August 16, 2010

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 228 ■ August 16, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 75 Cents

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At last, some relief is in sight

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It will still be hot, just not quite as

By BOB MAYES Managing Editor

5Nightmare at desert race Off-road truck plows into crowd; eight dead, 12 injured sports, Page A8

While it’s still too early to break out the cardigans, but there is some relief from the heat in sight.

Although the high temperature for today is expected to reach about 90, forecasters at both The Weather Channel and at the National

Weather Service in Morristown say there should be some moderation by the middle of the week.

It’s still going to be hot — maybe just not quite as hot as it has been since June, when the area has seen the mercury hit 90 degrees or better 58 times.

The forecast from The Weather Channel calls for the high temp to be in the low 80s on Wednesday and in the mid 80s through at least the weekend. Tod Hyslop, a meteorologist at the NWS, wasn’t quite as optimistic, predicting temps in the mid to upper 80s, still better than

the stifling heat that has been permeating East Tennessee.

“We’ve got a little higher chance for showers,” Hyslop said Sunday afternoon. “That means we will have more clouds forming. We’ll have more tropical moisture coming up from the Gulf of Mexico and that might cap off the heat a little bit.”

Almost without question, there will be more extremely hot days, but Hyslop said scientific data indicates that somewhat cooler weather is on the way.

He said we are at the peak temperature for the year — 87 degrees

— right now, but that the scale historically changes on Aug. 19 (or Thursday of this week).

“That’s the day when the (average) high temperature drops a degree, so scientifically, that’s when the grip starts to release a little bit,” Hyslop said.

By the middle of September, the average high temperature will be 81 degrees.

“That’s still warm,” he said, “but compared to what we have right now, it will feel significantly better.” n bmayes@themountainpress.com

City to use $100K grant to help flow at interstate BOMA meeting today at 7 p.m.

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By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer

Obamas take two-day trip to inspect the Gulf of Mexico NATION, Page A5

Business

Nominations accepted Deadline for Sevierville Beautification Award bids is Tuesday Page A2

Weather Today Mostly cloudy High: 90°

Tonight Mostly cloudy Low: 70° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Keith Biggs, 48 Margaret Lester Jewell Trupiano Harold Cooper, 79 Derik Campbell 38 Pauline Parrott, 79 Lloyd Murphy, 69 Dewey Large, 88 DETAILS, Page A4

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John Noyer talks to Martha Gilchrist, a board member from the Sevier County Humane Society, as he drops off some supplies for the animal shelter during the Humane Society Appreciation Day.

Dog-gone good time Humane Society says thanks to the community

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE —The Sevier County Humane Society was serving up free hot dogs Saturday to show its appreciation for all the help it gets from the community and to raise awareness of its programs.

The society runs the local animal shelter, including a cat adoption center on Oak Cluster Drive and a shelter on Gnatty Branch Road. It also helps investigate animal cruelty allegations, assists in finding lost pets and provides other services.

Saturday, board members were at the Kroger’s grocery store on

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Highway 66 to give out free food as a show of gratitude.

“This is a thank you to the community to the community,” President Sally Worden said. “It’s been a good year for support of the Humane Society.”

The organization gets some money from local governments, but it’s a private shelter and relies on donations for most of its funding, she said.

While they’ve had a good year, she said they may soon need to seek more money. The shelter was built 35 years ago and was designed for intake of about 1,000 animals a year. They now have about 5,200 animals a year coming through it, she said.

“In the near future, we’re going to have to examine our options as far as the potential of opening a new facility, and we’ll need the community’s support for that,” she said.

That would be a lot less pressing need, she said, if people would have their pets spayed and neutered — a message they try to spread every chance they get.

The humane society has events coming up including a dog show at the Sevier County Fair on Sept.

11, a dog show as part of Heritage Day in Pittman Center on Sept.

18 and its main fund raiser, the Champagne Auction in December. n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

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Lisa Swab styles and turns heads

By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — Lisa Swab, hairstylist and owner of Expressions Hair Designs on Dolly Parton Parkway, has had a devoted following at her salon for 14 years.

“My wife and I won’t go anywhere else,” said customer Andrew Huskey.

“This is the best salon in Sevier County.”

Swab smiles and bows her head modestly.

“I knew I wanted to do something with my hands,” the Sevier County native said of her career choice. “I took my first classes in high school, and I’ve been doing hair for 30 years. It’s one of those jobs that’s never mundane — it’s never the same thing.”

She also gets the scoop on what’s See NEIGHBOR Page A4

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Lisa Swab styles a client’s hair at her salon, Expressions Hair Designs, which has been in business for 14 years.

SEVIERVILLE —The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is expected to use a $100,000 grant to improve traffic flow at the county’s only interstate access.

According to the agenda for today’s regular meeting, the city obtained a grant from the state department of economic and community development. The city plans to use the emergency efficiency and block grant to finance improvements to the interchange where Interstate 40 crosses Highway 66.

The board must approve the contract and matching funds at the meeting, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. today in the Civic Center.

Other items on the agenda include: n Rezoning of property near Mount Road and Winfield Dunn Parkway from low-density residential to intermediate commercial use. n Abandoning a right of way on Middle Creek Road n Water line extension on Finchum Hollow Road n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

Pigeon Forge businessman Biggs, 48, dies Christmas Place co-founder was involved in charities

By BOB MAYES Managing Editor Keith Biggs, a Pigeon Forge businessman who was involved in several local charities, died of natural causes on Saturday, his family said. He Biggs was 48.

Biggs, along with his mother, Marian Biggs, and his late father, Hurshel T. Biggs, founded The Christmas Place and The Inn at Christmas Place in the mid 1980s in Pigeon Forge. Within the last two months, Biggs had opened the holidaythemed Patridge and Pear Restaurant.

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Beautification award nominations being accepted by Chamber

Titanic will let it snow for holidays Submitted Report PIGEON FORGE — From Nov. 13 through Jan. 1, it will snow at the Titanic Museum Attraction every Friday and Saturday nights.

The snow is part of the museum’s “Christmas in a Winter Wonderland.�

Museum co-owner Mary Kellogg-Joslyn has invested $150,000 in snow equipment (the same equipment used to make it snow at Walt Disney World) that will produce real, falling snow. An additional $100,000 will be spent on Christmas trees, carolers and musical events, holiday lights, and ornamentation.

Officials say approximately 100,000 people a month are visiting the attraction. “What is the Titanic Museum Attraction? It is a celebration of the ship and her passengers and crew,� said John Joslyn, co-owner. “Every day the Titanic honors each and every one of them by telling their stories and bringing them to life for our guests.�

The Titanic Museum Attraction is now open every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Visit www.

TitanicPigeonForge.com.

Submitted report Each year, the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce honors businesses that preserve and enhance the city’s appearance and image.

Members may nominate a fellow member (or their own business) for the 2009-2010 Sevierville Beautification Awards.

Guidelines New Construction: Must be open by July 1, and located within city limits Renovation/restoration: Must be completed by July 1; half of existing building remains; must be located in city limits Signage: Completed by July 1, 2010, an original design, on-premise and needs to convey business message intended

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The grand staircase of the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge will be decorated for Christmas.

Area Shoney’s receives two awards Submitted Report Shoney’s of Knoxville Inc. has received two awards.

The Tennessee Hospitality Association awarded Shoney’s Restaurants a “Stars of the Industry� award.

The National Restaurant Association honored Shoney’s with the state of Tennessee “Restaurant Neighbor Award� for its “Eating Healthy & Living Healthy Program� promoting breakfast basics.

Shoney’s Restaurants partnered with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to promote the importance of children eating a healthy breakfast every day. Shoney’s of Knoxville Inc. is an independently owned and operated franchise with 21 restaurants in 10 East Tennessee counties, including Sevier.

In the program Shoney’s won for, children were taught several healthy options for breakfast food and how little changes to

Landscaping: Public areas/commercial and complex entrances considered, does not have to be new, must have year-round appeal All projects except landscaping) must have been completed between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.

To nominate a business e-mail the following information to cmcmahan@ scoc.org: Category, business name, address amd phone number, special comments and photographs (optional).

The deadline to receive nominations is Tuesday. The Sevierville Beautification Awards will be presented at the annual banquet on Sept. 28.

For more information, call 453-6411.

their daily routines can help them be more alert in their classroom, learn their studies easier and live healthier lives. The Stars of the Industry Award was for community

service efforts. Shoney’s annual KidCare Photo ID program has provided children in the area with current photo identification kits for the past 15 years. Throughout these years,

Shoney’s has enabled over 34,000 children to have the proper identification that law enforcement officers need to recover a lost child.Â

Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. u Michael Fitzpatrick Anderson, 37, of 1205 E. Ridge Road in Sevierville, was charged Aug. 13 with aggravated criminal trespass. He was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond. u Joseph Alan Ball, 28, of Lafollette, Tenn., was charged Aug. 14 with theft of property worth $500 to $1,000. He was released on $3,000 bond. u Bennie Ray Corley, 31, of Carrollton, Miss., was charged Aug. 14 with a third count of DUI, driving on a suspended license and traffic violations. He was released.

u Dakota Lee Fann, 23, of 333 Piney Road in Kodak, was charged Aug. 14 with theft of property. She was being held in lieu of $10,000 bond. u Barry Eugene Lynn, 343, of Tellico Plains, Tenn., was charged Aug. 13 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held. u David Sherman Moore, 56, of Newport, was charged Aug. 13 with theft.

He was being held. u Tawana Dean Muniz, 47, of Knoxville, was charged Aug. 13 with violation of probation. She was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond. u Glenn Dale Parton, 31, of 3542 Newport Highway in Sevierville, was charged Aug. 13 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held.

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Keith Alan Biggs Keith Alan Biggs, age 48 of Rockford, TN, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2010. He was the co-founder of The Christmas Place, The Inn at Christmas Place, and The Partridge & Pear Restaurant in Pigeon Forge. He was a graduate of St. Andrews-Sewanee, and attended the University of Tennessee.

Mr. Biggs was a proud supporter of the Boys and Girls Club and the Friends of the Smokies.

He was an avid golfer and skier, world traveler, and his passion was his children and family time.

He was preceded in death by his father, Hurshel T. Biggs, and his aunt, Dorothy Porter.

Survivors: Wife: Carolyn “K-Kin” Fairbank Biggs; Son: Miles Jordan Biggs; Daughter: Stephanie Marie Biggs; Mother: Marian Biggs; Sisters: Kathy Rodriguez and husband Richard, and Karen Barnes and husband Toby; Mother-inlaw: Betty Fairbank Griggs; Father-in-law: James H. Fairbank; Sister-in-law: Susie Fairbank and husband Manuel Diaz Piferrer; Nieces and Nephews: Amy Gotko, Angela Kunkle, Amber Williams, Sean Miller, Victoria Miller, Jared Barnes, and Kristen Jackson; many dear friends.

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Jewell Marie Trupiano, of Sevierville, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010.

She was preceded in death by her: parents, Lena B. and William R. Lynch; husband, Henry A. Trupiano; brother, James W. Lynch; son-in-law, Thomas M. Waroway; and first husband, John A. Secord.

Survived by: daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer Waroway, Jill & Mike Rambo, and Jan & Hollis Williams; grandchildren and spouses, Matthew & Jurgita Waroway, Todd Waroway, Holli Williams Bates & husband Jeremy, Bryan & Andrea Rambo, Dustin Rambo, Katie Williams, and Austin Williams; brother and sister-in-law, Robert D. & Joan Lynch; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Phyllis Perkowski, Betty & Dooley May, and Ellen Chambers.

The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Tuesday with a service to follow at 7 p.m. in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville with Rev. Bobby Ely officiating. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

MEMPHIS (AP) — Elvis Presley fans are descending on Graceland despite blazing hot temperatures for a late night procession past the king of rock ’n’ roll’s grave at his former Memphis residence.

Presley died at Graceland on Aug. 16, 1977, and the procession,

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called the “Candlelight Vigil,” is the highlight of a weeklong series of fan-club meetings, movie showings and Elvis-impersonator contests.

Dozens of empty chairs lined the walls of Graceland, their early-arriving owners seeking refuge

from 100-degree temperatures. Fans could visit stations to drink water or get a quick cooling mist.

The procession — scheduled to begin about 8:30 p.m. Central time — usually attracts several thousand participants and runs into the morning hours.

coordinator. Gracie, who’s worked at the salon for 10 years, is the newest to the bunch.

“We’re all really like family,” Swab said.

Although she hails from this area, she has lived all over the country since her dad served in the U.S. Navy. The family moved back to Sevier County during Swab’s freshman year in high school, after her father retired from the military.

“This is home — this is where our roots are,” she said. “I can’t find a friendlier place, and I’ve always loved coming home to the mountains.”

Swab enjoys hiking, visiting the river and lake and spending time with son Bruce, a Sevier County High School student, and the rest of her family and friends.

“We’ll be cooking out, and this small group of people can turn into 15-20 people,” she said with a

laugh.

Any hairstyling tips?

“Just don’t overdo it — enhance what you’ve been given. And have fun with your hair, don’t be too serious. In the grand scheme of life, it’s just hair — it will grow back.”

Sounds like advice her customers can appreciate.

“Our clients become like family. We have a lot of fun here.”

“In his own quiet way, he was a do-er,” R.B. Summitt, president of Sevier County Bank and was involved in were the a longtime friend of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the family, said Sunday afterSmoky Mountains and the noon. “He didn’t like the fanfare or the recognition.

Friends of the Smokies.

For him, a job well done was its own reward.”

An avid golfer and skier, Biggs loved to travel, but his real passion was spending time with his family.

The family will receive

friends from 3 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Atchley Funeral Home in Seymour, with the funeral to follow at 7 at Atchley’s Seymour Chapel.

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young lady who was to become his lifelong love, Annie Irene Owens.

Dewey’s educational pursuits were interrupted by WW II, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps earning various medals of valor and the Purple Heart. Returning home to his family, he continued his education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus receiving the Bachelor of Science in 1947 and, later, the Master of Science in Chemistry and Physics. Mr. Large began his career as a high school principal in Gatlinburg, TN. He later moved to Oak Ridge, TN to work for the Institute of Nuclear Studies. Dewey then became the curator for the Museum of Atomic Energy. After that he worked for the Atomic Energy Commission (later known as the Dept. of Energy) until retirement. After retirement he developed the Scientific Ecology Group which was dedicated to research and development in the technology for safely containing and storage of nuclear and hazardous waste.

Active in the religious life of his family and community, he held the positions of Sunday school teacher, Superintendant and Deacon at the Hurst Chapel Baptist Church, Mill Creek, TN and Pigeon Forge Baptist.

In Oak Ridge, he was a Sunday school teacher and Deacon at the Robertsville Baptist Church. For many years, he was an active member of the Order of the Masons, Sevierville Lodge. Mr. Large was an avid supporter of Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia.

He is survived by his three daughters and one son, nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, numerous in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Along with flowers, donations may be made to organizations dedicated to the advancement of science and technology, Disabled American Veterans, and Berry College.

An online guest book may be signed at weatherfordmortuary. com

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going on in town — including those who need help.

“I hear about a lot of different situations, and I get to connect people together,” she said. “I’m kind of like a bridge for them.”

There are two other stylists at her salon, Misty and Gracie. Swab’s sister Jane works as the salon

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Aiken, Deborah Winburn, New Ellenton, two grandchildren and a Harold Wallace Cooper, 79 of great-granddaughter.

Sevierville, died Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. Sunday at 2 p.m. at Corinth Baptist 12, 2010. He was Church with The Rev.’s Brancie retired from the U.S. Stephens and Michael Bell officiatAir Force and the ing. Interment followed in the church U.S. Postal Service. cemetery, officiated by Rev. Kirby Survivors: wife, Bunton. Please visit the online Helen R. Cooper; daughter, Carol guest register at www.shellhouseRichardson and husband Bill; son, riversfuneralhome.com.

Wally Cooper and wife Ashley; three grandsons; sister, Altha Ball; nieces and nephews.

Lloyd Murphy Memorial donations may be made Lloyd Murphy, 69, of Sevierville, to St. Jude Tribute Program, P.O. Box died Friday, August 13, 2010.

1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN Survivors: children, Nina Thomas 38148-0142. and husband Davy, Chuck Murphy Family and friends will meet 11:30 and wife Penny, Michelle Murphy, a.m. Tuesday in Tennessee Veterans David Murphy and wife Judy, Cemetery for graveside service with Brydie Murphy; eight grandchildren; the Rev. Bruce Adams officiating. brother, Eugene Murphy.

The family will receive friends from In lieu of flowers, memorial con5-7 p.m. Monday at Atchley Funeral tributions may be made to the Home, Sevierville.

National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee, 4450 Walker Boulevard, n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com Suite 2, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917-1523.

Family and friends will meet 9 Derik Bret Campbell a.m. Monday at Atchley’s Seymour Derik Bret Campbell, 38 of Memory Gardens for graveside serSevierville, died Wednesday, Aug. vice and interment.

11, 2010.

Survivors: father, Wes Campbell; n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com mother, Patsy Campbell Ownby; brothers, Michael, Douglas and James Campbell; grandmothers, Dewey Ernest Large Betty Campbell, Cecile Henry; speDewey Ernest Large, 88, died cial friend and life partner, Stephanie August 13, 2010 at the Ben Atchley Paulson; extended family and Veterans’ Nursing special friends. Memorial service facility in Knoxville, was held Sunday at Jones Chapel Tennessee.

Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan The receiving of King officiating. friends (noon until 2 p.m.) and funeral Pauline Thomas Parrott service (2 p.m.) will Pauline Thomas Parrott, 79, died be held on Monday, August 16 August 13, 2010 at her residence. at Weatherford’s Mortuary, 158 S. Jefferson Circle, Oak Ridge, TN. A native of Sevierville, TN, Mrs. Rev. Henry Lenoir of Solway United Parrott was a daughter of the Methodist Church will officiate. late John and Myrtle E. Manning Mr. Large was born May 11, Thomas. She was a longtime resident of New Ellenton, S.C. She 1922, in the foothills of the Smoky was a member of Corinth Baptist Mountains in Sevier County, TN to Bernard and Flora Large. After Church. graduating from Sevier County High Survivors include two daughters; School, he attended Berry College in Pamela P. (Richard G.) Willard, Mt. Berry, Georgia. There he met the

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Hundreds of PTSD soldiers likely misdiagnosed

By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely fired hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war, discharge data suggests.

Under pressure from Congress and the public, the Army later acknowledged the problem and drastically cut the number of soldiers given the designation. But advocates for veterans say an unknown number of troops still unfairly bear the stigma of a personality disorder, making them ineligible for military health care and other benefits.

“We really have an obligation to go back and make sure troops

weren’t misdiagnosed,” said Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, a clinical psychologist whose nonprofit “Give an Hour” connects troops with volunteer mental health professionals.

The Army denies that any soldier was misdiagnosed before 2008, when it drastically cut the number of discharges due to personality disorders and diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorders skyrocketed.

Unlike PTSD, which the Army regards as a treatable mental disability caused by the acute stresses of war, the military designation of a personality disorder can have devastating consequences for soldiers.

Defined as a “deeply ingrained maladaptive pattern of behavior,” a personality disorder is considered a “pre-existing con-

dition” that relieves the military of its duty to pay for the person’s health care or combat-related disability pay.

According to figures provided by the Army, the service discharged about a 1,000 soldiers a year between 2005 and 2007 for having a personality disorder.

But after an article in The Nation magazine exposed the practice, the Defense Department changed its policy and began requiring a top-level review of each case to ensure post-traumatic stress or a brain injury wasn’t the underlying cause.

After that, the annual number of personality disorder cases dropped by 75 percent. Only 260 soldiers were discharged on those grounds in 2009.

At the same time, the number of post-traumatic stress disorder

cases has soared. By 2008, more than 14,000 soldiers had been diagnosed with PTSD — twice as many as two years before.

The Army attributes the sudden and sharp reduction in personality disorders to its policy change. Yet Army officials deny that soldiers were discharged unfairly, saying they reviewed the paperwork of all deployed soldiers dismissed with a personality disorder between 2001 and 2006.

“We did not find evidence that soldiers with PTSD had been inappropriately discharged with personality disorder,” wrote Maria Tolleson, a spokeswoman at the U.S. Army Medical Command, which oversees the health care of soldiers, in an e-mail.

Command officials declined to

be interviewed.

Advocates for veterans are skeptical of the Army’s claim that it didn’t make any mistakes.

They say symptoms of PTSD — anger, irritability, anxiety and depression — can easily be confused for the Army’s description of a personality disorder.

They also point out that during its review of past cases, the Army never interviewed soldiers or their families, who can often provide evidence of a shift in behavior that occurred after someone was sent into a war zone.

“There’s no reason to believe personality discharges would go down so quickly” unless the Army had misdiagnosed hundreds of soldiers each year in the first place, said Bart Stichman, codirector of the National Veterans Legal Services Program.

Petraeus: Afghanistan progress will take time

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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Sasha stop for ice cream before departing Panama City Beach, Fla. on Sunday.

A boat ride and ice cream cap off Obama’s trip to Gulf

By JULIE PACE Associated Press Writer PANAMA CITY BEACH (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family cruised the waters off their Florida Panhandle hotel on Sunday, offering a portrait of a family on vacation to boost a region struggling with the economic damage wrought by the nation’s worst oil spill.

The Obamas boarded the 50-foot Bay Point Lady on a rainy, overcast morning, the second and final day of a weekend getaway during which the president assured residents that his administration would not forget the region even after oil stopped spewing from a broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The family returned to Washington on Sunday afternoon.

With first lady Michelle Obama and 9-year-old daughter Sasha beside him, Obama leaned over the bow of the Bay Point Lady to watch porpoises as their boat cut through the calm waters of St. Andrews Bay. Back on shore, the family stopped for treats — mint chocolate chip ice cream for the president, Oreo ice cream for Sasha, and a hot fudge sundae without whipped cream for the first lady — before heading home.

The Obamas’ 12-yearold daughter, Malia, didn’t make the trip because she’s away at summer camp.

Obama’s 27-hour trip to the Gulf region was his fifth since oil started fouling Gulf waters following an April 20 explosion on an offshore rig operated by oil giant BP. Though the well is no longer leaking, he emphasized that the government’s work in the region is far from over.

“I’m here to tell you that our job is not finished and we are not going anywhere until it is,” Obama said Saturday.

Much of the long-term recovery efforts in the Gulf will focus on restoring the region’s economy, which in areas like the

Florida Panhandle is heavily dependent on tourism.

Most of the region’s beaches stayed open throughout the spill, yet many potential visitors stayed away, apparently deterred by images of oil-slicked waters and tarball-strewn beaches in other parts of the region.

While both the president and the first lady encouraged Americans to take their summer vacations on the Gulf Coast, they were criticized for not following their own advice, instead traveling to North Carolina and Maine and planning a trip later this month to Martha’s Vineyard. Mrs. Obama also took Sasha to Spain.

The White House hoped images from the weekend jaunt to the Gulf would end that criticism.

To the delight of locals, Obama took Sasha for a dip Saturday, a signal to other would-be Gulf vacationers that the water and the beaches are fine The president’s swim happened out of sight of the news media. The White House released an official photo, but The Associated Press does not publish such handout images. According to the White House, the Obamas swam off Alligator Point, which is in Saint Andrews Bay, not the Gulf.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root, Army Gen. David Petraeus said in comments broadcast Sunday that were aimed at shoring up American support for the war.

Petraeus, who’s been credited with a successful war strategy in Iraq and who took charge of U.S. and NATO military operations in Afghanistan in July, described an “up and down process” of seizing Talibancontrolled territory and creating “small pockets of progress” that he hoped will expand.

The goal, he told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” is to keep al-Qaida and other extremist groups at bay while the Afghan government has a chance to take control and earn the trust of the local population.

“We’re here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area,” Petraeus said in an interview taped in Kabul, the Afghan capital.

Petraeus’ comments come as U.S. sup-

port for the 9-year war is slipping and the death toll is climbing. July was the deadliest month for U.S. forces, when 66 troops were killed.

Petraeus and other military officials have warned of more combat casualties as additional U.S. troops are sent to the fight. Last fall, President Barack Obama authorized 100,000 troops in Afghanistan — triple the level from 2008.

Obama’s Democratic supporters have reluctantly swung behind the plan, but lawmakers are beginning to question whether Afghanistan can be won.

As the fighting intensifies, the Pentagon and White House are hoping that political support for the war can hold at least through year’s end to give Petraeus time to show progress. Petraeus is expected to give an updated assessment to Congress in December.

Petraeus said in the interview that the war only recently has been given the right “inputs,” or resources: more U.S. and Afghan troops to take over Taliban territory and more civilians to restore services to the population.

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Roe, staffers to meet with citizens

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, whose district includes most of Sevier County, will meet with constituents from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sheriff’s Department.

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Repaving project to affect traffic

Traffic will be affected at the north end of town for the milling and paving of Parkway (Highway 441) from the city Limits south through traffic light 3.

The state project will require temporary rerouting of traffic lanes. The Parkway will be reduced to two lanes between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. today through Thursday and maybe Aug. 23-26.

All four lanes of traffic will be reopened at 7 a.m. daily.

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Community Center areas stay closed

Due to unexpected delays, the following areas of the Sevierville Community Center will remained closed through Saturday: gym, locker rooms, racquetball courts.

In addition, due to safety concerns the department may also close the Fitness Center at various times during this week.

Call 453-5441 to verify if the fitness center will be open.

All areas are scheduled to reopen at 6 a.m. Aug. 23.

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Arrest made in burning death

A Tennessee parolee has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose body was found burning on the side of a road in north Nashville.

Adrian Lamont Henry, 26, was charged Saturday night with criminal homicide in the death of his girlfriend, Saret Vit, Metropolitan Nashville Police said in a news release.

Authorities said the 22-year-old victim was probably dead before her body was set afire. She was found late Thursday night.

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Few problems at Knoxville rally

A rally against immigration and a counterprotest in Knoxville resulted in few problems for police.

About 75 members of a Detroit-based group, the National Socialist Movement, spoke Saturday against amnesty for illegal immigrants and in support of white power. Some wore swastika T-shirts and carried Confederate flags.

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Study: High infection rate in state hospitals NASHVILLE (AP) — A new study has found that infection rates among the tiniest infants in Tennessee’s neonatal intensive care units are 70 percent higher than the national average.

“This is not where we want to be, but it is important to know where we need to focus our efforts so we can really have an impact,” Dr. Marion Kainer, infectious-disease physician for the Tennessee Department of Health, told The Tennessean. “We have work to do.”

Tennessee lawmakers

mandated in 2006 that hospitals report data on bacterial blood infections in adult and pediatric intensive care units. The report released last month looks at infections from central lines.

It found that high-risk babies in Tennessee are 40 percent more likely than the national average to have those infections. That number rose to 70 percent for babies weighing 1.65 pounds or less.

The report also found that central line infections in adults were 19 percent higher than the

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But a year-old statewide initiative that aims to cut Tennessee’s infection rate by more than half in the next five years may already be working. The pediatric infection data for the report were collected from July 2008 to June 2009, and several hospitals said their rates of infection have decreased in the past year.

At Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the neonatal ICU went 100 days without an infection at the beginning of 2010.

That’s the longest period it’s ever gone without an

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“This has been a heart-wrenching day for me.

I will never forget the destruction and suffering I have witnessed today. In the past I have witnessed many natural disasters around the world, but nothing like this.”

— U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Ban after flying over the hard-hit flood areas with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari

“Beaches all along the Gulf Coast are clean, they are safe, and they are open for business.”

— President Barack Obama, whose family took a short trip to the Florida Panhandle over the weekend

“That’s desert racing for you. You’re at your own risk out here. You are in the middle off the desert. People were way too close and they should have known. You can’t really hold anyone at fault. It’s just a horrible, horrible accident.”

— John Payne, a spectator who was among the first to reach a truck that went out of control and hurtled into a crowd during an off-road race in Lucerne Valley, Calif., Saturday, killing eight and injuring 12

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvester Stallone has proven that he’s not quite expendable yet at the box office. Stallone and his pumped-up pals lifted Lionsgate’s 1980s-style action romp “The Expendables” to a No. 1 debut with $35 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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Extended summer break bad for kids So it’s back to school today. How was your summer? Was it long enough, too long or just right?

Did you get to do everything you planned, like go to the beach, visit relatives, go to Disney World or your favorite amusement park? Maybe you sent your kids to camp or enrolled them in special classes to help them in some educational way.

So, if you had the chance to change the duration of summer vacation, what would you do? The reason I ask is because I’ve had many people, most of them educators, voice their opinion to me concerning this topic.

When you’re a kid, you can’t wait to get out in late May or early June. School’s out, let’s have fun!

I used to love summer vacation because I could play with my friends every day and not have to get up, get dressed and go to school. Not too many kids like that routine day in and day out. What kid wouldn’t rather play than go to school?

I had been thinking of addressing this situation for some time now. When Time magazine recently made it a cover story, I thought I would chime in, too, since there were so many asking about it.

Time asserts that kids in America have too much down-time and that we’re falling behind the rest of the world; that our present summer vacation break is based on an old farm economy where that time spent away from school was of necessity.

Of course, there are always studies being done to show this way or that — some are legitimate and some may be askew.

Students in the U.S. spend 180 days in school each year with a total of 1,080 total instructional hours. The total hours are more than any other nation, with Mexico coming in second. There are countries that spend more total days in school, but do not have more instructional hours.

So why aren’t our math and science scores higher than those in many foreign nations that are less privileged than we are? Every four years Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study assesses the math and science skills in fourth to eighth grades with about 60 countries participating. The U.S. kids rank behind countries such as Singapore.

We’re near the top in some aspects, but not leading as would be expected.

So, should students go to school all year long with more weekly breaks throughout the school year, or keep the summer vacations as they are? With yearlong schooling, those weekly breaks would be more frequent then you might think. It’s the dormancy length that is the problem in the school system of two and a half to three months that is affecting the students.

Should we have just one month of summer break, then back to the books?

How about a four-day school week with extended hours each day? Operationally speaking, this would be a money saver as well for the school system.

We may be a bit more fortunate here in our area when it comes to summer activities to keep our students occupied after school. We have a really big national park that is an educational tool in and of itself.

There are many camps for kids to attend in the summer months, along with other forms of recreation.

Inner-city kids have less of everything that we take for granted. They have a lot of influences to deal with that our kids can’t even imagine. This extended summer break for them has far more negative consequences, as they sometimes struggle to make it through the summer months before school starts.

Today is the first day back for this school year in Sevier County. Did our children accomplish what they should have over summer vacation, or did they miss out on something that maybe a shorter summer break would have provided? You tell me.

Have these questions arisen in the past that you might have thought should be addressed or is everything as it should be? Did your kids play video games or just watch TV all summer, or did they somehow add to their learning process through these past weeks?

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

— Dan M. Smith is a Cincinnati native and Gatlinburg resident. He is the author of the forthcoming book “So Far from Forfar.” His son is serving in the Air Force. E-mail to dan0729@yahoo.com.

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A stroke of good fortune

Patricia Neal’s legacy is the example she set in recovering from serious illness She was a wonderful actress, a woman who co-starred with the likes of Paul Newman, Gary Cooper, Andy Griffith and Ronald Reagan. But for folks in and around Knoxville, Patricia Neal will be remembered for her courageous comeback from strokes and lending her name to a rehabilitation center that has helped thousands of people.

Neal, who died Aug. 1 at age 84, had lung cancer and died at her home in Massachusetts. She never forgot her Knoxville roots, however. She lived in the city as a child. She came back often. She had hoped to be in Knoxville the following week for a golf tournament to benefit the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center that helps people recover from strokes and spinal

cord/brain injuries. Countless people in Sevier County were assisted by the staff at the center.

Neal suffered a series of strokes in 1965. She was only 39. Her struggle to resume walking and talking is regarded as epic in the annals of stroke rehab.

She returned to movies and TV to earn another Oscar nomination and three Emmy nominations. She won the 1963 Academy Award for supporting actress for her role opposite Paul Newman and Melvin Douglas in “Hud.” In her 1988 autobiography, “As I Am,” she wrote, “Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.”

Even before her own illness, she lost

a daughter and an infant son nearly died in 1960 when his carriage was struck by a taxi. Neal also suffered a nervous breakdown.

Yet through it all she showed composure, strength, endurance, perseverance and courage. She became an example to all not to give up when facing illness or injury. Her photo adorns posters hung all over East Tennessee to remind people of the rehab center and of what can happen when hard work and determination are employed to battle back from adversity.

Patricia Neal will be missed, but her name will live on through the rehab center in Knoxville and the example she set for victims of stroke and brain injury.

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Schools director on the mend from shoulder surgery Every two weeks, The Mountain Press offers an eclectic mix of newsy tidbits, anecdotes and other one-liners: Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Jack Parton, director of Sevier County Schools, who recently had rotator cuff surgery on his shoulder. ...

Dollywood public relations guru Pete Owens recently returned from a five-day family vacation in Washington, D.C. Of all the magnificent historical sites to see, Owens said his favorite was the Newseum.

“It literally tells the story of history through the eyes of the media.” Owens said the family spent close to four hours at the museum and “could have spent the whole day.”

His family hit many of the must-see sites, including the Smithsonian and

several of the war memorials. Another highlight, however, was visiting the International Spy Museum. “We were there the day President Obama took his daughter on a tour,” Owens said. “There was the normal dozen or so SUVs and we saw just a wisp of him as the detail was coming into the building.” ...

For Sevier County Schools director of curriculum and instruction Debra Cline, her favorite time of the year has arrived — the beginning of school. ...

An expansion committee has been formed at Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center to explore construction of a second building to serve the growing number of people using the center. The plan now is to use a site to the left of the property as you drive in. Muhc of the back of the property

is in wetlands and can’t be used for a building. ...

Leftovers from Managing Editor Bob Mayes’ column on former “Survivor” contestant Melinda Hyder, a Sevierville Realtor and Pigeon Forge entertainer: n On “Survivor” host Jeff Propst: “He’s hot. You hate him when you’re playing the game because he can make it difficult, but you love him away from the game because he is a really caring person.” n Her favor former “Survivor” contestant: Sandra Diaz-Twine, the only two-time winner, “because I am really good friends with her and because of her attitude.” n Least favorite: Cirie Field, who was a tribemate on Season 12. “It has nothing to do with the game; it’s personal and happened afterward.” ...

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Kaymer wins PGA playoff after controversial ruling

Johnson penalized 2 shots for grounding club

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

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Martin Kaymer of Germany celebrates on the 18th green after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament in a playoff Sunday.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Martin Kaymer won the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff Sunday that did not include Dustin Johnson, who was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole.

Kaymer captured his first major in a PGA Championship that might be remembered as much for a guy who tied for fifth.

Johnson had a oneshot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits when he drove into a tiny patch of sand where the gallery had been walking all week.

Johnson grounded his club, unaware he was in a bunker. The gallery was packed in so tight that to Johnson, it looked like a piece of grass that had been trampled.

“Walking up there, seeing the shot, it never once crossed my mind that I was in a sand trap,” Johnson said. “It very unfortunate. The only worse thing that could have happened was if I had made the putt on that last hole.”

He missed the 7-foot par putt to seemingly slip into a three-man playoff with Kaymer and Bubba Watson. But the two-shot penalty turned his 71 into a 73, and instead of going to a playoff for redemption from his U.S. Open meltdown, he tied for fifth and headed home.

As Johnson was leaving the course, Kaymer was coming up clutch again.

The 25-year-old German holed a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole in regulation for a 2-under 70 to join Watson (68) at 11-under 277. One shot behind in the playoff, Kaymer

made another 15-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 17th, then watched Watson implode.

Watson went from the right rough into the water, then over the green into a bunker. His bunker shot hit the flag, and he tapped in for double bogey. Kaymer chipped out after seeing Watson go in the water, and he hit 7-iron to 15 feet for a two-putt bogey.

“I don’t realize what happened,” Kaymer said. “I just won my first major. I’ve got goose bumps just talking about it.”

It was the cruelest ending to a major since Roberto de Vicenzo signed for a higher score in the final round of the 1968 Masters that was won by Bob Goalby.

Watson was only disappointed for a few minutes until learning he had played his way onto the Ryder Cup team.

Harvick makes a statement with win at Michigan BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — He already had horsepower, handling and the points lead. Now Kevin Harvick has a win this season at a track other than Talladega or Daytona.

Harvick passed Denny Hamlin with 11 laps to go Sunday, then held on to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Michigan International Speedway.

It’s yet another sign that Richard Childress Racing is back after a disappointing 2009, and Harvick is the championship favorite with only three more races left before the Chase.

“Everybody was embarrassed last year, and we’ve really been running pretty well since probably the last six or eight weeks of last year,” Harvick said. “It didn’t just happen today.”

Harvick’s No. 29 team gambled by staying on the track instead of making a pit stop during a late caution.

It paid off with Harvick’s third win of the season and his first this year on a nonrestrictor plate track.

The victory was another significant step in the resurgence of Richard Childress Racing — and it came at a track where RCR typically

hasn’t been very strong.

“Somebody’s got to beat Jimmie (Johnson) this year, and it might as well be RCR,” Childress said.

Hamlin finished second, followed by Roush Fenway Racing drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth.

Team owner Jack Roush was back at the track this weekend, days after his release from a hospital following serious injuries in a plane crash.

“It’s great,” Edwards said.

“We really wanted to get a win for him today, but that’s a strong performance for us.”

Edwards has finished seventh or better in six straight races and he likes his chances going into the Chase. But nobody has been as consistent as Harvick this season.

“I really don’t see how he can’t be, really, the favorite going into it,” Hamlin said.

With the Chase looming, Hamlin acknowledged that his Joe Gibbs Racing team is lagging behind Harvick and RCR. “Those guys, they’re tough,” Hamlin said.

“They’ve really got everything working right now.

Associated Press

Kevin Harvick takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Their cars are handling really well, and they’ve got horsepower. Those are two things that are tough to beat.”

Harvick isn’t embracing the role of championship favorite, saying Johnson is the driver to beat until somebody actually beats him.

“Until you beat that guy, there’s no reason to put that pressure on yourselves,” Harvick said.

It was a rough day for several Chase contenders.

Kurt Busch blew an engine, Mark Martin damaged his car early and spent most of

the afternoon running outside the top 30, and Jeff Gordon was in the top 10 when he had a flat tire with 47 laps to go.

Gordon finished 27th, Martin finished 28th and Busch finished 40th.

Leaders Tony Stewart and Harvick stayed on the track instead of making pit stops when a caution came out with 32 laps left — leaving them at the front of the field with most other drivers on fresher tires and 28 laps to go on the restart.

Hamlin took the lead from Stewart with 23 laps until the end, but Harvick

stayed on his tail and finally got past him with 11 left.

Stewart slipped to sixth at the finish.

Busch, who came into the race fourth in the points, sustained “catastrophic” engine failure, bringing a caution on lap 33.

“We didn’t get it done,” Busch said. “We’ll bounce back and be back next week.

We should be OK in points.

We’ll fall all the way to ninth but the big thing is having the cushion on 12th.”

Things didn’t go much better for Martin, who had to spend extra time in the pits after scraping his

car’s nose early in the race.

Martin entered the day only 10 points ahead of Clint Bowyer for the final Chaseeligible spot in the standings.

Gordon appeared headed for a good finish, then a tire went flat in the middle of heavy traffic. He avoided heavy contact with other cars or the wall but fell far back in the field.

It was a much better day for Harvick, who won’t be under much pressure the next three weeks.

“Do you think it’d go over well if we went on vacation?” Harvick joked.

Jurrjens, Braves go on warpath against LA

Associated Press

Atlanta shortstop Alex Gonzalez reacts after being hit with a pitch in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A healthy Jair Jurrjens is giving the Braves a lift in their attempt to hold off the Phillies in the NL East.

It always helps when Jurrjens and the Braves are playing at Turner Field.

Jurrjens remained unbeaten at home, getting a three-run homer and four RBIs from Troy Glaus and four more RBIs from Alex Gonzalez in a 13-1 romp over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

The Braves improved the majors’ best home record to 41-16 while Jurrjens (5-4) gave up six hits and one run in seven stellar innings. He’s 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA at home and 0-4 with a 6.39 ERA on the road.

Jurrjens called the contrast in his home and road results “just crazy.”

“It’s just at home I think you’re more confident, more relaxed,” Jurrjens said.

Jurrjens missed May and June with a hamstring injury and is 5-1 in nine starts since coming off the disabled list.

“When you’re healthy, you’re not worried about anything else but throwing strikes and keeping your team in the game,” he said. “I’m feeling stronger every time I go out there.”

The Braves, who began the day two games ahead of Philadelphia in the NL East, have won two of the first three in the four-game series with the Dodgers.

Assured of at least a split in the series, the Braves have lost only one of 19 home series this season.

They matched their season high with 16 hits and scored their most runs since a 13-1 win over Arizona on May 16. The Braves had three four-run innings.

“It got uglier and uglier,” said Dodgers manager Joe Torre, after his team failed

to maintain momentum gained by Saturday night’s 2-1 win.

The Dodgers have lost four of five and 12 of 18.

“I don’t sense anyone throwing up his hands,” Torre said. “There is no give-up out there. We have to pick ourselves up.”

Jurrjens stranded runners on third base in the first, fourth and seventh innings. He loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh before giving up his only run when Brad Ausmus hit into a double-play grounder. Jurrjens struck out pinch-hitter Casey Blake to end that inning.

“He’s a good pitcher,” said Dodgers shortstop Ryan Theriot. “He commands the strike zone. He pitches well off his fastball. That makes all his other pitches more effective.”

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Jets, Giants talk trash before stadium opener

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Bragging rights and a happy housewarming are on the line.

And, with all the trash talking going on between the Jets and Giants, it’s clear both teams want to celebrate the first football game at the New Meadowlands Stadium with a victory tonight.

“You want to win every game,” Giants tackle David Diehl said, “but playing the Jets adds a different dimension to it.”

Even if it is only preseason.

“It will be a big-time rivalry game, us against the Giants,” Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said. “That will be fun.”

Things were ramped up a bit during the week when a few players — the Jets’ Bart Scott and the Giants’ Terrell Thomas

— took shots at each other. The chatter mainly revolved around whether the Jets now own the town, and whose stadium it really is.

“We’re opening up a stadium and there’s a lot going on right now,” Thomas said. “There’s a lot of hype around it making it a lot bigger than it is. It’s going to be a battle between our twos and threes.”

But what about some of the Giants saying the stadium is still primarily their home?

“If that’s how they feel, that’s how they feel,” Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins said. “It’s cool for them to feel that way, but we’re here to stay and that’s it.”

The teams traditionally meet in the third game of the preseason, but both wanted to be part of the unveiling of their new $1.6 billion, 82,500-seat stadium to football fans.

“We haven’t even been in our own locker room yet,” Giants quarterback Eli Manning said. “So I think just getting in there and checking that out and being able to run out and get to play a game in the new stadium is something I’m looking forward to.”

It will be a Jets home game, with the stadium’s exterior lit up in green. It’s also their first game since losing to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game.

The Giants actually host the first regular-season football game against the Carolina Panthers on Sept. 12, when the metallic exterior will shine in blue, of course. The Jets will host their first home game the following night, again in front of a national Monday Night Football audience, against the Baltimore Ravens.

“We’re excited to be in the new stadi-

um, but at the same time we understand we are the visitors,” Giants center Shaun O’Hara said. “So, yes it is the stadium we are going to share, but it’s going to be decked out in green and we are Big Blue.”

Taller and bigger than the old Giants Stadium, fans will be treated to cozy seating with outstanding viewing angles and four huge Jumbotron screens. Signage can be changed almost instantaneously from Jets green to Giants blue with the push of a button, and end zone team names are easily switched by rolling up two rug sections on the FieldTurf surface.

“We are all very excited,” Giants owner John Mara said. “The players are excited and we are hoping it will have the same effect on us that the new stadium did on the Yankees last year.”

Carroll true to form as Hawks’ top Titans in preseason opener

Associated Press

Tennessee Titans’ Stafon Johnson points skyward as he is taken off field after an injury in the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday.

Titans rookie RB could miss 3 months NASHVILLE (AP) — Rookie Stafon Johnson has a game ball from his NFL debut. He also has had his dislocated right ankle repaired, and Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher isn’t ready to call the running back’s season over just yet.

Johnson tweeted Sunday he was fresh out of surgery. This is the running back whose senior season at Southern California was ended in September when a barbell crushed his neck and larynx, leaving him to learn how to talk again and trying to play his way into the NFL as an undrafted free agent. He promised before surgery he’ll be back better than before.

Fisher said a couple hours later that the doctors “got it all put back together.”

The coach was hesi-

tant to share the extent of Johnson’s injury but said the rookie also broke his fibula. Asked if the injury means Johnson’s season will be ended by the Titans placing him on injured reserve, Fisher said that was hard to say.

“This could be eight to 12 weeks. We just don’t know,” Fisher said.

That seems optimistic.

Johnson’s injury in Saturday night’s 20-18 loss at Seattle was so gruesome Fisher said he just thought the rookie’s shoe had come off and was being held on by some loose tape.

Johnson had just made a catch on the final play of the third quarter when Kam Chancellor hit him high and spun him around, landing on his right leg.

Johnson stood up, then started pointing down at his foot before being sur-

rounded by trainers and doctors.

“That kind of gives you a sense of how intense the game is and how the emotions are going and the contact you get caught up, and you don’t know,” Fisher said.

Johnson was carted off the field while his teammates knelt and prayed for him. He returned with the Titans who arrived back in Nashville around 6:30 a.m.

CDT and tweeted Sunday afternoon that he was out of surgery. Johnson called it a “bump in the round.”

Fisher said the rookie showed with three carries for 23 yards and two catches for 12 yards that he can play in the NFL. “(He) has an amazing pain tolerance and wants to get back on the field as fast as he can,” Fisher said.

Bradford, Rams’ offense stalls against Minnesota ST. LOUIS (AP) — Steven Jackson is getting a light workload in the preseason to help his surgically repaired back for the regular season, and he dressed but didn’t play a down in the St. Louis Rams’ opener.

The Pro Bowl running back’s absence can’t be helpful in the development of No. 1 draft pick Sam Bradford, who got sacked four times in a 28-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday night.

The Rams had only 150 yards total offense and got their lone touchdown on a 93-yard punt return by Danny Amendola.

“I think it goes without saying that when your best player is on the sideline, the unit he plays with isn’t going to feel the same,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said Sunday. “We know what Steven can do, but when he’s not in there which could happen in the regular season, the play can’t go down.

“We’ve got to be just as effective.”

That puts the onus on an offensive line that’s been

a focus of the rebuilding effort, but allowed six sacks. Right tackle Jason Smith, who’s been hampered during camp by a fractured toe, struggled with his mobility, and guard Jacob Bell missed the game with a hamstring injury.

Spagnuolo said half of the sacks were because of faulty technique, the other half missed assignments.

Of Smith: “He just needs 1,000 repetitions.”

Jackson carried the offense on a 1-15 team last season. Despite playing the last third of the season with a herniated disk that kept him off the practice field most of the time, his 1,416 yards rush-

ing was the second-best of his career.

Spagnuolo said Jackson might get a few snaps next Saturday at Cleveland, but said the team would “tread lightly.” The Rams mustered 33 yards with a 2.5-yard average in the opener and were lead by Keith Toston, an undrafted rookie who had 16 yards on four carries.

Bradford completed four of his first five passes, but only two of his last eight while getting battered a bit by the Vikings’ secondteam defense. Bradford said after the game that the back felt “great” and Spagnuolo said the quarterback was not on the injury report.

That was the lone injury for a team trying to keep the same good spirits after having to fly to Seattle and back for a preseason game.

Vince Young was sharp in completing his first five passes for 78 yards before being intercepted on a ball he admitted later he should have run for a first down.

The first-team offense with Young and All-Pro Chris Johnson moved right down the field, going 79 yards in 10 plays before Johnson scored and went to the bench with a 7-0 lead. Young followed a series later still leading 7-0.

The defense looked too much like last season’s unit that ranked next to last in the NFL in yards passing allowed, giving up 233 yards with cornerback Cortland Finnegan, safety

SEATTLE (AP) — Pete Carroll pumped his fists and hugged players, greeting nearly every one. He ran a lot on the sidelines — on a left knee the 58-year-old had surgically repaired just two weeks ago.

And all that was before the national anthem. Then he high-fived the guy who sang that.

The coach who bolted Southern California in January to resurrect the fallen Seahawks looked like he was having more fun than his players during Seattle’s 20-18 preseason victory over the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night.

Carroll’s first NFL game since Jan. 2, 2000, when he was coaching New England, was more notable for the new leader’s energy being as advertised than it was for anything the players’ did.

Chris Johnson scored a touchdown to end Tennessee’s first drive, on the same field where he became the sixth player with 2,000 yards rushing in a season last January.

He had five carries for 7 yards on Saturday’s initial drive.

His score came on his third try from the 1, a cutback behind tight ends Bo Scaife and Craig Stevens.

“It felt good to get hit a few times because I really haven’t felt that since last year,” Johnson said in quotes provided by the Titans at halftime. “We still have some work to do together (but) we’ll be ready to go when it matters.”

Vince Young, heading into the season as Tennessee’s starter after going 8-2 to finish 2009, completed his first five passes for 78 yards. Seattle’s Josh Wilson intercepted the sixth and final one, on a comeback route near the sideline intended for Justin Gage at the Titans 39.

Chris Simms replaced Young with 4 minutes left in the opening quarter. The rest of Tennessee’s starting offense was out by the start of the second period.

The Titans rallied within 20-18 with 4:39 left on a 1-yard run by LeGarrette Blount and 2-point pass by rookie Rusty Smith.

Tennessee got the ball back with a minute left but Smith threw an interception to Kam Chancellor with 25 seconds remaining.

Seattle’s first-team offense produced a 44-yard field goal

by Olindo Mare in its three drives. Matt Hasselbeck was 4 of 10 for 26 yards. He was sacked once and had three passes deflected, two by Titans linebacker Stephen Tulloch.

The toasty home crowd on an 87-degree night got its biggest thrill from Mike Williams. The top-10 pick by the Lions in 2005 who ballooned out of the league for two years caught a short pass from backup Charlie Whitehurst midway through the second quarter. Williams, a former star for Carroll at USC, then juked Ryan Mouton with one step and ran 51 yards untouched for a touchdown to put Seattle up 10-7.

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‘It was complete chaos’

Associated Press

Workers push an overturned off-road race truck upright Sunday after it went out of control and ran into a crowd of spectators during a race in Lucerne Valley, Calif., on Saturday.

Eight killed, 12 hurt in desert race catastrophe

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. — An off-road truck sailed off a jump and hurtled into a crowd at a race in the California desert, pinning bodies beneath it and sending others flying into a chaotic cloud of dust in a crash that killed eight people, authorities and witnesses said Sunday.

Twelve people were injured in the crash that came shortly after the twilight start of the California 200 Saturday night in the Mojave Desert, said San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman.

Witnesses said the driver took a jump in an area known as “the rockpile� at high speed, hit his brakes on landing and rolled sideways into a crowd of hundreds of people standing with no barriers next to the course. “He hit the rock and just lost control and tumbled,� said Matt March, 24, of Wildomar, who was standing next to the jump. “Bodies went everywhere.�

March said he and several other fans lifted the truck, which came to rest with its oversized wheels pointing toward the sky, and found four people lying unconscious underneath.

At least seven of those killed were in their 20s, including 24-year-old Zachary Freeman of Fillmore, according to the San Bernardino County coroner.

Freeman’s girlfriend Niky Carmikle, 19, said she had left Freeman and his best friend — 24-year-old Dustin Malson of Ventura, who also was killed — to go to the bathroom when the crash happened.

When she returned she found the wild aftermath. “Bodies all over the ground, people screaming, and all I wanted to do was find my boyfriend and my friends,�

Carmikle told The Associated Press. She stood and sobbed Sunday over a makeshift memorial on the spot of the crash: a small cross and a circle of rocks near the ruts in the ground left by the truck.

Bags of victims’ clothing, some of it bloody sat nearby.

Brian Wolfin, 27, and Anthony Sanchez, 23, both of Escondido died at the scene, and Aaron Farkas, 25, of Escondido died at a hospital. Also killed were Danica Frantzich, 20, of Las Vegas and Andrew Therrin, 22, of Riverside.

The eighth victim died in Riverside County, and no name has been released.

John Payne, 20, of Anaheim said he was among the first people to reach the truck. He said the victims included one person who was decapitated. “It was complete chaos,�

Payne said.

It took rescue vehicles and helicopters more than half an hour to reach the remote location, and spectators including off-duty police and firefighters helped the injured

and placed blankets over the dead.

Six people died at the scene and two others died after being taken to a hospital, authorities said. Seven ambulances and 10 emergency aircraft responded, airlifting most of the 12 injured people from the area to hospitals.

Paramedics brought six people — five adults and a child — to Loma Linda University Medical Center, spokesman Herbert Atienza said Sunday. He had no information on their condition.

Officials said the driver, whose name has not been released, wasn’t hurt. It was not clear why he lost control of the truck. Phone and e-mail messages left for the organizer, South El Monte-based Mojave Desert Racing, were not immediately returned.

The 200-mile race is part of a series held in the Mojave Desert’s Soggy Dry Lake Bed near the city of Lucerne Valley, 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

Tens of thousands of people attend the California 200, in which a variety of off-road vehicles take jumps and other obstacles and reach speeds of over 60 mph on a 50-mile offroad course that is essentially just raw, unmarked desert terrain.

The race had been scheduled to last through the night.

The crowd, which included children, was standing within

10 feet of the track. Fans said the “rockpile� is one of the most popular areas to stand because they can get close to cars as they launch into the air, and no guard rails hold them back. “There were no barriers at all,� Jeff Talbott, inland division chief for the California Highway Patrol, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

He said that the driver was forced to run from the scene when the crowd grew unruly and some began throwing rocks at him. Several witnesses said they didn’t see anyone throwing rocks at the driver.

Fans said there are rarely any barriers or other safety guards at these races. “That’s desert racing for you,� Payne said. “You’re at your own risk out here. You are in the middle off the desert. People were way too close and they should have known.

You can’t really hold anyone at fault. It’s just a horrible, horrible accident.�

Carmikle said the danger is part of the appeal for many fans. “You could touch it if you wanted to. It’s part of the excitement,� she said. “There’s always that risk factor, but you just don’t expect that it will happen to you.�

The CHP does not normally investigate crashes at organized events, but took the lead on this probe because of its scope and had set up a command center at the start-

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The federal Bureau of Land Management was assisting in the investigation.

The crash was the latest in a series of race accidents that have proved deadly to spectators.

A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch an illegal drag race on a suburban road in Accokeek, Maryland, in February 2008, killing eight people and injuring five. The two racers were charged with vehicular manslaughter. Darren Bullock, 22, was sentenced to 15 years in prison; Tavon Taylor, 20, is awaiting trial.

In Chandler, Ariz., in February, a female spectator was killed by a tire that flew off a crashing dragster at Chandler’s Firebird International Raceway for the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

Team happy to have Roush back at track BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Jack Roush was at the racetrack again Sunday, continuing his busy weekend just days after being released from the hospital.

Roush, who lost vision in his left eye and sustained other significant injuries in an airplane crash last month, originally was expected to watch the Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway from a trackside suite. But that plan didn’t last long, as he made his way out to pit road early in the race.

Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said the team was happy to have Roush back at the track.

Roush, whose automotive company is based outside Detroit, made a surprise trip to pit road for qualifying Friday and hasn’t slowed down much since. “We’ve had this NASCAR dinner for 17 years, and he stayed there for three hours,� Smith said. “(Former Roush driver) Mark Martin came over for at least two of the three hours.�

And while Roush is facing plenty of follow-up medical appointments, he isn’t about to take a step back from spending time at the track. “Oh, no,� Smith said. “He’s in.�

Despite the life-changing nature of Roush’s injuries, Smith said he didn’t sense that his boss was feeling sorry for himself. And despite surviving his second serious airplane accident — he also crashed into a pond in Alabama in 2002 — Roush doesn’t plan to stop flying.

However, Smith said he’ll likely have a co-pilot in the future. “There’s been a lot of pressure on him, and he was headed there, to have somebody else with him,�

Smith said. “Every once in a while, an extra set of ears and hands might make the difference.�

Smith also joked that Roush’s doctors might have done some extra work while treating Roush’s facial injuries. “I mean, he’s going to look like Brad Pitt before it’s all over,� Smith said. “What they did to him was, they gave him like a Beverly Hills makeover as near as I can tell.� ——— NO CAMARO: Two automakers have used NASCAR’s introduction of a redesigned nextgeneration Nationwide series car as an opportunity to introduce muscle car brands into the series, with Ford racing a Mustang-branded car and Dodge racing a Challenger-branded model.

Don’t expect Chevrolet’s Camaro to join them anytime soon.

General Motors officials don’t think they can design a race car that looks enough like a streetgoing Camaro and still fits within the boundaries of NASCAR’s inspection templates. “NASCAR expressed an interest in having the Camaro, and we looked very hard at running the Camaro in Nationwide,� GM racing manager Mark Kent said. “But we have two cars within the Chevrolet lineup that have iconic lines. The Camaro and the Corvette both have iconic lines that we didn’t want to take away from by forcing that car into a templated car that didn’t at the end of the day meet our requirements.�

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Monday, August 16, 2010 â—† The Mountain Press

NATION/WORLD BRIEFS Craigslist suspect commits suicide

Two men armed with AK-47 rifles boarded the American ship Sagamore in the vicinity of an Iraqi oil terminal in the northern Persian Gulf at 4 a.m. on Aug. 8, taking computers, cell phones and money from crew members before fleeing the vessel after about 40 minutes on board, according to Lt. John Fage, a spokesman for the Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

He said three other ships — the Antigua-flagged Armenia, the North Korean Crystal Wave and the Syrian Sana Star — were also robbed under similar circumstances during a two-hour period starting about 2 a.m. the same day. Other information about the attackers, including their nationalities, was not known, Fage said.

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a former medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist apparently killed himself inside a Boston jail.

Ed Geary, a spokesman for the Suffolk County sheriff’s office, says Philip Markoff’s body was found Sunday morning in the Nashua Street Jail. Geary called it an apparent suicide.

Geary says no additional information is immediately available, and an investigation has begun.

Markoff’s trial was expected in March.

John Salsberg, who was Markoff’s lawyer, said he was shocked and saddened about his client’s death. He would not comment further.

Markoff, a former Boston University student, pleaded not guilty in the April 2009 fatal shooting of Julissa Brisman, of New York City, and the armed robbery of a Las Vegas woman, both at Boston hotels.

Earth Day group to plant 1M trees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth Day Network is enlisting groups in 15 countries to plant 1 million trees this year with “Avatar� movie director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox. The Washington-based group is announcing its plans Sunday. Cameron planted the first of 1 million trees in April in Brazil.

In the U.S., trees will be planted in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to improve air quality and urban animal habitats.

Tree plantings in such places as Mexico, Canada and Spain will be focused on reforestation of depleted areas.

Other efforts tie in with both development and environmental improvements. In Haiti, the U.S.-based Trees for the Future will work with farmers to plant about 500,000 fruit trees and other native species to provide economic benefits. That makes Haiti one of the largest sites.

Charges dropped in Buffalo shooting

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor said the evidence didn’t back up murder charges against a parolee who had been accused of opening fire outside a downtown restaurant, killing four people and wounding four others, and had the counts dismissed Sunday.

Keith Johnson, 25, of Buffalo, was still being held in jail on a parole violation. He could be rearrested if authorities change their minds, but Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III cited photo evidence and witness statements in seeking dismissal. “I’m not going to prosecute someone for a quadruple homicide unless I’m sure he did it,� Sedita told City Court Judge Patrick Carney, with Johnson sitting handcuffed next to him, “and I’m not sure he did it.�

Investigators removed several security cameras from the around the restaurant Saturday and viewed the images into the evening. Sedita said investigators have clear video of the shooting.

Israel removes gunfire barrier

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli army cranes on Sunday began removing a concrete barrier that Poll: Independents sour on Democrats shielded a Jewish neighborhood bordering the West Bank from gunfire — a sign that calm is taking hold in WASHINGTON (AP) — Independents who embraced the Palestinian territory.

President Barack Obama’s call for change in 2008 are The Israeli military erected the 600-yard (meter) ready for a shift again, and that’s worrisome news for concrete barrier nine years ago on the outskirts of the Democrats.

Gilo neighborhood in southern Jerusalem because of Only 32 percent of those citing no allegiance to either major repeated Palestinian shootings from the West Bank party say they want Democrats to keep control of Congress town of Beit Jalla. in this November’s elections, according to combined results The barrier is being taken down over the next of recent Associated Press-GfK polls. That’s way down from two weeks because of a reduced security threat and the 52 percent of independents who backed Obama over improved coordination between Israeli and West Bank Republican Sen. John McCain two years ago, and the 49 persecurity forces, the Israeli military said. cent to 41 percent edge by which they preferred Democratic candidates for the House in that election, according to exit polls of voters.

Independents voice especially strong concerns about the economy, with 9 in 10 calling it a top problem and no other issue coming close, the analysis of the AP-GfK polls shows.

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Study: Promiscuous teenagers have lower grade point averages LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex.

The same isn’t true for teens who “hook up.� Researchers found that those who have casual flings get lower grades and have more school-related problems compared with those who abstain.

The findings, presented Sunday at a meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, challenge to some extent assumptions that sexually active teens tend to do poorer in school.

It’s not so much whether a teen has sex that determines academic success, the researchers say, but the type of sexual relationship they’re engaged in. Teens in serious relationships may find social and emotional support in their sex partners, reducing their anxiety and stress levels in life and in school.

Last year, nearly half of high school students reported having sexual intercourse, and 14 percent have had four or more partners, according to a federal survey released this summer.

For the study, University of California, Davis sociologist Bill McCarthy and University of Minnesota sociologist Eric Grodsky analyzed surveys and school transcripts from the largest national follow-up study of teens that began during the 1994-95 academic year. The researchers said not much has changed in terms of when teens first have sex or attitudes toward teen sex in the past decade.

The duo examined how teens’ sexual behaviors affected their learning and controlled for factors that might influence their results.

Among the findings: n Teens in serious relationships did not differ from their abstinent counterparts in terms of their grade-point average, how attached they are to school or college expectations. They were also not more likely to have problems in school, be suspended or absent. n Compared with virgins, teens who have casual sex had lower GPAs, cared less about school and experienced more problems in school. For example, female teens who have flings had GPAs that were 0.16 points lower than abstinent teens. Male teens who have casual sex had GPAs that were 0.30 points lower than those who do not have sex.

Business Opportunities at the Shops at Brookside The Shops at Brookside - Phase I (Adjacent to Bass Pro Shops)

Pricing Incentives:

Local Pancake House or Asian Restaurant space -$25,000 in improvement / equipment allowance -1 Year of Free Rent -No CAM during the first lease year -Must sign a 3 to 5 year lease

Navy: Four ships robbed off Iraqi coast

429-4075

Office Tenants:

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.

Real Estate, Dentist, Physical Therapy, Medical Office, Tourism Office, Rental / Mgmt Office, etc.

-Sign a 3 to 5 year lease -1 full year of free rent -No CAM during the first lease year

Retail:

Arts/Crafts, Pottery, Woodworking, Glass Blowing, Card Shop, Nail Salon, Beauty Salon, Appalachian Artist, Jewelry -Sign 3 year lease -First full year FREE RENT -No CAM for the initial lease year Base Rent: $16 - $22 PSF

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Assistant Manager Position needed for the Sevierville Branch of World Finance Corporation. We offer a competitive salary and a fringe benefit package.

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All interested applicants bring resume to: 970 Dolly Parton Pkwy Sevierville, TN 37862.

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Gatlinburg church seeking part-time music director. Choral directing experience preferred. Send resume to PO Box 347, Gatlinburg TN 37786.

Hiring Maintenance Man & A 3rd shift night-time auditor. Apply in person between 7am-3pm. Four Seasons Motor Lodge, Gatlinburg Immediate Openings for gift shop clerk at local adventure park. Retail & Mic. Excel exp. preferred. $8.00/hr. full or part time.

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Looking for sharp, aggressive individual to fill the position of Account Manger. Must have valid TN Driver's License with good driving record. Apply in person, Rental Depot, K-Mart shopping ctr.

Maintenance man needed for condo project. Serious inquires only. Full time year round employment. Experience required. Please call 436-3547 ext 121 to set up interview.

NOW HIRING Gatlinburg Package Store. Sale/Stock position. Full time. Year round.

Please call 436-7806 to apply in person between 10am-4pm.

Riverstone Resort & Spa is now hiring for Front Desk Clerks & Relief Night Auditor.

Apply in person at 212 Dollywood Lane, Pigeon Forge, left at traffic light #8.

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RESORT POSITIONS AVAILABLE --FRONT DESK PERSONNEL, Friendly, customer-service oriented people for a large resort. 6am until 2pm and 2pm until 10pm shifts available. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, General maintenance-Grounds and Certified AC Tech first shift positions. Apply in person at G a t l i n b u r g Town Square/Village Hotel at 415 Historic Nature Trail.

865-436-1008 Managed by Summer Bay Resorts. All positions : benefits, paid vacation, health, optical and dental insurance available. Competitive wages. An equal opportunity employer, Drug Free Workplace SALES CLERK $10/hr.

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Hotel/Motel

Award winning Clarion looking for dependable customer service oriented personnel.

Full time Front Desk & Night Audit Please apply in person Mon.-Fri. 10a.m.-4p.m. Clarion Inn & Suites, 1100 Parkway, Gat. Hiring for Housekeeping. Apply in person. Smoky Meadows Lodge 2809 Parkway, Pigeon Forge.

Houseman Needed to transport linens and supplies to various places throughout the resort.

Full-time, year round position with benefits. Must have valid driver's license. Tree Tops Resort of Gatlinburg.

865-436-6559 MasterCorp Inc., is hiring Housekeepers and Part Time Laundry Personnel. We offer excellent wages, training, and weekly pay. Must be able to work weekends.

Call 865-621-7128 NOW HIRING for Experienced Front Desk Clerk and Housekeepers. Apply in person at Red Roof Inn, Pigeon Forge.

Now hiring full and part time housekeepers. Tree Tops Resort of Gatlinburg.

865-436-6559.

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Restaurant

Blaine's Bar & Grill now hiring Kitchen Assistant Manager.

Exp a plus. Please apply in person Mon-Fri 11:30-2:30 Cook wanted. Fast food.

Grill/fryer, full-time year round.

Nights, 3-11pm, Tues-Sat. Apply Famous Fries, 716 Parkway, Gatlinburg.

Cracker Barrel is looking for friendly, enthusiastic servers who enjoy a fast-paced atmosphere. Apply in person beside Krispy Kreme.

Now accepting applications for team members & shift managers. PF location. All shifts. Apply online at: apply.bojangles.com. EOE drug free workplace.

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Child Care

HILLTOP CHILD DEVELOPMENT CTR. now accepting all ages and also enrolling pre-K program. Call 428-2440.

0610

Townhome for rent 2BR/2BA $645 month includes water/sewer 908-6789

Quiet country setting 2BR/1BA, stove, ref., D/W disposal/micro., W/D hook-up, club house/pool/picnic area 24hr. maint. Year lease, behind S.C.H.S. Great spacious place to live. Dogs ok with deposit.

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Furniture

New 4pc.

Bedroom Group

Dresser, mirror, 4 Drawer chest, headboard. $399 Cagles Furniture and Appliances

453-0727

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Machinery & Tools

Lift Genie, model 1930. 160 hours. 500lb capacity. Raises 19ft. $3,000. 865-809-5434.

0554 Wanted to Rent/Buy/ Trade

WANTED: Wheel chair lift, auto rear mount.

865-428-2139

0563 Misc. Items for Sale

For Sale

A-1 pre-owned dryers, washers, ranges & refrigerators.

All with warranty.

Cagles Furniture and Appliances

453-0727

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Unfurnished Apartments

1 & 2 Bedroom near G’burg

Furnished Apartments/Houses

GATLINBURG TROLLEY RT. 2BR No pets. Deposit required. 865-621-3015

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Homes for Rent

2 Homes For Rent: Each one 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath.

One is near Five Oaks Mall and the other is near the Old Mill. No pets, 1 year lease, $800/mo. Call Mark between 7:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

865-453-5500.

2 newly remodeled 3BD/2BA houses in Sevierville. Call 429-3201.

2BD/1BA home for rent. Close to exit 407. No Pets. $500 mo, $300 dep. 865-690-2408 2BR House Close to Sevierville. Water & sewer furnished.

C/HA. W/D hook up. $600/mo. + $400 damage dep. No pets.

382-1966 or 453-9269.

Available for rent, 3BR/2BA, 1.6 acres, storage bldg, pool, hot tub. $1000/mo. Near Walter State College. Must have references. 865-712-0216

428-5227 NICE, CLEAN 1 BR / 1 BA IN SEVIERVILLE $380.00 + DEPOSIT NO PETS 865-712-5238

Park Village Apartments Taking Applications

865-428-5280 Townhouse Newly Updated 2BR/1.5BA Covered Parking 7 $ #ONN s MTH

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Beautiful, spacious, 1100 sq ft.

2BD/1BA. Close to New Center School. 865-742-6176 Gateway Village Apartments Affordable family housing 1, 2, 3 BR aparts. Appliances, on-site laundry, convenient to city park. 120 West Paine St. Sevierville 865-453-1729. Income limits apply. Section 8, elderly, mobility impaired encouraged to apply.

EHO/Handicap Accessible.

Gatlinburg Dwntwn, 1BD/1BA walk to work. Appl furn, No pets. 1st+sec. 865-430-3271

Near Hospital 2BR/1.5BA

All Appliances 24 hr. Maintenance

$550 month Some Pets

774-2494 or 386-1655 RIVERWALK - Sevierville

AFFORDABLE LUXURY APARTMENTS

Belle Meadows Available in Aug. 3BR 2BA w/ 2 car garage Approx. 1800 Sq ft. $1200 865-429-2962

$925 + deposit 865-428-5212

Field Crest Subdivision 3BR/2BA w/2 car garage Large lot, approx. 1500 sq ft. $1,095 mo. 865-429-4470 For Rent. 2BR 2BA completely furnished includes utilities. Just off Parkway in Pigeon Forge. $1,000 mo., $1,000 dep. No pets.

453-8184 House in Seymour: 3BR, 1BA, LR, kit., laundry room.

Located on deadend street.

Quiet neighborhood. NO PETS! No smoking. $600/mo. + $500 damage deposit. References required. Please call 865-577-3869.

TVA Energy Efficient for Low Cost Electric 1 BR/1 BA - 784 Sq. Ft. 2 BR/2 BA - 1114 Sq. Ft. $545 to $735 Screened Porches Professional Decor & Colors Washer/Dryer Connections or Use our on-site laundry Skylights & Vaulted Ceilings Some Pets Welcome Furnished Corporate Suites Available

$950.00/MO. + DEP. NO PETS.

Call 428-5161

Apartment available new 2BD/1BA w/d hook-up. 1,000 sq ft. Sevierville. 429-3201 Apartments available 2BD/1BA. Pigeon Forge/Sevierville. 429-3201

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Mobile Homes for Rent

2 & 3 Bedroom near Douglas Dam, $450-$475 mo + Dep. 933-5894 or 382-7781.

Nice clean 2BD/2BA, off I-40, between exit 402 & 407. $475 mo + dep. 865-850-2047.

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3BR/2BA $500-$700/mth Boyds Creek Area No pets.

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Sev & Kodak, 2+1, DW $500mo, 2+2 $475mo, No Pets. 865-740-2525

865-621-2941

DOWNTOWN SEVIERVILLE 428 Park Rd.

near trolley stop

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Includes All Utilities.

Free Wi-Fi, Cable, Laundry, Kitchens, Clean Rooms, NO PETS.

405-2116

Gatlinburg Rooms for Rent Furnished All Utilities, Cable and Tax included

$100 per week 865-621-2941 Gatlinburg/Dudley Creek

Rent by the week, month, or year. Furnished, plus elec., cable & w/ sewer included.

Call for appt.

865-429-2962

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Business Places/ Offices

SHOPS FOR RENT. ELKS PLAZA 968 Parkway, Gatlinburg. 865-436-7550.

If you have a problem with the delivery of your morning The Mountain Press, please call the Circulation Department at 428-0748, ext. 230 & 231 Monday - Friday and your paper will be delivered to you on the same day. Newspapers from calls after 10:00 a.m. will be delivered with the next day’s paper.

On Saturday, Sunday and holidays you may dial 428-0748 extensions 230 & 231. If complaints are received between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m., papers will be delivered the same day. Newspapers from calls received after 10:00 a.m. will be delivered with the next day’s paper.

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Visit us at 240 Riverwalk Dr. 429-4470 www.seviervilleapartments.com

$650-$1,000 Monthly

865-712-5238

NEW HOMES FOR RENT

On Lake! 1BR Townhome.

Electric/H20 included. $150 wk+dep. 865-640-8751

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865-850-3874 HOUSE FOR RENT $850/ mo. $104,900 *Lease Purchase Option Buyer incentives available

2 BR & 2 BA

Boyds Creek Area

(865) 223-5677 after 5 (865) 850-7253

JACUZZI TUB IN MASTER BATH VERY NICE, PIGEON FORGE

Wears Valley 3 BR 2 Bath 2300 sq ft $1500 mo Lease/purchase option (865) 607-4792

2 BR & 2 1/2 BA HOUSE NICE/CLEAN SEVIERVILLE

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Condominiums for Rent Want to Live in Luxury?...

Call Today!

APARTMENT 2 BR & 1 BA

3BR/3BA Executive Condos in Sevierville, 3100 sq. ft. swimming pool, pets welcome, loaded with all amenities.

INCLUDES WASHER/DRYER PIGEON FORGE

Call 865-428-5161

3 BR & 2 BA

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HOUSE - BEAUTIFUL SEVIERVILLE

Duplexes for Rent

Duplex 2BR Gatlinburg, 527 Foothill. No pets. Credit check. $575 + dep. 865-690-2766

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2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhomes

Mobile Homes for Rent

For Rent

Beautiful Creekside Rooms in Gatlinburg

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**NICE, CLEAN**

865-430-9671 865-228-7533 423-276-5678

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN SEVIERVILLE

Rooms for Rent

WHO YA GONNA CALL?

3BR, 2BA, near Boyd’s Creek Elem.

Garage, deck, fenced + other extras.

$450 & up Discount on 1st month’s rent.

1BR $395 2BR $495 Great views from patio 908-2062 1BR apt. 710 West Main St. No W/D hkup. Newly refinished. $400 mth.

865-453-2026 or 548-1486 2BR/1.5BA C/H, stove, frig, furn. Sevierville NO PETS, patio -$500+. 453-5079

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3 BR / 2 BA WITH GARAGE IN KODAK AREA

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428-0746

Unfurnished Apartments

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The Mountain Press ď ľ Monday, August 16, 2010 1BD/1BA Cabin with swimming pool at Laughing Pines on Walden's Creek Rd. $199,900. 865-548-4565.

2BR/2BA jacq tub, FP, stove, refrig, microwv, dshwshr near schools & hospital. $98,900.

865-984-0141 or 919-4023.

Furnished cabin on 2.5 Acres with detached 2 car garage, workshop & hook up for motor home. Just $120,000 Call Elaine at Homes R Us 865-453-6923

RENT, LEASE/PURCHASE Owner Finance, $1250 mo.

Brick, 3BR/2BA, 2350 SF. Heat/Cool BSMT, New Kitchen & Baths, Jacuzzi, Patio. Fenced Corner Lot. Near Walmart

898-7925

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Condominiums for Sale

2 New condos for sale--$189,000, 1,700sf Living, 2 car gar, Jacuzzi, Fpl, Hardwood, All Appl. 865-654-3667 or 865-429-5065

0734

Lots & Acreage

Campsites Full hook up. Near Douglas Lake. $275 mth.

933-5894 or 382-7781.

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Mobile Homes for Sale

New Double-wides Single-wides Trades Welcome ,AND (OME s 0ACKAGES Call to Qualify

865-566-1733 0760 Business Properties Established Gatlinburg Market & Grill for lease. Call 865-548-4565 Established time share OPC location. 305 Airport Rd, Gatlinburg.

For Lease.

865-548-4565 Excellent Zip-line location. 42 acres on Walden's Creek Rd. between Laughing Pines & Summit Subdiv. $750,000 possible owner financing.

865-548-4565

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Motorcycles

1980 HONDA, CM2. Beautiful bike, 9800 miles, $1500. Call 865-365-7202.

0868

Cars for Sale

2001 MUSTANG $5500. AC, DVD. One owner since new.

Well maintained. 365-7202.

1342

Storage, Indoor/ Outdoor 10X10 or 10X20 SELF STORAGE

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Legals NOTICE

On August 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM, 324 Wears Valley Rd, Pigeon Forge, Tn. Pigeon Forge Storage will sell to the highest and last bidder the contents of the following units to satisfy delinquent rents: Armstrong, D Call, T Collett, A Collins, A Gallagher, B Grant, J Haithcock, T Heater, H Myers, D Oneill, C Osborne, R Phillips, D Rios, J Roberts, S Sosa, R Steele, B Taylor, W Turner, A

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Pigeon Forge Storage 324 Wears Valley Rd. Pigeon Forge, Tn 37864 (865)428-5749 8/9, 8/16 PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Commissioners of Sevier County Utility District will meet Monday, August 23, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at the Law Offices of Sharp & Ripley located at 248 Bruce Street, Sevierville, TN. 8/16

HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

EGALS Legals

The Sevier County School system does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, genetic background, age, disability, or veteran status in provision of educational opportunities, programs, activities, or employment opportunities and benefits. Inquiries or completed grievance forms should be referred to Larry Stott, Title VI Coordinator; or Mike Helton, title IX Coordinator; at 226 Cedar Street, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862

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Cleaning Services

Check out the Classifieds to find the perfect home.

The p/up #, 250451, is not in our system.

Please give valid p/up attach pdf of ad. 1162 Home Improvement 1162 or Home Improvement Thanks. & Repair & Repair

KELLY’S HOME IMPROVEMENT

20 Yrs. Exp. Refs. Available

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865-206-3294 Excavating

Excavating/Land Clearing Driveway Repairs & Grading

Call Ty 368-2361

1162 Home Improvement & Repair

1162 Home Improvement & Repair

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HOUSE CLEANING

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Sell your unused household items with....

... give the Classifieds a try.

429-2962

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FIND HIDDEN CASH

Your key to finding a new home!

Convenient Location!

411 South, left on Robert Henderson Rd., 1/4 mile on right at Riverwalk Apts.

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Homes for Sale

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Remodeling?

Combs Construction 25 years experience fully licensed and insured

We do everything from decks to building your house All work guaranteed

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Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

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Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

BUSHHOGGING-CLEARING, DUMPTRUCK GRADING, BACKHOE. LIC. & INS.

CAMPBELL ENTERPRISES 865-850-2078

Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

Yard Mowing & Weedeating, Yard Clean Up, Hauling Trash & Brush, Trees Cut & Removal & Trimmed

865-654-0892

1198

No job too small

363-8555

1198

Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

MCKINNEY LAWN SERVICE Landscaping, All Drain Work, Mulching, Mowing, Pressure Washing.

WE DO IT ALL. Quality Work. Senior Discount 20 yrs exp.

654-9078

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Roofing

1318 Small Engine Repair Small Engine & Equipment Repair Best Labor Rate in Tennessee Sevierville

865-456-9312 561-662-5986

Back-to-School Essential

A16 ◆ Comics Family Circus

The Mountain Press ◆ Monday, August 16, 2010 Close to Home

Advice

Adult son inconsiderate, but not obligated to tell mom he’d be late

Zits

Blondie

Baby Blues

Beetle Bailey

Dear Annie: A while ago, my husband, my adult son and I attended a family function in a different city. My husband left for home a day earlier, so my son and I ended up sharing a room before our early-morning flight. That night there was a party to which he was invited.

I had a wonderful evening on my own. But by 2:30 a.m., my son still had not returned and there were no messages. I texted him, saying I hoped he was not wrapped around a tree.

A few minutes later, he replied, saying he was on his way back.

The next morning, he could not understand why I was upset that he didn’t let me know when he planned to come home, nor was he willing to apologize for making me worry. He said he doesn’t let his girlfriend know if he’s going to be out late, so why should he tell me?

I think this is a basic lack of courtesy. But a friend of mine says I’m expecting too much, and that this is how today’s young adults function. I need to add that I think the world of my son. He’s funny, smart, loving and easy to talk with. So, Annie, am I expecting too much? -- Wondering in Santa Fe, N.M. Dear Santa Fe: No. Although your son is not obligated to tell you his whereabouts on a regular basis, it is a matter of consideration to do so when he is staying with you, since you would otherwise worry. He sounds like a great kid, so we are sure if you explain this to him, he will try harder

not to cause needless anxiety to those he cares about.

Dear Annie: My husband’s daughter is gay, and his late uncle, who was like a father to him, was also gay.

My husband’s two sisters ostracized their uncle and have no contact with his daughter, which has created a lot of resentment. My husband has not spoken with his sisters in years, but one sends an annual Christmas card with family photos. They refuse to apologize or change and see no reason to try.

I think deep inside, my husband would like to have a relationship with his sisters. He believes family is important. But he thinks all psychologists are charlatans and would definitely refuse to get counseling. Do you see any hope for this sad state of affairs? -Feeling for Him Dear Feeling: You cannot change anyone without their cooperation. There is no magic solution to these painful situations. Your husband has the choice of accepting his sisters as they are or leaving things estranged. Your job is to help him understand this, and then be supportive of whatever decision he makes.

Dear Annie: I read your answer to “Devastated and Frustrated,” whose

t o d ay ’ s p u z z l e

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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

For Better Or Worse

Tina’s Groove

daughter-in-law treats her like dirt. I don’t understand why you often tell the parents to “play nice.” Why on earth should they? This daughter-in-law is a selfish, passive-aggressive, vindictive person.

My heart goes out to this mother who is unable to visit her grandchildren. Since when is it so bad to drop in on your kids? Yet it’s OK for them to ask for money?

The daughter-in-law is doing those grandchildren a disservice by not allowing them to see their grandparents. One day, they will understand that there are two sides to every story. You certainly should have at least told that daughter-in-law to play nice with her husband’s parents. -- Mrs. R. Dear Mrs. R.: The daughter-in-law didn’t write to us. While she is not behaving well, neither is “Devastated.” In order to see those grandchildren, one of them needs to “play nice,” and we can only advise the person who wrote.

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.

To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The community calendar is printed as space permits. Items must be submitted at least five days in advance.

Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered.

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

monday, aug. 16 Hot Meals

Hot Meals For Hungry Hearts 5:30-6:30 p.m., Henderson Chapel Baptist Church, 407 Henderson Road, Pigeon Forge.

Sponsored by SMARM.

PBP Kindergarten

Parents of kindergarten students will meet at Pi Beta Phi Elementary at 5 p.m. to process paperwork.

Attendance schedules at 5 p.m.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace Women’s Bible study: n 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn. 436-0313. n 1 p.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church, Chapman and Boyds Creek n 6:30 p.m., Gatlinburg Call 436-0313 for location

Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric Surgery Support Group will no longer meet at Echota Resort Clubhouse. Phone 453-6841 or 712-3287 for information on new location.

Angel Food

Angel Food orders: n 2-6 p.m., Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd. 429-2508. n 11 a.m.-5 p.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 9081245.

TUESday, aug. 17 Republicans

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

Scrapbook Club

Scrapbook Club meets 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and 5:30-10 p.m., Whispering Winds Scrapbook retreat off Snapp Road. 429-3721.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 1 p.m. Ski Mountain Road. 436-6434 for location n 6:30 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC

Crewettes

Sevier County Crewettes meet at 7 p.m. at Rescue Squad, Sevierville. 4533861 or 453-8572.

Relay Celebration

Relay For Life wrapup event, 6:30 p.m., Christmas Place Inn. Contact Robin Kurtz, 9085789

Angel Food

Angel Food orders: n 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd. 429-2508. n 10 a.m.-4 p.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 9081245.

Mothers Day Out

Mothers Day Out, First Baptist Gatlinburg, now enrolling for fall. Tuesdays and Thursdays for ages 1-4.

436-4685.

Old Harp Singing

Old Harp shape note singing 7 p.m., Middle Creek UMC, 1828 Middle Creek Road. 428-0874. Tunebooks provided. www.oldharp. org.

Commodity Food

USDA Commodity Food distributed 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sevier County Fairgrounds.

Proof of household income must be presented. 4537131.

Roe Talk to Veterans

U.S. Rep. Phil Rowe will to speak to veterans at 4 p.m., American Legion Post 104, 403 West Main, Sevierville. He will discuss planned outpatient clinic.

Legion membership not required to attend.

WEDNESday, aug. 18 Farmers Market

Farmers market 8-11:30 a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

St. Paul Lutheran

Events at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road, Sevierville.

429-6063. n Ten Commandments sermon series, 7 p.m. n Ice cream social following 7 p.m. service. n Bible study in Exodus.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Sugar Tree Road, Wears Valley. 4284932, n 9 a.m. Wellington Place. 429-5131

THURSday, aug. 19 Submarine Veterans

Smoky Mountain submarine vets meet at 6 p.m., Bass Pro Shops restaurant. www.SmokyMountainBase. com, 429-0465 or 6923368.

Hot Meals

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries provides hot meals 5:30-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Sevierville and Kodak United Methodist. 9335996.

TOPS

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

Alzheimer’s Support

Alzheimer’s Support Group meets 3 p.m.

Wellington Place. Sherry Woten, 774-2221.

Women’s Bible Study

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

a.m. at Wal-Mart today and Aug. 21-22. E-mail to earl1969@charter.net.

SATURday, aug. 21 Farmers Markets

n 8-11:30 a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

Radio Service n First Baptist Church on Sevier County Emergency Chapman Highway, 7-11 Radio Service, 7:30 p.m., EOC office on Bruce Street. a.m. 579-5433. n Gatlinburg Farmers 314-0899. www.freewebs.

Market, 8:30-11 a.m., com/aresradio parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321.

Library Theater Anna Porter Public Library 659-0690. free showing of “The River Terrace Reunion Lovely Bones” 6:30 p.m.

Reunion of River Terrace 436-5588. employees, noon, Mynatt Park in Gatlinburg. Bring FRIday, aug. 20 family, friends and photos.

Burgers/hot dogs provided; MOPS bring side dish. (423) 487Mothers of Preschoolers 3445. through kindergarten and expectant mothers, 9:30-noon, first and third Angel Food Friday. Childcare provided.

Angel Food pick-up: Evergreen Church. 428n 8-11 a.m., Gum Stand 3001.

Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd. 429-2508. n 8-10 a.m. First Smoky St. Paul Lutheran Mountain Church of the Women’s Friday Bible Nazarene, 2652 Upper study 10 a.m., St. Paul Middle Creek Road. 908Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road, Sevierville.

1245.

429-6063.

Relay Concert

Relay for Life a country/ gospel/bluegrass musical event with Dean Townsend and Phil Campbell, 8 p.m., Sevierville Civic Center. $10 at door, 13/under free.

453-0415, ext. 148.

Relay Cookout

Wal-Mart Heroes and Team Dress Barn will have Relay For Life burger/hot dog cookout starting at 10

Carry Permit Class

Handgun carry permit class 8:30 a.m., Dandridge Police Department. To register (865) 397-8862 ext.

26, or 356-7423.

Daughters of 1812

Thomas Ogle Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812, meets 2 p.m. at King Family Library. Program

by Laura Bales on Fort McHenry,

Scuba Class

Scuba Class 10 a.m.5 p.m., Gatlinburg Community Center. $100, includes equipment. 6545373 to register.

Soccer Boosters

Sevier County High Soccer Boosters Club banquet 6:30 p.m., River Plantation. $250 for two guests. 8681598.

Banner Baptist Supper

Banner Baptist Church, 209 Beech Branch Road off Spur, supper and action 5 p.m. to benefit Youth Charities Fund. Adults $5, children 6-12 $2.50.

SUNday, aug. 16 Laurel Branch

Laurel Branch Baptist Church homecoming service 10:30 a.m. following Sunday School at 9:30.

Chambers Reunion

Descendants of Jake & Elizabeth Chambers reunion 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 104, Sevierville. Bring covered dish. 661-5627.

Lawson Reunion

Thomas Houston Lawson and Winnie Texanna Tuck Lawson reunion, 12:30 p.m. Metcalf Bottoms picnic area. Bring lunch.

774-7440.

Sunday Night Alive

Gatlinburg First UMC 6 p.m. fellowship of contemporary music and worship followed by a hot meal. 436-4691.

Monday Aug. 23 Hot Meals

Hot Meals For Hungry Hearts 5:30-6:30 p.m., Henderson Chapel Baptist Church, 407 Henderson Road, Pigeon Forge.

Sponsored by SMARM.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace Women’s Bible study: n 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn. 436-0313. n 1 p.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church, Chapman and Boyds Creek n 6:30 p.m., Gatlinburg Call 436-0313 for location

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