December 11, 2009

The Mountain Press ■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 25, No. 345 ■ December 11, 2009 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 50 Cents

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Bell-ringer Grinch swipes kettle

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By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer

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SEVIERVILLE — One man involved in a charity’s Christmas tradition decided to give up on helping others and just help himself to likely hundreds of dollars in one of the Salvation Army’s red kettles.

The collection pots and the workers who accompany them with their ringing bells are well-known across the country. They’re an important fundraiser for the Salvation Army,

which provides various forms of assistance for folks in need in the communities they serve.

“What we raise here carries us through the rest of the year,” Sevierville Salvation Army Corps commander Lieutenant Justin Caldwell says. “This is a huge thing for us and it’s a very important part of our being able to offer the services we provide for our residents in need.”

However, one man – whom Caldwell has declined to identify –

who came in seeking a job ringing the bell for the season has apparently disappeared with his kettle, which was likely filled with hundreds of dollars. That will put a considerable dent in the efforts, Caldwell says.

“It put us back a good bit,” he says. “In the large scheme it’s just one kettle, but that’s just a sad thing that someone would steal from people in need and people who have been generous enough to give.”

The man presented Caldwell with a Kentucky driver’s license,

a local address and a story about how much he needed the temporary work when he applied for one of only a handful of paid bell ringer positions.

“He seemed pretty desperate for the money,” Caldwell says. “You could tell he needed the money, so I thought he was going to be a good worker. He was good the first night, which is why I put him at our biggest grocery store location.”

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‘Christmas Around the World’

Seymour Intermediate students learn about traditions globally

Sevierville MS student is struck by vehicle Staff Reports Hannah Kerley, a Seymour High School Y-Teen volunteer, helps a student in the Secret Santa Shop at Seymour Intermediate School’s “Christmas Around the World” on Tuesday evening.

SEVIERVILLE — A Sevierville Middle School student was struck by a Jeep Liberty on Thursday afternoon after classes had ended, city of Sevierville police officials confirmed.

The boy was hit at High Street near the corner of

By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer

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Living Nativity today and Sat. Evergreen Church presents “Worshipping at the Manger.”

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Weather Today Partly Cloudy High: 41°

Tonight Partly Cloudy Low: 27° DETAILS, Page A6

Obituaries Dillard Mynatt, 78 Ray Benson, 90 Ralph Styles, 70 John Joyce, 59 Loy King, 72 Marvin Franklin, 89 Louise Mann, 90 James Hogan, 80 Gale Roberts, 65 Josephine McClure, 63 DETAILS, Page A4, A5

Index Local & State . . . . . A1-6 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . A8-10 Money . . . . . . . . . . . A11 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . B4 Classifieds . . . . . . . B8-11 Advice . . . . . . . . . . . B12 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . B12

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SEYMOUR — Seymour Intermediate School opened its doors to the community Tuesday night for its third annual “Christmas Around the World,” a festival celebrating the holiday’s traditions around the globe.

“Nobody really had anything like this in Seymour,” said SIS Principal Peggy Oakes, who came up with Cade McIlvain, left, 2, and Kian McIlvain, 4, the idea. “The students learn about crafts, songs, enjoy snacks. foods and holiday customs from countries around the world. It’s a huge school effort, and it’s gotten so big.”

A “down-home Christmas dinner with all the fixings” was served for a small charge in the cafeteria, where guests could also decorate sugar cookies with elves. There was a marketplace that featured a variety of vendors and crafts, as well as a Secret Santa Shop where children could purchase affordable gifts for family members. Santa made an appearance, taking Christmas wishes and posing for pictures with attendees, while Christmas music was performed by teacher Matt Shuler and others.

The SIS chorus also presented the special program “Paint the Town December” in the school’s gym.

The halls were full as students’ friends and families made their way to different classrooms that reprePhotos by Ellen Brown/The Mountain Press sented different countries.

Lillia Poveda, left, 10, and Laura Fetterolf, 11, stamp “passports.”

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SMARM to distribute coats on Saturday

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — On Saturday, for the ninth straight year, an army of volunteers with Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries will do everySee smarm, Page A11

Tanger gives $93,354 to American Cancer Society

By ELLEN BROWN Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — Tanger Outlet Center awarded the American Cancer Society with a $93,354 check Wednesday as part of its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.

“For us, this is just an amazing accomplishment,” said Kathleen Steele, associate executive director of the ACS Knoxville office. “This will allow us to save more lives and help more cancer patients.

This is such a huge step forward.”

“We want to give our tenants and our customers a lot of praise for this,” said Judith Huskey-Balkcom, Tanger Outlet general manager. “Without them, we could not have raised this money.”

Tanger’s 2009 campaign to battle breast cancer ran though Oct. 20, with funds being raised through the sale of the Tanger Pink Card. For a $1 donation to fight breast cancer, Tanger customers received a special pink discount card that gave them 25 percent bonus savings at participating partnering Tanger stores. The Pink Card program is in its fourth year at Tanger Outlet Centers across the country.

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Posing with the $93,354 check Tanger presented to the American Cancer Society on Wednesday are, from left, Amy Harper, Tanger Outlet Center operations manager; Charisse Tinker, Tanger assistant manager; Judith Huskey-Balkcom, Tanger general manager; Robin Kurtz, Relay For Life 2010 event chair; Amanda Torres, Tanger financial office administrator; and Kathleen Steele, associate executive director of ACS in Knoxville.

Deadline for seniors, kids’ Santa Fund only a week away Only one week remains to make a contribution to The Santa Fund to help senior citizens and children have a happier Christmas.

The latest contributions: n $100: In memory of Steven Allen by Beulah and Garry Allen n $100: In memory of our son, Brian Michael, by Doug and Barbara Michael

n $100: Anonymous n $100: Anonymous n $25: Gene and Reba Timmell The Santa Fund assists seniors and children who have signed up through local

agencies.

The fund is coordinated by Jana Thomasson, publisher of The Mountain Press.

Contributions can be made in two ways: n Mail to The Mountain Press, P.O. Box 4810, Sevierville 37864 n In person at our offices, Riverbend Drive across from TRW in Sevierville, weekdays

between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

All contributions will be acknowledged in The Mountain Press, unless the donor wishes to remain anonymous.

Donations also can be made in memory or honor of other people.

The deadline for donations is Dec. 18. Call 428-0746, ext.

217, with questions.

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4-h connection

Trip to 4-H Camp perfect gift for members of club

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Suzanne and Neil Henry portray the Blessed Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph in the “live Nativity� at Evergreen Church at 1103 Dolly Parton Parkway.

‘Living Nativity’ today and Saturday From Submitted Reports SEVIERVILLE — The annual “living Nativity� presented by Evergreen Church will be today and Saturday.

Presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. and continue every 30 minutes until 8:30.

There are several new features.

The biggest change is that it will be indoors. Visitors will still walk through a presentation of the birth of Christ and that first Christmas night.

“We decided to put our main focus on what’s traditionally called the manger scene,� said Art Stump, this year’s director.

The drama is called “Worshipping at the Manger.� Visitors will be actively involved in a worship service, surrounded by the stable. They will be transported back 2,000 years to watch the angels appear to the shepherds and announce the birth of Jesus and see the Wise Men as they offer their gifts to the infant Jesus. “This year we also have a mul-

timedia presentation, with video, enhanced lighting, drama, and live music.� said Stump. “Our entire church family is involved. We’re excited to be bringing this to our community and hope that everyone will be blessed as they experience the true meaning of Christmas.�

The event will be held regardless of weather conditions. Free snacks are provided.

Evergreen Church is located at 1103 Dolly Parton Parkway. Call 428-3001 for more information.

Registration under way for New Year’s 5k From Submitted Reports KNOXVILLE — The New Year’s Day 5K Run and Walk will take place at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 1 on Neyland Drive.

Race start is 9:30 a.m. for all runners and walkers. Preregistration is open until Dec. 18, and cost is $20 for all participants. The late registration and race-day registration fee is $25. For more information about the New Year’s Day 5K Run and Walk, contact Kristy Altman at (865) 805-2008.

Knoxville Track Club members can deduct $3 during preregistration only as part of their membership. Participants who choose not to get a T-shirt may deduct $5 from their registration at any time.

All local school students and staff as well as all local youth organizations are eligible for a $3 discount during pre-registration provided that they have 10 athletes and send all entry forms via mail by Dec. 18.

Breakfast will be served during the post-

race festivities. Awards will be presented to the overall first-place male and female as well as the youngest and oldest male and female.

Commemorative awards will be given to the top 100 males and females.

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Still looking for that ideal Christmas gift for a 4-H member on your Christmas list Why not give them a trip to 4-H Camp?

Even though it is cold outside, it is never too early to begin making plans for summer camp.

I know that many 4-H members would love to see a trip to summer camp, wrapped up under their tree.

4-H will offer a variety of camping experiences for the summer of 2010. n Traditional 4-H Camp at the Clyde Austin 4-H Center in Greeneville is scheduled for June 7-11, for fourth- to sixth-graders, while seventh- and eighth-graders will attend June 14-18. This overnight experience offers a multitude of outdoor recreational opportunities including: swimming, crafts, campfires and wildlife experiences. Cost for the week will be about $210 to $225 depending on the week and covers activities, lodging, meals and transportation. n Fashion and Design Camp is set for June 1-3, 2010, in the Pigeon Forge/ Gatlinburg area. Campers get to explore the world of fashion and design with hands-on experiences and trips to local attractions.

Cost will be around $170

which includes lodging, meals and workshop materials. n 4-H Electric Camp is set for June 29- July 3, 2010, at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Electric Camp is open to current sixth- and seventhgraders and gives campers the opportunity to explore the world of energy and science in hands-on learning centers while spending time on the UT Campus.

Cost will be around $180 and includes meals, lodging, field trips and a T-shirt.

A trip to camp, just might be the perfect gift for a 4-H member on your Christmas list. We can help you make it happen by contacting the 4-H Office at 453-3695.

If you might be interested in providing the gift of a 4-H Scholarship for a Sevier County 4-H member in 2010, we can help you with that as well. Your tax-deductible donation can be sent to the Sevier County 4-H Clubs, 752 Old Knoxville Highway, Sevierville 37862.

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County planners approve flood-prone campground

By DEREK HODGES Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — County planning officials Tuesday continued their precedent of allowing campgrounds on flood-prone properties, giving approval to one such development in Wears Valley.

The site plan the Planning Commission review is actually a revision of one for Cove Creek Resort that was approved several years ago before zoning was implemented in 2006. That earlier proposal was approved with more than the 113 RV sites on the current plat. Those plots were removed to make way for a shared septic easement, and the change necessitates the new approval.

The property is bounded on one side

by Cove Creek, which has flooded often in this year’s heavy rains, sending its waters running over the resort land several times, even reaching the clubhouse and pool area in the middle of the land.

Though there seem to be the potential for concerns about future flooding, the county’s Board of Zoning Appeals previously ruled the construction required for a campground doesn’t present a problem in flood areas. The Planning Commission has followed that directive, approving at least one such development on the banks and in the flood area of Waldens Creek.

Further, since the plan was previously approved and work on the site has been

ongoing for years, Planning Commission members were fairly constrained to giving the plan the thumbs up. “They’ve done a lot of work up there and done good work,� commission member Jack Ogle said in making a motion to approve the plan.

That effort passed unanimously, with James Temple abstaining because he worked on the property.

The group also voted to approve a site plan for Walker Automotive, a shop set for 10754 Chapman Highway in Seymour.

Planning staffer Brooke Keyes said the plan was submitted on time and meets all the requirements, but was inadvertently left off the agenda for Tuesday’s session.

During the meeting, County Planner Jeff Ownby offered praise for Rick Joyce, the chairman of the county’s Hillsides Taskforce who died late Monday. “Rick was a very caring person,� Ownby said. “He loved our community and he loved these mountains. He did everything he could to make this a better place.�

As for the fruit of Joyce’s work with the task force, it has once again been put on the back burner. After an initial effort to have a Planning Commission vote on the issue in September, the proposed regulations on hillside development got hung up in the commission’s Rules and Regulations Committee. n dhodges@themountainpress.com

Ross lawsuit dropped

By JEFF FARRELL Staff Writer SEVIERVILLE — Pamela Ross’s children have dropped their lawsuit against the individuals they say are responsible for her death, but they have the ability to refile.

Ross died Oct. 6, 2008 in her home, of what authorities said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her children filed a complaint in Sevier County Circuit Court Oct. 5 of this year, seeking $100 million from officials whose actions they said caused her death.

But, according to court documents, they asked for the complaint to be dismissed without prejudice the following month. By having it dismissed without prejudice, they can

still file a new compliant regarding the matter.

Sevierville Police and sheriff’s deputies were outside her home at the time, waiting on an eviction notice they expected to be issued by Judge Jeff Rader that day. Her husband, Jimmie Ross, was in court regarding those proceedings, and Rader would eventually give him an extension on a deadline to file an appeal in the case.

Personnel at the scene said that Pamela Ross walked outside and spoke to them, saying she wanted to be with her husband.

She went back inside, and they heard a gunshot from the house, and then found her body inside when they investigated.

Pamela Ross’s children

filed a complaint in Sevier County Circuit Court Oct. 5, seeking up to $100 million in damages from Rader, Sheriff Ron Seals, Sevierville Police Chief Don Myers and officers at the scene — not in their official capacities, but as individuals.

The lawsuit claimed that the officials “individually and collectively formed a ruse among themselves and others� to draw Jimmie Ross away from the house for the civil proceedings, and tried to get Pamela Ross to leave the house.

The family alleged the officails’ misconduct led to Pamela Ross’s death.

They filed the complaint pro se, meaning without legal counsel. n jfarrell@themountainpress.com

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arre s t s 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 Kenny Darrin Baiely, 34, of 1930 Misty Morning Way in Strawberry Plains, was charged Dec. 9 with vandalism. He was released on $500 bond. u David William Belcher, 39, of 3023 Bryan Road Lot 20 in Kodak, was charged Dec. 9 with a warrant from Circuit Court. He was being held. u Charles Paul Bell, 50, of 667 Woodland Drive #3 in Gatlinburg, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a Circuit Court probation. He was being held. u Sandra Viola Branam, 32, of 2352 Bluff Heights Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with two misdemeanor warrants from General Sessions Court. She was being held. u Donald Albert Collins, 58, of 449 Troy Drive in Pigeon Forge, was charged Dec. 10 with DUI and violation of the implied consent law. He was released on $1,500 bond. u James Curtis Denny, 20, of 828 Thomas Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a General Sessions Court probation. He was released on $1,000 bond. u Joshua Daniel Gann, 31, of 188 Jones Drive in Kodak, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a General Sessions Court probation. He was released on $1,000 bond. u Antonio Nava Gueronimo, 28, of 1313 Old Jayell Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a General Sessions Court probation. He was being held. u Isaac Thomas McCarter, 20, of 3409 Rena Street in Pigeon Forge, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a General Sessions Court probation. He was released. u Charles Lucky

Pierce, 33, of 2079 Maple Branch Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with contempt of court. He was being held in lieu of $1,017.82 bond. u Adam Joe Rayfield, 31, of 230 Old Zion Hill Road in Seymour, was charged Dec. 9 with violation of a General Sessions Court probation. He was released on $1,000 bond. u Andrew Scott Ruiz, 22, of 1049 Country Colonial Street in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with burglary. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond. u Michael Tavares Smith, 33, of Creek Place Apartments Highway 321 in Gatlinburg, was charged Dec. 9 with general theft. He was being held. u Adam Lee Spurgeon, 23, of 1303 Gnatty Branch Road in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with

theft of property $1,000$10,000. He was being held. u Wesley Shaun Stinson, 29, of 1379 Tranquility Trail in Dandridge, was charged Dec. 9 with general theft. He was released on $50,000 bond. u Joseph Striffler, 50, of 1229 Fair Valley Lane in Sevierville, was charged Dec. 9 with DUI. He was released on $2,500 bond. u Kenneth D. Tetro, 54, of 350 Westmoreland Court in Seymour, was charged Dec. 9 with aggravated domestic assault. He was being held. u Timothy Valentine, 36, of 354 South Highway 32 in Cosby, was charged Dec. 9 with contempt of court. He was being held in lieu of $1,250 bond. u Holly Joan Wagner, 46, of Edgemont, S.D., was charged Dec. 9 with DUI. She was released.

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Marvin R. Franklin, age 89 of Sevierville, formerly of Maryville and South Knoxville, crossed the Jordan River Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Marvin served in the Army during World War II and was wounded on the beach at Normandy on D-Day. He was a mechanic for Ford Motor Company, a beekeeper, and guitarist.

He played guitar in the Church of God in Alcoa, Knoxville and Florida for many years. He retired as an electrician at the University of Tennessee Hospital. He finished out his working years as a stone mason and built many stone walls and walkways in the gardens of his close friends and “mudmixer,� Dr. Alan Solomon of Knoxville.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Breeden Franklin and son, Gary E. Franklin.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Ron and B. J. Franklin of Sevierville, daughter, Carolyn Inez Sharp of Knoxville, seven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and special friend, Mary Gunn of Sevierville.

Family and friends will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2009, in Magnolia Cemetery in Maryville for graveside service and interment.

Pat Corn will officiate. Military honors provided

by American Legion Post 104. Friends may call at their convenience Friday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

In Memoriam

Louise St. Clair Mann, age 90 of Gatlinburg, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband V.B. Jeff Mann.

Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Sue Mann; daughter, Vera Mann; brother, A.M. Tinker St. Clair; special friend, Lynn.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sevier County Humane Society, P.O. Box 976, Pigeon Forge, TN, 37868.

Funeral service 2 p.m. Saturday in Atchley’s Smoky Mountain Chapel with Rev. Roland and Sarah Maddox officiating. Entombment will follow in Garden Mausoleum of Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends 1-2 p.m. Saturday at Atchley’s Smoky Mountain Chapel, Pigeon Forge. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

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Gale Patrick Roberts

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Ralph Wayne Styles

Chamber of Commerce and served as Chairman for Sevier Ralph Wayne Styles, 70, of County’s Hillside Task Force. He Malaga, Wash., died Nov. 2, is a graduate of Leadership Sevier 2009. He was born May 9, and the owner of 1939, in Sevier Cupid’s Petals and County. He moved Gatlinburg Farms. to Washington in He served as Sgt. 1953. He graduatMajor in the U.S. ed from Entiat High Army Reserves.

School. He was Survivors: wife, a United States Army Veteran who served as a Paratrooper. Mara; daughters and sons-inHe worked for Alcoa Aluminum law, Janette and Jeff Jump, Company as a crane operator Janell and Scott Nelson, Meghanne and Daniel Bell; for 32 years. sons, Charlie Joyce, Neal He leaves his wife, Judy; four Santin; three grandchildren; children; one sister; two brothers several Godchildren; sisters of Washington State; one brother, and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Walter L. Styles of Sevierville.

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Hospital. His name and age were not released as of press time, and neither was the driver’s. “We are still getting statements from witnesses,� Stahlke said.

Sevier County Schools officials referred inquiries to the Sevierville Police Department since the accident technically did not happen on school property.

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James Royce Hogan age 80 of Sevierville, passed away on December 9, 2009 at his residence.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Harriett Smith Hogan; parents, William Harold and Verna Lilly Hogan.

Survivors include his daughters, Rebecca Hogan Waugh of Sevierville; Jamie Story of California, Kentucky; step-son, Fred Yelton of Walton, Kentucky; brother, Robert Hogan of Butler Kentucky; sisters, Jean Scheben of Cold Springs, Kentucky, June Canavan of Union Town, Ohio, Nancy Goetz of Walton, Kentucky, Phyllis Hogan of Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, Patricia Hammack of Cold Springs, Kentucky and Betty Art of Verona, Kentucky; 5 grandchildren, Nathan Yelton, Eric Yelton, Clare Pickering, Nicole Bashall and Jimmy Waugh; 1 great-grandchild.

Memorial services will be held in Kentucky and will be announced at a later date.

You may share your thoughts and memories with the family on our website.

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Gale Patrick Roberts, age 65 of Dandridge passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, owner and operator of Tapp Optical for 44 years, preceded in death by parents, Delmar and Beatrice Roberts.

Survived by wife of 45 years, Anne Roberts; daughters, Angie Borst and Christy Tucker; sonsin-law, Jim Borst and Jeremy Tucker; granddaughters, Chelsea and Chloe Borst; grandsons, Will and Drew Tucker; mother-in-law, Edith Hancock; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Bobby and Ann Hancock, Danny Hancock and Matt and Amy Brewer. Several nieces and nephews and other special friends and family members and neighbors on Lake Ridge Drive. He was a member of the Volunteer Street Rod Association.

Funeral service will be 8 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City with Reverend Matthew Cook and Reverend Mike Vincent officiating. Family and friends will meet at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, December 13, 2009, at Henry’s Crossroads Church Cemetery for a 2 p.m. graveside interment service. The family will receive friends 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home in Jefferson City, TN (865) 475-3892.

In Memoriam

Josephine Coleman McClure, age 63 of Sevierville passed away Thursday December 10, 2009.

Survivors: husband, C. Wade McClure; daughter, Sabrina Damron and Ricky Slone; grandchildren, Austin, MaKayla and Breanna Damron; sisters and brothers-in-law, Irene and Bernie Thacker, Ilene and Bernie Fleming; brothers, Clarence Coleman, Lowell Coleman and wife Dorothy.

Funeral service 6 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Gose officiating.

Family and friends will meet 1 p.m. Sunday in Mt. Zion Cemetery for interment. The family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

and Joanne Joyce; uncle and aunt; several nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made in Rick’s honor at any Citizens National Bank.

Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with the Revs.

Jeff Ownby and Bill Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. n www.atchleyfuneralhome.com

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In Memoriam

Dillard A. Mynatt Dillard A. Mynatt, age 78, of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, passed away on December 9, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Frances, of Gatlinburg, two sons, Michael Mynatt of Knoxville and Dr. Daniel Mynatt and daughterin-law Marcy, and two grandsons, Josh and Caleb, all of Anderson, South Carolina. His parents were the late Beecher and Mae Mynatt of Fountain City, Tennessee.

Dr. Mynatt’s ministry included pastorates at Mount Harmony Baptist Church of Knoxville, the First Baptist Church of Madisonville, Tennessee, the First Baptist Church of Forest City, North Carolina, and the First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he retired and was later named Pastor Emeritus.

After retirement, he served as interim pastor at several additional Baptist churches. He was a mentor in the lives of many young ministers.

He served two student churches, Timothy Street Baptist Church in Knoxville and Taylor’s Chapel Baptist Church in Murfreesboro.

A native of Fountain City, he graduated from Central High School, from Carson-Newman College, and from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by Carson-Newman College in 1994.

A memorial service in his behalf will be conducted on Saturday, December 12, at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg, where Dillard served twice as interim pastor. The family will receive friends beginning at 1 p.m.

Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery, Rock Hill, South Carolina later in the week.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Mynatt Minster/ Spouse Retreat, in care of B.C. Bowling, Treasurer, 4113 Crestfield Road, Knoxville, TN 37921, or the Alumni Scholarship Fund of the Central High School class of 1950, P.O. Box 5544, Knoxville, TN 37928.

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Cartel dealer guilty in murder plot NASHVILLE (AP) — A drug dealer for a Mexican cartel has pleaded guilty to soliciting the murder of a witness in a cocaine case against him in Tennessee.

In a plea agreement filed last week in federal court in Nashville, Salvador Guzman admitted to working with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel to sell cocaine and marijuana in Ohio and Tennessee since at least April 2007.

“Defendant would hide the cocaine in the drive shaft of different vehicles, then have these vehicles drive to two different houses in the Middle District of Tennessee,” court documents state. “Defendant would instruct drivers to pull the vehicles into the garage, then dismantle the drive shaft and extract the cocaine.”

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After proving himself the first night, the man was stationed in front of the Pigeon Forge Kroger on Wears Valley Road for his second night on Dec. 4. When Caldwell came to pick up the kettle at 8 p.m., when the man was supposed to finish his duty, neither it nor he were anywhere to be found.

“They looked everywhere for the kettle and couldn’t find it,” Caldwell says of the store’s employees. “Some of the cart workers and folks out front said the last time they remembered seeing him was about 6 p.m. It looks like he just took off with the kettle.”

In the week since the incident, Caldwell says he has tried several times to reach the man at the number he provided. He has also, to his chagrin, been forced to get law enforcement involved and the Pigeon Forge Police Department is now look-

Sevierville.

3From Page A4 Sevierville, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.

Survivors: wife, Treves King; son, Michael King; son-in-law, Billy R. Ogle; grandchildren, Amy Ogle Spicer and husband Steven, Donna Ogle Parton and husband Travis and friend Joshua Walters, Billy Travis Ogle, Hannah King, Dillon King, Brittney Harris, Joshua Cottor; four great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dee and Bessy King, Bruce and Iva King; sister, Ruth Green; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral service 7 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with the Rev. Rick Hewett officiating. Interment 11 a.m. Saturday in Valley View Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m.

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He was a veteran In lieu of flowers, memorial of the United States donations may be sent to First Coast Guard and participated in the Normandy United Methodist Church, P.O. invasion. He worked for Union Box 157, Pigeon Forge, TN, Carbide in Oak Ridge as a labo- 36868.

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Memorial ser vice 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, Pigeon Forge, with Pastor Bobby Barton officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post 104.

The family will receive friends following the service at the family home.

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“There’s not a whole lot that we can do at this point. We’re just waiting to see if the police turn up anything,” Caldwell says. “I’m thinking he’s probably just skipped town.”

To add insult to injury, the man took up one of the only paid bell ringing positions the local corps had available. He managed to land one of the spots despite being one of a huge number seeking the jobs in the troubled economy.

Fortunately, the theft is unique locally and Caldwell is hopeful it won’t discourage people giving to the Salvation Army.

“I don’t think it’s ever happened here before,” Caldwell says. “You hear about it happening other places, but we definitely didn’t expect it here.

We’re just hoping some good can come out of it and it will remind folks how many of their neighbors are in need this Christmas season.”

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Groups of third-, fourthand fifth-grade students worked together in presenting the food, decorations and other presentations for their country.

Fifth-grade students Katelyn Parton and Tyler Weekly, both 10, were busy helping teachers Marcie Loveday and Michelle Franklin serve meatballs and grape juice (to take the place of their country’s traditional wine) in the Italy area, while 10-year-olds Lillia Poveda and Katie Perryman and 11-year-old Laura Fetterolf welcomed guests to their Mexican classroom.

Laura was stamping the “passport” of each student as they entered the room.

“If they visit all of the countries, they get an ‘A,’”

she explained.

Classmate Abby Shaw, 10, made sure she didn’t miss this year’s event.

“It’s our last year doing this — then we’re going to the middle school,” she said.

Fifth-grade student Austin Russell, 10, caught up with his third-grade teacher, Regina Cox, as he visited the Holland area in the library.

“This is pretty cool,” Austin said of the festivities.

“It’s like a tradition for us.”

Special education teacher Geri Scalf checked out customers with their purchases in the Secret Santa Shop, which had a steady stream of patrons throughout the evening.

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‘Living Nativity’ planned at church

The annual “living Nativity” presented by Evergreen Church will be today and Saturday.

Presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. and continue every 30 minutes until 8:30.

This year’s event will be indoors. Visitors will still walk through a presentation of the birth of Christ and that first Christmas night. Free snacks are provided.

Evergreen Church is located at 1103 Dolly Parton Parkway. Call 428-3001 for more information.

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Choral Society concerts planned

The Sevier County Choral Society will present concerts featuring holiday music at 7:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 214 Cedar St., Sevierville; and 4 p.m.

Sunday at Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church, 237 Reagan Drive.

Admission is free.

Music includes Vivaldi’s Gloria and familiar carols and popular holiday music.

For more information call 429-0252.

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The free Broadwaystyle show, “Christmas — Around the World and Through the Ages” will be staged today-Sunday at New Hope Church, 2450 Winfield Dunn Parkway.

Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A final performance will be at 10 a.m.

Sunday. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

Call 804-3300 for free tickets.

The show features a cast and crew now numbering over 300.

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Aging parents to be forum topic

The December meeting the Seymour Branch Library Community Forum focuses on aging parents and their children.

Jeff Foster will present information about issues that should be discussed with aging parents such as finances, health care and final wishes. The event will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday. It is free and open to the public.

Call 577-7511 to register so information packets may be prepared.

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Store serves as collection point

Cash Express, 230 Forks of the River Parkway, is serving as a collection point through today for donations of food, toys, coats and shoes to be delivered to the needy for Christmas.

The Salvation Army will distribute these items throughout the community.

Anyone wishing to help with these collection efforts can call 428-1377.

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Thomas sentenced to life in slayings Combined Reports KNOXVILLE — A jury that convicted George Thomas of murder in the slayings of a young Knoxville couple has sentenced him to life in prison with no parole.

The jury, brought in from Hamilton County to hear the case, deliberated for only about two hours on Thursday before returning its sentencing verdict.

Thomas — of Lebanon, Ky. — was convicted Tuesday in the carjack-

ing and torture murders of 21-year-old Channon Christian and 23-year-old Christopher Newsom.

On Wednesday, jurors heard testimony from the families of the victims and of Thomas.

Thomas was the third defendant to be tried and convicted in the January 2007 slayings.

In earlier trials, ringleader Lemaricus Davidson was sentenced to death and his brother Letalvis Cobbins, was sentenced to life without parole. Eric Boyd was con-

victed of being an accessory and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The jurors found him guilty of the most severe forms of all 38 counts against him including especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape and theft of property. He’ll be sentenced on those other charges on February 26, 2010.

Since Thomas was found guilty of the first degree murder and felony murder charges, the jury sentenced him instead

of the judge. His family wasn’t in court for the sentencing.

The jurors weren’t allowed to hear the rehearsals of the victims’ impact statements, which were done Tuesday morning in the courtroom.

“We can’t help but be greedy. We wanted it all,” said Christian’s mother, Deena.

“He’s going to get what’s coming to him in his new life. But in my life, there is nothing but the death penalty,” said Christian’s father, Gary.

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Community meal Tuesday at church

First United Methodist Church will host this month’s community supper from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday.

The menu will include roast pork loin, mashed potatoes, and and desserts.

The Christmas meal is open to everyone.

For more information, call the church at 453-5754.

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Sevier County Economic Development Council has scheduled a series of meetings throughout the county to discus the expansion of the Smart Card Health Plan. Eight new physician clinics have joined the provider network for the plan which is aimed at otherwise uninsured employees of Sevier County businesses.

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national quote roundup “On a whole host of initiatives that I’ve put forward this year, some of which are beginning to bear fruit, the goal is not to win a popularity contest or to win an award — even one as esteemed as the Nobel Peace Prize. The goal is to advance American interests.”

— Barack Obama on criticism he has received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize despite being a wartime president.

“Obama has tried desperately to stay away from race, and all of us understand what he’s doing. But when you have such a disproportionate number of AfricanAmericans unemployed, it would be irresponsible not to direct attention and resources to the people who are receiving the greatest level of pain.”

— Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., as black lawmakers are stepping up their demands that the nation’s first black president do more for minority communities hit hardest by the recession.

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Agreeing with his wife, Hillary, President Bill Clinton told CBS Radio his 1993 “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military wasn’t working, and he pledged to work with the Pentagon to fix it.

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commentary

Campaign rhetoric irrelevant

Barack Obama says a lot of smart things.

During his campaign last year, in his second debate with Sen. John McCain, in Nashville, he closed by saying: “We can’t expect that if we do the same things that we’ve been doing over the last eight years, that somehow we are going to have a different outcome.”

Or this after he was elected: “I don’t care whether you’re driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you’re headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That’s what the American people called for in November, and that’s what we intend to deliver.”

And this: “I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”

Any president takes office as a novice. The job is sui generis. More often than not, the rhetoric of campaigns becomes irrelevant.

The situations that reach the Situation Room are infinitely more complicated than campaigning. The constituencies a president has to reach are multiples of the constituency a candidate has to rally to win the damned job.

One of the complications is that in the Situation Room or the Oval Office, everything happens at once: war, economic collapse, crises in health care. Historians, then, clean up the mess, separating, say, civil rights and war in Vietnam. The president, though, does not have the luxury of retrospect. The president of all the people may have to increase troop levels in the impossible landscape of Afghanistan at the same time he announces a date to begin withdrawing from that far place.

President Obama may have been too clever by half last Tuesday night at West Point. He hoped to placate Americans who believe we must not and cannot “lose” or who believe the situation in Afghanistan is a genuine threat to our national security by sending in more troops. He hoped to use the prospect of withdrawal to force the Afghan government, such as it is, to reform itself and persuade Pakistan and other governments that we are there to stay for a while. Finally, politically, he hoped to placate his core constituency, liberals who want out, and our allies who are ready to leave at any moment.

There is, of course, nothing new about any of this. President Nixon did the same thing when he inherited an impossible war from President Johnson in 1968. In painfully arguing that Afghanistan was different from Vietnam Tuesday night, Obama left out the real differences: Vietnam was more humid and the American people were invested in that war because we had a citizen army then, draftees. Sadly, even though we are using heroic volunteers this time, the outcome of both wars will almost certainly be about the same.

Obama, unlike Nixon, does not use words like victory and defeat, an indication that he already knows we cannot “win” in Afghanistan. Win? What? Defeat? Whom?

The arguments that this fight is for our national security — even “world security” — because the Taliban are bad guys or that we cannot allow al-Qaida “safe havens” in Afghanistan or Pakistan is nonsense. Like it or not, terrorists can hide in a thousand places in the Middle East and Central Asia, in Indonesia, in Hamburg or the borough of Queens. That is the nature of the serpent.

Yes, terrorists are a very real threat to our national security, but eight years after Sept. 11, 2001, the problem is no longer in the Hindu Kush. The problem is “two guys in a garage.”

I take that phrase from Ken Auletta, from his necessary new book “Googled.” In the course of his media coverage for The New Yorker, Auletta recalls asking Bill Gates of Microsoft what was his greatest concern about the future of the company. He answered, “Two guys in a garage.” And so it came to be.

The two guys, totally unknown then, in a garage near Stanford University were Sergey Brin and Larry Page, developing the technology and company they would call Google.

Terrorists are not that smart, but we have learned that only a couple of guys can wreak havoc in our world. And Afghanistan is not in our world. The money (and blood) draining into the rocky ground there should be spent on intelligence and bribes to find the bad guys in their caves and garages.

— Richard Reeves, a presidential scholar and expert on six presidents, is the author of several books, including profiles of Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. Column distributed by Universal Syndicate.

Editorial

The jail debacle Lintner’s plea finally ends a sorry chapter at Sheriff’s Department Finally, the Paul Lintner mess is over. Yes, there remains a civil lawsuit out there yet to be resolved, but the criminal proceedings have ended.

Lintner will serve two years in jail after entering a best-interest plea to one count of sexual contact with an inmate. Because it was a best-interest plea, and not a traditional plea of guilty, Lintner can continue to deny he did what he was accused of doing, and he did exactly that in his statement to the court.

The criminal part of his life may have ended, but questions remain that may never be answered satisfactorily.

First and foremost: What led the late Bruce Montgomery and current Sheriff Ron Seals to have such faith and confidence in Paul Lintner to give him a job that carried so much responsibility and put him in charge of inmates?

He had served time in jail after being convicted of the federal charge of tax evasion and a forgery conviction. As kitchen supervisor he was in charge of trusty inmates who worked in the kitchen — inmates Lintner formerly lived among. The allegations about inappropriate contact with

inmates surfaced long before he was actually indicted on those charges last year.

Yet through it all Montgomery and then Seals stood by Lintner, praising his work ethic and vouching for him. That loyalty came back to haunt the Sheriff’s Department when this man they so trusted got indicted for multiple counts of sexual contact with inmates.

Lintner did purchasing for the kitchen and allegedly handled money.

Didn’t a conviction for forgery ring any bells with the people who put him in charge? There is a fox-guardingthe-hen-house analogy that seems to fit here.

Everybody deserves a second chance, and many are owed forgiveness. Tiger Woods and David Letterman show us that humans are flawed and prone to bad judgment.

Still, that doesn’t mean you wipe the slate clean of everything. There is no justification for having Paul Lintner as kitchen supervisor of the jail. His flaws as a human being should have disqualified him from such an important supervisory role inside a jail.

Lintner was owed a second chance after serving his time, but that didn’t mean he was deserving of this job at the jail.

The best-interest plea knocked out other similar charges against Lintner.

He can continue to deny what he was accused of. The facts are that Lintner took an inmate to the grocery store and then home to the inmates for Christmas, staying around to enjoy the holiday with the inmate’s family. Prosecutor Steve Hawkins says Lintner exchanged favors for sex with inmates. Consensual or not, Lintner was supervising the inmates and had no business engaging in any activity that allowed him to take advantage of his supervisory control over them.

There are at least two lessons to be learned from this debacle. It is wrong to automatically dismiss out of hand any complaints or accusations that come from jail inmates. And it is wrong to hire someone for a job in the sheriff’s office without sufficient background checks and consideration of any offenses in that person’s life that might conflict with the duties of the job.

Political view

Public forum Don’t blame Tennessee if you life doesn’t go as planned

Editor: In reference to the letter headlined “Man bitter over lack of help when he needed assistance”: First and foremost, as a native Tennessean I welcome anyone and everyone to this beautiful state. With that being said, in 28 years I have never heard of Tennessee being referred to as the Bible State.

Tennessee is known throughout the United States as the Volunteer State, and most Tennesseans refer to it as being part of the Bible Belt as well. As a lifelong resident, I am very proud of both my volunteer heritage and of being raised in the Bible Belt, even during this economically stressful time.

Due to the worldwide economic downturn, the vast majority of people are struggling, living paycheck to paycheck. Many people have to decide if they want electricity and food or if they get their medication for that month. Lifelong residents are affected just as much, if not more, as the new residents when it comes to the assistance programs offered by Tennessee, both local and statewide.

Helping someone is not a low priority; it’s just a priority that comes after you help yourself and your family. In today’s society, many families are

lucky if they can provide the very basics for their own families before they provide for someone else’s. So many children only eat what they are provided at school due to the economy.

Many of the elderly have to decide between being warm this winter or having their medication for that month. How can one expect those families that are barely making ends meet to provide for someone else or to even assist someone else?

It saddens me to know that people move here wanting a better life for themselves and, when it doesn’t happen the way they think it should or when it doesn’t happen at all, then the state and the residents of that state are automatically blamed for their own failure.

When you move to a new area, you should learn and possibly even incorporate the locals’ lifestyle and heritage into your own way of life.

It has worked for them for many years and it can work for you too.

As far as the taxes go, Tennessee doesn’t have state income tax and Sevier County doesn’t have the local wheel tax; the property taxes are below average. The sales taxes and hotel taxes are a bit high, but compared to larger cities with the same foot traffic, it’s very average.

Living here my entire life, I have learned this about Tennesseans: they pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, work more then

one job when needed (I have three jobs) and cut spending when needed. And most of all, Tennesseans help those who help themselves first. I’ve never known anybody that wanted to succeed in Tennessee and couldn’t. There is a reason why so many people move here and yet so few move away.

Amedria Arwood Sevierville

Teachers association grateful for support at annual event

Editor: The Sevier County Retired Teachers Association held their annual Christmas luncheon at Damon’s The Place of Ribs in Sevierville on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

Our delicious turkey and dressing meal was provided by several of our area banks. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to Sevier County Bank, SmartBank and Tennessee State Bank for their generous donations which made this event possible.

We are so fortunate to have their support when many other communities do not enjoy this benefit.

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■ The Mountain Press ■ A8 ■ Friday, October 11, 2009 PREP BASKETBALL

Sultan of Swat

6-foot-8 SCHS senior, starting for the first time, is a shot-blocking machine

By JASON DAVIS Sports Editor

“He’s just really stepped up and been a huge difference maker for us. The light’s gone on for Jordan this year.”

Ken Wright, Sevier County High School head coach

SEVIERVILLE — For nearly 14 years, Jordan Henrickson has been playing basketball. And for nearly 14 years, he’s mostly been a reserve player, sitting at the end of the bench, watching other athletes have all the fun and the glory.

Not anymore.

The 6-foot-8 Bears’ center has made leaps and bounds as a player in the last 12 months, and he’s now wreaking havoc in the paint for the first time as a starter.

“He’s just really stepped up and been a huge difference-maker for us,” SCHS head coach Ken Wright said Thursday afternoon following his team’s practice.

“With kids it’s a matter of when the light goes on, and the light’s gone on for Jordan this year. He’s getting better and better.”

Not yet a standout player offensively, Henrickson is making his biggest impact

on the defensive end of the court.

And that’s something that goes completely against his personality.

“Jordan’s never been an aggressive-type kid, he’s really laid back,” Wright said. “And it’s always a struggle whenever you have a young man that doesn’t have that intensity in him.

(But) he’s really coming on here, he’s starting to understand that he’s got a chance to dominate in the paint, and that’s what we’re trying to teach him — hey, be that guy inside. Be that dominator.”

In the Bears’ last game, against Seymour Tuesday night, Henrickson had eight blocks patrolling the paint for a Bears’ defense that held the Eagles to single-digits scoring for the games’ entire first half in a 57-26 win.

For the season, the big man is averaging six blocked shots per contest.

And that’s worked wonders See SWAT, Page A9

PREP BOWLING

Changing lanes Far from the football field or basketball court, county rivals face off at the bowling alley Chase Travis

Elijah Casey

Ron Durbin

Ryan Taylor

Bill Huskey

Caleb Brien

Hunter Douglas

Colin Meier

Set Munasque

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer PIGEON FORGE — County rivalry bowlers converged at the Pigeon Forge Community Center on Thursday afternoon, and the Tigers and visiting Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders split matches between the boys’ and girls’ teams.

The Blue and Gold boys (6-4) came away with a 16-11 team win, just clipping the Tigers (3-6) in total pinfall 2,890-2,878.

In girls’ action, the Lady Tigers (5-5) took a 21.55.5 team win over the visiting ladies from G-P (4-6), with the home team also taking total pinfall by a 2,380-2,166 margin.

In boys’ action, Robert George led the Highlanders See BOWLING, Page A9

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Tigers’ Miles Cardwell, above, and G-P’s Katie Hodges, below, rolled in Thursday’s match at Pigeon Forge.

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Nine local players make 3-AA All-District team

By COBEY HITCHCOCK Sports Writer KNOXVILLE — Football coaches from District 3-AA met in Knoxville at noon on Thursday to reach an agreement on the All-District Team.

The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders had seven players named to firstteam positions, while the Pigeon Forge Tigers had two athletes given firstteam honors.

For G-P, offensive lineman Elijah Casey, wide receiver Ron Durbin and tight end Ryan Taylor were named to the AllDistrict offensive team.

Defensive lineman Bill Huskey, linebackers Caleb Brien and Hunter Douglas, and defensive back Collin Meier were named to the defensive first team.

For Pigeon Forge, running back Chase Travis and offensive lineman Seth Munasque were the

lone representatives for the Orange and Black, both of them coming on the offensive side of the ball.

With the District 3-AA coaches changing the way the first team is picked this year, with 15 players named to the offensive first team and 13 players named to the defensive first team, there is no second team this year. The See FOOTBALL, Page A9

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Friday, December 11, 2009 â—† The Mountain Press

Cincinnati’s Brian Kelly heading to Notre Dame

By TOM COYNE AP Sports Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame is betting Brian Kelly is the man who can finally win it all for the Irish.

Two people confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the Cincinnati coach and Notre Dame had reached a deal for Kelly to replace Charlie Weis. The two people spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made.

Bearcats players hadn’t heard anything official when they showed up for their annual football banquet at a downtown hotel Thursday night. Kelly arrived at the banquet after most players, accompanied by police officers. He didn’t stop to talk to reporters, saying, “No word.

We’re here to celebrate out seniors.�

After the banquet, Kelly and athletic director Mike Thomas led the players into a different ballroom and closed the doors. About a minute later, Gilyard walked out with an unhappy expression on his face. “I heard everything I needed to know: ’I accepted the Notre Dame job,�’ Gilyard said. “He went for the money. I’m fairly disgusted with the situation, that they let it last this long.�

Notre Dame has been searching for a coach for about a week and a half since firing Weis, who failed to lift the Irish out of mediocrity, much like his two predecessors.

Now, it’s up to the man who turned Cincinnati into

FOOTBALL

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24-name list goes straight to All-District Honorable Mention players.

Six Highlanders received honorable mention honors, including Tye

Brian Kelly

a national championship contender to revive the fortunes of a team that just completed the worst decade of football in the history of the storied program with a 70-52 record and three losing seasons.

The 47-year-old Kelly is 34-6 in three seasons at Cincinnati, leading the Bearcats to back-to-back Big East titles and two straight Bowl Championship Series berths. The Bearcats set a school record last season for victories with an 11-3 record, then topped that with a 12-0 mark this season.

There was no immediate word on who would coach the No. 4 Bearcats in their first Sugar Bowl game against Florida.

Gilyard said in an interview before the banquet that he was upset Kelly had accepted the Notre Dame job after telling him and other players before their last game that he was staying. “I don’t like it,� said Gilyard, the Big East’s top receiver and kick returner.

Marshall, Paul Howard, Jeremy Hibbard, Dillon Reagan, D.J. Ball and Chris Ledford.

Five Pigeon Forge players made the same list, including Rodney Porter, Oscar Aleman, Shane Ball, Michael Lombrana and Coty Young.

A follow-up story on

“I feel there was a little lying in the thing. I feel like he’d known this the whole time.

Everybody knows Notre Dame’s got the money. I kind of had a gut feeling he was going to stay just because he told me he was going to be here.�

Quarterback Tony Pike said Kelly told them last week, before their title-clinching win over Pittsburgh, that he was happy in Cincinnati. “The Tuesday when we were practicing for Pittsburgh, he said he loves it here and he loves this team and loves coaching here and his family loves it here,� Pike said.

Kelly has long admired Notre Dame, which seemed to be the perfect fit for an Irish Catholic coach raised in the Boston area. His name first popped up as a possible candidate last season before Notre Dame said Weis would be back for a fifth year.

When Kelly arrived in Cincinnati three years ago, then-university president Nancy Zimpher told Kelly she expected him to turn the football program into a Top 25 mainstay, win a Big East title right away and make sure his players graduate.

He’ll face even higher expectations at Notre Dame.

It won’t be easy; the Irish have a 16-21 record over the past three seasons. And he’ll have to do it without two of Notre Dame’s best players.

Quarterback Jimmy Clausen and his favorite receiver, Golden Tate, announced Monday they will bypass their senior seasons and enter the NFL draft.

the first team players will appear in the Sunday edition of The Mountain Press, as well as a complete All-District Team list of players from all the schools in District 3-AA. chitchcock@themountainipress.com

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effort with a 599 series with a 200 average and a 242 high game. G-P’s Joseph Shults contributed a 177 average in the winning effort.

For Pigeon Forge, George Sunderland led the Tigers with a 627 series with a 209 average and a 246 high game.

In girls’ action, Jordan Harveston led the Pigeon Forge effort with a 175 high game in the team victory.

G-P’s Katie Hodge led the Blue and Gold with a 144 average, and Kelsey Sortore rolled a high game of 178 in the team loss.

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for a Sevier County team that’s started the season 8-1 after going 14-14 last year — the first time an SCHS team had avoided a losing record this century. “(It’s) helped our defense so much,� Wright said. “We’ve improved defensively a lot because of our intensity and because of our effort, but having Jordan in there blocking six shots a game — that’s a potential 12 points the other team has, and that’s huge for you.

And when he blocks a shot it gets our energy up. You see our guys get excited. They know they can play a little bit harder on the perimeter, because if they get beat they know he’s there waiting to help them out.�

Henrickson hopes this season his team will end the year with that elusive winning record, so that his senior season will be a memorable one. “We want to just try and hang a banner here,�

Henrickson said. “We haven’t had a winning season in a while, and that’s one of the main goals — just to have a winning season this year. I just want to play as well as I can and help the team however I can.�

That’s a great attitude for a player that’s waited years to showcase what he can do on the basketball court. “I didn’t even start any in middle school,� the reserved senior said, looking down. “I was coming off the bench the whole time. I was still the tallest, but I didn’t ever start. A lot of people were asking me if I played, and telling me I needed to.�

Now everyone at the school knows he plays — and opponents are learning, too. “It’s been fun, I just enjoy playing a lot, and trying to do what I can do to help the team,� Henrickson said.

And, according to coach Wright, Henrickson’s got nowhere to go but up — he’s still major room for improvement. “Jordan’s always had the skills to play the game,�

Wright said. “He has to

get stronger to play at the next level. He knows that.

And offensively, just like defense, you’ve got to have that mindset. You have to want the ball in your hands, and you want to be a scorer.

Where he’s improved defensively he’s still got a lot more offensively that he can do.�

While Henrickson’s got a good shot and once went far in a regional free throw contest, again it’s aggression that’s limiting him. “He’s got to be a little more selfish with the ball in his hands,� Wright said. “He’s got to look for his shot a little more, because he’s got skills. If he’ll get a little more aggressive on offensive rebounding, you’ll see his point totals start going up.�

And that’s exactly what Sevier County opponents don’t want to see.

After college, Henrickson hopes to play basketball in college, something that

could prove difficult since he’s getting such a late start, Still, coach Wright said that he’s definitely a diamond in the rough for an energetic college coach. “His best basketball is ahead of him,� Wright said. “If I’m a college coach out there, I’m going to look at this guy and say ‘hey, he’s 6-8, he understands how to block shots, I can bring this guy in and redshirt him, put him against good competition everyday in practice and he’s going to get better.’�

Grades won’t be a problem for Henrickson — he excels in the classroom as well. “I made a B my sophomore year, so I guess my GPA is about 3.9,� he said. “He’s such a great young man, too,� Wright said. “He’s a class act. I just want to see him be successful.� mpsports@themountainpress.com

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——— Thursday’s Game Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game Arizona at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17 Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19 Dallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20 Miami at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Houston at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 21 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

ncaa h o o p s Men’s Top 25 Fared Wednesday 1. Kansas (8-0) beat Richmond 99-64. Next: vs. La Salle, Saturday.

2. Texas (7-0) did not play.

Next: vs. Texas State, Saturday.

3. Villanova (9-0) beat Saint Joseph’s 97-89. Next: at Temple, Sunday.

4. Kentucky (9-0) beat No. 14 Connecticut 64-61. Next: at Indiana, Saturday.

5. Purdue (8-0) beat Valparaiso 86-62. Next: at Alabama, Saturday.

6. West Virginia (6-0) beat Duquesne 68-39. Next: vs.

Coppin State, Saturday.

7. Syracuse (8-0) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 10 Florida, Thursday.

8. Duke (7-1) did not play.

Next: vs. Gardner-Webb, Tuesday.

9. Tennessee (6-1) did not play. Next: at Middle Tennessee, Friday.

10. Florida (8-0) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 7 Syracuse, Thursday.

11. North Carolina (7-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Presbyterian, Saturday.

12. Michigan State (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. Oakland, Mich., Thursday.

13. Ohio State (7-1) did not play. Next: at No. 22 Butler, Saturday.

14. Connecticut (6-2) lost to No. 4 Kentucky 64-61. Next: vs. UCF, Sunday, Dec. 20.

15. Georgetown (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 17 Washington, Saturday.

16. Texas A&M (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. New Mexico, Saturday.

17. Washington (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 15 Georgetown, Saturday.

18. UNLV (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas State, Saturday.

19. Cincinnati (5-1) did not play. Next: vs. Miami (Ohio), Thursday.

20. Wisconsin (6-2) lost to Wisconsin-Green Bay 88-84, OT. Next: vs. Marquette, Saturday.

21. Gonzaga (6-2) did not play. Next: vs. Davidson, Saturday.

22. Butler (6-3) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 13 Butler, Saturday.

23. Texas Tech (9-0) did not play. Next: at Wichita State, Saturday, Dec. 19.

24. Georgia Tech (6-1) did not play. Next: at Chattanooga, Monday.

25. Mississippi (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. McNeese State, Saturday.

Women’s Top 25 Fared Wednesday 1. Connecticut (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Hartford, Thursday.

2. Stanford (6-0) did not play.

Next: vs. DePaul, Sunday.

3. Notre Dame (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. Valparaiso, Saturday.

4. Tennessee (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday.

5. LSU (6-0) did not play.

Next: vs New Orleans, Sunday.

6. Baylor (7-1) did not play.

Next: vs. Boston College, Sunday.

7. Duke (7-1) did not play.

Next: at No. 2 Stanford, Tuesday.

8. Xavier (7-1) lost to No. 21 Michigan State 66-53. Next: vs. Michigan, Monday.

9. Ohio State (9-1) did not play. Next: at Mississippi, Sunday.

10. Texas A&M (7-0) did not play. Next: at TCU, Saturday.

11. North Carolina (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. GardnerWebb, Sunday.

12. Florida State (8-0) did not play. Next: at UCF,

Wednesday.

13. Georgia (9-0) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 19 Virginia, Sunday, Dec. 20.

14. Arizona State (7-1) beat North Dakota 67-43. Next: vs.

No. 10 Texas A&M, Saturday, Dec. 19.

15. Pittsburgh (8-0) did not play. Next: at Penn State, Saturday.

16. Oklahoma (7-2) beat Marist 80-71, OT. Next: at Army, Thursday.

17. Texas (5-3) did not play. Next: vs. Mississippi, Wednesday.

18. Vanderbilt (8-1) did not play. Next: at Quinnipiac, Thursday.

19. Virginia (7-2) did not play. Next: at No. 13 Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 20.

20. Dayton (8-2) lost to Toledo 68-65. Next: at Miami (Ohio), Saturday.

21. Michigan State (6-3) beat No. 8 Xavier 66-53. Next: vs.

Florida Gulf Coast, Sunday.

22. California (4-4) lost to San Jose State 68-66. Next: at Long Beach State, Monday, Dec. 21.

23. Kansas (5-2) did not play.

Next: vs. UMKC, Thursday.

24. Nebraska (9-0) beat Creighton 69-56. Next: vs.

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25. Maryland (8-1) did not play. Next: at Towson, Thursday.

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Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize OSLO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Newly enshrined among the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war.

Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine.

Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a â&#x20AC;&#x153;just and lasting peace.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people,â&#x20AC;? Obama told his audience in Osloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soaring City Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world.â&#x20AC;?

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thing they can to ensure no one goes cold this winter.

Dick Wellons, director of Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries (SMARM), expects the group will give away more than 2,000 warm garments of all sizes during its Winter Coat Day. The distribution will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the corner of Cedar Street and North Parkway across from Home Federal Bank in Sevierville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will provide coats to anyone who has a need regardless of financial status or any other condition,â&#x20AC;?

Wellons said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they say they need a coat, we will give them a coat.â&#x20AC;?

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1 in 6 in U.S. have had swine flu ATLANTA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.

That means about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The estimates are for the first seven months of the pandemic, from April through mid-November. The new numbers are a big jump from previous estimates, which said swine flu had sickened 22 million Americans and killed about 4,000 through mid-October.

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his Nobel moment into an unapologetic defense of armed intervention in times of self defense or moral necessity. The hawkish message was an inevitable nod to the controversy defining his selection: an American president, lauded for peace just as he escalates the long, costly war in Afghanistan.

It was a jarring moment when Obama, in the midst of the ceremony, said of his troops in Afghanistan: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some will kill.

Some will be killed.â&#x20AC;?

He lauded Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., preachers of nonviolent action. But he added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaidaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders to lay down their arms.â&#x20AC;?

nitely intends the pun â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of the holiday season to folks who might otherwise go without. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be able to demonstrate the love of Christ and let people know the true meaning of the season,â&#x20AC;? Wellons says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an important part of SMARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ministry to the community.â&#x20AC;?

The group will offer between 2,500 and 3,000 coats of all sizes, from the smallest children to the largest sizes, though those bigger coats are sometimes harder to come by. In years past, volunteers have even asked folks looking for larger sizes that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the racks to wait while they went and bought one for them.

The insulated offerings will be set up on racks, and those looking for one will be given the opportunity to browse to fill their need. Wellons is hopeful there may also be a limited number of gloves and hats available, particularly for children.

The garments are donated to SMARM by community members at the ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thrift store and office in downtown Sevierville.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re then distributed on the second Saturday of each December, a bit further into the cold season than some might like â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the date has a purpose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, a lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about the cold until it actually hits them,â&#x20AC;? Wellons explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like, if what the weatherman says is true, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have that cold this weekend, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expecting weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see a lot of people Saturday.â&#x20AC;?

For more information on Winter Coat Day or to volunteer, call the SMARM office at 908-3153.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very fortunate to have a corporate sponsor like Tanger,â&#x20AC;? said Robin Kurtz, 2010 Sevier County Relay For Life event chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our county goal is $340,000, and this (check) is about a third of that amount.â&#x20AC;?

Tanger Outlet Centers across the U.S. have raised and donated $7.5 million to breast cancer since 1994.

Money raised by Tanger is donated to more than 20 breast cancer organizations through the Stanley K. Tanger Breast Cancer Fund.

Along with raising the money necessary to support ongoing breast cancer research, Tangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign helps fund programs and facilities designed to improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients, and creates awareness of the importance of early detection. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been affected by cancer in some way,â&#x20AC;?

Huskey-Balcom said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By working together, we can continue to help save lives and make a real difference in the community.â&#x20AC;?

Tanger Outlet Center in Sevierville plans to hold its second â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cruisinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; For a Cure,â&#x20AC;? a motorcycle ride, in June to benefit cancer research.

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Well represented Three Grammy nominations have Sevier County connections

Arts & E n t er t a i n m e n t Editor’s Note: The Arts/Entertainment calendar is printed as space permits.

Events within a two-hour drive will be considered. To place an item phone (865) 428-0748, ext. 215, or e-mail to editor@ themountainpress.com. Items may be faxed to 453-4913. n

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

By GAIL CRUTCHFIELD Community Editor When the list of nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards was released last week, Dolly Parton wasn’t the only Sevier County connection among the nominees.

While Parton garnered the chance for what could be her eighth Grammy with her nomination in the Best Musical Show Album as On the Net composer and lyricist for “9 to 5 The n grammy.com Musical,” two bands with local connections earned nominations in the n triumphantquartet.com Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass n barryscottonline.com Gospel Album category. n 9to5themusical.com Gospel and bluegrass group Barry Scott & Second Wind earned a nod for their debut album, “In God’s Time,” and The Triumphant Quartet was nominated for its album “Everyday.”

The quartet members were long-time favorites at The Miracle Theater before they took their music on the road in 2008, and all members of the band continue to reside in Sevier County.

“We are amazed and honored,” Triumphant Quartet’s Eric Bennett said in a press release. “We constantly stand in awe of the ways God moves in our ministry. If this nomination will help further our opportunities to tell people about the goodness of God, it is a tremendous gift.”

Their nomination comes on the heels of southern gospel music fans voting the group Quartet Of The Year at the annual Singing News Fan Awards, held in Louisville, Ky. Kodak’s Zane Petty, 16, plays banjo for Barry Scott & Second Wind and thought his band leader was kidding when Scott told him the group had been nominated.

“I thought they were joking at first,” Zane said. “I just didn’t believe them and I just kind of blew it off.”

When he heard the news from Scott, Zane said he began text messaging his other bandmates.

“And they were saying the same thing,” he said.

Figuring out it wasn’t a conspiracy to play a practical joke, Zane said he finally believed what they were telling him.

“I was really excited about it.”

So was him mom, Suzanne, who also had a tough time at first believing it.

“I mean, I think the guys are great, but I thought that just can’t be true,” she said. “So I Googled Grammy 2009 and up pops Beyonce and Taylor Swift.”

She then clicked on the nominees link and found Category 54: Best Southern, Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album.

The band’s name was there, along with the title of its album and Rebel Records, their recording company.

Other nominees, along with the Triumphant Quartet, include Jason Crabb for his self-titled album, “Dream On” by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound and “The Rock” by Tracy Lawrence.

“I couldn’t believe that we had been nominated for our debut album,” Scott said on the band’s Web site. “We are very grateful to all those who voted for us and want to say that we owe everything to our Lord Jesus Christ. He has kept his hand on our little group since it started, and every blessing He gives us we want to give right back to him.”

The Grammys will be awarded at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2010 and aired on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m.

“I guess my Zane is flying out to Los Angeles,” Submitted Suzanne Petty said.

Barry Scott & Second Wind, Zane is looking forward including banjo player and to the trip.

Kodak resident Zane Petty, “Just to be out there earned their first Grammy and just to be with all the nomination for their debut great, stars out there, all album, “In God’s Time.” Band the great musicians that I members include, from left, look up to,” he said.

Travis Houck, Petty, Barry As for Parton, her Scott, Matthew Munsey and competition in the Best Jason Leek.

Musical Show Album includes albums from “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Hair,” “Shrek The Musical” and “West Side Story.”

“9 to 5 The Musical” was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score, along with “Billy Elliot, The Musical,” “Next to Normal” and “Shrek The Musical.” The Tony went to “Next to Normal.” n gcrutchfield@themountainpress.com

Local Entertainment

6 p.m. today on back lawn at Tin Roof Cafe, Apple Valley Road, with s’mores and hot cocoa.

Christmas Guitar Concert

8 p.m. Saturday at Arrowmont School of Art, Gatlinburg, featuring Ed Gerhard and Bill Mize; tickets $18, 436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

New Rain

7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Hellbender’s on River Road in Gatlinburg

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Regional Entertainment

Wizard of Oz

8 p.m. today, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at Tennessee Theatre; tickets $32-$77, (865) 656-4444, www.tennesseetheatre.com

A Christmas Carol

8 p.m. Dec. 18-19, 2 p.m. Dec. 20 at Tennessee Theatre; tickets $6-$8, (865) 656-4444, www.tennesseetheatre.com

Jeff Dunham

7:30 p.m. Dec. 29 at ThompsonBoling Arena, Knoxville; tickets $46.50, www.knoxvilletickets.com

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Dolly Parton, center, performs at the 63rd annual Tony Awards in New York. Also pictured are Allison Janney, left, and Stephanie J. Block.

Tennessee Shines

7 p.m. Dec. 30 at Bijou Theatre, featuring Buddy Miller, Larry Cordle, Jill Andrews, Julia Nunes and The Drunk Uncles; tickets $15 advance, $20 day of; (865) 656-4444, www.knoxbijou. com

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Local Festivals/Events

Seymour Christmas Parade

4 a.m. Saturday starting at Valley Grove Baptist Church and ending at Kroger

Festival of Christmas Past

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sugarlands Visitor Center; free admission

Salamander Ball

6:30 -930 p.m. Saturday masquerade ball at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies; tickets $75 adults, kids 12 and under get free, benefits Discover Life in America, 430-4756

Santa’s Workshop

6 -8 p.m. Tuesday at Sevierville Community Center, hosted by Sevierville Police Department Relay For Life team; admission $10 donation for first child, $5 for second, third, etc..

Santa’s Workshop

2-4 p.m. Dec. 19 at Tin Roof Cafe; $5 per child, with cookie decorating, ornament making, face painting and storytime.

Puttin’ On the Ritz

6-10:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Sevierville Civic Center, semi-formal dinner and dance; $50 person, proceeds benefit Relay For Life, 428-5834, 654-9280

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Local Arts

Women in Wood Exhibition

Through Jan. 2 at Blain Galleries, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, opening reception with guest lecturer Betty Scarpino, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16, 436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

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Regional Arts

Art in Wood

Through December at the American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge; (865) 576-3200, www.amse.org

National Juried Exhibition

Dec. 14-Jan. 29 at Emporium Center, presented by the Arts & Cultural Alliance; reception 5-9 p.m. Jan. 8, (865) 523-7543, www.knoxalliance. com

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The Triumphant Quartet is nominated in the same category as Barry Scott & Second Wind for their recent album, “Everyday.” From left in front are Scott Inman, David Sutton; back, Jeff Stice, Clayton Inman and Eric Bennett.

Student Art Exhibition

Through Jan. 30 at Knoxville Museum of Art; reception and awards ceremony 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 1; (865) 934-2034, www.knoxart.org

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Spotlight Calendar Showing at Reel Theatres’ Movies on the Parkway in Sevierville. For show times, call 453-9055. *The Princess & The Frog (G) — Stars the voice talents of Anika Noni rose and Bruno Campos. A modern twist on a classic tale, about a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

Brothers (R) — Stars Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal. After his brother goes missing in Afghanistan, a man tries to fill in by assuming responsibility for his brother’s wife and children.

Old Dogs (PG) — Stars Robin Williams and John Travolta. Two middle-aged business partners’ lives are turned upside down when they find themselves in the care of 7-year-old twins.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) — Stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. In the second installment of Stephanie Meyer’s phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become a part of — only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.

The Blind Side (PG-13) — Stars Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron. The true story of Michael Oher, a homeless AfricanAmerican youngster from a broken home, taken in by a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential and eventually become an All-American offensive left tackle and NFL player.

A Christmas Carol (PG) — Stars Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman. Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come, as they help to bring kindness to his otherwise cold heart. *Indicates new releases this week

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Miracle Theater: 4287469 n Smith Family Theater: 429-8100 n Smoky Mountain Theater: 774-5400 n Smoky Mountain Palace Theatre: 429-1601 n Sweet Fanny Adams Theater: 436-4039 n Tennessee Shindig (formerly Fiddlers’ Feast): 908-3327 n WonderWorks “Hoot N’ Holler” Show: 868-1800 n

Andy’s Junction

Andy’s Junction, 10237 Chapman Highway, Seymour: Country Tradition, 7-10 p.m.

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Guarino’s Italian Restaurant

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Hellbender’s

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New Orleans on the River

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Park — A session about the icons of the Smokies n Kiddin’ Around — A hands-on PIGEON FORGE — Wilderness introduction to mountain music Wildlife Week in the Great Smoky and instruments for kids Mountains may sound like it’s an n Wings of America — A live bird activity for gung-ho outdoorsmen, show from the American Eagle but the truth is that the eight-day Foundation January event in Pigeon Forge is Wilderness Wildlife Week, Jan. for the entire family.

9-16, is Pigeon Forge’s annual Almost 20 of the more than salute to Great Smoky Mountains 230 programs are specifically for children, and many programs that National Park and to Mother Nature in general. This is the might seem geared to adults can event’s 20th year, and all activities entertain the younger set.

Consider these “children’s menu” are free.

About 150 experts — rangers choices: n Animal Olympics — An interac- from the National Park Service, tive program that compares human biologists, botanists, nature phosenses and abilities to those of wild tographers, animal rehabilitators and Smoky Mountains residents — animals donate their time to present a week n Oh! Possum — A chance to of lectures, classes, photography meet a marsupial shows, musical performances and n Those Ain’t Teddy Bears in demonstrations.

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Protect the grace of childhood this Christmas

Parents, let me suggest a gift you may want to give yourselves this Christmas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which could result in a terrific gift for your children. I have often used â&#x20AC;&#x153;good news/ bad newsâ&#x20AC;? stories in order to make a point. Today, I use a â&#x20AC;&#x153;good news/good newsâ&#x20AC;? story. The good news is, due to the economic downturn many parents surveyed say their children will be receiving fewer gifts for Christmas.

The good news is, according to many psychologists this is good for the children.

There is a video game called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Too Many Ninjas,â&#x20AC;? which to me aptly describes the lives of children today. The player is a sword-wielding warrior who is attacked by ninjas coming from all directions. The purpose is to see how many ninjas he or she can kill. Uplifting, huh? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about as uplifting as children being overwhelmed by too many toys, games, TV programs and the Internet, while also staying on the go with scheduled activities. Psychologists claim children have lost more than 12 hours of free time a week in the past two decades â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they become frustrated over so

become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. With 18 years as a school counselor and 15 years as a private family counselor-therapist, Payne provides inspiration many choices to make in a and a blueprint for change to parents who want to shorter period of time. slow their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives Addressing this probdown but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know lem is a book published where to start. His major in 2009 that continues points include: to grow in popularity n Streamline your home in homes and schools. environment. The average Written by Kim John Payne, M.Ed., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simplicity child has more than 150 toys (and will get more Parenting: Using the this Christmas). Payne Extraordinary Power of offers tips for reducing the Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure amount of toys, books and clutter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as the Kids,â&#x20AC;? helps parents to lights, sounds and genreclaim for their children eral sensory overload that the space and freedom crowd the space young that all kids need, allowing their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atten- imaginations need in order to grow. tion to focus and their n Establish rhythms and individuality to flourish. rituals. Predictability (rouIt also teaches parents tines) and transparency how to worry and hover (knowing the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan) less â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how to enjoy are soothing pressure their own lives and their valves for children. Payne children more.

According to the author, shares workable ways to ease daily tensions, cretodayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busier, faster, supersized society is wag- ate battle-free mealtimes ing an undeclared war on and bedtimes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and to recognize if your child is childhood. As the pace of overwhelmed. life continues to accelern Schedule a break in ate, with too much stuff, the schedule. Too many too many choices and too activities may limit chillittle time, children feel drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to motivate the pressure. They can

and direct themselves.

Payne shows how to establish intervals of calm in your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily torrent of constant doing and how to familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of organized sports and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;enrichmentâ&#x20AC;? activities. n Scale back on media and parental involvement. Manage your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;screen timeâ&#x20AC;? to limit the endless and often scary deluge of information and stimulation. Back out of hyper-parenting. Payne emphasizes that parental hovering is really about anxiety. He says that by doing less and trusting more, parents can create a sanctuary that nurtures childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity, wellbeing, and resiliency as they â&#x20AC;&#x153;grow slowly into themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Some parents and schools are declaring Payneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;manifesto for protecting the grace of childhood.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I think it might be a great gift for you â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and your child â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this Christmas. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Š Carl Mays, author and speaker. E-mail to carlmays@carlmays.com.

His books are available in stores, on www.carlmays. com and other Internet locations.

WSCC receives grant for homeschool band From Submitted Reports Walters State Community College has received a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission to help offset the costs of the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeschool band.

The band is open to homeschool students between the ages of 10-18 and meets at the Sevier County campus.

Participation in the band is free. The grant will also offset the price of private lessons for the

first 10 students to apply.

Half-hour lessons are $20, so the first applicants will only pay $11.

Lessons are offered for brass, woodwind and percussion instruments.

The band will begin rehearsals on Jan. 19 and continue through April 27.

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Community Calendar Editor’s Note: The community calendar is printed as space permits. Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered.

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

Friday, Dec. 11 Kodak Story Time

Preschool story time 11 a.m. Kodak Library, featuring Puppet Lady. 933-0078.

Garden Club

Sevierville Garden Club to travel to Racheff House for Christmas Greens Tea. Meet at Senior Center at 10:45 a.m. to carpool.

Softball Team Benefit

Free hot chocolate and snacks.

Sunday, Dec. 13 SCHS Choir

Sevier County High School Concert Choir performs Christmas and gospel selections, 6 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church.

Choral Society Concert

Sevier County Choral Society holiday concert 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Sevierville. Free. 429-0252 or 800-987-7771.

New Hope Show

“Christmas — Around the World and Through the Ages” today-Sunday at New Hope Church in Kodak. 7 p.m. today and Saturday, 10 a.m., Sunday. 804-3300 for free tickets.

Softball Fundraiser

Sevier County High School softball team spaghetti dinner 6:30-7:15 p.m., auction 7:15, cafeteria. $5 each. Proceeds go to building and equipment funding.

696-9993.

Evergreen Nativity

Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Dolly Parton Parkway, live Nativity walkthrough inside church, 6:30-8:30 p.m. today and Saturday. Free hot chocolate and snacks.

Woodmen of the World

Oak City Music

TOPS

Music Ministry of Oak City Baptist Church in Seymour presents “Hope Has Hands” 4-7 p.m., off Boyd’s Creek Highway.

Monday, Dec. 14 Prayer In Action meets 6 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC for prayer for U.S. and government. Nondenominational.

GateKeepers

Old Harp Singing

Annual Sugarlands Old Harp shape note singing, 9:30 a.m., Sugarlands Visitor Center. 453-5847. www.oldharp.org

DAR

DAR, Spencer Clack chapter, meets at 11 a.m. at Sevierville First Baptist parking lot to carpool to William Blount Mansion.

Angel Food

Angel Food pick-up: n 8-11 a.m. Gum Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508. n 8-10, First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road n 8-9:30 a.m., Glades Lebanon Baptist Church, 820 E. Highlands Drive, Gatlinburg. 659-3443. n 10-noon, River Of Life Outreach, 110 Simmons Road, Seymour. 679-6796. n 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., The Father’s House, 139 Bruce St., Sevierville. 2869784 or 230-1526.

Seymour UMC

Seymour UMC Kiaros reunion 9 a.m., Christmas concert rehearsal 10:30 a.m. children’s “Happy Birthday, Jesus” party at noon. 573-9711.

Clothing Giveaway

Clothing giveaway 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at River of Life Outreach 110 Simmons Road, Seymour.

Evergreen Nativity

Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Dolly Parton Parkway, live Nativity walk-through inside church, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

ABWA

Women’s Bible Study

Submarine Veterans

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church (enter last door on right side), Seymour n 1 p.m., Gatlinburg Inn

Blood Drive

Medic blood drive 2-7 p.m., Eusebia Presbyterian Church, 1701 Burnette Station Road, Seymour.

Highlanders

Gatlinburg Highlanders Youth Athletic Association coach and board elections and board meeting, 5:30 p.m. Mills Park.

Tuesday, Dec. 15 Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers men’s Bible study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.

Old Harp Singing

Northview Optimist Club Christmas dinner 6:30 p.m. at clubhouse, with visiting clubs Chilhowee and Angel Tree.

Turkey Shoot 2 p.m. weather permitting, behind Catons Chapel Fire Department, 3109 Pittman Center Road.

Hot Meals

American Business Women’s Association meets at Holiday Inn, Pigeon Forge. Networking 6 p.m., dinner meeting to follow. www.abwasevier.org.

“A Wonderful Life”

Turkey Shoot

TOPS weight loss chapter meets 6 p.m. Parkway Church of God, Sevierville.

755-9517 or 429-3150.

GateKeepers men’s community Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.

Old Harp shape note singing, 7 p.m., Middle Creek United Methodist Church, 1828 Middle Creek Road., Pigeon Forge. 4280874, www.oldharp.org.

Saturday, Dec. 12

Thursday, Dec. 17 Women’s Bible Study

Sevier County Choral Society holiday concert 4 p.m., Gatlinburg Presbyterian Church, 237 Reagan Drive. Free. 4290252 or 800-987-7771.

Choral Society Concert

Woodmen of The World Lodge 101 Christmas Party and gift exchange 6:30 p.m., Sevierville Civic Center. Members bring $5 gift for exchange. 429-3227 or 453-3233.

Free presentation of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 6 p.m., back lawn of Tin Roof Cafe and Gift Shop, Apple Valley Road.

Sevierville First United Methodist Church community supper 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Open to all. 453-5754.

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

Sevier County High School Prayer In Action

softball team hosts silent auction/spaghetti dinner in cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. $5; children under 4 free.

Tickets at door or by calling 202-9097.

Community Supper

Optimist Dinner

Community Choir

Community choir for 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration organization meeting and rehearsal 6-8 p.m., Walters State Community College, Sevierville.

Beech Springs Play

Program, “Christmas Shoes,” 7 p.m. today and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, Beech Springs Baptist Church, 337 W. Mount Road., Kodak. 933-0692 or www.beechspringsbaptist. org

Smoky Mountain sub vets meet 6 p.m., at Islamorada Restaurant. www.

SmokyMountainBase.com, 429-0465 or 692-3368.

Friday, Dec. 18 FCE

Midway Family, Community and Education Club meets 9 a.m. at Mountain National Bank Kodak Branch to fill Christmas stockings for Douglas Dam Headstart children.

Blood Drive

Medic blood drive 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center.

Saturday, Dec. 19 Turkey Shoot

Turkey Shoot 2 p.m. weather permitting, behind Catons Chapel Fire Department, 3109 Pittman Center Road.

Sunday, Dec. 20 Bethel Baptist

Bethel Baptist Church adult choir presents “Hark! the Angels Sing” during morning worship.

Children’s program 6 p.m.

Beech Springs Play

Program, “Christmas Shoes,” 6:30 p.m., Beech Springs Baptist Church, 337 W. Mount Road, Kodak.

933-0692 or www.beechspringsbaptist.org

Monday, Dec. 21 Bariatric Support

Bariatric Surgery Support Group meets 7 p.m. at Echota Resort Clubhouse on Highway 66. 453-6841 or

712-3287.

Prayer In Action

Prayer In Action meets 6 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC for a time of prayer for U.S. and government.

Nondenominational.

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Monday, Dec. 28 Prayer In Action

Prayer In Action meets 6 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC for a time of prayer for the United States and its government.

Nondenominational.

GateKeepers men’s community Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. 3107831.

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Women’s Bible Study

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church (enter last door on right side), Chapman and Boyds Highway, Seymour n 1 p.m., Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Tuesday, Dec. 22 Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers men’s Bible study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 Grace Baptist Service

Grace Baptist Church, 2539 Newport Highway, candlelight service 7 p.m.

453-0522.

Medic Blood Drive

Medic blood drive 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bass Pro Shops.

Donors receive free T-shirt and a cholesterol evaluation.

GateKeepers men’s community Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.

Garlands of Grace women’s Bible study: n 10 a.m. Seymour Heights Christian Church (enter last door on right side), Chapman and Boyds Highway, Seymour n 1 p.m., Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Tuesday, Dec. 29 Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers men’s Bible study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.

Monday, Jan. 4 Prayer In Action

Prayer In Action meets 6 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC for a time of prayer for the United States and its government.

Nondenominational.

GateKeepers

GateKeepers men’s community Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.

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Fantasy of Lights winners announced Parade to be broadcast starting today From Submitted Reports GATLINBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Department of Tourism has recognized entries in the 34th annual Gatlinburg Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade as the best in six categories.

More than 100 parade entries, including floats, helium balloons, marching bands, twirling groups, horse clubs, emergency units and rolling vehicles, participated in the 34th annual Christmas parade downtown.

Results of the judging: n Mt. LeConte Award (Best Professional Float): Ripleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg n Mountaineer Award (Best Original Float): D&S Builders, Sevierville n Spur Award (Best Equestrian Unit): Llama Trek, Sevierville n Best Band: Gadsden City High School Marching Band, Gadsden, Ala. n George Hawkins Award (Most Entertaining Unit): Polar Express Caboose, Birmingham, Ala. n Winter Magic Lights Award (Best Use of Lights): Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge.

The parade telecast has been running daily on PEG Channel 4 on Charter Cable.

The parade will also be rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Dec. 11, 12, 18 and 19 on Charter Cable channel 16 in Sevier County.

Gatlinburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22nd annual New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve Ball Drop and Pyrotechnic Show at the Space Needle will be held Dec. 31. The event is free and will feature music and party favors.

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Polar Express Caboose from Birmingham, Ala., won the George Hawkins Award (Most Entertaining Unit).

Dixie Stampede won Winter Magic Lights Award (Best Use of Lights).

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D&S Builders of Sevierville won the Mountaineer Award (Best Original Float).

Ripleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aquarium of the Smokies won the Mt. LeConte Award (Best Professional Float).

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Llama Treks of Sevierville won the Spur Award (Best Equestrian Unit)

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R e a l E s t a t e Tr a n s f e r s District 1

District

Residential Funding Company LLC to Daniel and Katherine Depperman for $95,000 for property on English Mountain Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to David and Stephanie King for $195,000 for lot 73, Elk Springs Resort Frank Van Zandt Linn Sr. to Richard and Nancy Bierea for $35,000 for unit 414, English Mountain Condominiums

Keith Riotto and Joanne Riotto, deceased, to Alvin and Margaret Savoy for $288,000 for 2 acres, Goose Gap Road Pigeon Investments LLC to Cynthia Harrison for $46,000 for lot 11, Willow Creek Toby and Tiffany Miller to Donald Mocarski for $120,000 for lot 28, Davis Hills No. One National City Real Estate Services LLC to Richard and Nancy Kaiser for $64,900 for lot 4, Garry and Wendy Blackwell property

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District 4 Branch Banking and Trust Company to E. Shane Patterson for $25,000 for 2 acres in District 4 Peter and Beatriz Koopman to Harlan Loveday for $120,000 for lot 16, Clintwood Estates C. Dan Scott, Cristobal and Audrey Medina to Branch Banking and Trust Company for $234,900 for lot 129, unit 2, Murphy Farm Angela and Randall Ussery to Harvey and Grace Youngquist for $390,000 for lot 4006, phase 4, Starr Crest Resort Two Gerald Rickard to Jack and Debra Hutchens for $95,000 for lot 8B-1, Amber Wilson Farm Hickory Patch LLC to Leon Brenneman for $426,000 for unit 136R, Phase 2, Hidden Springs Resort Deutsche Bank Trust Company to Karen Aguirre for $152,000 for lot 36, phase I, Rivergate Kyle and Mary Ball to Hugh and Janice Holland for $235,950 for lot 34, Murrell Meadows Keith and Loralie Scott to Carley Beesley for $130,250 for lot 292, unit 2, Rock Gardens Everett Hixon Jr., Timothy and Martha Gautney to Bank of New York Mellon for $191,250 for lot 1, Panther Knob Estates Linda Byrd to Ben and

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Oak City

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Michael Parton for $50,000 for lot 81, Murphy Farm

District 5 Rebecca Brabson to Catherine and Peter Brabson for $150,000 for lots 1 and 2, Ben D. Brabson Jr. Trustee property Farid Alavi to Terry and Brenda Short for $85,000 for unit 2110, phase 2, Resort at Governor’s Crossing Jack and Brenda Anderson to Dale Abbott and John Bohren for $120,000 for unit A-32, Phase 1, Golf View Resort Community Smith Family Partnership, D. R. Jr,, Brenda, Summer, Dustin Blue, Smith, Misty and Kevin Hedrick to Melanie and Conrad Parker II for $195,000 for lot 14, phase 9, Dell at Hidden Mountain Resort Accredited Home Lenders Inc. and Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. to Jimmy and Patricia Bruce for $75,450 for lot 21, phase I, Country Oaks Alben and June Navickas, to Guy Navickas for $160,000 for lot 1, Navickas property Douglas and Audrey Yates to Carrie Rudder for $112,000 for lot 4B, Sunrise Meadows Randolph Sykes, Fred and Donna Hoppe to Sevier County Bank for $2,681,559.04 for lot 2, Museum Place Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Freddie Mac, National Default REO Services and First American

Asset Closing Services to Marvis Gonzalez for $69,000 for lot 8, Dogwood Gardens Magnus and Verna Blomquist, Allan and Phyllis Barbour to Shirley Yeager for $125,000 for lot 8A, Sunrise Meadows Aurora Loan Services LLC and Goodman Dean Inc. to Dennis and Brenda Banther for $169,000 for lot 1, Brookstone Village James and Lisa Hale to Smokey View Properties Inc. for $20,000 for property in District 5 D. R. Smith Jr. and Brenda Smith to Jesse and Patricia Phillips for $115,000 for lot 112, Hidden Mountain East

District 6 Helen and Jerry Roberts to Franklin and Cheryl Griffin for $99,000 for lot 10, Valley View Acres William Cotter, Loris McCarter, Ruby Hurst, Myrtle Davis, William J. Cotter, Pearl Dunn, Oliver William Cotter Estate to Ellis Adams and Veanna Adams Trust for $65,000 for 5.43 acres, Cotter Way Bank of New York Mellon Trustee to Rob Johnson for $352,100 for lot 23, Thunder Mountain

District 7 Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association to Marshall Dykes and David Manis for $66,500 for lot 3, Vern and Joyce Catlett Jeannie May Huskey,

Bryan Huskey and Jeannie Williams Kersey to Alyssa Crowder for $45,000 for 1.3392 acres, Bush Hollow Way Shapiro and Kirsch LLP, Johnny, John H. and Christine Garner to U. S. Bank Trustee for $30,000 for lot 82, Big River Overlook Wilderness Tennessee Venture No. 4, LLC to Smokey Mountain Investment Group LLC for $1,485,000 for units 12105, 12106, 12107, 12108, 12109, 12110, 12111, 12113, 12114, 12115, 12116 Wilderness at the Smokies River Lodge Condominium Faye and Richard Woods to Cory Breedlove for $88,670 for lot 53, Chief Galloways Lakeside Development

District 8 Sykes & Wynn PLLC, William and Lisa Romines to Sevier County Bank for $75,000 for lot 31, Palmer Holbert Estate

District 9 Ronnie and Pamela Hayes to Matthew Smith for $224,900 for lot 19, Foothills Estate William Furlong to Daryll and Mary Caughron for $143,500 for lot 67, Cherokee Hills Anthony and Lisa Spradlin to Charles and Maria Carey for $147,000 for lot 116, Indian Heights

District 14

F&W Builders LLC, Gregory D’Amico to Amanda Clark for $126,900 for unit 7, Chesney Commons Fannie Mae, Federal National Mortgage Association to Joshua and Misty McLain for $123,000 for lot 7B, Ola Thomas Acres Charles McCarter and Douglas Stair to Patrick Barr for $165,000 for lot 26, Ellis Village Consuelo and Aristides Aguero to Linda Pasternak for $99,000 for lot 79, Keenland Farms SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to Louise Dockery for $20,000 for lot 12, Eagle Watch District 11 property Branch Banking and Trust Federal Home Loan Company to ILM Rentals Mortgage Corp, National LP for $535,000 for lot 1, Default REO Services and Eagle Trail American Asset Closing Jo Anne Clabo, David Services to Donald and Parton to Elizabeth Patricia Keesling for Mersereau and Donna Weir $189,900 for lot 32, for $70,000 for unit 4, Dogwood Hills Down Towne Condominiums Joe Clayton to Peter and Beatriz Koopman for $257,000 for lots 20, 21, District 12 22, 39, 43 and 46, Eagle David and Jennifer Parrish Springs to Percy Moore III for $133,500 for lot 27, Smoky District 16 Village John Vinoski and Evelyn Mountain Getaway Clark to Shelby Boyd and Retreats LLC to Harold David Bradley for $104,500 and Lorna Betteridge for lot 12, Northview Acres for $17,000 for lot HUD to Jesica Myers and 29, Walden’s Ridge George Lenz for $30,000 Development for lot 10A, Kodak Estates Charles and Donna Inhern to Joe, Mary, Jeff, and Traci Dodgen, J. William District 13 and Helen Gleason for Greg Forderhase, Robert $45,000 for lot 93, phase and Rosalia Marr to Howard two, Bluff Mountain Acres Mooney for $400,000 for GMAC Mortgage LLC to lot 1, Charles F. Lewis Robert Hazel for $59,000 Estate and lot 18, Clark for lot 137, Hidden Woods No. 1.

Mountain View Eddy and Melody Wade Steve and Kim Shinlever to Scott and Janet Gunnell to Harris 1 IRA LLC for for $184,900 for lot 16, $35,000 for lot 1C2, Bluff Oldham Creek Springs Mountain Estates Sykes & Wynn PLLC, Shellie Wallace and Laura Lushen and Dianne Evans LaPorte to Wells Fargo to Sevier County Bank for Bank for $216,000 for lot $89,000 for lot 11, Settlers 27R, phase II, Bear Creek Ridge Crossing Federal National Shellie Wallace, William Mortgage Association, and Judy Ambrose to John Fannie Mae, Wilson and Higdon for $150,000 for lot Associates PLLC to Michelle 1, Christopher Gray propBobertz for $62,000 for lot erty 8A, Smokey Ridge II

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Friday, December 11, 2009 ◆ The Mountain Press

Rotary gives to agencies SEVIERVILLE — Sevierville Sunrise Rotary presented checks to agencies that had made requests for support for 2010.

Sunrise Rotary’s mission is community service. The club raises money by individual member donations and fund-raising efforts throughout the year.

In addition to supporting area agencies, the club also hosts exchange students; provides scholarships for Sevier County High School seniors; sponsors leadership programs for high school juniors; and continues to work on soccer fields at Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.

Agencies receiving support from Sevierville Sunrise Rotary include Sevier County Sheriff’s Department Chaplain-Benevolence Fund, Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, Smoky Mountain Children’s Home, Boy Scout Troop 110, Boys and Girls Club, Sevier County Food Ministries, Sevier County 4-H clubs, Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.

The Christmas Basket Project is under way for December to provide needy families with a food basket. Companies and individuals are encouraged to help with the project this year because of increased requests.

Baskets are $25 for a half or $50 for a whole basket and can be bought in honor of someone. Christmas food basket gift cards may be purchased from Rotarian Jane Ketteringham at 850-6934.

Sevierville Sunrise Rotary meets Thursday mornings at the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.

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Mark Ross, director of the Sevier County Boys and Girls Clubs, received a check from Mary Vance. The clubs serve 11 percent of the schoolage population in Sevier County.

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Terry Nobles from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department chaplain program received a check from President Mary Vance. The program offers help to meet the spiritual needs of prisoners in Sevier County jails.

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Extension Agent Glenn Turner receives a check from Sunrise President Mary Vance. There are 23,000 school-age youth involved in the Sevier County 4-H program.

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Ranee King representing CASA of East Tennessee receives a check from Mary Vance, president of Sunrise Rotary.

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Dick Wellons, director of Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries receives a check from President Mary Vance.

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Boy Scout 110 troop leader David Ratliff receives a check from Sunrise President Mary Vance.

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Mary Vance, director of Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, receives a check from Sunrise president-elect Van Moore.

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LEGALS

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IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE

above. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862 Entered this 10 day of December, 2009

nessee, at 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee, 37862, on the 17th Day of February, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., to personally answer the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights. Failing to appear for the hearing on this date and time, without good cause, pursuant to rule 39(c) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P., will result in the loss of your right to contest the petition to terminate your parental rights to the child listed above. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862 Entered this 10 day of December, 2009

NO. 09-001776 STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SERVICES PETITIONER v.

ELIZABETH ANN VANCE, Mother And JASON LOUIS KRAFT, Putative Father Respondents IN THE MATTER OF: CHRISTIAN â&#x20AC;&#x153;BLAKEâ&#x20AC;? TULLOCK, d.o.b: 2-6-2000 A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION It appearing to the Court from allegations of the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, and the Affidavits of Diligent Search that the whereabouts of the Respondent Elizabeth Ann Vance are unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent search, therefore, the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Elizabeth Ann Vance. It is therefore, ORDERED that said Respondent be served by publication of the following Notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Mountain Press, a newspaper published in Sevier County, Tennessee.

It is further ORDERED that if the Respondent Elizabeth Ann Vance does not enter an appearance or otherwise Answer the Petition, further personal service or service by further publication shall be dispensed with and service of any future notices, motions, orders or other legal documents on this matter may be made upon the Respondent Elizabeth Ann Vance, by filing same with the Juvenile Court Clerk for Sevier County, Tennessee.

NOTICE TO THE RESPONDENT: Elizabeth Ann Vance The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Service, has filed a Petition against you seeking forever your parental rights to CHRISTIAN BLAKE TULLOCK. It appearing that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown.

You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Daniel K. Smithwick, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services, 115 Allensville Rd., Suite 105, Sevierville, TN 37876, Phone NO: (865) 429-7012, an Answer to the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights filed by the Tennessee Department of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services, within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication of this notice, which will be January 2, 2010, or appear personally in the Juvenile Court of Sevier County, Tennessee, at 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee, 37862, on the 17th Day of February, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., to personally answer the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights. Failing to appear for the hearing on this date and time, without good cause, pursuant to rule 39(c) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P., will result in the loss of your right to contest the petition to terminate your parental rights to the child listed

Hon. Jeff Rader Sevier County Juvenile Judge 12-11-09, 12-18-09, 12-25-09, 01-01-10

IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE NO. 09-001776 STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SERVICES PETITIONER v.

ELIZABETH ANN VANCE, Mother And JASON LOUIS KRAFT, Putative Father

Hon. Jeff Rader Sevier County Juvenile Judge 12-11-09, 12-18-09, 12-25-09, 01-01-10

Respondents IN THE MATTER OF: CHRISTIAN â&#x20AC;&#x153;BLAKEâ&#x20AC;? TULLOCK, d.o.b: 2-6-2000 A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION It appearing to the Court from allegations of the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, and the Affidavits of Diligent Search that the whereabouts of the Respondent Jason Louis Kraft are unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent search, therefore, the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon Jason Louis Kraft. It is therefore, ORDERED that said Respondent be served by publication of the following Notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in the Mountain Press, a newspaper published in Sevier County, Tennessee.

It is further ORDERED that if the Respondent Jason Louis Kraft does not enter an appearance or otherwise Answer the Petition, further personal service or service by further publication shall be dispensed with and service of any future notices, motions, orders or other legal documents on this matter may be made upon the Respondent Jason Louis Kraft, by filing same with the Juvenile Court Clerk for Sevier County, Tennessee.

NOTICE TO THE RESPONDENT: Jason Louis Kraft The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Service, has filed a Petition against you seeking forever your parental rights to CHRISTIAN BLAKE TULLOCK. It appearing that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown.

You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Daniel K. Smithwick, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services, 115 Allensville Rd., Suite 105, Sevierville, TN 37876, Phone NO: (865) 429-7012, an Answer to the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights filed by the Tennessee Department of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Services, within thirty (30) days of the last date of publication of this notice, which will be January 2, 2010, or appear personally in the Juvenile Court of Sevier County, Ten-

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238 HOTEL/MOTEL

556 FIREWOOD

Landmark Inn is accepting applications for full time front desk clerk.

Must be dependable & customer service oriented.

Apply in person at 401 Forks of the River Pkwy, Sev. M-F 8am-3pm.

Firewood for sale. All hardwood. $45 rick. 865-977-8903

Sun Hospitality located at Holiday Inn Vacation Club Smoky Mountain Resort, 404 Historic Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, TN. When everyone else is laying off, we are hiring!

Experienced cleaner needed, apply in person.

242 RESTAURANT

Deadline Friday, 10 a.m.

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Food Service help in Pigeon Forge. Call for information 865-323-3165

Thursday, 10 a.m.

Now Hiring Professional Salesperson for year round full time position. Selling medical/fitness equipment in Sevierville store. Must have integrity and good character.

Hourly wage + commission. Avg earnings are $800$1400 per week.

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557 MISC. SALES KNIFE SHOW Parkers Greatest Knife Show on Earth.

December 10-12 at Sevierville Events Center. Go to bulldogknives.org for complete details 581 PETS AKC miniature pinchers 7 wks 1st shots, dewormed.

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FOUND: Mixed chaw in August. Looks like a lion. Human shy. 286-5403

FOUND: Young Brindle male hunting dog. Free to good home. 773-5461

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Assistant- Grease Duct Cleaning 654-0966 After 11 AM- Ron Local cabin company taking applications for Reservationist, Assistant Manager, and Cleaners. Apply in person at: 333 Ski Mtn. Rd. Gatlinburg.

453-0727

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

Cagles Furniture and Appliances

10X10 or 10x20 Looking for Office work Assistance. Basic Knowledge in Accounts Payable Bookkeeping PT/FT with flexible hours. Related experience a must.

Stop by and fill out application. Return calls to schedule interviews.

7741128 Maria Woodward. Workshop Tools 2708 Teaster Ln. START NOW! $18/HR $600-$1500/WK Full Time/Local work. Auto req./ Background check Call 1-800-6442822 x 4057 Zipline Guides needed now. Must live in Gatlinburg & have car. 436-2833 237 HEALTHCARE

does not recommend or endorse any product, service or company. For more information and assistance regarding the investigation of FINANCING, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK AT HOME OPPORTUNITIES, this newspaper urges its readers to contact the Better Business Bureau, 2633 Kingston Pike, Suite 2, Knoxville, TN 37919, Phone (865)692-1600.

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356 STORAGE BUILDINGS

Nurse Practitioner PT/FT needed. 3 full days per week to provide healthcare to residents of long term care facilities. Send resume to superiorhealthsolutions@g mail.com.

238 HOTEL/MOTEL CLARION INN & SUITES Looking for dependable, detailed and customer service oriented personnel.

Now accepting applications for the following full time positions: â&#x20AC;˘Front Desk â&#x20AC;˘Breakfast/ Lobby Attendant Excellent wages, bonus and benefits!

Please apply in person M - F, 9:30am - 3pm.

1100 Parkway Gatlinburg, TN

SELF STORAGE Convenient Location!

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

429-2962 500 MERCHANDISE

Divorce Settlement Furniture Sale Today-Dec.18 Open House will be the 13th. House auctioned off Dec. 19 10:30am Everything must go. Patio, King BR Suit, Big Oak Unit, Desk, Kitchen Table, Island, T.Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Bookcase, Sewing Machine.

Too much to mention.

By appt. only 865980-0070

Inside Moving Sale Fri & Sat Bedroom suit, curio cabinets, tables, chairs, entertainment centers, sewing machines, dishes, books, clothes.

DVDs, toys, pictures & all odds & ends, too much to mention.

Everything must go. Cut at Golden Corral on 66 go to red light, go right, go 2.5 miles out Allensville Rd to Sunshine Way. 429-1301.

INVITATION TO BID SEVIERVILLE, TENNESSEE Sealed bids for PRINTING OF THE 2010 SEVIERVILLE VACATION PLANNER will be RECEIVED UNTIL AND PUBLICLY OPENED AT 2:00PM, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009, by the City of Sevierville, 120 Gary Wade Boulevard, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862. Bids received after the speciďŹ ed time, postmarks notwithstanding, shall be rejected.

Bids shall be submitted on forms furnished by the City. SpeciďŹ cations and bid forms may be obtained at the Sevierville City Hall, 120 Gary Wade Boulevard, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862 or on website at www.seviervilletn.org. Envelopes shall be labeled: â&#x20AC;&#x153;BID ENCLOSED: 2010 VACATION PLANNERâ&#x20AC;? and mailed to the following address: Lynn K. McClurg, City Recorder City of Sevierville P.O. Box 5500 Sevierville, TN 37864-5500

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800 Mobile Homes

400 Financial

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693 ROOMS FOR RENT

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 & 2 BR Apt. From $395. Water/Sewer Inc. Patio Mtn Views. 908-2062

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654-7033

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Quiet neighborhood. No pets.

Call 453-3177 or 850-1693.

2 BR APT. in Pigeon Forge area. $550/mo, $275 damage dep. up front. No pets! 865573- 6859 or 3895229

2 weeks free. 2BR 1.5BA Spacious with balcony. Water incl. Garden Setting. $550 mth Shadowwood Apts.

429-6925

Apartments, mobile homes and trailer lots for rent

5000 sf Warehouse

$1500 month

865-850-3874 Professional office space for rent or lease. 1400 sq ft.

For more information call Joanna 865-774-8885 or 1800-586-1494.

EOE M/F/H Retail Shop Baskin Square Mall Street Level. Downtown Gatlinburg 865436-8788 Ask for Jim

2BR 2BA triplex PF. 2BR apt Sev. No pets. Clean & convenient. 453-5079.

3BR 1.5BA $750 mth 2BR 1BA $600 mth 3BR 1BA $700 mth 3BR 2BA house $1100 mth. 9244761 922 Burden Hill Rd (Triplex) 3 minutes to downtown Sevierville. Clean 1BR 1BA, city view, $450.

865-2865070

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Available Now. Studio apartment walking distance to downtown. for rent in Gatlinburg TN, first mth rent of $525, last mth rent $525 and security deposit of $150 865436-5691

453-2959

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

SPACIOUS

1100 sq. ft.

2BR/2BA $600 mth + $500 dep.

1 yr lease. No Pets.

428-0713 or 389-5780

608 RESORT RENTALS

FINCHUM PROPERTIES Leasing 1 & 2 BR apts Hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, plus many extras, 1 year lease, no pets.

TVA energy efďŹ cient 865-453-8947 865-776-2614

RV Sites starting from $285 & up on Indian Camp Creek Monthly or Yearly rentals. Util. & wi-fi bathhouse & laundromat Furn Near the Park off Hwy 321. 850-2487

Retail shop in The Village shopping center downtown Gatlinburg. 865-4363995

555 GARAGE & YARD SALES

200 Employment

453-0727

$650 month I will babysit in my home. Reasonable rates. 366-7104 or 441-2554.

600 Rentals

2 new recliners $398 Cagles Furniture & Appliances 2364B Pittman Center Rd.

OFFICE SPACE 307 CHILDCARE

100 Announcements

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

605 BUSINESS RENTALS

236 GENERAL

500 Merchandise

589 FURNITURE

107 LOST & FOUND

Found Dog. Rich brown color.

Maybe boxer hound mix. Boy. Very sweet. Different collar. 4536173

Legals

Boyds Creek 2BR/2BA Condo. Lots of Storage, $600 a mon. 573-1099

BIG BROKER BOBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s REALTY 865-774-5919 SILO APARTMENTS in Sevierville Offers 1/2 BR Units Pet Friendly

PIGEON FORGE 2BD/2BA APARTMENT

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Sevierville 5BD/4.5BA Fully furnished, w/hot tub, washer, dryer, etc.

Pigeon Forge EfďŹ ciency Utilities Included

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

For Rent: 2BR $550.

1st & Last mo., w/d conn. New construction, downtown Sevierville & Riverwalk.

Call Phyllis 455-5821.

Furn 1 BR apt for rent.

Near downtown Gat. Util incl. $650 865-803-1746.

Furnished, utilities. $135 wk. 1st, last & dep. 865-3109545.

Gatlinburg 2BR 2BA w/washer & dryer hook up $695/mo 865-654-8368 Kodak 2BR $575 mth + security deposit Call Barbara 865368-5338

610 DUPLEX FOR RENT

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE

3BR 2BA Gat. $825 mth. W/D hkup. Kit appl.

865-3862512

Sale at public auction will be on December 29, 2009 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Tim D. Jenkins, a single man to T. Larry Edmondson s Office, Trustee, on December 20, 2006 at Book Volume 2706, Page 359conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register s Office.

Owner of Debt: The Bank of New York Mellon, (f/k/a The Bank of New York) on behalf of CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 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 First (1st) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:BEGINNING at northeast side of lot fronting Camp Hollow Road at iron pin on an existing dirt drive North 54 degrees 13 minutes 26 seconds East 29.25 feet to an iron pin at an ivy cap; further and continuing along said line North 54 degrees 13 minutes 26 seconds East 136.06 feet (total of 165.31 feet) along property line of Teresa Ann Green to a 20 inch white oak; North 25 degrees 32 minutes 27 seconds East 84.99 feet to an iron pin; thence South 67 degrees 27 minutes 47 seconds 7.86 feet to an iron pin at a 24 inch pine; continuing along Coy Breeden line South 16 degrees 25 minutes 55 seconds East 249.94 feet to an iron pin in corner of lot line along Camp Hollow Road with curve of R = 397.22, L = 31.72, Tan = 15.87, 4 degrees 34 minutes 32 seconds to an iron pin; North 88 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds West 50.41 feet to an iron pin [and in a curve R = 129.50, L = 77.96, Tan = 450.20, 34 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds to an iron pin] (text in brackets erroneously omitted from Deed of Trust of record in Volume 2706, Page 359); thence North 54 degrees 29 minutes 45 seconds West 56.90 to an iron pin along curve R = 67.80, L = 50.02, Tan = 26.21, 42 degrees 16 minutes 26 seconds along Camp Hollow Road to the point of beginning.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Get Stuck in Tourist Traffic! 2 BR Duplex Apartment Unit(s) with garage for $600$635 in the Boyds Creek-Sevierville/ Seymour area. No pets/No smoking. $600 deposit required. 865-3320448 any nite from 5pm-9pm all day Sunday. 1 mth rent free.

Seymour 2BR 1000sf w/Appls. W/D conn 388-8385 or 4293639

Spacious 1BR/1BA, Exc. Cond. Ch/A. W/D Conn., D/W Vaulted Ceiling, Front porch, Rear patio, Lawn, Trash and City Water Inc. $495 a mon. 7050387

693 ROOMS FOR RENT

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Private Motel Room Great for 1 person!

1 bed, full size frig. microwave, cable TV $120 weekly $50 deposit 436-7745 Gatlinburg

Street Address: 4053 Camp Hollow Road Sevierville, TN 37876 Current Owner(s) of Property: Tim D. Jenkins, a single man The street address of the above described property is believed to be 4053 Camp Hollow Road, Sevierville, TN 37876, 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. 09-022433 December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

The Mountain Press Â&#x2039; Friday, December 11, 2009 696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Large Efficiency $150 week. Electric & cable incl. 770335-7008 or 865286-5319

Large 1BR apt 4536758 or 207-5700.

Spacious 1100 sq ft 2BR 2BA Almost new. 4 minutes from town. 865742-6176

696 APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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

Apartment for rent 2 Bedroom Large Utility Room Satellite & cable TV, Washer & Dryer, Stove, Refrigerator, Dishwasher.

Pigeon Forge. One block off Teaster Lane.

865-8092525

Spacious 2BR 1.5BA apt for rent. Boyds Creek area. Convenient to all surrounding areas.

Call 809-8293 for details.

RIVERWALK 1BR/1BA TO 2BR/2BA $545.00 to $695.00 865-429-2962

697 CONDO RENTALS

Sevierville Duplex 2BR 2BA Whirlpool. $650 mo. No pets.

References. Tony414-6611 LEGALS

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that by authority of a Deed of Trust executed by Frame of Mind, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, to M. Coppley Vickers, Trustee, dated January 8, 2007, and recorded in Vol. 2709, Page 738 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness due from Frame of Mind, Inc., to Citizens National Bank, which has become due and payable by virtue of default in the Deed of Trust on the property hereinafter described; and Citizens National Bank, the true and lawful owner and holder of said indebtedness, having exercised its option to declare the indebtedness due and payable and having made demand for foreclosure pursuant to the Deed of Trust; I, the undersigned, acting under the authority of the Deed of Trust, by virtue of appointment as substitute trustee, recorded in Book 3457, Page 357 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, will be at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee on the 28th day of December, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. to sell to the highest bidder for cash in bar of all rights waived by said Deed of Trust, the following described property to-wit Which is believed to have an address of Lots 5 and 21 of Landmark Point, Sevierville, TN 37862 SITUATED in the Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of L ots 5 and 21 of Landmark Point, Phase 2, as shown on plat of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 180, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description; and, BEING the same property conveyed to Frame of Mind, Inc., by deed from Landmark Point Development, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, dated December 12, 2006, of record in Book 2709, Page 736, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Landmark Point, of record in Book 2398, Page 503, as amended in Book 2683, Page 340, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to all matters noted and/or depicted on the aforementioned subdivision plat of Landmark Point, Phase 2, of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 180, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, including but not limited to 30 foot front set back line, 15 foot side setback line, 30 foot rear setback line, 15 foot utility and drainage easement along all exterior lot lines, 7.5 foot utility and drainage easement along each side of all interior lot lines.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day and time certain, without further publication and in accordance with law, upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale as set forth above.

Landmark Point Subdivision Property Owner s Association, Inc. may assert an interest in the above-described property by virtue of recorded assessment liens and said entity has been notified of this sale.

The above-described property will be sold subject to unpaid taxes, prior deeds of trust, all easements and restrictions, the rights of tenants in possession of said premises, if any, prior claims, or matters of record.

The proceeds of the sale will be applied first to discharge the costs and charges of executing this trust, including attorney s fees; next, to all indebtedness remaining unpaid and secured thereby, including all indebtedness owing to Citizens National Bank, by the grantor; and next, the balance, if any, shall be paid to those legally entitled thereto.

This 1st day of December, 2009.

THOMAS H. DICKENSON Substitute Trustee Hodges, Doughty & Carson P. O. Box 869 Knoxville, Tennessee 37901 (865) 292-2307 December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

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Private deck. $650/mo.

Call 654-9437 or 654-3456.

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865-771-9600

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on March 8, 2006, by Mary Caughorn to David L. Flitcroft, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2483, Page 695, as re-recorded in Book 2503, Page 415, as aforesaid records, and & nbsp; (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc; and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Ninth Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, without the corporate limits of any municipality and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin in the Northeast line of E. Macon Lane, said point being 217 feet Southwesterly from the point of intersection of the Northwest right of way of Nails Creek Road with the Northeast line of East Macon Lane; thence from said beginning point, South 49 degrees 49 minutes East 112.7 feet to an iron pin, thence South 16 degrees 08 minutes East 150.0 feet to an iron pin; thence South 54 degrees 00 minutes West 183.3 feet to an iron pin; thence North 27 degrees 53 minutes West 204.0 feet to an iron pin; thence North 38 degrees 56 minutes East to an iron pin being the beginning, according to the survey of Larry A. Doss, RLS No. 1255, dated April 23, 1991.

Subject to, and conveyed herewith is a boundary line agreement and easement dated January 4, 1996, or record in Deed Book 566, Page 209, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Being the same property conveyed to Mary Caughorn, by deed from Richard A. Ballenger, Sr. and wife, Barbara J. Ballenger, dated 3-8-06, recorded 3-13-06, in Deed Book 2483, Page 693, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 213 East Macon Lane Seymour, TN 37565 CURRENT OWNER(S): Mary Caughorn The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

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

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

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expresswa Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0936429TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on December 29, 2006, by Bruce D Carroll and Judy W. Carroll to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2701, Page 620, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situate, Lying and being in the Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being Lot 47 of Laurel Branch North Subdivision, as the same is shown by plat of record in Large Map Book 2, Page 70, in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is here made for a more particular description. Being the same property conveyed to Bruce D. Carroll, Et Ux, by Warranty Deed from David Gibbons, Et Ux, Et Al, dated 28th day of December, 2006, and of record in Volume 2701, page 617, in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2739 Cats Paw Lane Sevierville, TN 37862

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

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

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0936924TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on March 13, 2007, by Gilbert A. Tucker III and Jody Ann Tucker to , Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2770, Page 405, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situate in the Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot #56,of Smoky Cove Subdivision, Phase Two, as the same is/are shown of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 118, in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, to which map reference is here made for a more particular description. Being the property conveyed to Gilbert A. Tucker, III and wife, Jody Ann Tucker from Smokey Cove Log Home Resort, a Tennessee Limited Liability Company from Smoky Cove Construction, LLC, a Tennessee Limited Liability Company by Warranty Deed dated 3-12-07 of record in Book 2770, Page 403, in the Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee. Subject to Restrictive Covenants/Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions contained in instrument(s) of record in Book 1851, Page 307, and Book 2574, Page 718, said Register s Office. This Conveyance is made subject to all applicable restrictions, easements and building setback lines of record.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2759 Murrya Ridge Road Sevierville, TN 37876 CURRENT OWNER(S): Gilbert A. Tucker III and Jody Ann Tucker The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

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

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0934717TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

Christmas & New Years Deadlines Attention Advertisers:

November 28, December 4 and 11,2009

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE

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WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on June 16, 2006, by Ky D Neal, and wife Jennifer L Neal, Tenants by the entirety to Wesley D. Turner, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2557, Page 724, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-8, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, January 7, 2010, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Ninth (9th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, being all of Lot No. 34, in Cherokee Hills Subdivision, Section A, as shown by map of record in Map Book 14, Page 21, Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, more specific reference is hereby made to said map book for the metes and bounds.

Being the same property conveyed to KY D Neal and wife, Jennifer L. Neal, tenants by the entirety property by Warranty Deed dated 6/16/06 and filed for record 6/21/06, in Book 2557, Page 722, in the Register s Office for Blount County, Tennessee.

And Further being the same property conveyed to Paul E. West by Quit Claim Deed dated 4/27/01 and filed for record 5/1/01 in Book 1220, Page 351, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Conveyance is subject to restrictive convenants of record in Plat Cabinet 4, Slide 40 (formerly Map Book 14, Page 21), Book M28, Page 443, and all restrictions, easements setback lines, conditions, plat of record, and encumbrances of record in the Register s Office for the aforesaid County.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 525 Texas Street Seymour, TN 37865 CURRENT OWNER(S): Ky D. Neal and Jennifer L. Neal The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

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

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o PP Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 381.0903666TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

December 4, 11 and 18, 2009 December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

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Very Nice Unit

2BR on Douglas Lake No pets. $400 mth $400 dep. 4282310.

3BR 2BA D/wide Avail soon. $650 mth 865-429-8542.

2BR/2BA $465 # ( ! DECKS s .O 0ETS

3BR Furnished $400 a month + $200 deposit. Water & Cable included. Waldens Creek Area.

908-8239

Kodak 3BR 2BA $500 mth + dep. No pets. Refs. 9336544.

Kodak

865-368-6602

2BR 2BA $475 mth $475 dep. No pets.

382-4199.

698 MOBILE HOME RENTALS

2BR 2BA trailer $600 mth 1st & last required. Absolutely no pets! 429-4574 or 453-8243

3BR/2BA rent to own.

Seymour. $695/mo No pets. 865-7657929.

Sevierville Doublewide 2BR $500 mth + deposit. No pets.

Ref. 933-6544

699 HOME RENTALS

OWNER FINANCE lease option, purchase.

3bd/2ba, all brick, ďŹ replace, w/tub plus ext 24x24 garage/ workshop, large lot, 100% of pmnts go toward purchase $1400 a month

654-6691

3BR 2BA in Red Bud Subdivision.

Appliances included. $750 & up + deposit.

428-5212

699 HOME RENTALS

699 HOME RENTALS

699 HOME RENTALS

699 HOME RENTALS

HUD PUBLISHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE

New Rental Energy Eff. Geo-

$625 to $850+. Wanda Galli Realty Exec.

680-5119 or 7744307.

2BR 1BA home on Douglas Lake in gated community. $800 mth $400 dep 865-474-0185

Large A-Frame 2BR 2BA w/ large deck.

Walking distance to Old Mill District in PF. 865-7489572.

$875 mo.

Very nice brick home in River Run Sub. 3br/2ba with basement garage

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.

Thermal H/A, Utilities Reduced by 1/2, Gated, Pvt. On 2.8 Acres, Mt. View! 2BR/2BA plus Attic BR. Ref Required.

Credit Check.

Courtyard Separation.

1st & last deposit water & sewer no charge and cantilever barn.

(865) 428-7747 Cell: 207-2719

$900/mo, call (865)933-9775, Sev. Late model DW w/lg lot. 3br/2ba

Optional Connected In-Law Apt. (Extra Charge)

New Homes for Rent.

3BR/2BA starting at $700 - $850 & $1000 per month.

No pets.

865-850-3874

$550/mo, 865-933-9775

NICE, CLEAN IN KODAK

699 HOME RENTALS CLOSE IN TO SEV 2BR/2BA, Stove, Fridge, D/W, Includes Mowing. $575 a mo Fresh paint. Lease, Ref. Req. 1st, Last and Damage. No Pets.

Rebecca 621-6615

Drive A Hard Bargain...

Advertise in the Classifieds!

Call

428-0746

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

LEGALS

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE TENNESSEE, SEVIER COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by Amy M. Bohanan and Danny R. Bohanan to Robert W. Wilson, Trustee dated November 30, 2006 in the amount of $117,520.00, and recorded in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee in Deed Book 2702, Page 98, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment; and, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, Patrick A. Taggart, Laura A. Grifka, Sidney A. Gelernter, or J. Michael Dugan, any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, January 07, 2010 commencing at 12:00 PM at the front steps of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, Tennessee; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at the close of sale, the following property to-wit: Situate, lying and being in the Fourteenth (14th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot 45 of Boyds Creek Landing, Unit 2 as the same is shown by plat of record in Large Map Book 7, Page 9, in the Registers Office of Sevier County, Tennessee to which reference is here made for a more particular description.

Being a part of the property conveyed to Louis E. Fuqua, Trustee, et al

by Warranty Deed from Gary L. Latham, et ux dated August 7, 2003 and of record in Volume 1765, Page 676 and Daniel Phillip Fernandez, et ux dated July 8, 2003 and of record in Volume 1739, Page 577, both in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

For further reference to the title see the Quit Claim Deed from Gary R. Wade, Trustee, to Waco, Inc. dated November 17, 2005 and of record in Volume 2398, Page 74, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Being the same property conveyed to Boyds Creek Landing, LLC, a Tennessee Limited Liability Company, by Warranty Deed dated January 16, 2006 and of record in Book 2444, Page 137, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

This conveyance is made subject to the restrictions, easements and building setbacks of record in Misc. Book 108, Page 814, as amended in Volume 1773, Page 508, the Declaration of Home Owners Association of record in Volume 2440, Page 735, Large Map Book 5, Page 143 and Large Map Book 7, Page 9, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Being the same property conveyed to Amy M. Bohanan and husband Danny R. Bohanan by Warranty Deed dated November 30, 2006 and of record in Book 2702, Page 95, in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

Map & Parcel No.: 035 E B 045.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1029 Stones Throw Lane Sevierville, Tennessee 37876 CURRENT OWNER(S): Amy M. Bohanan and Danny R. Bohanan SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

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

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

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

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

THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Patrick A. Taggart, Laura A. Grifka, Sidney A. Gelernter, or J. Michael Dugan McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C. (404) 373-1612 www.mccurdycandler.com File No. 09-22024 /CONV

2BR/1BA w/App. 1 Blk off Pkwy in P.F. No Pets, No Smoke. $600 mth 1st & last. 453-7266

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on June 11, 2007, by Carol Coleman to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2842, Page 176, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, January 7, 2010, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Second (2nd) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being a portion of Lot 6 of Limberlost Subdivision, as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 18, Page 7, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin in the Northwestern right of way line of John s Branch Road, approximately 40 feet Southwest of the intersection of John s Branch Road and the Southwestern right of way line of Tanrac Trail, also a corner to Maples; thence from said POINT OF BEGINNING and with Maples, N 62 deg. 16 min. 00 sec. W 61.68 feet to an iron pin; thence S 76 deg. 20 min. 00 sec. W 135.55 feet to an iron pin; thence S 81 deg. 26 min. 21 sec. W 45.92 feet to an iron pin in the Southern right of way line of Tanrac Trail; thence with Tanrac Trail, ( 11 calls) and a curve to the left, A=21.47 B=N 59 deg. 20 min. 43 sec. E, C=21.40, R= 76.45 feet to a point; thence N 51 deg. 18 min 00 sec. E 41.60 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the right, A=69.24, B=N 63 deg. 04 min. 32 sec. E, C = 68.71, R=160.53 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 38 min. 00 sec. E 27.31 feet to a point; thence N 64 deg. 39 mm. 18 sec. E 28.83 feet to a point; thence N 14 deg. 22 min. 00 sec. W 3.54 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 38 min 00 sec. E 41.32 feet to a point; thence S 14 deg. 22 min. 00 sec. E 9.22 feet to a point; thence N 75 deg. 36 min. 49 sec. E 14.78 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the right, A=17.56, B= S 66 deg. 13 min. 06 sec. E, C=16.29, R=13.18 feet to a point; thence S 28 deg. 03 min. 00 sec. E 46.90 feet to a point, approximate intersection of John s Branch Road and Tanrac Trail; thence with a curve to the right, A=19.33, B=S 08 deg. 52 min. 30 sec. W, C=18.02, R=15.00 feet to a point; thence with a curve to the left, A=-30.28, B=S 49 deg. 00 min. 00 sec. W, C=30.23, R=145.71 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, according to survey by Timothy J. Wallace, RLS #1758, dated May 21, 2007, bearing Drawing #270143.

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

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

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

Being the same property conveyed to Carol Coleman, a single person by Warranty Deed from Wayne Ed Stout, et ux,et al, dated June 11 ,2007, of record in Book 2842, Page 173, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

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

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

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0932224TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

2BR/2BA in Sevier Co. Private country setting. No pets. $625 mth + dep.

908-0026 3/3 with 2750 sq ft 1 car garage. $1200 mth. Call for details. Realty Executives SM 865-7744307.

3BR 1BA Close to Walmart in Newport. $700 mth + $500 dep. 6969993 3BR 2BA All Appliances & Lake Access Call Frank (865) 919-3433 Hwy 321 Pittman Center area. 1BR cabin on creek fully furnished Utilities included. $225 wk 850-2487.

New Log Home 2/2 + Loft. 1 acre Bluff Mtn. $975 a mth.

453-0447 One Bedroom Cabin Furnished. Very nice residential rental between Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge. $600 mth, 1 year lease.

No sub leasing.

423-246-1500.

Overlooking AppleBarn 3BR 2BA Jac, fp, 2 car gar, W/D, tvâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Fully furnished. No smoking or pets.

1st, last & damage. ***865-755-5325***

Seymour Hinkle Sub 3BR 2BA $975 mth. + dep. 6801032

Small 1BR House furn.

No pets. $385 a mth Refs 6803078.

710 HOMES FOR SALE NEW 3BR/2BA behind SCHS. Large lot. $136,000. 6546505 or 654-8184.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that by authority of a Deed of Trust executed by Dewayne Cable a/k/a L. Dwayne Cable, Jr. and wife, Stana Cable a/k/a Stana C. Cable, to M. Coppley Vickers, Trustee, dated January 26, 2009, and recorded in Vol. 3274, Page 664 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness due from Frame of Mind, Inc. and Dewayne Cable and wife, Stana Cable, to Citizens National Bank, which has become due and payable by virtue of default in the Deed of Trust on the property hereinafter described; and Citizens National Bank, the true and lawful owner and holder of said indebtedness, having exercised its option to declare the indebtedness due and payable and having made demand for foreclosure pursuant to the Deed of Trust; I, the undersigned, acting under the authority of the Deed of Trust, by virtue of appointment as substitute trustee, recorded in Book 3457, Page 353 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, will be at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee on the 28th day of December, 2009, at 10:40 a.m. to sell to the highest bidder for cash in bar of all rights waived by said Deed of Trust, the following described property towit Which is believed to have an address of Lot B Kennamer Property Sevierville, TN 37862 SITUATE in the Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being L ot B of the Kennamer Property, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the north bank of the Little Pigeon River, a corner to Leatherwood (said point of beginning being located South 56 deg 47 min 53 sec West 147.95 feet along the river bank from the southwestern corner of Lot 48 of Eastgate Subdivision); thence leaving the corner with Leatherwood and along the river bank, South 56 deg 47 min 53 sec West 143.69 feet to an iron pin at a 8 inch ironwood, a corner to property now or formerly owned by Kennamer; thence leaving the river bank and with the line of property now or formerly owned by Kennamer, North 64 deg 28 min 09 sec West 111.89 feet to an iron pin and North 47 deg 07 min 29 sec West 228.32 feet to an iron pin, a corner to Leatherwood; thence leaving the line of Kennamer and with the line of Leatherwood, North 26 deg 24 min 54 sec East 103.67 feet to an iron pin and South 57 deg 32 min 48 sec East 405.77 feet to the iron pin marking the point of BEGINNING, containing 1.0908 acres, according to survey of Ronnie L. Simms, RLS #683, dated September 29, 1993, last revised March 17, 1994, bearing drawing #93-394, and entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Property of Ronnie F. Kennamer et ux Julie L.â&#x20AC;? The address of the surveyor is 1020 Topside Drive, Sevierville, TN 37862.

SUBJECT to and together with the rights of others in and to the joint use of rights of ways crossing subject property and leading to Arch Rock Drive as shown on the aforementioned plat of Ronnie Simms.

SUBJECT to the rights of ways and restrictions set forth in Warranty Deed Book 178, Page 437, and Warranty Deed Book 517, Page 182, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to all matters noted and/or depicted on the aforementioned plat of Ronnie Simms.

BEING the same property conveyed to Dewayne Cable and wife, Stana Cable by deed from James A. Ramsey and wife, Katherine G. Ramsey, dated January 23, 2002, and recorded in Book 1434, Page 127, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day and time certain, without further publication and in accordance with law, upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale as set forth above.

The above-described property will be sold subject to unpaid taxes, prior deeds of trust, all easements and restrictions, the rights of tenants in possession of said premises, if any, prior claims, or matters of record.

The proceeds of the sale will be applied first to discharge the costs and charges of executing this trust, including attorney s fees; next, to all indebtedness remaining unpaid and secured thereby, including all indebtedness owing to Citizens National Bank, by the grantor; and next, the balance, if any, shall be paid to those legally entitled thereto.

This 1st day of December, 2009.

THOMAS H. DICKENSON Substitute Trustee Hodges, Doughty & Carson P. O. Box 869 Knoxville, Tennessee 37901 (865) 292-2307 December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

December 10, 17 and 24, 2009

December 4, 11 and 18, 2009

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Tree Removal Stump Grinding Storm Clean up Leaf Removal Stanley

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Our Price will not be beat!

Full insured. 14+ years exp.

Firewood Delivered $60

865-774-1253

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106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Quality Work - Reasonable Prices

â&#x20AC;˘ Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘ Electrical â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ Plumbing â&#x20AC;˘ Kitchens â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ Bathrooms â&#x20AC;˘ Painting â&#x20AC;˘ Licensed & Insured

Call Ty 368-2361

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865-453-6811

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

away unwanted items in the Classifieds.

106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

C B Builders

s 2ESIDENTIAL s "USINESS s #ABINS s (OMES s ,ICENSED "ONDED s )NSURED 20 yrs. exp. 438-9219

Call Conley Whaley 428-2791 or 919-7340(cell) WELL SHOCK TREATMENT PRIVATE WELL SHOCK TREATMENT IMMEDIATE SERVICE COVE SYSTEM, INC

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111 HOME & OFFICE CLEANING

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113 MISC. SERVICES

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865-908-4081 865-654-2095 115 ROOFING SERVICES

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118 EXCAVATING Excavating, Footers, Water Lines, Fill Lines, House Sites, Land Clearing, Tractor Work, Driveway Grading, Bushhogging, Long Reach Bushhog, Roadsides and Hillsides.

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Classifieds: 428-0746

Classifieds Â&#x2039; 11B

The Mountain Press Â&#x2039; Friday, December 11, 2009 718 LAND FOR SALE For Sale 5 Acres Close to New Convention Center $75,000 865-429-2279

721 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Commercial or Residential Small House in Sevierville on North Parkway. Ideal for small business.

8502487.

722 BUSINESS BUILDINGS

724 REAL ESTATE WANTED

829 MANUFACTURED HOME SALES

829 MANUFACTURED HOME SALES

2866 sq ft warehouse for rent. Call 4532837 or 310-8801.

WE BUY HOUSES. Behind on payment or no equity.

Call 253-1164

1991 DW 3BR 2BA Large built on den, 2 car garage, large workshop, fruit trees, 1+ ac. Dandridge area near lake & I-40 $84,900. 865-3973552 before 8pm

28x80 5BR $34,900.

Very nice. 9336544

4 office rentals + large garage. S. Blvd Way $249,000.

933-6544

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428-0748 LEGALS

Which is believed to have an address of 1459 Landmark Boulevard Sevierville, TN 37862 SITUATED in the Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of L ot 42 of Landmark Point, Phase 1, Section 3, as shown on plat of record in Large Map Book 6, Page 184, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description; and, BEING the same property conveyed to Frame of Mind, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, by deed from Landmark Point Development, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, dated January 10, 2007, of record in Book 2712, Page 431, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

SUBJECT to all matters noted and/or depicted on the aforementioned subdivision plat of Landmark Point, Phase 1, of record in Large Map Book 6, Page 184, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, including but not limited to 30 foot front set back line, 15 foot side setback line, 30 foot rear setback line, 15 foot utility and drainage easement along all exterior lot lines, 7.5 foot utility and drainage easement along each side of all interior lot lines.

SUBJECT to Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Landmark Point, Phase 1, of record in Book 2398, Page 503, Register s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day and time certain, without further publication and in accordance with law, upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale as set forth above.

The above-described property will be sold subject to unpaid taxes, prior deeds of trust, all easements and restrictions, the rights of tenants in possession of said premises, if any, prior claims, or matters of record.

The proceeds of the sale will be applied first to discharge the costs and charges of executing this trust, including attorney s fees; next, to all indebtedness remaining unpaid and secured thereby, including all indebtedness owing to Citizens National Bank, by the grantor; and next, the balance, if any, shall be paid to those legally entitled thereto.

This 1st day of December, 2009.

For Sale 2007 Chevy Suburban Tahoe fully loaded in excellent condition. $23,500 OBO. Contact David at 456-7929 945 TRUCK SALES Must Sale. 2003 GMC Sonoma Low Mileage $5975. Lots of extras. 604-5050

2003 2BR 2BA Walk in closets. Lot payment is $100 mth.

City water & sewer. Must see. For appointment call 908-7312 or 5895173.

... give the Classifieds a look.

428-0746

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that by authority of a Residential Construction Loan Deed of Trust (ĂŹDeed of TrustĂŽ) executed by Frame of Mind, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, to M. Coppley Vickers, Trustee, dated January 16, 2007, and recorded in Vol. 2712, Page 433 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness due from Frame of Mind, Inc., to Citizens National Bank, which has become due and payable by virtue of default in the Deed of Trust on the property hereinafter described; and Citizens National Bank, the true and lawful owner and holder of said indebtedness, having exercised its option to declare the indebtedness due and payable and having made demand for foreclosure pursuant to the Deed of Trust; I, the undersigned, acting under the authority of the Deed of Trust, by virtue of appointment as substitute trustee, recorded in Book 3457, Page 355 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, will be at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee on the 28th day of December, 2009, at 10:15 a.m. to sell to the highest bidder for cash in bar of all rights waived by said Deed of Trust, the following described property to-wit

941 SUV SALES

LEGALS

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on November 29, 2007, by Ruth E Rapp aka Ruth Ester Rapp & nbsp; to Larry A Weissman , Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2978, Page 294, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Ninth (9th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot Number 34, of Shenandoah Estates Subdivision as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 14, Page 63, in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of the premises herein conveyed. Subject to restrictions recorded in Misc. Book 30, Page 362, in the said Register s Office. Commonly known as: 635 Blueberry Lane, Seymour, Tennessee 37865. Being the same property conveyed to Ruth Ester Rapp, unmarried from Alphonso Jackson, acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington D.C. by Cash Deed for Tennessee dated September 10, 2004 and filed of record September 22, 2004 in Deed Book 2071, Page 518, Register s Office of Knox County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 635 Blueberry Lane Seymour, TN 37865 CURRENT OWNER(S): Ruth E Rapp The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

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

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

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o LDWatts Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 221.0936694TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

THOMAS H. DICKENSON Substitute Trustee Hodges, Doughty & Carson P. O. Box 869 Knoxville, Tennessee 37901 (865) 292-2307 December 4, 10 and 18, 2009

November 28, December 4 and 11, 2009 LEGALS

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on June 3, 2005, by Rick L Clayton and Judith L Clayton to PRLAP Inc., Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book No. 2265, Page 584, (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deed of Trustâ&#x20AC;?); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Bank of America N.A.; and WHEREAS, Bank of America N.A., the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owner and Holderâ&#x20AC;?), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, January 7, 2010 (having been postponed from the previous sale dates of November 5, 2009 and December 3, 2009), commencing at 2:00 PM at the steps of the Main entrance of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Situated in the Fifth (5th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of unit 25 of the Sherwood Forest Resort, Phase 1 a Planned unit development as shown in the plat of record in LM BOOK 4 PAGE 65 in the register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is here made for a more particular description.

Subject to all of the covenants, restrictions, conditions, easements and other provisions of record in book 1322, page 750, in said register s office.

Subject to any and all applicable restrictions, easements, boundary lines agreements and building setback lines of record in Map Book 32, page 360 and LM Book 4 page 65 in said Register s Office.

Being all of the property conveyed to Rick L. Clayton and wife, Judith L. Clayton from Pleasant Cove, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation dated June 3, 2005, of record in Book 2265 Page 582 in the Register s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4435 Forest Vista Way Pigeon Forge, TN 37863

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

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

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

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

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee c/o NDS1 Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 (ext. ) File No.: 158.0930437TN Web Site: www.msplaw.com

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TERMS: Owner Financing 25% down, 3 yr. balloon, 4% interest. Further terms negotiable on Real Estate. DAY OF SALE: 10% Deposit required day of sale on Real Estate. Personal Property Cash or Check day of sale.

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Dear Annie: My sister and I live on opposite coasts, and I visit her once a year at Christmas.

For the past two years, she has used my visit as an opportunity for me to do work on her house.

Last time, I painted her bedroom and shampooed her carpets.

My sister definitely has the money to pay people to do this work.

She is much better off financially than I am, so this makes me feel used, especially since there’s no reason she can’t do the work herself. When I suggested she hire someone, she told me she doesn’t want to spend the money.

I also resent that my limited vacation time is spent doing drudgework rather than relaxing.

My sister is a nice person but a little controlling. We are both single, childless and in our 60s.

I want to know how to end this trend before it becomes too ingrained, but I also don’t want to hurt her feelings. I have offered to hire a handyman as my Christmas gift, but she has said no.

Any ideas? — Dreading Christmas Visit Dear Dreading: No one can take advantage of you without your permission. You are allowing your sister to tell you what to do on your vacation, and you also are allowing her to tell you what kind of gift you can get for her. Stop. Say no.

Hire a handyman if you wish, and if she doesn’t like it, tell her she can “return it,” but you aren’t doing the work. When she realizes you will not cave, she will adjust.

Dear Annie: I am a senior man of sound

mind and body who loves his family. My wife of 55 years and I have several children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

We try to get together two or three times a year.

At our last reunion, which happened to be a holiday for which we showered them all with gifts, an incident occurred that has been bothering me for months.

As we were saying our goodbyes, I tried to give my 5-year-old greatgranddaughter a hug and she spit at me. Of course, you have to forgive this childishness, but I find myself unable to forget about it and fear that it is causing me to resent someone I should adore.

Her well-educated parents, who have her enrolled in a Christian preschool and employ a nanny for her, do not seem to share my degree of concern over the matter.

Do you have any suggestions on how I might handle this or similar such incidents in the future? Thank you. — Concerned Paw Paw Dear Concerned: We wouldn’t read too much into this. Little children spit. They also can be frightened or uncomfortable around grandparents and great- grandparents whom they see infrequently. It is the job of the parents to teach their

t o d ay ’ s p u z z l e

child appropriate behavior, and they should have had her apologize to you at the time. But we recommend you allow your great-granddaughter to get to know you better during the year. Send her silly pictures of you or, better yet, a video. Call her on the phone and say you can’t wait to see her again. Mail her a colorful picture of her favorite TV character. Let her think of you often enough that she’s looking forward to the next visit. We hope it goes better.

Dear Annie: Here’s my suggestion for “Lonely for Life,” the teenager who doesn’t have a lot of friends: Volunteer! Call the United Way, Gilda’s Club or any number of local organizations and offer your time. Tell an adult you want to meet other teens. You’ll be doing something invaluable with your time while learning social skills and meeting others. — K.B. Dear K.B.: Great idea. We hope she follows through.

Happy Chanukah to all our Jewish readers.

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