January 19, 2010

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 19 ■ January 19, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 50 Cents

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Heating bills leave many cold

INSIDE

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

5All-Stars take Bowl over Kentucky Five players from SCHS and Seymour lead Tennessee to 26-13 win. sports, Page A8

SEVIERVILLE — With one of the coldest winters in recent years blasting Sevier County, folks who provide heating assistance to local residents say their money is running low as demand swells.

Local nonprofit and public sources for such help have seen a triple threat. The struggling

economy has left more people in need, the falling mercury has sent heating needs skyrocketing and contributions have lagged.

“Probably 50 percent of our calls right now are for utility assistance,” Dick Wellons, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries executive director, said. “People are calling constantly for help getting their electric bills paid, buying propane or buying fire-

wood. We’re able to assist them with all of those.”

Unfortunately, SMARM has to limit its assistance only to those who face losing their electric service.

“We’re seeing $400 and $500 bills, and we just can’t be paying that for everybody,” Wellons says. “Now, a lot of those are from not being energy efficient. When we talk to people we try to give

them a little advice on what they can do to save energy.”

The point is illustrated as Wellons’ comments are interrupted by a pair of calls for help with utility bills. After explaining that the people seeking assistance have to call at 9 a.m. the following day — SMARM has had to isolate such meetings so they don’t See BILLS, Page A4

Celebrating the dream Sevier takes note of MLK’s legacy

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By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer

Aid to Haiti steps up; magnitude of tragedy steps up

SEVIERVILLE — The fifth annual Sevier County Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration brought a record number of people to the Monday festivities, according to County Mayor Larry Waters.

“I believe this is the largest crowd I’ve seen at this event,” Waters said at the beginning of the service at First Baptist Church.

After the audience listened to King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Waters added, “I believe God had a hand in that speech; there are so many truths in it.”

The tribute began Monday morning with a walk from the church’s parking lot to the courthouse. An older white woman was one of the first to arrive, carrying a sign that said, “I am part of the dream.”

Sandra Donohoo, a member of the Sevier County MLK Day Committee, led the marchers in chants that included, “MLK/It’s your day/The dream you have is here to stay!” and “Rosa, Rosa, Rosa Parks/Always keep her in your hearts.” The group also sang gospel hymns such as “Rough Side of the Mountain.”

Once everyone had settled into the church sanctuary, King’s speech was played while images of civil rights demonstrations — and blacks being mistreated — were featured on an overhead screen.

“Today is a day to celebrate the life and legacy of a

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CNB president quiets rumors Bank not sold or for sale; credit card processing arm sold Page A2

Weather Today Partly cloudy High: 59°

See LEGACY, Page A4

Tonight Partly cloudy Low: 43° DETAILS, Page A6

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Obituaries

The Martin Luther King Jr. marchers head back to the Sevierville First Baptist Church for continued celebration.

Margaret Bruch, 79 Charles Butler, 80 Jason Ownby 30 Sam Huff, 86 William Haldeman, 90

Keynote speaker shares her struggles in fight for equality in segregated South

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Corrections The Mountain Press is committed to accuracy.

Please report factual errors by calling 428-0748 Ext. 214.

By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — The riots of the Ku Klux Klan in Selma, Ala., during the 1960s will forever be etched in Marjorie Stewart’s mind.

“As the blaring of horns got louder and louder, our family followed the same ritual of the other black families in our neighborhood — we watched the parade through cracked windows,” Stewart, keynote speaker of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration service, told attendees at First Baptist Church. “Along with being afraid of the KKK, I was also puzzled by them.”

She was also afraid of those who had

“I remember shaking hands with Dr. King, realizing it had t be part of history — but I’m sure I didn’t realize just how big it was at the time.”

— Marjorie Stewart, keynote speaker

taken an oath to protect and serve the people in her community.

“Most children today love parades and love police officers, but there was nothing that would have made me approach a police officer as a young child,” Stewart said. “In Selma, there was one color: White.”

Stewart, a retired teacher and author of Library of Congress publication “Selma Through the Eyes of a Child,” also remembered one man in the neighborhood who watched the KKK from his front porch, “interfering with their power trip,” she said.

Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press “They pointed a rifle at him, remindKeynote speaker Marjorie Stewart talks to the ing him who was in charge.” audience about growing up in Selma, Ala. For See SPEAKER, Page A4 more photos of the event, see Page 14.

We still want to hear about your Unsung Hero The nominations for Unsung Heroes in Sevier County continue to come in, but we haven’t heard from you yet.

Think of that volunteer at a service agency, the neighbor who is always there with hot meals or transportation, the youth

coach or scout leader. …

These are the kinds of people who help their communities without seeking or asking for attention. Those are the Unsung Heroes.

Since 2006 The Mountain Press has been selecting six to eight such heroes for inclusion in our

annual Common Threads edition. All you have to do is drop us a note to explain why your nominee deserves to be considered, and please add a way to contact you and the nominee.

While we know there are many special govern-

ment workers, church pastors, devoted parents and business employees, we want to honor those people who do extraordinary things beyond the call of duty.

Nominations can be e-mailed to editor@ themountainpress.com;

mailed to P.O. Box 4810, Sevierville 37864; faxed to 453-4913; or dropped off weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at our offices, 119 Riverbend Drive.

The deadline is Feb. 5.

If you have questions, call Editor Stan Voit at 428-0746, ext. 217.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The community calendar is printed as space permits. Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered.

They are listed by date. To place an item phone 4280748, ext. 214, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress. com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

Tuesday, Jan. 19 GateKeepers

GateKeepers men’s Bible study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.

Hot Meals

Hot Meals for Hungry Hearts served from 5:30 to 6:30 p,m. Tuesdays at Second Baptist Church, Pigeon Street just off Chapman Highway.

Republican Party

Sevier County Republican Party meets at 6 p.m. at courthouse. 453-3882 or 368-3833.

noon on Mondays. Call 573-9711 or visit www.seymourumc.org.

Thursday, Jan. 21 Relay Dinner/Dance

Relay For Life dinner/ dance 6-10:30 p.m. Jan. 30, Sevierville Civic Center. $50 per person.

Semi-formal attire. RSVP

by Jan. 21 to 428-0846.

Table sponsorships available. 654-9280; 397-5556; 603-1223.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 9 a.m. UMC Pigeon Forge n 2 p.m. Blue Mountain Mist B&B, Pullen Road, Sevierville n 6:30 p.m. Sevierville UMC, Conference Room, Sevierville

Gatlinburg Library

Anna Porter Public Library Thursday Theater showing “Julie and Julia,�

6:30 p.m. 436-5588.

Hot Meals

Crewettes

Sevier County Crewettes meets at 7 p.m. at Rescue Squad. 453-3861 or 4538572.

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries provides hot meals 5:30-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church in Sevierville.

Blood Drive

TOPS

Medic blood drive 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Farmers Insurance/David Owenby Agency/Advance Auto Parts, 501 Parkway.

Wednesday, Jan. 20 Middle Creek UMC

Middle Creek United Methodist Church, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge, worship services 6:30 p.m. 216-2066.

Seymour UMC

Celebrate Recovery meets at Seymour UMC, Chapman Highway at Simmons Road. Call 5739711 for details.

Sevierville Story Time Preschool story time 10:30 a.m. Sevier County Library, 321 Court Ave. 453-3532.

Blood Drive

Medic blood drive 2-8 p.m., WonderWorks, 100 Music Road, Pigeon Forge.

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery meets 5:30 p.m. at Seymour United Methodist, one block north of Boyd’s Creek Highway.

Reservations required by

TOPS weight loss chapter meets at 6 p.m., Parkway Church of God in Sevierville. 755-9517 or 429-3150.

ABWA

American Business Women’s Association meets at Holiday Inn, Pigeon Forge. Networking 6 p.m., $13 dinner meeting to follow. RSVP to 9334048. www.abwasevier.org.

Submarine Veterans

American Veterans and DAV auxiliary meet at Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center. Potluck dinner 6 p.m., meeting 7.

Golden Agers

Golden Agers gather at 11 a.m. at Seymour UMC for travel to lunch at Gondolier. 573-9711.

Human Resource Assn.

Smoky Mountain Human Resource Association meets at 8 a.m. 286-1438.

Friday, Jan. 22 Kodak Story Time

Preschool story time 11 a.m. Kodak Library, 319 W. Dumplin Valley Road.

933-0078.

Saturday, Jan. 23 Angel Food

Angel Food pickup: n 8 to 11 a.m. Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508. n 8 to 10 a.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 9081245. n 10-noon, River Of Life Outreach, 110 Simmons Road, Seymour. 679-6796. n 9:30 to 11 a.m. Basic Life Ministries, formerly The Father’s House, 139 Bruce Street. 286-9784 or 230-1526.

Radio Testing

Sevier County Emergency Radio Service amateur license and emergency communications course testing, 10 a.m. at Rescue Squad. 429-2422 or e-mail to n4jtq@live.com.

Sunday, Jan. 24 Walnut Grove Revival

Smoky Mountain submarine vets meet at 6 p.m., Islamorada Restauran. www.SmokyMountainBase. com or 429-0465 or 6923368.

Walnut Grove Church revival 7 p.m. today through Jan. 30. The Rev. Melvin Carr evangelist.

453-4302.

Aero Club

GateKeepers

Smoky Mountain Aero Club meets at 7 p.m., Sevierville Community Center. 604-5211 or 4283663.

Emergency Radio

Sevier County Emergency Radio Service meets at 7:30 p.m., EOC office on Bruce Street. 429-2422 or www.freewebs.com/ aresradio.

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Monday, Jan. 25 GateKeepers men’s community Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church (last door on right), Chapman Highway n 1 p.m., Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Credit card processing arm is sold by Citizens National President emphasizes bank has not been sold, not for sale

By STAN VOIT Editor SEVIERVILLE — Citizens National Bank of Sevierville has sold its merchant credit card processing portfolio to the company that had been handling that business.

The bank itself has not been sold, president and CEO David Verble said, knocking down rumors that sprang from the transaction.

The bank had been getting calls, as had The Mountain Press, from people who thought CNB had been sold to Elavon, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. Elavon is a leading global payments provider. “The bank has not been sold and is not for sale,� Verble said.

Elavon made an offer to CNB to purchase the merchant credit card processing that it already had been doing for the bank under contract. “Most community banks don’t handle this service any more,� Verble said. “They (Elavon) made us a good offer to purchase it.�

Elavon has regional operations in part of a shopping center near Walmart on Chapman Highway in Knox County. It announced the purchase of the CNB processing business at a recent gathering of

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He was being held. u Gary Alvin Grigsby II, 33, of Knoxville, was charged Jan. 16 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held. u Tiffany Renea Grimmett, 26, of 541 Indian Knob Circle in Pigeon Forge, was charged Jan. 16 with simple possession and possession of marijuana. She was released on $2,500 bond. u Christopher Lynn Hall, 38, of 3964 Thomas Cross Road in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 17 with DUI, violation of implied consent law and worthless checks. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Clyde Lee Martin, 27, of 2253 Old Newport Highway in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 16 with

domestic violence assault, recklesss endangerment and evading arrest. He was being held in lieu of $10,000 bond. u Tiffany Jean Martin, 22, of 3271 Nuns Cove Road in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 16 with violation of probation. He was released on $3,500 bond. u Ahamd Rochadd Rancher, 27, of Knoxville, was charged Jan. 17 with driving while revoked. He was released on $5,000 bond. u Floyd Shane Thornton, 33, of 1949 Shady Grove Road in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 18 with public intoxication. He was released on $250 bond.

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Smoky Mountain Wedding Association holds its first meeting of the year today Submitted report The new Smoky Mountain Wedding Association will meet for the first time this year at 5:30 p.m. today at Wilderness in the Smokies.

The goal of the countywide organization is to raise awareness of the Smoky Mountains and encourage couples to come here for their wedding, president Olga Wierbicki said. “The number of weddings being performed here in Sevier County is down about 40 percent since 2000,� she said, “and we want to turn that number around and tap into the ever-growing popular trend for destination weddings. Destination weddings have been growing at a rate of 400 percent over the past 10 years. We formed the SMWA

ARRESTS Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. u Tina Marie Allen, 22, of Nashville, was charged Jan. 17 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. She was being held. u Joseph Scott Candee, 39, of 1318 Cherokee Circle in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 16 with possession of marijuana. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Jason Shawn Crum, 31, of Newport, was charged Jan. 15 with violation of probation. He was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond. u Harry John Decarr, 29, of 104 River Park Way in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 17 with DUI and driving after revocation. He was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond. u James Alan Griffin, 45, of 2265 Boyds Cree

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Under the terms of the agreement, Elavon will extend its full line of flexible payment solutions to the bank’s more than 300 existing merchant accounts, while also supporting a 10-year alliance agreement for new merchant services referred through the bank’s 18 branches. “Citizens National Bank has made their commitment to exceptional service the cornerstone of their customer satisfaction standards,� said Stuart Harvey Jr., CEO of Elavon. “Elavon’s investments in technology, innovation and customer service will continue to deliver on the bank’s almost 40-year tradition of service excellence for its merchant customers.� “Our customers depend on us to provide reliable, innovative service and a full line of solutions,� said Verble. “Elavon is solely focused on merchant services, and our new relationship enables us to provide our customers with the level of service and security they need and expect.�

Elavon provides end-to-end payment processing services to more than one million merchants in the United States, Europe, Canada and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.elavon.com.

Citizens National has been in business since 1973 and has operations in Sevier, Jefferson and Knox counties. For more information visit www.cnbtn.com.

u Robert Louis Turner, 23, of 711 Boling Road in Seymour, was charged Jan. 16 with driving while revoked. He was released on $1,500 bond. u James Leonard Webb, 43, of 3670 Wilhite Road in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 18 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held u Robert Timmy Whitsell, 42, of 606 Railroad St. in Sevierville, was charged Jan. 17 with rape of a child less than 13 years of age. He was being held in lieu of $200,000 bond.

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Lana Needham, a wedding consultant from Knoxville, will speak. She teaches wedding consulting at the University of Tennessee and is the author of two books: “A Bride’s Dream: The Perfect Wedding for Any Budget� and “The Encyclopedia for Wedding Consultants.� She’ll discuss wedding trends for 2010.

Food will be served. The cost to attend is $10 per person. The meeting will be in the main hotel adjacent to the Events Center.

Those planning to attend are asked to call 800-6275813 or e-mail to smweddingasso@gmail.com.

Nearly 70 people have indicated they plan to attend today’s meeting, Wierbicki said.

For more information visit www.smokyMountainWeddingAssociation.com.

A group of people interested in the subject has been working for about two years to get the association going. They started holding bimonthly meetings last July.

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Fee-Hedrick says it’s growing; denies cutbacks

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer PIGEON FORGE — A FeeHedrick Family Entertainment official is denying rumors the company is permanently cutting more than 100 jobs, saying any layoffs are only temporary and pointing out the theater chain will be adding a number of positions in coming months.

Like many businesses in Sevier County that depend on tourist dollars, the company annually sends a portion of its workforce home at the start of the year when

visitation drops. However, Vice President for Communications Jim Peacock insists Fee-Hedrick is furloughing less staff and looking forward to some expansion. “We’re laying off fewer people and for less time,� Peacock says. “We are laying off about 100 people, but that’s the least we’ve ever done. We’re going to actually be employing more people than before, too.�

Though many local businesses have been hurt by the recession, Peacock maintains the FeeHedrick group has held its own. “We had a decent year. We’re

not down,� he says. “We’re investing more and starting a new show this year. We feel like that will put more excitement in the area.�

A production of the Broadway musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat� will be showing regularly at the Miracle Theater beginning Feb. 12.

That means the company will be hiring some additional people much earlier than it usually does, Peacock says. “We’re really excited about ‘Joseph,’� he said. “It’s a popular show and people really seem to

enjoy it. I understand it came to Knoxville one time and sold out.�

Additionally, three of the theaters Fee-Hedrick operates — Black Bear Jamboree, Comedy Barn and Magic Beyond Belief — will stay open even through the slow months, something that’s never happened before.

That magic show has seen a shake-up in recent weeks as magician Terry Evanswood, the basis for the theater’s founding, has accepted a position with WonderWorks just across the Parkway.

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Parking spaces on BOMA’s agenda

Renewal of two deals on ’Burg agenda

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer GATLINBURG — Renewing a pair of deals, one with a utility and the other a nonprofit, and making several appointments to local boards will dominate a fairly light Gatlinburg City Commission agenda when that group meets at 6 p.m. today in City Hall.

The agreements are ones the city makes with Sevier County Electric System and Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, the teaching organization that started the first mission academy in Gatlinburg and still has a relationship with the school that bears its name.

Each of the cities in the county makes a regular deal with the utility in which a discount for electric service is given in exchange for the municipalities waiving property taxes on the electric system’s holdings there.

The second agreement is between the school and Pi Beta Phi for use of the historic Ogle cabin, which sits adjacent to the school property. The little log structure is also located directly next to the Southern Highlands Craft Guild’s Arrowcraft Shop on the Parkway.

The cabin is often used as an educational tool by the school, which stresses teaching its students about the history and heritage of those who settled in the Great Smoky Mountains, thanks to the city’s ownership of it.

The commission will also consider making appointments to the Environmental Design Review Board, Municipal Board of Zoning Appeals, Regional Board of Zoning Appeals and Sevier County E911 Board of Directors.

Before the business really gets underway, the group will take time to honor those employees who have worked for the city for 20 years, including City Planner David Ball, Assistant Facility Maintenance Manager Melvin Wayne Large and J. Michael Ownby, a meter reader and mechanic.

Following the commission’s session, the board members will continue to fill their seats as they meet as the Beer Board to vote on an off-premise beer sales permit request from Kenny and Billy Maples, the owners of Maples Brothers Convenience Store at 1674 East Parkway. n dhodges@themountainpress.com

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“We really hated to see him go and certainly the welcome mat is out any time if he wants to come back,� Peacock said. “I think Terry just was ready to try something new. There’s no ill will there.�

Peacock says Fee-Hedrick officials are hopeful 2010 will be a good year. “This is a tough time for tourism, but we are optimistic,� he says. “We’re going to be even more aggressive than ever before with our marketing and we think that will pay off.�

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Sue Dempersmier, director of resource development and marketing for the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains, receives a check for $1,100 from Jim Gerding, chairman of Our Savior Lutheran Church Foundation.

Lutheran foundation donates $1,100 to Boys & Girls Clubs From Submitted Reports

GATLINBURG — During the annual meeting of Our Savior Lutheran Church Foundation, Jim Gerding, chairman of the board, presented a $1,100 check to Sue Dempersmier, resource development director for the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains.

The money will be used to support operations at

the Gatlinburg branch.

The Boys & Girls Club was selected because of the work it does for the youth of the county, according to Gerding.

The foundation completed its third year on Dec. 31. Funds for the foundation are obtained through contributions, memorials and interest earned on investments.

It also receives funds from wills of individuals who bequeath a por-

tion of their estate to the foundation.

Each year, the foundation presents a cash gift to an organization in the community. At the end of its first year, the foundation presented a check to Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, with Friends In Need selected last year.

Money given to the foundation is placed in a fund that will continue to grow.

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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Conjoined twins from Arizona have already defied medical expectations by living past their third birthdays. Now their parents hope the girls will become one of the first sets of twins sharing a heart to be successfully separated.

Emma and Taylor Bailey, from the San Tan Valley area near Phoenix, were born connected at the chest, sharing a liver and a seven-chambered heart. Most hearts have four chambers.

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SEVIERVILLE — The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has a brief agenda for tonight’s regular meeting, including first reading for new regulations concerning parking spaces at residences and hotels.

The board is meeting at 7 tonight in the Civic Center.

The regular meeting was moved from Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.

Perhaps the most notable item on the agenda is a proposed change in regulations for parking spaces.

The amendment, which has been approved by the planning commission, calls for at least two off-

street parking spaces for every dwelling. Currently, the regulations require one space for each house and an average of half a space for multifamily dwellings.

The changes also call fore one off-street space for hotel guest rooms. “These changes in parking standards are meant to update the regulations in order to fit present-day vehicle ownership, habits and use,� according to a memo sent to board members.

Other items on the agenda include: n Approval to be evaluated in the state’s “Walk with Me Tennessee� program n Final reading of amendments to the 2009 budget

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OBITUARIES

Margaret Holcombe Bruch

Margaret Holcombe Bruch, age 79, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, passed away Friday, January 15, 2010.

She was preceded in death by her brother, George Holcombe, her sister, Jean Connelly, and her parents, Roswell and Barbara Holcombe.

She was the beloved wife of the late Charles A. Bruch Sr., loving mother of Barbara Bruch (Jaya Brand) and Charles A. Bruch Jr. (Cathy), adoring grandmother of Aaron Bruch and Kyle Bruch.

Memories of her warm smile and loving ways will always be cherished. May she now enjoy the peace and happiness she gave to all who knew her. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

King Day audience: Don’t ‘sanitize’ icon

By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press ATLANTA — Worshippers were urged Monday not to “sanitize” the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Atlanta church where he preached, while thousands marched in cities around the country and President Barack Obama honored King by serving meals to the needy.

Princeton University scholar Cornel West delivered a passionate keynote address at Ebenezer Baptist Church to commemorate King’s 81st birthday and mark the 25th federal observance of the holiday. He told the crowd to remember King’s call to help others and not simply enshrine his legacy in “some distant museum.”

King should be remembered as a vital person whose powerful message was once even considered dangerous by the FBI, West said at the church where King preached from 1960 until his assassination in 1968.

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In Memoriam

Charles H. Butler

Charles H. Butler, age 80 of Gatlinburg, TN passed away Friday, January 15, 2010, at the family home with family present.

He was a WWII Navy Veteran and worked at Lawrence Livemore Lab in California for 32 years.

Survivors: sons, Kenneth and Keith Butler; daughters-in-law, Joy Posey and Leslie Butler; granddaughter, Jenna Butler.

A graveside service was held at Middlecreek Cemetery on Monday, January 18, 2010.

McCarty Funeral Directors and Cremation Services, 607 Wall Street, Sevierville, in charge of arrangements, 7742950.

In Memoriam

Jason Lee Ownby

Jason Lee Ownby, age 30 of Sevierville, TN, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

He was preceded in death by his father, Shirl Ownby; stepmother, Mary Ellen Williams and stepfather, David Dugas.

Survivors include his mother, Debbie Ownby Dugas of Sevierville, TN; maternal grandmother, Christine Ownby of Pigeon Forge, TN; brothers, Dustin and Jeremy Ownby of Sevierville, TN; niece, Abigail Ownby and nephew, Hunter Ownby.

Services will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at Rawlings Funeral Home in Sevierville.

Interment will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010, in Williams Family Cemetery.

The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday prior to the service.

You may share your thoughts and memories with the family on our Web site.

In Memoriam

Sam C. Huff

Sam C. Huff, age 86 of Sevierville, passed away at his home on Sunday, January 17, 2010, after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Huff retired from Alcoa Aluminum Company in 1985 and was a member of the Woodmen of the World. He was a lifetime member of the Jones Cove community, where he spent his time farming and raising cattle. He served his community and district as a county commissioner for 28 years. Mr. Huff also served on numerous civic boards in Sevier County. He was an active member of the New Salem Baptist Church, having served as superintendent of the Sunday school department and as teacher of the Adult Men’s Sunday school class.

He is preceded in death by his parents Curt and Jane Henry Huff, sister Ila Huff, sister and brother-in-law Johnnie and Hollis Williams, brothers and sisters-in-law Earl and Shirley Whitted Huff, Floyd and Gladys Rolen Huff, sister-in-law Euna Huff.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years Kate Williams Huff and niece Jerri Dixon. A special thank you is to be given to Girling Home Health, Caris Hospice Care and caregivers Dixie Oliver and Margaret Fisher.

Funeral service 7 p.m. Tuesday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. David Newman, Rev. Bill Barnes and Rev. Melvin Carr officiating. Family and friends will meet 10 a.m. Wednesday in Huff Cemetery for interment. The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m.

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William Albert Haldeman, 90, of Knoxville, formerly of Sevierville, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. He was a graduate of Newark College of Engineering.

He was born and lived in New Jersey before retiring to the Smoky Mountains in 1983. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Gatlinburg and was active in the Retired Citizens of Gatlinburg.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and served in General Patton’s 3rd Army with the 87th Golden Acorn Infantry Division.

Survivors: children, Charlotte Haldeman Klieman, James Albert Haldeman and wife Margo, Bibi Haldeman Burnett and husband

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Stewart attended Alabama Lutheran Academy and Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C., where she met her husband, Dexter.

“Life for me didn’t stop just because races were separated,” she said. “I liked having fun ... swimming in our own pools, attending concerts — I got to meet The Staple Singers — and going to the movies.”

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great man,” said Judge Dwight Stokes, MLK Day Committee chairman.

“The video we viewed was a reminder that the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s were not ‘the good old days’ of American history.

Sacrifices were made so America might begin to live up to its pledge: ‘One

Lindell; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; stepchildren Linda Cairns, Charlotte Alberola, Tom Loughlin; six stepgrandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Honor AirKnoxville, 7536 Taggart Lane, Knoxville, TN 37938.

Memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Gatlinburg.

Father Charles Livermore will officiate. Interment to follow in the St. Francis Garden. A reception will follow the service at the church.

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overrun the only staffer in the office most of the day — to get an appointment, Wellons offers some tips.

“Now, in those mobile homes, they can be really bad for air leaks. Have you done any weather stripping?” he asks one caller.

“What temperature do you have your heater set on?”

Not everyone is so lucky with cures.

Wellons recounts the story of one woman who told how her family is renting the cheapest space she could find. The landlord apparently hasn’t secured a working heater and the family has been forced to take up residence only in the kitchen, shutting themselves off from the rest of the home.

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her aunt, Christine King Farris, the slain civil rights leader’s only living sibling. His other children, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King, didn’t attend the service.

In Washington, D.C., Obama honored King’s legacy of helping others serving lunch at a social services organization. Later Monday, Obama was scheduled to discuss the civil rights movement with a group of black elders and their grandchildren and speak at a King Day concert at the Kennedy Center.

“How are you sir? God bless you,” the president said, greeting one man among the dozens of people who filed into the dining room at SOME, or So Others Might Eat. His daughters and first lady Michelle Obama joined him.

Marches and parades were taking place around the country, including one in Montgomery, Ala., where King gained renown leading a bus boycott in protest of segregation during the 1950s.

The audience also took a moment during the service to pray for the people in Haiti devastated by last week’s earthquake.

“I believe Martin Luther King Jr. would be pleased at the progress we’ve made,” Stokes said. “Our challenge today is to go beyond this service and seek equality for all of God’s people.”

nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.’”

Keynote speaker Marjorie Stewart, a civil rights activist and retired teacher from Selma, Ala., who now lives in Maryville, shared experiences during the civil rights movement she had chronicled in journals that are now part of the Library of Congress.

“Fear is what I like to call the Miracle-Gro of racism,” Stewart said. “People were afraid that the scales

of justice would tip too far away from their favor.”

Also included was recognition of the essay and poster contest winners, as well as numerous musical performances from the Walters State Community College Choir, Boyds Creek Church of God Choir and dance team, Parkway Church of God Praise dance team, New Hope Church Praise dance team and 3D Dance and Drama Ministries.

would cringe when their hands would touch mine (when exchanging money at a store), and I cringed when I heard my parents say ‘sir’ to people younger than them who would disrespect them,” she said.

While attending a screening of “Imitation of Life,” Stewart and fellow movie-goers were forced out of the theater after a group of angry white men threw a smoke bomb into the balcony’s black seating area.

“I was losing my coat as I was being pushed down the stairs, and in my mind, that marked the beginning of my fight in the civil rights movement,” she said.

She fondly recalled her

elders who helped lead her community’s fight for equal rights, as well as others who traveled to the area.

“I felt excitement about all of these people who were coming to my town to change the way things were,” Stewart said. “I remember shaking hands with Dr. (Martin Luther) King, realizing it had to be a part of history — but I’m sure I didn’t realize just how big it was at the time.”

She also remembers when she and her family learned of peaceful demonstrators being attacked on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, the event known as “Bloody Sunday.”

“I can still feel the heavi-

ness in my heart from that day.”

But Stewart, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who now lives in Maryville, is pleased with the progress made and is optimistic about the future.

“Dr. King would probably agree there are still miles to go when it comes to judging a man not for his color but for the content of his character.

Our challenge today is to keep justice rolling. If out of this huge disaster in Haiti, if people around the world can work with their hearts, we can continue the trend or races coming together.”

the county mayor’s office is fielding countless calls for help from its own utility assistance pool, called the “indigent fund.” County officials annually appropriate about $12,000 to the account, and it’s used throughout the year for everything from medical needs to water bills and, of course, heat.

“Winter is our busiest time for calls,” County Mayor Larry Waters says.

“We will give help up to $45 one time in a year to a Sevier County family if they’re really facing a crisis. It’s not much money, but we get so many calls that we usually run out pretty quickly when winter comes.”

Debbie Litton, Waters’ assistant, administers the program.

“We’ve had an increase in the number of calls for assistance,” she says.

“Times are tough for a lot of people, and there are a lot of people who are in need. I know that what we give isn’t a lot of money, but it helps a little bit for a lot of people.”

While things have been bad enough already this winter, Litton fears things may get much worse in the coming weeks, when bills for electricity used during the recent bitter cold snap are sent out. Calls to her office are something of a lagging indicator of the temperatures — sort of a reverse weather forecast.

“Monday, we had a lot of folks calling, but I’m sure it won’t come close to next month,” Litton says. “That’s when this cold snap is going to be reflected on our electric

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“I don’t want to sanitize Martin Luther King Jr.,” said West, who teaches in Princeton’s Center for African American Studies and is the author of “Race Matters” and 19 other books.

He later added, “I don’t know about you, but I don’t even mention his name without shivering and shuddering.”

Speaking days before the anniversary of Obama’s inauguration, West also told the mostly black audience to hold Obama’s administration accountable even as they celebrate his historic presidency.

“Even with your foot on the brake, there are too many precious brothers and sisters under the bus,” West said of Obama. “Where is the talk about poverty? We’ve got to protect him and respect him, but we’ve also got to correct him if the legacy of Martin Luther KIng Jr. is going to stay alive.”

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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy

By MIKE MELIA Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The staggering scope of Haiti’s nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quakeravaged heart of this tragic land, where injured survivors still died in the streets, doctors pleaded for help and looters slashed at one another in the rubble.

The world pledged more money, food, medicine and police. Some 2,000 U.S. Marines steamed into nearby waters. And ex-president Bill Clinton, special U.N. envoy, flew in to offer support. Six days after the earthquake struck, search teams still pulled buried survivors from the ruins.

But hour by hour the unmet needs of hundreds of thousands grew.

Overwhelmed surgeons appealed for anesthetics, scalpels, saws for cutting off crushed limbs. Uncounted hundreds of survivors sought to cram onto buses headed out of town. In downtown streets, others begged for basics. “Have we been abandoned? Where is the food?� shouted one man, Jean Michel Jeantet.

The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) said it expected to boost operations from feeding 67,000 people on Sunday to 97,000 on Monday. But it needs 100 million prepared meals over the next 30 days, and it appealed for more govern-

ment donations. “I know that aid cannot come soon enough,� U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in New York after returning from Haiti. “Unplug the bottlenecks,� he urged.

In one step to reassure frustrated aid groups, the U.S. military agreed to give aid deliveries priority over military flights at the nowU.S.-run airport here, the WFP announced in Rome.

The Americans’ handling of civilian flights had angered some humanitarian officials.

Looting and violence flared again Monday, as hundreds clambered over the broken walls of shops to grab anything they could — including toothpaste, now valuable for lining nostrils against the stench of Portau-Prince’s dead. Police fired into the air as young men fought each other over rum and beer with broken bottles and machetes.

Hard-pressed medical teams sometimes had to take time away from quake victims to deal with gunshot wounds, said Loris de Filippi of Doctors Without Borders.

In the Montrissant neighborhood, Red Cross doctors working in shipping containers and saying they “cannot cope� lost 50 patients over two days, said international Red Cross spokesman Simon Schorno.

Amid the debris and the smoke of bodies being burned, dozens of international rescue teams dug on in search of buried survivors. And on Monday afternoon, some 140 hours after the quake, they pulled two

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Maxi Phalone sings praises to God after her sister was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince on Monday. Phalone’s sister was one of two earthquake survivors freed from the rubble by rescue workers from Russia, Nicaragua, Peru and Israel.

Haitian women alive from a collapsed university building.

At a destroyed downtown bank, another team believed it was just hours from saving a trapped employee.

The latest casualty report, from the European Commission citing Haitian government figures, doubled previous estimates of the dead from the magnitude7.0 quake, to approximately 200,000, with some 70,000 bodies recovered and trucked off to mass graves.

If accurate, that would make Haiti’s catastrophe about as deadly as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami,

which killed an estimated 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

European Commission analysts estimate 250,000 were injured and 1.5 million were made homeless.

Masses are living under plastic sheets in makeshift camps and in dust-covered automobiles, or had taken to the road seeking out relatives in the safer countryside.

On the capital’s southern edge, hundreds of people struggled to get onto brightly painted “tap-tap� buses heading out of town. “We’ve got no more food and no more house, so leav-

Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for education WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $1.35 billion in his 2011 budget proposal to extend an education grant program for states, although the Education Department remains months away from announcing its first round of awards, senior administration officials said.

Obama was outlining the budget proposal Tuesday at a Fairfax County, Va., elementary school.

The $787 billion economic stimulus program Obama signed into law soon after taking office included $4.3 billion in competitive grants for states, nicknamed the “Race to the Top� fund.

States must amend education laws and policies to compete for a share of the money.

More than 30 states were expected to apply

by Tuesday’s deadline.

The first of two rounds of award announcements are expected in April.

Even before that, however, Obama will ask lawmakers for another $1.35 billion so that states not chosen in either award round will have a chance to compete for money, according to the officials, who spoke anonymously Monday because the president had not announced his plans.

The president also wants to use some of the $1.35 billion for a similar competitive grant program among school districts.

With the grant programs, Obama is trying to make federal education spending more of a competitive endeavor to encourage states and school districts to do better, rather than a solely formula-driven effort in which states and districts look forward to receiving a certain amount of money each school year, regardless of how good a job they do educating students.

To that end, Obama sees using student test scores

to judge teacher performance and the creation of charter schools, which are funded with public money but operate independently of local school boards, as solutions to the problems that plague public education.

National teachers’ unions disagree.

They argue that student achievement amounts to much more than a score on a standardized test and that it would be a mistake to rely heavily on charter schools.

The “Race to the Top� fund — and the opportunity to compete for the billions of dollars it holds — was designed to encourage states to rework their education systems and bring them more in line with Obama’s vision.

Education is largely a state and local responsibility.

So far, more than a dozen states have changed laws or policies to link data on student achievement to the performance by teachers and princi-

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The speech Obama delivered last year, just weeks after taking office, technically was not considered a State of the Union address because at that point he’d only been in office for a short time.

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President George W. Bush delivered a similar address shortly after taking office in 2001.

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Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, called the administration’s plans “exciting.�

ing is the only thing to do,� said Livena Livel, 22, fleeing with her 1-year-old daughter and six other relatives to her father’s house in Les Cayes, near Haiti’s western tip. “At least over there we can farm for food,� she said.

She said she was spending her last cash on the “insanely expensive� bus fare, jacked up to the equivalent of $7.70, three days’ pay for most Haitians, because gasoline prices had doubled.

The European Union and its individual governments boosted their aid pledges for Haiti to euro422 million ($606 million) in emergency

and long-term aid, on top of at least $100 million pledged by the U.S. A dirt-poor nation long at the bottom of the heap, Haiti will need years or decades of expanded aid to rebuild.

After meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval and other international representatives in the neighboring Dominican Republic, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said Haiti would need $10 billion over five years.

For the moment, however, front-line relief workers want simply to get food and water to the hungry and thirsty.

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The new LeConte Medical Center opens Feb. 15, a $115 million investment in Sevier County by Covenant Health.

The public is invited to a sneak peek from 2-7 p.m. Feb. 4. Tours the new medical center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center are planned.

LeConte Medical Center, formerly Fort Sanders Sevier, is located at 742 Middle Creek Road. For more information visit www.lecontemedicalcenter.org.

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407 Merchants group to meet

The Sevierville 407 Merchants will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at Islamorada Restaurant inside Bass Pro Shops.

Greg Hosler will make a presentation about a www.sevierville407.com Web site.

John Turley from the Dumplin Creek development and Charles Atchley from Great Smoky Mountain Flea Market also will speak.

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Red Kettle drive success in county

While the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign fell short of collections in some areas this Christmas, the effort locally did not.

The Red Kettle campaign in Sevier County — which is organized independent of efforts in Knoxville — raised $151,329, a 29 percent increase over 2008, officials said.

Lt. Justin Caldwell directed his second campaign in Sevier County.

The money raised here will go directly to support the Army’s programs and services in Sevier County.

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Libraries waive fines for materials

The Sevier County Public Library System board invites the community to celebrate the approaching opening of the new King Family Library by offering a special incentive to retrieve overdue materials.

Through February, return all overdue materials to any branch of the library and the staff will waive any overdue fees on the materials.

Return overdue books, audio CDs, videos and DVDs, books on tape and any other materials belonging to the Sevier County Public Library System to the Main Library and the Seymour and Kodak branches.

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Second Baptist location of meals

Hot Meals for Hungry Hearts has added a second site for weekly meals.

Second Baptist Church on Pigeon Street, just off Chapman Highway near Old Knoxville Highway, will host meals on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., starting today.

This is in addition to the Thursday night meals served at First United Metodist Church in Sevierville.

The meals are available to anyone without cost or obligation. They are provided through Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries (SMARM).

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Hospital quits hiring tobacco users CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Officials at a Chattanooga hospital have decide to stop hiring tobacco users.

Brad Pope, vice president of human resources at Memorial Hospital, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the decision is an extension of the hospital’s commitment to health and is not based on potential health care cost savings.

“I understand the concerns people have, but we are here for the health of our community,” Pope said. “Like it

or not, what’s proven is that tobacco is the most preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. I think the Chattanooga and surrounding communities should expect this from Memorial.”

Any form of nicotine will make an applicant ineligible to be hired — even nicotine gum or a patch.

The new hiring rule will not affect current employees of Memorial.

Dr. Carlos Baleeiro, with Battlefield Pulmonology in Fort Oglethorp, Ga.,

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said the refusal by hospitals to hire tobacco users isn’t yet widespread, especially in tobacco producing states.

“It’s very brave of them,” he said. “I’m quite impressed by Memorial.”

Memorial is a nonprofit hospital that is operated by the Sisters of Charity order, based in Nazareth, Ky. It opened in 1952.

The hospital Web sites states Memorial is also part of Catholic Health Initiatives, which serves hospitals in 22 states.

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Information posted on the Web site states testing for nicotine will be added to an alreadyrequired screening for illegal drugs and will disqualify applicants who test positive.

The posting states applicants who have been offered jobs and who test positive for tobacco won’t be hired and may be disqualified for reapplying for six months.

Not everyone sees the move as entirely beneficial.

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— Pierre Roger, a Haitian police officer who spoke as yet another crowd of looters ran by in the quake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.

“’Avatar’ asks us to see that everything is connected, all human beings to each other, and us to the Earth. And if you have to go four and a half light years to another, made-up planet to appreciate this miracle of the world that we have right here, well, you know what, that’s the wonder of cinema right there, that’s the magic.”

— James Cameron after claiming best drama and best director awards for his science-fiction blockbuster at the Golden Globes.

“A matchup that probably nobody wanted, but too bad. Here we come!”

— New York Jets coach Rex Ryan after his team upset San Diego 17-14 to reach the AFC championship against the No. 1 seed Indianapolis Colts.

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On Jan. 19, 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America was signed by both countries in Washington, D.C. (Domestic opposition to the treaty led to the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (nah-boosoo-keh kee-shee)).

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Michael Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy, was charged with bludgeoning to death 15-yearold Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Conn. in 1975, when he was also 15.

(Skakel was later convicted, and is appealing.)

n Five years ago:

Previewing his second inauguration, President George W. Bush pledged to seek unity in a nation divided by political differences, saying, “I am eager and ready for the work ahead.” Condoleezza Rice won strong but not unanimous endorsement as secretary of state from a Senate panel.

n Thought for today:

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

— Hedy Lamarr, AustrianAmerican actress (19142000).

Celebrities in the news n

Jay Leno

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno turned serious on his show Monday to discuss the late-night chaos at NBC, explaining events from his standpoint and telling viewers he considered Conan O’Brien a “great Leno guy.”

I n remarks after his monologue Monday, Leno said he’d tried to avoid doing a show in prime time but was convinced by NBC that it could work.

It didn’t, with NBC pulling the plug on “The Jay Leno Show” after four months and devising a plan to put Leno back on at 11:30 p.m.

Mountain Views

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

—United States Constitution, Amendment One

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commentary

Health care fault to lie with Dems The more Americans learn about this health care package, the more they hate it. The more Democrats learn about how much Americans hate their health care plan, the more they close ranks and tell each other, “We absolutely need to pass health care to win in November.”

It’s the oddest political dynamic I’ve ever seen.

Every day, Americans learn more things to hate about this health care plan.

Take the new marriage tax this bill imposes.

According to Martin Vaughn, writing in The Wall Street Journal, an unmarried couple making $25,000 each will have to pay between $1,500 to $2,000 more if they decide to marry.

Why do the Democrats want to tax marriage? It makes no sense at all. When the Democrats scrapped the “botax” for a tanning bed tax, they argued that tanning is harmful to people’s health. So why penalize marriage, which is good for the health of men, women and, especially, newborn babies? By discouraging marriage, even at the margin, this bill will help weaken marriage in the middle and working classes, while encouraging illegitimacy and divorce -- all of which will cost taxpayers much more money and hurt our health, as well.

Then there’s the tax on the wellinsured. President Obama has indicated he has some “flexibility” in the 40 percent excise tax the government wants to impose on people who have what the government thinks is too much health insurance. That’s supplemented by the tax on the underinsured — the hundreds of dollars the IRS is going to fine you if you have no proof of what the government deems “adequate” health insurance.

Most recently, there’s the baby nurse brigade: almost a billion dollars a year in order to visit new moms in the home, which President Obama promises (based on a small pilot project in Elmira, N.Y.) will actually improve health and save money. Sound familiar?

The latest Rasmussen poll shows that just 17 percent of Americans believe the Democrats’ plan will reduce health care costs; 57 percent believe health care will cost more, and 52 percent believe quality will decline. Overall Americans oppose this plan 55 percent to 40 percent. Just 19 percent of voters strongly favor the plan, while 45 percent are strongly opposed.

Democrats appear to be living in a fantasy world that this bad bill is going to make them beloved once Americans get to live under it. Right. Young people are really going to enjoy getting taxed for health insurance policies they didn’t want enough to buy on their own. The majority of us are going to face rising health insurance premiums and we will blame the people who passed this bill, whether it’s their fault or not.

Have Democrats in Congress learned nothing from Obama’s stimulus package?

If you spend a billion to fix a problem, you’ve bought the problem. President Obama can no longer blame Bush or the Republicans because he promised that if Congress gave him a billion he would fix the problem. Now it’s not fixed. So the problem is now Obama’s, not Bush’s.

Similarly, right now, Americans do not blame Democrats for what they don’t like about our health care system. But what happens if the health care costs continue to rise, access for Medicare and Medicaid patients continues to dwindle, health insurance remains a bureaucratic nightmare, and government intrudes on individuals with new taxes on everything from tanning to marriage?

Whether or not the ongoing problems in health care were caused by the plan, the American people will henceforth hold the Democrats who voted for this bill — over the people’s objections — responsible.

Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Harry Reid and Co., be forewarned: You vote to spend a trillion dollars on a problem like health care, you’ve bought it. Everything we Americans do not like about health care from now on will be your fault, and voters will hold you accountable.

— Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage, is known for her conservative social policy analysis of social trends and conditions.

(C)2009 Maggie Gallagher. Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate.

Editorial

Time to step up America must take lead on Haiti relief, and you can do your part Sometimes it’s hard to fully grasp the enormity of a story without actually being there to experience it. Each day television news has gripped us in the disaster unfolding in Haiti since the earthquake a week ago. The stories of heartbreak, rescue, delivery of supplies and missing people seem endless.

After a while it’s almost numbing.

Don’t let it become numbing. That country not far off the southern coast of Florida already was the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, with four out of five residents living in poverty. The housing there was substandard and not built to code. When an earthquake of that magnitude hit, the structures crumbled like a deck of cards.

Now the recovery and relief are under way. The problem is getting the supplies to the people who need them, which essentially is everybody throughout the country of 9 million people. Roads are blocked. The airport has one functioning runway. The port

was damaged beyond repair, keeping ships offshore until a new port can be built. Meanwhile the frustration of the people grows, as they starve and go without fresh water or medical care day after day.

Haiti is not just another country in need of help from the United States.

These people were already doing without, and now they have nothing but hope and prayer and the dream of seeing other countries come to their rescue.

Many Americans have come through, but times are tough here and that understandably limits what individual Americans can donate.

As much as supplies are welcome, money can do even more. There are scam organizations surfacing to try to steal people’s money in a time of tragedy. Be careful before you make a donation.

There are many good, trustworthy organizations working hard to help

the people of Haiti. For a list of agencies approved by CharityNavigator.org, an independent group that monitors organizations, visit cnn.com and click on the “How You Can Help” link on the left side.

Haiti’s problems extend beyond political, cultural and ethnic divisions.

That should go without saying. Yet some self-styled commentators are looking for a political angle in connection with how the United States is responding. That’s crass and uncalled for.

President Obama has asked former Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush to head up the country’s efforts to attract aid for the Haitian people.

Those are two men who agree on little, except the need for America to step up and lead this relief project.

Do what you can, be careful what you do and keep the people of Haiti and all the relief workers in your thoughts and prayers.

Political view

Public forum Dozens of organizations in community ready to give help

and has been found out, or lacks the smallest amount of initiative that is required to seek and find a hand up in our fine community.

I will list just a few of the local help minEditor: istries my congregation supports to give you I was greeted on a Saturday morning with an idea how helpful this community really is: another letter condemning my community n Mountain Hope Good Shepherd clinic: for not giving assistance to someone in need, Provides free and much reduced, medical, claiming that Tennessee is not the Bible state, and implying we do not help others in dental, and other basic health services to anyone who walks in the door. You may have accord with biblical mandates to help our to wait in line or make an appointment but neighbor. no more than any other health care provider.

I do not know about the claim that this is n Sevier County Food Ministries: Provides groa Bible state, and I cannot speak for the rest of Tennessee. However I can and will defend cery bags full of free food in accordance with their need to anyone who walks in the door. my community against slanderous, false n Smoky Mountain Area Rescue remarks, accusing my neighbors of being Ministries: Provides assistance with housuncaring or ungiving.

I was blessed to become a member of this ing, hot meals, clothing, counseling, and a myriad of other case by case needs. community a little over three and a half n Women’s Care Center: Provides help to years ago. I cannot even begin to do justice expecting and young mothers with, parentto the warm, caring welcome my church and ing education, and basic infant needs. my community gave me. Anyone who seeks These four organizations alone represent assistance in this community who is unable well over half a million dollars that flow out to get assistance is either working the system of this community for the purpose of helping

others. A quick look at the yellow pages or a local “Family Resource Guide” shows we are full of service organizations designed to assist with ever conceivable need a person could have. These organizations function on the generosity of the churches of this community and people I am glad to call my neighbors.

God calls us all to be good stewards as well as assisting our neighbor. If we seem a bit suspicious it is because, of the millions of travelers who come through here, there are thousands of people who make their living stealing from organizations designed to help others. Sadly, systems had to be developed to filter out the deceivers and frauds.

So while I am sorry for the recent letter writer’s difficult times, I would hope and pray that in the future, before condemning his neighbors, he might spend that energy searching out assistance from one of the dozens of organizations in our community designed for just that purpose.

Robert Portier Sevierville

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PREP GRIDIRON

Local players help Tennessee prevail in Border Bowl

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — The five local gridiron studs who participated in Saturday’s Border Bowl against the Kentucky AllStar team helped lead the Tennessee All-Stars to a 26-13 victory at James H. Taylor, II Stadium at the University of Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky. Sevier County High School’s quarterback Zach Flynn and wide receiver Bryce Whaley along with Seymour’s linebacker Keegan Newport, lineman Nick Smith and punter/kicker Stephen Martin all played roles in the Tennessee team’s dominant performance on Saturday.

“All the boys played well, and they were great kids and a lot of fun to be around,” said Seymour head football coach Jim Moore, an assistant for the Tennessee team led

by Fulton coach Buck

Zach Flynn

Bryce Whaley

Keegan Newport

Nick Smith

Stephen Martin

Coatney.

Flynn played in combination with another quarterback and subbed into the game on virtually every other play of the game.

“I know Zach was pleased because (the Tennessee team) threw the ball a lot,” said SCHS head football coach Steve Brewer, who attended the game as a fan in the stands. “With just three days of preparation, it’s hard to get your timing down with all the wide receivers, who are used to running things differ-

ently.

“But I thought the players did well, and Zach threw some nice balls.”

Whaley also had a nice game, coming close to TD catches on two separate drives with grabs inside the 10 and the 5 yard line.

Newport was also a standout in Saturday’s contest, and even with his coaches during the three days of practice leading up to the event. Newport was named a captain for the Tennessee team and was a starter at WILL linebacker, along with roles on all

the special teams.

“Keegan had a very good game,” stressed Moore.

Smith played at both guard and tackle positions and helped the Tennessee team dominate the line of scrimmage all day, and Martin helped the Tennessee team win the battle of field position throughout the contest.

“Stephen had a great game punting the ball,” said Moore. “They were talking about his kicking abilities on television.”

Although the Tennessee team won easily, and more

convincingly than the final 13-point margin of victory, the game wasn’t all roses for the road team.

Kentucky returned the opening kickoff all the way to the Tennessee 10 yard line and then converted to paydirt on the opening play from scrimmage to take a quick 7-0 lead.

Tennessee answered with a long drive that ultimately produced no points after a missed field goal attempt.

But that was as good as it would get for Kentucky the rest of the day.

The Tennessee squad took their second possession and this time took it all the way home to knot the score at 7s.

By intermission, the Tennessee team led 13-7.

Tennessee scored another 13 points in the second half before calling off the dogs.

“We got down inside the 10 toward the end of the game but didn’t score,” said Coatney. “You know, we kind of called them off.”

NFL GRIDIRON

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NFL GRIDIRON

For Bush, peaking at playoffs was the plan

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer

Andy King/AP

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is seen on the sidelines during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 34-3.

Cowboys bosses to players: ’Keep it the way it is’

By JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer

IRVING, Texas — Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips stood before the disappointed Dallas Cowboys on Monday and gave them some encouraging words to take into the offseason.

“Keep it the way it is,” was how running back Tashard Choice described their message.

Jones and Phillips did not speak with reporters, but players shared the news — a clear indication Jones plans to pick up the team option on Phillips’ contract for next season.

“It sounds like that Wade will be back, so we’re definitely happy about that,” defensive captain Bradie James said. “It just wouldn’t make any sense to let him go right now.”

Dallas is 34-17 (counting playoffs) in Phillips’ tenure, having won the division twice in three years. Only the Colts, Patriots and Chargers have more wins in that span.

This season, the Cowboys eliminated two major burdens by winning a playoff game and by having a winning record over the final month. They hadn’t done either since 1996. Things looked shaky when they opened December with consecutive losses, but they bounced back with a four-game surge that had many people expecting them to keep rolling through the playoffs.

“You can see we were a different football team from the start of the season to the end,” safety Gerald Sensabaugh said. “We were able to overcome the hard times, and that shows a lot about a team.

That’s a (reflection) of Wade as a person.”

However, the Cowboys were flattened at the finish for a second straight season, this time going down 34-3 to Minnesota in the second round of the playoffs.

While it didn’t sting as badly as the 44-6 exit in last season’s regular-season finale, it had the same result: a Monday spent filling trash bags with gear from their lockers and saying goodbye to teammates.

“Either way, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth,” cornerback Terence Newman said. “But (everybody) in this locker room made it farther than they have here, so that’s definitely a positive and a plus. It’s a stepping stone.”

Dallas has now gone a franSee COWBOYS, Page A9

NEW ORLEANS — Reggie Bush got bashful for a moment.

It appeared Saints coach Sean Payton had given Bush a kiss on the cheek following his electrifying performance against the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday, and the elusive running back was unable to escape the Louisiana Superdome without being pinned down about it.

“Oh yeah, I don’t want to admit it, but he did give me a kiss,” Bush said with a grin.

The outpouring of affection for the first draft choice of the Payton era was understandable.

Bush labored through the regular season with a lack of extraordinary outings before opening his second trip to the playoffs with his best performance in more than a year.

His last comparable showing came on a Monday night in the first half of the 2008 season, against — of all teams — the Minnesota Vikings, whom the Saints will host on Sunday evening in the NFC title game.

Bush returned a pair of punts for touchdowns in that wild 30-27 loss to the Vikings. Two weeks later, he injured his left knee and hadn’t been the same since.

That is, until last weekend, when he spun and danced away from defenders during a 46-yard touchdown run, and followed that with a blazing 83-yard punt return for a score.

Bush made the long return look easy. Arizona tried to pin him near the sideline, but Bush was able to move laterally, looking for a hole, then burst up the middle of the field as if racing for Olympic gold.

With good blocking, he had only punter Ben Graham standing in

his way. Bush angled right and blew by him before trotting into the end zone with the ball held high in celebration.

“He’s as healthy as he’s been, and he was something,” Payton said. “You saw it not only on the punt return, but you saw it on the big, long touchdown run. He’s a dynamic player. ... A big reason for our success offensively is what he does, not only in space but on the edges and catching the ball, running the ball.”

Shortly before the end of the 2008 season, with his knee still bothering him, Bush had surgery to repair cartilage. The operation included a microfracture procedure in which tiny holes drilled into bone cause a secretion that mimics the cartilage padding the joint.

While Bush had recovered enough to get back on the field last summer, he said he did not feel fully healed until recently.

“It’s been a while since I felt this rested and this good,” Bush said. “I’ve kind of been nursing the injury for the first part of the season and I think coach Payton knew that. We both knew that going into the season and our plan was just kind of try to get me to the postseason and from there on allow me to make plays and do whatever else they ask me to.”

With the prospect of elimination hanging over each playoff game, Bush was determined not to hold anything back against Arizona. He led the Saints onto the field wielding a black baseball bat bearing the inscription, “Bring the wood,” and ran hard throughout the game, taking on tacklers with shoulders lowered instead of seeking the safety of the sideline as he’s often done before.

“Feeling this good, physically, you have room for punishment and just punishing the defense,”

Bolts in disbelief over playoff loss

NFL GRIDIRON

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer

Denis Poroy/AP

A San Diego Chargers fan remains in her seat after the Chargers lost to the New York Jets 17-14 in an NFL divisional playoff game on Sunday in San Diego.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers still don’t have much of an explanation for their latest playoff pratfall, although the word “uncharacteristic” popped up plenty as players headed into a gloomy offseason.

The Chargers, believed by some to be Super Bowl favorites, took a face-plant in Sunday’s 17-14 loss to the New York Jets.

They didn’t play like the team that had won 11 straight

games coming in. All-Pro Nate Kaeding, who in six seasons has become the NFL’s most accurate kicker of all time, missed three field goals. The Bolts had 10 penalties for 87 yards, including two unnecessary roughness calls and one for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Pro Bowler Philip Rivers had two interceptions, one that set up rookie Mark Sanchez’s goahead TD throw for the Jets.

Still, coach Norv Turner doesn’t think the Chargers’ window of opportunity has been slammed shut.

Sports Today Basketball Regular season

n Pigeon Forge at A-E n G-P at Carter n SCHS hosts Seymour

Wrestling

Regular season n Seymour hosts Halls n Pigeon Forge at

Marville/Heritage

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COWBOYS

Jay Ratliff allowed the fewest points in the NFC this season and closed the regular season with the first back-to-back shutouts in franchise history. Kickoff specialist David Buehler set a franchise record for touchbacks and punter Mat McBriar was solid, too.

Their most glaring weakness? Field-goal kicker. Former Pro Bowler Nick Folk was cut and his replacement, Shaun Suisham, missed two kicks Sunday. “With the type of quarterback and running game that we have, and our abilities to stop the run and to produce the pass rush that we can, we have all the characters for winning it all,� defensive end Igor Olshansky said.

Dallas already has changed one spot on the coaching staff, hiring Paul Pasqualoni to replace Todd Grantham in charge of defensive linemen. Grantham left to become defensive coordinator at Georgia. Phillips encouraged that move, which also points to his return. He’s also likely to remain in the dual role of head coach and defensive coordinator considering how well the defense played. “It’s good for us,� safety Ken Hamlin said.

Phillips and his staff actually have one more game to coach: the Pro Bowl. They will guide the NFC in Miami the weekend between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, a taunting reminder of how close this team was to capping its 50th season in style. “We just came up short at the end, but we definitely made strides,� Spencer said. “The things that we did this year, we just need to do them better next year.�

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chise-worst 13 straight seasons without winning — or even reaching — a Super Bowl.

That’s only part of the reason Jones has more incentive than ever to try ending the drought.

The Super Bowl is coming to Cowboys Stadium after next season, the first time his franchise has hosted it. No host has ever played in the game, and that’s been an obsession for Jones since he won the bid. “That would be like the best situation that could happen, period,� Newman said.

Jones also is expected to have some new rules to play by this offseason, a byproduct of there likely being no salary cap next season.

Sure, there will still be certain limitations — but count on Jones to test the boundaries, especially with the dangling carrot of a Super Bowl at his $1.2 billion showplace.

Dallas also will have a first-round pick again, after not having one last season.

The flip side is the front office might not have to do too much. This roster already is in pretty good shape, especially with young players such as receiver Miles Austin, running back Felix Jones, linebacker Anthony Spencer and cornerback Mike Jenkins having breakout seasons.

Although the offensive line was mostly to blame for the Minnesota loss, the unit was good enough for Tony Romo to put together the first 5,000-yard season in franchise history.

The defense led by DeMarcus Ware and

bush

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Bush said. “These types of games are the games you live for as a football player. Big-time players make big-time plays in games like this.�

Bush led the Saints in rushing against Arizona with 84 yards on only five carries. He caught four passes for 24 yards, including a diving 5-yard snag over the middle on third down, extending a drive that ended with Marques Colston’s touchdown.

He returned three punts for 109 yards. “He understands his role on this team as a guy who will have the opportunity to make some explosive plays in the run game, in the pass game and special teams, and he took full advantage,� quarterback Drew Brees said.

During the regular season, Bush managed a few highlight-reel plays. One of the more memorable came in Miami, where he scored by leaping about 5 yards, arms stretched out to each side so he could sneak the ball inside the pylon before crashing out of bounds. He had a 55-yard run at St. Louis in Week 10, but was uncharacteristically run down shortly before getting to the end zone.

Otherwise, Bush’s numbers were solid but hardly jaw-dropping. He was the Saints’ thirdleading rusher — behind Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell — with 390 yards and five touchdowns.

He caught 47 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns. On punt returns, he averaged only 4.8 yards per return, with a long of 23 and no TDs. Last weekend, his performance was more like what Saints fans expected when Bush, the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, was drafted second

SCOREBOARD t v s p o rt s Today

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — Tennessee at Alabama ESPN2 — Clemson at Georgia Tech 9 p.m.

ESPN — Purdue at Illinois NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m.

VERSUS — Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers TENNIS 3 p.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape) 9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, second round, at Melbourne, Australia 3 a.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, second round, at Melbourne, Australia

ncaa h o o p s

Men’s Top 25 Fared Sunday 1. Texas (17-0) did not play.

Next: at No. 13 Kansas State, Monday.

2. Kentucky (18-0) did not play. Next: vs. Arkansas, Saturday.

3. Kansas (16-1) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 22 Baylor, Wednesday.

4. Villanova (16-1) beat No. 11 Georgetown 82-77. Next: at Rutgers, Wednesday.

5. Syracuse (17-1) did not play. Next: at Notre Dame, Monday.

6. Purdue (14-3) did not play.

Next: at Illinois, Tuesday.

7. Michigan State (15-3) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa, Wednesday.

8. Duke (15-2) beat Wake Forest 90-70. Next: at N.C. State, Wednesday.

9. Tennessee (14-2) did not play. Next: at Alabama, Tuesday.

10. West Virginia (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. Marshall, Wednesday.

11. Georgetown (13-3) lost to No. 4 Villanova 82-77.

Next: at No. 16 Pittsburgh, Wednesday.

12. North Carolina (12-6) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Wednesday.

13. Kansas State (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Texas, Monday.

13. Wisconsin (14-4) did not play. Next: vs. Michigan, Wednesday.

15. Connecticut (11-6) lost to Michigan 68-63. Next: vs. St. John’s, Wednesday.

16. Pittsburgh (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 11 Georgetown, Wednesday.

17. Gonzaga (14-3) did not play. Next: vs. Pepperdine, Thursday.

18. BYU (18-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wyoming, Wednesday.

19. Temple (15-3) did not play. Next: vs. Xavier, Wednesday.

20. Georgia Tech (13-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 24 Clemson, Tuesday.

21. Mississippi (13-4) did not play. Next: vs. South Carolina, Wednesday.

22. Baylor (14-2) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Kansas, Wednesday.

23. Miami (15-3) did not play.

Next: vs. Boston College, Tuesday.

Bill Haber/AP

New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, left, and entertainer Kim Kardashian enjoy the first half of an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs in New Orleans on Monday.

overall out of Southern California in 2006. “The key is having your guys at full strength and we did feel like in his case he was completely healthy and he has looked real sharp in practice of late,� Payton said. “A few months ago I told him, ’Just keep chopping the wood and keep working hard; you’re too explosive of a player.�’ The Vikings certainly have noticed the impact Bush can have — both in person and on tape. “I don’t want to give any competitive advantage to how or where we will kick the ball,� Minnesota coach Brad Childress said. “He is a very good returner as you know and I know.�

Added placekicker Ryan Longwell: “Unfortunately for us, Reggie seems like the guy he was last year with his return Saturday night.�

SPORTS BRIEFS

aid classification as selected Okoth, Tray 0-1 0-0 0; Crane, Collin 0-2 0-0 0. by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcastTotals 22-45 13-18 62.

TUSCULUM (8-8, 2-3 SAC) ers. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through Moore, Kyle 9-19 4-5 27; January 18, total points based Troutman, Rob 3-10 4-6 13; on 10 points for a first-place Taylor, Wes 4-8 2-4 11; vote through one point for a Bennett, Josh 2-3 0-1 4; Women’s Top 25 Fared 10th-place vote: Boone, Jimmy 1-7 1-1 3; Sunday Class AAA Klempin, Tommy 0-0 0-0 0; 1. Connecticut (17-0) did not Steigerwald, Justin 0-1 0-0 0.

Record Pts Prv play. Next: at No. 7 Duke, Totals 19-48 11-17 58.

1. Bearden (6) 17-0 167 2 Monday.

Carson-Newman 28 34 — 62 2. Melrose (6) 17-1 165 1 2. Stanford (15-1) did not Tusculum 27 31 — 58 3. Ridgeway (4) 14-0 158 3 play. Next: at Oregon State, 3-point goals--Carson-New4. Clarksville NE (3) 15-0 133 4 Thursday. man 5-15 (Staten, Erwin 2-5; 5. White Station (1) 13-3 104 5 3. Notre Dame (15-1) did Sharp, Cameron 1-2; 6. Memphis Central 14-2 103 9 not play. Next: at Louisville, Nicolo, Michael 1-1; Dowdell, T7. Germantown 17-3 64 8 Tuesday.

Quinche 1-3; Crane, Collin 4. Tennessee (16-1) beat T7. Southwind 15-2 64 6 0-1; Dixon, Jordan Vanderbilt 64-57. Next: at No. 9. Dyer County 19-2 48 7 0-3), Tusculum 9-21 (Moore, 6 Georgia, Thursday.

10. Nashville Overton 17-2 18 Kyle 5-11; Troutman, Rob 5. Ohio State (19-1) beat 3-5; Taylor, Wes 1-2; Indiana 81-64. Next: at Others receiving 12 or more points: Steigerwald, Justin 0-1; Michigan, Thursday.

Oakland 16. Jackson Northside 12.

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6. Georgia (17-1) beat Class AA Arkansas 73-63. Next: vs. No. Fouled out--Carson-Newman- Record Pts Prv None, 4 Tennessee, Thursday.

1. Knoxville Fulton (15) 13-2 189 2 Tusculum-None.

7. Duke (15-2) did not play.

2. Bolivar Central (3) 14-2 160 1 Rebounds--Carson-Newman Next: vs. No. 1 Connecticut, 3. Liberty Magnet (1) 15-3 134 5 29 (Dowdell, Quinche 8), Monday.

4. Gatlinburg-Pittman 14-2 131 3 Tusculum 26 8. Texas A&M (14-2) lost to 5. Howard 11-2 119 6 No. 13 Oklahoma 74-65. Next: (Troutman, Rob 9).

6. Sheffield 12-5 60 4 Assists--Carson-Newman 11 vs. Texas Tech, Saturday.

7. Oakhaven 12-2 59 10 (Dixon, Jordan 4), Tusculum 9. Baylor (14-3) lost to No. 8. Sullivan East 14-3 46 8 16 11 Nebraska 65-56. Next: at (Boone, Jimmy 6).

9. Ripley 11-2 44 9 Missouri, Saturday.

10. Spring Hill 12-4 24 7 10. North Carolina (14-3) beat Total fouls--Carson-Newman 16, Tusculum 17.

Maryland 75-64. Next: vs.

Technical fouls--Carson-New- Others receiving 12 or more points: Clemson, Friday. man-None, Tusculum-None.

Tyner Academy 18. Creek Wood 15.

11. Nebraska (16-0) beat No. A-1052 Marshall County 12. CPA 12. White 9 Baylor 65-56. Next: vs.

House 12.

Kansas State, Saturday.

Class A 12. LSU (13-3) lost to

Record Pts Prv Mississippi 80-71. Next: vs. nfl p lay o ff s 1. Clarksville Acad. (6) 19-1 181 3 South Carolina, Thursday.

2. Humboldt (12) 13-4 174 1 13. Oklahoma (12-4) beat No. 3. Middleton 12-4 131 5 8 Texas A&M 74-65. Next: at Wild-card Playoffs 4. Adamsville (1) 12-2 125 2 Missouri, Wednesday.

Saturday, Jan. 9 5. West Carroll 13-3 101 T6 14. Xavier (12-3) did not N.Y. Jets 24, Cincinnati 14 play. Next: vs. Saint Louis, 6. Richland 14-3 93 9 Dallas 34, Philadelphia 14 Wednesday.

7. Grace Baptist 12-3 75 4 Sunday, Jan. 10 15. Oklahoma State (15-2) 8. Union City 13-8 53 10 Baltimore 33, New England did not play. Next: at No. 19 9. Lake County 14-8 40 T6 14 Texas, Wednesday.

10-3 35 8 Arizona 51, Green Bay 45, OT 10. Mt. Pleasant 16. Florida State (16-3) beat Divisional Playoffs N.C. State 74-71. Next: vs.

Others receiving 12 or more points: Saturday, Jan. 16 Harvard, Thursday.

Chatt. Sch. For Arts 20. Eagleville 14.

New Orleans 45, Arizona 14 17. Wisconsin-Green Bay Friendship Christian 12. McEwen 12.

Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 3 (16-0) did not play. Next: at Class II Loyola of Chicago, Thursday. Sunday, Jan. 17

Record Pts Prv Minnesota 34, Dallas 3 18. West Virginia (17-1) beat 1. CBHS (11) 16-2 167 1 N.Y. Jets 17, San Diego 14 Pittsburgh 69-54. Next: vs.

2. Ensworth (5) 10-3 156 2 Conference Championships Marshall, Wednesday.

3. MBA (2) 12-2 152 3 Sunday, Jan. 24 19. Texas (12-5) did not play.

4. Knoxville Webb 11-5 89 4 N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 3 Next: vs. No. 15 Oklahoma 5. McCallie 9-3 87 9 p.m. (CBS) State, Wednesday.

6. Baylor 10-4 81 10 20. Michigan State (11-7) lost Minnesota at New Orleans, 7. FACS 10-1 49 8 to Penn State 68-60. Next: vs. 6:40 p.m. (FOX) 8. Jackson Christian 11-4 45 5 Pro Bowl Purdue, Thursday.

T9. DCA 12-4 34 6 21. Georgia Tech (15-4) lost to Sunday, Jan. 31 T9. St. George’s 12-3 34 At Miami Boston College 77-51. Next: vs. Savannah State, Thursday. AFC vs. NFC, 7:20 p.m.

(ESPN) Others receiving 12 or more 22. TCU (13-4) did not play.

Super Bowl points: ECS 27. Briarcrest 24.

Next: at UNLV, Saturday.

Sunday, Feb. 7 MUS 24.

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Tennessee Boys How They pion, 6:25 p.m. (CBS) 24. Georgetown (15-2) did Fared not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Class AAA Tuesday.

(Tied No.9 last week’s poll) 25. Miami (13-4) lost to prep hoops Sevier County (15-2) lost to Wake Forest 67-64. Next: at Jefferson County 57-40, beat Maryland, Thursday.

Morristown East 69-47, beat Tennessee Boys Basketball Cherokee 46-31.

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Prep football practice can begin July 26

NASHVILLE (AP) — The TSSAA Board of Control has voted to allow football practice to begin July 26.

This changes the current regulation stipulating that practice can begin on Monday of the week of Aug. 1.

The move allows four full weeks of practice before most first games Aug. 27.

SCHS basketball pregame meal deal

SEVIERVILLE — The Sevier County High School basketball boosters will be offering a pregame meal, consisting of Chik-fil-a, chips and a drink for just $5 tonight against visiting county and District 2-AAA rival Seymour Eagles.

All proceeds benefit the SCHS basketball program.

Vikings not concerned about Edwards injury

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will watch defensive end Ray Edwards closely this week.

Edwards was injured in the third quarter of Sunday’s playoff victory over Dallas, appearing to hurt his right knee. He returned for a few plays, then was done for the day with the Vikings in command of the game.

Minnesota travels to New Orleans this weekend for the NFC championship game. Coach Brad Childress declined to elaborate on the injury. Childress said Monday that Edwards is “a tough guy� and if he’s able to he’ll play against the Saints. Edwards was receiving treatment on Monday.

He said after the game he should be fine. Edwards had three sacks and six quarterback hurries against the Cowboys.

Titans Britt arrested on traffic warrants

GLEN RIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say Tennessee Titans wide receiver and former Rutgers star Kenny Britt was arrested in New Jersey on outstanding traffic warrants during a motor vehicle stop. Police say the 21-year-old was pulled over in Glen Ridge on Friday night and found to have three outstanding traffic warrants from two New Jersey towns totaling $865.

Glen Ridge Police Lt. Fred Egnezzo says the tickets were for minor traffic violations and Britt paid the $865 and was released.

Britt, a Bayonne, N.J., native, lives in Nashville. Picked by the Titans in 2009, he became the first player from Rutgers ever drafted in the first round. Egnezzo says Britt didn’t retain a lawyer because there was no need after he paid the fines.

Source: Sun Life buys Dolphins rights

NEW YORK (AP) — Sun Life Financial has purchased naming rights to the Miami Dolphins’ stadium in time for the Super Bowl. A person familiar with the deal confirmed that Sun Life has reached a five-year agreement with the team. The stadium, called Land Shark Stadium last year, will be renamed in time for the Pro Bowl on Jan. 31 and the Super Bowl the following Sunday, the person said on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced.

Previously, the Dolphins’ home has been called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Stadium and Dolphin Stadium.

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Frist heads to Haiti on med mission

NASHVILLE (AP) — Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is on a medical mission to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

His office said in a news release that he arrived Monday at Port au Prince and will be stationed first at Baptist Mission Hospital. He is working with the international relief agency Samaritan’s Purse.

Frist, of Nashville, was a heart-lung surgeon before being elected to the Senate.

He said Centennial Medical Center of Nashville donated both IV fluids and antibiotics among other critically needed medical supplies.

Frist also said the global health organization he sponsors, Hope Through Healing Hands, has launched a Haiti Disaster Relief Fund and raised more than $12,000.

Taco Bell founder dead at 86

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. (AP) — Glen W. Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died. He was 86. Bell died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, according to a statement posted Monday on the Taco Bell Web site.

The Irvine-based company did not release a cause of death. “Glen Bell was a visionary and innovator in the restaurant industry, as well as a dedicated family man,�

Greg Creed, president of Taco Bell, said in the statement.

Bell launched his first restaurant, called Bell’s Drive-In, in 1948 in San Bernardino after seeing the success of McDonald’s Bar-B-Que, the predecessor of McDonald’s, which was founded in the same city in 1940. Like McDonald’s, Bell’s restaurant sought to

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IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE

LEGALS Judge 01/19, 01/26 02/02, 02/09

NO. 09-001662 09-001663 09-001664 STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES PETITIONER v.

KRISTEN CHRISMAN, Mother And JACOB CHRISMAN Father DANNT BRUCE, JR., Mother’s ex-paramour Respondents Respondents IN THE MATTER OF: BRITTANY CHRISMAN, d.o.b: 8-23-1996 RACHEL V. CHRISMAN, d.o.b: 3-3-1999 MADELINE CHRISMAN, d.o.b: 9-20-2001 A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To: DANNY BRUCE, JR. Pursuant ti T.C.A. § 37-1-121 amd § 37-1123, you are hereby summoned to appear on the 10th Day of March, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., and defend the above-entitled action in the Sevier County Juvenile Court, at Sevierville, Tennessee, and answer the Petition for No Contact filed by the State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s services, and to serve your answer upon the Petitioner. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of rgw Petition, which has been filed with the Clerk of the Sevier County Juvenile Court located at the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Street, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862.

Since your whereabouts are unknown and the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you, a copy of this summons shall be published in the Mountain Press newspaper for four (4) consecutive weeks.

ISSUED this 11th day of Jan, 2010.

Hon Dewight Stokes Juvenile Court

Man crushed to death when lift fails

KNOXVILLE (AP) — A man has been killed in an accident at a Knoxville auto repair shop.

Investigators said 38-year-old Phu Viet Bui of Knoxville was crushed Sunday afternoon when a lift he was operating broke and a 15-foot long flatbed trailer it held fell on him.

Investigators said that a chain broke on the lift. Bui suffered a head injury.

Police said the victim didn’t work at the Bao Repair Shop, but a brother who was at the scene did.

Mom charged after toddler scalded

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Knox County authorities have charged a mother with aggravated child abuse after her 14-month-old daughter was placed into a bathtub of scalding hot water. Sarah Julian, 21, was being held in lieu of $200,000 bond.

Knox County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Martha Dooley said deputies were called Sunday night after Julian took the child to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Dooley said the child was scalded from the waist down and the hospital sent her to a burn center in Augusta, Ga.

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Sgt. Paul Faircloth of the Austin County Sheriff’s Office said a 69-year-old man, his 54-year-old wife, a 25-year-old woman and a child who was about 3 years old were found shot to death inside the small brick house over the weekend.

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day in office. Gov.-elect Chris Christie will be sworn in Tuesday.

New Jersey is the 14th state to allow patients with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis to use marijuana to alleviate their pain and other symptoms. The legislation allows for dispensaries to be set up around the state where patients with prescriptions can access the drug.

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2BR 2BA triplex PF. 2BR apt Sev. No pets. Clean & convenient. 453-5079.

2BR Apartments for Rent $475, $500 & $550 a month.

908-7805 or 3681327 3BR 2BA 1400+ sq ft.

Pigeon Forge.

Large private back porch on creek.

Triplex unit. $950 a month + deposit.

Call 865-654-2077.

So don’t delay; turn to the classifieds and get started today!

922 Burden Hill Rd (Triplex) 3 minutes to downtown Sevierville. Clean 1BR 1BA, city view, $450. Pets ok.

865-286-5070 Beautiful Newly redecorated 2BR 1BA. Sevierville $565, $400 dep.

712-0254.

Call

Commerical/2BR apt on Dolly Parton Pkwy downtown Sevierville for rent.

1150 sq ft $500 mth + utilities. Call 865-368-8301.

428-0748

CROSSCREEK 2BR/1.5BA $545 2BR/2BA Large Garden apartment $570.00 to $580.00 865-429-4470

NOTICE OF DETERMINATION

LEGALS

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 401 CHURCH STREET L&C ANNEX, SIXTH FLOOR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37243 (615) 532-0625 Public Meeting No. 09-002 December 21, 2009 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Division of Water Pollution Control has determined that relocation of treated municipal wastewater from the West Prong Little Pigeon River to the French Broad River is justified for economic and social necessity in accordance with Rule 1200-4-3-.06 (4)(d).

The City of Pigeon Forge has requested to discharge treated municipal wastewater into the French Broad River at River Mile + 25.0 located at 35Â’ 55Ă­ 28ĂŽN, 83Â’ 37Ă­ 59ĂŽW in lieu of its current discharge into the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River located at 35Â’ 48Ă­ 30ĂŽN, 83Â’ 35Ă­ 18ĂŽW. The discharge will affect the French Broad River downstream of river mile + 25. The basis for the change in discharge location is to remove the pollutant load from the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River to a larger water body more capable of assimilating the current and future pollutant loads.

A public meeting was held concerning the social/economic necessity determination for the proposed activity described below on December 1, 2009, at the Pigeon Forge Community Center following public notice by the division on October 14, 2009, and via notice in the Mountain Press on October 15, 2009. Representatives of TDEC and the City of Pigeon Forge attended.

Within 30 days of this notification, intergovernmental coordination agencies or affected third persons may petition the Water Quality Control Board for a declaratory order under T.C.A. Ă&#x; 4-5-223 and the Board will convene a contested case. If no petitions for a declaratory order are made within 30 days of this notice, TDEC will proceed with processing the permit application. Activities justified by this necessity determination shall comply with all applicable state water quality criteria.

Interested persons may obtain additional information, or a copy of the related documents at the DivisionĂ­s Central Office at the address listed above. Interested persons may make an appointment with Beth Rorie to view the documents by calling (615) 532-1172.

You may reach Wade Murphy, the permit writer for further information at (615) 532-0666 VMJ/WDM/meb P/WAT-162

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Sale at public auction will be on January 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Mary Zuber, single to Accurate Title & Escrow, Trustee, on July 28, 2005 at Book Volume 2308, Page 49conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register s Office.

Owner of Debt: U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-NC2, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 20005-NC2 The following real estate located in Sevier County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: Described property located in the Fifth (5th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot Number 83 of the resubdivision of Lot Numbers 63 through 74, 77 through 89 and 91 through 99, Allensville Ridge, Phase II, as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 27, Page 109, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more fully bounded and described as follows:BEGINNING at an existing iron pin in the southwest line of Norlil Road, said iron pin being located 440.41 feet more or less from the point of intersection of Allensville Pike; thence leaving Norlil Road and along the line of Lot Number 82, South 46 degrees 05 minutes 56 seconds West 99.27 feet to an existing iron pin, corner to P. Henderson; thence along the line of P. Henderson, North 45 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds West 90.00 feet to a new iron pin, corner to Lot Number 84; thence along the line of Lot Number 84, North 46 degrees 05 minutes 40 seconds East 99.72 feet to a new iron pin in the southwest line of Norlil Road; thence along the southwest line of Norlil Road, South 44 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds East, 90.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Street Address: 1826 Norlil Road Sevierville, TN 37876 Current Owner(s) of Property: Mary Zuber, single Other interested parties: New Century Mortgage Corporation, New Century Mortgage Corporation and Carrington Capital Management, LLC, and Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, as purchaser of loan formerly held by New Century Mortgage Corporation and/or New Century Financial Corporation The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1826 Norlil Road, Sevierville, TN 37876, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.

If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time.

This office is a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

105 YARD & TREE SERVICES

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Landscaping, French Drain All Drain work, Bobcat work All your yard service needs. !LL ODD JOBS s 1UALITY 7ORK Senior Discounts

654-9078

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, on the 9th day of August, 2005, Michael C. Hofer and wife, Beth M. Hofer, conveyed to Sykes & Wynn PLLC, Trustee, the property herein described by Deed of Trust recorded in the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, in Book 2316, page 704 and as modified by Modification Agreement in Book 3177, page 613, for the purposes set forth in said Deed of Trust; and which note and Deed of Trust is payable to Citizens Bank of Blount County at said Register s Office; and WHEREAS, Sykes & Wynn PLLC, the Trustee named in said Deed of Trust, refuses or is unable to execute said trust, and Citizens Bank of Blount County, the holder of the note secured thereby has appointed the undersigned, J. MICHAEL GARNER, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, by instrument recorded as Book 3469, page 409 at the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, in accordance with the terms of said Trust Deed therein referred to; and, WHEREAS, Citizens Bank of Blount County is the true and lawful owner and holder of the note secured by said instrument and has advised me as Substitute Trustee, of default in the terms of said Note and Deed of Trust:NOW, THEREFORE: BY VIRTUE OF THE POWER vested in me as Substitute Trustee, under the terms of said Deed of Trust hereinabove referred to, I will on the 2nd day of February, 2010 at 10:00 oíclock A.M. at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell the property hereinafter described at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from homestead and dower and other exemptions and in bar of all homestead and rights, equity of redemption, and statutory right of redemption, the following described real estate SITUATE in the 1st Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of Tract 18 of CAMP HOLLOW ACRES, as the same is shown by plat of record in Large Map book 5, page 90 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which reference is here made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT to protective covenants and/or restrictions and easements of record in Book 1803, page 734 at the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to all matters of survey and all notations appearing on a plat of record in Large Map Book 4, page 90 at the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to rights of and any fees due to the developer/owner s association.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY conveyed to Michael C. Hofer and wife, Beth M. Hofer from Kenneth D. Presnell and wife, Michelle Presnell, by deed dated August 9, 2005 and of record in Book 2316, page 702 at the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

The property is located at Lot 19 Camp Hollow Acres on Wesley Way Tax Map 066, Parcel 054.17 THIS SALE is made subject to any unpaid property taxes.

The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another date without further publication, upon announcement at the time set forth above.

This 7th day of January, 2010.

Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee Law Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP 6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410 Memphis, TN 38119 Phone 901-767-5566 Fax 901-767-8890 File No. 06-2717

J. MICHAEL GARNER, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

January 12,19 and 26, 2010

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105 YARD & TREE SERVICES

LEGALS

January 6, 12 and 19, 2010

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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C B Builders Experienced local carpenter Does all types remodeling Additions & Repairs Licensed & Insured

Call Conley Whaley 428-2791 or 919-7340(cell)

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Residential & Commercial s .EW #ONSTRUCTION s 2EMODELING s 2OOlNG s #ONCRETE s #ARPENTRY s $ECKS Licensed & Insured 865-360-4352

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

111 HOME & OFFICE CLEANING

115 ROOFING SERVICES

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House Cleaning s %XPERIENCED s (ONEST s 2ELIABLE Free Estimate.

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All Types of Home building repairs.

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865-740-7102 755-0178

RAKE IN great finds with the Classifieds.

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428-0748

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The Mountain Press ‹ Tuesday, January 19, 2010 696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

698 MOBILE HOME RENTALS

2BR 1BA apt. $595 mth Call 428-1514.

Great 1/1 Downtown Sevierville. $475 mth includes water. 904-806-3318

WHEREAS, Thomas Homes, LLC (Thomas Homes) executed a Deed of Trust in favor of SmartBank, dated July 10, 2008 (the Deed of Trust), encumbering certain real property to secure Thomas Homes s promissory note in the original principal amount of $26,400.00 (the Note), which Deed of Trust is recorded at Book 3141, Page 195, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, wherein William Y. Carroll Jr. is the trustee; and WHEREAS, by instrument dated November 12, 2009, and recorded at Book 3449, Page 328, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, Tyler C. Huskey was appointed Successor Trustee under the Deed of Trust, in the place and stead of William Y. Carroll Jr. and WHEREAS, Thomas Homes is in default in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Note, and the Note and all other indebtedness related thereto are immediately due and payable to SmartBank NOW THEREFORE, as a result of such default and SmartBank s instruction that he foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with its terms and conditions, notice is hereby given that Tyler C. Huskey, the above named Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested in him will, on February 4, 2010, commencing at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, fronting Court Avenue, with an address of 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, offer for sale and sell at public auction, AS IS and WHERE IS, with no representations or warranties of any nature except as expressly provided in the Deed of Trust, the following described real property to the highest bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemption, the statutory right of redemption, appraisement, homestead exemption, and curtsey and dower rights, all of which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows: SITUATE in the Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being Lot 109 of LeConte Landing, Phase II as the same appears on a plat of record in Large Map Book 9, Page 18 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee to which reference is here made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT to restrictions, reservations and easements of record in Book 3115, Page 233 and Large Map Book 9, Page 18 in the said Register s Office.

ALSO SUBJECT TO any and all restrictions, easements and building setback lines as are shown in the records of the said Register s Office.

BEING the same property conveyed to Thomas Homes, LLC by Warranty Deed of LeConte Enterprises dated July 10, 2008 of record in Book 3141, Page 193 in the said Register s Office.

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; ad valorem taxes (whether delinquent, for the current year [regardless of whether or not presently payable], or for subsequent years); any other taxes of any nature, whether current or delinquent; any delinquent, current or future assessments; any restrictions, reservations, covenants, restrictive covenants, easements, conditions, covenants, rights-of-way or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental entity or agency; any prior liens or encumbrances; any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose; and any other matter disclosed in the public records.

In the event a high bidder fails to close a sale, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder. The proceeds of the sale will be applied in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust.

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee s option at any time. The Successor Trustee may, from time to time, adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale as set forth above, or at any date and time fixed by a preceding postponement. Alternatively, at his option, the Successor Trustee may give a new notice of sale.

Other interested parties are Century 21 MVP, Art-Tech Surfacing, Inc., and Blalock Lumber Company, L.P., d/b/a Blalock Ready Mix. According to the information maintained in the Sevier County Property Assessor s office, there is no street address for the above described property, except that the property is located on Sugarland Circle, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control.

This 7th day of January, 2010.

FOR SALE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Greg Davis, Executive Vice President SmartBank P.O. Box 1910 Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37868-1910 865-453-2650 Tyler C. Huskey, Successor Trustee Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C. 2430 Teaster Lane, Suite 210 Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863 (865) 525-5300 January 12, 19 and 26, 2010

RIVERWALK 1BR/1BA TO 2BR/2BA $545.00 to $695.00 865-429-2962 Spacious 1100 sq ft 2BR 2BA Almost new. 4 minutes from town. 865742-6176 697 CONDO RENTALS

KODAK: 3BR/2BA, no pets, references.

933-6544.

Nice 2BR 2BA with cathedral ceilings, fresh paint, nice yard, near Sevierville. No pets. $575 mo. 1st, last, dep.

Call Rebecca 6216615.

699 HOME RENTALS

New Homes for Rent.

3BR/2BA starting at $700 - $850 & $1000 per month.

No pets.

865-850-3874

NICE, CLEAN IN KODAK

Gatlinburg Beautiful 2BR 2BA Furnished Condo with Fireplace, Overlooks stocked trout stream and has heated pool. Walk to downtown Gatlinburg, includes water, cable, Flat screen TV. Immediate occupancy, Minimum 1 Year lease $875 mth.

865-771-9600 Large condo, 2 story, 3BR, large closets, 2BA, living room, fully equipped kitchen, deck, 1 car garage. $900 mth $900 damage dep. 428-0108 or 712-5552.

2BR 2BA, living room, fully equipped kitchen, deck. $600 mth $600 damage dep. No pets. 428-0108 or 712-5552.

3 BD / 2 BA 4 MILES FROM EXIT 407 $700/MONTH & DEPOSIT. NO PETS. 865-712-5238, 865-705-9096

3BR 2BA in Red Bud Subdivision.

Appliances included. $750 & up + deposit.

428-5212

Nice Homes in Kodak.

2 BR 1 BA $385 2BR 2BA $465 Each has C H/A, deck appliances. No pets.

865-368-6602 3 BR 2 BA house for rent with carport.

Boyds Creek Community $600 mth $600 damage deposit.

850-5700

1BR home Gatlinburg.

No pets. $400 mth.

453-8852.

Boyds Creek 3BR, 3BA. Large rooms & other amenities.

Appliances included, $900 + dep.

428-5212 2BR 1BA-No pets.

Sevierville area. $500 mo $250 security. 453-2229.

3BR 1.5BA Newly renovated. Sevierville.

Garage. $950 mth + dep. 654-0222.

Belle Meadows 4BR/2BA 2 car garage 2200 sq ft +/$1,200 per month 865-429-2962 Country home & barn 1238 Sugar Loaf Rd., Seymour.

3BR 2BA. Equipped kitchen, living room w/ fp, dining room, front porch, fenced in yard.

References. no pets. $700 mth + $700 damage dep.

748-0224 or 5560170.

Chapman Hwy Large private home 3BR 2BA, large living room w/ fp, equipped kitchen, deck, 3 car garage. Also, apt in basement, living room with fireplace, fully equipped kitchen, 3 BR 2BA, 1 car garage. No pets. $1300 mth + $1300 sec dep.

428-0108 or 5560170.

For rent: 2BR house $400 mth $400 dep. No pets. Suitable for small family. Call 453-3958 between 8am-5pm.

Great Location. 2 blocks from WalMart Sevierville 313 Lynn Dr. 3BR 1.5BA home. Immaculate. Laundry room with W/D. Quiet neighborhood, large yard, carport, city water, sewer & garbage pick up, central H/A. 1 year lease. $850 mth. 1st, last & $300 sec. dep.

No pets/smoking.

Call 429-1335 or 654-6623

Hwy 321 Pittman Center area.

1&2 BR cabin on creek.

Fully furnished.

Utilities included. $225 & $250 wk.

850-2487 Home In Kodak 3BR/2BA with unfinished basement & 2 car garage. Stove, fridge DW & W/D conn Approx 1250 sq ft 865-429-4470 LONG TERM RENTAL, VACATION PERKS 4 min from Walden's Landing off Wears Valley Rd. Cedar cottage, picturesque views from covered deck with hot tub. 1440sf, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, vaulted ceilings, open floor plan.

Fully furnished with cabin decor. Huge master suite with corner jacuzzi, king bed, and fireplace.

Knotty pine walls and hardwood floors in main area.

Live every day like you're on vacation!

(Propane heat, central air, Comcast broadband available.

Maid service available.

Sorry, no smokers or cats.) $900 and worth it. Call for details 865-8628769.

Seymour Hinkle Sub 3BR 2BA $975 mth. + dep. 6801032 HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

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First Time Buyers Your Job is Your Credit New Single Wides & Double Wides CREDIT HOTLINE 865-453-0086

722 BUSINESS BUILDINGS

OWNER FINANCE $2,200 per month Sale or Lease Option, New 5000 sf warehouse/ ofďŹ ce/storefront with loading dock, 1/2 acre plus parking, will ďŹ nish inside to suit, Kodak, near interstate, 865-654-6691

943 AUTOMOBILE SALES

1987 FORD ESCORT. $700 cash. 865604-7495.

950 MOTORCYCLE SALES

1996 Hayabusa LTD. White many extras Only 3000 miles.

Call 654-6299

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Pigeon Forge Condo Close to Parkway 2br 2ba No pets. $650 mth.

Call 865-712-8333.

Kodak 3/2 mobile home $650. 865286-5319 or 770335-7008

$600 to $950+. Wanda Galli Realty Exec.

680-5119 or 7744307.

710 HOMES FOR SALE

LEGALS

McCarter’s Efficiency Apts 221 Newman Rd, $420 month everything except power and phone.

Gatlinburg.

No pets. Call 865-8502542 or 865-4364589.

3BR/2BA rent to own.

Seymour. $595/mo No pets. 865-7657929.

699 HOME RENTALS

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-6699777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

LEGALS

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE TENNESSEE, SEVIER COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by Brenda Frye and Randall Frye to Quality Title, Trustee dated August 29, 2005 in the amount of $69,000.00, and recorded in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee in Deed Book 2336, Page 684, (“Deed of Trust�); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee by assignment; and, U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee, as the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust (the “Owner and Holder�), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, , any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorney or agents by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, February 4, 2010 commencing at 12:00 PM at the front steps of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at the close of sale, the following property to-wit: Situated in the Seventh (7th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of Lot 82-R of Union Hill Subdivision, Phase II as it appears on map of record in Book P30, Page 324 in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Being the same property to Randall Frye and wife, Brenda Frye from Bobby Likens and wife, Amanda Likens by General Warranty Deed dated August 29, 2005, of record in Volume Book 2336, Page 682, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Map & Parcel No.: 038FA038E008 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 829 Union Dell Court Sevierville, Tennessee 37876 CURRENT OWNER(S): Randall Frye and Brenda Frye SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: New Century Mortgage Corporation OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rightsof-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property; as well as any prior liens or encumbrances as well as priority created by a fixture filing; and/or any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities` right to redeem the property, as required by 26 U.S.C Ă&#x; 7425 and T.C.A. Ă&#x; 67-1-1433.

The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Deed of Trust.

Substitute Trustee reserves the right to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.

THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MCC TN, LCC 250 East Ponce De Leon Avenue Suite 600 McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C. (404) 373-1612 File No. 08-19668 /CONV

January 12, 19 and 26, 2010

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek

710 HOMES FOR SALE

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

OXUMB **Historic Home For Sale** 3BRHardwoodFloors, 8ft.ceiling,crown molding,sunroom, garage,basement, mature plantings Large fenced corner lot, Downtown Sevierville, close to schools.654-7907 **************************

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Large Efficiency $150 week. With utilities.

770-335-7008 or 865-286-5319

699 HOME RENTALS

MYPLOC Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

2704 WEARS VALLEY RD. By owner, 2 story Farmhouse, 3BR, 1.5 BA, Outside ofďŹ ce, 1acre Z-comm, Rmdl $179,500 Inspection Sat-Sun. 10-5 HOUSE WILL BE SOLD SUNDAY NIGHT TO HIGHEST BIDDER

(404)461-8836

Answer here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: PIECE YOUNG COUSIN DULCET Answer: What the stockbrokers gave the attentive waiter — A GOOD “TIP�

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 ◆ The Mountain Press Family Circus

Close to Home

Advice

Man can’t understand why wife has suddenly turned cold on him

Zits

Blondie

Baby Blues

Beetle Bailey

Dear Annie: My wife and I were high-school sweethearts. We have been together for 13 years and married for seven. I am 29 and she is 28. Like every couple, we have had our ups and downs, but nothing that couldn’t be resolved, until this year.

We used to be so spontaneous, but now our sexual relationship is over. She doesn’t want to touch, kiss, hold hands, nothing. She says she still loves me, but can’t give me what I want as far as affection or sex and I need to find it somewhere else. She has asked for a separation so we both can clear our heads.

I can’t figure out what’s going on. She tells me there is no affair, and I believe and trust her. I love my wife with all my heart. She is so beautiful and sexy. How could she lose the desire to be passionate? I have tried to figure things out, but it seems I only make it worse and push her farther away.

We have a 5-year-old girl, and I don’t want to break up our family. My wife says she has no time for me now and thinks a separation will help us get back that spark.

I can tell whenever I am with her, she would clearly rather be doing something else. Every conversation ends with her becoming angry and picking a fight. I need some friendly advice.

-- Lonely in North Carolina Dear Lonely: The birth of a child can change the relationship between a husband and wife, but whatever is going on, you seem oblivious and your wife

isn’t letting you in on the secret. Please ask her to go with you for counseling so you can work on this without becoming angry. Say it is for the sake of your daughter. If she refuses, go without her. Something is going on and you need to figure it out.

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with a party. In the invitations, we requested no gifts, but several people brought them anyway.

One couple gave us something that was obviously re-gifted. We have no problems with re-gifting, but this was a beautiful glass platter with the other couple’s names engraved on it, along with the date of their last anniversary.

What do I do? The couple that gave it to us either forgot it was engraved or never fully opened the package to begin with.

Should we return it, saying we are sure they wrapped it by mistake, or do we simply send a thank-you note and get rid of the platter?

I don’t want to hurt their feelings, but I would feel terrible throwing away such a lovely personalized gift.

-- Stymied in Ohio Dear Stymied: We have to assume the couple had no idea this platter was engraved.

Re-gifting is usually more subtle. Please call, thank them and explain that you are certain they brought the lovely platter

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to the party in error and you are anxious to return it as soon as possible since they must surely want it back. (It might even be true.)

Dear Annie: I have another suggestion for “Louisville Lass,” who wants the grandparents to limit the number of toys they give to the children.

We had that situation in our family. My daughter-in-law requested no toys, explaining that the kids were overwhelmed.

When I saw with my own eyes what she was talking about, I suggested that we grandparents give “experiences” instead of presents.

Now, as gifts, we take them to kid-friendly places, museums, trips and such. As they got older, we added books and gift cards. The time we spend with our grandchildren makes wonderful memories. I admit, we sometimes bought gifts anyway, but we expanded the idea of what a present means. -- Happy Grandma aka Nana Dear Nana: We love these gifts -- they create bonds to cherish forever.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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