Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 75 ■ March 16, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 50 Cents

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INSIDE

5Hangin’ it up G-P girls basketball coach Mike Rader retires after 32 years sports, Page A8

Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press

5Diner Rats get in gear Local cruisin’ club has event that delivers food for a pair of charities LOCAL, Page A3

The audience joins hands during the Lord’s Prayer before the Sevier County County Commission meeting Monday night.

Commission gets big ‘Amen’

Standing-room-only crowd turns out to support Lord’s Prayer Nation

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

Edwards’ mistress tells all Rielle Hunter reveals details of affair with former VP candidate Page A5

Weather Today Partly cloudy High: 56° Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press

Tonight Mostly cloudy Low: 42° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Mary Barfield, 59 Columbus Teaster, 84 Ronald Chapman, 77 Anna Tipton, 96 DETAILS, Page A4

Index Local & State . A1-A4,A6 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . A2 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . A8-A10 Money . . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Advice . . . . . . . . . . . A14 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . A14 Classifieds . . . . . A10-A13 Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . A5

Corrections The Mountain Press is committed to accuracy.

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

Mayor Larry Waters thanks the community for its support.

SEVIERVILLE — It was probably appropriate that, as officials weigh how they’ll proceed as the potential of a church and state lawsuit hangs over their heads, Monday’s County Commission meeting at times felt more like a camp revival than a legislative session.

A standing-room-only crowd overflowed the courtroom where the group holds its sessions, and into a downstairs room and the hallway outside it where speakers and big-screen televisions were set up. During the meeting, frequent “Amens” filled the air throughout the building as county leaders expressed their support for continuing the group’s tradi-

“When I first received that letter from Mayor Waters, I kind of knew what to expect. I must admit it took me a few days before I was even willing to open up that letter they wrote to us.”

— Commissioner Jim Keener

tion of starting its sessions with a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, and the volume in the room rose to a crescendo as it did just that Monday evening.

The crowd was the largest certainly that the group has seen in a long time, and several longtime commissioners called it the biggest they had ever seen.

All of it, though, was nothing more than a show of support, as the recent debate over the

prayer and a depiction of the Ten Commandments that hangs in the courtroom wasn’t even on the agenda.

Washington, D.C., activism group Americans United for Separation of Church and State recently sent county leaders a group contending that the practice and the picture violate the First Amendment prohibition against See COMMISSION, Page A4

To their health

Northview Middle, Primary schools learn the importance of having a good lifestyle

By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer

Even students had displays set up at the fair, including sixth-graders Hannah Hicks and Lindsey Gray, who researched healthier menu items at Burger King.

As part of Sevier County Schools’ “We knew a lot of people really liked Coordinated School Health program, Burger King, and we thought this would Northview Middle School and Northview help them make healthier choices,” Primary School hosted a health fair in the Hannah said, pointing out pictures of middle school’s cafeteria Thursday afterthe food with nutritional information. noon.

“Other people (researched) Subway and Vendors included health professionMcDonald’s.” als from businesses such as Mobile While Hannah’s healthier BK choice was Diagnostics Inc. to representatives from a small order of fries (rather than a larger the Kodak Public Library.

“We’re trying to promoted overall health, portion), Lindsey preferred the restaurant’s tender-grilled chicken salad. and that includes physical and mental,” Sevier County High School freshman said Northview Middle Assistant Principal Jenny Patel also got involved with a disCarey Woods, who coordinated the play on the dangers of tobacco use. She event with Northview Primary Assistant Principal Jana Hillard. “This is the middle demonstrated with an air pump what a healthy lung looked like working as school’s second year doing this, and this year the primary school is joining us.

See HEALTH, Page A4 We’re trying to bridge the gap between the two schools.”

Ellen Brown/The Mountain Press

Jenny Patel, a freshman at Sevier County High School, demonstrates with an air pump how a healthy lung operates at Northview Middle School’s Health Fair.

Court’s ruling involving local cop will have statewide impact

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — An appellate court ruling involving a DUI arrest by a Sevierville Police officer reaffirmed the right of Tennessee police officers to make arrests up to a mile outside their jurisdiction.

Officer Kevin Stone stopped

Suzanne D. Burkhart on Nov. 18, 2007, after seeing her on Highway 66 inside the city and observing that she was driving somewhat erratically, and speeding, according to the court record. He testified that he followed Burkhart about 10 minutes, covering one or two miles, and exited the city limits before observing her cross the fog line and activating his

lights to stop her.

“We move to the question posed by the defendant — whether Officer Stone was authorized to initiate a stop of her vehicle in the one-mile zone for a violation of a general law forbidding speeding,” Judge James Curtwood Jr. wrote. “We answer the question affirmatively.”

Burkhart’s attorney, Bryan

Delius, filed a motion to suppress the evidence against her on the grounds that there was insufficient cause to detain her and Stone had left his jurisdiction. Judge Richard Vance overruled that motion, saying that Stone had sufficient cause to stop Burkhart because the recording See ruling, Page A4

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The Mountain Press ◆ Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Lawson announces candidacy Hurst seeking re-election to county commissioner post for re-election as constable Submitted report George W. Lawson announces his candidacy for re-election as constable, Fifth District Seat A. Lawson has been active in Sevier County law enforcement as a deputy sheriff, sheriff’s drug enforcement officer and constable. He is a member of the Smoky Mountain Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 31.

Lawson attended Walters State Community College where he took Criminal Statue Law and Criminal Investigations.

He graduated from the Tennessee Constable Law School. He has over 800 hours of in-service training, Lawson is also a member of the Tennessee Constable Council. He is state-certified to bear firearms, police batons, chemical weapons and radar detection. He also

took a class to disarm b o o b y traps.

“I will continue to provide a modern patrol car Lawson with the ability to communicate with local officers,” he said. “This ability allows me to serve you more professionally and effectively. I often drive an unmarked car to enable me to check and watch trouble spots more effectively.

“Being self-employed gives me all the time needed to serve my community and provide them with the protection they deserve. I have been, and will continue to be, active in fighting all crime in Sevier County.”

Lawson assisted in the Kodak bank robbery murder case.

“It is also an honor to have been credited with saving the life of a former Sevier County sheriff in the line of duty while serving as your constable,” he said.

“I faithfully work at school ball games and special events to protect the children of our county. I will continue to make these services a priority and do my best to protect our children and keep illegal activity away from them. I patrol nights and check our schools, churches, businesses, and homes as a deterrent to break-ins and other criminal activity.

“I will continue to answer your calls as well as protect and serve the citizens of Sevier County in an effective and professional manner,” Lawson said. “My services as your constable are always as close as your telephone.”

Submitted report Warren Hurst is seeking re-election to the Sevier County Commission, First District, Seat A, in the May 4 Republican Primary.

“I have enjoyed serving the citizens of the First District in the past years,” he said.

“During my service on the Sevier County Commission, the county has made many progressions and vast improvements,” Hurst said. “The

school system, roads and water systems have seen g r e a t improvements and upgrades.

Hurst The Sevier County School System is among the best of county school systems throughout the state. Many of our county roads have been better developed and utility

water is readily available to many areas of the county, including all Sevier County Schools. Plans are set to continue the extension of utility water to other areas, as money is made available.

“In order to continue progressively,” he said, “we must work together as a community. Elected officials must be able to work with each other thoughtfully and productively in order to continue growth and progression.”

Kodak man arrested on burglary charge Staff report A Kodak man has been charged with burglary of a home located on North Bryan Road.

Sheriff Ron Seals said the house was burglarized on March 9 and that several guns were

t a k e n .

After an investigation, detectives arrested Bobby Ray Spiva, 28, of 215 W. M o u n t

Road, Kodak, and charged him with aggravated burglary.

Spiva was booked into jail and a $25,000 bond was set. An April 9 court date has been set in General Sessions Court.

Spiva

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Appreciation Meal

Sevier County Crewettes meet 7 p.m., Rescue Squad. 453-3861 or 4538572.

Wellington Place of Sevierville hosting breakfast for all Sevier County EMS, police, fire and emergency responders, 7:30-9:30 a.m.

RSVP to 774-2221.

Republicans

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Crewettes

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

Hot Meals

Hot Meals for Hungry Hearts served from 5:306:30 p,m., Second Baptist Church, Pigeon Street just off Chapman Highway.

Women’s Bible Study

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Gatekeepers

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WCC Anniversary Banquet

Alzheimer’s Support

Alzheimer’s Support Group begins today, third Thursday, 3 p.m., Wellington Place, 3 p.m.

Sherry Woten, 774-2221.

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Cougar football and cheerleading sign-ups 10 a.m.-noon today; 6-8 p.m. March 25, Northview Middle School football field. 388-1618.

Women’s Care Center 20-year anniversary banquet 6 p.m. at Wood Grill Buffet, Pigeon Forge. $25. Tickets for sale at the door or call WCC 428-4673, for information.

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Hot Meals

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

Women’s Bible Study

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Submarine Veterans

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TOPS

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DAR

Great Smokies Chapter of DAR meets 10:30 a.m., Pigeon Forge Library.

Discussion of plans for Dolly Parade scheduled. 7742236.

friDAY, MARCH 19 Missionary Baptist

Waldens Creek Missionary Baptist Church singing, 7 p.m.

Seymour Sale

Children’s sale at Seymour Community Christian School accepting consignors. Sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 20.

Private sale tonight for consignors. 640-4016.

Little League Cheerleading

Pigeon Forge Little League cheerleading sign-ups 5 to 7 p.m. at Pigeon Forge High School. Birth certificate required. Registsration fee, $75. Angie Newman, 253-4910.

SATURDAY, MARCH 20 Consignment Sale

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Angel Food

Angel Food pick-up: n 8-11 a.m., Gum Stand Baptist Church. 4292508. n 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 908-1245. n 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Basic Life Ministries, formerly TFH. 139 Bruce St., 286-9784, 256-7129. n 10-noon, River Of Life Outreach, 110 Simmons Road, Seymour. 6796796.

Oratory Contest

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Pitner announces he’s running for re-election to commission Submitted Report Harold Pitner has announced his candidacy for re-election for 6th District county commissioner.

“I have a wide range of life experience that qualifies me for this position,” he said.

Pitner graduated from Seymour High School.

He served in the Army during the Vietnam war, earned a degree from the University of Tennessee and served as an educator in Sevier County Schools for 11 years. He has retired from a career of 21 years in business as a special agent with Farm Bureau Insurance.

“Having been involved with Sevier County Schools for many years,

one of my priorities is to aid our school system in any way possible. I want to help our schools Pitner meet their full potential, because I believe we have the capability of being second to none.

Our educators work tirelessly to that end, and I hope to rally political and community support for those efforts,” he said.

“Sevier County residents are working hard every day and offering tremendous support to this community; this is why it is important that we strive to keep local taxes in our community.

This has become a very prominent issue. Our current governor has taken a significant portion of our local dollars to be spent in other regions of our state. This must stop and I intend to work towards a resolution to prohibit further tax dollars to be taken from our local coffers,” Pitner said.

“Seymour is a great place to live. I have been blessed to grow up in this community and raise my two daughters with my wife, Becky, of 40 years.

I want the community to remain strong so my children and grandchildren and all residents of Seymour can experiencethe benefits of this great place we live. I will work diligently to that end,” he said.

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Bill Sparks stands by his 1971 Chevrolet Fleetwood pickup at The Diner during their second annual Shamrock Saturday Cruisin’ For Food event Saturday. The event raised money for the Wears Valley Ranch Children’s Home and Sevier County Food Ministries.

Diner Rats get into cruisin’ gear, deliver food for 2 local charities

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer

Submitted

Print Services has donated four cases of printer paper to the four locations of Sevier County Pubic Library System. From left are Kelly Hamilton, manager of the Kodak branch; Todd Fife, manager of the main library; Andy Madson, manager of the History Center; and Tony Krug, manager of the Seymour branch.

Print Services Publishing donates to libraries to help unemployed Submitted Report SEYMOUR — Print Services Publishing donated four cases of printer paper to the four locations of the Sevier County Public Library System.

Brenda Cunningham, owner of the publishing company, read an article describing the free

resume and fax services that the library system provides for unemployed people in Sevier County.

Understanding the need for additional paper for the library system to help with printing resumes and fax receipts, Cunningham contacted K.C. Williams, Sevier County Public Library System director, about donating paper to

assist in this project.

Four cases of paper, one for each location, were delivered.

The unemployed may visit any location to print resumes and send faxes free of charge. Questions or comments can be directed to Williams at 774-4393 or e-mail to kwilliams@sevierlibrary. org.

Country star Jo Dee Messina to have performance in Maryville on March 26 Submtted report MARYVILLE — Country music star Jo Dee Messina will perform at the new Clayton Center for the Arts. Her concert is March 26 at 8 p.m.

Messina’s career has been built on country and country-crossover hits.

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“Bye Bye,” “I’m Alright,” “Stand Beside Me,” and “Bring on the Rain.”

Her new album Unmistakable, set to debut just weeks after her appearance on March 26, Messina offers “That’s God,”

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SEVIERVILLE — Cruising weather is just starting up for car enthusiasts, but the Diner Rats Car Club has already driven to help two local charities.

The group held its second annual Shamrock Saturday Cruisin’ For Food event Saturday, driving from Smokies Stadium down Highway 66 to its headquarters at The Diner.

It’s their way of raising money and awareness for two local charities, said Howard Kingsberry, owner of The Diner and organizer of the event.

“The purpose is to call attention to the needs of such organizations in the county,” he said.

The Sevier County Food Ministries is giving food out to about 1,200 families a week. It is one of the main sources of food for families and people experiencing a shortage, and the need has only

gone up during the recession.

Wears Valley Ranch Children’s Home is a Christian home and school for children coming from crisis family situations.

Food and money collected as part of the event will go to both organizations.

In addition to people who dropped off food at the stadium and members of the Diner Rats or others who joined in the cruise, Kingsberry said they’d gotten contributions from some local businesses.

In the meantime, it was an early chance to enjoy the pretty weather early Saturday, and to see some antique cars for people at The Diner.

Bill Sparks was there to see the cars and show off his Chevy pickup.

“I love cars shows,” he said. “That’s one of the main reason I come down here. I’ve got my calendar marked this year.” n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

Paraplegic woman wins malpractice suit

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — A woman who sued after surgery for a broken leg left her partially paralyzed has been awarded $19.2 million by a federal court jury in Chattanooga that also returned a $3 million verdict for her husband.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that jurors reached a verdict Friday for 62-yearold Bette Donathan and her husband, Ben. Donathan’s attorney, Randy Kinnard of Nashville, said his client has been a paraplegic since the medical mistake that followed an April 2006 wreck in Winchester.

The judgment is to be paid by Winchester surgeon Delores K. White, Winchester anesthesiologist Ronald Gordon, nurse anesthetist Christopher Will and Cumberland Healthcare Group. Their attorneys declined comment Monday.

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OBITUARIES In Memoriam

Mary Elizabeth Barfield

Mary Elizabeth Barfield, age 59 of Strawberry Plains, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010. She was a member of Timmonsville Church of God for twenty years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard E. Klein and Mary P. Klein.

Survivors: children, Howie and Jodie Barfield, Brent Barfield and finace Bianca Sammons, Devona and Rock Hayes, and Ericka Barfield and fiancé Donavan Avin; grandchildren, Brandon and Caitlin Hayes, Hagen and Brett Barfield, and Zander Avin; brothers and sisters: Howard E. Klein, Jr., Wayne Klein, Chip Klein, and Belinda “DeeDee” Klein Funeral service 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, with Rev. Sherrod Barfield officiating. Interment will follow in Atchley’s Seymour Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865. (865) 577-2807. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

In Memoriam

Columbus Teaster

Columbus Teaster 84, of Townsend, passed away March 15, 2010, at Blount Memorial Hospital.

He was preceded in death by Daughter: Janice Moore, Parents: Harmon and Mime Teaster, Brothers: Paul, Lynden, Earl, Bill and Leuis Teaster, Sister: Pearl Dillinger.

He is survived by his Daughters and Sonsin-law: Judy and David Webb of Walland, and Donna and Ronnie Green of Townsend, Sons and Daughters-in-law: Jesse and Brenda Teaster of Tuckaleechee, Jerry and Diane, Keith and Mary, Jeff and Loretta, and Jack and Debbie Teaster all of Townsend, 28 Grandchildren; 40 GreatGrandchildren, Sisters: Alice Brazil, Esther Teaster both of Happy Hollow, and Iva McMahan of Sevierville.

We would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Deaver Shattock and the staff of Blount Memorial Hospital and Dr. Kim Cline. Special thanks to his caregiver: Mary, and many other friends and family. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendly Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Fate Green and Rev. Harrison Hill officiating, the burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Teaster will be placed in the church at 5 p.m. Tuesday and the family will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday all day and all Wednesday until 9 p.m. and until 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. Condolences may be sent at website. n www.MemorialFuneralHomeInc.com

Ronald Glenn Chapman Ronald Glenn Chapman, 77 of Sevierville, formerly of Joliet, Ill., died March 13, 2010.

Survivors: wife of 54 years, Faith Ann Chapman; son, Rex Chapman; daughters and sons-in-law, Ronette and Mark Curtis, Becky and Ralph Cavette; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews; one sister, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Caris Health Care and Hospice, 9041 Executive Park Dr. Suite 275, Knoxville, TN 37923.

Funeral service 7 p.m. Tuesday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Dr. Pat Corn officiating. Interment 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Middle Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

Anna L. Davis Tipton Anna L. Davis Tipton, 96 of Seymour, died March 14, 2010, at Fairpark Healthcare Center in Maryville.

Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Johnie and Louise Tiptonr; granddaughter, Janet Tipton Vaden; great-granddaughter, Kara Lee Vaden Davis and husband, the Rev. James Davis all of Seymour; granddaughter, Diana and Alan Lyle; grandson, Michael and Mellissa Garner; great-grand children, LeAnna Garner, Billy Garner and son-in-law, Herman Garner; sister, Virginia Reagan; brothers, Elmer Davis, George and Betty Cutshaw Davis; a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

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government-sanctioned religion.

They have demanded county leaders stop the prayer and remove the depiction or face potential legal action.

Commissioner Jim Keener told the gathering he remembers the day he got a copy of the letter, along with one from County Mayor Larry Waters explaining the issue.

“When I first received that letter from Mayor Waters, I kind of knew what to expect,” Keener said. “I must admit it took me a few days before I was even willing to open up that letter they wrote to us.”

Keener elicited a host of “Amens” from the 200 or so folks crammed into the downstairs courtroom and neighboring hall as he argued the United States was founded on Christian principles. Calling himself a “student of history,” Keener pointed to quotations from several early American leaders citing their faith as defense for using Christian prayers and symbols in modern government.

Keener wasn’t the only one turning an eye to history Monday evening. Local resident David Crowe cited Supreme Court rulings going back several decades that support groups such as the commission praying to start their meetings.

Further, he asserted the founders of the United States affirmed the practice just days after authoring the Constitution.

“There is simply no question that a legislative body can open a session with an invocation,” Crowe said. “We cannot separate the Christian faith of our founders from the bedrock foundation of America.”

Pointing to recent national media coverage of the local issue and his own efforts to spread the word about it, Crowe told the commission what it does could make history.

“All the eyes of the nation are on what you choose to do in this county,” he said. “There is a great hunger in this country for us to understand our true heritage. You

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Church groups display signs in the courthouse hallway before the County Commission meeting Monday night.

need to stand strong and not be pushed around by a few people.”

Like Keener’s, Crowe’s comments drew a standing ovation from the enthusiastic crowd.

It remains to be seen how far Americans United will take the fight. Before it can proceed with any legal battle, it must have a local resident to sign on to such a suit and, so far, the person who filed the complaint with the group has not come forward to claim it.

Still, if it comes to that, Waters promised county leaders are ready to fight.

“Your support is important to us as we continue to stand for the heritage in this county and this nation,” Waters told the gathering. “We’re not going to need you just for tonight, but we’re going to need your support throughout this battle. I got another letter from this group today, so this thing’s not over.”

That second letter, Waters explained after the meeting, demands a number of records from the county documenting the practice of saying the prayer at the meetings. The request, however, was not made in the format required by county ordinances and Waters said he does not intend to

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Likewise, the county has yet to respond to the first letter it received from the Americans United lawyers, despite the fact that correspondence requested follow-up from the county within 10 days.

While it seems the issue is at a standstill for now, with neither side appearing ready to back down, folks who packed the courthouse Monday evening said they’re gearing up for a fight and they want to be part of it. Preachers across the county reportedly told their congregants to turn out for the session to show their support for the county’s stand.

Before the meeting started, a small group gathered on the steps outside the courthouse to pray that the commission would stand strong, while several folks milled around the halls carrying signs bearing Bible verses. Among those was Darrell Sawyer, a Sevierville resident who turned out with his Bible and a poster of the Ten Commandments.

“I just want to take a stand for Jesus Christ, my savior,” Sawyer said. “My grandfather, our fathers — they fought and they gave their lives so we would have the freedom to believe what we want to believe.

I believe in Jesus. I believe in the Christian faith. And, I believe if we don’t start taking a stand, we’ll give away our rights as Christians.”

As the commission started its meeting with the Lord’s Prayer, just a few blocks down the road the Sevierville Board of Mayor and Alderman, which regularly starts its sessions with a prayer though not necessarily the Lord’s Prayer, did the same. The group also voted in favor of a resolution supporting the commission in any potential fight.

“That makes me feel very good,” Waters said on hearing about the move. “The support has been tremendous and I think it’s going to continue. It warms your heart to know what kind of community we live in and that it’s one that’s willing to stand up like this.”

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Dems start countdown toward health care vote WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats triggered the countdown Monday for the climactic vote on President Barack Obama’s fiercely contested remake of the health care system, even though the legislation remained incomplete and lacked the votes needed to pass.

Obama expressed optimism Congress would approve his call for affordable and nearly universal coverage as he pitched his plan on a trip to Ohio, and congressional leaders showed signs of progress in winning anti-abortion Democrats whose votes are pivotal.

At the same time, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., among the bill’s sharpest opponents, said he was “less confident” than before that it could be stopped.

“They’d have to be remarkable people not to fall under the kind of pressure they’ll be under,” he said of rank-andfile Democrats.

Some of the pressure was aimed at Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who flew aboard Air Force One with President Barack Obama during the day, then walked into a senior citizen center with the chief executive in time to hear a voice from the audience yell out, “Vote yes.”

A smiling Obama turned to the liberal lawmaker and said, “Did you hear that, Dennis?” Then, turning back to the audience, he added, “Go ahead, say that again.”

“Vote yes!” came back the reply.

Kucinich, who said later he remains uncommitted, is one of 37 Democrats currently in the House who voted against Obama’s legislation when it cleared the House last fall.

In addition, the White House is laboring to hold the support of several other Democrats who voted for the earlier bill, but only after first supporting strict antiabortion limits that would be altered the second time around.

NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists had figured nothing much more than a few microbes could exist.

That’s why a NASA team was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp-like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera’s cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a foot-long jellyfish.

“We were operating on the presumption that nothing’s there,” said NASA ice scientist Robert Bindschadler, who will be presenting the initial findings and a video at an American Geophysical Union meeting Wednesday. “It was a shrimp you’d enjoy having on your plate.”

“We were just gaga over it,” he said of the 3-inchlong, orange critter starring in their two-min-

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The video is likely to inspire experts to rethink what they know about life in harsh environments.

And it has scientists musing that if shrimp-like creatures can frolic below 600 feet of Antarctic ice in subfreezing dark water, what about other hostile places? What about Europa, a frozen moon of Jupiter?

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Edwards’ mistress: In love since 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live “a life of truth” and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.

“Everyone talks about how Johnny has fallen from grace,” Rielle Hunter told GQ magazine in an interview released Monday. “In reality, he’s fallen to grace.”

In her first public comments since she became known as Edwards’ other woman in 2008, Hunter didn’t provide any details of their status but said Edwards is a great father who wants to be there fulltime for their daughter, now 2.

“I know he loves me. I have never had any doubt at all about that,” Hunter said. “We love each other very much. And that hasn’t changed, and I believe that will be till death do us part.”

Hunter also posed for photos for GQ that show her on a bed, barelegged in a man’s white dress shirt and a pearl necklace. In another shot, she’s lying on her back holding her daughter in her arms.

She said she and Edwards had an immedi-

ate connection when they met at a New York City hotel in 2006, and she said she knew then that she was a special person to him.

“He in fact did say to me the first night, ’Falling in love with you could really (expletive) up my plans for becoming president,”’ she said.

Hunter said she told him he shouldn’t run for the White House and suggested he at least wait until April 2007 because her intuition and astrology suggested he would have a difficult first three months of the year.

Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer returned in March of that year. Hunter said John Edwards wanted to exit the race but that Elizabeth Edwards wanted him to stay in.

“And my surprise was that they stayed in the race,” Hunter said. “I was shocked. I really viewed it as reckless.”

Hunter said Edwards’ marriage was already in shambles before their romance, declaring, “I was not the home wrecker.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the count begin.

More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government’s once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most because of lower-than-average mail participation rates in 2000 and higher shares of Hispanics and young adults, who are among the least likely to mail in their forms.

Did those $2.5 million Super Bowl ads work? Stay tuned.

“When you receive your 2010 census, please fill it out and mail it back,” said Census Bureau director Robert Groves, who kicked off the national mail-in campaign Monday in Phoenix, Ariz., a state which could gain up to two U.S. House seats because of rapid immigrant growth in the last decade.

Groves is urging cities and states to promote the census and improve upon rates in 2000, when about 72 percent of U.S. households returned their forms. If everyone who receives a census form mails it back, the government would save an estimated $1.5 billion in follow-up visits.

Speaking in an interview, Groves said real-time census data showed public awareness of the 2010 count had improved since January to levels similar to 2000 at this point, which he called “good news.” Still, he remained particularly concerned about motivating young adults, who were lagging other groups. Many twenty-somethings now on their own were living with their parents in 2000, so they haven’t had the experience of filling out census forms.

“If the American public comes through in the way everyone is capable of, we’ll have a great census,” Groves said.

The next few weeks will be critical. Even as it aims high, the Census Bureau predicts that maybe two-thirds of U.S. households will mail in the form. That’s because it faces special challenges of growing U.S. apathy toward surveys, residents displaced by a high number of foreclosures, as well as immigrants who have become more distrustful of government workers amid a crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Roe staffers to be in town

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe will send staff to hold office hours in Sevier County from 9-11 a.m. today at the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department in downtown Sevierville.

Roe’s staff will be available to assist 1st District constituents. No appointment is necessary. n

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Bluegrass band to be in concert

Bluegrass band Rough Edges will perform in the Conner-Short Center at Walters State at 7 p.m.

Friday. Admission is free.

Chip McLain, head of Walters State’s English Department, plays guitar and sings for the band. He collaborates with Travis Sutton in writing much of the band’s original material.

The band’s music can be sampled at www.roughedgesband.net.

No tickets or reservations are required for the concert.

For more information, call (423) 585-6922. n SEVIERVILLE

Snodgrass to be GOP speaker

Bill Snodgrass, the son of former Tennessee state comptroller William R. Snodgrass, is the scheduled speaker for today’s 6 p.m. meeting of the Sevier County Republican Party in the County Commission chambers on the third floor of the courthouse.

Snodgrass has been a consultant in various party situations and currently serves as an adviser to U.S. Rep. Phil Roe from Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District. n

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Libraries to close early

The Sevier County Public Library System, which includes the Main Library and History Center in Sevierville, and branches in Seymour and Kodak, will close at 5:30 p.m. today for staff development training.

All locations will be open for regular hours on Wednesday. For more information, call 774-6033. n

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Las Vegas Night fundraiser set

The Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation is hosting its 17th annual Las Vegas Night fundraiser at the Music Road Convention Center Saturday at 6 p.m.

The event will celebrate the success of a community campaign to raise $10 million, and the recent opening of LeConte Medical Center.

The Vegas-themed event includes an evening of playmoney gambling, a dinner buffet, drinks, karaoke, and dancing to the music of Rock-It. The event also features a silent and live auction.

Tickets for Las Vegas Night are $50 each and available by calling 446-9628.

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Moms targeted for state vacations NASHVILLE (AP) — Among those who’ll get the first look at a new wave pool and lazy river float at Nashville Shores before the twin attractions officially open later this year will be a group of mom bloggers.

At a time when moms make most decisions about family vacation spending, it looks like a smart move to go after the motherly demographic as vacation hot spots strive for a rebound in sales after a poor 2009 travel season.

“Moms are key to helping travel rebound and will determine when our reces-

sion is really over,” said Jamie Dunham, a BOHAN Advertising Marketing executive and expert at Nashvillebased WhyMomsRule.com, which tracks moms’ buying habits and related trends.

A recent survey by the Web site shows that most moms are eager for family vacations this year after making cutbacks and staying home last year. Some 80 percent of those in the survey said they’ll sacrifice dining out, other entertainment and big-ticket purchases to pay for family getaways.

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quote roundup “... There was sooo much attraction and sooo much … I want to say love, but it wasn’t love at that point. You know, it was just this, this magnetic force field like I had never experienced. It terrified me.”

— Rielle Hunter, John Edwards’ mistress, on her first meeting with the former North Carolina senator.

“It doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, but let’s understand, it doesn’t mean it did happen.”

— Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., casting doubt on a San Diego man’s story that the accelerator sped up and became stuck on his Toyota Prius on a San Diego highway.

“I know we’ve got some seniors with us today.

So let me just tell you directly: this proposal adds almost a decade of solvency to Medicare.”

—President Barack Obama, pitching his health care plan to a gathering in Strongsville, Ohio.

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up pretty quickly, so families need to make those memories while they can, and while the kids are young,” Downey said. “There’s a point when it won’t be cool to hang out with mom and dad anymore.”

Tourism revenue at Pigeon Forge was down 4 percent in 2008 and slumped 8 percent last year.

“We know that moms are the travel planners,” said Susan Whitaker, commissionerofthestateDepartment of Tourist Development. “In selecting a destination, they want to be heroes to their entire family.”

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and print ad campaign that began this month is geared to appeal to moms’ sentimentality.

“Our message is that you need to take your vacation now because your kids graduate from (the family) vacation at some point, just like they graduate from high school and college,” said Leon Downey, director of tourism for the city of Pigeon Forge.

The TV spots show a family visiting familiar attractions around Pigeon Forge and aging over the years.

“The message will resonate with moms that kids grow

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Charlie Sheen

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges on Monday, nearly t h r e e months after his wife told Colorado police in a 911 call he put a knife to her Sheen throat a n d threatened to kill her.

Sheen showed little emotion and said nothing during his brief arraignment in Pitkin County District Court. The plea was entered by Richard Cummins, a Colorado attorney who represents Sheen.

No new details emerged about the Dec. 25 incident.

The star of “Two and a Half Men” on CBS is charged with menacing, criminal mischief and assault. Menacing, the most serious charge, carries a possible sentence of one to three years in prison.

A judge scheduled a jury trial for July 21.

Sheen is accused of assaulting Brooke Mueller Sheen at an Aspen home while they were on vacation.

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Republicans being changed

by Marco Rubio He came, we saw, he conquered.

I met Marco Rubio in Naples, Fla., last weekend, where he gave the keynote speech at the Council for National Policy.

Never fall in love with a political candidate, I tell myself; they will break your heart. Besides, expecting more than one Reagan in a lifetime is just plain greedy. Not to mention stupid.

And then I heard Rubio in Naples, and what can I say? I fell in love.

And it’s not just me.

A new breed of Republican is being born. The Marco Rubio Republicans — on the heels of the Scott Brown Republicans — are changing the face of the Republican Party.

Rubio and Brown differ in their politics, but they share a rare capacity to make even the most cynical GOP voter want to believe again. Certain ideas and ideals really are timeless, which means: capable of being reborn in each new generation.

When Rubio speaks, he is not spinning — he is weaving together from his life story, in his person as well as his words, the frayed threads of the old Reagan coalition. The greatest generation’s triumph over the evil communist empire lives again via Rubio’s life, which includes a family that escaped from Cuba to America. Rubio’s America is a place where the son of a Kmart clerk could graduate from law school (with $115,000 in outstanding student loan debts to prove it!).

He understands economics in deeply moral terms — as the need to sustain an America where no one places limits on what you can accomplish because of your skin color, your parents’ occupation, your so-called place in society.

And although it has been little noted, Rubio skillfully weaves in the third leg of Reaganism as well, arguing that you cannot separate the economic wellbeing of a people from their social and moral well-being. He is unapologetically pro-life and pro-marriage.

While Rubio and I were chatting, Public Policy Polling was speaking with Florida GOP primary voters, who delivered what the pollster called brutal news for Gov. Charlie Crist: They want Marco, too.

In the latest poll, Rubio, who started out 30 points behind, now leads Crist 60 percent to 28 percent among likely GOP primary voters.

And it’s not just Republican primary voters. A Feb. 18 Rasmussen poll shows that Rubio is leading Rep. Kendrick Meek (the likely Democratic nominee) by 20 points -- that is by an even larger margin than Crist’s 16-point edge.

Poor Charlie. Seeing him try to play the regular guy card against Rubio is, well, painful to wax, er, watch.

During an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Crist accused Rubio of charging a “$130 haircut — or maybe it was a back wax. We are not sure what all he got at that place “ to a party credit card. The weird thing is that Crist then pretended not to know about such things. “I get my haircut for $11 from a guy named Carl the Barber in St. Petersburg, Fla., where I grew up. And to me that’s real fiscal conservatism.”

To some folks, fiscal conservatism is not snuffling up to the federal trough, embracing and defending an $800 billion stimulus bill on the grounds that Charlie claimed: It “created or saved 87,000 jobs.”

With $5 million in the bank and down 2-1, expect a torrent of attack ads from Crist, who while promising not to go negative, has already called Rubio “the greatest fraud perpetrated” for charging a $130 haircut and for having accumulated so little wealth in his short life. (A young married man with four kids, until recently an elected state politician -- Rubio must be an honest man to have so little in the bank right now, I suspect most voters will think).

I don’t know what dirt he has on Rubio — or thinks he has — but, Charlie, I’m telling you: Don’t kill our dream. The political blood on the floor will be yours.

— 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

Golden pancakes 50 years and counting for Jim Gerding and the beloved Pancake Pantry Think it’s easy to start and operate a successful business? A study by Wells Fargo and the National Federation of Independent Business For business shows that about half of businesses that employ people are still operating five years after they open. The federation estimates that over the lifetime of a business, four in 10 are profitable, three in 10 break even, and 30 percent lose money.

It’s a risk for sure. So think about Jim Gerding and his mindset when he decided to open Pancake Pantry in downtown Gatlinburg in 1960. He had no experience running a restaurant. Gatlinburg was beginning to blossom as a tourist destination, but nobody — nobody — had dared to open a restaurant in all of Tennessee that specialized in pancakes.

After a first day when he took in $41, he wondered if there would be a second day or second week.

But something clicked, and the recipe for success at the Pantry is one that too

many unsuccessful business owners failed to follow. Gerding never stopped studying and listening to his customers and what they were looking for. He never sacrificed quality. He treated employees with respect and rewarded them for it.

He experimented with the menu and added items. He remodeled when that was called for. And he kept his prices reasonable.

Gerding and the Pancake Pantry are celebrating 50 years this week, and on Wednesday he’ll roll back prices to what they were in 1960. There are lines in front of the restaurant almost every morning, filled with people waiting to get inside and eat. Those lines Wednesday may set records.

The success of Pancake Pantry is a remarkable story, but so is the story of Jim and June Gerding. As they have benefitted personally from the phenomenal growth of the business, they have shared their wealth in a variety of ways. The new Boys & Girls Club in Gatlinburg is one

example of a direct result of Gerding’s involvement — he donated to it and spearheaded the fundraising effort that made it a reality.

Now 83, he continues to work. On Saturday, when lines had formed and business was booming, Gerding was there keeping tables cleared or set and mingling with customers who wanted to tell him their stories of visiting the restaurant over the years.

Jim Gerding is one of the good guys.

Pancake Pantry succeeded because he ran it right, but also because people like him and wanted to patronize his business.

Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg have dozens of pancake restaurants with their own customer base.

From only one in 1960 we now have lots of them. But through it all, Pancake Pantry has remained the the leader.

Congratulations, Jim Gerding, on 50 years in business and the great success you have achieved.

Political view

Public forum God, prayer critical part of every facet of American life

there on the day so many gave their lives fighting so that we might be free, and He was there the day the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Without a doubt, our country has seen some Editor: very difficult times, and yet we have always been President Reagan once said, “Freedom only able to find a way to stand together in times of prospers where the blessings of God are avidly sought and humbly accepted.” As a mom, I am so need. And what has always brought Americans together, what has given us the courage and grateful to live in a community that truly understrength to face the tough times and the terrible stands the importance of God and prayer in our tragedies that sometimes occur in our world, is daily lives. faith. Faith in God, faith in each other, faith in the Family, faith and freedom are the foundation values and traditions that have so well stood the upon which this country has been built and they test of time. are the reasons for its enduring success. It is these I want to thank Mayor Waters and our county’s core beliefs that have become the very heart of the elected officials for their courage and their willAmerican spirit. And it is these beliefs and values, along with the courageous service and sacrifice of so ingness to stand up for the traditions and values that so many of us treasure. May God bless and many, that has made America the kind of country that millions all over the world wish to come to, and protect them all.

Theresa Fleming millions thank God every day to be a part of.

Pigeon Forge Although there are a few who would like to remove God and prayer from every facet of our society, the vast majority of Americans do believe Bill aimed at livestock cruelty in God. God has always been a part of our counshould be passed by Legislature try. God is in the Declaration of Independence, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the Gettysburg Editor: Address, and on every single dollar bill. God was Today, the Tennessee State House will vote

on a bill to make gross neglect and cruelty to livestock a felony. Janis Sontany’s bill would effectively punish those that abuse animals through gross neglect.

For those who view livestock only as a commodity and not something worth respecting, at least there should be recognition that those who abuse animals are often one step from abusing people as well. This would be an effective way to place these people on law enforcement’s radar as potentially dangerous.

Tennessee’s Farm Bureau, oddly, is trying to block this legislation. Just as most responsible hunters view poachers as criminals, most farmers would not like to be lumped in with the variety that show no respect for the animals in their care. Why the Farm Bureau would show support to abusers is baffling.

Please contact your local Farm Bureau office and House representatives and share your opinion. We live in a civilized society. Shouldn’t we treat animals in our care responsibly, whether pets or livestock?

Beth Bramhall Gatlinburg

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PREP HARDBALL SEASON OPENERS

County baseball teams start season with wins SCHS shuts out Cherokee, 4-0

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer

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After lining a two-RBI shot down the third base line, which gave the Blue and Gold a 4-2 lead at the time, the Eagles’ Brandon Timmerman avoids a tag and gets out of a pickle in the bottom of the fifth inning Monday night at Seymour.

Seymour scalps Cherokees, 4-2

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer SEYMOUR — The Seymour Eagles baseball team jumped out of the gates with a solid 4-2 win over visiting District 2-AAA rival South-Doyle Cherokees on Monday night at Don Doyle Field.

“Everybody is always a little bit tight on opening night,” said Seymour coach Scott Norman. “We didn’t hit the ball very well ..., but it was a big district win for us.”

Seymour starting pitcher Brandon Timmerman picked up the win with six innings of work off the mound, totaling seven Ks while allowing three hits and a

walk.

Keegan Newport entered in the top of the seventh with a runner on first, no outs and a 2-0 count on the batter. He got through it by forcing a S-D pop out, strike out and fly out to retire the side.

Timmerman went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a two-RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to make it the eventual final.

Ben Whisler got the Eagles on top 2-0 in the bottom of the first with a two-run dinger, scoring Logan Jenkins who was on after a lead-off single.

Seymour travels to S-D for a 6 p.m. game tonight. chitchcock@themountainpress.com

SEVIERVILLE — The Sevier County High School Smoky Bears hardball team got off to a good start to the brand new season, even though they didn’t play their best baseball.

Monday night, the homestanding Bears shutout visiting District 2-AAA rival Cherokee Chiefs 4-0 in the season opener.

“We always play our worst game of the season on opening day,” said SCHS coach Lance Traywick. “I think this is the first time we’ve won our opening game since I’ve been here, and it feels good to get off the schneid. And overall we played good team defense.”

Sevier County’s Brandon Houser pitched six scoreless innings, striking out eight while walking two and allowing two hits.

“We fussed at Houser, because he didn’t have his good command tonight,” said Traywick. “It must be nice, though, to not have your good stuff and shut somebody out with just two hits..”

Charlie Gavaghan came in for the final inning of work, allowing no hits with a K and

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SCHS coach Lance Traywick retrieves a practice ball from the field during Monday night’s season-opening win against Cherokee. a walk.

Sevier County’s Zach Flynn got the Purple and White off to a good start, blasting a towering two-run shot over the monster wall in dead center at the 380-foot mark to give the Smoky Bears a 2-0 edge in the bottom of the first. Although his first at bat was great, Flynn struggled the rest of the evening.

“Flynn had bad plate discipline his next two trips up and got himself out,” said Traywick. “He didn’t have a good night, and he’ll be the

first to tell you that.”

Dillon Cate made it 3-0 Sevier County, scoring on a wild pitch after a lead-off double in the bottom of the second.

Austin Soloman made it the eventual final with an RBI double, scoring Charlie Fields who got on base with a one-out single in the bottom of the third inning.

The Bears will go for their second win of the season 6 p.m. tonight at Cherokee. chitchcock@themountainpress.com

WOMEN’S HOOPS

PREP HOOPS

UConn, Stanford, Tennessee and Nebraska top seeds

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer

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Former G-P girls basketball coach Mike Rader talks to his team during a preseason practice in November of last year in this file photo. Rader has announced that he will retire from coaching after a 32-year career.

Mike Rader retires from G-P hoops

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer GATLINBURG — Mike Rader has announced his retirement from coaching basketball after a 32-year career with both Happy Valley and GatlinburgPittman.

“I’ve been doing this long enough, and maybe the fire’s not there like it needs to be, and maybe it’s just time for me to step

aside,” said Rader. “It’s always mixed emotions with something like this.

“But I’ve put my time in, and we’ve had some real good success. I’m just ready for something else in my life right now.”

Rader held an emotional meeting with the Lady Highlanders hoops squad on Friday and informed the girls of his decision.

“As a coach, even though you’ve made your peace

G-P at PF baseball postponed to today PIGEON FORGE — Opening day of baseball season was pushed back from Monday to today for two county rivals.

The scheduled seasonopening double header between the homestanding Pigeon Forge Tigers and traveling GatlinburgPittman Highlanders was

See RADER, Page A9

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UT girls coach Pat Summitt leaves the court following her 900th career college basketball win as a coach in this 2006 file photo.

Other first-round games in the Dayton region are: No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 12 Green Bay; No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 13 Lehigh; No. 6 St. John’s vs. No. 11 Princeton; No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 Louisiana Tech; No. 7 Mississippi State vs. No. 10 Middle Tennessee; and No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 St. Francis (Pa.).

While other teams look to make history in the tournament, the Lady Vols had enough of that last year. Tennessee, a No. 5 See WOMEN, Page A9

Sevierville crowned youth champs ...

PREP HARDBALL

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with what you want to do, it’s still a little tough to talk to your team about it,” said Rader. “Some of these kids I’ve been with for three years, and these are some of the finest kids I’ve been around in a long time.”

Rader said he’s not sure if his retirement will include both his volleyball coaching and his administrative position with the

Connecticut’s journey for the sixth perfect season in NCAA history will begin in Norfolk, Va. The undefeated Huskies earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Monday night and will open against Southern at Norfolk, Va. Ten teams have entered the NCAA tournament unbeaten; only five have emerged victorious. UConn and coach Geno Auriemma have done it three times, including last season.

Tennessee, Stanford and Nebraska earned the other No. 1 seeds.

Stanford, the last team to beat Connecticut, earned its first No. 1 seed since 1998 in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Tennessee earned its record 20th No. 1 seed a year after getting bounced from the tournament in the first round. And Nebraska earned its first No. 1 seed in school history after winning its first 30 games this season. The Cornhuskers lost their only game of the season in the Big 12 tournament semifinals.

The Huskies (33-0), too, have run through their opponents this season, winning by an average of 35 points. In search of its seventh national championship, UConn is looking to become the fifth team to win consecutive titles. Tennessee last did it in 2007 and 2008.

Awaiting the Huskies in the second round could be former assistant Tonya Cardoza and the Temple Owls. They face James Madison in the first round.

cancelled Monday due to recent rains.

“We just couldn’t get it in,” said Pigeon Forge coach Mike Guinn. “We just had too much weather on the field.”

The ball clubs will attempt to get the season started with a 4:30 p.m. start to a double header this afternoon at Pigeon Forge. chitchcock@themountainpress.com

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The fourth-grade Sevierville boys’ basketball team recently won the tournament championship against county rival Seymour.

The junior league tournament was held in Pigeon Forge. Pictured kneeling, from left are coach Mark Newman, Charles Blalock, Logan Wagner, Austin Sheeden and Jake Agee. Standing, from left are coach Doug Blalock, Joe Ogle, Ryan Lee, Gabe Huskey, Isaiah King, Alex Smith, Oumar Anne, Holt Rader and coach Joe Wagner.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 â—† The Mountain Press NCAA HOOPS: MARCH MADNESS

Nation’s top scorer leads 1 of 6 Tennessee teams

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer MURFREESBORO — The nation’s leading scorer, her coach and teammates are more than willing to trade a neutral court for a double-digit seed in the NCAA tournament.

Alysha Clark led the country in scoring the past two seasons and Middle Tennessee stood two spots out of the final Top 25 only to wind up seeded 10th Monday night when the NCAA tournament brackets were announced. Only Virginia stood ahead of the Blue Raiders in the final Associated Press’ Top 25 poll, but they are ecstatic about their destination.

Playing seventh-seeded Mississippi State in Pittsburgh is a massive improvement over a year ago when Middle Tennessee was seeded eighth but had to play No. 9 seed Michigan State on the Spartans’ home floor.

The Blue Raiders blew a lead and wound up losing 69-60. “I like going to Pittsburgh and bringing Mississippi State north,� MTSU coach Rick Insell said. “Beats going to Michigan State and having to play them on their home court ... I guess you heard the boos when Michigan State came

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Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl watches the NCAA selection process at the Ray Mears Room on Sunday in Knoxville. on the board.�

The state of Tennessee sent six teams to the NCAA tournament yet again, and three of them are in the Sacramento region with Vanderbilt seeded sixth, Chattanooga No. 13 and East Tennessee No. 14.

Austin Peay’s reward for

running through the Ohio Valley Conference tournament is a No. 16 seed and playing top-seeded Tennessee on Saturday in the Memphis region.

The Blue Raiders (25-5) remember that loss a year ago very well. Senior Jackie Pickel said that game has

MLB HARDBALL

Lowe throws 4 hitless innings against 0-11 Nats VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Derek Lowe worked four hitless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the winless Washington Nationals 5-2 Monday night.

Washington is 0-11, the majors’ only winless team this spring.

Coming off a one-inning stint March 10 in which he was troubled by a blister on his right foot — and gave up three runs and five hits — the right-hander allowed only one baserunner.

Washington’s Roger Bernadina reached in the second when first baseman Eric Hinske dropped shortstop Yunel Escobar’s throw.

Lowe (1-0) struck out six.

Martin Prado and Joe Thurston homered for the Braves.

Right-hander Garrett Mock (0-2) allowed two runs to Atlanta in the first, then retired his final nine hitters. Mock struck out two and has not yielded a walk in nine innings over three starts.

driven them the past 365 days. “We still should’ve taken care of business.

You always kind of feel it’s not fair to have to play on somebody else’s court.

I think we’re excited.

The seed doesn’t matter.

Ultimately, it comes down

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seed last season, lost in the first round to Ball State, marking the first time in the program’s history that the team didn’t advance out of the opening weekend.

Tennessee will open up at home against Austin Peay in the Memphis region. The Lady Govs (15-17) are the eighth team in NCAA history to make the tournament with a losing record.

They upset Eastern Illinois to win the Ohio Valley tournament.

Fifth-seeded Georgetown plays MAAC conference champion Marist, and No. 4 Baylor will face Fresno State in Berkeley.

West Virginia, the runner-up in the Big East tournament, earned a No. 3 seed and will play Southland champion Lamar.

ACC champion Duke earned a No. 2 seed and will host the first two rounds. The Blue Devils will play Mid-Eastern champion Hampton in the opener. LSU meets Hartford in the other game at Cameron.

First Round

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Braves’ Martin Prado hits a two-run single during the fifth inning Monday.

1 Connecticut (33-0)

16 Southern U. (23-8) 8 Temple (24-8)

9 James Madison (26-6) 12 Green Bay (27-4)

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high school, or not. “That’s the thing,� said Rader. “Right now, I just don’t really have a plan. “Right now, I’ve got 32 years in. I could retire, or I could stay on with volleyball and stay with administration. “What’s nice about this stage in life is that I have options, and it’s nice to know that. Right now, I can take a step back, and who knows what’s down the road. I’ve worked hard to get to this position, and we’ll just see how everything unfolds.�

Rader said he feels good about the condition he’s leaving the program in. “These juniors are going to be good kids next year, and we’ve got one of the top freshman classes around here,� said Rader. “I feel like I’m leaving the program in

great shape. “When you leave a program, you want to leave it in good shape. I think we’ve left it in great shape for whoever comes in and takes over.�

Rader coached 25 years with Happy Valley and led the Lady Warriors to the state tournament in five of those seasons. Happy Valley lost the state championship by three points in 1989, and they were eliminated in the semis in 1995 by the eventual state champs. “I’ve always felt like we should have won the state in (both of those years),� said Rader.

Rader coached the Lady Highlanders the past six seasons and had much success turning around a struggling program. Three years ago, the G-P girls were ranked as high as fourth in the state poll before bowing out at substate to Austin-East. “We had a heck of a team that year,� said Rader. “I like

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Rader said he would like to thank all the people who supported him through the years at G-P, including school superintendent Jack Parton. “Jack has been great,� said Rader. “He gave me the opportunity to come here, and I’ve enjoyed it.�

Rader is scheduled to undergo knee-replacement surgery this morning. “I’ve got to have a total knee replacement, so this is as good a time as any to finally do it,� said Rader. “I’ve been dragging this knee for about two years now, and (my retirement from basketball) is just the perfect opportunity to finally take care of some things like that.� chitchcock@themountainpress.com

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Other first-round games in the Memphis region are: No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 San Diego State; No. 7 LSU vs. No. 10 Hartford; and No. 8 Dayton vs. No. 9 TCU. Dayton is one of five teams making their debut — Princeton, Arkansas-Little Rock, Portland State, Northern Iowa, and Dayton.

Baylor freshman Brittney Griner, too, will get her first taste of the NCAA tournament. The Lady Bears earned a No. 4 seed and will play Fresno State in the first round. Griner, who drew national attention coming into college as a dunking phenom, made headlines again on March 3 after throwing a punch in a game against Texas Tech. She was suspended for two games by the school for her actions.

In the Kansas City region, Nebraska will open against Northern Iowa. UCLA and North Carolina State will face off in the eight-nine game. Other first-round matchups in the region include No. 5 Michigan State against Mid-American champion Bowling Green. No.

4 Kentucky will face Big South champion Liberty. In the other half of the region, sixth-seed Georgia Tech faces ArkansasLittle Rock, which is making its first tournament appearance.

No. 3 Oklahoma faces South Dakota State.

Second-seed Notre Dame will host Cleveland State in its opener. Wisconsin plays America East winner Vermont in the other matchup.

But it all comes back to UConn.

The Cardinal (31-1) were the last team to beat the Huskies — in the semifinals of the 2008 NCAA tournament. Stanford will open this year’s tournament hosting UC Riverside in the Sacramento region.

Other first-round games in the Sacramento region are: No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Rutgers; No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Tulane; No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 13 Chattanooga; No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 DePaul; No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 14 East Tennessee State; No. 7 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 North Carolina; and No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 15 Portland State.

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E. Tenn. St. (23-8)

14

Gonzaga (27-4)

7

North Carolina (19-11) 10 Texas A&M (25-7)

2

Portland St. (18-14) 15 Nebraska (30-1)

1

UNI (17-15)

16

UCLA (24-8)

8

Michigan St. (22-9)

5

N.C. St. (20-13)

9

Bowling Green (27-6) 12 Kentucky (25-7) Liberty (27-5)

4

13

Georgia Tech (23-9) 6 UALR (26-6) 11

Norman, Okla. – March 21 Oklahoma (23-10) 3 S. Dakota St. (22-10) 14

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12:21 p.m.

12:06 p.m.

Durham, N.C. – March 20

2 Duke (27-5)

15 Hampton (20-11)

8

Tulane (26-6)

Louisville, Ky. – March 20

Austin, Texas – March 21 3 West Virginia (28-5) 30 min. following 14 Lamar (26-7) 7 LSU (20-9) 10 Hartford (27-4)

Georgia (23-8)

Minneapolis – March 21

Berkeley, Calif. – March 20

13 Fresno St. (27-6)

Rutgers (19-14)

Seattle – March 20

1 Tennessee (30-2) 12:16 p.m.

16 Austin Peay (15-17) Knoxville, Tenn. – March 20

5 Georgetown (25-6) 12 Marist (26-7)

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San Antonio

15 St. Francis (17-14)

8 Dayton (24-7) 9 TCU (22-8)

Iowa (19-13)

Cincinnati – March 21

Championship Game

1

UC Riverside (17-15) 16

Tempe, Ariz. – March 20

Tallahassee, Fla. – March 20

7 Miss. St. (19-12)

Stanford (31-1)

Stanford, Calif. – March 20

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3 Florida St. (26-5) 30 min. following 14 Louisiana Tech (23-8) 10 Middle Tenn. (25-5)

First Round

30 min. following

8:16 p.m.

Ames, Iowa – March 21 4 Iowa St. (23-7) 30 min. following 13 Lehigh (29-3) 6 St. John’s (24-6) 11 Princeton (26-2)

Second Round

30 min. following

Wisconsin (21-10) Vermont (26-6)

Notre Dame, Ind. – March 21

30 min. following

30 min. following

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Notre Dame (27-5)

7

10 2

Cleveland St. (19-13) 15 AP

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Balcomb expected. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the second time since 2001 the Commodores have been seeded lower than fifth. If they beat No. 11 seed DePaul on Sunday in Cincinnati, they would play Balcombâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Xavier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is one of those things that is always tough for a coach to go back,â&#x20AC;?

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Clark currently is averaging 28.7 points per game after a sizzling Sun Belt Conference tournament in which she set the league scoring mark in three straight games capped by 48 in the title game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 70-68 overtime win over Arkansas-Little Rock.

The Blue Raiders take a 16-game winning streak into the tournament and a seasoned team with five seniors, four 1,000point scorers. They hosted Tennessee, won at Xavier and beat now 19th-ranked and No. 4 seed Kentucky here in Murfreesboro. This is their 13th NCAA berth for a program that has reached the second round in 2004, 2005 and 2007 but no further.

At least not yet, and Clark said they want to change that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve definitely been talking about it ... We want to make our run in the tournament. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to just be first-round.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never gotten past the second round here.

Having the senior-lead team, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we want to accomplish this year,â&#x20AC;? Clark said.

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SCOREBOARD t v s p o rt s Today

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Northeastern at Connecticut 7:30 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Division I tournament, opening round, Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs.

Winthrop, at Dayton, Ohio 9 p.m.

ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Texas Tech at Seton Hall 9:30 p.m.

ESPN — NIT, first round, William & Mary at North Carolina 11 p.m.

ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Jacksonville at Arizona State NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m.

VERSUS — Montreal at N.Y. Rangers SOCCER 2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Chelsea vs. Inter Milan, at London 8 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Sevilla vs. CSKA Moskva, at Seville, Spain (same-day tape) TENNIS 10:30 p.m.

FSN — ATP/WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open, early round, at Indian Wells, Calif.

mlb Spring Training Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct Tampa Bay 9 3 .750 Boston 8 4 .667 Cleveland 5 3 .625 Kansas City 5 4 .556 Toronto 6 5 .545 Detroit 7 6 .538 Oakland 6 6 .500 Minnesota 5 6 .455 New York 5 7 .417 Seattle 5 7 .417 Chicago 4 6 .400 Texas 4 6 .400 Baltimore 4 8 .333 Los Angeles 2 8 .200 NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct San Francisco 9 4 .692 Florida 8 4 .667 Arizona 8 5 .615 Chicago 8 5 .615 Philadelphia 6 4 .600 Atlanta 7 5 .583 Milwaukee 8 6 .571

New York 8 6 .571 Cincinnati 5 4 .556 Colorado 8 7 .533 Houston 5 5 .500 St. Louis 5 6 .455 Los Angeles 4 5 .444 Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 San Diego 3 8 .273 Washington 0 10 .000 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

——— Sunday’s Games Houston 8, Atlanta (ss) 5 Boston 6, Minnesota 4 Pittsburgh 10, N.Y. Yankees 5 St. Louis 7, Washington 3 Florida 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Detroit 9, Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 3 Atlanta (ss) 8, Toronto 5 Milwaukee 10, San Francisco 8 Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Angels 7 San Diego 5, Cleveland 3 Arizona (ss) 9, Texas (ss) 3 Oakland 10, Kansas City 3 Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 5, tie Arizona (ss) 8, Colorado (ss) 7 L.A. Dodgers 6, Texas (ss) 4 Colorado (ss) 5, Seattle 4 Monday’s Games Florida 5, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 8, Boston 4 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1 Detroit 10, Toronto 7 N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, L.A. Angels 0 Arizona 13, Seattle 5 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 13, Oakland 5 Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Detroit vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Florida (ss) vs Washington (ss) at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington (ss) vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Florida (ss) vs Atlanta at

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on April 23, 2010 at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by William Fannin, Unmarried, to Priority Trustee Services of Tennessee, L.L.C., Trustee, on June 24, 2005 at Book Volume 2279, Page 199conducted

by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2006-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OP1 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 Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lots 24-A and 32 of The Twin Bridge Subdivision in accordance with the plat thereof recorded at Page 99 of Map Book Number 8 in the Sevier County Register�s Office, being more particularly described as follows.Beginning at an iron pin in the southern edge of a 30 foot subdivision street leading to Wears Valley Public Road, said pin marking the northeast corner of Lot 24A and being located at the intersection of the southern edge of said subdivision street with the western edge of another 30 foot subdivision street; thence with the southern edge of said street leading to Wears Valley Public Road, North 78 degrees West 16 feet to an iron pin; thence South 64 degrees 30 minutes West 300 feet to a point in the center of Waldens Creek thence up and with the center of Waldens Creek South 14 degrees 45 minutes West 160 feet to a point; thence South 23 degrees 15 minutes West 178 feet to a point; and South 27 degrees 35 minutes West 122 feet to a point at the northwest corner of Lot 33; thence with the northern line of Lot 33, South 59 degrees 30 minutes East 412.1 feet to an iron pin in the western edge of a 30 foot subdivision street; thence with the western edge of said street, North 13 degrees East 195.4 feet to an iron pin; thence North 1 degrees East 377.4 feet to an iron pin; and continuing North 31 degrees East 247 feet to the point of Beginning.

Street Address: 1001 Trentham Lan Pigeon Forge, TN 37862 Current Owner(s) of Property: William Aaron Fannin Other interested parties: Branch Banking and Trust Company The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1001 Trentham Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 37862, 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. Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower, and the rights of William Fannin, Unmarried, and those claiming through them, and subject to the right of redemption by the DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE by reason of tax lien of record in Book 3380, Page 793Book 3440, Page 459, Register’s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, subject to any accrued taxes and restrictions.

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.

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

March 16, 23 & 30, 2010

Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Texas vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Houston (ss) vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Arizona vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs Oakland at Phoenix, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Texas vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

nba Conference Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

x-Cleveland d-Orlando Atlanta d-Boston Milwaukee Charlotte Miami Toronto Chicago Detroit New York Philadelphia Washington Indiana New Jersey

W L Pct GB 52 15 .776 — 47 21 .691 5 1/2 42 23 .646 9 41 24 .631 10 36 29 .554 15 34 31 .523 17 35 32 .522 17 32 33 .492 19 31 34 .477 20 23 43 .348 28 1/2 23 43 .348 28 1/2 23 43 .348 28 1/2 21 43 .328 29 1/2 21 45 .318 30 1/2 7 59 .106 44 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB d-L.A. Lakers 48 18 .727 — d-Denver 45 21 .682 3 d-Dallas 45 22 .672 3 1/2 Utah 42 24 .636 6 Oklahoma City 41 24 .631 6 1/2 Phoenix 41 26 .612 7 1/2 San Antonio 39 25 .609 8 Portland 41 28 .594 8 1/2 Memphis 35 32 .522 13 1/2 Houston 33 31 .516 14 New Orleans 32 35 .478 16 1/2 L.A. Clippers 25 42 .373 23 1/2 Sacramento 23 44 .343 25 1/2 Golden State 18 47 .277 29 1/2 Minnesota 14 53 .209 34 1/2

d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot ——— Sunday’s Games Milwaukee 98, Indiana 94 Cleveland 104, Boston 93 Miami 104, Philadelphia 91 Charlotte 96, Orlando 89 Oklahoma City 119, Utah 111 Sacramento 114, Minnesota 100 Portland 109, Toronto 98 Phoenix 120, New Orleans 106 Monday’s Games

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 8 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Orlando, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

nhl Conference Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Washington 69 46 14 9 101 270 195 d-Pittsburgh 69 41 23 5 87 217 197 d-Buffalo 67 36 21 10 82 183 170 New Jersey 67 40 24 3 83 180 162 Ottawa 69 37 27 5 79 186 197 Philadelphia 68 36 28 4 76 203 185 Montreal 70 35 29 6 76 191 194 Boston 67 30 25 12 72 167 172 N.Y. Rangers 69 31 29 9 71 181 188 Tampa Bay 68 28 28 12 68 182 209 Atlanta 68 28 29 11 67 200 221

Florida 67 28 29 10 66 174 193 N.Y. Islanders 69 28 32 9 65 180 214 Carolina 68 28 32 8 64 189 211 Toronto 69 23 34 12 58 183 234

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-San Jose 68 43 15 10 96 224 172 d-Chicago 68 44 18 6 94 225 170 d-Vancouver 69 43 23 3 89 228 176 Phoenix 69 42 22 5 89 187 169 Los Angeles 68 40 23 5 85 206 182 Colorado 68 39 23 6 84 204 179 Nashville 69 38 26 5 81 193 198 Detroit 68 33 23 12 78 185 185 Calgary 68 34 25 9 77 173 170 St. Louis 68 32 27 9 73 186 188 Minnesota 68 33 29 6 72 188 197 Dallas 68 29 26 13 71 191 218 Anaheim 68 31 29 8 70 189 209 Columbus 69 27 31 11 65 178 223 Edmonton 68 21 40 7 49 171 236

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Phoenix 3, Atlanta 2, SO Washington 4, Chicago 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 5, Dallas 3 Nashville 3, Los Angeles 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 1 Pittsburgh 2, Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2 Anaheim 4, San Jose 2 Vancouver 3, Calgary 1 Monday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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To: JUSTIN WILBOURN Pursuant to T.C.A. § 37-1-121 and § 37-1123, you are hereby summoned to appear on the 21st Day of April, 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 the Petition, which has been filed with the Clerk of the Sevier County Juvenile Court located at the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on A pril 23, 2010 at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by William Fannin, Unmarried, to Priority Trustee Services of Tennessee, L.L.C., Trustee, on June 24, 2005 at Book Volume 2279, Page 199conducted

by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register’s Office.

Owner of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2006-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OP1 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 Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lots 24-A and 32 of The Twin Bridge Subdivision in accordance with the plat thereof recorded at Page 99 of Map Book Number 8 in the Sevier County Register s Office, being more particularly described as follows.Beginning at an iron pin in the southern edge of a 30 foot subdivision street leading to Wears Valley Public Road, said pin marking the northeast corner of Lot 24A and being located at the intersection of the southern edge of said subdivision street with the western edge of another 30 foot subdivision street; thence with the southern edge of said street leading to Wears Valley Public Road, North 78 degrees West 16 feet to an iron pin; thence South 64 degrees 30 minutes West 300 feet to a point in the center of Waldens Creek thence up and with the center of Waldens Creek South 14 degrees 45 minutes West 160 feet to a point; thence South 23 degrees 15 minutes West 178 feet to a point; and South 27 degrees 35 minutes West 122 feet to a point at the northwest corner of Lot 33; thence with the northern line of Lot 33, South 59 degrees 30 minutes East 412.1 feet to an iron pin in the western edge of a 30 foot subdivision street; thence with the western edge of said street, North 13 degrees East 195.4 feet to an iron pin; thence North 1 degrees East 377.4 feet to an iron pin; and continuing North 31 degrees East 247 feet to the point of Beginning.

Street Address: 1001 Trentham Lan Pigeon Forge, TN 37862 Current Owner(s) of Property: William Aaron Fannin Other interested parties: Branch Banking and Trust Company The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1001 Trentham Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN 37862, 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. Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower, and the rights of William Fannin, Unmarried, and those claiming through them, and subject to the right of redemption by the DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE by reason of tax lien of record in Book 3380, Page 793Book 3440, Page 459, Register’s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, subject to any accrued taxes and restrictions.

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.

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

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NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated December 21, 2006, and the Deed of Trust of even date, securing said Deed of Trust Note recorded in Book 2705, at Page 575 in the Registers office of Sevier County, Tennessee, executed by Thomas Fogt and Nanette Fogt conveying certain property described therein to J. Phillip Jones, as Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Homecourt Mortgage Group, Inc. and to Robert S. Coleman, Jr., having been appointed as Successor Trustee by instrument of record in the Registers office for Sevier County, Tennessee in Book 3311, at Page 26 and as Instrument No. 09018323.

WHEREAS, the owner and holder of the Deed of Trust Note has declared the entire indebtedness due and payable and demanded that the hereinafter described real property be advertised and sold in satisfaction of indebtedness and costs of foreclosure in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Deed of Trust Note and Deed of Trust.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that an agent of Robert S. Coleman, Jr., as Successor Trustee, pursuant to the power, duty and authority vested in and conferred upon said Successor Trustee, by the Deed of Trust, will on April 6, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, and free from all legal, equitable and statutory rights of redemption, exemptions of homestead, rights by virtue of marriage, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which have been waived in the Deed of Trust, certain real property located in Sevier County, Tennessee, described as follows: Situated, lying and being in the Fifteenth (15th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Tract No. 13, of the High and Silva Hodges Estate, as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 22, Page 185, in the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is here made for am ore particular description.

Subject to grant of transmission line easement to the Tennessee Public Service Company of record in Warranty Deed Book 63, Page 96, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Subject to restrictions contained in deed of record in Warranty Deed Book 291, Page 524, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Being the same property conveyed to Thomas Fogt, et ux by warranty deed of William G. Thompson, et ux, dated September 10, 1990, of record in Warranty Deed book 442, Page 676, in the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Parcel No. 028 095. 11 More Commonly Known As: 839 Sylvia Lane Sevierville, Tennessee 37876 Said sale shall be held subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose; and subject to, but not limited to, the following parties who may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: none.

The following individuals or entities have an interest in the abovedescribed property: (1) Thomas Fogt, and (2) Nanette Fogt.

To the best of the Trusteeís knowledge, information, and belief, there are no Federal or State tax lien claimants or other claimants upon the subject property which would require notice pursuant to the terms and provision of T.C.A. ß 35-5-104 or T.C.A. ß 67-1-1433 or 26 U.S.C. ß 7425.

The Successor Trustee may postpone the above referenced sale from time to time as needed without further publication. The Successor Trustee will announce the postponement on the date and at the time and location of the originally scheduled sale.

This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information gathered in connection herewith will be utilized for that purpose.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on December 7, 2007, by Carlos Ortiz and Natalia Ortiz to Larry A Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book No. 2979, Page 623-642, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc; and WHEREAS, Suntrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, April 1, 2010, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: SITUATE in the Eleventh (11th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of LOT 10 of Forest Springs Development, Section One, as the same appears on plat map of record in Map Book 14, page 37, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which reference is hereby made for a more exact description. SUBJECT to the restrictions, conditions, easements, map notations and all other issues of record in Misc. Book 32, page 154, as amended in Misc. Book 360, page 723 and Misc. Book 361, page 300, and all other notations appearing on plat of record in Map Book 14, page 37, all in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. BEING the same property conveyed to Carlos Ortiz and wife, Natalia Ortiz, by Quit Claim Deed from Smoky Mountains Investments, LLC, a Louisiana Limited Liability Company, dated November 29, 2007, recorded December 03, 2007, in Book 2970, page 676, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. FURTHER REFERENCE ALSO BEING the same property conveyed to Smoky Mountains Investments, LLC, a Louisiana Limited Liability Company, by General Warranty Deed from Earl F. Britland and wife, Linda L. Britland, dated March 26, 2004, recorded April 02, 2004, in Book 1944, page 131, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. Natalia Ortiz being owner of 45% and Carlos L. Ortiz being owner of 55%.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 433 Forrest Springs Gatlinburg, TN 37738 CURRENT OWNER(S): Carlos Ortiz and Natalia Ortiz The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A 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, 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.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on M arch 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Mario A. Menendez, Unmarried, to Charles E. Tonkin, II, Trustee, on January 31, 2008 at Book 3010, Page 690 conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Registers Office.

Owner of Debt: CitiMortgage, Inc. 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 Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 70 of Rock Gardens Subdivision, Unit 4, Phase 2, as the same is shown by plat of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 161, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, for a more particular description of said property.

Street Address: 2203 Sand Court (Per Trust Deed) 2343 Scenic Mountain Drive (Per Tax Assessor) Sevierville, TN 37876 Current Owner(s) of Property: Mario A. Menendez, single The street address of the above described property is believed to be 2203 Sand Court (Per Trust Deed), 2343 Scenic Mountain Drive (Per Tax Assessor), 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.

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. 09-022760

Prepared by: Robert S. Coleman, Jr. Robert S. Coleman, Jr. as Successor Trustee 1405 N. Pierce, Suite 306 Little Rock, Arkansas 72207

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee c/o NDS1 Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 File No.: 221.1005483TN

March 16, 23 & 30, 2010 March 9, 16 & 23, 2010

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Michael D. Salaita, a/k/a Mike Salaita, and Deborah Salaita (the ìBorrowersî) conveyed to Bruce Batten, as Trustee, real property in Sevier County, Tennessee by Tennessee Deed of Trust dated December 21, 1998, recorded December 29, 1998 in Book T746, page 9 in the Registerís Office of Sevier County, Tennessee (the ìDeed of Trustî) to secure payment and performance of the debt described in the Deed of Trust.

First Tennessee Bank National Association (the ìBankî) is the owner and holder of the debt secured by and the beneficiary of the Deed of Trust.

The Bank, as such owner, holder and beneficiary, appointed Richard B. Gossett as Substitute Trustee by Appointment of Substitute Trustee recorded January 19, 2010 in Book 3479, page 524 in said Registers Office.Default has been made in the payment of the debt secured by the Deed of Trust. The Bank has declared the entire balance due and payable and has instructed the Substitute Trustee to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with its terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Substitute Trustee, on F riday, April 9, 2010, commencing at 11:00 a.m. at the main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash the property therein conveyed, designated as 6 04 Wall Street, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862, and described as follows: Located in the 5th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of Lot 32 of the Dolly Parton Parkway Business Park Subdivision as shown on map of record in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee in Map Book 26, page 164. Being the property conveyed to Michael D. Salaita by deed of record in Warranty Deed Book 483, page 523 in said Register s Office.

The sale shall be in bar of all rights and equities of redemption, statutory and otherwise, homestead, dower and all other rights or exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, but subject to the following: (a) unpaid taxes against the property; (b) recorded easements, restrictions, conditions, covenants, rights-of-way or subdivision plats affecting the property; (c) dedication of roads affecting the property and applicable governmental zoning and subdivision ordinances and regulations, (d) prior or superior liens, judgments, deeds of trust or other interests of record; and (e) matters that an accurate survey of the property might disclose.

Notice has been given pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. ß 7425(c) and Reg. ß 301.7425-1, and T.C.A. ßß 50-7-404(i)(2)(B) and 67-11433(b)(2) and Rule 1320-2-1-.35, if applicable.

The Property Is To Be Sold Without Covenants Or Warranties, Whether Express Or Implied, Including Without Limitation, Warranties Of Merchantability Or Fitness For A Particular Use Or Purpose.

The following items recorded in said Registerís Office may be adversely affected by the foreclosure sale: Deed of Trust dated March 21, 2008 from Michael D. Salaita and Deborah B. Salaita benefiting Comerica Bank, recorded April 15, 2008 in Book 3063, page 382.

Substitute Trustee, at his sole discretion, at the time and place appointed above for the sale, to accomplish the most advantageous sale and consequent discharge of his trust obligation under the circumstances, reserves the right to do any or all of the following: 1. Postpone the sale of all or any portion of the property by public announcement at such time and place of sale, and from time to time thereafter postpone such sale by public announcement at the time fixed by the preceding postponement or subsequently noticed sale, and, without further notice, make such sale at the time and place fixed by the last postponement, or in his discretion, give a new notice of sale.

2. Appoint an agent to sell the property in accordance with the power of sale contained in the Deed of Trust and to take other action which the Substitute Trustee may take thereunder.

3. Elect to delay the sale for a reasonable time during regular business hours on the same day to be continued at the same place at the announced time in order to enable any bonafide bidder to determine and submit a bid, so long as no potential purchaser is thereby precluded from placing a bid.

4. Elect to sell the property in any other manner or manners as may accomplish the most advantageous sale and consequent discharge of his trust obligation under the circumstances.

The failure of the high bidder to close this sale shall be cause for rejection of the bid, and if the bid is rejected, the Substitute Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder who is capable and willing to comply with the terms thereof. The proceeds of the sale will be applied as provided in the Deed of Trust. /s/ Richard B. Gossett, 633 Chestnut Street, Suite 1800, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37450, 423-756-2010.

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on June 3, 2005, by Linda J. Nicholson to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2262, Page 765, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, April 8, 2010, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Exhibit “A” Situated in District Number Nine (9) of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being known and designated as Lot 103, in Eagle Den Subdivision, Unit 3, as shown on map of record in Map Book 26, Page 25, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more fully bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin in the South right of way of Dora Street, said iron pin being located 120 feet in a Westerly direction from the point of intersection of the South right of way of Dora Street and Eagle Den Drive; thence from said iron pin and leaving the South right of way of Dora Street, South 33 degrees 01 minute East , 170.65 feet along the line of Lot 104 to an iron pin; thence from said iron pin, South 62 degrees 40 minutes West, 120 feet to an iron pin, said iron pin being common corner to Lot 102, 103, 106 and 107; thence from said iron pin, North 33 degrees 01 minute West 170.65 feet along the line of Lot 102 to an iron pin in the South right of way of Dora Street; thence North 62 degrees 40 minutes East, 120 feet along the South right of way of Dora Street to an iron pin; said iron pin being the place of BEGINNING; according to the survey of Trotter-McClellan, Surveyors, dated May 28, 1990, bearing Drawing No. 29297. The above description is the same as the previous deed of record, no boundary survey having been made at the time of this conveyance. Being the same property conveyed to First Party, by Warranty Deed dated June 3, 2005, of record in Deed Book 2262, Page 763 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. This conveyance is made subject to all applicable easements, restrictions and building set back lines.

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PROPERTY ADDRESS: 915 Dora Street Seymour, TN 37865 CURRENT OWNER(S): Linda J. Nicholson The sale of the abovedescribed property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., UCC Financing (2) 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, 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. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 File No.: 221.0931430TN March 16, 23 & 30, 2010

March 2, 9 & 16, 2010

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on April 3, 2006, by Christopher P Bruney and Barbara D. Bruney to Advantage Equity Sevices Inc, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book No. 2511, Page 159, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2 Asset Backed Notes; and WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2 Asset Backed Notes, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee 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; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, March 25, 2010 (having been postponed from the previous sale date of January 14, 2010), commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: The following described premises, to-wit: Situate in the First Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being a 0.5711 acre parcel of land as shown on a survey by Ronnie L. Sims, RLS, 683, 1020 Topside Drive, Sevierville, TN 37862, dated September 11, 1995, entitled, “survey for Christopher P. Bruney et ux Barbara D. Bruney” and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of Old Wilhite Road, 525 feet, more or less, East of its intersection with Wilhite road, a common corner with a 20 foot easment; thence with the line of the 20 foot easement, North 13 degrees 10 minutes 38 seconds East 7.43 feet to an iron pin; thence continuing North 13 degrees 10 minutes 38 seconds East 132.79 feet to an iron pin in the line of Fliessner; thence with the line of Fliessner, South 81 degrees 42 minutes 54 seconds East 128.82 feet to an iron pin; thence S 32 desgrees 23 minutes 49 seconds East 51.24 feet to an iron pin; thence South 81 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds East 49.77 feet to an iron pin; thence South 29 degrees 04 minutes 43 seconds East 30.35 feet to an iron pin; thence South 29 degrees 04 minutes 43 seconds East 10.00 feet to an existing nail and cap in the center of the Old Wilhite Road; thence with the centerline of the Old Wilhite Road, South 74 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds West 183.44 feet to a point; thence North 77 degrees 43 minutes 19 seconds West 81.08 feet to the point of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Christopher R. Bruney and wife, Barbara D. Bruney by deed from Ronald J. Driesslein and wife, Marta L. Driesslein recorded September 12, 1995 in Deed Book 554, Page 137 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. Tax Parcel IDS: 066-011.02 Address 4025 Old Wilhite Road, Seveirville, TN 37876 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4025 Old Wilhite Road Sevierville, TN 37876 CURRENT OWNER(S): Christopher P Bruney aka Christopher R. Bruney and Barbara D. Bruney The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: June Roper; Eastman Credit Union; Capital One Bank 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, 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.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o IMR Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 5018.0937234TN Web Site: www.foreclosurehotline.net <http://www.foreclosurehotline.net> March 2, 9, & 16, 2010

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE Sale at public auction will be on M arch 30, 2010 at 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Cecil J. Ellard and Wife Kathy Ellard aka Cathy Ellard, to West Knox Title Agency, Trustee, on February 24, 2006 at Book Volume 2474, Page 58conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Registerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

Owner of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2006-HE4 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2006-HE4 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 District Number Nine (9) of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 135, Crispwood Subdivision, Unit 2, as shown by map of record in Map Book 21, Page 8 (Cabinet 6, Slide 8) in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which map specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Street Address: 552 Man-O-War Drive Seymour, TN 37865 Current Owner(s) of Property: Cecil J. Ellard, Married Other interested parties: Jose Padilla & Laura Padilla c/o Howard & Howard, P.C. The street address of the above described property is believed to be 552 Man-O-War Drive, Seymour, TN 37865, 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. Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower, and the rights of Cecil J. Ellard and Wife Kathy Ellard aka Cathy Ellard, and those claiming through them, and subject to the right of redemption by the DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE by reason of tax lien of record in Volume 2506, Page 339; Book 3177, Page 628; Book 3259, Page 219, RegisterĂ­s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, subject to any accrued taxes and restrictions.

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.

Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee www.kirschattorneys.com Law Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP 6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410 Memphis, TN 38119 Phone 901-767-5566 Fax 901-767-8890

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

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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

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Sale at public auction will be on A pril 8, 2010 at 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Patrick L. Saxton and Tami G. Saxton, Husband and Wife as Trustees of The Patrick L. Saxton and Tami G. Saxton Living Trust, to Title Enterprises, LLC, Trustee, on January 31, 2007 at Book Volume 2728, Page 113conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Registers Office.

Owner of Debt: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2007 Equifirst Loan Securitization Trust 2007-1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1 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 Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 22 of Rock Gardens Subdivision, as the same is shown by plat of record in Map Book 32, Page 75 in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.

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Advice

18-year-old doesn’t like drunken uncle living in her family’s home

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Dear Annie: I’m 18 years old and still live with my family. A few months ago, my uncle moved in with us. He comes home drunk all the time. I can smell the liquor on him, and I hate it. I make sure to be in my bedroom before he walks in the front door, which often means I’m upstairs by 6 p.m.

I want nothing to do with him when he is drunk. He tries to hold my baby brother, but it makes the baby cry, so I have told my uncle to stay away. I want to tell him how I feel, but I’m not sure how. When my mother told him he’s not welcome in the house when he’s been drinking, he hit her.

What should I do?

Should I ask my grandma to kick him out, or should I move into my own place? -- Niece of a Drunk Dear Niece: If your uncle is physically abusive, he should not be living with you. By all means, talk to your grandmother and your mother. If possible, talk to your father, as well.

Most likely, your mother believes she is helping your uncle, who obviously has a problem, but allowing him to terrorize you is not the way to do it.

Suggest that she contact Al-Anon (alanon.alateen.org) at 1-888-4-AL-ANON (1-800-425-2666). If your uncle hits anyone again, call the police. And if you cannot change the situation, we urge you to move out as soon as possible.

Dear Annie: I recently began volunteering to tutor someone in the community, and I love it.

However, at yesterday’s session, my student gave me an envelope that contained a gift card for a fairly large amount of money.

I had previously told this student that I cannot be paid because it is volunteering, and I do not want payment.

But when he handed me the envelope, it seemed awkward to refuse it. In his culture, that would be considered rude.

He told me it was a gift between friends, but I feel so bad and dishonest about accepting it that I am extremely uncomfortable. Since he cannot return the gift card, is it acceptable for me to reciprocate at some point with a gift of equal value?

I cannot conscientiously log the time with him as volunteer hours with this weighing on my mind. -Sick About It Dear Sick: Do you have a supervisor who runs the tutoring program? If so, ask how you should handle the gift card. You might also consider using it for tutoring supplies -- paper, pencils, books, etc. Under no circumstances should you get into a gift-reciprocation program, which not only might escalate into something expensive, but could give the impression that your relationship is something other than student and teacher.

Dear Annie: I would like to respond to “Louisville Lass,” who complained about overindulgence by grandparents

t o d ay ’ s p u z z l e

Garfield

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For Better Or Worse

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at Christmas. I faced this situation the first year after going through a divorce. The kids spent Christmas with both sets of families and came home loaded down with gifts.

I decided to write a list of big items the children wanted, and each parent and set of grandparents would get to pick one.

This way nobody would feel they needed to compete with anyone else.

It worked beautifully and was so appreciated by everyone that to this day, my girls do the same thing with their children.

I understand the appeal of giving to a college fund, but as a grandparent now, I would really miss seeing the joy on my grandchildren’s faces when they open my presents.

And if that’s too much materialism, perhaps they could work alongside their grandchildren in a charitable situation, thereby instilling in them the value of helping their community. I’d bet the children would remember this long after they forgot what presents they received. -- Jeannie 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, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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