Lifestyles Features »

THE RAIDER RUMBLE FOUNDATION was started by friends of the late Jason Matthew Rumble to honor his commitment to helping those around him succeed. The foundation has been working to establish a scholarship fund to help a Cleveland High School student “who exemplifies the same spirit and qualities” as Rumble to attend college. Rumble is pictured above.
Raider Rumble Foundation honors late friend
It was shocking for Jason Matthew Rumble’s family and friends to find out he had passed away. He had excelled in high school sports, graduated from college and married his beloved Jenny. When he di...
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
BILLIE JEAN BAKER, center, and her two daughters, Teresa Bole, left, and Darlene Robertson, right, pose under a gazebo. “Can you tell what her favorite color is?” asked Bole.
Billie Jean Baker: A trailblazing beauty for all times
Despite being a single mother to two daughters, working as a hostess and judging beauty pageants, Billie Jean Baker found a way to land cameo appearances in several movies, the most famous of which...
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
THE GREATER CLEVELAND COMMUNITY BAND, above, will present its Christmas concert Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Right, Dr. Jim Burns narrates “Home for Christmas, a Veteran’s Story.” Below, the Vocal Rhapsody of Cleveland State Community College will present “A Salute to the Armed Forces.”
Greater Cleveland Community Band presents: ‘Home for Christmas, a Veteran’s Story’
The Greater Cleveland Community Band will present its Christmas concert, “Home for Christmas, a Veteran’s Story” on Tuesday at First Baptist Church on Stuart Road beginning at 7 p.m. Narration and ...
Nov 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
New book release to benefit The Santa Project
Since its beginnings, The Santa Project has used story to reach both children and adults with safety programs for children. Through years of working with organizations such as National Center for ...
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Banner photos, CHRISTY ARMSTRONG BILLIE NIPPER, a Cleveland native and longtime artist, was chosen to create an ornament for this year’s Christmas tree at the Tennessee governor’s mansion for the second annual “Tennessee’s Home for the Holidays” open house events. Her ornament depicts scenes of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Cherokee Chieftain and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Civil War monument, along with the Bradley County name and boughs of holly to help deck the halls of the governor’s home.
Billie Nipper helps decorate state Christmas tree
By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Banner Staff Writer Cleveland native Billie Nipper was recently chosen as the artist to create an ornament to represent Bradley County on the Christmas tree at the Tennessee go...
Nov 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
CONSUMERS and the environment may benefit from the increasing recognition of log cabins as green and efficient housing of the future, according to Dave Hampton and Timothy Bailey, two Decatur residents who have built three log cabins for three different families in Cleveland in one year. From left are, Timothy Bailey, Vernon Renner and Dave Hampton are more than halfway finished with Renner’s energy efficient log cabin home. Banner photos, WILLIAM WRIGHT
Cleveland experiencing a new kind of 'cabin fever'
It’s not what anyone would call a spread of ‘cabin fever,’ but the third log cabin built in Cleveland in a year has some residents wondering if log homes are making a comeback. As today’s consumer...
Nov 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
RUSSELL COFFEY, Anchor Point Foundation founder, said a good support system is one of the most important support mechanisms that can be offered to someone recovering from a drug addiction. Banner photo, Christy Armstrong
Local agency helps break the cycle of drug addiction
Russell Coffey said he remembers what it was like to be gripped with drug addiction and living in a drug-induced “fog” while waiting for the symptoms of withdrawal to dissipate. After several year...
Nov 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
THE CHRISTMAS BALLET will present “Nativity” Friday and Saturday at the Bradley Central High School Fine Arts Center. Dancers from ages 6 to 18 performed in Act 1 of “Nativity” performed at First Baptist Church in 2011.
‘Nativity’ to be presented in ballet
“The Christmas Ballet” will be presented Friday and Saturday at the Bradley Central High School Fine Arts Center. This ballet, created and presented by the staff and dancers of Cleveland City Balle...
Nov 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
RODNEY WILLIAMS was moved to tears by the generosity of the Cleveland community after a flesh-eating bacteria entered his body and threatened his life, limbs and livelihood. The owner of R&B Barber Shop on Inman Street is recovering at home but said his spirit was lifted by the outpouring of love, letters, phone calls and visits by people in the community, who gave everything from words of encouragement to financial aid to the community activist and his family. Banner photos, WILLIAM WRIGHT
Rodney Williams: Comforted by a community
What a community means to a person and what a person means to a community are not always the same thing, but in the case of Rodney Williams, they are. Neither he nor his family knew the extent of h...
Oct 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
JIM WITTER, inset, featuring Ian Tanner, above, will take audiences through a musical journey when the Bradley Concert Association presents, “Feelin’ Groovy” Monday at 7 at the Conn Center on the campus of Lee University.
Jim Witter performs The music of Simon and Garfunkel
Bradley Concert Association presents Jim Witter in concert on Monday, Nov. 5 at 7 at the Conn Center on the campus of Lee University. Witter sings the songs of Simon and Garfunkel and the music of...
Oct 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story