October 18, 2009 by Shawn Breeden

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 25, No. 291 ■ October 18, 2009 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ $1.25

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Flood insurance on agenda

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Staff report

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The Sevier County Commission will consider a resolution Monday to be part of the National Flood Insurance Program. To do so requires amending the county’s zoning ordinance to establish eligibility. The issue could spark debate and dissension among commissioners, some of whom think the regulations that go with being part of the flood insurance program are too strict. The commission has rejected

flood insurance coverage in the past. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program has 22 pages of rules that would require those who build in areas likely to be flooded to do things like elevating their construction and ensuring their structures won’t impede the flow of flood waters. Passage by the county could cut insurance premiums in half and save thousands of dollars each year for some county residents.

Local planning commissions have already approved participation, which was required before the County Commission could vote on it. The Gatlinburg Planning Commission was not required to vote on it. County Planner Jeff Ownby was asked to look into the issue several months ago. “I’m just not sure what’s going to happen, but I hope we’ll pass it,” Commissioner Tommy McGaha said in an earlier interview. “As far as I’m concerned, I

think it’s a good idea.” Commissioner Warren Hurst says he may not know until Monday night how he’s going to vote. “I’m not one for too many regulations,” Hurst said in an earlier interview. “I don’t know at this point what I’m going to do on that.” The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday on the third floor of the courthouse. See agenda, Page A2

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Sports

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Weather Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press

Training officer Rick Valentine gives Director Steve Huskey an H1N1 shot at the Sevier County Ambulance Service, which is available to all EMT/ Paramedics with the service.

Today Mostly Cloudy High: 53°

Tonight Mostly Cloudy Low: 30° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Roger Parker, 62 Kimberly Hignit, 45 June Shannon, 93 Billy Latham, 43 Joseph Irwin, 82 Ruby Roberts, 83 DETAILS, Page A4

Index Local & State . . . . . A1-6 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . A8-13 Nation . . . . . . . . . A15-16 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . B5 Classifieds . . . . . . B10-12

Corrections The Mountain Press is committed to accuracy. Please report factual errors by calling 428-0748 Ext. 214.

Prescription for good health Vaccines and hygiene help to ward off H1N1 By Ellen Brown Staff Writer In addition to the seasonal flu vaccine now available in communities across Tennessee, a safe and effective vaccine for H1N1 flu has been developed and has begun shipping to health departments across the country. “Production of the vaccine is a delicate process, and consequently, vaccine shipments are starting off small,” said Tamara Chavez-Lindell, epidemiologist for the East Tennessee Regional Health Office. “Because limited quantities are available currently, the Tennessee Department of Health is encouraging individuals in the highest priority groups to be vaccinated first.” The priority groups for the H1N1 vaccination include pregnant women; household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age; healthcare and emergency medical services personnel; children from 6 months to 18 See prescription, Page A2

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The H1N1 flu vaccine will be made available first to those at highest risk, such as the very young and healthcare and childcare workers.

Some confusion surrounds new flu strain By Ellen Brown Staff Writer Since H1N1, also known as “swine flu,” was detected in midApril, the nation has experienced confusion and worry. It seems we’ve been getting mixed messages: On one hand, we’re told not to worry, all the while continuing to hear stories of deaths caused by the epidemic. So what exactly do we need to know? “The novel H1N1 flu is a new

strain of influenza that is circulating worldwide,” said Tamara Chavez-Lindell, regional epidemiologist for the East Tennessee Health Region. “It contains genes from human, avian and swine flu strains that have recombined and developed the ability to spread from person-to-person the same way that seasonal flu is spread. It is important to note that seasonal flu strains recombine and change constantly and new strains often emerge — this is why you need a new seasonal flu shot each year.

Novel H1N1 flu is just the latest strain to emerge and is not significantly different from other flu strains.” Charlie Vezzani, an 18-year-old Sevierville resident, experienced neck pain and shortness of breath before she was diagnosed with swine flu. “I thought I was having an allergic reaction,” she said. “It took me almost two weeks to get to feeling better…I felt so run See strain, Page A2

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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 Melissa Gail Arellan, 32, of 1241 Trammel Road Apt. 2 in Sevierville, was charged Oct. 16 with two misdemeanor warrants from general sessions court. She was being held. u Melissa Nicole Ball, 23, of 1963 Lee Proffitt Road in Sevierville, was charged Oct. 16 with a circuit court warrant. She was being held in lieu of $20,000 bond. u Lenard Lorin Chappell, 53, of Nashville, was charged Oct. 16 with domestic violence assault. He was released on $2,500 bond. u John Thomas Hubbard, 22, of White Pine, Tenn., was charged Oct. 16 with violation of probation. He was released. u Timothy Dramecee Kyle, 21, of Morristown, was charged Oct. 16 with violation of probation. He was being held. u Edward Eugene Rafuse, 31, of 39 E. Parkway in Gatlinburg, was charged Oct. 17 with violation of an order of protection. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond. u Thomas Eugene Rimmer, 20, of 205 W. Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak, was charged Oct. 16 with theft forgery (credit card). He was released on $1,000 bond. u Cassandra Nicole Saltonstall, 22, of Dandridge, was charged Oct. 16 with domestic violence assault. She was being held in lieu of $3,000 bond. u Guigny Noliaye Seck, 38, of Knoxville, was charged Oct. 16 with general theft. She was released. u Christopher Matthew Soller, 27, of 3830 Old Ingeltown Road in Sevierville, was charged Oct. 16 with violation of an order of protection, possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication. He was being held. u Roy Alan Stallings II, 31, of Knoxville, was charged Oct. 16 with violation of probation. He was being held. u Brantley Trouble Wayne, 20, of 3309 Forge Hideway Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged Oct. 17 with aggravated burglary. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond. u Matthew Leon Weaver, 29, of Knoxville, was charged Oct. 17 with DUI. He was being held in lieu of $2,500 bond.

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years of age; young adults 19 to 24 years of age; and people 25 to 64 years of age who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza. “Although the H1N1 flu vaccine is currently available in limited quantities, there is no long-term shortage anticipated,” ChavezLindell said. As additional doses become available, providers should also begin vaccinating everyone from age 25 to 64 years of age. Individuals

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down. I’ve had the regular flu before, but this was different. I’ve never had a flu that bad.” Are the symptoms of H1N1 and seasonal flu different? “The symptoms are very similar,” Chavez-Lindell said. “Both types are characterized by fever, sore throat, headache, fatigue, cough and body aches. Symptoms of H1N1 flu may also include diarrhea and vomiting in some individuals, and this often precedes the onset of other symptoms.” Just as with seasonal flu, she continued, most people who become sick with H1N1 will recover without treat-

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Amy Little, right, talks to a customer at their display in the Sevierville Yard Sale while Judy Rowe, left, and Ashley Little look on.

Indoor yard sale a boost for wallets, friendships By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — Clothes: $1. “Assorted Gadgets,” whatever that might mean: 50 cents. New friendships: Priceless. That was the consensus for the folks at the city’s semiannual yard sale in the Civic Center Saturday. Books, clothes, old VHS tapes and other items were available, but the main profit for buyers and sellers seemed to be the chance to meet new people. Londa Cooke was selling all of her old cake decorating materials — which she’d used to make decorations up to a replica of the iconic image of U.S. Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. “I’m giving it up for young and upcoming cake decorators,” she said. “My new hobby is gardening.” The pans were well traveled, she said,

65 years and older appear to be at lower risk than those in lower age groups; however, once vaccine demand among younger age groups has been met, programs and providers should offer vaccination to people 65 and older. Individuals who wish to be vaccinated should seek the H1N1 flu vaccine from the same providers from which they receive the seasonal flu vaccine. “Based on vaccine availability, county health departments will provide vaccinations during normal business hours each week,” Chavez-Lindell said. “Check with your county health

department regarding local availability or to schedule an appointment.” Beverly Chandler, nursing supervisor at the Sevier County Health Department, said the number of swine flu cases in the area is unknown because doctors are not required to report them. Debra Cline, Sevier County Schools director of curriculum and instruction, said guidelines are posted on the schools’ Web site (sevier.org) to help prevent students from contracting H1N1. “We continue to encourage good hygiene, following the Centers for Disease

ment in 7-10 days. “H1N1 flu has generally caused fairly mild illness, but like any flu virus, it can be dangerous. Severe illness and deaths have occurred — however, these have mostly been in individuals with other medical conditions.” According to the Tennessee Department of Health Web site, people

infected with seasonal and H1N1 flu shed virus and may be able to infect others from one day before getting sick five to seven days after. This can be longer in some people, especially children and people with weakened immune systems. n ebrown@themountainpress.com

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having come along with her through several moves. She was selling puzzles and other things as well as the cake pans. “We just felt like this was a good chance to sell to a variety of people, and it has been.” Barbara Pace, of Russelville, Ala., said she and her husband come up every year to see the fall colors. But they also like to come to yard sales while they’re here, and having one inside gave them the chance to enjoy it despite the chilly, damp weather Saturday. “We’re from out of town, so we come out to the yard sales just to get out and fellowship with people,” she said. Amy and Ashley Little were there to sell things with their friend, Judy Rowe. They’ve been to four of the sales. “We absolutely love being here,” Ashley Little said. “It’s so much fun.” n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

Control guidelines,” Cline said. Those include washing hands often with soap and water; covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or sleeve to help prevent the spread of germs; and staying at home for at least 24 hours after a fever is gone. Sick children should be kept home from school and/or daycare until feverfree for at least 24 hours without the use of feverreducing medicine. Details regarding flu clinics in each county can be found at the Tennessee Department of Health Web site at health.state.tn.us/ FluClinic.

Other items on the agenda: n Rezoning of four parcels of land in the 100 block of Sky Drive, owned by Jess Cook and Robert Sosa, from C-2 (commercial) to R-1 (residential). The matter comes with no recommendation from the County Planning Commission. n Rezoning of two parcels of land at 111 Old Sevierville Pike, owned by Donald Hite, from R-1 to C-1. The planning commission recommended it. n Rezoning of land at 939 Boyds Creek Highway, owned by Kip Atkins, from R-1 to C-2. The planning commission recommended it. n A resolution to allow County Mayor Larry Waters to enter into a lease agreement with Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center nursing home n Appointments to the Industrial Development Board n Naming a bridge in Sevier County in honor of the late Orvil Maddron n A resolution authorizing the school system to apply for Energy Efficient Schools Initiative grants or loans n A resolution to establish the method of election in multi-member districts

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Walker Valley subject of book From Submitted Reports A new book just released by the Great Smoky Mountains Association tells the history of Walker Valley, now home to the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (GSMIT) near Townsend. Written by Jeremy Lloyd, a Tremont teacher and naturalist for 10 years, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Home in Walker Valley: The Story of Tremontâ&#x20AC;? chronicles one of the most fascinating histories of any Smoky Mountain locale. The first half of the book records the life of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bigâ&#x20AC;? Will Walker, his numerous wives and his 27 children. A true Mountain man, Walker could kill a bear, build a cabin, plough a field, drive cattle, carve a millstone and charm a hive of bees. The book also tells of the logging boom, a railroad, and the sprawling â&#x20AC;&#x153;company townâ&#x20AC;? that sprang up in Walker Valley (the area now known as Tremont). Men and their families flocked to the area to work in the lumber camp, which changed a farm economy to an industrial one and reducing the forest to mud flows and burned slash. Ironically, the devastation caused by logging brings a call for conservation and is followed by a Girl Scout camp, the national park, and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and finally Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Lloyd lives near Will Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home site. He began working at GSMIT in 1996 and has written for a number of national publications. He directs Tremontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer camps, Elderhostel programs, college consortiums and family camps. This new book includes over 30 historic photos and 52 pages. It sells for $5.95 and can be purchased through Tremont or Great Smoky Mountains Association. For further information, call 448-6709 or visit www. gsmit.org.

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Gateway Christian Church recently honored Ron Blevins on his first anniversary as pastor. Baskets of homemade food, special treats and gifts became an old fashioned â&#x20AC;&#x153;poundingâ&#x20AC;? for Blevins and his wife Sandra. October has been Pastor Appreciation Month and members of the church additionally recognized the Blevinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work with a special presentation during Sunday worship.

Church ready for annual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fabulous Friday Lunchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Submitted reports SEVIERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; More than 1,200 pounds of pork are waiting to be smoked and barbecued for lunches in what has become a fall tradition at St. Joseph the Carpenter Episcopal Church. Fabulous Friday Lunch will be available on Friday. Lunch consists of a quarter-pound roast pork sandwich, coleslaw, chips and a cookie. At the same time, the annual pig roast harvest festival at the church on Hardin Lane has expanded to two days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Friday and Saturday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and will run at the same time as The Spirit Lives On Native American Pow-Wow. Fabulous Friday lunch is boxed and may be picked up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic on Prince Street, or delivered by pre-arrangement with Harper. The cost is $7. Lunches should be ordered in advance. Orders may be faxed to 774-0405 or by calling Elaine Miller at 774-7684 or Coby Harper at 7051685. For $8, Friday visitors can eat at the pig

roast under the big tent on church grounds from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch includes a pork sandwich, coleslaw, chips, cookie and a drink. The price is the same on Saturday although the menu is slightly different â&#x20AC;&#x201D; roast pork, beans, coleslaw, potatoes with peppers and onions and a drink â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hot dogs will be available for children. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from members of St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; or by calling 368-5047 or 4530943. They are also taking orders for smoked pork butts, which weigh from 7 to 10 pounds and cost $35 each. There is no guarantee as to the cooked weight of meat. The pig roast includes booths, a silent auction and activities for all ages. Admission is free. There is a charge of $5 to enter the pow-wow section of the event, though children may visit at no charge on Friday. Proceeds will benefit Mountain Hope Clinic, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, Sevier County Food Ministries, SafeSpace and Smoky Mountain Head Start.

looking for ways to extend the season and make the mountains a year-round destination. The group visited Oglebay Resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter Festival of Lights in Wheeling, W. Va., and thought the concept would be attractive to visitors. Dollywood joined the three cities, and Winterfest was born. The event has won numerous awards, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top 20 Eventâ&#x20AC;? designation by the Southeast Tourism Society, and Top 100 Event recognition by the American Bus Association. Gatlinburg, Sevierville and Pigeon Forge are also moving to make the event more environmentally friendly by converting the lighted displays to LED (light emitting diode) bulbs, which burn 75 percent less electricity than incandescent bulbs. Tickets for the luncheon are $25 and can be purchased at the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce, Gatlinburg Welcome Center on the Spur, Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism or the Sevier County Economic Development Office. For more information, call 4536411.

Soon more than 10 million lights will shine in Sevier County, marking the beginning of the 20th season of Smoky Mountain Winterfest. Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville are teaming up with the county to host a Smoky Mountain Winterfest Celebration luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 26, at Mills Auditorium in Gatlinburg. The featured speaker will be Steve Morse of the University of Tennessee Tourism Institute, with comments from Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, assistant state commissioner of tourism. The impact of Winterfest has been dramatic. By extending the tourist season through February, additional year-round job opportunities are available. According to Morse, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our analysis shows that since Winterfest began in 1989, there have been 20 years of growth in tax revenues generated for the Winterfest months.â&#x20AC;? Smoky Mountain Winterfest began in 1989 when tourism leaders began

Sevierville holding cookie contest as part of festival activities Submitted Reports SEVIERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The newest addition to Seviervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 Winterfest kickoff is a cookie contest. Contestants may enter in categories including Most Creative Cookie Recipe, Best Old Fashioned Christmas Cookie, Best Decorated Cookie (ages 12 and under or 13-up) and Most Creative Design Decoration (ages 12 and under or 13-up). Contestants must bring a minimum of three cookies for each category they wish to enter. Cookies and entry forms may be dropped off at the Chamber of Commerce at 110 Gary Wade Blvd. on Nov. 2 between 9 a.m. and 5

p.m. or on Nov. 3 from 1-3 p.m. Those dropping off their entries on Nov. 3 should plan to park at an adjacent lot and walk to the event site since set-up will be occurring. Ribbons will be awarded for first through third place in each division. Additionally, all firstplace winners are eligible for the grand prize.

Cookie turn-in and judging will be coordinated by Walters State Community College Culinary Arts program. To request an application and official rules, contact the Chamber at 453-6411 or e-mail to marketing@scoc.org. Contestants are encouraged to register in advance by calling the Chamber of Commerce.

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In Memoriam

Billy Dwayne Latham

June Davenport Shannon

June Davenport Shannon, 93, departed this life as gracefully as she lived it on September 28, 2009, surrounded by family and friends in her daughter’s home in Seymour. Her natural beauty showed through her glowing skin, curly hair and sweet spirit to the end of her life. June spent her last five years at Asbury Place and Shannondale of Maryville. A native of Atlanta, June worked in the Forest Park High School library, delivered meals with her husband, and served her church, being awarded the Presbyterian Women’s Life Membership. A superb seamstress, she clothed her family from exquisite baby clothes to ball gowns. June is survived by her daughter Colleen Shannon, son John Patrick Shannon, granddaughter and husband Lauren and Kevin Nunn, great-grandsons, Darwin and Max Nunn, all of Sevierville; son-in-law and granddaughter, Richard and Margarite ”Maggie” Jacoby, Santa Cruz, CA; grandson Patrick Huss, Ashville, NC and fiancé Erica Whyte, Comfort Castle, Jamaica; and foster granddaughter and husband Tshepo and Dr. Lisly Chéry, Seattle. Her ashes will be interred beside those of her beloved husband of 61 years, John Purser Shannon, in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery with a few scattered at the base of her late daughter Susan Anne Shannon’s memorial redwood tree in California. June loved animals so her pacemaker was donated to the UT Vet School. A Service in Witness to the Resurrection will be held Saturday, October 24 at 2 p.m. at Highland Presbyterian Church, 721 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, with the Rev. Wendy Neff officiating. Family will receive friends following the service. The family is grateful for the compassionate care of staff and volunteers of Blount Memorial Hospice who enabled June to truly enjoy her last six months at home. Arrangements by Cremation Options, Inc. (865) 6WE-CARE (693-2273)

Billy Dwayne Latham, known to family and friends as Dwayne, age 43 of Seymour, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009. Dwayne is now at peace in his Lord’s arms, with his mother at his side. He was employed by Food City. He was deeply loved and will be missed. Preceded by his mother, Shelby Jean Latham; paternal grandmother, Della Manes; maternal grandparents, Fred and Zella Myers; uncles, Lee Napier and Blaine Myers; aunts, Wanda Arrowood and Patricia Whaley; and brother-in-law, Randy DeLozier. Survived by father & stepmother, Billy H. Latham & Lee Kitts Latham; sister & brother-in-law, Iva DeLozier Massey & Tommy Massey; nephew, Joshua DeLozier & wife Martha; niece, Julia DeLozier; uncles, Lloyd Arrowood, Donnie Myers, Wayne Myers, Dean Myers, and J.D. Myers; aunts, Evelyn Napier and Lenoria Kelly; numerous cousins. Funeral service 5 p.m. Sunday in Atchley’s Seymour Chapel with Rev. W.A. Galyon and Rev. Becky Milligan officiating. Interment 10 a.m. Monday in Dupont Cemetery. The family will receive friends 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865, (865) 5772807.

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Joseph Lewis Irwin, age 82 of Seymour, passed away Friday, October 16, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Josephine Irwin. He is survived by special friends Missy & Greg Hunt, Brittany Hunt, Emma Booth, Dustin Booth, Robin Brewer, Dale “Tiny” Reagan, Lisa Boyer, and Gordon Galyon. Funeral service 7 p.m. Monday at Atchley’s Seymour Chapel with Rev. Lee Gibson officiating. Interment 11 a.m. Tuesday in Magnolia Cemetery. Friends will be received 5-7 p.m. Monday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865, (865) 577-2807.

Roger Jackson Parker

Kimberly Caroline Hignite

Roger Jackson Parker, 62 of Sevierville, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, of cancer. Roger served as a paratrooper in the United States Army. He retired from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was past franchise owner of Service Master in Alaabama, then moved to Tennessee and worked parttime for The Mountain Press newspaper. Survivors: wife, Deborah A. Parker; mother, Lucille Parker, Childersburg, Ala.; siblings, Rebecca Bradford, Birmingham, Ala.; Wanda Parker, Atlanta, Ga., Sarah Cooner, Smiths, Ala.; and JoeJoe Parker, Childersburg; motherin-law, Evelyn Hager, Ragland, Ala.; brothers-in-law, Rick Hager, Longwood, Fla.; Steve and Danny Hager, both of Ragland, Ala.; Kenny Hager, Dewitt, Neb., and Terry Hager, Omaha; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. In lieu of flowers and in Roger’s memory, send contributions to American Lung Association in Tennessee, One Vantage Way, Suite B130, Nashville, TN 37228 or National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 116931, Atlanta, GA 30368-6931. The family will receive friends 1-3 p.m. Sunday with a memorial service to follow at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home. The Rev. Mark Maples will officiate. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

Kimberly Caroline Hignite, 45 of Sevierville, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. She attended The Gathering and was employed by GrayHodges Corp. in Sevierville. Survivors; husband, Jeff Hignite; mother, Peggy Ogle; brother, John Ogle and wife Amy; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Ron and Shirley Hignite; sisters-in-law, Deanna Richeson and husband John, and Cari England; nieces, nephew, special cousin, special aunt. The family received friends 3-5 p.m. Saturday. Funeral service followed at 5 p.m. in the East Chapel of Atchley

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In Memoriam

Ruby Oakley Roberts Ruby Oakley Roberts, age 83 of Pigeon Forge, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, October 15, 2009, after years of congestive heart failure. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Pigeon Forge and was vice president of LeConte View Motel, Inc. Though Ruby’s greatest treasures were the times spent with her family, she also had a deep appreciation of the outdoors through bird-watching, flower gardening, and traveling. When limited to indoor activities in her later years, she found enjoyment in her favorite television shows. She was preceded in death by her parents Blanche E. and Arthur J. Oakley, brother Earl J. Oakley, brother-in-law Bill L. Maples, and son-inlaw David H. Stallings. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Carolyn Roberts; daughter, Charlene Roberts; grandchildren, Sonya C. Freeman and husband Kevin, William D. Roberts, Lindsay N. Roberts; great-grandchildren, Kylee Freeman, Jackson Freeman; former husband, J. Ralph Roberts; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charlotte Oakley, Fred and Emily Oakley, Raymond and Dale Oakley, Doyle Oakley; sister, Dorothy Maples; sister-in-law, Ola Mae Roberts; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Butler and Jean Evelyn Roberts; many beloved nieces and nephews; caregiver, Sandra Sutton. Funeral service 1 PM Monday at First Baptist Church, Pigeon Forge with Pastor Keith Walker officiating. Interment will follow in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

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Astor case model for elder abuse advocates NEW YORK (AP) — To senior citizens’ advocates, Brooke Astor is a Park Avenue poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime. They kept close tabs as the late philanthropist’s son and a lawyer were tried on charges of exploiting her mental decline to raid her nearly $200 million fortune. The AARP called it “the most infamous case of financial elder abuse in recent memory.” Advocates and legal experts saw last week’s convictions as a high-wattage signal that such cases, often seen as difficult to prosecute, can succeed — even if few others spur a five-month-long big money trial with boldface names. “To lose this kind of case would have sent a very discouraging signal” to prosecutors pursuing elder abuse cases, said Thomas L. Hafemeister, a University of Virginia law professor who specializes in financial exploitation of the elderly. There have been plenty of prominent court fights over claims that elderly millionaires were manipulated into parting with money. J. Seward Johnson Sr.’s children accused his third wife — and former chambermaid — of browbeating the dying drug company heir into leaving her nearly all his $500 million fortune; the 16-week trial in 1986 ended with a settlement giving the children and an oceanographic institute about $160 million. Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith’s inheritance tussle with her oil-tycoon husband’s son reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but continues years after both she and the son died. But these and many other fortune feuds played out in civil courts — not in criminal cases carrying the prospect of prison time, which Astor’s 85-year-old son now faces. Criminal cases in which ailing elderly people are conned by identity theft, real estate scams or lightfingered caregivers are fairly common, although few are as extensive as the Astor case — where prosecutors used thousands of pages of documents and called dozens of witnesses ranging from Henry Kissinger to household helpers. Some prosecutors focus on scenarios involving physical harm. Others are reluctant to take on cases that can be blurred by family loyalties and disputes, said Catherine T. Wettlaufer, a Buffalo estates lawyer.

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Family at center of balloon saga under scrutiny FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A couple who frantically told a 911 dispatcher their 6-yearold son had floated off in an inflatable balloon remain in the spotlight, but now it’s for a series of bizarre TV interviews about the escapade, a previous 911 call and efforts to land a reality TV show gig. Sheriff’s investigators hoped to talk to Richard and Mayumi Heene again Saturday to resolve lingering questions over whether the drama — with military helicopters scrambling to catch up to the helium balloon and rescue the boy supposedly inside — could have been a hoax.

It turns out little Falcon Heene was hiding in the rafters of the family garage, apparently without his parents or two brothers knowing. Doubts over the Heenes’ story surfaced after a CNN interview in which Falcon told his parents “you said we did this for a show” after his father asked why he did not come down from the rafters during the search Thursday. Richard Heene showed no signs of backing out of the spotlight, knocking on the windows of media vehicles outside his home early Saturday and promising a “big announcement” in a few hours.

in who gets medical care, and what kind. “Americans inherently know government interference drives costs up, not down,” Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said in the GOP’s weekly message. “The massive health care plans being crafted behind closed doors in Washington will ultimately allow the government to decide what doctors we can see, what treatments the government thinks you deserve and what medicines you can receive.” Obama contended the price of not acting will be a devastated U.S. economy because rising health care costs will mean lower salaries and higher unemployment, lower profits and larger numbers of people going without insurance. Obama said overhauling the system will provide the change voters sought when they went to the polls last November. “But it also now represents something more: whether or not we as a nation are capable of tackling our toughest challenges; if we can serve the national interest despite the unrelenting efforts of the special interests; if we can still do big things in America,” he said.

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Obama said he would not abide “those who would bend the truth or break it to score political points and stop our progress as a country.” He accused the industry of “filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads,” sending money and lobbyists to Capitol Hill and paying for studies “designed to mislead the American people.” The bills moving through Congress generally would require most Americans to buy insurance, provide federal subsidies to help lower-income people afford coverage and help small businesses defray the cost of extending coverage to their workers. The measures would bar insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions and limit their ability to charge higher premiums based on age or family size. Expanded coverage would be paid for by cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from future Medicare payments to health care providers. Higher taxes also are included in the bills. Republican opponents say the bills will increase costs for patients, further job losses and give the government more of a say

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back against his critics, President Barack Obama says overhauling the health care system, while helping millions of people, also will test whether policy makers can “serve the national interest despite the unrelenting efforts of the special interests.” The administration is trying to build momentum for the president’s overhaul effort after the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 vote this week for a bill that would extend health care coverage to millions of people. One Republican, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, supported the bill, and the measure faces considerable opposition from the health care industry, labor unions and large business organizations. “The history is clear: For decades rising health care costs have unleashed havoc on families, businesses and the economy,” the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. “And for decades, whenever we have tried to reform the system, the insurance companies have done everything in their considerable power to stop us.” The health insurance industry released a study earlier this week concluding that the Finance Committee bill — one of five competing House and Senate health care measures — would raise premiums significantly for millions of people who already have health coverage. The report drew intense criticism from the White House, congressional Democrats and other advocates of the bill who deemed the study a last-ditch effort to sway public opinion against the White Housebacked measure.

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Gum Stand Baptist singing set Friday

Andrew Whaley and Friends present The Faith Trio and The Camerons singing gospel music at 7 p.m. Friday at Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd. The concert is free. An offering will be taken to help John and Sharon Sutton fund the ministry of Missionaries For Christ. They distribute free Bibles and other items, including toys, to children in need. n

SEVIERVILLE

Coffee Talk offers flu shots Tuesday

Flu shots will be offered for $20 each at the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Coffee Talk Tuesday at the Civic Center. Flu shots will be given from 7 a.m. until the program begins at 8:30, and again after the meeting ends at 9:30 if there is still vaccine available. Proceeds go to Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic. n

PIGEON FORGE

Relay for Life kickoff Tuesday

The Relay For Life kickoff rally will be held on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Tennessee State Bank, 2210 Parkway. The public may attend to hear about the new ideas and innovations planned for this year. Refreshments and prizes will also be offered. For more information about the kickoff rally, to register a team or to serve as a volunteer, contact Robin Kurtz at 908-5789. n

SEVIERVILLE

Swim lessons to begin Monday

The Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation will be offering swim lessons beginning Monday. Registration is limited. No telephone registrations will be accepted. The fee of $21 for six group lessons must be paid at registration. For more information, call 453-5441. n

GATLINBURG

Garden club to host fundraiser

The Gatlinburg Garden Club will have its first scholarship benefit concert, “An Elegant Affair,” Oct. 29 at the home of Wilma Maples. There will be music by the Nashville Suzuki Players, and pianist Peggy Smith and clarinetist John Celestin. After the concert, guests will have dessert to the sounds of dulcimer performer Tim Simek. Tickets and information can be obtained by calling 436-2164. n

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‘Beat Bama’ lunch helps United Way

The city of Gatlinburg “Beat Bama” tailgate luncheon will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Mills Park. The $7 meal includes a barbecue sandwich, potato salad, baked beans, an apple turnover and a drink. Tickets are available at the police and fire departments and the city’s special events office or by calling 436-0505. Proceeds benefit to city’s United Way campaign.

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Bredesen leads second trade mission to China NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee state leaders say their second trade mission to China will focus on developing relationships with business and political leaders started during their initial trip to the country two years ago. Gov. Phil Bredesen will head the group, which includes about 30 pri-

vate industry leaders, when they visit China for a 10-day trip that starts Tuesday. State Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber told The Tennessean that the “first trip in 2007 was introductory.” “There was a lot of ceremony, which is part of

the Chinese culture,” said Kisber, who is also making this year’s trip. “This will be a real working trip.” John Scannapieco, an attorney for Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, who also went on the trade mission in 2007, said he managed to get a Chinese wire-manufacturing client named

Fushi out of the last trip. It bought the Copperweld plant in Fayetteville a few years ago and continues to manufacture there. “People complain about China taking jobs,” Scannapieco said. “We actually think if you can attract investment here, you can save a lot of jobs as well.”

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national quote roundup “My dad said he’s tired of this show.” — Ryo Heene, son of Richard Heene, who declined further interviews after facing reporters’ questions of whether the scare over another son thought to have floated away in a helium balloon was a hoax.

“Perhaps he’s worried the kids will grow up and be president.” — Bill Quigley, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Justice, on a Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples. President Barack Obama is the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas.

“To say he is a homicidal maniac misses the point. He is someone who could not live with 4 million people in bondage and had to do something about it.” — Kerry Altenbernd a law librarian from Lawrence, Kan., one those who marched in the footsteps of radical abolitionist John Brown 150 years after he launched the raid that kindled the Civil War.

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It’s a clean sweep. Sevier County schools go fivefor-five in Friday games: Sevier County High 36-3 over Jefferson County Patriots; Pigeon Forge Tigers 41-14 win against Hancock County Indians; Gatlinburg Highlanders 42-6 over West Greene Buffaloes, TKA Lions top Pickett County Bobcats 21-20; and Seymour Eagles shut out Union Patriots 36-0.

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Saturday at West Point extraordinary I’ve been to college football games at some of the biggest stadiums in the South, stadiums that seat more than 100,000 people. They’re nice, but not intimate, not cozy, not, well, warm. Last weekend I attended a game at one of the best stadiums in the country, a stadium that ranks third on the Sports Illustrated list of the top 20 athletic venues of the 20th Century. Michie Stadium. Heard of it? If not, it’s too bad. Yankee Stadium ranks first, Augusta National second and Michie Stadium third. It’s the football stadium on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point. To attend a game there is an all-day experience, from the arrival with fall in the air to the cadet parade at 9 to the kickoff at noon and the ensuing game, it is an experience unlike any other. Step aside, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, et. al. You got nuthin’ on Michie Stadium. It’s more than 80 years old, seats around 40,000 and is on the campus of one of the great institutions of higher learning. Bonnie and I were there as part of our New York vacation, but also to see one of the players. Carson Williams grew up across the street from us in Alabama, and I knew he was special even when he was in junior high. He’s brilliant, articulate, well-read. Heck, he won an Alabama writing contest as a junior in high school. Carson started at quarterback as a freshman and sophomore. He’s a senior now working with his third head coach, and he’s third string in Army’s option runoriented offense. No matter. He’s adjusted to it, and that’s another sign of his character. Michie (pronounced Mike-e) is named for the cadet who brought football to West Point in the late 1800s. The academy is on the banks of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York City. To an outsider its beautiful, with lush green lawns, gray brick buildings and a history that permeates the atmosphere. To really experience a football Saturday you have to attend a game when the leaves are changing. If’s spectacular. At 9 a.m. the fans head to the drill field in front of a massive dorm that houses all 4,100 cadets. Right on time the cadets begin to march out from the dorm building, in formation and by company. The Army band plays as this unfolds. Once in formation they drill a while, then march back in to change for the game. If all that doesn’t get your emotions charging, nothing will. West Point is sprawling, and the stadium is quite a distance from the core of the campus. For that reason some 60 school buses are used to move people among the venues. Michie Stadium is on the banks of the campus reservoir, but not far from the Hudson. Around 11 a.m. (an hour before kickoff) the cadets begin to come in, wearing white hats. All are required to attend every game and stand for the entire game. It was overcast for the first half, but in the third quarter the sun came out and the stadium positively glowed. After each Army score a team of cadets leaves the stands and does pushups equal to the Army point total. A cannon fires as soon as the score is made, and the stadium rocks from the reverberation. This is the best behaved crowd you’ll ever be around, No rowdiness, no drunken fans, no obscene shouts. Refreshing. Army won in overtime on a field goal, and as soon as the kick was good the cadets stormed the field, Well, not stormed. They filed down to the field to surround the team. Nobody else left the stands. After each game the team walks over to where its fans and fellow students are and sings the West Point alma mater. Just try not to feel that viscerally. We spent some time with Carson after the game. He didn’t play, but he’s fine with that. He is majoring in systems engineering and has chosen field artillery as his focus for his post-college military obligation. This young man is a class act, destined for leadership and success. The day at West Point was unforgettable, poignant, exciting, fun and inspirational. It restores faith in our future. Oh, yeah: Go Army! Beat Navy! — Stan Voit is editor of The Mountain Press. His column appears each Sunday. He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 217, or e-mail to svoit@themountainpress.com.

Editorial

Loop de loop

Closing the Cades Cove road during construction is the right thing to do For nearly three months next spring the Cades Cove Loop Road, one of the most popular attractions in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, will be closed so the road can be fixed up. That is surely disappointing to the thousands of motorists who make the loop on their visit to the Smokies, but it’s also one of the necessary evils of progress. The loop road is in bad shape and not getting any better. The one-way road carries a lot more traffic than it was designed or built for. Rehabilitating it was necessary and long overdue. But it became clear it could not be done as long as traffic was maintained. That’s why the road is scheduled to be shut down to vehicles from March 1 through May 21. That’s if all goes well. Excess rain could make that closing last longer. However, the contract has financial incentives for the successful bidder to get the work done faster. The Park will do all it can over the next

five or six months to tell people what is going on so they won’t be surprised when they arrive and find the loop road shut down. Still, many won’t know and they’ll be angry when they find out. All Park officials can do is try and get the word out, through news releases, Web sites and other means. The road has to be closed to motorized vehicles because of the process used to make the repairs. According to Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson, “We looked at a full range of options to get the work done without totally closing this popular road, but all would have involved sending traffic out of the Cove via the primitive, gravel Parson Branch Road onto U.S. 129 — a very long detour totally unsuited to carrying the 3-4,000 vehicles that enter the Cove each day. We also considered requiring nighttime work only, but due to the method of construction, it is not possible to drive

on the road the day after the sub-base is rebuilt.” This is a major project, costing as much as $6 million. The process and the nature of the work will make the road even better and last longer. In addition, many of the pullouts will be paved to encourage motorists to leave the one-way road and see things without holding up traffic. One bear sighting can make the 11-mile loop take forever. Be understanding of the Park and its project. Road work can be disruptive and leads to frustration and delays. You can experience that almost every day on Highway 66. But when a road is closed to traffic, work can proceed faster and more efficiently. Witness the Interstate 40 project through downtown Knoxville. It was inconvenient while it lasted, but was completed ahead of schedule. It’s pretty neat, too. Cades Code Loop Road needs the upgrade. It’s about time.

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Public forum Support for relief fund effort receives thanks from organizer

Editor: On Oct. 3, I hosted a yard sale to raise money to buy food, Christmas gifts and other items for the families of Scott County in rural Appalachia. Because of a lot of caring people, over $2,200 was raised. I could not have done this without the help of the editor of this paper, Stan Voit; Gail Crutchfield, who came out and took the pictures and did the article; and Susan Mottern who helped with putting the ads in the paper.

You truly are a group of wonderful people. A special thanks to all the youth at Sims Chapel Baptist Church who worked very hard helping me get everything organized and to everyone who helped with the sale. Maybe you donated items to be sold, gave money or if you helped in any way. May God bless you. Because of your help, this Thanksgiving and Christmas will be a little brighter for a lot people in Scott County. Mary E. Patterson Appalachian Relief Fund Sevierville

U.S. Chamber shows it works against small, local businesses

Editor: I have been offended for years that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been working against the interests of small businesses that truly are small and local. I have been an entrepreneur at the local level for years and I can see how the interests of the U.S. Chamber are aligned with the large corporations and against true free trade within the Uunited States at the local level. Misty Lizarraga Sevierville

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PREP FOOTBALL

Eagles get their swagger back with shutout of S-D By RICH HAILEY Sports Correspondent

SEYMOUR — Before Friday’s game against South Doyle, Coach Jim Moore had challenged his Seymour Eagles. “Don’t look at their record. They’re going to play their best game. Can we play our best game?” The Eagles answered that challenge with a 35-0 shutout of the Cherokees. “We needed to get that swagger back. We needed to start playing as a team

and stop worrying about individual deals, and the defense came out and played a great game.” A great game may be an understatement. The Seymour defense held the Cherokees to just 2 first downs and -8 yards total offense for the game. Standouts included Cory Clark, with two interceptions, Nick Spence with 7 tackles and 1 sack, and Keegan Newport with 5 tackles despite sitting out most of the second half with an injured shoulder.

Between the weather and the sloppy field, there wasn’t a lot of flash on offense, but by the Cory Clark time the final horn sounded, the Eagles had amassed 339 yards in total offense, 291 of those coming on the ground. Blake Overton led the way with 113 yards in 17 carries for a 6.6 yard average while junior Lee Knight picked

up 66 yards on just four carries late in the fourth quarter. Again, Coach Moore was happy with the effort. “It wasn’t the night to be throwing the ball, and we just had to run straight at them. The offensive line did a great job and our running backs ran hard” But the job isn’t done. Next week, the Eagles will take on the Cherokee Chiefs in their final home appearance, and the game has implications for the playoffs.

“Cherokee and homecoming next week, and all the craziness that goes with it. It’s going to be exciting and we know we gotta win.” The TSSAA has a very complex formula for determining which teams will make the playoffs this season. They have put up a webpage at www.tssaa.org/footballplayoffs/index.cfm that attempts to simplify the picture. Seymour is a 5(A) team in District 2, Class AAA. According to the

table, Seymour must be one of the top three 5(A) teams to be playoff eligible. They are currently in third place, followed by the Cherokee Chiefs, who are 1-4 in the District. If they lose to Cherokee, then theEagles will fall to fourth place and need a wild card bid. Based on their record, that would be a long shot, so Thursday’s game is a must win. Game time is 7:30 p.m. mpsports@themountainpress.com

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Titans seek first win; Patriots want consistency By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer

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In this file photo Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher argues his point with field judge Scott Steenson (88) in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Nashville on Sept. 20.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are trying to overcome their inconsistency. For the Tennessee Titans, a little inconsistency would be welcome. The Titans have done nothing but lose all season. At 0-5, they already have two more losses than all of last year when their 13-3 record was the NFL’s best. And they’ve lost their last two games by 20 and 22 points. But coach Jeff Fisher is sticking with Kerry Collins, who has two more interceptions than touchdown passes. Fisher also hopes an injury-plagued secondary can stop the Patriots (3-2) and Tom Brady on Sunday rather than allow the quarterback to jumpstart his mediocre season following his return from a knee injury that limited him to one quarter last year.

“If I’m outside looking in on our team right now and the status of our secondary, I’d open the game with a five wide receiver offense this week and say, ’Let’s see you stop us,”’ Fisher said. “Obviously, we have some work to do.” Three defensive backs are hurt — Nick Harper with a broken right arm, Michael Griffin with a neck injury and Cortland Finnegan with a right hamstring injury. Backup safety Vincent Fuller also has a broken right arm. Some, if not all, of them are expected to miss the game. Defensive end Jevon Kearse, a three-time Pro Bowl player, was healthy but inactive in last Sunday’s 31-9 loss to the Indianapolis Colts after getting off to a slow start this season. The Titans didn’t sack Peyton Manning, but William Hayes, Kearse’s See TITANS, Page A9

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TKA Lions win at Oakdale 21-12 By JASON DAVIS Sports Editor OAKDALE — The King’s Academy Lions improved to 5-3 on the season Friday night with a 21-12 win over Oakdale (0-8). Quarterback Dane Hoffmeister scored two straight TDs in the second half to lead the Lions to the come-from-behind win. Hoffmeister’s first jaunt, a 10-yard TD, came with 2:59 remaining in the third quarter, and with a Jordan Smith kick, gave the team a 14-12 lead. The QB iced the game early in the fourth quarter with another touchdown run, this time from 15 yards out. After the Smith kick, the score was 21-12 TKA. Oakdale took the first lead of the night barely two minutes into the game when Isiah Turner ran one to paydirt from 35 yards. The Eagles failed on their two-point conversion attempt, however, and TKA trailed only 6-0. Just over two minutes later the Lions culminated a drive with a 30-yard Jordan Smith scamper to tie the score.

Smith gave his team the lead 7-6 by banging through the extra point. Oakdale soared back into the lead in the second quarter, as back Dexter Nelson dove in from one yard out to give his team the 12-6 lead. TKA’s Hoffmeister was the story from there, scoring the game’s final two TDs to push the Lions to the win. Jon Rose led the Lions in rushing in the game with 81 yards on 12 carries. Rose added 75 yards and a TD on nine totes. David Lamon had 14 runs for 69 yards, and Hoffmeister had 55 yards on nine carries, and also passed for 16 yards on two competions to Rose. The Lions doubled up the Eagles’ first downs in the game 14-7, while TKA’s defense clamped down on Oakdale. David Kirkpatrick, Rose, and Jon Ogle each had five tackles, and David Lamon was credited with a tackle for loss in the contest. The Highlanders will play at Riverside Christian next week in their final game of the season. mpsports@themountainpress.com

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Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 auto race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Friday, Oct. 16. NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES

Busch rolls to 7th Nationwide win of season By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer CONCORD, N.C. — Who needs a flu shot when you can take the checkered flag instead? Kyle Busch, still dealing with a flu that developed into walking pneumonia, dominated the Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway

on Friday night, picking up his seventh victory of the year to move closer to his first series title. Following a week of bed rest and antibiotics, Busch looked like his regular self on a chilly night at the 1.5mile oval, leading 137 laps to push his push his advantage over Carl Edwards to 195 points with four races remaining.

“I felt like we were in another zip code tonight,” Busch said. It certainly looked like it at times, as Busch’s No. 18 Toyota had little trouble doing whatever it wanted. He avoided a couple of early race wrecks that took out a handful contenders then zoomed away from the field to collect his 28th career Nationwide win.

A fast race car turned out to be just what the doctor ordered following a tough stretch in which the flu left one of NASCAR’s hardest working drivers so weak he actually left last week’s Nationwide and Sprint Cup races early because he was concerned a fever wouldn’t let him See BUSCH, Page A9

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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (15) tries to scramble around Arkansas cornerback Rudell Crim (4) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 17.

No. 1 Florida escapes with 23-20 win vs. Arkansas GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tim Tebow kept Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect season intact. Tebow directed a 69-yard drive in the final minutes, setting up Caleb Sturgisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 27-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining that gave the top-ranked Gators a 23-20 win against Arkansas on Saturday.

Was it Tebowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heisman moment? Regardless, it kept Florida unbeaten and likely No. 1 in the country â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and maybe even the Gatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chances to repeat as national champions. On a day when little went right for the Gators (6-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference), Tebow took

over down the stretch. He threw for 255 yards and a touchdown, ran for 69 more and saved his best plays for when Florida needed him most. He threw for 30 yards and ran for 22 on the final drive. Three plays stood out: His 12-yard pass to Riley Cooper on third down (Cooper fell down,

then caught the ball on one knee) and consecutive runs that gained 16 yards and got Sturgis well within his comfort zone. Sturgis overcame an early miss and finished with three field goals, including a 51-yarder in the third. For much of the day, it was Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest play.

BUSCH

The victory ended an 11-race winless streak for Busch, an eternity for one of NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top drivers. The streak included five runnerup finishes, heady territory for most drivers but hardly acceptable for the perpetually cranky Busch. He was all smiles Friday, however, praising his crew for much of the race and telling crew chief Jason Ratcliff he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change a thing with the car. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a freight train for sure,â&#x20AC;? Busch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The car was on rails.â&#x20AC;? Bliss, who collected his 12th top 10 of the year in a car that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get sponsorship until Monday, held no grand plans of trying to catch Busch even as a rain storm threatened to cut the 300mile race short. The showers held off until moments after Busch did a couple of postrace burnouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He just dominated the

race,â&#x20AC;? Bliss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was really fast.â&#x20AC;? Maybe, but Busch isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite ready to declare the season title locked up, though the title would help ease the frustrated heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endured on the Cup side, where he missed the Chase for the Championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not over,â&#x20AC;? Busch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely any manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race right now as far as Carl (Edwards) or myself or even (Keselowski).â&#x20AC;? Joey Logano, hoping to become just the fifth driver to win three straight Nationwide races, was collected in a seven-car pile up on lap 70. He pitted eight times during the ensuing caution while his crew tried to bang out the dents. He flirted with getting back into the top 10, but was blackflagged late in the race when a part of his rear fender came dangerously close to breaking off. Logano fin-

ished 14th. The crash also took out Cup star Matt Kenseth, who led 21 laps early before getting caught in the second wave of the incident. While Kenseth shrugged his shoulders about the bad luck, Nationwide regular Steve Wallace did little to hide his frustration. Wallace, who started the night sixth in points, threw his helmet in frustration while his crew worked on the car in the garage. He returned to the track after missing 95 laps only to be involved in another crash with less than 30 laps remaining.

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see straight. The move ended up costing him some valuable points, as Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin crashed while getting stuck between Brad Keselowski and Greg Biffle, a crash Busch said Hamlin couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t avoid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Denny got caught up in a mess I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if any of us could have gotten out of,â&#x20AC;? Busch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He could have won the race and almost won the race for us, but unfortunately we lost some points.â&#x20AC;? Busch got most of them back at the 1.5-mile oval, a place he has owned in recent years. The win was his fifth Nationwide victory in 13 starts at track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my house, at least on the Nationwide side,â&#x20AC;? he said. Mike Bliss was second, followed by Dave Blaney, Brian Vickers and Edwards.

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replacement, could get his second NFL start when he faces Brady. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important to get after him,â&#x20AC;? Hayes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We definitely need to get some knockdowns and shake him up a little.â&#x20AC;? The Patriots are far from the dominant team that won its first 18 games in 2007 before losing the Super Bowl to the New York Giants. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming off a 20-17 overtime loss at Denver in which they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score in the second half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it in spurts at times and at other times we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? Brady said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you play like that, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason why you end up at 3-2 at this time, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to make these improvements.â&#x20AC;? Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense has allowed the second-most yards passing in the NFL. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense has produced just one touchdown on the ground in the last 10 quarters, yet Fisher isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to switch to Vince Young at quarterback. Still, Patriots coach Bill Belichick called the Titans â&#x20AC;&#x153;a real good teamâ&#x20AC;? and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worried that his players will take the game too lightly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would just turn on the projector,â&#x20AC;? Belichick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think anybody that would say that about the Titans obviously hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen them play. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how you could watch them on film and possibly think that, unless you were sleeping while the film was rolling.â&#x20AC;? Apparently, his players stayed awake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re way better than 0-5,â&#x20AC;? nose tackle Vince

Wilfork said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a playoff team last year. This was one of the toughest teams in the league last year. Most of the guys came back. ... We have to look past the 0-5 and actually like at what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing on film.â&#x20AC;? That viewing would show mistake-filled 3-point losses to Pittsburgh and Houston, four turnovers in a loss to the New York Jets, a 30-3 deficit in the third quarter at Jacksonville and a 309-yard passing performance by Manning last Sunday, when the Titans never got inside the Colts 20-yard line. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also see Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest hope for its first victory â&#x20AC;&#x201D; running back Chris Johnson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch him from behind. That is where he is so dangerous,â&#x20AC;? Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get him at the point of attack, it is going to be a long day for any defense.â&#x20AC;? In the second game of the season, Johnson scored on runs of 57 and 91 yards and a pass play of 69 yards. He totaled 197 yards rushing and nine receptions, but the Titans lost 34-31 to the Texans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past games, we were running the ball well, but we had to go to the passing game because we fell behind,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can ... stay even, stay close or stay ahead in the game, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just continue to run the ball. If we can do that, we can win.â&#x20AC;? If they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, the outside criticism will continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You start off 0-5, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not exactly going to be throwing roses your way,â&#x20AC;? Collins said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see guys throwing in the towel and saying this is a done deal.â&#x20AC;?

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SPORTS BRIEFS Seymour Middle AAU wrestling

Students from Seymour Middle and Boyds Creek that are interested in the Seymour Middle AAU wrestling program should attend the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s registration, parent meeting and first practice on Monday, Nov. 16, at 5:45 p.m. at SHS wrestling room. Due at registration is a mat fee of $45 which covers AAU membership and insurance, an Eagle Wrestling t-shirt and Eagle Wrestling shorts. Wrestlers will need to provide their own wrestling shoes and headgear. Practices will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:45-7:15 and may adjust in December. For more information, contact SHS wrestling coach Alex Cate at 310-0438 or email ralexcate@gmail.com.

Gatlinburg â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Beat Bamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tailgate lunch

The City of Gatlinburg will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beat Bamaâ&#x20AC;? tailgate luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 22 for a great cause. For $7 those in attendance will get a BBQ pork sandwich, potato salad, baked beans, a Dixie Stampede apple turnover and a drink. See the Gatlinburg Police or Gatlinburg Fire Department or call the Special Events Office to buy tickets. Proceeds got to the City of Gatlinburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 United Way Campaign.

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Blake Jones is recognized as Tennessee State Champion at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Ga. at Lanier National Speedway being recognized as Tennessee State Champion.

Jones named Young Lions Tenn. champ SEVIERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Local racer Blake Jones was recently named the Tennessee State Champion for the 2009 season in the Young Lions Division in Georgia. It is a tremendous accomplishment for the young racer beating out several other talented Tennessee

racers. Jones is currently nationally ranked as the sixth place â&#x20AC;&#x153;up an coming racerâ&#x20AC;? by 600 Racing, based on a points system designed by INEX. He is the youngest driver ranking inside the top 20, of the more than 200 racers registered.

Jones will continue racing through the winter although his schedule is scaled down some for school. As he continues to gain experiece and remain competitive, and he will continue racing a Legend car. When he turns 13 in January, Jones will begin testing his late model and

begin racing it in March. Jones has his goals set high but is very dedicated and determined to achieve them. Find information on Blake Jones at blakejonesracing.net or contact Jones Racing. Blake is racing this weekend at Newport Speedway.

Organizational meetings for the Gatlinburg Recreation Department Winter Bowling Leagues are secheduled for the following days: Monday Night Mixed League â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Oct. 26, 7 p.m. (league beings Nov. 2); Tuesday Night Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Oct. 27, 7 p.m. (league begins Nov. 3); Wednesday Night Mixed, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. (league begins Nov. 4). Anyone interested in participating in these leagues should attend the meeting or call Eddie at the Gatlinburg Bowling Center at 4366757.

Basketball league forming

Gatlinburg Recreation Department is now accepting rosters for a 5-on-5 mens basketball league. The league is open to players 18-and-older and will play on Wednesdays from 6-10 p.m. The cost is $250 per team, and the deadline for entry is Oct. 19. The season will run from Oct. 21 to February.

NCAA FOOTBALL

McCoy struggles, but Longhorns beat Sooners DALLAS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Enough about Colt McCoy and the Texas offense. The Longhorns knocked off rival Oklahoma on Saturday because of their defense. Aaron Williams knocked out Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford on a first-quarter sack, then he

and Earl Thomas picked off backup Landry Jones in the fourth quarter to send No. 3 Texas to a 16-13 victory Saturday over the No. 20 Sooners. The 104th edition of this series was one of the ugliest, with the teams combining for eight turnovers and only a single touch-

down from each of their supposedly high-scoring offenses. But for McCoy and the Longhorns (6-0, 3-0 Big 12), all that matters is the W. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their fourth in five years against the Sooners and it keeps alive their hopes of winning the national championship.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to be a lot crisper than this to win at Missouri and at Oklahoma State the next two weeks. Oklahoma (3-3, 1-1) lost this game last year yet still managed to win the conference and play for the national championship. That wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen this year.

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SCOREBOARD T V S P O RT S Sunday, Oct. 18 AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, Brazilian Grand Prix, at Sao Paolo, Brazil EXTREME SPORTS 3 p.m. NBC — Dew Tour, PlayStation Pro, at Orlando, Fla. GOLF 10 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, final round, at Vilamoura, Portugal 1:30 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour, Miccosukee Championship, final round, at Miami 4 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, final round, at Las Vegas 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Administaff Small Business Classic, final round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. TBS — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 3, Los Angeles at Philadelphia MOTORSPORTS 5 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP 250, Australian Grand Prix, at Phillip Island, Australia (sameday tape) 6 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, Australian Grand Prix, at Phillip Island, Australia (same-day tape) NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader FOX — Regional coverage 4 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage 4:15 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8:15 p.m. NBC — Chicago at Atlanta RODEO 9 p.m. VERSUS — PBR, Mohegan Sun Invitational, at Uncasville, Conn. (same-day tape) ——— Monday, Oct. 19 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 3, N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels 8 p.m. TBS — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 4, L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia NFL FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Denver at San Diego NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. VERSUS — San Jose at N.Y. Rangers SOCCER 2:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Fulham vs. Hull City, at London Tuesday, Oct. 20 GOLF 4 p.m. TNT — PGA of America, Grand Slam of Golf, first round, at Southampton, Bermuda (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7:30 p.m. FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 4, N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. VERSUS — St. Louis at Pittsburgh SOCCER 2:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions

League, teams TBA 8 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, teams TBA (same-day tape) Wednesday, Oct. 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Tulsa at UTEP GOLF 5 p.m. TNT — PGA of America, Grand Slam of Golf, final round, at Southampton, Bermuda (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. TBS — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 5, L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia (if necessary) Thursday, Oct. 22 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Florida St. at North Carolina GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, first round, at Castellon, Spain 2 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour Championship, first round, at Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Frys. com Open, first round, at Scottsdale, Ariz. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7:30 p.m. FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 5, N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels (if necessary) NBA 10 p.m. TNT — Preseason, Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, at Anaheim, Calif. SOCCER 8 p.m. ESPN2 — MLS, CD Chivas USA at Chicago UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE 7 p.m. VERSUS — California at Florida Friday, Oct. 23 AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, practice for Kroger 200, at Martinsville, Va. 3 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Kroger on Track for the Cure 250, at Memphis, Tenn. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Rutgers at Army GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, second round, at Castellon, Spain 2 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour Championship, second round, at Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Frys. com Open, second round, at Scottsdale, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, AT&T Championship, first round, at San Antonio (sameday tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. TBS — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 6, Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers (if necessary) NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, Atlanta at Orlando 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, at San Diego Saturday, Oct. 24 AUTO RACING 10 a.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. 10:45 a.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Kroger on Track for the Cure 250, at Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, Kroger 200, at Martinsville, Va. 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Kroger on Track for the Cure 250, at Memphis, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. (same-day tape) COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN — Minnesota at Ohio St. or Illinois at Purdue ESPN2 — Illinois at Purdue or Minnesota at Ohio St. 12:30 p.m. FSN — Iowa St. at Nebraska VERSUS — Oklahoma St. at Baylor 3:30 p.m. ABC — Regional coverage, Penn St. at Michigan, Oregon at Washington, or teams TBA CBS — National coverage, Tennessee at Alabama ESPN — Regional coverage, Penn St. at Michigan, Oregon at Washington, or teams TBA NBC — Boston College at Notre Dame 4 p.m. VERSUS — Air Force at Utah 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Auburn at LSU or Florida at Mississippi St. ESPN2 — Florida at Mississippi St. or Auburn at LSU VERSUS — TCU at BYU 8:07 p.m. ABC — Regional coverage, Oregon St. at Southern Cal or teams TBA 10:15 p.m. FSN — Arizona St. at Stanford GOLF 8:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, third round, at Castellon, Spain 2 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour Championship, third round, at Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Frys. com Open, third round, at

Scottsdale, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, AT&T Championship, second round, at San Antonio (sameday tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 6, L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees (if necessary) Eds: if NLCS game 7 not necessary, ALCS game 6 moves to 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. TBS — Playoffs, National League Championship Series, game 7, Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers (if necessary) SOCCER 7:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Aston Villa, at Wolverhampton, England Sunday, Oct. 25 AUTO RACING 1:30 p.m. ABC — NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Tums Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va. GOLF 8:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Castello Masters, final round, at Castellon, Spain 2 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour Championship, final round, at Charleston, S.C. 5 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Frys. com Open, final round, at Scottsdale, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, AT&T Championship, final round, at San Antonio (sameday tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — Playoffs, American League Championship Series, game 7, L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees (if necessary) MOTORSPORTS 3 p.m. SPEED — FIM World Superbike, at Portimao, Portugal (same-day tape) 5 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP 250, Malaysian Grand Prix, at Sepang, Malaysia (same-day tape) 6 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, Malaysian Grand Prix, at Sepang, Malaysia (same-day tape) NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage 4:15 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8:15 p.m. NBC — Arizona at N.Y. Giants SOCCER 5 p.m. ESPN2 — MLS, New England at Columbus

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Decided not to exercise option on LHP Will Ohman. American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS— Released OF Pichi Balet. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials. Fined the Orlando Magic $35,000 for Van Gundy’s actions. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Signed G Patrick Mills. Exercised options on C Greg Oden,

F Nicolas Batum, F Rudy Fernandez and G Jerryd Bayless. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined Baltimore LB Ray Lewis an undisclosed amount for a helmet-tohelmet hit he delivered to Cincinnati WR Chad Ochocinco in a game on Oct. 11. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS— Placed WR Rod Harper on injured reserve. Re-signed QB Chase Daniel. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Traded DE Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick in the 2010 draft. COLLEGE SOUTH CAROLINA— Suspended freshman RB Jarvis Giles for violating team and univeristy policy.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 â&#x2014;&#x2020; The Mountain Press NCAA FOOTBALL

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OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bradford out after hurting shoulder Elliott leads Purdue past No. 7 Ohio St. 26-18 By DAVID JIMENEZ Associated Press Writer

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joey Elliott and Purdue shocked mistakeprone Ohio State. Elliott threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the Boilermakers snapped a five-game losing streak by beating No. 7 Ohio State 26-18 Saturday to effectively end what nationaltitle chances remained for the Buckeyes. Purdue dominated the first three quarters, then held on as Ohio State tried to mount a comeback behind Terrelle Pryor, who threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles. The Boilermakers (2-5, 1-2) had lost five in a row since beating Toledo to start Danny Hopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first season as coach, and fans were starting to get uneasy. But when the clock ran out, joyous students poured onto the field to celebrate a major upset. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, a win against anybody is good for our football program,â&#x20AC;? Hope said on TV as fans reached from behind to muss his hair affectionately. It was Purdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first win over a ranked team since 2003 and its first win over the Buckeyes since 2004. Ohio State (5-2, 3-1) failed to tie the Big Ten record of 17 straight conference road wins. Purdue led 26-10 in the fourth quarter before Pryor got the Buckeyes back into the game. He avoided the rush, then heaved a 25-yard touchdown pass to DeVier Posey with 7:14 to play. Pryor ran in the 2-point conversion to cut Purdueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead to 26-18. Ohio State got the ball back and moved into Purdue territory. Ryan Kerrigan sacked Pryor on a third-and-5, setting up a fourth-and-14 from the Purdue 38. Pryorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaccurate pass downfield was batted away by David Pender, and Purdue took over. The Boilermakers appeared to be stopped when a screen pass on 3rd and-9 went nowhere, but

one more mistake ended the Buckeyes chances. Doug Worthington was flagged for a facemask and the personal foul gave Purdue a first down and the Boilermakers could kneel out the clock. Ohio State finished with 66 yards rushing and 12 first downs. Carson Wiggs made four field goals for Purdue, including a 55-yarder at the end of the first half and a 49-yarder in the fourth quarter. His first came barely two minutes into the game when Purdue took advantage of Pryorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first fumble. Pryor redeemed himself quickly by directing a 3-play, 66-yard touchdown drive, finishing it with a 6-yard run to give Ohio State a 7-3 lead. Ohio Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ray Small fumbled a punt early in the second quarter, and Purdue recovered at the Ohio State 13 but had to settle for a 27-yard field. A 9-yard touchdown run by Ohio Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brandon Saine was called back because of a hold. On the next play, Pryor fumbled again, and Kerrigan recovered at the Purdue 45. Purdue moved to the Ohio State 11, but backup running back Dan Dierking threw into triple coverage in the end zone on a trick play, and Ohio Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chimdi Chekwa intercepted the ball. Purdue got the ball one more time with 26 seconds left in the half. Two completions from Elliott to Smith moved the Boilermakers into scoring range, and Wiggs ended the half with a 55-yard field goal to give Purdue a 9-7 lead. The Boilermakers asserted themselves immediately after the second-half kickoff. Purdue went 67 yards in eight plays, and Elliottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Valentin gave Purdue a 16-7 lead four minutes into the third quarter. After Brandon Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second interception of the third quarter, Valentin scored on a 36-yard catch from Elliott that gave Purdue a 23-7 lead.

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DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford reinjured his right shoulder early in the game and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to return for No. 20 Oklahoma against No. 3 Texas on Saturday. Bradford, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, was jerked down by unblocked Longhorns cornerback Aaron Williams while running backwards trying to get away from the defender on Oklahomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second drive. Williams got Bradford by the waist, but the quarterback landed on his shoulder and began writhing in pain right away. Backup Landry Jones,

who has started time. three games this Bradford, who season, replaced was 2 of 6 for 77 Bradford. yards, eventuâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Just similar ally started testto the last one.â&#x20AC;? ing his range of Stoops said on motion and few TV at halftime. minutes later â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anytried to throw the thing other than ball. But it was Sam Bradford that.â&#x20AC;? clear he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t When asked if get any zip on it Bradford would return, the and was in pain. Oklahoma coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Bradford tried holding donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hap- his helmet with his right pen.â&#x20AC;? hand but it appeared to Bradford missed a cause him discomfort month with a sprained AC and switched it to his left joint in his right shoulder. hand. He returned last week and Soon, he was standing threw for 389 yards against on the sideline without his Baylor. helmet. Bradford would Jones was 12 of 23 for stand near the offensive 130 yards in the first half huddle but would stay in relief of Bradford as the toward the back during Sooners led 6-3 at half- timeouts. After the break,

he had taken off his jersey and pads and stood on the sideline in a T-shirt. Bradford decided to pass on the NFL draft last spring to take another shot at winning the national title after the Sooners lost in last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship game to Florida. In 2008, Bradford threw for 4,720 yards and led the nation with 50 touchdown passes. He likely would have been one of the top quarterbacks taken if he had left school Bradfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chances of winning a second straight Heisman ended in the opener against BYU when he was driven to the turf, injuring his throwing shoulder. Bradford missed three games before returning against Baylor.

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The Mountain Press â&#x2014;&#x2020; Sunday, October 18, 2009

Study links Tylenol, baby vaccine effects By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.

It is the first major study to tie reduced immunity to the use of fever-lowering medicines. Although the effect was small and the vast majority of kids still got enough protection from vaccines, the results make â&#x20AC;&#x153;a compelling caseâ&#x20AC;? against routinely giving Tylenol right after vaccination,

say doctors from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They wrote an editorial accompanying the study, published in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue of the British medical journal, Lancet. The study only looked at preventive use of Tylenol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not whether it is OK to use

after a fever develops. Tylenol or its generic twin, acetaminophen, is widely recommended as a painkiller for babies. Many parents give it right before or after a shot to prevent fever and fussiness, and some doctors recommend this. The CDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vaccine advisory panel says it is a

Report: Bans on smoking protect nonsmokersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hearts WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have heart disease, you really need to stay away from secondhand smoke. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an immediate threat to your life,â&#x20AC;? declared Dr. Neal Benowitz of the University of California, San Francisco, who co-wrote Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine. More than 126 million nonsmoking people in the U.S. are regularly exposed to someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tobacco smoke. The surgeon general in 2006 cited â&#x20AC;&#x153;overwhelming scientific evidenceâ&#x20AC;? that tens of thousands die each year as a result, from heart disease, lung cancer and a list of other illnesses. Yet smoking bans have remained a hard sell, as lawmakers and business owners debate whether such prohibitions are worth the anger of smoking customers or employees. Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard-hitting report promises to influence that debate here and abroad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The evidence is clear,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which requested the study. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smoke-free laws donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt business ... but they prevent heart attacks in nonsmokers.â&#x20AC;? Among the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conclusions: While heavier exposure to secondhand smoke is worse, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no safe level. It also cited â&#x20AC;&#x153;compellingâ&#x20AC;? if circumstantial evidence that even less than an hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposure might be enough to push someone already at risk of a heart attack over the edge. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because within minutes, the smokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pollution-like small particles and

other substances can start constricting blood vessels and increasing bloodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s propensity to clot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; key heart attack factors. Yet many people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they have heart disease until their first heart attack, making it important for everyone to avoid secondhand smoke, Benowitz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if you think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re perfectly healthy, secondhand smoke could be a potential threat to you,â&#x20AC;? he said. Many of the IOM committee members initially were skeptical theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d find much benefit from the bans, said statistician Stephen Feinberg of Carnegie Mellon University. He proclaimed himself â&#x20AC;&#x153;the resident skepticâ&#x20AC;? who changed his mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a clear and consistent effect of smoking bans,â&#x20AC;? he said. Since New York led the way in 2003, 21 states plus the District of Columbia now have what the CDC calls comprehensive laws banning smoking in both public and private workplaces, restaurants and bars

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with no exception for ventilated smoking areas. Some other states have less restrictive laws. That means 41 percent of people in the country are as protected in public from secondhand smoke as possible, Frieden said. The report found just 5 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws. While the public mostly connects smoking with lung cancer, heart disease is a more immediate consequence. About a third of all heart attacks in the U.S. are related to smoking, Frieden said. How much do bans help? That depends on how existing bans were studied and how much secondhand smoke exposure different populations have. Some heavily exposed nonsmokers have the same risk of heart damage as people who smoke up to nine cigarettes a day, said Dr. Lynn Goldman, an environmental health specialist at Johns Hopkins University who led the Institute of

hepatitis and other childhood diseases. Half were given three doses of Calpol, or paracetamol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Tylenol-like brand sold in Europe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; during the first day after vaccination. The others were given nothing besides the vaccines. Babies given the painkiller were significantly less likely to develop a fever â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 42 percent versus 66 percent of the others â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and very few in either group developed a high one. However, lower rates of protective antibody levels from several vaccines were seen in the group given the drug. Levels remained significantly lower in this group after booster vaccines, given when the babies were 12 to 15 months old.

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reasonable thing to do for children at high risk of seizures, which can be triggered by fevers. However, fever after a vaccine isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily bad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a natural part of the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response. Curbing fever, especially the first time a baby gets a vaccine, also seems to curb the immune response and the amount of protective antibodies that are made, the new study found. It was led by military and government scientists in the Czech Republic and was done at 10 medical centers in that Eastern European country. It involved 459 healthy infants, 9 to 16 weeks old, who were getting vaccines against polio, pneumonia, meningitis, whooping cough, tetanus,

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 â&#x2014;&#x2020; The Mountain Press

Chinese drywall ruins many families, homes By BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press Writer

they are then at risk of foreclosure, yet no law prevents the cancellations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is like the small WEST PALM BEACH, wave thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out on the Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James and Maria horizon thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to Ivoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dreams of a continue to grow and relaxing retirement on grow until it becomes a Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gulf Coast were tsunami,â&#x20AC;? said Florida put on hold when they attorney David Durkee, discovered their new home had been built with who represents hundreds Chinese drywall that emits of homeowners who are suing builders, suppliers sulfuric fumes and corand manufacturers over rodes pipes. It got worse the drywall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going when they asked their to become critical mass insurer for help â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and very shortly.â&#x20AC;? not only was their claim During the height of denied, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been the U.S. housing boom, told their entire policy with building materiwonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be renewed. als in short supply, Thousands of homAmerican construction eowners nationwide who companies imported bought new houses conmillions of pounds of structed from the defecChinese-made drywall tive building materials because it was abundant are finding their hopes and cheap. An Associated dashed, their lives in Press analysis of shiplimbo. And experts warn that cases like the Ivorysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, ping records found that more than 500 million in which insurers drop policies or send notices of pounds of Chinese gypnon-renewal based on the sum board was imported between 2004 and 2008 presence of the Chinese drywall, will become ram- â&#x20AC;&#x201D; enough to have built pant as insurance compa- tens of thousands of nies process the hundreds homes. They are heavily concentrated in the of claims currently in the Southeast, especially pipeline. Florida. At least three insurers The defective materials have already canceled or have since been found by refused to renew policies after homeowners sought state and federal agencies to emit â&#x20AC;&#x153;volatile their help replacing the sulfur compounds,â&#x20AC;? and bad wallboard. Because contain traces of stronmortgage companies tium sulfide, which can require homeowners to produce a rotten-egg insure their properties,

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Alfonson Sanchez displays a large sign on top of his Davie, Fla., home. His $1.7 million house has Chinese drywall throughout, which has lowered its value to zero, since he cannot sell or rent it. Soon, the family will move out of it in order to safeguard their health. odor, along with organic compounds not found in American-made drywall. Homeowners complain the fumes are corroding copper pipes, destroying TVs and air conditioners, and blackening jewelry and silverware. Some believe the wallboard is also making them ill.

The federal government is studying the problem and considering some sort of relief for homeowners. Meanwhile, the AP interviewed several homeowners who, like the Ivorys, were unlucky enough to purchase properties built with Chinese drywall, and are now

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The Mountain Press ◆ Sunday, October 18, 2009

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James Geist, CEO of Great Western Ethanol, walks the land where his company plans to build an ethanol plant south of Greeley, Colo. In a shift driven partly by legislation in Congress that would reduce the gases linked to global warming, communities are looking anew at power sources such as the sun and wind that may exist in their own backyards. By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press Writer GREELEY, Colo. — The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it’s more than just a potent reminder of the region’s agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised on the city’s outskirts. The stench smells like an opportunity. Investors are lining up to support a planned clean energy park that eventually will convert some of the methane gas released from the manure piles into power for a cheese factory and other businesses. JBS, which runs two of the largest feed yards and the local slaughterhouse, is testing a new technology that heats the cattle excrement and turns it into energy. “What once used to be a waste stream that was just a byproduct ... they are now recognizing has value,” said Bruce Biggi, the economic development coordinator for the city of Greeley, which received an $82,000 grant from the governor’s energy office this year for the park. The idea is to lure new business to the area with what Biggi likes to call its renewable natural gas — the endless supply of methane from cheap manure. By reducing the amount of the potent greenhouse gas released into the air, the projects also potentially could turn cow dung into dollars, if a climate bill before Congress becomes law. “Agriculture and agribusiness is what Greeley is all about,” Biggi said. “We needed to take that strong traditional economic base and ... merge it with emerging renewable energy and technology.” Waste may be the new energy crop in these parts. But elsewhere, communities are looking anew at power sources such as the sun and wind that may exist in their own backyards. The shift is being driven partly by legislation in Congress that would reduce the gases linked to global warming. The legislation, experts acknowledge, would do little to stem the heating up of the planet if other countries don’t take similar action. Should President Barack Obama sign the bill, it would put a price on each ton of carbon dioxide released. That would drive up the cost of polluting fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas and lead to investment in cleaner sources of energy. Getting into the game now — like JBS and the investors eyeing Greeley’s energy park are doing — could potentially reap profits: selling credits generated by reducing greenhouse gases now into the emissionstrading market the bill would create. That market could prove lucrative for projects that reduce methane, which is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide when it comes to trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere. The fear in Greeley, and elsewhere, is what else the legislation would change. In the city and surrounding Weld County, the worry is it would raise energy and fertilizer costs for farmers. They need to pump water to irrigate their crops and rely on cheap manure — the same manure that will be tapped for energy — when high natural gas prices drive up the cost of fertilizer. For the oil and gas industry, which produces more oil in Weld County than any other in the state, a shift to cleaner sources of energy could take away goodpaying jobs. And it’s not clear whether all those will be replaced by the new green jobs that supporters are banking on. “I can’t think of another place in the country like Weld County, where all the various interests are at play,” said John Christiansen, a spokesman for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which produces oil and gas from 4,600 wells in the county. Many are on fields planted with feed corn, which also is being used to produce ethanol for gasoline locally. The confluence of different interests has made Weld County a frequent stop for members of Congress interested in how climate legislation is playing outside of Washington. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., all made visits over the summer. “Our rural communities aren’t sold on this yet, there is a lot of uncertainty. But I think in the long run it will stabilize energy prices,” Markey said in an interview. Markey voted for the climate bill when it passed the House in June. Her vote could play a role in her re-election race next year in the largely Republican district. On an August afternoon, Markey and three other members of the state’s congressional delegation were singled out for their climate bill vote. A billboard covered with signatures and topped with the words “Shame on you!” stood at the entrance of the lunchtime event, organized by the American Petroleum Institute. The event drew about 600 people to a cavernous exhibit hall outside of Greeley for a pep rally opposing the legislation. API is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization for the oil and gas industry.

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Steve Wells, one of Weld County’s farmers/ranchers, addresses citizens gathered at a rally against federal legislation on climate change.

Capped wells can be seen in the foreground as Anadarko Petroleum Corp., drills a series of wells on a pad on a farm near Mead, Colo. The confluence of different interests has made Weld County a frequent stop for members of Congress interested in how climate legislation is playing outside of Washington.

Mountain Life ■ The Mountain Press ■ B Section ■ Sunday, October 18, 2009

Time draws near for Holiday of Hope pageant I probably sound like a broken record, but I hope many of you are planning to participate in The Mountain Press’ first Holiday of Hope pageant to benefit Relay For Life. The Nov. 6 deadline for registering for the pageant is nearing, and while we have several contestants registered in various categories, we would appreciate many more to participate in the contest and ensure a full day of fun Nov. 21 at Tennessee Shindig in Pigeon Forge. As I’ve mentioned before, I stole this idea for a pageant from a fundraiser held in my hometown. They seemed to have a lot of success with it and had a lot of fun doing it. It will be a simple pageant. There are no interviews, wardrobe changes or talent competitions. There’s less stress for the contestants, and it’s really all about having fun and supporting the American Cancer Society anyway. We will be holding an informational meeting from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the newspaper office. Any time during those three hours you can come by to pick up forms, turn in forms and registration fees, learn the pattern of the beauty walk and ask any questions you may have about the pageant. We have categories for girls from infant all the way to 25 years old, and for boys infant to 3 years old. Plus a special category for cancer survivors age 25 and up. I’m especially excited about the survivor’s category. I’ve had calls from a 91-year-old woman who is a cancer survivor interested in being in the pageant, as well as a woman coming all the way from Kentucky to participate. By the way, the entry fee is waived for all cancer survivors, no matter which age division they enter. Pageant participants and spectators alike we will have the opportunity to win several prizes donated from area attractions. We will also have Kristi Thomas of Thomas Photography on hand to take portraits. The winners in each category will also be photographed for publication in The Mountain Press. I guess I’m getting a little — OK, a lot — anxious. This is the first big fundraiser I’ve helped plan and I truly want it to do well — not for me, but for all the people it can help. All of the proceeds will go to the Sevier County Relay For Life, which is set to kick off the 2010 fundraising season on Tuesday. The kickoff will be held at 6 p.m. at Tennessee State Bank’s main office in Pigeon Forge and will start a year of celebrating the 25th birthday of Relay For Life. Birthdays, specifically helping “create a world with more birthdays,” is the current goal of the American Cancer Society. “Every day more people are joining the movement to create a world with more birthdays,” the Web site morebirthdays. com states. “Our strength and commitment fuels the movement’s growth, inspires cancer survivors, and reminds us all how special one more candle, one more cake, and one more celebration with the people we love truly is.” I wish I had been able to see my Mema have more birthdays, as well as my Uncle Sonny. My Aunt Ruby was a breast cancer survivor and was gifted with more birthdays thanks to her treatments. My mother, thank God, is here to celebrate more birthdays after she too was treated for breast cancer. I hope my father, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews will also have as many birthdays as they can without the word cancer ever coming from their doctors’ lips. That’s why I’m involved in Relay and why I’m anxious for the Holiday of Hope pageant to be a success. I have hope that the work we do with Relay will continue to help fund research to treat and cure cancer. To give many more people many more birthdays. Think about getting involved in Relay For Life. It’s open to anyone who wishes to form a team, whether it be a group of family members, church members, coworkers, etc. So stop by the Relay For Life kickoff on Tuesday, I’ll be there with forms, or come by the office between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26. I’ll be glad to answer any questions you have about Relay or the Holiday of Hope pageant. — Gail Crutchfield is the community editor of The Mountain Press. Call 428-0748, ext. 215, or e-mail to gcrutchfield@themountainpress.com.

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Club members Matthey Diaz, Sean Murphy and Diamond Smith check on volunteer Lorraine Hendricks as she keeps her eye on one of the holes.

‘Four’ a good cause Golfers hit the links for Boys & Girls Club Submitted reports The Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains held its annual golf tournament at Eagle’s Landing with 59 teams playing throughout the day. According to Faye Randolph, Eagle’s Landing Golf Club manager, it was the largest benefit tournament ever held at the course.The event raised enough money to serve 62 children for an entire year — 24 more than last year’s tournament. “Despite the economic climate, this event just proves yet again that the hearts of Sevier Countians are as big as the Smoky Mountains,” according to Chief Professional Officer Mark Ross. “They heard of our kids’ need this year and they took it up a notch to make sure that the kids of this community have a safe place to go after school and during the summer. We still need to raise a substantial amount during the last quarter of the year to meet current demands, but the success of this event helps immensely and gives us hope for the rest of 2009.” The overall winning team was from Sevier County Utility District, whose members were Matt Ballard, Eddie Ballard, Jimmy Hatcher and Jerry Floyd. They each took home a $150 gift certificate to J Floyds Golf & Gun Works. The team also won a chance to play Tennessee National Golf Course. Second flight winning team of Keith Biggs, Aaron Ward, Rich Rodriguez and M.J. Pappas from The Partridge and The Pear at Christmas Place won $150 gift certificates and a round at Holston Hills Golf Course. James Cochran, Noah Vickers, Stan Reno and Bo Collins represented the third flight winning team from Gray Hodges. They won $150 gift certificates and a round at Oak Ridge Country Club. Prizes were also awarded on each hole. “Several prizes were donated from another golf tournament that didn’t take place this year,” said Ross. “We were able to add those to certificates we had already collected so we were able to give out some great prizes.” Pilot Food Mart was the present-

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Club area director Jessica Page and volunteers Tracy Layman, Chuck Ottolini, Kevin Ownby and Beth Urquhart share a laugh with a golfer as she signs in.

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Jimbo Conner and Leonard Waring are all smiles as they head off to the course. ing sponsor for the tournament, with Regal Entertainment returning as event sponsor. Wilderness Resorts sponsored the golf carts and Food City was the long drive sponsor. Collier Restaurant Group provided breakfast, while lunch was provided by Bullfish

Grill, which also provided food for the awards presentation. Although no one got a hole in one, Burchfiel-Overbay Associates was prepared to award $10,000 and Ownby Insurance a 2009 Camaro. The event committee included Eric Johnson,

Barry Shular, Brian Jensen, Jeff Dickert, Steve Layman and Drew Overbay. Next year’s tournament is scheduled for Oct. 6. For more information contact Sue Dempersmier at 428-6550 or e-mail to bgcresource@bellsouth. net.

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The Mountain Press â&#x2014;&#x2020; Sunday, October 18, 2009

Pig roast features pow-wow From Submitted Reports

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Seymour Rotary Club members (behind table) Faye Nelson, Jan Moore, Deanna Mendenhall-Miller and Bonnie Finchum register runners for the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual 5K road race on the campus of The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy. The race raises funds for college scholarships for Seymour area youth.

SEVIERVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If you want to learn to dance, play the flute or drum like a Native American, you can join in the festivities this weekend at the first Native American pow-wow to be held in the area in more than a decade. The Spirit Lives On Native American Powwow is Friday and Saturday at St. Joseph the Carpenter Episcopal Church on Hardin Lane. It will take place in conjunction with the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th annual pig roast. On Friday, a special emphasis will be placed on children, who can learn about Native American culture and enjoy special activities. Members of several tribes will be represented among the dancers, artists and crafts people, said Melissa Whiteface, who is organizing the pow-wow. She expects Cherokee, Sioux, Navajo and Aztec participants, and perhaps others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to learn how to dance, join in,â&#x20AC;? Whiteface said.

Participants will wear different regalia for a variety of dances, all with their own meanings, which will be explained by the emcee. Native American judges will award prizes to the best dancers. Flute and drum players will also teach their skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At a pow-wow, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very spiritual,â&#x20AC;? Whiteface said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dances are devoted to purposes such as honoring servicemen or asking for the healing of elders. American tribes have different customs and languages, but all are considered earthkeepers.â&#x20AC;? Flute players, hatchet throwers, story tellers and about 35 vendors of Native American crafts are expected to attend. Historian Doc Abrams of Cherokee, N.C., will attend Friday only. Indian frybread will be on sale. A star quilt will be auctioned to benefit the children on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, which Whiteface described as very needy. She is a Lakota Sioux, originally from South Dakota,

and a fifth-generation descendant of Crazy Horse. As a matter of etiquette, she said people should not refer to the Native Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dress as â&#x20AC;&#x153;costume,â&#x20AC;? because it is authentic. It is correct to call it regalia, she said. The pow-wow and pig roast run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Admission to the powwow area is $5, except on Friday when children may enter free. Special booths will cater to children. The proceeds go toward prize money for the contestants. Admission to the pig roast part of the event is free. Visitors are encouraged to take pictures, except during the blessing and prayer ceremony at the beginning, and except when an eagle feather drops from someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regalia, Whiteface said. In that case, the feather must be blessed again and passed on to someone else. For more information, call St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 4530943.

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Seymour event funds scholarships From Submitted Reports SEYMOUR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Seymour Breakfast Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17th annual 5K Road Race/Walk and Golf Tournament attracted over 80 runners to the 5K and 11 teams in the golf tournament. Proceeds fund college scholarships for Seymour area youth and other community service projects throughout the year. Rotarian Jeff Foster led club efforts in the administration of the 5K on the campus of The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy. Rotarian Matt Ballard chaired the two-person scramble golf tournament at Creekside Plantation. Preliminary

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Conner/DeBusk Paul and Vicki Ownby of Sevierville, and Stephen and Kay Conner of Knoxville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Nicole Conner, to Christopher Lynn DeBusk, son of Robby and Wendy DeBusk of Knoxville. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Arthur and Regina Vance, Marie and Bud Hamilton, Barbara Conner, and the late Frank Conner. She is a 2005 graduate of Sevier County High School. The prospective groom is the grandson of Linda Tanner. He is a 2005 graduate of Fulton High School. He is employed by Paul Ownby Painting, LLC. The wedding will take place at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 7,

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Melissa Nicole Conner and Christopher Lynn DeBusk will be married Nov. 7. 2009, at Honeysuckle Hills, Pigeon Forge. All friends and relatives are invited.

Tommy and Jean Ayers of Gatlinburg are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct, 18, 2009, at Cartertown Baptist Church. All friends and relative are invited. Wilma Jean Compton and Tommy Ayers were married Oct. 17, 1959, at Roaring Fork Baptist Church in Gatlinburg. The Rev. Rellie Trentham officiated. The wife’s parents were the late Shirl and Johnnie Compton. The husband’s parents were the late Virgil and Cora Ayers. Tommy Ayers is owner of Ayers Electric. Jean Ayers is retired. The couple’s children are Mitch and Susan Ayers

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Tommy and Jean Ayers have been married 50 years. and David and Tammy Ayers. They have five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

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paper. Only anniversaries of at least 50 years will be published. ■ Wedding announcements received more than six months after the ceremony will not be published. ■ If a wedding date has not been set, announcements must state the anticipated month or season of the year, not to exceed 12 months out. ■ Announcements may include a photograph of the bride/bride-elect or the wedding/anniversary couple. Color photos can be submitted, but the should be of professional quality. Photos will not be printed in color. If we judge a photo to be of questionable quality or content, we will not print. ■ After publication, photos can be picked up at The Mountain Press front office or be returned be mail is a self-addressed, stamped envelope of appropriate size is provided. Please do not submit originals because the paper can not guarantee return. Photos should be labeled.

Ted Myers: Great friend, outdoorsman, storyteller The outdoors and many who play in it have lost a good friend. His passing could go unnoticed by many. Hopefully, these words of tribute will magnify a glimpse of the good and the gifts in the life of Ted Myers. His 1950s Pigeon Forge family home and the adjacent family dry cleaning business — the community’s first — were demolished at the widening of Middle Creek Road’s juncture with Teaster. Their across-the-road neighbors were Bert and Grace Whaley and clan and now the newly relocated Gum Stand Baptist Church. Ted was one of the Forge Boys of the ’50s, with a smalltown lifestyle like Jimbo Whaley’s signature song “Kings of Orebank,” except with a 20-year model difference. As a youngster, Ted was in and out of our grocery and dry goods store and a friend and classmate of my brother, Rick. Both were five years younger than I. Years passed too quickly. Ted and I got reacquainted in the late ’60s or early ’70s through our common backgrounds

and interests in fishing and hunting. Wynn’s Outdoor Sporting Goods store was the catalyst. Even then, Ted was becoming Wynn’s guru on anything outdoors and quickly becoming an expert on hunting, fishing and outdoor gear. He was very likable, and customers were drawn there by his helpfulness. His friendship and knowledge filled a gap for me. Brothers Johnny and Claude Yett closed their roadside market near Robert Tino Gallery. I missed their hometown banter. I missed their rocking chairs, potbellied stove, spittoons and crappie minnows on demand. I even missed their baloney sandwiches not served through a drivethrough window. And I especially missed that ever-present undercurrent of “we go way back” feeling in every conversation. Ted picked up that friendship torch for them — and for me. Wynn’s expanded their fishing, clothing, hunting, guns and ammo lines and Ted served outdoor lovers well. In time, Ted was fishing and hunting on

As Wynn’s moved to Highway 66, Ted had built quite a following, both here and from out of state. One report was that he clad outdoorsmen in chest waders alone to the tune of more than $150,000 in one year. Scores of folks enjoyed manufacturer-sponsored shows and trips to sample fishing with Ted: Phil Webb, Ray Ball, Al their products and field Schmutzer, brother Phil, test. Whether it was Jim Gerding, Ronny Joe fishing conditions, best Whaley, myself and, I’m tackle, best equipment sure, dozens more. combinations, best trout Ted was quiet, unasfly or one of 10,000 other suming, modest, usually questions, Ted was eager gentle and very likeable. to help and advise. He liked a good laugh and If he wasn’t sure, he’d dial the manufacturer. He any funny outdoor story. was a walking encyclope- He was a fisherman’s fisherman. Although he loved dia. grouse hunting, in his As a Pigeon Forge heart of hearts I believe youngster, Fred he loved fishing best. Montgomery was his Most folks who knew mentor, friend and outhim best say when they door smallmouth bass said his name they fishing idol. One of thought of a guide — several brothers of the Montgomery clan at Pine helpful, leading, solving. I would add that fruits Grove, the river bottom of the spirit also come to area encircling Shiloh my mind. From my view, Cemetery, Fred waded and fished that loop of the Ted was probably most Little Pigeon, West Prong at home trout fishing the Clinch, Holston or the and often took Ted. Smokies or camping at Later, most any helphis favorite spot on Bluff ful technique Ted shared Mountain. was followed by, “Fred Ted was a shy smile, Montgomery showed me a story for another day, that.”

a chuckle, a sparkle of eagerness in the next cast, and vowing to make the best of things. He was first to arrive at the ballgame and last to leave when his family played. The 10-year-old son of a friend of mine, on learning of Ted’s passing, sadly wailed,” Daddy, does this mean we can’t ever buy any more fishing tackle?” I missed an opportunity to tell another outdoor friend and buddy how fine it was to have such a friend. And, that to have common interests and talk the talk was important to me. And, as often as possible, getting time to walk the walk made my day. Sometimes just getting a “what’s bitin’ and where” report was a joy in itself. Yeah, I wish I’d taken the time to tell Ted and many others missed how much I valued their friendship and how their gifts of kindness enriched my life. For our close friends, usually far way, we do it annually with Christmas cards. We need to regularly remind our

everyday, casual friends of those things we truly value about them. People more licensed than I call it validation and affirmation of a person’s strengths, skills and value, one to another. I think it is being a genuine, authentic, loyal friend to someone and intentionally reminding them of their traits that you most admire and most value in your friendship. Someone with whom you make sure you stay in touch. So, Ted, I’m a little late. Thanks for all your advice, coaching, replaying old days, the laughter, and for being my friend. Oh, and all your free guide tips and help. I always admired your eagerness to help anyone. You truly were a servant guide to many of us. So, don’t you and Fred catch too many smallmouth and trout up there. Remember the Forge Boys’ motto: “We got to leave some for seed …” — Ron Rader is a real estate agent for Sperry Van Ness/R.M. Moore LLC in Secvierville.

Chamber Foundation helps clean Spur From Submitted Reports GATLINBURG — The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation is helping to keep the Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge clean and litterfree through its AdoptA-Spur efforts. Due to the construction and repaving on the Spur throughout 2008, this program was halted, but has been revitalized through the Gatlinburg Goes Green program. Chamber member businesses are sending volunteers to help Chamber staff to pick up litter along the Spur once a month. “We are so excited that our business community has stepped up to the plate to help us reinstitute such an important program. It is through this program that we are able to see tangible results to our concerns for the national park and its well being,” Executive Director Vicki Simms said. In October, Oak Leaf at Gatlinburg Chateau staffers Warren and Maryann Hanrahan joined Chamber staff to clean the portion of the Spur that stretches from the Gatlinburg Welcome Center all the way to the beginning of town in an effort to maintain the natural beauty for visitors coming into town. Other businesses who are donating their time to help the environment are Ripley’s Aquarium

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The Mountain Press ◆ Sunday, October 18, 2009

Public pulpit

God’s changing world filled with magnificence of colors By ALTA RAPER Have you ever noticed how colors play such an important part in our life? They affect our moods and our emotions, as well as our sense of well-being. Different colors have as much to do with our feelings as different smells, different sounds and different touches. I am a person with a double dose of color feelings. Everything that has a color is either happy or sad. I have a set of happy dishes. I used to have a set of sad dishes. I got rid of them — they were brown. Now, I have dishes with pretty pink flowers and green leaves. They are my happy dishes. Ladies feel better when we know we look good. There are certain colors that make us look better than others.

Wearing colors we know look good on us makes us happy and we have more self-confidence. On a rainy day, I like to wear red or some other bright color as it lifts my spirits. Each season of the year comes with its own beautiful colors, and with autumn now upon us I look forward every day to the changing colors of the leaves and foliage in the mountains. With beautiful shades of red, yellow, orange and green, they adorn the mountainsides making them simply breathtaking. In another couple of weeks, the leaves will be at their peak and folks from far and wide will be traveling these mountain roads to enjoy their beauty. How privileged we are to live in this little bit of heaven on earth. God is good. I love to walk in the

fallen leaves, kick them in the air and see them fly around with each step, hear their crunch under my feet, and smell the pungent earthy smell of fall. The faint smell of burning leaves wafting in the air takes me back to my childhood and happy memories of days on the farm. God’s world is ever changing and it is filled with the magnificence of light and changing colors, bringing happiness into our lives. “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad.” — Psalm 96:11. — Alta Raper is pastor of Pittman Center Circuit of the United Methodist Church: Burnett Memorial UMC in Pittman Center, Webb’s Creek UMC just off 321 in Gatlinburg, and Shults Grove UMC in Cosby.

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London to venerate the relics of a 19th-century nun who became a Roman saint. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Congregation gets Catholic The relics of St. Therese Rudimentary telescopes, of Lisieux arrived at the celestial globes and original Torah scroll back cathedral Monday evening manuscripts by Galileo are ST. LOUIS (AP) — A after a stop at London’s going on view at the Vatican Torah scroll that was Wormwood Scrubs prison. Museums as part of an donated to a federal prison Her three-day stop here exhibit marking the 400th in Springfield 45 years ago marks the high point of anniversary of the astrono- has been returned to its St. a monthlong tour of the mer’s first celestial observa- Louis-area congregation. relics of venues including tions. The Congregation B’nai cathedrals, convents and the “Astrum 2009: Astronomy Amoona in the St. Louis and Instruments” traces suburb, Creve Coeur, loaned Anglican York Minster. the history of astronomy Judaism’s holy object in through its tools, from a 3rd 1964 to enable Jewish pris- Church taps man century A.D. globe of the oners to read from it during to replace pastor zodiac to the increasingly Sabbath services. complicated telescopes used Officials at the U.S. MARYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — in more recent times to gaze Medical Center for Federal The southwestern Illinois at the stars. Prisoners returned the scroll church where a pastor was At a briefing to launch the after deciding there weren’t gunned down during a exhibit Tuesday, Monsignor enough Jewish prisoners to Sunday sermon in March Gianfranco Ravasi, the justify keeping it. now has an interim replaceVatican’s top culture offiment. cial, declined to revisit the Thomas Huffy will be the Worshippers gather 1,500-member Church’s 17th century conFirst Baptist demnation of Galileo for Church of Maryville’s pastor to venerate relics his discovery that the Earth while the church searches LONDON (AP) — revolved around the sun. for a permanent successor Worshippers gathered at to the Rev. Fred Winters. Westminster Cathedral in

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Smoky Mountain Bible Institute Lesson #3 Welcome to class. Please take out your Bibles and prepare to take copious notes as the information that follows is of great value…. I would like to briefly mention before I continue that much of what I have been recently writing is based on a presentation I did at one of our High School Youth gatherings. And while this presentation had many sources, I would like to cite one primary source so that you might look into it yourself. There is a 4-DVD set of presentations by Brian Edwards titled “How do we know the Bible is true?” I would particularly recommend the two titled “Why 66? The Canon of Scripture” and “Scripture under Scrutiny”. So let’s continue…. Shall we?… Last month I told you about a king that did not exist. This month, let’s talk about an edict that did not exist. We all know about the biblical account of the Roman census that sent Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, as recorded in Luke’s Gospel. Well, until a papyrus was discovered which called for a census of Egypt in AD 104, critics claimed that no emperor would ever call for such a ridiculous census that moved people all over the place. Guess what the Roman census of Egypt in AD 104 called for….people to go to the town of their birth. Hmmmm…sounds familiar. Since they can no longer dismiss the edict as impossible, they now are quibbling over the date being a few years off. Since scripture always seems to be proven correct when ancient discoveries are made, I will lean on the biblical dates—not my own understanding or the understanding of any other fallible human critic of Holy Scripture. As I stated earlier, Scripture itself is the most reliable witness to its authorship and time frame of writing. However, let’s look at some early historical witnesses and what they have to say about what we today call the Holy Bible. Let me first introduce to you an early church father by the name of Irenaeus of Lyons. This man studied under Polycarp who was martyred in 155AD, and it is traditionally held that Polycarp was a student of the Apostle John. So Irenaeus was only one generation from the original writers of Scripture. This makes him a very reliable witness. Irenaeus is one of the earliest and greatest defenders of Scripture’s divine inspiration. In his writings from around 180 AD, he quoted over 1000 scripture passages from all but 5 books of the New Testament. (That he did not site Philemon, 2nd Peter and others is no wonder as they are very small.) Irenaeus himself called them “the Scriptures” given by the Holy Spirit. Similar claims of divine inspiration can be cited in the 3rd century by the early church fathers, Clement and Origin of Alexandria. They too cite Scripture as a fixed number of writings with divine authorship. Origin is the first to mention all 27 books of the NT in 240 AD. Let’s look at one more church father—Athanasius of Alexandria. He too cites 27 NT books in 367 AD, and he wrote the following words: “These are the fountains of salvation, that whoever thirsts, may be satisfied by the eloquence which is in them. In them alone is set forth the doctrine of piety. Let no one add to them nor take anything from them.” You may think these witnesses are biased and they probably were, but their bias does not invalidate their witness. Their credibility is not historically in question, so their witness is of great value. But if one must marginalize the church fathers, then maybe you might take the word of a Jewish historian at least with regard to the Old Testament. Josephus is accepted world-wide as one of history’s earliest historians. He refers to sacred scriptures divided into three parts: the five books of the Torah; thirteen books of the Nevi’im, and four other books of hymns and wisdom. Since there are 24 books in the current Jewish canon instead of the 22 mentioned by Josephus, some scholars have suggested that he considered Ruth part of Judges, and Lamentations part of Jeremiah. “The Jewish Canon has only 24 books because of the combination of books like Kings & Chronicles their 24 contain the same information as our 39. So let’s see what he had to say about our Old Testament. In about 90 AD, Josephus wrote the following words: “for we have not an innumerable multitude of books among us, disagreeing from and contradicting one another [as the Greeks have] but only twenty-two books, which contain all the records of all the past times, and which are justly believed to be divine.” Alright class—next month we will briefly discuss and define what these early witnesses considered to be the Holy Scriptures or the Canon, and maybe even consult a papyrologist about some very old papyrus documents. Don’t worry we will be asking the archeologist and scientist to join us in the future as well. Thanks for attending S.M.B.I. …class dismissed

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community calendar Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 4280748, ext. 214, or e-mail to editor@themountainpress. com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

sunday, oct. 18

elry sale 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in classrooms. Proceeds benefit LeConte Medical Center.

thursday, oct. 22 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

Sims Chapel Church, 6:30 service with singers the Bradley Family from South Carolina. 453-7534.

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

Kodak UMC

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study

Sims Chapel Singing

Pine Mountain Railroad performs, 9 a.m. worship service, Kodak United Methodist Church, 2923 Bryan Road.

Mission Dinner

Pigeon Forge First Baptist Church Thai dinner 7 p.m. following 6 p.m. service. Proceeds go to build home for pastor of Thailand church. Donations at door. 774-1709 for reservations.

monday, oct. 19 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church n 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Garlands of Grace womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible study: n 9 a.m. UMC Pigeon Forge n 2 p.m. Blue Mountain Mist B&B, Pullen Road, Sevierville

Friends of Library

Friends of Kodak Library meets at 6:30 p.m., with local author Doris L. Gainer. Refreshments served.

GateKeepers

Gatekeepers Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Bible studies: n 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mountain Drive, Sevierville. 310-7831. n 6:30 p.m. Seymour

UMC, Chapman Highway. 436-0313.

and Sharon Sutton fund Missionaries For Christ.

Midway FCE

Rummage Sale

Midway Family, Community and Education meet 1 p.m at Mountain National Bank. Program: Stress and how to deal with it.

Suthern Livinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nite

Suthern Livinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nite, Wears Valley United Methodist, 3110 Wears Valley Road. Relay for Life team serving meal of beans, greens, and cornbread for $5. Entertainment to follow.

Genealogy Class

Theresa Williams to hold free beginning genealogy class 4:30-5:30 p.m., Main Library, 321 Court Ave. 908-7988 day prior to class so materials can be reserved.

Book Sale

ABC Book Sale 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center classrooms. Proceeds benefit the LeConte Medical Center.

friday, oct. 23 Concert at Church

Rummage sale 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday at The Crossing Church, 215 Kyker Ferry Road, Kodak, off Highway 66 near post office.

Church Lunches

St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church taking orders for boxed pork sandwich lunches to benefit local nonprofits. $7. Lunches can be picked up at Mountain Hope Clinic between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 23. 774-7684 for orders.

Pig Roast/Pow-Wow

Native American powwow part of pig roast at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church on Hardin Lane, Sevierville. 10-5 today and Saturday. Pow-wow admission $5. Meal Saturday 11-5. $8. Tickets at door or in advance from church members. 453-0943.

Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Out

Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Out 6 to 10 p.m. at the Pigeon Forge Community Center. Includes bowling, swim-

ming, pizza and a movie. Cost, $10 for PFCC members and $15 for non-members. 429-7373.

saturday, oct. 24 5k Run for ACS

Tanger Outletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first 5K run/walk at 8 a.m. at Tanger Five Oaks. Preregistration $20 by Oct. 17 or $25 day of race. 453-1053 or wwwtangeroutlet.com.

Pig Roast/Pow-Wow

Native American powwow part of pig roast at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church on Hardin Lane, Sevierville, 10-5. Pow-wow admission $5. Pork meal $8 from 11-5. Tickets at door. 453-0943.

Festival Trunk/Treat

French Broad Valley Baptist Church Fall Festival/trunk or treat 4-6 p.m. Hot dogs, candy and games.

sunday, oct. 25 Toy Run

a.m.; ride leaves at 1. Bring a toy or $10 per person. E-mail to fxdwglide@hotmail.com or santa@shilohriders.com.

Soccer Shoot

Gatlinburg Elks Lodge soccer shoot, 2 p.m. at Walters State in Sevierville, for ages 14 and under. Trophies in each age group. 4367550.

Boyds Creek Baptist

Boyds Creek Baptist Church monthly service in song, 7 p.m. with Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad.

monday, oct. 26 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church n 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Gatekeepers

East Tennessee Toy Run from Smokies Park to Maryville. Gates open 9

Gatekeepers Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible study 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mountain Road, Sevierville. 310-7831.

Faith Trio and the Camerons perform 7 p.m. at Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. Offering to help John

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Hospital Benefit

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Our obligations as humans Bettis hired to oversee Noblesse oblige is French for nobility obligates. It means as Marvel Comicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spider-Man quotes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;With great power comes great responsibility.â&#x20AC;? However, this noble obligation is not restricted to superheroes like Spider-Man. We all have a great power to be found within ourselves. Everyone has a gift that is unique to them. Moreover, we are responsible for using that gift for greater things than only providing for ourselves. It is our responsibility to use these talents to lead the way for the coming generation. To have so much to offer the world and to keep it pinned up inside oneself is to let oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind go to waste. What good would the creation of vaccines be if they were only created by ill scientists for personal use? Of what importance would teachers be if, rather than shedding knowledge and skills onto others, they kept it all to themselves? Yet, the great responsi-

flowing river, and carve you an eternal spot into the canyon of time. It is our duty to the human race to let whatever talents we have blossom out and help as many others as possible. At the end of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, whatever capability goes beyond scienbilities they have stored tists and teachers. Those inside their material who build the lab which brain becomes obsolete. the scientists use are of However, how they used equal importance. Making these capabilities to it possible for students to improve society and pass learn is just as owed to the skills and thoughts on to school bus driving ensur- others, will last as long ing their arrival as it is to as the human race itself. the teachers within the Even Jesus said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;From school. everyone to whom much Every class is necessary has been given, much will for the proper functioning be required; and from the of society. If any certain one to whom much has class is to cease its contri- been entrusted, even more bution, society fails. will be demanded.â&#x20AC;? Part of the great honor Shaping the future by of living in this nation is having a positive impact that every person has the on society is a difficult potential of being of equal thing. We cannot hope to importance and greatness. complete the work in just It is only necessary that one generation. However, you find and pursue your in my opinion this is all particular talents, whatthe more reason that it is ever they may be, and let our â&#x20AC;&#x153;obligaciĂłn nobleâ&#x20AC;? to them trickle out onto the begin at once. earth. It may seem like â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dylan Gamza is a senior only a small brook at first, at Sevier County High School. but with persistence, your E-mail to dylan.gamza@gmail. abilities will grow into a com.

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Development.Â The first seven years, she worked at the Morristown campus.Â Prior to that, she worked at the College of Medicine at East Tennessee S t a t e University.Â Bettis She has a degree in business administration and a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in public health from ETSU.Â Â Bettis isÂ a member of First Baptist Sevierville andÂ the Sevierville chapter of the American Business Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association. The Sevier First Group health insurance plans call for a higher level of benefits for those who use Fort Sanders Sevier

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Taylor Seymour Rotary speaker From Submitted Reports SEYMOUR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brett Taylor, community banking officer with Tennessee State Bank in Seymour, spoke to the Seymour Breakfast Rotary Club recently. The club routinely asks members to give brief â&#x20AC;&#x153;classificationâ&#x20AC;? presentations. Taylor, as one of the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest members, gave information about his life. Other members making classification speeches at the meeting were David Bradley and Deanna MendenhallMiller. Taylor is from Kodak and has spent most of his life in the Sevier County area. Having been a Rotarian for

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Telephone a scary device now Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek thinking about how technology is leading to the downfall of civilization. Everywhere I log on I see wired people connected to the new electronic world. They walk around with metal things sticking in their ears speaking into space while others feverishly attack little contraptions with both thumbs. Auto accidents are skyrocketing as webconnected drivers forget they are even driving and immorality and new forms of crime are popping up everyday. The invention of the wheel is nothing compared to the invention of ebay or that sweetly disguised world changing voice, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got mail!â&#x20AC;? Technology is a worldwide problem. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to use an expression like â&#x20AC;&#x153;a freight train out of control,â&#x20AC;? but that would be so low tech and uncool. Our high-speed electronic highway doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any speed limits and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find an exit! We are all trapped and racing to a destination known as the end of civilization. History channels on other planets will show how it all started on earth with Pacman and Space Invaders. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to personally blame Al Gore for this global cyber mess because he publicly confessed that he invented the Internet a few years ago. I should send him a note explaining his global warming initiative isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to hardly matter a hill of beans in comparison to the risks of viral global worming in our national defense systems. In the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s (B.A.G.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;before Al Gore) computers started talking to each other using

phone lines. In those days most computers still just sat in a building somewhere and pretty much stayed out of trouble. When computers first started talking and networking together my life was still stable and my eight-track cassette was booming the incredible sounds of Hermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hermits and Paul Revere and the Raiders etc. As with so many disasters, it all started with good intentions. Someone had a great idea to take those little baby networks where a few computers were talking together and connect those networks to other networks and on and on. Connecting networks to other networks was called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Internetworkingâ&#x20AC;? and it spread like wildfire around the world. In 1982 standard internetworking rules were established and we quickly had ourselves a gosh darn global Internet. More than 12 percent of all web sites are ones you would not want any human to see and Billions (with a capital â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? ) of dollars are spent purchasing and viewing terrible things on the Internet. The Internet seems to bring out the best and the worse in human beings. It is a very tricky trade-off. Here is the problem.

My new telephone actually performs these tasks: I can touch my phone and turn it into a calculator, a weather center for cities where my kids live, dictionary, GPS, flashcards for my grandson, camera, compass and thousands of other things I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten around to downloading from the Internet. I can even verbally ask it questions and it will take my voice to the Internet and find the answers in seconds. My telephone is one scary piece of technology. It can do almost anything and is fighting to become even more important in my life ... and it is winning. Someone out there is thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, John wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forced to purchase a 60-gigabyte I-phone.â&#x20AC;? Well, without my phone how could I make sure my pictures are hanging level and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m certainly not going to carry around a flashlight when my phone can handle the job! Not so long ago a live chat room occurred on the front porch with friends and socializing

was done in person. Not any more. I even write this column and send it to The Mountain Press via the Internet. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never even physically been there. Is there really a place called The Mountain Press or is it some guy sitting on a stump in Singapore with a laptop? I called their phone number to ask and the lady who answered the phone did have a southern accent, but I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Technology has done some incredibly good things for mankind, but is moving too fast for me and is totally out of control like the raging Merced River and its Nevada Falls inYosemite National Park (You can google it and see what I mean). Sometimes I wonder if the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slowskysâ&#x20AC;? are the ones that really know what they are doing.

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Cattle need safe truck, trailer to reach their destination Have you ever thought about how important transportation is to the profitability of your beef operation? Producers spend all year producing a calf crop to market. The calves’ value can be severely reduced if they are injured or have excessive shrink during transport. The value of cull animals can also be reduced because of injuries during transport. A safe truck and trailer for transportation is critical. The truck pulling the trailer must have capacity to safely handle the trailer. Trailers should be kept in good condition and repaired when needed, as maintenance saves time. How long will it take to change a flat tire or repair a wheel bearing that goes out while hauling cattle? Breakdowns can be a headache, but if the trailer is checked out and serviced before loading, these problems can be avoided. Any trailer used to haul cattle should have a nonslip floor. Many producers use a wire cattle panel to provide traction, which works well as long as the trailer is clean before hauling another load. A thin layer of manure can cover the wire if the trailer is not cleaned. Make sure the wire is secure and use more than the minimum number of staples to hold it. Another option is a rubber mat; however, these also must be washed regularly. The trailer floor should be inspected and replaced when needed. Sharp edges and holes in the floor can injure cattle. The useful life of a wooden trailer floor is probably less than 10

years; if the trailer is not cleaned regularly, the life expectancy is probably less. Cleaning the trailer will help prevent injuries, assist in biosecurity and help prevent the spread of disease. Sort cattle into groups before loading. The first sort should be horned and polled. Give cattle with horns more room than the polled cattle, as they can bruise or injure each other. Don’t put cows in the same compartment as calves. The amount of room required per animal increases as the size of the animal increases. If hauling bulls that have never been together or have been separated for a considerable time, put them in separate compartments to avoid fighting. When cattle are purchased from separate sources they should be separated in the trailer to prevent them from trying to establish a new social order during hauling. When closing and opening gates in the trailer, take care to prevent injury. If cattle are overloaded, there can be a great deal of tension on the gates causing the gates to spring toward you when unlatched. Similarly, cattle can hit the gates with the same result. When loading cattle, move the animals slowly and quietly. Avoiding the use of electric prods and allowing the cattle to establish a

flow onto the trailer will help prevent the animals from getting excited and incurring a greater degree of shrink. Careful driving can prevent bruises, injuries and even death while hauling cattle. Whenever possible, avoid routes and times that have heavy traffic. Watch for traffic from side streets. Before hauling, think about the route that has the least amount of traffic, stops and sharp turns. Gentle acceleration and breaking will also prevent injuries and stress to cattle. Think about the weather when hauling cattle. Cold and icy conditions are not the only reasons for delaying the transport of animals. Summertime temperatures and high humidity can also be stressful on the animals. The road temperature is usually higher than actual temperature since road surfaces retain heat. Haul cattle in the early morning when the road has had a chance to cool overnight. When hauling in winter, avoid the coldest part of the day — remember that you need to account for wind chill. The worst time to haul cattle is during a cold rain in the winter, which decreases the temperature on wet cattle, causing stress and sickness. — Alan Bruhin is the Sevier County agricultural extension service director. Call him at 453-3695.

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Don’t lead a lonely life This past week we celebrated my motherin-law’s 80th birthday. Memories of all the happy times together seemed to permeate the event. I thought of the legacy of her life. It was a legacy of giving and sharing. Often she shared with total strangers. She shared her finances as well as her time and self. At 80 she continues to reach out to others by visiting old friends in the nursing homes each Saturday. She writes cards to shut-ins and anyone she knows that is going through a difficult time. Each Sunday, she and Dad look for a young couple to take to lunch. Older people call me for counseling and it seems their lives are filled with regrets. Part of the therapeutic process is to go back and review. This is sometimes painful, but often a glimmer of hope rises. You see, as long as there is life there is hope. I don’t care if you are 80 or 90 years old, there is an opportunity for you to put good things into another. Don’t put off the kind words or deeds. Build a legacy for yourself that involves doing and being for others. Have you ever met someone that was truly selfish? A selfish person dwells on himself or herself and their own needs or wants. They often wound those that would be the closest to them by ignoring them. Are these people a joy

thinking about your own problems and worries. Look around at those you are with each day. I guarantee you that you will find many that are in worse conditions than yours. I know that when you are in the middle of trouble it is difficult to lift to be with? Do you look your head and heart from forward to time together the position of self-pity or with them? Probably not. even self loathing, howIt is much easier to be ever I urge you to try. selfish with your time As you move through and talents. However, your difficult times, ponthe results can be an easy der the legacy of your life. lonely life. Dare to step What do you want to be out of your comfort zone. remembered for doing or Reach out to someone. saying or being? Begin Start with the familtoday to lift your head and iar relationships. Do heart away from yourself something for those in and towards others. your family. You will be There are benefits that a amazed what a kind word lifetime of therapy cannot or deed will do for somegive. Benefits that will last one. Begin to look for long after you are but a simple things that you can memory. do for others. — Rhonda M. Pemberton Don’t stop trying at the is a licensed clinical social first rejection. People are worker with a master’s from often wary of kindness, the University of Tennessee. especially if it comes from She has a private counseling someone that usually practice that focuses on famidoesn’t appear to care. lies and children/adolescents. Often the path to better E-mail to rhondap0226@aol. mental health is to stop com.

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UT to celebrate life of writer James Agee From Submitted Reports KNOXVILLE — The University of Tennessee will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Agee, the Knoxville native and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist, author and poet, with four weekends of events. The James Agee Centennial Celebration begins Oct. 23 and wraps up Nov. 22. Born on Nov. 27, 1909, in a home on Highland Avenue near James Agee Street, he spent his first seven years in Knoxville before leaving to attend boarding school. He returned to Knoxville for a year of high school and

then left again, eventually graduating from Harvard University. Agee went on to write for magazines and wrote the screenplays for “The African Queen” and “Night of the Hunter.” He won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his book “A Death in the Family.” Michael Lofaro, English professor and authority on Agee, organized the events to highlight the growing body of academic scholarship on Agee’s career and to celebrate the writer’s 100th birthday. Lofaro is the author of “A Death in the Family: A Restoration of the Author’s Text,” which is Volume 1 of the new 10-volume series

“The Works of James Agee,” published by the University of Tennessee Press. Lofaro, general editor of the series, is the Lindsay Young Professor of American Literature and American and Cultural Studies at UT. The first weekend of events features a threeday film festival, with screenings of movies that inspired Agee, movies that he was involved in making, and documentaries about his life and art. Films will be shown at various locations, including the East Tennessee

History Center, the Bijou Theatre on Gay Street and the Square Room on Market Square. Following weekends will feature an outdoor reading of selected Agee works in James Agee Park, lectures, a music performance at Laurel Theater, and exhibits at the UT Libraries’ Special Collections, the Knoxville Museum of Art and the East Tennessee History Center. For the full schedule, visit http://web.utk. edu/~english/news/ agee100.html.

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senior events By JANE FORAKER Get your flu shots here on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon. Personnel from the Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center will be offering the shots. No appointment is necessary. Bring your insurance cards. Computer classes will be offered starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. for those who would like to learn the basics or get more comfortable with working on a computer. Classes are $5 each, with a maximum of eight participants. “Bingo Blitz” is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Participants can have lunch and a full day of bingo for $5. Call or stop in to sign up. This event is sponsored by Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center. Make a dichroic glass pendant in a class at 10 a.m. Thursdays. Participants will create a keepsake starting at only $8 each. Eric and Sonya Krautner will instruct the class for beginners or experienced crafters. Our birthday/anniversary potluck luncheon is Friday at 12:30 p.m., followed by the Good Time Band and a game of bingo. Bring a covered dish to share. Bingo is sponsored by Mountain Brook Village. We are headed up to Andy’s Junction on Chapman Highway in Seymour Saturday. We will be leaving the center at 5:30 p.m., or meet the group there at 6 p.m. They have a full concession available for dinner; music starts at 7 p.m. Cost is $2 for transportation, and $5 for entrance fee. Register by calling the front desk. Nov. 7 is our second annual Pre-Holiday Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Jewelry, ceramics, floral, wood crafts and much more will be offered from over 50 vendors. Also offered will be food and baked goods. We have invited the Foothills Antique Tractor Club to join us. The community is invited. For more information, or if you are a crafter and would like a booth rental, call 453-8080, ext. 107 or e-mail to jforaker@seviercountytn.org. Menu for Monday: beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, peas, roll, dirty pudding. Tuesday: Pork barbecue sandwich, potato soup and brownie. Wednesday: Bingo Blitz; lunch provided by Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation. Thursday: smoked sausage, scalloped potatoes, corn, roll, peach crisp. Friday: potluck birthday/anniversary luncheon (bring covered dish). Meals cost $4. Call to make reservations. Friendly Bridge scores: Cindy McCann 5,430; Gary Eichmann 5,080; Janie Murphy 4,580. The regular weekly schedule: Mondays: Piecemakers Quilt Guild, 9 a.m.; painting with LaViolet Bird at 9 a.m.; 50+ Fitness at 10 a.m.; blood pressure checks 11 a.m.; Sit B Fit (gentle exercise) 11 a.m.; Bible Study 12:30 p.m.; bingo at 2 p.m. Tuesdays: Manicures and pedicures by appointment, 9 a.m.; woodshop and painting 9 a.m.; Pottery Class 10 a.m.; Ballroom Dance Class 10 a.m.; square dance class 1 p.m.; Friendly Bridge Group and bunco players 1 p.m. Wednesdays: 50+ Fitness and Stitch and Chatter Club 10 a.m.; horseshoes 10 a.m.; rummy, pinochle, poker and movie party 12:30 p.m.; dominoes 2:30 p.m. Thursdays: Woodshop opens at 9 a.m.; body sculpting class 10 a.m.; Sit B Fit 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge 12:30 p.m.; pottery class 12:30 p.m.; Ballroom Dance Class 1 p.m.; tripoley 1 p.m. Fridays: Ceramics 9 a.m.; 50+ Fitness 10 a.m.; horseshoes 10 a.m.; yoga-pilates class 11 a.m. The Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center and Sevier County Office on Aging is located at 1220 W. Main in Sevierville. To make reservations for upcoming events or for more information, contact us. — Jane Foraker is program coordinator at Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center. She may be reached at 453-8080, ext. 108.

Hiking club needs volunteers for trails From Submitted Reports The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club needs volunteers in Sevier or Cocke County to help maintain the Appalachian Trail near Cosby. The club operates out of Knoxville and most members live in Tennessee. They maintain 102 miles of the Appalachian Trail starting at Davenport Gap at the north end of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and extending through the Park, across Fontana Dam, and on to Wesser, N.C. The club could use some help on the northern portion. It needs experienced hikers who can do light work trimming brush,

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4-H members involved with striking ‘clover’ Sevier County 4-H members have conducted several “Struck by the Clover” service projects that have benefitted the community the past few months. One of the 4-H objectives is to teach responsible citizenship, through all projects, events and activities. One goal is for the individual members to develop a better understanding of their community and how they can contribute to it, through 4-H involvement. “Struck by the Clover” events were conducted earlier this summer at the Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic and the Sevier County Food Ministries. Twelve members worked alongside five adults to renovate the landscaping at both sites. The group trimmed shrubs, pulled weeds and put down a fresh layer of hardwood mulch. A total of 140 hours was donated to these projects. Special thanks goes to Seagle Landscape Supply for donating mulch and the Sevier County Master Gardeners for providing guidance. The Pigeon Forge Boys & Girls Club was “Struck by the Clover,” as 11 4-H teens taught a 12-session unit of “Wacky Science” at the club. Seventy-five Boys & Girls Club members participated in this hands-on science based curriculum. Wacky Science provides a positive educational experience for young people in day care settings, while giving teens the opportunity to develop their leadership skills. 4-H members donated 72 hours of service to this project. More recently the

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Family Resource Center, under the direction of Kim Loveday, was “Struck by the Clover” as 16 4-H members paired up with six adults to pack over 800 health care packets. The health care packets are distributed through children health fairs for kindergarten through thirdgrade students in Sevier County schools. This annual educational effort is sponsored through the Sevier County Health Department and related agencies. All totaled, 4-H members donated 55 hours of service time to this project. 4-H members are currently involved in planning other “Struck by the Clover” projects that will benefit the Sevier County Food Ministries, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministry and the Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic. 4-H opportunities are available to all fourth- to 12th-graders in Sevier County. — Glenn Turner is a Sevier County agricultural extension service agent. Call him at 453-3695.

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Legals

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300 Services

800 Mobile Homes

400 Financial

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LEGALS

INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sevier County is soliciting sealed bids on audio and video equipment for the conference room, located on the third floor of the Sevier County courthouse. Bids will be received at the Sevier County Mayors Office, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN, 37862 until 9 a.m., October 30, 2009, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Specifications and questions may be obtained from Perrin Anderson, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN, 37862, Telephone number (865) 774-3643 or panderson@seviercountytn.org. The Bidder’s name, address, bid opening time and the quotation "Conference Room Audio/Video Bid" must be printed on the sealed, opaque envelope containing the bid. Sevier County reserves the right to accept or reject any/or all bids and to accept the bid deemed most favorable to the interest of Sevier County. 10-18-09, 10-19-09, 10-20-09

107 LOST & FOUND

Found Black & White Cat with brown stripes behind carwash on Dolly Parton Parkway. Lost owners number. Call to identify 4288993.

Reward!! Solid brown hound dog, striped collar (FeeFee). 430-5609

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236 GENERAL

238 HOTEL/MOTEL

Area Wedding Chapel is seeking a Coordinator and a Photographer. Photographer must have digital editing exp. with Photo Shop and be able to provide, upon request, a portfolio of previous work. Coordinator needs a strong sales presence with proven success in wedding sales. Exemplary customer service skills and professionalism are required, with an ability to adapt quickly to last minute customer requests. Weekends are a must. Competitive pay and excellent benefits are provided. Please fax resume to 865-3810426.

Papa Johns Gatlinburg now hiring all positions. Please apply in person.

Office Assistant Needed. Computer and People Skills Required. Hospitality Experience Preferred. Fax Resume to 865-908-1247

Riverstone Resort is seeking an Executive Housekeeper. Full Time Position. Competitive pay. Apply in person at 212 Dollywood Ln. Pigeon Forge, Left at Traffic Light #8.

Cabin rental company seeking part time Guest Services Staff for 2nd shift. Weekends required. Please apply at 170 Showplace Blvd, Pigeon Forge. 774-5545. Douglas Cooperative, Inc., a non-profit organization providing comprehensive services to individuals with developmental disabilities, is currently accepting applications for a parttime Grant Writer. Experience preferred. Salary depending on experience. MVR & criminal background check required. Send resume and salary requirements by 10/31/09 to Paula M. York, Executive Director, 1101 Wagner Drive, Sevierville, TN 37862, email: pmydci@yahoo.co m, or fax (865) 4 5 3 - 6 7 2 1 . www.douglascooperative.net <http://www.douglascooperative.ne t/> EOE Earthbound Trading Company is looking for a 1st Assistant to join our Gatlinburg team. If interested please apply in person at 625 Parkway. Library Assistant needed. Computer and people skills required. Apply by email only with resume attached to kentonappl@yahoo.com

236 GENERAL

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Local cabin company taking applications for Reservationist, Assistant Manager, and Cleaners. Apply in person at: 333 Ski Mtn. Rd. Gatlinburg.

Small business owners Professionals Retirees Work from home for Knox based company 888-9703555 Smoky Mtn Taxi now hiring. F endorsement & clean driving record required. Call Tim 659-0151. St Louis based corporation is seeking one representative in this area to conduct in-home loan closings. We are a loan closing service representing many Internet lenders. NO SELLING! Permanent Part-Time Position. Existing Notary Public preferred but not required. To apply, or for more information, visit our website: www.PDQNOTARY.COM. Click on E M P L O Y M E N T. No phone calls please. The following position is available at Douglas Cherokee Head Start in Sevier County Special Service Assistant Assists in the delivery of program services to children with disabilities and their families. Will provide input, compile information, and complete records and reports. High school diploma or GED required. One year or more experience working with preschool children with or without disabilities required. Must have TN driver’s license, reliable vehicle and proof of liability insurance required; mileage will be reimbursed. Full-time average 3235 hours/week during the school year. Benefits include paid vacation; sick leave; paid holidays; partially paid health insurance; and paid educational opportunities. Pay based on education and experience. EEO Cutoff to apply is Friday October 23, 2009. Apply in person at: Douglas Cherokee Neighborhood Service Center 750 Old Knoxville Hwy. (in the Fairgrounds) Sevierville, TN 37876

Grand Crowne Resorts in Pigeon Forge now hiring sales reps. Experienced or Inexperience . Commission up to 25% partial pd next day. Full benefits. Call 865-851-5105 or 865-804-5672 Great Opportunity! (Office Coordinator) Americas Home Place, one of the Largest Custom home Builders in the South East is now accepting applications for an office Coordinator. This is a full time position. If you have a great personality and administrative experience we would be interested in talking to you. We offer an excellent training program and benefits package to include medical, dental, and 401k. Don’t miss this opportunity! Great benefits, great working environment! Fax resumes to 865-4650096 or email Craig Stephens at cstephens@americashomeplace.co m 237 HEALTHCARE CAREGIVERS -Need caregivers to work 4, 8 & 12 hour day and night shifts weekdays or weekends. Also need live-in caregivers to work 3-4 days. CNA’s or Caregivers. Experience preferred. Apply in person at East Tennessee Personal Care Service 320 N. Cedar Bluff Rd. St. 220 MonFri 238 HOTEL/MOTEL CLARION INN & SUITES Looking for dependable, detailed and customer service oriented personnel. Now accepting applications for the following full time positions: •Front Desk Excellent wages, bonus and benefits! Please apply in person M - F, 9:30am - 3pm. 1100 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN

Riverside Motor Lodge Gatlinburg now hiring experienced 311 Desk Clerk. Please apply in person.

241 PROFESSIONAL Executive Assistant Position Sevier County management company seeks executive assistant. Must have excellent computer, verbal and written communication skills and experience in handling multiple tasks in a fast paced environment. Experience in Marketing a plus! This position is key within the company, requiring a person with special skills in dealing with both internal staff and contacts outside the company. Must be able to react quickly and interpret the needs of management in a timely manner. Benefits include Excellent Salary, Medical Insurance, Vacation and 401k Plan. Qualified applicants should submit a resume and cover letter detailing skills and experience as well as

241 PROFESSIONAL compensation expectations to ex.assist@hotmail. com.

242 RESTAURANT

$26,000-$48,000 a year National chain looking for restaurant managers. No Breakfast or Late Nights. Qualifications: Must have proven team building skills & knowledge of P & L Call David Long 865-3889656. Email resume to ldavid211@comcast.n et.

Now Hiring: Experienced Bartenders & Servers, Apply in person at: Blaine’s Grill & Bar light #8 Gatlinburg Mon-Fri 11:30am3pm 244 RETAIL

Chico’s A Womens Retail Store is now accepting applications for Part Time Sales Associates. Flexible Schedule, Employ Discount Program. Apply in Person Five Oaks Tanger Center. Or Call 428-5150 to set up an appointment.

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The Mountain Press Â&#x2039; Sunday, October 18, 2009

307 CHILDCARE

Part time sales help wanted. Evenings & weekends. Competitive wages, high school graduate, nonsmoker. Employee parking at store. Apply in person at Myrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jewelry 962 Parkway, Gatlinburg.

246 TRUCK DRIVERS

DRIVERS WANTED TEAM DRIVERS WANTED

â&#x20AC;˘$5,000 sign on Bonus â&#x20AC;˘Great Pay and Equipment â&#x20AC;˘Team Assigned 2009 Trucks â&#x20AC;˘Health & 401K â&#x20AC;˘Requires CDL A and 6 months OTR experience â&#x20AC;˘Also hiring solos and owner-operators 866-531-1381 U.S.XPRESS www.xpressdrivers. com

COZY CABIN CHILD CARE Open 24 Hours. Mon.-Fri. Sat. Hrs. available Low weekly rates CPR/First Aid CertiďŹ ed 13 yrs. exp.

500 MERCHANDISE

356 STORAGE BUILDINGS

1ST MONTH FREE R&E STORAGE plus refundable cleaning deposit

Jay Ell Road 429-0948

Commercial storages

SELF STORAGE Convenient Location! 411 South, left on Robert Henderson Rd., 1/4 mile on right at Riverwalk Apts. 429-2962

557 MISC. SALES Store fixtures for sale. Smoky Mtn Forge Gift Shop. Light #7 Pigeon Forge 4281875.

581 PETS CKC Reg Chihuahuas 9 wks 1st shots, dewormed. 5736750

State Licensed Daycare has openings M-F 7am-5:30pm. EOA. 865-4369442

10X10 or 10x20

Bertram Family Childcare 2 openings for newborn-5 yrs. $99 wk includes all meals & snacks. Teacher with 35 years experience. Excellent references. Early Start Preschool Curriculum. For loving care when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there. Call 428-7155 or 382-0579.

Art Gallery in Arts & Crafts Community for sale. $45,000. 719-0156

Michele Price 851-5028

From 800 to 3200 sq ft 16 ft high building, 14 ft garage doors. Each building has separate 3 ft door. Good for motor homes, regular storage, etc. Electric furnished. Dynamite Storage 428-1774

307 CHILDCARE

435 BUSINESS FOR SALE

589 FURNITURE

555 GARAGE & YARD SALES For Sale Complete Wood Shop Planer Table Saw 24â&#x20AC;? Sander Etc. Hand tools Well Drilling Equip Roto Tiller Jet Pump Bladder Tank Eureka Steam Carpet Cleaner Rainbow Vacuum 9am-5pm for app 429-5961 Yard Sale Sat & Sun 7am-3pm. Collectibles, Nascar cars, Hot Wheels, kitchen. 315 Grandview Drive

35 sets off sofas & chairs $385 per set Sectionals $550 Recliners $169. Overstuffed sofas $285. 423-7482869

For Sale

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

610 DUPLEX FOR RENT Duplex-Spacious 2BR 1.5BA, located in quiet Sevierville neighborhood, large level lotAvailable immediately. Appliances furnished. Desire tenant with yr round employment. $695 mth. 1st last & security. 6075111 or 429-5111

693 ROOMS FOR RENT

DOWNTOWN SEVIERVILLE

Cable, Laundry, Kitchens, Clean Rooms, NO PETS.

800-359-8913

Weekly Rentals

King Sealy Luxury Plush Pillowtop. 15 inches thick. New in plastic. $499. 474-1495

King Serta Plush/Firm new in plastic. 12 inches thick. Perfect for cabin rentals. $349. 4741495

865-789-1427

Traditional townhouse 2BR 1.5BA Smoke free & pet free. $550 mth + $550 dep. Call 4285781. 605 BUSINESS RENTALS

Best mountain & city views. Immaculate! Downtown Sevierville 2/1.5, Ceramic Tile and new carpet. $575 monthly. $305 security. deposit. 366-4601

Mountain View Townhome apartment for rent 2BR 1.5BA. Newly remodeled with hardwood flooring & new carpet. Located in Gatlinburg. 1st mth rent & security deposit required. For more information call 865-868-0449 Mon-Fri 8:30am5:30pm or 865356-3015 after hours & weekends

2BR/2BA located in New Center area. $$500/mo / & upp + $300 damage g dep. No Pets Call for appt. p pp 428-5157

1 BR / 1 BA IN SEVIERVILLE $380.00 + DEPOSIT NO PETS 865-712-5238

Kellum Creek Townhomes 1 BR - $450.00 2 BR - $645.00

Apt for Lease in Wears Valley 1 Month Free Excellent Mountain Views.

329-7807

$169.77+

Affordable Housing in Gatlinburg

Lite 6, PF, Duplex, 2BR/1BA, $575 mo. 1st/last/dep. 865-898-7925

Rooms for rent, weekly rates, furn., cable TV, same rent all year.

NEWLY RENOVATED

556 FIREWOOD

Spacious, Furn or Unfurn 2 story & Garage W/D, D/W, Balcony Weekly or Monthly

1BR Apt. near Gat. W/D, DW, water, private ent. $160 wk./$575/mo.,$575 dep. 556-1929.

NICE, CLEAN

Includes Phone, Color TV, Wkly Housekeeping Micr./Frig. Available

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557 MISC. SALES

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

429-2475

2BR/2BA

Family Inns West

Townhouse

Sevierville

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Glenn Meadows, Glenn Vista & now Ruth Villas

Hard wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, plus many extras, 1 year lease, no pets, TVA energy efďŹ cient.

865-453-8947 865-776-2614

865-908-6789

590 APPLIANCES

601 TOWNHOUSES FOR RENT

2BR Apts

$600/mo. + Sec. Dep. water & sewer incl. W/D Hookup, Pet Policy

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

incl. water & sewer.

Pigeon Forge 865-453-4905

Seasoned Firewood $70 rick delivered and stacked. Hickory Avail.654-8541

FREE First Months Rent

428 Park Rd. near trolley stop CHEAP$100 weekly Includes All Utilities.

453-0727

G.E. Stovetop & Hood $200. G.E. Oven. $50. Very good cond. Cash only. 865-429-3150.

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

436-4471 or 621-2941

One Bed Rm, Queen Bed Utilities Furnished $650 month at Dollywood. Excellent for Seniors 1 or 2 865-4531607 Room for rent in Sevierville area with private bath. $500 mth & $500 security. Nonsmokers only. 865-7719834.

2BR, 1.5 BA Townhouse $ 580 Mo. Small Pets

Call 384-1054 Or 384-4054

2BR 1.5BA Sev. 1BR 1BA New Center. Stove & refrigerator furn. 453-5079.

3 Bdrm, 2 Ba apt in Sevierville. References required. 700.00 per mo. 500.00 da. dp. No pets. 865-5733549 APTS. AVAILABLE 1BR/1BA to 2BR/2BA $415.00 &UP. Many styles to choose from. 865-429-2962

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE Sale at public auction will be on November 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Brittni Costa and Michael Costa, wife and husband to Joseph B. Pitt, Jr., Trustee, on April 30, 2007 at Book Volume 2809, Page 359and conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register s Office. Owner of Debt: OneWest Bank FSB 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 Eighth (8th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 1 of Hillsview Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Large Map Book 5, Page 34 of record in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

1000 sq ft OfďŹ ce Space First month free $850/mo 1 yr lease Available Immediately Near Hospital

428-4244 608 RESORT RENTALS

Street Address: 2692 Colonel Drive Kodak, TN 37764 Current Owner(s) of Property: Michael Costa and wife, Brittni Costa The street address of the above described property is believed to be 2692 Colonel Drive, Kodak, TN 37764, 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. 09-020414

RV Sites on Indian Camp Creek Monthly or Yearly rentals. Util. Furn.. Near the Park off Hwy 321 850-2487 610 DUPLEX FOR RENT

1BR 1BA Duplex Apt off 416. $475 mth. $300 damage. 1 yr lease. No pets. 680-4290 or 428-1297 )8H%(87 eh (8H%'87 7ff$" M%: >eeakf" <[dY[Z OWhZ$ 9bei[ je >eif_jWb$ .&& ! ZWcW][ Z[f$ B[Wi[ je emd$ ,+*#-(-( W\j[h *FC ,+*#()-*

Very Nice, Restful, Safe. For female. Includes utilities. $110 wk 661-7770 696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 & 2 BR luxury apts. Jacuzzi, indoor pool. Moving van available. 3898918 1/2BR Apartment. Quiet neighborhood. No pets. Call 4533177 or 850-1693.

2BR 1.5BA Townhouse

Central H/A. All appliances + W/D. Very nice. Great location. PF City Limits. $650/mth + damage dep. No pets. 428-1951 Ask for Ron

2BR/2BA

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Yard Clean up

Affordable Lawn care & Landscaping

Trees Cut & Removal & Trimmed

Fall Clean-up Trees, brush & leaf removal.

865-654-0892

Call 865-382-5527 Or 865-453-8224

105 YARD & TREE SERVICES

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

C B Builders Experienced local carpenter Does all types remodeling Additions & Repairs Licensed & Insured

Call Conley Whaley 428-2791 or 919-7340(cell)

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Large 1BR Water & appl furn. No pets. Lease. $450 + dep 680-3078.

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Kodak area. 2BR 1.5BA. All appliances furnished. No pets. 865-5480032.

Spacious 2BR/2BA Apt 1100 sq ft. Close to town & school. $700 mon. 9ft ceiling. Call 742-6176

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Gatlinburg 2BR/1.5BA Wd. Fire place. Quiet & safe neighborhood. Kit appliances , w/d connections. No Pets $600 Mo. $400 deposit. 1 yr lease 865-654-3615.

Small 1BR apt. in Gat Utilities included. No pets $485 mth + deposit. 404663-6362

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Cutting of trees, underbrush & misc. Yard Work. FIREWOOD Free Delivery Call Joe 428-1584 or 850-7891

Gatlinburg 2BR 2BA w/washer & dryer hook up $700/mo 865-654-8368

Sevierville Duplex 2BR 2BA Whirlpool. 1 level. $700 mo. No pets. References. Tony-414-6611

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2BR Duplex. Quiet country setting. Water included. Pets ok $575 mth. 865-806-9896

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Furnished 1BR apt. Pond,creek. Wears Valley. 228-8414.

Pigeon Forge furnished efficiency apt. W/D H/A Large screened in front porch, over looking pond. $150 weekly. Available now. 865-365-1133

Apartments for Lease in Wears Valley Quiet and Easy Access. We also have some houses for rent. East Tennessee Realty Group

2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS and TOWNHOMES Sevierville 428-5161

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For Rent: 1BR $450, 2BR $550. 1st & Last mo., w/d conn. New construction, downtown Sevierville & Riverwalk. Call Phyllis 455-5821.

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Kodak 2BR/2BA, Washer/Dryer Hook-up 1 level, covered porch No Pets, 1 yr lease $500/$500 dep. 932-2613

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DOWNTOWN GATLINBURG 958 Parkway Retail Building 3680 Sq. Ft. Call 428-5161

CROSSCREEK 2BR/1.5BA $545 2BR/2BA Large Garden apartment $570.00 to $580.00 865-429-4470

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$99 move in Special + Deposit 1 Condo left 2BR/2BA with Pool Access Contact Kim 654-2850

Gatlinburg Beautiful 2BR 2BA Furnished Condo with Fireplace, Overlooks stocked trout stream and has heated pool. Walk to downtown Gatlinburg, includes water, cable, Flat screen TV. Immediate occupancy, Minimum 1 Year lease $950 mth. 865-771-9600 Studio condo on Pkwy, furn, util inc, wifi, cbl, indr pool $200/ wk 540-397- 4977 698 MOBILE HOME RENTALS

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$700 to $1000+. Wanda Galli Realty Exec. 680-5119 or 774-4307.

2BR/2BA Home Pigeon Forge Energy eff. Newly renovated. $750. Garth Birdsey 809-6119

Like New 3/2 2 car garage. Mtn view. 1st last & dam. Some pets. Call Terri Williams at Remax Prime Properties 865-556-4111/865428-1828

1BR Fully furnished Log Home Down Town Pigeon Forge. $650 mth. No Pets, No Smoking 865-7123026. 1BR Gatlinburg Trolley Rt. No Pets. $500 1st & Last.$500 Damage 453-8852

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3 BD / 2 BA 4 MILES FROM EXIT 407 $700/MONTH & DEPOSIT. NO PETS. 865-712-5238, 865-705-9096

Sevier County very nice late model double wide on corner lot, 3 bedroom, 2 bath,

3BR 1BA Gatlinburg $850 mth. 1st, last & sec. 599-7514 Mtn Ministries 3BR 2BA $675 mth 2BR 1BA $525 mth Lake access-Parking, appliances,private. Clean. Sec dep $750. Call Frank (865) 919-3433. 3BR 2BA 1400 sq ft in Gatlinburg. Fireplace. Furnished $950 or unfurnished $850 + deposit. 865-310-5556 3BR 2BA Log home in Wears Valley. Hot tub, gas fireplace, mtn views. $1000 mth. 239-560-1129 3BR/2BA For Rent/Sale in Country in Dandridge. 20 mins from Pigeon Forge. 561866-1291

$625/month

For Rent: 16x80 Mobile Home, 3BR/2 Full Baths, No pets. Must have refs. (865) 428-3096

Straw Plains, late model 2 bedroom 1 bath singlewide,

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in Sev./PF area. New 1900 sq. ft. 3BR/3 1/2BA, garage Central H/A. $1100/mo. Call 740-9850.

865-453-0086 2BR 1BA mobile home on Indian Gap Cir. 933-5509 or 7552402 2BR 1BA on private lot in Seymour. $450 mth includes city water. 1 block from Chapman Hwy. 654-1391 3BR/2BA Doublewide Doglas Lake area. $675 + deposit. 850-2207 Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Sleeps 2. Gat. Very clean & private. $115 wk Water incl. 579-1514. Kodak 3 homes 3+2 $500 2+2 $450 2+1 $425 + dep No pets. 933-6544. Kodak 4/2 Double wide, Den. City water. $700 mth. 865-908-0210 or 770-335-7008

2BR 1BA Pigeon Forge Carport, deck, private neighborhood, washer/dryer, central h/a. $725 mth. 1st, last & deposit. 1 yr lease. No indoor pets. 865654-4514 2BR 2.5BA Villa $700 mth $500 deposit. Catons Chapel area. 712-1022 2BR 2BA house for rent. Private, beautiful views, outdoor storage building, W/D hkup. No pets. $700 mth 1st mths rent & 1 mth security Annual lease. 865-9080026.

P.F home $1700/mth. 2/1 Condo Gatlinburg. $1100/mth. More rentals Pristine Realty 453-6389 or Hannah 556-2150.

4BR 2BA house $800 mth 1st, last & $250 dam dep. No pets. Call 4309889. Leave msg. 4BR 3BA Cobbly Nob area. No pets. $1700 mth. 1st & last. 305-274-9110 A Perfect Location 1 Block off Pkwy, near Walmart. 2BR/1BA Double Carport, Sun room, extra storage. Nonsmoking Environment. No Pets please. $745 mo/yr lease. 453-5396 Beautiful 4BR 3.5BA log cabin in Wears Valley. 4.8 miles from WalMart. Great secure location. $1400 mth Rent to Own. 423963-3211 For rent in Sevierville: 4BR 2BA & bonus room. No pets. $900 mth. Call 654-6898 or 4280769 GRANDVIEW 4BR 3BA 2 fp, views. $1200 mth. No Pets! ***Call: 428-4073*** House for rent 2BR 2BA Flat Creek Rd in Sevierville. No pets. 453-5337 Large home on lake for lease in Kodak area. Minutes from Exit 407. 4BR 4+ BA, large deck, 2 fireplaces. $2000 per mth. 850-2487

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Pigeon Forge-Near Ruby Tuesday 3/1.5. Carpet and Pergo floors/stoverefrigerator, central air and heat. NO PETS. Large level yard. Credit check 12 month lease. Ask about 37th month free. $500 Deposit $750 Rent. 423-318-9064 or 865-806-0702 Pigeon Forge. Weekly rentals. No pets. $175 & up. 865774-4604 Sevierville 4BR 2BA in very nice neighborhood. $1200 mth 1st & last. 6546709 Seymour Country Setting 2BR/1BA w/loft. No Pets $650 mo 428-4073

Two cabins for residential rental between Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge in Sky Harbor Development. Very nice & completely furnished. 1BR $600 mth, 2BR $700 mth 1 yr lease required. No subleasing. 423-2461500.

Waterfront just completed Upscale 3BR 3BA 3 car garage on 1 acre off 66 for lease. $1495 mth 1st last & sec. Call 388-9656.

Wears Valley 3BR 2BA Private driveway, 2 car garage, secluded. $900 mth + security 865-9083145 or 321-9606506 HUD PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE

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710 HOMES FOR SALE

New Townhomes 2 BD/2 BA Excellent View FHA, USDA Approved $105,000 Call Kim Sheets (865) 387-7717 Realty Plus (865) 428-8155

Cobbly Knobb 3 BR 2 BTH BSMT Rancher "Renovated" all thru. Pristine location on stream $199,900 Call Brackfield & Associates 865-691-8195

Nice 3BD/3BA house, approx 2,000 sq ft, 5 Star TVA rating. Large living rm., lg Kitchen 2 garages, Mountain View & some Lake view. Asking $229,000. Call Fred 865-4283766 OWNER FINANCEON THE RIVER IN PIGEON FORGE. 3BR 1.5BA New carpet & flooringnew counter topnew paint. Central H/A. $5000 down $159,000 6% for 30 years. $923.31 principal & interest monthly + taxes & ins $126.69 = total $1050 monthly. 423-318-9064 or cell 865-806-0702.

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829 MANUFACTURED HOME SALES

943 AUTOMOBILE SALES

Custom 3BR 3BA 2800 sq ft in heart of Gatlinburg. $275K. 430-1234

Beautiful above average 16x80. $27,750. For info: 591-7177

1993 Ford Taurus $1,500, 1995 Jayco Pop up camper $1,000 call 9087090

Pigeon Forge. Nice. Newly remodeled. 3 B R 2 B A $159,900 obo. 385-9530 Rental cabin 1400 sq ft. 3 mintues to dwntwn Gatlinburg $179K. 430-1234 Waterfront Just completed upscale 3BR 3BA 3 car garage. On 1 acre off rt 66. Beautiful home or Business $299,000 Limited Owner Financing possible. Call 3889656

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3BD/2BA With Land I will ďŹ nance!

2006 K-Z Jag 32JSS Slide out travel trailer w/warranty til March 2010. $12,000 Firm. 2420021. Can be seen at Powder Springs Storage.

Only 3 left! Call Mickey (865) 453-0086

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2004 SATURN ION2, AT, 4cyl, AC, PW, PDL, cruise, keyless entry, new tires. 68,000 miles, nice car, $5995. Call 865-607-6542.

945 TRUCK SALES

1751 WinďŹ eld Dunn Pkwy Sevierville, TN 37862

2000 Chevy Truck 1Ton V-8 Auto. New 8ft Steel Flat Bed. Has a Fifth Wheel. Call 368-2343

711 CONDOS FOR SALE Gatlinburg Condo 2BR 2BA in Hidden Hills. $125,000 owner fin. Like new. 2.64 ac. near Cosby P.O. 600 ft on 321. $66,000 Owner fin. 865617-4937 Day 865436-2594 Night

1997 HONDA Accord, 4 cyl., 5 sp. AC, 4 dr., looks & runs good. $3195. Call 865-607-6542.

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79 Chevy Truck 4x4 Run good. Looks good. $1500 4537213

714 LOTS FOR SALE 2 Adjoining Wooded lots on dead end street. Near park boundaries in Gatlinburg. $40,000 for both. Owner/ Agent. 423-2310307. LOT in Ridgewood Estate Subd. Underground utilities. $39,000. 209-4113 721 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Commercial or Residential Small House in Sevierville. Ideal for small business. 8502487. 722 BUSINESS BUILDINGS 4 office rentals + large garage. S. Blvd Way $249,000. 933-6544 723 TIMESHARE SALES

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For Sale: Timeshare, Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort. 1 Bedroom even years 1 floating week/deeded week $2900 firm. Serious inquiries only. Call 803-634-0361.

6 ACRES ON LITTLE RIVER

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-6699777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

2BR house On Zion Hill Rd for rent. $600 mth + damage. No pets. 5732684

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Pigeon Forge 2BR 2BA Swimming pool access, fireplace, on creek. No pets. Credit references. $750-800 414-6611.

Nice, Clean 2-3BR 2BA mobile homes. $495 & up Off I-40 between Exit 402 & 407 Kodak area. 865850-2047

2 story home with central heat & air. 2BR 1.5BA stackstone fireplace. Lake access. Appliancesstove, refrigerator, laundry room. 1010 Timberlake Circle. $675 mth, 1st & last & deposits. No pets. 865654-8716 or 865453-7715.

3BR/2BA Hot tub, Furnished. Traffic Light #6 in Pigeon Forge. Credit References and Deposit Required. $1050 mth. 770983-0698

Mountain Setting Log Cabin furnished 1BR $675 mth 621-4011 or 6214010

710 HOMES FOR SALE

$169,900!

Open House Fri, Sat & Sun 12-5 For your private showing contact:

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YOUR OWN BED & BREAKFAST Custom built English Country Classic with 900 ft. on Little River. This charming home offers great vistas of Little River from every room. 3 spacious Bedrooms plus a huge master suite. 3.5 baths. 3 brick ďŹ replaces. Slate, brick, and hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors throughout. Gourmet kitchen with island & breakfast room. All main level rooms have rich hardwood beams in ceilings. Screened porch. Outdoor stone patio. 3 car garage. Detached heated & cooled workshop. Very private with gated entry. Your own private retreat just minutes away from Sevierville, Maryville, and Knoxville. Only $695,000 Dean-Smith Realty (865) 588-5000 Call John Gillespie for your private showing.

(865) 216-1489 MLS #681672