Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 262 ■ September 19, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ $1.25

Sunday

Will commission fall back?

INSIDE

Board to discuss meeting one hour earlier

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

5An A for effort Vols improve effort against Gators Sports, Page A8

SEVIERVILLE — The County Commission may very well meet for its last time at 7 p.m. Monday.

The group isn’t disbanding, it’s just set to consider moving its monthly sessions one hour earlier, with a new 6 p.m. start for the courthouse gatherings.

It’s the second time in less than a year the group has taken up the issue, with several county officials

saying the later beginning can be a real hassle when meetings go long.

That’s especially true when controversial issues, like last year’s debate over rezoning property for the proposed Lisega Inc. plant, force the sessions into extra innings and lead to the group not adjourning until after 9 or 10 p.m.

The previous effort officially fell one vote short, though there was some question about the count.

This time, leaders are optimistic they’ll get the change, which will

come as part of a larger rearrangement of the County Commission’s meeting schedule.

The group is set to consider changing up both the membership of its committees and the times when those boards get together.

With county voters just selecting a new commission, state law requires that the group take a look at its subdivisions, though it’s not mandated to change the times they meet.

In Sevier County, the county

mayor, who also has served as chairman of the commission for the last three decades, appoints the members of the Steering Committee. That group then sets the slate for the rest of the committees. However, most of the time they don’t make changes unless there are new commissioners to assign, as there are now, or current members have asked to be removed or added to a board.

With only a few swaps being made on that front, the biggest changes are coming in when the groups meet. In addition to lookSee Commission, Page A4

5Memories in ‘Vintage Views’ Daughter of Steele Sundries owner shares memories of Gatlinburg Mountain Life, Page B1

Local

Prepare for flu season Health Department plans flu clinic Page A2

Weather Jeff Farrell/The Mountain Press

Today

Carey Poole wasn’t looking to sell his Corvette at the Rod Run Saturday despite all the offers he was getting.

Sunny & hot High: 90°

Tonight Mostly clear Low: 60° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Jeff Blackburn, 42 Elizabeth “Deanie” Montgomery, 86

DETAILS, Page A4

Index Local & State . . . . . A1-6 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . A8-11 Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . A5 World . . . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . A3 Comics . . . . . . . . . . B5-8 Classifieds . . . . . . B10-12

Corrections The Mountain Press is committed to accuracy.

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Some for show, some for sale Poole won’t put price on prized Corvette

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer PIGEON FORGE — There were lots of classic cars available for sale at the Grand Rod Run this weekend, but not everyone was looking to make a deal.

Some folks come just to enjoy seeing some beautiful classic cars and to show off their own.

That’s what brought Carey and Eve Poole from Abbeyville, S.C. to Pigeon Forge this week. It’s why they’ve been coming for years, starting before the event came to Pigeon Forge and the Grand Resort Hotel.

They were sitting beside his fully restored 1961 Corvette Saturday, talking to whomever passed by. Poole said early on that he got lots of offers on the car, even though there was nothing to indicate it was for sale. It didn’t take long for a man to come up and prove him right, asking how much he wanted for it.

“Everyone wants to know what I want for it,” he said with a grin.

The car wasn’t for sale at any price, though.

He bought it in 1970 for $900. There’s very few parts he can buy now for that much, he said with

“That’s what I’m here for, to hear the stories.”

Carey Poole, of Abbeyville, S.C., of Grand Rod Run where he was showing off his 1961 Corvette

a grin.

He drove the car for two years before the first time he had it restored. In all, he’s had it restored three times.

He put $25,000 into it for the most recent restoration.

He eventually stopped driving it almost altogether, although he said he still takes it out occasionally. “I’m scared to,” he said. “It’s irreplaceable.”

But he likes talking to people about it, and hearing their stories about their own car. The man who approached him had one, talking about the difficulty he had finding someone who could give his old Corvette a new paint job. He never found anyone who had painted the fiberglass body of a ’Vette before, but he did finally find someone with the right experience — he painted fiberglass boats.

See Poole, Page A4

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Jerry Adams stands beside a Chevy Nova he bought at the Rod Run and was looking to sell.

Grand Rod Run a place for Adams to buy, sell or trade

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer PIGEON FORGE — When the Grand Rod Run is in full swing, the Parkway practically becomes a used car lot.

Every kind of deal was available.

There were old cars in need of lots of work, with offers that matched. There were some more recent models available for reasonable deals, with owners looking to take advantage of being at the Rod Run to make a deal.

And, of course, there were classic rides that have been lovingly restored.

Some people where there to show off cars like that, some were there looking

to buy one and some were looking to trade.

Jerry Adams is one of the traders. He brought a van and motorcycle when he came from Nashville at the start of the week. Saturday, he still had the motorcycle but had traded the van for a 1964 Nova — and he was looking to trade it.

It’s not really a business for him, he said. He has a construction company.

Coming to the Rod Run is an annual vacation for him, a chance to see some classic cars, make some trades and talk to other enthusiasts.

“It’s kind of a vacation-slash-trading,” he said. “We come to the Rod Run every See Trade, Page A4

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PFPD safety day set

The Mountain Press â—† Sunday, September 19, 2010

New chief ranger named for Smokies

Library Luau prize winners

Submitted Report

Submitted Report PIGEON FORGE — The Pigeon Forge Police Department is sponsoring a safety day at Walgreen’s from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 25.

The department will have a table of information on safety issues surrounding seat belts, bicycles, pets, firearms, tobacco and fires. The department will conduct a child safety seat checkpoint.

A meth education trailer and the fire safety house will be on display.

The event includes fingerprint kits; a bounce house; and Vince and Larry, the crash test dummies.

The main focus of this event is Project Drug Drop sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Persons are encouraged to bring their old, unwanted, unneeded and expired medications and prescriptions as well as samples and old vitamins. These will be disposed of for free.

For more information about the program call officer Donnie Mashburn at 453-9063. Flyers can be picked up at the police department.

Submitted

The fifth and final Library Luau at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies featured a black-and-white theme in celebration of the penguin exhibit and the near completion of the building campaign for Anna Porter Public Library. On hand were, from left, Mike Comer of Citizens National Bank, Cindy Heinemann of Misty Mountain Soap Co., library board chairman Steve Kemp, and vice chair Diandra Trotter, who coordinated the luau. Comer won an Apple iPad and Heinemann took the top prize of a one-week vacation to Bonita Springs, Fla., and $500 in spending cash.

Flu clinic planned Sept. 29 Submitted Report SEVIERVILLE — Seasonal flu vaccine is now available at the Sevier County Health Department.

Flu vaccine will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 29 at the department, 227 Cedar St. in downtown Sevierville. Call 453-1032 to make an appointment.

Seasonal flu is a preventable illness that can be serious and even deadly.

Each year 5-20 percent of the country get it. Nationally, thousands = die from influenza each year, most of them over age 65.

The 2009 H1N1 flu strain is expected to come back again this season, and it can be hard on children and pregnant

women. Last season during the H1N1 outbreak, 13 Tennessee children died of the flu.

This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get a flu vaccination. The vaccine includes protection against H1N1 flu, in addition to two other strains expected to circulate this year.

Flu vaccine will be plentiful and is already available from many providers, including physicians and pharmacies.

The cost of the flu shot at the health department is $32. The department will bill traditional Medicare — the red, white and blue card — but no Medicare Advantage Plans or private insurance will be billed.

was being held in lieu of $7,500 bond. u Cody Pete Green, 30, of 1089 Bull Hill Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with two misdemeanor general sessions court. He was being held. u Douglas Dwayne Jones, 38, of Johnson City, was charged Sept. 18 with aggravated assault, DUI, traffic violations, possession of schedule II substance, two counts of reckless endangerment, possession of schedule VI substance, two counts of evading arrest and resisting arrest. He was being held. u Terry Lee Kiefer, 57, of 2961 Six Point Way in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with harassment: phone call. He was released on $1,000 bond. u Tammy Sue Lane, 48, of Jefferson City, was charged Sept. 17 with DUI and violation of implied consent law. She was released.

u Adam O’Neal McAbee, 23, of Chesnee, S.C., was charged Sept. 18 with public intoxication. He was released on $250 bond. u Amanda Krystal Rue, 19, of Kingston, Tenn., was charged Sept. 18 with indecent exposure and underage consumption of alcohol. She was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond. u Joshua Mark Shoemaker, 31, of 237 Ladwell Drive in Seymour, was charged Sept. 17 with theft of property worth $1,000 to $10,000 and violation of probation. He was being held. u Lyndsey Elizabeth Slothower, 25, of 905 Murphy Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. She was being held. u Michael Strange, 23, of 2734 Hartford Road in Cosby, was charged Sept. 17 with aggravated

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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 Ralph Edward Brady, 47, of 1805 Allen Way in Sevierville, was charged Sept.. 17 with violation of probation. He was being held. u Billy Royce Close, 55, of 817 E. Casey Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication. He was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond. u Zachary Dillinger, 20, of Knoxville, was charged Sept. 17 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held in lieu of $2,500 bond. u Dale Ray Friend, 36, of 1509 Wilhite Creek Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with domestic violence assault. He was being held. u Norberto Salas Garcia, 23, of 703 Howard Drive in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 17 with possession of a schedule II substance, speeding, financial responsibility law and driving on a suspended license. He was being held in lieu of $7,500 bond. u Justin Michael Garrett, 20, of Walland, Tenn., was charged Sept. 17 with evading arrest and driving while revoked. He

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Community Calendar Editor’s Note: The community calendar is printed as space permits. Items must be submitted at least five days in advance. Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered. To place an item phone 428-0748, ext. 214, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress. com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

Sunday, Sept. 19 Historical Society

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

Tuesday, Sept. 21

Smoky Mountain Historical Society fall picnic 1:30 p.m., Cosby Campground.

Bring covered dish. 4531911.

Republicans

Sims Chapel

Crewettes

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

Sims Chapel Baptist Church homecoming 9:30 a.m., 3325 Sims Road, Sevierville, with Jack Parton family.

Sevier County Crewettes meet at 7 p.m. at Rescue Squad, Sevierville. 453-3861 or 453-8572.

McCarter Reunion

Monthly Old Harp singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek United Methodist Church, 1828 Middle Creek Road.

428-0874.

George and Earie McCarter family reunion 12:30 p.m. at Pigeon Forge City Park pavilion No. 1.

453-5032 or 429-4841.

Old Harp Singing

Women’s Bible Study

Ogle and LeConte Creek reunion, Twin Creeks picnic area. Lunch 1 p.m. Bring covered dish and photos.

436-7557.

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

Evergreen Church

Al-Anon Group

Ogle/LeConte

Evergreen Church visitor Sunday, 10:30 a.m. with lunch following service. www.evergreentn.org or call 428-3001.

Flea Market Fellowship

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

Glades Lebanon

Glades Lebanon Baptist Church homecoming 10 a.m. Guest minister Gordon Ownby. Lunch to follow preaching. No night service.

453-1436 or 436-4573.

Smoky Mountain Baptist

Smoky Mountain Baptist Church honors Pastor Willie D. King for 50 years of ministry and deacons and elders for their years of Christian Ministry. Lunch served following 10 a.m. service. Children should bring clothes for waterside.

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

Wednesday, Sept. 22 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

Chambers Reunion

Descendants of Jake and Elizabeth Chambers reunion 1 p.m. at the American Legion Post 104, W. Main St., Sevierville. Bring covered dish. 661-5627.

Thursday, Sept. 23 Women’s Bible Study

Bariatric Surgery Support Group will no longer meet at Echota. 453-6841 or 7123287 for new location.

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

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Monday, Sept. 20 Bariatric Surgery

Hot Meals For Hungry Hearts 5:30-6:30 p.m., Henderson Chapel Baptist

Feast of Tabernacles September 23rdSeptember 30th Holiday Inn-Pigeon Forge, TN For information call (865)774-8485

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.

FCE

Midway Family, Community and Education Club (formerly Home Demonstration) meets 1 p.m., Mountain National Bank, Kodak. Lucas Harkleroad of Sevier County Electric to speak. 453-3695

Friday, Sept. 24 Holiday Craft Bazaar

Holiday craft bazaar 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; after Mass on Sunday, Holy Family Catholic Church, 307 Black Oak Ridge Road, Seymour.

Refreshments available.

429-3999 or 933-6611.

Sevierville Luncheon

Annual “I Love Sevierville” luncheon 11-1, courthouse. $8 tickets for meal at 20/20 Optical, Sevier County Bank, Extension on Old Knoxville Highway or from Sunrise Rotarian or Sevierville Downtown Assn. member.

Kid’s Night Out

Kid’s Night Out 6-10 p.m. at Pigeon Forge Community Center $10 for PFCC members and $15 for non-members. 429-7373.

Saturday, Sept. 25 Pi Beta Phi 5K

Pi Beta Phi School 5K run/ walk registration 7 a.m., Community Center; race starts at 8. Entry fee $25.

Registration forms at school or www.pbp.sevier.org.

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 of 1950

Sevier County High School Class of 1950 will have their 60th class reunion, 5 p,m. at Walters State Community College. Casina Huff, 4533630.

Pro-Life Event

Karen (Black) Mercer known as the “Billy Graham of Sidewalk Counseling” 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Family Life Room of Holy Cross Church, Pigeon Forge.

Lunch will be provided.

No fee. Preregistration is required. 908-2689 or 3233203.

Sunday, Sept. 26 Old Harp Singing

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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

Tuesday, Sept. 28 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

Lions Club

Old Harp singing, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., annual Headrick Chapel event with dinner on grounds at noon, Wears Valley. 573-4468.

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

Colonial Dames

Al-Anon Group

John Ogle Colonial Dames CDXVII Century meets 2 p.m., King Family Library.

Program by Jo Hill and Lara Bales; memorial for Jane Nave.

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

Bradley Reunion

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

Bradley reunion 12:30 p.m. Pigeon Forge City Park, shed No. 1, behind Kroger. Bring covered dish.

429-1646.

CWA

Concerned Women of America 2-4 p.m. Pigeon Forge United Methodist Church. Free. Nina Bell and Marlene Tidwell to discuss national affairs. 436-0313.

Franklin Reunion

Ernest Franklin family reunion, Douglas Lake overlook pavilion. Worship service and singing 9:30 a.m.

Boyds Creek Baptist

Boyds Creek Baptist Church service in song 7 p.m. with Hood family.

Monday, Sept. 27 Hot Meals

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

Wednesday, Sept. 29 Middle Creek UMC

Plantation. $50 couple, $35 person. P.O. Box 4067, Sevierville 37864. E-mail to 2000bears@gmail.com or visit Facebook.

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.

Friday, Oct. 1 MOPS

Mothers of Preschoolers through kindergarten and expecting, 9:30-noon, first and third Friday. Childcare provided. Evergreen Church. 428-3001.

Harvest Festival

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

Seymour Community Christian School festival 5-7:30 p.m., auction 7:30.

Admission free; tickets sold for booths. Chili cook-off $15 entry. 577-5500.

Women’s Bible Study

Yard Sale

Farmers Market

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, Sept. 30 Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery, meal from, 5-6 p.m. and 6:30 service then small groups.

Kodak United Methodist Church. Childcare provided.

SCHS Class Reunion

Reservations due today for SCHS class of 2000 reunion Oct. 16, River

Indoor/outdoor yard sale

by Eastern Star, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Saturday, Mountain Star Lodge, 1309 Dolly Parton Parkway.

Saturday, Oct. 2 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.Through Nov. 20. 659-0690.

G-P Class of 1980

Reunion of GatlinburgPittman High Class of 1980 at Lodge at Buckberry Creek. (404) 391-8392.

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Craft Bazaar

Holiday craft bazaar 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and after Mass on Sunday, Holy Family Catholic Church, 307 Black Oak Ridge Road, Seymour.

Refreshments available.

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Obituaries In Memoriam

Elizabeth Deane Tarwater Montgomery Elizabeth Deane Tarwater Montgomery, 86, of the Solway Community, passed away peacefully at home Saturday morning, Sept. 18, 2010. She was a devoted wife and mother and long-time member of Robertsville Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.

She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Delmar D. Montgomery; brother, Jack C. Tarwater; son, John R. Montgomery and daughter-in-law, Susan K. Fuhr.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert F. Tarwater and Letitia Clark Tarwater and her son, Ronald D. Montgomery. Deanie, as she was known to family and friends, spent most of her earlier years in Sevier County where she and Delmar met while attending Sevier County High School. She and Delmar moved to Oak Ridge in 1951 and then moved to their home on a hill overlooking Melton Hill Lake in 1978. She was deeply loved and she will be greatly missed by family and friends.

The family will receive friends Monday, Sept.

20, 2010 from 5 – 7 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary.

The funeral will follow at 7 p.m. with Rev. Brian Scott officiating. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Cemetery in Pigeon Forge with Rev. Jerry Mantooth officiating. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.

Commission 3From Page A1

ing at a change of the commission’s full gathering, the agenda calls for the board members to vote on rescheduling every committee’s meeting to the fall on the first week of each month.

Currently those sessions are scattered throughout the first three weeks of the month, a fact that means some commissioners’ plans are hampered by their duties. Those who support the move say this will make things easier by consolidating the meetings to just the one week.

However, not everyone is completely on board with the proposal. When the Steering Committee discussed the issue last week, some of its members expressed concerns about the plan.

“I know it’s handy, but it’s really going to mess me up,” Commissioner Phil King said. “In that first

week, I’m going to have to be here Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.”

Commissioner Judy Godfrey, who serves on four committees, pointed out even more return trips to the courthouse will be demanded of her.

However, County Mayor Larry Waters pointed out the move, beyond just an effort to simplify, could also help the Steering Committee do its job.

That’s because the committee has to approve the agendas for the full board’s meeting at least a week in advance of those sessions.

However, as the schedule stands now there are committees that meet after that deadline and after the Steering Committee, which means they have to wait a month to get something before the board.

Additionally, the switch could make commission meetings shorter, Waters said. At current the committee chairman reads the minutes from each of their gatherings at the larger

group’s sessions, a move made to accommodate the fact that not all the minutes can get in the packet mailed to commissioners five days before the meetings. This move would eliminate that situation and make it possible to cut that part of the commission assemblies out.

Also on the agenda for Monday’s meeting is: n Presenting a plaque of appreciation to Truett Frazier for service to the county n An amendment to the current Water Purchase Agreement between Sevier County and the Newport Utilities Board n A resolution for partial demolition of the old Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center building n Consideration of budget amendments n Appointing Dale Reagan to the Sevier County Planning Commission n Appointing Matthew Hamilton, W. Craig

McCarter and Albert Snyder as full-time, and Jay Crowder, Mariana Gurierrez, E. Allan Stair, Vetris Newman, Buddy Parton, Thomas Randles and James Shults as parttime judicial commissioners n Reappointing Grant Dunn and Peter Bush to the Board of Zoning Appeals Rezoning Requests n From Ron Ogle for property in the 2600 block of Wears Valley Road from A-1 (agricultural) to C-1 (rural commercial) for a retail shop (The Sevier County Planning Commission recommended against approval of this request.) n From Jonathan Lyons for property at 1911 Wears Valley Road from R-1 (rural residential) to A-1 for a zipline n From Donald Hite for property at 111 S. Old Sevierville Pike from C-1 to R-1 for a residential use.

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In Memoriam

Jeff Blackburn Jeff Blackburn, age 42 of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

He is survived by his wife Bertha Blackburn; children Hope Smith, Kathy Smith and Dalton Blackburn; brother Joel Blackburn and wife Sabrina; nephew and niece Shannon and Kayla Blackburn.

Private services will be held at a later date.

Cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

Day set to help taxpayers Submitted Report The Internal Revenue Service will host a special nationwide open house on Sept. 25 to help taxpayers — especially veterans and people with disabilities — solve tax problems and respond to IRS notices.

One hundred offices, including the IRS office at 710 Locust St. in Knoxville, will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. IRS staff will be available on site or by telephone to help taxpayers work through issues and leave with solutions.

“Our Saturday open houses have helped many taxpayers get their IRS issues resolved,” IRS spokesman Dan Boone said. “Just like we’ve reached out to small businesses and victims of the Gulf Oil Spill this year, we want to help veterans and people with disabilities put their federal tax problems behind them.”

In many locations, the IRS will partner with organizations that serve veterans and the disabled to offer additional help and information to people in these communities.

IRS locations will be equipped to handle issues involving notices and payments, return preparation, audits and a variety of other issues. At a previous IRS open house on June 5, over 6,700 taxpayers sought and received assistance nationwide and 96 percent had their issues resolved the same day.

At the Sept. 25 open house, anyone who has a tax question or has received a notice can speak with an IRS employee to get an answer to their question or a clear explanation of what is necessary to satisfy the request.

Poole

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The parking lots along the Parkway in some places resemble a used car lot, with classic cars and other used vehicles for sale facing a road full of cruising cars.

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“That’s what I’m here for, to hear the stories,” Poole said.

Poole didn’t have more work to do on his car. But there were a lot of people who were looking for ideas, like Terry Briggs. He didn’t bring his car from Jonesboro, Tenn., but he was looking for ideas on how to restore it.

He came to get pictures of what other people did to their cars and talk to them about their projects, picking their brains for ideas and sharing his own.

“You get good ideas,” he said. “We get pictures and stuff and get ideas,” he said. “We try to do it a little different, we don’t want to copy people.”

year.”

He brings cars on a trailer, he said, and often goes back with different ones. He tries to keep his cars in one place — some sellers had cars in multiple spots. It’s not always easy to claim a parking space during the Run, especially where the automobiles will be visible from the Parkway, so some traders wind up with cars in multiple locations.

Some people might be there to make serious money —there were cars with asking prices that eclipsed six figures — but in many cases they might have put that much money into restoring a car themselves.

Adams has a 1940 Chevy that he’s kept for years; it’s his show car.

He hasn’t brought it to the Rod Run in a while, he said, but he was thinking about bringing it next year.

On the other hand,

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there’s been shows where he’s traded or sold four or five cars. He goes to as many as a dozen shows a year.

Still, he said, that’s not

the biggest part of the trip for him. “It’s more about meeting people,” he said.

“It’s not about making money.”

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Nation/World Briefs Toyota settles suit over high-profile Calif. crash

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has settled a lawsuit brought by relatives of four family members killed in a high-speed crash near San Diego that galvanized attention around safety flaws of Toyotas and led to the recalls of millions of cars.

A Toyota spokesman confirmed the settlement Saturday in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. It was first reported on the Los Angeles Times’ Web site Friday night. The company would not specify the settlement’s terms.

The Times said Toyota is expected to file motions with the judge disclosing the settlement on Monday.

Court filings indicate the two parties reached a settlement in June.

Tim Pestotnik, an attorney for the plaintiffs including the parents of the three adult victims, declined comment when reached by the Times.

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Workers remove the drill pipe on the drilling floor of Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Saturday.

BP’s oil well near death, but disaster is not over yet

By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — The impending death of BP’s blownout oil well will bring one piece of the catastrophe that began five months ago to an anticlimactic end — after all, the gusher was capped in July.

This, though, is an important milestone for the still-weary residents of the Gulf Coast: an assurance that not so much as a trickle of oil will ever seep from the well that already has ruined so much since the catastrophe first started. The disaster began April 20, when an explosion killed 11 workers, sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Crews had already pumped in cement to seal the well from the bottom, and officials said Saturday it had set. Once a pressure and weight test was finished, officials expected to confirm that the well is permanently plugged.

That was expected to occur late Saturday, but an announcement may not come until Sunday.

People who rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline for their livelihoods, though, know the disaster is far from over.

They are left to rebuild amid the businesses destroyed by once-oilcoated shorelines and fishing grounds that were tainted by crude. Even where the seafood is safe, fishermen struggle to sell it to consumers fearful that it’s toxic.

News that the blown out well would soon be dead brought little comfort to people like Sheryl Lindsay, who owns Orange Beach Weddings, which provides beach ceremonies on Alabama’s coast.

She said she lost about $240,000 in business because of the spill as nervous brides-to-be canceled their weddings all summer long and even into the remainder of the year. So far, she has only received about $29,000 in BP compensation.

“I’m scared that BP is going to pull out and leave us hanging with nothing,” Lindsay said.

The Gulf well spewed 206 million gallons of oil until the gusher was first stopped in midJuly with a temporary cap. Mud and cement were later pushed down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed. But officials will not declare it dead until it is killed from the bottom.

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Pope meets with abuse victims amid protests

LONDON (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church, as thousands of people angered at the Vatican’s response marched in central London in the biggest protest of his 5-year papacy.

Benedict met for about 30-40 minutes with the victims — four women and a man from Scotland, England and Wales — at the Vatican’s ambassador’s residence in Wimbledon and expressed “his deep sorrow and shame over what the victims and their families suffered,” according to the Vatican.

“He prayed with them and assured them that the Catholic Church is continuing to implement effective measures designed to safeguard young people, and that it is doing all in its power to investigate alle-

gations, to collaborate with civil authorities and to bring to justice clergy and religious accused of these egregious crimes,” it said.

Montana GOP: Make homosexuality illegal

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.

The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.

The fact that it’s still the official party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party’s own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasperated some GOP members.

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GATLINBURG

Taste of Autumn set for Thursday

The 13th annual Taste of Autumn, a benefit for the United Way, will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.

Tickets are $25 each (children under 7 free) and available at www. uwosc.org as well as at the Welcome Center on the Spur and on aquairum plaza Featured this year will be The Temptations Revue as well as food and drinks from a dozen or so restaurants and food vendors.

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PITTMAN CENTER

Heritage Day to be held today

Pittman Center’s annual Heritage Day will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today around Town Hall, on Webb Creek off Highway 416.

The free event includes entertainment and family activities such as a dog show, pony rides, face painting, a magician, exhibits and demonstrations, craft and food sales, and an auction to benefit the Recreation Board scholarship fund.

Local historians and genealogy experts will be on hand to assist. In addition, there will be a special Emerts Cove History Walk this year.

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SEVIERVILLE

Auto Fest to be held at stadium

The Great Smoky Mountain Auto Fest will be held Thursday through Saturday at Smokies Park, Exit 407 at Interstate 40.

Admission is $5; children 12 nd under free.

The event will include vehicles, crafts, a swap meet, music and more daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday evening there will be a downtown Sevierville block party with live music.

For information or to register cars visit www. smokymtnautofest.com or call 850-4806 or 4530074.

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SEYMOUR

Library to host nights for gaming

The Seymour Library System hosts gaming programs on Mondays for all ages.

Video gaming begins on Sept. 27 from 4-6:30 p.m.

For more information, e-mail to tkrug@sevierlibrary.org or call 577-7511.

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NATIONAL PARK

Volunteers sought for trail projects

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help on two trail projects during National Public Lands Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 25.

The projects are the Cosby Nature Trail (Tennessee) and the Smokemont Nature Trail (Carolina).

To participate, contact Christine Hoyer at 828497-1949 or e-mail to Christine_Hoyer@nps. gov.

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SEVIER COUNTY

Bridge work to close county road

Old Valley Road at Walden Creek Road will be closed starting Monday for about eight months.

Crews will be constructing a concrete slab bridge on Old Valley Road over Waldens Creek.

The road is expected to be closed until May 31, 2011.

For questions call the Tennessee Department of Transportation, 594-2337.

top state news

Healthy mussels mean Duck River getting cleaner NASHVILLE (AP) — Mussels are healthy in the Duck River, which indicates the water quality is improving, according to aquatic biologists.

Mussels reflect how clean a stream is, and the Duck is a major source of drinking water for the area. Mussels filter water as they gather bits of detritus and bacteria to eat and are sensitive to pollution.

About 28 million gallons a day of water are pulled from the waterway to supply about 250,000 Middle Tennessee residents, according to The Tennessean.

Steve Ahlstedt and other aquatic biologists spent Thursday in the river near Chapel Hill snorkeling for mussels that they count, measure and put back.

He said biologists are seeing “tremendous improvement” in the

freshwater mussels and snails in the river.

Similar surveys over a few decades show a significant gain beginning only about eight years ago. Results of a follow-up investigation under way — a partnership of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee — won’t be known for a few months.

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There are 103 days left in the year.

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On Sept. 19, 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, angrily checked out of the Shelburne Hotel in a dispute with the management; Castro accepted an invitation to stay at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem.

■ Air Quality Forecast: Primary Pollutant: Ozone Mountains: Sensitive Valley: Sensitive Cautionary Health Message: Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects.

The general public is not likely to be affected.

The Senate approved permanent normal trade status for China.

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National quote roundup “Baseball has been my life, and hopefully will continue to be my life in some capacity. When I came out here, it was just to find out if managing can be fun again, and it’s been fun. ... But you have to make some decisions by instinct, and my instinct tells me it’s time to go.”

— L.A. Dodgers manager Joe Torre, who announced his retirement on Friday

“It’s practically a miracle considering the population that was affected by this.”

— National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Struckmann, of the single death that was the only fatality when two tornadoes and a macroburst struck New York Thursday

“And often his arrogant attitude turned people off. The bigger question in my opinion is how does a guy like this end up with two jobs with historic football teams like Tennessee and USC?” — Former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer of his replacement Lane Kiffin, who left after one year with the Volunteers

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The Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Airport has a brand new look with a new terminal about twice the size of the old one. The new terminal cost about $1.6 million, paid for mostly with grants obtained by the Airport Authority.

Three new hangars and a $2 million, six-acre ramp will be added allowing considerably more room for parking aircraft.

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North Korea pledged to drop its nuclear weapons development and rejoin international arms treaties, but its leaders quickly backpedaled.

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for today:

“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god; he is no part of a state.”

— Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384 B.C.-322 B.C.).

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Hilton

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paris Hilton has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from her arrest last month at a Las Vegas resort, a Nevada prosecutor said.

Under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors, the Hilton celebrity heiress will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony conviction, Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Friday.

A plea agreement obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows Hilton will plead guilty to drug possession and obstructing an officer.

Mountain Views

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Jack Frost keeps ties to Sevierville Let’s get this out of the way first. His name is Jack Frost. His real name. It has not been a burden or a curse. He has loved having that name. It’s worked wonders for him.

“A lot of whatever success I may have had comes from that name,” he said.

“When I tell people my name is Jack Frost, it automatically brings a smile. I’ve been able to clear customs regardless of what I bought simply because of that name. It’s been one of the greatest things that ever happened to me. I named my son Jack.”

Jack Frost lives in Gainesville, Ga. He’s 80, but lives as if he were 50 years younger. He made a fortune in the cemetery and funeral home business and over his 54-year career has bought and sold over a hundred cemeteries in several states. He still owns two in Gainesville.

Frost spent six years of his childhood in Sevierville. The family was living in Baltimore when his father, while on vacation to the Smokies in 1942, stopped for gasoline, spotted Sevierville Mills and bought it from Dwight Wade, Gary Wade’s uncle.

For six years Jack Frost grew up, matured and made lasting friends while attending school in Sevierville.

He weighed 99 pounds when he tried out for the football team at Sevier County High. He made the team and got to be good friends with teammate Earl Ogle.

Frost was nothing if not resourceful, even then. Tourists were discovering us in the late 1940s, and one weekend when his parents were out of town Frost rented his entire house to some tourists for $3 a night.

“I didn’t even have to change the sheets,” he recalled. “I slept on the front porch. My mother never found out.”

The Frosts lived across the street from the high school, which is now the middle school.

Good student? Obedient? Hardly.

“I was a troublemaker,” he recalled.

“Very mischievous. I think I graduated 104th out of 108. I was lucky to graduate. I’ve always been indebted to Sevier County High School for letting me graduate.”

As the class optimist, Frost made a speech to his fellow graduates, and somebody took a photo of it. He had it enlarged to 8-by-10, and it hangs in his office today.

Frost spent two years in the Army, then had to decide what he wanted to do with his life. He went to work for his father in a flour mill in Elizabethton. In 1956 a salesman knocked on his door trying to sell him a four-grave cemetery lot.

Frost said no, but, the young salesman was persistent and made the sale. Frost learned the salesman had made $50 from that sale. That was all it took. Frost entered the cemetery business, first as a door-to-door salesman and later buying cemeteries.

In 1998, at the 50th reunion of his graduating class, Frost presented Sevier County High with a bronze bear that was placed in the foyer of the school. At the reunion, then-principal Gary Roach was talking to Frost about the need for a school foundation to raise money for needs not met by school board appropriations. Frost agreed to serve on the board of the foundation, and suggested money be raised for scholarships as well.

Frost made a sizeable donation to kick things off, and Dolly Parton, an SCHS alumnae, agreed to match whatever interest was earned on the donations.

Both were named to the first SCHS Wall of Fame honoring graduates.

Frost sponsors the annual scholarship dinner, which will be held this week. He always returns for it.

He remains active in his business and in life. Every four years, timed for the Olympics, he travels around the world with a backpack. He visits Hong Kong four times a year, In December he heads to Vietnam to buy marble for cemetery monuments.

He has sold all of his entities except two cemeteries and three funeral homes.

Indeed, a local boy who made good.

And never forgot his roots.

— Stan Voit is editor of The Mountain Press. His column appears each Sunday.

He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 217, or e-mail to svoit@themountainpress.com.

Editorial

Drive time Road work to cause delays, but that’s the price of being a tourist town In the spring for our annual April Fools’ edition, we doctored a photo to indicate that rockslides had blocked off all access to Gatlinburg, forcing the National Guard to drop in supplies from helicopters to save a starving community. Back to reality. The city of Sevierville is facing something far short of a blockade, but certainly some trying days ahead for motorists.

While the Highway 66 project goes on, frustrating merchants and slowing down traffic, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is getting ready to start rehabilitating the Little Pigeon River bridge on East Main Street (Chapman Highway) across from Big Lots/Food Lion.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane each way for about a year.

Thanks, TDOT. Just what this tourist area needs heading into the busy October season in the midst of a struggling economy: road work to slow down already congested highways clogged with visitors.

It would be easy to blame TDOT

for this. Bad timing, you might say.

Hindering motorists from the north and west. Even worse traffic slowdowns. You know, it sounds pretty bad when you start listing the potential problems. But when would a road project ever be a good time in Sevier County?

The bridge needs the work. It’s old and not getting any safer. Risky bridges create enough tragedies around the country. We hear about them because they seem to fail when lots of cars are on them.

The truth is, the bridge is showing its age, at least if you go under it for a close examination. It may appear fine for us drivers, but you don’t really know a bridge until you check below the surface.

“It’s a safety issue,” Sevierville City Administrator Steve Hendrix said. “If you go under the bridge now there are spots where concrete has fallen off and there is rebar (reinforcing bar) that is exposed.”

Remember the work a couple of

years ago to eliminate that bridge at Forks of the River and West Main?

It was painful for a while, but we got through it? Remember when the Parkway was widened from two lanes to three, when the Spur was paved all summer, when Dolly Parton Parkway was resurfaced? All disruptive, all causing traffic slowdowns, but all needed.

We will get through the 66/ Chapman projects as well. Locals will find creative ways to dodge the bridge work, and nonlocals will curse and grit their teeth and calm down the restless kids in the backseat, but reach their destinations and forget about what it took to get there while they enjoy our attractions and scenery, Torn-up streets are a reflection of progress, not turmoil. Be patient, be understanding when the bridge work start next month. And don’t forget: Knoxville motorists face three years without Henley Street bridge starting in January. Compared to that, our situation is a piece of cake.

Political view

Public forum Inmate warns against misuse, abuse of prescription drugs

Editor: I’m an inmate in Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City. I’m from Sevier County and lived there all my life. It’s my home.

I’m writing this as a warning. I want to make everyone aware of the danger of prescription medications. I’m 24 and have allowed prescription medications to destroy my life.

You see, I had an accident when I was 19, and a doctor placed me on prescription pain medication. Ever since that time my life has been out of control. I’ve broken the law, been arrested, served time, just to be released and fall right back into the addiction that has taken control over my life, taken my freedom, and hurt everyone around me.

I can only pray that one day I can make my wrongs right. At 24 I’ve lost everything I ever loved or cared about. Now I sit in prison looking out. While here I’m clean of drugs

and my head is clear. My heart is broken.

I’ve realized I really don’t know how to beat this addiction. I’ve spoken with counselors here and I’m seeking help with my problems. But to be honest, at this point I have doubts I can fix this.

How it can be legal for a professional doctor, an educated man or woman, to prescribe medication so dangerous without being forced to at least give some kind of warning to the addictive behavior of the medication? You can’t even buy a pack of cigarettes without there being labels everywhere with warnings of danger, but with prescription medications, no one is saying a word. Why? Because the drug companies making all this money. I guess the value of my life is nothing compared to these companies.

I look around the prison and realize I’m not alone, There’s a very high percentage of inmates with addictions. How is it possible so many can lose their lives, and these professional doctors and pharmaceutical companies get richer?

You must open your eyes. Back home in Sevierville, prescription medications are out of control. Does anyone have a clue how big this problem is? And it can all start with a simple prescription. I’m afraid for my family and friends, and you should be also.

Please don’t be so quick to judge when you read about people being arrested. Ask yourself why. The answer may surprise you.

When these people are off the medications they are good, upstanding people. But on the medication, nothing matters but feeding the addiction. All because a professional doctor and a pharmaceutical company hand out these medications like candy.

It’s got to stop. It may not be someone close to you now, but it could be soon.

Prescription medications have caused me to do things I must now pay for. Don’t let it happen to you or someone in your family. Where I’m at is not a good place to be.

Please pray for me and all the lost.

Adam Spurgeon No. 421358, NECX Mountain City

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS FOOTBALL

Fight to the finish Vols never give up, but Gators win 31-17

By BETH RUCKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE — There was a different quarterback taking snaps for Florida and a new coach on Tennessee’s sideline.

The result was still the same.

The 10th-ranked Gators beat the Volunteers 31-17 on Saturday for their sixth consecutive win in the 40-game series between bitter Southeastern Conference rivals. It’s the first time they’ve won three straight in Knoxville after having chances to do so in 1990, 1998 and 2004.

“I’m very proud of our guys to come on the road and win in the SEC,” Florida coach Urban Meyer said. “That’s something we’ll never take for granted.”

There was no Tim Tebow leading the Gators (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), and they still seem to be missing him. They played sluggishly early as they’ve done all season and had only 94 yards of offense at halftime.

Tennessee (1-2, 0-1) tied the game at 10 with a 49-yard touchdown pass from Matt Simms to Denarius Moore with 8:59 in the third quarter. Simms completed 19 of 31 for two touchdowns and a pair of turnovers.

“We let them go tonight, and I hope they know that. We definitely could have won that game.”

Vols QB Matt Simms

Florida appeared beat on the next drive until Meyer called for a fake punt on fourth-and-6.

Omarius Hines ran 36 yards to keep the drive alive, and John Brantley eventually connected with Frankie Hammond on a 7-yard touchdown pass.

“It really shifted the momentum,” Hines said. “We really needed it. It’s all going to come together soon. We’re going to get better on our first-half game.”

Brantley, who was making his first road start, stayed on his feet the entire game and completed 14 of 23 for 167 yards and a touchdown.

Jeremy Brown picked off a pass by Simms on third-and-6 at the Tennessee 40, which set up Gillislee’s second touchdown that gave the Gators a 24-10 lead just before the end of the third quarter.

The Vols, who were hosting a second AP top 10 team in as many weeks, had found them-

selves in a similar situation a week earlier against Oregon and unraveled. They seemed on the verge of a meltdown again when Simms appeared to be sacked in the end zone for a safety, but an official review ruled him down on the 1.

Tennessee punted but got the ball back when coach Derek Dooley challenged a run

by Jeff Demps, insisting the Florida track star had fumbled.

The officials agreed, and the Vols answered with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Simms to Justin Hunter on fourth-and-6 to cut Florida’s lead to 24-17 with a 11:24 left.

Dooley, who was facing the Gators for the first time as head coach, said that’s the kind of reaction he expects from a team that hasn’t done much to prove it can fight back from adversity.

Jason Davis/The Mountain Press “We should do that. I’m proud of them for that, but we Tennessee’s Zach Rogers goes high to haul in a deep Matt Simms pass in the second quarter of the Vols’ game with See VOLS, Page A9 Florida. The play would give UT a 1st-and-goal opportunity, but it was squandered moments later with an interception.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL

He’s back: Tide’s Ingram bags 2 TDs in bashing of Duke

By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer DURHAM, N.C. — Mark Ingram took his first handoff of the year and darted nearly 50 yards. Later, he went the other direction and dashed another 50.

Last year’s Heisman Trophy winner certainly is making up for lost time.

Ingram rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns in his season debut, and No. 1 Alabama routed Duke 62-13 on Saturday in its highestscoring game in 19 years.

Greg McElroy matched a career high with three scoring passes for the Crimson Tide (3-0), who led 28-0 about 10 minutes in and looked completely at ease inside a crimson-coated stadium named for a former Alabama coach.

With Ingram and defensive end Marcell Dareus back in the lineup, the Tide — 24-point favorites — won their 17th straight and never were in danger of being upset or looking past Duke to next week’s SEC opener at No. 12 Arkansas.

“We always approach every game the same way: Just come in, wanting to dominate the opponent, make them never want to play us ever again,” Ingram said. “That’s the mindset we want them to have when we leave.”

Ingram, who missed the first two games after having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, took

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his first carry 48 yards, surpassed the 100-yard mark two carries later and scored on rushes of 1 and 17 yards.

McElroy finished 14 of 20 for 258 yards in 2 1/2 quarters of work. Julio Jones caught five passes for 106 yards with a score, and Trent Richardson returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown.

Richardson also added a 45-yard scoring run for Alabama.

The Crimson Tide finished with its most points since scoring 62 against Tulane in 1991, and gained 626 total yards — the first time since 1989 that ’Bama rolled up at least 600. The Tide’s 45 first-half points was Alabama’s most in any half since 1973, and the offense was so efficient that it didn’t face a third down until the third quarter.

“I think we obviously have the opportunity to be a very explosive offense. I think we’ve known that from the start,” McElroy said.

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Suns infielder Osvaldo Martinez looks to the umpire after placing a tag on Smokies Tony Campana on an attempted steal in the eighth inning of Game 4 of the Southern League Championship Series. Campana was called out. The Suns claimed their second-straight Southern League title with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

It’s all over: Jacksonville Suns claim Southern League championship JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A fairy tale ending for the Jacksonville Suns ended the Tennessee Smokies magical 2010 season Saturday night at The Baseball Grounds in Game 4 of the Southern League Championship Series.

A walk-off solo homer by the Suns’ slumping catcher Chris Hatcher, who was only 1-for-16 in the series, won the Jacksonville team their second-consecutive Southern League crown, ending a 0-0 pitching duel in the bottom of the 9th inning.

Up until the winning run scored, neither team had seen a runner venture even as far as third base on the night.

Both teams had gotten runners to second with sacrifice bunts earlier in the contest, but both times pitching prevailed.

Smokies starting pitcher Craig Muschko had a phenominal game on the mound pitching seven inning of one-hit ball before turning the reigns over to Kyle Smit and Luke Sommer in the eighth.

It was Sommer who gave up the game-winning blast to Hatcher with no outs in the ninth.

Sandy Rosario earned the win on the mound for Jacksonville, pitching the eighth inning.

The Smokies did threaten in the eighth as speed mer-

chant Tony Campana walked with one out in the inning.

With Brett Jackson at the plate with two strikes, Smokies skipper Bill Dancy either called a hit-and-run or a straight steal of second.

Either way the call ended with a strike ’em out, throw ’em out double play to end the inning, setting up Hatcher’s heroic game-winner. mpsports@themountainpress.com

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VOLS

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should do that every game,�

Dooley said. “All that does is give you a chance, and it proved out.�

It also didn’t last very long.

Florida responded with Trey Burton’s 2-yard touchdown run that iced the Vols, who allowed two more big sacks on Simms and turned the ball over with a fumble by Tauren Poole. Poole, who entered the game leading the SEC in rushing, was held to 27 yards.

Demps, who had only 17 yards rushing at halftime, finished with 73.

Before halftime, Florida looked like the team that struggled against Miami (Ohio) and in the first half against South Florida.

Mike Pouncey mishandled several snaps.

One overshot Brantley in the shotgun and resulted in fourth-and-28 after Brantley fell on the ball 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Florida was twice flagged for illegal formation. “My offensive line stayed

in the game all the way,�

Brantley said hoarsely after trying to scream over the crowd of 102,455. “I didn’t always get the ball where I needed it, but we’ve got a great offense, and I really trust these guys.�

Tennessee scored first for the first time against Florida since 2001 when Daniel Lincoln kicked a late first-quarter 49-yard field goal, tying his career high.

But the Vols had their own struggles. After recovering a fumbled punt return by Janoris Jenkins at the Florida 21, the Vols drove 18 yards but missed a chance to score when Jonathan Bostic picked off a pass by Simms thrown into double coverage in the end zone.

Tennessee was flagged nine times for 54 yards — almost twice as much as Florida — and mostly on simple false start and offsides penalties. “I’m extremely upset right now at myself, and we’re all upset,� Simms said. “We let them go tonight, and I hope they know that. We definitely could have won that game.�

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Florida linebacker Jonathan Bostic, right, intercepts a pass in the end zone that is intended for Tennessee wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers (21) in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 18, in Knoxville, Tenn. Florida safety Ahmad Black (35) is at left.

Injuries piling up for Smoky Bears SEVIERVILLE — Though the Smoky Bears defense played well in limiting Cocke County to six points in their 46-6 win Friday night, the Bears were playing shorthanded.

Three of the Bears most active defensive players were without Wischer pads on the sidelines, thanks to untimely injuries suffered over the past two games.

Tyler Robbins Wischer, who hurt his back in the Jefferson County game, said he expects to be back soon.

The Bears wish they were getting the same news from a pair of linebackers.

Senior Brad Mason and sophomore Dexter Robbins, both of whom had made excellent contributions for the Bears in their first year with the SCHS varsity, were both hurt against Dobyns-Bennett.

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Passing 167 259 Comp-Att-Int 14-23-0 19-31-2 Return Yards 10 2 Punts-Avg. 3-43.7 5-44.4 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-25 9-54 Time of Poss. 36:46 23:14 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Florida, Demps 26-73, Hines 1-36, Gillislee 8-27, Moody 5-20, Brantley 4-9, Burton 2-4, Team 3-(minus 19).

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SCOREBOARD NCAA FOOTBALL College Football Scores EAST Army 24, North Texas 0 Bloomsburg 47, Indiana, Pa. 20 Brown 33, Stony Brook 30, OT Bryant 46, Merrimack 29 California, Pa. 45, East Stroudsburg 20 Capital 10, Wilmington, Ohio 7 Cortland St. 35, Buffalo St. 7 Dartmouth 43, Bucknell 20 Delaware 30, Duquesne 6 Fordham 16, Columbia 9 Grove City 31, Westminster, Pa. 16 Harvard 34, Holy Cross 6 Ithaca 31, Widener 7 Johns Hopkins 29, Gettysburg 21 Kean 27, Morrisville St. 9 Kutztown 38, Lock Haven 13 Lebanon Valley 21, Moravian 6 Lehigh 35, Princeton 22 Malone 69, Anna Maria 0 Mercyhurst 28, C.W. Post 20 Millersville 29, Gannon 26 Montclair St. 26, Rowan 7 Mount Union 51, John Carroll 7 Muhlenberg 21, Susquehanna 14 Penn 19, Lafayette 14 Penn St. 24, Kent St. 0 Rhode Island 28, New Hampshire 25 Robert Morris 30, Liberty 23 S. Connecticut 55, Pace 12 Shippensburg 28, Clarion 24 Springfield 44, Wilkes 7 St. Francis, Pa. 41, Sacred Heart 0 Temple 30, Connecticut 16 UCF 24, Buffalo 10 Ursinus 41, Juniata 0

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Mason, who transferred in the offseason from Jefferson County, had made quite an impact for the Bears before suffering a concussion against the Indians.

Through four games Mason had been the Bears’

Villanova 43, Towson 7 W. New England 17, Westfield St. 10 Wagner 41, Cornell 7 Waynesburg 34, Thiel 6 West Virginia 31, Maryland 17 William Paterson 14, King’s, Pa. 7 Yale 40, Georgetown, D.C. 35 SOUTH Alabama 62, Duke 13 Alcorn St. 27, MVSU 9 Appalachian St. 44, N.C. Central 16 Apprentice 9, Greensboro 7 Arkansas 31, Georgia 24 Austin Peay 26, Tennessee St. 23 Bethune-Cookman 42, Savannah St. 7 Charleston Southern 28, Mars Hill 14 Chattanooga 42, E. Kentucky 24 Cumberlands 35, Kentucky Christian 6 Davidson 28, Campbell 27 Florida 31, Tennessee 17 Florida A&M 50, Howard 7 Florida St. 34, BYU 10 Fort Valley St. 56, Stillman 2 Gallaudet 65, George Mason 13 Georgia Southern 43, Coastal Carolina 26 Georgia Tech 30, North Carolina 24 Grambling St. 28, Jackson St. 21 Hampton 35, N. Carolina A&T 21 Indiana 38, W. Kentucky 21 Jacksonville 41, Webber International 0 Jacksonville St. 34, Georgia St. 27, OT Kentucky 47, Akron 10 LSU 29, Mississippi St. 7

Lamar 29, SE Louisiana 28 Maryville, Tenn. 20, LaGrange 17, 3OT Navy 37, Louisiana Tech 23 Norfolk St. 51, Virginia St. 28 North Alabama 48, S. Arkansas 6 Northwestern St. 17, Tarleton St. 14 Richmond 27, Elon 21, OT S. Carolina St. 61, Benedict 20 Shorter 49, Pikeville 14 South Alabama 39, Nicholls St. 21 South Carolina 38, Furman 19 St. Augustine’s 31, St. Paul’s 7 Tenn.-Martin 20, E. Illinois 10 Tusculum 39, Urbana 36 UAB 34, Troy 33 Vanderbilt 28, Mississippi 14 Virginia Tech 49, East Carolina 27 W. Carolina 28, Gardner-Webb 14 Wesley 21, Delaware Valley 17 William & Mary 21, Old Dominion 17 Wis.-Whitewater 37, Campbellsville 7 Wofford 48, Union, N.Y. 10 MIDWEST Albion 35, Greenville 10 Alma 27, Rockford 10 Augsburg 42, Hamline 38 Augustana, Ill. 21, Adrian 7 Augustana, S.D. 52, Mary 21 Baldwin-Wallace 35, Heidelberg 20 Bemidji St. 30, SW Minnesota St. 14 Bethel, Minn. 55, Carleton 20 Black Hills St. 28, Jamestown 25 Butler 28, Taylor 20 Carroll, Wis. 33, Beloit 21 Carthage 51, Concordia, Wis. 3 Cent. Michigan 52, E. Michigan 14 Central 34, Dubuque 8

top-tackling linebacker with 27 stops, including a tiedfor-team-best 22 first hits.

He also led the team with six sacks and 14 big hits and was tied for second in tackles for loss.

Robbins, who went straight from the freshman team last year to making an impact for the varsity this season, suffered a back inju-

ry against D-B. According to both Robbins and coach Steve Brewer, the sophomore won’t likely return until junior year.

Robbins had made 15 tackles, eighth-best on the team. He’d also had a sack and several QB pressures. mpsports@themountainpress.com

Chadron St. 40, Western St.,Colo. 7 Coe 42, Luther 19 Concordia, Ill. 49, St. Scholastica 7 Concordia, St.P. 27, Northern St., S.D. 17 Crown, Minn. 42, Martin Luther 41 Dayton 34, Morehead St. 28 Denison 31, Hiram 24 Dickinson St. 31, Dakota St. 7 Ferris St. 34, Ohio Dominican 28 Findlay 10, Tiffin 7 Franklin 56, Bluffton 9 Gustavus 29, Northwestern, Minn. 0 Henderson St. 45, Arkansas Tech 21 Hillsdale 27, Ashland 17 Illinois 28, N. Illinois 22 Illinois St. 24, S. Dakota St. 14 Illinois Wesleyan 21, Aurora 14 Kansas St. 27, Iowa St. 20 Kentucky Wesleyan 38, Central St., Ohio 33 Macalester 21, Maranatha Baptist 0 Miami (Ohio) 31, Colorado St. 10 Michigan 42, Massachusetts 37 Michigan Tech 24, Wayne, Mich. 7 Millikin 31, Hope 21 Minn. Duluth 42, Wayne, Neb. 10

Minn. St., Mankato 42, Minn.Crookston 3 Minn. St., Moorhead 28, Upper Iowa 24 Minot St. 42, Mayville St. 10 Monmouth, Ill. 30, Lawrence 25 Morningside 58, Briar Cliff 12 N. Dakota St. 35, Morgan St. 9 N. Michigan 31, Northwood, Mich. 17 Nebraska-Kearney 31, Mesa, Colo. 9 North Central 52, Olivet 9 North Dakota 55, Northeastern St. 14 Northwestern, Iowa 30, Nebraska Wesleyan 14 Ohio Northern 34, Otterbein 10 Ohio St. 43, Ohio 7 Purdue 24, Ball St. 13 Ripon 48, Grinnell 21 Rose-Hulman 41, Kalamazoo 17 SE Missouri 24, S. Illinois 21 Saginaw Valley St. 49, Lake Erie 17 Simpson, Iowa 14, Loras 7 Sioux Falls 66, Doane 13 South Dakota 48, NW Oklahoma 14 South Dakota Mines 24, Valley City St. 21 Southern Cal 32, Minnesota 21 St. Cloud St. 31, Winona St. 26 St. Francis, Ind. 31, St. Ambrose 20

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Amber Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; winning image, submitted in the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division of Sevier County Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography contest.

Jones Cove student wins for fair photo Submitted Report The winner in the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division of the Sevier County Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography contest was a delicate pink rose taken by Amber Thomas of Jones Cove Elementary.

Her entry won the grand prize: a Sony Powershot camera with accessories.

The camera was donated by Regina Starkey of Honeysuckle Hills and Geoff Wolpert of The Park Grill to encourage artistic growth among youth in the county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our area is so rich with beauty and history as well as multiple careers involving photography, we hope to show with this gift that a dream is possible to achieve. Our goal is to give an opportunity to a talented youth to follow that dream of a career doing something they love,â&#x20AC;? said Starkey.

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Amber Thomas of Jones Cove Elementary won the grand prize in the Sevier County Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography contest. She receives her new Sony Powershot camera with accessories from Regina Starkey of Honeysuckle Hills.

Amberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image reflected the best impact, creative thinking, lighting and composition among the entries, Starkey said.

The pink rose she photographed came from the gardens of her late grandmother, who died from breast cancer.

Ken Voorhis, executive director of Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont; John DiDiego, education director; and Charlene Stewart, human resources director and office manager, attended the annual summit of the Association of Nature Center Administrators.

Held this year in Tomahawk, Wisc., this annual convention brings together people who run nature and environmental learning centers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a special meeting for us because we are hosting the 2011 Summit at Tremont Aug. 18-21,â&#x20AC;? said Voorhis.

The association is an international network of nature and environmental learning center leaders designed to enhance professionalism and provide a support system. The four-day meeting is held each summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was my first Summit,â&#x20AC;? said DiDiego, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it is a great place for professional development. I was welcomed with open arms, and by the end, I knew just about everybody.

I really learned a lot and we certainly got some great pointers for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting at Tremont.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the first time this group has met at Tremont since 1998, when we co-hosted the summit with the Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville,â&#x20AC;? said Voorhis.

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Ken Voorhis, left, Charlene Stewart and John DiDiego of Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont attended a recent meeting in Wisconsin. zation that was founded in 1989. It is the only such organization in the United States.

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Beard feels Vintage Views weird, after Weeks happy long hiatus father’s store After a hiatus of almost 25 years, the beard (not pictured) is back — and playing to mixed reviews.

The wife likes it, the women at the bank hate it, Mom thinks I’m crazy and the daughters in Nashville haven’t seen it yet so they’re withholding judgment.

About a month ago, when the beard first appeared well in advance of a planned Alaskan cruise at the end of September, there were some curious comments.

“You fergit to shave this mornin’?”

“Lookin’ a little scraggly, don’t you think?”

“Need to borrow my razor?”

The answers: No, yes and no.

And then there were the creative (no sarcasm there) nicknames, such as “Scruffy,” “Wooly,” “Whiskers,” “Grizzly Adams” and even “Snuffy Smif,” although I don’t think Snuffy even has a beard.

As the beard began to fill in, the comments were a little different.

“I’ll bet it’s itchy.”

“Your wife really likes it?”

“Why are you growing it?”

The answers: “Sometimes, but not as bad as poison ivy.”

“Absolutely.”

“Well, besides that Alaska thing, I’m thinking about applying to play ‘Survivor,’ and I want to see what I’ll look like when I get to Day 39.”

It’s just the latest in a long line of coifs.

The earliest pictures displayed in my mom’s museum-like home show a baby with a full head of blond hair. In the early 1960s, until about third grade, it was a buzz cut — every Saturday morning meant a trip to the corner barber shop, in and out in two minutes, cost a quarter, and be sure to get your piece of Bazooka Joe bubble gum.

After getting Coke bottle-thick glasses in fourth grade came the flat-top, brushed back with some sweet-smelling waxy, gunky stuff that stunk to high heavens. And then, from about seventh grade until high school graduation in 1972, it was a little longer, albeit having it plastered down with buckets of Brylcreem. Talk about nerdsville.

With the mid-1970s came the hippie hair, at one point stretching halfway down the back. (During the disco years, those looks were accompanied by bell bottom pants, splashy silk shirts and platform shoes. Can ya feel the beat? ) Sometimes there was a beard, sometimes not.

In the late 1970s, for about two years, there was an Afro — but no beard. After Lindsey, the older daughter, was born in 1980, it was short hair, sometimes with a beard, sometimes without.

And then, prior to Ashley, the younger daughter, being born in 1985, the Afro came back. With it came a beard, which is how she was accustomed to seeing her father until she was about 2 years old.

Ashley stayed with her granny until about 4:30 each afternoon. One day after getting off of work, I decided on a whim it was time for another change — so the barber cut the Afro out and the beard off. Ashley was blindsided.

“That’s not my daddy,” she screamed, and she hid behind her granny’s legs, peering out pensively. It took about 15 minutes of calming and convincing that the short-haired fellow without the beard was, indeed, her dad.

Which brings us — that is, the wife and me — to a fear about what might happen Thursday.

We head to Nashville to spend the night with Lindsey, her husband David, and our grandson, Nico, before flying out on Friday. Nico, who is about the same age as Ashley was when my drastic new do scared her silly, has never seen “Babbo” with a beard.

If he is, indeed, discombobulated, we hope he can be calmed by the immortal words of George Carlin, circa 1975: “Here’s my beard, ain’t it weird?

Don’t be sceered, it’s just a beard.”

— Bob Mayes is managing editor of The Mountain Press. He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 260, or e-mail to bmayes@ themountainpress.com.

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By GAIL CRUTCHFIELD Community Editor

Barbara Stevens Weeks wasn’t born in Gatlinburg, but she might as well have been.

“I was 3 when my father moved from Asheville, where I was born,” Weeks said of her family that then also included her mother and an older brother. Four more children were added after the move.

Her father was William “Doc” Steele, who once traveled to Gatlinburg on his route as a salesman for Morgan Brothers.

“He just saw the potential there and moved his family, which consisted of me and a brother and my precious mother,” Weeks said.

Steele leased property right on the Parkway — where Hard Rock Cafe is — and opened Steele’s Sundries in 1940. By the time she was 12, Weeks’ father put her to work in the store.

“I waited on people, took their money and learned how to count back change,” she said.

Growing up in Gatlinburg was a wonderful experience, Weeks said during a phone interview.

“It was secure and wonderful and I loved it,” she said. “I didn’t know it then, but I loved it.”

At the time, the town was a rural village on the cusp of becoming a booming tourist mecca. The national park was in its infancy and there were areas along the river where Weeks said she can remember picking daffodils on the banks.

Tourism still played a major role back then, with the level in business marking the beginning and end of the tourist season.

“I just remember growing up that business was from April 1 to Nov. 1,” she said.

“It seems to me like you could see from one end of town to the other, but I know that’s not true.”

When the tourists stopped coming for the season, Weeks said businesses would shut down and many people would draw unemployment. That all changed, in her opinion, with the opening of the ski resort.

“When — this is my opinion strictly, because I was old enough to have some sense and know something — when that ski resort came in, that changed everything. I used to pray for snow because it helped (the resort) and helped the city and our business people.”

In 1955, Weeks had graduated from Pi Beta Phi, which she attended all 12 years — and got married. Her father lost his lease on the building where his store was located and decided to move to Pigeon Forge. He opened a drive-in restaurant that was located where Home Federal Savings and Loan is now.

“He served the best hamburger,” Weeks said of her father, who taught her the philosophy of doing one thing and doing it well.

Between the years of 1935, when her older brother was born, and until 1955,

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Barbara Steele Stevens Weeks, age 15, in front of Steele’s Sundries Store in 1952. Her father, William “Doc” Steele, owned and ran the store from 1940 to 1955 in downtown Gatlinburg. It was located near where Hard Rock Café is now. It was considered the hub of downtown Gatlinburg and was a popular local hangout as well. Weeks, along with many others, will be featured in the “Vintage Views” video recounting memories of her youth growing up in Gatlinburg.

Weeks said her father would often film the families’ activities with a movie camera.

For some reason, that stopped when they moved to Pigeon Forge.

But before than, Weeks said her father would film them rolling Easter eggs at the national park or playing in the river.

He even has home movies of President Roosevelt’s visit to the park for its 1940 dedication.

Those images are some of the ones that will be seen on Sept. 25 when “Vintage Views of Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains” makes its debut at the Gatlinburg Inn. The world debut screening will be at 7 p.m.

A wine and cheese reception with live music will precede the public screening starting at 5 p.m. on the grounds of Gatlinburg Inn. Call 436-0500 to reserve a seat. Tickets

are $10 at the door, with reservations required. Valet parking will be available.

Seating is limited.

The film was produced by Kevin Tierney at Lorelei Production, who for years has gathered voice and picture recordings and photographs to preserve the history of the area.

Along with the Steele family home movies, there were be glimpses of films created by the families of E.E. Maples family, Wiley Oakley, Charles R. Roberts and Terri McCarter Waters.

Weeks said it will be nostalgic to see some of the movies her father made as well as others that show the images of Gatlinburg as it changed over the years.

“Gatlinburg is the greatest place to live,” Weeks said. “I still live in Gatlinburg, a halfmile from a Gatlinburg address, but I am Gatlinburg 100 percent.”

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William “Doc” Steele, center, owned Steele’s Sundries Shop in Gatlinburg from 1940-1955. This photo was taken at the counter of Steele’s on Oct. 31, 1945. From left are Mary Bradoher, Steele and Jeanne Hedney.

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Paul â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;? Clevenger and his wife, Lois, in the Rainbow Inn on Chapman Highway.

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Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe was a fixture in downtown Sevierville

By Carroll McMahan Paul Clevenger, nicknamed Red because of his red hair, had moved from Newport â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where he had grown up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. By the age of 27 he had saved enough money to buy the Rainbow Inn, a combination restaurant and dance hall on Chapman Highway, just a few miles north of Sevierville.

In 1939, while in Gatlinburg attending Old Timers Day, he spotted a 14-year-old girl named Lois Huskey square dancing. He asked Lois, along with several other girls, to dance at the Rainbow Inn since he seemed to always have a shortage of female partners.

Despite the age difference, Red and Lois were married later the same year.

Because Red had a wife and daughter Helen to support, he sold his business and went to work at Alcoa before being drafted into the Army. He entered the service during WWII and received the Purple Heart after bring wounded during the Battle of the Bulge.

A second daughter, Joan, was born while he was stationed overseas.

Upon return, Red tried his hand at a restaurant in Newport. Having the commute was difficult since his growing family lived in Sevierville.

In 1946, Red built an eating establishment on a small piece of property

leased from Bon Hicks Sr. on Bruce Street in downtown Sevierville. Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe was located between Cash Hardware and Bat Gibsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barber Shop. The menu offered a variety of short-order items, but it was Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hamburgers that made the place famous.

Lois and her children have literally had hundreds of people tell them how much they enjoyed Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hamburgers. Five additional children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Marie, Connie, Paul, Tina and Teresa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually came along. Lois and Red both worked in the cafe and so did some of their seven children as they became old enough.

The business became so large additional employees were needed outside the family. Louise Christopher was a loyal cook for 18 years.

When a family would come into the cafe and order a hamburger cut in half for the children, the good-hearted Red would look at the children and comment that they looked like they could eat a whole hamburger themselves and throw in an extra hamburger on the house.

Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind heart also extended to stray dogs.

At any given time, several dogs taken in by Red could be seen lying around the cafĂŠ. According to Red, if the customers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the animals, they could simply leave.

In the early days at the Bruce Street location, the hamburger Red used was ground fresh at Lewellingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

One day, standing on an empty milk crate, Red accidently poured some of the hot water over his chest while filling the coffee pot. His burns were severe enough to require a few days at Broadyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for him to recuperate.

Ventilation in the small cafe was a large 4-foot fan near the stove. Red loved to scare his employees by throwing an empty bread box into the big fan.

Cigarettes and burgers were 25 cents and sodas and Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fried pies were a nickel. Red never wrote down an order; he simply took the order and yelled to the kitchen. When the building was standing room only, he would lock the door until room could be made for others.

A jukebox was usually playing in the smoke-filled restaurant. Red always wore a long-sleeved white Submitted starched shirt, khaki pants, Red Clevenger opera long white apron and ated a hamburger res- a Pet Milk paper hat. He taurant in downtown loved to play practical jokes Sevierville for several on his friends, many who decades. were downtown businessmen.

The only time the cafe was open in the evening Market and fried in large was on election night when cast iron skillets on a wood the streets would be packed burning stove. The wood with people. used was scrap hardwood Red was notorious for from A.J. King Lumber Co. suddenly posting a closed The sodas were kept cold in sign on the door and an ice box with large blocks remaining closed for severof ice from Frost Mill and al days. When he reopened Ice Co. The coffee was there would often be a always fresh dripped and long line waiting to buy a brewed in a large coffee burger. This quirky behavmaker that required galior was repeated often over lons of boiling water to be the years. poured over the JFG coffee.

After several decades on

Bruce Street, Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe relocated to Court Avenue, a half-block from the courthouse. The new location offered a more limited menu of cheeseburgers, hamburgers, bacon and egg sandwiches, egg sandwiches. Ironically, Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe never served french fries.

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Three local high school students traveled to Lincoln, Neb., recently to participate in Special Olympic National Games.

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CJ Sprague from Sevier County High School competed in the bocce games. He received a second-place silver medal for the doubles competition. He also received a third-place bronze medal for team competition.

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Brandon Phillips, also from Seymour High, competed in bowling events. He won first place for doubles. He also received a second-place silver medal in singles and third place for competition with the whole bowling team.

The next major Special Olympic competition is the World Games in Athens, Greece in 2011.

In Sevier County there are approximately 300 students/adults who compete in Special Olympic events throughout the year. They participate in events such as bowling, bocce, basketball, aquatics, volleyball, track and field, skiing, ice skating and snowboarding.

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G-P student Negrone takes third in art event The annual Congressional Art Competition for Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1st Congressional District, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Artistic Discovery,â&#x20AC;? was organized by U.S. Rep. Phil Roeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and was open to students attending grades 9 through 12 in any district high school.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competition received entries from 14 schools. The exhibit and an awards ceremony for all participants was held at the Kingsport Community Center.

Three entries represented Gatlinburg-Pittman High School in the competition: a mixed media painting entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avenueâ&#x20AC;? by Christina Lulich, a watercolor landscape entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baldâ&#x20AC;? by Allison King, and a cut paper self-portrait entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jessicaâ&#x20AC;? by Jessica Negrone.

Negrone received thirdplace honors in the competition. Her painting will be professionally framed and displayed for one year in Roeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in Washington.

Negrone was also awarded a $100 savings bond.

Her art teacher, Alice Fisher, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jessica is so deserving of this tre-

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God’s bucket list has a spot waiting for you

By ARNE WALKER The catchy commercial “what’s in your wallet?” connects with my wife’s “bucket theology” to frame this message. It is my wife’s conviction that God puts someone or something in your bucket and that you are to use your talents, gifts, personality, history and more to make a difference in Christ’s name.

God put the Israelites in Moses’ bucket as he was called to lead them from bondage to freedom. God put the Gentiles in Paul’s bucket as he was called to share the Gospel with them.

God put Samuel in Eli’s bucket to alert him to detect the voice of God. Scripture is full of examples of this kind.

Who or what is in your bucket?

I have a cousin who joyfully takes in and nurses back to health every hurting animal she finds. They are clearly in her bucket.

On Aug. 17, 2010 Pastor David Simonson died after over 50 years of ministering to the needs of the Masai tribe in Tanzania. He was a missionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America until his compulsory retirement and then returned after that on his own.

He came recently back to the States for a physical at Mayo Clinic and was told that his days were numbered. So he returned to Tanzania to die and shortly thereafter he did. Over 2,000 people attended his funeral in Africa. Girls from the school he founded sang outside during the entire funeral visitation period.

The people there were truly in His bucket.

In that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Those are some memorable words from

Scripture. Each of us has been most assuredly put in Jesus’ bucket. There is an old Gospel song that shares: Lord lay some soul upon my heart And love that soul through me.

And may I humbly do my part To win that soul for Thee.

What would happen if each of us who call ourselves Christian would ask God to help us be aware of who He wants in our bucket? Then what would happen if we prayed that God would help us develop a relationship that would lead to the right time and place to share our faith?

I have an answer to that. Then there would be more disciples of Christ.

It may be a person or it may be a cause that God is placing in our bucket. Some of us might use the language of a person who is being laid upon our hearts.

There is here an opportunity and a privilege and if you please a high calling to be entrusted with a life.

We are supportive of a school in the Holy Land that blends together Jews, Palestinians, Christians and Moslems that indirectly makes a contribution towards understanding and peace. We had exchanges in our home over a 20-year period to take seriously that bridgebuilding effort. That small connection link is one of the things that brings us closer to our common humanity.

“Pennies for Peace” as an initiative of Wisconsin school children to support Greg Mortenson’s building of schools in Pakistan is

also in our small bucket.

If you have read either of Greg Mortenson’s books, you know it is hugely in his bucket.

When I worked for the Department of Corrections and now as I serve as a group home volunteer, God puts individuals in my bucket. They don’t always even like me and to this day I wonder why me and/or why them?

The answer would be interesting. but the conviction that they are in my bucket is the crucial item.

Several people I have known truly qualify as prayer warriors. They are fiercely loyal to pray faithfully for the ones that God places in their bucket.

Some of us have the “Rocky Syndrome” where we welcome into our bucket all sorts of underdogs. I am amused by the pastor who lived out his call to serve the up and out as he had in his bucket the rich and disconnected. Who are the neglected in your life?

As God places people and issues and needs in our buckets, we need to be reminded that God will supply our needs according to His riches in Jesus Christ. We hopefully serve from our own cups which we keep full through worship, prayer, devotions and Bible Study.

Who or what is in your bucket?

We are saved from sin for joyful service in the Name of Jesus Christ. I puzzle in closing. Am I in someone’s bucket?

— The Rev. Arne Walker is a semi-retired pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who resides in Gatlinburg.

Remembering our Creator Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, “I have no pleasure in them” (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

Many people tend to associate spirituality with mortality-- belief about God must have something to do with the afterlife, and therefore, concern about doing what God says is motivated by a desire for a more enjoyable afterlife. If spirituality can be sequestered with dying, then, some would say, it should not be a concern for those who are in their youth, in their prime of life.

This is how not a few people live their lives. They figure that they will not be dying anytime soon. Attitudes in our society reinforce this-- as a whole, society does not like talking about death and attempts to ignore that unpleasant reality at all costs. Thanks to medical and technological advancements death is not as pervasive in life as it was just generations before, and this facilitates, especially among the young, an almost complete lack of consciousness of their impending demise-- and that it might be sooner than expected.

In reality, as the Preacher indicates, spirituality is more than just about the fact that we will all die. In Ecclesiastes 12:1 he does not emphasize for people to remember their Ultimate Judge in the days of their youth (although that would not be a bad idea, Ecclesiastes 12:14); he says to remember your Creator. To remember the Creator is to remember that you are the creation, that there is a Power out there stronger than you are. To remember our Creator is to remember our creation from the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7), and to remember that we are dust is to recognize that our pretensions of greatness are hollow and that the day is coming when we will be but dust again (Ecclesiastes 12:7). While remembering our Creator does remind us of our own mortality, it also compels us to remember that despite our desires we are not the ones really calling the shots. We are a part of God’s great and glorious creation; an important part, yes, but a part, and we would do well to remember our role in praising and glorifying the God who created us (Psalm 148:1-14).

Nevertheless, the Preacher’s words are motivated by his understanding of the imminent demise of us all. Ecclesiastes 12:2-7, often understood as referring to physical decay, probably has the day of death and lamentation as the true referent. In the passage the Preacher invites the reader to consider the day of his or her own death and the results it will bring. Death brings down the strong and mighty; it ends the daily rituals of life; all the pleasures and labor and desires are gone. In the end, it’s all over, and it is all absurd (Ecclesiastes 12:8). Things may continue as before (Ecclesiastes 1:4-8), but not for you.

Many times we hear the advice to “live each day as if it were your last,” and such advice, if directed in ways of righteousness, is certainly sound. But the Preacher wants us to go deeper than that. What will happen on the inevitable day of your death?

Family members will mourn and lament. You would hope that people who know you or know of you would be saddened a bit. There will be plenty of people making money-- funeral arrangements, the handling of the estate, and so on and so forth.

Yet, odds are, the sun will go down and then rise on the next day, and everything moves on... without you. All that you are and hope and feel and wish-- gone.

This is not meant to depress, although that might be the result. It is designed to be a wake up call. None of us are as important as we tend to make ourselves out to be. We are caught up in this absurd thing called “life under the sun,” and the best time we have is now. We are to remember our Creator in the days of our youth because for so many reasons those are the good days-- the days of joy and promise (Ecclesiastes 11:9-10). They are not to be squandered in riotous living. Those who are wise will understand that it does not get any better-- days of infirmity, on various levels, are coming, and then ultimately the end, if the end is not untimely, and there is never any guarantee (James 4:14).

Therefore, let us praise God that this is the day of His creation, and we should rejoice in it and in Him (Psalm 118:24). We do not know what will happen tomorrow, but we can remember our Creator today and to seek His will. The day of death and the end of our absurd lives will hasten soon enough. Let us seek God before it is too late!

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Sevierville Director of Public Works Bryon Fortner, right, with National Society of Professional Engineers President Michael Hardy, center, and past TSPE President Tom Needham. Fortner has been elected 2010-2011 president of the TSPE.

Seviervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fortner elected to post Submitted Report SEVIERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; City Director of Public Works Bryon Fortner has been elected 2010-2011 president of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers.

TSPE is a professional association with about 1,000 individual mem-

bers. They represent all technical disciplines and all practice areas.

Fortner has worked for the city of Sevierville since 1996. He was appointed public works director in 2004.

Fortner attended the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and received his civil engineering degree in 1988.

Ober Gatlinburg plans Oktoberfest Submitted report

Kindness Counts plans fundraisers Submitted report PIGEON FORGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kindness Counts will hold its fall fundraiser on Oct. 9 at the Pigeon Forge Factory Outlet Mall, Unit 19.

The benefit sale will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and there will be a silent auction from 9-noon. Items included in the sale and/ or auction include artwork, antiques, tickets to local

attractions, household items, collectibles and furniture.

All sales are cash.

Kindness Counts is taking orders for its first cookbook, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the Kitchen with Kindness Counts.â&#x20AC;? The $10 book contains 150 recipes from people from over eight states and features a variety of dishes and cooking styles.

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made possible by sponsors in the business community of Sevier County.

Money raised by the group will be used for the interior of the low cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinic that is under construction.

For questions regarding the fundraiser, contact Jo Ann Dischinger at 5821897 or April Stone at 6542684.

GATLINBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ober Gatlinburg is celebrating Oktoberfest with a festival featuring Bavarianstyle food, drink and music.

The resort commemorates the 200th anniversary of the popular festival held in Munich, Germany with activities on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month.

The Bavarian Fun Makers Band, in authentic costumes, will perform at 1, 4 and 6 p.m. every weekend.

Oktoberfest was a popular event when the Heidelberg Castle operated its restaurant at Ober Gatlinburg in the 1980s.

The first Oktoberfest in Germany was a public celebration of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig I and Princess Therese of Bavaria on

Oct, 17, 1810. Held on a large meadow named the Theresienwiese in Munich, the party featured a horse race, beer, food, music and dancing.

Anniversary celebrations continues each year, usually starting in late September and ending in the first week of October, with some six million people attending annually. Oktoberfests have been held in Munich for 200 years with the exception of wartime.

Ober Gatlinburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest attraction is the 4,600-square-foot Amazeâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Maze, which opened on Memorial Day weekend.

Earlier this spring, Ober Gatlinburg added an indoor carousel to compliment the 120passenger tramway, black bear habitat and birds of prey exhibit, ice skating rink, alpine slide, chairlift, shops, restaurant and lounge.

Library aids job seekers Submitted Report The Sevier County Public Library System is offering free fax and copy services for persons seeking employment.

Any person who is actively seeking employment may come to any one of the library system locations to use the computers for creating resumes and filing online applications.

For more information on accessing these free services, visit King Family Library, 408 High St.; Seymour branch, 137 W, Macon Lane; or Kodak branch, 319 W. Dumplin Valley Road.

If more information is needed, call 365-1666.

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Wearwood schedules golf tourney Submitted report Wearwood School will host a miniature golf tournament on Oct. 4 at The Track in Pigeon Forge.

This tournament will be a scramble format (best ball). Team entry fee is $50 for four players. Individual fee is $12.50.

A hotdog meal will be provided by Tennessee State Bank.

First-place winner in each adult and student group will have a 30-second chance for

money grab in the Tennessee State Bank money box. The team captain will represent the team in the box.

The tournament will begin at 5:30 with food being served after completion of 18 holes. The winning team will be selected by lowest score.

A hole-in-one contest will be held as well.

For more information call Bruce Wilson, principal of Wearwood School, at 4532252.

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Photographic society presents annual awards Submitted Report SEVIERVILLE — LeConte Photographic Society celebrated its second anniversary with an awards ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of its members.

Awards were presented to members who scored the most points throughout the year. During each monthly meeting, members submit photographs for competition in Beginner, Advanced and Star (Professional) divisions. Points are accrued by winning a first-, second- or third-place ribbon monthly.

Dee Murphy, club president, presented the awards.

Presentations were made in the Beginners Division to Jane Brewer; Advanced Division to Ivonne Campe; and Star Division to Bruce Hannold.

The Best Of The Best trophy was presented to Kenneth Jones after all annual entries were reviewed by photographer Ron Plascensia.

Murphy was presented a lifetime membership.

Club member Bill Deaton died this year. To honor his memory, the Bill Deaton Creativity Award was established. Cheryl Deaton, his wife, presented this award to member Judy Cravy for her photography. She presented Cravy with a trophy and a

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LeConte Photographic Society recognized the accomplishments of its members at recent anniversary celebration. From left are Ivonne Campe (Advanced), Jane Brewer (Beginner), President Dee Murphy, Judy Cravy (Bill Deaton Creativity Award) and Bruce Hannold (StarAward.)

Cheryl Deaton presents the memorial Bill Deaton Creativity Award to member Judy Cravy. bag of her husband’s favorite items for her to photograph. In addition, she made a donation to the club in Bill Deaton’s memory.

Starting in October, meetings will move to the first Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Sevierville Civic Center. Anyone can attend, but only members are per-

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mitted to enter the competitions.

Membership is $25 per year. Visit www.lecontephotographic.com or e-mail club Murphy to photographer@ lecontehotographic.com.

The guest speaker for the Oct. 5 meeting is Paul Hassell, a young professional photographer.

History teachers aided by grant Submitted Report KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee will help “teach the teachers” in three East Tennessee public school systems, including Sevier’s, thanks to a federal grant to improve the quality of American history teaching and learning.

The $285,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education will be used for high-quality professional development for selected middle school and high school history teachers in Anderson, Sevier and Union counties.

The project, titled “Enduring Visions,” is a series of day-long academic mini-institutes during the 2010-2011 school year, longer training opportunities during the summer of 2011, and follow-up coaching for the teachers who participate.

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