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Index

A story about the Salvation Army’s plans to start a baby pantry that ran in Tuesday’s paper carried the num-ber for the group’s thrift store, rather than its office. The correct num-ber to call for informa-tion on helping with the baby pantry project is 908-4010.

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Weather

TodayPartlyCloudy

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TonightPartlyCloudy

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5AmericanPrideStories of current and former members of the military

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David Lee Marcum, 60Ruby Gibson, 98

Obituaries

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5Jack up your jackpotProfessional wrestling legend Ric Flair boosts Tennessee lottery

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By JeFF FaRReLLStaff writer

The ex-husband of a local woman murdered last week in Cosby had been charged with

attempted second-degree mur-der last month in relation to an incident where he attacked a man in her presence.

However, it appears Randy Lee Howard was in the Knox County Jail on another charge when she was killed, giving him an alibi.

Molly Amanda Greene Howard of Sevierville died

last Thursday from a gunshot wound she suffered in Cosby. Reports at the time said she knew her killer and an arrest had been made.

A week later, Cocke County Sheriff Claude Strange said there has not been an arrest in the case and they have not named a suspect.

“Not as of yet,” he said

Wednesday. “It’s still under investigation.”

Howard had filed a restrain-ing order against her ex-hus-band, Randy Lee Howard, according to documents from the May incident when Randy Howard was charged with attempted second-degree mur-

No arrests in Cosby murder

By JeFF FaRReLLStaff writer

PIGEON FORGE — A couple living on Lee Cardwell Circle has reached a settlement with Blalock Construction and the owner of adjacent property over excavations the couple said essential-ly dug away the founda-tion of their home.

Richard and Cindy Yake sued their neigh-bor, Teddy Jones, along with Blalock over the removal of earth from Jones’ property, which left a near vertical incline alongside their property with no retaining wall to prevent erosion.

They had sued only Jones at first, but Jones later tried to place the blame for the problem on the Blalock firm, saying it had removed the dirt and he had counted on the company to make sure the work didn’t cause problems for neighboring property. Jones filed his own civil lawsuit against Blalock.

The Yakes were seek-ing as much as $1 million from the two parties.

The nonjury trial went several hours in the morn-ing on Monday before attorneys announced they had reached a settle-ment. The terms were not announced at the time; it could be some time before any documents related to the settlement are filed in court, and the

By STan VOITEditor

GATLINBURG — The planned greenways project passed its third and final public hearing Tuesday night with little opposi-tion expressed. Now comes the challenge of finding the money, getting the rights of way and start-ing what promises to be a long process.

The roughly 14 miles of greenways, stretching from the Glades area to downtown, would have to be built in segments, con-sulting engineer Steve Fritts said. But getting one segment finished will help get support and maybe money for the other segments.

Fritts presented the final version of the master plan for the green-ways, which would be a connected and paved trail along streams, beside roads and through some wooded areas of the city. There appears to be a lot of public sup-

port for the idea, but the $14 mil-lion price tag and a highly compet-itive process for state grants make it a long-term project.

“As with most anything else,” Fritts said, “this needs to be done in segments, but we need to get a piece on the ground.”

Fritts study divides the greenway into 13 segments. The easiest and quickest one to do is listed first: a short trail (3/10ths of a mile) from Mills Park Road to the Community Center to Highway 321.

The only resident to speak out during the meeting was a Glades landowner who questioned spend-ing so much money on a non-ve-hicle trail when Glades Road itself and other infrastructure need so much attention.

The resident noted neither he nor other neighbors had been con-tacted about the trail. Fritts said he and city officials have been careful not to approach any land-

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Associated Press

United States’ Tim Howard, left, Landon Donovan, front center, Brad Guzan, top, and Maurice Edu, react as they watch a replay of Donovan’s goal following the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday. The 1-0 victory enabled the U.S. to advance to the round of 16. Story on Page A8.

‘U-S-A!!!, U-S-A!!!, U-S-A!!!’

Sevierville woman diedfrom gunshot wound

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Assistant teacher and artist Beth Watson works on a mural in the Sevierville Middle School theater.

By eLLen BROWnStaff Writer

SEVIERVILLE — Assistant teach-er and artist Beth Watson was hard at work Wednesday, creating anoth-er one of her well-known murals at Sevierville Middle School.

Her deadline to complete the project is next week, but that’s just fine with her.

“I work well under pressure,” said Watson, who works at Trula Lawson Early Childhood Learning Center during the school year. “I usually like to work outside more, but it’s been so hot and miserable out there.”

Having worked as an assistant teacher for 11 years, Watson was at Sevierville Middle before moving to her current job. Bill Love, who was the school’s administrator at the

time, knew she was a talented artist and approached her a few years ago about painting nature scenes on the school walls.

“It was a personal thing, and I had never thought about doing it for business,” she said of her hobby. “But it has helped me out. I’ve worked at the nursing home, the intermediate school and private homes.”

Her latest project is Sevierville Middle’s theater, where the school band also practices. She has also painted in the school’s library, gym and front office.

“Sometimes I would work until 3 a.m., but now I have to take breaks,” Watson said. “The colors some-times get hard for me to see, and I have to really concentrate when I’m doing the animals. One wall (in the theater) took me about two weeks

to do, with me not coming in every day.”

Watson’s grandfather, a marble sculptor who had worked for years at the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, first helped her tap into her creativity.

“He really had an appreciation for art, a respect for everything,” she said.

Watson most enjoys drawing peo-ple and is interested in impression-ism. She also enjoys sketching and painting cities, lakes and herrings.

“I like lots of colors with rich brush strokes, and I love mixing colors. I wish I would have gone to school for art — I think I could be better.”

But there are plenty who believe

Painting the townTeacher Beth Watson shares love of art with schools

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The Mountain Press ◆ Thursday, June 24, 2010

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

Thursday, June 24

Women’s Bible StudyGarlands of Grace wom-

en’s Bible study:n 9 a.m. UMC Pigeon

Forgen 2 p.m. Blue Mountain

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n 6:30 p.m. Sevierville UMC, Conference Room

Right To Life

Sevier County Right to Life presents the docu-mentary “Maafa 21” at 4 p.m., Sevierville Public Library. 908-2689.

Hot Meals Smoky Mountain Area

Rescue Ministries pro-vides hot meals 5:30-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Sevierville and Kodak United Methodist.

933-5996.

TOPSTOPS weight loss chap-

ter meets at 6 p.m., Parkway Church of God in Sevierville. 755-9517 or 429-3150.

Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery 6:30

p.m.; meal 5-6, Kodak United Methodist Church. Child care provided.

FCEMIdway Family,

Community and Education Club meets 1 p.m. at Mountain National Bank, Kodak.

friday, June 25

Dinner/AuctionAmerican Legion Post 104

spaghetti dinner and auc-tion. $6.50; free to mem-bers of 278th and their families, and children under 6. 776-1051 for res-ervations. Post members asked to bring dessert and auction item.

Scuba ClassScuba class orienta-

tion 6 p.m., Gatlinburg Community Center. $100, includes equipment. 654-5373.

saTurday, June 26

Farmers Marketsn Sevier Farmers Co-Op,

8-11:30 a.m., 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

n Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 8:30-11 a.m., parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321. 659-0690.

n Seymour Farmers Market, First Baptist Church of Seymour on Chapman Highway, 7-11 a.m. 579-5433.

Radio Field DaySevier County Emergency

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First Baptist VBSPigeon Forge First Baptist

Church vacation Bible school 6:30-9 p.m. through July 1. To register call 453-4647.

Maples Branch BaptistSinging at Maples Branch

Baptist Church 6:30 p.m. with Donald Shultz.

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a r r e s t sEditor’s Note: The following information was taken

from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All peo-ple listed within this report are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

◆ Jamie Scott Baker, 36, of 247 Delta Way in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with domestic vio-lence assault. He was being held in lieu of $3,000 bond.

◆ Tracey Batten Barber, 32, of 207 Moore Drive in Kodak, was charged June 22 with possession of sched-ule IV substance. She was released.

◆ Paul Anthony Bice, 25, of Knoxville, was charged June 23 with criminal impersonation, felony filing a false report to an officer,

◆ Cory Lee Branam, 22, of 4315 Trentham way in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 22 with two counts of violation of probation and a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held.

◆ Thomas Wayne Corley, 53, of 4336 Manis Hollow Road n Sevierville, was charged June 22 with public intoxication. He was being held in lieu of $250 bond.

◆ Jon David Gilliam, 31,of Kingsport, was charged June 23 with driving while evoked and financial responsibility law. He was being held in lieu of $1,500 bond.

◆ Maranda Lee Harrington, 23, of 2112 Sanders Lane in Sevierville, was charged June 23 with being a fugi-tive from justice. She was being held.

◆ Norris Jay Harvey, 21, of 954 Laurel Lick Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 23 with theft. He was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond.

◆ Summer Renee Heath, 31, of 122 South Boulevard in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with domestic vio-lence assault. She was being held.

◆ Michael James Johnson, 22, of Blountville, Tenn., was charged June 22 with two counts of violation of probation. He was being held.

◆ Mary Elizabeth Jones, 48, of 260 Two View Drive in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 23 with financial responsibility law, possession of a schedule IV sub-stance, possession of a schedule II substance, DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. She was being held in lieu of $9,500 bond.

◆ Ricky Lamar Joslin, 46, of 206 Two View Road in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 23 with possession of a schedule II substance and possession of a schedule IV substance. She was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond.

◆ Charles Lynn Latham, 41, of 728 Maple Hollow Road in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with two mis-demeanor warrants from general sessions court and a second count of violation of probation. He was being held.

◆ Barry Little, 31, of 1330 Willow Creek Lane Apt. 4 in Sevierville, was charged June 23 with aggravated domestic assault and evading arrest. He was being held in lieu of $10,000 bond.

◆ Daniel Eric Maner, 31, of 3720 N. Ball Hollow Road in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with assault. He was released on $1,000 bond.

◆ Eric Jason McFarland, 23, of 264 Shanandoa Drive in Seymour, was charged June 23 with possession of a schedule II substance. He was being held in lieu of $3,500 bond.

◆ James Timothy Miller, 43, of Knoxville, was charged June 23 with robbery. He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.

◆ Marvey Gleen Mincey, 33, of Maryville, was charged June 23 with assault. He was released on $1,500 bond.

◆ Denisa Marie Moses, 31, of Rockford, Ten., was charged June 23 with a misdemeanor warrant from general sessions court. She was being held.

◆ Bunni Marie Pack, 26, of 1805 Valentine Branch in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with assault. She was released.

◆ Kathy Len Pack, 45, of 1805 Valentine Branch Road in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with assault. Shew as released.

◆ Kimberly Panick, 32, of Lenoir City, Tenn., was charged June 22 with contempt of court. She was being held.

◆ Mario Loyd Ramos, 39, of 1116 E. Dogwood Lane in Sevierville, was charged June 23 with unlawful posses-sion of a weapon and driving without a license. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond.

◆ Robert Thomas Reed, 57, of 2535 Chapman Highway in Sevierville, was charged June 22 with habitual motor vehicle offender and DUI. He was released on $7,500 bond.

◆ Andrew Benjamin Rountree, 32, of 3506 Clintwood #23 in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 22 with a mis-demeanor warrant from general sessions court. He was being held.

◆ James Rushford, 23, of Knoxville, was charged June 22 with possession of a schedule I substance and reck-less driving. He was being held in lieu of $11,000 bond.

◆ Becky Romines Shults, 52, of 3739 Richardson Cove Road in Sevierville, was charged June 23 with theft of property worth $10,000 to $50,000. She was being held.

◆ Damien Michael Taber, 31, of Edge Water, Fla, was charged June 23 with two counts of possession of a schedule II substance, possession of a schedule IV substance, possession of a schedule III substance and public intoxication. He was being held in lieu of $8,750 bond.

◆ David Allen Thomas, 42, of Knoxville, was charged June 22 with aggravated domestic assault. He was released on $7,500 bond.

◆ Nicholas Charles Tylec, 21, of 3660 Parkway in Pigeon Forge, was charged June 22 with possession of a prohibited weapon and public intoxication. He was being held in lieu of $250 bond.

◆ Amber Lynn Ward, 23, of Sevierville, was charged June 23 with possession of a schedule IV substance. She was being held.

By JeFF FarreLLStaff writer

SEYMOUR — When Sevier County authori-ties looked at video foot-age of a bank robbery Tuesday at the local branch of Bank East, they saw a very familiar face, Sheriff Ron Seals said.

The bank was robbed at 2:50 p.m. About five hours later, authorities from several jurisdic-tions descended on the

home of J a m e s T i m o t h y M i l l e r , 43, of Knoxville.

S e a l s said depu-ties recog-nized him as soon as they saw his face in sur-veillance footage from the robbery

“He’d been in the Sevier County jail several times,” Seals said. “Once we saw the pictures down

there at the bank we rec-ognized him.”

Miller had apparently just been released after serving a prison sen-tence for another crime, the sheriff added.

Local detectives, deputies form the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation worked together to close the case quickly, he said.

Within a little more than five hours, they raided Miller’s home,

where he surrendered without further incident

“Close work with all the agencies involved resulted in the quick arrest of the suspect,” Seals said.

Officers recovered a black Chevrolet pickup that had reportedly been used in the robbery; that vehicle had been report-ed stolen from Lafollette earlier this month.

Authorities are still investigating the case.

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Robbery suspect apprehended quickly

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sacked his loose-lipped Afghanistan command-er Wednesday, a seis-mic shift for the mili-tary order in wartime, and chose the familiar, admired — and tightly disciplined — Gen. David Petraeus to replace him. Petraeus, architect of the Iraq war turnaround, was once again to take hands-on leadership of a troubled war effort.

Obama said bluntly that Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s scornful remarks about administration officials represent conduct that “undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system.”

He fired the command-er after summoning him from Afghanistan for a face to face meeting in the Oval Office and named Petraeus, the Central Command chief who was McChrystal’s direct boss, to step in. Obama had offered the job to Petraeus during a private White House meeting earlier Wednesday, said a senior military official.

In a statement expressing praise for McChrystal yet certain-ty he had to go, Obama said he did not make the decision over any disagreement in policy or “out of any sense of

personal insult.” Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Rose Garden, he said: “War is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a gen-eral, or a president.”

He urged the Senate to confirm Petraeus swift-ly and emphasized the Afghanistan strategy he announced in December was not shifting with McChrystal’s departure.

“This is a change in personnel but it is not a change in policy,” Obama said.

Indeed, as Obama was speaking, McChrystal released a statement say-ing that he resigned out of “a desire to see the mission succeed.”

“I strongly support the president’s strat-egy in Afghanistan,” McChrystal said.

Obama hit sever-al grace notes about McChrystal and his service after their Oval Office meeting, saying that he made the deci-sion to sack him “with considerable regret.” And yet, he said the job in Afghanistan can-

not be done now under McChrystal’s leadership, asserting that the critical remarks from the general and his inner circle in the Rolling Stone magazine article displayed conduct that doesn’t live up to the standards for a com-mand-level officer.

“I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division,” Obama said.

The announcement came during what is on pace to be the deadli-est month for the U.S.-dominated international coalition in Afghanistan. NATO announced eight more international troop deaths Wednesday for a total of 75 this month — matching the toll of the deadliest month of the nine-year-long war, in July 2009. Forty-five of

those killed this month were Americans. The U.S. has 90,800 troops in Afghanistan.

Obama seemed to sug-gest that McChrystal’s military career is over, saying the nation should be grateful “for his remarkable career in uni-form” as if that has drawn to a close.

McChrystal left the White House after the meeting and returned to his military quarters at Washington’s Fort McNair. A senior mili-tary official said there is no immediate decision about whether he would retire from the Army, which has been his entire career. The official spoke on condition of anonym-ity because he was not authorized to speak pub-licly.

June deadliest month in Afghan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — June has become the deadliest month of the Afghan war for the NATO-led international military force.

An Associated Press count based on announce-ments by the alliance and national commands shows 76 international service members have died this month. The total includes 46 Americans.

The previous deadliest month for the multina-tional force was July 2009, when 75 troops were killed. For the U.S. contingent, the deadliest month was October 2009, when 59 ser-vice members were killed.

10 sentenced in theft ring

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — Ten people have been sentenced for their roles in a stolen property ring that operated in Virginia and Tennessee.

U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said Wednesday that the operation caused more than $750,000 in losses. The losses included $350,000 in damage to an office building in Abingdon that was torched to cover up a burglary.

Heaphy says heavy construction equipment, all-terrain vehicles, farm equipment and other items were stolen from more than 25 businesses and residents in Virginia and Tennessee. The items were then sold to individuals in north-east Tennessee and North Carolina who dealt in stolen property.

Blagojevich refers to demons, Nixon

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich refers to demons and Richard Nixon in brief comments on wire-tap recordings played at the former governor’s corrup-tion trial.

In tapes heard Wednesday, Blagojevich talks in 2008 about wanting to negotiate a well-paying job for himself in exchange for appointing someone to Barack Obama’s soon-to-be-vacated U.S. Senate seat.

But he suddenly becomes introspective, comparing himself to former President Richard Nixon and say-ing they share a tendency to become depressed after winning elections.

Blagojevich also says fundraiser Chris Kelly appeals “to the demons in me.” Without offer-ing details, Blagojevich says there are things he shouldn’t have done.

Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to charges includ-ing scheming to sell or trade the Senate seat and rack-eteering.

Residents returnto Arizona home

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An estimated 1,000 people who were forced to flee their homes because of a forest fire outside Flagstaff were allowed to return Wednesday.

Homeowners and their families began to trickle into the evacuated neighbor-hoods at 8 a.m. They had left their homes Sunday after the fire erupted just north of the northern Arizona city that is home to 60,000 people.

Fed holds ratesat record low

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve struck a more cautious tone about the strength of the U.S. eco-nomic recovery, indicating Europe’s debt crisis poses a risk to it.

Wrapping up a two-day meeting Wednesday, the Fed in a 9-1 decision retained its pledge to hold rates at record-low levels for an “extended period.” Doing so is intended to energize the rebound.

The Fed expressed con-fidence that the recovery will stay intact despite threats from abroad and at home. But Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues offered a slightly more reserved outlook than the last time they convened.

The Fed said the econom-ic recovery is “proceeding.” That was a bit less upbeat than the view at the April meeting when the Fed said economic activity continued to “strengthen.” The Fed also said the labor market is “improving gradually.”

New home sales plunge 33 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes col-lapsed in May, sinking 33 percent to the lowest level on record as potential buy-ers stopped shopping for homes once they could no longer receive government tax credits.

The bleak report from the Commerce Department is the first sign of how the expiration of federal tax credits could affect the nation’s housing market.

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Ruby Louise Gibson Ruby Louise Gibson, age 98 of Sevierville, passed

away Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Fort Sanders-Regional Medical Center. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was the oldest member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church and Whites community. She loved her flowers and sew-ing.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents Isaac and Mattie Thomas Tarwater; father of her children Doyle Gibson; sons Billy and David R. Gibson; daughters Catherine Williams and Kathy McMahan; son-in-law Glenn Franklin; daughter-in-law Bernice Gibson; grandson Randy Denton; brothers Earnest, Pete, and Winfred Tarwater; sister Neva Brewer.

Survivors: sons and daughters-in-law, James E. (Jake) and Mary Lou Gibson, Kennith and Sue Gibson, Frank Gibson; daughters and sons-in-law, Louise Franklin, (Liz) Dean and Sam Adams, Peggy and Curtis Williams, Linda Gayle and Jere Loveday; son-in-law, Winfred Williams; daughter-in-law, Nancy Gibson;

Grandchildren, Greg and Janet, Gary and Sheila, Russell and Kay, Dale and Lisa, Darrell and Sandy, Scott, and Amy Gibson; Karen and Dennis Ogle, Sandy McFalls, Jimmy and Jama, Tony and Amber, Brad and Stephanie Williams; Ricky and Lisa Franklin, Belinda and Bill Gibson, Angela and Mike Rayfield, Tammy and Mark Suttles, Donna and Tim Shular, Beth and Rodney Webb, Billy and Dena Green, Ricky and Kathy, and Bobby Adams; Christy and Jimmy Maples, April and Chad Henderson, April and Kandi McMahan

Great-grandchildren, Brittany Duryea, Adam, Abigail, Taylyn, and Kaylee Webb; Alexis Green, Noah, Aiden, Zoey, Eli, Curt, and Heather Williams, Brance, Brooke, David, Christian, Kirra, Eric, Justin, Lori, Katie, Andrew, Ritchie, Billy, and Crystal Gibson; Mandon McCarter, Josh McFalls, Emily Moore, April Metcalf, Jesse and Jason Franklin, Cody and Casey Shular, Michael and Samuel Adams, Bryson, Olivia, and Wyatt Maples; Joey, Jeffery, Cassie, and Chloe McMahan, Michael and Colby Rayfield, Chayton.

Great-great-grandchildren, Victoria, Kayden, Cooper, Luke, Ashlyn, Jessica, Chelsey, Jaeden, Jaeley, Tyson, Colton, Bryce, and Hailey; sisters, Eva Gibson, L.J. Lawson; special friends, Katherine (Parks) Williams, church and community friends, and third floor manager and nurses at Fort Sanders-Regional Hospital, Knoxville.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, c/o Carl Norris, 173 Whites School Road, Sevierville, Tennessee 37876.

Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Tuck and Rev. David Smith officiating. Interment to follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

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In Memoriam

“David Lee” Marcum “David Lee” Marcum, age 60 of Sevierville

passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010. David Lee performed karaoke for 12 years and enjoyed fish-ing, airplanes, family and counseling his friends and family.

He was preceded in death by his son Curron Marcum; father Herman Marcum, step-father Lee Helfenstine, brothers-in-law, Ed Johnson and Harris Hamblin.

Survivors include David Lee’s wife, Patsy Marcum; sons and daughters-in-law, Craig and Anna Marcum, Brandon and Tatiana Marcum; grandchildren, Michael Ellis and Lilly Marcum; mother, Edna Helfenstine; brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Teri Marcum; sister and brother-in-law, Barbara Johnson, Diana and Phillip Wisecup, Janet Hamblin; special friends, Jeff Hamblin and DeWayne Cavin.

The family will receive friends 4-7 p.m. Friday with funeral service to follow at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. Interment will be 2 p.m. Saturday in McKinney Chapel Cemetery in Rogersville, TN. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

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der. He allegedly used a piece of steel rebar to attack Samuel Weiss out-side Weiss’ home on Cee Cee Way, as Weiss left with Molly Howard. The blow struck Weiss’s hand and broke a finger.

Weiss told deputies that Randy Howard had called Molly Howard’s cell phone and threatened to kill her.

Deputies charged Randy Howard at that time with aggravated assault, but a

Sevier County magistrate increased the charge to attempted second-degree murder.

Howard was released from the Sevier County Jail on that charge May 18. However, a jailer there said Wednesday that Howard was later arrested on other charges and transferred to the Knox County Detention Center.

A spokesman at that facility said Howard has remained in custody since then.

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parties are not required to make the terms public.

The Yakes could not be reached for comment, but their complaint stated the continued erosion had dam-aged their home and ren-dered it unsafe. Jones had arranged for construction of a retaining wall at some point after the complaint was filed, but the couple obtained a restraining order asking that any new contractors prove their plans could not cause further damage to the Yakes’

property at any point.During opening argu-

ments, the attorney for Blalock said company offi-cials believed there had been several other parties that had performed exca-vations on Jones’ property. While Blalock hauled 1,170 cubic yards of dirt from the property, that was around 15 percent of what they esti-mated had been taken from the property over the course of several years, the attor-ney said, and the dirt they moved was in the front of Jones’ property, not adja-cent to the Yakes’ property.

Her argument appeared to

be paving the way for argu-ing that Blalock was at least not liable for the damage; the company would have also needed to prove it was not negligent, among other things, to avoid making any payments on the claim.

The excavations appar-ently came about after Jones

learned a business partner needed some fill dirt for another project. He offered to let them take dirt from his property because he was look-ing to have some removed anyway, according to state-ments in court Monday.

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they could learn a good deal from Watson, since she has taught classes at The Cliff Dwellers Gallery and at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

Some of her favorite stu-dents are her smallest — she often does art with the children at Trula Lawson.

“I absolutely love them. I learn a lot from them. They say I spoil them, and I probably do,” she said with a laugh, “but I just like having fun with them.”

She has two children of her own, sons who attended Pigeon Forge High School and are older.

“One is artsy and the other one is woodsy,” Watson said. “They’re used to me having things strewn everywhere at home — one time I was paint-ing 180 ornaments! I have no space. I need a studio.”

It’s not uncommon for her to receive a visit from a former student at Sevierville Middle.

“The kids come back just to see my finished work,” she said. “That’s the nicest compliment.”

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NASHVILLE (AP) — The city has mailed more then 300 buyout letters to flood victims and plans to turn the most vulnerable areas into green space.

The Tennessean reports the buy-out program is the government’s most dramatic step yet to help those affected by the devastating flood last month. More than 13 inches of rain hit Nashville the first weekend of May.

The city this week mailed letters to the owners of 305 properties that are in the floodway, the area where water flows most swiftly during a flood.

The process could change the character of some neighborhoods, replacing established communi-ties with parks and green space that won’t be developed again. The green space will help reduce future flooding by soaking up rainwater, officials said.

“The goal of the mitigation program is to break a cycle of disaster and repeated dam-age,” said Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt, whose agency per-formed some 700 rescue opera-tions during the May flood.

Property owners have until Aug. 1 to return the letters to Metro Water Services, which will apply to state and federal emergency man-

agement agencies for approval.The Federal Emergency

Management Agency will pay at least 75 percent of the cost, with the city and state covering the remainder.

The targeted homes are spread around the county, representing 15 of the 35 Metro Council dis-

tricts. But about 85 percent of them are in just five council dis-tricts, dominated by Bordeaux, the Pennington Bend area in Donelson and the Nations area of West Nashville.

Councilman Lonnell Matthews Jr. of Bordeaux said he expects eligible constituents will weigh many factors before deciding to stay or sell.

“For some people that may be landlords; this may put them in a better situation where they can get out of some property,” he said. “For some of the older residents, this may be putting them in a situ-ation with more financial burden on them.”

Matthews said some of those residents have paid the mortgages on their homes and won’t want to be in debt again, especially if they’re on fixed incomes. One of them, Pamela Wood, said the entire first floor of her two-story home was wiped out.

“It depends not only on the offer,” said Wood, whose home is on the buyout list. “Our house is almost paid for, so do you start all over again? I’m in my 50s. Do we really want to start with a 30-year mortgage? But we don’t know what the consequences are for not accepting it.”

State sends 305 flood buyout letters“For some people that

may be landlords; this may put them

in a better situation where they can get

out of some property. For some of the older residents, this may

be putting them in a situation with more financial burden on

them.”— Councilman Lonnell Matthews Jr.

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Tens of thousands of gal-lons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an under-sea robot bumped into the cap that had been contain-ing some of the crude, forc-ing BP to remove it.

The setback, yet another in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, came as the Obama administra-tion tried to figure out how to resurrect a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling and thick pools of oil washed up on beaches in Florida.

Removing the contain-ment cap meant about 29,000 extra gallons of oil an hour were spew-ing, based on the record amount that had been captured in the previous 24 hours. Under the cur-rent worst-case scenario, as much as 104,000 gal-lons an hour — 2.5 million gallons a day — is flowing when there are no devices stopping some of it.

The robot bumped the cap just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, sending gas rising through a vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crys-tals from forming inside it, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.

Crews were checking to see if crystals had formed before putting the cap back on. BP spokesman Bill Salvin could not say how long that might take.

“We’re doing it as quick-ly as possible,” he said.

A similar problem doomed the effort to put a bigger containment device over the blown-out well in May. BP had to abandon the four-story box after the crystals called hydrates clogged it, threatening to make it float away.

The smaller cap, which had worked fine until now, had been in place since early June and was suck-ing oil up to a ship on the surface. To get it there, though, crews had to slice away a section of the leak-ing pipe, meaning the flow of oil could be stronger now than before.

Before the problem with the cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in 24 hours. Another 438,000 gallons was burned on the surface by a different system that was

not affected.Anywhere from 67 mil-

lion to 127 million gal-lons has spilled since the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers and blew out the well 5,000 feet underwater. BP PLC was leasing the rig from owner Transocean Ltd.

The Obama administra-tion was plotting its next steps Wednesday after U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans overturned a moratorium on new drilling, saying the government simply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an imminent danger, too.

Feldman, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, including owning less than $15,000 of Transocean stock, according to finan-cial disclosure reports for

2008, the most recent available. He did not return calls for comment on his investments.

The White House prom-ised an immediate appeal of his ruling. The Interior Department imposed the moratorium last month in the wake of the BP disas-ter, halting approval of any new permits for deepwater projects and suspending drilling on 33 exploratory wells.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement that within the next few days he would issue a new order imposing a morato-rium that eliminates any doubt it is needed and appropriate.

“It’s important that we don’t move forward with new drilling until we know it can be done in a safe way,” he told a Senate sub-committee Wednesday.

Several companies, including Shell and Marathon Oil, said they

would await the outcome of any appeals before they start drilling again.

Asked about it Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show, BP manag-ing director Bob Dudley said his company will “step back” from the issue while it investigates the rig explosion.

BP said Wednesday that Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of clean-ing up the spill. He takes over from BP CEO Tony Hayward, who has been widely criticized for his handling of the crisis.

In Florida, thick pools of oil washed up along miles of national park and Pensacola Beach shoreline as health advisories against swimming and fishing in the once-pristine waters were extended for 33 miles east from the Alabama/Florida border.

“It’s pretty ugly, there’s no question about it,” said Gov. Charlie Crist, who toured Pensacola on Wednesday morning.

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By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer

LOS ANGELES — Dozens of people who were blinded or oth-erwise suffered severe eye dam-age when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells — a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.

The treatment worked com-pletely in 82 of 107 eyes and par-tially in 14 others, with benefits lasting up to a decade so far. One man whose eyes were severely damaged more than 60 years ago now has near-normal vision.

“This is a roaring success,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Ivan Schwab

of the University of California, Davis, who had no role in the study — the longest and largest of its kind.

Stem cell transplants offer hope to the thousands of people world-wide every year who suffer chemi-cal burns on their corneas from heavy-duty cleansers or other substances at work or at home.

The approach would not help people with damage to the optic nerve or macular degeneration, which involves the retina. Nor would it work in people who are completely blind in both eyes, because doctors need at least some healthy tissue that they can transplant.

In the study, published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers took a small number of stem cells from

a patient’s healthy eye, multiplied them in the lab and placed them into the burned eye, where they were able to grow new corneal tissue to replace what had been damaged. Since the stem cells are from their own bodies, the patients do not need to take anti-rejection drugs.

Adult stem cells have been used for decades to cure blood cancers such as leukemia and diseases like sickle cell anemia. But fixing a problem like damaged eyes is a relatively new use. Researchers have been studying cell therapy for a host of other diseases, including diabetes and heart failure, with limited success.

Adult stem cells, which are found around the body, are dif-ferent from embryonic stem cells, which come from human embry-

os and have stirred ethical con-cerns because removing the cells requires destroying the embryos.

Currently, people with eye burns can get an artificial cornea, a pro-cedure that carries such complica-tions as infection and glaucoma, or they can receive a transplant using stem cells from a cadaver, but that requires taking drugs to prevent rejection.

The Italian study involved 106 patients treated between 1998 and 2007. Most had extensive damage in one eye, and some had such limited vision that they could only sense light, count fingers or perceive hand motions. Many had been blind for years and had had unsuccessful operations to restore their vision.

The cells were taken from the limbus, the rim around the cor-

nea, the clear window that covers the colored part of the eye. In a normal eye, stem cells in the limbus are like factories, churning out new cells to replace dead cor-neal cells. When an injury kills off the stem cells, scar tissue forms over the cornea, clouding vision and causing blindness.

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Researchers followed the patients for an average of three years and some as long as a decade. More than three-quarters regained sight after the trans-plant.

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Arrowmont artauction tonight

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts will host the Arts for Art’s Sake auction today. The event will include both a silent and live auction featuring artwork by Arrowmont instructors. Proceeds benefit the school’s schol-arship and educational assistance programs.

Free to attend, the auc-tion will begin with a pre-view and a silent auction from 6:30-7:30 p.m., fol-lowed by the live auction at 7:30. A $17 pre-auction dinner will be available. Dinner reservations along with payment must be made today by calling 436-5860, ext. 28.

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Recipes soughtfor cookbook

The Mountain Press is seeking recipes for the third edition of “Reader Recipes.”

A maximum of five reci-pes per person is allowed in the contest where first-, second- and third-place honors will be awarded. The three finalists in each category will be asked to bring their prepared dish to a judging and photogra-phy session to determine the winners.

The deadline for entries is July 2. Recipes can by sent by mail to P.O. Box 4810, Sevierville, TN 37864, or by e-mail to rec-ipes@themountainpress.com.

For more information, call 428-0748 ext. 215.

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Event to benefitChaplains Corps

A benefit, auction and singing for the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department Chaplains Corps will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Rescue Squad on Dolly Parton Parkway.

Entertainment includes The Pilgrim Heirs (south-ern gospel); Gospel Tradition (bluegrass gos-pel); and “American Idol” contestants Brian Walker and Vanessa Wolfe.

Persons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. There will be grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and cold drinks for sale.

The auction will start at 10 a.m. All proceeds will go to the Chaplains Corps to help those in emergency situations. For informa-tion or donations call 719-8443, 387-7945, 654-3180 or 453-4668.

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‘Eclipse’ themedparty set for teens

The Kodak Library will host a series of teen summer reading programs for grades 7-12. The first program, “Make Waves with ‘Eclipse,’ the Movie Release Party,” will be at 4 p.m. today. There will be a “Twilight”-themed trivia game, food and more in preparation of the release of the new “Twilight” movie on June 30. The Stephanie Meyer book, “Eclipse,” is available at the library.

For more information about the party, call Kelly Hamilton at 933-0078.

thiS DAy iN hiStory

Today is Thursday, June 24, the 175th day of 2010. There are 190 days left in the year.

n Locally a year ago:United Way Executive

Director Roy Marshall has resigned. Staffers and sup-porters of the organiza-tion, which funds a host of local agencies, are still determined to ensure the work of raising needed money moves forward. Marshall served as direc-tor since 2006.

n today’s highlight:On June 24, 1509,

Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

n on this date:In 1948, Communist

forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.

In 1983, the space shut-tle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

n ten years ago:

After months of politi-cal violence, Zimbabweans crowded polling booths to begin two days of balloting in the country’s most com-petitive election since inde-pendence.

n five years ago: Despite growing anxi-

ety about the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush refused to set a timetable for bringing home U.S. troops and declared, “I’m not giving up on the mis-sion. We’re doing the right thing.”

n thought for today: “Move, and the way will

open.” — Zen saying.

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Lottery is using pro wrestler Ric Flair and his signature scream “woooooo” to pro-mote the Mega Millions game.

Flair, who calls him-self “The Nature Boy,” appears in 30-second TV and radio spots tagged “Jack Up Your Jackpots.” He’s shown slapping a hapless skinny fellow and encouraging him to turn puny jackpots into huge ones by playing Mega Millions.

“He’s an absolute

d e l i g h t to work with and everybody k n o w s him,” said R e b e c c a Hargrove, president and CEO of the Tennessee lottery. “He’s a good representation of good people.

“Everything we do is geared to sell more tick-ets, and this ad has gar-nered a lot of attention.”

The spot will run for

three weeks but lottery officials have the rights to run it for a year. It had more than 2,000 views on You Tube in six days.

“It’s gotten the response we hoped,” Hargrove said.

Flair has done previous promotion work for lot-teries in North Carolina, Hargrove said.

“I thought this was a perfect fit for him,” she said Tuesday.

Flair’s website pro-claims him “the most dec-orated world champion in history.” In the Tennessee

spot, he screams his famous “wooooo” four times.

“People of all ages want his autograph,” Hargrove said.

As far as the thin young man slapped by Flair in the chest, Hargrove said, “He’s a hoot. He sure has the right look for this ad.”

Lottery officials would not say how much the spot cost to produce.

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery in which players pick five numbers and then anoth-er number.

Wooooo! Ric Flair boosts lottery

Pickler

S u N r i S e i N t h e S m o K i e S

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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n Air quality forecast:

Primary Pollutant: Ozone

Mountains: ModerateValley: Moderate

Cautionary Health Message:Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

Flair

7 Opinon Thurs.

You know what the mainstream media think about guns and our freedom to carry them.

Pierre Thomas of ABC: “When someone gets angry or when they snap, they are going to be able to have access to weapons.”

Chris Matthews of MSNBC: “I wonder if in a free society violence is always going to be a part of it if guns are available.”

Keith Olbermann, who usually can’t be topped for absurdity: “Organizations like the NRA ... are trying to increase deaths by gun in this country.”

“Trying to?” Well, I admit that I bought that nonsense for years. Living in Manhattan, working at ABC, everyone agreed that guns are evil. And that the NRA is evil. (Now that the NRA has agreed to a sleazy deal with congressional Democrats on political speech censorship, maybe some of its leaders are evil, but that’s for another column.)

Now I know that I was totally wrong about guns. Now I know that more guns means — hold onto your seat — less crime.

How can that be, when guns kill almost 30,000 Americans a year? Because while we hear about the murders and accidents, we don’t often hear about the crimes stopped because would-be victims showed a gun and scared criminals away. Those thwarted crimes and lives saved usually aren’t reported to police (sometimes for fear the gun will be confiscated), and when they are reported, the media tend to ignore them. No bang, no news.

This state of affairs produces a distorted public impression of guns. If you only hear about the crimes and accidents, and never about lives saved, you might think gun own-ership is folly.

But, hey, if guns save lives, it logically fol-lows that gun laws cost lives.

Suzanna Hupp and her parents were hav-ing lunch at Luby’s cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, when a man began shooting diners with his handgun, even stopping to reload. Suzanna’s parents were two of the 23 people killed. (Twenty more were wounded.)

Suzanna owned a handgun, but because Texas law at the time did not permit her to carry it with her, she left it in her car. She’s confident that she could have stopped the shooting spree if she had her gun. (Texas has since changed its law.)

Today, 40 states issue permits to compe-tent, law-abiding adults to carry concealed handguns (Vermont and Alaska have the most libertarian approach: no permit needed. Arizona is about to join that exclusive club.) Every time a carry law was debated, anti-gun activists predicted outbreaks of gun violence after fender-benders, card games and domes-tic quarrels.

What happened?John Lott, in “More Guns, Less Crime,”

explains that crime fell by 10 percent in the year after the laws were passed. A reason for the drop in crime may have been that criminals suddenly worried that their next victim might be armed. Indeed, criminals in states with high civilian gun ownership were the most worried about encountering armed victims.

In Canada and Britain, both with tough gun-control laws, almost half of all burglar-ies occur when residents are home. But in the United States, where many households contain guns, only 13 percent of burglaries happen when someone_s at home.

Two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in the Heller case that Washington, D.C.’s ban on handgun ownership was unconsti-tutional. District politicians then loosened the law but still have so many restrictions that there are no gun shops in the city and just 800 people have received permits. Nevertheless, contrary to the mayor’s pre-diction, robbery and other violent crime are down.

Because Heller applied only to Washington, that case was not the big one. McDonald v. Chicago is the big one, and the Supreme Court is expected to rule on that next week. Otis McDonald is a 76-year-old man who lives in a dangerous neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He wants to buy a handgun, but Chicago forbids it.

If the Supremes say McDonald has that right, then restrictive gun laws will fall throughout America.

Despite my earlier bias, I now understand that striking down those laws will probably save lives.

— John Stossel hosts a show on the Fox Business Channel and is the author of “Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel — Why Everything You Know is Wrong.” (C)2009 JFS Productions Inc.

Mountain Views■ The Mountain Press ■ Page A7 ■ Thursday, June 24, 2010

c o m m e n ta ry e d i t o r i a l

P o l i t i c a l v i e w

P u b l i c f o r u m

editorial board:◆ Jana Thomasson, Publisher◆ Stan Voit, Editor◆ Bob Mayes, Managing Editor◆ Gail Crutchfield, Community News Editor

State legislators:◆ rep. richard montgomery

1-800-449-8366 Ext. 1-5981; 207 War Memorial Bldg., Nashville TN 37243rep.richard.montgomery@capitol.tn.gov

◆ rep. Joe mccord1-800-449-8366 Ext. 1-5481; 207 War Memorial Bldg., Nashville TN 37243rep.joe.mccord@capitol.tn.gov

◆ Sen. doug overbey1-800-449-8366 Ext. 10981; 320 War Memorial Bldg., Nashville TN 37243sen.doug.overbey@capitol.tn.gov

federal legislators:◆ u.S. Sen. bob corker

(202) 224-3344; 185 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., B40A, Washington, D.C. 20510

◆ u.S. Sen. lamar alexander(202) 224-4944; S/H 302, Washington, D.C. 20510

◆ u.S. rep. Phil roe(202) 225-6356; 419 Cannon House Office, Washington, D.C. 20515

◆ u.S. rep. John J. duncan Jr.(202) 225-5435; 2267 Rayburn Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515

letters to the editor policy and how to contact us:◆ We encourage our readers to send letters to the editor. Letters must contain no more than 500 words. No more than one letter per person will be published in a 30-day period. Letters must be neatly printed or typed and contain no libel, plagiarism or personal attacks. All letters are subject to editing for style, length and content. Statements of fact must be attributed to a source for verification. All letters must be signed and contain a phone number and address for verification purposes. No anonymous or unveri-fied letters will be printed. No letters endorsing candidates will be considered. The Mountain Press reserves the right to refuse publication of any letter. E-MAIL LETTERS TO: edi-tor@themountainpress.com or MAIL LETTERS TO: Editor, The Mountain Press, P.O. Box 4810, Sevierville, TN 37864. For questions, call (865) 428-0748, ext. 214. The Mountain Press and its publishers do not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed in letters and columns on this page.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establish-ment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble and to petition

the government for a redress of grievances.”—united States constitution, amendment one

Contaminated stream of concernto family visiting the countyEditor:

It has been a long time since I last was in your area. With the disaster in the Gulf, our vacation plans changed from Destin to Dollywood.

Our family of four had a fantastic time during our stay, and it was such a refresh-ing change from Memphis, which formerly was known as the most beautiful city in the USA, but not any more. In fact, the former

mayor did such a good job inviting life-long residents to leave, we took him up and now the tax base is gone. Crime is so bad movie studios are filming here and now our current mayor is under the illusion mere words will convince you otherwise; this city’s tarnished reputation and thug mentality is not what the crime stats prove otherwise.

Your area is, without question, beautiful. However, walking with my wife and children to see local sites, we quickly noticed the stream running through the city had a posted sign “Warning-fecal contamination.” Not

exactly what we expected to see. I would have expected that in Memphis, not Pigeon Forge. In fact, EPA filed suit in February suing Memphis over contamination of the water.

We are planning to return eventually, but expect you can get a handle on cleaning up your streams. Dollywood was fantastic and we could not have asked for a better family vacation and the exceptional hospitality. You have so much working for you. Please do not sink to what Memphis has become.

Bruce Barnett and familyMemphis

Inside this edition of The Mountain Press is our annual American Pride section. We hope you’ll take a look at it and read the stories. You will find accounts of people who wore the uni-form and are wearing it now.

American Pride began five years ago with an idea: Why not celebrate our Independence Day holiday period by letting readers send us stories about family and friends serving their coun-try or who once did that? After all, we have our independence because of what soldiers did more than 235 years ago in defeating an enemy of personal freedom to give us ours.

The section has grown to be quite a phenomenal part of the paper. This year we received 31 submissions, forc-ing us to enlarge the section by four pages. It also meant that in some cases

we had to run photos a little smaller than we had hoped, or stories a little shorter.

In this county of 80,000 people there are some remarkable Americans who served their country from World War II to Korea to Vietnam to the Gulf wars. Some of the stories are about people who died in combat. Others are about friends and neighbors serving as we speak, in some of the most danger-ous places on Earth.

There is a concern that the younger generation neither appreciates nor understands the sacrifices made by those who came before them. They may study the wars and conflicts in schools, but do they really grasp the significance of those actions and what people did for their country?

American Pride may help just a bit.

At the very least it gives a forum for families to tell the stories of their own heroes. There was a steady stream of visitors bringing us the write-ups. Some were handwritten, with aging but precious photos attached. This is when we require families and friends to write their own stories, to say it the way they want to say it. We even accept poetry — the only time all year we do that.

We hope you enjoy learning about fellow Sevier County people, some of whom have died, some who have long since retired, others who are still serving their country. Sometimes you wonder if there is still pride in America, when you see and hear all of the bickering and arguing that goes on. Read this special section, Among real people, the pride still exists.

Handguncarry lawssave lives

The pride still existsOur annual section spotlights those heroes who wear or did wear the uniform

8 Sports Thurs.

Sports■ The Mountain Press ■ A8 ■ Thursday, June 24, 2010

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By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer

PRETORIA, South Africa — Over and over, everything seemed to go against them.

A referee took away a win last week, and a linesman disallowed another goal Wednesday.

Now there was just 3 1/2 minutes left in their World Cup, just that much remain-ing until all the doubts about American soccer would rise again.

But then, in one of the most stunning turnarounds in World Cup history, Landon Donovan scored on a lightning fast counterat-tack 45 seconds into 4 min-utes of injury time. With the most amazing late-game moment in American soc-cer, the United States beat Algeria 1-0 and reached the World Cup’s second round.

“This team embodies what the American spirit is about,” Donovan said. “We had a goal disallowed the other night, We had another good goal disallowed tonight. But we just keep going. And I think that’s what people admire so much about Americans. And I’m damn proud.”

Former President Bill Clinton lingered in the lock-er room for 45 minutes after the game to congratulate the players. When Donovan scored, raucous cheers erupt-ed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and even in White House audito-riums in Washington, D.C., according to e-mails sent to U.S. Soccer Federation pres-ident Sunil Gulati.

“That’s probably going to capture more people’s attention than if we won the game 3-0 and it was easy,” American goalkeeper Tim Howard said. “That emo-tion, that passion is what American sports fans thrive on.”

The United States won its first World Cup match in eight years and finished atop its first-round group for the first time since the original World Cup in

1930. With a quick turn-around, the Americans play Ghana on Saturday night in Rustenburg for a spot in the quarterfinals. Ghana won the final match of the opening round against the Americans to knock them out of the tournament in Germany four years ago.

Clint Dempsey appeared to score in the 21st minute off the rebound of Herculez Gomez’s shot. But the goal was called offside.

Dempsey’s 12-yard shot off Jozy Altidore’s cross clanked off the far post in the 57th minute, and when the rebound came back to Dempsey, he put the follow shot wide to the near side.

“You shake it out of your head and keep on fighting,”

Dempsey said.Knowing England was

ahead of Slovenia at the half, the U.S. put in offen-sive substitutes, first Benny Feilhaber at the start of the second half, then Edson Buddle in the 64th and finally DaMarcus Beasley in the 81st.

“The second half wasn’t a soccer game — it was more like ... a track meet. Back and forth, back and forth, both teams are so desper-ate,” Howard said.

Howard started the coun-ter-attack that led to the goal when he knocked down an Algerian shot and rolled the ball to Donovan on the right flank. Donovan moved upfield and passed ahead to Jozy Altidore just inside the

18-yard box.“Landon kind of knows

me a little bit,” Howard said. “He breaks out when I get the ball and it’s kind of easy to find him.”

Altidore’s right-footed cross was flicked by Dempsey as he crashed into goalkeep-er Rais Bolhi.

“I couldn’t chip it over the keeper, so I just tried to hit it under him — hit it hard,” Dempsey said.

As Dempsey tumbled over the goalkeeper, the ball rolled back out. In ran Donovan, who with a right-footed shot from 7 yards, slammed the ball into the lower left corner. It was the first injury-time goal that lifted a nation into the knockout phase since Uruguay’s Daniel Fonseca

scored against South Korea in 1990, according to STATS LLC.

“The moment kind of slowed down for me. It was as much a reaction as any-thing,’ Donovan said. “I kind of hesitated. I didn’t know if he was going to play it across the goal or try to cut it back to me. Once he played it in front of the goal, I didn’t sprint, but I kept my run going and once it popped off then goalie, then I picked up a little to get there.”

After his U.S. record 44th international goal, Donovan joyously ran to the corner flag, sliding headfirst in a belly flop, and his teammates ran down the touchline to mob him.

“A lot of kisses. A little uncomfortable,” Donovan said. “It’s something I’ll have imbedded in my mind for-ever.”

When the game ended, Donovan kicked the final ball into the stands.

“Someone got a nice sou-venir,” he said.

He was in tears and even 30 minutes later his eyes watered and voice cracked as he talked about the goal. The field long empty, American fans remained in the stands, still cheering, waving the Stars and Stripes and blow-ing vuvuzelas.

As a 20-year-old in 2002, Donovan scored two goals and became a star. But expectations became crush-ing in 2006, went he went scoreless. With his fourth World Cup goal, Donovan tied Bert Patenaude (1930) as the American leader.

“I’ve been through a lot in the last four years,” Donovan said with tears in his eyes. “And I’m so glad it culmi-nated this way. It makes me believe in good in the world. When you try to do things the right way, that’s good to see them get rewarded.”

The United States finished a World Cup game with a shutout for just the fifth time in 28 matches (7-16-5) and topped Group C with 5 points.

England (1-0-2), which beat Slovenia 1-0 moments earlier, also had five points but finished second because the U.S. scored four goals to two for the English. Slovenia (1-1-1) was third with four points, missing advancing because of Donovan’s hero-ics. Algeria (0-2-1) was last with one point.

The Desert Foxes were making their third World Cup appearance follow-ing first-round elimination in 1982 and 1986. Algeria was the fourth African team to exit the first World Cup on African soil, following Cameroon, Nigeria and host South Africa.

“I think that Africa is on the right road,” coach Rabah Saadane said. “What we need in our national teams and squads is stability and a lot of discipline, and I think in a few years time, Africa will have among the best teams in the world.”

Dempsey needed four stitches to close a cut on his lip.

It was yet another late goal for the United States, which came from behind to tie England 1-1 in its opener, then rallied from a two-goal halftime deficit against Slovenia and would have won had Maurice Edu’s 85th-minute goal been allowed. In six of the final 10 qualifiers, the Americans gave up the first goals — but they bounced back to win three of those games and tie two others.

“That was a really spe-cial feeling,” U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. “These guys put a lot into it, they never quit.

“We’re proud. We fin-ished first in our group. Five points, didn’t lose a match. So we’re ready.”

Howard bounced up and down in elation after the game. Feilhaber took a water bottle and sprayed his team-mates, and it felt as good as champagne.

“We’re not done yet,” Donovan said. “We believe, man. We’re alive, baby.”

WORLD CUP SOCCER

Donovan injury-time goal puts US in 2nd round

Elise Amendola/AP

U.S. national soccer midfielder Landon Donovan, center, is hugged by teammate Stuart Holden, left, as they watch his winning goal replayed on a big screen after their World Cup group C soccer match against Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Brad Guzan is at far right.

NCAA GRIDIRON

Jason Davis/The Mountain Press file

Former SCHS lineman Ross Heatherly walks off the field during his senior season last year.

Heatherly switches commitment to C-NBy COBEY HITCHCOCK

Sports Writer

Recent Sevier County High School grad and stand-out offensive lineman Ross Paul Heatherly has had a bumpy ride determining his football future, but the former Murray State Racers and Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles commitment has landed a new home close to his old one by announc-ing his third commitment of this gridiron offseason ... this time to Carson-Newman College.

And the former Smoky Bear couldn’t be hap-

pier about switching to the Eagles just down the road in Jefferson City.

“I’ll be close enough to home now that my grandma can do my laundry for me,” joked Heatherly. “And all my lady friends are very happy that I won’t be moving far away, of course.”

Heatherly originally com-mitted to Murray State fol-lowing his senior season at SCHS, but that deal fell through after the Racers football coaching staff was fired.

A disappointed Heatherly went on to commit to Tennessee Tech, but that all

changed this week after C-N hired former Murray State assistant Aaron Hutsell, the man who originally recruit-ed Heatherly to play for the Racers.

According to Heatherly, Hutsell’s hiring resulted in the player’s choice to change commitments once again.

“I had a meeting with coach Hutsell and (C-N head football) coach (Ken) Sparks on Monday this week,” said Heatherly, who announced his decision on Wednesday. “And that meeting kind of changed everything for me.”

Heatherly said C-N offers him the real opportunity to

start as a freshman.“Coach Hutsell has

really stuck with me this whole time, even after he left Murray State,” said Heatherly. “And talking to coach Sparks, I could just tell that he’s a very sincere man. And they told me the guard position is wide open.

“Carson-Newman is a good program, obviously, and they laid down a deal on the table that I really couldn’t turn down. It was a much better deal than Tennessee Tech.”

Heatherly will report to C-N on July 6 for voluntary workouts.

NFL GRIDIRON

Haynesworth’s troubles go well beyond the field

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Albert Haynesworth appar-ently hasn’t been living up to his end of the deal on or off the football field.

Haynesworth issued a statement Wednesday saying he will report for training camp after staying away from the Washington Redskins all offseason trying to force a trade despite being paid a $21 million bonus in April.

“Despite my current differences with the Redskins, I have always planned to attend training camp and honor my contract,” Haynesworth said in the statement released through his agent.

Off the field, the defensive tackle faces three lawsuits and other legal filings. A Tennessee bank is suing him for not paying a $2.38 million loan. His ex-wife is back in court charging him with not paying her health insur-ance or their children’s bills. A Tennessee man has his parents caring for him with his lawsuit pending charging Haynesworth with wrecking his car in 2008.

Then there’s the exotic dancer suing Haynesworth in New York for getting her pregnant.

The disgruntled two-time All Pro defensive tackle has stayed away from all offseason activities, including last week’s mandatory minicamp, because he is unhappy with the team’s switch to a 3-4 defense and wants to be traded. The Redskins offered him a chance to find another team — until he collected a $21 million bonus on April 1, the latest installment in the seven-year, $100 million contract he signed last year.

“As I have previously said, I am continuing to prepare for the season individually and will report on time, in shape and ready to play football,” the statement said. “Any issues I have with the club I will discuss privately and therefore do not plan to make any further public comments about this matter.”

Haynesworth’s absence at last week’s minicamp drew searing comments from teammates, who called him a selfish player who is unhappy if he’s not the focal point of the defense. Haynesworth will have to rebuild his rela-tionships in the locker room when training camp begins July 29.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that by authority of a Deed of Trust executed by Robert A. Leedy, a single person, and Judy L. Jones, a single person, to M. Coppley Vickers, Trustee, dated January 6, 2006, and recorded in Book 2436, Page 731 in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness due from Robert A. Leedy 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 3553, Page 719 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 2nd day of July, 2010, 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 a street address of 1130 South Old Sevierville Pike, Seymour, Tennessee 37865):SITUATE in the Ninth (9th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot 3 of Keene Valley Subdivision, Phase I, as the same is depicted on a plat of record in Large Map Book 6, Page 22, Register’s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:BEGINNING at an iron pin (found) in the northern right of way line of Old Sevierville Pike located approximately 303.70 feet from its intersection with North Cunningham Road, said iron pin also marking a common corner with Lot 4; thence, from said point of beginning, and with the line of eastern boundary line of Lot 4, North 14 deg 25 min 16 sec West 203.32 feet to an iron pin (found) in the line of Lot 10, Keene Valley Subdivision Phase II (Large Map Book 6, Page 60); thence, with the southern boundary of Lot 10, in part, and Lot 11, in part, North 69 deg 39 min 37 sec East 114.95 feet to an iron pin (found) marking a common corner with the western boundary line of Lot 2; thence with the western line of Lot 2, South 10 deg 39 min 30 sec East 218.93 feet to an iron pin (found) in the northern right of way line of Old Sevierville Pike; thence, with the northern right of way line of Old Sevierville Pike, a curve to the left, having an Arc Length of 100.04 feet, a Radius of 1523.36 feet, a Chord Bearing of South 77 deg 27 min 37 sec West, and a Chord Length of 100.03 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING, according to survey title ìMortgage Loan Survey for Robert A. Leedyî prepared by Alcon Enterprises, Al Crumley, Land Surveyor, 1373 Pullen Road, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862, (865) 908-0240; andBEING the same property conveyed to Robert A. Leedy, a single person, and Judy L. Jones, a single person, by general warranty deed of Darrell Keene, Al Crumley, Benny Byrd, and Jerry King, dated January 6, 2006, of record in Book 2436, Page 728, Register’s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.SUBECT to all matters noted and/or depicted on plat of record in Large Map Book 6, Page 22, 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 Realty Store, Inc., The Sheffield Insurance Company, Inc. and State Farm Bank may assert an interest in the above-described property by virtue of recorded judgment liens and said entities have 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 grantors; and next, the balance, if any, shall be paid to those legally entitled thereto.This 7th day of June, 2010.

THOMAS H. DICKENSONSubstitute Trustee

Hodges, Doughty & CarsonP. O. Box 869

Knoxville, Tennessee 37901(865) 292-2307

June 10, 17 & 24, 2010

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Tennessee Division of Air Pollution Control (TDAPC) has received requests for construction and/or modi cation of air contaminant sources as noted below. The proposed construction and/or modi cation is subject to part 1200-3-9-.01(1)(h) of the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Regulations, which requires a public notification and 30-day public comment period. Interested parties may express their comments and concerns in writing to Mr. Barry R. Stephens, Director, Division of Air Pollution Control, 9th Floor, L & C Annex, 401 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1531 within thirty (30) days of the date of this notice. Questions concerning a source may be addressed to the assigned Division personnel at the same address or by calling 615-532-0554.Individuals with disabilities who wish to participate should contact the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation to discuss any auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate such participation. Such contact may be in person, by writing, telephone, or other means, and should be made no less than ten days prior to the end of the public comment period to allow time to provide such aid or services. Contact the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ADA Coordinator, 12th Floor, 401 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37243, 1-866-253-5827. Hearing impaired callers may use the Tennessee Relay Service, 1-(800)-848-0298. The applicant is US Cellular with a mailing address of 8410 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60631. They seek to obtain air contaminant permits for construction of the following sources: 1) No. 2 fuel oil emergency generator (Division identi cation number: 78-0220-01/63699) located at 347 Tower Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. This existing emergency generator is used to serve the cell tower during commercial power outages. Because of the amount and type of emissions, the use of pol-lution control equipment is not proposed. There would be no physical construction. Regulated air contaminants are emitted by this source. Ms. Hymelia Craig is the assigned Division person. 2) No. 2 fuel oil emergency generator (Divi-sion identi cation number: 78-0221-01/63700) located at 1443 Holbert Road, Dandridge, TN 37725. This existing emergency generator is used to serve the cell tower during commercial power outages. Because of the amount and type of emissions, the use of pollution control equipment is not proposed. There would be no physical construction. Regulated air contami-nants are emitted by this source. Ms. Hymelia Craig is the assigned Division person.

LEGALS

WorrellUnit 901-KWeek 16

MOUNTAINLOFTRESORT

BarnesUnit 130-AWeek 18

Said sale will be for CASH or on a credit of six (6) months nor more than two (2) years, taking from the purchaser a deposit of no less than 10% per annum from the date of sale, and retaining a lien on the property as further security. Said sale shall be in bar of the equity of redemp-tion.

This the 17th day of June, 2010.

Carolyn P. McMahanSpecial

Commissioner

LEGALS

CHANCERY SALE OF TIME SHARES

In obedience to de-crees of the Chancery Court at Sevierville, made in the cause of: OAKMONT RESORT C O N D O M I N I U M ASSN., INC vs. Fran-ces E. Cook; Stepha-nie Bracken Dawson; James D. Kemplin, Jr., et al; Dan King, et al; Martha Lewis; Martha Lewis; Charles E. Readling, et al; David C. Thresher, et al; Ka-thy Wiley; - TREE TOPS RESORT CON-DOMINIUM ASSN., INC. vs. Thomas W. Hayden, et al; Lowell E. Schuyler, et al; Da-vid G. Underwood, et al; Robert A. Worrell, et al; - MOUNTAIN-LOFT RESORT CON-DOMINIUM ASSN. vs. Ronnie G. Barnes, et al.

I will on AUGUST 18, 2010, at 10:00 A.M., in the Chancery Courtroom, 1st Floor, Sevier County Court-house, sell to the highest and best biff-er(s) the time shares listed below:

OAKMONTRESORT

CookUnit 426-BWeek 10

DawsonUnit 312-BWeek 18

KemplinUnit 615-BWeek 52

KingUnit 217-AWeek 49

LewisUnit 218-AWeek 25

Lewis Unit 518-AWeek 27

ReadlingUnit 618-AWeek 48

ThresherUnit 407-AWeek 10

WileyUnit 713-B

Week 7

TREE TOPSRESORT

HaydenUnit 735-JWeek 38

SchuylerUnit 933-KWeek 30

UnderwoodUnit 932-T

LEGALS

INVITATION TO BIDDERS

Sevier County is so-liciting sealed bids on replacement windows for the Sevier County courthouse.

Bids will be received at the Sevier County Mayors Office, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN, 37862 until 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

There will be a man-datory pre-bid meeting and courthouse walk-through on Monday, July 12, at 2 p.m. in room 100 of the court-house.

Specifications may be obtained from Jim Coykendall, 906 East Parkway, Suite 1, Gat-linburg, TN, 37738 or 865.436.9436 or mail@trotterarchitect.com

The Bidder’s name, address, bid opening time and the quotation "Courthouse Replace-ment Windows" must be printed on the sealed, opaque enve-lope containing the bid.

Sevier County re-serves the right to ac-cept or reject any/or all bids and to accept the bid deemed most fa-vorable to the interest of Sevier County.

06/24, 06/25, 06/26

PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to public notice a meeting of the CITY OF PIGEON FORGE BEER BOARD has been scheduled for Thurs-day, July 8, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the Council Room of City Hall com-plex.

The purpose of the meeting is for consid-eration of application of:

PERMIT FOR SALE OF BEER IN RES-TAURANT/EATING PLACE

1. SMJ Theater LLC DBA Kickin Country

215 ParkwayPigeon Forge, TN37863

The public is invited to attend.

This 24th day of June, 2010.

Earlene M. Teaster,City Manager

06/24/2010

IN THE JUVENILE COURT FOR SEVIER

COUNTYSEVIERVILLE, TENNESSEE

IN RE: DUSTIN SANFORD (DOB: 05/07/93)

ROYSATTERFIELD,

Petitioner

Vs.

No. 10-000751

ROGER SANFORD

Respondent/Natural Father

And

LISA THOMAS

Respondent/Half-Sister

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE

IN THIS CAUSE, it appearing from the "Petition for Custody", which is sworn to, that the Respondent, ROG-ER SANFORD, is a non-resident of Ten-nessee, it is ordered that publication be made for four (4) con-secutive weeks, as re-quired by law, in the Mountain Press, a newspaper published in Sevier County, Ten-nessee notifying said non-resident Respond-ent to file an answer with Petitioner’s attor-ney, Jerry K. Galyon, whose address is 119 Court Avenue, Sevier-ville, TN 37862 and the Juvenile Court of Sevi-er County, Tennessee within thirty (30) days from the last date of publication, exclusive of said last date of publication, or a judg-ment by default may be entered and the cause set for hearing ex parte as to said Re-spondent on 25th day of August, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. before a judge of our Juvenile Court.

THIS 1st DAY OF JUNE, 2010.

CONNIE E. HOLT, JUVENILE COURT

CLERK DEPUTY CLERK

06/03, 06/10, 06/17, 06/24

LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS

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NASCARSPRINT CUP

Lenox Industrial Tools 301Site: Loudon, N.H.Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.), qualifying (Speed, 3-5 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (TNT, noon-4:30 p.m.).Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (oval, 1.058 miles).Race distance: 318.46 miles, 301 laps.Last week: Joey Logano became the youngest win-ner in Sprint Cup history, taking the rain-shortened race at 19 years, 1 month, 4 days. Logano broke the record of 20 years, 4 months, 2 days set by Kyle Busch at California in September 2005.Last week: Jimmie Johnson won for the first time on a road course, taking advan-tage of Marcos Ambrose’s late gaffe at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Ambrose lost the lead when he stalled his engine trying to conserve gas under cau-tion with six laps left. He restarted seventh and fin-ished sixth. Johnson won for the fourth time this season, ending a 10-race drought.Fast facts: Kevin Harvick leads the season standings. Four-time defending cham-pion Johnson is 140 points back in second. Busch is third (141 points behind Harvick) and Denny Hamlin fourth (151 points back). Hamlin has a series-high five victories, good for 50 bonus points in the Chase. Harvick has one win. ... Mark Martin won the September race at the track, edging Juan Pablo Montoya in the Chase opener. ... Jeff Burton has a track-record four victories, one more than Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. is winless in 73 races.Next race: Coke Zero 400, July 3, Daytona International

Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.Online: http://www.nascar.com

———NATIONWIDE

New England 200Site: Loudon, N.H.Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 1:30-3 p.m.); Saturday, qual-ifying (Speed, 10:30-11:30 a.m.), race, 3 p.m. (ESPN2, 2:30-6 p.m.).Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (oval, 1.058 miles).Race distance: 211.6 miles, 200 laps.Last year: Kyle Busch raced to the fifth of his nine 2009 wins en route to the series title, taking the lead from teammate Joey Logano with 36 laps left.Last week: Carl Edwards won at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., pass-ing Jacques Villeneuve on a restart with nine laps left. Ron Fellows finished second.Fast facts: IndyCar driver Danica Patrick is making the fourth of 14 scheduled starts in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 7 Chevrolet. In February, she was 35th at Daytona, 31st in California and 36th in Las Vegas. ... Brad Keselowski leads the season standings, 237 points ahead of second-place Edwards.Next race: Subway Jalapeno 250, July 2, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.Online: http://www.nascar.com

———CAMPING WORLD

TRUCKSNext race: Lucas Oil 200, July 11, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa.Last race: Aric Almirola raced to his second victory of the year, holding off Todd Bodine and Kyle Busch on June 12 at Michigan International Speedway.Online: http://www.nascar.comusch

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a u t o r a c i n g at a g l a n c eFORMULA ONE

European Grand PrixSite: Valencia, Spain.Schedule: Friday, prac-tice (Speed, 8-9:30 a.m.); Saturday, practice, qualifying (Speed, 8-9:30 a.m.) Sunday, race, noon (FOX, noon-2 p.m.).Track: Valencia Street Circuit (3.367 miles).Race distance: 191.93 miles, 57 laps.Last year: Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello won for the first time in five years, beating Lewis Hamilton. Barrichello also won the Italian Grand Prix in September.Last race: Hamilton raced to his second straight victory and second Canadian Grand Prix win in four years, hold-ing off McLaren teammate Jenson Button on June 13 in Montreal to take the season points lead.Fast facts: Hamilton, the 2008 series champion, has a three-point lead over Button. Red Bull’s Mark Webber is third, six points behind Hamilton. Button won the title last year for Brawn GP. ... The course has 25 turns, the most on the F1 schedule. ... Barrichello is driving for Williams this season.Next race: British Grand Prix, July 11, Silverstone, England.Online: http://www.formu-la1.com

———NHRA FULL THROTTLESummit Racing Equipment

NHRA NationalsSite: Norwalk, Ohio.Schedule: Friday, qualify-ing; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 7-9 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 7-10 p.m.).Track: Summit Motorsports Park.Last year: Larry Dixon raced to the fourth of his five 2009 Top Fuel victories, beating Brandon Bernstein in the final. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won.

Last week: John Force won the Thunder Valley Nationals to regain the Funny Car points lead. The 61-year-old Force has four victories this season and a record 130 overall. Tony Schumacher raced to his fourth Top Fuel win of the year, and Mike Edwards topped the Pro Stock field for the eighth time in 12 events this season.Fast facts: Force, a record 14-time season champion, has a 58-point lead over teammate Robert Hight. ... In Top Fuel, Dixon has a 123-point advantage over Schumacher. Dixon has six victories this year. ... Edwards has won four straight Pro Stock finals to take a 452-point lead over Allen Johnson.Next event: NHRA Northwest Nationals, July 9-11, Pacific Raceways, Kent, Wash.Online: http://www.nhra.com

———INDYCAR

Next race: Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen, July 4, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Last week: Andretti Autosport’s Tony Kanaan won the Iowa 250 for his first victory in nearly two years, passing Helio Castroneves with 10 laps left.Online: http://www.indycar.com

———OTHER RACES

WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car, Friday, Junction Motor Speedway, McCool Junction, Neb.; Saturday, Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.; Late Model, Firecracker 100, Thursday-Saturday, Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, Pa. Online: http://www.worldo-foutlaws.comU.S. AUTO RACING CLUB: Sprint Car, Saturday, 34 Raceway, Burlington, Iowa. Online: http://www.usacracing.com

m l b h a r d b a l lNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 42 29 .592 —New York 40 30 .571 1 1/2Philadelphia 36 32 .529 4 1/2Florida 34 36 .486 7 1/2Washington 33 40 .452 10

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 39 31 .557 —Cincinnati 40 33 .548 1/2Chicago 31 39 .443 8Milwaukee 30 40 .429 9Houston 26 45 .366 13 1/2Pittsburgh 25 45 .357 14

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 41 29 .586 —San Francisco 39 30 .565 1 1/2Los Angeles 38 32 .543 3Colorado 37 33 .529 4Arizona 28 44 .389 14

———Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 2, Cleveland 1Florida 10, Baltimore 4Washington 4, Kansas City 3St. Louis 9, Toronto 4N.Y. Mets 14, Detroit 6San Diego 2, Tampa Bay 1Texas 6, Pittsburgh 3San Francisco 3, Houston 1Chicago White Sox 9, Atlanta 6Milwaukee 7, Minnesota 5Colorado 2, Boston 1N.Y. Yankees 9, Arizona 3Cincinnati 4, Oakland 2L.A. Angels 6, L.A. Dodgers 3Seattle 2, Chicago Cubs 0Wednesday’s GamesCincinnati 3, Oakland 0Kansas City 1, Washington 0Cleveland at Philly, 7:05 p.m.Florida at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Detroit at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Tampa, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Texas, 8:05 p.m.San Fran at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Atlanta at White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.Boston at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.Yankees at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 44 27 .620 —Tampa Bay 42 28 .600 1 1/2Boston 43 29 .597 1 1/2Toronto 38 33 .535 6Baltimore 19 51 .271 24 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 40 30 .571 —Detroit 38 31 .551 1 1/2Chicago 35 34 .507 4 1/2Kansas City 30 43 .411 11 1/2Cleveland 26 43 .377 13 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 42 28 .600 —Los Angeles 40 33 .548 3 1/2Oakland 34 40 .459 10Seattle 29 41 .414 13

Dodgers at Angels, 10:05 p.m.Cubs at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.Thursday’s GamesSan Diego (LeBlanc 4-4) at Tampa (Garza 7-5), 12:10 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 6-5) at Philly (Blanton 2-5), 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (D.Lowe 9-5) at White Sox (Floyd 2-7), 2:05 p.m.San Fran (Cain 6-5) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 3-10), 2:05 p.m.Minnesota (Blackburn 6-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-3), 2:10 p.m.Cubs (Lilly 2-6) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-5), 3:40 p.m.Florida (N.Robertson 5-5) at Baltimore (Millwood 1-8), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 10-4) at Toronto (Morrow 4-5), 7:07 p.m.Detroit (Galarraga 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Takahashi 6-2), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-2) at Texas (Feldman 5-6), 8:05 p.m.Boston (Matsuzaka 5-2) at Colorado (Hammel 5-3), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-4) at Angels (Kazmir 7-5), 10:05 p.m.Friday’s GamesCubs at White Sox, 4:05 p.m.Philly at Toronto, 7:05 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on November 29, 2006, by Verna Bontrager to Robert M. Wilson Jr., Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2678, Page 702, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING; and WHEREAS, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, July 8, 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: Situate in the Eleventh (11th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being within the corporate limits of the city of Gatlinburg, and being all of Lot 10 of Forest Springs, a Planned Unit Development, as the same appears in the plat map of record in Map Book 34, at page 2, in the Sevier County, Tennessee Register of Deeds Office, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Subject to easements, restrictions, reservations, setbacks, notations of record in Map Book 34, at page 2, WD Book 624, at page 703 and Book 1823, at page 406, all in the said Register’s Office. Being the same property conveyed to Verna Bontrager, unmarried from Sandra G. Woody unmarried by deed dated 11-29-06 of record in book 2678, at page 700, in the said Register’s Office.

PROPERTY ADDRESS:427 Cades Cove WayGatlinburg, TN 37738

CURRENT OWNER(S): Verna Bontrager 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: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,as nominee for Countrywide Bank, 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 Amy L.Gonzalez

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.1587 Northeast Expressway

Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181File No.: 432.0938019TN

June 17, 24 & July 1, 2010

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on September 15, 2003, by Walter Abbott and Cynthia Abbott to Wesley D. Turner, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 1793, Page 226, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7; and WHEREAS, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, July 8, 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: Situate in the 4th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being all of Lot No. 3 of Lakewood Hills Subdivision, as the same appears on a platy of record in the Sevier County, Tennessee, Register’sOffice, in Map Book 15, at Page 71, to which reference is here made for exact legal description. Subject to restrictions of record in Misc. Book 32, at Page 166, Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS:2453 Top View CircleSevierville, TN 37876

CURRENT OWNER(S): Walter Abbott and Cynthia Abbott 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: Cavalry Portfolio Services, LLC et al assignee for Citifinancial and 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 Amy L.Gonzalez

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.1587 Northeast Expressway

Atlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181

File No.: 226.1009141TN

June 17, 24 & July 1, 2010

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’SSALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, executed by LYNETTE L MCCOY AND GREG MCCOY, conveying certain real property therein described to PRLAP, INC. as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, on May 21, 2007, as Instrument No. 07031816, in Book 2823, at Page 400; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA,N.A, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee on May 27, 2010. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on June 30, 2010, 11:00 AM at the Sevier County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, TN, 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 (5) CIVIL DISTRICT OF SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND BEING ALL OF UNIT NO.5 OF GATLINBURG FALLS AT THE PARK, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AS THE SAME APPEARS ON A PLAT OF RECORD IN LARGE MAP BOOK 7, PAGE129, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT SPECIFIC REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY, AND WHICH DESCRIPTION IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE; AND, SUBJECT TO RESCRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, RIGHT OF WAY, CONDITIONS, SETBACKS LINES, MAP, NOTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER ISSUES OF RECORD IN LARGE MAP BOOK 7, PAGE 129, AND AS ANY OF THE FORGOING MAY HAVE BEEN AMENDED, CORRECTED OR SUPPLEMENTED, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBJECT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND EASEMENTS, FOR GATLINBURG, FALLS AT THE PARK RESORT, A PLANNED UNTI DEVELOPMENT, DATED APRIL 25, 2007, OF RECORD IN VOLUME BOOK 2807, PAGE 14, IN THE REGISTER’SOFFICE FRO SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE. PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be

4526 HOLLY FOREST DR SEVIERVILLE, TN 37876

In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): LYNETTE L MCCOY AND GREG MCCOY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; 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 to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. 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. 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 Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.Substitute Trustee

2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03Richardson, TX 75082

Tel: (800) 281-8219Fax: (805) 553-6392

TS#:10 -0062456 FEI # 1006.101172␣June 10, 17 & 24, 2010

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by that certain Deed of Trust executed on August 6, 2007, by Marlene Walliker to Johnson, Murrell & Associates, P.C., Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, under Book 2884, Page 694, (“Deed of Trust”); and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP; and WHEREAS, BAC Home Loans Servicing LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, the current owner and holder of said Deed of Trust, (the “Owner and Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Owner and Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him, will on Thursday, July 8, 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: Situate in the Fourth (4th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being Lot 16 of Center View Estates-No. 2, as the same is shown by plat of record in Map Book26, Page 95, in the Register’sOffice for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is here made for a more particular description and as shown by the survey of Timothy J. Wallace, RLS No. 1758, 613 Pinemont Drive, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863, dated October 12, 1998. Subject to the notes, easements, restrictions, and rights of ways as shown on the platy of record in Map Book 26, Page 95 in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and as shown on the survey of Timothy J. Wallace, RLS NO. 1758, dated October 12, 19098. Subject to the restrictions of record in Misc. Book 154, Page 707 in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. Subject to a 15 foot easement for ingress and egress to cross the subject property along its Southern boundary as shown on the plat of record in Map Book 26, Page 95 in the Register’sOffice for Sevier County, Tennessee and as shown on the survey of Timothy J. Wallace, RLS No. 1758, October 12, 1998. Being the same property conveyed to Marlene Walliker, a single person, by deed from Christopher D. Johnston, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ronald Wayne Johnston (aka Ron W. Johnston), Christopher D. Johnston, Brent A. Johnston and Jarrod Scott Johnston dated August 6, 2007 and record in Book 2884, Page 690, in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. which has the address of: 453 McKinney Drive, Sevierville, TN 37876.

PROPERTY ADDRESS:453 McKinney Drive

Sevierville, TN 37876

CURRENT OWNER(S): Marlene Walliker 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 Amy L.Gonzalez

Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.1587 Northeast Expressway

Atlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181

File No.: 432.1009246TN

June 17, 24 & July 1, 2010

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned Trustee, and in execution of that certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher Trevor Dalton and wife, Susan A. Dalton, married, dated April 4, 2008, and of record in Trust Book 3056, pages 255-259, in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, default having been made in the payment of indebtedness of Christopher Trevor Dalton thereby secured, the undersigned Trustee, at the request of the holder of said Note, will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash subject to the conditions herein stated, at public auction, subject to prior liens, judgments, and all unpaid taxes, as same may lawfully affect said property subsequent to foreclosure, at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, on the 16th day of July, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., the following described parcel of land and improvements situated thereon:All that certain property situated in the 4th Civil District, the County of Sevier, and State of Tennessee, being described as follows:Being Lot 10B of Chester Mountain subdivision (a portion of Lots 9 and 10) as originally shown on plat of record in Map Book 25, Page 199).Beginning at an iron pin in the northern edge of the right of way of Chester Mountain Road, a common corner to Lot 10A; thence leaving the edge of said right of way and with the line of Lot 10A; N. 01 deg. 18 min. 30 sec. West 366.30 feet to an iron pin and N. 84 deg. 06 min. 46 sec. West 119.41 feet to a point in the center of Toby Hollow Drive; thence with the center of said drive South 69 deg. 33 min. 36 sec. East 122.39 feet to a point, a common corner to Lot 11B; thence leaving the line of Lot 10A and with the line of Lot 11B, continuing with the center of the right of way of said drive South 69 deg. 33 min. 36 sec. East 27.92 feet to a point and with the arc of a circle in a southwesterly direction (R=22.28 feet) 49.52 feet to a point, a common corner to Lot 11C; thence leaving the line of Lot 11B and with the line of Lot 11C, continuing with the center of the right of way of said drive South 57 deg. 45 min. West 105.81 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in a southerly direction (R=71 feet) 95.99 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in a southeasterly direction (R=71 feet) 3.47 feet to a point South 22 deg. 31 min. 00 sec. East 110.97 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in an easterly direction (R=51.69 ft.) 74.34 feet to a point and North 75 deg. 06 min. East 13.5 feet to a point where the centerline of Toby Hollow Drive intersects the Northern edge of the right to way of Chester Mountain Road; thence leaving the centerline of Toby Hollow Drive and the line of Lot 11C and with the northern edge of the right of way of Chester Mountain Road, with the arc of a circle in a southwesterly direction (R=141.16 feet) 34.09 feet to a point South 32 deg. 36 min. 44 sec. West 57.04 feet to a point with the arc of a circle in a Southerly direction (R=154.98 feet) 57.75 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in a southerly direction (R=922.44 feet) 112.89 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in a southwesterly direction (R=15.88 ft.) 7.78 feet to a point, with the arc of a circle in a northwesterly direction (R=15.88 feet) 35.29 feet to a point North 06 deg. 19 min. 42 sec. West 95.85 feet to a point and with the arc of a circle in a northwesterly direction (R=144.54 feet) 177.87 feet to the iron pin at the Beginning, containing 2.07 acres, more or less, according to survey of Charles H. Freeman, RLS dated February 7, 1990.Subject to the rights of others in and to the use of that portion of the above described property lying and within the bounds of Toby Hollow Drive.Subject to and together with all joint use easements, rights of way, reservations, notations and all other matters shown on map of record in Map Book 25, Page 199, Register’s Office, Sevier County, Tennessee.BEIGN THE PROPERTY CONVEYED IN Warranty Deed from Wayne C. Dykes and Wife, Patricia D. Dykes to Christopher Trevor Dalton, and wife, Susan A. Dalton, dated 02/12/1990, recorded 02/14/1990, in Deed Book 432, Page 323, in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee. See also Quit Claim Deed from Susan A. Dalton to Christopher Trevor Dalton dated December 12, 2006, recorded August 29, 2008, in Deed Book 3176, page 355, in the Register’s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.This conveyance is subject to all easements and restrictions pertaining hereto of record and/or apparent on the premises.This Description is prepared from information furnished to the preparer; and no representation as to the accuracy thereof is made, intended or to be implied.Said property, real with house, bears a common street address of: 2544 Chester Mountain Road, Sevierville, Tennessee 37876. Tax Map Reference: 074-069.14. The street 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.The right is reserved to adjourn the time or day of sale to another time or day certain, without further publication and in accordance with the law, upon announcement of such adjournment on the date and time of sale set forth above. The acting Trustee is authorized to appoint an agent or auctioneer to make any sale.The improvements on subject property will be sold in “as-is” condition without warranties of any condition or kind. The sale is, subject to the rights of creditor(s) herein set forth, made in bar of all homestead, dower, and courtesy, right and equity of redemption, other exemptions and the statutory right of redemption, all of which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust. This sale is subject to the claim(s) of the Creditor(s) herein set forth, and to the restrictions, conditions, easements, encumbrances and any other rights superior to said Deed of Trust which affect the above described property, in the office of the Sevier County Register of Deeds, including all unpaid state, county and city taxes or other assessments.Other parties in interest and creditors include the heirs and beneficiaries of Christopher Trevor Dalton, 2854 Maple Branch Road, Sevierville, Tennessee 37876; Citifinancial Auto c/o Stone, Higgs and Drexler, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 1000, Memphis, Tennessee 38103; and, Superior Financial Services, Inc., P.O. Box 2470, Greeneville, Tennessee 37744.It will be the responsibility of the successful bidder to obtain possession of the property at his expense. This sale is further subject to any valid filed or unfiled mechanic�s and materialman�s liens. There are no representations made by the Trustee as to the validity or enforceability of any memoranda of mechanic�s liens or of any suits to enforce same. In the event purchaser defaults, Trustee and beneficiary reserve the right to award sale to the next highest bidder at their sole option.

Dated this 21st day of June, 2010.David Raulerson, Trustee

Superior Financial Services, Inc.c/o William L. Cooper, III

700 Sevier AvenueKnoxville, Tennessee 37920

June 24, July 1 & 8, 2010

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 29, 2007, executed by STEVEN ALLEN WARNER, A/K/A STEVEN WARNER AND TERESA WARNER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, conveying certain real property therein described to RINEY TITLE as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, on November 5, 2007, as Instrument No. 07062608, in Book 2948, at Page 1; andWHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, who is now the owner of said debt; andWHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on July 1, 2010, 11:00 AM at the Sevier County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, TN, 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 DISTRICT NO. EIGHT (8) OF SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WITHOUT THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 4, TWIN RIDGE, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SAME OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET 13, PAGE 195-B (FORMERLY MAP BOOK 28,PAGE 390), REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be

3320 TWIN RIDGE LANEKODAK, TN 37764

In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): STEVEN WARNER AKA STEVEN ALLEN WARNER AND TERESA WARNER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; 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 to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. 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. 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 Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.Substitute Trustee

2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03Richardson, TX 75082

Tel: (800) 281-8219Fax: (805) 553-6392

TS#:09 -0013561FEI # 1006.44742

June 10, 17 & 24, 2010

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Sale at public auction will be on JJuly 2, 2010 at 10:00AM local time,at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Marinda L. Ogle, to Ronnie Batson, Trustee, on April 26, 2006 at Book Volume 2520, Page 693conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register’s Office.Owner of Debt: CitiFinancial, Inc.,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 Fourth (4th) Civil District, of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot Number 28 of Eastgate Subdivision, as the same appears on plat of record in Map Book 13 at Pages 76-77, in the Sevier County Register’s Office, to which Plot map specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.

Street Address:2225 Arch Rock DriveSevierville, TN 37876

Current Owner(s) of Property: Marinda L. OgleThe street address of the above described property is believed to be 2225 Arch Rock Drive, 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 TrusteeLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP

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Yard Sale. Small kitch-en appliances,hats, new t-shirts,canning jars, col-lectibles, DVDs &CDs, much more.From Sevierville,take 339 akaJones Cove Rdpast the school toBogard on left, Fol-low signs to Stin-nett Ridge Rd June25, 26 & 27. 8-8

Yard Sale Thurs & Fri8am-? Turn right atWalgreens pastApple Barn Res-taurant on AppleValley Rd. Followsigns.

Yard Sale 3830 WearsValley Rd atChurch in The Val-ley. Fri & Sat 9-5

Moving Sale: 3316 Mr.Marshall Dr. PF. 8-3, Thurs. & Fri.W/d, furn., tent, artpaints. Lots ofgood stuff!!

MOVING SALE. 6/258am-noon Bringyour truck. Nicefurniture inclQueen oak sleighbed & nightstand,large oak desk,leather sofa & as-sorted tables &chairs. 2016 River-shore Lane Sevier-ville

Moving Sale Every-thing goes but thebaby! Wed night7pm and goes thruFri. Everything 1/2off Sat. 229 DoveDr, Sevierville

Huge Sale: Somethingfor everyone.Clothing, furn., ex-ercise equip, HHitems. 411 N. toThomas Cross toThomas Loop to3319 ThomasWood Trail, Sev.Thurs., Fri. & Sat.10a.m.-4p.m.

HOUSEWIDE SALE:Huge! 9 pc. formaldining set, coffeetables, rockers,jewelry & armoire,desk, bookshelf,stereo, toys, piano,crystal, old books,fine china, Christ-mas decor, bells,lenox birds, tools,much more! Fri. &Sat. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.(early shoppersFri. 6:30 for $5.00).246 Dove Dr., NewCenter.

Garage Sale: Fri. &Sat. Furn., TV,clothes, misc. 3504Vickwood Ln., P.F.

Garage Sale - Fri &Sat 8-4 girls cloth-ing size 3T - 16plus size also,toys, books,house-hold items & more1209 Barton FieldsDr., Sev. Snapp-wood II Subd.

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First Yard Sale Ever! Great furn., odds & ends. Wed., June 23 thru Sat., June 26. 8a.m.-4p.m. No early birds. 832 Lake View Loop, off Allensville Rd.

Everything Must Go! Children’s clothes and some baby items. Too much to list. Thu-Sat, 8-5, 3269 River-pointe, Kodak.

Estate Sale. Contrac-tor tools, building materials, pottery, furniture, lots of misc items. 1319 Benton Way, Lick-log Hollow off Jones Cove Rd.

Estate & yard sale. Wed Thurs & Fri June 23, 24, 25. 215 McMahan Ave, Sevierville. Turn at SunTrust Bank, 2nd house on right past Boys & Girls Club. New gift items, designer junior clothes & men clothing, household items & much more.

DOLLAR DVD: Huge Sale. VHS - $1.00 each. Disney VHS - $2.99 & up. All DVD’s - Buy 4, get 1 Free. All DVD rentals $1.00 per night. (incl. New Release)We rent, buy, sell & trade.535 Dolly Parton Pky. K.O. Square, beside Ole Smoky Discount Tobacco. Owner: Kim Pierce 865-428-4620.

A Grand Moving Sale! Appliances, furni-ture, tools, anti-ques, etc. On cor-ner of City Park and Ridge Rd.

9-5 735 Lee Circle of Wears Valley. Size 5 wedding dress, furniture, lamps, much more.

2 Family Yard Sale: Fri. & Sat. 9-1; 1265 Allensville Rd., 3.5 mi. from Hwy. 66.

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Help Wanted – Assis-tant to Mainte-nance Manager in hospitality field. Computer skills, in-ventory control monitoring, payroll, tracking job costs. Ability to deal ef-fectively with ven-dors and mainte-nance staff. Organ-ized, dependable person looking for long-term position. Excellent pay and benefits. Verifiable references. Con-tact 865-436-1008.

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NOW HIRING P.M. Cooks & P.M. Servers. Apply Daily 3-6 PM: Mel’s Diner. 119 Wears Valley Rd. Pigeon Forge.

Atrium Pancakes,Gat. hiring host-ess/ cashier, excel-lent hours & pay. Call 430-3684 for interview time or apply in person 7a.m.-2p.m.

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Covington Credit of Sevierville has an immediate opening for Customer Serv-ice Representative. Excellent starting salary + complete benefit package in-cluding retirement. Please apply in person at 907 Dol-ly Parton Pkwy. unit 907. Sevier-ville, TN 37862

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Riverchase Motel Pi-geon Forge now hiring dependable, experienced Front Desk clerk for 3-11pm shift. Apply in person 3709 Parkway.

Now hiring: Front Desk Clerks & House-keepers. Apply in person, Park Tow-er Inn, 201 Sharon Dr., P.F.

NOW HIRING: 2nd shift Desk Clerk & third shift Night Au-ditor. Apply within. 8am-4pm; No phone calls please. James Manor, 2735 Parkway P.F.

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Now hiring relief night audit, breakfast at-tendant & p.m. maintenance. Ap-ply in person 2440 Parkway, P.F.

Now hiring House-keepers & Desk Clerks. No phone calls please. Apply in person 9a.m.-5p.m. Motel 6, PF, 336 Henderson Chapel Rd.

Now Hiring for Experi-enced Front Desk Clerk. Apply in person at Red Roof Inn, PF.

Hiring immediately for housekeeping and front desk. Please apply in person at Rocky Waters, 333 Parkway, Gat. 865-426-7861.

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Four Seasons Motor Lodge in Gatlin-burg hiring Experi-enced Mature Day-shift Clerk and H o u s e k e e p e r s Please apply be-tween 7am-3pm.

Clarion Inn Willow River, 1990 Win-field Dunn Park-way (Hwy. 66) Sevierville now hir-ing housekeeping Apply in person.

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Sevier County is ac-cepting resumes for the position of Library Branch Manager.

For a complete job de-scription, contact Robin Cogdill at 865. 365.1666 or e m a i lrcogdill@sevierli-brary.org.

Resumes should be sent to:

Sevier County Mayor’s Office, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN 37862

Resumes must be re-ceived by 4 p.m., July 6, 2010.

Sevier County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discrimi-nate based on race, color or na-tional origin.

Riverstone Resort & Spa is now hiring for Front Desk Clerks, Relief Night Auditor & House-keeping positions. Apply in person at 212 Dollywood Ln., Pigeon Forge, left at traffic light # 8.

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Mobile Mechanic needed. Must have own tools. We pro-vide truck. Knowl-edge of gas & die-sel engines. If in-terested, Call 453-3152 Ask for Jim

Mechanic needed and helper needed. Call 654-7923.

Help Wanted: Trail Guides & Office Help. Horse Expe-rience necessary Apply at Smoky Mtn Stables, locat-ed on Hwy 321 in Gatlinburg. 436-5634

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Front desk/reserva-tions agent needed for cabin rental company. Full-time, paid weekly. Must be dependa-ble & flexible. Nights & weekends a must. Back-ground check will be required. Apply in person at Hid-den Springs Resort 774-2136

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Carrs Northside Cot-tages Highway 321, Gatlinburg looking for neat, dependable, hon-est persons for H o u s e k e e p i n g . Please apply in person between 7am-3pm.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has an immediate opening for a full-time Accounting Clerk. The suc-cessful candidate should be energet-ic, have computer experience, with an emphasis in Mi-crosoft Office ap-plications, organ-ized and able to work independent-ly with attention to detail. Accounting/ bookkeeping expe-rience preferred. Competitive wage and benefit pack-age available.

Qualified applicant should submit re-sume and compen-sation history to:

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693 ROOMS FORRENT

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605 BUSINESSRENTALS

Affordable Office Space for rent in busy complex. 800sq.ft. with nice layout. Semi fur-nished. Three of-fice’s & conference room. Also, break room w/frige. $550mth. Call 865-388-5455 for more info.

3300 or 6600 sq.ft. re-tail/ showroom space for rent in busy complex, with large delivery door. $2200mth for 3300 sq. ft. or $4000mth for 6600 sq.ft. Call 865-388-5455 for more info.

605 BUSINESSRENTALS

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601 TOWNHOUSESFOR RENT

For Sale A-1 pre-owned dryers,

washers, ranges & refrigerators

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590 APPLIANCES

Complete log furniture package from a 5BR cabin. 1 yr old. Includes pool table & theater room. Value $35,000 will sale for $15,000. Call Sally 774-2136

589 FURNITURE

CHAMBERS FARMSnow picking Am-brosia sweetcorn $4 dozen, Half run-ner beans $20 bushel, Rattle-snake beans $20 bushel, Field toma-toes $1 lb. 423-3 1 8 - 2 9 0 8w w w. c h a m b e r -sproduce.webs.com

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Day Lillies for sale. Thompson Day Lil-lies. 10104 Ashe-ville Hwy, Straw-berry Plains, TN. Free Day Lily with purchase. 933-0713

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Dear Annie: My husband and I are at the end of our rope with our 18-year-old daughter, “Kate,” who just gradu-ated from high school.

Kate has been dating a 21-year-old man for more than a year. She met him at my husband’s work. We don’t dislike “Todd,” but he has no ambition and is extremely lazy. Six months ago, Todd lost his job. He made no attempt to get another and didn’t even apply for unemploy-ment benefits. He cashed in his 401(k) and man-aged to blow $11,000 in two months. He doesn’t even own a car.

Todd managed to get rehired with the same company in another state. Now Kate has thrown her entire future out the door. Instead of going to college, she is planning to move in with Todd.

Kate is living in a fantasy world, thinking Todd can support her. We have tried explaining that she shouldn’t toss a college education out the door for any man, but she won’t listen and accuses us of wanting her to fail. We have done a lot for Todd, trying to help him mature. However, my husband is hearing from Todd’s new boss that he is close to losing his job again. My daughter is fully aware of this, but thinks she can motivate him. She actually calls him every morning to wake him up.

I know the answer is to shut down the gravy train to shock Kate into realizing how hard life will be. But how do you let your child make such a huge mistake? What happens if she gets pregnant and mar-ries this idiot? -- Feel

Like a Failed Parent Dear Parent: We

suspect part of Todd’s appeal is that you are so opposed to the relation-ship. It’s time to refocus on helping your daughter prepare for her new life. Discuss in a matter-of-fact way what kind of job she thinks she is capable of getting and how much she thinks she will earn. Teach her how to prepare a budget.

Ask whether she plans to get pregnant and how that will affect her finan-cial situation. Tell her you love her and wish her well. When she sees that her decisions are entirely up to her, she might wake up. And who knows? Maybe Todd will surprise you.

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently visited the beach house of some friends. While there, I met an interest-ing lady who stuttered. At first I thought she had had too much to drink, but after 15 minutes I realized she had a speech impediment. I’ve never met an adult who stut-ters. At times it was very uncomfortable because I knew the word she was trying to say but could not get out.

Would it have been rude to complete the word for her, or should I have let her work through it? I felt very awkward. -- Uncomfortable in Florida

Dear Florida: It is best to allow a stutterer to complete the word

on her own, no matter how long it takes. If you expect to see this woman again, or if any of our readers would like more information, we recom-mend the Stuttering Foundation (stutter-inghelp.org) at 1-800-992-9392.

Dear Annie: Your advice to “Bummed Out in Bradenton” was, as usual, right on. However, I would have added, “Don’t ever give up.”

My son was also 27 when he was released from prison for the sec-ond time on drug-related charges. It took two three-year sentences for him to realize he did not want that kind of life. I came close to giving up many times, but I knew his potential.

He completed his GED in prison and, the day after his release, enrolled in a community college. There he met a lovely girl whom he married. He went on to get a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and now holds a great posi-tion with a well-known corporation.

As proud as I am of his accomplishments, I’m even prouder of what he has overcome. -- Glad and Thankful

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, long-time editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and car-toonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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owners about possible right-of-way acquisition so they wouldn’t violate the federal Uniform Relocation Act, which governs how private property can be obtained for public use.

Fritts thinks much of the right of way could be donated by landowners. He said Knoxville got almost all of the land for its trail donated.

City Commissioner Mike Werner asked if some seg-ments could be unpaved, but Fritts said grants to help pay for greenways require that they be paved.

Most state grants for greenways projects are between $300,000 and $700,000, with local gov-ernments paying 20 percent of the amount. Fritts said so many communities are trying to start or expand greenways trails that getting grants is competitive and time-consuming.

Some of the segments in the engineering study are more expensive than others. For example a segment along Glades Road from Buckhorn Road to Proffitt Road is pro-jected to cost $1.7 million because of steep slopes.

A segment along LeConte Creek from Mynatt Park to River Road costing around $1.9 million would be the most challenging, Fritts said, “but it could be the most spectacular.” It would require several bridges over the creek, but when fin-ished it would give tourists an easy and attractive walk from their lodging to down-town.

Fritts did change the final master plan after input from the first two public hearings. He took out any trail into or around the Gatlinburg cem-etery and removed Roaring Fork Creek and the Spur because they weren’t fea-sible for trail construction.

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greenwAys3From Page A1

Greenways segmentsThe engineering firm BSCW divided the proposed Gatlinburg greenway into 13 segmnents by priority, with a projected cost for each:

1. Mills Park Road-Highway 321 to Community Center ($193,400)2. Proffitt Road-Highway 321 to Mills Park ($380,800)3. Proffitt Road-Mills Park to Glades Road ($664,000)4. Ogle Road-Proffitt to Buckhorn ($1.4 million)5. Buckhorn Road-Ogle Road to Glades Road ($870,000)6. Glades Road-Buckhorn Road to Proffit Road ($1.7 million)7. LeConte Creek ($1.8 million)

8. Glades Road-Proffitt Road to Highway 321 ($1.8 million9. Dudley Creek-City Hall ($314,000)10. Dudley Creek-Highway 321 to Bypass ($1.1 million11. North Gatlinburg ($273,870)12. Buckhorn Road-Ogle Road to Highway 321 ($1 million)13. Roaring Fork Road ($1.1 million)

Total all segments: $12.7 million (plus 10 percent contingency)

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Pigeon Forge Hardware

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Off Wears Valley Road & Parkway

Next to Sandpike Plaza

428-8898

Owners: Micheal D. and Nancy King

David H. Adcox Jr. is a true hero.

David was born and raised in Sevierville and graduated from Sevier County High School. He then joined the Air Force in 1996.

David has received many awards for his service and efforts. He is a trained K-9 specialist, a security police officer, and has served five previous overseas deploy-ments, and is currently serving overseas on his sixth.

David is not only a mili-tary hero, but a hero to anyone who knows him. Once a friend to David, you are then a member of his family. He is a man of integrity, honor, respect and, most importantly, his word.

No matter whose side of the argument you’re on about this war, those over there fighting, shedding sweat, tears and blood, these men and women are heroes.

Tech Sgt. David Adcox Jr., your family thinks you are our hero. So fight strong, fight hard, and may God guide you and your team home.

David’s parents are Judy Kay Watson and David H. Adcox Sr. he and his wife of neafly 12 years Lisa Adcox have four children that are awaiting his homecoming at his home base in South Carolina.

His siblings include Melinda Adcox-Larson and Michael J. McMahan, and he also has many niec-es and nephews.

David Adcox Jr.

David Adcox Jr.

SSG Tony D. Gribble is currently serving in the 2nd Infantry Division’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade in the 2nd Battalion (Assault), 2nd Aviation Regiment. This is his third tour to Korea, and the second for his wife, Francie Gribble. They were also there together in 2002.

Francie works for the Army as a civilian for the 411th Contracting Support Brigade.

Tony is from Maryville and has been serving his country with pride for almost 19 years. He will be eligible to retire in approxi-mately 1 1/2 years.

“Since our marriage over 11 years ago, he has taken me on an amazing adven-ture,” Francie said. “As a native of Gatlinburg, I had never really traveled much farther than Knoxville, and suddenly I was seeing parts of the world I had only imagined before. I also thought that marrying a sol-dier and leaving my house, job, and everyone else I loved behind would be the end of my career.

“I planned to help him focus on his, and then get started on mine after he retired. It seems that some magic happened the day I met him because everything fell right into place, includ-ing the career.”

They were stationed at Fort Campbell for six years, and she was given the opportunity to help estab-

lish the state’s first veterans cemetery program. By the time she left, there were four new cemeteries in opera-tion, and she had personally trained each one.

The life of a married active duty soldier is a hard one especially if you are in a unit that deploys a lot, Francie Gribble said.

“In our 11 years of mar-riage, Tony and I have spent five years of it apart because of the constant deploy-ments,” she said. She went back to college.

“At that time, spouses could not take advantage of their husbands’ GI Bills, so I had to get a student loan. In order to maintain my stu-dent loan, I had to be a full-time student, which meant taking at least four classes at a time while working my

40-hour per week job.” During his first tour in

Iraq, Francie obtained her associate’s degree, then her bachelor’s when he was in Iraq the second time. When he announced he was going to Afghanistan, she started pursuing an MBA. She is now one class away from finishing it.

“From my time work-ing with the veterans in Kentucky, I’ve come to learn that our true heroes are those who don’t want any recognition for their efforts at all,” she said. “They often don’t even see their deeds as being extraordinary as we do. In my eyes, my husband is an extraordinary man.”

He was on the first UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from his battalion to cross over into Iraq. He remembers

that the pilot wanted to be the first man to cross, so he flew the craft sideways to ensure it was so.

Although he was not a direct participant in the “Shock and Awe” campaign, Tony Gribble helped those that were. He’s come out of a Blackhawk to find bul-let holes in it, and he’s had injured people on the heli-copter right there in front of him. After all of this, the man can still come home and ask, “So, what’s for din-ner?” as if the world is still sane.

Francie (Frances) Ayers is the daughter of the late James C. Ayers of Gatlinburg and Vita Ayers Flynn of Pigeon Forge. Tony is the son of Deborah F. Hodge and Joseph D. Gribble, both of Maryville.

Tony Gribble, Francie Gribble

Submitted

Francie and Tony Gribble are a military family. He is serving in Korea in a combat aviation brigade, and she is a civilian in the support brigade.

Chris Lenos

To our son, PFC Chris Lenos, whom we truly miss:

You always wanted to see other places,

Now you’re over there with strange faces.

From a mountain boy to a military

man,Off to fight the war in Afghanistan.We are proud of you for all you’ve

done,We send our love and prayers to

you, our Army son.— Mom, Dad and family

Chris Lenos

Wayne Pitsenberger was born at Broady Hospital in Sevierville to Roy A. and Martha Ruth Maples Pitsenberger. Wayne was in college when the Vietnam War broke out so he enlist-ed in the Army and in December 1965 and began his basic training.

After basic training he went to Fort Gordon, Ga., to Military Police School. He then was sent to Fort Lewis, Wash. for Combat Military Police training.

In September 1966 Wayne boarded the troop ship USS John Pope for Vietnam. Somewhere during the voyage to Vietnam the 20th Military Police Company was cut out of the 296 Military Police Battalion and reassigned to Okinawa. So the 20th M.P. company off-loaded in Okinawa and the rest of the battalion went on to Vietnam. Okinawa was becoming the largest staging area for the mili-tary during that time.

Wayne was assigned to the Armed Forces Military Police as a traf-fic accident investigator and first responder. After a year and a half he was reassigned to Fort Lewis, Wash. as a military

policeman. Wayne was honorably discharged in 1968.

He went back to col-lege and while in col-lege applied for and was accepted in 1969 to the California Highway Patrol Academy. Wayne’s time with the Highway Patrol was cut short because of injuries sustained while he was on duty. He mar-ried Carol just a month before having to retire. They moved to Sevier County and raised their children, William Austin Seay and Jennifer Seay.

Wayne was the cam-pus security officer for the Sevier County High School for several years. He is now retired again.

By KATHY DANIELSMy twin brother Gary

Reagan Fox was born May 14, 1945 and was killed in action in Vietnam April 20, 1967.

He was the son of Amos Moody (deceased) and Murrell Fox (now 91). His other sisters are Frances Fox Shambaugh and Libby Fox Smith.

He died of a concus-sion when a mortar hit his tank. The boy driving was knocked off and lived. He wrote my mother and the other mothers of the four who had died and was able to tell us what happened.

Gary trained in Fort Benning, Ga., and in Texas before going overseas.

My father had contacted our congressman to try to get him put in a less danger-ous position because he was an only son and the only one in the family to carry on the Fox name.

Gary had quit high school

and knew he would be drafted. He could have gone to Canada with our bless-ing, but instead chose to serve his country.

He was full of fun and loved Army life. We know we will see him again because he gave his life to Christ at age 10. We loved him dearly and miss him still.

We are very proud of him and all the other young men who willingly sacrificed their lives for us and for their country.

— Kathy Daniels lives in Gatlinburg.

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Maj. Adam Stocking has been in the Army for about 15 years. He is currently stationed in Mosul, Iraq, on his second tour of duty, training and assisting the Iraqi Federal Police.

“What can a mother say about a son who faces danger every day?” his mom, Cathy Pietrzak, said. “You pray constantly and live for the day they come home. You remember the times when this big strong guy once sat on your lap wrapped in a Winnie the Poo blanket and wonder where the years went.

“They are a special breed of people, these American soldiers, and the only heroes we have left to look up to. God bless them all.”

Adam Stocking

Adam Stocking

Gary Fox

Wayne Pitsenberger

Gary Reagan Fox

By HILDA HIcKmANMy husband, Sgt.

1st Class Charlie R. Hickman, is a veteran with 26 years of distin-guished service.

Drafted in 1967, two months after our mar-riage, he spent two years active duty in the United States Army. I had the good fortune to join him in Germany for 18 months of his ser-vice. The remainder of his military duty was with the Tennessee Army National Guard.

He retired from mili-tary service in 1993, having spent the last 14 years as a crew chief in the helicopter unit of the 4/278th ACR at McGee Tyson in Knoxville.

Over the Memorial Day holiday my husband and I had the honor of riding our motorcycle with Run for the Wall. It was started in 1989 by James Gregory and Bill Evans. They were a cou-ple of Vietnam veterans who traveled across the heartland of America on motorcycles, talking to local radio stations, TV stations and newspa-pers about the fact that America had thousands

of men and women still unaccounted for from all of our wars.

This year marked RFTW’s 22nd trip across our great coun-try, from California to Washington, gather-ing riders along the way. We joined them at Wytheville, Va. and were quickly welcomed into their family.

Our mission is to pay tribute to more than 50 million veterans, both men and women, who have served in uniform throughout the history of the United States. In our everyday lives we are sometimes reminded that our freedom comes with great loss and sac-rifice. It is never more evident than when you walk from one end of the Vietnam Memorial to the other.

Those brave fighting men and women gave their lives to defend the freedom we sometimes take for granted. The pilgrimage of Run for the Wall is to honor all veterans, past and present, and to remind America we will never forget the POWs and MIAs.

Charlie Hickman

Wayne Pitsenberger

Submitted

Charlie and Hilda Hickman of Sevier County participate in the 22nd Run for the Wall to raise awareness of MIAs and POWs unaccounted for.

Spc. Samuel Hammer serves in the Army’s Bravo Company, 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. He is serv-ing in Kandahar in the Arghandab Valley of Afghanistan. He was deployed Sept. 1, 2009 and is still serving.

Samuel Hammer

Thursday, June 24, 2010 American Pride – Page 5

By FRANK STOFFLEThe motto of the U.S.

Marine Corps adopted in 1868 is Semper Fidelis, or “always faithful.” The Marine emblem was also adopted that same year. The Marine’s Hymn has the stir-ring words “From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shore of Tripoli.”

The First Marine Division is based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Marines have often been called Leathernecks. The First Marine Division invaded Guadalcanal Aug. 7, 1942, the first major offen-sive Battle of World War II and invaded Okinawa April 1, 1945, the last Battle of World War II.

The First Division was involved in the Battle of Korea and the Vietnam War,

entered Southern Kuwait Feb. 24, 1991, and later in Somalia. The First Marine Division that crossed the Tigris River recently en route to Baghdad is the same mil-itary force of Guadalcanal fame, the oldest and most decorated division in the Marine Corps.

Keeping with First Marine Division tradition, its nick-name, “The Old Breed,” is intended to link present First Marine Division mem-bers with the accomplish-ments of their predeces-sors.

I am proud to be an American and having served in the First Marine Division during World War II in helping preserve liber-ty, freedom and peace that all Americans enjoy.

I joined the Marine Corps on Nov. 18, 1943. I had my military training at the Marine Corps base in San Diego.

I was involved in two bat-tles during World War II. The first was Peleliu Island on Sept. 15, 1944. The sec-ond was the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945. Okinawa is located 350 miles from Japan. Okinawa was the last battle of World War II.

I also did about five months of military duty in North China near Beijing after World War II ended.

The freedom, liberty and peace that we enjoy in America is never accom-plished automatically. Each generation will have to work out their own freedom.

The U.S. Marine Corps has been one of the first to fight in every major war of the United States. Marines have carried out more than

300 landings on foreign shores.

Television presented clear pictures to the millions of viewers around the world of the front line battle in Iraq. No time in history was there this much television from the front lines of the battlefield.

We saw images on the television screen during the Iraqi war of high techno-logical advanced military weapons and high precision bombs and missiles that hit their target. In the war in Iraq, the media took the viewers on a ride along with the warriors with night-sight scopes that brought the world a display of mili-tary power.

United States Intelligence has done a good job in the Iraqi conflict, as you saw on the television screen, in the precision bombing and missile strikes from ships at Iraqi targets.

We also saw a terrific sandstorm sweep through the hot Iraqi desert from our comfortable homes.

All Americans that live in freedom, owe it to the service men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. There is a great unified con-tinuity with each branch of the military as they engage the enemy on the battle-field,

Every patriotic American citizen loves America for all that she has been and is, and yet may hope to be. We love America for the stronghold of democracy and being the world’s greatest citadel of freedom and liberty.

We as patriotic citizens of the United States should recognize and support our military personnel and recognize the families that have lost loved ones in mili-tary action in Iraq and other battles in the world.

Frank Stoffle

Submitted

Frank Stoffle of Seymour served in the First Marine Division during World War II.

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By KAY OGLEI would like for two very

special men in my life to be in the “American Pride” section of The Mountain Press. They are my uncle, Jonathan Ogle, and my brother, Johnny Ogle.

Jonathan Ogle was a member of the Army and served our country during the Korean War as an infan-tryman. Jonathan was sta-tioned in South Korea for 12 months in 1953. After two years service Jonathan was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of sergeant.

Today, Jonathan is 80 years old and proudly dis-plays the American flag at his home. He attends the Memorial Day services and Veterans Day services at Sevier County Courthouse each year. As a lifetime member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Jonathan is caretaker of Shady Grove Cemetery. Each year on Memorial Day week-end, Jonathan places an American flag at the head of each soldier’s grave.

Uncle Jonathan, thank you for serving our country. I love you and I am so proud of you.

Johnny Ogle was a member of the Army and served our country during the Vietnam war. Johnny was stationed in Asia for 14 months during 1969 and 1970. During his tour, Johnny served as heavy equipment operator clear-ing jungle; helicopter door gunner; and with Special Forces.

Captured and held as prisoners of war, Johnny and a fellow soldier were buried underground for a two-week period by the North Vietnamese, and then rescued by U.S. sol-diers. Johnny was honor-ably discharged after two years service with the rank

of sergeant. In November 2006

Johnny was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus, which I believe was due to repeated Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam. Johnny passed away sud-

denly and unexpectedly on March 3, 2007. He was only 57 years old.

He proudly flew an American flag at his home and, since his passing, an American flag flies at his grave at all times.

Jonathan Ogle, Johnny Ogle

Submitted

Tn 1952 Jonathan Ogle, Korean war veteran, in uniform with his nephew Johnny Ogle, who became a Vietnam veteran.

Submitted

Johnny Ogle was a heavy-equipment operator in Vietnam. Notice the monkey on top of equip-ment in this 1969 photo.

Spc.4 Keith Green and his wife, Shelina, have been on leave and visit-ing with family and friends in Seymour. Shelina is also an Army Reservist.

They are stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, and Keith will be going to Fort Benning, Ga., in July for further infan-try training. He has already served

one year in Kuwait and one year in Baghdad.

His parents, Winfred and Wilma Green, and his sisters and families are very proud of him. Please keep Keith and Shelina in your prayers.

Shelina has also served one year in Kuwait.

Keith & Shelina Green

This photo and poem about Robert Tipton “Tip” Bohanan was submitted by his granddaughter, Nichole Bohanan Carr.

Smoky Mountain Soldier

He was born in the hills of East Tennessee, in a place they call Greenbriar.He began a life of hard work as a young mountain boy, in the fields he would seldom tire.He was the son of a preacher man and the Lord he truly loved.He also loved his coun-try. America he proudly served.

In WWII he bravely fought.When he returned home though, he never forgot: His friends that came home & those who did not.He went on to marry and started his family here.God, Country & Family were the things folks knew he held most dear. “I’d rather go there, than have them come here” he often said.To think of war happen-ing around his home and family, brought a sense of sheer dread.

Each Veterans Day, until his health failed, you would see him at the courthouse square.Never loud, but always proud, he loved to gather there.

He’d always suit up in his army best, and stand among the faithful rest.Friends, family and com-rades joined together in salute and in song.It’s a time when all differ-ences were laid aside, and the united stood strong.

He raised us to be proud of our country, the good ol’ USA.I sure wish that patrio-tism like his would run

rampant in our citizens today.God has blessed America, no matter how bad things sometimes seem.We have rights and privi-leges of which other coun-tries could only dream.I am proud to be an American, and to live in this beautiful place.The only place better would be Heaven, and to see Jesus and Papaw’s sweet smiling face.

Robert Tipton ‘Tip’ Bohanan

Submitted

Robert Tipton “Tip” Bohanan.

Thursday, June 24, 2010 American Pride – Page 7

By JAmES cARR Old Glory to me it is a pretty Flag; For to me each color has a meaningnot just some colors splattered on a rag,As you read this you will see; Just what the American Flag means to me.When I see the stripes of red; I think of all our ancestor’s blood that was shed.Their lives for freedom they were will-ing to give; So that their families and others in a free country could go onand live.And when I see the white it reminds me of the dawn; So proud to see Old Glory still waving highFrancis Scott Key wrote for Her a pretty song.Then when I see blue I think of the Heavenly space; and it reminds me of the One who is up there to watch

no matter what type or race.Old Glory has seen her share of trou-bles; And with each passing day they seem only to double,So if by chance you ever see Old Glory on the ground; Don’t pass her by; feel proud to give Her a helping hand,for She’s too precious to be kicked around.She has flown high and proud for so long;.So it is up to us now the young genera-tion, not our ancestors,to keep Her waving and strong.Because to see the Flag waving in the soft breeze;Reminds me that I am an American and I am free.

— James Carr is a Kodak resident. This poem first appeared in The Mountain Press in 1970. The late U.S. Rep. James Quillen had the poem inserted into the Congressional Record on July 9. 1970. Carr served two terms in Vietnam.

Poem by James Carr

Andrew Davis

Submitted

Homecoming of the USS Abraham Lincoln in May 2003 in San Diego, Calif. Lt. Cmdr. Andrew N. Davis of Pigeon Forge was reunited with his wife, Jennifer Seay Davis, a 1987 graduate of Sevier County High, and son Jackson.

Lewis Franklin Messick of Wears Valley served with the United States Marine Corps from 1965 to 1969. He is a Vietnam veteran.

Lewis turned 18 years old on a ship to Vietnam.I am very proud of my husband. He loves his coun-

try, his family and his Lord. He is honest, truthful and hard-working, virtues that he instilled in our children.

Thank you, Lewis, from the bottom of my heart.— Love, Marcia Messick

Lewis Messick

Maj. Lewis Isaac Messick, a 1994 G a t l i n b u r g - P i t t m a n High School gradu-ate and a 1998 gradu-ate of the United States Air Force Academy, is a C-130J pilot.

Lewis has flown mis-sions in Iraq, Afghanistan and neighboring areas during six deployments. Now stationed at Scott AFB, Illinois, Lewis is the

Air Mobility Command C-130J Standardization/Evaluation Pilot. He trav-els nationwide to evalu-ate C-130J Squadrons.

Thank you, son, for your love and sacrifices you make for your coun-try and family.

You worked long and hard to fulfill a child-hood dream you had to attend the Air Force Academy and fly for your

country.Thank you for your

strong character and honest words.

Thank you to your family, Elizabeth, Mollie, Callie, Aubrey and Ramsey, for your support and sacrifices as a military family.

— Love from Mom and Dad: Lewis and

Marcia Messick of Wears Valley

Lewis Isaac MessickSubmitted

Maj. Lewis Isaac Messick with his family: wife Elizabeth, sons Ramsey and Aubrey, daughters Callie and Mollie.

Lewis Messick

Thursday, June 24, 2010American Pride – Page 8

Harvey Oakley was born in 1918 in an old tog cabin at the foot of Mount LeConte. He was the son of the “Roamin’ Man of the Mountains,” Wiley Oakley, and Rebecca Ogle Oakley.

Harvey learned to play a guitar and sing and helped entertain tourists at his parents’ gift shop in Gatlinburg.

Soon after World War II began Harvey entered the Air Corps and served for over four years, spending most of those years at Napier Field, Ala., where he worked as an airplane mechanic and an MP. He also did a lot of volunteer work. He and a band of fellow soldiers had a weekly radio pro-gram. The band traveled over Alabama putting on shows and won awards for

selling record numbers of war bonds. Once, Gene Autry played with them

on one of their shows. While he was stationed in Alabama,

Harvey married and started his fam-ily. Later he was transferred to Recife, Brazil, where he served until the war was over. Sgt. Harvey Oakley came back to Alabama with his wife and new baby daughter. He then moved his fam-ily to Gatlinburg where he lived the rest of his life. He became a member of American Legion Post 202 for 52 years.

He retired from his regular job as sign maker with Smoky Mountain National Park after 33 years.

Harvey was a hard working, Christian man with a lot of “American Pride.” He died on Feb. 6, 2007.

Harvey Oakley

Paul ThomasonMy only son, Sgt. Paul W. Thomason, was killed in Iraq on March 20, 2005 by an IED. Not one single day goes by without him on my mind. I am so thank-ful for all of the wonderful years that God blessed me with my son. I watched him grow from a sweet little boy into a wonderful man. My son paid the ultimate price while serving our country. Freedom is in no way free. (submitted by Gayle Thomas)

PFC Harold R. Watson served in the Red One (1) Fighting First Division of the Army.

The division’s motto: “No mission too difficult, no sac-rifice too great.” The Germans learned to fear the wearer of the Red One. During World War I, the 1st Division was first to arrive in France. It was the first to fire a shell against the foe, first to suffer casual-ties, first to capture prisoners, first to repel a German raid, first to stage a major American offensive, first to enter Germany and cross the Rhine.

It was the first to be cited in General Orders. It was the last to return to America after Germany’s occu-pation had been com-pleted.

During World War II it was the first infan-try division to arrive in England, first to invade North Africa, Sicily and France, and first to smash through the impregnable for-tifications of the Siegfried Line.

PFC Watson had such large feet that shoes had to be made for him. Therefore, by the time D-Day was declared, his shoes had worn out and his feet became frostbit-ten, so he was still in the hospital on April 7, 1945.

— Submitted by Phyllis Watson

Reagon, his niece

HaroldWatson

By APRIL THOmASMy father, Roger E.

Thomas, was in the United States Army serving in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He was with the 5th Infantry Division and earned a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Medal and The Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement.

I remember my dad telling me that he had come home from work-ing at East Tennessee Packing Company and his mother gave him a letter that she said “looked really impor-tant.” Dad said it was his draft letter. Following around 17 weeks of training, he was fight-ing on the front lines in Vietnam.

I can’t imagine what my dad went through in Vietnam.

I had always want-ed my dad to visit the Vietnam Memorial Wall. In 2005 we took the trip. I watched my dad as he searched for

friends’ names and for his cousin’s name. When he wasn’t look-ing I captured a picture of him touching the wall. Seeing the wall in person was overwhelm-ing. Each name listed is somebody’s loved one.

I know my dad and all of the other Vietnam veterans didn’t get the welcome home or respect that they deserved. I try to show my appreciation to my dad every chance that I get. He is and will always be my hero.

Submitted

Roger Thomas looks over the names at the Vietnam memorial of people he served with in that war.

Roger E. Thomas

Roger E. Thomas

Hunter and Becca Cates would like to honor their amazing family history of service to our country, by paying trib-ute to the following family members:

Their father, Joe Cates, Army National Guard from Kodak. He served proudly in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom III.

Their grandfather, James Brown,

Navy from Pigeon Forge. He served proudly during the Vietnam war.

Their great-grandfather, Earl Todd, Army Air Force from Pigeon Forge. He served proudly in Japan during WWII.

Their great-grandfather, JB Cates, Army from Kodak. He served proudly in Germany during WWII.

Cates

Staff Sgt. Roy A. Pitsenberger, an Eighth Air Force nose turret gun-ner and bomb release tog-glier on a B-24 Liberator Bomber, was awarded the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement in accom-plishing aerial operational missions over enemy occu-pied continental Europe.”

He is the son of Roy Sr. and Ina Moyer Pitsenberger of Hershey, Pa. He received wings at Tyndall Field, Florida, and completed combat train-ing at Charleston, S.C. where he met Martha Ruth Maples who was born and raised in Sevier County.

Ruth Maples wanted to do her part to help with the war effort, so she went to Charleston to work in

the shipyards there. She actually became a “Rosy the Riveter,” as women were referred to then. She met Roy in Charleston, S.C. and they were mar-ried there.

They had a son, Wayne Arnold Pitsenberger, born at Broady Hospital in Sevierville, and a daughter, Sherry Kay, born at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. Both Roy and Ruth are now 84.

Thursday, June 24, 2010 American Pride – Page 9

Roy PitsenbergerWilliam Seay

Zelmer Ray Ball

Zelmer Ray Ball began his military career on Feb. 6, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He was in battles at Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes.

He received several metals,

including Eame Theater Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars; Purple Heart (wounded 9/16/44 in Germany), Marksman Rifle; and Marksman Pistol.

He was in the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion and the Third Armored Division

of the Spearhead. He never talked about his service in the Army. He retired from the Great

Smoky Mountains National Park.

He was our everydayhero. He was the most wonderful

husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather a fam-ily could ever have. He taught his seven children to love their country, work hard, and put God first in everything. He also taught the same traits to his grandchildren.

Zelmer Ray Ball

Roy Pitsenberger

By cHARLES G. and

VERA REAGAN We are proud of our family of ser-

vice men, also extended family, even if they did not come from or live in Sevier County. Also all our friends who faith-fully served.

World War II Fred Lamon, Army; Charlie Lamon,

Army Air Corps; Raymond Reagan, Navy Korea Frank Lamon, Army Vietnam

Charles Reagan, USMC Retired 1959-1980; George Deckard, USMC

Iraq Samuel Reagan, USMC, Army 1987-

1980, 2001-2008 Operation Iraqi Freedom Toby Deckard, Navy 1997-2003; Nick

Deckard, Navy 1997, currently still serv-ing

Extended family-not Sevier County

David Herring, USMC Vietnam; Jack Cleland, Navy retired

Sevier County friendRichard Lambeck, Army Vietnam

Reagan

Sherman John King served in the U.S. Army with Company D, 175th Engineers during World War II. He was stationed in Germany, Italy and North Africa.

ShermanJohn KingWilliam Austin Seay is

the stepson of Wayne A. Pitsenberger and Carol Clark Seay Pitsenberger who reside in Pigeon Forge. He is known as Austin.

He is a 1990 graduate of Sevier County High School.

Right after graduat-ing from high school in November 1990, Austin enlisted in the Army. He became a combat engi-neer. During his basic training the Desert Storm war began and by hap-penstance the actual day he graduated from his advanced combat engineer training and just before the graduation ceremony was to begin, “the 100 Day Desert Storm War” ended. Austin was one of 10 sol-diers who missed the grad-uation ceremony that day.

Those 10 soldiers, because of their criti-cal mos (special type of training combat engineer), were the only ones of over 100 graduating that day who were actually sup-posed to fly out immedi-ately after the graduation to the Desert Storm War theater.

During the gradu-ation Austin’s orders were recut and instead he was sent immediately to the Republic of South Korea where for a year he patroled, fully armed, the actual border between

South Korea and North Korea known as the DMZ.

After one year he was then reassigned to Fort Knox. During his time at Fort Knox the Bosnia war broke out, so his unit was sent several times to Canada to practice what is militarily known as war games with the Canadian soldiers to prepare for UN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia.

Austin was honorably discharged from the Army in 1993 and immediately enrolled as a full-time stu-dent at the University of Tennessee. He received his master’s degree in International Marketing from Thunderbird Graduate College in Arizona. He is now a rep-resentative for Novartis Pharmaceutical Co. and currently resides in Lake City, Fla.

William Austin Seay

By HESTER EmILY BAKERMy husband, Paul A. Baker, was born

in Sevier County and spent most of his life in the Dupont community except for the four years he spent in Burma, India and China while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He had more “American Pride” than anyone else I’ve ever known. He never owned an automobile or bought any-thing that wasn’t American made. He would have a difficult time trying to find anything that is made in the USA today. He loved this country and was so proud to have served for its freedom.

Paul always told people that he believed God meant for us to meet because at the time he was serving in the war, I was working for White-Hall Pharmaceutical Co., packing and ship-ping sulfa drugs to servicemen. And Paul was in charge of stocking the med-icine when it arrived. During this time, sulfa drugs were a very important part of helping to save servicemen’s lives. I was also proud to help in the war effort. We both were glad that we could help in some way.

Paul was so proud to be an American and very thankful to have lived in a

country that God has so richly blessed. All Americans should be so thankful.

He felt a sense of pride also when Tom Brokaw wrote the book, “The Greatest Generation.” It was a way to say “thank you so much” for our freedom to those who fought and to those who gave their lives so we can be here today. He loved being a part of that generation and being an American and most of all, lov-ing and serving his God.

Having American pride is something Paul would want all of us to have. He had it until his death Sept. 5, 2009. If he were here today, his wish would be for us to bless God as much as God has blessed us.

By DENISE mcmAHANJerry Lynn McMahan

was born in Sevierville April 21, 1955 where he was also raised. He joined the Army in 1978 and finished his basic training in Fort Knox, Ky. on March 2, 1978. He was in D Company, 13th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Platoon.

From there he went to Fort Benning, Ga., and completed Advanced Individual Training as an infantryman.

In 1979 he was sta-tioned to Baumholder, Germany for three years where he continued his training.

In 1980 he went to French Commando School. In 1981 he was stationed in Fort

Stewart, Ga., and sent in 1982 to Fort Greeley, Alaska where he joined the 50-Degrees Below Zero Club for living and training in temperatures below zero for 90 days straight.

In 1983 our family was stationed to Butzbach, Germany where he trained for three years.

In 1986 we moved to Fort Carson, Colo., where he was staff ser-geant. In 1986 he was sent to Arlington, Va., for training in covert special operations. In 1987 he returned to Fort Carson where he fought hand-to-hand combat and received the title of Special Weapons Expert.

In 1987 he trained in Fort Ord, Calif., also

known as Death Valley, in temperatures of 115 degrees. In 1987-1988 he went to Greneda and Panama with special operations teams where he served our country.

He was honorably dis-charged for the second time in 1991 as a mem-ber of the 12th Infantry and 82nd airborne. He was an E6 Staff Sgt. when discharged.

He returned to Sevierville in 1991 where he lived until his death.

My father was high-ly decorated: He had the Army Service Ribbon, Army Lapel Button, two Overseas Service Ribbons, Army Commendation Medal with Second Oak Leaf Cluster, three Army

Good Conduct med-als, Expert Infantryman Badge, Army Achievement Medal with first Oak Leaf Cluster, two HCO Professional Development Ribbons, Expert Badge (dragon gunner, rifle M-16), Sharpshooter bsadge (hand grenade), Special Weapons Expert badge.

He served for 12 years. In 1995 he graduated Walters State as a regis-tered nurse.

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Sgt. Bradley S. Harrell is a 2002 Sevier County High School graduate. He enlisted in June 2006.

Harrell is now a sergeant in the Marine Corps, sta-tioned in Cherry Point, N.C. with Marine Air Control Squadron 2.

He has been deployed twice to Al Asad, Iraq, with Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron 28.

He is the son of Tim and Joyce Harrell of Sevierville.

We are so honored for Brad’s choice to serve his country and very proud of Brad,” said his parents. “Brad has worked very hard to achieve sergeant.”

In May 2007 before his first deployment, he mar-ried Alexandrea Zachary, the daughter of Mike and Carolyn Zachary of Sevierville.

She stayed at Cherry

Point, N.C., worked and went to college while her husband was deployed. She has made the dean’s list.

“So,” the Harrells said, “we honor both. Alex serves our country as well. Again, that all takes a lot of dedi-cation. It’s not easy, but the Marines are tough.”

Bradley Harrell

Bradley Harrell

Paul Baker

Jerry McMahan

Jerry Lynn McMahan

Paul BakerVerlis Glen Ellis (1915-

1967) served his country during World War II.

He was inducted into the Army on July 16, 1941 at Oglethorpe, Ga.

I n S e p t e m b e r of 1941, he gradu-ated from the Motor Maintenance S c h o o l , M e d i c a l Dept. Replacement Center at Camp Lee, Va. From there he was assigned to the 502 Medical Clearing Co., 175th Med. Det., overseas in the European Theater.

He was decorated with the Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Ribbon, The Bronze Star and the Honorable Service lapel button.

— Submitted by daughter Glenda Sutton

I am proud of all of our troops but especially my Marine. My little brother, Luke Nathaniel Morrison, has been a Marine for over three years now. He has just re-enlisted after having served a tour of duty last-ing over a year in Iraq. He is now stationed at Cherry Point, N.C.

Most all of my family members have a military background, but my brother was the first one to join the Marines.

Joining the Marine Corps was, in my opinion, the best thing he had ever done. My brother wasn’t a bad kid, but he didn’t have any purpose or goals growing up and he always seemed to be more of a follower than a leader. Being a Marine has given him a sense of pride. It has forced him to work toward goals and given him a family to take the place of those family members who weren’t there for him while he was growing up.

I was honored when he invited me to go to his Marine Ball before his deployment to Iraq. He did not have a date and I thought it was so sweet that he invited me. I had to work the day I left. I drove all night and then left as soon as the ball was over because I had to work the next day, but the hard trip was definitely worth it.

I got to meet his commander and several of his fellow Marines, and this experience helped me get through his deployment much easier since I had been given the opportunity to meet the officers he worked with and for.

Once again, I’m proud of my Marine. So, in honor of all the Marines out there including my “Li’l Bro,” I’d like to say thank you and Semper Fi!

— Naomi Morrison McCandless

Luke Morrison

Verlis Ellis

Verlis Glen Ellis

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