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William McClure's wife, Snookie, and granddaughter, 7 1/2-year-old Ann McClure, stand by the sign designating their farm as a Tennessee Century Farm.
Celebrating century-old farms
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this series, we will visit “Century Farms” in Bradley, Polk and McMinn Counties. In addition to contacts with farm owners, historical information and some photos were obtained fro...
Jun 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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E. ROGER AMMONS, pastor of The Church of God Southside in Cleveland, spent three days in Lubumbashi, the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; then 10 days in the capitol city of Kinshasa during the annual Congo National Convention of The Church of God. A stroll alone in the capitol city on a Sunday evening resulted in a terrifying experience that nearly cost him his life.
Staring death in the face: Local pastor on a mission trip takes a terrifying turn
When E. Roger Ammons of Cleveland was thrown into a car at gunpoint by four large men and driven to parts unknown in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, his death was the only thing tha...
Jun 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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A MEGA-TUMOR in his brain has doctors preparing David Sink Sr. for surgery on June 23, as prayers go out on his behalf. Above, Sink points to an image of a brain tumor similar to the one his neurosurgeon showed him which is growing on his pituitary gland at the base of his brain. The Bradley County EMT is sharing his story in real time to bring awareness to the symptoms and treatment of brain tumors, which affects 60,000 people each year. Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT
Surgery on a mega-tumor
In the latest update of his recently discovered brain tumor, David Sink Sr., was hit with more devastating news.
Jun 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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NINOSKA LORY FIRPO, a bilingual teenager and New York native, moved to Cleveland last year to proclaim the Kingdom of God to an increasing population of Hispanics in the Cleveland area. Firpo, who is one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in full-time missionary work, is also learning Russian in hopes of someday serving where the need is greater in that foreign country. Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT
Taking a huge leap of faith
Moving out of the Bronx in New York to the cozy city of Cleveland took a leap of faith for 19-year-old Ninoska Lory Firpo.
Jun 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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A STRAWBERRY ONION is held by retired farmer Bobby Lyle, who keeps busy in his spare time by selling fresh produce at Bobby Orr’s fruit stand in Cleveland. Photo by WILLIAM WRIGHT
Bobby Lyle retires to the more ‘fruitful’ life
When gardening has been a way of life since childhood even in those twilight years a person can find their way back to their field of dreams. Such has been the case with retired gardener Bobby Lyle...
Jun 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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SHARING MEMORIES, the Barlowe brothers and sister, along with Susie Lofton sit on the steps of the former Tomllinson Home for Children girls’ home on Wildwood Avenue. From left, front, are Lofton and Linda Barlow; and back, Chuck Barlow and Tommy Barlow. Photo by BETTIE MARLOWE
45 years later... Children of Tomlinson Home reunited
It’s been about 45 years since the Barlow brothers and sister and Susan (Swafford) Lofton “graduated” from the Tomlinson Home for Children in Cleveland. Susie was in the home from 1960-1966. The fo...
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MUSEUM DIRECTOR LISA LUTTS said she is proud to present an exhibit featuring the Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee at the Museum Center at Five Points starting June 9. Banner photo, William Wright
Civil Rights exhibit in Cleveland
The Museum Center will host “We Shall Not be Moved: The 51st Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins” from June 9 to July 20.
Jun 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE BLYTHEWOOD FARMS setting offers both the gardens of Bess Neil and Max and Margo Everhart, as well as the Hair Conrad cabin, on the Cleveland area Spring Garden Tour, which will be June 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gardens feature both spring and summer plantings and a flowing water display. Blythewood Farms is known for a half century of dedication to the breeding of American Saddlebred horses.
Spring Garden Show starts June 11
The Cleveland Spring Garden Show will be June 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at several gardens in the Cleveland area.
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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DR. JADA DAVES and 18-month-old son Shafer have become the latest “medical miracle,” where mother and child are a rare “perfect match” for a kidney transplant, which Shafer needs due to being born with Denys-Drash Syndrome. The family will be moving to Nashville where the life-saving transplant will take place at Rascal Flatts Surgery Center at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on June 6.
Mother approved as organ donor for her child
Dr. Jada Daves, a Polk County graduate, is heading to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital with her family as the approved kidney donor for her 18-month-old child, Shafer, for a life-saving transplant on...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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BACK TO THE 50s brought fond memories back to the nursing home residents. Members of the football team at Carson-Newman College came out to be dance partners.
Dream Catchers: Making wishes come true
Since childhood, Jessica Spencer had always had the dream to work with the elderly. Her dream has become a reality in a most unusual way — by making other people’s dreams come true. So Dream Catche...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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