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Fire damages ’Burg restaurant By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer

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Spike Lee is director and producer of “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,” airing Monday and Tuesday on HBO.

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GATLINBURG — A grease fire in a restaurant forced firefighters to evacuate Riverbend Mall for several hours Friday and to briefly close the Parkway. The fire was confined to the

kitchen of a restaurant on the second floor of the mall, said Fire Chief Greg Miller. “Our guys did a great job to get a quick knockdown where we were able to save the rest of the structure and confine the fire to the kitchen of that one area,” he said. The call came in shortly after

noon, he said. Firefighters evacuated the mall as a precaution; it reopened around 3 p.m. “We evacuated the entire mall just to allow the firefighters to work and to prevent exposure to smoke or heat.” The restaurant remains closed due to smoke and fire damage, and

the store below it was closed due to water damage, Johnson said. The Parkway was shut down for about a half-hour, Miller said, but once the fire was extinguished they reopened lanes in both directions. No injuries were reported. n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

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Spike Lee directs HBO’s “If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise” inside

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Veterans of the USS Enterprise attending a reunion in Pigeon Forge include, from left, Bill Slupe, Bill Hines, Gene Lorentzen and Max Touchton. They swapped stories amid souvenirs of their time on the carrier.

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Obituaries Sue Smith, 68 Robert Burse, 90 Barbara Lackey, 63 Mary Young, 68 Barbara Spangler, 73 DETAILS, Page A4

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Corrections Sevier County Bank provided the $1,500 on Tuesday that helped Sevier County Relay For Life near its $340,000 goal. Another source for the money was named in a story in Thursday’s edition. The Mountain Press regrets the error and is glad to set the record straight.

Veterans of USS Enterprise recall their days on board By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

The name Enterprise has been assigned to eight U.S. Navy vessels over the years, including Big E’s predecessor: the CV-6, a carrier that bore the same PIGEON FORGE — She was the longest, the fastest, the largest and the first. nickname. Taller than the Empire State Building if she sat on her end, to this She’s literally in a class all her own. day the Enterprise remains the longest Perhaps that’s a simple explanation of why men have come from all over the naval vessel in the world. She might not bear that title if the other six vessels set country to Pigeon Forge this week to to be constructed in her class had been. remember and celebrate the lady they Rising costs forced those plans to be call “Big E.” scrapped. They’re the men of the USS Beyond that, she’s also the oldest Enterprise. The veterans of the world’s first nucle- ship in Navy history with one possible ar-powered aircraft carrier gather nearly exception. At 49 years of continuous service that has taken her from the Gulf every year to swap stories and recall the floating city that handily outpaced a of Tonkin to the Cuban missile crisis, destroyer during her test runs. This year, she technically rates second in age among commissioned vessels. The USS at the urging of a couple Tennesseans Constitution, a relic of the days when including organizer Bill Newby, they’ve George Washington was president, actucome to the Smoky Mountains. ally holds the title. “The people here have been very nice Sadly, the Enterprise is due to be and there’s a lot for our people to do during the free time,” Enterprise veteran See enterprise, Page A4 Doug Braun of Billings, Mont., says.

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The USS Enterprise was the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier.

Bank purchases Gatlinburg plaza By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer GATLINBURG — Pinnacle National Bank has purchased Dogwood Plaza in a foreclosure sale. The plaza was previously owned by MacKinnon Development; the development company’s owners also own Lineberger’s Restaurant which anchors the two-year-old shopping center in downtown Gatlinburg. Andrew MacKinnon of MacKinnon Development announced plans for major renovations to the restaurant and surrounding property in 2005. His company spent more than $20 million on the renovations and improvements, adding space for stores and a new parking area. It is home to the Hollywood Wax Museum, the new See gatlinburg, Page A4

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When Dogwood Plaza opened in the summer of 2008, it was touted as a $20 million project in the heart of downtown Gatlinburg.

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Workers remove debris from a bridge washed out by flooding in the Double Springs community outside Cookeville on Thursday.

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Downpours hit Tennessee hard, lead to flooding NASHVILLE (AP) — Deluged Tennessee saw more rain Thursday that washed out a commuter rail line a day after flooding swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a freight train. Forecasters expected more heavy showers to fall over the Southeast. The downpours that began Wednesday hit some of the same parts of Middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, but forecasters don’t expect it to wreak the same kind of havoc. However, no deaths have been reported so far. In Mt. Juliet, just outside Nashville, shop owner Richard Dorer awoke Thursday and was watching the morning television news when he saw the strip mall where his Teach a Child store is located was flooded. The store sells educational books, games and CDs. Dorer said the store was also swamped when historic flooding struck in early May. “That was supposed to be

Ramsey OK with defeat NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says he’s looking forward to supporting candidates in their legislative races now that his gubernatorial run has ended. Ramsey spoke to reporters at the Capitol on Thursday. The Blountville Republican said the fact that he’s not the gubernatorial nominee actually gives him more time to help others campaign. Bill Haslam, the Knoxville mayor and former president of family owned Pilot Corp., won 47 percent of the GOP vote in the primary earlier this month As for his loss, Ramsey said: “It just wasn’t meant to be, and ... I’m comfortable with that.�

a once in a thousand year flood and now it’s twice in a thousand years,� Dorer said. “We will be lucky to come back from this.� About 4 to 6 inches of rain fell during five hours overnight in the area where Dorer’s shop is located, prompting a few water rescues and road closures, said National Weather Service forecaster John Cohen. The storm system had weakened by sunrise and moved east, but not before dumping up more than 11 inches of rain in places like Cookeville, Westmoreland and Carthage. Meanwhile, heavy rains washed out the Regional Transportation Authority’s commuter rail track between Lebanon and Mt. Juliet. Buses were sent to ferry passengers between the stations. Most earlier flash flood watches and warnings in Tennessee had expired by late Thursday morning, but a flood warning was posted for Nashville. A flood warning was still in effect for two creeks northeast of Nashville until 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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In this photo provided by the Cookeville Police Department, a train carrying sand derails after water washed away the tracks. The National Weather Service said as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued to spill water from Old Hickory Dam — upstream from the city on the Cumberland River — the river level at Nashville was expected to reach flood stage. National Weather Service forecaster Bobby Boyd said the Cumberland was expected to reach 40.1 feet at Nashville at midnight Thursday. At that level, Boyd said, there would be minor flooding along the banks in the Pennington Bend area, which flooded in May. There would also be

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Library to host free online business course Submitted Report SEVIERVILLE — Bill Carlson, representative of ReferenceUSA, an online database provided free to the public through the Sevier County Public Library System’s Web site, will offer suggestions and research tips for developing your own business and conducting a successful job search. The workshop will be Sept. 15 in the first floor computer lab of King Fanmily Library. From 4-5 p.m., Carlson will give advice for developing a small business by training patrons to research competitive business intelligence, providing marketing tips and more. From 6 to 7 p.m., Carlson will provide an array of information and techniques for landing a job. This training is free. Classes are limited to 20. Call Robin Cogdill at 365-1417 to pre-register.

Belk to host special party Submitted Report SEVIERVILLE — Future brides and grooms are invited to Belk at River Place on Aug. 26 for the store’s Engagement Party event that offers food, beverages, entertainment and prizes. The three-hour event kicks off at 5:30 p.m.

Certified bridal consultants will be on hand to give advice and help couples. Consultants will help guests create a personal registry. This event is free and open to the public. Guests will receive a wedding registry planner. Special product displays will be featured throughout the store.

Tourism to be topic for Rotary Club meeting SEVIERVILLE — Steve Morse, an economist and director of the Tourism Institute at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, will speak to the Sevierville Rotary Club at its Tuesday meeting. The cub will meet at noon at The River Plantation, 1004 Parkway. Morse is a professor in the Department of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management where he teaches courses in Hospitality Revenue Management and Price Theory, and economic trends in the hotel, restaurant and tourism industries. Morse tracks economic trends in the hotel, restaurant and tourism sectors in the Southeast and U.S. He conducts workshops and seminars for national and local tourism organizations and chambers of commerce to better understand the impact of tourist spending on the economic development of area economies. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Georgia, and his Ph.D. from UT. Morse will discuss the significance of the tourism industry to the Sevierville and Sevier County economy. He will also provide data and trends regarding recent local economic impact.

arrests Editor’s Note: The following information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. u William Selby Burke, 54, of 506 Pine Mountain Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged Aug. 18 with violation of probation. He was released. u Colleen Debra Bush, 21, of Newport, was charged Aug. 18 with aggravated burglary. She was released on $7,500 bond. u Jason Daniel Helmuth, 26, of 103 Pine Mountain Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged Aug. 18 with driving on a suspended license. He was being held. u Jamal Lasean Johnson, 24, of 1863 Upper Middle Creek Road in Sevierville, was charged Aug. 19 with domestic violence assault. He was being held in lieu of $2,500 bond. u Rene Samuel Kendall, 51, of 3241 Gold Dust Drive in Pigeon forge, was charged Aug. 19 with domestic violence assault. He was being held in lieu of $1,500 bond. u Kristi Miller Kocer, 47, of 467 Gatlin Drive in Gatlinburg, was charged Aug. 18 with domestic violence assault. She was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond. u Jerry McKinney, 22, of 215 W. Mount Road Lot 1 in Kodak, was charged Aug. 18 with domestic violence assault. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Jerry McKi9nney, 48, of 215 W. Mount Road Lot 1 in Kodak, was charged Aug. 18 with domestic violence assault. He was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond. u Regina Lynn McKinney, 43, of 215 W. Mount Road Lot 1 in Kodak, was charged Aug. 18 with domestic violence assault. She was released on $2,500 bond. u Mary Alice Medley, 50, of 535 Golf Road in Pigeon forge, was charged Aug. 18 with public intoxication. She was being held in lieu of $250 bond. u Michelle Poe, 29, of Jefferson City, Tenn., was charged Aug. 19 with a misdemeanor arrant from general sessions court. She was

being held. u Stephen Chandler Reis, 26, of 2887 Victory Lane in Sevierville, was charged Aug. 18 with DUI. He was released. u Sandra Therese Renfrow, 41, of Newport, was charged Aug. f18 with aggravated burglary. She was released on $7,500 bond. u Kenneth Daniel Tetro, 55, of 350 Westmoreland Court in Seymour ,was charged Aug.. 18 with shoplifting. HE was being held in lieu of $500 bond. u Amanda Fay Louis Underwood, 24, of 634 Dwight Lane in Sevierville, was charged aug. 18 with two counts of aggravated burglary. She was being held in lieu of $7,500 bond.

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An unidentified man in Mexico walks near a footbridge across the Rio Grande connecting the United States and Mexico near Acala, Texas. The bridge is one of two structures at opposite ends of a towering $2.4 billion West Texas stretch of steel border fence designed to block illegal entry.

No matter what you call it, border bridge causes concern ACALA, Texas (AP) — On each side of a towering West Texas stretch of the $2.4 billion border fence designed to block people from illegally entering the country, there are two metal footbridges, clear paths into the United States from Mexico. The footpaths that could easily guide illegal immigrants and smugglers across the Rio Grande without getting wet seem to be there because of what amounts to federal linguistics. While just about anyone would call them bridges, the U.S.Mexico group that owns them calls them something else. “Technically speaking it’s not a bridge, it’s a grade control structure,” said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, which maintains the integrity of the 1,200mile river border between the U.S. and Mexico. The structures under the spans help prevent the river — and therefore the international border — from shifting. Spener said the river was straightened years ago to stabilize and prevent a shift during high river flow. Without the structures, which also help slow the flow of water in the river, she said it could erode its banks, wash out the river bed and degrade natural habitats. Whatever they’re

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called, there are fresh sneaker tracks on the structures — indicating they’re being used as passages into the country. After a private meeting with Rio Grande Valley police chiefs Thursday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said news of the unsecured footbridges did not surprise him. “This is a long border,” Perry said. “It’s been discouraging that there’s something as obvious (as the bridges) and the federal government hasn’t addressed it.” The realization that a

section of the border fence is sandwiched between two footbridges comes at a time of heightened alarm along the U.S.-Mexico border as the drug war in northern Mexico continues unabated. President Barack Obama ordered thousands of National Guard troops to the border but Perry has railed that the federal government isn’t doing enough to keep Americans safe and illegal immigrants out. The steel fencing that dots about 600 miles of border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California was built under former President

George W. Bush’s administration amid a national outcry for border security. The steel fencing appears in urban areas, while more rural areas have shorter, concrete vehicle barriers. “If we are spending so much money on a fence, why not put some into cutting (the bridges) out, eliminating an easy access at a place that is not a port?” said Don Reay, executive director of the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition. The footbridges were built in the 1930s as part of a treaty with Mexico, Spener said.

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obituaries

Work starts up again on popular park roads By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

In Memoriam

Barbara A. Spangler, age 73, of Seymour, TN passed away Wednesday August 18, 2010. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she is survived by her husband, Billey Spangler; daughter, Lisa Spangler; sons Scott and Mark Spangler; mother Eva Fogle; brothers, sisters and grandchildren. Barbara worked at the Tennessee Baptist Foundation and following retirement volunteered and worked at Ladies of Charity. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 307 Black Oak Ridge Road, Seymour, TN on Saturday, August 21, 2010. Celebrating Mass immediately following will be Father Ragan Schriver. A gathering of friends and family will follow. Arrangements by Cremation Options, Inc. (865) 6WE-CARE (693-2273) n www.cremationoptionsinc.com

In Memoriam

Mary Lou Gannon Young

Mary Lou (Gannon) Young, age 68 of Sevierville, TN formerly of Toler, KY went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Born July 8,1942 in Williamson, WV, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Eliza Charles Gannon. Mary Lou was a nurse at the old Williamson Memorial Hospital for several years, and was a department head at Kmart for 18 years. She was a member of the Parkway Baptist Church of Sevierville. Survivors include her husband, James Douglas Young of Sevierville, TN; 2 sons, Glen Douglas (Michelle “Mickey�) Young of Forest Hills, KY and Clinton (Ethel) Young of Kodak, TN; 1 daughter, Teresa Gayle Young (John W.) Sesco of Turkey Creek, KY; 3 sisters, Lilly Ruth Sesco, Marvella (Carl) Stollings, and Ida Marie (Chickadee) Hardin; 2 brothers, Olin Dexter Gannon and Golden (Red) Gannon; her grandchildren, Joshua D. Young, Jessica L. Young, Crystal N. Sesco, and Kaylee D. Sesco; her step-grandchildren, Rebecca Stanley, Haley Stanley, Jennie (Eric) Hunt, Charley-Buddy (Sheena) Jude, Amber R. Belcher, and Jacob D. Belcher; her great-grandchildren, Jayden Hunt, Brody Hunt, Keilee Lovell, Brandon Scott Lovell Jr., Jordan D. Lovell, AIyssa G. Akers, MacKenzie S. Doto, Leila B. Stacy, and Joshua D. Young II. Also surviving is a host of nieces and nephews, and her special friends Carlene Young, Phyllis and Glenn Clinton, Dale and Jeanette Prophet, Preacher Andy and Barbara Miller, and Patty Powell. Funeral service was held Wednesday, August 18, 2010 in Kentucky.

In Memoriam

Barbara Turman Lackey Barbara Turman Lackey, age 63 of Sevierville, went to be with the Lord on August 12, 2010 after a long battle with lung cancer. Ms. Lackey was born in Washington, DC and lived most of her life in Fredericksburg, VA before making Sevierville, TN her home. She is survived by her daughter Yvonne Beasley and husband Timothy Beasley of Fredericksburg, VA, her two sons David Turman and Mike Turman of Fredericksburg, VA. She also has 7 grandchildren: Heather, Tj, Kimberly, Ashley and Justin Beasley, Brandon Turman and Jarrett Holloway Turman. She is also survived by her companion of many years John Holbrook and her best friend Bunni Thomas. The family asks that contributions be made in her name to the Lung Cancer Foundation. A memorial service will be held in Fredericksburg, VA at a future date. Local cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

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Robert J. Burse Robert J. Burse, 90 of Seymour, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. He was an Army veteran and served in World War II and Korea. He was formerly employed by Sevier County Sheriff’s Department with 18 years of service. Survivors: wife Carole Burse; sons Ricky, Robin and Michael Burse; three nephews. The family will receive friends 10 a.m.-noon Saturday with funeral service beginning at noon in Atchley’s Seymour Chapel. The Rev. Gary Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow in Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

newspaper of Newport News, Va., the port 3From Page A1 where the ship was built and sent out. “She even got me in the taken out of active duty, paper,� he says. likely by 2012. Touchton spent four “They’ve said she will years on the ship and says have two more deployments and that will be it,� he never once considered he was riding on what ship historian Bill Slupe amounts to a huge atomic says. “They just can’t justify her any more, I guess. bomb. “That danger is just The Enterprise has eight there, you don’t think nuclear reactors, where about it,� he says. “That’s the new carriers they’re sending out now have just just part of the game.� That seems to be a comtwo. It costs a lot more to mon mentality among the run the Enterprise.� The ship is also starting men who served on the Enterprise. Braun, who to show its age. With five decades, three conflicts, an came on board about three years after Touchton left operation to retrieve the the Enterprise in 1965, first astronaut and a long list of deployments under points out the entire ship was loaded with dangers, her belt, the Enterprise from fighters flying off a needs work. small strip at sea to belch“You can subject it to ing steam engines that only so much before it’s catapulted the fliers off time to replace things,� the deck to the massive Braun says. “It just wears reserves of fuel onboard. out.� For Slupe, who came Her crew is still going onto the Enterprise three strong, and their memoyears after Braun, the real ries will live on. concern was never the That’s thanks to men nuclear engines or the like Max Touchton of warheads on each plane. Dover, Tenn., who’s what Rather, it was fire. the Navy calls a “plank In 1969, just three owner.� That means months after Braun left he was there when the the vessel and two years Enterprise and her 4.5 before Slupe would come acres of flight deck were on, the Enterprise suffirst sent to sea on Nov. fered a crippling blaze that 25, 1961. destroyed every aircraft “You definitely felt the on one side of the ship. It history of being there on also caused several bombs the first nuclear-powered to go off, ripping gaping carrier, sure,� Touchton holes through the inchsays. “She was the largthick, reinforced steel deck est and the fastest — I of the Enterprise. believe she probably still The men insist servis the fastest. You just ing on the Enterprise knew there was something important about the was “comfortable,� with no thought given to the Enterprise.� danger or the fact they Touchton carried that knowledge through were trapped on that ship for weeks at a time with a naval career that 5,500 other men and sharspanned 20 years and ing a room with 180 guys seven ships. No constacked in bunks three nections touch the high. Even so, Slupe turns place in his heart and to jest when giving an memory the Enterprise evaluation of the experihas. He proudly points ence. to a picture of himself “It’s a nice place to visit, hanging in a room at but I wouldn’t want to the Holiday Inn filled live there,� he says with a with Enterprise memolaugh. rabilia. It is from the Enterprise’s commisn dhodges@themountainpress.com sioning and ran in the

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Sue Evelyn McCall Smith, 68 of Pigeon Forge died Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 Born in Asheville, NC, she was raised in Sevier County and attended Sevier County High School. Sue and her husband Ronnie established and operated several businesses: North American Van Lines Long Distance Movers, Blades and Bullets, Smith Coastal Gas Station, and Mountain Echo Laundromat and Mini-Storage on Wears Valley Road in Pigeon Forge. Survivors: son Mitchell Shae Smith; daughter Angela Kay Smith Stallings; grandson Matthew David Stallings and his wife Heather Ann Moul Stallings; one great-grandson; sister Betty McCall Williams and husband Donald; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 1-2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. Family and friends will meet at 3 p.m. Friday in Shiloh Cemetery in

Pigeon Forge for graveside service and interment. A memorial register is available online at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com.

NATIONAL PARK — Work on a popular Gatlinburg entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park has started again after five weeks of negotiations between park officials and a Florida contractor finally resolved their dispute. The effort to resurface and improve Cherokee Orchard Road and the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail was halted in early July after the park service raised what spokesman Bob Miller describes as concerns about safety and the quality of work being done. On Thursday, Miller said talks between Enola Contracting Services and the regional park service office that oversees construction locally had reached a satisfactory conclusion. “We negotiated with Enola and reached a resolution to our safety and quality control concerns that allowed us to continue work,� Miller said. “We didn’t know it was going to be a lengthy discussion, but it turned into one.� Miller said the contract with the contractors doesn’t allow for discussion of specifics, so he could not elaborate on what caused park officials to pull the plug on the effort. Restarting the work won’t just

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hikers bound for Mt. LeConte take the Alum Cave or Boulevard trails during the closure. Normal traffic on Cherokee Orchard Road will resume for Labor Day weekend, though the thoroughfare will be closed completely from Sept. 7 through 10. All cars must be removed from the parking lots along the loop by nightfall Sept. 6, and no vehicles will be allowed past the point where Airport Road turns into Cherokee Orchard Road just outside downtown Gatlinburg, Miller said. There’s no information on how the delays and changes will affect the pricetag of the effort to resurface the 5.6-mile loop, which started out with a contract for $5.2 million. Miller said in July the park service should benefit from keeping the same contractor on to finish the project since a change could mean additional delays and the possibility of a new price. The project is one of 11 road improvement efforts taking place in the park over the last year thanks to federal stimulus dollars. For information on its status and that of others, call 436-1200, ext. 631, or visit the Web page www.nps.gov/grsm/ planyourvisit/temproadclose.htm.

mean finishing incomplete portions of the project. Rather, Enola crews will have to backtrack on some ground they already covered. “Some of the areas that were completed will require additional attention to meet our standards,� Miller said. The effort was already a month behind its original opening date when it was stopped, with Enola granted an extension in May to work past the June deadline. As it stands now, the company is slated to be finished with the work by Oct. 1, far past the summer tourist season but in time to catch the changing leaves. Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail has remained closed through the delay and will continue to be off limits until the project is completed. Meanwhile, Cherokee Orchard Road will be open in whole or part through much of the next few months, with some exceptions. From Monday through Sept. 3, all traffic on Cherokee Orchard Road will be required to turn around at the Noah Bud Ogle Cabin, which will mean there is no access to the Rainbow Falls and Bullhead trails, Miller said. Cars in the lots for those paths must be removed by nightfall on Aug. 22 and park officials suggest

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Last of Iraq combat troops are back home JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — With one last command, 150 members of the Army’s 4th Stryker brigade broke formation and rushed to embraced their loved ones. Husbands and wives kissed and hugged their children as a band played “Stars and Stripes Forever.� The soldiers were home at last, after a one-year deployment for what turned out to be a tour of the final combat unit in Iraq. “It’s a very big deal, I feel like we did a lot of good things over there,� Spc. Rodrigo Diaz of Knoxville, Tenn., said Thursday as he held his daughter. “I’m just happy to be back.� More than 3,500 soldiers with the brigade are arriving in the next few weeks, marking the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, seven years and five months after the operations started. Most of the soldiers in the brigade will fly out of Iraq into Kuwait, where they board military planes and have layovers in Europe and the eastern United States. The trip usually takes about 24 hours. The last members of the brigade crossed the IraqKuwaiti border, leaving about 52,600 U.S. troops in Iraq as of Thursday, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone. “It was already a big deal coming back. I get that’s a big deal. I’m just excited to be here,� said Spc. Hayden Daws, of Tallahasse, Fla., as he loaded his family’s car. “With all the other stuff going on, with us being the last combat brigade going out, I’ll probably look back on it and think it’s a bigger deal than I do now. But right now I’m just focused on being around my family.� The returning soldiers were deployed in the surge last August. It was the second deployment to Iraq for the brigade, which is built around operations of Stryker armored vehicles. Lewis-McChord had a total of about 18,000 soldiers deployed in 2009 to Iraq.

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Ole Smoky Distillery and to the restaurant, with space for a number of smaller shops. A spokesman for Pinnacle National Bank confirmed the bank purchased the plaza for $10 million in a foreclosure sale earlier this month. He did not comment on the bank’s plans for the property; the bank

had provided the loan for the renovations and improvements to the building. Lineberger’s, the Hollywood Wax Museum and the distillery remain open, as do some of the smaller shops. MacKinnon’s offices are located above the restaurant, but he did not return repeated calls from The Mountain Press. n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The company that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is accusing BP of withholding what it describes as critical evidence needed to investigate the cause of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, according to a confidential internal document obtained by The Associated Press. In a sternly worded letter to BP’s attorneys, Transocean said the oil giant has in its sole possession information key to identifying the cause “of the tragic loss of eleven lives and the pollution in the Gulf of Mexico,� and that the company’s refusal to turn over the documents has hampered Transocean’s investigation and hindered what it has been able to tell families of the deceased and state and federal investigators about the accident. “This is troubling, both in light of BP’s frequently stated public commitment to openness and a fair investigation, and because it appears that BP is withholding evidence in an attempt to prevent any entity other than BP from investigating the cause of the April 20 incident and the resulting spill,�

the letter said. Copies of the letter were also sent to government agencies and lawmakers investigating the spill’s cause. President Barack Obama sternly warned months ago that companies involved in the accident needed to work together and with the government on the investigation, saying: “I will not tolerate more finger-pointing or irresponsibility.� BP spokeswoman Elizabeth Ashford confirmed that company had reviewed the letter, but called its accusations misleading and misguided, particularly the charge that BP was withholding evidence. “We have been at the forefront of cooperating with various investigations commissioned by the U. S. government and others into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy,� Ashford said. “Our commitment to cooperate with these investigations has been and remains unequivocal and steadfast.� Transocean owned the rig that exploded. Eleven workers were killed and 206 million gallons of oil was spilled. BP was operating the rig, and the British company also was the majority owner of the runaway well.

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Nation/World briefs Child rape suspect back in custody NASHVILLE (AP) — A man who fled while awaiting trial in Louisville, Ky., on charges of child rape was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Nashville. According to a news release from the marshals service in Nashville, police on Monday discovered 30-year-old Bobby L. White had cut off his home monitoring device and fled Louisville. Marshals and the Nashville police department tracked White to a relative’s mobile home on McGavock Pike. He surrendered and is awaiting extradition to Kentucky. White is awaiting trial on three counts of firstdegree rape, three counts of sodomy, and two counts of sex abuse, all with a victim under the age of 12.

Prosecutors say Savage and two others broke into the home of 90-yearold Oma England of Clarksville on Oct. 14, 2008, while the woman was asleep in her bed.

TBI begins new alerting system

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is starting a new communication service beginning Sept. 1 that will carry alerts and messages directly to the community. Nixle, a community information service, will allow TBI to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone with text messages or with e-mail on a handheld device. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle’s website at www.nixle. com. Subscribers decide the format to receive messages from TBI.

Dangerous celeb search reported

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re looking for Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts or Jessica Biel online, look out! The movie stars top the latest list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online, according to new research by computersecurity software maker McAfee Inc. Landing atop McAfee’s annual list carries a distinction all its own: It means that criminals believe those celebs are the perfect lures to sucker people into visiting malicious websites. Clicking onto strange sites is sketchy to begin with. But many people do.

Stevens recalled for lives affected

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ted Stevens was remembered for touching many lives during his four Papers donated decades as a U.S. senator from James Priest and using his considerable NASHVILLE (AP) — clout to bring change to 1 in 5 still thinks The Tennessee State Alaska: from indoor toilets Obama a Muslim in rural villages to paving Library and Archives has received the donation of WASHINGTON (AP) — the way for love. papers of James Percy Gertrude Bunyan, 73, Americans increasingly Priest, a journalist and are convinced — incorrect- said Stevens — famous for U.S. representative from ly — that President Barack his ability to steer billions the 5th District. Obama is a Muslim, and a of dollars in federal money According to a news growing number are thor- to his home state — got release, the library oughly confused about his the funds to provide inside received the papers from plumbing to homes in her religion. his daughter, Harriet village of Hooper Bay. Nearly one in five peoPriest, as well as research ple said they think Obama Stevens, 86, the nation’s files from Rebecca Stubbs, is Muslim, up from the longest-serving Republican who recently wrote a biog- 11 percent who said so in senator, was killed last week raphy of the influential March 2009, according to in a plane crash in Alaska Tennessean. The library doing something he truly a poll released Thursday. said they expect to display loved: fishing for salmon. The largest share of the collection beginning people, 43 percent, said next year. they don’t know his reliLawyers, jurors Priest was born in 1900 gion, an increase from the in Maury County and later 34 percent who said that want Blago retried joined the staff of the in early 2009. CHICAGO (AP) — Tennessean newspaper in The survey, conducted Federal prosecutors aren’t 1926 where he eventually by the nonpartisan Pew alone in wanting a retrial became the paper’s manResearch Center and its after the jury deadlocked aging editor. affiliated Pew Forum on on all but one count at Religion & Public Life, is based on interviews Man guilty of The Spa at Bear Run Falls conducted before the 865-908-1342 beating, robbery controversy over whether Back to School Special Muslims should be perCLARKSVILLE (AP) Manicure & Pedicure mitted to construct a — A Georgia man has $25.00 For Students been convicted of beating mosque near the World Offer expires Aug. 31, 2010. Must show current school ID. Price does not include tax and gratuity. Appointment not necessary but recommended. Call for more Trade Center site. and robbing a 90-yearinformation at 865-908-1342 or visit our web site at TheSpaAtBearRunFalls.com. old Tennessee woman in 2008. Thirty-four-year-old Derek Colin Savage was found guilty Wednesday in Clarksville of robbery and kidnapping. The Leaf-Chronicle reports Savage had already pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of theft in the case.

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former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial. Some jurors also want to see the impeached Democratic governor back in court and have expressed frustration that the panel of six women and six men could not agree on additional counts, including allegations that he tried to sell President Barack Obama’s old senate seat. “I’m glad there is going to be (a retrial),� juror Cynthia Parker, 60, said outside her home in the Chicago suburb of Gurnee. “I don’t feel it’s finished.�

Kentucky ban on fires is delayed

GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is holding off on banning campfires in the Land Between the Lakes after recent rainfall, but campers are being urged to use extra caution with campfires. Forest Service spokeswoman Kathryn Harper told The Paducah Sun that if fire risks return before more rainfall, campfire restrictions could be imposed on the recreation area in western Kentucky and Tennessee. Spotty rains in western Kentucky only temporarily relieved drought conditions.

Billions promised in Pakistan aid

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Taliban fighters attack road crew

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters attacked a road construction crew Thursday in southern Afghanistan and several people were killed and wounded, officials and witnesses said. Also Thursday, the U.S. command said an American service member was killed the day before in fighting in the south, where Afghan and international forces were pushing into areas long held by Taliban insurgents. The death brought to at least 17 the number

of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this month. Sixty-six American troops died in July — the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

Gypsies deported by France officials

PARIS (AP) — France was deporting nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country. France chartered a flight to Bucharest, which was to leave later Thursday from the central city of Lyon with 73 Roma aboard, Immigration Ministry officials said. Fourteen others were repatriated to Romania aboard a commercial flight from the Paris region earlier in the day, the officials said, adding that another Romania-bound repatriation flight was expected on Friday.

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Arrowmont hosts student art show

Throughout the summer, more than 50 artists are on the Arrowmont campus from four to 19 weeks as part of the art center’s Educational Assistance Program. From 8-10 p.m. today, these student artists will showcase their Arrowmont creations in a free public exhibition entitled “ArrowMania556.” The event will be held in the painting studio on the Arrowmont campus. Parking is free and refreshments will be served. Local residents and visitors are invited to view the work of these artists.

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Shark race tickets available for $10

United Way of Sevier County is gearing up for its seventh annual Great Gatlinburg Shark Race, set for 3 p.m. Sept. 25 at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. The $10 tickets are available at Ripley’s Aquarium, Food City, Gatlinburg Welcome centers and other participating area businesses. Each ticket purchased will be represented by a rubber shark racing down the river — with the winner awarded $10,000 in cash. Tickets can also be ordered online at www. uwosc.org. For more information, call 430-5727.

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Park in line to win $100,000

You can vote to help Great Smoky Mountains National Park win $100,000 through a partnership between the National Parks Foundation and Coca-Cola. Online votes will determine which park in America wins the $100,000. The Smokies are second in the voting, with an Aug. 31 deadline. To vote visit http:// www.livepositively.com/#/ americasparks.

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Sevier County High School class of 1960 reunion will be Aug. 28 at River Plantation Conference Center, 1004 Parkway. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. Dress is casual. For more information call Flora Ketner, 4533688; or Judy Douglas, 453-9948. SEVIERVILLE

Community Center closed for holiday

The Sevierville Community Center will close Sept. 6 for Labor Day. The center will reopen at 6 a.m. Sept. 7. For more information, call 453-5441.

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Adkins hopes high for album NASHVILLE (AP) — Trace Adkins was pondering a move to good friend Toby Keith’s record label when Adkins heard the words every singer wants to hear. Adkins offered to would fly to Keith’s house in Oklahoma to play him what was to become “Cowboy’s Back In Town, when Keith told him, “I don’t need to hear what you do.” “Right there he basically said, ’I know who you are. I know what you do. You don’t need

to change anything for me,”’ Adkins recalled. Adkins signed on as Show Dog-Universal Music’s first new recruit and eight months later, the big man’s latest album is the label’s first major release. “Cowboy’s Back in Town,” released this week, is a mostly lighthearted romp that includes just one ballad. The man with one of country’s most distinctive voices said he was aiming for the same kind of energy generated by his live show.

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In a way, the album represents Adkins’ response to the new digital era when record sales are more a means to an end than the ultimate goal. Few artists can expect to sell millions of records these days, so Adkins said his goal with the new set was to draw fans to his live shows. On this, Adkins and Keith are in lockstep. That made it easier for the 48-year-old Adkins to leave the safe haven of Capitol Nashville, the

label he had been with since he cut his first album in 1996. “I think the thing that makes it most comfortable for me is the fact that Toby doesn’t look at the record label as a revenue generator,” Adkins said. “He looks at the label as a marketing-advertising tool that we need to get our music out there so we can sell tickets to shows, which is completely 180 degrees from the other record label heads in the business.”

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March of Dimes bike ride Aug. 28

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Nation quote roundup “When I started in radio, if you said something somebody didn’t agree with and they didn’t like, they argued with you. Now they try to silence you ... My First Amendment rights have been usurped by angry, hateful groups who don’t want to debate. They want to eliminate.” — Talk show host Laura Schlessinger saying her desire to talk freely without having affiliates and sponsors attacked led to her abrupt decision to end her “Dr. Laura” radio show later this year.

“I just felt not right on Monday, and we were just playing it safe. It was the first time in five years I haven’t felt right, so I voiced my concern. I’ve had a myriad of dings and bumps and all kinds of other stuff, but this time, it was a little different.” — All-Pro center Nick Mangold saying he doesn’t have a concussion and returned to practice after missing the Jets’ season opener against the Giants. Mangold went through tests to determine if he had a concussion.

“Things are nowhere near as bad as they appeared in June and nowhere near as good as the headline number in July would indicate.” — Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc. in New York, cautioning that the economic numbers for June and July appeared more volatile because of “statistical quirks” such as the unexpected auto production.

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Gatlinburg-PIttman High School coach of 38 years Benny Hammonds enters the 2009 season reportedly as the second longest tenured prep football coach in the state, also holding the third-place position on the all-time wins list with 288 career victories. G-P players start their season tonight with a televised game against powerhouse Oneida Indians. Highlight:

On Aug. 20, 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force before the House of Commons, saying, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

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TOKYO (AP) — Julia Roberts isn’t planning a spiritual journey of her own after making the film based on the hit travel memoir “Eat Pray Love.” Roberts, a happily married mother of three, said she read and Roberts enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-seller long before the proposed movie script came across her desk and she jumped at the role. But she added she isn’t looking to make any big alterations in her own life.

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Islam fight must please our enemies Speechmaking has never been among Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s many talents. But he rose to the occasion last Tuesday when he chose to defend the rights of Muslims to build a community center and mosque a couple of blocks from what was the site of the World Trade Center before Sept. 11, 2001. “Our doors are open to everyone — everyone with a dream and a willingness to work hard and play by the rules,” he said. “New York City was built by immigrants, and it is sustained by immigrants — by people from more than a hundred different countries speaking more than two hundred different languages and professing every faith. “We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That’s life, and it’s part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11. “On that day, 3,000 people were killed because some murderous fanatics didn’t want us to enjoy the freedom to profess our own faiths, to speak our own minds, to follow our own dreams and to live our own lives.” He also offered a minimal history of religious intolerance and tolerance in the world’s greatest city, going back to the 1650s when the Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, denied Jews the right to build a synagogue here and denied Quakers to right to build a meeting house in what is now Flushing, Queens. More than a century later Roman Catholic priests were being arrested before Catholics were give permission in 1790 to build their first local church, St. Peter’s, which is still here a block from what was the World Trade Center. “The government,” Bloomberg continued, “has no right whatsoever to deny that right (of) private citizens ... to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion. That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here.” Of 9/11, he said: “The attack was an act of war — and our first responders defended not only our city but also our country and our Constitution. We do not honor their lives by denying the very constitutional rights they died protecting. We honor their lives by defending those rights — and the freedoms that the terrorists attacked.” City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke next and touched part of my own family’s history, saying: “All four of my grandparents came from Ireland. All four left a country where their future was in a doubt because they were Catholic. ... The way to honor the 3,000 people who died on 9/11 is a deepened commitment to religious freedom and a deeper commitment to New York City being the freest and most tolerant and most accepting place in the world.” It is the city that accepted my grandmother from Germany and my wife’s parents from Ireland. It is the city where both of us, my wife and I, were born. And, if it is the city that some would prefer be cut off from the mainland and floated out to sea, that is their problem, not ours. So, this is not a new story — and it is being played out in smaller places, too, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Temecula, Calif., among them. Every immigrant group has had to push and fight its way into full and robust American citizenship. The Germans and their foreign language, the Irish and Italians and their Roman religion, the Chinese denied citizenship and the Japanese herded into concentration camps, and then the Eastern Europeans, the Hispanics and now, because of the despicable acts of barbarous brethren in many countries, the Muslims. Nativist politicians — led by Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin — have taken up this fight to declare war on all of Islam. Well, isn’t that exactly what Osama bin Laden wanted? That was the idea behind 9/11. It is ironic, to say the least, that it is the Constitution-loving nativists who are really lobbying to eliminate the First Amendment to that Constitution, the amendment designed to protect freedom of speech and separating religions and the state. If you follow the demagoguery of such politicians, then you are arguing for a Christian or Judeo-Christian Republic, a mirror image of the Islamic Republics designed to make church and state the same thing. — Richard Reeves, a presidential scholar and expert on six presidents, is the author of several books, including profiles of Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. Column distributed by Universal Syndicate.

Editorial

A Roe of hope Congressman’s pledge an encouraging sign for promised VA clinic For more than two years, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been dangling an outpatient clinic before the people of Sevier County. The promised date is Jan. 1, 2012. While that is still roughly a year and a half away, the time has come to make good on its word. On Tuesday night, in a gathering at American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville, local veterans found out they have a staunch supporter in Congress, someone who will make sure their collective voice will be heard in Washington. U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Johnson City, was at the post to address a number of issues, but the hot topic the veterans wanted to discuss was the clinic. Local veterans couldn’t ask for a better friend for at least four reasons. First, Roe, whose district includes most of Sevier County, serves on the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

Second, he’s a congressman who does more than give lip service to his home constituency. Third, before he went to Washington, Roe spent 31 years in medical practice in Johnson City, so health care is important to him. Fourth, he was an Army medic for two years after graduating from the University of Tennessee in 1970. “I’m going to push hard on this,” Roe said, much to the delight of those in attendance for the hourlong session. “This is a priority to me.” This was the second time within the last month that local veterans have heard that Roe is in the trenches battling for them — but this time the words came straight from the horse’s mouth, rather than one of his aides. When you hear it from the actual authority, the message have more of an impact. Sevier County has thousands of

veterans. For them to get the care to which they are entitled for having served our nation, they have to travel at least 30 miles. That is unfair to them because of the inconvenience and also because of the cost, with the price of fuel these days. Try driving several times a month to Knoxville, location of the nearest VA clinic, and see how much money you spend on gasoline. There are still many questions and yards of red tape. Where exactly will the clinic be located? Why has the money that has been promised for so long not been released? When will it be released and, after it is, how long will it be before the doors swing open? Roe might not have provided the veterans gathered at American Legion Post 104 all of the answers to all of their questions. But at least by standing up in front of his constituents, he gave them hope.

Political view

Public forum State officials displayed good sense not to fund Belle Island

Editor: Noted with interest the state’s refusal to pump $70 million dollars more into the Belle Island project. At least someone, somewhere, appears to have some common sense. I am always leery when an investment opportunity needs public funds, if it’s a great investment, someone would be stepping up to grab a piece of the action. Not happening. In my opinion this project has been a boondoggle from day one. We want to invest mul-

tiple millions of dollars into another development, hoodoo the city into spending big money just to build a parking lot, in order to have more of what we don’t need and aren’t using now, that being retail space. The easy-out is to blame the collapse of the go-go economy, but the real problem here is that Belle Island was never needed. While the Belz Mall is little over half-full, a theater is being built at Walden’s Landing because they could not rent the space, and a drive through Pigeon Forge reveals numerous empty shops and buildings, including signs proclaiming “rent reduced,” one has to ask, “What were they thinking”? Evidently they

weren’t, or they are only trying to get back some of what they wasted. If, as has been asserted, Belle Island is 80 percent complete and they need $70 million to finish, does that mean it has cost $280 million thus far? While some advocate completion under the guise of creating jobs and increasing taxes, one would suspect those folks already have money in the pot. Ask yourself, is this stupidity or deception? Might make one wonder who was running the bigger pyramid scheme, Dennis Bolze or Belle Island. Al Cusick Sevierville

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The lights of Burchfield Stadium shine during the recent Sevier County Jamboree.

Ready for Friday night’s lights? Prep season kicks off tonight for Bears, Eagles and Highlanders After months of hard work, scrupulous study of their playbooks and countless hours of banging heads with their teammates, area high school gridiron gladiators will finally get the chance to suit up in their armor and play for keeps tonight. Ah yes, high school football season is upon us. And for me and Cobey, The Mountain Press’ other follower of football, it couldn’t come any sooner. This time of year always means the beginning to nine months of wall-to-wall high school sports — which is basically how we make our livelihood. Gone are those care-free summer days when a glance at the daily schedule would show absolutely nothing but an empty square. Now we’ve got football, volleyball, golf, girls’ soccer and cross country to fill our days, and our pages. Of course most readers care primarily about football, so that’s generally where the bulk of our attention goes. It probably helps that, when we’re off work, we’re both ravenous football fans. Anybody who reads the paper on a regular basis is probably well aware of

Cobey’s documented love affair with the Pittsburgh Steelers and NFL football as a whole. I, myself, prefer college football, and, specifically, the Tennessee Volunteers. But high school football is where it all begins. There’s nothing that compares to the pure joy on the sidelines as an underdog prep squad scores a touchdown against powerful, hated rival. Add to that the electric atmosphere created when a community gets behind their team, and you’ve got an experience that’s as American as apple pie. Tonight there won’t be any friendly home crowds awaiting Sevier County’s football teams — they’re all playing on the road. SCHS will travel to William Blount in Maryville, while G-P takes a long ride over to Oneida and Seymour heads to Gray, Tenn., to face Daniel Boone High School. Pigeon See SEASON STARTS, Page A9

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Ryan Taylor carries the ball on a sweep as D.J. Ball lead blocks at Gatlinburg-Pittman’s practice on Thursday afternoon at Hammonds Field. PREP FOOTBALL

G-P has tough first foe in small-school powerhouse Oneida By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer GATLINBURG — Despite battling injuries throughout the preseason, the District 3-AA Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders football squad has all but one of its varsity players back and healthy, and the team

has had a good week of practice in preparation for tonight’s battle at the District 4-A Oneida Indians. “We think right now we’re pretty healthy, all except for Turner Merritt, who’s going to miss the season (with an ACL),” said 39th-year G-P coach Benny Hammonds. “But

as of right now, we think everyone is pretty well ready to go and has had a good week of practice.” With running backs D.J. Ball and Terry Phillips missing most of the preseason with foot injuries, both backs are back in the lineup and ready to go despite a little rust. “They missed a lot of

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Brewer expects Governors’ best in season opener Govs’ starting quarterback may sit out By JASON DAVIS Sports Editor Three-hundred and sixty-four days ago the Sevier County Bears beat William Blount 31-14. That was then. This is now. The Bears open their 2010 slate against a different set of Governors. And coach Steve Brewer is expecting their best shot. “They’re an improved football team,” Brewer

said, just 24 hours before tonight’s slated kickoff. “We will be facing a very hungry football team. They’ve had back-to-back losing seasons, but before that they were a very competitive football team. “Coach (David) Gregory is a good football coach. We’re going to have to be more hungry than they are.” One factor that might hurt the Govs chances at payback for Sevier County’s one-sided win last season is their quarterback situation. Senior signal-caller Zach Witt, who started the second half of last year and threw for 1,200 yards and rushed for another 500, has been held out of preseason action after having

surgery July 29 to remove his appendix and repair a hernia. Reports from Maryville indicate that Witt plans to play tonight, but the Governors have prepared for either junior Zach Owens or sophomore Tim Green will instead run the team’s spread option offense. William Blount starting an inexperienced QB, combined with four new starters on the Govs’ offensive line, could mean big things for Sevier County’s defensive line, which coach Brewer has hailed as one of the team’s strengths. “I’m expecting a lot out of our defensive line,” Brewer said. “They’ve shown they

can play some pretty good football.” The Bears, too, have new starters on the offensive line, however, and that’s a place to watch tonight. “I’m looking to our offensive line to see how they gel,” Brewer said of the group that features only one player with much varsity experience. “I think they’ll get better every week.” Junior Dustin McGill, the center, is perhaps the Bears’ most experienced player in the offensive line’s trenches, and he’ll start alongside senior Brad Kreceman, junior Jake Robbins, and sophomores Ray Smith and Logan Jepko. Tonight will also be the start of the Danny Chastain

era as starting quarterback for the Bears. Chastain has shown on several occasions that he’s among the most elusive players in purple, returning kicks and punts. He’s also shown in limited action that he’s got a good arm. Now it’s just the matter of playing a complete game at QB against the Governors’ 3-5 defense. He’ll certainly have plenty of people to throw to. Sevier County prides itself in the ability to churn out quality receivers, and right now they’re about eightdeep, led by senior Bryant Gilson, who hauled in over 700 yards in receptions last year.

reps (this preseason), and they’re still catching up,” said Hammonds. “But they’re picking things back up pretty quick.” G-P will need all hands on deck to come away from Oneida with a win tonight. The Indians have never See HIGHLANDERS, Page A9

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Regular season n Sevier County High School at William Blount (219 County Farm Road, Maryville), 7:30 p.m. n GatlinburgPittman High School at Oneida (195 North Bank Street, Oneida), 7:30 p.m. n Seymour High School at Daniel Boone (1440 Suncrest Drive, Gray, Tenn.), 7:30 p.m.

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Last year the Daniel Boone Trailblazers took a lot of people by surprise. Coming off a 5-5 season in 2008, the Blazers weren’t picked by many to make much noise in District 1-AAA. But make noise they did, cruising to 10-3 record and the class 5A Quarterfinals. It all started with a 12-3 win over Seymour last August 21. And this year they’re expected to be better. “Everybody up there is saying this is their year,� Seymour coach Jim Moore said Thursday night. “They’re just coming off their first 10-win season in history. They’ve got the majority of their players and their skill players back, and they’re ranked 8th in the preseason (polls).� The defense led the way to many of the team’s wins last season, including their victory over the Eagles. In six games they held opponents to seven points or less. “They’re a very good football team, and they’ve got a good coach,� Moore said. “Last year they were very prepared, and it actually seemed like they were in the huddle with us,� Moore continued, alluding to the fact that the Blazers were often in the Seymour backfield.

Offensively, Daniel Boone returns most of their starters from the 10-win team, including a dual-headed quarterback threat. Seniors Austin Reppart [6-3, 180] and Kevin Connell [6-3, 215] both play the position for the Blazers, and this year they’ve added some plays where both stay on the field at the same time. Reppart is more of a traditional drop-back passer, while Connell is more of a battering ram running QB. “The biig quarterback, they treat him like (Tim) Tebow,� Moore said. “He’s a horse.� “They’ll run a power-I and I and a lot of gun, zones and zone reads,� the coach continued. “They’re very physical. Obviously it’s the same type of team (as last year.)� Seymour’s option offense will have one plus this season against Daniel Boone. They won’t have to face last year’s Big 8 Conference Defensive Player of the Year Matt Duncan or fellow all-conference linebacker Blake Shropshire — the pair, which helped limit the Eagles to minimal offense last season — graduated. mpsports@themountainpress.com

to Hammonds, this week was a chance for his now healthy squad to put together what they’ve been working on all offseason. “This is game week, and we’ve put a lot of emphasis on timing and making sure we’ve got everything covered,� the Blue-and-Gold coach said. “We’ve covered everything from overtime procedures to sideline procedures to captains before the game to the two-minute offense to the goal line offense to all of our special teams.� And if things go according to the Highlanders’ plan, Hammonds will have his 299th all-time win at the helm of G-P by night’s end.

play hard. Oneida is just the type of team that has so much tradition, they’re never going to be down very much. Every time we’ve ever played them, it’s been a real close football game. We know that we’re going to have to play hard for four quarters and put together a complete game to hopefully come out on top.� Besides tradition, Oneida also has its fair share of good athletes, including 2010 Murphy Fair preseason All-State Team running back Sam Woodard leading a powerful rushing attack, a talented sophomore QB in Houston West and Murphy Fair All-State defensive lineman Cody Stephens to name a few. On top of that, Oneida has the reputation of a

place where the visiting teams don’t get many calls in their favor. But the Highlanders say that’s nothing new to them, no matter where they play on Friday nights. “We’re kind of used to that, and it seems like we’ve always had more than our fair share of penalties,� laughed Hammonds. “But we’ve been going over that with the boys, talking about penalties and what can happen and what we need to stay away from. It’s important, because if we come out of there with over a 100 yards in penalties, that makes it hard to win a football game.� For G-P, the hay is in the barn for Week Zero at this point, and the 2010 season-opening kickoff is just hours away. According

cheering section should be. Tonight I’m headed to Maryville to watch the Bears face the Governors in opening game action. I think coach Brewer and company have the team ready to go and another good season awaits. Tonight we’ll begin to find out.

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went into affect last year, it put the program in a tough situation. In 2009, the Eagles went 4-7 as the smallest school in the tough District 2-AAA. Seymour is well coached and has some playmakers on its squad, but tonight’s match-up at No.8 state-ranked Daniel Boone is a tough way to start a season for any program. The Eagles never back down from a fight, but a win at the Trailblazers’ home would be a state shocker in Week Zero. The Trailblazers return the majority of their starters after finishing last season with a 10-3 record and a trip to the state playoff quarterfinals. Seymour will be fielding a lot of youth and inexperience, especially on the defensive side of the ball, which has just three returning starters from last year’s team. I’m sure the Eagles will give Daniel Boone everything they’ve got tonight, but the Trailblazers appear to have the talent and experience in place to withstand the Eagles’ best shot. Cobey’s pick: Daniel Boone 19. Seymour 6 Jason’s pick: Daniel Boone 24, Seymour 14

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have to contend with the speed of the SCHS secondary in the passing game, he’ll also likely be running for his life from Smoky Bears defensive linemen. Advantage Also, Oneida has never SCHS. Despite some quesrecorded a win over the tions about their offenHighlanders in the long history between the two sive line, the Bears should be able to move clubs. the ball with its talented Because of that fact, receiving corps, some and because all teams strong running backs are somewhat of a mysand with new starting tery heading into Week QB Danny Chastain’s Zero, there’s really no arm and feet. reason to pick against Although Chastain is the Highlanders yet. the new starter at QB, Cobey’s pick: G-P 20, he’s had some experiOneida 16 ence at the position on Jason’s pick: G-P 21, Friday nights, serving Oneida 14 as a change-of-pace QB the past couple of years n Sevier County behind graduate Zach High School Smoky Flynn. n GatlinburgBears at William Chastain knows what Pittman Highlanders Blount Governors to expect, and he has the at Oneida Indians belief of his team in his Football is a team By now, most everyone sport, but the success of corner. And because this is in Sevier County knows a team against an oppothat 39th-year G-P coach nent usually comes down also Week Zero, there’s really no reason to pick Benny Hammonds is to individual matchups. against the Smoky Bears just two wins shy from On paper, the Smoky yet. his 300th victory with Bears should matchCobey’s pick: SCHS the Highlanders. But up well against the 31, William Blount 17 Hammonds is the last Governors at William Jason’s pick: SCHS one to talk about the Blount High School 28, William Blount 21 milestone that only four tonight. other football coaches in Although the Bears the state of Tennessee n Seymour Eagles went 10-1 last season have accomplished. In at No.8 Daniel Boone and the Govs posted a fact, he doesn’t even paltry 3-7 mark, last sea- Trailblazers want his players to give son is not really a good a thought to winning for indicator for tonight’s The Seymour Eagles that reason. were an annual contendmatch-up. Hammonds knows er for the Appalachian The Smoky Bears that his club already has return just four offensive Conference crown every its hands full with a trip starters and five defenyear, but when TSSAA’s to the Oneida Indians sive starters from a sea- district realignments tonight without adding son ago, and the SCHS any undue pressure on offensive line is relahis team. tively lacking in Friday Oneida — which night battle experience. dropped a 7-6 squeaker William Blount, which 3From Page A8 at Hammonds Field last many believe is a rising season — may be a 2A program this season, defeated the Highlanders, playoff team, but the hopes to return to the and that appears to be a Indians are traditionally form it displayed in sore spot for the Orangeone of the top teams in 2007, when the Govs and-White team. In fact, the state in their class, went 9-3. former Oneida players racking up a 21-4 record The Bears are looking from the heyday G-P rivalthe past two seasons. to continue their winThe Indians have two ning ways that the 2009 ry days of the 1980s have visited the current Indians Murphy Fair All-State squad cemented with a team throughout the preplayers on their roster 10-0 regular season a season to offer encourthis season, includyear ago. agement for an upset of ing RB Sam Woodard What tonight’s game the Blue and Gold in the and DL Cody Stephens. should come down to is Oneida will also line up matchups, and there are opener. “They enjoy their footseveral other strong ath- some key battles that the ball up there, and their letes on both sides of the Smoky Bears should be community and school ball tonight with addiable to win. tional standouts at the Sevier County believes supports them well,� said Hammonds. “Even though linebacker, running back one of its strengths this they’re not quite as big of and quarterback spots. season is its defensive The Highlanders have front, and the Governors a school as us, we know had a tough preseason will be starting four new we’ve got our hands full. “Oneida has got a good with as many as eight offensive linemen in football team, and they contributing players at tonight’s confrontation. a time missing practices Advantage, SCHS. and scrimmages. William Blount QB But G-P has had every- Zach Witt has been batone except senior Turner tling offseason surger3From Page A8 Merritt — who will miss ies and doesn’t want to this season with an ACL miss his team’s opener injury — back on the tonight, although it Forge starts next week at field at practice this appears the Governors home against Greenback. week, and the Blue and coaching staff has other Hopefully all three teams Gold have a lot of home ideas and will start travelling today will get a run weapons at skill either an inexperienced good caravan of fans followpositions and are able to sophomore or junior ing them to their destinaput up a score from any signal caller in tonight’s tions. There’s nothing worse spot on the field at any game. than playing in front of time. Not only will that QB an empty spot where your The week leading up to TSSAA’s Week Zero for Tennessee prep football is full of chaos, not only for those of us in the newspaper business, but for everyone involved in the sport, I suspect. From athletic trainers to officials, from cheerleaders to players, from boosters to band members, and of course for the coaching staffs, this is when the games start to count ... this is when the eyes of everyone get to see what all the offseason work the programs have gone through has produced. So let’s not beat around the bush. Let’s get down to tonight’s matchups.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Tennis round-robin event upcoming

A tennis round robin event will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at the Don Watson Tennis Center in Mynatt Park in Gatlinburg. It will be a doubles format for players 16 and above. Players are asked to bring their favorite dessert or appetizer to share. Call G. Webb at 368-3433, or the Gatlinburg Tennis Office at 436-3389 to register for a guaranteed spot.

SCHS HOF dinner upcoming

The Sevier County High School Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner will be held 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at SCHS. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and the induction ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 each. For tickets or more information, contact Bob Barnes at 654-4337.

PF Ladies Bowling League meeting

The organizational meeting for the 2010 Monday Afternoon Ladies Bowling League is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30, inside the bowling center of the Pigeon Forge Community Center. If you like to bowl, you are encouraged to join the league, regardless if you are a beginner or an advanced bowler. The lone requirement is the desire to have a good time. For more information, call Caroline at 654-8600.

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Tim Priest (right), color analyst for the Vol Radio Network, talks to members of the Tennessee Bar Association meeting following the group’s annual “Vol Football Talk Luncheon” at Sevier County Bank in Sevierville. While Priest was optimistic for the Volunteers’ future under head coach Derek Dooley, most of the discussion made it obvious that this year’s schedule may prove brutal for an undermanned Vols team that fields only 70 scholarship players. Standing beside Priest in the photo is Sevier County Bank President R.B. Summitt. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Clemens indicted in steroid case By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens was vehement: “Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH,” he told a House committee in 2008. Now, instead of the Hall of Fame, baseball’s seven-time Cy Young winner could go to prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress. The case writes a new chapter in one of baseball’s worst scandals, the rampant use of performanceenhancing drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s, and leaves Clemens’ legacy in jeopardy. The six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 different statements made under oath, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone. Former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the top Republican on the House panel at the time of Clemens’ testimony, called it “a self-inflicted wound.” Clemens had been prominently mentioned in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball’s own accounting of its steroid problem, and he went to Capitol Hill on his own to clear his name. “Clemens was not under subpoena. He came voluntarily,” Davis said. “And I sat there in the office with (committee chairman) Henry Waxman and said, ’Whatever you do, don’t lie.”’ Clemens was sticking to his story Thursday. He insisted he was telling the truth, again denying any wrongdoing on or off the field. “Roger is looking forward to his day in court,” Clemens lawyer Rusty Hardin told a news conference. “He is happy this has finally happened. We have known for some time this was going to happen. We’ll let everything get taken care of in court.” “I never took HGH or Steroids. And I did not

lie to Congress,” Clemens said on Twitter. “I look forward to challenging the Governments accusations, and hope people will keep an open mind until trial. I appreciate all the support I have been getting. I am happy to finally have my day in court.” Hardin said federal prosecutors made Clemens a plea offer but he rejected it. Hardin declined to comment on details of the proposed plea deal — which ordinarily involves admitting to a crime while avoiding the scenario of a multiple-count indictment as happened in the Clemens case. Clemens faces a combined maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted on all charges. However, under U.S. sentencing guidelines, he would probably face no more than 15 to 21 months in prison. Clemens is just the latest superstar to be ensnared in baseball’s steroid scandal. All-time home run king Barry Bonds is scheduled to go on trial in March on charges of lying to a federal grand jury when he said he never knowingly used performanceenhancing drugs. Slugger Mark McGwire admitted earlier this year to using steroids. Hardin said that although many have argued that Clemens should simply admit he took steroids, “the problem is nobody ever talks about what he should have done if he didn’t do it.” “And he didn’t do it and he’s adamant about that and always has been. Today is just another continuing part of that saga,” Hardin said. Clemens, who turned 48 this month, ranks ninth on the career list with 354 victories. He once was considered a certain firstballot Hall of Famer, but getting in at all is now in question. “In my opinion, he’s a Hall of Famer. Period,” said New York Yankees slugger Lance Berkman, who played with Clemens in Houston. “Whatever

you want to say about the guy, he belongs in the Hall of Fame. In my opinion, legacy-wise, I guess that’s up to — I mean, 200 years from now, who cares? “But in the short term, I guess, he may have some things to address,” Berkman said. “He’s a big boy. He’ll face up to whatever it is. But it doesn’t change my opinion of him at all.” Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, who played with Clemens on two World Series championship teams, said he would back his former teammate. “I’m going to support him and I’m going to be behind him and that’s all I can say,” Posada said. MLB did not comment on the indictment. But many in the game saw it as further validation of the Mitchell Report, released in December 2007. Clemens was singled out by name 82 times in the 409-page report, compiled by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. Much of the information on Clemens came from his former trainer, Brian McNamee, once the Yankees’ strength and conditioning coach. Four days after the report was released, Clemens issued a categorical denial in a statement through his agent. “I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that Senator Mitchell’s report has raised many serious questions. I plan to publicly answer all of those questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way. I only ask that in the meantime people not rush to judgment,” Clemens

said. Clemens and McNamee testified under oath at the 2008 hearing before a House committee and contradicted each other about whether the pitcher had used PEDs. McNamee has said he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and HGH from 1998 to 2001. Clemens says McNamee was lying. “As far as we’re concerned, it’s vindication,” Earl Ward, one of McNamee’s attorneys, said of the indictment. Clemens’ case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, who See CLEMENS, Page A11

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Tri-County try-outs at Bower Field

There will be baseball try-outs for kids age 7 through 13 at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22, at Bower Field in Seymour. For more info., call Mark at 216-8112, or see the web at www.tri-countybaseballonline.info.

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Strength coach Wylie joins Tennessee players for workouts By BETH RUCKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE—Tennessee strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie is hard to miss. He’s the 34-yearold dressed in sweats while running and lifting with the Volunteers in the steamy Knoxville summer heat. His behind-the-scenes role has been twofold since coach Derek Dooley took over at Tennessee. Wylie was tasked with getting the Vols back in shape over the summer while helping them bond after the turmoil of a second coaching turnover in as many years during a time when the other coaches had no access to the players. According to the Vols, he’s succeeded at both tasks. “We’ve gotten closer as a team just by the way we work,” senior defensive end Chris Walker said. Wylie added a few extra running drills to the team’s workouts. He took a page out of basketball coach Bruce Pearl’s book and had the Vols do sprints up Neyland Stadium’s Gate 10 ramp all the way from street level to the upper deck of the 102,455-seat stadium. He also had the Vols running about 1.5 miles from campus to Locust Street. Then he had them run up Locust — one of the steepest hills in downtown Knoxville — then all the way back to campus. “For football players, that’s different for us. We’re not distance runners,” senior linebacker Nick Reveiz said. “It was cool because coach Wylie really changed up things. He made us uncomfortable, and I feel like

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University of Tennessee football strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie, right, calls out instructions during NCAA college football practice Wednesday, Aug. 4, in Knoxville. that’s the key to getting better, is being uncomfortable and being able to react to change.” Just in case anyone wanted to complain, Wylie was running along with them — in his sweat shirt and sweat pants on days where temperatures soared near 100 degrees. Wylie completed every conditioning drill with the team and lifted weights right alongside the Vols at least once a day. “If you’re going to be a strength coach, you’re have to practice what you preach a little bit too,” Wylie said. “It also really helps us as a staff dial into what our players need. If my hamstrings are sore the next day, I know theirs are sore. If I feel good the next day, I know we can continue to push.” It also adds a little extra

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out 4,672 with a lifetime 3.12 ERA. The Clemens matter was the second referral the congressional committee made to the Justice Department. The other involved Miguel Tejada, who pleaded guilty to making misleading statements to committee investigators in 2005 regarding his knowledge of performance-enhancing drugs. “The indictment of Roger Clemens comes as no surprise to me,” said Victor Conte, founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, the center of a drug scandal that enveloped Bonds and other star athletes. “In my opinion, the case against Clemens is far stronger than the case against Barry Bonds. Brian McNamee is an eyewitness who will testify against Clemens and there appears to be strong physical evidence against him as well,” he said. “I believe Roger Clemens is in a lot of trouble.” Conte pleaded guilty to steroid distribution in July 2005 and served four months in jail. ——— AP Baseball Writer Ben Walker and AP Sports Writers Mike Fitzpatrick, Ronald Blum and Beth Harris contributed to this report.

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Hairy situation? No, lineman’s hair helping sick child By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE — Tennessee defensive end Eric Bakhtiari pulls his flowing brown hair first into one ponytail, then a second before pulling a skull cap over his head to squeeze on his helmet. With everything knotted up on his head, that helmet fits pretty tight. Bakhtiari (BOK-tee-R-ee) hasn’t been growing his hair for fashion or religious motivation. He’s going long for a purpose — to make a big donation to Locks of Love to help a cancer patient. Credit for steering Bakhtiari to Locks of Love goes to Jamal Williams, Bakhtiari’s teammate two years ago with the San Diego Chargers. Bakhtiari had decided to quit visiting the barber for a while when Williams suggested Locks of Love. Now his goal is to cut his hair at the end of this season. “He really convinced me to do it,� Bakhtiari said. “Then my best friend from high school, she actually has bone marrow cancer. She lost all of her hair, and she doesn’t want mine. She would take it, but in order to get it into a wig it would be difficult. She wants it to go to someone less fortunate.� Hair care has been relatively easy for the 6-foot-3, 250-pound lineman until this year. A native of Burlingame, Calif., Bakhtiari was as an undrafted free agent out of San Diego in 2008 and spent two weeks on the Chargers’ practice squad before being released and signed by San Francisco for the rest of the season. The Chargers re-signed Bakhtiari in January 2009 only to waive him at the end of the preseason. He spent two weeks with Tampa Bay’s practice squad before the Titans signed him to their practice squad in November. When tackle Jason Jones was put on injured reserve, Bakhtiari got the promotion and had six special teams tackles in his first three career games. Now he’s busy sweating during a Tennessee training camp with a heat index regularly hovering at or above 100 degrees. The humidity curls up his hair that now measures 12 inches — long enough that pulling a brush all the way through is nearly impossible with muscled biceps and shoulders. “I’m not flexible enough to get it all the way through

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Titans defensive end Eric Bakhtiari takes a break between drills during NFL football training camp in Nashville. Bakhtiari has not been growing his hair for fashion or religious motivation. He’s doing it to make a big donation to Locks of Love to help a cancer patient. there,� Bakhtiari said with a grin. “It’s difficult now in training camp. It’s under a helmet most times but mostly it’s always in a ponytail.� Actually, he’s using the double ponytail because it’s a little harder to fit all that hair under the helmet with the added bonus of stability. “It kind of keeps my helmet there, kind of like keeps it more in place,� he said. Bakhtiari’s mother gave him a big assist to help him care for all that hair so his donation would be in good shape when the time comes to lop it off. “When she came out, she saw I was using some like crappy two-in-one shampoo and conditioner. She said, ‘Uh-uh.’ She went to a salon and got me nice shampoo and some real nice conditioner, some leave-in (conditioner), some reconditioning mess. All that stuff,� Bakhtiari said. Sometimes on special occasions, Bakhtiari will let his hair down. Don’t even ask the question if he’s ever been mistaken for a woman, not with those broad shoulders. He also hasn’t had teammates kid him since his rookie days when his hair was in what he called an awkward stage . His response? He’d just

tell him his reasons for having long hair. “Once it got to a certain length, it’s almost like a fashion thing. There’s a rap song now Lil Wayne sings ... ‘Long hair don’t care.’ A lot of guys they don’t understand, I’ll say that back to them,� Bakhtiari said. His mission grew even more personal this offseason when he visited his old friend in the hospital at Stanford University. She was in isolation, requiring him to wash carefully and wear scrubs and a mask to visit her. She’s out of isolation now. Bakhtiari hasn’t contacted anyone with Locks of Love just yet, only checking out the nonprofit group’s website to see how long his hair must be before the donation can be made to children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from a variety of diseases. He will check with the group before cutting his hair just to make sure he doesn’t make a mistake before finishing off this mission. That will be at the end of the 2010 season. “I’m hoping I make this team, and we win the Super Bowl. Then I’ll give away Super Bowl hair and make a cancer patient a champion,� Bakhtiari said. )RENE (EILMANN

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Baby slapping aboard plane sets off debate ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — America’s latest folk-hero flight attendant may be the one on a Southwest Airlines jet who took a 13-month-old baby from her mother after the woman slapped the crying child for kicking her. The flight attendant’s actions, however, set off an intense debate: When and how should bystanders intervene? “We live in such a ’mind your own business’ and ‘I’ll sue you for getting involved’ society that I feel we’re afraid to stand up sometimes for the right thing,” said Jen Reynolds, 38, a stay-at-

home mom to 15-year-old and 16-month-old boys in Sandwich, Ill. “We don’t want to be yelled at or told to butt out,” she said. “The flight attendant is definitely my hero.” Parents on both sides of the corporal punishment debate agreed that hitting a baby that young was wrong. But they also empathized with the mother, saying they’ve been exactly where she found herself on Monday on the Dallas-to-Seattle flight: Stressed, and trapped on an airplane, with virtually no way to distract or console a child.

“My biggest question is why didn’t anybody else say anything before it got to the point of the baby being slapped,” Reynolds said. The federal laws that give crew members broad power to ensure safety can be invoked in situations like the one that unfolded on the flight, said Jerry Sterns, a San Francisco attorney specializing in aviation cases. But those rules don’t allow non-airline employees to intervene. Acts of aggression against children in public places are often witnessed but frequently ignored, said Christin Jamieson,

a spokeswoman for Washington state’s blue-ribbon, anti-abuse commission called the Council of Children and Families. “Simply put, most people don’t know what to do,” she said. “This is one of the most helpless feelings — both for the child and the witness — that you can imagine.” Flight attendant Beverly McCurley told officers that she saw the mother hit the child on the face with her open hand while the father yelled at the mother to stop screaming at the girl. She noted the girl had a black eye. The parents said the

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will include a pool, gym and 500-seat auditorium for cultural events for the general public, along with a mosque and a Sept. 11 memorial. Rauf is now traveling overseas on his latest speaking tour for the U.S. State Department. Even among American Muslims who back the idea, there has been grumbling about what they consider the organizers’ public relations missteps. A plan to build what would essentially be a local city mosque has now turned into a national confrontation that is roiling Muslim communities nationwide. Rauf’s decision to remain overseas without making a statement on the controversy has also caused some frustration. Khan, and developer Sharif El-Gamal of SoHo Properties, which owns the building, have mostly been the public face of Park51. “The total absence of Feisal Rauf has a ‘Where’s Waldo’ quality that is

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Digital music volume affecting teen hearing CHICAGO (AP) — A stunning one in five teens has lost a little bit of hearing, and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found. Some experts are urging teenagers to turn down the volume on their digital music players, suggesting loud music through earbuds may be to blame — although hard evidence is lacking. They warn that slight hearing loss can cause problems in school and set the stage for hearing aids in later life. “Our hope is we can encourage people to be careful,� said the study’s senior author, Dr. Gary Curhan of Harvardaffiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

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AP Medical Writer Palliative care, which helps the gravely ill make the most of the time they have left, provided a surprising bonus for terminal lung cancer patients: More time left to enjoy. A study found that patients who started soon after their diagnosis on palliative care along with usual cancer care lived nearly three months longer than people given only standard cancer care, even though this second group had more chemotherapy. That’s a big difference. Patients like this typically live less than a year after diagnosis, said study leader Dr. Jennifer Temel, a cancer specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where the study was done. The results, in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, could affect the care of a lot of people: More than half of lung cancer patients have incurable disease by the time they are diagnosed. Palliative care involves doctors, nurses, social workers, nutritionists and even chaplains who specialize in pain control and treating nausea, shortness of breath and other symptoms that affect quality of life. It’s not the same as hospice or comfort care, when doctors think a patient has less than six months to live and treating the illness no longer helps. It really means “helping people live as well as they can, as long as they can,� said Dr. Vicki Jackson, acting chief of palliative care at Massachusetts General. The study was one of the best tests yet of palliative care, and the results should ease many fears about starting it soon after diagnosis, doctors say. “One of the most common misconceptions about palliative care is that it indicates treatment has failed, that it means giving up,� Jackson said. The study involved 151 people newly diagnosed with cancer that had spread beyond the lung. All received routine cancer care and about half also got palliative care. More than half of those on standard care alone received chemo in their last two weeks of life, versus only a third of the palliative care patients. Yet the palliative care group’s median survival was better: more than 11 months versus less than nine months.

The researchers analyzed data on 12- to 19-year-olds from a nationwide health survey. They compared hearing loss in nearly 3,000 kids tested from 1988-94 to nearly 1,800 kids tested over 2005-06. The prevalence of hearing loss increased from about 15 percent to 19.5 percent. Most of the hearing loss was “slight,� defined as inability to hear at 16 to 24 decibels — or sounds such as a whisper or rustling leaves. A teenager with slight hearing loss might not be able to hear water dripping or his mother whispering “good night.� Extrapolating to the nation’s teens, that would mean about 6.5 million with at least slight hearing loss.

Those with slight hearing loss “will hear all of the vowel sounds clearly, but might miss some of the consonant sounds� such as t, k and s, Curhan said. “Although speech will be detectable, it might not be fully intelligible,� he said. While the researchers didn’t single out iPods or any other device for blame, they found a significant increase in highfrequency hearing loss, which they said may indicate that noise caused the problems. And they cited a 2010 Australian study that linked use of personal listening devices with a 70 percent increased risk of hearing loss in children. “I think the evidence is out there that prolonged exposure to loud noise is likely to be harmful to

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Matthew Brady, 17, of Foxborough, Mass., has some mild hearing loss perhaps due to listening to music while running on a treadmill with the volume turned up. A number of teens have lost a little bit of their hearing and the problem has increased substantially in recent years, a new national study has found. hearing, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t listen to MP3 players,� Curhan said. The study is based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey con-

ducted by a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings appear in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Loud music isn’t new,

of course. Each new generation of teenagers has found a new technology to blast music — from the bulky headphones of the 1960s to the handheld Sony Walkmans of the 1980s.

Costs of cancer said ‘economic killer’ The Associated Press Cancer is the world’s top “economic killer� as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week. Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person, the report concludes. Chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes account for more than 60 percent of deaths worldwide but less than 3 percent of public and private funding for global health, said Rachel Nugent of the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based policy research group. Money shouldn’t be taken away from fighting diseases that spread person-to-person, but the amount devoted to cancer is way out of whack with the impact it has, said Dr. Otis Brawley, the cancer society’s chief medical officer. Cancer’s economic toll was $895 billion in 2008 — equivalent to 1.5 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, the report says. That’s in terms

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Arts & E n t er t a i n m e n t Editor’s Note: The Arts/Entertainment calendar is printed as space permits. Events within a two-hour drive will be considered. To place an item phone (865) 428-0748, ext. 215, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress. com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913. n

Local Entertainment

Chubby Checker

8 p.m. toay at Country Tonite; tickets $35, 453-2003, www.firstclassconcerts. com

‘The Sound of Music’

Movie on the Lawn around 8:30 p.m. today at Tin Roof Cafe; free, 429-1800, www.thetinroofcafe.com

T. G. Sheppard

7 p.m. variety show and dinner Aug. 29 at Smith Family Theater, buffet opens at 6 p.m.; tickets $14.95-$39.95, 4298100, www.smithfamilytheater.com n

Regional Entertainment

Hinder

8 p.m. Saturday at Bijou Theatre with My Darkest Days and Bad City; tickets $24.50, (865) 656-4444, www.knoxbijou.com

Mountain Folk Reunion

7 p.m. Thursday at Blount County Public Library Reading Rotunda, Maryville; free, 982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org

Erick Baker

8 p.m. Aug. 27 at Bijou Theatre with Andy Davis; tickets $16.50, (865) 6564444, www.knoxbijou.com

Natalie Merchant

8 p.m. Aug. 31 at Tennessee Theatre; tickets $47, (865) 656-4444, www.tennesseetheatre.com

Knoxville Opera Company

7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Blount County Public Library Reading Rotunda, Maryville; free, 982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org n

Local Festivals/Events

Sevier County Fair

Sept. 6-11, Sevier County Fairgrounds, 453-0770, myseviercountyfair.com

Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival

Sept. 16-18, 397-7942, www.dumplinvalleybluegrass.com

Great Smoky Mountain Annual Auto Fest

8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 22-25 at Smokies Stadium; registration $30, general admission $5, 850-4806, www. smokymtnautofest.com n

Regional Festivals/Events

24 Hour Film Festival

7 p.m. Thursday at Bijou Theatre; tickets $7.50, (865) 656-4444, www. knoxbijou.com

Foothills Fall Festival

Oct. 8-10 in Maryville; tickets $40-$110, (865) 656-4444, www.foothillsfallfestival.com n

Local Arts/Exhibits

Instructor Exhibition

Through Oct. 8 at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Sandra J. Blain Galleries; 436-5860, www.arrowmont. org n

Regional Arts/Exhibits

Top Choice Exhibition

Through Aug. 27 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St., Knoxville, presented by the Knoxville Arts & Cultural Alliance, opening reception Aug. 6; (865) 523-7543, www.knoxalliance.com

Fresh Pickin’s Graduate Art Show

Through Aug. 28 at UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St., Knoxville, (865) 673-0802, www.ewing-gallery.org

My Space Art Project

Through Sept. 5 at Knoxville Museum of Art’s Community Gallery, 1050 World’s Fair Park; free admission and parking, 825-6101, www.knoxart.org

Jane South: Shifting Structures

Through Nov. 7 at Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 Worlds Fair Park; free admission and parking, (865) 934-2043, www.knoxart.org

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Betty Heldman, left, and Anilee McGill, second from left, watch as a Douglas Cooperative client gets help from another in choosing one of the 30 afghans brought as part of the Stitch and Chatter Club’s community outreach program.

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Stitch and Chatter Club provides both to Douglas Cooperative clients By GAIL CRUTCHFIELD Community Editor The hugs and thank yous were enthusiastic and sincere Tuesday afternoon at Douglas Cooperative. The recipients were two women from the Stitch and Chatter sewing group who were making a second delivery of afghans to the clients of the local organization. This wasn’t the first trip to the Cooperative for at least one member of the group, who stopped by a couple of months ago to drop off almost two dozen afghans made by the members. This last trip provided enough afghans for all of the clients to have one they can take home. “I liked it,” said client Megan Hedrick of the afghan she received during the club’s first trip. “It was red.” The clients received their afghans as their names were drawn from a bright blue bowl, with the previous recipient getting the honor of pulling the next name. Those who hadn’t yet received a blanket, and some who would have liked another, waited anxiously for their name to be called. Nancy Tarr of the Cooperative said the clients all loved the visit and the gifts from the Stitch and Chatter Club. “They all enjoy it,” she said, “except one or two that I can’t make them understand they already have one.” But even then, most loved seeing their friends get an afghan of their own, some helping them pick out which pattern and color afghan they wanted. Tarr said the clients put them on their beds or chairs at home. Club members Betty Heldman and Anilee McGill were getting just as much pleasure from giving the afghans away as the clients were receiving them. McGill, who brought the first 20 afghans a couple of months ago, took pictures of every client as they received their gift. She said she’ll print out 5-by-7 photos of each one that will be posted on the Cooperative’s bulletin board to go with a few others already there. This was Heldman’s first trip to the agency, but was enjoying seeing the clients’ joy at receiving the afghans. “We were here in May or June with 20,” she said of McGill’s previous trip to the cooperative. “Anilee felt bad at giving only 20, so we went back and told the ladies we needed 30 more.” All of the women in the club got right on it and crocheted and knitted the remaining afghans. It was McGill who brought the Douglas Cooperative to the attention of the other members of the Stitch and Chatter Club as a possible recipient of afghans. The club has provided afghans, blankets, scarves and hats to numerous organizations over the years. They meet weekly at the Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center. McGill met some of the clients of

Douglas Cooperative, she said, during bingo games and the Dawg House. After getting to know a few of them, she said she brought up the idea of providing them with blankets to her fellow Stitch and Chatter club members and they agreed. “It’s nice when people appreciate what you give them and makes it special,” Heldman said as she watched the recipients with their new afghans, one wearing it like a scarf. McGill agreed, joking that it was nice to have someone to make the afghans for since their families refuse to accept any more of their creations. The clients at Douglas Cooperative were more than willing to be on the receiving end. “See the smile on their faces,” Tarr said. Over the years, the club has provided hundreds of afghans, baby blankets, hats and scarves, plus dozens of miscellaneous items like wristlets, sweaters, wash cloths and pillows. Past recipients include: n Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center nursery n Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home n Wellington Place n Sevier County Health Care Center n Pigeon Forge Health Care Center n Meals On Wheels n Veterans Hospital, Johnson City n Ben Atchley State Veterans Home n Sevier County Office on Aging n Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries n Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic n Cam Cabin Crafts — Appalachian

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A colorful afghan is chosen by one of the clients at Douglas Cooperative.

Ministries n Baptist Senior Center n SafeSpace n Smoky Mountains Children’s Home n Markhill/Mountain Brook Village n Church and community friends n Phillipines n Save the Children n Parkinson’s Support Group n Women’s Care Center n Jefferson County Nursing Home n East Tennessee Children’s Home n Sevier County Council on Aging n St. Jude’s Hospital n Weingarber Cancer Group, Knoxville n Thompson Cancer Group, Sevierville n gcrutchfield@themountainpress.com

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A striped afghan is chosen by another Douglas Cooperative member.

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Et Cetera Showing at Reel Theatres’ Movies on the Parkway in Sevierville. For show times, call 453-9055. *Nanny McPhee Returns (PG) — Stars Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman’s children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons. *The Switch (PG-13) — Stars Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman. A 40-year-old single woman decides to have a child on her own, with the help of a sperm donor, only to find out seven years later that the sperm was switched with that of her neurotic’s best friend’s. *Vampires Suck (PG-13) — Stars Jenn Proske and Matt Lanter. A spoof of vampirethemed movies, where teenager Becca finds herself torn between tow boys. As she and her friends wrestle with a number of different dramas, everything comes to a head at the prom. The Expendables (R) — Stars Sylverster Stallon and Jason Statham. A group of mercenaries undertake a near-impossible operation to overthrow a dictator in South America. Eat Pray Love (PG-13) — Stars Julia Roberts and James Franco. A woman who once made it her goal in life to marry and rear a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG-13) — Stars Michael Cerea and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. A bass player in a garage band must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven ex-boyfriends in order to win her heart. The Other Guys (PG-13) — Stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. When a forensic accountant and a trigger-happy detective, both of whom idolize the city’s top cops, get a chance to step up and improve upon their “B team� status, things don’t quite go as planned. *Indicates new releases this week

Spotlight Calendar

To add or update items to the weekly entertainment calendar, call 4280748, ext. 205, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress.com.

LOCAL THEATERS

n American Oldies Theater: 543-0833 n Black Bear Jamboree: 908-7469 n Blackwoods Breakfast Show: 908-7469 n Comedy Barn: 4285222 n Country Tonite Theatre: 453-2003 n Dixie Stampede: 4534400 n Elvis Museum TCB Theater, featuring Matt Cordell: 428-2001 n Grand Majestic Theater: 774-7777 n Great Smoky Mountain Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: 908-1050 n Magic Beyond Belief: 428-5600 n Memories Theater: 428-7852 n Miracle Theater (The Miracle and Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat): 428-7469 n Smith Family Theater: 429-8100 n Smoky Mountain Theater: 774-5400 n Smoky Mountain Palace Theatre: 429-1601 n Soul of Shaolin: 4538888 n Sweet Fanny Adams Theater: 436-4039 n Tennessee Shindig (formerly Fiddlers’ Feast): 908-3327 n WonderWorks “Hoot N’ Holler� Show: 8681800

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Chapman Highway, Seymour: Country Tradition, 7-10 p.m. Friday; live music, 7-10 p.m. Saturday

Appalachian Music

Jerry and Joan Paul perform Appalachian music most afternoons in Gatlinburg at Alewine Pottery in Glades. 7746999

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Blue Moose Burgers and Wings

Located on the Parkway behind Bullfish Grill and Johnny Carino’s: Live music, 7-10 p.m. Fridays. 286-0364

Carousel Gardens

Live music 6-10 p.m. traffic light 3, Gatlinburg; Elizabeth Phillips Aug. 20 and 23, Shelby Huskey Aug. 21 and 24, Steven Shoemaker Aug. 25

Cowboy’s BBQ

Located on Hwy. 321 across from Cosby High School; New Rain performs 6 p.m. every Friday

The Farmer’s Table

Located on Newport Highway, music 5:30-8 p.m. every Thursday by The Country Gentlemen, 453-5519

Front Porch Restaurant

Live bluegrass, 7-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; live folk and acoustics, 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. (423) 4872875

Guarino’s Italian Restaurant

Located across from Food City in Gatlinburg; New Rain 6:30-10:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Michael Hicks 6-10 p.m. every Friday, Tim Kellar 7-11 p.m. every Saturday

New Orleans on the River

Amelia & Louis perform 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 933-7244

Ripley’s Aquarium

Bluegrass group Smoky Mountain Travelers 10-4 p.m. Saturday in front of Aquarium in Gatlinburg

The Ship Pub

The Ship Pub on Glades Road in Gatlinburg, pool tournaments at 8 p.m. every Friday, New Rain performs 7 to 11 p.m. every Saturday, 430-4441

The Shops at Carousel Gardens

At traffic light #3, Gatlinburg; entertainment 6 to 10 p.m. nightly.

Skiddy’s Place

Skiddy’s Place on Birds Creek Road in Gatlinburg; Karaoke, Tuesday and Thursday nights; Locals Night, 4-7 p.m. on Wednesdays; various performers on weekends. 436-4192

Smoky Mountain Brewery

In Gatlinburg, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.: karaoke/DJ, Monday-Tuesday; live music, Wednesday-Sunday. In Pigeon Forge, 9 p.m. to midnight: karaoke/ DJ, Sunday-Monday; live music, Tuesday-Saturday

Smoky’s Sports Pub & Grub

1151 Parkway (Light #10) Gatlinburg: Weekly live entertainment and karaoke. 436-4220

Sunset Grille

142 Thinwood Drive Newport: The show starts at 9 p.m.

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Above: Mary Cook, left, and Van Moore received Paul Harris Fellow certificates at a recent Sevierville Sunrise Rotary meeting. Paul Harris Fellow recognition was created in memory of the founder of Rotary as a way to show appreciation for contributions to the foundation’s charitable and educational program. At right: Tom Leonard, Submitted left, a member of Sunrise Rotary, welcomes Allison Teeters, executive director of Keep Knoxville Beautiful, to the club. Before joining the Knox County staff, Teeters was director of the Keep Sevier Beautiful. She presented a program to Rotarians on a new kudzu eradication process. The city invested in a goat herd to eradicate the pesky vine. The goats can eat acres of kudzu and eventually kill the root ball of the plant by defoliation.

County gets $47,000 to clean streets Sevier County has been awarded $47,435 as part of the anti-litter effort in Tennessee. Gov. Phil Bredesen and TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely awarded $3.8 million in litter grant funds to all 95 counties in Tennessee. “Each year volunteers pick up almost 25 million pounds of roadside litter in Tennessee alone,� said Bredesen. “Litter is an eyesore, it’s costly to clean up and it can be harmful to our environment, but it’s totally preventable. These funds will be used by counties across the state to organize their pick-up efforts and conduct educational campaigns to teach children and adults about the importance of keeping Tennessee beautiful.� Litter grant funds are distributed annually by TDOT to all Tennessee counties for litter cleanup and education. “TDOT awards approximately $3 million each year to help local communities in their efforts to stop litter in Tennessee,� said Nicely. The money comes through the collection of a specialty tax on the malt beverage and soft drink industry through the Litter Grant Bill which was enacted in 1981. The funds that each

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GATLINBURG — Throughout the summer, more than 50 artists are on the Arrowmont campus from four to 19 weeks as part of the art center’s Educational Assistance Program. The Educational Assistance Program at Arrowmont is unique, drawing artists and craftsmen from all over the country. These student workers play an important role in maintaining the school — working in the dining hall, supply store, studios and the gardens. They come from across the country and span all walks of life, age 18 and up. The program offers participants a week of workshops in return for each week of work. Today from 8-10 p.m., these student artists will showcase their Arrowmont creations in a free public exhibition entitled “ArrowMania556.� The event will be held in the painting studio on the Arrowmont campus. Parking is free and refreshments will be served. Local residents and visitors are invited to view the work of these artists. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts offers an artist-in-residence program and workshops in ceramics, fiber, metals, glass, painting, mixed media, and woodworking for the beginner to advanced artist. For more information, visit www. arrowmont.org or call 436-5860.

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Do the best you can with what you have where you are High school football in Tennessee kicks off this weekend. The beginning of the college and professional football seasons will soon follow. Many individuals and teams have put in a lot of hard work, have dreamed dreams and set goals to help make these dreams become reality. I am reminded of the coach who addressed his players and said, “Gentlemen, we are undefeated and have not been scored upon — and now we are ready for our first game!” After the initial weekend of high school action, about half the teams will lose their perfect records. Those who have open dates this weekend will have another week before they discover if they will remain among the undefeated ranks. Of course, everyone wants to be number one at season’s end, much like Brandon Marshall who was traded from Denver to Miami this year. Now the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history, Marshall said, “My goal is to be number one. Am I that now? No. But with work and dedication, I will get there. Hopefully, it will be this year. I want to be the best receiver to play this game...” Reaching number one in anything is great — but number two can also be rewarding. Avis has built a strong car rental company with the slogan, “We’re Number Two, And We Plan To Stay That Way!” In horse racing, the emphasis also puts importance on third place, with the categories of Win, Place and Show. But whether you win, lose or draw in sports, business and all of life, the most important thing is to do the best you can with what you have where you are. What really irks me is when people who are a part of any organization just sort of coast along, doing far below what they are capable of doing and expecting others to take up the slack. I like to say, “Wherever you are, be there!” Many groups to whom I have spoken have heard me say, “Jump into it with all four feet — with the

gusto of a hound dog!” If we keep on keeping on, we will receive some rewards of various kinds. For example, endorphins kicked in and adrenaline flowed this morning when I keyed in the phrase “mentoring students” on the Google Internet search engine and our MyMerlin.net mentoring Web site came up as the first listing on the first page! Think about this. For over four years, we have been working and reworking on this site — and we are still updating and making changes daily. We’ve still got a long way to go. But to come from nowhere and then be number one on page one of the world’s largest Internet search engine — this is what people work for in sports, business and all of life — and the work is never over. To add to the excitement, MyMerlin.net also appeared on page one of the second and third largest search engines, Yahoo and Bing. To put these standings into perspective, Google listed 12,700,000 results for “mentoring students,” Yahoo listed 8,930,000 and Bing listed 8,770,000. We’ve got a long way to go before we can really celebrate and say we’re a success. But with all the trials, tribulations, failures and rejections we have experienced with MyMerlin. net for over four years, only we can truly understand the joy found this morning. I guess it’s much like the feeling a football team gets after winning that first game of the season. But there are many games left to be played and much hard work yet to be done. — © 2010 by Carl Mays, speaker and author whose mentoring site, www.MyMerlin.net, is based on his book and program, “A Strategy For Winning.” E-mail to carlmays@carlmays.com, call 436-7478 or visit www.carlmays.com.

Churches to hold back-to-school rally Submitted Report GATLINBURG — Glades Lebanon and Cartertown Baptist churches will hold a back-to-school “spiritual pep rally.” The youth revival will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at Mills Park. On Monday, the guest singer will be Elizabeth Phillips. Speakers will be Coaches Matt Evans, Ralph Kidd and Bobby Owens. Tuesday’s guest singers will be Joshua Generation. Speakers will be Coaches Benny Hammonds and Jason Shultz and Pastor Greg Watson.

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Guests for Wednesday will be the Locust Ridge singers with speaker Pastor Mitch Ayers. Food will be served every evening.

Relay For Life of Sevier County awards

Staff

Teri Newman, left, and Wayne Knight received the Committee Achievement awards at Tuesday’s Relay For Life Wrap-Up Party. Newman also received the Heart of Relay award

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National Corporate Sponsors Dress Barn, represented by Crystal Reagan, left, and Walmart, represented by Earl Gibson, were recognized. Gibson was the top individual fundraiser overall.

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Alice Grady, left, of Smoky Mountain Cancer Support Group and Traci Sutton of Woodmen of the World accept awards as top civic groups. American Business Women’s Association was also recognized.

Christy Chasteen, left, of Dr. Charles H. Bozeman’s office and Judy Bales of Team Barn Owl, right, accept awards as top small business groups. Norma Dan Motel/The Monkeys was also recognized.

At right: Gail Crutchfield, left, of The Mountain Press, Anthony Berry of The Christmas Place and Robin Kurtz of Tennessee State Bank accept awards as large business groups. Tennessee State Bank was the top fundraising team overall. Staff

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Eddie Smallwood of Wears Valley United Methodist Church accepts an award in the church group division. Beech Springs Baptist and Christ’s Soldiers were also recognized.

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Nikkie Simmons of Sevierville Middle School accepts the award for the schools division. Sevierville Primary and Walters State Community College were also recognized.

B4 ◆ Region

The Mountain Press ◆ Friday, August 20, 2010

Archaeologists find Confederate POW camp By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Writer SAVANNAH, Ga. — Preserved for nearly 150 years, perhaps by its own obscurity, a short-lived Confederate prison camp began yielding treasures from the Civil War almost as soon as archeologists began searching for it in southeastern Georgia. They found a corroded bronze buckle used to fasten tourniquets during amputations, a makeshift tobacco pipe with teeth marks in the stem, and a picture frame folded and kept after the daguerreotype it held was lost. Georgia officials say the discoveries, announced Wednesday, were made by a 36-yearold graduate student at Georgia Southern University who set out to find Camp Lawton for his thesis project in archaeology. He stunned experienced pros by not only pinpointing the site, but also unearthing rare artifacts from a prison camp known as little more than a historical footnote on the path of Gen. William T. Sherman’s devastating march from Atlanta to Savannah. “What makes Camp Lawton so unique is it’s one of those little frozen moments in time, and you don’t get those very often,” said Dave Crass, Georgia’s state archaeologist. “Most professional archaeologists who ever thought about Camp Lawton came to the implicit conclusion that, because people weren’t there very long, there wouldn’t be much to find.” Camp Lawton imprisoned more than 10,000 Union troops after it opened in October 1864 to replace the infamously hellish war prison at Andersonville. But it lasted barely six weeks before Sherman’s army arrived in November and burned it. The camp’s brief existence made it a low priority among scholars. While known to be in or near Magnolia Springs State Park outside Millen, 50 miles south of Augusta, the camp’s exact location was never verified. That task last year fell to Georgia Southern student Kevin Chapman. The state Department of Natural Resources offered Chapman a chance to pursue his master’s thesis by searching the park grounds for evidence of the 15-foot pine posts that formed Camp Lawton’s stockade walls. The work started in December. By February, Chapman, his professor and about a dozen other students had dug up stains in the dirt left by rotting wood and forming a straight line — remnants of the stockade wall. About 1/4 mile away, on adjacent land owned

AP Photo/Georgia Southern University, Suzanne Oliver

In an undated photo provided by Georgia Southern University, graduate student Kevin Chapman surveys the site at Camp Lawton while students dig in a trench in search of artifacts.

“What makes Camp Lawton so unique is it’s one of those little frozen moments in time, and you don’t get those very often.” — Dave Crass, Georgia’s state archaeologist

by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, they used a metal detector to find something else: a pre-Civil War penny about the size of a half-dollar. They were surprised nobody had beaten them to it. “We thought, holy cow, in order for us to find an artifact like this, this site has to be undisturbed,” Chapman said. “To find a Civil War site that hasn’t been looted is extremely rare.” Other artifacts soon followed. The tourniquet buckle was stamped with the name of a New York company that manufactured

surgical equipment in the 1860s. The clay pipe bore the name of its maker in Glasgow, Scotland. There was a literal half-penny — a coin cut in half to buy things costing less than 1 cent — and three other coins including a Germanmade game token stamped with George Washington’s profile. “It illustrates a lot about the life of the prisoners,” said John Derden, a history professor at East Georgia College who spent years researching Camp Lawton for an upcoming book. “The signifi-

AP Photo/Georgia Southern University, Suzanne Oliver

This undated photo provided by Georgia Southern University shows archaeology professor Sue Moore, right, and a student screening soil looking for artifacts at Camp Lawton.

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This undated photo provided by Georgia Southern University shows a tourniquet buckle, that normally was used to cut off blood flow to an arm or leg prior to amputation, which was a common surgical treatment for gun shot wounds. Pieces of cloth attached to the tourniquet are still visible. cance of Camp Lawton is it really presents in microcosm almost every aspect of the Civil War POW experience, both good and bad.”

“Of course, Andersonville was a hellhole and is more important. But Andersonville is pretty archaeologically sterile.”

In 1864, the Andersonville camp in southwest Georgia was overcrowded with more than 30,000 war prisoners. Thousands died from a lack of food and medicine. The Confederate army built Camp Lawton to handle the masses Andersonville couldn’t. It sprawled over 42 acres — about 1/4 mile on each side, nearly twice Andersonville’s size. Confederate Gen. John H. Winder noted Camp Lawton could easily hold at least 32,000 prisoners. “It is, I presume, the largest prison in the world,” he wrote. Prisoners arriving in October 1864 had no living quarters. They built crude huts with scraps of pine left over from construction of the stockade. Records show that Camp Lawton held 10,229 Union troops by early November. Despite the camp’s brief existence, at least 685 prisoners died there. Derden’s research uncovered personal accounts by Camp Lawton’s prisoners recounting how they set up a black market to sell tools and molasses candy, killed alligators for food and bribed doctors for passage on trains carrying away the sick. Chapman and the professor overseeing his work, Sue Moore, say they’ve excavated just a tiny fraction of the camp’s interior. “People say, ’How long are you going to keep doing this?”’ Moore said. “A short answer is years and years, because there is so much we hope to discover there.”

Local ◆ B5

Friday, August 20, 2010 ◆ The Mountain Press

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 428-0748, ext. 214, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress.com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

Friday, Aug. 20 MOPS

Mothers of Preschoolers through kindergarten and expectant mothers, 9:30-noon, first and third Friday. Childcare provided. Evergreen Church. 4283001.

St. Paul Lutheran

Women’s Friday Bible study 10 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road, Sevierville. 429-6063.

Waldens Creek Singing

Singing 7 p.m. at Waldens Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

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

Walk-In Movie

Smoky Mountain Christian Church, 125 South Blvd. walk-in movie 7:30 p.m. showing Toy Store 2. Free. Barbara Scheiwe, 4536031.

Saturday, Aug. 21 Farmers Markets

n 8-11:30 a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101. n First Baptist Church on Chapman Highway, 7-11 a.m. 579-5433. n Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 8:30-11 a.m., parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321. 659-0690.

River Terrace Reunion

Reunion of River Terrace employees, noon, Mynatt Park in Gatlinburg. Burgers/hot dogs provided; bring side dish. (423) 4873445.

Angel Food

Angel Food pick-up: n 8-11 a.m., Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd. 429-2508. n 8-10 a.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 9081245.

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,

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.

Helton Reunion

Helton reunion Waldens Creek UMC. Lunch served 12:30 p.m. Preston Joslyn to give service.

Flea Market Fellowship Fellowship 8-9 a.m. inside Great Smokies Flea Market, W. Dumplin Valley Road. Speaker Krista Atchley.

Maples Branch Singing Maples Branch Baptist Church singing 6:30 p.m. with Danny Pierce.

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

Cancer Treatment

Look Good...Feel Better for women who are undergoing cancer treatment meets 10 a.m., LeConte Medical Center. 446-8775.

Spiritual Pep Rally

Glades Lebanon and Cartertown Baptist churches back-to-school spiritual pep rally 6:30 p.m. today through Aug. 25 at Mills Park. Speakers, singers and food.

Tuesday, Aug. 24 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

Mothers Day Out

Mothers Day Out, First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg, fall classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the school year for ages 1-4. 436-4685.

Al-Anon Group

Al-Anon Family Group meets 11 a.m. Pigeon Forge UMC. 428-7617 or 680-6724.

Spiritual Pep Rally

Sevierville Lions Club

Cub Scouting

Cub Scout Pack 110 in Sevierville for boys in grades 1-6 meets at 6:30 p.m., Sevierville Primary School cafeteria. 256-7393.

Wednesday, Aug. 25 Middle Creek UMC

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

Farmers Market

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

Spiritual Pep Rally

Glades Lebanon and Cartertown Baptist churches back-to-school spiritual pep rally 6:30 p.m. at Mills Park. Speakers, singers and food.

St. Paul Lutheran

Events at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road, Sevierville. 429-6063. n The Ten Commandments sermon series, 7 p.m. n Ice cream social following 7 p.m. service. n Bible study: Walk Through the Bible. currently 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. 26 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

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.

Mothers Day Out

Mothers Day Out, First Baptist Gatlinburg, Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the school year for ages 1-4. 436-4685.

FCE

Glades Lebanon and Cartertown Baptist churches back-to-school spiritual pep rally 6:30 p.m. today through Aug. 25 at Mills Park. Speakers, singers and food.

Lions Club

meets 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday at King Family Library. 453-7796.

Midway Family, Community Education Club meets 1 p.m. at Mountain National Bank, Kodak. County Agent Linda Hyder to speak on arthritis.

Friday, Aug. 27 St. Paul Lutheran

Women’s Friday Bible study 10 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610

Pullen Road, Sevierville. 429-6063.

School Yard Sale

New Center School Beta Club yard sale 5-7 p.m. today, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Proceeds benefit students going to convention.

Saturday, Aug. 28 Farmers Markets

n 8-11:30 a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101. n First Baptist Church on Chapman Highway, 7-11 a.m. 579-5433. n Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 8:30-11 a.m., parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321. 659-0690.

SCHS Class Reunion

ing the Locust Ridge Boys 7 p.m., Walnut Grove Baptist Church. 617-5380.

Monday, Aug. 30 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

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

Lutheran Bible Study

“Walk Through the Bible” 5:30 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church (LCMS), 1610 Pullen Rd. in Sevierville. 429-6063.

Thursday, Sept. 2 Democratic Party

Sevier County Democratic Party meets 7 p.m. at courthouse.

American Legion

American Legion Post 104 dinner meeting, 6 p.m. 908-4310 or www. amlgnp104tn.org.

Kindness Counts

Kindness Counts, formerly Feral Cat Friends, meets 7 p.m.. 654-2684.

Scrapbook Club

Sevier County High School Class of 1960 reunion 5 p.m., River Plantation Conference Center, Sevierville. 453-3688 or 453-9948.

Garlands of Grace Women’s Bible study 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn. 4360313.

School Yard Sale

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

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

Al-Anon Group

Hot Meals

New Center School Beta Club yard sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Proceeds benefit students going to the state convention.

Cat Adoptions

Cat Adoption Day 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Newport Animal Shelter, 420 Humane Road. Fees: kittens $35; young cats $20; older cats, $10. (423) 623-1010.

Hall of Fame Dinner

Sevier County High School Athletic Hall of Fame dinner at school. Meal 6 p.m. and induction ceremony at 7. $25. 654-4337.

Sunday, Aug. 29 Boyds Creek Baptist

Service in song with the Partons, 7 p.m., Boyds Creek Baptist Church.

Union Valley Singing

Singing 7 p.m. at Union Valley Baptist Church with guests, the Parton Family.

Walnut Grove Baptist

Tuesday, Aug. 31

Al-Anon Family Group meets 11 a.m. Pigeon Forge UMC. 428-7617 or 680-6724.

Wednesday, Sept. 1 Middle Creek UMC

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

Farmers Market

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

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

Gospel singing featur-

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

Women’s Bible Study

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.

Mothers Day Out

Mothers Day Out, First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg, fall classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the school year for ages 1-4. 4364685.

Library Free Movie

Anna Porter Public Library’s free showing of “Nine” at 6:30 p.m. 4365588.

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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

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Scuba Class

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Banner Baptist Supper

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

Roberts UMC Supper

Community supper and fellowship 5 p.m. followed by singing 6:30 p.m., Roberts UMC. 1810 Jayell Road, Sevierville. 4532292.

Sunday, Aug. 22 Laurel Branch

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

Chambers Reunion

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The Mountain Press â—† Friday, August 20, 2010

R e a l E s t a t e Tr a n s f e r s District 1 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Chicago Title Insurance Company and Service Link to Leonard Custom Homes Inc. for $12,000 for unit 1023, English Mountain Condominiums Bruce Harrell to Bruce Harrell and Kelly Breckenridge for $46,150 for 14.74 acres, Dunns Creek Road

District 2 Paul Appel and Appel Family Trust to Vernon and Martha Pierce for $199,900 for lot 54, Oak Valley Dustin and Colleen Brackins to Ira and Charla Wilson for $26,000 for 1.009 acres, Mangrum Drive J. William Myers, Howard and Brenda Whitlock to Newport Federal Bank for $34,000 for lot 10, Oak Valley

District 3 Elaine and David Westermeyer to Emily Cook for $5,520 for lot 125, Fiesta Hills Edith Boling to Eddie and Greta Green for $1,000 for lot 38, Fiesta Hills Rodney and Sara Schwartz to David Bellar Jr. and James Jones Jr. for $95,000 for lots 126 R, 137R and 127B, Bear Wallow Mountain

District 4 W. Morris Kizer and Ferry Road Properties LLC to Branch Banking and Trust Company for $368,000 for lot 23, James Lee Fox Farm W. Morris Kizer and Ferry Road Properties LLC to Branch Banking and Trust Company for $240,000 for lot 6, James Lee Fox Farm W. Morris Kizer and Ferry Road Properties LLC to Branch Banking and Trust Company for $308,000 for lot 5, James Lee Fox Farm Warren Hurst and Rodney Case to Cheri Whaley for $140,000 for lot 23, Murphy Farm Kellsy and Vicki Miller to Michael and MaryBeth Rymer for $13,000 for lot 1, phase 2, Runaway Hills Kenneth and Dianne Webb to Deborah Faulkner for $162,500 for lot 13, Riverview Custom Crafted Construction Inc. to Laurence and Katherine Brod for $38,000 for lot 50, Red Bud Acres Mike Cecil and Mike Cecil Construction to Russell and Linda Smith for $179,000 for lot 48, Scarlett Meadows Herman Wilson to Jack Parton for $46,000 for lot 98, phase II LeConte Landing Citizens National Bank to Thomas and Judy Ruth McKnight for $180,000 for unit 10, Landmark Point Garden Villas Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association, Shapiro & Kirsch LLP to Paul and Pietrina Antonevich for $109,900 for lot 44, Eagle Crest CitiFinancial Inc., National Default REO Services and First American Asset Closing Services to John R. Cagle for $34,000 for lot 28,

Eastgate Ruby Kaplan and Karen Hammond to Ronald and Jo-Ann Harrison for $128,000 for lot 11D, Sunrise Meadows

District 5 David Fee to James Hedrick for $105,000 for lot 6, phase I, Kings Hills Cecil and Betty Stancel to Jeffrey and Frances Koska for $82,500 for lot 3, Roundtop Acres Kate L. Dunaway, Kate F. Latham to Paul Owenby and Jud Messer for $5,000 for 0.25 acres in District 5 Elbridge and Ellene Smith to Rodney and Mary Kelly French for $1,000,000 for lot 47R2, Lafollette Addition SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to Randell Martin and Celeste Martin for $112,500 for unit 433, Riverstone Resort Condominium Jerry and Sherry Miller to John Burke for $219,900 for unit 9, phase 1, Sherwood Forest Resort A. Randolph Sykes, David and Beverly Gorden to Sevier County Bank for $391,577 for lot 2, Rambling Acres

District 7 Brandon Johnson to Jerry Johnson for $199,000 for .3929 acres, Park Lane Rubin Lublin Suarez Serrano TN LLC, David and Tiffany Anderson to SunTrust Mortgage Inc. for $208,073.01 for lot 28, Alder Branch Wilderness Tennessee Venture No. 4, LLC to Donald Scott French Trust for $447,000 for units 12020, 12022 and 12024, Wilderness at the Smokies River Lodge Condominium Jean and Brandon Haynes to James Darr for $68,000 for lot 50, W. L. GallowayMoon Property

District 9 Donald Humbard and Charles Baxter Humbard, deceased, to Daybyrd Properties LLC for $425,000 for lot 53, Indian Heights Paul and Cheryl Nichols to Wendell Wolfe for $125,900 for lot 96, unit 3, Eagle Den Jennifer and Barry Smith Jr. to Shawn and Angela Kirtner for $183,400 for lot 13, Bluff Mountain View

District 10 William Clanton and William Carey Clanton to Michael and Tracy Weaver for $12,500 for lot 13, B. H. Cusick Farm

District 11 Deutsche Bank National Trust, Soundview Home Loan Trust and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc. to Mehul and Nila Shah for $161,000 for lot 612, Chalet Village North Wachovia Mortgage Corp. to David Lawson Jr. and Dana Bailey for $200,000 for unit 3, Smokey Mountain Village Bruce and Rita Flener to C. Farrell and Joyce Wood for $50,000 for lot 478 Sky Harbor Janice and Todd McNutt to Scott Peterson for $270,000 for lot 64, phase III, Black Bear Falls Wendell Stinson and Sarah Saggs to Michael and Zeenia Carpenter for $142,500 for unit

408, Gatlinburg Towers Condominiums Walter Weaver, Corinne Baker, and Terry Coker Pisacone to Next Holiday Parking A LLC and Next Holiday Parking B LLC for $3,500,000, Reagan Drive J. William Myers, Howard and Brenda Whitlock to Newport Federal Bank for $25,000 for lot 25R, Silverbell Heights

District 12 Theodore George, Audrey George, deceased, and Theodore George Sr. to Juanita Hickman for $279,900 for lot 7, Northview Acres

Widilia Saldana, Miguel Burgos and Epifania Colon for $64,700 for lots 6, 7 and 8, Wild Briar Michael and Karen Placek to Daniel and Victoria Metzger for $369,000 for lot 3R, phase 1, Birds Eye View

and Katie Lankford for $115,000 for lot 89, unit 1, Pine Haven Estates Summit LLC to John and Beverly Kuvshinikov for $240,000 for lot 8, phase 1, The Summit Jay and Robin Hanks to Earl Martin for $535,000 for lot 185, unit II, phase II, Black Bear Ridge Michael and Cathleen Wilson to Carol Curry for $90,000 for lot 167, Pine Haven Estates No. 2 Lake Sumter Properties Inc. to Billy and Clarice Beheler for $186,000 for unit 22R, Walnut Grove Rubin Lublin Suarez Serrano TN LLC and Stephen Bell to SunTrust Bank for $148,750 for lot 9, Covered Bridge Resort Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Freddie Mac, National Default REO Services and First American Asset Closing Services to Chris Carroll for $53,417 for lot 2, sec-

District 15 Thomas Dickenson Trustee, Charles and Kristie Wallis to Citizens National Bank for $331,792 for 12.22 acres M. Coppley Vickers, Daniel and Lori Thatcher to Citizens National Bank for $32,759.97 for lot 1R1R1, J. E. Flynn Estate HSBC Bank USA and BAC Home Loans Servicing LP to Barbara and John Lewis Jr. for $31,000 for lot 26, Grants Landing

tion 3, Shagbark Brookside RV Resort to Thomas and Mary Maloy for $37,000 for lot 54, Brookside RV Resort Brookside RV Resort to Arthur and Betty Watson for $57,000 for lot 62, Brookside RV Resort

District 17 Timothy and Jan Hawk to Donald and Judith Salo for $30,000 for lot 233, Outdoor Resorts at Gatlinburg Russell and Valerie Holland to Rita Rodriguez for $95,800 for lot 16, Lil Bit of Heaven Ruth and Wallace Phillips Sr. to Mike Davis for $12,000 lot 15, Outdoor Resorts at Gatlinburg Charles and Joyce Harris to Elaine and Larry Ellison for $49,000 for lot 244, Outdoor Resorts at Gatlinburg

SUMMER EVEN VOLUNTEER CHEVROLET District 13

Lushen and Dianne Evans to Phillip Silverthorne for $350,000 for lot 4, Settlers Ridge Greenbank to Wilfredo and Aida Nieves, Luis and

District 16

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2010 SILVERADO EXT CAB 1500 4WD

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40,760

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43,462

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Comics ◆ B7

Friday, August 20, 2010 ◆ The Mountain Press Family Circus

Close to Home

Advice

Son only gets in touch with parents when he needs money

Zits

Blondie

Baby Blues

Beetle Bailey

Dear Annie: Our 19-year-old son, “Todd,” left home a year ago with only a backpack. He left a voicemail saying he was with a friend and not to look for him. My husband finally got a mailing address when he called Todd’s cell phone and said perhaps insurance coverage was no longer needed if we didn’t know where he was. We continued to forward mail to him and twice received e-mail — once to ask for money (which we sent) and another time to tell us his guitar had been stolen. Six weeks ago, I found Todd on Facebook and “friended” him so we could keep better track of his status. He lives with friends a mile away and has been attending college nearby. Last month was his birthday, and I forwarded the card and check his grandmother sent and enclosed a check and card of our own. When the checks were not immediately deposited, we worried something might have happened to him and e-mailed. He informed us he had moved, but didn’t say where. Since then, we have received several e-mails from Todd, all asking if those checks came back in the mail or if we are sending replacements. Maybe my anger is clouding my judgment, but if he wants gifts, isn’t it his responsibility to send us his address? If he doesn’t want us to know where he lives, he forfeits his right to get a birthday check. Should we take a stand on this and risk losing touch with him completely, or has he proved that

he is only interested in a relationship with us if we pay? — Peeved Parents in Tennessee Dear Parents: We think Todd has proved only that he’s 19 and immature. The good news is, he is attending college and managing to stay out of trouble. The bad news is, the only time he thinks to contact you is when he needs money. The check from Grandma belongs to Todd, so e-mail and say if he wants it, he has to send you his current address. After that, it’s up to you. But we think it wouldn’t hurt to remind Todd that you love and worry about him, and that it would be nice if he’d let you know he’s OK once in a while. Then try to leave him alone as much as possible so he can learn to be a responsible adult. It will be good for all of you. Dear Annie: My friend has a boyfriend who is emotionally abusive and recently choked her. She called the police but did not file a restraining order. She calls me every day, crying and asking for advice that she never follows. I’m a wreck worrying about her and her child, waiting for the next awful phone call. I live a few hours away, and her family is no help. What can I do? — Pennsylvania Dear Penn: There are myriad reasons

t o d ay ’ s p u z z l e

Garfield

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

For Better Or Worse

Tina’s Groove

why people stay in abusive relationships. You cannot “save” your friend. She must find the strength to get out on her own. You are, however, coming to her aid by listening and repeatedly encouraging her to get help. Please don’t abandon her out of frustration. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline (ndvh. org) at 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233), and ask for additional assistance. Dear Annie: This is for “Help Needed,” who has a fear of birds. I suffer from arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and have developed a coping mechanism that might work for her. Instead of screaming when startled by a spider, I yell at it. This could work really well for birds, since they usually fly away when yelled at. — Ignoring My Fears Dear Ignoring: Often, using anger can help make a person less afraid and in this particular case would probably scare away the birds, as well. Thanks. 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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Garage/Estate Sales

Indoor Moving Sale/Book Store Closeout, Sat 8-3, 535 Rush Branch Rd, PF. Audio, Home-schooling books, toys, games, clothes, bookcases, chickens & dog kennel. Moving Sale-Fri & Sat Decor & gift items, dishes, baby girl clths, furn, Iron UT frpl screen, Tiki bar wear, much more. 1608 Rivergate, Sevierville. Multi Family Yard Sale off Boyds Creek Hwy on McCroskey Island Rd. Thurs, Fri & Sat 8am-? RAIN/SHINE, GARAGE/YARD SALE Thur, Fri, Sat, 9-5, 625 Shiloh Dr. Kokak. 139 E off Hwy 66, 2mi, turn on Roberts Rd, go 1 mi Turn on Shiloh Dr. Top of Hill

TENT SALE at Diane's Resale Shop. Anything under the tent will be $1.00. Lots of fall & winter clothes, dishes, knick-knacks, toys, tools & more. New stuff added daily. Come check us out at 2829 Veteran's Blvd, just down from the Dollywood entrance. Fri, Sat & Sun, 10-6. Easy St. off Wears Valley Rd: King log bed, gas fireplace, antique beds, comic book sets & more. 1414 Broadview Circle off of Boyd's Creek Rd. 2 Family: Cheap, Cheap prices. rain or shine. Furniture and more. Sat. the 21st from 8am-1pm Big Indoor 3 Family Yard Sale, Saturday only, lots of clothes, TVs, sofas, piano, treadmill, Foosball table, and collectibles. Rain or shine, 8AM-? at 1868 Newport Hwy. behind Clearwater Drilling company.

Yard sale rain or shine, Sat only 10-8. 2511 Chapman Hwy. beside Living Way Pentecostal Church used to be Smoky Mountain Medical Clinic. Several Dooney & Bourke handbags, 2 beautiful Sharis & Lucky handbags all in new condition and priced to sell. None over $30. Some Diamond Jewelry & fashion jewelry. Great Deals! Plus size women's clothing several with tags still on. Sizes 18-24. Housewares-2 fans/excellent condition & a sander used once. Also, suitcases only used once. Home decor too much to list. Everything priced to sell. Call 774-6013 if questions or directions needed. YARD SALE, Sat August 21 ONLY , 7am-12noon. 2749 English Hills Dr. Sevierville.

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BANNER BAPTIST CHURCH, SUPPER & AUCTION, ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Includes Desserts/Drinks, Sat, Aug 21. Supper 5-6:30 pm. Adults $5.00, Children 6-12 $2.50. Auction begins at 7:00. Something for Everyone! Benefit Youth Charities Fund. 209 Beech Branch Rd. Gatlinburg-off the spur before the tunnel.

Fri & Sat 8-4. Inside Moving Sale. Dining table/chairs, recliner, kitchen appl, side-table, bkcases, some collectibles, etc. 531 High St. #3. Across from Sev Middle School

Garage Sale 3149 Clover Circle off Boyds Creek Hwy Fri & Sat 9am-? HH items, furniture, clothes all sizes, toys, rims & wheels, motorcycle & car. This is the Sale of the Year!!

Huge Yard Sale. Lots of kids stuff. Fri 8/20 & Sat 8/21 at 1274 Tulip Circle, Sevierville Garage Sale Friday the 20th & Saturday the 21st, off of East Union Valley in King View.

Yard Sale-clothes, toys, furn etc. From Parkway in PF past lt #7, rt on Ogle Dr to Brookstone Village. Sat 8-2.

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Great Opportunity! (Weekends) Americas Home Place, one of the Largest Custom home builders in the South East is looking for a part time sales assistant to work weekends. If you're looking for a little something extra and you enjoy greeting people, we would love to meet you. Great opportunity, great working environment! Send resumes to 865-465-0096 or email Craig S t e p h e n s a t cstephens@americashomeplace.com Local Advertising Sales representative needed in the Sevier County Area for new MagaBook to be published. This is a combination Telephone Book/Magazine and online publication-All in one to be delivered to all addresses in the county. Employment applicants must have advertising experience, be very outgoing and professional. Employee will report to the local Sevierville office on the parkway. Looking for long term employment but part-time is available for the right person that is self motivated and practices good time management. Salary, commissions and expenses. Amount based on experience. Please email resume to donstewart@choicedirectory.n et. We will contact qualified applicants.

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Wanted... High Energy Sales Person Great earning potential Fantastic Benefit Pkg. Please send resume r375@clayton.net Clayton Homes Sevierville Attn: Jack

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General Help

Animal Caretaker, must have reliable transportation, be capable of light maintenance work (weed-eating), able to lift 50 lb. feed bags and follow directions. Non-smoker preferred. Call 430-5505 for appointment. CITY OF PIGEON FORGE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

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General Help

Our fast paced rental company is in need of team players. Must be self motivating with knowledge of basic computer programs and be willing to have a flexible working schedule from day shift to nights. Must provide exceptional customer service while conveying company objectives, complete daily procedures, meet sales goals, multi task and work well with other depts. Competitive pay & Benefits. Mountain Rentals of Gatlinburg 436-9274 Ext. 2862 or 2853. RESORT POSITIONS AVAILABLE

The City of Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism is accepting resumes for a Special Events Manager.

FRONT DESK PERSONNEL, Friendly, customer-service oriented people for a large resort. 6am until 2pm and 2pm until 10pm shifts available.

This position is a working manager position and works under the general direction of the department's Executive Director.

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL General maintenanceGrounds and Certified AC Tech first shift positions.

Qualifications: A college degree with coursework in event management, marketing, public relations or advertising is preferred. Three years experience in event management and or related field. Possess a valid Tennessee driver's license. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

Apply in person at Gatlinburg Town Square/Village Hotel at 515 Historic Nature Trail. Phone 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

Mail resume and note position applying for as Special Events Manager to: City of Pigeon Forge Human Resource Department P.O. Box 1350 Pigeon Forge, TN 37868-1350 Resumes must be post marked by Friday August 27, 2010 @ 4:30 P.M. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! The City of Pigeon Forge is an EOE and complies with ADA and Title VI. Applicant must be subject to the Drug Testing in accordance with City policy. Applicant will be subject to a background and driving history check. Douglas Cooperative, Inc. is a private non-profit agency providing comprehensive services to adults with developmental disabilities. The following position is available: Residential Relief- Sevier County- Part Time (24 hrs/wk)The hours are 8am-8pm Saturday and Sunday. You will provide support and assistance to individuals in following their Individual Support Plans, assist in record keeping including progress notes, attend ISP meetings, community involvement, etc. at our women's group home. Please contact Danny Sanders, County Director at 1101 Wagner Drive, Sevierville, TN 37862 to complete an application and review copy of job description. Clear motor vehicle record, criminal background check, and drug screen are required. Serious inquiries only. No Phone Calls please. DCI is an equal opportunity employer. GLENSTONE LODGE 504 Historic Nature Trail, Gatlinburg TN APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED Full Time or Part Time Experienced COOK Dependable, Team Player, Pleasant Personality Apply in Person Monday-Friday 9:00AM to 4:30PM Daily 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. Need Person or Housekeeping Service to clean 4BR & 1BR condos located on Dollywood Ln. Call 865-765-5303 SALES CLERK $10/hr. Lid'l Dolly's Light #4, PF

Training/Publishing Co. Needs a competent person to work with book authors and professional speakers. M-F, 8:30-5:00. Salary, commission, bonuses, paid vacation. Non-smoking environment. Fax resume to 429-4523, E m a i l t o Jeanne@isnworks.com or call 429-0252. TURN YOUR JUNK CARS INTO CASH. 865-908-6207 WAREHOUSE & STOCK $10/hr. LID'L DOLLY'S LIGHT 4 PF

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Trucking

Now Hiring truck driver, 1yr flat-bed experience. If interested call Mike at 453-7200.

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Hotel/Motel

CLARION INN WILLOW RIVER now hiring front desk agent. Computer skills, customer service, good work record. Apply in person 1990 Windfield Dunn Pkwy. Sevierville (Hwy 66). Cobbly Nob Rentals is now hiring Front Desk Clerk. Will work around college schedule. Please apply in person at 3722 E Parkway, Gatlinburg. Drug Free Workplace. Front Desk-full-time & Maintenance Man on premises needed. Please apply within. Red Roof Inn & Suites. 401 Hemlock St, Gat. Local resort now hiring Part-time Housekeepers. $9+/hr, Must be able to work weekends and have dependable transportation. Experience preferred. Applications are available at 746 Ski Mountain Road, Gatlinburg or resumes can be faxed to 865-436-4657. 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 for Maintenance Dept, Desk & Breakfast Host. Apply in person at 2440 Parkway, PF. Experience preferred but will consider all applicants. Park Tower Inn now hiring Housekeepers. Apply in person 201 Sharon Dr, PF. Part-Time Front Desk, Apply in person. Must have experience. Smoky Meadows Lodge 2809 Pkwy. Pigeon Forge.

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Restaurant

Unfurnished Apartments

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

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

Part-time & full time p.m Cashier & Servers. No tip sharing, no tipping out. Apply in person at Cracker Barrel, 2285 Parkway, Pigeon Forge.

Quiet country setting

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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.

Child Care

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

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Businesses for Sale

FOR SALE OR LEASE

Boyds Creek Market & Deli

Also Garage available.

850-5700

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428-5227

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

Nice, cleaN 1 Br / 1 BA in SevierviLLe $380.00 + DepoSit no petS 865-712-5238

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chihuahuas for sale, 2 females and 1 adult. Call 865-428-4685 or 865-385-2647.

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2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhomes

Call 428-5161

Household Goods

For Sale-Leather & fabric easy chair. Custom made. A Must See- $400. 4 green glass-top tables, very nice-$100ea or $300 for all. 2 sea grass rugs, green brdrs, 6x9-$100, 3x5-$50. 865-08-2352

Park Village Apartments

Matching Washer/Dryer, Gas Grill & Electric Treadmill. Call 704-502-9361

Apartments available 2BD/1BA. Pigeon Forge/Sevierville. 429-3201

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Red Golf Cart For Sale, Battery Powered, free charger, Price: $1000 (865) 932-4292

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Furniture

New 4pc.

Bedroom Group

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

453-0727

Looking for used furniture? Go to Diane's Resale Shop at 2829 Veteran's Blvd just down from the Dollywood entrance.

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Taking Applications

865-428-5280 Beautiful, newly redecorated 2BR/1BA. $550 mo & $400 dep. Sevierville. 865-712-0254.

Beautiful, spacious, 1100 sq ft. 2BD/1BA. Close to New Center School. 865-742-6176

Gatlinburg Dwntwn, 1BD/1BA walk to work. Appl furn, No pets. 1st+sec. 865-430-3271 GREAT DEAL! 2BD/1BA heat/air, elec.,water, cable TV with all movie channels, wireless internet included! PF behind Duffs. $700/mo+$700 dep. to move in. Some pets OK. 865-809-1437

1 Bedroom Apt. Country setting. $375/mo., $200 Deposit. No pets. 453-6186, 654-2450.

Near Hospital 2BR/1.5BA

For Sale

All Appliances 24 hr. Maintenance

A-1 pre-owned dryers, washers, ranges & refrigerators. All with warranty. Cagles Furniture and Appliances

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$550 month Some Pets

774-2494 or 386-1655

453-0727

RIVERWALK - Sevierville

EAL ESTATE FOR RENT

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Unfurnished Apartments

$575 Move in Today. Ideal, quiet location. 2BR/1.5BA. Living room, kitchen. W/D included. No pets. 850-6123

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

1 & 2 Bedroom near G’burg

$450 & up

Discount on 1st month’s rent.

865-430-9671 865-228-7533 423-276-5678 1BR $395 2BR $495 Great views from patio 908-2062

• Spacious 2 Bedrooms • Washer/Dryer Hookups • Ceiling Fans

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

Newly remodeled - 2BR/1BA Apartments. Near Dollywood. 865-712-4545.

• Fully Equipped Kitchen • Club House • Swimming Pool

River Country Apartments Old Newport Hwy., Sevierville, TN 428-5186

• Mini Blinds • Pets/Ask

The Mountain Press ♌ Friday, August 20, 2010

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Unfurnished Apartments

On Lake! 1BR Townhome. Electric/H20 included. $150 wk+dep. 865-307-2882

Unfurnished Apartments

1 & 2 BR avail. Some Pets OK. $400 UP • WATER INCLUDED Murrell Meadows 1/8 mile from Walters State College Allensville Road • Walk to lake Reasonable Rates • 654-7033

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2 BR & 2 1/2 BA

Furnished Apartments/Houses

Walk to Walmart

HOUSE NICE/CLEAN SEVIERVILLE

Large 2 Bedroom/1Bath Furn or Unfurn, Washer & Dryer, Only $300 Dep.

APARTMENT 2 BR & 1 BA

Call 865-789-1427

PIGEON FORGE

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

865-774-5919

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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 on Jackson St. Sev. $650 mo/$500 dep. 865-932-9691. 3 BDR/2 BA House for rent in Kodak, fenced back yard, like new, two car garage, $950 MO. $950 Dep. (865) 323-3457 3BD/1BA Ranch Appl incl, W/D, Wears Valley area, $800 mo. 453-2374 or 388-1209.

ABSOLUTE AUCTION!!! Saturday August 28,2010 @ 10:30 AM

Douglas Lakefront Homes

This is a level lake lot with 125 ft Lake Frontage improved with a Brick Home and Mobile Home.

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Homes for Rent

3 BR/2 BA, brick rancher, W/ 2 car garage, C/HA, gas, FP, kitchen appliances, large lot, Boyd's Creek. $900/MO + $900 Damage Deposit, Reference required (865)640-7990 3BR/2BA, 10 mi. east of Gat. No smoking, washer/dryer. $675/mo. Call 865-436-0144 or 239-826-5303. Beautiful 4BR 3BA home with gorgeous mtn view. Pittman Center area. $1400 mth + dep. 865-712-3730 or 865-712-5808. Beautiful 4BR 3BA home with gorgeous mtn view. Pittman Center area. $1400 mth + dep. 865-712-3730 or 865-712-5808. Belle Meadows Available in Aug. 3BR 2BA w/ 2 car garage Approx. 1800 Sq ft. $1200 865-429-2962

3BR, 2BA, near Boyd’s Creek Elem. Garage, deck, fenced + other extras.

$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 Great view from this 4BR/2BA hideaway cabin in Pigeon Forge. Call 865-654-3655.

House For rent. 3BR 2BA Boyds Creek area No Pets 850-5700

Preview Date: Friday, August 27, 2-6 PM

• 1000 Sq Ft Brick Home with Large Covered Patio for Extended Outdoor Living. • 1160 Sq Ft 2 Bedroom Mobile Home with two covered Porches • Canopy Awning connecting Both Homes • Each Home has own septic and well • Both Homes sell Completely Furnished Also Selling: • 2 Tier Boat Slip being sold separately • 1992 28 ft Star Craft Pontoon Boat

House in Seymour: 3BR, 1BA, LR, kit., laundry room. Located on dead end street. Quiet neighborhood. No Pets! No smoking. $600/mo. + $500 damage deposit. References required. Please call 865-577-3869. HOUSE ON BEAUTIFUL LOT, NO PETS. CALL 453-0883 Wears Valley 3 BR 2 Bath 2300 sq ft $1500 mo Lease/purchase option (865) 607-4792

0620

Homes for Rent

House For Sale, or Rent to Own: 2,300 Sq.Ft. 3 Bedroom, 2 Full Baths and 2 Half Baths, wrap-around porch, over-sized garage, private, 5 mins. from Pkwy. $975 month, 1st, last and deposit.(865) 603-9222

**Nice, cleaN**

3 BR / 2 BA with GARAGe in KodAK AReA

$950.00/mo. + dep. no pets.

865-712-5238

Kodak 3+2: 2,000 SQ. FT. 1 BLK. off 66, NO PETS $800 MO. 865-740-2525

NEW HOMES FOR RENT $650-$1,000 Monthly

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

Boyds Creek Area

(865) 223-5677 after 5 (865) 850-7253 0625

Condominiums for Rent Want to Live in Luxury?... Call Today!

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

Call 865-428-5161

Gatlinburg 2BR/2BA Furn. Pool. Rent includes water & cable w/ HBO. No pets. Great location. $875 mo. 1 yr lease. (865)323-0181 New Furn 2BR/2BA, on Pkwy, pool, elec, water, cable, wifi, $1000 mth. 423-838-3303

0630

Duplexes for Rent

Duplex 2BD/2BA S. Flat Creek Rd. No Pets. $500mo. 865-453-5337.

Classifieds ♌ B9

0635 Rooms for Rent

For Rent

Beautiful Creekside Rooms in Gatlinburg

• Private Balcony • Jacuzzi, Very Quiet • No Pets, No Dep. • $150/week • Wifi & all utl. included

865-621-2941

DOWNTOWN SEVIERVILLE 428 Park Rd.

near trolley stop

Includes All Utilities.

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

405-2116

Gatlinburg/Dudley Creek

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

865-429-2962

0670 Business Places/ Offices

BURCHFIEL MEDICAL PARK Medical Suites for Lease 1440 sq ft 2880 sq ft. and/or 4320 sq ft. 453-3315 or 850-3315 EAST GATE PLAZA Suites for lease 1100 sq ft and 1600 sq ft. 453-3315 or 850-3315

Fountain Park, Double Unit, 2 Restrooms, Plenty of Parking, Ground Level, Utilities Furnished, Conference Room Available $875/ MO + D.D. Phone: (423) 623-2230

OFFICE SPACE - 5 30x20 units. 5 entrances, 5BA, $525 each or neg. for more than one. Call Bill 865-654-9001.

Office Space 119 S. Blvd. 20 x 30, $475 Month, 865-740-2525

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

0675

Mobile Homes for Rent

1BR trailer, no pets, $400mo/$400 dep. 654-1117 or 453-7252

2 & 3 BR Homes

Pine Knob Mountain View Swimming Pool

865-933-0504

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

A Perfect setup for two family recreational living, or for entertaining overnight friends while maintaining your privacy. Invest now for the memories tomorrow on Douglas Lake.

Property Address: 2179 Riverview Drive, Dandridge, TN 37725 Call for Directions Buyers Premium: 10% Buyer’s Premium will be added to all successful bids. Real Estate Terms: 10% down day of sale and remaining balance due at closing. Broker Participation: Broker Participation is being offered contact office for details.

Cleaning Services

1162 Home Improvement & Repair

HOUSE CLEANING 20 Yrs. Exp. Refs. Available

865-206-3294

1108

Excavating

Excavating/Land Clearing Driveway Repairs & Grading as low as $75.00. No materials included

Jester’s

865-809-8802

428-5186

1198

Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

Bushhogging-Clearing, DumptruCk graDing, BaCkhoe. Lic. & ins.

Remodeling? Combs Construction 25 years experience fully licensed and insured

CAMPBELL ENTERPRISES 865-850-2078

BOBCAT/CONCRETE WORK

We do everything from decks to building your house

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

GARAGE SlABS PATiOS/SidEWAlKS/ETC. GRAdE dRiVEWAYS

865-680-4678 865-428-3151

Please give valid p/up attach pdf of ad. 1156 orHeating/Cooling Thanks.

Lower Your Electric Bill TUNE UP $49.95 + FREON Service/Repair/Install LESS WATTZ AIR CONDITIONING

Old Newport Hwy., Sevierville, TN

Painting/Remodeling & Handyman SeRvice no Job too Small call derich 865-599-1258

The p/up #, 250451, 865-456-9312 is not in our system. 561-662-5986

AIR CONDITIONING

1162 Home Improvement & Repair

KELLY’S HOME IMPROVEMENT

Quality Work - Reasonable Prices Carpentry • Electrical • Plumbing Kitchens • Bathrooms • Painting Licensed & Insured

Call Ty 368-2361

All work guaranteed No job too small

363-8555

Pe op leon d Re sp To The Classifieds! 428-0748

• Club House • Swimming Pool • Mini Blinds • Pets/Ask

River Country Apartments

1148 Wagner Drive • PO Box 6714 Sevierville, TN 37864 865-774-5789 FAX: 865-868-0448 Toll Free 1-877-497-3523 www.thompsoncarr.com

TAL# 4203 TNRE# 256430

1048

• Spacious 2 Bedrooms • Washer/Dryer Hookups • Ceiling Fans • Fully Equipped Kitchen

1198

Lawn/Landscape/ Tree Svc

A&J’s Tree Experts Trees trimmed/ cut/removed/ landscaping

Our Price will not be beat! Full insured. 14+ years exp.

865-774-1253 1276

Roofing

McKinney Lawn Service

654-9078

Small Engine Repair Small Engine & Equipment Repair

Best Labor Rate in Tennessee Sevierville

865-456-9312 561-662-5986 1342 Storage, Indoor/ Outdoor

CLIMATE CONTROLLED 10x10 self-storage $65 mo. Discounts Available! Behind Riverchase subdiv. 1855 Country Meadows Dr. 865-318-3415

865-654-0892

Landscaping, All Drain Work, Mulching, Mowing, Pressure Washing. We Do It ALL. Quality Work. Senior Discount 20 yrs exp.

1318

CALL CLASSIFIEDS TODAY! 428-0748

NOW LEASING WAREHOUSE SPACE 1500-3100 sq ft. Great for distribution co. Please call for lease rate. Behind Riverchase Subdiv. Country Meadows Dr. 865-318-3415.

10X10 or 10X20 SELF STORAGE Convenient Location! 411 South, left on Robert Henderson Rd., 1/4 mile on right at Riverwalk Apts.

429-2962

Classifieds ♦ B10

0675

Mobile Homes for Rent

2BD/1BA mobile home $400dep/$485mo with water incl. No pets. 865-388-3119. 3 BDR Mobile Home & 2 BDR house for rent, some furniture. (865) 654-8702 Kodak 3/1 mobile home, yard maintenance, city water, $615mo. Darin 770-335-7008.

Private, Double-Wide, Central H & A, 3 BDR/2 BA. large, wooded lot $650 + Deposit (865) 933-5894 or 382-7781

3BR/2BA $500-$700/mth Boyds Creek Area No pets. 908-8629

Quiet 2BR, 2BA Stove, Refrigerator, Dishwasher. Mowing included. No pets. Close to Sev. $575 mo. First, last & deposit. Call Rebecca 865-621-6615 Sev & Kodak, 2+1, DW $500mo, 2+2 $475mo, No Pets. 865-740-2525 Singe wide Trailer off Allensville Rd. N/P, prefer N/S, maximum 3 people. 1st & last, $450mo + yard work. 453-7690 Small Mobile in Wears Valley for rent: $125 Week, $400 Deposit (865) 679-4274

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0710

Homes for Sale

2BR/2BA jacq tub, FP, stove, refrig, microwv, dshwshr near schools & hospital. $98,900. 865-984-0141 or 919-4023. For Sale 3BR 3BA. C H/A, fp, 3 level deck, new roof, hrdwd floors & more. Great location. 865-604-1948

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

0715

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.

0741

Mobile Homes for Sale

New Double-wides Single-wides Trades Welcome Land Home • Packages Call to Qualify

865-566-1733 16X80 3 BEDROOM 2 BATH

$19,900

Ready to Move-In

Call Joe 865-428-1978 0773 Income Property WANTED: Investor for income producing real estate. Short term, great return. Contact Jeri 863-381-7370.

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0868

Cars for Sale

2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING GTC 2d CONVERTIBLE. Excellent condition. 57000 miles. Silver exterior. Black interior. Air conditioning. CD player. Cruise Control. Power Windows. Power Locks. Tinted Windows. NADA is $9825. Asking ONLY $8200 865-466-1139..

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ABANDONED VEHICLE YEAR: 2000 MAKE: Toyota MODEL: Celica VIN: JTDDR32T2Y0002408

to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier 0955 Legals County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 6 day of August, 2010. (Signed) Rick C. McCarter Administrator Estate of GLADYS F. MCCARTER By: none Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HERMAN E. COX Late of Sevier County, Tennessee Notice is Hereby Given that on the 6 day of AUGUST 2010, Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of HERMAN E. COX, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 6 day of August, 2010. (Signed) Patsy A. Cox Kathy L. Cox Webb Co-Executors Estate of HERMAN E. COX By: none Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10

NAME: Stooksbury's Towing ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5275 CITY: Sevierville STATE: TN ZIP CODE: 37864 8/20 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GLADYS F. MCCARTER Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

(Signed) months from the date of the The Mountain Press ♦ Friday, August 20, 2010 Patsy A. Cox first publication (or of the post0955L. Cox Webb Legals ing, 0955 Legals Kathy as the case may be) of Co-Executors this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. Estate of All persons indebted to the HERMAN E. COX above Estate must come forward and make proper settleBy: none ment with the undersigned at Attorney once. This 6 day of August, 2010. By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk (Signed) Coy Carter 8-13-10 Executor 8-20-10 Estate of NOTICE TO CREDITORS IRENE FRITTS Estate of IRENE FRITTS Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 6 day of AUGUST 2010, Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of IRENE FRITTS, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 6 day of August, 2010.

By: none Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JUDITH ANN MUELLEMAN Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 6 day of AUGUST 2010, Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of JUDITH ANN MUELLEMAN, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the (Signed) first publication (or of the postCoy Carter ing, as the case may be) of Executor this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. Estate of All persons indebted to the IRENE FRITTS above Estate must come forward and make proper settleBy: none ment with the undersigned at Attorney once. This 6 day of August, 2010. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a new private home, a By: Joe T. Keener desirable rental property or both in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. These County Clerk (Signed) two cabins each sit on nearly an acre of land overlookingJr.the Norman F. Muelleman, community Smoky Mountains. Both 8-13-10of Wears Valley in the Great Administrator were 8-20-10 built in 2002 and are identical in size and floor plan. Each comes fully furnished and offers five Estate bedrooms of and four baths. Family room, dining room and kitchen are all open, affording JUDITH ANN MUELLEMAN views of the stone fireplace. Screened deck features a private hot By: covered none tub. French doors lead onto one of three porches. Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 6 day of AUGUST 2010, Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of GLADYS F. MCCARTER, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 6 day of August, 2010.

8-13-10 8-20-10

(Signed) Rick C. McCarter Administrator Estate of GLADYS F. MCCARTER By: none Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10

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LEMAN, deceased, were isThe Mountain Press ♦ Friday, August 20, 2010 sued to the undersigned by 0955 0955 Legals the County Court Legals Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and NOTICE TO CREDITORS non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, Estate of against her Estate are required TOMMY JOE KNIGHT, JR to file the same in triplicate Late of Sevier County, with the Clerk of the above Tennessee named Court within four months from the date of the Notice is Hereby Given that on first publication (or of the postthe 9 day of AUGUST 2010, ing, as the case may be) of Letters Testamentary, of Adthis notice, otherwise their ministration, in respect to the claim will be forever barred. Estate of TOMMY JOE All persons indebted to the KNIGHT, JR, deceased, were above Estate must come forissued to the undersigned by ward and make proper settlethe County Court Clerk of ment with the undersigned at Sevier County,Tennessee. once. All persons, resident and This 6 day of August, 2010. non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, (Signed) against her Estate are required Norman F. Muelleman, Jr. to file the same in triplicate Administrator with the Clerk of the above named Court within four Estate of months from the date of the JUDITH ANN MUELLEMAN first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of By: none this notice, otherwise their Attorney claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the By: Joe T. Keener above Estate must come forCounty Clerk ward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at 8-13-10 once. 8-20-10 This 9 day of August, 2010. NON-RESIDENT NOTICE NO. 10-7-220 STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES VS SUMMER LEE MCCARTER and JASON RAMSEY IN THE MATTER OF: ISIAH MCCARTER, DOB 10/16/02 STATE OF TENNESSEE IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE In the cause, it appearing from the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights, which is sworn to, that the defendant, JASON RAMSEY is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, or his whereabouts cannot be ascertained so that ordinary process cannot be served upon him, it is ordered that said defendant file an answer with the Chancery Court of Sevier County, Tennessee, and a copy with Plaintiff's Attorney, Daniel K. Smithwick, whose address is, 115 Allensville Road, Suite 105, Sevierville, TN 37876 Phone No. (865) 429-7012, within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication, exclusive of the last day of publication, or a judgment by default may be entered and the cause set for hearing ex parte as to him on the 5th day of November 2010, at 9:00a.m. or as soon as this cause can be heard in the Chancery Courtroom, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, TN; further, that failure to answer before or appear on that date will result in the judgment being taken against him and entry of a Final Decree terminating your parental rights to the subject child, Isaiah McCarter. This notice will be published in the Mountain Press for four successive weeks. This the 17th day of August 2010. CAROLYN P. MCMAHAN CLERK & MASTER BARBARA ATCHLEY DEPUTY CLERK & MASTER

Attorney: Daniel K. Smithwick 8/20, 8/27, 9/3 & 9/10

(Signed) Reda G. Knight Administrator Estate of TOMMY JOE KNIGHT, JR

This 6 day of August, 2010.

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Helen Baker Executor

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Estate of WARREN HENRY BAKER By: C. Dan Scott Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10

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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.

By: none Attorney By: Joe T. Keener County Clerk 8-13-10 8-20-10 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WARREN HENRY BAKER Late of Sevier County, Tennessee Notice is Hereby Given that on the 6 day of AUGUST 2010, Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of WARREN HENRY BAKER, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County,Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 6 day of August, 2010. (Signed) Helen Baker Executor

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NOTICE TO FURNISHERS OF LABOR AND MATERIALS TO: Estate of Trafc Specialists, Inc. WARREN HENRY BAKER NO.: 98017-4114-04 PROJECT CONTRACT NO.: CNH140 By: C. Dan Scott COUNTY: Sevier Attorney The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make nal settlement with the contractor By: Joe T. Keener construction of the above numbered project. Countyfor Clerk All persons wishing to le claims pursuant to 8-13-10Section 54-5-122, T.C.A. must le same with 8-20-10the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 09/24/10.

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The Mountain Press ♌ Friday, August 20, 2010

Two Unique Properties RAIN OR SHINE ON SITE

Who YA GonnA CAll? NO MINIMUMS NO RESERVES

SEVIERVILLE, TN

OWNER TERMS NO QUALIFYING

COMMERCIAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER PREMIER 11TH, 2010, 10:30 AM & 1:00 PM 13.63 ACRE TRACT FRONTS HIGHWAY 66 #1 ROUTE TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TWO HOMES WITH ACREAGE IN GATLINBURG/ PITTMAN Land has been in same family over 60 years A very rare opportunity to buy CENTER COMMUNITY Land sells in 1 tract to highest bidder

ESTATE AUCTION SALE #1SATURDAY, SAT. 10:30 AMJULY 10th, 2010, 10:30 A.M. ,%6%, 4/ ()'(7!9 s -/34 /& 3)4% 2%!$9 4/ "5),$ /. s 42!#4 &2/.43 !,$%2 "2!.#( 2/!$ &4 DIANNA OGLE ESTATE :/.%$ # ). #")$ s !,3/ 3%,,).' 15!,)49 !.4)15% 42!#4/23 !.$ -/2% DIRECTIONS: On East side of Hwy. 66, Winfield Dunn Parkway, between Downtown Sevierville and Exit 407 “Twin Falls Ranchâ€? • Secluded of I-40 across from Clarion Inn. Creekfront Property10% in 3Deposit Tractsday • 4ofBR, TERMS: REAL ESTATE: sale, balance due at closing within 30 days. All successful bidders will be required to sign a note for the deposit amount with the contract, in addition to deposit paid day of 3BANote Home Horsenull Barn w/Riding Arena sale. shall • become and void when buyer shall& complete all requirements for closing as set out in their contract. PERSONAL PROPERTY: Cash or Flats good check Outbuildings • Located in Rocky Areaday of sale. 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO EACH SUCCESSFUL BID only 2 mi. off Hwy. 321 www.McCarterAuction.com sold@mccarterauction.com

3140 Newport Hwy. Sevierville, TN 37876 AUCTIONEERS: Edd McCarter Chuck McCarter, OWNER TERMS Auctioneers Keith McGregor, NO QUALIFYING Apprentice Auctioneer

LEADERS IN REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS SINCE 1953

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Absolute Auction

Toll Free:

1-877-282-8467 COURT ORDERED AUCTION Auc. Lic. #335

Equestrian

SALE #2: SAT. 1:00 P.M. Keith Shults Brent Shults When Can You EverLisa Buy Property SEVIERVILLE, TN M. Carroll (865) 453-1600 Megan McCarter Cates Inside the National COMMERCIAL Amanda Park? M. Williams Scott E.PREMIER McCarter, CAI Real Est. Lic. #214075

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#1 ROUTE TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS Land has been in same family over 60 years A very rare opportunity to buy Land sells in 1 tract to highest bidder

Smoky Mountain Retreat w/Large Indoor Pool on 20+ AC in 2 Tracts • Just off Hwy 321 SATURDAY, JULY 10th, 2010, 10:30 A.M. • A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity! ,%6%, 4/ ()'(7!9 s -/34 /& 3)4% 2%!$9 4/ "5),$ /. s 42!#4 &2/.43 !,$%2 "2!.#( 2/!$ &4

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dIRECTIONS #1 &side #2: of From downtown Gatlinburg turn off Hwy. 441 Parkway andSevierville take Hwy. and 321 North 8.7 DIRECTIONS:SALES On East Hwy. 66, Winfield Dunn Parkway, between Downtown Exit 407 mi. turnacross right on Soak Ash Creek of I-40 from Clarion Inn. Rd. and follow through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to SALE SITE #2. FOR SALE #1 continue on Hwy. 5.5 mi.day Turnofleft onto Rockydue Flats & gowithin 1 mi. Turn left onto Mathis Branch TERMS: REAL ESTATE: 10%321 Deposit sale, balance at Rd. closing 30 days. All successful biddersand willgo be1 required to sign note deposit amount with the contract, addition to Way, deposit paid dayTN. of Rd. mi. to SALE SITEa #1 on for left.the SALE #1 PROPERTy AddRESS: 469 in Bobcat Ridge Gatlinburg, sale. Note shall become null and void buyer shallRd., complete all requirements for closing as set out in their SALE #2 PROPERTy AddRESS: 199when Soak Ash Creek Gatlinburg, TN contract. PERSONAL PROPERTY: Cash or good check day of sale.

10% BUYERS PREMIUM ADDED TO EACH BID 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILLWILL BEBEADDED TOSUCCESSFUL EACH SUCCESSFUL BID

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3140 Newport Hwy. Sevierville, TN 37876 AUCTIONEERS: Edd McCarter Chuck McCarter, Auctioneers Keith McGregor, Apprentice Auctioneer

797 Spring Creek Road Dandridge, TN

Toll Free: 1-877-282-8467 Auc. Lic. #335 Real Est. Lic. #214075

WE SELL THE EARTH

(865) 453-1600 Scott E. McCarter, CAI

Keith Shults Brent Shults Lisa M. Carroll Megan McCarter Cates Amanda M. Williams

Preview Dates: Friday, August 13, 4-6 P.M. Friday, August 20, 4-6 P.M.

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

• Picturesque 60-acre Equestrian Estate, divided into 6 tracts • Purchase in tracts or as a whole • Grouping Allowed • Breathtaking Views • 3000 SF home • 2-car attached garage • 30x24 shop building + shed • 150x300 riding arena • 4 stocked lakes • Horse Barn • 6 stalls • Rubber mats in each stall • Tack room • Wash rack and hot water • Concrete isle way • 3 turnouts with run-in stalls • 60' round pen • Also selling 1977 restored corvette

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The Walker’s have purchased another farm in Sweetwater and have asked Thompson Carr to auction this equestrian farm so they can devote full time to their operation in Sweetwater. Take this opportunity to own possibly the most appealing FARM in East Tennessee. Don’t miss out on this amazing sale!

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