NEWS 11/3/16 Today is the last day to vote early in Tennessee, and the numbers are already on track to break records. Voters who are trying to avoid t
NEWS 11/3/16 Today is the last day to vote early in Tennessee, and the numbers are already on track to break records. Voters who are trying to avoid the rush at the polls on Election Night must vote today here in Cleveland/Bradley County by 6pm at one of three location. The Bradley County Election Commission, Bradley Square Mall or the parking lot off McGrady Dr. in the Food City parking lot.It was reported over 24,000 people have taken advantage of the early voting. Police in Cleveland need your help identifying a man who robbed a cash advance business on Keith Street Wednesday morning. Police say the robbery happened just after 10 a.m. Wednesday. A man entered the Cash Express at 2755 Keith Street, waved a gun and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police in Cleveland need your help identifying a man who robbed a cash advance business on Keith Street Wednesday morning.If you have seen this man, call Cleveland Police at 423-476-7511. News- UPDATE: Bradley County Sheriff’s Office spokesman James Bradford says the two teen that was reported as run aways Gregory Knowles and Tatum Pierce have been found safe. News into our stations- When the state recently released 2015/16 graduation rates, Cleveland City Schools was more than pleased to see it had earned a solid 90%, up 4% from the previous year. Currently, the state of Tennessee is graduating 88.5% (up 1%) and nationally 83.2% (up 0.9%). The system’s rise this year was four times the state and national growth rates, placing the system at the long-held 90% threshold the state and nation use as an indicator of success when it comes to graduating students. In the inaugural year of the system’s hybrid alternative school, the F.I. Denning Center of Technology & Careers, the results of more targeted and specific interventions are definitely paying off. “Our partnership with Lee University to secure tutors and the addition of a Career & Technical Education teacher have had a real impact in motivating students to work toward a diploma while at the same time looking to post-secondary opportunities,” says a proud Barbara Ector, Principal of the Denning Center. The Denning Center’s graduation rate was combined with Cleveland High School to calculate the district’s 90% average. Kendra Gray Administrative Assistant to the Director of Public Relations of Lee Univ.- One of Lee University’s most anticipated annual events will begin tomorrow Friday, Nov 4. Hundreds of alumni will again gather for a Homecoming weekend, filled with fun and new memories. “This weekend has evolved over the years, reflecting the changing interests of our alumni,” said Dr. Jerome Hammond, vice president for University Relations. “Anyone who has not been on campus in three or more years may be surprised.” The weekend will host various events to welcome alumni back to campus and will begin with the Check-In on Friday, Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. in the Science and Math Complex. A light lunch will be served from 12-1 p.m. Greek clubs past and present will represent in their jerseys on Friday from 8-10 p.m. for an all-Greek block party. This exciting time will be full of food and games for the whole family and will take place in the South Campus Quad. Campus tours will be held Saturday morning in the front circle, so guests can see the changes that Lee has undergone in the last few years. Prior to the basketball games on Saturday, a tailgate party will take place at 11 a.m. on Pedestrian Mall, where free food will be provided. The games will begin atnoon with the Lady Flames facing Bryan College. The Flames will then take on Piedmont College at 2:30 p.m. The Homecoming Court will be announced and the queen crowned during halftime. Lee theatre will perform Nathan Jeffrey’s rendition of “Dracula” on Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Dixon Center. A new version of the classic horror tale, the original tone and intention of the story is resurrected in order to deliver a profound tale of an eternal battle between darkness and light, between hope and despair, and between death and life. One of Lee’s hidden gems, the Shenanigans improvisation team will perform Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre, located in Lee’s Communication Arts Building. Admission is $1 per person, and the shows will be packed out, so guests will want to be sure to arrive early for humor the whole family will enjoy. The new and highly anticipated Short Film Showcase will take place Saturday at 3 p.m., also in the Communication Arts Building. This event will allow current students and recent alums to show their short films, allowing everyone to experience the new screening room. “With an emerging cinema program, we want to invite alum to view the work that has been taking place in this state-of-the-art building,” said Cawood. One of the most popular events of Homecoming weekend, Department Breakfasts will take place Saturday at 9 a.m.With 13 departments participating, this is a “wonderful networking opportunity” for alums to mingle with current professors and students. Each breakfast will include a keynote speech from a distinguished alum, and a department award will be given to an alum who excels in each field, respectively. Dr. Ben Perez, adjunct professor and Lee alum, will officiate The Blessing of the Couples, a charming affirmation of wedding vows in the Lee Chapel on Saturday morning at 10:30. On Saturday at 7 p.m. the Homecoming Music Festival will take place in the Conn Center. Hosted by the School of Music, the festival is put together to display the enduring legacy of talented musicians. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Greek service club Sigma Nu Sigma will welcome back past members with a weekend full of activities including a gala dinner on Friday night, a service project, and a worship event on Saturday. A dessert mixer will take place on Saturday at8 p.m. in the John Nichols Courtyard to close out the eventful weekend. Alumni appreciation week will lead up to the Homecoming weekend, highlighting Lee alum who have excelled in their fields. Current students will celebrate the kick-off of Homecoming at noon on Friday in the Deacon Jones Dining Hall with a 5,000 balloon drop including 10 balloons with gift cards donated by alumni. For more information about Homecoming or to register, visit <a href="http://www.leehomecoming.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www read more.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.leehomecoming.com/&source=gmail&ust=1478267125945000&usg=AFQjCNG4qTrsaCqHCjuZRSBmXJy9sdg0oQ”>http://www.leehomecoming.com/. For a Homecoming guide and to receive schedule updates throughout the weekend, download the LeeUEvents app for mobile phones. Press Release- On Oct. 15, Cleveland resident Andrea Klein was named Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2017. The award was presented after a daylong pageant held in Chattanooga, in which contestants with different disabilities gave speeches about their platform and how they would accomplish it, participated in two closed-door interviews with a panel of judges and answered fishbowl questions. Klein was born with collagen type 6 congenital muscular dystrophy. Yet Klein hasn’t let the disease keep her from living a fulfilling life. She graduated from Cleveland High School with honors in 1993 and earned a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism with a minor in public relations from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville in 1996. She is happily married to her husband, Anthony, and works as an IT business analyst for Life Care Centers of America’s corporate office in Cleveland. With the new title of Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2017, Klein hopes to enlarge that platform of education. As the pageant winner, she will make public appearances around the state to advocate for people with disabilities and to educate the public about MD. Klein is now in the running for the 2018 Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, to be held in Eerie, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14-20, 2017. She currently has a GoFundMe account to raise money for her advocacy efforts and travel expenses – gofundme.com/mwtn2017. Voters-in-the-making, Tennessee students took part in the state’s first-ever statewide Student Mock Election. If the state’s student voters were casting real ballots, Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States. 165,968 students from 479 Tennessee schools from 90 of the state’s 95 counties participated. This is how the votes break down across the state: Donald J. Trump Republican 88,208 53.1% Hillary Clinton Democratic 56,935 34.3% Gary Johnson Independent 8,374 5.0%
