Friday, April 28th

From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, April 28th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.

In news today…

On Thursday, April 27, Lee University awarded nine incoming freshmen the 2017 Rymer Scholarship. Three Gold Scholars, three Silver Scholars, and three Bronze Scholars were presented the awards at the annual Rymer Scholars banquet on Lee’s campus.

Nine finalists from Bradley Central (BCHS), Cleveland (CHS), and Walker Valley High School (WVHS) were chosen for the 2017 awards. The Lee University President’s Office, along with the principals from all three high schools, appointed the selection committee.

This year’s Rymer Gold scholars are Sarah Beavers (WVHS), Sydney Morgan (BCHS), and Andrea Wilhelm (CHS). They each will receive a scholarship of $10,000.

The Rymer Silver scholars are Vivian Baker (WVHS), Alexandra Squires (WVHS), and Blaire Terrell (BCHS). They will each receive a scholarship of $5,000.

The Rymer Bronze scholars are Samantha Eason (CHS), John Hixon (WVHS), and Morgan Mantooth (WVHS). They will each receive a scholarship of $2,000.

All monetary awards will be dispersed to the winners over a period of four years.

For more information about the Rymer Scholarship, contact Lee’s Office of Admissions at admissions@leeuniversity.edu or (423) 614-8500.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

The Cleveland City Schools site committee meeting was filled to the brim with updates, discussions and recommendations made on various projects.

On the agenda for Wednesday morning was the Cleveland Middle School roofing project, the potential energy savings project with Energy Systems Group, and updates on the Candy’s Creek Cherokee Elementary School pre-bid meeting and the turf field at Cleveland High School.

Director of Schools Dr. Russell Dyer left Wednesday’s meeting feeling the school system’s capital projects are all moving along in the right direction.

Having received bids for the CMS roofing project a week ago, Upland Design Group architect Brian Templeton presented the committee with low bidder according to the base bid and the bid alternates.

Because all of the bids still came in lower than they were initially expecting, site committee member Peggy Pesterfield made a motion that they present the base bid and 30-year roof option at Blythe Bower to the Board of Education on Monday. Charlie Cogdill seconded the motion.

The group’s second recommendation involved starting up a project with Energy Systems Group, who is already working with Bradley County Schools to make their buildings more energy efficient.

Cogdill made a motion that the site committee recommend to the board that they move forward with the energy update project with ESG.

The site committee’s recommendations will be voted on at the May BOE meeting, which is this coming Monday at the Administrative Office Building at 5:30 p.m.

Also from The Banner…

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is set for Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As part of this major health and safety initiative, the Going Respectfully Against Addictive Behaviors Coalition will host three take-back events in Bradley County.

Community members are encouraged by GRAAB and law enforcement officials to stop by one of these local take-back locations to drop off their unused or expired medications, especially pain relievers and other prescription drugs. Pharmacists and law enforcement officers will be on hand to accept the medications and safely dispose of them, with no questions asked.

They can be dropped off Saturday at the following locations:

• Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, 2290 Blythe Ave.
• Walgreens, 35 25th St.
• Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA, 220 Urbane Road.

The Drug Take-Back program is a national program that has been successful in getting medications out of homes and off the streets.

Those participating in the program should not remove the medicines from their containers, and any information on the outside of the bottle — name, address, etc. — will not be checked by the people taking the pharmaceuticals.

For more information on the GRAAB Coalition, call 423-805-3367 or email info@graabcoalition.com.

This has been your local and state news. You can get news anytime by visiting our website, mymix1041.com, powered by Pioneer Credit. From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, this is Jeremy Gault reporting.