Cleveland State to Host Second Annual Celebrity Roast

Cleveland State to Host Second Annual Celebrity Roast

Holly Vincent
Friday, September 9, 2016 3:26 PM
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CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Cleveland State Community College will be hosting its second annual celebrity roast on Thursday, September 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Country Club. The featured guest to be roasted is Mayor Tom Rowland. He is the longest serving mayor in the history of Cleveland.
Dr. Bill Seymour, CSCC President, said, “Following our inaugural Celebrity Roast, I polled several people in the community about who would be the next best honoree. Without a question, Tom Rowland was the most enthusiastically recommended. Given his length of service, significant relationships, and deep involvement in our community, I am sure there is much to roast him about.”
Seymour continued, “I am very pleased to have assembled an outstanding dais for the event. Roasters include Larry Wallace, Dale Hughes, Kevin Brooks, Janice Casteel, Brian Graves and Tim Poteet. Steve Hartline will be our MC again this year, so it’s sure to be a fun evening!”
Rowland is currently serving his sixth term as mayor, having served in this role since 1991. He is listed in the Congressional Records of the 110th Congress, making history as Cleveland’s longest serving mayor. While serving as mayor, Rowland has served in many leadership positions throughout the community, including President of the Tennessee Municipal League, Past President of the East Tennessee Mayors Association and Vice Chairman of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), the highest position one can hold and not be on the state legislature. He is a Board member of the Tennessee Risk Management Pool and Vice Chairman of the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund. He is a member of many organizations including Keep America Beautiful Board, Emergency Shelter Board, 911 Board, United Way Board, Greenway Board and the Volkswagen Task Force. He is co-founder of Cleveland 100, an organization that assists surviving family members of officers, firemen and emergency personnel killed in the line of duty.
Prior to becoming mayor in 1991, Rowland owned and operated three radio stations in Tennessee and Georgia. During his career in broadcasting, he won numerous state and national awards including the title as “Tennessee Broadcaster of the Year.” He and his wife, Sandra, are members of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. They have two children and six grandchildren.
For more information and to purchase tickets for the second annual roast, visit the website at mycs.cc/roast or call (423) 614-8750. Dinner will be served, and there will be a cash bar available. Ticket prices are $75 per person and $800 for a table with sponsorship recognition. However, all laughs are free! The event is sponsored by the Bank of Cleveland, and all proceeds will go to support the Cleveland State Annual Fund. Checks should be made payable to the Cleveland State Foundation with “Roast” on the memo line.
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