September 22, 2009

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 25, No. 265 ■ September 22, 2009 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 50 Cents

Tuesday

Horse abuse becoming problem

INSIDE

Recession apparently causing many owners to underfeed or abandon equines

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

5Return to sender SCHS’s Foster sets TSSAA mark in Friday game at Cocke County Sports, Page A8

GATLINBURG — Throughout the recession, the story has been told of pets abandoned or neglected because their owners can no longer afford to care for them.

Now Sevier County has an animal problem on pasture land as well.

Jayne Vaughn, director of the Sevier County Humane Society and its animal shelter, says there have been many horses brought

“It just leaves me speechless what we’re seeing. I don’t understand how people can do this to an animal.

We are seeing a lot of horses in trouble.”

— Jayne Vaughn, Sevier County Humane Society director

to the shelter in recent months.

Much like the smaller animals she deals with, Vaughn says many of the equines have either been abandoned or brought in because their owners are not providing for their needs.

“It just leaves me speechless what we’re seeing. I don’t understand how people can do this to an animal,” Vaughn says. “We are seeing a lot of horses in trouble.

Horses have a lot of needs that are underestimated a lot of times

when people decide to get them.”

Most of the calls the shelter now receives about neglected animals relate to horses, Vaughn says. It’s unclear exactly why so many horse owners have gotten into trouble, but it’s obvious they’re not providing proper nourishment to the animals.

“You have to rotate them or they’ll eat a pasture clean,” Vaughn says. “Then you have to buy hay, but that’s a problem for some people. Even though we See HORSE, Page A5

Zoning rules may to change in Forge?

5Deadly flooding Storms leave wake of destruction as they move across Southeast REGION, Page A3

Commercial property on agenda today for planners

STATE

Fantastic fall ahead?

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

Forecasters predicting favorable autumn after wet summer Page A6 Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press

Warning to owners: ‘Move it or lose it’

Weather Today Mostly cloudy

High: 81°

Above, Pigeon Forge police officer Ricky B. Atchley places a tag on a car sitting in the state right-ofway along the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. Officers were busy Monday tagging cars with for sale signs on them.

The car owners have 72 hours to move the cars or they will be towed. The tagging is a usual part of doing business after a major rod run weekend.

Tonight Mostly cloudy Low: 66° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Shirley Rogers, 73 Margaret Loy, 85 Joe Clark, 94 Dora Luttrell, 94 Sadie Gantous, 100 Fred Shadowens, 82 Paul Sherburne, 86 Charles Franklin, 87 DETAILS, Page A4

Index Local & State . A1-A4,A6 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . A2 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . A8-A10 Money . . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Advice . . . . . . . . . . . A15 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . A15 Classifieds . . . . . A10-A14 Nation . . . . . . . . . . . A16

Corrections The musical “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” will be staged at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 at Pigeon Forge High School.

The dates were reported incorrectly in a story in Saturday’s edition. The Mountain Press regrets the error.

Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press

At left, Pigeon Forge officer Sammy Ownby radios dispatch with car contact information to let the owner know to get their car moved.

Hometown reunion

PIGEON FORGE — City planning officials will consider making some changes to the zoning rules governing certain commercial developments when they meet at 3 p.m. today in City Hall.

The Planning Commission’s agenda includes the proposed amendments, which have been drafted by the city’s planning staff. They include some fairly minor changes to the way development is done in those areas that Chief Planner David Taylor says will help protect the environment and make these large-scale projects a bit more attractive.

“The only real changes deal with signs and heights of structures,” Taylor says.

“These are just some small changes we’ve been working on for a few months to sort of clarify the rules for developers who come in.”

According to city maps, See RULES, Page A5

Taste of Autumn diners’ delight

PC Heritage Day gives folks chance to get reacquainted

Jeff Farrell/The Mountain Press

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer

Archer Corder looks over some of the genealogical records accessible during Heritage Day at Pittman Center.

PITTMAN CENTER — Whether they were looking for crafts, music or a chance to get more information on their family tree, visitors to Heritage Day weren’t disappointed.

The town’s recreation board organizes the event every year. This year it had gospel and bluegrass music, more than 20 vendors selling crafts, art from local artists, and genealogical information available at City Hall.

They hope it will bring people who have left the area back for a visit and give local folks a chance to get together and enjoy the music and festivities, said board member Keith Watson.

“It’s a chance to get people back out there to get reacquainted with the area, and if they live here it's a chance to have a good time,” he said.

An auction during the day helped raise money for new playground equipment, and several local churches

and other groups were selling food or crafts to raise money.

Some people made the trip to check up on the genealogical records. Wanda Faye Emert Corder attended with her brothers and sisters to learn about their family roots. They'd heard about Heritage Day on a previous visit and decided to come down to review the records.

“We're just curious about our ancestors," she said.

Vickie Webb, wife of Pittman Center Alderman G. Webb, said she couldn't pick out a favorite thing, although she had hoped to buy a cake made by one of her neighbors.

“There’s no one thing I come for,” she said, "I like the hamburgers from the fire department and ... I enjoy the music and really about everything.” n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

GATLINBURG — Practiced foodies and novices alike will have a chance to take part in a whirlwind of culinary delights Thursday as Gatlinburg puts on the 12th annual Taste of Autumn.

Some of the best menu items from 19 local eateries and food vendors will be offered during the event, which runs from 5-8 p.m. at the Gatlinburg Convention Center in downtown. A fundraiser for United Way of Sevier County, the gathSee TASTE, Page A5

A2 â—† Local

The Mountain Press â—† Tuesday, September 22, 2009

‘Rocky Top’ lives on in Gatlinburg

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 Stacy Nelson Banks, 34, of Marion, N.C., was charged Sept. 20 with public intoxication. He was released on $250 bond. u Benjamine Keith Bean, 41, of 1206 Amber Lane in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 19 with a second count of DUI and reckless driving. He was released on $5,000 bond. u Cory Clyde Keith Case, 20, of Sylva, N.C., was charged Sept. 19 with underage consumption of alcohol. He was released on $500 bond. u Jess Leroy Casson, 48, of 2120 Arthur Lane Lot 13 in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 19 with violation of valid court order. He was being held. u Dwight Eugene Chandler, 22, of 916 Cedar Springs Valley Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 21 with driving while revoked.

He was released on $1,500 bond. u Sasha Nichole Conner, 21, of Dillsboro, N.C., was charged Sept.

21 with public intoxication and indecent exposure. She released on $500 bond. u Jackie Lee Crisp, 30, of Robbinsville, N.C., was charged Sept.

19 with DUI. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Ricardo Daniel Ellis, 19, of 3380 Forge Hideaway #6 in Pigeon Forge, was charged Sept.

19 with underage consumption of alcohol. He was released on $500 bond. u Ricardo Daniel Ellis, 19, of 3380 Forge Hideaway #6 in Pigeon Forge, was charged Sept. 20 with aggravated assault. He was being held in lieu of $15,000 bond. u Stephen Larue Gaines, 44, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., was charged Sept. 19 with unlawful drug paraphernalia use and activities, possession of schedule VI substance, possession of a schedule II substance, carrying a weapon while under the influence and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was released on $10,000 bond. u Johnny Ray Hill, 49, of 2258 Ridge Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged Sept. 18 with aggravated burglary. He was being held. u Caleb Allie Holcomb, 19, of Cohutta, Ga., charged Sept. 18 with possession of a schedule VI substance. He released on $1,500 bond. u William Harrison Hughes, 31, of 131 River Parkway in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 18 with general theft and worthless checks. He was released on $3,000 bond. u Glenda Joann Ivy, 28, of New Market, Tenn., was charged Sept. 19 with Tahiti of property.

She was released on $500 bond. u Jimmy Doyle Johnson, 47, of 995 Alpine Drive in Seymour, was charged Sept. 20 with public intoxication.

He was released. u Danielle Renee Klein, 37, of 459 W. Mill Creek Road Lot 10 in Pigeon Forge, was charged Sept. 21 with domestic violence assault. She was being held in lieu of $2,500 bond. u Jesse Lee McFalls, 18, of 1438 Hilltop Way in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 19 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held. u Matthew R. Millard, 18, of Blountville, Tenn., was charged Sept. 20 with underage consumption of alcohol. He was released on $500 bond. u Jack Darrell Myers, 53, of 516 Grace Ave. in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 19 with a third count of DUI, seat belt law, violation of registration law, violation of implied consent law, financial responsibility law and driving while revoked He was released. u Derek Tyler Ogle, 25, of Knoxville, was charged Sept. 21 with a misdemeanor warrant

from general sessions court. He was being held. u Ryan Scott Parker, 29, of 2373 Top View Circle in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 21 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court, vandalism $500 to $1,000, domestic violence assault and violation of probation. He was being held. u Lavonne Patrick, 35, of Greenville, Tenn., was charged Sept. 19 with driving on a suspended license. She was released on $1,500 bond. u Thomas Neil Phillips, 48, of Clover, S.C., was charged Sept.. 20 with public intoxication. He was released on $250 bond. u Duncan Bickley Pulliam III, 29, of 1444 Flatwood Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 21 with violation of open container law, violation of implied consent and a second count of DUI. He was being held. u Heather Nicole Ramsey, 21, of 997 Old Newport Highway in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 20 with violation of pre-trial release bond and theft of property worth $1,000 to $10,000.

She was being held. u Billy Chad Reese, 37, of Bybee, Tenn., was charged Sept.. 21 with general theft and possession of a schedule VI substance. He was released on $3,500 bond. u Christy Leann Reese, 36, of Bybee, Tenn., was charged Sept. 21 with possession of a schedule II substance, possession of a schedule IV substance, general theft, criminal littering and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

She was released on $7,500 bond. u Steven Ray Roberts, 45, of 203 Katten Ave. in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 20 with a second count of DUI and driving on a suspended license. He was released on $5,000 bond. u Matthew James Snyder, 26, of 665 Caton St. in Seymour, was charged Sept.. 20 with violation of probation. He was released. u George Harry Spence, 72, of 3309 Nun Cove Road in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 19 with public intoxication. He was released on $250 bond. u Quintin Claude Sutton, 48, of 2759 Maple Crest Way in Sevierville, was charged Sept. 20 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court.

He was being held. u Joshua Calvin Ward, 26, of Sylva, N.C., was charged Sept. 19 with DUI. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Christopher Lee Williams, 36, of 1038 Valley View Circle in Seymour, was charged Sept. 18 with non-verbal/oral harassment. He was released.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Editor’s Note: The community calendar is printed as space permits.

Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered. They are listed by date. To place an item phone 428-0748, ext. 214, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress.com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

Tuesday, Sept. 22 Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 1 p.m. Fox Trot B&B, Gatlinburg n 6:30 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC n 6:30 p.m. Home Cents, Sevierville Submitted

Men’s Bible Study

Jay Jenkins, manager of Rocky Top Village Inn in Gatlinburg, presents a licensing agreement related to usage of the song “Rocky Top,� on behalf of House of Bryant Publications, to George Hawkins, special events manager for the Gatlinburg Department of Tourism. The arrangement grants permission to perform the popular song written by the late Felice and Boudleaux Bryant to the city’s special events department for use at events and functions.

Gatekeepers men’s community Bible study, 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 436-0313.

Golf ball drop to benefit local clubs

Handbell Ringers

From Submitted Reports SEVIERVILLE — A helicopter will drop up to 5,000 numbered golf balls at Eagle’s Landing Golf Course on Oct. 7 to help raise money for Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains.

The Bridgemont Group is the sponsor for this year’s inaugural golf ball drop, an event that has been registered with the state since it involves selling chances to the public. Each numbered golf ball corresponds to a ticket that can be bought for $20.

All five Sevier County Pilot food marts and branches of the Boys & Girls Club have tickets available. From the ticket sales, 25 percent will be posted as the prize for the golf ball closest to the pin. The club hopes to sell all 5,000 golf balls. That means the winning ball would be worth $25,000.

The golf ball drop will take place at approximately 7 p.m. after tournament play has been completed. There are 57 teams currently registered, so only a few team spots remain in the annual four-person scramble.

This year’s event tees off at 7:30 a.m. for one round with another round set to begin at 1 p.m. Breakfast for the morning flight begins at 6:30 and will be provided by Collier

Restaurant Group. Lunch for all players will be provided

by Bullfish Grill beginning at 11:30 a.m. It will also provide the hor d’oeuvres for the awards presentation before the ball drop.

In addition to Pilot food marts, Regal Entertainment Group and the Regal Foundation return as sponsors. Wilderness at the Smokies sponsors the golf carts for the day and Food City is the long drive sponsor.

Prizes for the tournament will be awarded in three flights, with the top flight team winning a foursome to play at Tennessee National Golf Course and a $600 gift certificate to J Floyds Golf & Guns. Second- and thirdflight team winners also take home the $600 gift certificate, with the second-flight winners also winning a foursome to play at Holston Hills Country Club and the thirdflight winning team headed to Oak Ridge Country Club.

In addition to prizes on every hole, there will also be two hole-in-one contests.

Ownby Insurance sponsors one, with a 2009 Camaro as the prize, and BurchfielOverbay and Associates will award a hole-in-one winner $10,000.

For more information call 428-6550 or visit www.bgcsmoky.com.

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429-5243 or 429-3798.

Seymour United Methodist Church adult handbell ringers meet 7 p.m. No prior experience necessary. 573-9711.

Kodak Speaker

Local author Doris Gainer will speak at Friends Of Kodak

Library meeting 6:30 p.m. at library. Her novel “Journey Away� is story of a family’s journey from Europe to America.

Wednesday, Sept. 23 Youth BLAAST

Believers Living Always Abounding Seeking Teens, 4:30 p.m., fairgrounds.

Food at 5 p.m. Music: Joshua Generation, Roger WiIliams, Mixed Up Quartet. Evangelist Neil Hatfield. 453-9001 or 654-6826.

Sevierville Story Time Sevier County Main Library preschool story time 10:30 a.m. 4533532.

Thursday, Sept. 24 Hot Meals

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

TOPS

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

Women’s Bible Study

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

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 ◆ The Mountain Press

Tennessee forests growing faster than we can cut them Can you name the state that has more species of trees than any other?

That would be Tennessee.

We have over 14 million acres of forestland, and almost twice as much wood grows each year than is harvested. Some of that wood is for paper and furniture, but are trees a potential energy source?

America must find alternative sources for fuel and energy in the future.

Traditionally we think of corn ethanol and other crops that can be converted, but Tennessee’s vast forests might also some-

day be used for biomass.

“Certainly we have a lot of waste wood products from the harvest of our woody crops that are left in many cases that could go into biomass,” says Dr. Bob Hayes, Director of UT’s West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson.

At WTREC, scientists are studying trees — like 80-foot sycamores growing for two decades — and the potential to turn parts of them into biomass.

“Sycamores are very adapted to this area, to the mid-south, to our bottomlands. They are a fast-

growing tree,” says Dr. Hayes. “The original study down here was biomass production on marginal soil. This was a kind of statewide project. We were comparing a number of species.”

Results of the study show that sycamores perform well in soil not necessarily ideal for row crops. Pines also were

good here, and that’s encouraging for Tennessee landowners.

The lumber industry has actually been using wood for biomass for a good while now. When a log goes to a sawmill, about half the product goes for traditional lumber, while the rest becomes paper, fuel or energy.

Nearly 800-thousand tons of harvesting tree residue is produced in Tennessee each year, and UT experts say more of that could be converted to biomass.

“I talk a lot about the good news of wood,”

says Dr. Adam Taylor, a researcher in UT’s Biofuels Initiative - where he looks at how we can best use Tennessee’s woody resources to benefit landowners and consumers.

“Tennessee forests — there’s a lot of it, for one thing and it’s growing faster than we’re cutting it,” Taylor says.

Dr. Taylor believes wood for biomass is an environmentally sound idea. “Wood can be harvested every few decades, so you get to build up the woody biomass over a number of years rather

than have to harvest it every year — which is a rather intensive operation.

Wood is fairly stable, so that you can store it for long periods of time without it degrading.”

Currently biomass provides about three percent of Tennessee’s energy consumption, but that will likely increase in the future. UT researchers are also developing a hybrid poplar tree that grows quickly, and could be sed for biomass.

— Alan Bruhin is the Sevier County agricultural extension service director.

Call him at 453-3695.

AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton

Garrett Jacobs, left, Dakota Nelson and Levi Wright move a barricade to higher ground after Cars and trucks pass through standing water on flood waters from the Yellow River continued to rise Monday in Lilburn. Ga. The community canan interstate in Chattanooga on Monday. celed their beach bash.

AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Patrick Smith

Flooding in Southeast proves deadly ATLANTA (AP) — Floodwaters that swept across the rain-soaked Southeast killed at least two people and left two others missing Monday, including a Georgia toddler who disappeared after her family’s mobile home was split apart by a swollen creek.

Two Georgia motorists died when their vehicles were swept off Atlanta-area roads, and some major highways were submerged.

Officials urged motorists to stay off the roads as a new line of storms threatened the area.

Fast-moving water also swept away a Tennessee man who went swimming in an overflowing ditch on a dare.

Crews in northwest Georgia worked furiously with one eye to the sky to shore up a levee that was in danger of failing along the Chattooga River. Hundreds were evacuated in the small town of Trion, and inmate crews were piling sandbags along the levee wall.

“It’s a grave situation for us,” said Lamar Canada, Chattooga County’s emergency management director.

Park Road work delayed From Submitted Reports The temporary closure of Park Road to through traffic for maintenance has been postponed due to excessive rainfall.

The project will begin when weather permits, possibly as early as Wednesday.

The city will be repairing several drain pipes and placing a new pipe.

Park Road from City Park to the Parkway, will be closed to through traffic beginning at approximately 7 a.m. when work starts.

The project will last two or three days.

Motorists wishing to access Vulcan Materials may do so from the Parkway. To access City Park, motorists must travel from the north end of Park Road.

The road will reopen with a temporary gravel surface each evening.

Forecasters issued flood alerts for parts of Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia as more rain fell after days of storms that have saturated the ground.

As many as 20 inches had fallen in three days in parts of the Atlanta area.

School closings and delays occurred in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama.

The “persistent tropical system” that has been hovering over the region for the last week could dump another four inches on north Georgia overnight Monday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Taylor. Rains were expected to taper off starting Wednesday.

Rescuers in Tennessee were searching for a Chattanooga man swept into a culvert Sunday after boasting that he could swim across a flooded ditch alongside his house for $5. The man’s nephew identified him as 46-yearold Sylvester Kitchens.

Firefighters rescued another man who also tried to swim the ditch. Albert Miller was found clinging to a fence in the water near where the water empties into the culvert, said Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner. Miller was taken to the hospital with symptoms of hypothermia.

The nephew, 22-yearold Leslie Townsend, said Kitchens was swept away when he tried to grab onto a garden hose that Townsend threw to him.

Emergency workers in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville found a woman dead in her vehicle after it was swept off a road by flooding Monday, said Capt. Thomas Rutledge of the Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services.

The woman was identified as Seydi Burciaga, 39, who was returning home from work.

“In my 22 years in the fire department here in Gwinnett we have not experienced flooding to this degree,” Rutledge said.

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The Mountain Press ◆ Tuesday, September 22, 2009

OBITUARIES

In Memoriam

Shirley Ann Brummett Rogers

Shirley Ann Brummett Rogers age 73, of South Knoxville, passed away Friday, September 19, 2009, after a courageous battle of multiple myeloma cancer.

She was a lady, wife, mother and true friend to all that new her.

Shirley was a loving, giving and compassionate mother and wife.

Always willing to give of herself and please others in anyway she could. She loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. She was a graduate of Fulton High School and the University of Tennessee where she graduated with honors, member of the UT National Alumni Association, Eastern Star-May Chapter 24 and Valley Grove Baptist Church. Shirley worked for General Mills and was comptroller for Tom’s Foods then later the Office Manager for Knoxville Institute of Hair Design.

She is preceded in death by parents: Herbert Brummett and Lula Price Brummett, son Mike Rogers and grand-daughter Bailey Rogers.

Survived by husband of 51 years Jack W. Rogers, son and daughter-in-law Larry and Pat Rogers, grandson and wife Zach and Sheffey Rogers, grandsons Zane, Zeke and Zeb Rogers. Special friends and thanks to Martha and Francis.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to: Valley Grove Baptist Church 9000 Sevierville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37920, or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Judy Stearly 411 Ashley Avenue, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863.

Funeral Service 7 p.m. Tuesday in Atchley’s Seymour Chapel with Rev. W. A. Galyon and Rev. David Webster officiating. Family and friends will meet 10 a.m. Wednesday in Highland South Cemetery for graveside service and interment.

The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Atchley Funeral Home Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865. (577-2807). n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

In Memoriam

Margaret Jenkins Loy

Margaret Jenkins Loy, 85 of Knoxville, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Brakebill Nursing Home.

She was a member of Sharon Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Baptist Church of Anderson County. Margaret was a 50-year member of Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, Fountain City No. 160. Margaret graduated from Phi Beta Phi High School in Gatlinburg and Knoxville Business College. She was retired from Albers Drug Company after 40 years of dedicated service.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents: Floyd and Claudia McCoy Jenkins; sister: Anna Ruth Large; brother: James (Bud) Jenkins; and husband: A. Hobert Loy. She is survived by her sister, Laura Maples of Virginia; sister and brother-in-law Dorothy and Carroll Cordell of Florida; brother and sisterin-law, Jack and Kitty Jenkins of Colorado; and beloved nieces and nephews: Paula, Lexie, Charles (Butch), Becky, Mary Margaret, Pam, Rob, Doug, Stephen, Mary, Jeff, Juanita, Thom and James (Woody). She is also survived by her aunt, Burdell Peterson of Washington, and several great-nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

Margaret is also survived by her stepson and wife, H. A. and Alice Loy of Knoxville; step-grandchildren, Andrew Loy, Susan and husband Buddy Tarver; step-great-granddaughters, Tessa Tarver and Alexandra Loy. The family would like to express sincere appreciation to everyone at Elmcroft Assisted Living of Halls and Brakebill Nursing Home for all the care and love Margaret received.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, September 22, from 5-7:30 p.m. and funeral following at 7:30 p.m. at Rawlings Funeral Home chapel in Sevierville with the Rev. Dennis Blazier officiating. Rev. Mike Bundon will sing. Interment service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23, at Pigeon Forge Baptist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memories may be made to Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road, Knoxville, TN 37918.

Joe O. Clark, age 94 of Sevierville, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert E. and Florence Bivins Clark, sisters, Louise Winsted, Imogene Schwartz, Muriel Self.

Survivors: wife, Pearlie Clark; Son, Roger Clark; daughters, Gloria Thompson, Jolene Brown, Bernita Rigney; step-daughters, Carol J. Adkins, Freda Schluep; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Charles M. Clark, Tommy Clark; sisters, Betty Bum; extended family, Jason Fleming, Michael and Debra Fleming.

Funeral service 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Hyder officiating. Interment 1 p.m. Thursday in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens with military honors provided by American Legion Post 104. The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

In Memoriam

Dora Hacker Luttrell

Dora Hacker Luttrell, age 94 of Maryville, formerly of Sevierville, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, M. O. Luttrell; son, Jack Luttrell; parents, A. J. and Pearl Clemens Hacker; sisters, Nancy Hacker, Josephine Sherrill; brothers, Jack Hacker, Ralph Hacker.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Mel and Reba Luttrell of Maryville; grandsons, Andy Luttrell and wife Tracy of Maryville, Brad Luttrell and wife Lindsay of Knoxville; greatgrandsons, Bryce Luttrell, Owen Luttrell; sister and brother-in-law, Esther and L. O. Harmon of Panama City Beach, FL; special niece, Betty Clepper of Seymour; special friends, Hattie Manting of Dandridge, Dot Wood of Maryville.

Family and friends will meet at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Shiloh Cemetery in Pigeon Forge for a graveside service with Rev. Philip Bembower officiating.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m.

Tuesday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P. O. Box 1818, Memphis, TN 38101.

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Sadie Martha Gantous, age 100, of Sevierville, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2009.

She was preceded in death by her husband Sam Gantous, son Richard Gantous and parents Deep and Sinnie Joseph.

Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Tura and Bill Loose; son and daughter-in-law, Albert and Audrey Gantous; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two greatgreat-grandhildren; brother, George Joseph.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Holy Family Catholic Church, P.O. Box 817, Seymour, TN 37865.

Memorial Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 23, at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Reagan officiating.

Cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN. (577-2807)

Charles Robert Franklin Charles Robert Franklin, 87, of Sevierville, died Saturday,

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NASHVILLE (AP) — A state trooper fired for running criminal checks on 182 people has lost an appeal of his firing by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

A Safety Department review found that only a small number of former Lt. Ronnie Shirley’s searches were for legitimate law enforcement purposes. Country singer Gretchen Wilson and two journalists were among those he accessed the criminal justice information portal to research.

Chief Administrative Judge Tom Stovall upheld Shirley’s firing on Monday.

Murder charges upgraded BARTLETT (AP) — A charge in a West Tennessee killing has been upgraded to premeditated murder.

Thomas Pate of Bartlett had been charged with second-degree murder in the April 30 shooting death of his wife Micah, which he claimed was accidental.

It reported Monday that the state prosecutor had upgraded the charge to first-degree murder. Micah Pate was a former resident of Searcy, Ark. Thomas Pate led police to the body of his 26-year-old wife next to the Loosahatchie River east of Memphis.

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He was born in Whitehouse, Ohio, on Feb. 24, 1923, to Howard Paul and Marguerite Sherburne, both deceased.

He graduated from Howard City, Mich.

High School in June of 1949 and enlisted in the Navy in January of 1941. He fought in the Atlantic and Pacific and was honorably discharged in March of 1946. He married Roberta G. Jeffers who preceded him in death in May 2004.

Survivors: children, Roger (Kathy) Sherburne, Cynthia (Robert) Hammond and Randy Sherburne; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters.

Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date at Northview Cemetery in New Martinsville, W. Va. McCarty-Evergreen Funeral Home is proud to serve the Sherburne family.

Sept. 19, 2009, at the family home.

He was a member of New Era Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for almost 60 years. He sang in everything he did. He was a carpenter all his life except for the time he worked on the “Manhattan Project.”

Survivors: daughter-in-law, Vickie Franklin; sons and daughters-in-law, Larris Hope and Sharon Franklin, Nathan and Debbie Franklin, Curt and Sherry Franklin; daughters and sons-in-law, Charlesetta and Dennis Gray, Drama and Lucky Watson; daughter, Rhonda Clabo; 17 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, James “Scrubby” and Marjorie Franklin; sisters, Edna Kirby, Imogene Baker, Ruth Boling, Helen Huskey; sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Jessee Roberts; sister-inlaw, Doris Franklin.

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Seymour, 11621 Chapman Highway, Seymour with Pastor Dwayne White and Preacher Curt Franklin officiating. Interment will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.

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Frey died of natural causes in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said Kootenai County chief deputy coroner Jody DeLuca.

Frey, a shortstop and second baseman, was an AllStar for the Reds in 1939, 1941 and 1943. He began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933, played for the Chicago Cubs in 1937, then spent seven years with Cincinnati.

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tracking of user activities at partner Web sites.

Facebook agreed to end Beacon and create a foundation to promote online privacy, safety and security as part of a $9.5 million settlement in

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It seems likely that case may be one of intentional mistreatment, rather than one caused by a lack of money for feed. However, there are other animals Vaughn has seen recently that show the extent of the situation. “We got a call about one horse that we did take in,� she said, “but it was too late — that horse, unfortunately, died.�

This week, the shelter has taken in a pair of horses found roaming free in the Seaton Springs area.

Vaughn says both animals seem to be healthy, but it’s possible they were abandoned by an owner. “The more time that goes by and we haven’t heard from anyone about them, it leads us to believe they may be victims of abandonment, but that’s speculation

at this point,� Vaughn says. “We have to hold these animals to allow the owners to come forward. We’re going to do everything we can to find the owner.�

Anyone looking to claim the animals must be able to accurately describe them. Because of the time the law requires the animals be held for owners, the horses won’t be available for adoption anytime soon, if at all.

Vaughn often fields calls from folks interested in adopting horses. Still, many of the ones that come into the shelter are in such bad shape that their rehabilitation can be expensive, upping the adoption fee, while some of them never are able to thrive in a typical pasture setting. “Many of them do end up at Horse Haven in Knoxville where they can get special

care,� Vaughn says.

As for local horse owners unable to provide necessary care, Vaughn urges them to call the society for assistance. The group will provide hay or help to buy it, in addition to support to provide for other needs.

Additionally, animal owners can call the society to secure its help in finding a new home for pets or livestock. “We are here to help,�

Vaughn says. “We certainly will step up to help people provide for their animals in any way, if they can’t do that themselves. That’s why we’re here. They just have to call.�

To ask about getting that help or to donate to the society, which is always in need of money and supplies, call 453-7000.

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have more hay so it’s not as expensive as it was during the drought years, some folks still just aren’t getting it for their animals.�

That leads to malnourishment and can result in criminal charges against the owners.

As an example of how bad it’s gotten, Vaughn points to a horse the society was called to pick up because of its condition. The animal had been underfed for years, stunting its growth and leaving it incapable of walking.

Fortunately, the horse has since been rehabilitated. Though it still needs to gain about 100 pounds, it looks to be in good health.

Vaughn says the animal has become something of a

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Taste of Autumn is put on by the Gatlinburg Special Events office, with Jon Elder coordinating for the last five years. Elder says it was just luck of the draw that got him into planning the evening. “We were just dividing the events up among the staff and I was the lucky one to get Taste of Autumn,� Elder says. “This is a really great event and I’m proud to be part of it.�

In the weeks leading up to the fundraiser, Elder is busy recruiting restaurants to be part of it. This year, the offerings are set to include menu items from Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Charles Richard Resources, Lineberger’s Seafood, Calhoun’s, Cherokee Grill, Smoky Mountain Brewery, Coca-Cola, Nifty Fifties CafÊ, Shabby’s Coffee & Tea House CafÊ, Hilton Garden Inn, Smoky Mountain Winery, Blaine’s Grill & Restaurant and No

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Beyond the proposed amendments, today’s meeting carries what may be the group’s lightest agenda ever. Whereas only a year or two ago the sessions regularly went to

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From those vendors, Elder has asked for enough of their best menu item or items to serve 400 people.

While that may sound like a lot, there will be a total of 500 tickets for sale, meaning some popular plates may run empty before the end of the evening. “I do recommend people come close to the event’s start so they don’t miss out,� Elder says. “This is a great way to hit 19 restaurants all at once, and some of them are ones people might not have had an opportunity to go to.�

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to close the Foothills Parkway East in Cocke County, from Interstate 40 to Cosby, today and Wednesday.

Closure will begin at 8 p.m. both days, with the road reopened by 7 a.m. the following day.

An engineering consultant will be drilling core samples through the pavement to be used to develop plans to repave the road.

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Open car show set for SCHS

The 12th annual Smoky Bear Open Car Show and silent auction will be from 9 a,m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 10 at Sevier County High School.

It’s an open show for all models, including motorcycles, street machines, antiques, street rods and others.

Pre-registration for audlts is $20, students $15 by Oct. 2, or $25 the day of the show.

Registration is $10 less with the donation of a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.

Admission is free. For more information call 453-1076 or 933-9019.

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Emergency panel to meet Thursday

The Sevier County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Sevier County E911 Building on Bruce Street.

The committee includes representatives of area emergency service agencies and associated groups, who meet on a monthly basis to discuss disaster preparedness and responses to large scale emergencies.

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Seafood festival set at WSCC

Walters State Community College will host its annual seafood festival, sponsored by the Rel Maples Institute for Culinary Arts, at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday on the Sevier County campus.

The menu includes oysters on the half-shell, coconut shrimp, crab cakes, fried catfish and more.

The cost is $35 per person. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 774-5817 or e-mailing to jlhaun@ ws.edu.

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Bank customers can get flu shot

Citizens National Bank is offering its customers the flu vaccine on Wednesday between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the second floor of the main office, 200 Forks of the River Parkway.

The flu vaccines are offered at $20 per shot and will be given by Rural Medical Services’ mobile unit. For those with Medicare, a claim will be filed.

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Classes planned about genealogy

Theresa Williams, Sevier County Public Library System genealogist, will host beginning genealogy classes from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and again Oct. 22 at the geanology center next to the main library, 321 Court Ave. These free classes are designed to teach the basics of tracing a family line.

Call 908-7988 the day prior to the meeting so materials can be reserved, or for one-on-one instruction or more information.

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NASHVILLE (AP) — As a soggy end of summer slips by, the return of autumn is looking normal and welcome.

The autumnal equinox occurrs at 5:18 p.m. EDT today, marking the point at which the hours of daylight equal the hours of darkness and ushering in the fall season.

The 90-day weather outlook for fall is normal, said forecaster Shawn O’Neill at the National Weather Service office in Morristown.

“October should be dry, with more frontal systems developing in November and

December,” O’Neill said.

September and October are traditionally the driest months.

A lingering benefit of the wet, cooler than usual summer is a less threatening start to the wildfire season, O’Neill said.

“At this time, we’re not in much of a fire threat at all,” he said.

O’Neill noted that almost all of East Tennessee — where most wildfires occur — is about 25 percent ahead of normal rainfall for the year to date. That follows a few years of drought.

“The water tables are up

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and the fuels (for wildfires) are moist,” he said. “The vegetation is lush.”

The season is a time of cooling temperatures.

Knoxville, as an example, will decline from normal highs in the mid-70s in early October to the mid-50s as Christmas approaches. Lows will slip from the mid-50s to around freezing during the same two months.

The turning of the seasons brings on the turning of the leaf colors.

National Park Service spokesman Bob Miller said the foliage is already begin-

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Miller said the colors hit their peak in October as they spread down the slopes until the leaves in Cades Cove turn multiple hues around Columbus Day. Farmers are preparing for fall harvests and despite the rain and relatively cool temperatures this summer and in light of planting pushed back by spring rains, the latest Tennessee crop reports are favorable.

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“What it’s saying is, is that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore.

Right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase.”

— President Obama in an interview rejecting the notion that requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don’t would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.

“The U.S. officials who talk about Iranian missiles and their danger while saying Iran intends to build a nuclear bomb, they know these words are wrong. Despite its apparent friendly messages and words the Obama administration is pursuing the same policy of Iranphobia.

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in remarks broadcast on state-run radio in Iran saying that U.S. officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

“There was a lot of fear in the community, people locking their windows. I want people in Spokane County to know that tonight they can sleep in peace.

— Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie D. Knezovich in a statement after an insane killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution on a field trip Thursday to the Spokane County Interstate Fair was recaptured.

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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.

In 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed. (Moore served 32 years in prison before being paroled on Dec. 31, 2007.)

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Ten years ago:

The Justice Department sued the tobacco industry, accusing companies of conspiring since the 1950s to defraud and mislead the public. n

Five years ago:

British hostage Kenneth Bigley, 62, appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site weeping and pleading for his life.

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Thought for today:

“Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant, American poet (17941878).

Celebrities in the news n John Travolta

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a trial that could see John Travolta take the s t a n d against two people accused of trying to extort $25 million Travolta from the movie star following his son’s death in the Bahamas.

Travolta, 55, is on a list of 14 witnesses against the defendants — a former Bahamas senator and an ambulance driver — who allegedly threatened to release a document related to the treatment of his chronically ill son Jett.

His testimony would mark a break from the low profile that Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, have kept since their 16-yearold son died .from a seizure at a family vacation home on Grand Bahama island on Jan. 2.

Mountain Views

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

—United States Constitution, Amendment One

■ The Mountain Press ■ Page A7 ■ Tuesday, September 22, 2009

commentary

We’re being overrun with rights demands We live in an age where rights are multiplying like rabbits. Don’t get me wrong: I like rabbits.

In Vermont, 16-year-old Kyle GiardChase marched over to the Vermont Human Rights Commission to demand the right to genderless bathrooms in public schools. Kyle is working with Outright Vermont, a social service organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, which views unisex bathrooms as the next great civil rights revolution.

“The hope is that this is the first statewide genderneutral bathroom campaign in the country,” Outright’s executive director Christopher Neff told The Associated Press. “Vermont is a leader. This is another opportunity to again be the first in the nation.”

Yet up in Maine, a genderless bathroom is not the human rights solution; it’s the new human rights violation. In a case decided last month, a biological boy in a grade school who identifies as a girl was given the option of using the faculty’s unisex bathroom. Instead the child’s parents went straight to Maine’s Human Rights Commission, which ruled the child had the right to use the girls’ bathroom, regardless of how uncomfortable it makes the girls feel.

The discovery that a South African runner, Caster Semenya (who always thought she was a girl), was actually biologically intersex has provoked an international incident. South Africans are calling the invasive attempt by International Association of Athletics Federations officials to discover if she is really a girl a violation of her basic human rights. South Africa’s government lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, according to news reports. The South African Parliament will demand compensation from the IAAF. In a public statement, Athletics South Africa demanded an apology from the IAAF to Semenya, her family and “the people of South Africa” for failing “to observe the confidentiality required to handle the matter of this sensitivity and the human rights of the athlete.”

Do you have to be a woman to play in women’s sports? If so, who decides whether you are a woman, and how? If not, what happens to women’s sports?

But Abraham Korotki, 65, of Ventnor City, N.J., broke truly historic new ground in the expansive rights revolution: Korotki became the first known man to win the Ladies No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em title at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City.

Nicole Rowe, who finished second to Korotki, was not amused. “When you’re a woman and you play poker, 99 percent of the time you’re at a table with nine men,” Rowe told the Philadelphia Daily News. Playing against a field of women is “something I look forward to. Why did he have to ruin it for us? Why would he do this?”

I dunno. Maybe for the money?

Winning top honors garnered Korotki almost $21,000, while Nicole (who is trying to earn money to recuperate from breast cancer) scraped by with only around $11,000. But Korotki told reporters he is planning on donating the money to charity.

Most men are sufficiently insecure in their masculinity that they will avoid like the plague any appearance that they are a woman, or want to play in the girls’ league. But Korotki, demonstrating a higher masculinity, had no particular intentions of becoming a trailblazer: He just wanted to play.

After losing on a bad beat in the regular tournament, he simply “wanted to get back on the horse.” He says now that if anyone had told him it was against the rules, he wouldn’t have played at all.

But is it against the rules? Can a commercial establishment adopt a “no man allowed” rule for a public game?

Why racing and not poker?

I promise you one thing: In our litigious rights-seeking age, inquiring minds will want to know.

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

Editorial

Here to stay You may not like rod runs, but they aren’t going anywhere Another massive rod run has come and gone in Pigeon Forge. This time we got no reports of massive vehicle towing or arrests or unruly behavior, which have marked the events in some years past. Maybe the rain calmed everyone down.

No matter your feelings about these events, the city of Pigeon Forge embraces them and welcomes them. The name comes from the term hot rod, which anyone over the age of 40 knows as the name given to souped-up old cars. In fact a rod run is much more than that.

There are vehicles of all makes, colors, models and types. Some are on display, some are for sale, all are ideal for those who love and treasure old vehicles.

There may have been some years and models not represented over the weekend, but not many.

The complaint is that rod runs clog the Parkway, making it hard to get to

stores or destinations you may want to reach on that road. And if you can get to where you want to go, you may not find any parking available. If you are headed from Sevierville to Gatlinburg, or the other way around, and don’t know back ways and shortcuts, you’ll get caught in a lot of traffic that is bound to make you frustrated and angry.

Locals have learned to avoid Pigeon Forge on the three or four weekends a year when a rod run is taking place.

But unless you know about them and understand their impact, you can get mixed up in this and not know how to get out of it.

Although it seems remarkable that the businesses along the Parkway truly welcome these events, those who don’t are unwilling to say so publicly, for fear they’ll upset the visitors. So they make the best of it, even if they don’t like having a rod run in town.

Rod runs can be annoying if you have no interest in one, but in fact they bring a lot of money into Pigeon Forge. If you are going to be a tourist destination, you have to welcome visitors for almost any kind of event. Pigeon Forge has found a niche in rod runs, and they help bridge the gap between busier, more traditional tourist seasons.

For all the grumbling and muttering you might hear about them, they are well-attended, resulting in filled-up hotels, swamped restaurants and a lot of sales at outlets and souvenir shops.

One more thing. They’re really a lot of fun if you give them a chance.

If you despise them and wish they’d go away, then do the next best thing: Note the weekends they are scheduled and avoid the Pigeon Forge area. They are here to stay and likely to become more popular and even more numerous.

Political view

OT H ER VIEW S : T H E J AC K S ON S U N

It’s been a tough year for American worker Tradition has it that America’s work force is celebrated on Labor Day with a welcomed day off for most of us. But this year finds far too many American workers with more days off than we want or can afford, thanks to the economic recession.

So, while we honor hardworking Americans, we share in the frustration and concerns of those caught in the throes of unemployment.

Jobs define who we are, how our families survive and how we pursue our individual paths to financial security, well-being and personal happiness. We educate ourselves to be able to qualify for better jobs. ...

Few things are more American or more rewarding than “working your way up” the job chain. The Constitution guarantees Americans the right to pursue happiness. But for most of us, a job is the way we do that.

Americans are proud of the work we do and the contributions we make to our employers and to our nation.

But today, 14.5 million American workers are unemployed. Their former goals of financial security, savings and retirement planning are on hold. Many are burning through savings and cashing in retirement plans as they try to survive the economic downturn and unemployment. Even benefits such as government unemployment insurance compensation programs are being exhausted.

Estimates are that 1.3 million workers receiving unemployment benefits will exhaust them by the end of the year, and 3.4 million people are already well into extended benefits beyond the traditional 26 weeks. Many laid-off workers are exhausting employerprovided health insurance benefits. That only

adds to their concerns.

For many workers who still have jobs, there is a gnawing worry that if the economy doesn’t rebound soon, their jobs could be next on the chopping block. The ripple effect of this is that many Americans are putting off spending. That is making the economic recovery more difficult. And while there are signs of recovery in some sectors, economists are predicting it will be slow. Unemployment is expected to continue to rise through the end of the year, peaking at around 10 percent.

So, while we celebrate the nation’s work ethic, we acknowledge that 2009 has been a tough year for the American worker. We hope that by Labor Day 2010, today’s unemployed workers will really have something to celebrate.

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Sports

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PREP FOOTBALL

Foster’s Friday night return likely a state record Speedy senior’s 105-yard return 3 longer than TSSAA’s previous best

By JASON DAVIS Sports Editor

Jeremiah Foster, above and left, returning an interception in the same game, made a huge impact for the Sevier County defense on Friday.

PREP FOOTBALL

NEWPORT — Five yards deep in the Bears’ end zone, the loose ball could have been recovered for a Cocke County touchdown.

As coaches and fans always say, just fall on the football.

That was the furthest thing from Sevier County strong safety Jeremiah Foster’s mind.

“The first thing I though about was to pick up the ball and run,” the Smoky Bears senior said Monday.

“I saw the other side of the field open, and I thought I had a great chance of

scoring.”

One-hundred and five yards later, and the 5-foot-8, 150-pound fireball was tacking six points on the board for SCHS. Of course, Foster doesn’t take all the credit for the fumble return.

“They had a pretty long drive from what I remember, and I believe Josh Johnson made the tackle,” Foster said. “He had a great hit, and the ball popped loose into the end zone.”

Now, his name is etched atop the TSSAA record books for the longest interception return in state prep See FOSTER, Page A9

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Smoky Bears, G-P Titans 0-for-2009 after 10-0 start in ’08 both ranked in AP state football poll

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer

By JASON DAVIS Sports Editor A week after the Sevier County Bears football team became the county’s first ranked team in 2009, the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders have been tossed into the fray.

G-P (4-0) is ranked ninth in the AP’s Class 3A poll, with 30 points, double that of the number 10 team, York Institute, who fell from eighth last week after a loss to Cannon County (2-3).

The Highlanders tripleovertime win over Gibbs on Friday solidified the team as a bonafide contender in District 3-AA. Prior to their game against the Highlanders, Gibbs (3-2) was averaging over 41 points per game having only lost to Grace Christian.

G-P held the team to just seven points in regulation, and 185 total yards for the extended contest.

A big Ryan Taylor interception in the third overtime, followed by a Taylor touchdown on a throw from QB Tye Marshall sealed the tough win for G-P. The Highlanders travel to Unicoi County (1-4) this Friday.

Sevier County was idle at the No. 10 spot in the 6A poll, despite a 47-6 win over Cocke County (0-4).

The Smoky Bears are off this weekend, as they prepare to face county and district rival Seymour on Oct. 1.

Class 6A

1. Farragut (15) 2. Ooltewah (5) 3. Bearden 4. Maryville 5. Blackman 6. Oakland 7. Whitehaven 8. Brentwood 9. Riverdale 10. Sevier County

W-L Pts Prv 4-0 192 1 4-0 181 2 5-0 129 5 3-1 112 4 5-0 109 6 3-2 65 3 4-1 60 7 4-1 53 8 4-1 50 5-0 43 10

Class 5A

W-L Pts Prv 1. Henry County (16) 5-0 182 1 2. Sullivan South (3) 4-0 157 3 3. Knoxville Catholic 3-1 155 2 4. Tennessee 4-0 127 5 (tie) Clinton (1) 5-0 127 4 6. Columbia 5-0 97 7 7. Hardin County 4-0 69 9 8. Morristown West 4-1 53 10 9. Mitchell 4-1 39 5 10. Daniel Boone 3-1 23 Class 4A

W-L Pts Prv 1. Red Bank (18) 4-0 197 1 2. Crockett County 4-0 153 3 3. Giles County (1) 4-1 149 2 4. Liberty Magnet (1) 3-1 135 4 5. Knoxville Fulton 3-2 86 6 6. Maplewood 3-2 85 7 7. Whites Creek 4-1 72 9 8. Jackson South Side 3-1 67 7 9. Dyersburg 3-1 29 5 10. Chattanooga Central 4-0 25 Class 3A

W-L Pts Prv 1. Alcoa (19) 5-0 199 1 2. Milan 5-0 156 2 3. Polk County 4-0 140 3 4. Elizabethton (1) 5-0 132 5 5. Camden 5-0 125 4 6. CAK 5-0 98 7 7. Austin-East 3-2 91 6 8. McMinn Central 3-2 38 9 9. Gatlinburg-Pittman 4-0 30 10. York Institute 4-1 15 8 Class 2A

Record Pts Prv 1. BBuchanan (12) 4-1 173 1 2. FrdChristian (3) 5-0 163 4 3. TrousdaleCo (2) 3-1 149 3 4. McKenzie (1) 4-1 128 5 5. Adamsville 5-0 112 6 6. Hampton (1) 4-0 100 7 7. Signal Mountain (1) 4-1 86 2 8. Marion County 3-1 71 8 9. Forrest 3-1 40 9 10. Tellico Plains 4-1 15 Division A

Record Pts Prv 1. South Pitt (19) 4-0 199 1 2. Huntingdon 4-1 161 2 3. Jo Byrns (1) 4-0 151 3 4. Union City 3-1 127 4 5. Wayne County 4-0 125 5 6. Grace Christian 4-1 102 6 7. Lookout Valley 3-1 77 7 8. Collinwood 3-1 68 9 9. Lake County 3-1 23 10. Whitwell 3-1 19 8

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans suddenly find themselves in fix-it mode.

All that talk about being a good team? Tough to believe now that the Titans have blown second-half leads in each of their first two games.

The team that started 2008 by winning their first 10 games suddenly can’t find a way to finish off a victory, and the Titans find themselves 0-2 for the first time since 2006.

“I don’t think anybody expected us to be 0-2,” defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. “The perception was we were a good team, a veteran team, and we felt good about where we were at. But the reality is we are 0-2, and we’ve got to fight our way out of this thing.”

They can start by looking in the mirror.

A defense that spent the offseason talking about how much Tennessee wouldn’t miss freeagent departee Albert Haynesworth has given up 678 yards passing this season. Haynesworth is the only starter missing from a Titans defense that ranked ninth in the NFL in 2008, giving up 199.8 yards per game.

Matt Schaub shredded the secondary, throwing for 357 yards and four touchdown passes in Sunday’s 34-31 loss to the Houston Texans.

Tennessee didn’t sack Schaub once, though he was hit a few times after finding receivers downfield. Defensive end Jevon Kearse said he was somewhat concerned about the pass rush.

AP

Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson is visibly uspet after the team’s loss to the Texans. Johnson had a career-day Sunday for Tennessee with 197 yards and three touchdowns in the loss.

“If something breaks down on the back end, that’s not our fault. It’s just a few things here and there. We’ve been in these last two games. We just gave it away toward the end. We have to figure out a way to end these ballgames to close them out,” he said.

Special teams and offense haven’t helped either.

Coach Jeff Fisher insisted after releasing veteran returner Mark Jones he wasn’t concerned about his special teams, going with rookies Ryan Mouton and Javon Ringer. Mouton mishandled a punt Sunday he should have let roll into

the end zone only to have to down the ball at his own 1. Ringer’s longest kickoff return was 25 yards, and the Titans didn’t start any drive off a kickoff better than their own 34.

The Titans outgained Houston 449-420 on offense but had four drives where they went threeand-out. Kerry Collins ended their last chance when he lost the ball trying to tuck it while scrambling.

Luckily for Tennessee, Chris Johnson proved a tremendous third-down option in becoming the first player in NFL history to score two touchdowns rushing longer than 50

and 90 yards and have a TD reception longer than 60 yards (69) in a game.

Johnson’s 57-yard run came on third-and-19. His 91-yarder came on thirdand-10.

“One thing I am convinced of is we’re not playing good football,” linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “We definitely need to pick it up as a team and come out and play better, if want to win next week.”

These Titans haven’t missed by much, losing 13-10 in overtime at Pittsburgh to open the season. Vanden Bosch noted they did a much better job closing out tight games in 2008 when they posted an NFL-best 13-3 record.

The schedule may be their biggest challenge now outside their own locker room. They visit the New York Jets (2-0) on Sunday, the first of three road games out of the next four on the schedule. Their lone home game October is Oct. 11 against AFC South rival Indianapolis.

But the Titans are confident they can correct their problems. They have enough experience with 12 players 30 or older and enough talent off a roster that returned 20 starters from the team that posted an NFL-best 13-3 record in 2008.

Fisher has been able to turn around teams from poor starts with the best result coming in 2002 when the Titans started 1-4 but reached the AFC championship game. In 2006, the Titans finished 8-8 after an 0-5 start and just missed a playoff berth after losing the regular season finale.

“It’s too big of a hole that we don’t want to be in right now,” Kearse said.

See TITANS, Page A9

LOCAL SWIMMING

SAC falls just short against Oak Ridge club, swimmers place well PIGEON FORGE — Sevier Aquatic Club hosted a dual meet against ACAC of Oak Ridge on Saturday.

The meet was held at the Pigeon Forge Community Center.

ACAC won the meet with a score of 358 points to SAC’s 308 points.

Overall, there were a lot of great swims and a lot of improved times by SAC swimmers.

The following is a breakdown of the swims by

event: 100 IM — Thomas Horne (1st), Brady Cusick (2nd), Glenna Whaley (1st), Callie Greene (3rd), Emily Grace McCarter (11th), Karaline Bailey (13th), Charles Blalock (1st), Samuel Knight (5th) 200 IM — Rachel Watts (1st), Morgan Hatcher (2nd), Kennedy Russell (5th), Sterling Burnett (1st), Matthew Bales (2nd), Matthew McFalls (4th), Tyson Claiborne (5th),

Grant Rollins (6th), Sarah Nowack (2nd), Danielle Gibson (3rd), Sarah Winters (10th), Michael Newsom (3rd) 25 free — Kolbie Greene (2nd), Caroline Lamkey (3rd), Ansley Atchley (4th), Cusick (1st), Bailey Rollins (2nd), Caleb Ogle (4th), Tucker Calfee (5th), Samuel Thompson (6th), Silas Knight (7th) 50 free — Whaley (2nd), McCarter (8th), K Bailey (9th), Hayden Williams

(1st), Horne (2nd), Colin Russell (3rd), John Laughner (12th), Chandler Horne (1st), Leah Rollins (2nd), Hatcher (5th), McFalls (2nd), Chase Shaffer (3rd), Mason Fox (7th), Nowack (1st), Winters (5th), Newsom (2nd) Medley Relay — (8 & under) 2nd - Lamkey, Greene, Blalock, Atchley; 1st - Calfee, Cusick, Rollins, Ogle); (9-10) 1s t-Blalock, Claiborne, Williams,

Russell; 4th - Laughner, Knight, Horne, Allen; (11-12) 2nd - Hatcher, Rollins, Watts, Russell; 2nd - Rollins, Claiborne, Fox, Shaffer; )senior) 1st Winters, Gibson, Nowack, Horne; 3rd - Bales, Burnett, Newsom, McFalls 25 back — Lamkey (2nd), Lila Blalock (4th), Greene (5), Atchley (6th), Rollins (1st), Thompson (3rd), Calfee (4th), Ogle (5th), Si. Knight (6th) 50 back — Greene (4th),

Williams (1st), Cannon Claiborne (2nd), Blalock (3rd), Russell (7th), Sa. Knight (8th), Hatcher (3rd), Leah Rollins (4th), Watts (5th), Russell (6th), Bales (1st), McFalls (3rd), Burnett (4th), Claiborne (5th), Rollins (6th), Shaffer (8th), Fox (9th) 100 back — Winters (6th) 25 breast — K. Greene (4th), Rollins (1st) See SWIMMING, Page A9

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 ◆ The Mountain Press MEMORIES OF FRIDAY’S SMOKY BEARS WIN

Jason Davis/The Mountain Press

Sevier County’s Kel McCarter, above leaving defenders in his wake on a 33-yard touchdown run and below left tackling Cocke County quarterback Casey Ragan in the back, had a big game for the Smoky Bears in their 47-6 win over the Big Red. Danny Chastain, below right, avoids the Cocke County defender with a stiff-arm during the first quarter of the Friday game.

SWIMMING 3From Page A8

50 breast — C. Greene (1st), McCarter (7th), Claiborne (1st), Sa. Knight (4th), Horne (2nd), Rollins (3rd), Watts (6th), Burnett (1st), Claiborne (3rd), Rollins (4th) 100 breast — Nowack (1st), Gibson (2nd) 50 free — K. Greene (3rd), Lamkey (5th), Atchley (6th), Cusick (1st), Thompson (3rd), Ogle (4th), Calfee (5th) 100 free — Whaley (2nd), C. Greene (4th), McCarter (6th), Bailey (7th), Claiborne (1st), Williams (2nd), Blalock

(3rd), Russell (5th), Horne (6th), Laughner (11th), Horne (1st), Hatcher (4th), Rollins (6th), Watts (7th), Russell (9th), Bales (1st), McFalls (2nd), Burnett (3rd), Claiborne (5th), Shaffer (6th), Rollins (8th), Fox (10th), Gibson (4th), Newsom (3rd) 25 fly — Blalock (4th), Cusick (1st), Rollins (2nd) 50 fly — Whaley (1st), Bailey (9th), Williams (1st), Claiborne (2nd), Blalock (4th), Horne (5th), Sa. Knight (6th), Horne (2nd), Russell (6th), Bales (2nd), Fox (4th)

100 fly — Nowack (2nd), Newsom (1st) Free Relay — (8 & under) 2nd Grene, Lamkey, Blalock, Atchley; 1st - Rollins, Calfee, Knight, Thompson; (9-10) 2nd-Greene, Bailey, McCarter, Whaley; 1st - Claiborne, Blalock, Russell, Williams; 4th Horne, Cusick, Knight, Laughner; (11-12) 2ndWatts, Rollins, Russell, Hatcher; 2nd-Claiborne,

Fox, Rollins, Shaffer; (senior) 2nd-Gibson, Winters, Horne, Nowack; 3rd—Newsom, McFalls, Bales, Burnett SAC will head to Oak Ridge in mid-October for the next meet of the season. Athletes interested in signing up to swim, can visit SAC’s website at www.sevieraquaticclub.com to see what is offered, beginning at age 4.

TITANS

tackle Jason Jones threw in the sideline scrum in the fourth quarter. The coach said officials must be sure a player threw a punch before ejecting him. Fisher also said Texans receiver Andre Johnson started everything by pulling cornerback Cortland Finnegan down by his face mask.

Johnson was not penalized, but Fisher said Johnson will be fined for that.

3From Page A8

“So now, maybe we’re just getting our losses out of the way right now.

Maybe we’re going to finish up strong. Whatever it is, we’ve got to hurry up and get to it.�

NOTES: Fisher said t-shirt.

Monday he studied the Check out www.tiger8k. coaches’ film and the TV com for more details.

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Tiger 8K slated for Oct. 10 The Pigeon Forge High School softball and girls soccer teams will host the 1st Annual Tiger 8k Race on Oct. 10.

The race will begin on Tiger Drive and end at Walden Creek Road.

Registration is $25 in advance (post-marked by Oct.1) and includes race

From submitted reports

FOSTER

3From Page A8

football history.

Coach Steve Brewer said Saturday there was a moment he was hoping Foster would just dive on the ball for a touchback.

But then he saw the speedster pick the ball up and dart his eyes toward the opposite end zone. “He’s a kid that’s got pretty good speed, and when you see him turn the corner you’re like ‘let’s go.’� Brewer said. “A few of my teammates were joking with me that I qualified for the (state) 100yard dash on that one, as fast as I was running,� Foster said.

The fumble return, along with his 50-yard interception return the same night were great examples of why he’s been considered a player to watch this season.

Running a 4.31 second

40-yard dash in fall camp caught the eyes of several bystanders and Foster’s teammates.

A state qualifier in the 110-hurdles last year, as well as running a leg of the state qualifying 4x100 team, Foster has continued to work on his running, and he now thinks he may be the fastest he’s ever been. “No doubt,� Foster said. “My 40-time last year was a 4.55. I think my speed overall has gotten faster, just because of track. (And) over the summer we ran a lot, did a lot of sprints, and we still jog out on the track a lot.�

And it’s on the track, not the football field, where Foster hopes to land in college. “I’ve always wanted to run track in college, I’m looking at ETSU and UTC,� he said.

Once he’s enrolled in a school, he hopes to major in occupational therapy. mpsports@themountainpress.com

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS FOOTBALL

Kiffin defends game plan, takes shot at Florida’s Meyer

By BETH RUCKER Associated Press Writer KNOXVILLE— Vols’ coach Lane Kiffin says he put his Volunteers in the best position they could be in to beat Florida. Then he took one more shot at Gators coach Urban Meyer.

Meyer said Sunday that he kept his game plan conservative in No. 1 Florida’s 23-13 win after he felt the Vols didn’t appear to be playing for a win. He also said several of his players had been hit by the flu.

On Monday, Kiffin said he didn’t want to respond to Meyer’s comment. But asked whether he was worried about the flu also hitting Tennessee, he said: “I don’t know. I guess we’ll wait and after we’re not excited about a performance, we’ll tell you everybody was sick.”

Tennessee (1-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) was tagged as a 30-point underdog thanks in part to some of Kiffin’s offseason comments about Florida.

The Vols’ first-year coach pledged to sing “Rocky Top” after beating the Gators at the Swamp and accused Meyer of an NCAA violation in trying to hang on to a recruit who eventually joined Kiffin at Tennessee.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive reprimanded Kiffin for the latter and warned all coaches about taking shots at one another.

“This offseason the commissioner made a big deal of renewing vows in terms of what we say about other teams, other coaches and other players” Kiffin said.

“Obviously Urban feels he doesn’t need to follow that. We won’t say anything else.”

Tennessee didn’t play its role in what was supposed

John Raoux/AP

Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin, right, argues a point with head linesman Allama Matthews during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday. to be a Florida blowout.

With 11:37 left in the game and Florida (3-0, 1-0) holding a 23-6 lead, the Vols recovered a fumble

by Tim Tebow at their own 2. Kiffin turned to running backs Montario Hardesty and Bryce Brown to pound out runs and catch short passes.

That’s where Meyer felt Kiffin wasn’t concern about winning.

“They wanted to shorten the game. I remember looking out there and there’s 10 minutes left in the game and there’s no no-huddle, they are down, I think it was 23-6 and (there’s no) urgency,” he said.

Kiffin said he preferred to turn to his tailbacks, who had little trouble moving the chains against the Gators’ defense, rather than the Vols’ struggling passing game.

It worked. Montario Hardesty scored on a 17-yard run with 8:11 left to cut the margin to 23-13.

“That was the best thing to put us in position to win, and we moved the ball doing that,” he said. “That was how we needed to play

at that time.”

With about 2 minutes left in the game and a chance to score, Kiffin gave Jonathan Crompton — who had already thrown one interception — a chance to throw down field to Denarius Moore. The pass was picked off by Ahmad Black for Crompton’s seventh interception of the season.

“People should know the truth. We came out to play,” Moore said. “They said it themselves. They didn’t expect us to come out and play like that. We just played our hardest, and so did they.”

Kiffin said the Vols got beat by Tebow, who made some key scrambling plays in third-and-long situations.

He’d also like another shot at the senior quarterback who he calls “Superman.”

“I wish it was like basketball where we got another chance to play them, where we play them two times in a year,” he said.

“Unfortunately we won’t get to play him again, and they’ll have to play without (Tebow) next time.”

SCOREBOARD MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB New York 95 55 .633 — Boston 89 59 .601 5 Tampa Bay 77 73 .513 18 Toronto 66 83 .443 28 1/2 Baltimore 60 89 .403 34 1/2 Central Division

W L Pct GB Detroit 79 70 .530 — Minnesota 76 73 .510 3 Chicago 73 77 .487 6 1/2 Cleveland 61 88 .409 18 KC 61 88 .409 18 West Division

W L Pct GB LAA 89 60 .597 — Texas 81 67 .547 7 1/2 Seattle 78 72 .520 11 1/2 Oakland 71 78 .477 18 ——— NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB Philly 87 61 .588 — Florida 80 70 .533 8 Atlanta 79 70 .530 8 1/2 New York 65 85 .433 23 Washington 51 98 .342 36 1/2 Central Division

W L Pct GB St. Louis 87 63 .580 — Chicago 76 72 .514 10 Milwaukee 74 75 .497 12 1/2 Houston 70 79 .470 16 1/2 Cincinnati 69 81 .460 18 Pittsburgh 56 91 .381 29 1/2 West Division

W L Pct GB LAD 90 60 .600 — Colorado 85 65 .567 5 SF 80 69 .537 9 1/2 San Diego 68 82 .453 22 Arizona 65 85 .433 25 ——— AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday’s Games L.A. Angels 10, Texas 5 Boston 9, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Detroit 6, Minnesota 2 Oakland 11, Cleveland 4 Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 1 Monday’s Games Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Detroit (E.Jackson 12-7) at Cleveland (Laffey 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Hendrickson 5-5) at Toronto (Tallet 7-9), 7:07 p.m.

Seattle (Rowland-Smith 4-3) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-6), 7:08 p.m.

Boston (P.Byrd 1-1) at Kansas City (Greinke 14-8), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Manship 0-1) at

Chicago White Sox (Danks 12-9), 8:11 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 7-8), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (McCarthy 7-3) at Oakland (Cahill 9-12), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 7:08 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

——— NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 8, Florida 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 2 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2 San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 6, Houston 0 Colorado 5, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 2 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 3, 11 innings Monday’s Games San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia (Blanton 10-7) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 15-4), 4:10 p.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Cueto 9-10) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-6) at Washington (Li.Hernandez 8-11), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 12-10) at N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Moyer 12-9) at Florida (A.Sanchez 2-7), 7:40 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 10-9) at Milwaukee (Bush 5-7), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Pineiro 14-11) at Houston (Bazardo 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Mujica 3-4) at Colorado (De La Rosa 15-9), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Cain 13-6) at Arizona (D.Davis 7-13), 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 8:05

p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

TR A N SA C TI ON S BASEBALL National League HOUSTON ASTROS—Fired manager Cecil Cooper. Named third-base coach Dave Clark interim manager.

Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX— Exercised the 2010 option on LHP Craig Anderson, RHP Steve Delabar, RHP Jerry Dunn, RHP Freddy Flores, LHP Brad Hertzler, RHP John Kelly, RHP Jeff Long, RHP Wayne Lundgren, RHP Paul Lussier, RHP Keith Noe, RHP Adam Piechowski, LHP Fraser Robinson, RHP Matt Zachary, C Jon Gossard, C Chris Grossman, INF Keith Brachold, INF Phil Cuadrado, INF Melvin Falu, INF Derek Kinzler, OF Palmer Karr, OF Chris Valencia and OF Clyde Williams.

FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed CB William Middleton off Atlanta’s practice squad and S Courtney Greene. Released TE Greg Estandia and WR Nate Hughes. Waived S Michael Desormeaux from the practice squad. Signed LB Justin Roland to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS—Signed QB Casey Printers to the practice roster.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Traded WR Romby Bryant and WR Arjei Franklin to Calgary for WR Jabari Arthur, WR Titus Ryan, DL Odell Willis and a 2010 fourth-round and sixth-round draft pick. Traded DE Riall Johnson and DE Shawn Mayne to Montreal for QB Ricky Santos.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League BUFFALO BANDITS— Promoted Derek Graham to associate general manager.

COLLEGE LA SALLE—Named Sean Neal director of men’s basketball operations.

MARYLAND—Signed men’s basketball coach Gary Williams to a one-year contract extension through June 30, 2013.

MIAMI—Signed baseball coach Jim Morris to a contract extension.

OHIO WESLEYAN—Named Marcus Gill men’s assistant basketball coach.

WRIGHT STATE—Named Pete Samborsky golf coach.

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LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CECIL ELBERT CATE Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 8 day of SEPT 2009 Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of CECIL ELBERT CATE deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

This 8 day of September, 2009.

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VIRGINIA: In the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazwell, the tenth day of September, 2009.

IN RE: Change of Name of Tyler Jason Hurt CL09001140 TO: Titus Jason Hurt 451 West Mill Creek Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 The object of this suit is for : Shannon Kathleen Hurt Smith to change the name of Tyler Jason Hurt to Tyler Riley Smith, an infant. An affidavit having been made and filed states that Titus Jason Hurt, the biological father of the infant child, may or may not be a resident of the Common wealth of Virginia and has a last known address as stated above.

It is ORDERED that Titus Jason Hurt appear at the abovenamed court and protect his interests on or before the 27th day of October, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.

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Estate of CECIL ELBERT CATE

Estate of RAYMOND SHOOK Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

By: Joe Keener County Clerk

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARY KATHLEEN MONROE Late of Sevier County, Tennessee

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 8 day of SEPT 2009 Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of MARY KATHLEEN MONROE deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

This 8 day of September, 2009.

(Signed) John T. Batson Executor

Notice is Hereby Given that on the 1 day of SEPT 2009 Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of RAYMOND SHOOK deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

This 1 day of September, 2009.

(Signed) Tanna Hardin Administrator Estate of RAYMOND SHOOK By:none Attorney By: Joe Keener County Clerk

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LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WAYNE JOHN STINNETT Late of Sevier County, Tennessee Notice is Hereby Given that on the 2 day of SEPT 2009 Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of WAYNE JOHN STINNETT deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ETHEL LAMON WHALEY Late of Sevier County, Tennessee Notice is Hereby Given that on the 8 day of SEPT 2009 Letters Testamentary, of Administration, in respect to the Estate of ETHEL LAMON WHALEY deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the County Court Clerk of Sevier County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against her Estate are required to file the same in triplicate with the Clerk of the above named Court within four months from the date of the first publication (or of the posting, as the case may be) of this notice, otherwise their claim will be forever barred.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

This 8 day of September, 2009.

(Signed) Sandra M. Myers Walter B. McFalls Administrator Estate of ETHEL LAMON WHALEY By:Jerry H. McCarter

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Sale at public auction will be on October 13, 2009 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Keith Myers and wife, Julia I. Myers to Larry N. Westbrook, Esq., Trustee, on July 21, 2003 at Volume 1751, Page 269and conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register s Office.

Owner of Debt: PHH Mortgage Corporation The following real estate located in Sevier County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: Described property located in the Eleventh (11th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, within the corporate limits of the City of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, bounded on the northwest by Silverbell Lane, on the northeast by Loop Road West, and on the southeast by property now or formerly owned by Hickey (Warranty Deed Book 325, Page 822), and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning on a 5/8 inch iron pin (set) located at the approximate intersection of the southwestern right of way line of Loop Road West with the northwestern boundary of a gravel driveway located on property now or formerly owned by Hickey; thence leaving the southern right of way line of Loop Road west and with the line of Hickey the following courses and distances: south 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, 17.6 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set: south 71 degrees 30 minutes 55 seconds west 66.20 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; south 54 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds west 60.80 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; north 57 degrees 37 minutes 53 seconds west, 48.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set located in the southeastern right of way line of Silverbell Lane; thence leaving the line or property now or formerly owned by Hickey and with the southeastern right of way line of Silverbell Lane the following two courses and distances; north 21 degrees, 12 minutes 06 seconds east, 124.00 feet to a P-K nail set in pavement, north 55 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds, east, 29.73 feet to a P-K nail set in pavement located at the intersection of the southeastern right of way line of Silverbell Lane with the western right of way line of Loop Road west; thence with the southwestern right of way line of Loop Road west the following two courses and distances; south 34 degrees 52 minutes 28 seconds east, 50.3 feet to a 5/8 inch iron pin set; south 62 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds east 71.00 feet to the point of beginning.

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on April 9, 2007, by Joyce Whaley to Jerry D. Kerley, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2793, Page 402, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 15, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: SITUATE in the Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being Lots 101 and 103, of Pine Haven Subdivision, Unit 1, as the same is shown by plat of record in Map Book 13, Page 12 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT to restrictions, reservations and easements as set forth in Misc. Book 24, Page 224, and Map Book 13, Page 12 in the said Register s Office.

LESS AND EXCEPT property conveyed in deed of record in Book 596, Page 443 in the said Register s Office.

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

BEING the same property conveyed to Joyce Whaley, unmarried, and Gary L. Loveday and wife, Kristin A. Loveday by Warranty Deed of Velma Durden and husband, William Durden dated January 9, 2006 of recorded in Book 2439, Page 74 in the said Register s Office.

Street Address: 303 Silverbell Lane Gatlinburg, TN 37738

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2884 Easy Street Pigeon Forge, TN 37863

Current Owner(s) of Property: Keith W. Myers and wife, Julia I. Myers The street address of the above described property is believed to be 303 Silverbell Lane, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

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

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

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

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

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

CURRENT OWNER(S): Joyce Whaley The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee Law Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP 6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410 Memphis, TN 38119 Phone 901-767-5566 Fax 901-767-8890 File No. 09-016311 September 22, 29 and October 6, 2009

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on October 6, 2009 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Richard D. Pettus and wife, Vickey Pettus to Gregg Murphy, Trustee, on March 31, 2006 at Book Volume 2506, Page 400 and conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register s Office.

Owner of Debt: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee for the holders of Deutsche Alt-B Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-AB2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates The following real estate located in Sevier County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: Described property located in the Eleventh (11th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 7, Quail Run Estates, Phase 1, as the same appears in the plat map of record in Map Book 27, at Page 263, in the Sevier County, Tennessee, Register of Deeds Office, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Street Address: 502 Hawks Trail Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Current Owner(s) of Property: Richard Pettus and wife, Vickey Pettus Other interested parties: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., American Home Mortgage Holdings, Inc. and American Home Mortgage Holdings, Inc. The street address of the above described property is believed to be 502 Hawks Trail, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

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

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

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

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

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

Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee Law Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP 6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410 Memphis, TN 38119 Phone 901-767-5566 Fax 901-767-8890 File No. 09-016435

September 8, 15 and 22, 2009

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October 6, 2009

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE LEGALS

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

TENNESSEE, SEVIER COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by DeShawn J. Borg to Accurate Title & Escrow, Inc., Trustee dated July 20, 2006 in the amount of $140,000.00, and recorded in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee in Deed Book 2593, Page 233 Re-recorded 12/12/2006 Bk. 2686 Pg. 193, (“Deed of Trust”); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment; and, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust (the “Owner and Holder”), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, Patrick A. Taggart, Laura A. Grifka, Sidney A. Gelernter, or J. Michael Dugan, any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, October 8, 2009 commencing at 12:00 PM at the front steps of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at the close of sale, the following property to-wit: Situate in the Eighth (8th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot 6 of River Cliff Meadows (a Re-Subdivision of Lots 72 through 74 of River Cliff Meadows, Phase III), as the same appears on a plat of record in the Sevier County, Tennessee Registers Office in Large Map Book 3, at Page 8, to which reference is here made for exact legal description.

Being the same property conveyed to Meredith Jennifer (Cabe) Vann by Warranty Deed from Michael Judon Vann, dated October 25, 2002 of record as Book 2114, Page 267 Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Also being the same property conveyed to Deshawn J. Borg, a single woman by Warranty Deed from Meredith Jennifer (Cabe) Vann n/k/a Meredith Whitehead and husband Kirk Whitehead, dated September 30, 2005 of record as Book 2356, Page 793 Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Property Address: 641 Rock House Road Kodak Tennessee 37764 Map & Parcel No.: 017H-C-001.05 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 641 Rockhouse Road, Kodak Tennessee 37764 CURRENT OWNER(S): DeShawn J. Borg SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Wilshire Credit Corporation OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

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

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

THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on December 14, 2005, by David B Bruyn and Jessie Bruyn to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2422, Page 644, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 8, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: SITUATE in the Second (2nd) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of lot 2 of the survey for Craig M. Cuskey and wife, Sandra D. Cuskey as the same appears on a plat of record in the Sevier County, Tennessee, Register s Office, in Map Book 36, Page 183, to which reference is here made for exact legal description.

TOGETHER with the joint use of Boyd Blvd. And a proposed 50 foot right of way along the Southern line of the above described property as shown of record in Map Book 27, Page 276, and Map Book 36, Page 183 in the said Register s Office, for ingress and egress to the above described property.

BEING the same property conveyed to David B. Bruyn and wife, Jessie Bruyn, from Don Maples and wife, Clarice A. Maples from by General Warranty Deed dated December 14, 2005 of record in Book 2422, Page 642 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Grantor retains the right to utilize the well located on Lot 2 for the use and benefit of Lot 1. Both parties shall be responsible for maintenance and repairs of well and an easement is granted for the purpose of Lot 1 to contribute once is begins to utilize the well.

ALSO conveyed and subject to the Deed of Easements for Joint-Use Right of Way, of record in Book 2422, Page 637, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

ALSO Conveyed and subject to the Shared Concrete Driveway and Gravel Driveway servicing Lots 1 and 2, as shown in Plat Book 36, Page 183. Parties are equally responsible for maintenance and repair of portions of the driveway used jointly by both parties.

ALSO conveyed and subject to the use of the dirt bed shown on Plat Book 36, Page 183. All parties using the dirt road bed are responsible for pro-rata share of maintenance and repairs.

All easements in the instrument are for ingress, egress, and all necessary utilities.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 817 Boyd Boulevard Gatlinburg, TN 37738 CURRENT OWNER(S): David B Bruyn and Jessie Bruyn The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

Patrick A. Taggart, Laura A. Grifka, Sidney A. Gelernter, or J. Michael Dugan McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C. (404) 373-1612 www.mccurdycandler.com File No. 09-09231 /CONV

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September 15, 22 and 29, 2009

September 15, 22 and 29, 2009

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on June 11, 2007, by Carol Coleman to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2842, Page 176, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 8, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Second (2” Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being a portion of Lot 6 of Limberlost Subdivision, as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 18, Page 7, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin in the Northwestern right of way line of John s Branch Road, approximately 40 feet Southwest of the intersection of John s Branch Road and the Southwestern right of way line of Tanrac Trail, also a corner to Maples; thence from said POINT OF BEGINNING and with Maples, N 62 deg. 16 mm. 00 sec. W 61.68 feet to an iron pin; thence S 76 deg. 20 mm. 00 sec. W 135.55 feet to an iron pin; thence S 81 deg. 26 mm. 21 sec. W 45.92 feet to an iron pin in the Southern right of way line of Tanrac Trail; thence with Tanrac Trail, ( calls) and a curve to the left, A B=N 59 deg. 20 mm. 43 sec. E, C=21.40, R=-76.45 feet to a point; thence N 51 deg. 18 min 00 sec. E 41.60 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the right, A=69.24, B=N 63 deg. 04 mm. 32 sec. E, C = 68.71, R=160.53 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 38 min. 00 sec. E 27.31 feet to a point; thence N 64 deg. 39 mm. 18 sec. E 28.83 feet to a point; thence N 14 deg. 22 min. 00 sec.

W 3.54 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 38 min 00 sec. E 41.32 feet to a point; thence S 14 deg. 22 min. 00 sec. B 9.22 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. E 14.78 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the right, A=17.56, B=S 66 deg. 13 min. 06 sec. E, C=16.29, R=13.18 feet to a point; thence S 28 deg. 03 min. 00 sec. E 46.90 feet to a point, approximate intersection of John s Branch Road and Tanrac Trail; thence with a curve to the right, A=19.33, B=S 08 deg. 52 min. 30 sec.

W, C=18.02, R=15.00 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the left, A=30.28, B=S 49 deg. 00 min. 00 sec. W, C=30.23, R=145.71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, according to survey by Timothy J. Wallace, RLS #1758, dated May 21, 2007, bearing Drawing #270143.

Subject to easements, notations, setbacks, restrictions and right of ways as shown on the map of record in Map Book 18, Page 7, in the said Register s Office.

Subject to restrictions of record in Misc. Book 35. Page 729, in the said Register s Office.

Subject to that portion of property that lies within the bounds of John s Branch Road and Tanrac Trail.

Being the same property conveyed to Carol Coleman, a single person

by Warranty Deed from Wayne Ed Stout, et ux, et al, dated June 11 ,2007, of record in Book 2842, Page 173, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1005 Tanrac Trail, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 CURRENT OWNER(S): Carol Coleman The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0932224TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on April 18, 2006, by Winford Aurthur Reed to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2515, Page 400, (“Deed of Trust�); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to SunTrust Bank; and WHEREAS, SunTrust Bank, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder�), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 15, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Map 134B, Group D, Parcel 025 SITUATE IN DISTRICT NUMBER SIX OF SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEING all of Lot 25, of SMOKER HOLLER SUBDIVISION as seen of record at Large Map Book 6, Page 160 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is herby made for a more particular description.

Subject to restrictions, easements and right-of-ways as seed of record in Deed Book 2054, Page 134, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. Subject to Declaration of Restrictions as see of record in Deed book 2381, Page 539, Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Subject to Transmission Line Easement as seen of record at Misc. Book 21, Page 157, and Misc. Book 21, Page 138, in said Register s Office.

Subject to all Easements, Restrictions and Right-of-ways of Record and Not of Record BEING the same property conveyed to Winford Aurthur Reed by Warranty deed of Jeannie Countiss, dated April 18, 2006 and of record in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee in Deed Book 2515, Page 398.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3235 Samuel Wear Drive Sevierville, TN 37862 CURRENT OWNER(S): Winford Aurthur Reed The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on December 30, 2003, by Tim Meetze and Lisa Meetze to Priority Trustee Services of Tennessee, LLC., Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 1874, Page 482, (“Deed of Trust�); and WHEREAS, American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder�), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 1, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Fifth Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of Lot 1, Honeymoon Gardens, a planned unit development, as the same appears on a plat of record in large map book 4, page 52 in the register s office for Sevier County Tennessee, to which map specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Subject to the restrictions, conditions, easements, map notations, and all other issues of record in Large Map Book 4, page 52 and volume book 1457, page 339 in the register s Office.

Subject to a boundary line agreement of record in WD Book 674, page 575 in the said register s office.

Subject to row of record in Row Book 11, page 280, in the said register s Office.

Begin a portion of the same property conveyed to Edd Bohanan and wife Jean Bohanan (1/2 Undivided interest) and Marvin C. Rauhuff and wife, Deborah Bohanan Rauhuf (1/2 undivided interest) by quit Claim Deed from Edd Bohanan and Marvin Carroll Rauhuff and recorded in Deed Book 1041, Page 317 and dated March 22, 2000 and recorded on March 22, 2000, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

For source of title to the grantor see Deed Book 1874, page 478, in the Register s Office of Sevier County, TN.

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on July 16, 2007, by Mario Cabrera and Carola Tojeiro Cabrera to Charlie R. Johnson, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2869, Page 156, (“Deed of Trust�); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc.; and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder�), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 8, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: SITUATE in the Tenth (10th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being LOT 24 OF STERLING SPRINGS, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PHASE 1, as the same appears on the plat of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 157 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee to which reference is here made for a more particular description.

SUBJECT notes, easements, setbacks, restriction and right of ways as shown on the plat of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 157 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to the Master Deed and Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Sterling Springs, LLC (a Planned Unit Development) of record in Book 2442, Page 84 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

BEING the same property conveyed to Mario Cabrera and wife, Carola Tojeiro Cabrera by deed from Sterling Springs, LLC, a Tennessee Limited Liability Company, dated July 16, 2007 and recorded in Book 2869, Page 153 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. which has the address of: 1089 Towering Oaks Dr. Sevierville, TN 37876

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2036 Ridge Road Sevierville, TN 37863

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1089 Towering Oaks Drive Sevierville, TN 37876

CURRENT OWNER(S): Tim Meetze and Lisa Meetze The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

CURRENT OWNER(S): Mario Cabrera and Carola Tojeiro Cabrera The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: SunTrust Mortgage OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o rxk Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 226.0932055TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0932226TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

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WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on November 19, 2007, by Larry W King to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2960, Page 588, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, October 8, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the 9th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and without the corporate limits of any municipality in the State of Tennessee and being known and designated as all of Lot 70, Richview Acres, as shown by plat of record in Map Book 20, Page 21, Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is here made for a more particular description thereof, and also shown by survey of Eddy R. Garrett, RLS 1544, dated 5/26/1993. No boundary line survey was performed at the time of this conveyance. Subject to restrictions, easements, setback lines and other conditions recorded in Deed Book 212, Page 449, and Misc. Book 32, Page 277, Map Book 20, Page 21, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. Being the same property conveyed to Larry W. King, unmarried, by Warranty Deed dated 11/19/2007 and recorded in Book 2960, Page 586, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 406 North Knob Creek Road Seymour, TN 37865 CURRENT OWNER(S): Larry W King The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: N/A OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o NDS1 Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0816266TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

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Comics ◆ A15

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 ◆ The Mountain Press Family Circus

Close to Home

Advice

Woman should listen to friend who cheated before making up her mind

Zits

Blondie

Baby Blues

Beetle Bailey

Dear Annie: My husband and I are both military. Recently, two of our oldest friends (also military) announced that they are splitting. “Emily” was cheating on “Roger” while she was deployed and now believes there is someone out there who is better for her.

When Emily returned home, she was very angry because none of her friends would speak to her. She accused Roger of turning everyone against her. To my knowledge, he has done nothing but answer people’s questions honestly. Now she says no one will listen to her because they’re already on Roger’s side.

Annie, I know there are two sides to every story and every marriage.

But I’m very upset with Emily for her behavior, especially because it’s not the first time it has happened. To be honest, I don’t think I can be unbiased about her side of the story because I don’t see how she can justify cheating. Do I owe it to her to listen? -- Torn Friend in Rapid City, S.D. Dear Torn Friend: We think you should take the time to listen simply to put the issue to rest.

After all, she has been a friend for years, and even if you don’t agree with her, friends are supposed to lend an ear. Let her have her say, and then you can make up your own mind about whether the friendship is worth saving.

Dear Annie: At the request of our daughter and her fiance, we invited two gay gentlemen to their wedding. When the bride and groom motioned for people to join in for their first dance, it never dawned on us that the two men

might wish to slow dance together. Needless to say, many guests, including us, were uncomfortable and unprepared for that situation.

As host, I felt disrespected in that I was not asked if it would be OK. I think my wife and I deserved that consideration. My wife later asked that we forget about it because the party went over well and it was only one dance. I agree. But I would like to know exactly what the protocol is for these types of situations.

I always felt that hosts who foot the bill should have some say over anything inappropriate that might occur. -- Dad Dear Dad: We understand that watching two gay men dance together was difficult for you, but we are going to ask you to be tolerant. These gentlemen are a couple and, like any other, when invited to dance at a wedding, wanted to do so. We doubt it occurred to anyone that you expected to be asked for permission.

And the fact that it was only one dance indicates the two men were aware of your disapproval and did not wish to cause offense. Hosts cannot possibly control every aspect of an event. Your wife is right. Please forget about it.

Dear Annie: I had to comment on the letter from “Confused in California,” who justifies shoplifting because he can’t find a good job. He needs to understand the

impact an arrest for theft will have on his future.

With over 25 years in the staffing industry, I can state credibly that such an arrest, whether he serves jail time or not, will preclude him from employment even for unskilled, menial jobs. In the last five years, criminal background checks have become mandatory for all positions, so even a minimum-wage job that requires no secondary education, training or skills will require a relatively clean criminal background.

This grad better cease his criminal behavior, or he will most certainly lose the grocery store job, never obtain a position in his field and have very few employment opportunities for the future. As you said, he should move to an affordable neighborhood and get a roommate. He also should move somewhere that has good public transportation and then sell his car to pay down his debt.

-- V.P. of Operations in Reading, Pa. Dear Reading: Thanks for laying the facts on the line. We hope he is listening.

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

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Garfield

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For Better Or Worse

Tina’s Groove

A16 ◆ Nation

The Mountain Press ◆ Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Study tries to detect flu before the first sneeze

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON — Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they’re turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.

It’s a novel experiment: Students report daily whether they have any cold or flu symptoms. If they do, a team swoops in to test not just the sneezer but, more importantly, seemingly healthy friends and hallmates who might be incubating the infection.

Lab tech had access to building until arrest NEW HAVEN, Conn.

(AP) — Even after police suspected lab technician Raymond Clark was the man who killed a Yale University graduate student and stuffed her body behind a wall, he had unfettered access to the Ivy League campus — but was under constant surveillance, officials confirmed Monday.

Yale spokesman Tom Conroy said Monday that the school didn’t disable an identification card that gave Clark access to campus buildings until after his arrest Thursday, four days after 24-year-old Annie Le was found strangled in the lab building where they both worked.

Yale referred further questions to the New Haven police. Police said Monday that investigators knew where Clark was at all times after Le’s body was found.

The university had said the day after Le’s body was found that there was no danger to the public.

Police say Clark killed Le, a pharmacology graduate student who did research on the mice that it was Clark’s job to care for, on Sept. 8. Her body was found five days later, on what was to be her wedding day.

Clark was under constant surveillance even before Le’s body was found and the case was ruled a homicide. Conroy wouldn’t say whether Clark continued to work in the days before he was arrested.

New Haven police said Monday that they don’t expect to make more arrests in Le’s killing and rebutted media reports that police were considering whether Clark had an accomplice.

“It’s still my belief I don’t expect anyone to be charged,” Police Chief James Lewis said. “But I don’t know where the evidence may take us.”

Lewis confirmed that a car towed by police Saturday from the Cromwell, Conn., hotel where Clark was arrested belonged to his father, Raymond Clark Jr. Clark was either driving his father’s car or was in it at some point, police spokesman Joseph Avery said.

“We’re redefining the definition of being ill,” says Col. Geoffrey Ling, a physician with the Defense Research Projects Agency, the Defense Department’s research arm, which came up with the idea.

The reason: The military faces huge problems when flu or other viruses sweep through crowded barracks, and knowing an outbreak was brewing could allow them to separate and protect those not infected. We’re not just talking about the challenge of replacing fevered soldiers on the day’s patrol. Your body may be slowing down even before that fever erupts, as it tries to fight off a brewing virus.

And flu is contagious up to 24 hours before people show symptoms, one of the

insidious ways that it spreads.

“If you’ve got a group of people living together and you can identify who’s likely to become sick, you can much more efficiently use whatever your intervention is — a vaccine, an antiviral — to prevent disease,” explains Duke infectious disease specialist Dr. Christopher Woods.

Respiratory viruses sweep through crowded college dorms just as easily as military squads, and with the new swine flu — the 2009 H1N1 strain — targeting mostly the young, Duke scientists may learn sooner than they had hoped just how well their experimental test really works.

It’s based on a simple principle: Your immune system revs up to fight infection

long before you show symptoms or before today’s tests could detect the actual virus in your body. The Duke team discovered a so-called genomic fingerprint, a pattern of subtle molecular changes as genes are activated to fight viral respiratory infections.

Working with colleagues at the University of Virginia and in London, the Duke team first dripped various viruses into the noses of healthy volunteers. The people were quarantined, and scientists collected daily blood, saliva and nasalfluid samples. Sure enough, they spotted the RNA-based fingerprint that separated who got sick from who didn’t, in a few cases just hours after the person was exposed.

Census: Recession had sweeping impact on life in United States

World’s tallest man verified

By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer

Associated Press

The world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, is measured by Guinness Book of World Records’ officials in Times Square, New York, on Monday. Kosen has been verified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s tallest living man at 8 feet 1 inch.

WASHINGTON — The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in everworse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities.

A broad array of U.S. census data, for release on Tuesday, also shows a dip in the foreign-born population last year, to under 38 million after it reached an all-time high in 2007.

This was due to declines in low-skilled workers from Mexico searching for jobs in Arizona, Florida and California.

Health coverage swung widely by region, based partly on levels of unemployment. Massachusetts, with its universal coverage law, had fewer than one in 20 uninsured residents — the lowest in the nation. Texas had the highest share, at one in four, largely because of illegal Hispanic immigrants excluded from government-sponsored and employer-provided plans.

Demographers said the latest figures were striking confirmation of the social impact of the economic decline as it hit home in 2008. Findings come from the annual American Community Survey, a sweeping look at life built on information from 3 million households.

Preliminary data earlier this year found that many Americans were not moving, staying put in big cities rather than migrating to the Sunbelt because of frozen lines of credit. Mobility is at a 60-year low, upending population trends ahead of the 2010 census that will be used to apportion House seats.

“The recession has affected everybody in one way or another as families use lots of different strategies to cope with a new economic reality,” said Mark Mather, associate vice president of the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau. “Job loss — or the potential for job loss — also leads to feelings of economic insecurity and can create social tension.”

“It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” he said, noting that unemployment is still rising.

The percentage of people who drove alone to work dropped last year to 75.5 percent, the lowest in a decade, as commuters grew weary of paying close to $4 a gallon for gasoline and opted to carpool or take public transportation.

Twenty-two states had declines in solo drivers compared with the year before, with the rest statistically unchanged.

The decreases were particularly evident in states with higher traffic congestion, such as Maryland, Texas and Washington.

‘Mad Men,’ ‘30 Rock’ take top series Emmys LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Mad Men” and “30 Rock” led a pack of Emmy winners who successfully defended their titles Sunday, but the snappy ceremony and a star turn by host Neil Patrick Harris made the evening far from a rerun.

AMC’s glossy 1960s Madison Avenue saga “Mad Men,” which last year became the first basic cable show to win a top series award, won the best drama trophy for a second time.

“It is an amazing time to work in TV,” said “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner. “And, I know that everything is changing, but I’m not afraid of it because I feel like all these different media is just more choice

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It’s better for the viewers in the end and I’m glad to be a part of it.”

NBC’s “30 Rock,” a satirical take on life inside a TV variety show, was honored for the third time as best comedy series, while star Alec Baldwin won his second award as best comedy actor.

“We want to thank our friends at NBC for keeping us on the air ... even though we are so much more expensive than a talk show,” said “30 Rock” creator and star Tina Fey, a sly reference to Jay Leno’s new daily prime-time comedy show, which NBC notes is cheaper to produce

than a scripted series — a fact that has irked some members of the creative side of the industry.

Glenn Close’s performance as a ruthless trial attorney on “Damages” and Bryan Cranston’s turn as a meth-making, cancer-stricken teach-

er on “Breaking Bad” were honored with the top drama series acting Emmys, the second consecutive awards for both.

“Oh my goodness,” exclaimed Cranston. “I’m a poor kid from the valley. I don’t know what I’m doing

up here. I feel like Cinderfella.”

Close called it a “huge privilege” to be part of entertainment community, then tweaked her show’s writers, saying her role is “maybe the character of my lifetime, depending on what they do this season.”