Monday, April 23rd

Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:

Topping our news today…

The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Fire Department, Bradley County Fire and Rescue, Bradley County 911 Communications Center, and Bradley County Emergency Management Agency took part in an active shooter exercise early Saturday morning at Bradley Central High School to evaluate tactics and technologies for responding to and containing rapidly escalating shooting incidents.

The exercise was organized around a scenario in which multiple active shooters were able to infiltrate the high school. During the exercise lawenforcement and medical personnel were tasked with not only responding to the incident but dealing with the aftermath.

Participants from Bradley County Schools and Cleveland City School Districts participated in the exercise which gave them a realistic depiction of an active shooter situation. The sheriff’s office will analyze the exercise along with feedback from other first-responder agencies to determine what worked – and what needs work when facing challenging situations such as an active shooter.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

The U.S. Veterans Administration Department has stepped up to meet the needs of aging veterans in Cleveland, Bradley County and Southeast Tennessee.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, State Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder, and Tennessee State Veterans Home Executive Director Ed Harries announced Friday the receipt of a $26,224,263 award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from the State Veterans Home Grants program.

This grant will provide necessary federal funding for the construction of the long-anticipated Bradley County Tennessee State Veterans Home.

The VA allocation is the result of years of effort by  local community officials, veteran officials, and strong support from state State Rep. Kevin Brooks, state Rep. Dan Howell, and state senators Mike Bell and Todd Gardenhire,  who represent the resident in Southeast Tennessee.

There also has been the efforts of the Southeast Tennessee Veterans Home Council, co-chaired by Mark Hall and Sid Heidel.

The veterans home will be constructed on 28.29 acres located at 1960 Westland Drive in South Cleveland.

Also from The Banner…

Ted Carson and Jeff Howard will be joining the Old Timers Hall of Fame this year.

Individuals who have had a positive impact on local sports programs, either as a coach or player, are honored in the Hall of Fame.

The inductees will be recognized at a banquet, which will be held May 4, at the Museum Center at Five Points. This is the 42nd year for the banquet.

The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets, which are $25 each, must be purchased by May 1 and can be picked up at the city Parks and Rec office at 160 2nd St. N.E.

Henry Ted Carson, a 1978 graduate of Cleveland High School, served as a teacher and coach at Cleveland High School from 1999 to 2015. After graduation from CHS, he signed a scholarship to play baseball with Cleveland State. He was the Pitcher of the Year at CSCC in 1979. He was head coach of CHS baseball, highlighted by the 2007 and 2009 baseball teams competing in the state tournament playoffs. Carson was inducted into the second class of the Hall of Fame at Cleveland State in 2014. He was inducted into the Cleveland High School Hall of Fame in 2017.

Jeff Howard is being inducted into the Cleveland Old Timers Hall of Fame, posthumously, for the sport of wrestling. Howard is the eighth wrestler to be inducted into this Hall of Fame, but only the second to be inducted purely on his competitive career.  In high school, he qualified and competed in four state tournaments. He was a three-time state finalist, Coach Duane Schriver’s first state champion, and was voted the “Most Outstanding Wrestler” in the state tournament. Howard’s legend lives on among wrestlers in Cleveland and Bradley County. He set records and standards for wrestlers to follow.