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From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
In a 7-2 vote, the Hamilton County Schools board on Thursday night chose Justin Robertson, a 13-year district veteran serving as interim deputy superintendent, as its permanent superintendent.
School board members Marco Perez, Tiffanie Robinson, Joe Smith, Rhonda Thurman, James Walker, Joe Wingate and Tucker McClendon voted for Robertson. Board members Jenny Hill and Karitsa Jones voted no.
Smith made a motion to hire Robertson immediately after the board meeting began, and Jones objected to taking a vote on hiring one of the three finalists without any discussion.
Robertson began his career in 2000 as a teacher and coach at Chattanooga private school Boyd Buchanan, and spent a short time as an educator and administrator in Shelby County Schools in Memphis before returning to the Chattanooga area to work for Hamilton County Schools in 2008, according to his resume. Since then he has worked for the district in various administrative roles, most recently as chief operations officer before being named interim deputy superintendent.
Robertson will replace Bryan Johnson, who left Hamilton County Schools in August to take a leadership role at trucking and logistics business U.S. Xpress.
A storm which tracked across parts of Middle Tennessee early Saturday morning left a trail of destruction from Dickson County to Sumner County.
In total, the storm appears to have traveled approximately 145 miles across the midstate, through potential tornadoes were not consistent throughout its path.
Cheatham County appears to have suffered the worst damage with some homes destroyed, and reports of trees on houses. Highway 70 has been blocked due to debris as have Sams Creek Road and Old Sams Creek.
The storm launched multiple tornado warnings throughout the midstate, leading to over 87,000 people in Nashville losing power. In Wilson County, storms were responsible for causing significant cosmetic damage to up to 80 homes along with downed power lines and debris scattered on roads. Saturday’s Christmas Parade in Mt. Juliet has been canceled due to the storm damage.
Debris in Nashville also partially blocked the entrance to Nashville International Airport and fully blocked an exit.
National Weather Service surveyors will evaluate damaged areas which could be many to determine how many tornadoes touched down in the storms. Statewide, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has reported 3 storm related deaths in Lake and Obion counties. An EF-0 tornado was also reported in Stewart County with only one injury.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Tim Siniard reports: The Empty Stocking Fund was seeking just one more dollar to beat last year’s record-breaking $150,000 “10 Days of Giving” campaign total.
Yet, the fundraising drive surpassed its goal by an astounding $40,000, bringing the final tally to $190,107 during the campaign’s Grand Finale, which was broadcast live on WCLE Mix 104.1 FM Friday from Life Care Centers of America’s corporate offices.
The event was hosted by Steve Hartline, owner of WCLE; Brenda Lawson and Cleveland Mayor Emeritus Tom Rowland.
It is the highest amount of money ever raised by the campaign, which began in 1947. The donations pay for thousands of Christmas gifts and necessities for area disadvantaged children.
The gifts were distributed on Saturday to their parents during the Empty Stocking Fund’s drive-thru Christmas Party at Ocoee Middle School.
During Friday’s finale, Lawson said Empty Stocking Fund volunteers had all of the gifts wrapped, bagged and ready for parents to pick up and place under the Christmas tree.
The originally named Empty Stocking Fund campaign was established locally in 1975 by former WCLE radio owners Tom and Sandra Rowland, as well as the late George R. “Bobby” Taylor. It is now part of the merged effort of three philanthropic efforts, including the Cleveland Christmas Party for Children, which was created in 1947 by the late Rev. and Mrs. M.E. Littlefield and continued through Hartline; Creating Christmas Memories, founded in 1995 by Cleveland businesswoman Brenda Lawson; and the original radio drive by the Rowlands.
The grandson of Littlefield, Hartline now owns WCLE radio.
Although the radio campaign ended Friday, donors can still give using any of the following options:
- Make the donation online at https://emptystocking.org/;
- Text “Cleveland” to 5700 (this feature is new to the 2021 drive);
- Send the donation by mail to Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 2370, Cleveland TN 37320-2370. Checks should be made out to the “WCLE Empty Stocking Fund.”
They can be dropped off or mailed to the radio station at 308 Mouse Creek Road N.W. Cleveland, TN 37312.
