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Making ‘Super’ decisions
Super Bowl Sunday is not a declared holiday, yet the mystique surrounding its profoundly American 46-year history includes all the pomp and circumstance, and certainly the hype, of explosive celebr...
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Freedom Week’s aim
It is called Freedom Week and its annual observation in Cleveland and Bradley County far exceeds the realm of an otherwise symbolic gesture. A grassroots partnership between the Bradley County Mis...
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Local firewood aplenty
Area residents in need of firewood as a heating source or who own a chainsaw and have a desire to help clear out some of Bradley County’s worst-hit areas from last April’s tornadoes are reminded of...
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Taking ‘Great Strides’
Among the many strengths of our Cleveland and Bradley County hometown, one that consistently rises to the top is the care we provide to others through common causes that require the work of a full ...
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Knowing that it’s time
After providing decades of volunteer service in a variety of public roles to the Cleveland and Bradley County community, sometimes even the most dedicated leaders face the difficult decision of ste...
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Keeping families warm
Spring remains almost two months away and that means more intensely cold temperatures typical for our region’s mid-winter season probably will be coming. Our Cleveland and Bradley County hometown ...
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‘Transparency’ a huge word in financial crisis
Four years ago we came through the most expensive election in our nation’s history. The American people spoke and have waited four more years to do it again. It’s been said that our election proce...
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Facing the challenge
Facing unprecedented challenges in the world of nonprofit fundraising, United Way of Bradley County Inc. is taking needed steps to change with the times in response to a struggling economy, an incr...
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Clearing damaged lands
Almost nine months after Mother Nature ransacked Bradley County on April 27, 2011, our community’s recovery remains in full swing. Many of the 285 houses that were leveled by five murderous tornad...
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Bowling for JA’s kids
Just like their business-world counterparts, nonprofit organizations have been forced to tighten their belts on spending for the past three years. And, just like in private business where operatio...
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Life in a cookie world
Girl Scout cookies can’t stake claim toward benefiting total health and personal fitness, but their taste is undeniably mouth-watering and, if consumed in moderation as any high-calorie food should...
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Opportunity is knocking
Growing communities must sometimes take painful steps backward; while unpleasant, and assuredly disappointing, it is necessary among competitive marketplaces where operational margins are the key t...
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Preserve notices in print
As we enter the second day of 2012 Public Notice Week, which runs Jan. 22-28, it is important to understand the historic value of legal publications in a newspaper of general circulation. Frank Gi...
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Saving Sears worth it
Only Sears Holdings executives and other insiders wielding influential positions know whether an impacted community’s organized campaign to save a Sears or Big Kmart from closure can have any effec...
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