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EVIE WEST will be at the Cleveland Bradley County Public Library on July 9 from noon to 3 p.m. to sign copies of her book, “Revolving Choices — Playing Roulette with Life.” Her book written with Wendy Brown has been 12 years in the making and she said she feels now is the time to tell her story.
A mother tells her story in ‘Revolving Choices’
By BETTIE MARLOWE Banner Staff Writer For 12 years, Evie West said, she has had a burden to write a book to share her story — to “expose myself.” She has spoken of her experiences at churches, conf...
Jun 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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A WELCOME TO CENTURY FARMS celebration awaited guests to the dinner honoring Century Farm families given by Scottie and Lisa Mayfield on their farm. Banner photo, BETTIE MARLOWE
Centuries Farm families feted at celebration
By BETTIE MARLOWE Banner Staff Writer On June 23 Scottie and Lisa Mayfield hosted Century Farm families from eight counties on the Mayfield Farm. Besides being a time of fellowship among area farme...
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McMINN COUNTY boasts 43 Century Farms. This is the home of Edna Varnell Pickens on the J.K. Pickens Farm, which has been in the Pickens family for 113 years. The house was constructed prior to the Civil War and the front was added in 1866.
Celebrating century-old farms
McMinn County, which was established in 1819, was named for Gov. Joseph McMinn. Athens is the county seat.
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The wife and mother, seen with her daughter Tori Beth, decided to do something about her baby weight and turn her flab into fabulous abs that resulted in her own personal training studio for women.
Taking the weight off and fitness on
Losing baby weight might be easier said than done, but Erika Cooke is one mother who took her extra pounds and turned her flab into a fabulous, prize-winning hard body.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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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