin brought up several times that Islamic terrorism was a common foe for the U.S. and Russia. The official was not authorized to disclose details of the call by name and insisted on anonymity. Contrary to statements from the White House, the Kremlin said that the two leaders addressed the importance of restoring mutually beneficial trade and economic ties between business circles of the two countries. The Kremlin also said that Putin and Trump spoke in particular about international issues, including the fight against terrorism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iran s nuclear program, the situation on the Korean peninsula and the Ukraine crisis. Moscow has applauded Trump s promises to rebuild U.S.-Russian relations, which have been pushed to their worst level since the Cold War by the Ukraine crisis, war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. Trump signed a presidential memorandum on the plan to defeat the Islamic State group Saturday, including in it the possibility of teaming up with new coalition partners, suggesting that pairing up with Russia on counterterrorism issues isn t off the table. Having taught at inner city schools himself, Estes is well versed in the difficulties that can come with the job and added the candidates will know if they want to teach in those difficult situations early on in the process. Hamilton County has 17 high schools, 21 middle schools and 46 elementary schools and there is always a need for quality teachers, especially in more difficult STEM areas and at the secondary level. In August I looked on Hamilton County s website and saw around 300 openings a teacher residency program fits into a large district, Estes explained. This is a unique need that Hamilton County has. It matches what we do and we think we can help them. Estes added Cleveland and Bradley County schools are not being slighted because they have a plethora of applicants for their open positions. We work with the local schools in Cleveland and Bradley County every day. We re working more and more with Hamilton County because they are coming to us and we need that. We re sneaky big we ve been licensing over 150 people a year, so that s too much for just Cleveland and Bradley County. In the past five years, Lee University has recommended over 750 candidates to By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer Many home fires could be lessened in severity and possibly lives that have been lost in fires could have been avoided, had the homes had working smoke detectors. The IAFF Local 4868 of the Bradley County Fire-Rescue want to get these detectors into homes that do not have them. They are offering the smoke alarms at no cost to area residents. Our chiefs approved $500 toward purchasing these smoke detectors, which gave us 95 detectors, said Lt. Aaron Hicks, Local 4868 president. Then, our friends at Wholesale Supply wanted to help also, so they donated another 35 smoke detectors. Wholesale Supply also helped in purchasing the smoke detectors at discount prices, so that the fire and rescue service will have 130 smoke detectors to pass out to those in need. The money to purchase the smoke detectors came from members of the local firefighters union, and is just one of several events the group has Photo from Lee University LEE UNIVERSITY has partnered with the Public Education Foundation and Hamilton County Schools for the Project Inspire teacher residency program. Tennessee for licensure in over 31 areas of teaching. Interviews for Project Inspire residency will be held on Jan. 30 and March 13. The residents will begin classes in June and July, then will transition to the classroom at the start of the school year. Project Inspire residents been involved in to help the community. The money for helping people in our county comes from our firefighters union every month, through their dues and donations, Hicks noted. They want to help as much as they can, because this is where they live and work. Hicks said while the firefighters main duties are to prevent fires, loss of property and loss of life, they want others to see that they are doing more to help the community they love. Other events the Local 4868 has been involved in include the Save The Bear fundraiser to help many in the community at Christmas. This coincided with the Shop with a Firefighter event the firefighters and others involved with the Save The Bear were a part of at the south Walmart just prior to Christmas. In fact, the local union donated $1,000 to that program, and thoroughly enjoyed going through the store with children to select items for the holiday, either for themselves or for family members. The Local 4868 also is Banner photo, DANIEL GUY THE BRADLEY COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE IAFF Local 4868, with assistance from Wholesale Supply, purchased many smoke detectors to give out to homes without the detectors in the county. From left are Vice President of Wholesale Supply Jeff Rogers, President of the Firefighters Union Aaron Hicks, Director of Purchasing for Wholesale Supply Ben Ammons, and Bradley County Fire and Rescue Chief Troy Maney. Wholesale Supply, local Fire-Rescue purchase smoke detectors for needy involved with the Muscular Dystrophy Association Boot Drive each year. The members help house pets involved in home fires when need be, and have collected money to pass along to families in need who have been involved in fires. Hicks said he sees the same attitude in wanting to help the community in the employees and management at Wholesale Supply. They wanted to help, and did so with this smoke detector program. We really appreciate their help, Hicks added. Anybody who may be in need of a smoke detector, which the firefighters will also install for them, can contact the Bradley County Fire and Rescue service at If anyone wishes to make donations to the service, they can also do so by checking out the union s Facebook page at BCF-R Association, Local When you help us, we can provide even more help in our community as well as through our normal work at putting out fires and saving property and lives, Hicks stressed. Trump sets 5-year and lifetime lobbying ban for officials WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump acted Saturday to fulfill a key portion of his pledge to drain the swamp in Washington, banning administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying. Trump has said individuals who want to aid him in his quest to Make America Great Again should focus on the jobs they will be doing to help the American people, not thinking ahead to the future income they Trump was noncommittal about whether he was considering lifting the economic sanctions ahead of the call, telling reporters Friday: We ll see what happens. As far as the sanctions, very early to be talking about that. In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine s Crimea region and backed separatists fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine, drawing widespread condemnation in Europe and the United States. In response, sanctions were implemented against sectors of Russia s economy, including financial services, energy, mining and defense. The Obama administration also sanctioned people in Putin s inner circle. Shortly before leaving office, President Barack Obama also ordered sanctions on Russian spy agencies, closed two Russian compounds in the United States and expelled 35 diplomats that he said were really spies. These sanctions followed an assessment by U.S. intelligence that Moscow meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump become president. Trump s tempered approach to U.S.-Russia relations has already raised concern among several European allies who believe keeping Russia in check is essential to regional security. British Prime Minister Theresa May, whose country as part of the European Union also has punished Russia for its provocations in Ukraine, voiced the view of many in Europe, telling reporters in Washington on Friday: We believe the sanctions should continue. Vice President Mike Pence and other senior advisers joined Trump for the call with Putin, including his national security adviser, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, chief of staff Reince Priebus and senior strategist Steve Bannon. Trump also spoke on Saturday with the leaders of Japan, Germany, France and Australia. Two Republican senators Arizona s John McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Ohio s Rob Portman, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee warned the White House about easing any punishments on Moscow and they pledged to turn the sanctions into law. could rake in by peddling their influence after serving in government. Most of the people standing behind me will not be able to go to work, Trump joked, referring to an array of White House officials who lined up behind him as he sat at his Oval Office desk. The officials included Vice President Mike Pence, chief of staff Reince Priebus, senior strategist Steve Bannon and counselor Kellyanne Conway. So you have one last chance to get out. Trump said he talked about the ban a lot during the campaign and we re now putting it into effect. In a pair of separate actions, Trump took steps to begin restructuring the White House National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. He also gave Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the president s top military advisers, 30 days to come up with a plan defeat the Islamic State group. Scores of people have been killed in terrorist acts that IS has carried out overseas or has inspired on U.S. soil. Under an executive order that Trump signed in the presence of the news media, every political appointee joining the executive branch on or after Jan. 20 the day Trump took office must agree to the lobbying bans. That includes avoiding, for five years after leaving, lobbying the agency they worked for. Another provision sets a twoyear period during which appointees must avoid working on issues involving former employers or clients. Trump is allowed to waive any of the restrictions. Questions had been raised about how the bans would be enforced. The order says they are solely enforceable by the U.S. government by any legally available means, including debarment proceeding within any affected executive branch agency, or civil court proceedings. Former appointees who are found to have violated the ban may also be barred from lobbying their former agency for up to five years, on top of the five-year period covered by the pledge, the executive order states. will benefit from mentoring both by Hamilton County Department of Education faculty members and Lee University supervisors. These students are going to get supervision from the teacher in their classroom, from Lee, their principal they are going to get a lot of direct feedback, which is more than most teaching candidates get, Estes explained. There is no sink or swim. The following summer, residents will return to Lee for their final 12 hours of classes, which will allow them to graduate with a masters of arts in teaching and be eligible for Tennessee teaching licensure. Republican lawmakers worry about Trumpcare WASHINGTON (AP) Republican lawmakers are fearful about the potential political fallout if their eventual replacement of President Barack Obama s health law doesn t deliver, and they didn t hold back at their recent policy conference. We d better be sure that we re prepared to live with the market we ve created, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., was quoted as saying in Saturday s Washington Post, one of the media organizations that obtained an audio recording of a private session at last week s GOP strategy retreat in Philadelphia, That s going to be called Trumpcare. Republicans will own that lock, stock and barrel, and we ll be judged in the election less than two years away. Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., worried that Republican plans could strip health insurance from many of the 20 million people who gained covered through the Affordable Care Act, including through the expansion of Medicaid. We re telling those people that we re not going to pull the rug out from under them, and if we do this too fast, we are in fact going to pull the rug out from under them, MacArthur was quoted as saying. The Post said the remarks made by McClintock and others were confirmed by their offices or the congressmen themselves. The concerns focused on how to quickly repeal Obama s program and replace it without depriving people of coverage or driving up premiums. Rep. John Faso, R-N.Y., warned against eliminating federal money for Planned Parenthood, as many Republicans hope to do with the repeal. We are just walking into a gigantic political trap if we go down this path of sticking Planned Parenthood in the health insurance bill, he said. Faso s remarks drew tepid applause, according to the account. The Post said Congress has been left without explicit guidance from Trump or his administration. Andrew Bremberg, who heads Trump s domestic policy council, attended the session but offered few details about what legislative proposals the president favors, the report said.

11 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Pearl Harbor Navy salvage diver dies at age 103 SAN DIEGO (AP) Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. Hartle died Tuesday afternoon at an Escondido, California, center for people with Alzheimer s disease or dementia, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday. A reporter was at his bedside with Hartle s son and daughter three hours before his death. Hartle may have been the oldest surviving Pearl Harbor salvage diver, said David Ball of San Diego, an officer with the Navy Divers Association. Hartle and his fellow Seabees worked in the days before scuba diving equipment was commonplace. His heavy canvas diving suit and brass helmet weighed more than 200 pounds. Japan s Dec. 7, 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor sank or beached 18 ships. Among them was the battleship Arizona, which went down with 1,177 crew members. Hartle was working as a civilian ship-fitter at a Navy yard in the San Francisco Bay Area when the war broke out but he wasn t allowed to enlist until 1943 because his job was deemed too important to the war effort. Hartle was proud of the work he performed over the next two years, his children said. He risked death by towing away unexploded torpedoes and salvaging ships and planes, first at Pearl Harbor and later from Maine to the Philippines. He suffered the bends painful and dangerous bubbles in his bloodstream from improper decompression and was nearly killed when an anchor chain cracked and spewed metal shards. But he avoided mentioning one task: recovering the long-submerged bodies of sailors who went to the bottom at Pearl Harbor. He just didn t like talking about it, said his son, Ken W. Hartle, 64, of Montana. He would only say that the hardest part of the job was bringing up our boys. Ambert Kenneth Hartle was born in 1913 in Bakersfield, California. His mother, a brother and a sister died from illness or accidents before he was 10 and his father was sent to a tuberculosis sanitarium in 1916, according to Hartle s children. Hartle and his siblings were sent to Los Angeles to live with relatives but he hitchhiked to the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked as a prune-picker, a ranch hand and a cook for mining camps and resorts, earned a high school diploma and studied commercial art in college, where he also managed the basketball team. Fashion police: Cops ease rules on tattoos, turbans and beards NEW YORK (AP) The Joe Friday look is out. Tattoos, turbans and beards are in. Police departments, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional grooming standards and getting away from rules that used to require a uniformly clean-shaven, 1950s look. More officers are on the job with tattoos inked on their forearms, beards on their chins or religious head coverings like hijabs and turbans in place of or tucked beneath their blue caps. My turban is a part of me, said Mandeep Singh, among 160 Sikhs in the New York City Police Department who last month were allowed to wear navy blue turbans in place of the standard-issue police caps. This opens a gate for other potential candidates who felt they could not be a police officer because they would have to choose either the job or their faith. That followed a 2014 move by the St. Paul, Minnesota, police to create a special hijab for its first female Somali Muslim officer. Muslim NYPD officer Masood Syed, who grows a beard for religious reasons, was suspended for its length and sued his department last year over a rule requiring beards to be trimmed to within a millimeter of the skin. As a result, the department changed the length to a half-inch and reinstated him. Syed s suit is still pending, though, because he said the length is arbitrary and it should be case by case, depending on the officer s needs. It s 2017, Syed said. The police department is supposed to reflect the community that it s policing. Many departments say it s tougher to attract candidates to a physically demanding job that offers low pay and is under increasingly intense public scrutiny. That has led many to make a nod to shifting fashion trends, particularly among millennials, and ease longstanding bans on beards and visible tattoos. New Orleans; Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; and Pinellas Park, Florida, are among the departments that look the other way if a recruit comes in with visible tattoos. Modern practice is colliding with dress codes, said Will Aitchison, an attorney who represents police unions during laborrelated disputes. And what police departments really should be focused on is how the officer performs his or her job, as opposed to how they look. In Kansas, state police did a public survey on whether officers should be allowed to have tattoos to help determine whether to change their policy after they couldn t fill about 100 trooper jobs. Half of the nearly 20,000 respondents had tattoos themselves. Sixty-nine percent said the department shouldn t have a policy prohibiting visible tattoos. We were surprised by the response, said Lt. Adam Winters. It just doesn t seem to bother people. Still, the department s prohibition on visible tattoos has stayed in place, in part because of the potential challenge of regulating the content of tattoos that might be offensive. In Philadelphia, the department is considering tightening its policy after photos surfaced last fall of an officer in uniform with a tattoo on his forearm showing a Nazi symbol: a spread-winged eagle under the word Fatherland. In Chicago, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by tattooed officers all military veterans who objected to a new requirement that they wear long sleeves to cover up their inked arms during a sweltering Midwestern summer. The judge argued it would be too difficult for departments to determine what would be considered offensive and need to be covered. But, the police brass recently started allowing them again they said as a morale booster for a beleaguered force. Study: Grass carp have invaded 3 of the Great Lakes TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Invasive grass carp have reached three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk there, but time remains to prevent them from getting out of hand, according to a scientific analysis released Friday. The voracious grass carp is among four Asian carp species threatening to reach the world s largest surface freshwater system. Bighead and silver carp, the most feared, would compete with native fish that eat microscopic plants and animals, while grass carp feast on aquatic vegetation that provides crucial habitat and spawning grounds. Grass carp have been found in Lakes Erie, Michigan and Ontario, although it s uncertain how many there are or how widely they have spread, U.S. and Canadian researchers said. At least some are reproducing. For the first time, we have a binational, peer-reviewed study by some of the best minds and practitioners in the field who have a consensus on what the risk is to the Great Lakes from grass carp, and it s pretty substantial, said Marc Gaden, spokesman for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Grass carp were introduced to the U.S. in the early 1960s to control weed growth in waterways. Like other Asian carp, some escaped into the Mississippi River and have migrated northward toward the Great Lakes. It has long been known that at least a small number of grass carp were in the lakes, Gaden said. Some may have slipped into Lake Michigan through a Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File AuStin Police officer David Easley puts a tattooed arm around Jarvis Moblin, 8, in a hug during the 14th annual Shop With A Cop shopping spree at a Target in Austin, Texas. Police departments around the country, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional grooming standards. More officers are on the job with tattoos inked on their forearms, beards on their chins, or religious head coverings like hijabs and turbans in place of (or tucked beneath) their blue caps. Jason Johnson /the State Journal-register via AP in An Aug. 2, 2012 Photo, Asian carp species, from top, silver, bighead, and grass lay alongside each other prior to being prepared at Carters Fish Market in Springfield, Ill. Scientists say grass carp have invaded three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk. But they say there's still time to prevent them from becoming established. Chicago-area waterway network before electric barriers were erected to block fish migration. People might have released others, intentionally or by accident. They ve just been humming in the background, Gaden said. They haven t gotten a lot of attention. Once in a while one would get captured. But they have turned up more often in recent years and the threat of a full-fledged invasion appears to be rising, he said. A particularly ominous sign is that some of those caught have been fertile. Grass carp reared in hatcheries, which some states allow, are supposed to be sterilized before being released into the wild. Twenty-three grass carp have been caught in Canada since 2012, including five in Lake Ontario at Toronto, said Becky Cudmore, Asian carp program manager for Canada s fisheries and oceans agency and the report s primary author. Right now, the sterile fish outnumber the fertile fish, Cudmore said. This isn t game over, but we are finding more of these fertile fish. The analysis said it is very likely that grass carp will become established in Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Ontario within 10 years unless effective steps are taken to stop them. The risk is lower in frigid Lake Superior, which offers less food. An established population is AP Photo/Mary Altaffer new York city police officer Masood Syed speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. More officers are on the job with tattoos inked on forearms and biceps, wearing religious headgear like hijabs and turbans, and growing out beards. one that reproduces over multiple generations. Researchers are studying how to prevent that, Gaden said. Tougher enforcement of laws against bringing them into the region would help, along with greater care to prevent release of fertile fish from hatcheries. Another possibility would be using nets to block their path to spawning areas during times when they reproduce, Cudmore said. Asian carp are known to spawn later than native fish. Our assessment is saying that yes, they were showing up before, but now they re starting the invasion process, she said. They have arrived. Now is the time to act. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina s governor insists there are enough votes to kill the state s bathroom bill. But a survey by The Associated Press and eight North Carolina newspapers shows less than a third of lawmakers are willing to publicly commit to that stance. A closely watched deal to repeal the law fell apart during a December special session amid distrust between Democrats and Republicans. The law known as House Bill 2 sparked backlash from businesses and LGBT advocates who say it s discriminatory because it requires transgender people to use restrooms in many public buildings that correspond to the sex on their birth certificates. It also excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from statewide antidiscrimination protections. Only 12 of 50 state senators and 40 of 118 current House members said they support abolishing the law, nearly all of them Democrats. On the other side, 13 representatives and six senators said firmly that they want the law to remain. But the survey doesn t give a clear answer about the likelihood of undoing the law. In both chambers, those giving a yes or no were outnumbered by those on the fence or declining to participate. It s going to be a heavy lift. I hesitate to comment one way or another without seeing a specific proposal, said Republican Rep. Josh Dobson, who represents mountain counties. About 10 Republicans in each chamber said they were open to finding a solution but would have to see what s included in a repeal bill. The survey was conducted over the opening days of this year s legislative session. Many Republican lawmakers are likely keeping their views private to discourage public squabbling, said Republican Mike Hager, who served as House Majority Leader before leaving the legislature last year. The House Republican Caucus has been divided over repeal legislation. Hager also said many GOP legislators from rural, socially conservative areas are torn between concerns about HB2 hampering economic activity and the desire to protect bathroom privacy and respect religious views. People have deep-seated feelings about family norms, Hager said. You ve got to have someone brave enough and offer a compromise, because that is what it s going to take. 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12 12 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Trump order on refugees, Muslims sparks confusion, worry WASHINGTON (AP) Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump s crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-muslim countries took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer. The immediate fallout from Trump s order meant that an untold number of foreign-born U.S. residents now traveling outside the U.S. could be stuck overseas for at least 90 days despite holding permanent residency green cards or other visas. And some foreign nationals who were allowed to board flights before the order was signed Friday were being detained at U.S. airports, told they were no longer welcome. Trump billed his sweeping executive order as a necessary step to stop radical Islamic terrorists from coming to the U.S. Included is a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen and a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Trump s order singled out Syrians for the most aggressive ban, indefinitely blocking entry for anyone from that country, including those fleeing civil war. The directive did not do anything to prevent attacks from homegrown extremists who were already in America, a primary concern of federal law enforcement officials. It also omitted Saudi Arabia, home to most of the Sept. 11 hijackers. As a candidate Trump pledged to temporarily ban Muslims from coming to the U.S., then said he would implement extreme vetting for people from countries with significant terror concerns. Trump told reporters Saturday the order is not a Muslim ban. It s working out very nicely, Trump said of the implementation of his order. We re going to have a very, very strict ban and we re going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years. The order drew criticism from U.S. lawmakers and officials around the globe. Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said while Trump is right to focus on border security, the order is too broad. If we send a signal to the Middle East that the U.S. sees all Muslims as jihadis, the terrorist recruiters win by telling kids that America is banning Muslims and that this is America versus one religion, Sasse said. Our generational fight against jihadism requires wisdom. In Tehran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would stop issuing new visas to U.S. citizens in response to Trump s ban, but that anyone already with a visa to Iran wouldn t be turned away. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter Saturday afternoon to say that refugees were welcome in Canada, regardless of your faith. Two of the first people blocked from entering the United States were Iraqis with links to the U.S. military. Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi were detained by immigration officials after landing at New York s Kennedy airport Friday night. Darweesh had worked as an interpreter for the U.S. Army when it invaded Iraq in Later he worked as a contract engineer. He was allowed into the U.S. Saturday afternoon, hours after his attorney petitioned a federal court to let the two men go. In their court filing, his lawyers said Alshawai s wife had worked for a U.S. security contractor in Iraq. Members of her family had been killed by insurgents because of their association with the U.S. military. The government can exempt foreign nationals from the ban if their entry is deemed in the national interest. But it was not immediately clear how that exemption might be applied. Diplomats from the seven countries singled out by Trump s order would still be allowed into the U.S. Those already in the U.S. with a visa or green card would be allowed to stay, according to the official, who wasn t authorized to publicly discuss the details of how Trump s order was being put in place and spoke only on condition of anonymity. Trump s order also directed U.S. officials to review information as needed to fully vet foreigners asking to come to the U.S. and draft a list of countries that don t provide that information. That left open the possibility that citizens of other countries could also face a travel ban. AP Photo/susan walsh PresIDeNT DoNAlD TruMP signs an executive order on extreme vetting during an event at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday. Syria refugees see dream of better life crushed by Trump ban AMMAN, Jordan (AP) Syrian refugee Ammar Sawan took a first hopeful step toward moving to the United States last fall, submitting to an initial security screening. His dream of a better life was abruptly crushed when President Donald Trump banned Syrian refugees from the U.S. until further notice. Sawan learned of the entry ban while watching late night TV news with his wife in their small apartment in the Jordanian capital of Amman. When we heard of the order, it was like a bolt of lightning, and all our hopes and dreams vanished, the 40-year-old said Saturday, a day after Trump s executive order. He and other Syrian refugees bristled at the idea that they pose a potential security threat, saying they are peaceful people fleeing persecution. Some warned that the new U.S. policy will be seen as targeting Muslims and further inflame anti-american sentiment in the region. This decision made the U.S. loose its reputation in the world as the biggest economy, the biggest democracy, said refugee Nasser Sheik, 44, who was paralyzed by a stroke two years ago and lives with his family in Amman. We are not going out to harm people of other countries, added his wife Madaya, 37. Trump on Friday suspended all refugee admissions to the U.S. for four months and banned the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely pending a security review meant to ensure terrorists cannot slip through vetting. Trump also issued a 90- day ban on all entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries with terrorism concerns, including Syria. At the time of Trump s decision, more than 27,000 Syrian refugees from 11 Middle Eastern host countries were being considered for resettlement to the U.S. and were in various stages of the approval process, according to the International Organization for Migration. During the last budget year, the U.S. accepted 84,995 refugees, including 12,587 from Syria. Close to 5 million Syrians have fled their country since an uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted in 2011 and escalated into civil war. Most refugees have settled in neighboring countries, including Jordan and Lebanon where their struggle for survival gets tougher every day. Savings have run out, jobs are poorly paid and refugee children learn in crowded classrooms. Many refugees prefer to return home, but that s not an option as long as the war continues. Eager to escape tough conditions in the host countries, resettlement to the West now seems the best alternative. Ammar Sawan fled the Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh in 2012, after he was roughed up by pro-assad militiamen and feared eventual arrest. His wife Sanaa, 35, and three sons followed him a year later, fleeing government shelling. The couple had a fourth child, a girl, in Jordan, last year. The family struggles to cover rent, utilities and school transportation for the three oldest, especially during the winter when Sawan s income from his part-time work as an upholsterer drops. Sawan worries about his children, including bullying in school. His oldest, 15-year-old Khaled, said Jordanian students sometimes pick fights with Syrians school mates. Sawan said he underwent the first round of security vetting for possible resettlement to the U.S. in October. With a new life in America suddenly in reach, he began to dream of a decent education for his children and a stable income for the family. My dream, even before the war in Syria, was to live in America, he said, as the family huddled around a gas heater in the living room. Now he is disappointed in America. We are not terrorists and we don t support terrorism, he said. Refugee aid groups said Trump s ban is hurting innocent people. It will not make America safer, Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said by phone from Oslo. It will make America smaller and meaner. He said the new U.S. policy deals a blow to international responsibility for those fleeing persecution, an idea forged in the aftermath of the Holocaust when Jews and others seeking safe haven were often let down. Others said U.S. security checks of refugees are already robust, involving biometric screening and up to three years of vetting. The suspension of the refugee admissions allows for exceptions, including for members of minority faiths claiming persecution, such as Christians in Muslim-majority countries. Feras Zahka, 35, a Syrian Christian who fled to Turkey, is in the final stages of vetting to immigrate to the U.S., but now fears he won t be able to go. I was going through security screenings before the (US) elections took place, he said by phone from Istanbul, where he works as a hotel receptionist. I am scared my file will be scrapped. Bashir al-saadi, 67, a Christian in the town of Qamishli in northern Syria, said giving preferential treatment to Christians could raise tensions with their Muslim neighbors. Giving visas to Christians (only) will give the impression that the U.S. is a Christian state and is standing against Islam, said al-saadi who has family in the U.S. This will trigger resentment, might foment religious conflict and reflect badly on us. Mohammed Hassan al-homsi, who fled his hometown of Palmyra in Syria, said Trump s decision will serve as propaganda fodder for Islamic State, the extremist group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq. The entry ban will encourage Islamic State supporters, al- Homsi wrote in text messages from Syria s rebel-held province of Idlib where he found refuge. This decision proves the militant group s theory that the West, led by the United States, is an enemy of Muslims, he wrote. It s an unfortunate decision. AP Photo/sam McNeil AMMAr sawan, 40, center, looks at the youngest of his four children, Sham, 1, in Amman, Jordan on Sat. Jan. 28, The family took their first step toward resettlement in the United States three months ago, submitting to an initial round of security screenings. His dreams of a better life were crushed when President Donald Trump issued an indefinite ban on displaced Syrians entering the United States. Anger erupts over Trump s order banning refugees from U.S. LONDON (AP) Anger erupted on Saturday along with some praise from the far-right about U.S. President Donald Trump s ban on refugees entering the United States. The French president vigorously urged European leaders to present a united front against populism while the German foreign minister noted that love thy neighbor is a key part of America s Christian traditions. Turkey s prime minister insisted that you cannot settle this issue by building walls. In Israel, meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted Trump s plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border as a great idea. FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Europe is facing a moment of truth. The issue is populism. What we are hearing from the U.S. encourages populism and even extremism. They are saying that Europe should not take immigrants, shouldn t stay together, not believe in climate change. We should engage in discussions (with the U.S.) that sometimes should be very firm. And as long as there are statements from the U.S. president about Europe, when he speaks about the model of Brexit for other countries, when the U.S. president talks about climate change... saying he s not convinced of it, we should respond to him. When he takes protectionist measures, we should respond to him. When he destabilizes the economies of other countries, not only European ones, we should respond to him. When he rejects the arrival of refugees, while Europe has done its duty, we should respond to him. NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL Trump s decision will not make America safer, it will make America smaller and meaner. TURKISH PRIME MINISTER BINALI YILDIRIM You cannot settle this (refugee) issue by building walls. Nobody leaves their homes for nothing. Turkey has admitted some 3 million Syrian refugees since the start of the war in its neighbor. They came here to save their lives and our doors were open. And if the same thing happened again, we would do it again. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER MALALA YOUSAFZAI Donald Trump should not turn his back on the world s most defenseless children and families. Refugees and immigrants, she says have helped build your country. IRANIAN PRESIDENT HAS- SAN ROUHANI Those seeking to create walls between nations have forgotten that the Berlin Wall collapsed years ago. GERMAN FOREIGN MINIS- TER SIGMAR GABRIEL Love thy neighbor is part of this (American Christian) tradition, the act of helping others. FRENCH FOREIGN MINIS- TER JEAN-MARC AYRAULT We have signed international obligations, so welcoming refugees fleeing war and oppression forms part of our duties. THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE The agency is calling President Donald Trump s suspension of the U.S. refugee resettlement program a harmful and hasty decision. IRC President David Miliband says America must remain true to its core values. America must remain a beacon of hope. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY The United States is responsible for the United States policy on refugees. ISRAEL PRESIDENT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Netanyahu tweeted that Israel s wall along its border with Egypt had stemmed a swell of African migrants: President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea. FAR-RIGHT DUTCH POPULIST GEERT WILDERS In a tweet, the Dutch anti- Islam populist Wilders, whose Party for Freedom is polling strongly ahead of the country s March 15 election, says: No immigrants from Islamic countries. PM Trudeau: Canada welcomes refugees TORONTO (AP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will welcome you. He says he also intends to talk to Trump about the success of Canada s refugee policy. Trudeau reacted to Trump s visa ban for people from certain Muslim-majority countries by tweeting Saturday: To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada. Trudeau also posted a picture of him greeting a Syrian child at Toronto s airport in late Trudeau oversaw the arrival of more than 39,000 Syrian refugees soon after he was elected. A spokeswoman for Trudeau said he has a message for Trump. The Prime Minister is looking forward to discussing the successes of Canada s immigration and refugee policy with the President when they next speak, spokeswoman Kate Purchase told The Associated Press. Trudeau is expected to the visit the White House soon. The prime minister has refrained from criticizing Trump to avoid offending the new president. More than 75 percent of Canada s exports go to the U.S. Toronto Mayor John Tory also weighed in, noting that the city is the most diverse in the world. We understand that as Canadians we are almost all immigrants, and that no one should be excluded on the basis of their ethnicity or nationality, Tory said in a statement. Trump signed a sweeping executive order Friday that he billed as a necessary step to stop radical Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File IN ThIs DeC. 11, 2015 file photo, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, greets Georgina Zires, center, Madeleine Jamkossian, second right, and her father Kevork Jamkossian, refugees fleeing from Syria, as they arrive at Pearson International airport, in Toronto. Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you. Islamic terrorists from coming to the U.S. Included is a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen and a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Trump s order singled out Syrians for the most aggressive ban, ordering that anyone from that country, including those fleeing civil war, are indefinitely blocked from coming to the United States. The Syrian refugee crisis became a major issue in Canada s election in late 2015 because of the haunting image of a drowned 3- year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach. The boy had relatives in Canada.

13 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, AP Photo/elise Amendola, File in this JAn. 17 Photo, a large green tent is seen in the back of a house on Hayward Street in Manchester, N.H., where authorities searched for clues in the missing person's case of Denise Beaudin. State authorities said the case is connected to one involving four bodies found in two steel drums between 1985 and 2000 in a state park. Beaudin's family last saw her on Thanksgiving 1981, when she was 23, with her boyfriend, Robert "Bob" Evans, and her infant daughter. Woman remembers suspected killer s tears over dead wife DENVER (AP) The switchblade knives wielded six decades ago by the fictional Jets and Sharks street gangs in the legendary Broadway musical West Side Story and in Hollywood films spooked lawmakers across the U.S. and helped usher in state bans. But 54 years after Colorado enacted its prohibition of the folding knives with blades that pop out from their handles with the push of a button or a lever, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers is trying to repeal it. They are citing arguments from knife rights activists and others who say switchblades have become everyday work tools that also can save lives because they can be opened with one hand instead of two. West Side Story kind of released this sense that switchblades were what was bringing in Sharks and Jets, and that we would prevent gang activity if we outlawed these, said bill co-sponsor state Sen. Owen Hill, a Republican who argues that Colorado s law is outdated and widely ignored. Hill and a Democratic co-sponsor, Rep. Steve Lebsock, say it s time for lawmakers to get rid of an archaic statute because switchblades are useful and can be bought online easily anyway by people who want them. The bill would also legalize gravity knives with blades that can be flung open from their concealing handle, also with one hand. At least 11 states have repealed switchblade bans in recent years but 14 states still have them, and the American Knife & Tool Institute that represents knife manufacturers and users is lobbying on behalf of another repeal effort for Ohio. These have gone from being a weapon of choice by gangs to being an everyday tool, said institute spokeswoman Liesl Sheehan, CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Bob Evans sat at a picnic table outside friend Katherine Decker s motorhome in 1986, sobbing that his wife had died when his then-5- year-old daughter, Lisa, was just a baby. He really did cry. He d cry and blow his nose and everything when he talked about it, Decker recalled. I used to feel really bad all the time about it. Every time I saw him, I d just feel sick. But Evans hadn t been married to Lisa s mother. She wasn t his daughter, and her name wasn t Lisa. He also told Decker his name was Gordon Jenson. Three decades later, authorities say only one part of his story was true: The girl s mother was dead. And they believe Evans killed her, along with at least five other women and children. Evans who over his lifetime had gone by different names died in prison in 2010, eight years after he killed and dismembered his actual wife in Richmond, California. On Thursday, authorities linked him to five earlier killings the mother of the girl he called Lisa, and a woman and three children whose bodies were found in barrels in New Hampshire. Those four have not been identified, but investigators say based on DNA evidence, one of the girls was Evans daughter. What s clear is this is someone who targeted females and specifically children, said Jeffery Strezlin, New Hampshire s senior assistant attorney general. He certainly fits the profile of a serial killer. In 1981, Evans was living with his girlfriend, Denise Beaudin, and her 6-month-old daughter, Dawn, in New Hampshire. All three disappeared just after Thanksgiving that year, but Beaudin s family never reported her missing because they believed the couple left town due to money troubles. Though her body has not been found, authorities believe Evans killed Beaudin somewhere between New Hampshire and California, where, by 1985, he was living and working at an RV Park in Scotts Valley. Decker, now 85, was staying at the park temporarily with her husband who was working for the state of California. In a phone interview Friday, the woman said she remembers Lisa as a friendly, outspoken child. She was always coming and sitting on my lap when I d be sitting outside the motorhome on nice days, said Decker. I had a little grandson who was her age and they used to play together all the time. The girl had no toys, Decker said. She and Evans slept in the back of a truck, in what Decker remembered as a shell of a camper that was open on one side. whose group helped draft the Colorado bill. During testimony this week about the bill, Hill said a climbing professional helping him do outside maintenance work on a tall building last summer ended up in trouble dangling 75 feet above ground and was forced to use his standard folding knife that required two hands to open it to extricate himself. He ended up cutting his hand, but would not have with a switchblade, Hill said. Retired Air Force Master Sgt. John Bloodgood told lawmakers about a similar climbing mishap that was resolved easily with a switchblade and how his gravity knife helped him save the life of his Llahsa Apso dog named Chewie. Bloodgood returned home one day to find Chewie entangled in the window blind cords at his house, her long hair tied up in knots with the cords and virtually suffocating her. He said he used one hand to lift her so she could breathe normally and that luckily, I had a knife in I don t understand how they could live like that. It was freezing cold, she said. She was tattered and torn, she was a little ragamuffin. Evans frequently visited with Decker to have coffee. He never mentioned having lived in New Hampshire. I thought he was a weird guy but I thought he was nice, I didn t know any better, Decker said. In June 1986, Evans abandoned Lisa and fled. He later served about 18 months in jail for child abandonment, but took off after being paroled in 1990, authorities said. In 2003, he was convicted of killing Eunsoon Jun, whom he had married in an unofficial ceremony two years earlier. Her partially dismembered body was found in their basement, buried under cat litter. He could ve done that to me, Decker said. I had no idea, and I used to sit there and talk and talk to him. Lisa stayed with Decker s daughter and son-in-law for a short time and was later adopted. On Thursday, authorities released a statement from her saying she is happily married with three children of her own. Decker said she has never forgotten the little girl who sat on her lap and called her Grandma. I m an old lady now. But she s welcome to call or visit me, she said. Colorado considers ending longtime switchblade knife ban AP Photo/John Locher AutomAtic knives are on display at Bonds House of Cutlery/Knives & More, Friday in Las Vegas. A bipartisan bill in Colorado would remove switchblades and gravity knives from a list of outlawed weapons that includes blackjacks, metallic knuckles and gas guns. my pocket that essentially fits the definition of a gravity knife. He used it to cut Chewie free. 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14 14 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 AP Photo/orlin Wagner syrian Refugee Ahmad Alabood packs parts where he works at a USF plant in Riverside, Mo., Friday. Alabood said his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. As U.s. Doors Closing AP Photo/tony gutierrez motaz AlAfAndi of Syria sits in his car after giving an interview on his pending case for political asylum, Friday in Garland, Texas. Alafandi, 49, lives in Dallas while seeking asylum with his wife and three youngest children, ages 14, 11 and 5. "I wish that Mr. President (Trump) can help in stopping the war in Syria," said Alafandi, who said he loves the U.S. and the American people but does hope to return one day to his homeland. refugees wish more focus on syria KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ahmad Alabood, whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the surge refugee program, wishes President Donald Trump would help topple Syria s regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to those fleeing a torn homeland. The Syrian people deserve better than this, Alabood, 48, who along with his wife and five children arrived last spring in Kansas City, Missouri, told The Associated Press through a translator Friday. The sentiment was shared some 550 miles away by Motaz Alafandi, a 49-year-old Syrian living in Dallas while seeking asylum with his wife and three youngest kids, ages 14, 11 and 5. I wish that Mr. President (Trump) can help in stopping the war in Syria, said Alafandi, who said he loves the U.S. and the American people but does hope to return one day to his homeland. If my country will become good again, I won t stay here. Such laments about Syria reeling from a civil war that has spawned hundreds of thousands of refugees come as Trump on Friday signed an executive order imposing new vetting measures that he says are aimed at keeping radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States, saying we don t want them here. Trump said he only wants to admit people to the U.S. who will support the country. Among the order s directives are that the U.S. stop issuing visas to Syrian nationals and halt the processing of Syrian refugees until security changes are made, and suspend all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. It was unclear which countries would be affected, though a draft of the order obtained by The Associated Press pointed to a legal provision identifying Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, all majority- Muslim countries. The city of Rutland, Vermont, had planned to welcome 100 refugees from Syria and Iraq, but with Trump s Friday order the community expects to see only the two Syrian families that arrived this month. Ahmed Khatib, 37, said he, his wife Mahasen Boshnaq, and their three young children arrived there Jan. 19, and in a Friday interview he said they feel lucky. Day by day they are settling in and Khatib has started talking with people about getting work. After studying agricultural technology in college he hopes to finish his degree in the U.S. Khatib said he looks forward to being self-sufficient, working, having a home for his family and school and clothing for his children. He doesn t think Trump s opinion reflects Americans, who he said want to allow refugees in the country. They are very nice and they are very helpful and welcoming, Khatib said. I care about what the America people want and I feel that they want refugees. Alabood said restricting the flow of refugees into the U.S. out of concern that waves of refugees haven t been or can t be properly vetted by the U.S. to weed out the terrorism-minded could deepen American suspicion and fan anti-muslim hostility. Critics of the proposed moves have labeled them reckless and un-american. There are certain (American) people that would take it to an extreme and lash out, said Alabood, a former construction worker in his homeland. There are lots of people in desperate need of help, and this is a great country to help them, he added. Afghans and Iraqis who have worked as interpreters for the U.S. military fear the executive action that will bring sweeping changes to the nation s refugee policies will mean their families will be stuck in their homelands, where they may be targeted for violence because they have worked for the Americans. Recently arrived interpreters accompanied by military veterans and elected officials gave a news conference in San Diego on Friday, asking President Trump to not close the doors to refugees. Abdul Manan, 31, an Afghan interpreter who worked for the Army and special forces for eight years, arrived in San Diego two months ago. He fears for his family after fleeing his homeland amid death threats. It took him three years to get out on a special immigrant visa but his relatives remain in his village and have been threatened. Manan suggested Trump talk to the military and veterans who will attest to the risk interpreters took to help troops. They have sacrificed their lives and their family s lives and now they are left behind. I think of the history of America. Is that how they do? If someone helps them and they re left behind, they re at the mercy of the terrorists ISIS. Since settling in Missouri nine months ago, Alabood has chased the American dream, albeit in baby steps. He s earning $10.25 an hour making plastic car parts, trying to learn English and has a four-bedroom rental home to go along with his donated 2000 minivan. His $725 monthly rent tab leaves him unable to afford health insurance. Yet he gushes of the graciousness of Kansas City, saying he s not been subjected to anti- Muslim sentiment in the Midwest. His brother has joined him, arriving in Kansas City five months ago with his three kids, ages 8, 6 and 4. In Dallas, Alafandi enjoys a temporary protected status, which has allowed him to get a work permit and driver s license. Alafandi, who came with his family to the U.S. in 2014 and awaits word on his asylum application, has a tow truck business. Sometimes we feel that everybody is against us, fostering a feeling of being unwelcomed, he said. Our people are killed in Syria, and when they try to find a way to survive, people are kicking them out and dealing with them badly. I wish that we will be treated as a human beings that are seeking shelter and are seeking to be secure with our families, he added. We are just asking to be safe and find jobs and feed our kids. Trump shuts door on refugees, but will U.S. be safer? WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says his halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and ban on refugees is being done in the name of national security. But it s not clear that these measures will help prevent attacks on American soil, and they could wind up emboldening extremists who already view the U.S. as at war with Islam. The list of countries does not include Saudi Arabia, where the majority of the Sept. 11 hijackers were from, and recent high-profile acts of deadly extremist violence have been carried out either by U.S. citizens or by individuals whose families weren t from the nations singled out. The admissions ban announced Friday also does not directly address a more urgent law enforcement concern: homegrown violent extremists already in the United States who plot their attacks without any overseas connections or contacts. The primary terrorism-related threat facing the U.S. today comes from individuals living here who become inspired by what they see on the internet who carry out attacks independent of any terrorist organization, said John Cohen, a former Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism official who worked in government under Democratic and Republican administrations and who has been involved in refugee vetting policy. The FBI has for years been AP Photo/Craig Ruttle PRotesteRs Assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. concerned by the prospect of airplane bomb plots and terrorists dispatched from overseas to commit violence in America. But the ascendancy of the Islamic State, and the group s ability through slick and easily accessible propaganda to reach followers in all corners of the country, has been a more immediate challenge and a more realistic danger for counterterrorism officials. Dealing with that threat should be a top priority for this administration, Cohen said. The executive order suspends refugee admissions for 120 days and bars all immigration for 90 days from Muslim-majority countries with terrorism concerns: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It indefinitely bars the processing of refugees from Syria, a country that s been of particular alarm to the FBI even though the number of Americans who have looked to travel there to fight with the Islamic State has been dwindling. But the culprits of recent deadly terror attacks aren t linked to the countries singled out by Trump s order. Omar Mateen, the man responsible for the Orlando nightclub shooting, the deadliest terror attack in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks, was born in New York to Afghan parents. Syed Rizwan Farook, who took part in the December 2015 San Bernardino attack, was born in Chicago. His wife, Tashfeen Malik, had been living in Pakistan and visiting family in Saudi Arabia before she passed the background check and entered the U.S. The brothers who bombed the Boston Marathon were ethnic Chechens who had been living in the U.S. In general, Islamic extremists have accounted for a minuscule amount of the roughly 240,000 murders since Sept. 11, Charles Kurzman, a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has studied the issue, said his research shows that people with ancestry from the seven nations in the executive order have accounted for only a small fraction of extremist-related arrests and disrupted plots since Sept. 11. I can only conclude that this is whipping up fear and hostility toward Americans who have family background from these countries, Kurzman said. Still, while refugees are subject to screening including in-person interviews, checks with law enforcement databases and collection of biometric data, when available the process is not perfect. Despair, confusion reign as Trump s travel ban hits An Iraqi pleaded for his life to President Donald Trump. A longtime New Yorker, born in Syria, wondered how he would get home from a trip abroad. Church groups, geared up to welcome refugee families, looked in dismay at homes prepared for families that may never arrive. Despair and confusion set in Saturday among citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries who found themselves abruptly unable to enter the United States a day after Trump signed an executive order that he billed as a necessary step to stop radical Islamic terrorists from coming to the U.S. Included is a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen and a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. An unknown number of travelers from those nations were detained at U.S. airports after their flights landed, including tourists, foreign students and people trying to visit friends and family. What s next? What s going to happen next? asked Mohammed al Rawi, an Iraqi-born American citizen in the Los Angeles area, after his 69-year-old father, coming to visit his grandchildren in California, was abruptly detained and sent back to Iraq after 12 hours in custody. Are they going to create camps for Muslims and put us in it? Refugee-rights groups and others immediately challenged the orders in court, and said the bans scapegoated Muslims and Arabs without making the United States safer. Protests broke out at several U.S. airports where travelers were being detained, including a gathering of several hundred people outside San Francisco s main airport and a raucous demonstration of at least 2,000 people at New York s Kennedy International Airport. A big crowd of demonstrators also gathered outside a U.S. courthouse in Brooklyn where lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union were trying to get a judge to issue an order blocking detentions. Trump s order came down as Hameed Khalid Darweesh, a translator and assistant for the U.S. military in Iraq for 10 years now fleeing death threats, was just minutes away from landing at Kennedy. He was among at least a dozen people detained after their arrivals Friday and Saturday. After lawyers for refugee-rights organizations filed emergency petitions in federal court for their release, Darweesh walked free, to the applause of sign-waving demonstrators. This is the soul of America, Darweesh told the crowd and reporters, adding that the U.S. was home to the greatest people in the world. Others were less lucky. Parisa Fasihianifard, 24, arrived after a long trip from Tehran, Iran, only to be detained and told she had to go home. She was crying and she told me she was banned to come inside and go through the gates, said her husband Mohamad Zandian, 26, an Iranian doctoral student at Ohio State University. He was hoping to get her out of the country on a late night flight to avoid her being jailed until Monday. Staff at U.S. agencies that resettle refugees were scrambling to analyze the order and girded for the wrenching phone calls that would have to be made to the thousands of refugees just days away from traveling to the U.S. Several staff who spoke to the AP burst into tears as they contemplated the future for people who had waited years to come into the country. It s complete chaos, said Melanie Nezer, policy director for HIAS, one of nine refugee resettlement agencies that work with the U.S. State Department. The International Refugee Assistance Project, which aids foreign nationals targeted for their work for the U.S. government as well as other refugees, was sending the same message to asylum-seekers, most of them who had been waiting for years. Meathaq Alaunaibi, also a refugee from Iraq, was hoping to soon be reunited with her twin 18-year-old daughters who are in Baghdad. Alaunaibi, her husband, a son and another daughter were settled last August in Tennessee, as the twins completed their government review to enter the U.S. After Trump signed the order, she spoke by phone with her daughters. They are so worried and afraid because they re stuck there in Baghdad, Alaunaibi said Saturday. They are young and they are strong, but I am crying all the time. I miss them. An Iraqi in Mosul, an Iraqi city where the Islamic State group had seized control, despaired at word that what he had thought was an imminent flight to safety in America was now canceled, indefinitely. If you can write to Mr. Trump or find any other way to help me reunite with my family, please, I am dying in Iraq, please, the man, whose identity was withheld because he is still in danger in Iraq, wrote back to his U.S. lawyer by . The order also hit longtime, legal U.S. residents traveling abroad. Kinan Azmeh, a clarinetist born in Syria who has lived in the U.S. for 16 years, left his home in New York City three weeks ago for a series of concerts that included a date with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Now, he doesn t know if he will be able to return home. I don t know what s going on, Azmeh told The Associated Press by phone Saturday from Lebanon. It is home as much as Damascus, he said of New York City. I really don t know how to react. Before Trump signed the order, more than 67,000 refugees had been approved by the federal government to enter the U.S., said Jen Smyers, refugee policy director for Church World Service. More than 6,400 had already been booked on flights, including 15 families that had been expected over the next few weeks in the Chicago area from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, Syria and Uganda. The bulk of refugees entering the U.S. are settled by religious groups, who organize churches, synagogues and mosques to collect furniture, clothes and toys for the refugees and set up volunteer schedules for hosting duties. All that work ground to a halt after Trump signed the order. In Massachusetts, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest had been coordinating a group of doctors, community leaders, a local mosque and other volunteers to resettle 15 Syrian families, including a 1-year-old and 5- year-old who arrived Tuesday. Now, two fully outfitted apartments remain empty and it s unclear when, if ever, the other refugees will be allowed to enter, said Marc Jacobs, chief executive of the Jewish service group. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle PRotesteRs Assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days.

15 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Chemical warfare agent discovered in Mosul Ethiopia faces new drought, seeks urgent aid for 5 million WARDER, Ethiopia (AP) The carcasses of goats and sheep litter the ground near the airstrip in this remote eastern region of Ethiopia, which is struggling to counter a new drought that authorities say has left 5.6 million people in urgent need of assistance. U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O Brien visited a local camp for displaced persons on Saturday, saying that these people are really struggling to survive. He cautioned, however, against dramatizing by saying this may degenerate into famine. Last year s drought, exacerbated by the El Nino climate phenomenon that affected seasonal rains, left 10.2 million people hungry and killed several hundred thousand of the animals that the local pastoralists depend on for their livelihood. Sarah Aliso came to the Garlogube displaced persons camp from a village 70 kilometers (43 miles) away three weeks ago after all 50 of her family s cattle perished. I have nothing to eat, so I came here with my 40-day-old baby. All of us are hungry and are praying for the rains to come soon, she said, cleaning her child s face. For this drought, Ethiopia s government is appealing for $948 million from the international community. The country s disaster prevention chief, Mitiku Kassa, said the government has had to combat this new drought with little outside support, allocating than $47 million for the response. The charity Save the Children warns that malnourished refugees are arriving from neighboring Somalia as well, compounding the crisis. Knights of Malta: Pope writes to stress order s sovereignty ROME (AP) Pope Francis has reassured the Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic lay order, about its sovereignty, even as a special papal delegate will work to ensure the spiritual renewal of its members, after revelations its charity component had distributed condoms. The order s Sovereign Council in Rome on Saturday accepted the resignation of Grand Master Fra Matthew Festing, who had sacked the order s foreign minister, Albrecht von Boeselager. The minister was removed as grand chancellor following revelations that condoms were distributed in Myanmar under his watch. But the Vatican intervened on the minister s behalf. On Saturday, the council scrapped the disciplinary procedures launched against von Boeselager, who immediately resumed his post, a statement from the Knights of Malta said. The Knights say Francis in his letter Friday stressed the order s sovereignty. The sovereignty tussle was a touchy matter, since the Vatican is a sovereign entity as is the Knights of Malta order. Each side has diplomatic relations with scores of countries worldwide. Until Festing s successor is elected, Fra Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein serves as its interim leader. Francis in his letter noted that the interim leader assumes responsibility over the Order s government, in particular regarding relationships with other States. Protesters in St. Petersburg decry handover of cathedral ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Protesters rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday against plans by the city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an increasingly passionate debate over the relationship between the church and the Russian state. We won t give St. Isaac s to the church. We want to save it as a museum, Boris Vishnevsky, a local lawmaker, told protesters in central St. Petersburg. St. Isaac s, one of the most visited tourist sites in Russia s old imperial capital, has been a museum since Some experts are concerned that when it gains ownership, the Orthodox Church will neglect the exhibits on display, which include a rare Foucault pendulum. New Italian trial set for Berlusconi in a corruption case ROME (AP) A Milan judge on Saturday ordered Silvio Berlusconi to be tried on corruption charges, damping the former Italian premier s hopes of running soon for office again after being sidelined by a tax-fraud conviction. The Italian news agency ANSA, reporting from Milan, said Judge Carlo Ottone De Marchi, after a hearing on an indictment request by prosecutors, set the trial to begin April 5 in that city. Milan daily Corriere della Sera says the former three-time premier is accused of having shelled out some 10 million euros plus expensive gifts to some 20 young women who attended sexy parties at his Arcore villa near Milan. Prosecutors allege Berlusconi aimed to buy the women s silence in various trials involving him. Back to favorite topic, Egypt s leader blasts evil people CAIRO (AP) Returning to some of his favorite topics, Egypt s president on Saturday called on Egyptians to stand together against terrorism, angrily denounced the evil people plotting against his country and made a stern warning: There would be no comeback if Egypt fell to Islamic militants. Terrorism will not end unless we all stand together. Don t cover your eyes and pretend that it does not concern you, President Abdel-Fattah el-sissi told participants on the second and final day of a youth conference in the southern city of Aswan. If Egypt is lost, it will not come back. Those who fall in the abyss never come back. Did Afghanistan ever come back? Did Somalia ever come back? Why do you think we can come back? El-Sissi also sought to debunk a cornerstone of the ideology of militants: Those who don t agree with their radical interpretation of Islam or oppose their actions would burn in hell. She Decides : Dutch put millions into birth control fund THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Dutch government says it is putting 10 million euros ($10.7 million) into an international fund it launched to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women in developing nations after President Donald Trump cut U.S. funding for such services. Lilianne Ploumen, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation, said Saturday she was making the initial contribution and launched the fund She Decides - Global Fundraising Initiative with a website. Ploumen says she has received thousands of reactions the vast majority of them positive after announcing the fund Tuesday. That move came a day after Trump signed an executive memorandum reinstituting a ban on U.S. funding to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about abortions. Britain s May visits Turkey, reaches fighter jet deal ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkey and Britain signed a deal to jointly build fighter jets during Prime Minister Theresa May s visit to Ankara on Saturday, even as the British leader called on Turkey s government to uphold democracy and abide by human rights standards. Britain s BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace industries signed the 100 million pounds (nearly $125.5 million) agreement establishing a partnership for the development of Turkey s fighter jet program as May met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials about boosting trade between the countries once Britain leaves the European Union. The discussions also focused on increasing cooperation over security and counterterrorism. This agreement underlines once again that Britain is a great, global, trading nation and that we are open for business, May said, according to a statement from her office. It marks the start of a new and deeper trading relationship with Turkey and will potentially secure British and Turkish jobs and prosperity for decades to come. Israel: Official unaware he was meeting French far-rightist JERUSALEM (AP) Israel s Health Ministry says a top official who recently met with the secretary general of France s far-right political party was unaware of the person s identity and the meeting was stopped once it became clear. Health Ministry Spokesman Eyal Basson says Saturday the ministry s deputy director general attended a meeting billed as focused on medical cooperation and did not know Nicolas Bay represented the National Front. Basson says within five minutes the meeting was halted Israel has no official ties to the party because of its far-right ideology and history of anti-semitism. MOSUL, Iraq (AP) Iraqi forces discovered a mustard chemical warfare agent in eastern Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles, an Iraqi officer said Saturday. Iraqi and U.S. officials have repeatedly warned of Islamic State group efforts to develop chemical weapons. When Iraqi forces retook Mosul University earlier this month, they found chemistry labs they believed had been converted into makeshift chemical weapons labs. Iraqi special forces Brig. Gen. BEIRUT (AP) Syrian government troops gained control of the main water source for Damascus on Saturday, as the military worked to secure it and remove land mines in a major development that caps weeks of fighting with rebels in the area, according to Syrian state TV and opposition media. Alaa Ibrahim, the local governor, said the evacuation of fighters to northern Syria was delayed for one day because of rain storms and freezing temperatures. Maintenance of the water facility will begin as soon as the military declares the area secure, officials said. The development ends the standoff over Ain el-fijeh village that restricted the water flow to nearly 5 million residents of the Damascus area for over a month. The fighting had also trapped tens of thousands of civilians in the Barada Valley area, where the water source is located. Syrian state TV showed buses lined up to transport rebel fighters out of the village of Ain el- Fijeh, but Ibrahim said the evacuation will be delayed. The village houses the water source with the same name, which was the major source of water for Damascus. The opposition monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces entered Ain el-fijeh along with ambulances to transport the injured as part of a deal to end the fighting there. The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdurrahman, said rebel fighters remain in other villages in the valley, including militants with the al-qaida-linked affiliate in Efra, a village about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the water source. The cease-fire, brokered by Russia and Turkey and in place since Dec. 30, was tested by the fighting in the valley. The fighting was sparked by government claims that rebels poisoned the water source at Ain el-fijeh a claim the rebels denied. The deal also requires the Haider Fadhil said French officials tested the Mosul chemical this week and confirmed it was a mustard agent. Fadhil did not specify the quantity or potency of the chemical, but Iraqi soldiers were able to visit the site for about ten minutes without exhibiting any symptoms of exposure. We know that they were using this place to experiment with chemical weapons, he said, referring to IS. Fadhil said he believes the facility was set up in the Nineveh ruins an ancient site just over 2 kilometers (1.2 evacuation of those rebel fighters who refuse to put down their weapons. The military media said about 1,200 fighters are expected to surrender their weapons, but it is not clear yet the final number of fighters to be evacuated. As part of a goodwill gesture, the fighters raised the official miles) from the Tigris, but removed from the city s dense neighborhoods to keep it a secret from Mosul residents who might be passing information to Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led coalition. Iraqi forces showed journalists a tank of the chemical agent and a warehouse of more than a dozen surface-to-surface rockets bearing Russian inscriptions. The number of casualties due to IS chemical weapons is a small fraction compared to the hundreds of civilians killed in car and suicide bombings carried out by the group. Experts Syrian flag, used by the government, over the facility to signal the deal was in place. On Saturday, maintenance teams were inspecting the water facility at Ain el-fijeh. Damascus residents have been struggling to deal with the water shortage since late December. WEATHER INFORMATION say that is largely due to the low grade of the weapons and the group s lack of access to efficient delivery systems. The types of rockets found at the site suggest the Islamic State group was attempting to weaponize the chemical agent, Fadhil said. He added that he believed the facility was being used up until just one or two weeks ago. Iraqi forces declared Mosul s eastern half fully liberated, just over three months after the operation to retake the city from IS was formally launched in October. France primary: Hard left faces off against center PARIS (AP) Hard-left Socialist rebel Benoit Hamon heads into France s left-wing presidential primary runoff as a surprising favorite to beat pro-business pragmatist Manuel Valls, in a vote that will realign France s unpredictable presidential campaign. Hamon is the favorite in Sunday s vote after arriving in pole position in the first round with 36 percent of the votes. He proposes a determined and optimistic leftist alternative. His most talked-about proposal is a 750 euros ($800) universal income that would be gradually granted to all adults. He is now backed by another left-wing candidate, Arnaud Montebourg, eliminated from the race with 17.5 percent of the votes. Valls, who arrived second with 31.4 percent, criticized Hamon s unrealistic promises. A former junior minister and briefly education minister, Hamon left the government in He then led a group of rebel Socialist lawmakers who opposed the government s economic policies. Yesterday s failed solutions have no reason to become successes tomorrow, he said at a rally near Paris Thursday. Nassera Mohammad, living in Trappes, the suburban city west of Paris where Hamon was elected, said he believes the hard-left candidate proposes real innovation in French politics. That s where we have to go, toward a renewal... and not to be pleased with the old programs or with very small reforms, Mohammad said. Ten French economists, including Thomas Piketty author of the best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century this week published an article to argue that the universal income can be relevant and innovative. Properly conceived and AP Photo/Christophe Ena FormEr FrEnCh prime minister and candidate in the left-wing primary for the 2017 French presidential election, Manuel Valls, arrives for a meeting in Alfortville, outside Paris, France, Thursday. Former education minister Benoit Hamon will take on former prime minister Manuel Valls in a run-off vote today, after scoring a surprise win in the first round of a primary seen as a battle for the party's soul. detailed, the universal living income can be a key element for reshaping our social model, they wrote. Valls has tried to make an asset from his experience as prime minister from 2014 to 2016 despite his association with unpopular President Francois Hollande. Valls promotes authority and security values as the country is still under threat from potential terror attacks. He says he represents a credible left seeking a balance between France s social model and reforms adapting the country to globalization. I don t want to be the candidate of the taxes; I leave it to my adversary, Valls said in a rally near Paris Thursday. I want to be the candidate of work value, of jobs, with a clear and serious roadmap offering a future to the French people. Vivien Chauffaille, a Parisian attending Valls rally, said he is the only one able to be a statesman and implement his proposals. The French Socialist party has been torn for years between advocates of a radical left, including Hamon and Montebourg, and others sharing center-left views, like Valls and Hollande. Divisions are so deep that if Hamon wins Sunday, some supporters of Valls are expected to back centrist figure Emmanuel Macron, who is campaigning for president as an independent. Early polls showed the Socialist nominee, whichever is chosen, is currently ranking at the fifth position in the race for president. Not only far-right leader marine Le Pen and conservative leader Francois Fillon appear to be far ahead, followed by Macron and far-left figure Jean-Luc Melenchon. Another sign of the Socialist party s uphill struggle for survival is that the first round was marred by irregularities in the vote count. Results were not in dispute, but the number of voters was. Observers suspected organizers of trying to increase it artificially in order to give their future nominee more legitimacy. In the end, the party announced 1.6 million voters last week. More than 4 million people cast ballots at the conservative primary in November. Syrian troops take control of water facility from rebels Syrian government and allied troops have been closing in on rebel-held areas around the capital in recent months. Similar agreements were reached with rebels in other suburbs of Damascus, who eventually capitulated under intense shelling and tight siege. Dignified Services at Realistic Prices! 2415 Georgetown Road, NE

16 16 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Women United works to empower, enrich community An Evening at Chanticleer to raise funds for Women United program By SARALYN NORKUS Banner Staff Writer Banner photo, ALLEN MINCEY PAM NELSON holds up the red shoe she wore at last year s Red Shoe Gala for CASA of Bradley and Polk counties. The event will be this Saturday at the Museum Center at 5ive Points. Red Shoe Gala raises funds to help CASA CASA advocates for children By ALLEN MINCEY Banner Staff Writer While it is a great time to meet with friends and make new associations, the Red Shoe Gala for CASA in Cleveland also gives those in attendance a feeling of helping others through their donations to the program that helps children in need. Josiah Vacheresse, executive director of CASA of Bradley and Polk counties, said the event raises funds that help provide advocacy for children going through the court system. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. We are for the child in cases of child abuse or neglect in our court system, Vacheresse said. As we walk through the process with these children, what we see is there are a lot of competing agendas, with adult A pulling here and adult B pulling here. We serve under the guardian ad litem statute. Our advocates don t necessarily have to be attorneys, though some are, but we are allowed to take a national approved training curriculum, disseminate that to our advocates and assign them to a child or family of children. Vacheresse said CASA hopes to help around 200 children in 2017, so the more advocates that CASA has, the better the organization can help the child. Advocates have to be at least 21 years old, and from all sorts of backgrounds. That is one of the more interesting parts of selecting an advocate is asking them what drew you to CASA, Vacheresse said. They all say that they wanted to help these kids. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a nonprofit organization started in 1977 when a Seattle juvenile court judge concerned about making drastic decisions with insufficient information, conceived the idea of citizen volunteers speaking up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom. From that first program, a network of nearly 1,000 CASA programs have grown in the United States. CASA advocates for the best interests of dependent and neglected children in court. More than 1,300 children per year are involved in the court systems of Bradley and Polk counties primarily as a result of abuse or neglect. CASA advocates play a vital role in providing impartial recommendations to the judge about how to best serve the unique needs of each child. Judge Dan Swafford and Kurt Benson here in Bradley County, and Judge Billy Baliles in Polk County, are three of our biggest supporters, and we appreciate them taking the recommendations of our advocates to heart when determining the future of the child, Vacheresse said. Vacheresse will detail more about CASA at the Red Shoe Gala this Saturday evening. The event uses the red shoe theme from the Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy visits the magical land and finds she is not in Kansas anymore. There s no place like home, she is known to say as she wakes from her injury-induced state to her bed at her home. Oddly enough, CASA is also Spanish for home. The gala begins at 6 p.m. in the Museum Center at 5ive Points. During the evening, guests will be served a threecourse dinner catered by Catch Bar and Grill, while live music will be provided by Polo Cummings, a talented artist who has performed with such musicians as Michael Buble. As always, a competition for the Best Red Shoes will take place, and the highlights of the night will include live and silent auctions. A few tickets are still available for the gala, but it is suggested you call CASA as soon as possible or go online and purchase those tickets. The website for CASA is and the phone number for CASA is Come to the Red Shoe Gala. You have great entertainment and you are supporting a great cause, Vacheresse said. Selma helps auto boom in manufacturing in Alabama SELMA, Ala. (AP) Selma played a big part in Alabama s automotive industry recordbreaking year in Honda Lock-America, Seoyon E-Hwa Interior Systems Alabama and Lear Selma helped set a record of 1,048,597 vehicles produced by Hyundai, Honda and Mercedes Benz, the Selma Times- Journal reported. They re just as much of an integral part in the numbers as anything because without those parts, that couldn t be done, said Wayne Vardaman, executive director of the Selma and Dallas County Economic Develop Authority. To make cars you have to have supplies. The Alabama Department of Commerce released numbers stating that Hyundai manufactured the most cars with 379,021 last year. Honda produced 369,576 vehicles, while Mercedes Benz had reached its capacity of 300,000. An estimated 1,000 people are employed at the three plants. Any one of those suppliers can shut down a production line by not supplying the parts on time, Vardaman said. They re a part of the supply chain. About 1,033,095 vehicles were manufactured in 2015 the first year the three manufacturers combined to manufacturer more than one million vehicles. The spring social season will open up with quite an elegant start this year, with Women United hosting An Evening in Chanticleer. On April 7, guests will be shuttled through Anatole and dropped off at the beautifully curated gardens at the home of Bonnie and Lee Hathcock. Throughout the evening, guests will travel through the various sections of the immense property, including the Waterfall Garden, the Italian Princess Garden, the Fairy Tale Forest, as well as the terraces and the pool area. We are going to eat progressively through her six acre garden and Impressions Catering will be providing the food, so you know it will be great, Women United s and event organizer Ashlan Morelock detailed. The Italian Princess Garden includes a statue of an Italian Princes along the trail in the woodland and is filled with white pansies tipped in purple, along with white and purple tulips. Part of the United Way of the Ocoee Region, Women United is a platform that serves to bring women from within the community together that are passionate about the next generation of women. The council, which is made up of female United Way donors, ensures that girls have the opportunity to reach their full potential by focusing on early school readiness and middle school leadership opportunities. As an active part of the community, Women United works to empower women and enrich Cleveland and Bradley County through volunteerism, philanthropy and advocacy. These women really want to become and stay involved in the Knoxville loosens gun ban at Tenn. Valley Fair site KNOXVILLE (AP) The city of Knoxville has agreed to end a gun ban at the site of the Tennessee Valley Fair when ticketed events aren t going on. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the gun policy change was made in repose to a lawsuit filed by a Loudon County woman in 2015, who said she was afraid to attend the fair unarmed, despite having a stateissued handgun carry permit. If somebody wants to avail themselves of the facility on an average day when no events are scheduled it s fine for them to have a handgun, said city Law Director Charles Swanson. Otherwise, no guns will be allowed. The Legislature earlier that year passed a law to prohibit cities and counties from banning guns at parks, playgrounds and ballfields. The lawsuit was filed after the city officials contended that Chilhowee Park is not a park as defined by the law but rather a public assembly, entertainment and education venue used for civic events and by contractors for special events. Under the settlement in the case, the city maintains that Chilhowee isn t a park but acknowledges that the city has historically allowed the public to access and use the outdoor facilities... when those facilities are not leased or otherwise in use for an event. Swanson said that means permit holders who want to visit the site at those times may be armed. We ve got picnic tables out there, and it s usually not closed off, Swanson said. The gun ban will remain for any buildings on the property, and during events, including concerts or the fair when all patrons will be checked for weapons. The settlement in the case doesn t affect a different pending lawsuit filed by another permit holder who was threatened with arrest if she brought her gun to the fair last year. Contributed photos THE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS at the home of Bonnie and Lee Hathcock will serve as the venue for Women United s 2017 fundraiser gala An Evening in Chanticleer. community, so we provide them with opportunities to learn and volunteer, Morelock said. An Evening in Chanticleer will serve as the group s major fundraising event of the year and all money raised will be going directly back to the community through the group s efforts. Tables are still available at various donation levels which are Platinum, Medallion and Palladium. The Platinum level includes a donation of $1,500, for a table of eight with preferred seating and program recognition. Medallion level involves a $2,500 donation and besides having a table of eight, preferred seating by the podium and program recognition, includes having your name mentioned and in all printed matierial as well as a bottle of wine at the table. The Palladium level is reached with a $4,000 donation. Palladium level donors will receive all of the aforementioned benefits as well being acknowledged as an event sponsor, being seated in the center near the podium and two bottles of wine on the table. Currently, An Evening in Chanticleer has 11 Platinum s p o n s o r s : I n s u r a n c e Incorporated, Janey and Dan Cooke, May and May Dental, Dr. Russ May and East Tennessee Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Sherry Brown, Life Care Centers of America, The Trust Company, Suntrust, Erlanger, Carolyn Jackson and Buster Stuart and Nancy Casson. First Tennessee is a Medallion sponsor. Those interested in purchasing a table or interested in tickets may contact Morelock at or her at AshlanMorelock@UnitedWayOco ee.org. Reuse the News Recycle this newspaper

17 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, SUNDAY SportS Phone Richard Roberts Sports Editor or fax banner.com Bears out claw Stangs for triple-overtime win By PATRICK MacCOON Banner Sports Writer While Cole Copeland has only scored 13 points in his eight quarters against Walker Valley this season, the senior leader had a big defensive play and was sharp over three overtimes to help Bradley Central sweep a defensive-themed season series with its in-county rival. Not only did Copeland reject a well-placed alleyoop pass to Cooper Melton at the fourth quarter buzzer, he also scored 11 of his game-high 19 points over three overtimes to help the Bears finish a road victory over the Mustangs Friday night. With the extra effort, the soon-to-be UT- Chattanooga football signee as of next Wednesday, moved up two spots to sixth place on Bradley s alltime scoring list with 1,747 career points. To win this game was such a relief, Copeland said. It had the feel of a district title game. Our guys stepped up in crucial moments, even some who hadn t been in those situations before. That is a tribute to Coach Clark and how he prepares us through practice and film studies. It wasn t my best game of course, but my team picked me up as well. Despite an experienced playmaker in John Brown sitting out the contest, a group effort helped replace the 21-point scorer from the rivals first meeting that went the Bears way, 50-43, Dec. 13. In a defensive slugfest, which was knotted at 34- all at the end of regulation, every point counted and Jared Elrod scored a career-high 10 points. The junior key reserve hit two 3-pointers in the second quarter and made a pair of field goals in the fourth. The guy who really came in tonight and picked See BEARS, Page 21 Banner photo, PATRICK MacCOON COOPER MELTON (10) skies for a layup over Trevor Cartwright (4) during a District 5-AAA contest between Walker Valley and Bradley Central Friday night. The Bears survived in a three overtime defensive slugfest. Lee University photo LEE UNIVERSITY junior Carrie Cheeks (32) drives to the basket for two of her 17 points in Saturday s Gulf South Conference victory over Christian Brothers University in Walker Arena. Flame hoopsters spilt with CBU From Lee Sports Information Paced by 24 points and nine assists from freshman Abby Bertram, the Lee University women s basketball team fired past visiting Christian Brothers University, on Saturday afternoon at Walker Arena. In addition to Bertram flying around the court, the Lady Flames canned 12 triples and shared the basketball collecting 20 assists to even the season series with the Lady Bucs. Haley Cornellison and Carrie Cheeks came off the bench to combine for 33 points. Cornellison hit five triples and scored 16 points while Cheeks was 7 of 8 from the field and tallied 17 points and six rebounds. We had a little lapse in the fourth quarter but for the most part we played hard and played together and defended with urgency and purpose today, said a pleased coach Marty Rowe. It s a step in the right direction but we ve been inconsistent this year so we need to make sure we keep this going. Overall though it was a much better effort than Thursday. Lee dominated on the glass with 42 rebounds compared to just 21 for Christian Brothers. Paced by Cheeks and Shelby Brown (six points) the Lady Flames outscored CBU, in the paint. Rachel Lee led the way for the Lady Bucs with 26 points. Madison Luckett followed with 14 markers, hitting three shots from beyond the arc. The Lady Flames led by as many as 24 points at the 4:51 mark in the third quarter. Christian Brothers cut the lead to 12 points and forced a missed shot with 2:26 left in the contest but Cheeks was there to grab the board and put it back up and in to stifle any last gasp comeback effort. I was really proud of how our veterans Erin (Walsh) and Carrie (Cheeks) responded to not starting today as well, added Rowe. We shuffled some things around and I was pleased with Howard unstoppable as No. 2 Bearettes claim 22nd straight win By PATRICK MacCOON Banner Sports Writer Rhyne Howard has had some big outings over her illustrious Bradley Central career and one of the country s top juniors added perhaps her most impressive in a road rout of Walker Valley in a District 5-AAA contest Friday night. The nation s 38th ranked prospect for the Class of 2018 by ESPN.com nearly accomplished a feat only three professional basketball players ever have: a quadruple-double. On a night when the Bearettes matched their longest win streak (22) to begin a season since , when Jody Adams starred for Jim Smiddy, Howard stole the spotlight. Perhaps adding to her case for Miss Basketball, she had game highs of 24 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and eight steals in 29 minutes. That is the closest she has ever been to a quadruple-double, said Reuter about the almost extinct feat that was accomplished only twice by one player in NBA history in Hakeem Olajuwon. It s amazing she is able to do that playing in the largest classification in our state. While Purdue women s basketball assistant coach Beth Couture was in The Stable to see the magnificent outing for the 6-foot-1 point guard, her current head coach has seen her star capability all along. Purdue was here tonight and they did not need to see that performance because they offered her a long time ago, added Reuter, whose team has won 31 straight District 5-AAA contests. What makes See HOWARD, Page 25 See HOOPSTERS, Page 25 Hicks triplets key to Bradley mat success Editor s note: The TSSAA announced the pairings for this week s State Duals Saturday. Bradley Central will take on Knox Halls in the opening round, while Cleveland High will battle Maryville. The meets will be held simultaneously at 6 Friday evening. Full details of the tournament bracket will come in a later edition of the Banner. By JOE CANNON Banner Assistant Sports Editor Much like biblical twins Jacob and Esau, the Hicks brothers wrestling competition began in the womb, the only difference is they weren t the only ones in there. Amanda used to tuck up under my ribs, and I could feel the boys wrestling, relates their mother Tracy Hicks about sons TJ and Trey. That sibling rivalry has served the triplets well over the last 17 1/2 years as they are key senior members of the reigning double state champion Bradley Central Bears the boys on the mat with sister on the books. We ve had a lot of siblings and father/son wrestlers come through Bradley, but they are the first set of triplets, explained current Bear head coach Ben Smith. TJ and Trey are very dedicated, great wrestlers, and Amanda is just as dedicated and important as our manager and bookkeeper. They re something special to our program. Their family is a snapshot of Bradley wrestling at the root, he assessed. They are good blue collar, hard working people that love each other and love Bear wrestling. Born by Caesarean section at just 31 weeks on June 6, 1999, Banner photo, JOE CANNON WRESTLING IS A family affair for the Hicks as triplets Amanda, TJ and Trey are key senior members of the double state champion Bradley Central program. Gathering to honor the trio at Senior Night were, from left, grandparents TA and Barbara Hicks, mom Tracy, TJ, Amanda, Trey, dad Tommy and sister Sam Gruber. Grandparents Curtis and Brenda Crisp were unable to attend. the trio came into the world just a minute apart with Thomas TJ first, Trey second and Amanda third. They were nine weeks early, but that is normal in multiple births, explained dad Tommy Hicks. We have several multiple births in our family. They have a grandmother that is a twin, their great grandmother had two sets of twins and an aunt has a set of twins. Because of the nature of the situation, the babies had to remain in the hospital for an extended period, with TJ and Amanda not coming home for a month, while Trey was six weeks old before being released. Trey is the runt, teased TJ. But he s not anymore. He s stronger than I am, but I m quicker and meaner. The trio not only had their parents to welcome them home, but older sister Samantha as well. Sam is 6 1/2 years older than her siblings and helped mother them growing up. You had to go through Sam to get to them, remarked their dad, who played football at Bradley, but his mother, Barbara Hicks, won t let him wrestle. My mother won t watch the boys wrestle even to this day. She came to Senior Night when they were honored, but left immediately afterward before the matches started. While grandma may be a little squeamish about the boys wrestling, the rest of family is their No. 1 supporters at every match. I m very proud of them. Watching them grow up, not just as wrestlers, but I m proud of the people they ve become, proclaimed Sam, who was a middle school athlete and member of the Walker Valley band color guard, as well as spending three years as the Mustang wrestling team manager for Coach Al Morris. The brothers got into wrestling when they were just five years old. They started with Coach Morris and Daniel Disney in the Bear Pride wrestling program, related Tommy. They loved it and you could tell they had an aptitude for it. Because of their size and energy, wrestling was a good fit for them, he continued. They d wrestle each other all the time at home and would get upset if they couldn t go to practice for some reason. Although there is some dispute about who won the first match between them, there s no doubt the competition has gone back and forth, making them the successful wrestlers they are today. A decade ago, the pair were the highlight before Bradley varsity matches as former head coach Steve Logsdon would have several pre-meet matches with the Bear Pride program wrestlers. One night in particular before the annual Bradley-Cleveland matchup, the Hicks brothers went against each other, putting on quite a show. When the boys were like six or seven (years old), the Cleveland kids (junior wrestlers) didn t show up, so TJ and Trey wrestled each other, explained their dad. After the high-flying action ignited the crowd, Coach Logsdon made the comment to the media table, Keep an eye on these two guys, they re going to be great Bear wrestlers one day. Dominating the AAU circuit while youngsters, one would come in first and the other second many times because they were See TRIPLETS, Page 28

18 18 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Cougars settle for weekend From CSCC Sports Information The weekend proved to be a split for Cleveland State's men's and women' basketball teams. The Lady Cougars picked up a win on Friday while their male counterparts dropped a tough game to Columbia State, then the teams flipped results on Saturday against Jackson State. Cleveland State will return to action this next weekend with back-to-back road games. On Friday, they travel to Volunteer State and then pay Motlow State a visit on Saturday. Their next home game will be on Feb. 7 versus Gadsden State. COUGARS 78, GENERALS 59 A quick turnaround gave the Cleveland State men s basketball team the chance to bounce back from a loss to Columbia State and defeat a tough Jackson State squad Saturday evening. A total team effort aided the Cougars (11-5, 6-5) in their convincing win over the Generals (9-7, 4-7). It was a good bounce back after a tough loss. I thought we played a good team today and it was a conference win so that s always good, Cleveland State head coach Lee Cigliano said. We had a lot of contributions from different people today Victor Curry had a great game, Cam Copeland and Tevin Olison played solid today. I also thought Jordan Williams had one of his better games this year. A strong performance from Olison left him finishing with 28 points, which included four 3- pointers, while Copeland had 17 points and two treys of his own. Victor Curry had a double-double in his second game back with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Having Victor back this weekend gave us a lift on the inside with our scoring and rebounding, Cigliano commented. After the first 20 minutes of play, Cleveland State had taken a lead over Jackson State. Olison scored 13 of his team s 35 points in the first half. The Generals threatened the Cougars midway through the second half and went on a 10-point run that was broken up by a 3- pointer from Copeland with 8:02 left in the game. Determined to finish out Saturday with a win, Cleveland State put up a total of 43 points in the second half, outscoring their opponents by 13. We had a 17-point lead that got down to seven and we had to decide if we wanted to finish the game out and play hard as a team. The group I had out there got it done and did the things necessary for us to do it, Cigliano explained. LADY GENERALS 67 LADY COUGARS 59 Momentum from Friday s win over Columbia State did not roll over into Cleveland State s game against Jackson State Saturday afternoon. The Lady Cougars (11-8, 5-6) were unable to overcome the effects of a strong second quarter presence by the Lady Generals (12-4, 6-4), dropping the TCCAA conference game Jackson State took a lead over the home team in the first quarter. That lead turned into an eight-point, lead by halftime, after the Lady Generals outshot the Lady Cougars in the second quarter. The two teams were locked in a dead heat scoring-wise in the third quarter, with both putting up an additional 15 points. Trailing by 10 points, a bucket from Jenkins cut the Lady Generals lead to eight points. A steal by Hubert a minute later left the Lady Cougars with a six-point deficit in the final 60 seconds of the quarter. A trip to the free throw line for Jackson State up their lead back to eight points, to end the third quarter. Offense proved to be slow for both teams in the fourth quarter, with Cleveland State and Jackson State each getting 12 points apiece. That final quarter saw an almost four-minute lull in scoring, which was broken up by a basket from Hubert. Trailing the Lady Generals 64-57, the Lady Cougars were unable to spark their offense and stage a comeback. Cleveland State saw three players score in double-digits on Saturday. Catherine Davis netted CSCC inducts eight into hall of fame Lee to host Hoops4Hope Thursday From Lee Sports Information The Lee University men s and women s basketball programs will be hosting the eighth annual Hoops4Hope Event Thursday evening when they host the University of North Alabama. The purpose of this event is to raise Autism Awareness on campus and in the community as well as to raise funds to assist the Lee University Developmental Inclusion Classroom (LUDIC). LUDIC is located on the Lee University campus and services about 20 students from the Cleveland City, Bradley County and Polk County school systems who have been diagnosed with autism. The program is led by Dr. Tammy Johnson. In addition to the game, the teams will also be visiting LUDIC and holding a fun day for all the students, families and teachers on Jan. 31. The purpose of this play day is to give the Lee University athletes an opportunity to serve a unique and special population on the school s campus as well as provide the students at LUDIC a day of fun in Photo by CSCC Sports Information CLEVELAND STATE freshman Tevin Olison drives against a Jackson State defender Saturday as he led the Cougar victory with 28 points at L. Quintin Lane Gymnasium. Photo from CSCC Sports Information CLEVELAND STATE athletics celebrated its fifth Hall of Fame class on Saturday. From left are Ron Waters, Brian Hartsell, Roby Phillips, Greg Bowles, Michelle Lowery Sorrell and Melinda Godfrey-Dalton. Not pictured are Bubba Trammell and Hobert Brabson. From CSCC Sports Information Saturday was a day of celebration for Cleveland State athletics as the fifth Hall of Fame Class was inducted at the Cleveland Country Club. It s great to honor people with the Hall of Fame induction and always an outstanding ceremony because you get a chance to listen to people who have come through Cleveland State and learn about the opportunities the school afforded them as to the positions they are in today, Cleveland State Athletic Director Mike Policastro said. Represented in this fifth class are former Cougar athletes from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, who participated in men s and women s basketball, softball, baseball, golf and tennis as well as a coach. Inducted at the ceremony were Brian Hartsell (men s basketball), Melinda Godfrey-Dalton (women s basketball), Michelle Lowery Sorrell (softball), Hobert Brabson (tennis), Bubba Trammell (baseball), Greg Bowles, (baseball), and Ron Waters (golf). Former men s basketball coach Roby Phillips was honored as well. The inductees were recognized between basketball games at L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium. To date, Cleveland State has inducted 79 members to its Hall of Fame. their environment. Six sponsors have been secured for the event Can Do Kids Pediatric Therapy, Rep. Kevin Brooks and family, Travis Godfrey Sales, Award Realty, Bilbo Law Office and St. Luke s Episcopal Church. T-Shirts are on sale for $10 - sizes YM-2XL - and may be purchased at Lee s home game and every day in the basketball offices until Thursday s game. There will be a silent auction in the lobby during the women s game. Some of the donated items include - Pandora Gift Set from Southern Traditions, gift card from Monogram Market, Flower arrangement from Perry s Petals, brunch for two at Cleveland Country Club, gift cards from Jenkins Deli and Papa Murphy s, and items from Bliss Day Spa. A former student at LUDIC will be performing the National Anthem at the women s game and a couple of families from LUDIC will be honored as honorary captains at the games. At halftime of each game, Lee University will have a fun opportunity for fans to give- Lay Ups for LUDIC. All proceeds will go to directly to LUDIC. 14 points, all of which came in the first half, Abby Hubert finished with 13 and Keya Jenkins had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. LADY COUGARS 59 LADY CHARGERS 43 Cleveland State easily rolled past Columbia State in Friday s conference game at L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium. Lady Cougars head coach Dan Lumpkin credited freshman forward Abby Hubert s performance with energizing the squad in their dominating win over the Lady Chargers. Hubert racked up 22 points in the game, which included two treys. She played with energy when she plays hard like that, good things happen, Lumpkin commented. On the road at Roane State that s how she played and she really inspired everyone around her to come out and play hard in a tough game. We ve got to have play like that every night, it really makes the team play better when she plays aggressive. Leisa Butler was Cleveland State s other double-digit scorer, picking up 14 points of her own. The Lady Cougars started off the night on a strong note and had a 10 point, 16-6 lead over the Lady Chargers (5-17, 1-9) after the first quarter. Columbia State put up a fight early in the second quarter and held Cleveland State off the board for a little over four minutes. The Lady Chargers six-point run was ended by a 3-pointer from Hubert. That 3-pointer spurred the Lady Cougars on to a 16-point run, which was broken up four minutes later. Cleveland State took a lead over Columbia State into halftime. Of the Lady Cougar s 36 points, Hubert accounted for 14. The Lady Cougars all but snuffed out the Lady Chargers offense in the third quarter, allowing them just six points. While the visitors were struggling offensively, the home team put up 11 more points to take a lead into the final quarter. The fourth quarter proved to have a bit more action in it. A strong showing from behind the arc helped Columbia State net 20 points in the final quarter, while the Lady Cougars were held to 12 points. The Lady Chargers leading scorer was McKenzie Haislip with 14 points. Lumpkin admitted that his team did not necessarily do as good of a job taking care of the ball as he had hoped they would following their loss to Walters State on Jan. 21. The team we played last week is better so it s hard to judge that because we still turned it over far too many times without the pressure that we saw last Saturday. We shouldn t have had half of those turnovers, Lumpkin said. CHARGERS 89 COUGARS 80 Cleveland State entered Friday night s game looking to bounce back against Columbia State. They came close, tying things up late in the game, but ultimately inconsistent play proved too costly. The Chargers (16-5, 6-4) defeated the Cougars in the conference matchup, which dropped Cleveland State to sixth in the TCCAA. We didn t compete well enough for 40 minutes. We have to play better and more consistently, Cougars head coach Lee Cigliano said. We fought back to tie it late, but were too inconsistent throughout the game. See COUGARS, Page 21 CHS boys win 20th game; ladies to 10 By PATRICK MacCOON Banner Sports Writer Both the Cleveland boys and girls basketball programs came away with a pair of District 5-AAA road wins over Soddy-Daisy Friday night. For the third time this season the fifth-ranked Blue Raiders scored above 90 points, as they had five players finish with at least nine points to extend their win streak to seven games by beating the Trojans KK Curry scored 25 of his game-high 27 points after the first quarter and scored a dozen in Cleveland s 31-point third quarter. Cleveland ranks among the best teams in the state with a 20-2 overall record and a perfect 10-0 mark in district play. Fellow junior Deontae Davis also starred in the third period, as he scored 11 of his 15 points. He also hit three of his four 3-pointers, which puts his season mark up to 77 treys. The Blue Raiders as a group were once again red-hot from beyond the arc, as they connected on 14 3-pointers. Cleveland has made 39 shots from beyond the arc over its last three games. Senior Kregg Ware added 14 points and a season-high four makes from downtown. Taye Cobb and Jacobi Wood also scored nine points and hit two triples. Jake Flippo led Soddy-Daisy with 21 points. The Blue Raiders were able to score its third highest total of the season despite shooting 13-of- Banner photo, JIM CALDWELL POLK COUNTY sharpshooter Hunter Huggins (35) hits a 3-pointer as he shoots over a McMinn Central defender during District 5-AA action in Englewood Friday evening. Polk hoopsters get shocked by Chargers By JIM CALDWELL Banner Correspondent ENGLEWOOD The Polk County girls scored first on a Sydney Beauman rebound and put back to give the Wildkittens the quick lead 18 seconds into Friday evening s District 5-AA game against McMinn Central, but it was all downhill from there. The third-ranked Chargerettes put on their full-court squeeze defense and high-speed offense to outscore Polk in the opening game at the McMinn Central Roundhouse. The Wildcats, on the other hand, had another shootout, with the Chargers prevailing this time around by a score of The two teams combined for 310 points in their two meetings this season, with Polk claiming the first battle by an margin. Again, Polk got on the board first in the night s final contest when Dakota Clark hit a three bomb to open the scoring. The Chargers led at the end of the first and second quarters but Polk tied the game at 50-all by the close of the third frame. Hunter Huggins scored for Polk s last lead at at the 7:03 mark in the fourth stanza. The final frame was a foul shooting festival with the teams combining for a total of 20 free throws in 30 attempts. Central made 13-of-20, while Polk netted 7-of-10. Central hit 11-of-17 in the last 4:37 of the game and their margin of success in this category made the difference in the final outcome. Polk had a 50-second lapse in the last three minutes of the game when they committed a personal foul, a technical foul, and a turnover, greatly limiting their scoring opportunities and enhancing Central s. Josh Loughlin was Polk s leading scorer with 19 points. Hunter Huggins and Luke Burrows scored 13 each, while Zach Seay had 12 points, eight assists and five rebounds from the point guard position. Scott Patterson came off the bench for Polk to score nine points and grab seven rebounds. Dakota Clark finished the Cat scoring with eight points, plus he pulled down six boards. Bryce Mason led the Charger s double-figure scorers with 29 (including three 3s). Carter hit four threes and totaled 22 points, while Thacker scored 12 points. All in all, Central had 12 three pointers. In the girls contest, Coach Johnny Morgan s in your face defense forced 23 Polk turnovers and their high-speed offense forced a Polk fouling mode that resulted in the Chargerettes scoring 20 of their points at the charity stripe in 33 attempts. Ten of Central s 21 points in the second quarter were from the foul line, six by Carley Runyan and four by Bailey Martin. Runyan led the Central scorers with 19. Martin added 11 points and Emily Plaster with 12 accounted for the other Chargerettes doubles in scoring. The Wildkittens scoring was led by Ally Morrow with eight points, with Charlie Mitchell netting seven and clearing seven rebounds. Sydney Beauman scored four points and pulled down a half dozen rebounds. Danielle Withrow added four points and six boards while Kayla Baker and Makayla Howard scored two points each. 27 on free throws. Jason McCowan s squad will return to action on the road against Ooltewah next Tuesday. LADY RAIDERS 40 LADY TROJANS 34 In a low scoring affair with only two scorers for either side in double figures, senior guard Sofia Stamatiadis led the way with a game-high 15 points to give Cleveland its 10th win of the season. The Lady Raiders also were given eight points from junior Emma Flowers. By improving to overall and 4-6 in District 5-AAA contests, Cleveland has enjoyed a significant turnaround from a year before when it won just two games. For the second consecutive game Sydney Callahan came off the bench and hit a 3-pointer, while Matilda Lee and Stamatiadis also hit one from deep. The Lady Raiders battled back from a deficit at the end of the third quarter to outscore the Lady Trojans, 13-6 in the final quarter. Stamatiadis played the hero role, as she scored nine points in the final eight minutes, which included her lone 3-pointer, a two-point make and four free throws. Soddy-Daisy was led by Alexis Trimiar, who landed a double-double and scored 13 points. Cleveland looks to extend its district win streak to three games when they travel to face Ooltewah Tuesday.

19 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Dobbs, Sutton showcase talents in Senior Bowl win From UT Sports Information MOBILE, Ala. Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs and Cameron Sutton showcased their talents for NFL scouts and coaches on Saturday at the 68th Annual Reese's Senior Bowl at Ladd- Peebles Stadium. Both Dobbs and Sutton started for the South team, which took a win over the North team. Dobbs played in the South's first three possessions and finished 12-for-15 for 104 yards and had one interception. Dobbs completed two of three passes for 13 yards during the South's opening drive. His first pass was a four-yard completion to Alabama tight end O.J. Howard over the middle. Under center three plays later, Dobbs completed his second pass to San Diego State's Donnel Pomphrey off of play action to his right for an 11-yard gain. Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram dropped Dobbs' third pass down the left seam. On the second play of the South's second possession, Dobbs completed a 10-pass to Grambling State's Chad Williams and showcased his mobility on his fifth throw, rolling to his right to evade pressure and get rid the ball. Dobbs was hit as he threw on his sixth passing attempt as his left tackle was pushed into him on the release, affecting the pass down the middle and resulting in an interception for Lorenzo Jerome of St. Francis (Pa.). The South ran the two-minute drill for its third possession at the end of the first quarter. Dobbs looked good in the hurry-up offense, starting with a five-yard pass to Howard. He followed that with a five-yard pass to Texas A&M's Josh Reynolds down the right sideline. Three plays later, Syracuse topples No. 6 Seminoles; Tar Heels, Irish fall as upsets abound SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Andrew White scored 24 points, John Gillon had 21 points and matched his career high with 11 assists, and Syracuse beat No. 6 Florida State on Saturday. Syracuse (13-9, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its second straight close game and gained its first victory over a ranked team. Tyler Lydon had 14 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high six blocks for the Orange, who led at halftime. Tyler Roberson added 10 points and seven boards. Dwayne Bacon and Jonathan Isaac each had 19 points for Florida State (18-4, 6-3), and Xavier Rathan-Mayes finished with 16. Isaac also grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked two shots. MIAMI 77 No. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 62 CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Freshman Bruce Brown scored a career-high 30 points, and Miami snapped North Carolina s sevengame win streak. The Hurricanes (14-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) had success with a swarming zone defense. The Tar Heels point total was a season low and 27 below their average, and they shot only 35 percent. Miami also had a edge in rebounding against the Tar Heels (19-4, 7-2), who lead the nation in that category. Ja Quan Newton added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Hurricanes, whose biggest lead was Justin Jackson led North Carolina with 21 points. Joel Berry II went 0 for 8 and scored two points, 13 below his average. GEORGIA TECH 62 No. 14 NOTRE DAME 60 ATLANTA (AP) Josh Okogie made a fast-break layup as time expired, Tadric Jackson had a career-high 25 points and Georgia Tech earned another surprising victory over a ranked opponent. The inexperienced Yellow Jackets (13-8, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), in their first year under coach Josh Pastner, No. 2 Kansas rallies past No. 4 Kentucky in Challenge LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Frank Mason III scored 21 points, Josh Jackson had 20 points and a pair of big 3-pointers and No. 2 Kansas rallied past No. 4 Kentucky on Saturday night in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Challenge s marquee matchup between college basketball s two winningest programs ended with the Jayhawks earning their second straight win over the Wildcats on Kentucky s home floor. Three-point shooting was critical for Kansas (19-2) as it shook off an 0-for-8 first half to make 5 of 11 after halftime, with Jackson s consecutive 3s starting things for the Jayhawks. They shot 59 percent in the second half. Mason had 13 second-half points and Landen Lucas contributed 13 points including a layup with 4:41 remaining for a lead and five rebounds before fouling out. Jackson also had 10 rebounds. Malik Monk and Derek Willis each had 18 points for Kentucky (17-4), which dropped its second straight. THE BIG PICTURE Kansas: Unfazed by first-half perimeter woes, the Jayhawks made their first three attempts from long range to change the momentum. They also forced 17 turnovers for 21 points. Devonte Graham had 12 points, and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk provided a big lift in place of suspended forward Carlton Bragg Jr., AP photo/butch Dill TENNESSEE QB Joshua Dobbs (11) completed 12-of-15 passes for 104 yards as the South starter in the annual Senior Bowl, while Vol teammate Cameron Sutton was a starting cornerback for the victors in the South win. already had two wins over top-10 opponents before taking down the Fighting Irish (17-5, 6-3). Notre Dame s Matt Farrell went up for a short jumper but missed off the rim with 7 seconds remaining. Jackson grabbed the rebound, tossed the ball to a streaking Okogie, and McCamish Pavilion erupted in cheers. Ben Lammers, the only player on either team to play the entire game, had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Georgia Tech. V.J. Beachem scored 23 points for the Irish, and Bonzie Colson had 13 points and 13 rebounds. No. 15 WISCONSIN 61 RUTGERS 54 NEW YORK (AP) Ethan Happ scored seven of his career-high 32 points in overtime, helping Wisconsin get the win at Madison Square Garden. Happ was 12 for 18 from the field. He was the only player for Wisconsin (18-3, 7-1 Big Ten) to shoot above 50 percent; the Badgers shot 33.3 percent (20 for 60) from the field, including a 3- for-25 performance from 3-point range. Corey Sanders had 15 points for the Scarlet Knights (12-10, 1-8), who lost for the ninth time in 10 games. Rutgers finished with a rebound advantage, but the Scarlet Knights committed 19 turnovers that turned into 17 points for the Badgers. No. 16 CREIGHTON 83 DEPAUL 66 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Khyri Thomas scored 18 points and Marcus Foster had 15, leading Creighton to the win at home. Justin Patton added 14 points as Creighton (19-3, 6-3 Big East) won for the first time in three games since star point guard Maurice Watson Jr. was shelved by a major knee injury. Billy Garrett Jr. scored 18 points and Brandon Cyrus had 12 for the Blue Demons (8-13, 1-7). Creighton has won 10 of its last 11 meetings with DePaul, including eight of nine since joining the Big East in No. 17 DUKE 85 WAKE FOREST 83 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Luke Kennard hit a 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds left, helping Duke rally for the road win. Kennard finished with 34 points one shy of his career high and Grayson Allen had 19 for the Blue Devils (16-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). Kennard was 6 for 6 from 3-point range and Allen went 5 for 11 from beyond the arc. Duke appeared to be headed for its fourth loss in five games before Kennard took over in the second half. He scored 12 of Duke s final 15 points. Bryant Crawford scored a career-high 26 points, John Collins added 20 and Keyshawn Woods finished with 15 for Wake Forest (12-9, 3-6). No. 18 WEST VIRGINIA 81 TEXAS A&M 77 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Jevon Carter had 19 points and nine rebounds, helping West Virginia hold on for the win. West Virginia opened a lead on Daxter Miles Jr. s 3-pointer early in the second half. But the Mountaineers needed two free throws by Esa Ahmad with 4.4 seconds left to finish off the Aggies. Ahmad went 6 for 12 at the line and finished with 14 points. Miles scored 10 points for West Virginia (17-4), which was coming off an win against No. 2 Kansas on Tuesday. Carter made four 3-pointers and also had two steals in 34 minutes. Admon Gilder scored 24 points for the Aggies (11-9), and Tyler Davis had 19 points and 18 rebounds. JC Hampton went 5 for 6 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points. No. 22 MARYLAND 85 MINNESOTA 78 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Justin Jackson had a career-high 28 points and 10 rebounds, making all five of his 3-point attempts, and Maryland earned its sixth straight win. scoring eight points. This was Kansas first game since coach Bill Self acknowledged Thursday that police are investigating an alleged rape at the team s dormitory. Kentucky: The Wildcats ragged stretch just before halftime resulted in 10 turnovers, and their problems continued in the second half. They gave the Jayhawks all kinds of opportunities that not even 40- percent 3-point shooting could overcome. The Wildcats don t lose often at Rupp Arena, but they now have two home defeats this season, both in marquee games against ranked teams they lost to now-no. 8 UCLA in December. POLL IMPLICATIONS Kansas gutsy win in a tough environment might be enough to convince some poll voters to put the Jayhawks on top. Kentucky figures to drop several spots with a home loss following an SEC defeat at mid-pack Tennessee. UP NEXT Kansas: The Jayhawks have a few days to savor this win before hosting No. 5 Baylor on Wednesday night in a battle of the Big 12 s top two teams. Iowa State comes in next Saturday. Kentucky: Looks to end its two-game slide at home against Georgia on Tuesday night before traveling to Florida next Saturday. he completed a six-yard sideline pass to Pumphrey. Dobbs hit Howard for six-yard gain and a first down and then beat the expiring first-quarter clock to rifle a pass to Howard down the right KNOXVILLE (AP) Tennessee s young roster is starting to come of age. Grant Williams scored 17 points Saturday as Tennessee defeated Kansas State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge for the Volunteers third consecutive victory. Rather than letting down in their first game after an stunner over No. 4 Kentucky, the Vols built on their momentum. That represents a major achievement for a team that had struggled to establish consistency much of the season. Throughout the season, we would have a good game and then we d take a step back, said Williams, one of Tennessee s three freshman starters. We just preached to each other we ve got to play hard and play our game. We did a good job of that. Tennessee also showed it has different formulas for success. Robert Hubbs III carried Tennessee in the Kentucky game by collecting 25 points, but he wasn t quite as productive against Kansas State. Hubbs was scoreless in the game s first 16 minutes and finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. The Vols instead relied on their ability to dominate the boards Saturday as they led by as many as 19 and never trailed all day. Tennessee outrebounded Kansas State and outscored the Wildcats 23-6 in second-chance points. We didn t compete as hard as we needed to, Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. They competed and played hard, and we didn t match it. Jordan Bowden had 13 points for Tennessee. Kansas State s Barry Brown scored 17 points, including 15 in the second half. seam for a 24-yard gain. Dobbs remained hot at the start of the second quarter. On first down from the South's 25- yard line, he connected with BYU's Jamaal Williams for a four-yard completion out of the backfield. On 3rd-and-3 two plays later, he displayed his quick release, hitting Western Kentucky's Taywan Taylor on a 14-yard quick slant. Dobbs completed a seven-yard pass to Reynolds and picked up another first down when his screen pass to Florida State fullback Freddie Stevenson resulted in a 10-yard gain. The South turned the ball over on a fumble by Reynolds during a reverse. Cleveland Browns and South head coach Hue Jackson was pleased with Dobbs' performance. "I thought Josh did a good job," Jackson said. "He couldn't control getting hit and flipping the ball up in the air, but I thought he ran the offense, moved the ball and did the things we thought he could do. He did a good job." NFL Network analyst and draft expert Mike Mayock shared that opinion at halftime. "I thought Joshua Dobbs did a nice job with his set," Mayock said. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said that scouts had great things to say about Dobbs Wesley Iwundu had 14 and Kamau Stokes added 11 for the Wildcats (15-6), who lost their second straight. Tennessee built a halftime lead by capitalizing on Kansas State s cold shooting. Kansas State shot just 8 of 22 and missed all six of its 3-point attempts in the first half, which ended with Tennessee on a 9-0 run The Wildcats made five of their first six 3-point attempts in the second half, but they never got the deficit below nine. What we ve done really the last two games for certain and really (the last) three is when teams have made a push back at us, we ve been able to handle it, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. BIG PICTURE Kansas State: The Wildcats need starting forwards D.J. Johnson and Dean Wade to get healthy. Weber said that nagging injuries have kept them from practicing and limited their effectiveness Saturday. Kansas State s rebounding struggles resulted in part from the fact Johnson and Wade weren t at full strength. Tennessee: The Vols got a big contribution from Kyle Alexander, who had played just three minutes against Kentucky. His eight points represented his second-highest total of the season, and his nine rebounds were a season high. The 6-foot-10 sophomore was particularly effective in the opening minutes to help Tennessee take control for good. I m really happy (for) and proud of Kyle Alexander, Barnes said. I thought he was just terrific to start the game. He was just going after rebounds. I and California's Davis Webb. "When you talk to scouts who have gone on those two school calls, they say these are the types of kids that coaches are going to want to work with," Jeremiah said. "Their work ethic is outstanding." Sutton started the game at cornerback for the South and also played on special teams. He posted three tackles in the game and none of the receivers he covered were targeted by North quarterbacks. Playing at the nickel, he halted the North's opening possession when he made a tackle on Michigan's De'Veon Smith after a seven-yard completion on 3rdand-11. During the North's second possession, Sutton made a big tackle on 2nd-and-Goal, stopping Smith at the four-yard line. On the broadcast, Mayock said that he was impressed with what he saw out of Sutton over the course of the Senior Bowl Week. "He tackled everybody and gave great effort," Mayock said of Sutton showing in practices. Sutton played at right corner, nickel and free safety in the second half and did not have a pass thrown his way. He made his third stop of the day when he tripped Toledo running back Kareem Hunt in the third quarter on a 20- yard run down the left seam. Calvin Mattheis/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP TENNESSEE GUARD Robert Hubbs III (3) goes for a layup during an NCAA SEC-Big 12 basketball game between the Vols and Kansas State at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville on Saturday. Vols capture third straight victory thought he was terrific. I thought he was a guy who set a great tone for us on both ends really in terms of what he was trying to get done. KEY SEQUENCE Tennessee s ability to dominate the boards was most evident in what amounted to a six-point possession during the first half. The Vols led midway through the first half when Alexander was fouled after getting an offensive rebound. Alexander made his first free throw and missed the second, but Tennessee got the ball back when Hubbs won the rebound. On the ensuing possession, Jordan Bone scored and was fouled. Bone missed the free throw but got a rebound that led to a Bowden 3-pointer that made it QUOTABLE I was kind of hoping they d have a letdown a little bit after the two wins (over Mississippi State and Kentucky), Weber said. Obviously they didn t. They took it to us right from the start. UP NEXT Kansas State hosts TCU on Wednesday. Tennessee is at Auburn on Tuesday. YMCA JOIN BY JAN. 31 AND PAY NO JOINING FEE!

20 20 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 SCOREBOARD ON TAP Monday, Jan. 30 BASKETBAll Lee University at Shorter (Ga.) University, 6 Soddy-Daisy at Walker Valley, 6 (BJV, 4:30) Tuesday, Jan. 31 BASKETBAll Bradley Central at Knox Webb, 6 Cleveland at Ooltewah, 6 (JV, 3:30) Walker Valley at Sweetwater, 6 (JV, 3:30) Meigs County at Polk County, 6 (JV, 3:30) Wednesday, Feb. 1 SOFTBAll University of Montevallo (Ala.) at Lee University (DH), 2 Thursday, Feb. 2 BASKETBAll North Alabama at Lee University, 6 Polk County at Sweetwater, 6 (BJV, 4:30) Friday, Feb. 3 BASKETBAll Bradley Central at Soddy-Daisy, 6 (JV, 3:30) East Hamilton at Cleveland, 6 (JV, 3:30) Walker Valley at McMinn Central, 6 (JV, 3:30) Cleveland State at Volunteer State, 6:30 WRESTlING TSSAA State Duals in Franklin Bradley Central vs, Knox Halls, 6 Cleveland vs. Maryville, 6 State quarterfinals, 8 Saturday, Feb. 4 BASEBAll Catawba College (N.C.) at Lee University (DH), 2 BASKETBAll Lee University at Alabama-Huntsville, 3 Cleveland State at Motlow State, 3 Cumberland County at Cleveland, 5 SOFTBAll GSC-PBC Challenge at Columbus, Ga. Lee University vs. Lynn University (Fla.), 1:30 Lee University vs. Flagler College (Fla.), 4 Bradley Central, Cleveland participating, times TBA WRESTlING TSSAA State Duals in Franklin State semifinals, 2 Championship meet, 8 Sunday, Feb. 5 BASEBAll Catawba College (N.C.) at Lee University, 1 SOFTBAll GSC-PBC Challenge at Columbus, Ga. Lee University vs. University of Montavello (Ala.), 2 Lee University vs. Columbus State (Ga.) University, 4:30 ON AIR Sports on TV Sunday, Jan. 29 AUTO RACING 6 a.m. FS2 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Rolex 24 at Daytona, at Daytona, Fla. 1 p.m. FS1 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Rolex 24 at Daytona, at Daytona, Fla. COllEGE BASKETBAll 1 p.m. CBS Michigan at Michigan St. FOX Virginia at Villanova 2 p.m. CBSSN Colgate at American 3:30 p.m. FOX Washington at Arizona 4 p.m. CBSSN South Florida at Cincinnati ESPNU Wichita St. at Bradley 4:30 p.m. BTN Purdue at Nebraska 6 p.m. FS1 Xavier at St. John s 6:30 p.m. BTN Indiana at Northwestern ESPNU Boston College at Virginia Tech 8:30 p.m. ESPNU Stanford at California CRICKET 10 a.m. NBCSN Big Bash League, Perth Scorchers vs. Sydney Sixers (same-day tape) EXTREME SPORTS Noon ESPN X Games, at Aspen, Colo. FIGURE SKATING 3 p.m. NBC ISU, European Championships, Men s & Women s Free Skate, at Ostrava, Czech Republic (taped) GOlF 1 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at San Diego 3 p.m. CBS PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at San Diego GOLF LPGA Tour, Pure Silk-Bahamas Classic, final round, at Paradise Island, Bahamas NBA BASKETBAll 3:30 p.m. ABC Oklahoma City at Cleveland 6 p.m. NBA Washington at New Orleans 9 p.m. NBA Golden State at Portland NFl FOOTBAll 7:50 p.m. ESPN 2017 NFL Pro Bowl, AFC vs. NFC, at Orlando, Fla. NHl HOCKEy 3:30 p.m. NBC NHL All-Star Game, at Los Angeles SKIING 7:30 a.m. NBCSN FIS Alpine World Cup, Men s Giant Slalom, second run, at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany 5:30 p.m. NBCSN FIS Alpine World Cup, Ladies Super G, at Cortina d Ampezzo, Italy (same-day tape) SOCCER 6:55 a.m. FS1 FA Cup, Millwall vs. Watford 9 a.m. FS1 FA Cup, Sutton United vs. Leeds United 11 a.m. FS1 FA Cup, Manchester United vs. Wigan 4 p.m. ESPN2 Men, International friendly, United States vs. Serbia, at San Diego WINTER SPORTS 3:30 p.m. NBCSN Luge, FIL World Championships, Men s second run, at Innsbruck, Austria (taped) 4:30 p.m. NBCSN Bobsledding and Skeleton, IBSF World Cup, four-man bobsled, at Koenigssee, Germany (taped) WOMEN S COllEGE BASKETBAll Noon BTN Nebraska at Ohio St. CBSSN South Florida at Temple ESPNU Virginia at Notre Dame 2 p.m. ESPN2 Iowa at Maryland ESPNU Oregon at Oregon St. SEC Arkansas at LSU 4 p.m. FS1 West Virginia at Texas SEC Texas A&M at Mississippi St. 6 p.m. SEC Auburn at Alabama 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma at Baylor BASKETBAll National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W l Pct GB Toronto Boston ½ New York ½ Philadelphia Brooklyn ½ Southeast Division W l Pct GB Atlanta Washington ½ Charlotte ½ Orlando ½ Miami Central Division W l Pct GB Cleveland Indiana ½ Chicago ½ Milwaukee ½ Detroit ½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W l Pct GB San Antonio Houston Memphis New Orleans ½ Dallas Northwest Division W l Pct GB Utah Oklahoma City ½ Denver ½ Portland Minnesota Pacific Division W l Pct GB Golden State L.A. Clippers ½ Sacramento ½ Phoenix L.A. Lakers Friday s Games Indiana 115, Sacramento 111, OT Boston 128, Orlando 98 Cleveland 124, Brooklyn 116 New York 110, Charlotte 107 Toronto 102, Milwaukee 86 Houston 123, Philadelphia 118 Miami 100, Chicago 88 New Orleans 119, San Antonio 103 Washington 112, Atlanta 86 Portland 112, Memphis 109 Saturday s Games Sacramento 109, Charlotte 106 Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. Sunday s Games New York at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Houston at Indiana, 6 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 6 p.m. Washington at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Dallas at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 7 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 9 p.m. Monday s Games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 8 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday s Games New Orleans at Toronto, 7 p.m. New York at Washington, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. NCAA Men s Basketball Top 25 Fared Saturday 1. Villanova (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 12 Virginia, Sunday. 2. Kansas (19-2) beat No. 4 Kentucky Next: vs. No. 5 Baylor, Wednesday. 3. Gonzaga (21-0) at Pepperdine. Next: ay BYU, Tuesday. 4. Kentucky (17-4) lost to No. 2 Kansas Next: vs. Georgia, Tuesday. 5. Baylor (20-1) beat Mississippi Next: at No. 2 Kansas, Wednesday. 6. Florida State (18-4) lost to Syracuse Next: at Miami, Wednesday. 7. Arizona (19-2) did not play. Next: vs. Washington, Sunday. 8. UCLA (19-3) did not play. Next: at Washington State, Wednesday. 9. North Carolina (19-4) lost to Miami Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Tuesday. 10. Oregon (19-2) vs. Oregon State. Next: at California, Thursday. 11. Butler (18-3) vs. Georgetown. Next: vs. No. 16 Creighton, Tuesday. 12. Virginia (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 1 Villanova, Sunday. 13. Louisville (17-4) did not play. Next: vs. N.C. State, Sunday. 14. Notre Dame (17-5) lost to Georgia Tech Next: vs. No. 17 Duke, Monday. 15. Wisconsin (18-3) beat Rutgers 61-54, OT. Next: at Illinois, Tuesday. 16. Creighton (19-3) beat DePaul Next: at No. 11 Butler, Tuesday. 17. Duke (16-5) beat Wake Forest Next: at No. 14 Notre Dame, Monday. 18. West Virginia (17-4) beat Texas A&M Next: at Iowa State, Tuesday. 19. Cincinnati (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. South Florida, Sunday. 20. Purdue (17-4) did not play. Next: at Nebraska, Sunday. 21. Saint Mary s (18-2) at Santa Clara. Next: at Pacific, Thursday. 22. Maryland (19-2) beat Minnesota Next: at Ohio State, Tuesday. 23. South Carolina (16-4) at Missouri. Next: at LSU, Wednesday. 24. Xavier (14-6) did not play. Next: at St. John s, Sunday. 25. Florida (16-5) beat Oklahoma Next: vs. Missouri, Thursday. NCAA Men s Basketball Scores Saturday, Jan. 28 EAST Bryant 73, Fairleigh Dickinson 72, OT Bucknell 96, Army 75 CCSU 61, LIU Brooklyn 52 Canisius 78, Manhattan 64 Clemson 67, Pittsburgh 60 Coll. of Charleston 90, Drexel 76 Columbia 65, Harvard 62 Cornell 75, Dartmouth 62 Davidson 84, Fordham 66 Elon 84, Hofstra 70 Fairfield 72, Marist 62 Florida A&M 81, Delaware St. 68 George Mason 76, UMass 74 George Washington 63, Saint Louis 55 Lipscomb 66, NJIT 62 Loyola (Md.) 70, Lafayette 62 Mass.-Lowell 97, Fisher 73 Md.-Eastern Shore 92, SC State 69 Mount St. Mary s 67, Sacred Heart 53 Navy 60, Holy Cross 47 Niagara 80, Rider 67 Penn St. 71, Illinois 67 Rhode Island 71, St. Bonaventure 59 Saint Joseph s 73, La Salle 72 Syracuse 82, Florida St. 72 UMBC 105, New Hampshire 103, 2OT Wagner 66, St. Francis Brooklyn 64 West Virginia 81, Texas A&M 77 Wisconsin 61, Rutgers 54, OT SOUTH Alabama 71, Mississippi St. 62 Alcorn St. 74, Southern U. 64 Arkansas St. 73, Louisiana-Monroe 63 Baylor 78, Mississippi 75 Duke 85, Wake Forest 83 ETSU 76, Chattanooga 71 Furman 73, UNC-Greensboro 67 Gardner-Webb 85, Charleston Southern 76 Georgia 59, Texas 57 Georgia St. 78, Troy 72 Georgia Tech 62, Notre Dame 60 Grambling St. 61, Ark.-Pine Bluff 53 High Point 83, Winthrop 80, OT Jackson St. 83, MVSU 68 Kansas 79, Kentucky 73 Liberty 72, Campbell 40 Memphis 57, East Carolina 50 Mercer 82, The Citadel 66 Miami 77, North Carolina 62 Middle Tennessee 71, Louisiana Tech 61 Morehead St. 72, Jacksonville St. 69 Morgan St. 76, Coppin St. 74 NC Central 82, NC A&T 59 Norfolk St. 73, Bethune-Cookman 66 Richmond 101, Duquesne 90 SC-Upstate 79, Kennesaw St. 73 Samford 69, VMI 67 Savannah St. 73, Howard 70 Stetson 88, North Florida 74 Tennessee 70, Kansas St. 58 Texas State 52, Coastal Carolina 50 Texas-Arlington 83, Appalachian St. 67 UNC-Asheville 80, Radford 69 Vanderbilt 84, Iowa St. 78 W. Kentucky 81, UTSA 66 William & Mary 96, UNC-Wilmington 78 MIDWEST Ball St. 84, W. Michigan 78 Cent. Michigan 105, Kent St. 98, OT Creighton 83, DePaul 66 E. Illinois 75, SIU-Edwardsville 60 E. Michigan 74, Miami (Ohio) 57 Grand Canyon 85, Chicago St. 77, 2OT Loyola of Chicago 81, Indiana St. 66 Maryland 85, Minnesota 78 N. Illinois 74, Toledo 72 N. Iowa 71, Drake 63 Ohio 96, Bowling Green 72 Providence 79, Marquette 78 South Dakota 88, Denver 83 SOUTHWEST Auburn 88, TCU 80 Florida 84, Oklahoma 52 Fort Wayne 87, Oral Roberts 83 Incarnate Word 81, Cent. Arkansas 80 Lamar 85, Northwestern St. 64 Oklahoma St. 99, Arkansas 71 Old Dominion 73, North Texas 67 Prairie View 70, Alabama A&M 65 Texas Tech 77, LSU 64 Tulsa 77, UCF 66 FAR WEST Boise St. 80, Wyoming 65 Colorado St. 78, San Diego St. 77 Montana St. 91, E. Washington 90, OT N. Arizona 68, North Dakota 67 N. Colorado 89, S. Utah 71 Nevada 82, New Mexico 65 San Francisco 81, Pacific 60 San Jose St. 76, UNLV 72 Women s College Basketball Scores Saturday, Jan. 28 EAST Albany (NY) 82, Hartford 71 American U. 73, Colgate 62 Binghamton 58, Maine 52 Boston U. 64, Lehigh 50 Bucknell 68, Army 62 CCSU 53, Bryant 52 Dartmouth 84, Cornell 74 Fairleigh Dickinson 59, St. Francis Brooklyn 58 Florida A&M 62, Delaware St. 56 Georgetown 54, Villanova 49 Harvard 70, Columbia 68 Iona 58, Quinnipiac 44 La Salle 59, George Mason 57 Loyola (Md.) 75, Lafayette 47 NJIT 76, Lipscomb 68 Navy 73, Holy Cross 71 New Hampshire 60, UMBC 50 Rider 47, St. Peter s 46 Robert Morris 50, Mount St. Mary s 44 SC State 67, Md.-Eastern Shore 60 Sacred Heart 66, LIU Brooklyn 48 Siena 91, Monmouth (NJ) 86 St. Francis (Pa.) 67, Wagner 46 UConn 91, Houston 42 Vermont 53, Stony Brook 43 SOUTH Alcorn St. 69, Southern U. 63 Austin Peay 84, SE Missouri 74 Bethune-Cookman 68, Norfolk St. 58 Campbell 73, Gardner-Webb 61 Charleston Southern 62, Longwood 47 Coastal Carolina 64, Texas State 48 Coppin St. 61, Morgan St. 45 ETSU 77, Wofford 69 Florida Gulf Coast 60, Jacksonville 57 Furman 65, Chattanooga 48 Georgia Southern 53, South Alabama 45 Georgia St. 68, Troy 65 Grambling St. 58, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54 Howard 55, Savannah St. 49 Jacksonville St. 69, Morehead St. 68 Kennesaw St. 79, SC-Upstate 71 Liberty 80, Winthrop 51 Louisiana-Monroe 59, Arkansas St. 51 MVSU 62, Jackson St. 57 Memphis 65, UCF 59 Mercer 59, Samford 49 Middle Tennessee 79, Louisiana Tech 65 NC A&T 62, NC Central 38 Radford 64, UNC-Asheville 62 Richmond 61, Davidson 52 Southern Miss. 64, UAB 59 Stetson 68, North Florida 44 Texas-Arlington 73, Appalachian St. 62 UALR 82, Louisiana-Lafayette 64 UNC-Greensboro 62, W. Carolina 45 UT Martin 90, Murray St. 70 VCU 55, UMass 52 MIDWEST Akron 80, E. Michigan 62 Buffalo 62, W. Michigan 47 Dayton 81, Rhode Island 51 Green Bay 65, Cleveland St. 51 IUPUI 62, Fort Wayne 48 Ill.-Chicago 74, Valparaiso 60 Iowa St. 72, TCU 69 Kansas 66, Texas Tech 60 Kansas St. 74, Oklahoma St. 69 Kent St. 80, Bowling Green 78 Milwaukee 78, Youngstown St. 74 N. Illinois 101, Ball St. 96 Nebraska-Omaha 83, S. Dakota St. 82 North Dakota 88, N. Arizona 69 Ohio 79, Miami (Ohio) 62 Oral Roberts 70, N. Dakota St. 50 SIU-Edwardsville 75, E. Illinois 59 Toledo 74, Cent. Michigan 72 Tulane 74, Cincinnati 68 W. Illinois 86, South Dakota 78 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 77, McNeese St. 65 Cent. Arkansas 63, Incarnate Word 50 Lamar 73, Northwestern St. 60 Prairie View 71, Alabama A&M 47 Sam Houston St. 68, SE Louisiana 61 Stephen F. Austin 88, New Orleans 61 Texas A&M-CC 65, Nicholls 60 UTEP 84, Marshall 74 UTSA 80, W. Kentucky 77 FAR WEST Boise St. 64, Wyoming 54 CS Bakersfield 52, UMKC 33 Colorado St. 60, San Diego St. 43 Gonzaga 83, Pepperdine 61 Idaho 75, Montana 50 Idaho St. 57, Weber St. 52 Loyola Marymount 77, BYU 74 Montana St. 72, E. Washington 61 N. Colorado 74, S. Utah 55 New Mexico St. 63, Utah Valley 46 Sacramento St. 77, Portland St. 68 Saint Mary s (Cal) 55, Santa Clara 53 San Diego 57, Portland 40 San Francisco 67, Pacific 64 UC Davis 59, Cal St.-Fullerton 39 UC Santa Barbara 85, UC Irvine 60 Utah 58, Colorado 53 Utah St. 52, Fresno St. 47 HOCKEy National Hockey league EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal Ottawa Boston Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Buffalo Detroit Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington Columbus Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Carolina New Jersey WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota Chicago Nashville St. Louis Dallas Winnipeg Colorado Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose Edmonton Anaheim Calgary Los Angeles Vancouver Arizona NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday s Games No games scheduledsaturday s Games No games scheduled Sunday s Games All-Star Game: TBD at TBD, 4 p.m. All-Star Game: TBD at TBD, 5 p.m. All-Star Game Final: TBD at TBD, 6 p.m. Monday s Games No games scheduled Tuesday s Games Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m. Nashville at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. TENNIS Australian Open Results Saturday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $37.4 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Women Championship Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Venus Williams (13), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Men Championship Henri Kontinen, Finland, and John Peers (4), Australia, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (3), United States, 7-5, 7-5. Junior Singles Boys Championship Zsombor Piros (15), Hungary, def. Yshai Oliel (4), Israel, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Girls Championship Marta Kostyuk (11), Ukraine, def. Rebeka Masarova (1), Switzerland, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Wheelchair Singles Men Championship Gustavo Fernandez, Argentina, def. Nicolas Peifer, France, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Women Championship Yui Kamiji (2), Japan, def. Jiske Griffioen (1), Netherlands, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3. Quad Championship Dylan Alcott (1), Australia, def. Andy Lapthorne, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. PREP STANDINGS High School Basketball as of Jan. 27 Boys District 5-AAA Team District Overall #5 Cleveland East Hamilton Bradley Central Walker Valley McMinn County Ooltewah Soddy-Daisy Girls District 5-AAA Team District Overall #2 Bradley Central East Hamilton Walker Valley McMinn County Cleveland Soddy-Daisy Ooltewah Boys District 5-AA Team District Overall Sweetwater McMinn Central Polk County Sequoyah Loudon Girls District 5-AA Team District Overall #3 McMinn Central Sweetwater Sequoyah Loudon Polk County TRANSACTIONS Friday s Sports Transactions BASEBAll American league TEXAS RANGERS Agreed to terms with LHP Wesley Wright on a minor league contract. Assigned RHP Brady Dragmire outright to Round Rock (PCL). National league CHICAGO CUBS Agreed to terms with RHPs Andury Acevedo, Maikel Cleto, Daniel Corcino, Seth Frankoff, Jim Henderson, Casey Kelly, Jhondaniel Medina, Conor Mullee, Fernando Rodriguez, LHPs Gerardo Concepcion, Zac Rosscup, INFs Chris Dominguez, Munenori Kawasaki and Jemile Weeks and C Carlos Corporan on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS Agreed to terms with RHPs Fabio Castillo, Steve Geltz, Brandon Morrow and Madison Younginer; LHP Patrick Schuster; Cs Wynston Sawyer and Bobby Wilson; and OFs Stetson Allie, Tyler Holt, Henry Ramos and 1B Ike Davis on minor league contracts. SAN DIEGO PADRES Named Keith Werman coach of El Paso (PCL); Lance Burkhart hitting coach and Jonathan Meyer coach of San Antonio (TL); Edwin Rodriguez manager, Raul Padron hitting coach and Freddy Flores coach of Lake Elsinore (Cal); Doug Banks hitting coach and Jhonny Carvajal coach of Fort Wayne (MWL); Hunter Mense hitting coach, Josh Spence pitching coach and Oscar Salazar coach of Tri-City (NWL); Shaun Cole manager, Raul Gonzalez hitting coach and Mike McCoy coach of the AZL Padres 1; Jackson Quezada pitching coach and Vinny Lopez hitting coach of the AZL Padres 2; Garvin Alston minor league rehab pitching coach; and Aaron Levin manager of the DSL Padres. BASKETBAll National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS Assigned F Henry Ellenson and Gs Darrun Hilliard and Michael Gbinije to Grand Rapids (NBADL). FOOTBAll National Football league ARIZONA CARDINALS Reassigned quarterbacks coach Freddie Kitchens to running backs coach. Named Byron Leftwich quarterbacks coach. BUFFALO BILLS Re-signed S Colt Anderson. GREEN BAY PACKERS Signed LS Taybor Pepper. Canadian Football league EDMONTON ESKIMOS Released WR Kenzel Doe. HOCKEy National Hockey league ANAHEIM DUCKS Assigned G Ryan Faragher to Utah (ECHL). ARIZONA COYOTES Assigned F Christian Fischer to Tucson (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS Assigned G Sam Brittain from Springfield (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS Assigned D Seth Helgeson, Steven Santini and Karl Stollery to Albany (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS Assigned G Mackenzie Skapski from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES Assigned F Ivan Barbashev to Chicago (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Reassigned F Erik Condra to Syracuse (AHL). VANCOUVER CANUCKS Assigned F Yan-Pavel Laplante from Utica (AHL) to Alaska (ECHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS Reassigned F Chandler Stephenson to Hershey (AHL). American Hockey league LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS Recalled F Kevin Sundher from Reading (ECHL). ROCHESTER AMERICANS Reassigned D Brycen Martin to Elmira (ECHL). SAN JOSE BARRACUDA Returned F Bryan Moore to Allen (ECHL). Assigned F Jake Marchment to Allen. SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS Loaned F Stephen McAulay to Florida (ECHL). ECHl ELMIRA JACKALS Signed F Brad Townsend. GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS Released G Brian Billett. MANCHESTER MONARCHS Released G Ed Zdolshek. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS Added G John Havrilack as emergency backup. SOCCER Major league Soccer FC DALLAS Announced the retirements of F Colin Bonner and M Timo Pitter. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Acquired D Benjamin Angoua on loan from Guingamp (Ligue 1-France). NEW YORK CITY FC Traded G Josh Saunders to Orlando City for a 2019 fourth-round draft pick. Signed D Alexander Callens. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Signed F Marcos Urena to a multi-year contract. North American Soccer league NEW YORK COSMOS Signed Gs Brian Holt and Jimmy Maurer and D Alexis Velela. National Women s Soccer league WASHINGTON SPIRIT Signed D Caprice Dydasco to a one-year contract. COllEGE CONFERENCE USA Suspended Louisiana Tech G Jacobi Boykins and UAB G Hakeem Baxter one game for their parts in a brawl during Thursday s men s basketball game. COLORADO Announced the resignation of safeties coach Joe Tumpkin. KANSAS Suspended men s basketball F Carlton Bragg indefinitely. LIMESTONE Named Akasha Kasper assistant women s lacrosse coach. OAKLAND Announced the resignation of women s soccer coach Mags Saurin. PURCHASE Named Breena Salwocki women s soccer coach. TENNESSEE Named Todd Helton volunteer director of baseball player development. UNLV Extended the contract of Tony Sanchez football coach through the 2021 season. Saturday s Sports Transactions BASEBAll National league COLORADO ROCKIES Signed RHP Greg Holland to a one-year contract. Designated RHP Eddie Butler for assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with RHP Vance Worley on a minor league contract. BASKETBAll National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS Assigned G Denzel Valentine to Windy City (NBADL). HOCKEy American Hockey league HARTFORD WOLF PACK Recalled D Spiro Goulakos from Greenville (ECHL). local NOTES BASEBAll WV BASEBAll CAMP The Walker Valley baseball field will host a hitting and pitching camp for ages six through eighth grade. Camp dates are Jan. 29, Feb. 5 and 11. Pitching instructor is former major leaguer Jason Davis, who won 22 games for the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Pittsburgh Pirates from The cost of the camp is $150 for both hitting and pitching or $100 for one. For more information contact Joe Shamblin at or Mike Turner at FISHING ClEVElAND BASSMASTERS The Cleveland Bassmasters meet the first Thursday of each month at South Cleveland United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Cleveland Bassmasters includes boaters and nonboaters and are associated with FLW. The club fishes and holds tournament on Chickamauga Lake, Nickajack Lake, Lake Guntersville, Lake Weiss, Watts Bar and Neely Henry. Dues for the Bassmasters are $35 quarterly. Other fees include $35 FLW joining fee, $8 insurance, $20 per year for biggest largemouth or smallmouth bass and $15 for tournament largemouth or smallmouth prize. For more information, contact Dewayne Lowe at (423) SOCCER lee WINTER ID CAMP Lee University will hold a Winter ID Camp Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., for girls in grades An overall insight in to Lee and its women s soccer program, will give participants an opportunity to meet current players, coaching staff and tour the university campus. It will also include a Q&A session, recruiting information and fun high intensity training sessions and scrimmages. The cost is $110 with a T-shirt included. To register go to or contact either Luidgi Beauzile (lbeauzile@leeuniversity.edu or ) or Amy Cooley (acooley@leeuniversity.edu or ). lee youth SOCCER league Registration is now open for the Lee 4v4 Youth Soccer League which is set to kick off its sixth season beginning March 14 on the campus of Lee University. The recreational soccer league is for boys and girls, ages 5-12 and includes players of all levels of ability from beginner to more advanced. The six-week program is run by the coaching staff and players of the Lee University men's soccer team. Players will meet on Tuesday night for a skills clinic and training and then will play matches Saturday mornings on a smaller field with smaller goals. Players and teams are selected according to age and ability. Online registration is now available, or you can stop by the McKenzie building and fill out the registration form. For more information, go to Or you can call the men's soccer office at Discounts for early registration ends March 1. ROOK TOURNAMENT JUTE MIllER ClASSIC The second annual Jute Miller Classic rook tournament will be held Feb.. 11 at the Cleveland Elks Lodge. The entry fee is $100 per team with participation limited to 32 teams. Breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. with play beginning at 9. Lunch will be provided. Prizes wil be awarded for first, second and third places. All proceeds go to the Kiwanis Club of Cleveland Community Services Foundationå for Youth Projects. For more information, contact Jeff Miller at (423) Photo by JAMES McREE JAMES MCREE was presented the Colby Stansberry Heart of A Champion scholarship between games at the Cleveland vs. Bradley Central basketball game Friday, at Cleveland. The scholarship is awarded in memory of Colby Stansberry, a Cleveland Blue Raider basketball player who s life was tragically cut short in Pictured with McCree, center, are Colby s parents Terry and Michelle Stansberry and a host of family and friends. Contributed photo NINE-yEAR OlD Sylar Carr of McDonald bagged this eight-point buck on the last weekend of the Tennessee juvenile session. He was accompanied by his dad, Greg Carr. This was his third deer of the session. Snedeker, Rodgers tied for Torrey lead SAN DIEGO (AP) Already a two-time winner at Torrey Pines, having a share of the lead is exactly where Brandt Snedeker wanted to be Saturday. It s just not all that familiar to him. Snedeker won last year in the Farmers Insurance Open by rallying from six shots behind in the final round that was stretched over two days because of high wind. His other victory at Torrey was in 2012, when he was seven shots behind and won in a playoff over Kyle Stanley, who made triple bogey on the last hole. I definitely like my odds better than the last two times I won at this place, Snedeker said. Even with a tough day on the South Course s poa greens, Snedeker hung on for a 2-under 70 and was tied for the lead with Patrick Rodgers, who had a clean scorecard to match the pictureperfect day along the California coastline. Rodgers shot a 67 as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Exactly where I want to be, in the last group here, Snedeker said. This is obviously a tough golf course. There s a lot of guys within a couple shots of the lead, so it doesn t really mean a whole lot. But this place, for whatever reason, seems to bring out my best and I m excited about the challenge. Snedeker and Rodgers were at 9-under 207, and Snedeker has been around long to know that a share of the 54-hole lead means nothing. Fifteen players were within three shots of the lead. The last time Snedeker had a share of the 54-hole lead at Torrey Pines was in 2007, his rookie year. Tiger won, he said with a laugh as he walked out the door. Tiger Woods was long gone after missing the cut, along with Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and Rickie Fowler. Phil Mickelson is still very much in the picture after a 68 left him four shots behind in his bid to win at Torrey Pines for the fourth time, but first since Rodgers is the latest player from the high school class of 2011 with a chance to shine, an athletic and powerful player who has been patiently waiting his turn. He picked up a little extra motivation from watching one of his best friends, former roommate Justin Thomas, sweep the Hawaii swing. Before Thomas, it was Jordan Spieth who picking up big trophies at an alarming rate. I can t sit here and say it hasn t been hard at times, Rodgers said. Obviously, these are my best friends so I m happy every time they have success. But on a personal level, I mean, those are the guys that I ve always competed with and so it definitely tests my patience to see them have success and it s incredibly motivating. And it s not just Rodgers. Also in range of a victory Sunday are two others from that high school graduating class C.T. Pan of Taiwan, who played at Washington, birdied three of his last five holes for a 69 and was one shot behind; and Ollie Schniederjans struggled on the back nine but still managed a 71 to finish two shots back. Also in the mix was Pat Perez, who grew up at Torrey Pines and whose father, Mike, is the starter on the first tee. Perez shot a 67 and goes into the final round just two shots behind. Justin Rose, who started the third round with a one-shot lead, fell behind on the second hole and never caught up. He shot 73 and was in the large group at 7- under 209. AP photo/gregory Bull PATRICK RODGERS hits out of a bunker on the 18th hole of the South Course during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Saturday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.

21 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Serena sets major record with win over Venus MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams held up a Grand Slam winner s trophy for the 23rd time, celebrating her unrivalled place in history, and received a congratulatory letter and a pair of custom-made shoes from Michael Jordan, the name most synonymous with No. 23. Venus Williams got to watch from close range again, and shed tears more of joy than regret after being beaten in a major final for the seventh time by her record-breaking younger sister. Serena won the all-williams final, the ninth in Grand Slam history and the second in Australia, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday night. With her record seventh Australian Open title, Serena moved ahead of Steffi Graf for the most major titles in the Open era. The Williams sisters are close. They started out playing together in Compton, California, hardly a hotbed for tennis, with their father Richard and mother Oracene as coach and mentor. And they still practice and travel together around the world. They met for the first time at a major at Melbourne Park in 1998 Venus won that one. In 2003, when the younger of the Williams siblings completed her Serena Slam of four consecutive titles, MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) As Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won match after match at the Australian Open, making their unlikely way through opposite sides of the draw, tennis fans couldn t help but look ahead. Could the two old rivals, almost six years on from their last meeting in a Grand Slam final, possibly meet for one more match for the ages in Melbourne? Federer and Nadal each had to survive epic five-set matches in the semifinals, but they did not disappoint. And now, the dream final tennis fans had hoped for when favorites Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic were upset in the first week is going to happen Sunday night in Rod Laver Arena. What s at stake is bigger than just Federer-Nadal XXXV, or even the Australian Open title. There s also history to play for: If Federer wins, he ll add an 18th Grand Slam trophy to his career record total, putting distance between himself and his rivals. If Nadal wins his 15th, he ll pass Pete Sampras for sole possession of second place on the all-time list, and pull tantalizingly close Bears From Page 17 it up was Jared Elrod, BC head coach Chuck Clark said. Those threes he made were big and he had a put back on our end in the second half. We also started Hunter Duggan for Brown and he did a great job guarding Bryce Nunnelly (8 points) to start the game. This was a great team win. Senior Ty Beavers scored four of his seven points for Bradley in the second and third overtime. His biggest bucket came in the final overtime, as he surged past two defenders for a layup and a lead with 1:17 remaining. Junior Lameric Tucker closed the door with his 11th and 12th points from the free throw line in the final 15 seconds. Tucker also answered Kolten Gibson s game-high third trey with his second one to give Bradley a lead with under five minutes to play in the fourth. The victory ended a two-game district skid for the Bears (12-8, 6-3) and brought a close to a two-game district streak for the Mustangs (11-10, 4-5). We needed this win more than people probably realize, because we were a little deflated after our last two games, Copeland said. Saylor Clark played well off the bench as a freshman in a rivalry game, which was not easy for me to do at that age. Tonight showed just how big our will to win is. After the key rivalry win, which puts Bradley third place in the district and two games ahead of the Mustangs and a game and a half behind East Hamilton for second, the reigning 5-AAA Coach of the Year had more praise before leaving the building. Venus was on the other side of the net. She didn t reach another Australian final for 14 years. When Serena sat on the court, holding both arms up to celebrate on Saturday, Venus walked over to her sister s side of the net for a hug. This was a tough one, Serena said. I really would like to take this moment to congratulate Venus, she s an amazing person she s my inspiration. There s no way I would be at 23 without her there s no way I would be at one without her. Thank you Venus for inspiring me to be the best player I can be and inspiring me to work hard. Asked if it felt awkward to be on the receiving end of so many losses to her sister, the 36-yearold Venus didn t flinch. No, because I guess I ve been here before, she said. I really enjoy seeing the name Williams on the trophy. This is a beautiful thing. Venus won the last of her seven majors in 2008 at Wimbledon. She didn t make the second week of a major for a few years as she came to terms with an energy-sapping illness after being diagnosed with Sjogren s syndrome in And she only made it back to the semifinals last year at Wimbledon. Another shot at a first to Federer s 17. The historical context of that match, whether it becomes with the French Open next, or 18-14, that s such a big difference in the historical march for both those guys, former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick told The Associated Press in Melbourne this week. That might be, as far as history goes, the biggest match ever in Australian Open history and maybe Grand Slam history. What s at stake there is beyond what pretty much any player can comprehend. The magnitude of the moment is not lost on the players themselves. Rafa s definitely presented me with the biggest challenge in the game, Federer said after his semifinal win over U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka. I m happy we ve had some epic, epic battles over the years, and of course, it would be unreal to play here. Nadal said neither player could have imagined making the final of the year s first Grand Slam after coming back from their respective injuries in 2016 Federer, his knee; Nadal, his wrist. Both men took Australian Open title was a sign of progress, she said. That s exactly where I want to be standing during these Grand Nadal vs Federer: Dream final becomes reality in Australia AP photo/aaron Favila UNITED STATES' Serena Williams, left, holds her trophy after defeating her sister, Venus, right, in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday. My assistant coaches, Patrick Spangler and Drew German, did an unbelievable job and even pulled me back so I wouldn t get a technical at one point, Clark said. I looked to Coach Spangler about any sets we ran because he has that sheet and did an amazing job. Drew, especially in overtime, always had me informed of people in foul trouble. A lot of the time the head coach gets all the credit, but I have two great assistants and people need to now that. They were huge tonight for us as well. With The Stable at its best with the capacity filled crowd and two student sections providing quite the buzz, Walker Valley was unable to take advantage of crucial moments. We had a great atmosphere, WVHS head coach Bob Williams said. Not too many get to play in front of one like this. Both schools were well represented and it was such a big rivalry game. It was hard to see our guys come up short. Throughout regulation both teams struggled mightily on the offensive end, especially in the third quarter as the Bears scored five points and held the Mustangs to a mere two for a 23- standstill until the fourth. Walker Valley had game-winning shot opportunities to end the fourth quarter and first overtime. However, a lob-pass to Melton was denied and the Mustangs could not cash in on two or three tip-backs at the end of the first overtime. Zach Eslinger s free throws with 12.6 seconds left in the second overtime forced another extra five minute period. Bradley won the final overtime 9-4, in which Copeland scored five points. He scored 11 points in 12 minutes of overtime compared to Walker Valley s 12 total points. Gibson led the Mustangs with 13 points and Melton finished with 10. Both sides made five 3- pointers. Williams group hopes they can get the best of the rivalry in the postseason for a second straight season, after they beat Bradley in the district and region championship last year. Walker Valley is 7-3 in postseason meetings. I challenged them to bounce back from this and use it as motivation, Williams said. We have three more games and could still finish 7-5 in district. Bradley has five games left, three being district contests left at Soddy-Daisy (Feb. 3), at East Hamilton (Feb. 6) and at home against Ooltewah (Feb. 10). The Mustangs have six games remaining, which includes home district meetings with Soddy-Daisy Monday and East Hamilton (Feb. 10). They will travel to face the Trojans on Feb. 7. GAME SUMMARY BOYS Bradley Central Walker Valley BEARS (51) Cole Copeland 19, Lameric Tucker 12, Jared Elrod 10, Beavers 7, Cartwright 2, Duggan 1, Clark, MUSTANGS (46) Kolten Gibson 13, Cooper Melton 10, Nunnelly 8, Eslinger 7, Murphy 3, Munck 3, Westfield, Zakkas. 3-point goals: Bradley 5 (Elrod 2, Tucker 2, Beavers); WV 4 (Eslinger 2, B. Gibson, K. Gibson). Free throws: Bradley 10-of-15; WV 3-of-7. Records: Bradley 12-8, 6-3 District 5-AAA; Walker Valley 11-10, 4-5 District 5-AAA. Slams, is on finals day, having an opportunity, she said. That s the highlight of all this, is to be in that moment. time off last season and had difficult draws in Melbourne because of their lower rankings. For me, it s a privilege, Nadal said. It s a very, very special thing, I think, for both of us to be in the final of a major again, have another chance to compete against each other after a couple of years having some problems. Nadal has dominated Federer in their head-to-head matchups he has a record overall and has won nine of their 11 matches in Grand Slams. But Federer likes his chances on the hard courts at the Australian Open this year he believes they are playing faster than in years past, which suits his game better than Nadal s. Federer should also be fresher for the final, having spent far less time on court than Nadal during the tournament (13 hours, 40 minutes vs. 19 hours) and having an extra day to rest in between the semifinal and final. Both men have survived two five-setters, but Nadal s were far longer and more draining. Federer may also have the edge confidence-wise. Nadal s results have dipped dramatically in recent years and he s struggled to play well against the top players. He hasn t been past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam since the 2014 French Open, also the last major he won. Nadal, though, remains one of the fittest players in the Quinn s task: match up with Belichick Seattle s defense had taken charge, and the Seahawks led the 2015 Super Bowl by 10 points. Then Tom Brady torched that unit in the fourth quarter a unit coordinated by Dan Quinn. Yes, the most memorable play in that game was Malcolm Butler s goal-line interception when the Seahawks appeared ready to successfully defend their title. Now, though, with the matchup of the Falcons against the Patriots in this Super Bowl, the memory of Quinn s defense struggling in the clutch is vivid. And Quinn doesn t exactly have the Legion of Boom on his side, although Atlanta s defense has shown staying power. It shut down his former team and then the potent Packers to get to the title match with New England. Before Quinn begins figuring out how to figure out Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the Patriots, his first task is simply guiding the Falcons down a path they aren t familiar with. Serena Williams, meanwhile, enjoyed the fact she made history in Melbourne. Only Margaret Court, with 24, is in front of her in terms of overall Grand Slam singles titles, although the Australian great won 13 of her Grand Slams before the Open era began in My first Grand Slam started here, and getting to 23 here, but playing Venus, it s stuff that legends are made of, Serena said. I couldn t have written a better story. The match didn t live up to its classic billing, with nerves and tension causing uncharacteristic mistakes and unforced errors, with four consecutive service breaks before Venus finally held for a 3-2 lead in the first set. That included a game when Serena had game point but served back-to-back doublefaults and three in all to give up the break. There were six service breaks in total. Both players were relatively subdued, except when Serena smashed her racket in the third game. After the fourth game, however, Serena Williams didn t face another break point in the 1- hour, 22-minute match. Serena Williams, that s my little sister, Venus said. I have been right there with you. Some game and is certainly hungry for major success again after years of disappointing losses. Whoever wins, the match is sure to be memorable. A massive crowd is likely at Melbourne Park, as well, after organizers decided to open the 7,500-seat Margaret Court of them I have lost right there against you. It s been an awesome thing, your win has always been my win. In terms of total years, it was the oldest Grand Slam women s final in the Open era the Williams sisters combining for 71 years, 11 months. Roger Federer will be aiming to increase his all-time men s record to 18 when he takes on 14-time major winner Rafael Nadal on Sunday, completing the singles finals lineup of all 30- somethings. Bob and Mike Bryan missed out on a doubles record, losing the final 7-5, 7-5 to Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia. The third-seeded twins were trying to win their 17th Grand Slam title, which would have tied them with John Newcombe. Speaking of records, Serena got a little bit superstitious Down Under, and hadn t wanted to talk about the No. 23 until she got it. Now there s a limited-edition racket 23 of them to be released and some custommade shoes sent by former NBA great Jordan. It had Jordan s usual jersey number No. 23 stamped on the heel, helping to provide some synchronicity for the numbers involved. AP photo/kin Cheung SWITZERLAND S ROGER FEDERER celebrates after defeating compatriot Stan Wawrinka during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday. Federer faced old nemesis Rafael Nadal in today s championship match. Cougars From Page 18 The Cougars may have started out on a bright note with Romero Hill sinking a 3-pointer 20 seconds in, but the Chargers soon took over control of the court and forced their hosts to play catch up for the rest of the night. By the end of the first half, Columbia State had a 12-point, lead over Cleveland State. The Cougars battled back in the second half, cutting the Chargers lead to setup what looked to be a comeback. With 5:34 remaining in the game, Victor Curry, who has returned from an injury, hit a basket to tie the game up at 69. The momentum swayed back in Columbia State s favor after Donovan Brown s And-1 once again gave the visitor s a threepoint lead. After the final five minutes ran off the clock, the Cougars were looking at the wrong side of an eight-point game. Cleveland State had four players reach double-digit scoring in Friday s game: Cam Copeland had 20, Tevin Olison had 14, Curry had 13 and Hill had 12. Arena for fans to watch the match on a giant screen. I just know that two of the greatest players of tennis are going to square off on Sunday, Grigor Dimitrov said after his nearly five-hour loss to Nadal in the semifinals. And it s going to be (an) amazing match. Regardless of how that Super Bowl turned out two years back, at least Quinn has traveled this way twice before, including a romp over Denver in February 2014, when his D was too much for Peyton Manning and the Broncos. For a lot of guys, playing in their first divisional game a couple weeks ago, and playing in their first NFC championship game, and all those experiences are new, Quinn said. You have to have awareness for those. And this experience is different, also. I want to fully recognize that. However, when we do get to the game, it s still going to be the game. There s a lot of hype that leads up to it. There s more media exposure that goes along with it. But our process of getting ready doesn t change. Our intent of how we re going to play doesn t change. The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn t change. So those things are going to stay really consistent and really the same. Really consistent and really the same is what can be expected from the other side. No team or coaching staff is better at planning for a specific opponent than the Patriots. Belichick, defensive coordinator Matt Patricia offensive coordinator and Josh McDaniels will devise strategies that can rob Atlanta of its most dangerous options. If that means shutting down All-Pro receiver Julio Jones, that s where New England will focus. If it means neutralizing NFL sacks leader Vic Beasley Jr., that s also where the Patriots will concentrate efforts. This is old hat for Belichick, in his record seventh Super Bowl as head coach (he s 4-2). The spotlight in this matchup will glare on Quinn, and not just because he is more personable and entertaining. Just how will he handle the biggest challenge of his career? Technically, he s already into it. Speaking of Brady s prolific offense yes, Atlanta s was even more prolific in 2016, but the season s final game is an entirely different scenario Quinn was spot-on. Number one, they re difficult to defend, he said. They use a variety of different formations, personnel groups. They ve got a huge playbook from the pass game into the run game, the gap schemes, trap schemes and run game, quick game. So I would say it s offense that s well-versed. They have different ways to attack you. Quinn knows his defense must be doing just as much attacking. He need look no further back than the Patriots rout of Pittsburgh last Sunday to see what happens when a team takes the conservative route.

22 22 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Editorial Busy Greenway no place for horses, nor their poo The good news about those three horses clopping along the Cleveland/ Bradley County Greenway a couple of weeks ago is they weren t supposed to be there; the bad news is nobody knew it. The cowboys didn t know it. The horses didn t know it. And the horses piled gifts to the fitness trail didn t know it. Same-day users of the Greenway didn t know it either, but many took strong offense to the massive animals presence, as well as their massive discards of... well, poo. All were justified in taking offense, and many let their anger be known to members of the Cleveland City Council and the Greenway Board which is exactly what they should have done and some even contacted the Cleveland Daily Banner. Most asked the same question, Are horses allowed on the Greenway? Others added, And how about their poo? The answer to both questions is an unequivocal no. That s because City Ordinance No says so. As reported in this newspaper last Tuesday, the ordinance reads, No person shall ride a horse or pony on, over or through any park or portion of a park designated by signage as being restricted from such activities. For those who might not have known, the Greenway is recognized as a municipal park; specifically, it is a linear park... one that now exceeds four miles in length, since the most recent addition of one-fourth of a mile to its northernmost extreme. Here s the caveat. Note the wording of the ordinance,... designated by signage as being restricted from such activities. Even if the out-of-town horses could read, there were no signs announcing their kind were banned from the trail. Even if the out-of-town cowboys riding atop the out-of-town horses could also read, same problem. No signs. So, the Cleveland Department of Parks and Recreation is now doing what common sense seemingly dictates should not have been a need. Workers are erecting signs outlawing horses and ponies along the Greenway trail. Common sense even in the world of cowboys should be enough to keep the majestic beasts off the narrow track. Alas, not so; at least, on this day when a group of outsiders chose to stretch the legs of their steeds up and down the streets of Cleveland, and eventually onto the beloved Greenway... all the while leaving piles of remembrance for walkers, joggers, bicyclists and rollerskaters to avoid. For the unsuccessful, it meant wash cloth and soap for tires, rollers and running shoes once safely back at home. It is not our belief the popular Nike slogan, Just Do It, was ever intended as encouragement to horses. As we understand it, Greenway users on this day were angered for two reasons: One, the fact that horses were intentionally brought onto the trail, regardless of the origin of their riders; and two, the riders (whom we ll define as cowboys because they wore cowboy hats) openly refused to clean up the trail of poo, even in the face of complaints by the Greenway s human activists. Truly, we understand and we sympathize with the plight of the Greenway users. After all, most who bring their dogs to the track understand their responsibility in removing their pets refuse. Some bring along their own devices for scooping while others rely on the disposable gloves provided in convenient locations along the linear park. Let s face it. Poo is not pleasant, regardless of dog... or size of dog, or horse. When it is gifted in such public locations, it should be removed by responsible parties; that is, the animal owners. But here s our real beef about horses on the Greenway. It s about safety. The Greenway is 10 feet wide at all locations. Most users as well as Greenway planners would love for it to be wider, but greater width means more cost. Contractors don t give away asphalt and concrete, the two key surfaces of the entire running strip. So the more surface area, the higher the budget. However, the Greenway s current width easily accommodates two people possibly three who are walking or running together, while still leaving passing room on one side. Add bicycles and skaters to the mix, and things get a little crowded... but still doable. Add horses? Forget it. Besides, horses can be skittish. The sounds of bicycle bells or people laughing or children shouting in joy at the sight of the behemoths can spook the animals. Such reaction can lead to serious injury or worse to legitimate Greenway users who are doing nothing more than just trying to enjoy some exercise and social times in the great outdoors. Let s also be clear about this. In most cases with the exception of wandering, lost or escaped animals horses aren t going to take themselves to the Greenway. Instead, they are brought there by owners. As such, any harm to bystanders or other Greenway users lies with the irresponsible actions of people who intentionally allowed it to happen. It is not the fault of the horses. It is the fault of the people who brought them. Unfortunately, it is the sizable horses that can inflict the most serious bodily harm to others. In the event of catastrophe, they will be cast as the demons while in fact it is their owners who are the devils. We are told this likely was an isolated incident, that it probably won t happen again... that outof-towners were to blame. Fine. But let s add more teeth to the enforcement of Greenway rules. Post the horse and pony ban with ample signage in busy locations of the linear park. Encourage users to report violations to the Cleveland Department of Parks and Recreation, or even to the Cleveland Police Department. As we said, the Greenway is a municipal park. Users should be expected to abide by park rules. For those who can t or won t perhaps a city or police citation might help to influence their future decisions. And in the case of repeated violations, perhaps a ban of the human kind could be more effective. We trust the new Greenway signs will do the job. It s just good horse sense. We might also suggest adding cattle to the ban... in the unlikely event of drover sightings like Mr. Favor and Rowdy Yates anywhere near Cleveland s linear park. (EDITOR S NOTE: The Banner welcomes letters to the editor. The guidelines call for letters to be in good taste and no more than 300 words. Some minor editing, not affecting the meaning, may be required. All letters must include the author s signature, address and a telephone number for confirmation. Since letters must have a signature, they cannot be ed. Letters reflect the opinion of the writer. Letters may be sent to Letters to the Editor, Cleveland Daily Banner, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN ) Love them or hate them, traditions always make the family, and families always make traditions Wow, can you believe only around 300 days till we are sitting at the table enjoying Thanksgiving once again? Turkey, dressing, pumpkin or pecan pie, I m a little partial to the pecan pie, but fellowshipping with friends and relatives around the dinner table. Jan. 1 marked the end of the longest run of holidays in our country. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, about a 45-day span of cooking, baking, entertaining, shopping, and of course gift-giving. Of course, the holidays are over now, but they are my favorite time of the year, even with the extra load of expense in buying gifts. There are many different views of the season. Some would rather spend Thanksgiving with friends and relatives while others make Christmas the special time. Regardless, they are the most traveled holidays of the year. I love traditions. Traditions are passed down and yet we still enjoy making our own as we grow a family. Growing up, we had a tradition of leaving early on Christmas Eve to visit my grandparents in Alabama. Some may say that being away from home on Christmas and all the gifts would not be a fun tradition, but it was because that is what we knew. When my wife and I were building our tradition of Christmas, we elected to stay home allowing our children to enjoy the holiday in their home. Now my children have started their own tradition with Christmas that best suits their family. Some families open gifts on Christmas Eve, and if you saw the gifts under the tree at our house with six grandchildren, you would understand why. Room was needed for Santa to come and leave more gifts. Other families like the tradition of gift-giving on Christmas morning, which is perfectly fine. I personally like the night before. A parent, it seems, has leverage with the kids explaining that if they don t go to sleep Santa will not come, and also after tearing into the packages and playing hard with the newly found toys, they are worn out. Growing up on New Year s Day, my mom always had greens, pork, carrots, cornbread, beans and other Southern-comfort food. Good eating. Nowadays, it is difficult to find food that had the taste that Mom s food had. Most of the food on this day had a meaning. I can t remember which one meant what, but eating them guaranteed money, luck, health and other things. Even today, I hear people ask if you had your greens over the holidays. Another tradition my parents had was not spending money on New Year s Day. If you bought something on this day, then you would be spending money all year and they wanted no part of that. Of course, when I was growing up, very few if any businesses were open on holidays. People respected the significance of the holiday. I guess they thought if you needed it you would have gotten it the day before. I actually can remember when all businesses were closed on Sundays. Drugstores in our town would take turns with emergency calls if someone needed something. Times have changed. On New Year s morning, Mom would call each of us into the dining room, open up a drawer in the china cabinet and give us a silver dollar. We were to carry that silver dollar in our pocket all day. That meant we would have money all year. Strange though, as I grew older I wondered, based on the tradition of not spending money. Did this mean that Mom would be giving me money all year? Also, did that mean by giving it back to her, that I would be giving her money all year? Oh well, it was our tradition for as long as I lived at home. A few more traditions growing up were buying Red Cross pins at school for a penny; Poppy s from veterans on Veterans Day; respecting our parents and each other; pledging allegiance to our flag; Sunday dinners at home; and visiting our neighbors after church on Sunday. One of my favorite traditions with my children was reading them a story at bedtime. My children had their favorite stories. My daughter liked the story of the Pokey Little Puppy, while my son was intrigued with The Little Train That Could. They both heard those stories so much that even though they could not read, they memorized them and would take the book and pretend they were reading it to me. Great memories from traditions, both handed down and newly created. One of the most utilized phrases I think people use is, that s how we have always done it, referring to traditions that we have been accustomed to as we were growing up and brought with us into our new life as we built our own families. Traditions come from all over the world and they definitely have different tones. Without traditions our country and families would not be the great catalyst that keeps us going. Without traditions we could not raise our children because traditions taught us our values. I would love to see all the old traditions that have been forgotten reinstated and used today. I think we as Americans and humans would be better for them. I have to end this bit of writing now because it is time for one of my favorite traditions lunch! (About the writer: Gary Matheny is retired after a long career in the pharmaceutical industry. Because of his love for the East Tennessee mountains, he and his wife left Macon, Ga., to retire in Cleveland. He is a published author and also writes a popular blog titled Life Happens. He loves golf, writing, public speaking and serving as a motivational consultant. him at gary.matheny@yahoo.com and follow him at Greenway serving as a linear classroom: What has it taught you? I hope you ll tell us about it In previous entries of this column we have discussed the fact that the Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway is a linear park, defined by the 4.2 miles that trek along Mouse Creek and the amenities that go along with it. On one of my recent morning runs along the Greenway, it occurred to me that not only is it a linear park, but it is also a linear classroom. Many high school or college courses could be staged there. Allow me to elaborate: 1. Art appreciation: Just in the last month, the Greenway has added two more pieces of art, thanks to the efforts of the Greenway Public Arts Committee. Local artist Joe McCullough spearheaded the placement of the new Cleveland sign, which is also geographically educational as it displays the direction and mileage to 24 other cities named Cleveland across the U.S. On Dec. 31, artist Josh Coleman installed his art creation, Out for A Stroll across from the post office on Keith Street. The sculpture joins his signature piece, Sitting Tall, or better known as the Big Yellow Chair, located in Greenway Park. In addition, art students can ponder the infinite angles of a sculpture also placed last year and located near the campus of the Church of God offices. 2. Botany: With the recent installation of 32 tree markers, students can glean the common and scientific names of at least those 32 species along the Greenway. The 4-foot tall sign markers were placed by local scout, Grover Brown, as part of his Eagle Scout project. So now, LIFE HAPPENS Gary Matheny KEEPINg It green Cameron Fisher Cleveland/Bradley Greenway Board interested students can reap the benefits of easy access to the trees information. 3. Local history: With the education markers that are in place, students could take copious notes to learn about the first days of Cleveland and Bradley County at Taylor s Springs; who was the namesake of our county (Colonel Edward Bradley); the history of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland; and the rich history of our schools and colleges. Coming soon: two more markers, one about our storied religious background and another telling the story of local industry. 4. Physical education: P.E. instructors would have a hey-day while on the Greenway. They could run their pupils through suicide sprints and sack races at Greenway Park. They could safely teach cross-country running along the 4.2 miles of unbroken Greenway. And if that weren t enough, there are 15 exercise stations located between Raider Drive and Tinsley Park. And speaking of Tinsley Park, the Greenway s connection to it opens up another world of availability with softball, tennis, swimming and skateboarding. 5. Sociology: Observant co-eds could walk the Greenway on any pleasant day and observe families at the playground, couples making eyes with each other on benches, runners competing against one another, walkers in intense conversations and bikers intent on their final destination. Human behavior on display in its fullest. 6. Zoology/biology: Mouse Creek, which stretches all 4.2 miles of the Greenway, is a living and breathing classroom in itself with many species of fish and plant life. Along with that, there is also a one-stop mini-classroom, four-sided kiosk in Greenway Park with posters of birds, salamanders and insects that can be found in Tennessee and on the Greenway. There s a dog park to observe canine behavior. Finally, if they re lucky, Greenway students might happen upon some of the live animals that frequent this linear classroom. There are dozens of ducks. I have observed deer and raccoons. I am waiting my first sighting of an armadillo. I could go on, but you get the picture. "What have you learned from the Greenway? Send us an at info@cbcgreenway.com." Online: Facebook: The Greenway Cleveland Daily Banner Established in 1854 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Ralph Baldwin GENERAL MANAGER Joyce Taylor ASSOCIATE EDITOR Rick Norton ASSOCIATE EDITOR Gwen Swiger LIFESTYLES EDITOR William Wright Newsroom Fax Telephone CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Herb Lacy SPORTS EDITOR Richard Roberts ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Jack Bennett RETAIL SALES MANAGER Sheena Meyer PRESS SUPERVISOR Richard Yarber Office & Advertising Fax th Street N.W. - Cleveland, TN P.O. Box 3600 Cleveland, TN 37320

23 Cleveland Daily Banner xxxday, month, Mr. President, media: Agree to disagree, and move on If you want to bring the world closer to peace, be a peacemaker by creating peace whenever you can. If you find yourself engaged in an argument that only stirs anger in the heart, quickly make peace and carry on. Suzy Kassem American writer From, Rise Up and Salute The Sun (b. 1975) If the next four years of the incendiary rivalry between President Donald J. Trump and America s mainstream media is going to be anything like the new administration s first weekend, I want off the boat. Now. OK, OK. Please... I m not implying this to be a doomed voyage of the Trumptannic nor an inevitable revocation of the First Amendment, but here s a reminder both to the president and the media: The citizens of this nation are going to get mighty fed up with the bashing back and forth like a badminton game gone wild between an edgy White House and an irreverent media. Writing about politics, or anything political, is the last thing I want to do in this space. But look at me now... dedicating the same spot to another diatribe about our president s war with American newsmen for the second consecutive week. And to think, last week in a column that read more like a novel I was convinced I had found just the right words to convince President Trump to show a little tolerance for those who disagreed with his views especially the news media and to lead by example, not by harsh words. Obviously, my prose describing the mythical lunch with the president never found its way to the White House. I can t imagine why. Perhaps they don t subscribe to this newspaper. Before sounding off on that ludicrous exchange between president and reporters over crowd size at the inauguration, I ll offer these reminders about mandatory priorities for the new administration, as well as for the White House Press Corps, and media people TODAY IN HISTORY in general: 1. National debt: The last I heard the United States is almost $20 trillion in the tank... mostly to the countries of China and Japan. I m not an economist. Frankly, I m too dense up top to understand exactly what happens if our country s budgetary imbalance keeps going south... or is that north? But, I know this. If it operates along the same principal as a household budget, then we re in some deep... trouble. At home, if our monthly credit card balances, utility and cable bills, insurance premiums, grocery tabs, garbage pickup, gasoline purchases, health and medical costs, and general maintenance expenses exceed our combined income over a long period of time then something has to give... things like the house, the cars and the general well-being of my wife and me. 2. Healthcare: Whether past- President Barack Obama s Affordable Care Act is best for the American people is anybody s guess. Most agree it s a noble cause, but its sustainability remains in doubt. It s providing millions of Americans with affordable health insurance, but at what price for the whole? Those who want to repeal Obamacare including the new president understand it can t be stopped cold turkey. It must be replaced with something. The question... with what? 3. National security: Cyber-attacks against America, American corporations, American people and American interests are no longer just a threat; they re here. Whether the hackers live in Russia or China, or are sympathetic to deviants like ISIS or copycat killers, the problem is real. If left unchecked, it will eventually undermine the nation and her future. 4. Immigration and/or illegal immigration: No longer is it just an issue of illegal migration into the U.S. through the southern border. Now, it s also a question of who should be allowed in and who should not whether by legal means or otherwise. It s a moral dilemma. On one hand, such isolationist thinking goes against the very fabric of America s founding; on the other, the international spread of terrorism has changed life for everyone on Planet Earth. 5. Race: Of all the domestic ills fouling American soil, this should not be one. In 2017, the idea that races still can t get along black and white and red and yellow and brown is as inexplicable as it is unforgivable... especially the black and white piece. Somebody once said, We can do far more together than we could ever do apart. It s an idea worth trying. 6. Entitlements: Talk about moral quandaries, the future of Social Security and Medicare is among the most frightening. By percentage, they re the biggest contributors to America s debt. Yet, they re America s promise to Americans. There s not a good answer, which is why each new generation of politicians kicks the can a little farther down the road. But, kicked too hard and for too long, and that can will go plummeting deep into a roadside abyss. 7. A clash of classes: The never-ending feud between the haves and have-nots has been decades maybe centuries in the making. Yet, as long as America had a middle class there was hope. Now, we re told, the middle class that beloved buffer between socioeconomic extremes is disappearing. Talk about a new civil war? Its soldiers could be those whose lives are defined by the dollar. These are just seven; they re a thin slice of a much larger pie. But they re critical. Resolution is never a guarantee, but without the attempt one based on cooperation, common sense and commitment America s undoing is hastened all the more. Yet, on the weekend of the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, our new leader and our mainstream media embarked on a war of words over crowd numbers at the Friday doings on the National Mall. Each blamed the other. The new commander-in-chief accused the dishonest media of being out to get him and of trying to undermine his presidency... just as they had allegedly done throughout the 18- month campaign. Too, the media downsized the inauguration crowd numbers in order to paint an unflattering picture, so the president charged. The media, in reply, proclaimed its innocence. They reported the new president exaggerated the crowd numbers. They claimed he distorted the truth. They jeered Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway for giving birth to a new White House term alternative facts during an interview on Meet the Press. Frankly, I m scratching my head on that one, as well. Talk about a line in the sand? Folks, this needs to stop. President Trump, man up and be the leader that you said you d be in the campaign. Talk like a leader. Walk like a leader. Act like a leader. As they say, be presidential. But, if you choose a road less traveled that s OK, too... just so it leads to a fair and mindful direction for all Americans. News media, for crying out loud stop all the whining. Do your jobs, but do it without injecting personal opinion. And let the man lead without questioning his every step. You don t have to be best buddies with the White House administration, but neither should you serve as worst enemy. Here s an example. When faced with Trump s rants against the media for those crowd estimates, CNN s Anderson Cooper was quick to report newsmen didn t start the fight... Trump did. He then went on to say something like,... So, we have to respond! No, Anderson... you don t. Leave it alone... unless, of course, you re using this newfound controversy for TV ratings. And that would be unprecedented, right? Oh, and for the record, I d say the same thing to Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, Washington Post, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and anybody else whose job it is to report the news... without opinion. And Mr. President, you don t have to take everything so personally. Sir, get used to it. The American media won t always be in your corner. But hopefully, they ll always be fair. And if they re not? Say something about it in a press conference, present your facts, assure the newsmen you believe in accountability on both sides... then let it go. And for heaven s sake, don t tweet it. Also, this reminder to the new White House administration especially the president and his press secretary: Before you speak, check your facts. The press has every right to verify your numbers, as long as they do it for the right reasons and they present their findings in a responsible manner. Sure, the media has some reprehensible phonies... folks who should think twice, then report. Much the same can be said of politicians, like a few in what President Trump calls a Washington, D.C., swamp. Mr. President, as well as you bigtime, bigger-named news media outlets, here s my whole point: Agree to disagree. And move on. Americans don t have time, nor the patience, to hear debates on crowd size, popular votes and certainly not alternative facts. There s too much else to talk about... issues that actually mean something to the people whose voices need to be heard the most. It s this simple: President Trump... sir, we ask that you lead. News media, we ask that you report... the good, the bad and the ugly. But do it fairly. Do it responsibly. And do it without malice. Hold our leaders accountable, but don t hold them by the throat. And by all means newsmen, check the thickness of your own skin, show improved willingness to report both sides and let the president lead. If he succeeds, great. If he fails, it should be from his doing and not your second guessing. If we can all do our part, then maybe... just maybe... there s hope. And right about now, hope is all that too many Americans have left. (About the writer: Rick Norton is an associate editor at the Cleveland Daily Banner. him at rick.norton@clevelandbannder.com. A boy learns an invaluable lesson from the Preacher Man My mother and father got married and divorced, twice, before I got through my fourth grade. The second divorce was final. Those times were confusing. They were both Gemini. Shortly after their final divorce, Dad moved to Cleveland, Tennessee and continued his amazing small-market radio career with WCLE, owned by Hoskins and Sharp Insurance Agency. He was brought in to pull the audience from the dominant station in town, WBAC, which he did. Dad started out on top and, for years, reigned as the king of the morning air waves. Due to his lucrative contract, he was able to finally start making some pretty good money. My mother, on the other hand, was not as fortunate. She was a brilliant woman. She had great credentials and degrees from Peabody College and did some pretty heady, faith-based writing. She was looking for a teaching job. They were few and far between in the 50s. We lived with her mother, my grandmother, Miz Lena, for awhile. Mom was a Mormon. So had been Dad when we lived in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was actually a deacon in the church. I regret to say that neither of them was exemplary of the faith. It's a full-time religion. Lots of dos and don'ts. Mom had some personal issues and just sort of walked away from any form of organized religion. Dad, somehow, ended up a Methodist. In all the confusion, I wound up being baptized three times! I hope one of them took. I'm kinda leaning toward getting into Heaven under the Methodist umbrella. As a kid, I remember thinking, it was going to be a lot easier to get to Heaven as a Methodist. Not so many rules. And, they liked to sing! Mom finally landed a job in Hampshire, Tennessee, population 101. It was one of those little rural towns that was so small, Mr. Jenkins, a local World War I hero, used to say that, "The welcome to and the come back again signs is back-to-back." There were seven buildings in town. Six of them open for business. There was one church. First Church of Christ, with Rev. Riley Parks at the helm. Everybody around there called him Preacher Man. He was a little man. I doubt he stood more than five feet tall. Of course, I was just a little boy, so he was plenty tall to me. His face was worn and redflushed, with a couple of moles around INKSPOTS Rick Norton Assoc. Editor (AP) Today is Sunday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of There are 336 days left in the year. Today s Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1820, King George III, the British monarch whose 59-year reign included the loss of the American colonies, died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV. On this date: In 1843, the 25th president of LIFE CHAPTERS Bill Stamps the United States, William McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio. In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe s poem The Raven was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. In 1861, Kansas became the 34th state of the Union. In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk. In 1936, the first inductees of baseball s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. In 1956, editor-essayist H.L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore, died at age 75. In 1958, actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married in Las Vegas. In 1964, Stanley Kubrick s nuclear war satire Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the one of his eyes. When I looked up at him, the moles were magnified through his thick glasses. He had wavy white hair, parted almost down the middle, and what looked to me to be, some blonde streaks still left at his temples. He combed it back and tucked behind his big ears. He was buck-toothed. When he smiled, which was often, all you saw, from my elevation, were his two, slightly nicotine-stained front teeth. He wore a pressed jacket. Handironed by Ms. Swann's maid. You could see the seared image of the pointed iron around the lapels. He usually wore a cane straw hat with a pigeon feather stuck in the band. There were a lot of pigeons around the church. Rev. Parks fed them table scraps out of the back kitchen door of his living quarters, behind the church. Preacher Man loved his pigeons. What he lacked in physical stature was made up for with his stiff, straightup walk and a commanding and confident voice. It was raspy, but strong. If you saw him at a distance, talking with someone, you could hear his part of the conversation clear as a bell. At the end of each of his spoken sentences, he'd whistle. Just a little whistle. Almost like a whisper. During his Sunday hellfire-and-brimstone sermons, his whistles would bounce off the church walls. It was hypnotizing. Preacher Man would see me coming up the sidewalk and call me over. He'd look down at me and say, "Boy, I was speaking to the Lord, this morning, about you, sssssrt. He's likin' what he's seein', Son, ssssrt. He says for you to keep up the good work, ssssrt!" He'd say things like that, with his arm stretched and his hand on my shoulder. Sometimes, it felt like I was holding him up. As far as I knew, he was the only one in Hampshire talking to the Almighty about me on a fairly regular basis. It was like receiving a daily bulletin from God. I always appreciated hearing from the Lord. Back then, I was an enterprising little guy. I chopped kindling and brought in coal for almost all the elderly ladies within three miles of downtown. There were many "war widows" living out their last days in Hampshire. Not only did I do countless chores for them, but I guess you could say, I kept them company. Most every one of them seemed to enjoy my sitting with them for awhile. They always dished up a slice of pie or cake for me, accompanied with an ice cold glass of milk. Then, we'd huddle up close to the fireplace or pot-bellied stove and discuss the most interesting of topics. Many of the ladies were retired school teachers. We'd look through scrapbooks, play checkers, sing songs and laugh about nothing in particular. I thought, "Old people sure do like to laugh." Sometimes I'd do my impressions of famous people for them. James Cagney was my best. "Yeah, yeah see, you dirty rat!" Aside from the chores I performed for the good ladies of Hampshire, I did some sweeping and raking up for Preacher Man. It usually entailed me sweeping off the church front porch, down the steps and then the cracked sidewalk, all the way up to the street. You could see the steeple of the church from the town square, but when you got up to the sidewalk, leading to the church, only a glimpse of the white wooden House of God showed through the trees. The sidewalk was bordered on both sides by beautiful magnolia trees. The trees, about eight of them, were a good 25 feet high. In the spring and summer months, the trees would blossom and the blooms would eventually fall to the ground. At the hottest time of a late spring or a summer day, I'd run to the church and lie on my back, halfway down the sidewalk, in the middle of the Magnolias, and breathe in the perfume of Mother Nature. On Sundays and funeral days, Preacher Man would reach up and pull on a thick brown rope and ring the bell in the steeple. You could hear it all the way down to Cathay's Creek. I used to think that if they ever had a church bell-ringing contest, Preacher Man would have taken home a trophy. He was one of God's musicians. The way he played the bell made me want to go to church. One autumn day, Preacher Man saw me next door, out in the back of Ms. Bomb premiered in New York, Toronto and London. The Winter Olympic Games opened in Innsbruck, Austria. Actor Alan Ladd, 50, died in Palm Springs, California. In 1966, the musical comedy Sweet Charity starring Gwen Verdon opened on Broadway. In 1975, a bomb exploded inside the U.S. State Department in Washington, causing considerable damage but injuring no one; the radical group Weather Underground Swann's house and stepped over the hedge and yelled out for me to come over to him. He was smiling, but I sensed that something wasn't right. As I got closer to him, he began quoting scriptures. The only thing I understood was one of the Ten Commandments, "Thou shall not steal." He told me, "Boy, if God sees you stealin', He'll take somethin' away from yuh." I said, "Yes sir." He said, "The Lord told me you was stealin' and cheatin' on Trick-or-Treat night, last week. You got somethin' to say 'bout that, son?" He was referring to my Halloween costume trick. Not really a trick. I had bought four or five different Lone Ranger masks. There was the traditional black-colored one and other colors like red and blue. There may have been a purple one as well. I always saved my Halloween candy and sold it back to kids at school. I thought I could triple my gross income if I hit every house three or four times, wearing different colored masks. At the time, I thought I had come up with the perfect business plan. I truly didn't think of it as corrupt. Maybe a little sneaky. I swear I didn't think I was sinning. Somebody had reported my misdeeds to Preacher Man. Preacher Man continued, "Son, the Good Lord is a forgiving man, as long as He knows yer sorry for what you done." I felt bad and so ashamed of myself. I cried a little. He told me that it was too late for crying. I had better look out for God's reprimand. He said, "If I was you, boy, I'd start prayin" for His forgiveness. You never can tell about Him. The Lord works in mysterious ways." My dad had come over, from Cleveland, that last Christmas, with bicycles for me and my two brothers. Gary and Ricky got smaller Schwinn bikes. I got a black three-speed. One of those bikes that every kid dreams of. Because it came from my dad, it was extra special to me. I washed my bike almost every day. Next to my dog, Prince, it was my favorite possession. Shortly after Preacher Man's talk with me, my bike came up missing. Someone had stolen my bike! I looked everywhere for it. I was devastated. A couple of weeks went by. My bike, the one my hero, my dad, had given to me, was gone forever. I was a sinner and on foot again. claimed responsibility. In 1990, former Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood went on trial in Anchorage, Alaska, on charges stemming from the 1989 oil spill. (Hazelwood was acquitted of the major charges, and convicted of a misdemeanor.) In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX. One afternoon, I was in Preacher Man's kitchen, getting ready to haul out the trash, which mainly consisted of Mogan David wine bottles. Whatever communion wine, or what Preacher Man called "the blood of Christ, was left over from church services, ended up back in the kitchen and was consumed by the good Rev. Parks. Preacher Man asked me if I'd been praying for forgiveness. I told him continuously. He had me kneel with him and led us in prayer. He asked the Lord if He could do him a personal favor and "help this poor boy find his bike." Preacher Man wrapped up his prayer vouching to God for my true remorse. He said to me, "Let's just see how forgiving the Lord's gonna be." The next day, Preacher Man asked me to sweep up the aisles in the church. He said, "Start in the back and sweep it up to the front, boy." I was head-down into my chore. As I got to the front, close to the reverend's podium, at the front of the small stage, I looked up. There, in the back, where the choir sang, propped up next to a chair, was my beautiful bike! I fell to my knees and through my tears of joy, and some leftover remorse, thanked Jesus. I ran to the back to tell Preacher Man that his prayer for me had been answered. He said, "I know, boy. He just told me, just before you come in. The Lord also told me to tell you that yer gonna be workin' here at the church for free for awhile, until yer caught up for all that stolen candy." That was fine with me. The Lord had forgiven me. As the years have moved on, I have realized that Preacher Man had something to do with the disappearance of my bike. That's OK with me. I learned a valuable lesson. And, I truly believe that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Happy Sunday, everybody. (About the writer: After nearly four decades in the entertainment industry, Bill Stamps and his wife, Jana, and their two dogs Cowboy and Scout left Los Angeles for Cleveland. Bill's father was morning man and general manager of WCLE back in the late 1950s and early 60s. Bill attended grades 6-8 in Cleveland, and has come back to write a book about his childhood in the South. He may be contacted at bill_stamps@aol.com or via Facebook.)

24 24 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Horse is left behind, survives 6 weeks in Wyoming wilderness CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) On a 16-mile trek off a mountain, a young horse lay down she could not go another step. The mare looked deathly ill to the men leading a train of horses out of a base camp for hunting and fishing excursions. In a race against the weather last fall, they left behind the horse they named Valentine to get the rest of the animals down. When they went back for her the next day, she had vanished into the vast Wyoming wilderness. Six weeks later, a worker spotted the 6-year-old mare, and her owners helped guide the healthy horse out through a storm and deep December snow. Not only is this grizzly bear country, a domesticated animal like Valentine had to find food and survive the harsh winter conditions. She didn t even need veterinary care. But when the story spread last week in the horseloving resort region of Jackson Hole, it unleashed a fervent debate among residents over whether the outfitting company did the right thing in leaving the horse, did all it could to find her or should have put her down to spare her suffering. It has culminated in a state criminal investigation that aims to find out if the outfitter s actions were cruel or helped lead to what some call the miraculous survival of an animal that s iconic in the American West. B.J. Hill, who owns Swift Creek Outfitters and the horse, said he has received angry phone calls from across the country. People are so quick to judge, We Are Still Your: Pet Funeral Home and Crematory Honoring Your Pet the Way a family Member Should Be! (423) Available 24/7 Hill said in a telephone interview from his ranch. Who knows what s going to happen. It s not over with yet. We re just trying to survive the moment that our horse is home. Hill, who owns 125 horses, said Valentine is doing well and is happy. It s unclear why she got sick. But she survived on grass until the snow came, when she would paw at the powder to get the food underneath. Jackson resident Joan Anzelmo, who used to own horses and rode when she was young, is among those raising questions about why Valentine was left behind and whether enough was done to find her. I m a horse person, and I just despair at the thought of that animal being left out in the deep backcountry with all the risks that occur for people or for animals and in one of the toughest winters that we ve had, Anzelmo said. So, clearly, this 6-year-old mare was able to survive, and for most of us, we consider it a miracle. It is considered humane to put down a horse that is severely injured or disabled by old age. Anzelmo and others say it would have been better to put down Valentine than let her suffer alone. Hill said the wranglers did not have firearms, but even if they did, he didn t see the sense of shooting a young horse and giving it no chance to survive. She was down, but she s too nice of a mare to go shoot for God s sake, he said. She did what we figured. Anzelmo said it is not the first MIAMI (AP) Florida has gone halfway around the world to get help with its python problem. Wildlife officials recruited tribesmen from India to hunt the Burmese pythons believed to be decimating native mammals in the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hopes the Irula tribesmen wellknown for their snake-catching skills reveal a reliable way to track and spot the tan, splotchy snakes that all but disappear in the wetlands unless they re basking in the sun alongside a road or canal. Since the Irula have been so successful in their homeland at removing pythons, we are hoping they can teach people in Florida choice but leaving it alone was not acceptable. Hill, who was not on the trip, said most people don t know the whole story. He said his son went up a day later and found her gone. He said perhaps the horse left the trail to get water. Maybe she was spooked by a grizzly bear. Attempts to find her over the next few weeks proved fruitless, Hill said. Inevitably, the harsh winter arrived, and snow piled up by the foot. In mid-december, a worker grooming snow trails in the Bridger-Teton National Forest spotted Valentine and called the U.S. Forest Service. Hill said he, his son and a Forest Service employee worked for about nine hours to get the mare back home, leading it out of the wild by a snowmobile. She was quite a ways from where she went down, Hill said. She went way down country. The Wyoming Board of Livestock is leading the investigation into what happened, including the reason the wranglers left her. Senior criminal investigator Ken Richardson said it will take about two weeks to complete the review, which will be given to prosecutors for a decision on charges. Richardson said his agency has not uncovered previous criminal wrongdoing by Swift Creek Outfitters. The company s annual permit review has consistently attained the highest rankings, which include treatment of horses, Bridger-Teton Forest district ranger Todd Stiles said. U.S. Forest Service via AP In this DeCeMBer 2016 photo provided by U.S. Forest Service, B.J. Hill from Swift Creek Outfitters helps rescue his horse, Valentine, from a remote area in northwestern Wyoming. The horse was left behind in the Wyoming wilderness by an excursion company after getting sick and survived for six weeks, a case that has raised debate and prompted a criminal investigation. Snake catchers from India hunt pythons in Florida Everglades Columbus, Ohio, officers hold memorial for police horse that died COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Police in Ohio s capital city are holding a memorial service for a police horse that died earlier this month after serving on the force for 11 years. Columbus police say the memorial is part of a Friday open house by the department s mounted unit to honor the male horse, known as Equine Officer Willie. A surgery in early January revealed that the 24-year-old Saddlebred had a fatty tumor wrapped around his colon. He died a week later, on Jan. 11. The agency says the horse helped with crowd control and was popular at community events. A police honor guard was slated to stand guard by the horse s ashes during the memorial service, and the Columbus Pipes & Drums was to perform. some of these skills, Kristen Sommers, head of the wildlife commission s exotic species coordination section, said in a statement Monday. The tribesmen removed 13 pythons in just over a week, including four from the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Key Largo. One of the snakes was a female measuring 16 feet long. Two tribesmen from the province of Tamil Nadu in southern India are joined in their hunt this month by dogs trained by University of Florida and Auburn University researchers to sniff out pythons. A year ago, the state s public Python Challenge netted 106 snakes. Over 1,000 people signed up for the monthlong hunt. In an average year, about 200 pythons are caught in Florida. On Jan. 23, the SPCA of Bradley County conducted its first volunteer meeting of the year at the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. More than 20 people were in attendance. Kristin Harvey, shelter manager, conducted the meeting. Residents of both the city and the county expressed gratitude for having a No Kill Shelter in the community. The mission is specifically to shelter animals and ultimately find loving homes for them. A wide variety of topics were discussed. The shelter is in need of many things because it has outgrown its current location. March will mark the facility s third anniversary. The county shelter has done amazing work from socializing animals-making them more adoptable to transporting groups of animals to states such as Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota, where there is a shortage of adoptable animals due to their strict spay/neuter rules. The shelter is grateful for all of those who are helping through volunteer work at the shelter and/or making donations to the Angel Fund which strengthens and maintains the mission of a NO KILL Animal Shelter in Bradley County. Anyone interested in joining this growing volunteer program can contact: Kristin Harvey at or visit the shelter at 1570 Johnson Blvd. S.E. NORFOLK, Va. (AP) The search for Sunny, the missing red panda, has spanned wide Make Sure Your Pets Always Have A Ticket Home! 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She enjoyed spending some play time with Rhiele. Come on out and meet her and all the highly adoptable animals at Cleveland Animal Control, 360 Hill St. Shelter hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon. SoMe of the volunteers at SPCA of Bradley County shelter are shown. SPCA of Bradley County shelter is at capacity as third anniversary nears LIZA DAvInI is shown volunteering at the SPCA of Bradley County shelter. Bear this in mind: Missing panda is probably still in zoo Cincinnati Zoo says premature hippo calf shows progress CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is showing some signs of progress. Zoo spokeswoman Michelle Curley says the female calf born early Tuesday is gaining some strength and had her first pool experience Thursday morning. The pool time should help build muscles and balance and maintain body temperature. Asia The Trail of The Tiger. 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25 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Hoopsters From Page 17 how everyone responded. The sharpshooting Lady Flames hit 30 of 59 (50.8 percent) from the floor and canned 14 of 17 fouls shots. The Lee defense limited the Lady Bucs to just 34.5 percent shooting from the field. CBU did convert 21 of 24 from the charity stripe. In order for our offense to flow properly the ball needs to move and should be shared and we did that really well today, especially in the first half, said Rowe. The Lady Flames improve to 13-6 and are now 8-5 in the GSC. Lee got some help in the conference standings with first place West Florida and second place North Alabama both losing Saturday. Christian Brothers falls to 11-7 and 8-6 in the league. Lee will continue the grind of three games in five days on Monday evening as they head on the road to Rome, Ga., to tangle with rival Shorter University. The Lady Flames defeated the Lady Hawks in Walker Arena back on Dec. 3, CBU 60, FLAMES 54 Christian Brothers University Lee University photo LEE UNIVERSITY senior Cody Farley (33) goes up for two of his 13 points in Saturday s Gulf South Conference action against Christian Brothers University at Walker Arena. outscored Lee in the second half and posted a key Gulf South Conference victory on Saturday afternoon in Walker Arena. It was the fourth straight defeat for the Flames who face another tough GSC challenge on Monday evening at Shorter University. The win improved Christian Brothers record to 12-8 overall and 9-5 in the important conference race. The Flames slipped to 9-10 and 5-8 in the loss. Missed free throws, turnovers and defensive mistakes proved costly to Coach Bubba Smith s club. We have to get mentally tougher in the second half and our seniors have to be more focused. Down the stretch, we fell asleep too many times on defense, noted the Lee coach. The Flames held a advantage at the half after Jervon Johnson knocked down a 3-point shot at the buzzer. However, the Bucs regrouped and Jeff Larkin scored six straight points to open the second stanza. Adam Dieball followed with a triple and all of a sudden Christian Brothers gained the lead. Lee battled back in the late stages and cut the lead to two points on a couple of occasions. Twice the front end of one-plusone free throws were missed and then Johnson missed a huge opportunity to convert a four-point play after he was fouled on a successful 3-pointer. Christian Brothers came after us with great aggressiveness in the second half and we didn t respond, stressed Coach Smith. We keep beating ourselves with defensive breakdowns and turnovers. Dieball led all scorers with 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Larkin finished with 13, while Adam Trentman produced a double-double, 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Bucs shot only 38 percent in the first half but came back with 60 percent shooting in the second 20 minutes. They turned the basketball over just nine times, but converted only 6-of-15 free throws. Lee was paced by a hardearned 14 points by Keevin Tyus. Cody Farley tallied 13 points and paced the Flames in rebounding with eight. Lee held a margin on the glass. Johnson hit three triples and had nine points. For the game, the Flames shot 50 percent in the first half but just 33 percent in the second 20 minutes, finishing with 42 percent for the game. They fired 22 3-pointers and converted eight (36 percent) and struggled at the line hitting 8 of 15. The Flames committed 18 floor mistakes. This team will continue to work hard, said Coach Smith. We will look at the film of the game and try to correct some of the mistakes we are making, especially on the defensive end. Banner photo, PATRICK MacCOON RHYNE HOWARD (23) drives past Abbey Davis (2) for a layup in the first half of a road victory for Bradley Central over Walker Valley Friday night. The Bearettes star point guard finished just one rebound and assist shy of a triple-double and two steals away from a quadruple-double. Howard From Page 17 Rhyne such a different and unique talent was proven tonight. She can provide so many different categories for our team besides points. She also came into tonight averaging just north over one turnover a game, which is special. With point or more margins of victory in their last 14 contests, the second-ranked Bearettes only led a minute into the second quarter after one of Abbey Davis two 3- pointers. A lockdown defensive trap, however, and eight points scored by Howard in the final 2:45 of the second quarter made for a advantage. While Bradley may only practice its full-court trap defense between five to eight minutes at practice some days, they executed about as well as any team could in creating chaos for their opposition. The turnovers continued for Walker Valley, as just four minutes into the third quarter its rival and a state power had forced its offense into 25 turnovers. The Bearettes went on to force 32 turnovers in total, which was only the fourth highest total of the season with 37 being its most against Soddy- Daisy. Our knockout punch is our speed and our trap defense, Reuter said. It helps to have athletic girls like Rhyne and Halle out front. However, we do not win without an unselfish team though. We have great role players on this team and they have really bought in. As postseason play nears though, Bradley (22-0, 9-0) knows it will have to change its pace on defense a little to match some of the best teams around the state. We have to be careful because when we get to those teams we can not trap as hard since they will shoot it even better, Reuter said. It turns into more of a halfcourt game at state. We are after the big fish and we are trying to bring a state championship back to Bradley Central. The Bearettes trio of Howard, Kimia Carter and Lee University signee Halle Hughes combined for 57 points. Howard shot 9-of- 14 from the field and made all four freebies. Hughes scored 19 points and stole five passes. She also connected on two 3-pointers to up her team-leading total to 44 makes from long-range this season. Her career points total is now 1,666. Kimia Carter also helped Howard land some easy assists with knock down mid-range jumpers. The sophomore newcomer finished with 14 points and shot 4-of-8 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free throw line. It means a lot that my teammates have my back, Howard said. I know if I am not putting up big nights, Halle will have one or someone else off the bench. Kimia, Sydney and Emma Kate and Kailey can do the same thing. Kimia is an automatic shooter when she is open. Walker Valley s Davis had one of the highlights of the night as well with a 3-pointer to beat the third quarter buzzer as she shot off of one-leg just in time to make the shot count. Davis led her team with 13 points and added two steals. Junior Lauren Lay also had eight points and three steals, while Haley Jones blocked three shots for the Lady Mustangs (12-9, 5-4). Bradley shot 23-of-50 from the field and 15-of-18 from the charity stripe. Walker Valley was 11- of-31 from the field and 5-of-13 on free throws. While patiently waiting on the postseason, the Bearettes continue to prove they have special players and perhaps a very special season left to play out. Physically, Rhyne has all the tools and she understands the game too, WVHS head coach Paul Cretton said. I think she is the total package. There s no question she is one of the best players in the country. Bradley will return to action on the road in a non-district contest against Knox Webb next Tuesday, while Walker Valley will host a district contest against Soddy-Daisy Monday. GAME SUMMARY Bradley Central Walker Valley Bearettes (66) Rhyne Howard 24, Halle Hughes 19, Kimia Carter 14, Brown 4, Roberts 4, K. Hughes 3, Walker 2, Lombard, Hullender, Davis, Mayo, Morgan, McRee. Lady Mustangs (64) Abbey Davis 13, Lay 8, Walker 5, Clark 4, Jones 2, Kile, Nipper, Anderson, Baker, Fowler, Gibson. 3-point goals: BC 5 (Hughes 2, Howard 2, K. Hughes); WV 5 (Davis 2, Walker, Lay, Clark). Free throws: BC 15-of-18; WV 5-of-13. 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26 26 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 WASHINGTON (AP) Prime Minister Theresa May went to Washington, and President Donald Trump extended the hand of friendship. Literally. May left Washington after a 24-hour visit as Saturday s British newspapers splashed front-page photos of the two leaders touching hands as they walked at the White House before a strikingly collegial news conference. May wanted her meeting, Trump s first as president with a foreign leader, to revitalize the trans-atlantic special relationship. She got her wish delighting those who think Trump s presidency will be good for Britain but alarming others who loathe the brash Republican populist. She flew home after a stop in Turkey Saturday to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Trump s commitment not to abandon NATO, his praise for what he called this most special relationship and a prize she had eagerly sought the first steps toward an early trade deal with Britain once it leaves the European Union. Britain can t begin formal negotiations with other countries until it actually leaves the bloc, likely in 2019 at the earliest. But May s office said Saturday that she and Trump had agreed to start high-level talks and joint working groups immediately to ensure a seamless transition to a new bilateral relationship. Trade between the two countries is already worth 150 billion pounds ($188 billion) a year, and May said a future trade deal could provide huge benefits to our economic muscle and will give businesses additional certainty and confidence. Trump did not come away empty handed from the meeting, either. He gets the seal of approval from a generally wellrespected British prime minister. And there s an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to come for a state visit later this year a treat for a president with Scottish roots and a taste for opulence. So there was satisfaction from May s team aboard her RAF Voyager jet at how well the hastily arranged trip had gone. May also praised Trump s stunning election victory and declared that they shared a commitment to make government serve working people. May s embrace of aspects of Trump s policies infuriated her opponents in Britain and could make other European leaders uneasy. British Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said May clearly spent her time with Trump dodging his despicable comments on torture, on women, on Muslims and on Mexicans. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said May failed to challenge Trump and stand up for our values at a joint news conference with the president Friday. Trump, meanwhile, extolled Britain s vote to leave the EU, saying Brexit would be a tremendous asset and not a tremendous liability. Those comments and the warmth of the visit drew approval from the pro-brexit sections of Britain s press. It was one of the most extraordinary days in the long history of U.K.-U.S. relations, said the Daily Mail under the headline Love-In at the White House and a picture of the hand-holding moment. May s office said Trump offered his hand in a chivalrous gesture as the pair approached an unexpected ramp, and she took it. The trip will provide images for countless future stories about the trans-atlantic bond. As well as the shoulder-to-shoulder press conference, May got a handshake in the Oval Office beside a bust of Winston Churchill that has become minor obsession for sections of the British press since it was moved to another spot in the White House by President Barack Obama. Trump restored it to a prominent place beside the Oval Office fireplace. At times it seemed the visit would be overshadowed by Trump-related headlines that had nothing to do with May, including his feud with Mexico over who would pay for the border wall. While May was in town the White House announced that Trump would speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday, amid speculation he could be preparing to lift U.S. sanctions over Ukraine. May said Britain wants to see the sanctions stay in place. And at the news conference with May, Trump repeated his belief that torture works though he said he would defer to Defense Secretary James Mattis, who thinks otherwise. Britain, May stressed during the trip, is firmly against torture. May had scarcely left when Trump issued an executive order barring all refugees from entering the U.S. for four months and WASHINGTON (AP) It s been a getting-to-know-you first week for both President Donald Trump and the nation. Trump s personal traits on display during the campaign seemed more pronounced in the august setting of the White House. The new president made haste to turn the Trump effect into action. Old fights took on new oomph. And as the nation was learning more about Trump, the president was learning more about the ways of Washington. Some prominent themes from week one of Trump: imposing a 90-day ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. On the whole, May emerged from the joint appearance looking confident and controlled. Trump, too, was notably calm and measured in her presence. When May said Trump has assured her he was 100 percent behind NATO, a body he once called obsolete, the president muttered his agreement. May s office told reporters that warm conversation had flowed during the pair s working lunch May s mission to woo Trump a success, but makes some uneasy AP Photo/evan Vucci PReSident donald Trump listens as British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday. and that Trump told an aide to keep the menu card so he could remember the special occasion. Downing St. said conversation turned to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, and Trump told May he wanted their relationship to be even better than that famously close and productive partnership. At the press conference, Trump said he was confident the pair were going to get along. I am a people person, Trump said. I think you are also, Theresa. Week 1 of Trump: dog years, old fights, new words, weirdness AP Photo/Matt Rourke SenAte MAjoRity Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, speak during a news conference at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia. Determined to reverse eight years of a Democratic administration, House Republicans are on track to overturn a handful of rules finalized in Barack Obama's final months that affect oil and gas companies, coal miners and federal contractors. House to take the first crack at repealing Obama-era regulations WASHINGTON (AP) Determined to reverse eight years of a Democratic administration, House Republicans are on track to overturn a handful of rules finalized in President Barack Obama s final months in office to deal with climate change, federal contracting and background checks for gun ownership. Opponents criticize the regulations as job killers that will hold the U.S. economy back. Now, they re turning to an oversight tool used successfully only once before to void a rule issued by a federal agency. All that will be required to make the regulation invalid is a simple majority of both GOP-led chambers approving a joint resolution of disapproval and the president s signature. The House will take the first crack this week. A look at the regulations being targeted: Rule to reduce methane emissions on public and tribal lands The Interior Department updated its regulations to require oil and gas producers to limit flaring, the controlled burning of natural gas for safety, maintenance and other reasons. Also required are inspections for leaks and replacement of equipment that vents large quantities of gas into the air. Most of the gas being burned is methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that s potent at trapping heat. FOR: Environmental groups said the rule will reduce up to 180,000 tons of released gas annually, a small step in slowing global warming. They also say that reducing the amount of gas lost through flaring means more gas will be captured to pay for the necessary updates to equipment and power hundreds of thousands of homes. AGAINST: Industry groups said the rule comes at a time when methane emissions are already falling, and combined with other new regulations, will drive energy production off federal lands. That means less federal revenue and higher costs for consumers. Rule to lessen the environmental impact of coal mining on nearby streams The rule would maintain a buffer zone that blocks coal mining within 100 feet of streams, but imposes stricter exceptions to the 100-foot rule. It also beefs up requirements for monitoring water quality and restoring corridors near streams to protect fish and wildlife. FOR: Environmental groups and some Appalachian residents say greater protections are needed to preserve healthy drinking water and ensure mining companies don t leave an environmental mess after mining ceases. AGAINST: Coal mining companies are already facing pricing pressures from greater reliance on natural gas and renewables, and they said the rule would lead to the loss of tens of thousands of direct mining jobs and many thousands more indirectly as massive volumes of coal would become too expensive to mine. Rule to increase disclosure requirements for federal contractors The rule requires prospective and existing contractors to disclose violation of 14 federal labor laws when bidding on contracts. The information would be included as part of a contracting officer s decision to award or extend a contract. FOR: Labor unions say contractors who cut corners with worker protections are likely to cut corners in other ways, too. And that can be a bad deal for taxpayers and employees. AGAINST: Business groups said the new rule will add compliance costs for many companies, and smaller firms especially will find the risk outweighs the reward for performing government work. Others fear that government officials will include violations not fully adjudicated to deny granting a contract to a company. Rule requiring companies to disclose payments made to the U.S. and foreign governments relating to mining and drilling. The rule stems from passage of the Dodd-Frank law in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. FOR: Advocacy groups such as Oxfam America say that greater transparency allows citizens in some of the world s most impoverished countries to hold their governments accountable for the wealth generated through mining and drilling. AGAINST: Industry groups such as the American Petroleum Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce unsuccessfully filed suit to stop the rule. They said it requires U.S. companies to hand over key details of how they bid and compete while many foreign competitors are under no obligation to do the same. Rule requiring the Social Security Administration to forward the names of certain disabled beneficiaries to the Justice Department for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Justice to provide guidance to agencies regarding information they are obligated to report to the background check system. The Social Security Administration issued a final rule Dec. 19. Under the rule, SSA will forward the names of beneficiaries with mental impairments who also need a third party to manage their benefits. The rule would affect an estimated 80,000 beneficiaries between age 18 and retirement. COUNT ON IT On an almost daily basis, Trump demonstrated his fixation with putting a yard stick to the size of his support. He vastly overstated turnout for his inauguration repeatedly. He revived unsubstantiated claims that he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton only because 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally. He rehearsed anew details of his great victory in November. He complained in advance that the press would undercount the size of Friday s anti-abortion rally in Washington. At the CIA, he speculated probably almost everybody in this room voted for me. The tussle over the size of the inaugural crowd led Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway to introduce a new phrase to the lexicon: alternative facts. TRUMP EFFECT Trump held a series of meetings and signed a number of executive orders and actions in his first week aimed at showing he was ready to deliver on top campaign promises on everything from unwinding President Barack Obama s health law to building a wall on the Mexican border and ditching the trans-pacific trade deal. White House advisers styled it the Trump effect, writ large. By Day 2, Conway was suggesting an unbelievable level of presidential activity. Everything in Trump world feels like we did it in dog years, she told one TV interviewer. You have to multiply it by seven. And Trump used his first weekly radio and Internet address to say his administration has hit the ground running at a record pace, everybody is talking about it. Caveat: All modern presidents have tried to get off to a quick start in their first week in office. Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam draft dodgers, Ronald Reagan ordered cuts in federal spending, Bill Clinton put his wife in charge of overhauling health care and Obama ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison within a year. Clearly, things didn t always turn out as planned. RSVP REGRETS Trump added some drama to week one by getting into a very public international spat with a AP Photo/Marco Ugarte in this jan. 23 file photo, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto pauses during a news conference at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City. key U.S. ally. The president first announced a scheduled meeting with Mexico s president, then suggested maybe Enrique Pena Nieto shouldn t come if he didn t agree that Mexico should pay for the border wall. Pena Nieto quickly took the hint and the meeting was off. The dispute between two nations with $1.6 billion a day in cross-border trade played out where else? on Twitter. The two leaders did talk by phone for an hour on Friday in what Trump called a very, very friendly call. But former Mexican President Vicente Fox said the spat had put relations between the two countries at the very lowest point since the war between Mexico and the United States. DECLARING WAR Trump seized on any opportunity to do battle in what he labeled a running war with the press. On his first full day in office, he called journalists among the most dishonest people on earth. Another day he groused: Nothing fair about the media. Nothing. Those weren t just offhand pokes. Senior White House strategist Stephen Bannon flatly told The New York Times: The media here is the opposition party. At the same time, Trump showed he s happy to use the press when it works to his advantage. When aides ushered reporters out of a Roosevelt Room event as a union leader began praising Trump s inaugural address, the president called out: Hey, press, get back in here. At a Friday news conference, the often confrontational presidential told a British reporter who had questioned whether the president could be believed: Actually, I m not as brash as you might think. IT S COMPLICATED The details for how to fulfill some of Trump s crystal clear campaign promises began to look fuzzy as the week went on, with the plan for getting Mexico to pay for the border wall emerging as Exhibit A. Trump told one TV interviewer it could get complicated. And how. Press secretary Sean Spicer announced at one point that the administration was working with Congress on a plan to impose a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports. Less than an hour later, Spicer summoned reporters to his office to hedge that the tax was just one option and no final decision had been made. LOOK WHO S WATCHING What s the chatter on TV? You might get an idea from listening to the new president. Trump watchers have been noticing a connection between the talk on TV and the subjects of Trump tweets. Minutes after Fox News labeled convicted Army leaker Chelsea Manning an ungrateful traitor, Trump tweeted the same description. Shortly after a CNN show interviewed Texan Gregg Phillips, who has made unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud, Trump tweeted that he looked forward to seeing what Phillips uncovers. WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, MR. PRESIDENT First word that Trump was renewing his complaints about widespread voter fraud in the presidential election leaked from a closed meeting that he held with Senate leaders from both parties. Trump seemed dismayed that word had gotten out from a meeting that was supposed to be confidential. The deal was we wouldn t talk to the press, Trump groused to a TV interviewer. And they go out and they talk to the press. Given the porousness of leaky Washington, it would have been a bigger shock if meeting details hadn t leaked. WEIRD, HUH? Trump called it a surreal experience to suddenly be parachuted into life in the White House. He revealed to one interviewer that during his Inauguration Day ride with Obama from the White House to the Capitol for the swearing-in, he turned to the outgoing president and said: This is a little weird, isn t it?

27 EQUAL HOUSING Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, SUNDAY Business Phone Saralyn Norkus Business writer or fax After 44 years, Woolsey retiring from Cleveland Boat Center Special to the Banner After 44 years, it is with heavy hearts but warm wishes that Cleveland Boat Center announces Jim Woolsey s retirement. Woolsey s career with Cleveland Boat Center began in 1973 when he started working with Randy at The Boat Dock at Lake Ocoee Inn & Marina. Prior to that time, Woolsey had been a motorcycle technician for a local company in town. His skills and knowledge, combined with his enjoyment of being on the water, helped to set the stage for what became a 40-plus year career with us. During his distinguished career at Cleveland Boat Center, Woolsey has accomplished many professional achievements. He is a highly esteemed Master Marine Contributed photo FirST VolunTeer Bank announces the addition of LeAnn Johnson Hammonds. She has been in banking for 32 years in the Etowah and Athens areas. Hammonds will fill the position of market leader for the Etowah Branch, located at 515 North Tennessee Ave.. She has served on various boards and community endeavors for the Etowah and Athens area. Hammond lives in Etowah with her husband, Marty, and daughter, Jordan. Technician, with certifications in Mercury Marine Engines, OMC, Honda Marine Engines, and many more. Growing with the business, he has also performed many roles serving as a marine technician, service manager, general manager, and parts and accessories manager. Woolsey has been a leader and an invaluable asset to Cleveland Boat Center, consistently delivering excellence throughout the years., a center spokesman said. We sincerely thank Jim for his dedication, loyalty, knowledge, skills, and experience that he has shared with Cleveland Boat Center throughout his career. He will be greatly missed and will always remain a part of our Cleveland Boat Center family, the spokesman said. Special to the Banner BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. United Community Banks, Inc. announced strong fourth quarter results with solid loan growth, effective expense management, sound credit quality and improvement in nearly every other performance measure. Net income grew to $27.2 million, or 38 cents per diluted share, compared with $18.2 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of Net income for the full year of 2016 was $100.7 million, or $1.40 per diluted share. This compares with $71.6 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, for On an operating basis, net income rose to $28.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with $23.8 million for the fourth quarter of Fourth quarter 2016 operating net income excludes pre-tax mergerrelated charges of $1.14 million and the associated tax benefit of $432,000, as well as a tax charge of $976,000 related to the cancellation of nonqualified stock options. Fourth quarter 2015 operating net income excludes $3.11 million in pre-tax merger-related charges and $5.97 million in pre-tax charges for impairment on properties acquired for future expansion. The tax benefit on the fourth quarter 2015 charges was $3.49 million. On a per diluted share basis, operating net income was 40 cents for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with 33 cents for the fourth quarter of For the full year of 2016, operating net income was $106.7 million, or $1.48 per diluted share, compared with $83.1 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, for At December 31, 2016, preliminary regulatory capital ratios were as follows: Tier 1 Risk-Based of 11.3 percent; Total Risk-Based of 12.1 percent; Common Equity Tier 1 Risk-Based of 11.3 percent; and, Tier 1 Leverage of 8.5 percent. Our fourth quarter results mark a solid ending to an exceptional year for United Community Banks, said Jimmy Tallent, chairman and chief executive officer. Our bankers continue to make progress in improving our financial performance. A year ago we set a goal of achieving a 1.10 percent operating return on assets by the fourth quarter of We knew that achieving this goal would not be easy, but we also knew our determined bankers and how they react to a challenge. I am proud to say that Don t ditch 401(k) for annuity Dear Dave, My husband was recently laid off, and he has $229,000 in a 401(k). He has been told that he should roll it into a hybrid annuity. Is this a good idea? Durnae Dear Durnae, Absolutely not! It sounds to me like he s been talking to an insurance agent instead of an investment advisor. There s no reason to put a 401(k) into an annuity. Annuities are there to protect money, as it grows, from taxes. Well, guess what? The 401(k) is already protecting it from taxes. I would roll it into a traditional IRA in a series of growth stock mutual funds. You ll have half the fees, the advisor won t make anywhere near the commission he d make on an annuity, and you ll get much better results in the end. Yeah, I definitely wouldn t go the annuity route. I don t have a single annuity, and I ve got a lot of investments. One of the reasons so many advisors push annuities is because they wind up with bigger commissions. Annuities aren t evil or anything, but they re definitely not the proper product for you in this situation. Get away from the guy who gave you this advice, and find a Jim Woolsey good financial advisor not an insurance guy with the heart of a teacher. You need to talk to someone who s interested in helping you two plan for your future, not theirs! Dave Jobs From Home? Dave Says By Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, I m 37 years old, married with two great kids, and I was just diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I m trying to plan for the future, and I was wondering if you have any suggestions for work at home or self-employment ideas for people with disabilities. Chris Dear Chris, I m really sorry to hear you re facing this. You re a smart, brave young woman to be looking ahead and making plans for the coming years. I suggest you read a book by Dan Miller called 48 Days to Creative Income. Dan is a friend of mine, and he also wrote a popular book titled 48 Days to the Work You Love. The issue you re talking about is very close to his heart, and I think his books will be a great help to you. There s also a book by Richard Bolles. It s called Job Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities, and it s full of ideas to help you work around the issues you ll be facing. There are lots of people out there well-known, highly successful folks who have disabilities and still make good money and have rewarding lives using the principles found in these books. Another great piece of news is it sounds like you have a wonderful support system around you. God bless you all, Chris. I m praying for you. Dave (Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 12 million listeners each week on 575 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter Tennessee State Museum selects new executive director NASHVILLE (AP) The deputy director of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville is being offered the job of executive director of the new Tennessee state museum. The museum commission on Tuesday voted in favor of hiring Ashley Howell, a Tennessee native. Commission Chairman Tom Smith says he hopes the state Department of Human Resources will be able to reach an employment agreement with Howell soon. Howell would succeed the museum s longtime director Lois United Community Banks see strong 4Q Riggins-Ezzell, who retired last fall. The vote for a new executive director comes as the state is spending $120 million to build a new museum north of the state Capitol in Nashville, with another $40 million being raised from private sources. in the fourth quarter, not only did they achieve that goal, but they also pushed our operating return on tangible common equity to 12.5 percent and improved our operating efficiency ratio to 56.6 percent. I could not be more pleased. Operating performance measures exclude the charges mentioned above. Including those charges, return on assets was 1.03 percent, return on common equity was 9.89 percent and the efficiency ratio was 57.7 percent. In the fourth quarter we completed all systems conversions for Tidelands Bank, and we have achieved all expected cost savings from that acquisition, Tallent said. We are proud that Tidelands is now fully integrated with United Community Bank, operating under our brand in coastal South Carolina. Fourth quarter loan production was $747 million, Tallent added. Linked-quarter loan growth of $196 million, or 12 percent annualized, was slightly above our 2016 loan growth target of mid-to-upper single-digit. Our community banks originated $490 million in loans while specialized lending produced $216 million. United s specialized lending area encompasses commercial real estate, middle market, SBA, asset-based lending, senior living and builder finance. Fourth quarter net interest revenue totaled $80.9 million, up $1.9 million from the third quarter and up $7.2 million from the fourth quarter of The increase from both periods reflects loan growth, and the increase from a year ago also includes net interest revenue from recent acquisitions. The taxable-equivalent net interest margin of 3.34 percent remained the same as in the third quarter of 2016 and the fourth quarter of The effect of rising short-term interest rates and lower wholesale borrowings offset the impact of competitive loan pricing. No provision for credit losses was required for the fourth quarter. This compares with a provision recovery of $300,000 in the third quarter, and a provision of $300,000 in the fourth quarter of Fourth quarter net chargeoffs totaled $1.5 million, compared with $1.4 million in the third quarter and $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of Contributing to the low level of net charge-offs were continued strong Each Keller Williams office is independently owned and operated. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY recoveries of previously chargedoff loans. Nonperforming assets were.28 percent of total assets at December 31, 2016, compared with.30 percent at September 30, 2016 and.29 percent at December 31, Our lack of need for a provision for loan losses reflects continued strong credit quality and a low overall level of net chargeoffs, Tallent commented. Our credit quality indicators remain favorable and our outlook is for positive credit quality and low provision levels through We expect to gradually increase provision levels with loan growth during the year, which is expected to slightly decrease our allowance and the related ratio to total loans. Fourth quarter fee revenue totaled $25.2 million, a decrease of $1.13 million from the third quarter and up $3.95 million from a year ago. Mortgage fees were up $477,000 from the third quarter, and $3.23 million from a year ago. Gains from sales of SBA loans were up $549,000 from the third quarter, and up $1.03 million from a year ago due to continued growth in SBA lending. Offsetting the mortgage and SBA business growth from the third quarter of 2016 were decreases in merchant services and brokerage fees, and in deposit account fees and service charges. Customer derivative fees were also down from the record level achieved in the third quarter. The rise in mortgage fees reflects our strategic investment in additional mortgage lenders where we see opportunities to gain market share and higher spreads on loan sales, Tallent said. Also, our SBA lending business remains a top priority. In the fourth quarter we sold $41 million in loans compared with $32 million in the third quarter and $25 million in the fourth quarter of Operating expenses were $61.3 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $64.0 million for the third quarter and $65.5 million for the fourth quarter of Included in operating expenses are merger-related and impairment charges of $1.14 million in the fourth quarter, $3.15 million in the third quarter and $9.08 million in the fourth quarter of Excluding these charges, fourth quarter operating expenses were $60.2 million compared with $60.9 million for the third quarter, and $56.4 million a year ago. The decrease in operating expenses from the third quarter is mostly in salaries and employee benefits costs and a decrease in professional fees. The increase from a year ago reflects the additional operating expenses of Tidelands Bank following its acquisition on July 1, United s financial results include operating expenses of acquired companies beginning on their respective acquisition dates. The benefit of higher revenue and the lower level of fourth quarter expenses compared to the third quarter also improved the operating efficiency ratio to 56.6 percent, compared to 57.8 percent in the third quarter and 59.4 percent a year ago. Tallent concluded, I am very proud of our bankers and the exceptional results they achieved in They steadily improved financial performance while providing the best in customer service, which is the foundation of our success and the core of everything we do. With our strong earnings momentum, a high-quality balance sheet and strategic investments in our franchise, I look forward with optimism going into Cranfield receives GRI designation Kim Cranfield, GRI, Affiliate Broker for Remax Real Estate Professionals has recently completed curriculum required to achieve the highly acclaimed GRI designation. Cranfield joins top producers in the real estate industry who hold this designation across the nation. Curriculum required includes continuing education in contract law, professional standards, sales and marketing, finance, and risk reduction. These studies give GRI graduates more knowledge in the real estate field to serve their clients more efficiently. 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28 28 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Triplets From Page 17 usually in the same weight division. Trey was in his own world at those tournaments, very serious, but TJ, when he d get a big takedown, he would look at us in the stands and give us a big thumbs up, related their mom. Sometimes that worked against him, because the other wrestler would reverse him while he wasn t paying attention, but he d always spin it back around on them right after. While the boys were excelling on the wrestling mat, sister Amanda outdid them when it came to gymnastics. She won the 2008 national 8-9 year-old championship at Disney World, while TJ and Trey finished second and third in the boys division. I was better at gymnastics than they were, declared Amanda, who finished either in or near the top spot in three straight national championship competitions. We had the boys doing gymnastics as well to develop their muscles and help with their agility, mom said. TJ finished second and Trey third one year (at the nationals), while Trey was second and TJ third the next year, their dad added. Following in her older sister s footsteps, Amanda started helping with the Lake Forest wrestling team in the sixth grade, while the boys were key Bruin matmen. Even to this day, I get nervous when they are wrestling, but am also excited to watch them and see them do well, she proclaimed. If they mess up I get upset with them. She doesn t have to worry about that happening very much as TJ, a Banner file photo, JOE CANNON DESPITE A PAIR of hernia operations and a broken hand hindering him during his high school career, senior Trey Hicks, back, is able to power opponents to the mat as a key senior on the Bradley Central state championship squad. two-time TSSAA state champion, has a overall record while in a Bear singlet, while Trey hasn t had more than a handful of losses in his limited opportunities for the Black-and-Gold as well. Trey is very strong and more of a pure wrestler, while TJ is a brawler and scrapper. He s very quick and isn t afraid of anybody, remarked Coach Smith. TJ has had more success only because Trey has had some injuries, plus we ve had a log jam of really good wrestlers in our lower weight divisions for the past four years. With hernia surgeries between his freshman and sophomore year, as well as his sophomore junior seasons, plus breaking a bone in his hand just after Christmas this year, Trey has been limited in his time on the mat. On the day Trey injured his hand, he had gone to the YMCA for a workout before wrestling practice and then went back to the Y for another workout. I had mentioned at practice that they were wanting some of our guys to come help the Lake Forest wrestlers. He volunteered, so he went over there to work when them and somehow broke a bone in his hand, Smith recalled. After missing the first three weeks of January, Trey returned to the Bear lineup Thursday at the Region 4 Duals and picked up right where he left off, pinning his opponent in 30 seconds. Trey has been in TJ s shadow because of the injuries, but any coach around knows he is a tremendous wrestler that you don t want to have to face, remarked Coach Smith. The difference between TJ and Trey is Trey will help you up after he beats you, the Bear mentor added. I get accused of them being my favorites, but the fact is I have a special bond with them because I can identify with them so well, related Smith, a two-time 130pound Bear state medalist in the late 1990s. They were starting in the Bear Pride Club when I came back to start my coaching career here, and they ve been with us ever since. TJ has the same mentality I had when I wrestled and Trey has my heart and compassion, he explained. Amanda has the strong qualities of both. She not afraid to stand up to the coaches and let us know if something isn t right. She does a great job for us. She loves her brothers, loves our team and is as much a part of our program as anybody else in it. The Hicks triplets not only are dedicated to the Bear wrestling program, but are good students, good citizens and responsible examples as well. They are all A-B students. None of them struggle in the classroom and I ve never had a teacher contact me that they ve ever given them trouble in class, related Coach Smith. Plus I don t have to worry about them on the weekends. Tracy and Tommy have done a great job of raising them. They all three have parttime jobs and even though they may come in on a Monday after having worked hours on the weekend, they never complain. Even though they are busy athletes, we ve always told them their Banner file photo, JOE CANNON grades come first, explained TWO-TIME TSSAA state champion and two-time All-American TJ Tracy. We also wanted them to understand they have responsibil- Hicks, top, is in his high school mat career and a key reason ities in life, so they have jobs to pay Bradley Central was able to claim its 23rd and 24th state titles last for their own car insurance, gas season and will going after both again this time around. and other things they want. Both boys work at Captain D s wrestle for fozrmer Bear Heath would be a great benefit for the on North Lee Highway, while Eslinger at the University of Mocs, commented Smith, a foramanda can be found at the Tennessee-Chattanooga, the other mer UTC wrestler himself. I don t Hardee s on Paul Huff Parkway. two are still working out their think Heath (Eslinger) is wanting All three have expressed a desire plans. Trey just because TJ is coming. He to study education in college and I plan on going to UTC and knows how good Trey is. possibly become teachers. These three have been a big would like to continue to be a I want to study history and manager for the wrestling team if part of a 12-senior class that have education and hopefully coach, they will let me, related Amanda. been with us all four years. They declared TJ. While Trey is drawing interest have helped us get the Bear proa two-time All-American, who from several schools, he does have gram back to the state champiwon the FLO Nationals and was an offer to also join the Mocs, but onship level where it belongs, said second at the Junior Nationals at hasn t made the decision yet. the coach who brought home the Virginia Beach, TJ turned down an I don t want UTC to invite me programs 23rd and 24th state offer to wrestle for the University of just because I m TJ s brother, crowns last February. Virginia so he could stay closer to Trey explained. I want to earn They value the opportunities his family. what I get offered with strong state they ve had and come in here with I want to go into education as tournaments at the duals (this a great attitude, Coach Smith well, but I m not sure at what level weekend) and the traditionals concluded. They aren t afraid to yet. Trey is going to have a farm of (Feb ). roll up their sleeves and work hard miniature animals, Amanda Of course we d love for all of to do what they need to do to help teased. them to be together down there (at our program succeed. I love animals, but I couldn t be UTC), but Trey needs to do what The trio will be key to the Bear a vet because they have to put ani- he feels is best for him after he efforts to repeat their state duals mals down sometimes. I couldn t sees what he gets offered after the championship in Franklin this do that. I might possibly go into state tournaments, remarked weekend before turning their teaching, responded Trey. attention to the region and state their mom. While TJ already has his college I think all three of them going to traditional tournaments the folplanned out, accepting an offer to be a part of Heath s program lowing two weeks.

29 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, SUNDAY LifestyLes Phone William Wright Lifestyles Editor or fax Ocoee Story Fest starts Friday ThE UNiTED CLUb will have its luncheon meeting on Tuesday, 11:30 a.m., at the Golden Corral. Opal Deverell, cancer survivor and Senior Olympics gold-medal winner, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend any meetings. For more information, call founder and hostess Martha Bostic at OCOEE ThEATrE GUiLD is sponsoring a comedy about online dating called i<3u ( I less than three you) Feb and at 7:30 p.m. at The Venue Creekside on Inman Street in Cleveland. Buy tickets now online at ocoeetheatreguild.com or at the Venue one hour before each performance. Call for more information. AThENS COmmUNiTy ThEATrE presents its winter 2017 musical production of Roald Dahl s Willy Wonka on Feb in the Sue E. Trotter Theater at The Arts Center in Athens. Performances are Feb.16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 19 and 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online at athensartscouncil.org, by phone at , or in person at The Arts Center, 320 N. White St., Athens, Tennessee. For more information, contact The Arts Center at ThE ETOwAh ArTS COmmiSSiON announces its upcoming exhibit Everything Country, Paintings by Claudia Walker through March 31 in the Nancy Cantrell Dender Gallery, 700 Tennessee Ave., Etowah. JOiN in ThE ACTiViTiES at your Cleveland-Bradley County Public Library this week: The first program of the series, Pushing The Limits of Nature, Knowledge, Survival, and Connection, for adults will be Monday with the theme, Nature, and what makes something Natural. The book, When the Killing s Done, by T.C. Boyle will be discussed along with a unique author video from Boyle himself. Monday at 4:30 p.m., the teens gather for gaming in the Teen Zone with board and card games as well as Wii and Xbox gaming. For more information, teenzone@clevelandlibrary.org. Tuesday, the Teen Book Talk and Tween Book Chatter groups meet at 4:30 p.m. Join the teens to discuss The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn by Kate Hattemer and the tweens to chat about Study Hall by Derek Fridolfs. Tween chatter is for ages 9-12 and Teen Talk ages The teens have Teen Anime Club this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. This month, they will continue watching Yuri!!! On ICE. teenzone@clevelandlibrary.org with questions. (Ages 13 through 17 only.) On Saturday, the library will host two local authors for an Author Chat. Join in at 11 a.m. to come hear about the writing and publishing processes from Andrew Maraniss and D.K. Brantley. Refreshments will be available. The library offers free Zumba classes every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 8 a.m. ThE museum CENTEr AT FiVE POiNTS will display agricultural artifacts pertaining to our Ocoee Region in Grown and Bred in East Tennessee, an exhibit about Tennessee agriculture and Contributed photos OCOEE STORY FEST is honored to have award-winning storyteller Stephen Hollen as part of its 22nd annual celebration. Hollen is seen above as Mark Twain, below as a snake oil salesman and as Buffalo Bill Cody, inset. Joseph Kempler: Holocaust survivor tells brutal story of inhumanity By WILLIAM WRIGHT Lifestyles Editor The need to promote Holocaust education and the prevention of future genocides is as important today as it was before the outbreak of World War II. As Holocaust survivors disappear with each passing year, there is no question that their stories must live on. One of the most powerful stories in print is titled The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Joseph Kempler, a first-person narrative about Kempler s life before, during and after the Holocaust. Kempler, 88, tells his story through his daughter-inlaw, April Voytko Kempler, sparing no horrifying detail in his description of man s inhumanity to man during the onslaught of Hitler s reign and World War II. His story was first told in the Banner in January Since then, Joseph and April have shared his story at museums, libraries and bookstores. Early in 2016, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno, hosted Joseph Kempler and author April Kempler for a special Holocaust presentation. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum placed an order with the book s publisher, LeRue Press, for paperback copies to be placed on the shelves of their book store. Sells for the book continue to rise. April Kempler said, When I think about the relevancy of Joseph Kempler s story, I think about how Joseph struggled with his faith. He had a faith, believed in it, then abandoned his faith when he felt that God abandoned him. He was sad and also embittered, he was mad at God. Ever since people started recording the truth about the Holocaust there has been insight on the horrors of this type of genocide for over 70 years, and yet, history has repeated itself over and over again in different countries and cultures. In today s climate of racial prejudice and religious intolerance, many people struggle with their faith young or even older ones and wonder if God really cares. Through Joseph's experiences he came around to a newfound faith and a new relationship with his God and I think this is comforting. Maybe someone who reads his story will reflect on the outcome and feel a similar connection with their faith and feel hopeful for the future, or at the very least give pause for thought on some of the issues and questions Joseph s story brings to light. When asked about the relevance of his story, Kempler responded, My story deals with Special to the Banner The Cleveland Storytelling Guild will present its 22nd annual Ocoee Story Fest with featured storyteller Stephen Hollen on Friday, at First Presbyterian Church, 433 North Ocoee St. in historic downtown Cleveland. Stories will begin at 7 p.m. Award-winning storyteller Hollen is a humorist, performer, writer, poet and a man of many faces, including Buffalo Bill Cody, Doc Hollen, Snake Oil Salesman and Mark Twain. Growing up in the hills of Eastern Kentucky, he honed his Southern humor and learned the fine art of storytelling as he sat on the front porch and listened to folk tell tall tales, Jack tales and just plain gossip about the neighbors. Along the way, he earned a communications degree in oral interpretation he had to explain that his Daddy s hardearned money taught him to tell stories and talk in front of folks his Daddy really didn t think folks had a need to go to college for that. After reading Mark Twain s books, he became a bit of a Twainiac as he recognized the irony and wit Twain exhibited as an author and humorist on stage and in lectures. It was simple serendipity that led Hollen to impersonate Samuel Clemens. The first time someone told him he looked like Twain, he simply smiled. After it happened dozens survival through a bad situation. My situation was threatened from early childhood and it is still threatened. The world is a dangerous place and the survival issues are very similar. As people around the world celebrated Holocaust Memorial Day and the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, Kempler continues his inner See SUrViVOr, Page 30 of times, someone finally said, You know, you like to tell stories, and you look like Mark Twain and you love his wit, why not be Twain? And the rest, as they say, is history. Hollen considers himself an unsung ambassador for eastern Kentucky. One of the achievements he is most proud of is the Heritage Award presented to him in 2005 at the Appalachian Festival in Cincinnati. His storytelling blog, enjoys huge popularity and has a large following of readers. The Cleveland Storytelling Guild has invited Hollen as Twain to be a part of the 22nd annual celebration of story. Prior to the storytelling concert for the community, he will tell stories from Twain in several local schools: On Feb. 1, at 10 a.m., he will be at Oak Grove; that afternoon, he will be at Arnold at 2; Feb. 2, at Charleston at 9 a.m.; and at Hopewell at 1 p.m. On Feb. 3, he will be at Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, beginning at 8 a.m. His visit to Cleveland is funded by the Allied Arts Council of the Cleveland Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Admission to Ocoee Story Fest is $5, with a family maximum of $15. For more information, contact Judy Baker at or tellone@bellsouth.net. The website for the Cleveland Storytelling Guild is Contributed photos JOSEPH KEMPLER is a Holocaust survivor. His book, The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Joseph Kempler, tells his harrowing story, written by his daughter-in-law April Voytko Kempler. Top left, Kempler can be seen in happier times with his big sister Judy Laub before World War II. Center, this ID card headshot of Kempler is from Landsberg. Bottom left, Landsberg held six concentration camps detaining Jews, Poles, Russians and French prisoners, including children, who died by the thousands from atrocities, starvation, and exposure. Kempler, however, survived six different concentration camps as a teenager between the ages of 14 to 17. Below center, Kempler stands among the stones he once carried up the infamous 186 Steps as camera crews observe. Bottom right, Kempler, undaunted, later served in the National Guard. See CLEVELAND, Page 30

30 30 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Family works By Rob Coombs ID. Min. Ph.D. Speaking on blushing Andrea is most unusual. She s 21 years old and she STILL blushes. What a rarity! I have taught thousands of college students, discussed some of the most embarrassing of family issues, shown in class movie clips that would have been banned in my youth, and the students absorb what has been said or shown without the least bit of uneasiness. Why? They have seen it all before. Via cable TV, the internet, movies, or home situations, these days most children, by the time they emerge into the adult world, have already seen everything, heard everything, and in some cases even done everything, or nearly. Therefore, nothing embarrasses them. Everything is old information, hardly worthy of any reaction, much less a good blush. But not Andrea. She still blushes. I even asked her about her blushing. In response, she blushed and said, I hate it. I like it, I responded and quickly walked away so she wouldn t blush again. As I walked away, I reflected upon my quick response. Why do I like Andrea s blushing? Why is her blushing so refreshing? Why do so few blush? So many questions! Blushing is a subtle reaction defined as a slight reddening of the face in response to embarrassment, confusion and/or attention. Let s take a look at each of these reactions: 1. Embarrassment: Isn t it wonderful that there are still a few people who reach adulthood who retain enough innocence to actually be embarrassed by what they hear or see? Exposure to so much so early often leaves children believing by the ripe old age of 18 that there is nothing new under the sun. No wonder they rarely get excited about anything. Everything is old hat. What is there to anticipate? Does this mean teens are destined to live the next 70 years or so seeing and doing the same old stuff? No wonder so many teenagers feel life is boring by the time they become adults. 2. Confusion: Since I stay confused a good bit of the time, I like to see it in others. Confusion means to be mentally unclear or uncertain; to be mixed up or befuddled. There is so much I don t understand which means I usually walk around in a befuddled state. Especially when I walk into a library, I feel humbled. There is so much I will never understand. Rather than resent this, I am actually excited about it. Since there has been so much to learn in the first half of my life, there will be even that much more to learn the next half. Confusion makes life exciting. There is always so much more to see and hear. In fact, no matter how much you may learn, there will still be millions and millions times that knowledge you still could learn. Confusion is wonderful because you know you are alive, really alive, and still have tons to learn. 3. Attention: We all need attention, but some children are raised to believe that all attention should be focused on them all the time. This can create an obsession with attention that leaves the individual constantly starved for more. Like Dr. Suess cat in the hat, they plead day in and day out, Look at me. Look at me. Look at me now. Blushing reflects discomfort with too much attention. In essence the blusher is communicating, I don t mind a little attention, but too much is not warranted. After all, we all need attention so no one person should steal the spotlight. Thanks for blushing, Andrea. It says so many good things about who you are. Holocaust survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, Eva Schloss, to speak at Knoxville event KNOXVILLE As the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day, plans are underway for an important, once-in-a-lifetime event in Knoxville: A Historic Evening with Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, on Feb. 21, This month marks 72 years since the liberation of Auschwitz- Birkenau, a network of concentration and forced labor camps where at least 1.1 million people were murdered between 1940 and As a prisoner for nine months at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Schloss knows first-hand the horror that unfolded at the camp. While Schloss escaped, her father and brother did not nor did her stepsister, Anne Frank, who passed away after being transferred to Bergen-Belsen. Forty years after the end of World War II, Schloss began to share her story. She has since spoken to more than a thousand audiences about her experiences. On Feb. 21, Schloss will share her story of survival and triumph at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium in an interview with radio talk show host Hallerin Hilton Hill. Her story will be enhanced by an art exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art featuring paintings by her father and brother, Erich and Heinz Geiringer, on loan from the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam from Feb This world-famous artwork was painted while in hiding and portrays the life of a Holocaust family in an Amsterdam attic. Now a trustee of the Anne Frank Educational Trust, the author of three books and the Cleveland From Page 29 farming in our region. Join us to discover more about our local agriculture, how food was produced before the 21st century and today. This exhibit will be on view through May 27. The College Hill Heritage exhibit will be on display through March 25. For more information, call 423- subject of a play, Schloss has devoted herself to Holocaust education and global peace. Regional Director for Christians United for Israel and Pastor of World of Faith Christian Center Larry Keith supports Holocaust education. The Holocaust was mass violence against Jews, but it s important for the community, regardless of religion or ethnicity, to remember this day, said Keith. International Holocaust Remembrance Day condemns intolerance, violence and harassment. It also provides the opportunity to educate and to ensure a Holocaust never happens again. In addition to the February 21 speaking engagement, Schloss will also speak directly to over 2,500 high school students the following day on Feb. 22. Director of marketing and public relations for the event, Jacqui Pearl, sees this as an opportunity to ensure future generations are aware of this tragic event. Holocaust survivors will soon be gone, but this event, and Eva Schloss story, provides a way for their message to live on. This is a huge opportunity for students to hear directly from someone who experienced the profound injustices that took place, said Pearl. In 1999, she joined United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in signing the Anne Frank Peace Declaration, along with a niece of Raul Wallenberg, a Schindler-like hero who rescued thousands of Jews in Budapest. Schloss joins many courageous individuals who work tirelessly to end the violence and bigotry that continue to plague our world EDITOR S NOTE: To submit announcements to be included in Around Cleveland, information for Sunday publication in the Lifestyles section by Wednesday to bettie.marlowe@clevelandbanner.com. Survivor From Page 29 struggles with the nightmare he could never forget nightmares that still haunt him in lucid dreams that make it feel like he was reliving the fiendish Holocaust as if it were yesterday. According to his graphic memoir, Kempler was 11 years old in 1939, when World War II erupted and German soldiers invaded his hometown of Krakow, Poland. Incredibly, he survived six concentration camps, some of them death camps, from the ages of 14 to 17. His experiences were described as so inhuman and brutal that Kempler abandoned his family and his Jewish faith. He admits he even cursed God for allowing the Holocaust to happen and, like so many during that time, declared himself an atheist. But there was something he witnessed while in the Austrian concentration camp Melk that left such an indelible impression on the disillusioned teenager, that it restored his faith in a loving God and caused a conversion of faith that took everyone by surprise. In his prologue Kempler talks about destinations so diabolic I could only perceive them as wideawake nightmares from which I never woke. In these places, the ghettos and concentration camps of Poland and Austria, I was an eyewitness to unspeakable tortures inflicted upon innocent people: brutal beatings with leatherwrapped, metal horse whips for the slightest infraction; hard labor in the worst weather conditions freezing cold or sweltering heat; sleepless days and nights, our bodies crawling with lice and encrusted with our own filth; lack of food and water, let alone any comfort or security. Our masters were hardened, cold-hearted murderers. The 373-page book builds nerve-racking suspense by detailing Hitler s movement toward Poland through the eyes of Kempler, who admitted, Although I was only 9 years old, it seemed I was more knowledgeable about the Jewish situation in Germany than others in my hometown. They didn t want to believe things like this were happening. But they were. Even worse, it was headed toward them. His depiction of what it was like to watch frightened people herded onto trains, into concentration camps and murdered, never knowing if he was next, is shocking and heartbreaking. Kempler details what it was like to barely survive, just barely escaping death only to lose all hope and trek helplessly among the walking dead. He does not spare the reader what the Nazis did not spare him a cold, harsh look at reality during the most hideous slaughter of innocent lives in modern history. In his memoir, Kempler tells of his first experience at Plaszow (pronounced pwa shuf), initially a forced-labor camp for Jews, being the first big camp I had ever seen. On July 3, 1943, at the age of 15, Kempler describes how he was among thousands of imprisoned men and women who were led by the Ordinance Police (OD) like sheep, directly to a big, empty square. They brought a man forward who was accused of writing a letter and a boy about the age of Kempler accused of whistling Russian songs. The two had been sentenced to death. The nervous crowd stood before a gallows to witness the execution. Kempler said, The man stepped up on the stool, and then the Jewish policeman, named Katz, previously a butcher in Krakow, put the noose around his neck. He then kicked the stool out from under the man. He wriggled around for a while. I wanted to turn away from it I had never seen a public hanging before, but the OD in charge of my group shouted out, Keep your head straight and your eyes open! Finally the hanging man was still. Next, the boy was brought forward, Kempler continued, He was put on the stool, Katz the butcher put the noose around his neck, the stool was kicked away, and he was hanged. It was the same rope used on the first hanging, and it was beginning to wear. The boy was very slight and lightweight, he hung there not choking right away, but jerking and twisting, wriggling wildly until the rope broke. He fell to the ground before (commandant) Goeth. He scrambled to his knees, bowed his head in submission and grabbed onto Goeth s leg and begged him to spare his life. Goeth took out his pistol from his holster, aimed it at the boy s head and shot him. This was my welcome to Plaszow, Kempler said, offering readers the same unblinking eye to unspeaking atrocities that he was forced to watch over and over again atrocities impossible to forget. On more than one occasion and in more than one concentration camp, Kempler as a teenager found himself in dire straights, surviving due to a series of unusual circumstances, none of which he attributed to the intervention of a benevolent God. My belief in God was gone, he confessed. To me, having faith in God was useless. I could have prayed all day long and nothing would change my immediate situation. What was the purpose of asking him for anything? I didn t stop believing there was a God; but he wasn t there for me. What kind of God allows this? Watching people brutally beaten to death, and being threatened several times each day, Kempler disclosed he could not cope with the strain and soon became detached. He explained, There were different stages of survival and gradually, all of us went through them. One stage was detachment: to go numb, to become mentally unfeeling and uncaring. Kempler said his brain was only connected with one subject: survival. He admits in Chapter 26, The idea of surviving at any cost became utterly paramount; nothing else was important. Surviving the war was too remote an idea. Survival meant only now, sometimes minute-by-minute and never longer than a day. With no love, no faith and no hope, Kempler stated, We were no longer human. For the sake of survival, we had lost our humanity. All of us became like animals. But, we were worse than animals. Surviving the extermination camp of Mauthausen, which was designed to eliminate enemies of the German Reich through a combination of being overworked in the stone quarry, starvation and violence, a 16-year-old Kempler arrived at the concentration camp Melk, which he described as totally different from any other camp I had been in. Until now, I had only been with Jewish prisoners, but in Melk there were people from 35 countries. It was in Melk that Kempler found a spark of hope the one thing the Nazis wanted to remove from the minds and hearts of the prisoners. He said he encountered, from a distance, an unusual brand of Christians, called Bibelforscher or Bible Students. They were kept separate from all other prisoners, and for good reason. The strange and unusual treatment of these people, peculiar as they were defiant of Hitler, yet admired by all was the last thing Kempler expected to see. He said, Later, alone with my thoughts, I tried to figure these people out. What are they doing? They are suffering for the Jewish God, the God I just abandoned and have no use for. They are suffering for him? The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Joseph Kempler tells how one Jewish prisoner s perspective was altered by the Holocaust, altered by fellow prisoners and altered later by the Holy Scriptures. Kempler, who found himself barely surviving among prisoners who were reduced to nothing, later discovered that with God, he was still something. Kempler was 14 when he went into his first labor camp (Rakowice). This was followed by five other concentration camps: Plaszow, Zakopane, Mauthausen, Melk, and Ebensee. He was released from Ebensee in May 1945 at age 17 and weighed less than 60 pounds. Kempler, who turns 89 in April, lived long enough to see an end to the Holocaust, but admits he does not want to see a repeat of history ever again. After moving to America, he served in the National Guard and added his voice to the Holocaust survivors who suffered dreadful atrocities only to bear witness to the fact that faith, hope and love can be resurrected. He attributes his transformation to coming to know the Ones John 17:3 calls the only true God and the one whom he sent, Jesus Christ. The Altered I is a meticulous masterpiece of history and horror, laced with pulse-pounding chills, historical timelines and the savagery that reinforces the well-documented Holocaust in all its cruelty. At the same time, it chronicles the lives lost and the aftermath of what Holocaust survivors must endure today. The book also offers a rare glimpse into the challenges of religious conversion and immigration into America. For Kempler, it presents the closest thing to closure that a Holocaust survivor could hope for at this time. Readers will be grateful that Kempler, who is one of Jehovah s Witnesses, documented his eyewitness account so anyone can take his life-altering journey with him. His book is proof that there can be a greater purpose in life beyond survival and that one person can be a witness that can alter another s perspective. It also gives reason why such violent madness should never be allowed to happen again. The Altered I is available on amazon.com and play.google.com as well as in Kindle format on Amazon and Amazon UK, or by contacting LeRue Press at Farm to table: A bit tricky in winter, but in high demand MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Demand driven by the farm-totable movement knows no seasons, so farmers in colder areas of the country increasingly use greenhouses and similar structures to meet wintertime demand for local produce. While crusty snow and ice covers the ground in January in Vermont, spinach leaves sprout in rows of unfrozen soil inside a high tunnel a large enclosure covered by plastic film that is warmed by the sun and protected from the wind. I can never keep up with the spinach demand, said Joe Buley, owner of Screamin Ridge Farm in Montpelier, who planted the spinach in November and will sell it in about two weeks. This time of year, when vegetables are trucked in from California and Mexico, some consumers clamor for fresh local produce. I m definitely interested in supporting local agriculture, and I definitely like eating greens in the winter, said Serena Matt of Marshfield, Vermont, who paid Bear Roots Farm in South Barre, Vermont, ahead to get biweekly bundles of produce that in the winter typically include greens like spinach or baby kale. The federal government helped spur the growth in winter farming by providing financial and technical assistance to farmers to install high tunnels to extend the growing season, protect crops from harsh conditions, reduce energy use and improve air quality by reducing the transportation of food. Between 2010 and 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Natural Resources Conservation Service helped producers construct more than 15,000 high tunnels around the country, Contributed photos AUTHOR April Voytko Kempler posed with her father-in-law Joseph Kempler at a regional convention of Jehovah s Witnesses. The Holocaust survivor added his unflinching memoir to the list of books detailing man s inhumanity to man. Below, Kempler posed at a book signing of his book, The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Joseph Kempler. The Kemplers live in Reno, Nev. with Alaska having the most. Rohwer s Farm in Pleasant View, Colorado, got its first 30-by- 72-foot high tunnel that way. And it did so well we were able to get a second one, and we added a third one last year, said Heidi Rohwer, estimating they cost about $7,000 each. The small farm makes regular trips to Durango, Colorado, in the winter to sell kale, lettuce, carrots, arugula, and bok choy. If we don t take enough greens, they get really mad, Rohwer said. Buley expects his spinach to start taking off soon, when the sun gets higher in February.

31 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, LIBRARY CORNER Lewis receives 4 awards for March: Book Three Pushing the Limits STEM program to begin on Monday This is the final week for the computing and intermediate computer classes at the library. On Monday and Wednesday, there will be a two-part Comp 101 class offered from 10 a.m. to noon. On Tuesday and Thursday, there will be two-part class for the intermediate computer user from 10 a.m. to noon. Call to register today. Next week brings new classes, so be on the lookout. Adults 18 and up will be Pushing The Limits of Nature, Knowledge, Survival, and C o n n e c t i o n with the new p r o g r a m series at the library, which The first meeting of Episcopalians in Cleveland was held 150 years ago in 1867; 100 years ago, first heat was drawn at the Dixie Foundry in will run J a n u a r y t h r o u g h April. Come e x p e r i e n c e science in every-day life with this i n f o r m a l STEM program (science, technology, engineering and math) on the last Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The first program of the series will be Monday with the theme Nature, and what makes something Natural. The book When the Killing s Done, by T.C. Boyle, will be discussed, along with a unique author video from Boyle himself. A video of a young daredevil turned amputee will be shown to highlight human nature and how we push our limits every day. There will be book giveaways, door prizes, and refreshments available for those who participate this month, a copy of Boyle s When the Killing s Done and Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Participants can enjoy a do-it-yourself trail mix bar and a unique nature craft. Pushing the Limits is a reading, viewing and discussion program for adults in communities served by rural libraries, made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The program is the work of a team of library professionals, scientists, and filmmakers from organizations including Dartmouth College, the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, the Califa Library Group, Public Library Association, Dawson Media Group, Institute for Learning Innovations, Goodman Research Group and Oregon State University. Monday at 4:30 p.m., the teens gather for gaming in the Teen Zone. They have board and card games as well as Wii and Xbox gaming. Feel free to bring a multiplayer E-Rated game to share. For more information, teenzone@clevelandlibrary.org. Tuesday, the Teen Book Talk and Tween Book Chatter groups meet at 4:30 p.m. Join the teens to discuss The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn by Kate Hattemer and the tweens to chat about Study Hall by Derek Fridolfs. Tween chatter is for ages 9-12 and Teen Talk ages The teens have Teen Anime Club this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. This club meets to discuss and watch anime, create crafts and enjoy snacks. This month, they will continue watching Yuri!!! On ICE. E m a i l t e e n z o n c l e v e - landlibrary.org with questions. (Ages 13 through 17 only.) On Saturday, the library has the privilege of hosting two local authors for an Author Chat session. Join in at 11 a.m. to come hear about the writing and publishing processes from Andrew Maraniss and D.K. Brantley. Bring your questions for after the talk, along with your wallets to purchase works by both the authors. Refreshments will be available. Story times are happening all the time at the library. These programs are a weekly staple in many families lives around the community. Feel free to bring your age appropriate children to help instill a love of reading in their hearts. Little ones 0 through 3 have Wiggle Worms on Mondays at 3 p.m. and Baby Bookworms on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and at 1 p.m. Bring your younguns to enjoy the music and interactive play offered by these events. Pre-school aged children can attend on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Families of all ages can enjoy stories on Saturdays at 2 p.m. at Family Story Time. All of these groups will have stories read to them and partake in an activity or craft. Don t forget the library offers free Zumba classes every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 8 a.m. For more information on the library and its many helpful resources, visit NEW YORK (AP) U.S. Rep. John Lewis is having quite a run in the literary world. On Monday, the American Library Association released its annual list of awards for children s books and announced the Georgia Democrat received a record four prizes for March: Book Three, the last of a graphic trilogy about his civil-rights activism and winner last fall of the National Book Award for young people s literature. The latest honors for March, a collaboration among Lewis, congressional aide Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell, include the Coretta Scott King award for best children s book by an African- American and the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in children s literature. All three March books recently reached high on bestseller lists after a harsh public exchange between Lewis and President Donald Trump, whose legitimacy Lewis has challenged. I m delighted and honored that America s librarians are supporting March with these awards, Rep. Lewis, 76, said in a statement. I love books and I love librarians. When I was growing up I tried to read every single thing I could. I hope these awards will help inspire all of our young people and some of us not so young to read, to learn, and to act. March is a guidebook reminding us that we all must speak up and stand up for what is right, what is fair, and what is just. Monday s top award, the John Fatal (Atria) by John Lescroart A stupid mistake has serious ramifications in Fatal, John Lescroart s latest stand-alone thriller. Kate Jameson loves her life and marriage to Ron. She has two children, and her best friend for over 20 years is Beth, a San Francisco police detective. At a dinner party she meets another couple, Peter and Jill. For some reason she becomes obsessed with Peter. Kate tries to bury it, but the desire is too strong and she arranges a meeting with him in a hotel. They have a passionate encounter and then walk away from each other. Soon after the liaison, Kate is sitting with Beth in a cafe when a LITERARY NEWS AP photo This PhoTo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville. The American Library Association announced Monday the Georiga Democrat received four prizes for March: Book Three, the last of a graphic trilogy about his civil rights activism and winner last fall of the National Book Award. Newbery Medal for outstanding children s book overall, was given to Kelly Barnhill for her fairy tale about an abandoned baby with a crescent-shaped birthmark on her forehead, The Girl Who Drank the Moon. man walks in with a gun. The events that happen and the aftermath will echo not only with Kate and Beth, but also with the people they care about. Six months after the tragedy, Beth receives a case where a man s body washes up on the beach. The dead man is Peter. A story of normal people making insane decisions while trying to hide infidelity could easily get steered in the wrong direction and make the characters too unlikeable. Due to a sudden lack in judgment, everyone close becomes embroiled in the web of deceit that is necessary to keep the truth quiet. Somehow Lescroart weaves this moral ambiguity into a tale that is The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture book went to Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean- Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe, which also won the Coretta Book Review: Fatal by John Lescroart both frustrating and gratifying. His writing is constantly surprising, and the ending is perfect. Fans will not miss his regular series characters, while those who have never read his novels will discover a true master of the craft. Online: Debbie, Kayla & Kerrie are here to help motivate you in your w e ight-loss goa l s Scott King award for best illustration. The Newbery and Caldecott prizes are the most prestigious in children s literature, with previous winners including Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman and Katherine Paterson. I was woken really, really early in the morning to my Wonder Woman ringtone, which is awesome, Barnhill told The Associated Press, and I answered my phone and it s a room full of super cheerful librarians who are telling me this massive news. The awards were announced during the library association s midwinter meeting in Atlanta, where Lewis is based. The congressman s late wife, Lillian Miles Lewis, was a librarian at Atlanta University. Rick Riordan, author of the million-selling Percy Jackson books, won the Stonewall award for Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor. The Stonewall is given for the best book relating to the LGBT experience. Sarah Dessen, known for such favorites as Dreamland and Along for the Ride, and Nikki Grimes, whose books include the prize winners Bronx Masquerade and Words With Wings, each received lifetime achievement awards. Juana Medina s Juana & Lucas won the Pura Belpre award for best book by a Latino writer and Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, illustrated by Raul Gonzalez, was the Pura Belpre winner for best illustration. Women s a Cappella is coming to Cleveland! Come out to our open house! February 4th PM Ocoee Middle School 2B ThinnAgain NO COUPONS OR SPECIALS NEEDED Everyday Low Price Of $50 Includes Office Visit & 30 Day Supply Of Phentermine No appointment needed. Medically supervised PA on staff Open: Tue 10-5, Thur 10-5:30 & Sat 10-2 Located at th Street, Suite Hints from Heloise Reflecting on pet safety Dear Heloise: I like to walk my dog early in the morning, so I wear a REFLECTIVE VEST. But my dog is black and not easily seen. So, I got another vest and cut it down to fit him. The vests are held together with a hookand-loop closure, so I can make it fit perfectly snug on my black Lab/greyhound mix, Black Jack. Now everyone can see us, and I feel safer knowing that we are visible to oncoming traffic. C.P.S. in Virginia Very smart indeed. For other readers, they do sell ID tags and vests for dogs that are neon, much like the safety vests that law enforcement, road workers and others wear to be seen. Hop on the internet and type in dog safety vest. Woof! Woof! from Chammy (the wheaten) and Henry VIII (the mini-schnauzer), both adoptees Daily pillbox uses Dear Heloise: Those weeklong pill-of-the-day medicine boxes are handy for things beside pills. They work well to store portions of fish food, or tiny dried shrimp for turtles, and medications for dogs or cats, too. I m sure your readers would have other uses; how about if they suggest some? Brenda in New Hampshire You bet! My readers are the best at sharing their hints to help others. I m always happy to print reusing, repurposing and recycling hints. Heloise@Heloise.com; fax 210- HELOISE ( ); or write Heloise, P.O. Box , San Antonio TX Heloise Uses for rubber jar openers Dear Readers: The rubber hot pads/jar openers have many uses. Here are some: Keep items from slipping off a tray table. Keep in the sink to cushion delicate dishes when washing. Place under a mixing bowl to keep it stable. Heloise Auto rental Dear Readers: When renting an automobile, you are responsible for keeping the car in good condition. Any NEW scratches, stains, dings, dents, etc., can all be charged to you. When you are going over the car with the rental agent, take pictures of the condition of the car, noting scrapes or flaws. Heloise heloise CenTrAl had an interesting uninvited visitor ambling across the parking lot a turtle! He or she was trucking along! Visit and click on Pet of the Week to see some video of our friend Tammy or Tommy the Turtle. Heloise Easy way to brush Dear Heloise: I ve discovered an easy way to brush the dog. I found an undercoat rake at the pet store. It is specially built to loosen and remove more hair from the dog than regular brushing. This is all fur that is loose but doesn t come off without a struggle. The rake makes grooming much easier, and it is safe and painless for the animal. I love it! S. Anderson, via by King Features Syndicate Inc.

32 32 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 FASHION WATCH UK workplace study finds women forced to wear heels LONDON (AP) A British parliamentary study into workplace dress codes has found that women have been told to wear high heels, dye their hair or wear revealing outfits at the office. The inquiry followed the case of a London receptionist who was asked to go home after protesting that she was forced to wear 2-inch to-4 inch (5-centimeter to 10-centimeter) heels to the office while her male colleagues weren t. The Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committee said Wednesday that it became clear during the course of the inquiry that this wasn t an isolated incident. The committee says that it heard from hundreds of women who told us about the pain and long-term damage caused by wearing high heels for long periods. The committee noted that discriminatory dress codes remain widespread. AP photo this Photo shows a Rocksbox jewelry gift set. Rocksbox.com, a rental jewelry subscription service, allows shoppers to get three items per month based on their tastes, delivered to their doors. Jewelry for Valentine s Day NEW YORK (AP) Shopping for jewelry for a loved one ahead of Valentine s Day can be stressful. But learning some tricks should help anyone have an easier time finding the perfect gift. That means understanding a partner s tastes, shopping at reputable jewelry stores and learning what the wording means in terms of how gemstones are graded. And there s plenty of opportunity to haggle for the best price. It is a big time to buy jewelry, says Amanda Gizzi, a spokeswoman at the Jewelers of America, a trade association with more than 8,000 retail members. There are some wonderful sales to be had. Look for the best pieces for your budget, but don t be dazzled by the discounts. Above all, start researching with time to spare, figure out how much you want to spend, and shop to take advantage of postholiday sales or limited-time Valentine s Day deals. The median price for a piece of jewelry is $350, excluding engagement rings and wedding bands, the trade group says. But there s a wide range of jewelry sellers from Target to Tiffany. At Wal-Mart s Sam s Club, which says its jewelry is priced at a 25 to 40 percent discount over other jewelry retailers, Valentine s deals run from Jan. 25 to the holiday. Macy s jewelry sale, which includes 60 percent off 14-carat and 18-carat gold jewelry, starts Jan. 29 and ends Feb. 9. You really do need to shop early if you are budget-minded, said Benjamin Glaser, features editor at DealNews.com, an online deal comparison site. Here are some tips: Know your loved one s taste Look at what your partner is wearing and what s in the jewelry box. If your special someone likes small earrings, don t get big hoops. And if that person is active, don t buy rings with high settings, says Gizzi. Among the trends this year: updated classics like hoop earrings with diamond chips, or layering rings or bracelets. If you plan to buy dia monds, see if there s a way subtly! to find out if your partner would rather sacrifice size over quality or vice versa. Do research, learn the lingo Check out sites like Jewelers of America and online retail sites like Blue Nile for help understanding key terms like what clarity means when you are talking about diamonds, or want to know more about how gemstones are graded. Bluenile.com, which has also begun opening in-person showrooms, offers tools to compare prices from 150,000 independently graded diamonds. Take precautions againt fraud First, be cautious about a store always offering discounts of more than 50 percent. Consumers may find the discount price is actually the average retail price elsewhere, says the Jewelers of America. Buy from a trusted retailer. Ask friends for recommendations, or go to websites like the American Gem Society, which lets you search for reputable jewelry stores by ZIP code. As for diamonds, consumers should insist a stone be accompanied by an independent grading report from a respected lab like the Gemological Institute of America, says Josh Holland, Blue Nile s director of brand experience. Also, check out the return policy and find out whether you d get your money back or would have to exchange an item for credit. And haggle it s a common practice in the jewelry busness, Glaser says. Consider synthetic diamonds If you want something sparkly but want to avoid gems from conflict zones, synthetic or manmade diamonds are about 20 percent to 40 percent less expensive, according to DealNews. Produced in a laboratory, they are chemically the same as mined diamonds, as opposed to simulated diamonds, which are usually cubic zirconia or moissanite. Pure Grown Diamonds, the world s largest distributor of them, has a directory on its website of stores by zip code that offer lab-grown diamonds. While a gemologist wouldn t be able to tell the difference between mined and synthetic diamonds, a jeweler needs to tell buyers the origin. Be creative Not interested in spending a lot but still want good quality? Consider estate sales. Or if you think your partner would want to try out pieces for a while, there s a rental jewelry subscription service called Rocksbox.com. It allows shoppers to get three items per month based on their tastes, delivered to their doors. Rocksbox.com offers memberships of three months, six months and 12 months with a gift card that can be applied to a purchase. For example, a threemonth gift membership plus a $10 gift card is $49. The retail price on the jewelry ranges from $50 to $150 and includes such designers as Kate Spade and Rebecca Minkoff. Longtime British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman to step down LONDON (AP) The top editor at British Vogue plans to step down after a quarter century at the helm of the trendsetting fashion magazine. Vogue said Wednesday that Alexandra Shulman will leave the position this summer. No replacement has been named. Shulman has been an influential figure on the British fashion scene for many years and has helped nurture young British writers and designers. She said the decision to leave was difficult and that she will miss the daily contact with the people at Vogue House in central London. In June Vogue marked 100 years of publication with a special issue featuring the Duchess of Cambridge on its cover. In the past Shulman has criticized designers for using extremely thin models. WASHINGTON (AP) Can women be brilliant? Little girls are not so sure. A study published Thursday in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe men are inherently smarter and more talented than women, making girls less motivated to pursue novel activities or ambitious careers. That such stereotypes exist is hardly a surprise, but the findings show these biases can affect children at a very young age. As a society, we associate a high level of intellectual ability with males more than females, and our research suggests that this association is picked up by children as young 6 and 7, said Andrei Cimpian, associate professor in the psychology department at New York University. Cimpian coauthored the study, which looked at 400 children ages 5-7. In the first part of the study, girls and boys were told a story about a person who is really, really smart, a child s idea of brilliance, and then asked to identify that person among the photos of two men and two men. The people in the photos were dressed professionally, looked the same age and appeared equally happy. At 5, both boys and girls tended to associate brilliance with their own gender, meaning that most girls chose women and most boys chose men. But as they became older and began attending school, children apparently began endorsing gender stereotypes. At 6 and 7, girls were significantly less likely to pick women. The results were similar when the kids were shown photos of children. Interestingly, when asked to select children who look like they do well in school, as opposed to being smart, girls tended to pick girls, which means that their perceptions of brilliance are not based on academic performance. These stereotypes float free of any objective markers of achievement and intelligence. In the second part of the study, children were introduced to two new board games, one described as an activity for children who are really, really smart and the other one for children who try really, really hard. Five-year-old girls and boys were equally likely to want to play the game for smart kids, but at age 6 and 7, boys still wanted to play that game, while girls opted for the other activity. There isn t anything about the game itself that becomes less interesting for girls, but rather it s the description of it as being for kids that are really, really smart. As a result, believing that they are not as gifted as boys, girls tend to shy away from demanding majors and fields, leading to big differences in aspirations and career choices between men and women. These stereotypes discourage women s pursuit of many prestigious careers; that is, women are underrepresented in fields whose members cherish brilliance, the authors wrote. It is still unclear where the MILAN (AP) There have been lots of warm fuzzies on the Milan runway this season: shaggy fur, furry footwear, thick knits, big gloves, droopy caps, face-framing neck-warmers. All useful for hunkering down in turbulent times. Four days of menswear previews for next winter and fall at Milan Fashion Week ended Tuesday with a focus on soft tailoring and comfortable looks. Blazers tended to be long, and paired with loose-fitting trousers. Overcoats, if not furry, had fur collars. Shoes had big soles with fresh detailing like rubberized studs or built-in socks, but most of all tufts of adorable fur. There was a nostalgic return to homey knitted gloves and caps. Designers also opted for a rough look with half-finished accents, big embroidery and some deconstruction. Bags were big, ready for a quick get-away. Colors tended toward deeper urban shades of gray and black, with flashes of white, and some designers opted for color blocks. Some highlights from the final day of Milan Fashion Week, which included previews by three Asian designers supported by the National Italian Fashion Chamber: Armani is wrapper-in-chief Giorgio Armani was the first among wrappers this menswear season. Armani defined the silhouette of his easy tailored looks with a novelty: sleeve scarves that warm the arms and wrap across the chest. Armani opted for a generous variety, from fine knits in prints or contrast colors for sunny days when an overcoat might be too much, to chunkier furry versions. The designer also brought back the tie and three-piece dressing for day, in soothing charcoals with a dark velvet double-breasted vest for a dandy look, finished with a narrow-brimmed Trilby hat. Masculinity was projected in geometric patterns including triangular blocks on zip-up hoodies and softer alpaca pullovers. Hiking boots completed many looks and bags included satchels and doctor bags. For truly cold days, there were large hooded coats and shaggy furs. Milan welcomes a new generation Giorgio Armani continued a recent tradition of inviting upand-coming designers to preview their collections in his theater. He has helped launched the likes of Stella Jean, Andrea Pompilio and Au Jour Le Jour in recent seasons. This round, the choices were all Asian designers, which the head of the Italian fashion chamber, Carlo Capasa, said was deliberate. We wanted to give a sign of internationality, Capasa said. Milan Fashion Week is an open week. We wanted to capture the energy from wherever it comes. Silhouette plays for Yoshio Kubo Yoshio Kubo s manifesto was spare on the page: I always focus on new details for outfits. I try to see outfits from different angles. I make a story for each season, which people never imagine. The U.S.-trained designer, who has based his eponymous yoshiokubo line in Tokyo, gave the collection an East-meet- West feel, playing with layers and volumes and deconstructing familiar codes. I destroy the silhouette, Kubo said backstage. The looks would suit any selfrespecting rocker. Kimono-style jackets are paired with dropcrotch trousers, while Western blazers are deconstructed by stereotypes come from. Parents, teachers and peers and the media are the usual suspects, Cimpian said. But it is evident that action must be taken so that these biases don t curtail girls professional aspirations. Instill the idea that success in any line of work is not an innate ability, whatever it is, but rather putting your head down, being passionate about what you are doing, Cimpian said, adding that exposure to successful women who can serve as role models also helps. Toy companies like Mattel, maker of the Barbie doll, have taken steps to try to reduce gender stereotypes. Mattel s You can be anything Barbie campaign tells girls that they can be paleontologists, veterinarians or professors, among other careers. The campaign also holds out the possibility that a girl can imagine herself to be a fairy princess. unzipping the shoulders, letting them slouch down shawl-like. Patchworks of white bandana patterns on black leather had a tattoo effect, reflected also in the temporary tattoos on some models necks. The 42-year-old Japanese designer worked as an assistant designer for haute couture house Robert Denes in New York after graduating from Philadelphia University s school of textile and science. Bucolic Storybook looks for Moto Guo Malaysian designer Moto Guo was the first to concede that the Armani theater was not used to such crazy looks. The 26-year-old designer s collection looked like it walked out of a 1960s grammar school reader, with graphic lines, exaggerated details and soft shades alternating with garish patterns. The show was built around the bucolic fashion story of a Japanese boy, depicted as a fanciful documentary about his life with an American voiceover. You see how he styles himself, what is his wardrobe, the designer said backstage. Sometimes you understand. Sometimes you have to guess. Exaggerated proportions Study: Little girls doubt women can be brilliant AP photo In this Photo, news anchor Barbie, left, and computer engineer Barbie are arranged for a photo at the New York Toy Fair. A new study published Jan. 26 in the journal Science suggests that girls as young as 6 can be led to believe that men are inherently smarter and more talented than women. Rebecca S. Bigler, professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, described Cimpian s study as exceptionally nice work. She suggested that the stereotypes develop in early elementary school when students are exposed to famous scientists, composers and writers, the geniuses of history, who are overwhelmingly men. Bigler said it is important to combine that knowledge with information on gender discrimination. We need to explain to children that laws were created specifically to prevent women from becoming great scientists, artists, composers, writers, explorers, and leaders, Bigler added. Children will then be... more likely to believe in their own intellectual potential and contribute to social justice and equally by pursuing these careers themselves. Menswear previews end with focus on comfort, looks AP photos Models wear creations for Consistence Men's Fall-Winter collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Jan. 17. defined the collection, including a huge rounded tie with zigzag detailing, jackets with mismatched external pockets and felt beanies in primary colors, some with propellers. The final look featured a jacket with stiff, oversized arms that appeared fashioned from striped mattress pads. A winter rawness In Milan The Chinese label Consistence is keeping it raw for fashionable men next winter and fall. Designers Fang Fang and Tien Lu base their brand in London, and their motto is balancing the casual and the formal. The designers played with deconstruction. Suits featured what appeared to be a tailor s basting stitching, and sewn-in pockets were external, not internal. White shirts incorporated dark jacket sleeves, and rough frenetic stitching on shirts and blazers suggested a seamstress had let herself go to a rock music soundtrack. Jackets were missing lapels, which turned up, on their own, as scarves. Belted straps worked as apulets or trailed off arms and backs. A sporty twotone fur sweatshirt and bomber jacket ensured the label s luxury credentials.

33 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Contributed photo NiNetyyeAr-old Wilma Neyman Smith will celebrate her birthday with friends and family on Jan. 31. The nonagenarian has three children, four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Fun date ideas for Valentine s Day Special to the Banner Valentine s Day is almost here, and all across the nation men are scrambling for ideas. Will it be flowers and chocolate, or dinner and a movie? Let s face it, fellas. If you ve been in a relationship for any amount of time, creative, inexpensive date ideas can be hard to come by. And with January slipping away, it may seem easy to forget about that New Year s resolution to tighten up the budget. But this Valentine s Day, you don t have to break the bank to create memories and have a good time. Here are five ideas to get your wheels turning: Dinner and a movie the remix Okay, we know, dinner and a movie is so cliché. But what about a candlelit home-cooked meal and a romantic rental movie? You don t have to buy filet mignon and lobster. You can get great deals on chicken, pork, and fish. Pair it up with a little pasta, and you re ready to treat your significant other to an unforgettable evening! The open road Just get in the car with your special lady friend and drive! You might spend a little on gas, but you ll create some lasting memories as you travel to a town you have never visited or even a famous landmark. You could also revisit the special places around town where you ve created fun memories and take pictures together. Game night Who doesn t love a good board game? Find a few classic board games, invite some other couples over, and make a night of it. Having some Valentine s-themed food on hand will add to the fun red-velvet cupcakes and heart-shaped candy will enhance the mood, too. Night at the museum Two tickets to a local museum usually aren t expensive. Learn a little about art or history and each other! Combine this idea with your home-cooked dinner and a movie or game night, and you ll have a full day of fun. Take a hike Pack a lunch, grab a few water bottles, and hit the trail. You ll be amazed at the quality of conversation you can have with someone while you are hiking up a mountain or through the woods. After all, it is Valentine s Day, so why not get your heart in shape? You can come up with plenty of cheap date ideas on your own. Just follow your passions (don t do something just because it s cheap), and think outside the box (of chocolates). The memories will last a lot longer than gourmet chocolate and expensive roses. Keep that in mind as you are planning your Valentine s Day date and other dates throughout the year! Used with permission from DaveRamsey.com PEO Chapter AV celebrates Founder s Day Chapter AV, PEO hosted a Founder s Day Coffee for its Tennessee Southeast Region Reciprocity on Jan. 21. The event was held at the Cleveland Public Library. Seventy-three members from Tullahoma to Athens gathered to honor the organization s founders. PEO was founded on Jan. 21, 1869, by seven visionary woman at Iowa Wesleyan College. Today, there are nearly a quarter of a million members in local chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Since 1907, PEO has helped more than 99,000 women with scholarships, grants and loans totaling more than $283 million. Contributed photo the south east ChApter of the National Federation of the Blind met in January at the Cleveland Family YMCA. From left are treasurer Faheem Beengazi, Kyle O Dell, Christy O'Dell, president; and Kelli Kyle. NFB South East Chapter meets with Kelli Kyle from The Refuge The South East Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind met in January, with Kelli Kyle from The Refuge. The Refuge has three offices: Computer Lab, Financial Coaching and Reading Center. The Computer llab is used for resumé, printing documents, job applications and self-taught classes for Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint. Financial Coaching teaches families how to budget and get out of debt with a plan to follow. They report their progress biweekly or monthly. Reading Center helps adults learn how to read in a confidential setting with a tutor. They also offer CPR classes and coupon classes throughout the year. The South East Chapter is an active social, support and advocacy group for the blind and visually impaired of Bradley County and surrounding areas. The chapter meets the second Thursday of every month, at the Cleveland Family YMCA. The next meeting will be Feb. 9 in the party room from 1 to 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Krista Gale, a rehabilitation teacher. If you are or know someone who is blind or visually impaired, invite them to come and join the NFB support group. For more information about the South East Chapter of NFB, call Christy O Dell, president, at Carnegie Hall s season features festival on 1960s NEW YORK (AP) Carnegie Hall s season will be highlighted by The 60s: The Years that Changed America, a festival that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert A. Caro helped program. David Crosby and Snarky Puppy have a program on the nexus of music, protest and social change on Jan. 25, Carnegie said Wednesday. Composer Ray Chew will lead a Sounds of Change concert with artists from rock, folk, rock, soul Contributed photo ChApter AV, peo, hosted a Founder s Day Coffee for its Tennessee Southeast Region Reciprocity on Jan. 21, From left, front, are Judy Moberg, Anne Catron, Marcia Fair, Mary Helen Seago and Pat Martin; second row, Cathy Norwood, Phyllis Tyner, Jackie Rhinehart, Kathy Thompson Shirley, Carole Cinci, Janie Bishop, Cecile Keith and Jennifer Hardison; and back, Bonnie Humphreys, Nancy Cate, Patty Puckett, Lea Stuart, Charlene Myers, Betty Ewing, Marj Hogeman, Kay Seymour, Peggy Hallenberg, Sarah Stutz, Nancy Casson. (Bunny Blackburn was present, but not in picture) and rhythm and blues on Feb. 5. The Kronos Quartet on Jan. 19 premieres two compositions commissioned by Carnegie Hall: Zachary J. Watkins inspired by the moment before Martin Luther King Jr. s I Have a Dream speech and Stacy Garrop s on words of author Studs Terkel. The festival will be held at venues throughout New York from January to March 2018 and will include the Museum of Modern Art, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Apollo Theater, City Center, the New York Public Library and other organizations. Carnegie s season starts Oct. 4 with a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein s birth in August The Philadelphia Orchestra and music director Yannick Nezet-Seguin will perform Bernstein s On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Pianist Lang Lang will play Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue. Philip Glass, who turns 80 on Jan. 31, will hold Carnegie Hall s composer s chair next season. The Philip Glass Ensemble will perform his Music with Changing Parts on Feb. 16. Violinist Janine Jansen and pianist Daniil Trifonov will lead Perspectives series. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic from Feb in three programs of music by Berlioz, Brahms, Ives, Mahler and Tchaikovsky. Contributed photo As A No. 1 New York Times best-selling author and seasoned communicator, Rachel Cruze helps Americans learn the proper ways to handle money and stay out of debt. She s authored two best-selling books: Love Your Life, Not Theirs and Smart Money Smart Kids, which she cowrote with her father, Dave Ramsey. You can follow Cruze on Twitter and Instagram and online at rachelcruze.com, youtube.com/rachelcruze or facebook.com/rachelramseycruze. 5 last-minute (but special) ideas for celebrating Valentine s Day By Rachel cruze Contributing Author Feb. 14 is just a few weeks away, and that can only mean one thing for lovebirds across the country: Valentine s Day! The problem with Valentine s Day is that people can get so caught up in the hype that they make bad decisions with their money. They spend and spend and spend until the Valentine s Day bill begins to compete with the Christmas budget. But I m here to tell you that you don t have to spend a ton of money on Valentine s Day. Yes, you can keep it simple and inexpensive and still have a great time. How? Here are several tips for making Valentine s Day special without breaking the bank. Go Out Before or After Valentine s Day To avoid those jacked-up prices, go out the night before or after Valentine s Day. Not only will you save money, but you ll avoid all the crowds. Choose Coffee and Dessert If the budget is tight but you still want to go out, then simply head down to the coffee shop. Grab a coffee and a nice dessert for you and your date, and you ll save a lot of money while still enjoying time together and great conversation. Deliver Your Own Flowers Guys, if you re buying flowers, you ll pay a lot more through a florist who delivers. Go to a farmer s market or a local grocery store, buy your own flowers, and deliver them yourself. Chivalry isn t dead, so prove it! Delivering the flowers yourself adds a romantic touch that your date will love. Stay at Home with a Movie Sure, it s not that creative, but you ll still have a lot of time to talk and spend time together. Pop some popcorn, watch a movie on Netflix, and you re good to go! Invite Friends Over and Cook When I was single, my group of friends used to get together on Valentine s Day and cook a big meal. Besides being a lot of fun, this is a great way to save money because each person is only responsible for one thing. And, even if you don t cook well, I m sure you can bring dessert. Valentine s Day is only as expensive as you make it. The quickest way to ruin a perfect date is to overspend and make bad decisions with your money. Remember, the relationship is what s important not where you eat for dinner! So enjoy this Valentine s Day by staying on a budget and avoiding credit cards at all costs! Is Your Child, Parent, Grandparent or Favorite Pet in the Cleveland Daily Banner? 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34 34 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 SUNDAY HealtH Phone Gwen Swiger Associate Editor or fax NEw PrESCrIPtION AP Photo/Jeff Chiu dr. AAliyA yaqub points to a large monitor while giving a demonstration of a medical checkup at a Forward medical office in San Francisco. After a relative suffered a heart attack a few years ago, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Adrian Aoun got an up-close look at a health-care system that he diagnosed as an inefficient and outdated mess. Now, Aoun is ready to prescribe his remedy. It's called Forward, a health-management service that charges a $149 per month, roughly $1,800 a year, to tend to all of its patients' primarycare needs. Doctor offices that look like Apple stores SAN FRANCISCO (AP) After a relative suffered a heart attack a few years ago, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Adrian Aoun got an unsettling look at a health-care system that he diagnosed as an inefficient and outdated mess. Now he believes he has a remedy. It's called Forward, a health-management service that charges a $149 per month roughly $1,800 a year to tend to all of its patients' primary-care needs. And not just with attentive doctoring, either; Forward plans to deploy body scanners, sensors, giant touchscreen monitors, infrared devices and other high-tech gizmos that could make a doctor's appointment feel more like a trip to an Apple store. "Doctors are super smart, but they are set up for failure in so many ways," Aoun says. "We haven't built the tools that they need to operate in modern life. No one wants to go to the doctor's office today. We want to change that." NOT QUITE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Forward will still refer patients to outside specialists when its primary-care doctors can't deal with certain health problems; same goes for hospital admissions. And there are bound to be health insurance headaches that Forward isn't attempting to address. That means Forward is unlikely to become a cure-all, especially because its member- See OFFICES, Page 36 AP Photos/Jeff Chiu AdriAn Aoun, founder and CEO of Forward, left, gives a demonstration of a vein illumination device that uses infrared light on an Associated Press reporter at a medical office in San Francisco. dr. AAliyA yaqub points to a large monitor while giving a demonstration of a medical checkup at a Forward medical office in San Francisco. Dying from cancer: Could your location determine your fate? CHICAGO (AP) Americans in certain struggling parts of the country are dying from cancer at rising rates, even as the cancer death rate nationwide continues to fall, an exhaustive new analysis has found. In parts of the country that are relatively poor, and have higher rates of obesity and smoking, cancer death rates rose nearly 50 percent, while wealthier pockets of the country saw death rates fall by nearly half. Better screening and treatment have contributed to the improvement in the nation as a whole but the study underscores that not all Americans have benefited from these advances. We are going in the wrong direction, said Ali Mokdad, the study s lead author and a professor at the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. We should be going forward, not backward. Stark differences in regional cancer death rates have been found in previous research, but this one stands out for providing detailed estimates for deaths from nearly 30 types of cancer in all 3,100 U.S. counties over 35 years. From 1980 to 2014, the U.S. death rate per 100,000 people for all cancers combined dropped from about 240 to 192 a 20 percent decline. More than 19 million Americans died from cancer during that time, the study found. The picture was rosiest the Colorado ski country, where cancer deaths per 100,000 residents dropped by almost half, from 130 in 1980 to just 70 in 2014; and bleakest in some eastern Kentucky counties, where they soared by up to 45 percent. We all know this is unacceptable... in a country that spends more than anybody else on health, Mokdad said. The Affordable Care Act took effect in the study s final years and emphasized prevention services including no-cost screenings for breast, colorectal and cervical cancers. Any resulting benefits wouldn t be evident in the latest results, since cancer takes years to develop. It s unknown whether similar coverage will be part of the replacement system the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans are seeking. An editorial published with the study by Stephanie Wheeler, a University of North Carolina health policy specialist and Dr. Ethan Basch, a University of North Carolina cancer specialist, notes that many areas with the highest cancer death rates also strongly supported Donald Trump, raising hopes that future policies developed by the incoming administration will provide resources for these communities. Researchers estimated county death rates using U.S. government death records and U.S. Census Bureau data. Results were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ahmedin Jemal, an American Cancer Society researcher, said better understanding variations in cancer death rates will help target cancer prevention and control. Among the more striking disparities: In counties with the highest 2014 cancer death rates, six of the top 10 were in eastern Kentucky. Six of the 10 lowest rates were in the Colorado Rockies. For lung cancer deaths, four of the five counties with the highest 2014 rates were in eastern Kentucky, with rates up to 80 percent higher than in Three of the five counties with the lowest 2014 rates were in the Colorado Rockies, where rates dropped by up to 60 percent. Death rates for breast and colorectal cancers increased in Madison County, Mississippi and in 2014 were at least five times higher there than in Summit County, Colorado, where the rates fell. These are among cancers that can be successfully treated if detected early. Smoking, obesity, physical activity and income explain many of the disparities, said study co-author Dr. Christopher Murray, also at the University of Washington. But the study also raises questions. For example, relatively high rates of testicular cancer were found in parts of Southern California and far southern Texas for reasons that are unclear. Since treatments for this rare cancer are extremely effective, almost nobody should die of testicular cancer, Murray said. The poor showing for eastern Kentucky contrasts with wealthier parts of the state and is tremendously troubling, said Ben Chandler, president of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, a nonpartisan group that funds health policy research and advocacy. Chandler cited poor access to health care and high smoking rates and said the disparities highlight a need for statewide smoke-free laws. The foundation funded a study that found that Kentucky s 2014 Medicaid expansion under the ACA covered costs for many cancer-related preventive health measures including mammograms and colon cancer screenings. How that expanded access will fare under with the health care law s expected repeal has been of great concern to us, Chandler said. Many options available to treat a wide range of sleep disorders Special to the Banner Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which people experience repetitive obstructions of their breathing multiple times per night. It is a common condition, and has been associated with many health problems including daytime tiredness, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke, said Dr. David Kent, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology. The most common treatment is continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, and it requires wearing a mask that is connected to a pressure machine every night. While CPAP is a very effective treatment for OSA, some patients are not able to comfortably sleep with it. Kent, who joined Vanderbilt last year, specializes in medical and surgical treatments for OSA and is spreading the word that there are options for treatment besides CPAP, including surgery and other medical therapies. There are more than 80 sleep disorders, and OSA is just one of them. Kent works closely with his colleagues in the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center to help each patient find the best treatment for their sleep problems. Our sleep center is fortunate to have Dr. Kent join Vanderbilt, said Dr. Huong Pham, M.D., assistant professor of Neurology at the Vanderbilt Sleep Center. Working as a team, we offer alternative treatments to OSA patients who have difficulty tolerating CPAP. With Dr. Kent, this now includes specific surgical interventions that we were not able to offer previously. Sleep apnea affects about 6 percent of U.S. women and about 13 percent of men, and many are turning to alternatives to CPAP, Kent said. Surgery is becoming a better option for some with the right anatomy. For a long time, ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeons had a very limited offering in terms of the surgeries that were available for sleep apnea, and they were pretty invasive, Kent said. There has been a real evolution in our surgical options, especially in the last decade. In his practice, Kent considers a patient s unique anatomy and sleep history, providing personalized medicine. Some patients are best managed with medical therapies like CPAP, while others prove to be good candidates for certain surgeries. Sometimes a combination of different therapies is best for a patient, he said. The airway acts very differently when we are asleep than when we are awake because of changes in muscle tone, he said. If a patient is a candidate for sleep surgery and they don t have a clear site of obstruction during an awake exam, then we can actually do a sedated exam in the operating room, which is designed to mimic sleep using anesthesia. We take a look with a flexible endoscope while the patient is asleep to get a better sense of what their individual anatomy is doing and what the best treatment will be. Kent combines this with multiple other pieces of information, including overnight sleep studies, which are offered at the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center. It s almost like a story, he said. Looking at that information, you can see what positions people prefer to sleep in, and how often their sleep apnea wakes them up. It all goes back to a patient s individual anatomy and sleep experience. One promising new therapy, called hypoglossal nerve stimulation, uses an implantable device that acts like a pacemaker for the tongue to prevent airway obstruction. It is extremely effective for patients with the right anatomy, and Vanderbilt is the first place in Tennessee where it is available as a treatment option, Kent said. Once surgically implanted, the device sends an impulse to the hypoglossal nerve during sleep, gently pulling the tongue away from the back of the throat and relieving airway obstruction. One of my goals is to continue improving our understanding of airway anatomy in sleep apnea so that we can do a better job of picking the right therapy for a See SLEEP, Page 36

35 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, SUNDAY Campus Phone Christy Armstrong Staff writer or fax KRISTI SCHALK'S class winners during North Lee Elementary School s fifth-grade science fair were, from left, Hudson Yoder first place; Allison Turner second place; and Conner Phillips third place. All the fifth-grade classes got the chance to showcase their scientific abilities. JAMIE NOR- MAN'S class winners during North Lee Elementary School s fifthgrade science fair were, from left, Jake Schalk first place; Cutter Womack second place; and Nicholas Ochoa third place. Students were judged on scientific method and creativity. KIMBERLY KEITH'S class winners from North Lee Elementary School s fifth-grade science fair were Erin Sisson first place; Luke Iosia second place; and Lily Rener third place. KAREN HAUN'S class winners during North Lee Elementary School s fifth-grade science fair included, from left, Esther Matev second place and Nolan Copeland third place. First-place winner Audrey Webb was unavailable for the photo. SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS Several local schools have released the names of students who made the honor roll during the second nine-week grading period of the year. Charleston Elementary A Honor Roll Third grade Abby Belt, Caden Leano, Drake Brown and Amelia DeBord; Fourth grade Ella Klepzig, Mattson Young, Eli Cross and Zeke Garrison; Fifth grade Noah Harner, Teigan Cassada, Christian Franz, Chris Hutt, Autumn Harner, Joey Langstaff and Nevaeh Owens. A/B Honor Roll Third grade Savannah Betancourt, Turner Clayton, Holden Green, Aubrey Ware, Drew Willingham, Ethan Cline, Ryleigh Harden, Danelle Janney, Rylee McCullough, Sina Delong, Alejandro Zalduondo and Mackenzie Crider. Fourth grade Bobby Everett, Molly Goins, Matilda Hicks, Jordan Luster, Malachi Martin, Georgia Smith, Tatiana Zalduondo, Colin Brinson, Cade Keplinger, Kaley Jones, Ali Akins, Heaven Guffey, Serena Gennoe, Charley McCartney, Madison Perry, Anthony Morrison and Bella Southerland. Fifth grade Zach Taylor, Parker Hocutt, Levi Campbell, Emily Anderson, Zyhrina Acebedo, Calvin DeBord, Kaitlyn Bailey, Jinna Barrera, Bennett George, Madilyn Smith, Isabell Asbury, Lily DePuy, Arabella Hammond, Zeke Harden, Adrianna Martinez-Rodriques, Carter Norris, Victoria Reagan, Dom Senior and Brayden Taylor. Hopewell Elementary Top Honors Fourth grade Ava Adams, Israel Davidson, George Emendorfer, David Gravley, Kelsey Hayes, Ashlyn Henry, Cameron Hicks, Jaxon Humble, Kendra Kelley, Suzi Napora, Kylie Vail, Daniel Warren, Emma West, Kiarah Westfield and Abri Whitaker. Fifth grade Evan Arnold, Chloe Burton, Olivia Congdon, Jadyn Dauphinais, Parker DeFriese, Luke Hawkins, Jake Jackson, Zachery Johnson, Camerin Miller, William Molloy, Flint Morey, Cameron Propst, Darbi Shay, Kylie Skipper, Kimsey Turner, Eli Wallace and Ross Wheeler. High Honors Fourth grade Mason Beard, Gia Carroli, Allyson Ensley, Zack Green, Kayla Herron, Paul Jenkins, Riley Jones, Brody Matthews, Kaden McConnell, Hannah McElveen, Madison, Mowery, Jeremiah Pugh, Chloe Rapson, Lauren Sims, Heidi Snyder, Lyric Stanfield and Chloe Webb. Fifth grade Hank Adams, Braden Ahlberg, Eli Aikman, Willie Brice, Jadyn Brooks, Trevor Conley, Cooper Callahan, Katie Davis, Malia Delk, Jeffrey Dooley, Skylar Elkins, Tyler Jobe, Noah Jones, Marie Kaylor, hailey McElveen, Brayden Pennell, Alyssa Rogers, Dillon Rogers, Antiana Rodriguez and Keaton Shifley. Honors Fourth grade Jonathan Alomar, Nevaeh Bloom, KylieHerring, MacKenzie Herring, Jake Ledford, Dalton Massengill, Camerin Sullivan, Landon Williams and Daysia Zanoska; Fifth grade Alexis Clark, Jake Fox, Bryson Goss, Tionna Griffin, Brenden Guffey, Skylar Hooper, Lucas Johnson, Elizabeth Kimsey and Maddie Sims. Michigan Avenue Elementary A Honor Roll Third grade Xander Bowers, Claudia Boyd, Aiden Burns, Gavin Chamberlin, Grace Cottone, Jesslynne Gates, Caleb Herring, Taylor Hitson, Brilynn Hobson, Alivia Johnson, Marlee King, Vanessa Musiyevich, Eli Myers, Landri Nelson, Braxton Sampson, Britain Sapp, Isaac Sausville, Noah Shuler, Alex Smith, Madalyn Strickland and Eli Wolfenden. Fourth grade Isaac Akins, Emma Argauer, Addyson Arnold, Rafe Cook, Sophia Flanagan, Makaila Hagler, Rebecca Hazy, Reylunde Johnson, Alana Kilburn, Jak Kraft, Genesis Lee, Sydney Morgan, Jayden Pack, Daisey Perez-Escalante, Klover Richardson, Autumn Rutledge, Christian Samayoa-Recinos, Chase Walker, Sarah Willis, Maliyah Woods and Kentan Zakkas. Fifth grade Braxton Arthur, Rylee Cain, Emily Canseco, Chelsea Carroll, Owen Clayton, Keely Cross, Brady Fox, Jackson Fox, Dakota Goines, Braden Greear, Caleb Haines, Jonas Harness, Kaylee Littrell, Joanna Mateo, Kimberly Mason, Rilla Metzger, Eli Miles, Elizabeth Miller, Brandon Nichols, Grayson Owens, Jacob Page, Xavier Ragin, Jesse Richesin, Caleb Sausville, Hailey South, Kellar Stansell, Joshua Whitaker and Izzy Williams. A/B Honor Roll Third grade Isabella Argauer, Maggie Arrowood, Ashton Brittain, Hayden Brnik, Cooper Burton, Grant Cook, Caiden Coppings, Aiden Davis, Ashton Davis, Andrew Duggan, Sophia Ellis, Brody Gibson, Miriam Hynes, Destiny Jenkins, Blake Kirby, Rene McClain, Mia Mencias, Angelina Muhammad, Carrie Pflug, Myleigh Poe, Isla Polanco, Cameron Stephens, Layla Swigert, Jazzmyn Taylor, Luis Thomas, Hayden Thompson and Hayleigh Wattson. Fourth grade Jonathan Anziano, Neko Cortes, Makinsey Cross, Abby Eble, Gracen Gay, Makenzi Gibson, Eli Kibler, Megan Lee, Avri Lowe, River Lynn, Samantha Miller, Olivia Moody, Mary Kate Olinger, Emma Saillard, Nicolas Saillard, Madeline Schultz, Charlee Snyder, Prestin Stanifer, Hayden West and Ean Zakkas. Fifth grade Knox Arthur, Candace Beaty, Bryson Bivens, Lennix Coleman, Destini Crabtree, Valencia Davis, Baylee Ellis, Juleah Falkowski, Melanie Fentress, Essilee Freeman, Kadence Goforth, Drew Hanson, Joslyn Harvey, Makayla Jenkins, Cauis Loyless, Nicole Marrie, Marissa Murray, Jeremiah Myers, Sabrina Perez, Samuel Perez, Kylah Shelton, Isaiah Tate, Mason Thompson and Alan Velasquez. Oak Grove Elementary Gold Honor Roll Third grade Brody Tinsley, Cade Smith, Caroline Buol, Daniel Herrera-Garcia, Jacob Blankinship, Jazmene Henegar, Jeffery Fiveash, Lilli Bearfield, Mallory Calfee, Mia Viviano, Noah Guinn, Patrick Dunn, Taylor Hoffman and Trooper Norman. Fourth grade Abby Crisp, Alyssa Holt, Avary Brewer, Bo McCabe, Brooke Wooten, Camryn Hanicak, Chloe Deverell, Coleman Byers, Devin Pinela, Drake Allen, Katie Stroupes, Kinsley Calfee, Kyle Hogg, Laney Inman, Laynee Whitmire, Madelyn Tallent, McKenzie Richardson and Sydney McCrary. Fifth grade Cameron Mitchell, Collin Crisp, Dana Espinoza, Gabriel Guzman, Jacob Neeley, Juan Garcia, Katlyn Morris, Leland Pinela and McKenna Owens. Silver Honor Roll Third grade Addison Short, Addison Wilkins, Alan Matthews, Annaston Spraker, Austin Bowman, Autumn Moses, Autumn Oswalt, Bryson Ware, Cole Smith, Eli Painter, Ella Cate Nicholson, Emily McDaniel, Gavin Kirkpatrick, Ivey Payne, Jayce Rodgers, Jayson Fiveash, Kaiden Boone, Keira Smith, Kylei Bird, Logan Woodruff, Micah Lee, Nathaniel Rymer, Noah Stanfield, Pierse Jackson, Rylin Widener, Sienna Nunn, Summer Rattler and Tobey Calfee. Fourth grade Aiden Forgey, AJ D Amato, Ali Frick, Ana Elizondo, Ashley De La Cruz, Brayden Dilbeck, Bree Rester- Hughes, Charly Cabrera, CJ Chastain, Colton Green, David Mills, Destiny Green, Gavyn Dixon, Grace Zumstein, Gracie Sermons, Haylee Wacaster, Jaden Smith, Jake Keith, Jaxon Presley, Jaylen Smith, Jeffrey McDowell, Lily Fowler, Logan Long, Luke Orr, Riley Stevenson, Sam Curtis, Summer Smasal, Trinity Lunsford and Zack Locke. Fifth grade Abby Houser, Ainsley Bronze, Amber Jones, Ashlee Allen, Ayden Gladden, Christian Phillips, Coy Walker, Drake Arendale, Hannah Monger, Jake Hogg, Jamie Stephens, Khloe Brewington, Luke Keith, Preston Henderson, Rachel Wooten, Rayleigh Pinkard, Skylah Shell, Walker Hicks and Zarek Kotulski. Park View Elementary A Honor Roll Third grade Jillian Frady, Gabriel Garcia, Luke Hagy, Lily Hakes, Jaxson Hembree, Logan Kanipes, Micah King, Taylor Michaelis, Leah Milliron, Leland Nelson, Andrew Newman and Landon Woody. Fourth grade Jamie Abercrombie, Charles Atha, Steven Trace Bramlett, Riley Crittenden, Chloe Curtis, Rodney Knox Gatlin, Oksana Goroshko, Gage Hedrick, Dylan Heffinton, Lynlee Hodge, Kaden Johnson, Kayla Kinsey, Alexa Lange, Sheena Ledesma, Jace Maples, Drake Morrow, Elizabeth Navarrete, Brylea Neloms, Eliana Parson, Christain Smith and Parker White. Fifth grade Haley Baker, Stevi Barnes, Callie Brewer, Felipe Castellanos, Hunter Chapman, McKenna Denton, Austin Hampton, Kaci Jeffries, Rosemary Marquez, Carson Milen, Shaily Mistry, Victor Porter, Nolan Schabell, Amberly Sustersic, Samuel Taylor, Austin Ward, Makinzy Wilson and Halea Wooten. A/B Honor Roll Third grade Logan Allen, Michael Allen, James Barnes, Corbin Cain, Helen Cheney, Tyner DeFriece, Kimora Fields, Luke Hagy, Joseph Harden, Madelynn Hicks, Caydon Jenkins, Aiden Linville, Andrew McClure, Sophia O Neil Ocean Partyka, Aidan Raasveld, Dorian Rivera, Haleigh Shickles, Maddison Walker and Lesley Woodward. Fourth grade Logan Baker, Kammarye Beck, Alyssa Davenport, Dakota Dobson, Christian Eaton, Colby Jacobs, Destiny Lewis, Natalie Manning, Tori McAlister, Xander Olman, Athena Profancik, Braxton Riad, Steven Rogers, Mason Rose, Tate Rountree, Bailey Shields, Gracie Siglar, Morgan Smoot, Lucas Swanson, Cali Swiger, Jayden Thompson and Isabela Torres. Fifth grade Ava Berghoff, Hayden Birdwell, Chelsea Blevins, Megan Brogden, Emma Chance, Emerson Comfort, Alyssa Currin, Tanner Curtis, Ashley Dunn, Jewel Hambright, Emma Hamilton, Rosa Hamonds, Adrian Hart, Chloe Heron, Micah Hicks, Payton Hicks, Abigail Higgins, Emileah Key, Katya Kiyan, Joseph Ledford, Nathan Manning, Shauna Morgan, Grace Phillips, Jason Porter, Coby Pritts, Parker Ratcliff, Jasper Sealy, Kyleigh Walker and Thomas Woodward. Waterville Community Elementary Gold Honor Roll Third grade Alexis Faulk, Elias Napier, Ashlyn Pendergrass, Megan Skipper, Lily Watson, Lilya Drevenchuk, Amanda Giovengo, David Pyatak, Autumn Stence, Sarah Wilson, Kailee Betters, William Fowler, Whitney Galaviz, Cameron Gerena, Landon Miller, Matthew Ramsey, Kylie Vines, Cason Stewart, MaKayla Broome, Tucker Broome and Logan Davis. Fourth grade Elizabeth Gunter, Alliyah Osborn, Aaron Robinson, Hunter Cullins, Coleman Green, Brody Holtz, Tori Huffman, Nathan Keller, Gage McCall, Kailey Seaton, Abby White, Jaylee Frerichs, Floyd Holmes, Corbin Light, Kaylee McCoy, Isabella Nelson, Natalyn Norwood and Brady Russell. Fifth grade Cameron Achata, Kaylie Frank, Kayla Martin, Fritz Rackl, Zander Rawlings, Matthew Rogers, Hannah Wright, Vanna McLaughlin, Abella Mullins, Jonas Pols, Josh Powers, Abigail Bennett, Julia Bodnar, Jasmine Frerichs and Audrey Keenum. Silver Honor Roll Third grade Lydia Barrs, Riley Brewer, Emerson Green, Trevor Johnson, Daniel Kholod, Patrick Mathers, Bryson Moats, Sebastian Orr, Abigail Barrera, Brayden Chancey, John Humberd, Lexi Jarvis, Alyssa Mayweather, Carson Carroll, Kat Fields, Hope Hawkins, Cory Mullins, Natalie Stinnett, Hannah Bowers, Garrett Cross, Niki Dodson, James Knowles, Kolten Burgess, Chloe Lockhart, Liara Pols, Donathan Smith and Brett Kincannon. Fourth grade Alley Barton, Kaley Brown, Sara Letner, Madison McNabb, Kylie Parks, Makenna Pendergrass, Landon Rogers, Alanna Scoggins, Skylar Stiles, Bronson Stone, McKenzie Cooper, Ashtyn Corvin, Kristina Dzhuha, Zander Graham, Ruvim Homechko, Emmeri Knight, Preston Pritchett, Azalie Raines, Austin Snyder, Mike Tomaszewski, Itzabellah Villa, Milo Bushnell, Riley Estopare, Hayley Garrod, Gracie Lee, Evan Mabee, Christian Medlin, Jaylen Parris, Hunter Sherlin, Marissa Stone, Ethan Balan, Emily Beyer, Brody Crisp, Addison Dussia, Lynda Mejia, Landon Miller, Katlynn Willis and Autumn Young. Fifth grade Kaylea Hughes, Sky Key, Shannon Knowles, Christian Napier, Ethan Parker, John Peacock, Olivia Reddish, Jackson Wilson, Madison Binimow, Maddison Chastain, Elijah Chiolo, Gracie Gaston, Riahn Graves, Colin McCulloch, Savannah Sanchez, Emily Bingham, Will Grady, Alyssa Johnstone, Ryan Keith, Lena Ledford, Aidan Napier, Tristen Robinson, Alex Stevens, Camry Braden, Hailey Huff, David Kholod, Sebastian Morales, Layla Rogers, Joshua Rude and Allie Swafford.

36 36 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Genes may help grocery tomatoes to catch up to the heirloom taste WASHINGTON (AP) Bite into a supermarket tomato and you ll probably notice something missing: taste. Scientists think they can put the yum back into the grocery tomato by tinkering with its genetic recipe. Researchers are reinstalling five long-lost genetic traits that add much of the sweet-yet-acidic taste that had been bred out of massproduced tomatoes for the past 50 years. They re using mostly natural breeding methods, not genetic modification technology. We know what s wrong with modern tomatoes and we have a pretty good idea how to fix it, said University of Florida horticultural scientist Harry Klee, co-author of a study in Thursday s journal Science. Yield of tomatoes has tripled since 1960, but there s been a slow decline in taste quality as tomatoes have been bred for size and sturdiness at the expense of flavor. Klee said a tastier supermarket tomato could be ready within three years. Nobody deliberately set out to make tomatoes that don t have flavor, Klee said. Basically it was a process of neglect. One key issue is size. Growers keep increasing individual tomato size and grow more per plant. The trouble is that there is a limit to how much sugar each tomato plant can produce. Bigger tomatoes and more of them means less sugar per tomato and less taste, Klee said. So Klee and colleagues looked at the genomes of the mass-produced tomato varieties and heirloom tomatoes to try to help the grocery tomatoes catch up to their backyard garden taste. Good tiny heirloom tomatoes AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File IN this FIle Photo, tomatoes are seen in the produce section at a grocery store in Des Moines, Iowa. Scientists have cooked up a way to reintroduce a key ingredient into mass-produced tomatoes: taste. are like eating candy, said New York University nutrition professor Marion Nestle, who wasn t part of the study. For people who care about how food tastes, it s a very big deal. Klee isolated some sugar genes and ones that were more geared to pure taste, but figured those won t work as well because they clash against growers shipping and size needs. So he found areas that affect the aroma of tomatoes but not size or heartiness. Reintroducing those into massproduced tomatoes should work because smell is a big factor in taste, he said. Altering genes in a lab would make the process faster, but because of consumer distrust and regulations, Klee is opting for natural breeding methods with help from an electric toothbrush to spread pollen. He s not quite there yet, but is close. Jose Ordovas, a nutrition professor at Tufts University, applauds the work, but cautions: It is possible that some traits are not compatible and you cannot make the plant to behave exactly the way that you want. Reggie Brown of growers Florida Tomato Committee praised the study, saying it could help make supermarket tomatoes taste better. No matter how much tinkering scientists do to mass-produced tomatoes, picking them too early and refrigerating them can make them bland. And consumers do have to be willing to pay more to have fresher, unrefrigerated tomatoes, said Klee, who generally doesn t do the taste testing in his lab. We believe: an amazing city needs a Children s Hospital to match. Sleep From Page 34 patient the first time around, he said. Dr. Beth Malow, M.D., M.S., Michael Burry Professor of Cognitive Childhood Development, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator and director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Division, stressed the importance of treating OSA. 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Too few locations have both superb medical analysis of sleep as we have at the Vanderbilt Sleep Center plus now a surgeon highly trained to focus on sleep issues. HIGH TECH PRIMARY MEDICINE Forward's patients can view all their medical information on a mobile app they can use to message a "care team" available around the clock. All blood and DNA tests are done at Forward's offices instead of being farmed out; the company says patients will be able to review the results in a matter of minutes instead of days later. People with longer term issues such as obesity, high blood pressure or skin problems will go home with sensors that can transmit data back to Forward. Its computers will then alert doctors if any troubling trends surface, allowing them to be addressed before they become more serious. Forward's attempt at a medical makeover began Tuesday with the opening of its first office in San Francisco. The converted clothing store spans 3,500 square feet, enough to accommodate six exam rooms and a team of doctors. The office should be able to accommodate 12,000 patients in total before turning people away. Additional Forward offices are planned in other major U.S. cities, although Aoun won't say where they will be located or when they may open. TESTING CONCERNS While Forward's concept of technology-driven preventative care may make sense, experts like Ginsburg worry that its emphasis on health-monitoring sensors could prompt doctors to run unnecessary tests that do little to improve patient health. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu AdrIAN AouN, founder and CEO of Forward, shows the company's app page at a medical office in San Francisco. "The notion of scanning people who don't have a problem has been very solidly dismissed by the medical profession for a while," Ginsburg said. Studies have shown that the best way to remain healthy is to eat right, exercise and get plenty of sleep, added R. Adams Dudley, director of the Center for Healthcare Value at the University of California, San Francisco. "Sensoring people all up isn't going to change any of that," Dudley said. But Dudley believes Forward has the potential to be very profitable if its focus on technology appeals primarily to younger people who typically have few health issues. Justin Shaffer, 34, fits that demographic. He thinks Forward has been worth its monthly fee since he joined the service last year during its testing phase. "I wouldn't necessarily say it feels like a tech-heavy experience. I would say it just feels like a better experience," Shaffer said after picking up a scale at Forward's office to help monitor his weight. THE AI WILL SEE YOU NOW Forward hopes to provide more hands-on attention from primary-care doctors freed from paperwork and other bureaucratic frustrations, while backing them up with sophisticated algorithms that analyze the digital data stockpiled about its patients. It's an example of artificial intelligence, the ability of computers to learn from the data that they collect. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is an Aoun specialty. He sold an AI startup called Wavvi to Google for about $30 million in 2013 and then stayed on for a couple years to help work on some of the technology that now powers Google's voice-controlled assistant. But Dudley doubts Forward's AI will be very effective unless it's able to build a large network of offices that attracts millions of patients. "A human brain can learn faster than a machine unless the machine has a massive database to analyze," Dudley said. Amanda Jackson Amanda Jackson Keith Jackson Keith Jackson (Pictured with Jilliam and Norris.) Our family, like most in this area, relies on Children s Hospital to care for our kids. In fact, more than 100,000 children are treated there every year. 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37 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, SUNDAY PeoPle Phone Gwen Swiger Associate Editor or fax Jacob Samples: It takes a lot of work Sheriff s Office Special to the Banner It was Jacob Samples freshman year of college, and it was off to a great start. Pursuing a degree in education with an emphasis in history, Samples also managed to get selected for the Middle Tennessee State University soccer team. His education, and his athletic future, seemed rock-solid. Until Aug. 27, Due to some transportation difficulties, the team had been forced to carpool to Alabama for their first game of the season. Most of the members had been to Alabama before, so the small road trip was no major concern. That is, until the tire on the vehicle Samples was riding in exploded. The driver of the vehicle, a teammate, lost control and dropped speed dramatically, causing another driver behind to strike the vehicle at roughly 75 mph. Of the four passengers, Samples received the worst of the injuries. I suffered a traumatic brain injury, said bright-eyed, 17- year-old Samples. Broken ribs, a broken pelvis and lacerations to my kidneys, liver and spleen a lot of my internal organs. Samples suffered from what is called a frontal lobe sheer, meaning the majority of the After traumatic brain injuries, therapies help teen revive his college and athletic dreams I just remember waking up. One second I was in a car; the next second I was in the hospital. Jacob Samples impact was concentrated on the frontal lobe of his brain. The whiplash effect of the car caused recoil, slamming his brain into the front of his skull first, damaging his memory and cognitive thinking skills, then ricocheting to the back of his skull and damaging his coordination center. He was pretty beat up, said Ann Bolton, physical therapist at Life Care Center of Cleveland. He had a major pelvis fracture and had to get a giant screw in his hip. I just remember waking up, said Samples. One second I was in a car; the next second I was in the hospital. Samples underwent his initial rehabilitation at the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Nashville. Because of the blood thinners Samples was prescribed, he continued to have complications with reoccurring internal bleeding until the organs were cauterized, prolonging his stay. In early October, Samples moved to Cleveland, his hometown, to begin physical and speech therapies at Life Care Center of Cleveland. When he arrived, Samples was on a strict no-weight bearing regimen. Limited to table and mat exercises, he met with the rehab team three times a week, focusing on strengthening the muscles around his pelvis. As his strength progressed, Samples began using the LiteGait, a weight-decreasing treadmill. Using harnesses, Samples was able to gradually walk and run for longer distances without increasing the pain in his hip. When I first got here, running was really a big struggle, said Samples. I was only able to do it for 30 seconds. That was the most I could do before I was totally exhausted. Lying in that hospital bed made me lose all my muscle. I would get fatigued incredibly fast. Because of his memory and cognitive injuries, Samples also attended speech and language therapy sessions three times a week to improve his word finding and memory skills. He was a college student, and his goal was to go back to college, said Bolton. We See SAMPLES, Page 38 JACoB samples poses with his physical therapist Ann Bolton at Life Care Center of Cleveland. Youth Leaders learn about local health and social services Shattering the myths eric Watson Bradley County Sheriff Among the many things I have learned during my years in law enforcement is that there s no safe way to experiment with drugs and alcohol by our young folks. The past seven days we have observed National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Over the years, I have encountered one tragedy after another that is a result of young people s experimenting. I looked over some of the information I received during this past week, and while it didn t surprise me, it did sadden me. Young adults are the most likely to abuse prescription drugs. The latest statistics show more than 1,700 young adults died from prescription drug overdose in 2014 a 4-fold increase from 1999, or nearly five people per day. Put another way, that s five of our neighbors and friends per day. In many cases, these prescriptions were obtained legally, yet the person they were meant for didn t use them. Alcohol abuse is also most prevalent in the late teen years. This is where our participation in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program becomes very important. Since 2014, when we reinstituted DARE, hundreds of Bradley County schools fifthgraders have learned how to avoid the pitfall of experimentation with drugs and alcohol, as well as the dangers of tobacco use and how to deal with bullying. The above statistics prove the need for DARE, in that getting the information about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and certain behaviors early can save much grief later on. There is a constant battle going on that I know DARE can help successfully fight. It s the battle of the notion that Drug and alcohol and tobacco use are no big deal that is started by society through popular culture and the internet. Children are bombarded by movies, TV and the internet s assumptions that Hey, give it a try, it can t hurt just once. This is where the DARE program in your child s school can be of great, possibly lifesaving value. I feel we have a winning situation in Bradley County schools, in that fifth-graders already know The 15th class of the leaders visited the Family Cleveland/Bradley Youth Resource Agency Blythe Center Leadership program recently took a field trip to learn about Health and Social Services in Cleveland and Bradley County. Youth Leadership is an initiative and classrooms of the children served by this agency. They also visited Life Bridges, which helps people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, of the to learn how they teach these Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of individuals to become more Commerce that serves to self-sufficient, train them to enhance the quality of life in perform everyday tasks and our community at the student help them to gain employment The 23 YouTh Leaders from area schools made a sizeable donation to The Caring Place s food level by familiarizing future in the community. bank during their Health and Social Services field trip. The Youth Leadership Program is an initiative business leaders with the community and providing exposure at Tennova Healthcare- The students enjoyed lunch of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce that helps enhance the quality of life in our community at the student level by familiarizing them with the community and providing exposure to volunteer to volunteer opportunities. opportunities. On the field trip, the young See YOUTH, Page 38 See WATSON, Page 38 From the pages of The Banner This Week in history The following items were compiled by the History Branch of the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library from old issues of the Cleveland Daily Banner and its forerunners, the Cleveland Banner, the Journal, and the Journal and Banner School officials said today there will be no shutdown because the attendance picture has brightened considerably. County Superintendent William F. Smith said the situation is much better today. Attendance was up 512 pupils over Friday, although 967 were still absent. Smith said approximately half this number of absentees could be considered normal at this time of year. We feel like we will be able to operate now, he added. The state s Department of Education is looking into ways to give the schools financial relief, he stated. State revenue to the schools is based on average daily attendance. Schools all over the state have been hit hard by outbreaks of influenza. City School Superintendent T.C. Bower reported, It s a whole lot better today, but still bad. City schools had 514 absentees compared with 822 Friday. Absentees still totaled 16 per cent of the approximate 3,050 total enrollment. Improvement in the weather was believed to have been an important factor in the return of pupils to their classrooms today. County officers booked six persons over the weekend. As usual, public drunkenness led the number of arrests with three. One man was arrested on a charge of driving while under the influence, one for being drunk and disorderly, and one was turned in on bond. Bruce D. Mason of Cleveland, a premedical student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has been awarded a freshman year scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis. Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Mason of 3010 Highland Drive, will receive $750, which will pay maintenance charges for the year. Names N Notes: Mr. and Mrs. Pete Collins and son, Brian, and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Liner have returned to See HISTORY, Page 38 Southern Heritage Bank Congratulates Patsy Locklear on Her Retirement On behalf of Patsy s many friends and customers we wish her a very happy and fulfilling retirement. A Division of First Citizens National Bank. Member FDIC

38 38 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Youth From Page 37 Watson From Page 37 their DARE instructors. In all 11 elementary schools, these instructors also serve as school resource officers. I felt the DARE program in these schools would have a greater impact if the students were familiar with their instructors on a daily basis. Each DARE instructor undergoes constant training to provide fifth-graders with the latest information available. I m pleased to say each of these DARE/SROs are committed to their tasks and to your children s welfare. We see many tragic situations in law enforcement, and many Samples From Page 37 worked with him on memory, word finding and reading comprehension to make sure he understood the things he was studying. Samples graduated from rehab on Jan. 2. His motivation was amazing, said Bolton. When he was here, his attention was here, his motivation was here and he worked until he was exhausted. Then he d take a break, and then he d work again. It was highly inspiring. It s why we do what we do. One second you re a college student, invincible and playing soccer, said Samples. The next second you re lying in a hospital bed and you can t move, walk or even eat by yourself. But my family, especially my mom, was a big help for me emotionally and physically. Sometimes it was Cleveland, and toured departments that often affect the health care of individuals throughout the community. The students were asked to bring items to donate to The Caring Place food bank, which gave 106,110 pounds of food to those in need in The Caring Place also addresses basic spiritual, physical and social needs of the disadvantaged in the community. They also visited the United Way offices to learn about its goals in health, education and stability and how its services influence individuals and improve the foundations of our community. This is a very valuable trip for our students as they learn about needs in their own community and how they may volunteer and make a difference, said Sherry Crye, coordinator of the Youth Leadership program. The students were especially generous to The Caring Place and donated several pounds of food to be distributed. The success of the day was reflected in comments from the students: This day made me want to volunteer and reach out to places here. I enjoyed learning about all the service opportunities that I can get involved in. I also enjoyed learning about new opportunities for service in the area. Crye concluded, This is a great group of future leaders who see the needs and are willing to step up and get involved. Selection of the 16th class will take place soon. The Youth Leadership program is open to rising juniors and seniors from Bradley Central, Cleveland and Walker Valley High Schools and Tennessee Christian Preparatory School. The application will be available on the Chamber website in early February. If you have any questions about the program, please call Sherry Crye, , or scrye@clevelandchamber.com. involve young adults. By participating in the DARE program, it s my hope that, starting at a young age, your children can avoid the tragedy that is illegal drug use and alcohol abuse. Nothing good can come from experimenting with either one. I am looking forward to more DARE graduation ceremonies this school year. I enjoy visiting the schools and talking with the teachers, staff, and administration and, of course the children. I am always happy to see the great parental support DARE gets at each graduation. Thank you, parents. really hard to get through, but, at the end of the day, it happened. I wouldn t want to change it necessarily, if I could. Samples returned to school spring 2017, as well as beginning his retraining to rejoin the soccer team. When asked what advice he could give to those in a similar situation, he said: Stop focusing on the situation that happened, and commit to putting in the work that is necessary, because it takes a lot of work. You ll learn a lot about yourself. Life Care Center of Cleveland, located at 3530 Keith St. N.W., is one of 26 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Tennessee operated or managed by Life Care Centers of America. ThE LEE UnivERsiTy Cambridge group awaits their departure for a semester in the United Kingdom. Photo taken by Riley Mattila Lee group departs for semester in U.K. Twenty Lee University students departed for the annual United Kingdom Semester Study Abroad program on, Jan. 16. Throughout the semester-long trip overseas, participants are able to earn 15 credit hours while living in the city of Cambridge. In addition to attending class in Cambridge, students will also visit multiple other sites and cities throughout the UK including Bath, London, and the Lake District in England; Caerwent and Chepstow in Wales; Edinburgh in Scotland; and Dublin in Ireland. The group will take courses while in Cambridge taught by Williford Lee faculty through a specially designed online program. Classes include The World of C.S. Lewis, British Cinema, British Theatre, From Papyrus to the ipad: A History of Shared Information, and the Cross- Cultural Experience course. During the last two weeks of their semester abroad, students will have the opportunity to arrange their own independent travel itineraries and accommodations. From past experiences, participants have traveled to countries such as Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain. At the end of their travels, students will culminate their tours Evans Williford and Evans win Lee Review poetry competition Lee University s Language & Literature Department has announced the winners of Lee Review s annual Young Writers Contest. The contest is open to all high school and middle school students. Mary Claire Williford, a junior at Westminster Schools of Augusta in Augusta, Georgia, took first place with her poem Growing Up. Runner-up Ella Pearl Evans titled her poem Halfway. Evans is a junior from Maryville, and a home-schooler associated with the Blount Home Education Association. The Lee Review staff and I really enjoyed reading through the submissions to the contest, said Hailey Rudd, co-editor-in-chief. It s exciting to see the talent of the submitters and the interest these students are taking in creative writing. Lee Review is a literary and arts magazine that features work of Lee students from all majors submitted year-round, in addition to each year s poetry contest winners. This year s issue will be available later this semester. For more information, to order a copy of the Lee Review, or to enter the 2017 poetry contest leereview@gmail.com. in London, where the entire group will then fly back together to the United States to return on Saturday, April 8. This year s faculty trip director is Dr. Louis Morgan, professor and director of Library Services at Lee. For months we ve been preparing for this semester of travel and learning, said Morgan. I ve anticipated teaching in Cambridge and the adventure of seeing new places. It is somewhat surreal that it is finally here. I know I ll miss being on campus in some ways, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I m excited to be able to share it with a group of incredible students. This year s participants include Neeley Benton, Sarah (Peyton) Bottoms, Katherine Burney, Olivia Compopiano, Vanessa Dixon, Genevieve Ellison, Loren Garcia, Audrey Hawkersmith, Stephanie Higdon, Indyasia Johnson, Johnathan Johnson, Rachel Jones, Sarah Judson, Ellie Kassebaum, Mary Catherine Loftis, Cole Marshall, Sarah Mclntosh, Lauren Silvious, Emily Smith and Tessa Voccola. For more information about Lee s Global Perspectives program, visit edu/global or call Lee mathematics students present at Atlanta meeting Lee University mathematics students Robert Chaney and Chanda Hughes recently presented at the Joint Mathematics Meeting, in Atlanta. The students presented about the experiences they have gained from their internships. The presentation, From the Classroom to the Corporate World: Sharing Internship Experiences, took place during a session sponsored by BIG SIGMAA (Business, Industry, and Government Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America) earlier this month. Chaney, a senior, is a double major in chemistry and mathematics. When reflecting on his internship he said, The internship for Olin Chlor-Alkili Products was very enlightening. I was introduced to a business atmosphere in which I could actually apply many of the concepts I had previously learned from both degrees. The students presentation in the JMM this year has been different in nature, said Dr. Caroline Maher-Boulis, an associate professor of mathematics who helps organize internships for students through the Internship Math Program. It s the first time our math students have presented on internships with businesses. Not only was it a learning experience for our students, but it also benefited the mathematical community in the meeting. We are proud that Lee is taking a lead in this area, she said. Hughes, a junior mathematics major, has interned with Olin twice. BIG SIGMAA comprises members from the Mathematic Association of America)that strive to provide resources and a forum for mathematicians. The Joint Mathematics Meeting strives to offer a comprehensive and rich scientific program for all levels of mathematicians. The meeting included prize and award ceremonies, a graduate school fair, games and competitions, along with presentations and exhibits. IMP strives to introduce math majors to real-life problem-solving scenarios, opportunities to develop workplace skills, awareness of non-academic career options, and experience with research. Through the internship program, the industry has access to bright and energetic students and an opportunity to identify and help train potential employees. History From Page 37 Cleveland after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chambers in Plant City, Fla. They also visited in Tampa, Clearwater and Sarasota, Fla. Judy Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Campbell, and Patsy Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Jones, recently visited their homes in Cleveland. The girls are students at Carson-Newman College. Donna Clark accompanied them as their guest. Peggy King has recently returned home from a visit with M.Sgt. and Mrs. Francis M. King at Fort Knox, Ky. The City of Cleveland was reported to still be in the process of negotiations for purchase of Cleveland Natural Gas Co. The two parties, however, have failed to arrive at a purchase price agreeable to both. Mayor W.K. Fillauer said, We made them an offer. He added that the city is waiting to see if the offer will be accepted. The option held by J.O. Wood of Knoxville, who serves as local adviser to the city, has been extended past the Feb. 1 deadline, it was reported today. A public hearing was held on the question of whether the city should purchase the utility, and no opposition was voiced at the hearing. Since that time. representatives of the city and the company have been negotiating on a purchase price and other details. The engagement of Jean Marie Giles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Giles, to Jackie D. Evans was announced by the parents of the bride-elect. The prospective groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer P. Evans. Miss Giles is the sister of Raymond Giles and Mrs. Tommy Kile of Cleveland; and Mrs. Gale Franks of Chattanooga. She is a graduate of Bradley Central High School and is employed by Merchants Bank. Her church affiliation is with South Cleveland Methodist Church. The groom-to-be is the brother of Ray and Ronnie Evans of Cleveland. He is a graduate of Bradley Central High School and is employed with Lonas Construction Co. Wedding plans have been made for a ceremony to be held at South Cleveland Methodist Church Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. The Rev. Bishop L. Chastain will officiate, and a program of nuptial music will be given by Darrell Trotter, soloist, and Mrs. Jean Henderson, organist. Mrs. Tommy Kile, sister of the brideelect, will be matron of honor. Ginger Franks, a niece, will be flower girl. Ray Evans will serve his brother as best man, and Ronnie Evans and Tommy Kile will serve as ushers. Following the ceremony, a reception will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Giles. Friends and relatives of the couple are invited through this notice in the Banner. The first water show to be presented by the YMCA was given recently in the large indoor swimming pool, with approximately 200 spectators witnessing the gala affair. Jean DeCoursey, director the Women s and Girls swimming program at the YMCA prepared the evening s entertainment, assisted by Sharon Russman, Belinda Jefferson and Libby Howard. Don Howard narrated the program, which opened with a dance and swimming demonstration to the tune Frankie and Johnny by Sharon Russman. The opening number was followed by a demonstration in the techniques of life saving by Jean DeCoursey and Janie Cooke, and trick swimming by Sharon Russman, who demonstrated the various aquatic methods used by birds and animals. The March of the Toys was presented by the girls octet, dressed as wooden soldiers. The group included Katheryne Johnston, Mary Beth Lorenz, Becky Dee Moore, Cindy Magee, Judy Lowe, Sharon McMahon, Phyllis Saffen and Jeanne Dyer. Clown diving by Chuck Vandiver; a racing demonstration by Cissy Tidwell, Mary Revenig and Janie Cooke; and Clown Capers by Sharon Russman completed the evening s performance. Costumes were prepared by Mrs. J.C. Lowe and Mrs. J.K. Dyer. Choreography was by Mrs. Don Howard and Sharon Russman, records for routines by Mrs. Rolla Jefferson, and lighting by Glenda Trewhitt, Mrs. Jefferson and Jean DeCoursey. Plans to form a National Homebuilders Association of Bradley County will be discussed Thursday morning at the Hotel Cherokee. A breakfast, arranged by Tom Arrants, will be held. It is expected that a large group of people in the real estate and related businesses will be present. According to Arrants, the association has operated successfully in Chattanooga, and Cleveland s growing interest in home building would make the organization valuable to those in the business. Four months after the announcement that Peerless Woolen Mills plant here would be liquidated, crews were busy today moving textile machinery out of the sprawling buildings. Company officials, as usual, were silent on the subject, but former Peerless employees said most of the plant s employees have been released. Merchants said 100 persons at the most are now on the payroll, which once numbered 1,700. But there s general optimism in the city that something else will go in there, one businessman said. A National Labor Relations Board hearing has been postponed twice and an NLRB spokesman said Tuesday the charge is still pending in hopes that it can be settled by mutual agreement of union and management. Approval of a rezoning petition for property, on which Stuart Park Grocery is located, appeared a certainty today. There was no opposition at a public hearing held Tuesday in the city courtroom. The property is located in the northwest corner of Stuart and 17th streets. Kenneth H. Brown, representing Brown Realty Co., testified briefly under the examination of his attorney Virgil Carmichael. After no opposition developed, the hearing was adjourned by the Board of Mayor and Commissioners. An amendment to the zoning ordinance changing the property to commercial status is expected to be passed on third and final reading at the city commission s regular meeting next month. It was approved by a 2-1 vote on the first two readings. The property is zoned residential, but the store was located there when the zoning law was passed and therefore fell into the non-conforming use category, which does not permit expansion or rebuilding. A well-known Cleveland salesman and piano player, Tom A. Hicks, of Harmoor Apartments, died late Thursday night at his home after a short illness. Hicks had been a furniture salesman for the past 42 years. His last position was with Sterchi Bros. Store Inc. on Ocoee Street, and for 42 years he had worked for stores occupying that same location. He retired last year. He was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church, and was the son of the late Napoleon and Eliza Hicks. His survivors include: a daughter: Mrs. John Lifsey, and a son, Fritz Hicks, both of Cleveland; six grandchildren; one sister: Mrs. Robert Still of Cleveland; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock at Buckner Funeral Chapel with the Rev. E. Warren Rust, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Hill Cemetery. Casket bearers will be personnel of Sterchi s. including Howell Carter, P.D. Ingle, Walter Dixon, the Rev. Omar Plank, Bob White and Lee Scoggins. The family will receive friends from 7 until 10 o clock tonight in Buckner s west chapel. Lauderdale County is abuzz about a donnybrook between the county judge and his clerk. The winner: 83 year old Judge J.R. Lewis. He beat the hell out of me, acknowledges clerk N.C. Utley, a young sprite of 73. He is a powerful man, Lewis said in his version of the fight, which took place just before their weekly checker game. I didn t hurt him, says the judge. I walked toward him and he fell over a chair.

39 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, the JuniOR HigH Hippology and Horse Bowl Team was comprised of Rylie Millsaps, Alayna Friar and Lily DuPuis. the SeniOR HigH Hippology and Horse Bowl Team was comprised of Jessica White, Christy Hamilton, Kyra Petty and Sophia Kroening. Bradley 4-H ers compete in Hippology, Horse Bowl The 4-H staff teaches skills to youth throughout the year along with volunteers and parents. Some of those skills include public speaking, teambuilding, ethical decision making, and even animal welfare. Members of the TC Wranglers 4-H Horse Club competed at the Eastern Regional Hippology and Horse Bowl Contest in Knoxville on Jan. 21. Hippology is the study of the horse. Participants are tested on their knowledge of all things horse including structure, body, feed, hay, equipment and tack, and handling procedures. Horse Bowl is a jeopardy-style quiz game with a team of three or four members being asked questions related to horses. The TC Wranglers 4-H Club is led by volunteer Jennifer Myers and co-led by Sarah Petty. The senior team (grades 9-12) was made of Kyra Petty, Sophia Kroening, Jessica White, and Christy Hamilton. The senior team placed seventh out of 19 teams in Hippology. Sophia Kroening placed fifth of 54 participants and the senior team also placed fifth in Horse Bowl. The junior high team (grades 6-8) was made of Lily Dupuis, How to follow your heart without losing your mind is the objective of the PICK (Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge) or How to Avoid Falling for a Jerk/Jerkette program recently held in the Family Studies unit at Polk County High School. How to pace the development of a relationship in a healthy way, so the love-is-blind syndrome is avoided, is the focus of the multisession program. Students explore five areas to get to know about a partner that accurately predicts what they will be like in a long-term relationship. Developed by Dr. Jon Van Epp, a marriage counselor and researcher, the program helps participants make better informed choices when it comes to relationships. The PICK program delves into the most important areas to explore that foreshadow what a partner will be like in a long-term relationship, and particularly a marriage. These compatibility factors include family, personality, emotional style, energy level, communication styles and humor. Donna Calhoun, University of Tennessee Extension agent in Polk County, who is a certified instructor, facilitated the program. The Polk County Family Resource Center provided sponsorship. I am already using tips from class in my current relationship and found out things about him (my boyfriend) I didn t know, I took the book home and had my boyfriend read it, and the information from the class will help with my future relationships, are some of the comments from the participants. Post surveys indicate the program helped them understand: going too fast in a relationship can result in overlooking problems in a partner, strategies of how to rebuild trust in close relationships, and how individual family experiences impact future relationships. Calhoun said, This program gives teens the opportunity to review and discuss the research based information about dating and relationships. Completing the program this year are Abby Flowers, Jade Cheatham, Hanna Rose, Jessica Hale, Savannah Renfro, Brooke St Clair, Cambaria Woody, Storm Riley Millsaps and Alayna Friar. The junior high team placed fifth out of 24 teams with Lily Dupois placing second overall out of 76 participants. The junior high team also placed seventh in the Horse Bowl Contest. For more information about 4- H or horse activities, please contact Lynne Middleton, Extension agent, at or LMiddle2@utk.edu. Polk teens learn How to Avoid Falling for a Jerk(ette) POLK COunty teens learn how to avoide falling for a jerk. You Knew Me When to perform in Cleveland After uprooting from their Nashville home and full-time jobs in June of 2012, the husband and wife indie folk-rock duo You Knew Me When set plans to tour the nation for a full year. However, they never stopped. Since that time, they have been serving up their craftbrewed compositions, a term coined from their over 145-craft brewery performances, coast to coast throughout the United States and into Canada. Touring in support of their third studio album and upcoming 2017 release Into the Looking Glass, You Knew Me When will perform at Mash and Hops, 68 1st St. N.E., Cleveland, on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. There is no cover charge. Outfitted with an array of instruments, You Knew Me When presents a full band sound. While blending their vocals, Karisa, who previously served as a tenured Nashville public school music teacher, provides the piano, ukulele, glockenspiel, and percussive elements, as Cie, who spent several years as the global events manager for Gibson Guitar, supplies the guitar and other rhythmic nuances. The cumulative result is a musical style and live show that blends a singer-songwriter soul with a rock n roll mentality. You Knew Me When s upcoming 2017 release Into The Looking Glass is the duo s third studio album. At times upbeat and folksy, at times brooding and introspective, the album aims at introspection for the couple s continued journey while sharing experiences gained from over four years of nonstop touring. For more information on You Knew Me When, visit SAU Concerto Concert set at Collegedale SDA The SAU Symphony Orchestra presents its annual Concerto Concert on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church. The soloists include one cellist, two flutists, one organist, two pianists and two violinists. The Concerto Competition, established in 1990, is open to instrumental musicians from eighth grade through undergraduate studies. This is yearly event and winners are chosen by a panel of judges and offered a chance to perform live with the orchestra. Here s a full list of winners: Dana Wilson, violin, 19, Andrews University, Lithonia, Georgia, Saint-Saens Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op. 61, Allegro non troppo Emily Drexler, violin, 19, Chattanooga State, Ooltewah, Kabalevsky Concerto in C major, op. 48 Allegro molto e con brio Nathan Francisco, cello, 14, home-schooled, Ooltewah, Faure Elegie Katherine Pohle, organ, 22, Southern Adventist University, Ooltewah, Widor Symphony No. 6, op. 42, No. 2, Allegro Charissa Goosey, flute, 21, Southern Adventist University, Plant City, Florida, Reinecke Concerto in D major, op. 283, Allegro molto moderato Matthew Kimbley, piano, 13, Ooltewah Adventist School, Apison, Grieg Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 16, Allegro moderato Erika Martinez, flute, 21, Southwestern Adventist University, Mission, Texas, Griffes Poem for Flute and Orchestra Emma Motok, piano, 19, Lee University, Arrington, Shostakovich Concerto No. 2 in F major, op. 102, Allegro This concert is free and open to the public. ts We re online! Check us out: www. cleveland banner.com Green, Bre Osborne, Ashlyn Swafford, Bailey Moses, Cierra Diaz and Abby Flowers. For more information about this class or information about the next available class, contact Donna Calhoun, UT Extension, Polk County, dcalhou1@utk.edu. Richard Henson to present recital Feb. 6 Cleveland Daily Banner MONEY SAVING COUPONS EVERY WEEK! THE COUPON SAVINGS WILL MORE THAN PAY FOR YOUR PAPER SUBSCRIBE TODAY Cleveland Daily Banner th Street N.W. Cleveland, TN Serving Our Community Since 1854 Richard Henson The Lee University School of Music will present p e r c u s s i o n i s t Richard Henson in a faculty recital on Monday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Pangle Hall. The program will feature works by N. Scott Robinson, Yousif Sheronick, and B. Michael Williams, as well as Henson s original compositions. A new ensemble piece will also be premiered. Henson is currently a part-time instructor of percussion at Lee, where he teaches world percussion, applied lessons, percussion techniques, and assists with the Lee University Percussion Ensemble. Henson also serves as the coordinator of percussion studies at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale. During the marching band season, Henson serves as a percussion instructor of the 18-time Band Master Champion and United States Scholastic Band Association National Champion Munford High School Band. He also serves as a current member of the Percussive Arts Society World Percussion Committee. As an active performer and educator of classical, marching, and world percussion, Henson is in demand as a recitalist and clinician across the United States. Some of his professional commitments have included the East Tennessee Day of Percussion, Chattanooga Choral Arts Society, Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, Macon Symphony Orchestra, Carrollton Symphony Orchestra, East Tennessee Brass, multiple world music performances and clinics, and various adjudication positions. Henson holds endorsements with Innovative Percussion, a drumstick and mallet manufacturer based in Nashville, and REMO, the world s largest drumhead company. Henson earned his master of music from Lee University and his bachelor of music from the University of Tennessee at Martin. The performance is a free, non-ticketed event, and open to the public. Lee to launch ESL youth program on Thursday Lee University s Department of Language and Literature will launch a new youth program offering free English classes to local high school students beginning Thursday, Feb. 2. Administered by Dr. Betsy Poole, an adjunct in language at Lee, the English as a Second Language Youth Program is designed to help high school ESL students improve their ability to speak, read, and write in English. Each class will begin with a free dinner for the students followed by one-on-one tutoring, guided individual practice, and conversational games. This model allows students to practice both written and spoken English skills. Lee students, professionally trained in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), will serve as instructors. We hope to help our students feel more confident in their English abilities, said Poole. We want them to have an encouraging place to connect with those in the community of English speakers. Classes will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays in Lee s Walker Memorial Building. For more information or to register for the ESL Youth Program, contact Poole at betsypoole@leeuniversity.edu or call

40 40 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 SPAce TrAgedieS remembered 3 astronauts lost in 1967 Apollo fire honored CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Moonwalkers and dozens of others who took part in NASA s storied Apollo program paid tribute Thursday to the three astronauts killed in a fire 50 years ago. On the eve of the Apollo 1 anniversary, hundreds gathered at Kennedy Space Center to honor Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. They died during a countdown rehearsal at the launch pad, inside their burning spacecraft, on Jan. 27, 1967 On Friday, NASA is opening an Apollo 1 exhibit featuring the hatch that prevented the three astronauts from escaping. It has been concealed for the past halfcentury along with the capsule. The families of Grissom, White and Chaffee got an early look Wednesday evening at the display at the visitor complex, and liked what they saw. Really awesome, said daughter Sheryl Chaffee, who just retired from NASA. It s very fitting. We all feel like it s about time. The Apollo 1 fire NASA s first space tragedy has long been overshadowed by the 1986 Challenger and 2003 Columbia accidents. The 14 lost shuttle astronauts also were recognized Thursday, along with seven other U.S. astronauts killed in plane crashes. The anniversaries of all three big accidents fall within days: Apollo 1 on Jan. 27, Challenger on Jan. 28 and Columbia on Feb. 1. Among the many astronauts attending Thursday s ceremony were the two surviving crew members of Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, as well as Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke and Apollo 10 s Thomas Stafford. Collins, who orbited the moon in 1969 while Aldrin and Neil NASA via AP ThiS undated PhoTo made available by NASA shows the Apollo 1 crew, from left, Edward H. White II, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule during a countdown rehearsal, with the astronauts atop the rocket at Cape Canaveral s Launch Complex 34. All three were killed. Armstrong landed on it, said Apollo 1 never launched, but in many ways was as important as later flights. Without Apollo 1 and the lessons learned from it, he noted, a fire probably would have occurred on a flight in space and seriously stalled the moon program. Yes, Apollo 1 did cause three deaths, but I believe it saved more than three later, Collins said. It slowed things down for a year or so, but spacecraft improvements enabled Apollo missions to get going by the fall of 1968, pick up speed, and land on the moon on July 20, NASA was able to meet the endof-decade deadline set by President John F. Kennedy, to land a man on the moon and return him home safely. Grissom, White, Chaffee, Kennedy. I think these four names are appropriately mentioned in the same breath, Collins told the crowd. More than 100 fifth-graders from Apollo Elementary School, just across the Indian River in Titusville, packed the ceremony hall. Afterward, they posed in front of the massive granite Space Memorial Mirror. To student Noah Duncan, 50 years ago seems like years is a long time. I m only 10! added classmate Lyzara Figueroa. Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP ThiS PhoTo Provided by NASA shows the Apollo 1 capsule hatch on display in an exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Fla. On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire during a test on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program. It was an emotional day for all the families; Chaffee s widow, Martha, dabbed her eyes during throughout the tribute. They will gather again Friday evening at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station s abandoned Launch Complex 34 to mark the exact time of the accident, 6:31 p.m. To each of you who knew these three men so well, thank you for your sacrifices, Collins said. The Apollo crew was magnificent. NASA: Astronauts Memorial Foundation: NASA via AP in ThiS 1966 PhoTo made available by NASA, technicians work on the Spacecraft 012 Command Module at Cape Kennedy, Fla., for the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside the capsule killing three Apollo crew members. Tim Shortt /Florida Today via AP From left, Sheryl Chaffee, daughter of Roger Chaffee; Thad Altman, president of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation; Lowell Grissom, brother of Virgil Grissom; and Bonnie Baer, daughter of Ed White, carry a wreath to the base of the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Thursday. Moonwalkers and dozens of others who took part in NASA s Apollo program paid tribute to the three astronauts killed in a fire 50 years ago. As robots take jobs, Europeans mull free money for all PARIS (AP) I am, therefore I m paid. The radical notion that governments should hand out free money to everyone rich and poor, those who work and those who don t is slowly but surely gaining ground in Europe. Yes, you read that right: a guaranteed monthly living allowance, no strings attached. In France, two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year s presidential election are promising modest but regular stipends to all French adults. A limited test is already underway in Finland, with other experiments planned elsewhere, including in the United States. Called universal income by some, universal basic income or just basic income by others, the idea has been floated in various guises since at least the mid- 19th century. After decades on the fringes of intellectual debate, it became more mainstream in 2016, with Switzerland holding a referendum and overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed basic income of around $2,500 per month. An incredible year, says Philippe Van Parijs, a founder of the Basic Income Earth Network that lobbies for such payments. There has been more written and said on basic income than in the whole history of mankind. But before you write a resignation letter to your boss in anticipation of never needing to work again, be warned: there are multiple questions, including how to finance such schemes. Here is a look at the issues: WHY THE MOUNTING INTEREST? In a word, robots. With automated systems and machines increasingly replacing human workers, France could lose 3 million jobs by 2025, says Benoit Hamon, a former education minister campaigning for the French presidency on a promise of gradually introducing no-stringsattached payments for all. As work becomes scarcer, a modest but regular guaranteed income would stop people from fearing the future and free up their time for family, the needy and themselves, he argues. It could also encourage people to take risks, start businesses and try new activities without the risk of losing welfare benefits. The other pro-basic income candidate for the Socialist Party presidential ticket is outsider Jean-Luc Bennahmias. Like Hamon, the former European Parliament lawmaker argues that it is pointless to expect the return of economic boom times, with jobs for all. Growth at two, three, four or five percent in western countries: it s finished, he said in a televised debate last week. We have to speak the truth. Outside research backs up their arguments. An Oxford University study in 2015 estimated nearly half of the American workforce is at risk of automation. PUT TO THE TEST Finland s small-scale, two-year trial that started Jan. 1 aims to answer a frequent question from basic income opponents: With a guaranteed 560 euros ($600) a month, will the 2,000 human guinea pigs drawn randomly from Finland s unemployed just laze around? Budget constraints and opposition from multiple quarters stymied ambitions for a broader test, says Olli Kangas from the Finnish government agency KELA, which is responsible for the country s social benefits. It s a pretty watered down version, he said in a telephone interview. We had to make a huge number of compromises. Still, he argues that such studies are essential in helping societies prepare for changed labor markets of the future. I m not saying that basic income is the solution, he said. I m just saying that it s a solution that we have to think about. In the Netherlands, the city of Utrecht this year plans to trial no-strings welfare payments that will also allow test groups to work on the side if they choose again, in part, to study the effect on their motivation to find work. To prepare for a world where technology replaces existing jobs and basic income becomes necessary, Silicon Valley startup financier Y Combinator says it plans a pilot study in Oakland, California, paying recipients an unconditional income because we want to see how people experience that freedom. THE COST Obviously, expensive. Hamon proposes the gradual introduction of basic income schemes in France, starting with 600 euros ($640) per month for the nation s poor and year-olds before scaling up payments to 750 euros ($800) for all adults for a total estimated annual cost of 400 billion euros ($425 billion). Part of the cost could be financed by taxing goods and services produced by automated systems and machines, he says. Opponents argue that doing so would simply prompt companies to move robots elsewhere, out of reach of French tax collectors. Doing away with housing, family, poverty and unemployment benefits could free up more than 100 billion euros ($106 billion) to fold into a replacement basic income scheme. There d also be less red tape, saving money that way, too, but switching to basic income would still require new taxes, a 2016 Senate report said. It estimated that paying everyone 500 to 1,000 euros ($530- $1,100) per month would cost 300 billion to 700 billion euros ($745 billion-$320 billion) annually. It recommended starting with three-year pilot schemes with trials involving 20,000-30,000 people. THE CONS Costs aside, opponents argue that guaranteed incomes would promote laziness and devalue the concept of work. Hamon s opponents for the Socialist presidential ticket dispute as false his argument that jobs for humans are growing scarcer. Ultimately, to see the light of day, basic income schemes will need political champions, said Van Parijs. We need radical ideas as targets and then we need clever tinkering to move in that direction, he said. Astrodome given Texas antiquities landmark status AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The Texas Historical Commission has granted landmark status to the Houston Astrodome amid plans to redevelop the vacant stadium. Commission members voted Friday to recognize the Astrodome as a Texas antiquities landmark and to provide legal protections. The Astrodome opened in 1965 and has been vacant for 18 years, falling into disrepair. The enclosed stadium was declared unfit for occupancy in Voters in 2013 rejected a $217 million renovation package. Harris County commissioners last year approved a $105 million redevelopment project that includes space for public and other commercial use, plus parking. County Judge Ed Emmett expressed appreciation Friday for the landmark designation. He said officials will work closely with the Texas Historical Commission on future Astrodome plans. The Astrodome in 2014 joined the National Register of Historic Places.

41 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, tina s Groove CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer Baby Blues Blondie Snuffy Smith Hagar the Horrible Dilbert Garfield Beetle Bailey Dennis the Menace By Ned Classics By Conrad Day SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 2017 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Sara Gilbert, 42; Heather Graham, 47; Oprah Winfrey, 63; Tom Selleck, 72. Happy Birthday: Shoot for the stars. You'll have greater energy to put your plans into motion this year. Opportunity is within your reach, and the chance to engage in something you've always wanted to do must not be set aside. Move forward on your terms and focus on what will bring you the highest returns. It's your life, so start living it your way. Your numbers are 9, 17, 21, 28, 33, 41, 46. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be the force behind getting things done. Your dedication and determination will far outweigh any competition or roadblocks you face. Putting time aside for someone special will bring you closer together and lead to long-term plans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put compassion, love and romance at the top of your list. Offering guidance, hands-on help and encouragement will put you in a good position to negotiate for the things you want in return. A day trip will be enlightening. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Inch forward carefully. Problems will arise that can ruin your reputation or cost you emotionally. Don't lead someone on. Focus on selfimprovement and making changes that will raise your awareness, knowledge and experience. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Live and learn. Interacting with friends and relatives will be informative. Put greater emphasis on important relationships and make plans that will bring you back in touch with old friends. Attending a reunion will spark old interests. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Short trips or engaging in a physical activity that is geared ASTROLOGY toward strengthening your mind, body and soul are encouraged. Keeping active and connected to the people you enjoy being around will brighten your day. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Let your emotions rise to the surface. Sometimes it's best to be upfront and let others know how you feel. Listen to suggestions from people you trust about how to make your life better. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Plan a day filled with activities that will motivate you to use your physical attributes. Take on a challenge and get involved in events that will open up a host of new opportunities. A change of scenery will feed your imagination. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don't be tempted to make unrealistic changes or expenditures. Count your pennies and don't be fooled by what others say or do. Strive to make nutrition and physical fitness your focus. It will improve your attitude and help you excel. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Initiate change. Don't wait for things to come to you. Get involved, do your part and take steps that will encourage you to broaden your interests. Trust in yourself and question anyone who tries to pressure you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Go on a retreat or plan an event that provides you with valuable information and a diverse range of perspectives. A reunion will spark old interests that could be turned into a new venture. Romance is highlighted. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take what belongs to you. Don't tiptoe around issues that need to be dealt with. Clear the way so that you can get on with living and achieving your goals. Make an impression instead of being impressed by others. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Reevaluate Contract Bridge by Steve Becker By Eugenia Last See Answer on Page 50 what you've been doing professionally and consider alternatives. Getting involved in an organization will help you recognize where your talents can be put to good use. Discuss your ideas and plans with someone you love. Birthday Baby: You are mindful, proactive, helpful and reliable. You are a humanitarian. MONDAY, JAN. 30, 2017 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Wilmer Valderrama, 37; Christian Bale, 43; Phil Collins, 66; Charles S. Dutton, 66. Happy Birthday: Step outside your comfort zone and take on new challenges. Don't settle for accepting something that doesn't stimulate you mentally, emotionally and physically. Take a look back at the way your life has unfolded and the limitations you have placed on yourself in the past. Recognize what you would do differently and begin again. It's time to start enjoying instead of enduring. Your numbers are 6, 13, 20, 24, 35, 37, 42. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make changes for the right reasons. Getting upset or angry without taking a moment to consider all angles of a situation will result in regret. Make a calculated move instead of acting on impulse. Learn from past experiences. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Dreams can be turned into a reality if you are willing to do the work. Gather with people who have similar interests and you'll find a way to get things done efficiently. Show some team spirit and you'll end up in a leadership position. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don't trust others to tell you what's going on. Professional gains can be made if you stay on top of the current trends and are willing to work alone to outmatch anyone who may try to compete with you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don't make excuses. If you want to get ahead or make a difference, go ahead and do it. Don't get caught up in someone else's dilemmas. Tell it like it is and do your part to make the world a better place. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Head in a direction that will promote change, excitement and using your skills, talents and knowledge to reach your goal. Don't miss out on an exciting opportunity because someone close to you raises the fear of failure. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Living in the past will be a waste of time. Open your mind and try something new. Friendships will develop and a partnership will give you the motivation you need to move forward with your plans. Physical improvement is encouraged. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do things your way, even if you don't please everyone. It's important to live up to your own expectations, not what others have planned for you. You will learn through the experiences you encounter while trying to push forward with your plans. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Clear a space at home for entertainment or working on a creative hobby. Attending a social function will bring you in touch with someone who has something interesting to share. Update your image. A trendy look will boost your morale. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take better care of yourself. Poor judgment or following what someone else does will not help you reach your goals. Caution will be required to prevent injury or illness. Don't overdo it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Revisit ideas you left sitting on the shelf. Personal changes that bring back your youthful appreciation and desire to succeed will help you kick-start new beginnings. Romance is on the rise and personal gains can be made. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your ideas and thoughts down on paper. Negotiate the way you want to see things unfold. Make alterations that will result in greater stability and do whatever it takes to follow through with your plans. Be responsible for your actions. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Control your emotions when dealing with professional matters or situations that can affect your reputation. Be thoughtful and use your intuition to help you make wise choices. Personal improvements are favored. Choose love and peace over discord. Birthday Baby: You are opportunistic, enthusiastic and daring. You are proud and distinctive.

42 42 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 SUNDAYDAYTIME JANUARY 29, AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 12 PM 12:30 1 PM 1:30 2 PM 2:30 3 PM 3:30 WRCBNBC 3 Eyewitness News: Weekend Sunday Today Meet the Press (N) Å Church Paid Program Paid Program Exploration Inside Edition Entertainment Tonight (N) Mecum Auto Auctions (N) International Auto Show (N) NHL All-Star WELFTBN 4 Casey Treat Dr. Tony Ev Live/Passion! Touch Lives Franklin Turning Point Walk in the Winning Walk Prince Carpenter Jesse In Touch PowerPoint It Is Written Pathway Supernatural Kelinda John Hagee WTNB 5 Around Town Westmore Church of God Book Around Town Around Town Wesley UMC Around Town Gaither Gospel Hour Country Music Today WFLICW 6 Fabric/Family Good News In Touch W/Charles Stanley Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Key of David Red Bank Baptist Church Murdoch Mysteries Å 2016 Holiday River Parade Happy Holidays America Movie WNGHPBS 7 Sesame St. Daniel Tiger Splash Curious Nature Cat Ready Jet Charlie Rose Wash The Italian Americans Italians put down roots in U.S. Å The Italian Americans Å Inside the Court DAYSTAR 8 Gospel Music Creflo Dollar Jack Graham Jentezen John Hagee Å Marriage Blessed Life In Touch Your Move Winning Walk Huch Ron Phillips Jewish Jesus Kerry Shook Joel Osteen Love Worth Ralph West WTVCABC 9 Good Morning America (N) Good Morning Weekend This Week With George... Full Measure Ankerberg Baptist Kids News Why Pressure Cooker? Paid Program Tai Cheng Paid Program Paid Program NBA Basketball WTCIPBS 10 Arthur (EI) Wild Kratts Curious Cat in the Hat Thomas & Fr. First Things A-List Charlie Rose American Antiques Roadshow Å Chattanooga Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Å Inside the Court Antiques WTVC2FOX 11 Weird Olivet Baptist Perry Stone Church J. Van Impe Chapel Fox News Sunday Black History Month Adventures Hoops Tip-Off College Basketball Virginia at Villanova. (N) (Live) Å Hoops Basketball WDEFCBS 12 Paid Program Abba s In Search It Is Written CBS News Sunday Morning (N) Å Face the Nation (N) Å Methodist 700 Club 700 Club 700 Club PGA Tour Golf QVC 13 How to Clean Like a Pro Sundays With Carolyn & Dan Dyson Featuring Dyson. Å Dyson Cleaning Å In the Kitchen With David Dyson Featuring products from Dyson. Å Dyson Cleaning Å CSPAN 14 Washington Journal Live call-in program with officials. (N) Å Newsmakers Washington This Week Å WGN-A 15 Search--Way Your World Peter Popoff Key of David In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life (1994) In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (1994) Å HSN 16 Slinky Brand Fashions (N) Samantha Brown Travel (N) Electronic Connection (N) Home Solutions (N) Å Samantha Brown Travel (N) Samantha Brown Travel (N) Elysee Scientific Cosmetics Slinky Brand Fashions (N) Slinky Brand Fashions (N) E! 23 E! News Weekend Å The Royals Å The Royals Å The Royals Å Mariah s World Å Mariah s World Å Mariah s World Å Mariah s World Å Mariah s World Å ESQTV 24 Friday Night Tykes Å Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan LIFE 25 In Touch W/Charles Stanley Amazing Jeremiah Joel Osteen Paid Program Little Women: Atlanta Å The Good Mother (2013, Suspense) Helen Slater. Å The Preacher s Mistress (2013) Sarah Lancaster. Å The Rachels (2016) Å TLC 26 Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Sister Wives Madison Brown is getting married. Å Sister Wives Å TBS 27 Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends Friends Friends Friends ELeague Valve s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive- The Majors (N) (Live) Å Hall Pass (2011, Comedy) Owen Wilson. Å (DVS) Due Date (2010) TNT 28 Law & Order Å (DVS) Law & Order Possession Law & Order Å (DVS) Law & Order Å (DVS) Law & Order Å (DVS) Gravity (2013) Sandra Bullock. Å (DVS) Divergent (2014) Shailene Woodley. Å (DVS) USA 29 Amazing Jeremiah In Touch Joel Osteen Chrisley Suits She s Gone Colony Sublimation Captain America: The First Avenger (2011, Action) Chris Evans. Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU FX 30 Mike & Molly How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met How I Met The Equalizer (2014) Denzel Washington. A former commando champions the helpless. Å The Hangover Part II (2011) Bradley Cooper. Hangover III ESPN 31 (6:30) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å Outside Lines Reporters SportsCenter (N) Å Postseason NFL Countdown Winter X Games Aspen. From Aspen, Colo. (N) (Live) ESPN for 30 Å Pro Bowl Skills Showdown 2017 Australian Open Tennis Men s Final. From Melbourne, Australia. (Taped) Å Women s College Basketball Iowa at Maryland. (N) (Live) FSTN 33 Bundesliga Soccer World Poker Tour Ship Shape XTERRA Adv. UFC Unleashed Game 365 Destination John Calipari Kentucky Women s College Basketball Wake Forest at Duke. (N) Women s College Basketball SEC 34 SEC Now Å SEC Now Å SEC Now Å SEC Now Å College Basketball College Basketball Women s College Basketball Arkansas at LSU. (N) Å GOLF 35 European PGA Tour Golf Morning Drive (N) (Live) European PGA Tour Golf Golf Central Pregame (N) PGA Tour Golf Golf Central LPGA Tour Golf FS1 36 (6:55) FA Cup Soccer Millwall vs Watford. (N) (Live) Å FA Cup Soccer Sutton United vs. Leeds United. (N) Å FA Cup Soccer Manchester United FC vs Wigan. (N) Å Auto Racing Monster Jam (N) Å FSSE 37 Hair Secrets Healthy Fried Food Paid Program Paid Program O Neill Out. Sexy Abs! Get Energy Clemson Gamecock In. XTERRA Adv. College Basketball Providence at Marquette. Hawks Live! NBA Basketball WEA 38 AMHQ Weekend (N) Å Weekend Recharge (N) (Live) Å Geeks Secret Earth Secret Earth Secret Earth Think You d Survive? Think You d Survive? CNBC 39 Hair Secrets Travis Best Pan Ever! Å Paid Program Paid Program Healthy Cook Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å MSNBC 40 Hardball Business PoliticsNation (N) Å MSNBC Live (N) Å AM Joy (N) Å MSNBC Live (N) Å MSNBC Live (N) Å Meet the Press Å Pulse of America Å CNN 41 New Day Sunday (N) Å Inside Politics (N) Å State of the Union (N) Å Fareed Zakaria GPS (N) Reliable Sources (N) Å State of the Union Å Fareed Zakaria GPS Å CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom HDLN 42 Weekend Express Inside Politics (N) Å State of the Union (N) Å Fareed Zakaria GPS (N) Weekend Express How It Really Happened Fareed Zakaria GPS Å CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom FNC 43 (6:00) FOX and Friends Sunday (N) Å Sunday Morning Futures MediaBuzz (N) Å News HQ Housecall America s News Headquarters (N) Å Bob Massi Is Jour. HIST 44 Wyatt Earp (1994, Biography) Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid. Portrait traces him from boy to lawman. Å The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George. Å American Pickers Å American Pickers Å TRUTV 45 Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Body Beast Makeup! Paid Program Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Inside Jokes Greatest Ever Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Knockout Imp. Jokers A&E 46 Hoarders Becky; Clare Hoarders Stacey; Roi Hoarders Mike; Bonnie Hoarders Joanne; Kristy Hoarders Barbara; Richard Hoarders Norman; Linda Intervention Brittany Å Intervention Robert Å Intervention Diana Å DISC 47 Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Jewel s Homecoming Singer Jewel and her son visit. Å Alaska: The Last Frontier NATGEO 48 Makeup! Paid Program Total Gym Paid Program Dark Secrets of the Lusitania Å Gold Rush Ghost Ships Save Titanic-Bob Balllard Titanic: How It Really Sank Drain the Titanic Å Drain the Great Lakes Å TRAV 49 Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum Mysteries at the Museum King Tut: Mysteries- Mus. Delicious Delicious Delicious Delicious Food Paradise Å FOOD 50 P. Heaton Trisha s Sou. Contessa Contessa Guy s, Bite Valerie Home Trisha s Sou. Pioneer Wo. Kitchen Sink Farmhouse Giada Enter. Brunch at The Kitchen Å Kids Baking Championship Worst Cooks in America HGTV 51 Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å ANPL 52 K-9 Cops Å K-9 Cops Rookies Å K-9 Cops Track for a killer. K-9 Cops Drug squad. Å K-9 Cops Å North Woods Law Å North Woods Law Å North Woods Law Å Finding Bigfoot Å FREE 53 Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Dwayne Johnson. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Johnny Depp. 700 Club (N) Å DISN 54 Doc McS The Lion Roadster Roadster Elena Zhu Zhu Pets Gravity Falls Star-For. Stuck/Middle K.C. Under. Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) PG Cali Style Girl Meets Bizaardvark K.C. Under. Liv-Mad. NICK 55 Alvinnn!!! and Alvinnn!!! and Ninja Steel SpongeBob Teenage Mut. SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob Loud House Loud House Loud House Loud House SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob SpongeBob TOON 56 My Knight My Knight Rio (2011, Comedy) Voices of Anne Hathaway. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. TVLND 57 New Adv./Old Christine Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls (:12) The Golden Girls Å Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls AMC 58 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H First Blood (1982) Sylvester Stallone. R Å TCM 59 Gold Diggers of 1933 Å (:15) Born to Dance (1936) Eleanor Powell. Å (:15) Reckless (1935, Musical) Jean Harlow. Å The Song of Bernadette (1943, Drama) Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford. Å Gilda (1946) Å HALL 60 I Love Lucy I Love Lucy The Middle The Middle Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Lucky in Love (2014) Jessica Szohr, Deidre Hall. Å Birthday Wish (2017, Drama) Jessy Schram. Å Love Locks (2017) Å OXYGEN 61 Snapped Mindy Dodd Snapped Social Media Snapped Marissa Devault Snapped Ana Trujillo Snapped Denise Bozarth Snapped Sarah McLinn Snapped Å Snapped Pamela Ballin Snapped Dianna Saunders BRAVO 62 First Family of Hip Hop Housewives/Atl. (8:59) Married to Medicine Married to Medicine Married to Medicine Married to Medicine Married to Medicine First Family of Hip Hop First Family of Hip Hop SYFY 63 Body Beast! Paid Program The Magicians Å They Found Hell (2015, Horror) Chris Schellenger. Å Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Å Jason X (2002, Horror) Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder. Å Freddy vs. Jason SPIKE 64 Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Total Gym Xtreme Off Engine Power Truck Tech Detroit The Mummy (1999, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. Å The Mummy Returns (2001) Brendan Fraser. COM 65 Total Gym Paid Program The Half Hour Ways to Die Ways to Die Ways to Die Jeff & Aliens Jeff & Aliens (:15) Futurama Å (:15) Futurama Å Futurama South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park MTV 66 Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. The Hangover (2009) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Å (:10) The Longest Yard (2005) Adam Sandler, Chris Rock. Å TBA (:05) Four Brothers VH1 67 T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny T.I. and Tiny Cop Out (2010, Comedy) Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan. Å (:35) Notorious (2009) Angela Bassett. Premiere. Å (:15) New Jack City (1991) Wesley Snipes. CMTV 68 CMT Music Å CMT Music Å Hot 20 Countdown Crash My Playa Part 1 From Riviera Maya, Mexico. Å Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) Jackie Gleason. Tombstone (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer. Å BET 69 Derek Grier Carpenter Paid Program Abundant Joyful Noise Lift Voice Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet the Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Meet, Browns Think Like SCIENCE 83 How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made CSPAN2 85 Blue Texas (N) James Hornfischer The Earth Is Weeping (:15) Authors Discuss Race and Power in the U.S. After Words Bret Baier Why? Author Peter Hayes. The Meaning of Michelle Engineering EWTN 100 St. Michael Holy Rosary Sunday Mass (N) Å Litany Heart March for Life Greater Love WPXA ION 107 Jeremiah Youssef In Touch W/Charles Stanley White Collar Pilot (Part 1) White Collar Pilot (Part 2) White Collar Threads White Collar Å White Collar Å White Collar The Portrait White Collar All In Å DISXD 117 Star-For. Star-For. Marvel s Av. Marvel s Av. Marvel s Av. Marvel s Av. MECH-X4 MECH-X4 MECH-X4 Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets Kirby Buckets GSN 144 Paid Program Facelift Paid Program Paid Program Deal or No Deal Å Deal or No Deal Å Deal or No Deal Å Chain Rea. Chain Rea. Chain Rea. Chain Rea. Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud Family Feud COOK 153 Unwrapped Unwrapped Unwrapped Unwrapped Unwrap2.0 Unwrap2.0 Donut Donut Donut Donut Donut Cupcake Cupcake Wars Å Cupcake Wars Å Cupcake Wars Miss USA WE 163 Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Paid Program Country Heat Paid Program CSI: Miami Grand Prix CSI: Miami Big Brother CSI: Miami Bait Å CSI: Miami Extreme Å CSI: Miami Complications CSI: Miami Å GALA 217 Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Chespirito Chespirito Chespirito Que Madre Que Madre Que Madre Que Madre La Hora Pico El Chavo El Chavo TELE 223 Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Pagado Criss Angel Enfoque Transporter 3 (2008) Jason Statham. (SS) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York UNIV 224 Pagado Pagado Programa Pagado Como Dice el Dicho (N) Al Punto (N) (SS) Netas Divinas (N) Fútbol Central (N) Fútbol Mexicano Primera División República Deportiva (N) NBCSP 311 FIS Alpine Skiing Premier League Match of the Week Big Bash League Cricket Final: Teams TBA. (N Same-day Tape) NHL All-Star Skills Competition (Taped) Luge DLC 319 Diagnosis: Dead or Alive Diagnosis: Dead or Alive Body Bizarre Å Body Bizarre Å Body Bizarre Å Detroit ER Å Detroit ER Å Detroit ER Å Detroit ER Å SUNDAYAFTERNOON/EVENING JANUARY 29, PM 4:30 5 PM 5:30 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 WRCBNBC 3 (3:30) 2017 NHL All-Star Game (N) (Live) Å The New Celebrity Apprentice Candy for a Billionaire Dateline NBC Celebrating Tom Brokaw s 50-year career. (N) News Scandal That s My Girl Castle Å WELFTBN 4 John Hagee Marriage Bal. Living Your Best Potters Joyce Meyer Lead Way Blessed Life Joel Osteen Kerry Shook K. Copeland Creflo Dollar You Are Best of 2016 A look at the year of Å WTNB 5 Perry Stone Around Town Around Town Around Town Unity Bluegrass Gaither Gospel Hour Westmore Church of God Around Town Around Town Around Town WFLICW 6 (3:00) Movie Whacked Out Friends Friends Access Hollywood (N) Å American Ninja Warrior American Ninja Warrior Bones Å Ring of Honor Wrestling The Middle The Middle Anger Anger WNGHPBS 7 Secrets of the Six Wives Agatha Raisin Å Weekend Rick Steves Hidden Killers Mercy Street (N) Å Victoria on Masterpiece (N) Secrets of the Six Wives (N) Inside the Court Mercy Street Å DAYSTAR 8 Tommy Bates Keith Moore Jeremiah Ankerberg Jeffress Green Room T.D. Jakes Dale Bronner Rejoice in the Lord Ankerberg Michael Jewish Jesus The Dream Hal Lindsey End of Age Jentezen Joel Osteen WTVCABC 9 NBA Basketball: Thunder at Cavaliers News World News Funniest Home Videos To Tell the Truth (N) Å To Tell the Truth (N) Å Conviction Å News Full Measure Ring of Honor Wrestling WTCIPBS 10 Antiques Ray Stevens Weekend Southern All Creatures Great & Small Mercy Street Å Mercy Street (N) Å Victoria on Masterpiece (N) Secrets of the Six Wives (N) Tales-Royal Bedchamber Independent Lens Å WTVC2FOX 11 College Basketball Washington at Arizona. Whacked Out GSL: Beyond Greatness Miss Universe Beautiful women vie for the crown. (N) (Live) News at 10 Seinfeld CSI: Miami Å Last-Standing Last-Standing WDEFCBS 12 (3:00) PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. (N) Å CBS News 60 Minutes (N) Å NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Madam Secretary (N) Å Elementary Over a Barrel News Joel Osteen PBR Bull Riding QVC 13 Get Fit With Kerstin Å Dyson Cleaning Å IT Cosmetics Å Dyson Cleaning Å We ve Got It With Mary Beth & Rick Dyson (N) Å Susan Graver Style Å H by Halston Å CSPAN 14 Washington This Week Å Newsmakers Washington This Week Å Q & A John Nixon (N) T. May Public Affairs Events Å Q & A John Nixon Å T. May Public Affairs WGN-A 15 In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night Outsiders Å Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Å Blue Bloods Open Secrets Blue Bloods Å Bones Å Bones Counterfeiting ring. HSN 16 Samantha Brown Travel (N) Samantha Brown Travel (N) Electronic Connection (N) Home Solutions (N) Å Elysee Scientific Cosmetics Samantha Brown Travel (N) Samantha Brown Travel (N) Electronic Connection (N) Preparedness Event (N) E! 23 Miss Congeniality (2000) Sandra Bullock. Å E! Live From the Red Carpet The 2017 SAG Awards (N) Mariah s World Å Mariah s World Å The Royals (N) Å Mariah s World Å Revenge Body With Khloé ESQTV 24 Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan Friday Night Tykes Å Friday Night Tykes Å Die Another Day (2002, Action) Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens. Å Die Another Day (2002) Pierce Brosnan. Å LIFE 25 (3:00) The Rachels (2016) Boyfriend Killer (2017, Suspense) Barbie Castro. Å Tyler Perry s Good Deeds (2012) Tyler Perry. Å Love by the 10th Date (2017) Meagan Good. Å (:02) Tyler Perry s Good Deeds (2012) Tyler Perry. TLC 26 (3:00) Sister Wives Å Sister Wives Mariah makes a stunning announcement. Sister Wives (Part 1 of 2) Sister Wives The Browns discuss the season s moments. Long Lost Family: Next (:03) Married by Mom & Dad (12:03) Sister Wives TBS 27 (3:00) Due Date Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (N) (Live) Å Full Frontal Full Frontal Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Gerard Butler. Å TNT 28 (2:00) Divergent The Help (2011, Drama) Viola Davis, Emma Stone. Å (DVS) 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (N) (Live) Å 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Å The Help (2011) USA 29 Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam FX 30 (3:30) The Hangover Part III (2013) The Internship (2013) Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson. Å Let s Be Cops (2014) Jake Johnson. Å Let s Be Cops (2014) Jake Johnson. Å Taboo Episode 3 Å ESPN 31 Winter X Games Aspen. (N) Pro Bowl Skills Challenge Postseason NFL Countdown (N) (Live) Å (7:50) 2017 Pro Bowl AFC vs. NFC. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å SportsCenter ESPN2 32 Soccer International Friendly -- United States vs Serbia. (N) (Live) Å Women s College Basketball Oklahoma at Baylor. (N) (Live) SportsCenter Kickboxing Glory 37. (Taped) College Track and Field Razorback Invitational. (Taped) FSTN 33 Women s College Basketball UFC Unleashed (N) The Auto Show World Poker Tour World Poker Tour UFC Event UFC World Poker Tour World Poker Tour Women s College Basketball SEC 34 Women s College Basketball: Aggies at Bulldogs Women s College Basketball Auburn at Alabama. (N) Å Women s College Gymnastics Women s College Gymnastics College Track and Field Razorback Invitational. Å GOLF 35 LPGA Tour Golf Feherty Golf Acad. Golf Central (N) (Live) PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. PGA Golf FS1 36 Women s College Basketball West Virginia at Texas. (N) College Basketball Xavier at St. John s. (N) (Live) Å Big East UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Pena Å Monster Jam Å Auto Racing FSSE 37 NBA Basketball: Knicks at Hawks Hawks Live! SportsMoney Gamecock In. Clemson NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Atlanta Hawks. Hawks Live! Boxing 30 (N) Future Phen. College Basketball Providence at Marquette. WEA 38 Think You d Survive? Top Weather Destinations Top Ten Worst Flash Floods Top Ten Weather Disasters Top Ten Extreme Jobs That s Amazing Å Weather Gone Viral Å Weather Gone Viral Å That s Amazing Å CNBC 39 Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å Billion Dollar Buyer Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å Shark Tank Å MSNBC 40 MSNBC Live (N) Å Dateline Extra Å Dateline Extra Å Lockup: Wichita- Extended Lockup: Raw Å Life After Lockup Å Lockup: Santa Rosa Lockup: Wichita- Extended Lockup: Wabash CNN 41 CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts HDLN 42 Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File CNN Newsroom CNN Newsroom Anthony Bourdain Parts Anthony Bourdain Parts Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Forensic File Anthony Bourdain Parts FNC 43 America s News HQ Perino & Stirewalt: I ll Tell You What (N) Å Special Report Watters World Å The Greg Gutfeld Show Fox News Reporting Å Fox Report Å HIST 44 American Pickers Å American Pickers Å American Pickers American Pickers American Pickers Å American Pickers Å (:03) American Pickers (:03) SIX Å (DVS) (12:03) American Pickers TRUTV 45 Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Imp. Jokers Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro Carbonaro A&E 46 Intervention Todd Å Leah Remini: Scientology Leah Remini: Scientology Leah Remini: Scientology Leah Remini: Scientology (:10) Hoarders Overload Doris & T resa (:20) Hoarders Overload (N) The First 48 Leah Remini: Scientology DISC 47 Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier Alaska: The Last Frontier NATGEO 48 Drain the Ocean The world that exist below the waves. Drain the Ocean: WWII Drain the Bermuda Triangle The Story of God Atlantis Rising (N) Å Atlantis Rising Å TRAV 49 Food Paradise Å Food Paradise Å Food Paradise Å Food Paradise Best Mex Food Paradise (N) Å Waterparks Waterparks Top Secret Waterfalls Å Top Secret Swimming Holes Waterparks Waterparks FOOD 50 Guy s Grocery Games Å Guy s Grocery Games Å Guy s Grocery Games Å Guy s Grocery Games Å Guy s Grocery Games (N) Worst Cooks in America (N) Cooks vs. Cons Å Bakers vs. Fakers Å Worst Cooks in America HGTV 51 Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å Fixer Upper Å Beach Beach Caribbean Caribbean Island Life Island Life Hunters Hunters Int l Caribbean Caribbean ANPL 52 Finding Bigfoot Å Finding Bigfoot Å Finding Bigfoot Å Finding Bigfoot Å (:01) Finding Bigfoot (N) (:01) Finding Bigfoot (N) (:01) Finding Bigfoot (N) (:07) Finding Bigfoot Å (12:07) Finding Bigfoot FREE 53 (12:00) 700 Club (N) Å 700 Club (N) Å Joel Osteen Dr. Jeremiah DISN 54 Liv-Mad. Liv-Mad. Bunk d Å Bunk d Å Bunk d Å Bunk d Å Stuck/Middle Cali Style K.C. Under. Bizaardvark Zapped (2014) Zendaya. Å K.C. Under. Bizaardvark (:35) Bunk d Girl Meets Best Friends NICK 55 Loud House Loud House Loud House Loud House Nicky, Ricky Henry Danger School Thundermans Crashletes Jagger Eaton Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends Friends Friends (:33) Friends TOON 56 Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Steven Univ. Brak Show H. Birdman Rick, Morty Rick, Morty Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Venture Bros. Super Titan Max. TVLND 57 Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond King King King King AMC 58 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, Action) R Å Rambo III (1988, Action) Sylvester Stallone. R Å First Blood (1982) Sylvester Stallone. R Å Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, Action) R Å Rambo III R TCM 59 (3:00) Gilda (1946) Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) Julie Christie, Peter Finch. Å (DVS) Shenandoah (1965, War) James Stewart. Friendly Persuasion (1956, Drama) Gary Cooper. Å The Racket HALL 60 (3:00) Love Locks (2017) Perfect Match (2015) Danica McKellar, Paul Greene. Å Valentine Ever After (2016) Autumn Reeser. Å Anything for Love (2016) Erika Christensen. Å Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls OXYGEN 61 Snapped Kathleen Dorsett Snapped Heather Horst Snapped Stacey Shoeck Snapped A mother s cruelty. Snapped Gabriela Escutia Snapped Stacey Shoeck Snapped Yalanda Lind Snapped Stacey Shoeck Snapped Kimberly Cargill BRAVO 62 Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. Housewives/Atl. First Family of Hip Hop (N) Housewives/Atl. Watch What Married to Medicine Housewives SYFY 63 (3:00) Freddy vs. Jason Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014) Sean Astin. Å Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Milla Jovovich. Å The Hollow (2015, Horror) Deborah Kara Unger. Å From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Harvey Keitel. Å SPIKE 64 The Mummy Returns Men in Black (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. Å The Mummy (1999, Adventure) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. Å The Mummy Returns (2001, Adventure) Brendan Fraser. Å COM 65 South Park South Park (:13) South Park Å (:15) South Park Å Roast Battle II War Roast Battle II War Roast Battle II War Roast Battle II War Roast Battle II War Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour MTV 66 (3:05) Four Brothers (2005) Mark Wahlberg. Å Friends Friends Friends Friends The Hangover (2009) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Å Four Brothers (2005) Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson. Å VH1 67 (2:15) New Jack City (4:55) Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Black Ink Crew Å Black Ink Crew Bianca Notorious (2009) Angela Bassett. Å CMTV 68 (2:00) Tombstone O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) George Clooney. Å Twister (1996, Action) Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes. Å Steve Austin s Broken Skull Twister (1996) Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton. Å BET 69 (3:35) Think Like a Man (2012, Romance-Comedy) Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara. Jumping the Broom (2011, Comedy) Angela Bassett, Paula Patton. Å (9:54) Being Mary Jane (10:57) Being Mary Jane Suffering Abundant SCIENCE 83 How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made How/Made MythBusters Å MythBusters Å (:01) MythBusters Å MythBusters: The Search (:03) MythBusters Å (12:04) MythBusters Å CSPAN2 85 Engineering Akhil Reed Amar Discusses (:45) Michael Medved Discusses The American Miracle Tears We Cannot Stop After Words Mrs. Sherlock Holmes Blue Texas After Words EWTN 100 Catechism Beloved The Church The Creed Saints Vaticano World Over Live Sunday Night Prime (N) Catholics Holy Rosary The Face of Mercy (N) The Best of Mother Angelica Sunday Mass Å WPXA ION 107 White Collar Free Fall White Collar Hard Sell White Collar Å White Collar Vital Signs White Collar Å White Collar Bottlenecked White Collar Front Man White Collar Å White Collar Withdrawal DISXD 117 Star-For. Star-For. Star-For. Star-For. Star-For. Beyblade Yo-Kai Watch Star-For. MECH-X4 Star-Rebels (:03) Toy Story 2 (1999) Voices of Tom Hanks. Star-For. Star-For. 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(:33) Despierta con Carlos Loret de Mola Al Aire, con Paola Rojas (:03) La que no podía amar La que no podía amar Atrévete a Soñar Atrévete a Soñar Chespirito Cuéntamelo Ya TELE 223 Un Nuevo Día Decisiones Tormenta de Pasiones Mujeres Ambiciosas Suelta la Sopa Lo Mejor de Caso Cerrado UNIV 224 Despierta América! Amor bravío Noticiero Hoy A Que No Me Dejas Como Dice el Dicho NBCSP 311 Pro Football Talk The Dan Patrick Show Varied Programs DLC 319 A Baby Story A Baby Story A Baby Story A Baby Story Hoarding: Buried Alive Trauma: Life in the ER Untold Stories of the E.R. Varied Programs MONDAYAFTERNOON/EVENING JANUARY 30, PM 4:30 5 PM 5:30 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 WRCBNBC 3 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Live at 5:00 Live at 5:30 News Nightly News Ent. Tonight Inside Edition The New Celebrity Apprentice I m Going Full Ballmer (N) Timeless (N) Å News Tonight Show-J. 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Å LIFE 25 Grey s Anatomy Å Secretariat (2010) Diane Lane. The story of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Å Taken (2008) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. Å SIX Pilot Å (:02) SIX Å (12:02) Taken Å TLC 26 Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Outdaughtered Counting On (N) Kid Tycoons (N) (:01) Counting On (12:01) Kid Tycoons TBS 27 Burgers Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Conan Comic Bill Burr. (N) 2 Broke Girls Conan Å TNT 28 Bones Å Bones Å Castle Å (DVS) Castle Room 147 NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics. (N) (Live) Å NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at Phoenix Suns. (N) (Live) Å USA 29 Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam Mod Fam WWE Monday Night RAW (N) (Live) Å (:05) Friday Night Tykes CSI: Crime Scene FX 30 Mike & Molly Avatar (2009) Sam Worthington. A former Marine falls in love with a native of a lush alien world. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron. Å Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Å ESPN 31 SportsNation Questionable Around/Horn Interruption SportsCenter (N) Å College Basketball Duke at Notre Dame. (N) (Live) College Basketball Oklahoma State at Oklahoma. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) Å SportsCenter (N) Å ESPN2 32 NFL Live (N) Å Nación ESPN (N) (Live) Women s College Basketball Tennessee at South Carolina. SportsCenter Special From Houston. (N) (Live) Å SportsCenter 30 for 30 FSTN 33 Women s College Basketball World Poker Tour NC State UFC Event College Basketball Clemson at Pittsburgh. UFC Reloaded From Las Vegas. World Poker Tour SEC 34 (3:00) The Paul Finebaum Show (N) (Live) Å Women s College Basketball Kentucky at Missouri. (N) SEC Inside SEC Inside SEC Inside SEC Inside SEC Inside SEC Inside SEC Rewind Å GOLF 35 PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round. 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Fox. PG Å Back to the Future Part II (1989) Michael J. Fox. PG Å Back to the Future Part III TCM 59 (3:45) The Story of Mankind (1957) Operation Crossbow (1965) Sophia Loren. Å MGM Parade Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) Dan Dailey. Å The Las Vegas Story (1952) Å (:45) Viva Las Vegas (1964, Musical) HALL 60 Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Home Imp. Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing All Things Valentine (2015) Sarah Rafferty. Å The Middle The Middle Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls OXYGEN 61 (3:58) Snapped Å (4:59) Snapped Å (5:59) Snapped Å (6:59) Snapped Å Snapped Omaima Nelson Snapped Michele Williams Snapped Snapped Marjorie Orbin (12:01) Snapped Jodi Arias BRAVO 62 (3:59) Summer House Summer House Vanderpump Rules Vanderpump Rules Vanderpump Rules Vanderpump Rules (N) (:01) Summer House (N) Watch What (:31) Vanderpump Rules Housewives SYFY 63 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Å A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) John Saxon. Lost in Space (1998, Science Fiction) William Hurt, Mimi Rogers. Å Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) Milla Jovovich. SPIKE 64 Beyond Scared Straight Beyond Scared Straight Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Vegas Vegas COM 65 (3:44) Archer (:17) Archer South Park South Park Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama South Park South Park South Park South Park Imaginationland: The Trilogy Daily Show At Midnight Barstool South Park MTV 66 (3:40) Catfish: The TV Show (4:50) Catfish: The TV Show Friends Friends Friends Friends Teen Mom 2 Å Teen Mom 2 Heartache America s Next Top Model Teen Mom 2 Heartache Catfish: The TV Show Å VH1 67 Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Å Love & Hip Hop Cancun Leave, Stevie K. Michelle America s Next Top Model Love & Hip Hop Cancun Leave, Stevie K. Michelle CMTV 68 Reba Å Reba Å Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Last-Standing Days of Thunder (1990, Action) Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall. Å Steve Austin s Broken Skull Days of Thunder (1990) Tom Cruise. BET 69 (2:55) Soul Men (2008) Å Death at a Funeral (2010, Comedy) Keith David, Loretta Devine. The New Edition Story Legendary R&B group New Edition. (:04) The New Edition Story New Edition puts business first. The New Edition Story SCIENCE 83 What on Earth? Å What on Earth? Å What on Earth? Å What on Earth? Å How the Universe Works How the Universe Works How the Universe Works To Be Announced How the Universe Works CSPAN2 85 (3:00) U.S. Senate Coverage Communicat Public Affairs Events Public Affairs Events EWTN 100 Catholic Fam. 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44 44 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Your Best Shot Recent photos within the last year may be submitted for Your Best Shot by ing mailing good quality photos to Your Best Shot, P.O. Box 3600, Cleveland, TN or dropping them off at th St. Helen Burton said she had an unusual visitor in the backyard. When I looked out the kitchen window, expecting to see doves on the ground where I had spread some birdseed, instead I saw this big, furry back and then noticed the bushy ringed tail a large raccoon. I was surprised to see one at noon in the daytime, since they are nocturnal. I have been cautioned that a daytime raccoon could have rabies or be sick, but this one acted normal. It did run off up the hill into the woods when I opened the door. Jennifer Hardison sent this photo of a yellow-bellied sapsucker. She noted, Isn't that the greatest name? Today, is the first Captured this sunset in the Bahamas. God wants you to time I've seen this bird this year see His creation and is always giving you more ways to see the and it looks like he's been very beauty in it. Never stop looking and you will never be bored, accordbusy on this tree. Hope he ing to Dennis White. comes back again tomorrow. drawn to a sunset... It's my belief that something in all of God's children, is something that tells us to grab every ray of heaven s light in preparation for those times of darkness. Yeah, I read that somewhere, said Dennis White.

45 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Town s power surge fries computers, appliances (AP) The 911 calls started pouring in just after noon in the tiny western Pennsylvania town of Brookville. The electrical meter is on fire. The house siding is burning. My power strip is smoking. The computer is fried. The carpeting is singed. Our light bulb exploded. A power company says a failed power line component was to blame for an electrical surge Jan. 20 in Brookville, population 4,000. When it was over, 500 to 1,000 residents were affected, said Tracy Zents, the director of Jefferson County s Department of Emergency Services. I ve been doing this a little over 30 years, and this is definitely a first for me, Zents said. We were fortunate that nobody was hurt. The volume of calls quickly overwhelmed the local volunteer fire department 70 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, which had to call three other departments for help, Zents said. Even the police department wasn t spared. The surge tripped the department s main office radio, so the initial emergency calls were missed, said Chief Jason Brown. Then all of a sudden I hear fire engines, so I turned on my handheld, Brown said. He quickly learned what happened, as fluorescent lights in the building next door started exploding in their sockets. Scott Surgeoner, a spokesman for electric utility FirstEnergy, said Friday the problem started with a failed insulator on a power line. That failure caused a flash that spread to a feeder line to Brookville, and about 475 customers lost power. It was restored by 5 p.m. the same day, he said. The cause of the failure isn t clear, but Surgeoner said it s not uncommon for insulators to fail after years of weather exposure. Photos by Jim CALDWELL STEVE NORWOOD, second from left, conducted a flag presentation recently during a break in the Tellico Plains/Polk County high school basketball games. AmVets Post 911, which serves Polk and surrounding counties, presented the U.S. flag for display at Polk County High School. The flag was flown on a combat mission on a MQ-1B Predator in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Kuwait. PFC Scott Williams displays the flag. PFC SCOTT WILLIAMS, left, displays a U.S. flag that was displayed by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron in Kuwait. With Williams is Polk County High School Principal Ronnie German, center, and Polk County Director of Schools James Jones. Class ring lost by WWII vet 73 years ago returned to family AUDUBON, N.J. (AP) The family of a deceased World War II veteran from New Jersey has been reunited with his 1938 class ring, lost 73 years ago while he was serving in the South Pacific. Nearly 50 people gathered Thursday at Audubon High School for the ceremonial return of Edward J. 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46 46 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Jay Hare /Dothan Eagle via AP PAstor JAmEs Harvey of St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church poses for a photo with two of his sons, Pierre, left, and Curtis at his church, in Geneva, Ala. Harvey's sons are all preachers and his youngest son, Rodney, not pictured, will preach his initial sermon today at St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church. Preaching roots run deep in Harvey family GENEVA, Ala. (AP) You could say preaching runs in the Harvey family. James Harvey began preaching more than 40 years ago. Two of his brothers were also preachers. His sons, Pierre Harvey and Curtis Harvey, started preaching when they were in their 20s. And their younger brother, Rodney Harvey, will preach his initial sermon on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2:30 p.m. at his father s church, St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church in Geneva. Interestingly enough, neither James Harvey nor his sons initially wanted to be church pastors. I had two brothers that the spirit was on them. and they started preaching, James Harvey, 69, said. Two brothers, he said, seemed to be enough for God. And I thought, You don t need me. But I got to the point I was running red lights and stopping at green lights. In other words, ignoring the call to preach had him feeling confused. So, he allowed his blood pressure to decide for him. During a visit to his doctor to have his normally-high blood pressure checked, James Harvey made a deal with God: If his blood pressure was normal, he d accept his calling. To his own and his doctor s surprise, James Harvey s blood pressure was normal. He enrolled in theology courses and eventually became pastor of St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church in Geneva, where he is still pastor today. It never was hard to me because I love preaching and I love seeing people saved, James Harvey said. Pierre Harvey, 45, began preaching when he was 21 years old and is currently pastor of St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church in Abbeville. Curtis Harvey, 47, preached his first sermon in 1996 and led his first church in Newville in the mid-2000s around the same time he began serving on the Houston County Commission. Six years ago, Curtis Harvey helped start a new non-denominational church, Rhema Rock Church, which currently meets at Beverlye Magnet School in Dothan. Growing up preacher s kids, both Pierre and Curtis said they knew early on that their Christian faith and church would always be important to them. But neither believed they would ever become church pastors. After I accepted the calling, it took me years to adjust because it s like another world, Pierre Harvey said. People judge you with everything you do, everything you say. They look at it as a life that you re supposed to be perfect in, and no one is perfect. For Curtis Harvey, starting a new church has been one of the most exciting things he said God has led him to do. It is exciting, he said. I ve never been scared. I ve probably been more anxious, but God has taught me patience in that. You don t have a deacon board or women s board or men s board or any of that. You re just kind of starting from ground zero. I wouldn t trade it for anything in the world. Rodney Harvey, who lives in Augusta, Georgia, was like his father in the sense that he thought with two brothers as preachers, God didn t need him. After serving in the Air Force, Rodney began a career in cyber security. Then, one day he called his father and said he wanted to be a teacher. Then, he told his father he felt called to preach. Rodney, now 40, said while he did his own thing after leaving home, he knew when he was a child that preaching was in his blood. He even mimicked his father s sermons on Mondays at his babysitter s home with a tree stump as his podium. He was around 5 years old at the time. She had a tree stump and for months I would mimic my daddy s whole sermon, Rodney said in a phone interview. People would walk by and I would do whatever he did hitting the stump and I m preaching and sometimes people actually stopped and listened. Even back then, it was in me. For James Harvey, having his three sons accept the calling to preach is humbling. We re proud that we could give God three sons, he said. The responsibility of being a pastor is a serious one, James Harvey said. I ve never been afraid to get up and preach, he said. I think my greatest fear is that after all this preaching, there is something left that I could have done that I didn t do. that would have brought someone to the Lord. Rains wash away the worst drought conditions in South Reuse the News Recycle this newspaper ATLANTA (AP) Widespread rain is gradually relieving the Deep South s ongoing drought, leaving only a handful of counties in Alabama and Georgia with extremely dry conditions, a new report shows. Rain drenched a large part of an area that has been abnormally dry, from northern Louisiana to the Carolinas and Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday. About a half-dozen counties in the northeast Georgia mountains and patches of another halfdozen counties in central Alabama are still dealing with extreme drought, the report shows, as are parts of southeast Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The drought is approaching the one-year mark. Abnormally dry conditions began showing up in March 2016 in parts of the South, and intensified through the spring, summer and fall. Despite the recent heavy rains, drier-than-normal weather is expected to dominate most of the nation through Monday, forecasters project. The Drought Monitor, which dates to 1999, is produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. After accident College student, mom work to recover WILSON, N.C. (AP) Zack Foster worked hard for Jan. 11. That is when N.C. Wesleyan started its spring semester. It was supposed to be a chance to get back to friends, get back to structure and get out of the house. Since the midseason car accident that put him and his mother Kim Foster in the hospital, the former Southern Nash quarterback and current Bishops freshman plowed through milestones to stand upright again, to move his left leg again and to walk on his own. He didn t make it back to school for the spring. He turned in his books and room keys and accepted that he wasn t ready yet. He plans to be back on campus by the fall. Sitting in his house before Christmas, Zack looked at his mother with a sense of disbelief at how far they ve come. I am just glad that I am here because I remember thinking (after the wreck) Bro, I am dying, Zack said. I don t know how you felt, but when I came to, I thought, Man, this isn t good. He understands why people would see the wreck itself and the resulting surgeries as negatives. However, the ripples from that moment unearthed all the positives in both his and the Fosters surroundings. The Fosters learned just how many people and communities they ve touched when they were at their weakest. Kim Foster remembers the audio sequence. She recalls a few fuzzy visuals and a surplus of fear. Someone told her she had been in an accident, and they were going to get her out of the car. Another said they would need tools to get to Zack. Someone else mentioned they would each need their own helicopter transport, and she knew that wasn t good. The Fosters were making one last beach trip on Oct. 14. Both Zack, a Bishops backup quarterback, and Brian Foster, Southern Nash s football coach, had games canceled due to Hurricane Matthew. Kim, an art teacher, and their youngest son, Matt Foster, had been out of school all week. The family s house was being remodeled, and they wanted to get away. Brian and Matt left about an hour and a half before Zack and Kim. Zack, the driver, noticed his car shimmying before it hurled left toward the median on Interstate 40. It hit part of the cable barrier but continued into oncoming traffic, where the Fosters vehicle met another nearly head-on. It sent Zack and Kim spinning, with the car eventually coming to a rest in the road. In and out of her consciousness, Kim told a witness of the crash to call Brian. He got his terrifying voic 30 minutes later: Zack and Kim crashed just outside of Wilmington and were being airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. During the first few days, Zack and Kim only saw each other when one rolled by toward another operation. They each broke a significant amount of bones, and the two had four surgeries apiece in the 11 days following the wreck. It s almost sick to say surgery will let you see your kid, Kim said. Brian bounced from room to room, and eventually hospital to hospital as the Fosters tried to work their way home. He stepped away from the football team in order to be with Zack and Kim, and Matt stayed with assistant coach Brian Rice so he wouldn t miss school. One day, Brian Foster stopped by his house to pick up clean clothes. He looked at the stairs that led to his bedroom and wondered when his wife might walk up them again. Then he scanned his son s room, covered with photos and trophies and medals, and realized how much Zack s life could change. What was in his family s future? Brian Batchelor s phone wouldn t stop buzzing. The Southern Nash offensive coordinator was helping his family show livestock at the state fair in Raleigh the afternoon of the wreck. A couple of rival coaches called him, and people from all over continued to reach out until he finally answered a call. Devastation was an understatement. The Fosters seamed together the fabric of Southern Nash. I think for every coach on our staff, they looked at Brian like a father figure, Kim like a mother figure, and Zack is like a son, to all of us, Batchelor said. That is the first way everybody looked at it. The second way, at least for me... I could sit here and worry or grieve for him, or I could have Brian s back like he s always had mine. Batchelor played for Brian Foster when he was the Firebirds defensive coordinator. He returned when he graduated college after Foster offered him a job. Fifteen years later, Batchelor said he only expected to stay a year. There are seven former Firebirds players on the coaching staff. Batchelor said everyone comes back and stays because of Foster. Foster took over as head coach in When Batchelor joined him in 2002, he witnessed the effects on the program. He will always tell them little things, like he wants them to be a good father, a good husband, a good son, Batchelor said.... But he will also hit them with things like, You guys can listen or not, but after you graduate, I can tell who listened. Batchelor hung up the phone and began communicating with his other coaches. They all realized the Fosters would need the same support they ve always offered others. People donated everything. Once the Fosters floors were remodeled, Firebirds coaches and football players carried their furniture back in the house. Southern Nash teacher Crystal Kennedy created a signup sheet to bring food. Friends, like the Dobbins family, brought cooked meals of ribs and vegetables to go along with conversation. Someone lent them a handicap-accessible van, and another built a ramp to the front door. Others gave a walker and a wheelchair. Some gave gas cards to help with trips to therapy. Batchelor served as the interim head coach for two games after the Fosters wreck. During one of those, a victory against Rocky Mount High, Nadir Thompson grabbed the gamewinning touchdown reception and game-clinching interception. Thompson did so while wearing No. 14, Zack and Brian Foster s old number, instead of his usual No. 7. Foster Strong was painted down the sideline and was screamed by fans the entire night. The Firebirds finished 12-1 this season, falling in the second round to Rocky Mount. Through this season, more than any before, Batchelor said Brian Foster was able to see the type of program he d built. What is the old saying? You find out what kind of parent you are when you see your kids have kids? Batchelor said. I think you saw what kind of coach Brian has been. I just think everything he has stood for these past 27 years just came out. Brian Foster was nervous driving Zack to N.C. Wesleyan on Dec. 5. Zack was set to speak at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes event on campus. It was his first time back to school since the wreck, and it would be the largest amount of people he d spoken to. The coach and Zack s girlfriend, Charlotte Tucker, tried to guide Zack through bits of his speech before the family left their house. His test run went terribly. Brian braced for disaster. Zack laughs about it now. A few people spoke, including school president Dewey Clark, before Zack s turn came. He hopped up the steps on one leg and slid onto a stool behind the podium. With the Southern Nash and N.C. Wesleyan communities watching, Zack delivered a speech that choked up his father. A lot of people could see this as a tragedy, Zack said to the crowd. I see it as a good thing... There are two choices: I could either be sad, or ask what it happened for. Zack has carried his faith with him his entire life. After the wreck, he noticed all the good things around him. It would be spitting in the face of God to not be thankful. Clark expected that type of message from Zack. Clark learned through interactions with Zack that he was confident about his faith and himself, and he was also very inclusive to those around him. I just felt like he was the kind of kid we want here, Clark said. Kids like that attract other kids like that. Zack s confidence shined as he closed out his speech. He talked about waking up after the wreck and seeing one of his legs on fire. He said he owed every moment of his life, from that point forward, to God. He mentioned when he was born, his right foot was backward. He was able to push past that, and he expected to get through this too. When I was born, I wasn t supposed to walk, Zack said. I m walking. I shouldn t be alive, but I am living. They said I wouldn t run for a year, but I ll do that in a few months. People applauded. Some wiped away tears. And Zack just smiled. Zack misses the feeling of stepping out of his house and running for miles. On top of being the best statistical quarterback in Southern Nash history, he was an avid runner. When he started his recovery, sarah Louya/the rocky mount telegram via AP ZAck FostEr, right, is assisted by Lori Boswell, physical therapist and director, Rehab Services during an exercise at Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center on Thursday. BriAn, matt, Zack and Kim Foster smile for a family portrait in their home in Wilson, N.C., on Wednesday. returning to the football field was a goal. Now, doctors have told him that even running again would be an enormous accomplish. He wants to get that feeling back. Zack and Kim have both recovered at quick rates. Both of Kim s legs were essentially shattered from the knees down, along with a broken left elbow. She also had four broken ribs she learned of after her first post-wreck sneeze. She s gone from sitting with her feet straight out to bending both knees and is working toward standing and walking. Zack who broke his femur in two places, his foot, ankle, tibia, fibula, patella, wrist and a rib has left the walker behind. All the surgeries to his left leg have given him a slight hop to his step, but that could settle as he gains strength back. What has held him back from campus, mostly, is his recovering brain. Zack grew up with a love of reading and writing. Since the accident, he can t go extended periods of time doing either without a headache. He said his concentration is not strong, and that would make sitting through hour-long lectures impossible. He also struggled with speech, giving very abbreviated and monotone answers. It still happens once in a while, but he s noticed that is going away. Sitting upstairs watching his brother play Madden on a recent Monday, he said he still forgets things, and that s frustrating. He can t remember plays from football games, and that kills him. He will be seeing a neurologist in February, and he hopes to get more answers. All of this could be negative. Zack could get emotionally down. But he just won t do it. He celebrated his 19th birthday on Dec. 17. He s seen friends, and more importantly, told them he loves them. He s tossed the football with former teammates. He s gone on dates with Charlotte again, and he s getting out of the house more and more. He said it is making him feel like a normal person again. He wouldn t appreciate it as much without the wreck. He knows his recovery is just starting. He still has challenges ahead. But Zack Foster will continue to work hard because he s grateful for all of it. My goal is to be myself again, and time will tell about that, Zack said. This summer, I am going to be at the beach all summer. I want to be able to work out with my girlfriend, go to the beach. Just do the things I did last summer. But I m just happy to be here. Everything else is gravy.

47 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, LEGAL PUBLICATIONS LEGAL PUBLICATION IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR MCMINN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ZORA SALVADORE, Custodian Petitioner, JIMMEY S. SHELTON, Maternal Grandfather Co-Petitioner vs. DAN- IELLE SHELTON, Mother, OGLE TERRANCE FRASE, II, Father, Respondents. No JV-519. IN THE MATTER OF: Gannon Lee Frase, DOB: 09/23/2013, Children Under 18 Years of Age. ORDER OF PUBLICATION, In the foregoing cause it appearing to the Court that process was issued to be served upon the respondent, OGLE TERRANCE FRASE II, on the 31st day of March, However, the Polk County Sheriff's Department returned service on April 13, 2016, stating a diligent search was made, subject was not found in county. Subject reportedly moved to Bradley County, and they have an active warrant on Mr. Frase. It is therefore, ORDERED that publication be made for four (4) consecutive weeks as required by law, in the Cleveland Daily Banner, a newspaper published in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, notifying said respondent to appear and make defense to said Petition to Transfer Custody, or the cause will be taken as confessed and the cause set for hearing ex parte as to him. This 24 day of Jan, JAMES WATSON, Magistrate. APPROVED FOR ENTRY, REID, WINDER, & GREEN, PLLC. DONALD (TREY) WINDER, III, BPR# , Attorney for Petitioner, 10 West Madison Avenue, P.O. Box 628, Athens, Tennessee Phone (423) January 29; February 5, 12, 19, 2017 LEGAL PUBLICATION BRADLEY COUNTY TRUSTEE'S NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS You are advised that after February 1, additional penalties and cost will be imposed in consequence of suits to be filed for enforcement of the lien for property taxes for prior tax years; until filing of such suits, taxes may be paid in the Bradley County Trustee's office. (Notice required by Tenn. Code Ann ). January 29, 2017 LEGAL PUBLICATION Notice of Sale The following vehicle is being held by GTG Truck & Trailer Repair LLC at 428 Industrial Dr SW, Cleveland, TN Anyone who has proof of ownership must pay all the repair, storage and towing charges. Failure of the owner or lein holder to exercise their rights to reclaim the vehicle shall be deemed a waiver of all rights, title and interest in the vehicle and consent to the vehicle being auctioned off. The auction will be February 10th Great Dane 53x102 Trailer 1GRAA06263T January 29, 2017; February 5, 2017 LEGAL PUBLICATION SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE Sale at public auction will be on March 7, 2017 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the Bradley County Courthouse, Cleveland, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by CINDY THOMPSON AND TIMOTHY THOMPSON, to WESLEY D. TURNER, Trustee, on April 11, 2006, at Record Book 1631, Page as Instrument No in the real property records of Bradley County Register's Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFI- CATES, SERIES 2006-M1 The following real estate located in Bradley County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE IN THE THIRD CIVIL DISTRICT OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE: LOT SIXTEEN (16), WHISPERWOOD SUBDIVISION, SECTION II, AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 71, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE, BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DANAH DUFF STEWART, UN- MARRIED, FROM BILL OSBORNE, UNMARRIED AND BETTY J. OSBORNE LIPPS, UNMARRIED; DATED 4/20/89; RECORDED IN BOOK 320, PAGE 731, REGISTER`S OFFICE OF BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: The Daily Reflector/The Daily Reflector via AP In ThIs JAn. 7, 2007 PhoTo, firefighters battle a blaze set by an arsonist that burns The Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville, N.C. When fire swept through The Memorial Baptist Church a decade ago, Randy McKinney had only been pastor there for six months. He was still working to get to know many people. But through that fire, McKinney forged friendships outside the walls of the church, friendships that most likely never would have been kindled if not for the tragedy. Pastor forges relationships after fire destroys church GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) When fire swept through The Memorial Baptist Church a decade ago, Randy McKinney had only been pastor there for six months. He was still working to get to know many people. But through that fire, McKinney forged friendships outside the walls of the church, friendships that most likely never would have been kindled if not for the tragedy. One of those friendships was with Sidney Locks, then pastor of Greenville s Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church. Locks and his congregation crossed racial and denominational lines in 2007 when they left their church the morning after the fire to stand with Memorial Baptist and pray outside the burned building. The other was with Seth Parker Price, the Farmville man charged with setting the fire. McKinney, who served as Memorial s pastor for four years, visited Price in prison to share his Christian faith and to offer forgiveness. McKinney attempted to reach out to Parker after Parker s conviction in December It would take six weeks or more before McKinney would be able to visit the man who caused more than $1 million in damage to the church, displacing the congregation from its sanctuary for a year. McKinney was considered a victim of Parker s crime, and the prison system often prohibits contact between criminals and their victims. It took quite some time to get through the red tape to be able to go, McKinney said. I had to work my way up to the warden in the prison to convince him to let me visit with him. Once allowed, McKinney made the 130-mile round trip to Odom Correctional Institution near Jackson once a month. Parker, who was 28 years old when he was sentenced to years for setting fires at Memorial and Unity Free Will Baptist Church, was later moved to a prison in Greene County. McKinney continued those visits for four years until he moved from Greenville to Raleigh to become pastor of Longview Baptist Church. I know for me, personally, it was important for me to communicate to him that although he had made a horrible decision that affected certainly many lives including his own and his family s life, that I cared about him and God loved him and cared about him as well, McKinney said. I didn t want him to lose sight of that in the midst of a bad decision. McKinney said Parker, who expressed remorse for his actions, had little contact with his family after he was incarcerated. When Parker s wife filed for divorce, Parker called McKinney to be a character witness. Parker, now 37, is now being held in Rutherford Correctional See PASTOR, Page 48 ANY GOVERNMENTAL ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES AND REGULA- TIONS IN EFFECT THEREON. FIFTEEN (15) FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT OVER FRONT 15 FOOT OF LOT. TEN (10) FOOT DRAINAGE/UTILITY EASEMENT ON EXTERIOR LOT LINES. FIVE (5) FOOT DRAINAGE/UTILITY EASEMENT ON INTERIOR LOT LINES. RESTRICTIONS AS SET OUT IN MISC. BOOK 90, PAGE 624, IN THE SAID REG- ISTER`S OFFICE. SETBACK LINES AS SET OUT ON RECORDED PLAT. 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48 48 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Mark Twain House hopes for boost from 1879 fairy tale HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Notes that Mark Twain jotted down from a fairy tale he told his daughters more than a century ago have inspired a new children s book, The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine. At the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, there is excitement that the story could help introduce the writer to wider audiences and provide a financial lift for the nonprofit organization that curates the threestory Gothic Revival mansion where Twain raised his family. A researcher found the story in the archive of the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California at Berkeley. When the University of California Press passed on taking it to publication, the archive s director, Bob Hirst, endorsed enlisting the Twain House as an agent in part because of financial struggles the museum has had to overcome. I don t think it s a secret they need funding, Hirst said. If it was going to make some money, which Mark Twain would certainly approve of, that house was a good place for it to go. The Twain House connected the UC Press with DoubleDay Books for Young Readers, which hired an author and illustrator to turn Twain s unfinished notes Pastor From Page 47 into the book to be published in September. The publisher and others involved declined to discuss the financial terms. Amy Gallent, the Twain House s interim executive director, said the museum has a balanced budget and its finances are sound. Since cost overruns brought the museum to the brink of closing a decade ago, it has reported strong admissions numbers and state aid has helped with needed improvements. But Gallent said she understands the Twain House will receive royalties on book sales and she hopes it is incredibly successful. The book tells the story of a boy who gains the ability to talk to animals by eating a flower from a magical seed and then joins them to rescue a kidnapped prince. Winthrop University English professor John Bird was mining the Berkeley archive for a possible Twain cookbook in 2011 when he flagged Oleomargarine, thinking it might be related to food. After reading over the 16 pages of Twain s handwritten notes, he realized the manuscript was a story Twain apparently told his daughters in 1879 while the family visited Paris. The 152-page illustrated book, completed by Philip and Erin Stead, frames the narrative as a story told to me by my friend, Mr. Mark Twain. The author, born Samuel Clemens in Missouri in 1835, lived with his family from 1874 to 1891 at the house in Hartford. Tours feature the home s library and a discussion of the bedtime stories he would conjure there nightly for his three daughters. Cindy Lovell, who recently stepped down as the Twain House director and helped shepherd the book project, said the story is exceptional because Twain was not known to write down any of the thousands of stories he told his children. To him, this was nothing. He never wrote it because it came so easily, she said. I don t think it ever occurred to him that could have been a gold mine. Lovell said the Twain House will benefit financially from the book, as will the UC Press and the Mark Twain Project, led by Hirst at Berkeley. In 2010, a Twain autobiography became an unexpected bestseller when it was published a century after his death, at the author s request. Hirst said there are still other Twain works in the archive that could be published. The pile is getting smaller and smaller, Hirst said. He left quite a lot. Center. He is slated for release in February Rick Bailey, former associate pastor of The Memorial Baptist Church, told those gathered Jan. 22 to recognize the 10th anniversary of the fire that few people, We re online! Check us out: www. cleveland banner.com even in the church, knew of McKinney s relationship with Parker. He fleshed out the gospel is what he did, said Bailey, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmville. Not many people would do that. We don t have any idea what kind of impression and mark that made in the life of that young man, Bailey said. But I m thankful Randy took the initiative to do that. McKinney is grateful for the leadership that Locks showed when he reached out to Memorial. Though the churches had experienced few, if any, formal interactions before January MOCCASIN BEND MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE Has immediate openings in Chattanooga, TN for: FULL-TI ME P s y c h i a tri c Techni cians The Scenic City has been voted one of the Best Places to Live for its affordability, cost of living and outdoor activities by Blue Ridge Outdoors and Outside Magazine. No State Income Tax for Tennessee Residents Potential Career Advancement Opportunities Available All applicants must pass a drug screen and background check. Must have a high school diploma or GED. Benefits Include: Health insurance, 401k tax-deferred retirement with employer contribution, pension fund available, 37.5 hour work week, paid sick leave, paid vacation, 11 holidays per year, 1 class per semester tuition paid Applications to be completed On-Site at MBMHI 100 Moccasin Bend Rd Ch a ttanooga, TN The State of Tennessee is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, and Affirmative Action Employer. An Accredited Psychiatric Facility. 2007, the fire changed that. Pastor Locks and several members of his congregation just appeared with us, McKinney recalled. I remember Sidney grabbing me by the neck and saying, This didn t just happen to you; this happened to the body of Christ. This happened to the church, so that s why we re here. From that point on it was just a tremendous bond that grew. Cornerstone offered its sanctuary for members of Memorial Baptist to worship. Members of Memorial Baptist joined Cornerstone in prison ministry efforts. Even after McKinney s move to Raleigh, he and Locks have remained friends. They have spoken together at Duke Divinity School about improved race relations among churches. Locks has preached sermons from the pulpit of Longview Baptist. It certainly led to a deep relationship the two of us have shared, McKinney said. The friendships that emerged from the fire remind McKinney of a passage in the book of Genesis when Joseph expresses forgiveness to his brothers, who had sold him into slavery, by saying, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good. In the midst of a tragic event like a fire to a church, or in other kinds of tragedies, good can come out of it, McKinney said. Just as Memorial Baptist kind of rose out of the ashes, just because we experience difficulties and tragedies in life, that doesn t define or have the final word. We certainly can rise out of the ashes as well, and hopefully be better because of it. 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Near YMCA BEDROOM, 1.5 bath. $625 monthly. $400 deposit BEDROOM, 2 bath, excellent one level newer duplex. $745 monthly BLYTHEWOOD- STEEPLECHASE APARTMENTS- 1 Bedroom with utilities furnished ($389- $579); 2 Bedroom ($429- $609). Appliances furnished; duplexes CLEVELAND SuMMIT Apartments Rent is based on income for persons 62 or older, handicapped or disabled. We have immediate openings. Equal Housing Opportunity 44 Inman Street DuPLEx 2 bedroom, 2 full bath, single car garage. Northwest Cleveland. No pets. No smoking. $ LuxuRY TOWNHOMES: $755 and up monthly, 2 bedrooms, 1.5/ 2.5 baths. Gas heat, gas fireplaces. Near mall, YMCA and Lee university. Call for details woodridgecleveland.com 50. Mobile Homes For Rent COLLEGETOWN MOBILE ES- TATES: Two bedrooms nice and clean Sleeping Rooms $149 PLuS tax weekly special, 1 person with ad, HBO/ ESPN BREEzEWAYExTENDEDSTAY.COM WEEKLY rate paid in advance, averages $46.43 nightly plus tax Houses For Rent $1,195, 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 2100 square feet with double garage. Laminate upstairs, Carpet in bedrooms, finished den downstairs. Very Nice! No Pets, No smoking. PROVISION REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC $995: VERY nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath, includes washer/ dryer. PROVISION REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC PuBLISHER'S NOTICE: All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the Tennessee Human Rights Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, handicap/ disability or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Equal Housing Opportunity, M/F. 2 BEDROOM house near Lee university. $500 month. Plus $500 security deposit BEDROOM, HOME SWEET HOME near Exit 33. $500 monthly; $300 Deposit (Leave Message). 3 BEDROOM, 1 level home with 1 bedroom in- law suite. $1500 monthly. No pets. No smoking Agent/ Owner. Thank You Cleveland for 6 Years! Houses For Rent 2 BEDROOM in country setting. No pets. $650 month. $500 deposit HWY 64, 3 BEDROOM 2 bath, basement apartment, $650 pets allowed, BEDROOM, 2 bath. Central heat and air. Walk to Keith, Tinsley Park and Greenway. No pets. No smoking. References required. $1000 monthly. $500 deposit Houses For Sale ALL ExTENSIVELY remodeled: 3 bedroom/ 1 bath, SW, $99, bedroom/ 2 bath, N, $154, bedroom/ 2 bath, N, $159,900. Owner financing or lease- withoption. Owner/ Agent STONY BROOKS REALTY Farms & Acreage For Sale ACRES of land with great potential. Excellent building site with plenty of privacy. Productive farm land with 2 ponds. Approximately 500 feet of highway frontage and over 1700 feet of road access on the South side and Mobile Homes For Sale 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath $29,900. Call to apply! BEDROOM, 2 bath. Lots of living space! Only $49,900! Lenders offering zero down! Call for details BEDROOM, 3 bath, over 2100 square feet! Only $63,900. Call for details BANKS OFFERING no money down loans for mobile homes! Call for details NEED A new home? Credit problems? Ask about a fresh start loan! Easy terms. Call today! used 14x70 $3500. Won't last long! Cars For Sale LLOYD'S used CARS Waterlevel Highway Cleveland, TN Come by, make an offer, cash talks Hyundai Santa Fe 4x4, 2007 Ford Escape, 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer V8 with 3rd row seat, 2005 Ford Focus, 2010 Nissan Versa, 2005 Nissan Frontier, 1988 Ford F150 very low miles, 2008 Chevrolet Equinox. PARK OAKS APARTMENTS Pool With Water-Fall Enjoy our inside fitness center Studios, 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts. One Of Kind 2 Bedroom, Hollywood Baths Carwash, Basketball Court, Laundry and Picnic Areas, Lavishly Decorated Club House Ponds with enjoyable water sprays Easy 12 months leasing terms Call Today Harrison Pike, Cleveland L OOKING F OR A N A FFORDABLE P LACE T O L IVE Are You 62 Years or Older? Conveniently Located Activities Provided North Cleveland Towers Call (423) Magnolia Ave. NE Cleveland, TN Accepting Applications EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY *Income Restrictions Apply Rent Based On Income. Utilities Included In Rent. North Cleveland Towers does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its federally assisted programs and activities. CITY OF CLEVELAND Parks And Recreation Department Motor Equipment Operator I Public Service Worker The City of Cleveland is accepting applications from qualified individuals for the positions of Public Service Worker and Motor Equipment Operator I in the Parks and Recreation Departments. MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR I: Major activities of the position include: operation and minor maintenance of light to medium duty equipment used in maintenance of city Parks and Recreation grounds and facilities and city right of ways including push and riding mowers, weedeaters, tractors, bush hogs, bobcats, backhoes, etc. One year related experience is preferred. Tennessee CDL is required. Other general labor duties may be assigned. PUBLIC SERVICE WORKER: Major activities of the position include: operation of light push or riding tractor mowers and hand held equipment to maintain assigned city owned lawn areas and recreation facility grounds and ball fields; maintenance of city recreation facilities including restrooms, greenway, concession areas, playgrounds, etc.; install and maintain playground equipment; may occasionally operate heavier equipment as needed. Other duties may be assigned. Interested applicants should submit an application to the City Human Resources Office, Municipal Building, 160 2nd Street NE, Cleveland, TN Pre-employment drug screen is required. The City of Cleveland is an equal opportunity employer. NICE 2 bedroom in Cleveland. Ground level. Remodeled: Stove, refrigerator, blinds, water and sewer furnished. No pets, no smoking. Call for information between 9am-6pm NORTHWEST CLEAN. Large 2 bedroom. Covered parking. Lease/ deposit $650. Call Mobile Homes For Rent $495: 2 Bedroom, 1 bath. $450: 2 Bedroom, 1 bath. $475: 2 Bedroom, 1 bath. $550: 3 Bedroom, 2 bath. $595: 3 Bedroom, 2 bath. All units include: New paint, vinyl flooring, and water. PROVISION REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC BEDROOM, 2 bath mobile home. $150 weekly. $450 security Answer to Sudoku Puzzle on Page 41 Join a Growing Local Eagle Home Care Needed Full-Time & Part-Time CNA/Caregivers in Bradley, Polk, Rhea, Meigs, Hamilton, McMinn Counties Full-Time Benefits: Health Insurance ($85 Month), Dental, Life Insurance, Choose your hours, Competitive Pay 2700 Keith Street Phone: Fax: EOE

51 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, RIVER COUNTIES ASSOCIATION of REALTORS REALTORS Serving People Serving Bradley, Bledsoe, McMinn, Meigs, Polk & Rhea Counties Our Mission Statement: Enhancing, promoting, and protecting the private property rights in our communities, and the business interests of our R E A LTOR members. OPEN HOUSE TODAY Lenox Drive $286,900 This freshly painted 5 BR/3.5 Bath home is in Lenox Hills. The kitchen boasts new counter tops and flooring. On the main level you will also find a formal living area with study/office and formal dining room. The master bedroom has large walk in closet. Phenomenal views. The basement has an additional bedroom/bath with 2 additional rooms tha t could be recreational areas or living areas. There is a workshop for all your tools. When its time to unwind...you can enjoy the hot tub on the back deck. Did I mention the phenomenal view? The basement does have its own entry so could be seperate living quarters for in laws or adult children. There is plenty of room to enjoy in this 3590 sq foot home. Priced under $80 per square foot...sellers ARE MOTIVATED DIRECTIONS: Exit 25 off I 75, head north on 60 (Georgetown Road). Turn right into Lenox Hills S/D. Continue on Lenox Drive, house on left before you reach top of S/D. Rita Haynie MLO ID #659301, Mortgage Originator P.O. Box 4730 Cleveland, TN Phone: Fax: rhaynie@southernheritagebank.com OPEN HOUSE 2-4 PM 742 Springhill Dr NE $279,000 You must see this large ranch home located just minutes from downtown Cleveland. This 5 BR 3.5 bath home features an open floor plan, finished half basement, and an immaculate swimming pool for entertainment and outdoor fun. MLS # Directions: Blythe Ferry to right on Moreland Dr. Turn right onto Springhill Dr. Home on left. Heath Davis Hosting Agent Rhonda Forney Hosting Agent: William Eilf EQUAL HOUSING (423) Listing Agent: OPPORTUNITY Each Keller Williams office is independently owned & operated Stephanie Tatum For A Private Showing or More Info Call 1009 KEITH STREET EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY 4526 Mouse Creek Road NW Cleveland, TN OPEN TODAY 2-4PM OPEN HOUSE TODAY Kyle Lane N W $396,000 Beautiful 4000 SF Estate on 1 Acre. 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath plus a large Office area next to Master Bedroom. 2 Gas Fireplaces with tongue and groove Cathedral Ceiling in the Great Room along with amazing wood beams. Home has been updated and the Kitchen is a chef s dream. All Bathrooms and Kitchen have Quartz counters and sinks. MLS# Directions: North on Lee Highway. Left on Walker Valley. Left on Kyle Lane. Home on the Right. KIM CASTEEL Talk to Kim about your financing options. USA MORTGAGE The Home Mortgage Specialists Office Want Opportunity To Knock?... Talk To Doc! OPEN HOUSE TODAY Briar Meadow $194,900 New Construction! 3 BR/2 BA on the main floor. Granite countertops, hardwood and ceramic tile. Room to expand in the basement. Oversized double garage in basement. Front covered porch and screened in back porch. MLS #: Directions: Dalton Pike south. Turn right into Farmingdale Subd., go to end of street and turn right onto Farmway Drive. Left onto Timberdale Dr., left on Briar Meadow. Home on the right in cul-de-sac. JASON WRIGHT Affiliate Broker (423) Jenkins Road $139,900 Come home to this cozy, open floor plan, ranch home that offers ample living space for a growing family at an affordable price. Newly remodeled in 2014 with new windows, vinyl siding, a kitchen remodel and fresh paint. This home has hardwood floors and a roof that is only 5 years old with skylights and a separate laundry room. There is an office that could be used for a 5th bedroom if needed. It is located less than 3 miles from major shopping and restaurants on the north side and only 7 minutes to Amazon and Wacker. Seller is motivated to sell, bring all offers! MLS# Directions: From the intersection of Paul Huff Parkway and US-11N, head north on US-11N for 2.9 miles. Turn right onto Jenkins Road. Property is on right. Rita Haynie MLO ID #659301, Mortgage Originator P.O. Box 4730 Cleveland, TN Phone: Fax: rhaynie@southernheritagebank.com 4526 Mouse Creek Road NW Cleveland, TN OPEN HOUSE TODAY 2-4PM (423) Each Keller Williams office is independently owned & operated Listing Agent Doc Carbaugh th St. NW, Ste 300 Cleveland, TN Each Keller Williams Office is Independently Owned and Operated David & Amy Bales David Amy OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 PM SOMMER ODER (423) Roger Kennard White Water Run $249,900 Ocoee Mountain Club, Ocoee, TN One of Ocoee Mountain Clubs finest full LOG constructed home. Custom built by the owner within minutes of the Ocoee River, Whitewater Rafting and Cherokee National Forest. The home features panoramic mountain views. The grand room open floor plan features a vaulted ceiling, floor to ceiling picture windows, propane log fireplace, dining area, kitchen with granite countertops and appliances. There are 3 Bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms. Two of the bedrooms are master bedrooms. Open Deck and Covered Porch for entertaining, two car garage, public water and sewer, irrigation system and one year warranty. Priced at $249, Call Roger Kennard for more information Directions: from Cleveland follow Hwy 64 East, turn right on Old Federal Rd, left on Sloans Gap Rd., left into Ocoee Mountain Club, right on Mountain View Circle, left on White Water Run Lane. Home is on the right. If you are looking for a Log Home then don t miss this one. 58 Mouse Creek Road NE Cleveland, TN Office: roger@rogerkennard.com We Open MORE DOORS for You We won t rest until the keys to the right home in the right neighborhood are in the right hands: yours. RIVER COUNTIES ASSOCIATION of REALTORS REALTORS Serving People 1720 Peach Orchard Hill Road $229,900 Beautiful Craftsman home only 2 years old! You will absolutely love this home as soon as you step in the front door. A huge Bonus Room to your right that leads to a guest room and a full bath. Up the stairs from the front entry you will see the custom kitchen with granite counter tops. Beautiful hardwood floors and molding throughout. The living room has a gorgeous stacked stone fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Down the hall to the private Master retreat you will see the lovely trey ceilings and a luxurious master bath complete with separate shower and soaker tub. This home is just what you have been looking for! Give me a call to schedule a showing. DIRECTIONS: N on Keith, Right on Stuart, Straight on Peach Orchard Hill, Corner of Peach Orchard & Preservation Dr. THIS WEEK S FEATURED LISTING! Pr i c e Re d u c e d! 1718 Georgetown Road N W $174,900 Welcome to someone s perfect home. Spacious inside and outside. A beautiful, mostly remodeled home, on an acre, in the city, with all hardwood floors, central location, see through fireplace, very open floor plan for an older home, huge kitchen, large garage and basement space, 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, lots of character, gorgeous handcrafted back deck, and many more amazing features Kids and fur babies will have plenty of room to play! Zoned for Stuart Elementary and Cleveland Middle and High. Close proximity to Lee University, the Greenway and central to most Cleveland destinations but close enough to the interstate to head to Chattanooga or Knoxville. MLS #: Joe Womac MLO ID #500886, Loan Originator P.O. Box 4730 Cleveland, TN Phone: Fax: jwomac@southernheritagebank.com

52 52 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 State Special Olympics Winter Games planned for Gatlinburg GATLINBURG Special Olympics athletes from around the state are waxing their skis and snowboards, and sharpening their ice skates, in preparation for the Special Olympics Tennessee Winter Games. The 32nd anniversary of the Special Olympic Winter Games will be held Feb. 5 through 7 at Ober Gatlinburg Ski Area and Amusement Park. More than 150 athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete in the sports competition categories Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Speed Skating, in divisions based on age and ability. According to Meg Takahashi, director of competitions, Thanks to individuals, organizations and businesses in and around Gatlinburg, the Winter Games will be a great event. Our athletes look forward to their Winter Olympics all year. On Sunday night, the public is welcome to witness the traditional Opening Ceremonies from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. They will witness the March of Athletes, the Special Olympics Oath, a welcoming speech and the presentation of the colors. The following Monday at 9 a.m., the public is invited to attend the traditional lighting of the Special Olympics Flame at Ober Gatlinburg. The Winter Games competition is being conducted by The Gatlinburg Snow Sports Center (Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding); Ober Gatlinburg Ice Skating Rink (Ice Skating); and Ober Gatlinburg. Many businesses and civic organizations assist with this event: The American Legion Post 202 and Auxiliary Unit, Gatlinburg Convention Center and Visitors Bureau, The City of Gatlinburg, Borden Dairy, Glenstone Lodge, Smoky Mountain Ski Club, Gordon Food Service, Walgreens, The Gatlinburg Snow Sports Center, Ober Gatlinburg, University of Tennessee Athletic Department, Dick s Last Resort Restaurant, American Eagle Outfitters, Maryville/Alcoa Civitan Club, Accenture, Sam s Club #6572, The Westgate Foundation, Knights of Columbus Council Seymour TN and many Sevier County Residents. Over 14,000 athletes participate in Special Olympics Tennessee, which provides year-round training and competition opportunities in 19 sports. More than 300 athletes participate in Area Winter Sports throughout the state marks the 32nd anniversary for the Special Olympics Tennessee Winter Games. Kristen and Devin Shines via AP ThiS PhoTo ProviDeD by Kristen and Devin Shines shows Riley Shines of Lincoln Center, Ohio. On Thursday, Gerber announced the 7-month-old boy is the new face of Gerber baby products. Though he probably won t be saying much anytime soon, the spokesbaby named Riley has an infectious laugh and big, gummy smile, according to his mom, Kristen Shines. Gerber announced Thursday that Riley, who lives with his family in Lewis Center, beat out more than 110,000 other entries. He now has the chance to star in a future ad. Riley s parents will receive $50,000 plus $1,500 in Gerber clothing. Shines says the money will help start a college fund for her son. The annual Gerber baby photo search began seven years ago. It pays homage to Ann Turner Cook, whose face has been featured on Gerber s packaging since She recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Slavery was intertwined with Columbia University history NEW YORK (AP) Columbia University was founded partly with slave traders money, counted slaveholders among its early leaders and let at least one prominent student have a slave with him at college, according to a report released Tuesday. Columbia is the latest in a series of elite U.S. universities to account publicly for their historical ties to the bondage of millions of African- Americans. The research, led by a prominent historian, traces the 263-year-old Ivy League university s entanglement with the proceeds, promoters and opponents of slavery. From the outset, slavery was intertwined with the life of the college, and it remained so for more than half a century, says the study, first reported by The New York Times. Since 2003, when Brown University began studying its onetime ties to the slave trade, dozens of other colleges and universities have started examining whether they benefited from slavery or the displacement of Native Americans, said Craig Steven Wilder, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology history professor who wrote a 2013 book on the subject. Research has pointed out painful truths. Two of Georgetown University s Jesuit presidents arranged the sale of 272 slaves to pay off the university s debt in The university has renamed buildings that bore the former presidents names and has announced an admissions preference for descendants of Jesuit-owned slaves. Harvard University posted a plaque honoring slaves who worked on campus in the 1700s. The University of Virginia, where slaves built the campus and labored in its hotels and kitchens, named a new dorm after a couple of them. Columbia President Lee Bollinger encouraged his university s project, but it s unclear what actions, if any, might follow. A university spokesman referred an inquiry Tuesday to the report s author, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columbia historian Eric Foner, who said there weren t any concrete proposals. Columbia s Black Students Organization and undergraduate student government didn t immediately respond to messages about the report. The report shows how complex, but deep, are the connections between this institution and the institution of slavery at a time when it was common across the emerging United States, Foner said. The 66 donors who launched what was then King s College in 1754 included at least four slave traders, according to the report, researched largely by Foner s students. The report found at least half of Columbia s first 10 presidents owned slaves at some point; the first, Samuel Johnson, likely had slaves in his home at the university. Other Columbia administrators owned slaves as late as 1816, according to the report. New York started taking steps toward abolishing slavery in 1799 but didn t do so fully for another few decades. The buying and selling of human beings even came up in class at what was then known as a merchants college: a 1760s math problem asked students to calculate investors profits in a slavetrading voyage.

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54 2 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 Some refunds delayed as IRS battle against fraud intensifies WASHINGTON (AP) The Internal Revenue Service s battle against fraud and identity theft is intensifying as the tax filing season opens, and some of the neediest taxpayers are getting caught in the middle. The agency is barred from issuing refunds before Feb. 15 on any returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit. Congress mandated the delay to give the IRS more time to review returns to try to catch fraudulent ones before refunds are paid out. In reality, taxpayers taking these credits will probably have to wait even longer to get their refunds until the week of Feb. 27, the IRS says, because of weekends and the President s Day holiday. Dave DuVal, vice president of customer advocacy at TaxAudit.com, says the impact on these taxpayers could be tremendous. They live paycheck to paycheck, and this is money they re counting on, he said. Still, the attempt to reduce fraud is a positive thing overall, said Greg Rosica, tax partner at Ernst & Young. The IRS will begin accepting returns on Jan. 23, and tax experts recommend that Americans continue to file their returns early, even with the refund delays. For this tax season, it s more important than ever for taxpayers to plan ahead, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a statement. This year s filing deadline is Tuesday, April 18, since the traditional April 15 date falls on a Saturday, and D.C. Emancipation Day is observed on April 17. Of course, taxpayers who need longer can request an extension. Getting a filing extension avoids the late filing penalty, but it doesn t avoid the late payment penalty, said Barbara Weltman, a consultant and author of books on taxes, law and finance. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley TAx ProfessionAL and tax preparation firm owner Alicia Utley reaches for hard copies of tax forms while working to stay caught up on a Saturday at the start of the tax season rush, in her offices at Infinite Tax Solutions, in Boulder, Colo. The IRS began accepting returns on Jan. 23, and tax experts recommend that Americans continue to file their returns early. So the advice from tax experts: To avoid the late payment penalty, estimate the amount due and pay it before the April 18 filing deadline. But even with that, you won t be able to avoid interest on payments made after the deadline. Last year, the IRS processed more than 152 million returns. Electronic filing was up 2.4 percent, continuing a long-term trend. The average refund was $2,860, up 2.3 percent or $63 from the previous year, the agency said. The IRS continues to see an increase in taxpayers requesting direct deposit for their refunds. That s the fastest way to get a refund, the agency advises. WHAT S NEW THIS YEAR Because so many provisions have been made permanent and we have such See BATTLE, Page 3 JEFFERS INCOME TAX AND BOOKKEEPING SERVICE Electronic Refund Product Options NOTARY Lillie (Sue) Perry Manager 1320 S. LEE HWY. P.O. BOX 1502 CLEVELAND, TN Dennis Anderson N. Ocoee St. Heritage Place Professional Condominium 1009 Keith St., NW Now Serving Tennessee and Georgia

55 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, BATTLE from page 2 modest inflation, there are not dramatic new things, Weltman said. The personal exemption has been increased to $4,050. But that amount is phased out for taxpayers at higher income levels. Similarly, those with higher adjusted gross income might not be able to get the full value of their deductions. The alternative minimum tax is still around, but the exemption has increased to $53,900 for single taxpayers, $83,000 for those married filing jointly and $41,900 for married filing separately. People who have been issued an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN, instead of a Social Security number may have to renew it before filing their tax returns. The IRS says current ITINs will no longer be valid if they weren t used at least once in the last three years or if the number was issued before HEALTH INSURANCE For those who didn t have health insurance in 2016, the penalty, or shared responsibility in government parlance, is $695 for each adult and $ for children under 18, or a maximum of $2,085. But remember there are two ways to compute the penalty per person or as a percentage of household income. You ll pay whichever is higher, the government says on its website About 6.5 million taxpayers paid penalties in tax year 2015 because they didn t have health insurance, about 20 percent lower than the previous year, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a letter to Congress. The average penalty was about $470. But there are exemptions that might help you avoid penalties if you didn t have health insurance. Among them: financial hardship, membership in a federally recognized tribe or religious group with objections to insurance, or living overseas. Check the government s health care website for the full list. The health insurance law also provides assistance for people to pay their health insurance premiums. Last year, about 5.3 million taxpayers claimed that premium tax credit for 2015, Koskinen said. The average credit was $3,620. PROTECTING AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD Make sure you have last year s tax return handy when you prepare to file your taxes this year. Taxpayers who are changing tax software products this filing season will need their adjusted gross income from their 2015 tax return in order to file electronically, the IRS said. The electronic filing PIN is no longer an option. That, too, is part of the agency s attempt to battle tax fraud and identity theft. The IRS has gotten much, much better in identifying ID theft before the money goes out the door, Olson said. Another step is pushing up the deadline for employers to submit wage data to the IRS, enabling the agency to build a database sooner to crosscheck returns with those W-2 forms. Previously, wage forms had to be sent to taxpayers by Jan. 31 and to the Social Security Administration a month or two later, depending on whether they were being filed by paper or electronically. That meant the filing season was over by the time the IRS got the most fundamental data, Olson said. VITA volunteers offer tax help VITA volunteers from the IRS will be offering free income tax preparation beginning Jan. 28 at the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library. The VITA volunteers will be available every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., during the tax season. They will be preparing tax returns in the Carmichael Room. On the second Saturday in February and the second Saturday in March, the volunteers will be offering free assistance in the Hiwassee Room. Rachael Pickett, site coordinator, reminds individuals to bring last year s return along with a state or federal photo identification Driver s license, etc. A Social Security card for everyone claimed on the return will also be needed. Individuals with Market Place insurance coverage must bring the 1095-A form from the Market Place. Refunds that include earned income credit and/or additional child tax credit will be delayed until at least Feb. 15. Pickett said the refund would probably arrive closer to the end of February. Since the volunteers do not work by appointment, individuals should come prepared to wait at times. Anyone with questions about taxes at this location may call Pickett at For information on other free tax locations, contact the city of Cleveland at She reminds everyone to bring all needed forms W2s, 1099-Misc., R, etc. Now, the deadline is the same, Jan. 31, for the employer to get the form to both the employee and the government. The IRS says that working with states and the tax industry, ID thefts were cut in half last year. EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT The IRS describes the credit as a benefit for working people with low to moderate income. As such, eligibility is based on marital status, income and the number of qualifying children in the household. The maximum credit for the 2016 tax year ranges from $6,269 for those with three or more children to $506 for those with no children. For the 2015 tax year, the credit was claimed on about 26 million returns, totaling about $65.6 billion, according to the IRS. The agency said the average credit was more than $2,482. The IRS estimates that as many as 26 percent of EITC claims may be paid erroneously. Some of the errors are unintentional, caused by the complexity of the law, but some of the claims are intentional disregard of the law, the agency said. Or as Duval put it, Any time you have refundable money, it brings out the creeps, the criminals, the bad folks. 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56 4 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 As tax season nears, so do the scammers For The Associated Press Last summer, Cindy Hockenberry decided she d had it with threatening phone calls claiming she was behind on her taxes. One day I m not kidding you I got called three times, she said. Sometimes the calls were automated. But once, when she got a call from a live person, Hockenberry who happens to be the director of education and research at the National Association of Tax Professionals decided to play along. The caller told her she owed over $5,000 in back taxes. He was pretty convincing, Hockenberry recalls. He was saying the right things... using the right tax lingo. Then I said to him, Do you realize that it s not lawful to impersonate an IRS employee?... He came back and said, Well, do you realize it s unlawful not to pay your taxes? I said, Yes, as a matter of fact, I do which is why I know for a fact I have paid all my taxes. There was a pause, she said. Then the caller cursed at her and hung up. Hockenberry s story is just one example of how brazen tax scammers can be. In roughly the last three years, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the body that oversees the IRS, has received more than 1.8 million reports of calls from people impersonating IRS employees, and almost 10,000 victims have lost a total of nearly $50 million. Tax-related phishing and malware incidents shot up 400 percent in the 2016 tax season, according to the IRS. Recent schemes include calls threatening arrest for an overdue, fictitious federal student tax, s with fake tax bills attached and IRS impersonators demanding payment via gift cards or prepaid cards. Portland, Oregon-based CPA Joe Seifert says even tax preparers receive s from scammers, asking for the usernames and passwords that let them access special IRS online tools. Criminals pose as state tax officials to make a buck, too. For example, the Kansas Department of Revenue has See SCAMMERS, Page 6 AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File ThiS MArch 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Tax scammers have invented increasingly brazen ways to defraud consumers and even tax preparers. You can fight back by knowing the signs of fraudulent communications, reporting any you receive to the right authorities and staying up to date on your tax situation. Ed Jacobs, LUTCF Wealth Management Advisor ed.jacobs@nm.com N. Ocoee St. Cleveland, TN office fax Member Bobby and Angie Ledford, Owners (423) Fax (423) Waterlevel Hwy. SE Cleveland cccbody@aol.com

57 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, AP Photo/Lynne Sladky MAritzA Montejo, right, works with a client at Liberty Tax Service in Miami. Tax preparers do a big chunk of America s tax returns, more than 80 million a year, according to the IRS. How to find a good tax preparer (and write off the bad ones) 851 Keith St. NW Cleveland, TN Athens Walmart 1815 Decatur Pike Athens, TN Cleveland Walmart North 4495 Keith St. NW Cleveland, TN Ooltewah Walmart 5588 Little Debbie Pkwy. Ooltewah, TN Cleveland Walmart South 2300 Treasury Drive SE Cleveland, TN Dayton Walmart 3034 Rhea County Hwy. Dayton, TN For the Associated Press Tax preparers do a big chunk of America s tax returns more than 80 million a year, according to the IRS but if you re nervous about handing confidential information to someone in a largely unregulated field, you re not alone. Here are some tips to help you find a good tax preparer and reduce the risk of expensive errors and exposing your finances. First, decide if you really need a tax preparer. Everyone s tax situation is different, but many millions of them are simple enough some W-2s from work, mortgage interest or a few other obvious deductions to handle in-house. If that s the case, it might be cheaper and faster to buy software and do your taxes yourself. Obviously the more you have going on, the more I would say go see a preparer, says Trish Evenstad, president of the Wisconsin Society of Enrolled Agents. If you do need a preparer, be choosy. I wouldn t just simply go through the phone book and pick someone randomly, says Melissa Labant, director of tax policy and advocacy at the American Institute of CPAs. Asking friends, family or colleagues for recommendations can quickly reveal a preparer who s caused headaches, she said. Tax attorneys and enrolled agents specialize in or have passed exams on tax rules, and many certified public accountants also specialize in tax preparation. At a minimum, Labant says, a legitimate preparer should have a Preparer Tax Identification Number, or PTIN, from the IRS. Never assume that because someone works at a big tax-prep company he or she must be an enrolled agent or a certified public accountant, Evenstad warns. And don t assume a PTIN is valid, either a 2014 Government Accountability Office study caught some unscrupulous preparers using fake PTINs or ones that didn t belong to them. You can verify See PREPARER, Page 6

58 6 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, 2017 SCAMMERS from page 4 received complaints about calls from employee impersonators, according to a department spokesperson. Scammers are also issuing letters and s under the state s name. As tax season approaches, people will likely see more scams, the Federal Trade Commission warns. There s little to prevent a criminal from picking up the phone or sending a bogus , but there are four things you can do when these fishy communications arrive: 1. Know how the IRS initiates contact. The IRS should never, ever be contacting you by , ever. They should never ever be contacting you by phone. They should only be contacting you via letter, Seifert says. 2. Report creepy messages. You can forward shady tax-related s to phishing@irs.gov and report suspicious phone calls to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. Collecting these reports recently helped the Department of Justice indict dozens of people in an alleged international call-center fraud scheme. 3. Verify issues with the IRS or your state tax authority. Question out-of-the-blue communications about alleged tax balances. If you owe back taxes, or think you might, call your tax professional, the IRS or the state tax department directly, Seifert says. A new online tool at IRS.gov also lets you look up unpaid taxes, penalties and interest. 4. Never pay over the phone. Even if you owe, the IRS never asks for credit, debit, prepaid card or bank information via phone, , text or social media. If someone does, Just hang up on them, Seifert says. This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. staff writer Tina Orem: torem@nerdwallet.com. RELATED LINKS: NerdWallet: What to Do If You re Filing Your Taxes Late IRS: Find Out How Much You Owe: Hwy. 411 Ocoee, TN PREPARER from page 5 PTINs and professional credentials on the IRS website, and you can check accounting and law licenses on state-level CPA and bar association websites. The National Association of Enrolled Agents also maintains a directory. Know what to look for. The IRS requires paid tax preparers to put their name and PTIN on returns they prepare. Not doing so, or asking you to sign a blank return first, suggests a preparer is up to no good, Evenstad said. Directing your refund to a bank account that s not yours is another red flag. And make sure your return doesn t say self-prepared. Good preparers will also ask for last year s return, Labant says. If they don t, then you ll know right away this person is not exercising due diligence and they could easily be missing several key items that need to be reported on your tax return. The preparer should provide a secure portal for sending information, too. If someone called me and said, Just me a copy of your driver s license, that would make me a little nervous about how well they re protecting taxpayer identification information, Labant says. Report bad apples. If, despite your efforts, a preparer wrongs you, you have Keith Street Cleveland, TN Blue Springs Rd. Cleveland, TN Spring Place Rd. Cleveland, TN Paul Huff Pkwy. Cleveland, TN US Hwy. 64 Ducktown, TN a few options. You can complain to the IRS by filling out Form and sending along supporting documents. Alerting the National Association of Enrolled Agents, the National Association of Tax Professionals and other professional groups might also spark an internal investigation if the preparer is a member, Evenstad says. Getting restitution, though, might be harder. According to Council of Better Business Bureaus data, just 66 percent of customer complaints against tax preparers in 2015 were resolved well below the national average of 79 percent across all industries, according to BBB spokesperson Katherine Hutt. By comparison, the cellular industry and banks usually have 98 percent and 97 percent resolution rates, she notes. Most of the time, when people are unhappy with a service like that, it s because they didn t check out the company ahead of time. Their complaints are usually the same thing that previous customers have complained about, Hutt says. If a preparer steals from you, call the police and file a complaint with the IRS. If they ve stolen your identity, you definitely want to turn them in to the (IRS) Office of Professional Responsibility, Evenstad says. Because if they ve stolen yours, they ve probably stolen other people s. Feelin Hungry? 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59 Cleveland Daily Banner Sunday, January 29, Tax Advocate: Use tax breaks to which you are entitled WASHINGTON (AP) Donald Trump s acknowledgement last fall that he had not paid federal income tax in years left some questioning why they should have to pay taxes. I think you pay taxes because it s the right thing to do, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson says. But that doesn t mean you don t take tax benefits to which you re entitled. It s easy to point to some of the provisions that you may feel are in the law that are written to let some people pay zero taxes and ignore that you are getting significant benefits delivered to you through the Internal Revenue code to you, yourself, she said. Among those: If you re an employee, you might be benefiting from employer-provided health insurance or tax-deferred retirement savings, she said. If you own a home, you may be benefiting from the deduction of mortgage interest, and those are significant. People tend to focus on special interests during discussions of tax reform. But Olson said, the biggest special benefits go to the middle class, or anybody who owns a home or has a retirement account or gets employer-provided health insurance. Tax experts say many people over-pay their taxes because they are not taking advantage of all the credits and deductions to which they are entitled. Greg Rosica, a tax partner at Ernst & Young, says that could include things like deducting mileage if you drive to volunteer at a charity or drop off a donation of goods. If you re self-employed, add up your business expenses. There are many deductions, items that are directly deductible against wages, Rosica said. That can include things like the phone bill or paper for the printer or for the room in your house where you conduct your business. But if you want to take that deduction, you must regularly use part of your home exclusively for conducting business, the IRS says. There are two ways to compute home TAX STRESS GOT YOU TIED UP IN KNOTS? Dr. Eric Gruber Dr. Wendy Gruber office deductions one a simplified method of $5 per square foot for up to 300 square feet, and the other based on the actual costs of using the home office. The EY Tax Guide 2017 lists 50 of the deductions that people are most likely to overlook. If you took out a new mortgage or refinanced an existing one and paid points, those may be deductible, but they have to be amortized over the life of the loan. If you suffered a major uninsured loss, that may qualify as well. Contact lenses, eyeglasses and hearing aids qualify as medical deductions. So do breast pumps and lactation supplies and contraceptives, if bought with a prescription. The cost of travel to get medical care also may be deductible. But you can only deduct medical expenses that exceed 10 percent of your adjusted gross income or 7.5 percent if you are 65 or older. However, the guide cautions, the IRS has ruled that the cost of marijuana or any other federally controlled substance, even if recommended by a physician in a state whose laws permit such purchase and use, is not deductible. Trump has not released his tax returns. But The New York Times reported last year that he claimed more than $900 million in losses in 1995, enabling him to pay nothing in taxes for as many as 18 years. Come See The Back & Neck Specialists COMPLETE WELLNESS CHIROPRACTIC CENTER 95 Mikel Street No Appointment Necessary AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File In ThIs FIle PhoTo, eyeglass frames are displayed at Berlin Optical Expressions in Berlin, Vt. Tax experts say many people overpay their taxes because they are not taking advantage of all the credits and deductions to which they are entitled. Contact lenses, eyeglasses and hearing aids qualify as medical deductions. Asked during a presidential debate in October whether he used the loss to avoid paying taxes, he said, Of course I do. The Tax Policy Center estimates that about 44.5 percent of taxpayers will pay no income taxes for Just because people don t pay federal income tax doesn t mean they don t pay any tax, center fellow Roberton C. Williams wrote on its website. In fact, nearly everyone pays something. Three-fifths of those who don t owe income tax work, and thus pay Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes. And almost everyone pays state and A Locally Managed Company Serving Local Needs OUR MISSION: local sales taxes, excise taxes or some other levy. Penalties for non-payment of taxes can add up.there are penalties for failing to file your tax return and failing to pay your taxes. The IRS advises people to file their tax returns even if they can t afford to pay what s due. 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