From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, August 4th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. From the Cleveland D
From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, August 4th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Children returning to Bradley County Schools on Friday will notice how nice the buildings look this year. They have a group of men they would not normally think of to thank for helping prepare these facilities for the new school year.
Trustees being held at the Bradley County Jail have been working the past week on both the exterior and interior of several schools. Painting was done inside and furniture moved to meet teacher requests, and new plants and mulch were added around the schools.
Lt. Tim Mason, who heads the trustee work program for the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, said the work done by these inmates, serving time for nonviolent crimes, is very good.
Mason said the trustees do the work while children are not in school, so the summer is a perfect time for work to be done. If any work is needed while school is in session, none of the trustees are near students or have any contact with them.
One might wonder if the trustees enjoy the work, thinking many might just as soon stay in the jail and not go out and do this type of work. Mason disagrees.
In several cases, the trustees who do these jobs find employment outside the jail, once released, because of their stellar work.
Mason explained that the trustees request to be on the program. A thorough check of their backgrounds is done before they ever are allowed out to perform these duties, which include more than just working at the schools, but also other things involving county facilities. Mason had one crew out this week mowing at Fort Hill Cemetery, and he said that another worked on the old McDonald Elementary School site. He added that the trustees have also done some work around county fire department sites.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
Pickers, junkers and antique hunters will scour roadside stops along Highway 127 today through Sunday, Aug. 3-6, looking for bargains during the World’s Longest Yard Sale.
That title’s not bragging when it’s fact — the Highway 127 sale is the longest sale at 690 miles through six states: Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. The majority of the route follows Highway 127 from Addison, Mich., to Chattanooga before picking up the Lookout Mountain Parkway to Gadsden, Ala.
Some of the sale’s main stops locally include the Mountain Top Farm, Picker’s Field and Lone Oak Community Center on Signal Mountain, Hendrick Farm in Dunlap, and “Great Stop” next to Ewtonville Baptist Church in Dunlap.
For more information on the 127 Yard Sale: www.127yardsale.com.
From the Daily Post Athenian…
Bowater Credit Union account owner Joyce Johnson, has won $1,000 from Bowater Credit Union to her favorite non-profit: Foundation House Ministries.
Bowater Credit Union has asked its members to nominate their favorite non-profit helping people in the counties eligible for credit union membership: Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and Polk. Foundation House is the first winner of 2017.
Headed up by Director Suzanne Burns, Foundation House Ministries provides classes, case management and more for women who are pregnant or who already have children. Women learn to build strong, stable lives for themselves and their children. To make your own contribution, visit http://foundationhouseministries.org/ or call 423-464-5351.
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.
