Vol. 7, No. 2February 2018

Jones Companies CourierNews By You, For You Published In Cleveland, TN

Tupelo, MS—One of my ninth-grade twin daughters, Marlena Standfield, is enjoying her first year in Nettleton High School’s Honor Choir. My other twin daughter, Anndrea Dobbs, entered her first year in high school beauty review at Amory High School. Even though she didn’t place, she made me the happiest mother in the room.

I’m so proud of my girls!

TWO TIMES THE TALENTBy Tasha DobbsGreat American Loans Center 13304 (1601-A West Main Street)Customer Service Representative

LOVE STORY

This month, love is in the air. Here are a few love

stories from your Jones Companies family

members.

By Kaylee BrownLoan By PhoneCustomer Service RepresentativeCleveland, TN—I have been with my boyfriend, Dustin Cansler, for three years now and I have never been happier! I have found the one whom my soul loves.

By Caitlin FieldsCheck Into CashSenior Appraiser

More LOVE on page 2!

C l e v e l a n d , TN—This is my husband, Wil-liam Fields, and

me. We have been together for eight years and will be married for three years in May. I love him with all my heart! We may fight and argue, but through thick and thin we will always stick by each other’s side no matter what. He will always be my Valentine!

By Dustin NationCheck Into CashBusiness Analyst, Risk ManagementCleveland, TN—I love my fiancée, Brittianey. She’s the biggest blessing that’s ever entered my life. She’s as beautiful as they come, with the most magnetizing personality. She’s the perfect balance of witty, sassy, and loving all in one.

We were blessed to be brought together around August 2015, shortly after I moved back to my hometown of Chatsworth, Georgia. Brit-tianey always brings a smile to my face with her humor and has the utmost patience with me and my forgetfulness. She fills me with a love that I’ve never known, because she’s got a giver’s heart and

brings a compassion and understand-ing in her love, which I’ve never expe-rienced before.

I couldn’t have asked for any more. We recently got engaged at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens on November 21, 2017 under the mistletoe.

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By Vickie DixonCheck Into CashReconciliation SpecialistCleveland, TN—My boys are the people I love most in the world! My husband, Zac, is my best friend. I love him for a multitude of reasons, but the biggest is probably because he keeps me entertained. People bore me really

By Kayla AcostaCheck Into Cash Center 5022 (1432 East Geneva Street)ManagerDelavan, WI—This Valentine’s Day, nobody else comes to mind besides my amaz-ing fiancé, Matthew. He’s my best friend, travel companion, and support system!

We’ve crossed oceans, road-tripped thousands of miles across the United States, and reached some of our biggest goals together! This past year, Matthew supported my Check Into Cash marketing efforts by allowing us to sponsor his race car at the Rockford Speedway. We had an amazing year!

To cap it off, we got engaged in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, on Christ-mas Eve and are planning for a spring 2019 wedding.

By Taylor Matthews Check Into Cash Center 24309 (1508 South McKenzie Street)ManagerFoley, AL—This man right here I have known since we were in second grade. We’ve always been the best of friends, and we fi-nally decided to give it a go.

Here we are now, going on seven years together with three beautiful children. I am truly blessed. He is my best friend—the calm to my storm. I truly don’t know what I would do without him.

Making things better, we’re getting married on March 24, 2018. He is my forever Valentine!

By Cindy BreedingBuy Here Pay Here USA Store 3 (151 Is-land Drive)Account Rep-resentativeDayton, TN—Rodney Breed-

ing and I are celebrating our twentieth anniversary on January 30, 2018. I’m blessed to call him my husband and the man of God he has become and I just want to say I love him! Happy Valentine’s Day, hap-py twentieth anniversary, and all glory to God. Rodney is for sure my Valentine!

By Lyndsey HawkinsBuy Here Pay Here, USA Junior Account Manager Cleveland, TN—There are no words to describe how much I love my husband and better half, Caleb Hawkins. He makes me laugh constant-ly, is my shoulder to cry on, and is my calm during the storm. We went from high school sweethearts to a very happily married couple with two children. Pictured are the two of us last year, two weeks before our eleven-year wedding anniversary. He also happens to be a Jones Companies employee, working at Loan by Phone here in Cleveland.

MORE LOVE...

By Maria GallardoCheck Into Cash Center 9089 (1229 East Huntington Drive)Assistant ManagerDuarte, CA—My two loves are my husband, Angel, and our son, Emmanuel. In May, Angel and I celebrated 10 years of marriage! I can’t imagine my world without them.

quickly and he’s the only person I’ve met who has kept my attention.

Our son, Sage, is the second greatest love of my life. He’ll be 6 in June and is the funniest, most charismatic, loving little boy I know, while simultaneously being a small child who has meltdowns. And while I am hardwired to like his face, he is the most attractive child I’ve ever seen.

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By Brandon SuttonCheck Into Cash OnlineCustomer Service RepresentativeCleveland, TN—It was 2013 when I met the love of my life. I just didn’t know it yet.

We were at a concert at The Warehouse in Chattanooga,

By Lindy MaurerCheck Into Cash Center 6002 (155 Lin-coln Way West)Assistant ManagerMassillon, OH—Why do I love my special someone? I could write a book, but there isn’t enough space for all that.

I met my boyfriend, Tim, online at MeetMe.com. We texted and Snapchatted all day long for a week and then he took me out on a date. He picked me up from my work in a good-sized Dodge Ram truck. When he arrived, I watched as a short man jumped out of the door. It shocked me, because I didn’t know he was short, but I went with it anyway.

He wasn’t the usual type of guy I went for. Besides being short, he’s a country gen-tleman, and I always went for the wannabe bad boys. We went out a couple more times and just clicked so well. He made me feel comfort-able around him right away. After just six months I moved in with him. That was the best decision I have ever made!

He has two boys that mean the world to me and we adopted a kitty right away named Hope. She sleeps with us every night.

Another reason I love this man is that he is very understanding. I had trust issues from my past and it started to affect our relationship. I went to our pastor for counseling and it helped me so much. We now have no more issues or arguments. We have one-hundred-percent trust in each other and work hard every day to keep our relationship healthy and drama-free.

We’ve been together two-and-one-half years, and I’m ready to marry this man right now! We’ve both been divorced and been through stuff in our past, and I for one never thought I’d want to mar-ry again. Tim has changed my mind by just being himself. Now only if I can get him to ask me one day when he’s ready. I’ll be here waiting...

Happy Valentine’s Day, babe—a.k.a. Old Man.

By Lara WrightCheck Into CashNOIA SpecialistsCleveland, TN—This is my husband, Terence. He is strong, steady, a good father, makes me laugh, and most of all is always there when I feel overwhelmed by life. I am so glad that we finally found each other!

By David GuzmanCheck Into CashHuman Resources Processing AssociateCleveland, TN—I am pleased to say that I have found an amazing woman. Little did I know that after a tough past, I would be able to love again. Melissa and I met in October of 2016 and neither of us were interested in

dating. Little did we know that our lives would turn into what it is now. We both have gone through so much and it is just wonderful to have had so many adventures with her and her daughter, Norah.

Why do I love her? Because she made me see who I was again and not only that, she doesn’t want to change me. She loves me for me. Melissa made me believe that there are still great women out there and I found one.

God is good—so good that I decided to marry this wonderful lady. On November 2, I proposed and she said yes! I am proud to say that I am marrying my best friend and battle buddy. I wouldn’t have thought that after so much pain, I would have found the happiness I have today with her.

By Lupita OrozcoBuy Here Pay Here USA (2701 East Walnut Avenue)Office Manager Dalton, GA—On New Year’s Day, I got engaged!

By Arely RiveraBuy Here Pay Here USA 21802 (2701 East Walnut Ave-nue)Salesperson Dalton, GA—I got engaged on Christmas Eve!Omar Luna and I met during March of 2014 through some mutual friends. He added me on social media, then we ex-changed numbers. We had a lot of things in common.

We seemed to hit off, and we started dating on April 10, 2014. We dated for about three and a half years. Since he is 24 years old and I am 27, I actually wasn’t expecting his pro-posal. Here’s how it happened.

On Christmas Eve we had dinner with my family then we headed off to his house for dinner with his family. My mother and sister went over to his house as well, which I thought was odd, but I really didn’t think too much about it. When we arrived all his immediate family was there and his family from Atlanta was in town to celebrate Christmas. His aunt and I had bought several presents to do a drawing for everyone to be able to win a gift.

Everyone was in the living room. I was standing in the center of the living room in order to explain how the drawing was going to be done. I noticed everyone had their cell phones out recording me and I wondered why everyone was recording.

When I was starting to explain, Omar interrupted me and said, “Hold on. I have something to say before you start.” I said, “That’s fine.” I figured he was going to add or say something in regard to the drawing, but he didn’t.

He looked at me, took my hand, and got down on one knee.“Would you like to be my wife?” he asked. I was so shocked I couldn’t speak. I just spread out my fingers so he

could put the ring on. He stood up and we hugged and I said, “Of course!” Everyone hugged us and congratulated us. It was perfect! We plan to

get married in the fall of 2018.

DALTON RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR

Tennessee. Some friends and I were being goofy and one of them pushed me in a mosh pit. I accidentally bumped heads with Tabitha. Naturally I apologized. Then we went on a couple dates a couple weeks later, got married, and have two kids now.

The point of the story is you can find love in the oddest of circumstances and places. But when you’ve got it, you’ve got it.

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2018Welcome to 2018

WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR!

By Nate BrownfieldCheck Into CashSocial Media Specialist Cleveland, TN—This New Year’s, I released my new music video to my song “Reckless Affair.” I also played some chess that night, sat by the fire, and drank a White Rus-sian. Check the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S19iF38xlJM

By Luci JenkinsCheck Into Cash OnlineCustomer Service Representa-tiveCleveland, TN—I was sitting with my husband in our house, taking apart a vacuum cleaner. Turns out we were watching the New York Times’ New Year ball drop and we ended up getting our New Year’s kiss in three minutes after the new year hit, because we didn’t have ca-ble so we were watching it live on the website. Oh, the joys of new marriage and getting everything settled into place! It was the fun-niest New Year ever and definitely the most memorable!

Happy three months of mar-riage to me!

By Lindsay AkinsCheck Into Cash Collections Department Cleveland, TN—I spent New Year’s Eve with some friends and my daughter, Lorelai.

Lorelai and I went home be-fore midnight, but we were still up when it hit!

By Vickie DixonCheck Into CashReconcilement SpecialistCleveland, TN—I spent New Year’s Eve with the same person I always do. Normally my husband, Zac, and I go out, but this year we opted to stay home with our son, Sage.

Zac and I faked Sage out around nine o’clock with a Netflix kids’ countdown. He’s only 5 years old, so he’s not old enough to care about New Year’s Eve.

After putting Sage to bed, Zac and I watched a movie and played video games. He was in the recliner playing the PS4 and I was on the couch playing Super Mario Odys-sey on the Nintendo Switch.

About five minutes before midnight, we were streaming Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, shared a kiss at the stroke of midnight, and went to bed not too much later than that.

Super exciting!

By Valerie VigilCheck Into Cash Center 18036 (3324 Clark Street)District 18.1 Trainer Manager Alamosa, CO—This was my first New Year’s with my new husband. We were married October 14, 2017 and by October 16, I was on the road again for Check Into Cash,

and he was on the road for CDOT (Colorado Department of Trans-portation). Our New Year was qui-et and romantic, sitting in front of a cozy fire enjoying hot chocolate.

By Minetta Flowers Check Into Cash Center 9214 (10900 Long Beach Boulevard)Customer Service Representa-tive Lynwood, CA—I didn’t do much for New Year’s. I am blessed with a man who is a Hebrew, who doesn’t celebrate many holidays as most Americans do.

So we just chilled out at home with the family, ate good food, watched movies, and enjoyed each other as a family.

By David GuzmanCheck Into CashHuman Resources Processing AssociateGatlinburg, TN—For New Year’s this year, my fiancée and I went to Gatlinburg. It was awesome!

For being a last minute thing, we were lucky to get an awesome room for cheap next to Ripley’s Aquarium and within walking distance from the ball drop. New Year’s Eve for us started at Dolly-wood enjoying snowfall and some shows, and then we got ready for the night and headed to Bubba Gumps.

There was an hour and for-ty-five-minute wait, but we de-cided to head upstairs to grab a drink at the bar to kill time and what do you know? Some chairs were open at the bar, which result-ed in no waiting. Freaking awe-some, right? It was Melissa’s first time to Bubba Gumps and my first time to Gatlinburg.

After a few drinks, an awesome dinner, and fun games played in the restaurant, we walked down-stairs to the porch and waited for the minute countdown. There were tons of people, yet we had an amaz-ing view of the event. It was spec-tacular!

That’s two years in a row Melis-sa and I get snow during our New Year’s. I think it’s a great sign of wonderful adventures to come!

Candy Sweet with her grandchildren, Travis and Gabby.

Lindsay Akins and Lorelai

How’d you bring in the New Year? Here’s what a few folks did to ring in 2018.

Nate Brownfield smiling and frolicking on the set of “Reckless Affair.”

David Guzman and Melissa.

By Kaylee BrownCheck Into Cash OnlineCustomer Service Rep-resentative–Origina-tionsCleveland, TN—I spent my third New Year’s with my boyfriend, Dustin. This year we changed it up and went bowling in-stead of watching the ball at home on the couch!

By Candy Sweet Check Into Cash Center 40 (1724 North Locust Avenue)ManagerLawrenceburg, TN—I spent New Year’s Eve with my two grandchildren, Travis and Gabby Sweet. We had fun playing with Snapchat.

Kaylee and Dustin after what appears to be a suc-cessful bowling attempt.

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2018By Maria GallardoCheck Into Cash Center 9089 (1229 East Huntington Drive)Assistant ManagerDuarte, CA—Like every year, I started my New Year with my loved ones (pictured are me, my husband, Angel, and son, Em-manuel) and my church people. For me, it is very important to give thanks to God for all his blessings in my life. That said, happy New Year to my CIC family. It’s a blessing to work in a great com-pany and with great people!

By Larry BallardBuy Here Pay Here (8804 Dayton Pike, Dayton, TN)SalespersonNashville, TN—This New Year’s Eve, my wife, Debbie, and I were in Nashville at a Jimmy Buffet Concert at Bridgestone Arena. We brought in 2018 with a big kiss, singing “Margaritaville” with Jimmy Buffet and Huey Lewis. Balloons and beach balls were everywhere!

Welcome to 2018

By Ellie St. PierreCheck Into CashExecutive Administrative AssistantPigeon Forge, TN—On New Year’s weekend, Check Into Cash Market-ing Analyst Shellie Hawkins and her family invited me to their condo at Westgate. Westgate was hit hard with the forest fires in the Smokies last year. The view from our porch was downtown Gatlinburg. We had a touch of snow—just enough to welcome the New Year. It was an awesome

By Veronica CastañonCheck Into Cash Center 23033 (1423 North Main Street)Assistant ManagerAltus, OK—My New Year’s was an emotional reunion since a very dear uncle who was the life of the party passed away suddenly two years ago. Finally, for the first time since then we came together to celebrate our union in love for each other with great food, music, and games.

During the party, my mom—who never takes selfies of herself—and my aunt worked their butts off to cook everything a Mexican loves to eat.

Pictured are my mom, Andrea, and my kids—Chelsey, Cassidy, and Tony Jr.

Palm Beach, FL—Rod Stewart, moderately successful music artist, poses with rock star and Vice President of Acquisitions for Jones Properties Will Jones, while Jones was in Florida for a sail-fishing competition.

According to Rod, meeting Will was “the opportunity of a lifetime.”

MEETING OF ICONS By Amanda B. RuckerCheck Into Cash Center 6051 (2309 West Main Street)ManagerTroy, OH—Here’s what our Christmas festivities looked like here at Check Into Cash Center 6051. We had a blast!

HOLIDAY CHEER

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ALABAMA PICKS UP ANOTHERAtlanta, GA—Because they had nothing else to do that evening, the Alabama Crimson Tide racked up another National Championship on January 9, 2017. In a game for the ages, Alabama narrowly defeated the University of Georgia, thanks to their freshman quarterback and a team of extra players who wore black-and-white stripes. But well before the kickoff, the Courier asked who you thought would pull off the victory. Were you right? Here are a few folks’ opinions on this historic game.“Roll Tide, roll—Bama for the win!”—Bobbie Andrew, Manager at Check Into Cash Center 13011 (115 Walter Payton Drive, Columbia, MS)

“I think the Alabama Crimson Tide will win tonight. Our defense is the best in the country. Here is a picture of me at Bryant-Denny Stadium celebrating my birthday back in September. My score prediction is 28–9. I do not believe Geor-gia will have an of-fensive touchdown against our power-house defense. Ev-ery time we win a national champion-ship, my family has the tradition of going to our local sports store as soon as the game is over and we receive the trophy we purchase our new national championship shirts. We plan on going tonight to buy a new one with the number 17 on it! We plan on winning our 17th for the ‘17 season!”—Alysia Ewing, Assistant Manager at Check Into Cash Center 24309 (1508 South McKenzie Street, Foley, AL)

“Here’s a picture of my dog, Daisy Mae, who came from Alabama, so I’m going with them and I will say 21-10. Let’s rock it for my Daisy Mae! Go Bama! And yes, she’s is the only reason I’m rooting for Ala-

bama.”—Cindy Breeding, Account Represen-tative with Buy Here Pay Here USA Store 3 (151 Island Drive, Dayton, TN)

“I’m not a fan of either—I’m too pretty to be a Georgia or Alabama fan. I’m an Auburn fan, but I can’t bring myself to root for Bama. Georgia: 35, Alabama: 28.”—Cassie Branum, Assistant Manager at Check Into Cash Center 24064 (631 Willow Lane, Greenville, AL)

“I’m pulling for the Dawgs. I have some friends and family who are mega-fans, and I’d like to see their team go all the way… plus, I want noth-ing to do with Alabama (sorry). I’m just hoping for a close game, so we’re entertained, probably coming down to gaining points with field goals. My prediction: GA–27, AL–26. Best of luck to both teams!”—Brad Baum, Check Into Cash Marketing Project Manager

“UGA, UGA! So the Martins are Buckeye fans, but the Rodriguezes (my side of the family) are diehard GA fans. We welcomed a new li’l fan just a few months ago. We are all crazy football fans though. Since The OH-IO didn’t make it we are all pulling for the Dawgs! There is one Ala-bama fan (Boooo!) in the midst. Can you guess which one? Ha!”—Keshia Martin, SHRM-CP, Workforce Management Liaison with Check Into Cash

“The Porters are definite Dawg fans. My son TJ even has his own bulldog. TJ even had a red, black, and white wedding and his groom’s cake was made to look like the UGA stadium.”—Kathy Porter, Check Into Cash Paralegal

“My daddy was a big Georgia fan, so they’re who I’m rooting for. I married into a Volun-teers family, so I haven’t worn a Georgia jersey in about six years, but here’s a picture from way back when. As for who will win, I’d be ex-tremely surprised if it didn’t go to Alabama. With that said, both teams are SEC and that’s the important part.”—

Vickie Dixon, Check Into Cash Reconcile-ment Specialist

“Georgia wins, 24-2 1 .” — P a t i e n c e Brown, Check Into Cash Financial An-alyst

“Georgia is gonna win this evening! They are wanting this

win more than Alabama does. So go Dawgs!”—Autumn Post, Vehicle Appraisal Specialist for Check Into Cash

“Roll Tide!”—Christina McLean, Manager at Check Into Cash Cen-ter 24011 (621 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise, AL)

“Georgia! 27–17.”—Bob Bartels-meyer, Manager of Check Into Cash Center 12060 (864 East Highway

60, Monett, MO)

“These are pictures from Atlanta at National Cham-pionship Game weekend.”—Jan Nunley, Loan By Phone Executive Administrative Assistant

“My heart and household yell, “Roll Tide!” I am a born and raised Georgia peach, work in Tennessee, and cheer for Alabama! Pictured are my children with three members of Bama’s Million Dollar Band; my husband, children, and me in our Bama swag from head to toe on our way to T-Town to watch a game; and our customized wreath—a surprise gift from my amazing groom.

I’ve been an Alabama fan since 1995. Why?At first, it was because my husband is a huge Bama fan, so I sup-

ported him. My husband’s sister and many cousins are alumni of Bama. Once I personally engaged myself into learning college foot-ball with a focus on Alabama’s Crimson Tide, I realized I like their

play strategies, consistency, and Coach Saban’s moti-vational and training techniques.

It’s going to be an amazing game...probably the best game of the 2017 season. I’m hoping Bama gains another championship win—number 17 in 2017. Re-gardless, I’m very impressed with Georgia’s season. To me, both teams are winners!”—Donna Peters, Loan By Phone/Check Into Cash Collections Adminis-tration Assistant

“Here’s my daughter, Sarah Moody (CIC Collections Clerical), and me before the big game. Below is a picture of Sarah after the game. I grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, which is where I started my love for the Crimson Tide. Sarah was born into it!”—Cindi Rak-estraw, Daily Accounting Supervisor for Check Into Cash

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By Jonathan DiedrichCheck Into Cash OnlineDirector of Customer CommunicationCleveland, TN—My 5-year-old son, Silas, has started karate at Pope’s Martial Arts Academy. He goes a few times a week and is having a ball, excited to work for the next belt.

By Jessica MorfieldCheck Into Cash OnlinePayroll AdministratorCleveland, TN—My daughter Chloe decided after making the cheer team that she would rather play basketball. She is in the back row on the far right.

EYE OF THE TIGER

FROM CHEERING TO CHEERED

By Kathy PorterCheck Into CashParalegal East Ridge, TN—My grandson Nathan Porter became the new TNAUU State Beginners’ Champi-on at Camp Jordan on Sunday, Janu-ary 14, 2018. The looks on his com-petitors’ faces say just how thrilled they are!

WHOLELOTTAMUSCLE

By Jan NunleyLoan By PhoneExecutive Administrative AssistantAtlanta, GA—This is a picture from the National Championship Game weekend, with my husband, Eddie, and me holding the Hesiman trophy.

AWARD-WINNING PHOTO

CHS STILL ON TOPCleveland, TN—Yet again, the Cleveland High School Blue Raid-ers wrestling team is sitting on top of the Tennessee wrestling pile.

As in years past, the Raiders are running roughshod over any and all competition that gets in their way as they travel toward another state championship.

All this success started with a six-year plan, masterminded by Jones Management Service CEO Allan Jones.

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Have news for the JCC? We want to hear about it! Send your life happenings to dbrantley@checkintocash.com or call it in at (423) 473-4537. You may even win $50!

BE THE REPORTER, GET THE CASH!

EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTHFrom the WestJennifer Doctor, Manager of

Check Into Cash Center 12027 (320 East Young Avenue)

West Allis, WI—Jennifer has been with CIC for seventeen years. She always comes to work with a posi-tive attitude and ready to take on the day.

Jennifer is always willing to step in when needed in the district and has recently be-come a

A huge congratulations

to our latest Employee of the Month winners.

Each received a $500 gift card

and a plaque!

mentor for a negative gross-margin center. Jennifer took on this chal-lenge and ran with it. As a mentor, she helped to coach and motivate the center in order for them to get out of negative status. Thanks to Jennifer’s hard work each day, the center is now out of negative status year-to-date!

She is constantly striving for success in her center. Jennifer has a competitive attitude and brings it to work with her every day. Jennifer is a great trainer and motivator to the rest of the team. She is supportive to everyone she works with, she

loves the company, and she wants what’s best

for everyone. We look

forward to her future success and growth here at CIC!

From the EastMary Ellison, Manager of

Check Into Cash Center 6104 (1006 Washington Boulevard)

Belpre, OH—Mary has been with the company since November 23, 2015. She takes pride in know-ing her job and taking the initia-tive to stay current with any and all changes.

Mary has a positive, can-do at-titude. She is always willing to sup-port and/or train other employees.

Mary had previously been part of the mentoring program for the NGC. She was very ex-cited to share her knowledge and be a part of this program.

Mary is very enthusias-tic when it comes to mar-keting and growing her center. She is a great man-ager and team player for our district.

David Blaise, Director of Tech-nology with Loan By Phone

Erick Albino Flores, Assistant Manager at Center 9042 (Lemon Grove, CA), District 9.2

Kelsie Brewer, Manager at Cen-ter 12032 (Poplar Bluff, MO), Dis-trict 12.1

Emily Kubiszewski, Manager at Center 2046 (Decatur, IN), District 2.4

Tonya Stevens, Manager at Cen-ter 2002 (Muncie, IN), District 2.9

Sabreena Bell, Assistant Manag-er at Center 04008 (Moline, IL), District 4.2

Desyree Hernandez, Assistant Manager at Center 09077 (Simi Valley, CA), District 9.13

Jennifer Schmitt, Center Man-ager at Center 35004 (Salina, KS),

District 35.4Maren Campbell, Assistant Man-

ager at Center 35009 (Lenexa, KS), District 35.4

Jazmine Johnson-Grogan, As-sistant Manager at Center 09209 (Vallejo, CA), District 9.1

Kellee Welch, Center Manager at Center 22057 (Marion, VA), Dis-trict 22.9

Samara Belmont, Center Man-ager at Center 00024 (Milan, TN), District 1.9

Ashley Jackson, Assistant Man-ager at Center 00024 (Milan, TN), District 1.9

Kimberley Hempstead, Center Manager at Center 35032 (Paola, KS), District 35.4

Sandra Esteva, Assistant Manag-er at Center 09051 (Moreno valley,

CA), District 9.16Jazmin Rodriguez, Assistant

Manager at Center 09024 (Yuba City, CA), District 9.21

Mallory Bastiaans, Center Man-ager at Center 09024 (Yuba City, CA), District 9.21

Stacy Bunch, Center Manager at Center 05011 (Milwaukee, WI), District 5.2

Minerva Mora, Assistant Man-ager at Center 04023 (Glendale Heights, IL), District 4.5

Norma Fulton, Center Manager at Center 08031 (Creston, IA), Dis-trict 8.1

Christine Campbell, Assistant Manager at Center 19029 (Mesa, AZ), District 19.0

Steven Jarvis, Area Manager at Center 12019 (Festus, MO), Dis-

LOOK WHO GOT PROMOTED!By Donnie UpshawCheck Into CashVice President of Human Resources

Across the Jones Companies family, good people are growing their careers each and every day. Here’s who got promoted recently through the family.

We want to congratulate you on the outstanding job you have done. I know that you have really worked so hard, and the promotion is well deserved.

It feels great when your talents are recognized and your hard work is rewarded. We are extremely proud of you and, we look forward to share your continued successes.

We wish you the best with your new role in our organization.

trict 12.1Krystin Poore, Center Manager

at Center 03018 (Danville, KY), District 3.0

Tierra Diggins, Assistant Man-ager at Center 03024 (Somerset, KY), District 3.0

Jahnah Hardy, Center Manager at Center 00101 (Nashville, TN), District 1.7

Marion Webster, Center Manag-er at Center 24067 (Fayette, AL), District 24.0

Stephanie Ray, Sr. Center Man-ager at Center 24042 (Tuscaloosa, AL), District 24.0

Sally Loden, Restaurant Chef at Bald Headed Bistro

Employee Spotlight

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February 2018 jccnews.com 9HAPPY BIRTHDAY!AlabamaAngela BrownTiffany ColvinThomas EdwardsBrandy HayesTamara JacksonVictoria LockettShyla MaciasCharman PryorCatina ReedAmber RobinsonKristy RodrickWendy WebberArizonaMarissa AlejoLaurie BillingsleyMarjorie OwenCecilia Padil-la-JonesCaliforniaAndrea AcostaJesenia Banuelos HuertaJasmine ColeDaniel Domin-guezSteven EncisoCynthia FloresMerilyn GarciaSamira GerovicDalia GomezJessica HernandezYagaira Hernan-dezKimberly Hernan-dez-ZaldanaMeagan IrickKenia Lemus De La RosaMichelle LopezVictoria LozanoVanessa LugoBrenda MaciasVanessa Maldona-doHeather MooreAmantha MoralesSandy Orozco GuzmanSophath PhoeunOrson Picasso

Araceli Rodri-guezJazmin Rodri-guez DMarian RomittiEllen RosadoRamon Jr III San-chezFaith SchmidtCharity SeaverKhadijah SenegalSylvia SilveiraSeema SinghLanisha SmartDebra StenglineCrystal SuarezTierra ThibeduxFelicia Thiet-je-OrtizShyanne TijerinaJennifer Under-woodSusan UrrutiaRosa WolfeAngelina ZamaroColoradoJennifer BennettSherlyn HowesChristi LeonCeline PadillaJose Rosales JrJeanette ScottJoseph VizziGeorgiaAddaline Buck-nerKelvin Cano-Ar-masErin GrahamJeffrey HamiltonGrady HulseyAngelina LopezRajani MuppallaMadison ScottTyroneshia Wil-liamsIdahoVivian KellyIllinoisAngela BucherLori McCullough

Ananya MitraHeather PeiferRenita ThomasAshley WoodsIndianaJaquetta AllenSherry BrownJacqueline CarterMickey Ham-mondLuana HortonJeanina LoweKimberly LundyHolly MillerTessa RigbyTamara TeterC h r i s t i n a ThompsonIowaKarissa BrownSherry O’NeillBenjamin Whit-neyKansasTrina BatesKentuckyPam CherryDana DeWittTenika SaundersTerri StephensLouisianaLaQuinta BrownEula CoatesDeAngelo Craw-fordTabatha LavallaisRuth LohmannSharon MitchellAnnette Sey-more-PorterKaysenia ToddNatasha TylerLorina WilliamsMattie WilliamsMichiganTammy DanaXochil FisherJohnathan LeakTanisha WilliamsMississippiJamieon Keyes

Who turned another year old this month? Look below to find out!Queen MaloneJennifer Mat-thewsTrenatta MitchellFelicia PulliamAngela YoungMissouriJennifer JonesTabitha PowellGail ReederShauna RyanRobert WhiteNebraskaAdeline BravoMakala SnoverNevadaTara StaffordNorth CarolinaKathleen WilsonOhioKyleigh DicarloStephenie FlickAlecia MaynardSteven MccaleShannon Mc-CauslandJennifer Pi-etrowskiDorothy WintersOklahomaPaula AmsdenSabrina EllisMelissa FoltzBillie PidgeonJazmin Tolentino Del CarmenTierra WattsSouth CarolinaNicole DicksonTerri HatcherPamela JacksonAsheley NewtonRenada PostonLatisha WarrenTennessee Lori BaconKatharyne BaileyKatherine Bart-cherJennifer Bloem-ker

Anna BrooksAlexis BullionAmber CannonStephen CannonRicky CarterTanisha CollinsTaisha CrawfordMarla DimasMelissa DunnKamryn EdwardsMelissa FarrChristian Fergu-sonAlaynie FranklinNathan FugateJacob GarrettKathy GreggDavid GuzmanChristy HaireKristian HamiltonLeah HamiltonGrady HarrisKimberly HawesWilliam HawkinsMichelle Heming-wayWilliam HillKerry HornerBradley HoskinsMark HoughElizabeth Hub-bardJohn JonesJohn JonesJohn JonesJohn JonesElizabeth KillianCarla LaneBrandon MooreAustin MorrisSteven MorrisGregory PaceJoseph ParkerAudra PattersonCheryl Prender-gastJacob ProffittMatthew RobertsClaudia RobinsonMiles RolloVanessa Rosen-

balmDeonda Scog-ginsMelissa SicaHaley StanleyMeghann Tip-tonBen VincelliCaleb WatersSophia WilliamsKimberly WillisJenna WillsonKayron WylesJohn ZanoskaTexasChelsea TateSherlisa Wash-ingtonUKMarko Bern-hardtNicola JenkinsTania NicholasAnna NorthKarl Wilber-forceVirginiaChad BellMary Blanken-shipImani Hender-sonPatricia MartelleSyvonia ParkerJamiah WhiteTonia WhiteWisconsinCasey BrendenStephanie Man-skeJanessa Rich-mondMary RiebenJennifer SchultzAmanda Thom-as

Each issue, we congratulate folks celebrating milestone employment anniversaries. Here are those who celebrated this month.

IT’S YOUR5 YearsPaul Cabrera (TN)Sylvia Fernandez (CA)Kimberly Hayes (TN)Kerry Horner (TN)Jacquelynn Lee (MO)Kanisha McDonald (MS)Jami Scott (TN)

10 YearsSheila Arnwine (TN)

Peter Davies (AZ)Natalia Ilyaich (CA)Alicia Martin (TN)Catina Reed (AL)V Sutton Smith (TN)15 YearsNickolas Harvey (IA)Fred Johnson (TN)16 YearsLori Bacon (TN)Cynthia Rakestraw (TN)

19 YearsHelen Connolly (SC)Justin Lewis (TN)

20 YearsPatricia Armstrong (KY)Roger Langlo (TN)

21 YearsEllen Calfee (TN) Gregory Pace (TN)

ANNIVERSARY!

Happy Days

February 2018jccnews.com10 Lifestyles

Cleveland, TN—The Cleveland community was shaken with the sudden and untimely passing of Ron Moore. A beloved and famil-iar voice on WOOP FM, Ron will be missed greatly. His obituary is below.

Ronald Dean Moore, 63, a life-long resident of Cleveland, Ten-nessee, went home on Thursday, December 14, 2017, after a short illness. He was a 1972 graduate of Bradley Central High School and graduated from Cleveland State Community College in 1975. He was of the Methodist faith.

He was a friendly fellow that was known wide and near as “Moore Ron.” Moore was a proud democrat and was active in local elections. He served as chairman of the Bradley County Election Com-mission in the 1970s.

Moore became involved in community service at an early age. He served as President of the Cleveland Jaycees and Chapter Management Vice President of the Tennessee Jaycees. He served as the chairman of the Cleveland Bicentennial Parade and won the Outstanding Young Businessman of Cleveland in 1978. He served as the chairman of the Cleveland Jr. Miss Program in 1978.

Moore became involved as a Reserve Officer of the Bradley County Sheriff ’s Department in the 1970s, where he served as Captain of the Reserves for several years. He was a private investigator with John Cook and Associates. He and Cook developed and offered con-

Cleveland, TN—The Jones Com-panies family was heartbroken to learn of the passing of Sarah Var-ner. The mother of Creekridge Ground Supervisor Tim and Driv-er Handler Darryl Varner, Mrs. Varner was loved by her family and community. Below is her obituary.

Sarah Lucille Varner “Mamaw,” 85, passed away on Friday, Decem-ber 22, 2017, at a family residence.

She had been a resident of Cleveland for more than seven-ty years. She was a Godly wom-an and a loving wife, mother, and grandmother to her family. She at-tended many different community churches close to her home during her lifetime. She was a member of

OBITUARIES

tinuing education classes to private investigators in Tennessee.

Moore was serving as chair-man of the Bradley County 911 board when the present facilities were built.

He was presently serving as Vice President of the Bradley County Histor-ical and Genea-logical Society. He and his wife, Debbie, have co-hosted a lo-cal award-win-ning history talk show, “Old Town Cleveland,” since 2009 on WOOP FM. The couple has completed six award-winning regional history documentaries.

Moore en-joyed working on genealogy and was a member of the Benjamin Cleveland Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. He served as a volunteer for the Hi-wassee Heritage Center in Charles-ton and was an active member of the Tennessee Trail of Tears Asso-ciation.

His favorite past time was watching Bradley High School sports, especially football and wrestling. He rarely missed a game or match before becoming ill. He served several years as President of the Bradley Wrestling Boosters. He and his wife, Debbie, served as photographers for the Bradley

Wrestling team for a decade and in 2016 made a documentary about the Bradley High Wrestling Pro-gram. He enjoyed mentoring the wrestlers.

Moore was well known as a historian of local sports. He served for several decades on the foot-

ball “Panel of Experts” on Mix 104. He hosted the “Wresting Mat” and of-ten joined in on “Good Sports” on WOOP FM.

Moore played bass in several local bands and had written and recorded several songs with the band, Tennes-see T. The band played hundreds

of shows including the Nation-al Jaycees Convention and for the 75th Anniversary of the Nation-al Park Service. “The Tennessee T Show” appeared on Channel 53 in the late 1980s.

Moore was hired as the first manager of Telecable, Inc. in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1978. He served as manager of the local cable system for more than twenty years. He retired at the age of 47 but re-turned to work to teach computer classes at Gateway Computers and worked for the State of Tennessee’s Welfare program, “Family’s First.” He retired again in 2015 to take care of his elderly mother.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Jay Lake and Faye Epper-son Moore; sister, Robin Moore Carter; and grandparents, Willie and Lissie Moore and Henry and Matilda Hayes Epperson.

He is survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, Debbie Stephen-son Moore; his children: Ashley Moore Coleman (Dustin) and Will Moore (Alliea); and his greatest treasures, his grandchildren: Avery and Harper Coleman and Greyson Moore. He is also survived by his brother-in-law Brent Carter and sisters-in-law: Maryln Bandy, Johnnie Bandy, and Vicki Rayfield. He will be missed by a large num-ber of friends and relatives and especially by his best friend, John Cook.

The family received friends from 3 until 7 p.m. on Friday, De-cember 29, at First Baptist Church Cleveland located at 1275 Stuart Road, Cleveland, TN 37312. A cel-ebration of life service was held at 7 p.m. at the church following the visitation.

You are invited to share a per-sonal memory of Ron or your condolences with his family at his online memorial located at www.companionfunerals.com. Com-panion Funeral and Cremation Service and the Cody family were honored to assist the Moore family with these arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that do-nations be made to Friends of the Cleveland Public Library Historic Branch located at 833 N. Ocoee Street, Cleveland, TN 37311.

Benton Church of God.She was preceded in death by

her husband, Joseph “Joe” Varner; parents, Arthur and Isabell Bowers; brothers, Elack and J.W. Bow-ers; daughter, Judy Morrison; grandson, Jere-my Anderson; s o n - i n - l a w, James Cross; step-children, Bill Varner and Patricia Thomas; and step-grandchil-dren, James Varner and

Gene Varner.She is survived by five children,

Peggy Bates and husband Rich-ard; Debbie Anderson and hus-band James; Darrell Varner and wife LuAnn; Timmie Varner and wife Christina; and Patrice Dixon;

two step-chil-dren, Virgin-ia Woody and Jim Varner and wife Joella; five grandchildren: Bryan, Aaron, and Alyshia Varner, Vene-cia O’Bannon, and Misty Mc-Calley; three great grand-children, Jacob

Anderson, Liam Varner, and Dylan McCalley; three step-grandchil-dren, Vicki Cavett, Kim Gregg, and Gina Bunch; brother, Bob Bowers; sister, Elizabeth Bowers; and sever-al nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was conduct-ed at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, De-cember 27, in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Jerry Herron officiating. Interment was followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Ronnie Wilson, Ja-cob Anderson, Ben Casteel, Bryan Varner, Kevin Smith, and Aaron Varner serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony con-cluded the service.

The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, De-cember 26, at the funeral home.

Martha-Lee WomacCheck Into Cash Pawn of TennesseeInternal AuditorCleveland, TN—Here’s a quick picture of my daughter, Tammi, and me on Christmas Day. It was a great day!

FAMILY FUN THE MARINE BAKER

Cleveland, TN—While most folks were busy celebrating the advent of 2018, Na-thaniel Hidalgo was boarding a bus to head to Parris Island, South Carolina, for basic training as a United States Marine.

Having spent the last few months making doughnuts at the Village Bake Shop, Nathaniel enlisted with the Marines, signing up to be in the infantry. Why? Be-cause he likes challenging himself to do the hardest thing.

All of us at the Jones Companies family wish him the best in his Marines ad-venture.

Jones Management Services Chief of Staff Toby Pendergrass, Nathaniel, and Jones Compa-nies Courier Editor Daniel Brantley the morning Nathaniel shipped out.

February 2018 jccnews.com 11News

Wherever You Are—Have you ever thought, “If I ran the company I would hire …..”?

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We are always look-ing for valuable team members who exhibit STARS: Skills, Talent, Ambi-tion, Relationships, and Smiles!

You recently received an email invitation to activate your account on the STAR platform—a new ser-vice to help us increase our social recruitment efforts while making it fun and easy for you!

Over the next few months, we’ll be launching referral com-petitions and giveaways. In re-turn, we hope you’ll take a few mo-ments out of your busy day to tell us which of your friends or family should work here at Check Into Cash.

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for the position that best fits their experience and skill set.

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Kathy BortonCheck Into Cash Center 8013 (50 LaFrentz Lane)ManagerMarshalltown, IA—Happy New Year!

By Bob Bartelsmeyer, Branch ManagerCheck Into Cash Center 12060 (864 East Highway 60)ManagerMonett, MO—We recently were named Best of the Best Payday and Title Loan Agency for 2017 from the readers of the Monett, Missouri Times Newspaper.

By Cindy BreedingBuy Here Pay Here Store 3 (151 Island Drive)Account RepresentativeDayton, TN—Our Dayton, Tennessee, Buy Here Pay Here USA store was named Best of the Best Auto Dealership in Rhea County. It was a great honor and we sincerely thank the community for putting their trust in us, year after year!

MAKING NEWS IN 2017

By Brandon LeffewCheck Into Cash Center 29036 (3986 Bay Road)ManagerLansing, MI—With the tax season upon us, Center 29036 is preparing to bring in customers who wish to cash their checks. We are promoting our office with the local tax prepara-tion companies in the area.

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DON’T GO RAW CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIEBy Eric FulkersonBald Headed BistroExecutive Chef

Ingredients4 cups heavy cream4 tablespoons sugar8 teaspoons vanilla extract1 1/2 cups peanut butter16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped2 cups brown sugar1/2 cup cornstarch8 egg yolks4 cups milk2 ounces butter

Directions Whisk together cream, sugar, and 2 teaspoons va-

nilla to stiff peaks. Place peanut butter and chocolate in separate bowls.

In a 4-quart saucepan, whisk together a pinch of salt, brown sugar, cornstarch, yolks, and milk.

Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook until custard thickens, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Whisk in butter and vanilla.Strain through a sieve and divide custard even-

ly between peanut butter and chocolate; whisk each until smooth. Fold half the whipped cream into the peanut butter, and spread evenly into the pie crust; chill 20 minutes. Spread chocolate over the top, chill until set, at least 45 minutes.

Ingredients• 1 can cherry pie filling• 1 can crushed pineapple• 1/4 cup brown sugar• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon• 1 stick butter• Powdered sugar, for garnish • 1 box yellow cake mix

By Katherine BartcherCheck Into CashParalegal

PINEAPPLE CHERRY DUMP CAKE

BATTING 1000By Bob KniznerCheck Into CashDirector of Field Internal Audit and ComplianceWe here in auditing are constant-ly checking and rechecking Check Into Cash for compliance and proper accounting practices. This time around, we had a number of centers that had everything abso-lutely perfect!

Here are the centers that scored 100 percent on their title products in December.

• 00018 - Sparta, TN• 00032 - Nashville, TN• 00034 - Nashville, TN

• 00053 - Nashville, TN• 00054 - Nashville, TN• 00101 - Nashville, TN• 04023 - Glendale Heights, IL• 04024 - Matteson, IL• 04033 - Chicago, IL• 04045 - Chicago, IL• 05020 - Beloit, WI• 05023 - Beaver Dam, WI• 05033 - Monroe, WI• 05041 - Burlington, WI• 06051 - Troy, OH• 09003 - Sacramento, CA• 09008 - Lodi, CA• 09017 - Vallejo, CA• 09045 - Ventura, CA

• 09055 - San Jose, CA• 09079 - Pismo Beach, CA• 09085 - Huntington Beach, CA• 09087 - La Mirada, CA• 09100 - Brea, CA• 09109 - Mission Viejo, CA• 09122 - Glendale, CA• 09155 - Turlock, CA• 09171 - Camarillo, CA• 09184 - Westminster, CA• 16013 - Lafayette, LA• 16016 - New Iberia, LA• 16034 - Lafayette, LA• 16037 - Abbeville, LA• 22028 - Front Royal, VA• 22030 - Norfolk, VA• 22064 - Pulaski, VAThese centers earned a perfect

score for payday products.• 05020 - Beloit, WI

• 05023 - Beaver Dam, WI• 05033 - Monroe, WI• 05041 - Burlington, WI• 09122 - Glendale, CA• 22028 - Front Royal, VA• 22064 - Pulaski, VA• 40027 - Manning, SC• 40042 - Florence, SCAnd these earned a perfect score

for AMLMSB products.• 02014 - New Albany, IN• 02045 - Angola, IN• 02056 - Logansport, IN• 04002 - Peoria, IL• 04004 - Bloomington, IL• 05036 - Tomah, WI• 09209 - Vallejo, CA• 12047 - Marshall, MO• 40057 - Darlington, SC

Before you get all worked up, this article isn’t telling you to avoid raw fruits and vegetables. Actually, eating raw fruits and vegetables is a great way to boost your health and protect almost every system and organ inside your body.

Rather, this article is to warn you against a new fad that is bound to cause some serious health problems. That fad? Raw water. It sounds bizarre, but if you think about the water you drink every day, you should know that it’s not in its rawest form. For some, the processing, fil-tering, and other steps wa-ter takes before getting to your tap means the water isn’t helpful. It’s unwanted.

For these people, nothing is better than water is its raw, original state. So they order a gallon of raw water. Currently, raw water—where it can be found—sells for nearly $40 for two gallons ($20 per gallon). And while it is excessively expensive to some, it is a worthwhile expense for others. A few others at least.

What they’re not taking into account,

however, is that raw water isn’t just raw. It has all sorts of stuff in it. Depending on the spring from which is comes, it could have any number of contaminants. From chem-icals that are naturally there and are okay to ingest to viruses, bacteria, remnants of medication that was improperly disposed,

and fecal matter, there’s no limit to the gross, un-healthy stuff that could be hiding in raw water.

So before you run out and drink what claims to be a healthier, more expensive alternative to your typical water, con-sider the health risks and

ask yourself: Am I willing to risk my good health on water that may have more bad things in it than the water that comes out of my kitchen sink?

Of course, if you agree with the raw-wa-ter fans that fluoride in your water is used for mind control, you may want to consid-er raw water, but be careful, as real diseases have been eradicated are largely due to fil-tering by your local water provider.

DirectionsPour cherry pie filling and pineapple into a baking dish. Pour the

cake mix on top, slice a stick of butter, and arrange the slices on top of the cake mix. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.

Bake the cake for 45 minutes at 350˚ F. Let cake cool before you sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. Then...enjoy!

By Janet NiedzielskiCheck Into Cash Center 3017 (726 Campbellsville Bypass)Manager

COLD LOVE AT WORK

Campbellsville, KY—One of my customers braved the snow to come in and pay his loan today. I walked him to the door and watched as he pulled out of the park-ing lot. Here’s what was left after he pulled away. Awesome!

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Have news for the JCC? We want to hear about it! Send your life happenings to dbrantley@checkintocash.com or call it in at (423) 473-4537. You may even win $50!

Be The Reporter, Get Cash!

Have news for the JCC? We want to hear about it! Send your life happenings to dbrantley@checkintocash.com or call it in at (423) 473-4537. You may even win $50!

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SUDOKUFill in every square until each row, column, and box contain all of the numbers from 1 to 9, with no num-ber repeated twice in any row, column, or box.

RIDDLE ME THISLike to have your brain wracked with riddles? You’ve come to the right place.Riddle 1: A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible?Riddle 2: Railroad crossing, watch out of cars. Can you spell that without any “r’s”?Riddle 3: What has to be broken before you can use it?Riddle 4: Lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward. What is it?Riddle 5: What goes up and never comes down?Riddle 6: How can a man go eight days without sleep?Riddle 7: I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?Riddle 8: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?

Answer 1: Friday was the name of his horse.Answer 2: T-H-A-TAnswer 3: An egg.Answer 4: An icicle.Answer 5: Your age.Answer 6: He sleeps at night.Answer 7: A piano.Answer 8: Breath.

PROBLEM SOLVEDSolutions to last issue’s puzzles.

Lifestyles

LEXOPHILESubmitted by Ellie St. PierreCheck Into CashExecutive Administrative Assistant

And now, for something to tickle your funny bone...

“Lexophile” is a word used to de-scribe those who have a love for words, such as “You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish” or “To write with a bro-ken pencil is pointless.”

A competition to see who can come up with the best lexophiles is held ev-ery year in an undisclosed location.

Here are this year’s winning submis-sions:

When fish are in schools, they some-times take debate.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

The batteries were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.

A will is a dead giveaway.With her marriage, she got a new

name and a dress.A boiled egg is

hard to beat.When you’ve seen

one shopping center, you’ve seen a mall.

WOOP FM’s FROdaddy and The Matadoor want to know if you...

REMEMBER WHEN?

Twenty-year-old Mike Tyson is held in the air by Don King after defeating Trevor Berbick in the second round in 1986.

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was re-sisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory, which was never developed.

When she saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought she’d dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.

And finally:Those who get too big

for their b r i t c h e s will be totally ex-posed in the end.

Congrats to Ellie,

February’s $50winner!

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By Vickie LongCheck Into CashVAAC Supervisor Cleveland, TN—This was my Christmas gift from Dawn McDaniel and Marla Dimas, Vehicle Appraisal Specialist and VAAC Day Shift Supervi-sor, my supervisors at the VAAC.

Meet Navvi, the sweetest gift ever. I had lost my sweet chihuahua Levi many months ago. This was a perfect gift. The VAAC/NOIA department loves him and everyone is already spoiling him rotten!

By Meagan DanielCheck Into CashVAAC SpecialistCleveland, TN—This is what happens when you get a new cat at Christ-mas.

By Caitlin FieldsCheck Into CashVehicle Appraisal SpecialistCleveland, TN—It was an exciting Christmas Eve for my son, Draven Fields, who was waiting on the arrival of Santa Claus!

THE FORCE WAS WITH THEMCleveland, TN—Jones Management Services Chief of Staff Toby Pend-ergrass soaked up his fourth viewing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi with his wife, Tiffany, and their children: Sophia, Ava, and Estella.

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS

A PET-TASTIC CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

By Peter DaviesCheck Into CashDistrict 19.0 ManagerMiami, AZ—We had a fun and good-looking Ugly Sweater Day at Check Into Cash Cen-ter 19037 (2105 East Highway 60)! From left: Brandi Valen-cia, Assistant Manager, Andrea Minefee, Customer Service Representative; me; and Claris-sa Arvizu, Manager.

LOOKING GOOD (AND UGLY)

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HERE COMES BABY!

Cleveland, TN—Please join us in congratulating Check Into Cash Vice President of Human Resources Donnie Upshaw and his wife, Nichole, on the birth of their new baby girl, Blake! The new addition to the Upshaw family weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and all are healthy and happy!

By Brandon SuttonCheck Into Cash Online Customer Service RepresentativeCleveland, TN—We had the baby! Logan Sutton was born on De-cember 28 at 2:31 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and mea-sured 21 inches. All are well and we couldn’t be happier!

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By Paula A. ValdezBuy Here Pay Here USA (537 Inman Street West)Title AdministratorCleveland, Tennessee—My grandson, Harley Mayes-Monroe Franklin, was born on January 16, 2018. He weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces and measured 21.4 inches long.

By Christina HuletCheck Into Cash Center 6046 (1233 South Main Street)Customer Service RepresentativeBryan, OH—I just wanted to say that I love my children, 11-year-old Logan and 10-year-old Zaleski. They never fail to brighten my day and make me laugh!

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