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■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 87 ■ March 28, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ $1.25

By DereK HoDgeSStaff Writer

SEVIERVILLE — The effort to institute new regulations on development on local hillsides and ridges continues to plug forward, set for consideration by officials in the cities and the county’s Planning Commission next month before it’s discussed by the County Commission like-ly in May.

It’s been almost two years since a task force appointed to consider recommendations for

regulating such construction started its work. Though the effort has seemed to languish in recent months, the group and some county planning officials Wednesday morning got a look at what’s caused the delay.

In the time since the Hillsides Taskforce essentially wrapped up its recommendations last summer, little public action has been taken, to the frustration of some of the group’s members. However, County Planner Jeff Ownby has explained he’s been working on preparing the maps showing the overlay districts the new regulations would create.

Those zones would cover prop-erties that have an average slope

of 30 percent or greater with stricter rules on development. The intent of the proposed leg-islation, which still faces the daunting task of gaining approv-al from a County Commission that has proven itself to be reluctant of new land use rules, is to protect the area’s scen-ery from reckless development and ensure development is done safely.

During the session Wednesday, Ownby gave a presentation show-ing the group, which included the task force members and representatives from the county Planning Commission’s Rules and Regulations Committee, the maps he’s come up with showing

properties that will be affected. He compiled them by overlay-ing topographical information on county tax maps.

“There are somewhere in excess of 88,000 parcels in the county and about 60,000 of those are in the county,” Ownby said. “I didn’t look at all of them individually, but I did look at most of them and this is what I’ve come up with.”

Though there is yet work to be done before the maps are completed, what Ownby pre-sented showed local ridges and slopes, and the way they lay on properties across the county.

Is debate on uphill swing?Work on hillside regulations continues

Editor’s note: Several local students walked away win-ners in the East Tennessee History Day competitions. The following stories spot-light their accomplishments.

History in the making

By eLLen BroWnStaff Writer

Pi Beta Phi Elementary School students made a strong impression on East Tennessee History Day’s judges. Eighth-graders Robert Marshall and Bennett Lapides won first place in Junior Group Interpretive Web Site for “Bounty Land Warrants: The Making of America,” and fellow eighth-graders Claire Ballentine, Micki Werner and Kenzie Thomas won second place in Junior Group Performance for “Smallpox Vaccine.”

Robert and Bennett got the idea for their proj-ect from teacher Suzanne Terrell, who had been researching her family’s genealogy.

“We started with the papers she found on (her grandfather) Mr. Sullivan,” Robert said. “We found his actual bounty pension from National Archives.”

Although the snowy and icy weather threatened to delay their project, along with a different software

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Robert Marshall and Bennett Lapides show off their Web site for “Bounty Land Warrants: The Making of America,” which won first place in Junior Group Interpretive Web Site on East Tennessees History Day.

Pi Phi students enjoy learning through projects


Gatlinburg-Pittman High School student Hannah Clevenger had long been a fan of Foxfire books, the series originally written for Foxfire magazine, which was developed in an effort to document the lifestyle, culture and skills of people in Southern Appalachia — so much that she made it her History Day proj-ect.

The choice proved to be a good one, since she took home first place in Senior Individual Documentary at the March 1 competition in Knoxville.

“It was the first time that cultural journal-ism really took off,” said Hannah, who was also awarded last year for her documentary on Arrowmont pioneer

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Clevenger spotlights Foxfire

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New Center Elementary School students winning events at the East Tennessee History Day include from left, in front, Caroline Rader, McKynlea Cable, Olivia Spangler; in back, Matthew Rush, Hope Morris, Ben Dawson and Tyler Hounshell.


Seven New Center Elementary School students dominated East Tennessee History Day, held March 1 in Knoxville, by winning first and second place in their division.

Olivia Spangler, eighth grade, placed first in the Junior Individual Exhibit with “A Mirror With a Memory: The Innovation of the Daguerreotype;” Tyler Hounshell, eighth grade, placed second in the Junior Individual Exhibit with “Proving the Past: The Impact of Radiocarbon Dating on Archaeology;” Hope

Morris, Ben Dawson and Matthew Rush, seventh grade, placed first in the Junior Group Exhibit with “From Fiction to Fact: The Innovation of Germ Theory;” and McKynlea Cable and Caroline Rader, seventh grade, placed second in the Junior Group Exhibit with “Fight for the Right: The Impact of the 19th Amendment.”

“They all did a super job — I’m very proud of them,” said history

teacher Rebecca Byrd. “I think their experience helped; it was Olivia’s third year at the com-petition and everyone else’s second year. Last year, I was able to go to the national competition (with former student Hannah Clevenger), so I felt like I was able to be a better advisor. They were also very dedi-cated.”

Olivia’s project on daguerreotype, one of the earliest photographic processes, was chosen because of her interest in photography. It was developed in 1837 by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is formed by combining mercury and silver.

“I thought it was interesting that he was a painter before he came up with daguerreotype,” she said. “It was a chal-lenge because there wasn’t a lot of informa-tion on it since it was developed so early.”

Hope and Matthew had been partners last year for the competition, when they researched Col. Harland Sanders. This year, they teamed with Ben, who did his project on baseball player Jackie Robinson last year. All three had placed in the top 10.

“This year we started out with Louis Pasteur, but the subject was too

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By ELLEN BROWNStaff Writer

A history project on the traffic light?

Gatlinburg-Pittman High School stu-dents Courtney Rolen, Christina Lulich and Megan Ortiz, who took home second place in Senior Group Documentary for “The Road to Regulation” at East Tennessee History Day, can explain.

“We wanted to do our project on something that everybody uses daily but maybe didn’t really know about,” Christina said. “Also, organizing a documentary was more fun than doing a research paper.”

The group recorded their video in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, “whenever we were out and about,”

Megan said.They recorded the

narrative for the docu-mentary at Christina’s house. The introduction and conclusion were filmed at a crosswalk in Gatlinburg.

“One major challenge was that we couldn’t find many pictures,” Christina said. “There was also a lot of background noise with cars going by, so it was a challenge to get the sound even.”

The high school juniors got a late start on the project as well, beginning in early February with the competition just a few weeks away.

“It was kind of last minute, and it was tricky with all of the snow days,” Christina said. “And I live on a moun-tain!”

The girls enjoyed the process, however, along

with the things they learned.

“It was actually in London where the traf-fic light originated,” Courtney said.

“It was interesting how it changed over the years,” added Christina. “It started out as a gas lantern.”

There turned out to be just eight documentaries in their division. First was a brief interview with the judges, then a more intense round of questions.

The students may have access to more advanced technology before the state’s April 17 competi-tion and plan to tweak their work.

“We got papers back with comments, so we’ll just improve on what we have,” Christina said.

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It wasn’t hard for Sevierville Middle School student Scarlett Fox to find an inspiring topic for her History Day project — the aspiring lawyer chose to research the origins of judi-cial review.

“I look around every day, and I see wrong things and right things,” said Scarlett, who won third place in Junior Individual Interpretive Web site at East Tennessee History Day, held March 1. “I want every-thing to be fair. My mother used to work at CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate Association), and I would think, ‘What’s going to happen to those children and families?’ Maybe I can do something about that.”

The 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison was the origin of judicial review.

“Back then, they were just starting off — they didn’t think before that the Constitution could strike down a law. The case gave them the ability to show that laws of the land could be unconstitutional. I learned more about the individual people in the case (financier William Marbury and Secretary of State James Madison), too. It was complicated because judicial review wasn’t some-thing where you could see an immediate impact; you had to read between the lines.”

It was also Scarlett’s first time designing a Web site, which she chose to do because it was “different, modern and outside of the box.”

“I learned how to size and crop pictures, and I used

Bing and Google images. I also used The Oyez Project (at www.oyez.org, a data-base of major constitutional U.S. cases). When I found it, I thought, ‘This is perfect!’ The annotated bibliography was the most difficult part of the project.”

She credits CSA (Children with Special Abilities) teacher Janet McCullough and history teacher Dennis Chambers as her two big-gest inspirations during the process.

“She was always find-ing books and printing out information for me,” she said of McCullough.

Sevierville Middle had a total of 10 students compet-ing in the regional competi-tion.

“This was our big proj-ect,” McCullough said. “They had to have primary and secondary sources, and they had to point out what was innovative. It was big for a middle school stu-dent.”

Scarlett’s advice for future History Day participants is to pick a topic that they would enjoy researching.

“Just have fun with it, and tell what you feel is important,” she said.

McCullough wasn’t at all surprised that Scarlett will be headed to the state competition in Nashville on April 17.

“Scarlett has a spirit that drives her — she’s persis-tent.”

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Sevierville Middle student Scarlett Fox and teacher Janet McCullough display Scarlett’s Web site that won third place in Junior Individual Interpretive Web site at East Tennessee History Day.


GPHS juniors Courtney Rolen, Megan Ortiz and Christina Lulich won second place in Senior Group Documentary for “The Road to Regulation” at East Tennessee History Day.

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By JANE FORAKERWhat an unbelievable

turnout for our second annual talent show/din-ner fundraiser. Packed out with over 150 folks, this year’s show was a hit. Talents ranged from young magicians, to singing and dancing seniors, to flute, piano, fiddle and guitar play-ers, to an angry piggy act.

A special thanks to all of our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and talent show per-formers.

Join us at 10 a.m. Wednesday for Simply Sewing class. Instructors Susan Thacker and Nancy Younce will teach the art of appliqué. Scrap fabrics and patterns will be provided; however, if you’d like to make a small quilt or pillow, bring extra cotton fabric along with your sew-ing machine and other sewing tools. This class is for folks wanting to learn how to sew and for those that would like to brush up on their sewing skills. This class is free and open to the community.

Judy Bond of Regency Retirement Village will be here Thursday to host their monthly Bingo with Regency at 1 p.m. Regency Retirement provides prizes and an afternoon playing bingo for participants. All are welcome to this free event.

The center will be closed April 2 for Good Friday.

Tickets can be pur-chased for our upcom-ing Murder Mystery Dinner Show sched-uled for 6 p.m. April 16. “It Was Murder, Your Honor,” writ-ten and directed by Darren Howes, will include dinner. Tickets are $10 per person and must be purchased in advance. Be the one to figure out the killer

with clues provided in the program and pos-sibly win a prize. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 453-8080, ext. 107.

Senior Center menu for the week: Monday, baked spaghetti, house salad, garlic cheese biscuit, cheesecake; Tuesday, salmon pat-ties, fried potatoes, pinto beans, corn muf-fin, chocolate cake; Wednesday, grilled chicken breast, baked potatoes, green beans, roll, apple crisp; Thursday, taco salad with tortilla chips, strawberry shortcake; Friday, center closed for Good Friday. Note that beverage is included with each meal. Meal costs $4 per person.

Friendly Bridge scores: Ruth Smith 5,560; Janie Murphy 4,750; Beatrice Scholz 3,940; Laverne Bernard 3,890.

Mondays: Piecemakers Quilt Guild, 9 a.m.; painting with LaViolet Bird, 9 a.m.; 50+ Fitness, 10 a.m.; blood pressure checks, 11 a.m.; Sit B Fit (gentle exercise) 11

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Tuesdays: woodshop and painting, 10 a.m; pottery class, 10 a.m.; Friendly Bridge Group and cards/games, 1 p.m.

Wednesdays: 50+ Fitness and Stitch and Chatter Club, 10 a.m.; Rummy, Pinochle, poker and movie party, 2:30 p.m.; games/cards, 2:30 p.m.

Thursdays: Woodshop opens at 9 a.m.; Sit B Fit, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m.; ball-room dance class, 1 p.m.

Fridays: ceramics, 9 a.m.; 50+ Fitness, 10 a.m.; Yoga-Pilates class, 11 a.m.; pottery class, 12:30 p.m.

The Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center and Sevier County Office on Aging is located at 1220 W. Main Street in Sevierville. To make reservations for upcom-ing events or for more information, call (865) 453-8080 x 108.

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SEVIERVILLE — It doesn’t matter if you walk it, jog it or run it — partici-pating in Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries’ second annual 5K In May Rescue Run will help the poor and needy of Sevier County.

SMARM is inviting the community to participate. Anyone who is interested can start training now with Dr. John Hood each Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. at Sevierville Primary School. For more information, contact Hood at 908-2699 or e-mail to [email protected].

The event, on May 1,

takes participants out Veterans Boulevard and back with a challenging hill and fast downhill fin-ish. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. near the main entrance to Splash Country and the race begins at 8 a.m.

In last year’s inaugural race, participation was twice as much as planners expected with about 200 involved.

Money raised from sponsors and registration fees helps SMARM provide aid to hundreds of fami-lies each year by assisting with shelter, clothing, and medications; subsidiz-ing utility bills and rent; and furnishing hot meals, minor car repairs and

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marked by April 23 are $25 and will include a race T-shirt. Later registrations will be $30 and will also include a T-shirt while sup-plies last. Church or school youth groups (consisting of 10 or more people) can pre-register for $15 per person.

Mail registration to SMARM 5K Run, P.O. Box 5968, Sevierville, TN 37864. Checks should be written to SMARM.

For more informa-tion call 908-3153 or visit www.smarm.org, www.5Kinmayrescuerun.com or the Facebook site under “5K in May Rescue Run.”

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Runners gather before last year’s first SMARM 5K in May. The run takes place along Veterans Boulevard starting near the main entrance to Splash Country and is set for May 1.

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Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries’ second annual 5K In May Rescue Run takes place May 1. Volunteers are shown helping with last year’s registration.

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program that took some time to learn, the pair managed to submit their Web site two weeks before the competition.

Claire, Micki and Kenzie started their project at the beginning of the school year and visited the Oak Ridge Playhouse to pick out cos-tumes for their skit.

“There were not as many people doing performances,” Micki explained. “We thought we’d have a better chance moving on if we did one.”

The group learned that cowpox was actually used to treat smallpox.

Both groups of students had participated in the History Day competition before; Pi Beta Phi makes the projects a requirement for each sixth-, seventh- and eight-grader in the school.

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Ernest J. LeMay, 62 of Revere, Mass., died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at LeConte Medical Center. He was an Army Veteran.

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Surprisingly little of the county actually falls into the category of properties that would trigger the new rules.

As would be expected, the southern end of Sevier County closer to the Smoky Mountains includes a majority of the potentially impacted properties, while the northern portion only has sparingly affected par-cels. Most of those are near Interstate 40 or on Douglas Lake, where whole subdi-visions that already exist would have faced tougher construction rules if they were built under the pro-posed ordinance.

The session contained relatively little new infor-mation as the two groups have been meeting together

frequently since late last year as they pushed toward the effort’s completion. Still, the officials did get their first look at how the proposed rules would actu-ally affect area property owners.

The rules proposed by the task force — tweaked by county staffers and the Rules and Regulations Committee — call for prop-erties at a slope of 30 per-cent or greater to fall under new development rules. They dictate, among other things, that the construc-tion not disturb more than 25 percent of the lot, that all utilities be installed underground and that structures be at least 75 percent screened by their natural surroundings dur-ing the summer months.

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narrow,” Hope said. “We found out he was a leader in germ theory and went with that. We divided the board into three sections and worked on it up to the day of competition.”

McKynlea and Caroline had also been partners for previous History Day com-petitions.

“We had wanted to do

something on fashion, like Coco Chanel, but every-thing we researched was in French,” Caroline said.

“We wanted to do some-thing we felt strongly about,” McKynlea added. “Women had a big part in history.”

Tyler had always been interested in archaeology, so his topic was easy to choose.

“People had theorized that there was an Ice Age, but this (radiocarbon dat-ing) actually proved it,” he

said. “I also learned a lot about atomic energy, and I got to interview three University of Tennessee archaeology professors.”

Byrd said she had sev-eral other students who competed in the district competition and put forth “excellent” projects.

“Although not everyone placed, they all worked very hard. I’m hoping they will continue to compete next year.”

Byrd also credited

Christy Valentine, her co-sponsor of the school’s history club, for assisting the students with their projects.

“It’s wonderful to see them take ownership and get motivated,” Valentine said. “They’re able to shine with their creativity.”

The students will advance to Tennessee History Day, held on April 17 in Nashville.

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Evelyn Bishop. “Foxfire is also a teaching approach — that learning comes from experience — from the phi-losophies of John Dewey. It was an innovation of two parts. I learned that not only the books and magazines were known internationally, but the teaching method was also known around the world.”

According to Wikipedia, the Foxfire concept originated with a class project initiated by Eliot Wigginton and his students in an English class at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in 1966. The class decided to attempt to publish a magazine over the course of the semester, interviewing their relatives and local citi-zens about how lifestyles had changed over the course of their lives. The magazine has continuously been published since 1966.

The magazine and books became extremely popular and the students decided to establish the Foxfire Fund with the profits. Proceeds have been used to create the Foxfire Museum in Mountain City, Ga., near Black Rock Mountain.

By the early 1970s it was decided to republish some of the magazine’s articles along with additional content in book format.

Wigginton was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fel-lowship in 1989 for his work

with Foxfire. His teaching method consists of 11 core principles similar to those developed by Dewey.

Clevenger began working on the project in October, finishing near the day of the regional competition.

“I read the first couple of Foxfire books, and I got a lot of my primary sources from the Foxfire Museum. They even put me up in their guest house.”

Challenges included nar-rowing down the photo imag-es for her documentary.

“There were so many. Last year, with the Evelyn Bishop project, I had the opposite problem because they didn’t take as many photos.”

Having competed in the regional and national History Day before, Clevenger wasn’t anxious — until she arrived at the University of Tennessee campus, where it was held.

“During the opening cere-mony, you could just feel that everyone was very nervous. But the judges were very friendly and accommodat-ing.”

Before she travels to Nashville for the April 17 state competition, she plans to add just a bit more to the documentary (it was under the 10-minute time limit) and re-do some of her narration.

“It’s a really good opportu-nity to learn about history,” she said. “You also learn to prioritize. As much as you’d like to put everything in your project, you can’t.”

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Gatlinburg-Pittman High School student Hannah Clevenger works on her documentary on Foxfire, which won first place in Senior Individual Documentary at East Tennessee History Day.


Micki Werner, Kenzie Thomas and Claire Ballentine model the cos-tumes they wore for their “Smallpox Vaccine” History Day project, for which they won second place in Junior Group Performance.

ALCOA (AP) — The United States trails Brazil, Germany, Russia and some other countries in its rate of recycling aluminum beverage cans and Alcoa Inc.’s chief executive said Friday that needs to change.

The Pittsburgh-based company dedicated an expan-sion of its aluminum can recycling operation in east Tennessee, a $24 million investment that a spokesman said makes it the largest such operation under one roof.

Alcoa President and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said the expansion will help support a goal of boosting the current 54 percent rate of recycling beverage cans in the United States to 75 percent by 2015.

The rate of recycled beverage cans in Russia is cur-rently 75 percent, 91 percent in Germany and 95 percent in Brazil, according to Alcoa.

A company statement said the 75 percent recycling rate can be achieve in the United States if each person recycles one more can each week.

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Sunday, March 28, 2010 ◆ The Mountain Press

By DEREK HODGESStaff Writer

PIGEON FORGE — Traffic on Goldrush Road was again the topic of discussion for the City Commission as yet another resident came forward to ask that something be done on widening the narrow thoroughfare.

During the group’s last two sessions, a group of neighbors asked officials if they could do anything to stop folks from using their road and a new drive-way as a shortcut between Veterans Boulevard and Ridge Road. With the objection of the owner of that private access, city leaders had to turn down requests to put up signs or a gate to keep motorists out.

That didn’t satisfy the neighbors and they asked that the city consider wid-ening the road to at least help alleviate safety con-cerns.

Last week, Goldrush property owner Michael Mullins came to the meet-ing to say he’s glad the city won’t be doing any-thing on private property, but still hopes officials will find a way to improve the narrow street.

“I’m glad you stood up for the property owner,” he told the group. “I would like to see if the city would consider widening that road or something.”

Part of Mullins’ prop-erty includes a small pond that sits just off the edge of the pavement for Goldrush Road. The group of neighbors asked that a guardrail be put up in the area to keep cars from going into the water, particularly as they try to pass wider vehicles like school buses on the little strip of asphalt.

Mullins is hopeful the city might again try to

widen the road. In their last meeting, commissioners committed to keep the issue in mind and suggested the road might be added to the city’s next street mainte-nance plan. They referred Mullins to Public Works Director Mark Miller to get an update on any progress on that possibility.

In other business, the group voted to approve:

n A request from Kevin Blalock for a waterline extension on Little Laurel Road

n A request from Thunder Mountain subdivision to connect Phase 4 to the city’s water system

n A final change order for the Red Roof Interceptor Phase II project with a sav-ings of $36,080

n Purchase of radio equipment for the Police Department on a statewide contract at a total cost of $350,982 with all but $244 paid for with grant monies

n Purchase of three mobile data terminals for the Police Department on a statewide contract at a total cost of $20,144

n Purchase of computers

for the Police Department per the U.S. Communities contract at $6,555 for six units

n Purchase of a 2010 Chevrolet Impala for the Trolley Department for a staff car per a state contract at $18,125 from a Lebanon dealership using remaining grant funds

n Bid to purchase strip-ing for city streets from Volunteer Highway Supply at a cost of $410 per mile for yellow and $.95 per foot for white

n Bid to purchase asphalt for paving city streets at a cost of $63.50 per ton from Charles Blalock & Sons Construction

n Bid to purchase Winterfest LED replace-ment bulbs from Universal Concepts at a total cost of $22,387

n Rejecting a bid from T.R.A.M. Roofing Company for the wastewater building roof and rebidding

n An agreement from S&ME for limited geotech-nical exploration at the pro-posed trolley center site.

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As soon as Dr. Charles Bozeman had heard about Haiti’s earthquake in January, he was ready to make the trip to lend a hand.

“It was just chaotic,” he said of the planning. “I was going to go with Partners in Health (a Boston-based nonprof-it health organization) but ended up going with Dr. Dean Mire (pri-mary care physician) and some other doctors from Knoxville. We were two groups that merged together. It was worth-while — there were a lot of things that needed to be done.”

Regents Bank provided a jet for the physicians, and they stayed at a home provided by Provision Ministry Group.

“They had a relative-ly modern hospital and operating room, but the earthquake had made it unstable, so no one could spend the night there,” Bozeman said. “We had tents that we used as make-shift outpatient clinics. People could see either English-speaking or French-speaking doc-tors.”

Bozeman saw many patients, especially chil-dren, with worms and skin infections (from lack of available hygiene), as

well as with dehydration, hypertension, diabetes, bronchitis and post-trau-matic stress.

“The whole country was just in shock. One thing you couldn’t show on TV was the smell of the decaying bodies.”

Each day there was always “a huge line of people waiting to see us,” he added.

“My group would see around 200 every day. We’d work from as soon as we could get to the site in the morning until 5 p.m. They were doing more than 20 operations a day at the hospital. We didn’t operate on anyone without proper anesthe-sia.”

The Haiti children were stoic and didn’t cry often.

“There was just one lit-tle boy who had managed to get out the door with-out a toy (at the church where they were distrib-uted), but once he got one, he was OK. Most of

the Haitians were very appreciative. They’re tough people.”

He recalled an anony-mous donor who sent a semi tractor trailer full of food — around 50 to 100 pound bags of rice, sugar, powdered milk, sardines and other items.

“When there was food, there were riots. We unloaded that food at night, and it could have been significantly dan-gerous, but we felt the presence of the Lord.”

Bozeman had partici-pated in other missions, but this was his first trip to Haiti — and he plans to return.

Those wishing to also help can donate to Provision Ministry Group ( w w w . p r o v i s i o n . o r g ) , Partners in Health (pih.org) or the Luther and Stella Ogle Foundation (436-4711 or P.O. Box 648, Gatlinburg, TN 37738).

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NASHVILLE — Legislative disagree-ments over policy have taken on racial overtones in Nashville, just as they have in Washington.

The chairman of the Tennessee Black Caucus says racial incidents at the state Capitol and in Washington erode the progress the nation has made in trying to combat racism.

John Deberry acknowl-edges the election of the nation’s first black presi-

dent has opened more dialogue about race. But the Memphis Democrat said criticism of President Barack Obama’s agenda — such as his historic health care reform leg-islation — has prompted people to use race in a “negative fashion.”

“We have got to get ourselves back on some solid ground because this is a slippery slope,” he said. “Once you get on it, it’s kind of hard to turn it around. And I think in this nation we’ve worked too hard ... on how we’re going to

work together as differ-ent races.”

Before the vote on the president’s bill last week-end, protesters shouted racist slurs at black con-gressmen outside the U.S. Capitol, and one lawmaker was reportedly spat on.

Last week in Tennessee, comments by a House Democrat had House Republican leaders demanded an apology on the grounds he had accused them of racism.

State House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner of Nashville

compared a move by Tennessee to opt out of the health care plan to Appomattox, the site of the Confederate surren-der at the end of the Civil War.

“I think all of a sudden we have a black man elect-ed president, and every-one wants to start acting like something’s wrong with our country,” Turner said. “I didn’t agree with a lot of things George Bush did, but I wasn’t ready to secede from the Union.”

Republican leaders said Turner’s comment also was racism.

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You’re 19 years old, newly married to co-worker Crystal, in management training at Kroger and moving into your first home. A.J. Seaton was on top of the world in the summer of 2008.

But some-thing wasn’t quite right. The night of the wedding reception in August 2008, he became sick. Vomiting, indigestion. It went on for days. But hey, he was a kid, so he’d get over it. Probably a touch of the flu, a stomach bug at worst.

He didn’t improve, and at long last he went to see about it. His first doctor thought it nothing more than the flu. But after not getting well, he sought a second opinion, and that’s when a blood test revealed a white cell count dangerously low. He was sent to UT Medical Center, where further testing revealed an enlarged lymph node. A biopsy was taken. The diagnosis: Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had never been sick a day.

If you’re gonna get a cancer, doctors told him, this was the one to get. Hodgkin’s lymphoma has a survival rate of around 90 percent — if caught in time.

A.J. Seaton, a graduate of Sevier County High, a bright future at the Sevierville Kroger, is fighting for his life. He has endured rigorous, debilitating rounds of chemotherapy, plus a painful stem-cell implant.

Now he faces what may be his last chance. A persistent family member has convinced M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to see him next week. It’s one of the world’s top cancer hospitals, a specialist in cancer of the lymph nodes. He and Crystal are flying out April 6 for the visit and testing, to see if he is a candidate for treatment.

“The hardest thing,” he admits, “has been to keep my spirits up. Constant pain has been an issue.”

He has been unable to work much since the diagnosis. Life for him has been an endurance test, with pain, nausea and dis-couragement thrown in. Consider:

n The diagnosis came after 12 days in the hospital, during which he couldn’t keep any food down.

n The first round of chemo was adminis-tered every other week for three months. It seemed to be going well, and doctors were optimistic. “They practically told me I was done,” Seaton said. While Crystal worked, his grandmother stayed with him. He and Crystal gave up their apartment so they could move back to his parents’ home and save money.

n Just as the chemo was ending, a scan showed the tumor was growing. That led to ICE chemo, named for the three powerful drugs used in the treatment. It made him sicker than he’d ever been, affecting his blood pressure, kidneys and blood sugar. It lasted three months. His father, a contrac-tor, finished remodeling a small home next to the family home so he and Crystal could live there during treatments. He was denied disability.

n The ICE treatments didn’t work, so doc-tors recommended a stem cell transplant using his own cells, plus more chemo. That caused horrible pain, mouth sores, a messed up digestive tract, nausea and a foul body odor. The treatment ended around August of 2009, and he was able to return to work. But the cancer grew.

n Vanderbilt considered doing a stem cell transplant from someone else, and a match was found, but doctors there found he was too sick to have the treatment.

n Another round of chemo ensued, leaving him with a sinus infection and pneumonia.

And that brings us to now, when M.D,. Anderson looms as his last best hope. Through it all Kroger has been wonder-ful, from manager Jason Campbell down to every employee; they’ve encircled him like a family. His own family has done all it can. Seaton has health insurance through Kroger, but deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses have wiped put his and Crystal’s savings, his parents’ spare money and the resources of his extended family.

The store employees have opened an account in the name of Crystal Lynn Seaton for the benefit of Alex James Seaton. Deposits are welcomed and appreciated at any Citizens National Bank.

“I hate asking for anything. I feel all I’ve done is take from everybody, especially Crystal. I feel like I’ve reached the end,” he said.

Maybe not. In the meantime, help this young man and his family if you can. And a prayer wouldn’t hurt.

— Stan Voit is editor of The Mountain Press. His column appears each Sunday. He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 217, or e-mail to [email protected].

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Middle class must fightto maintain its survivalEditor:

Much is being said about the Titanic as the new Titanic amusement gets set to open in Pigeon Forge. To view the sinking as just a tragedy misses the bigger picture.

After the Titanic sank, White Star Lines was investigated for many wrongdoings, including why so many third-class passengers perished. White Star lied about reports that third-class passengers were trapped when access gates were purposely locked. The expedition to view the Titanic confirmed the gates were locked.

The Titanic represented the class sys-tem. First-class passengers were of great wealth while third class had little. Those running the ship determined third class was not worth saving. The were trapped to perish.

The middle class in this country is an aberration of the industrial revolution. It didn’t exist before the 1860s, and probably won’t in the near future. With irreversible

actions condoned by big business and the U.S. government, the middle class is fight-ing to survive.

Millions of home foreclosures and mort-gages in default, millions of illegal immi-grants undermining wages, exportation of our job base, and the loss of half this coun-try’s pension funds have secured a return to the two-class system. If you doubt this, your college-educated children are jobless, living at home, and many collecting food stamps. The 2000s are now referred to as the “lost decade.” It won’t be the only one.

Former President Bush, who represented unregulated big business interests, wanted social security “invested” in the stock mar-ket. We know what they would be worth today had he gotten his way. Of course, there’s still time to “invest” these funds after the Republicans return to office. But the stock market crash in 2008 may not be over.

There still remains a lot of money invested in the current market which is overvalued, and due for another massive correction. The nearly $2 trillion lost in the 2008 market was collected by the super rich. And now

their children are in control. You need not apply.

The mindset of the people to get us out of this economic catastrophe is the same as those who locked the gates of the Titanic. You posed a threat to their status and were dealt with accordingly. Aren’t all recessions really concocted and planned by these people? Did you think it was a coincidence that the first few years of each decade were recession-ary followed by about five years of growth? Check automobile sales the past 80 years. Fewer autos sell during recessions.

Some of you have figured this out, but most have not given it much thought. Many will think I’m attacking capitalism. But if we continue on the current path, the middle class will fade away, and you and your children will live with little hope for the future.

Socialism may not be the answer, but some hybrid of the two systems may be. Regardless, the middle class needs to pool their resources and reinvent the American way lest we perish in the planned manner that those third-class souls perished on the Titanic.

Michael WoodSevierville

Hobart William Reagan is the kind of menace to society who needs to be put away for a long time. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been, and that’s why he is facing what would be his 13th conviction for driving under the influence. That’s not a misprint. Thirteen.

The New Market resident was arrest-ed yet again March 18, this time by Sevierville police officer Stephanie Quigly who spotted an apparently drunk Reagan at a service station near Interstate 40. Turns out he has a rap sheet as long as you’ll find on anyone in these parts. He has 12 prior convictions for DUI, all in Knox, Sevier and Jefferson counties, stretching back 18 years. He also has been charged with bribery of a public official in Jefferson County and posses-sion of cocaine in that same county.

It’s the DUI cases that should alarm everyone. A drunken driver is dastardly, irresponsible and selfish, because his actions threaten not just himself, but everyone who shares the road with him.

Reagan clearly has little regard for any-one but himself.

It’s easy to blame state law, but no matter his sentence over the years and his time behind bars — some 33 months, records show — he contin-ues to drive drunk, with or without a license. District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn will go after this guy with the full extent of the law, but he is lim-ited by what the law provides and by overcrowded jails that pressure officials to release nonviolent offenders early to free up bed space.

In most cases over the years, Reagan got a much longer sentence than he actually served. For example he was sentenced to six years on the bribery charge, but served about a month. He got a three-year sentence in 2004 for yet another DUI in Sevier County. He served three months.

Of course, once he is paroled, he is free to repeat his offenses, with or without a driver’s license. That’s what this sorry

excuse for a man has done every time. The law is only as good as the punish-

ment, and if a habitual DUI offender is determined to drive, he’ll do it, as Reagan has done.

Of course, when Reagan actually hurts someone else because of his drinking and driving — and the odds increase that he will do just that one day — the courts can send him away for a longer time. It’s sad that it takes injuring or killing an innocent person to take a criminal like Reagan off the street and behind bars for a longer period, but that’s the way it is.

In the meantime, the attention this case has gotten from The Mountain Press and DA Dunn should ensure that Reagan won’t be a free man anytime soon. His bond of $35,000 and his his-tory of offenses should guarantee he’ll be living in the gray bar hotel for a long time.

Justice may finally come to Hobart Reagan — fortunately, not too late to save the rest of us.

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Repeat offender13 DUIs by one person draws attention to flaws in the law

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Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt yells to her players in the second half of an NCAA Memphis Regional semifinal college basketball game against Baylor Saturday, March 27, in Memphis, Tenn. Baylor upset Tennessee 77-62.

NCAA WOMENS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

By BETH RUCKERAP Sports Writer

MEMPHIS — Freshman sensation Brittney Griner has grown up a lot this sea-son — just ask Tennessee.

Griner scored 27 points and blocked 10 shots, lead-ing fourth-seeded Baylor to a 77-62 win over the top-seeded Lady Vols on Saturday to advance to the NCAA tournament region-al finals.

“She was the X factor,” said Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, whose team was taken out in the first round last season.

Baylor’s only other appearance in the round of eight was in 2005, the same year it won the national championship. The Lady Bears (26-9) will face No. 2 seed Duke on Monday night.

The Lady Vols’ loss spoiled the highly anticipated matchup between Tennessee and Connecticut, which could have happened in this year’s national semifinals. The Lady Vols, who lost in the first round last sea-son, haven’t missed out on back-to-back Final Fours since 1993-94.

Tennessee (32-3) suc-cessfully limited the 6-foot-8 Griner in its 74-65 win over Baylor in the first game of the season but couldn’t do it again even with as many as four play-ers on her at a time. Griner hit several shots while dou-ble-teamed or passed to an open Lady Bears teammate for an easy layup.

“You’re watching a phe-nom out here play above the rim,” Mulkey said. “That’s what needs to be written in every article from this day forward, because she’s such a sweet

child as you can see.”Griner had been some-

what tentative on offense since she was suspended for two games after throw-ing a punch against a Texas Tech player in early March. She was back to her dominant self on both ends of the court.

“I just knew I had to come out and play my game and go back to the old Brittney,” Griner said.

Griner’s 26 blocks in the NCAA tournament ranks her second in his-

tory. Duke’s Alison Bales holds the NCAA tourna-ment record with 30 in 2006, and Connecticut’s Rebecca Lobo’s 22 now ranks third.

The teams went back and forth throughout the first half and early in the second, trading the lead 10 times and tying four times. With both 6-foot-6 Kelley Cain and 6-foot-3 Alyssia Brewer on the floor to guard Griner, Tennessee

See LADY VOLS, Page A10

Bears’ big man inks with MilliganHenrickson will take 6-9 frame to next level

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Maryville rallies in last inning to upend Seymour 6-4

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Seymour pitcher Logan Sawyer had a nice game for the Eagles, pitching three scoreless in relief.


Surrouned by his Smoky Bears teammates, Sevier County center Jordan Henrickson signed with Milligan College on Friday, his 18th birthday.

PREP BASKETBALL

By JASON DAVISSports Editor

SEYMOUR — The Seymour Eagles baseball team rode a roller coaster of emotions Saturday in their 6-4 loss to the visit-ing Maryville Rebels.

The Eagles (5-4) trailed early, then rallied to tie and eventually take the lead before losing to the neighboring Rebels in the last inning of play.

Down 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, the Seymour bats came alive behind back-

to-back doubles from Brandon Timmerman and Keegan Newport.

Timmerman’s wall-banging two-bagger drove in the Blue and Gold’s first run of the game, scoring Cody Fox, who started the inning getting to first by way of a defensive error. Newport’s double moved Timmerman to third, and a Corbin Weaver walk next filled the bases with Eagles with no outs.

But Seymour would manage only one more run

See SEYMOUR, Page A9

By JASON DAVISSports Editor

SEVIERVILLE — Coming into the 2009-2010 basketball season, opponents of Sevier County High School prob-ably had little knowledge

of Jordan Henrickson.The towering senior

center had played spar-ingly in his first three sea-sons with SCHS.

Now, 27 wins and an IMAC Conference cham-pionship later, it’s safe to say the secret is out.

A shot-blocking machine in the post, Henrickson helped the Smoky Bears to one of their most suc-cessful seasons in school history. As a result he’s now earned a spot to con-

tinue his basketball career at the next level with Milligan College.

The Buffaloes, an NAIA team located just outside of Elizabethton, came calling on the senior this past Friday — on his 18th birthday — and he was more than happy to sign a national letter of intent.

“I liked (the visit at Milligan) a lot, the coaches are great. It’s a nice place,” Henrickson said, with family and friends packed

in the Sevier County High School Library, where the signing took place.

Milligan coach Bill Robinson seemed most pleased with the signing.

Asked how his team dis-covered the diamond in the rough, Robinson cred-ited his assistants.

“One of my assistants just found out about Jordan,” Robinson said with a smile. “I think his

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In the bottom of the fifth the Eagles moved ahead of Maryville 4-2, as Weaver drove in second baseman Logan Jenkins with an RBI single, and Cody Fox scored on a wild pitch.

But again the Eagles stranded the bases loaded, as a Clark warning track fly made Seymour’s third out with the bases full.

Heading into the final frame coach Scott Norman pulled reliever Logan Sawyer, who’d tossed three solid scoreless innings behind Newport, who started the game.

“Sawyer threw excellent. He’s working his way up the ladder,” Norman said. “He’s throwing really well right now. I would have kept him in if it would have been a normal situation. I was trying to see where Timmerman was in terms of the closing role.”

The coach inserted ace Brandon Timmerman to try to close out the Rebels.

Timmerman’s closing experiment didn’t go as planned.

The normally good start-er, who’s already signed with Carson-Newman, gave up a quick five-pitch walk to start off, and then Maryville connected for back-to-back doubles to pull within one run with two men in scoring posi-tion.

The Rebel’s next hitter, D.J. Pugh, singled to right-center, knotting the score at 4-4 with the first out still to be recorded.

Timmerman did get that first out, striking out the next Rebel batter. But with the infield playing in to try and prevent a run, Maryville’s Landon Talley delivered a heartbreaker — a bloop single over short

that gave the Rebels the go-ahead run.

Moments later, after Eagles’ catcher Clark through out Talley at sec-ond on a steal attempt, the Rebs added some insur-ance as Pugh scored on a wild pitch, making the score 6-4.

Finally the Eagles got out of the jam, as Timmerman chalked up another K to retire the side.

“We’re trying things dif-ferently from a pitching standpoint,” Norman said. “We don’t have the type of starting pitchers that can go the distance. We’re trying to figure out who can close, who can be a middle guy, who can come off three days rest.

“Timmerman was com-ing off three days rest, and I was seeing if he could close. I don’t think he had good stuff,” the coach said. “(But) they didn’t hit him hard. Three little hits and a base on balls killed him. Maryville’s a good team. We had a lead going into the seventh, we just couldn’t quite close it out.”

Now trailing by two, the Eagles offense was poised for a great opportunity with the top of the order coming to the plate.

And, like clockwork, the first two hitters, Cody Fox and Timmerman reached base.

Unfortunately for Seymour, the meat of the order couldn’t deliver.

Newport and Weaver went down on strikes and Oakley Fox hit a dribbler to second base, which result-ed in a runner’s interfer-ence, for the third out.

“We left nine runners on base (in the game),” Norman said. “(And) the middle of the order hitters coming up with runners on base and both of them punching out, we’re not going to win like that.”

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Seymour lost to Maryville 6-4 on Saturday. (Clockwise from top) Oakley Fox takes a cut; catcher Cory Clark looks to the dugout for the signs; coach Scott Norman has a word with start-ing pitcher Keegan Newport; Corbin Weaver knocks an RBI single into right field.

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The Lady Vol orange-clad crowd fell silent as Griner hit back-to-back layups and had a three-point play as part of a 21-1 run as Tennessee’s defense unraveled.

Tennessee (32-3) turned to its shooters in des-peration. Though Angie Bjorklund and Shekinna Stricklen managed to hit jumpers in traffic and knock down a few 3s in the first half, they missed left and right in the sec-ond half.

The Lady Vols managed to hit only 32.9 percent, only slightly better than their season-worst 32.8

percent against Stanford, and finished with 22 paint points. The Lady Vols allowed the Lady Bears 49.1 percent shoot-ing — a season high for a Tennessee opponent — and 36 paint points.

“I can’t believe it. I’m just really excited that to get to the Elite Eight we had to go through the best, and the best in this region was Tennessee,” Baylor’s Morghan Medlock said.

Stricklen led Tennessee with 18 points, and Bjorklund added 12.

“I think anytime you play against a 6-8 player, it’s is going to be tough to shoot over her,” Bjorklund said. “At the same time, I thought when our posts did have the ball they did a good job. Going against her, we just needed to give the posts more touches.”

Tennessee fell to 23-5 in regional semifinal games.

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Tennessee players watch the closing moments of the second half in their 77-62 loss to Baylor in an NCAA Memphis Regional semifinal college basketball game Saturday, March 27, in Memphis, Tenn. From left are Briana Bass (1), Alicia Manning (15), and Alyssia Brewer (33).

By BETH RUCKERAP Sports Writer

MEMPHIS — Baylor coach Kim Mulkey takes plenty of pride in her team’s regional semifinals win. That doesn’t mean she takes pleasure in seeing Tennessee’s Pat Summitt lose.

“You have to take sat-isfaction from winning for these kids up here. I don’t take any satisfaction in beating Pat Summitt today,” Mulkey said. “Pat is our John Wooden.”

Baylor advanced to its second NCAA regional final in four tries with a 77-62 win over Tennessee on Saturday.

One of those losses in the round of 16 came in a 71-69 loss to Tennessee in 2004. The teams were tied at 69 when Lady Vols Shyra Ely and Tasha Butts missed two shots on the goal in the final seconds.

In the scramble for the rebound, Baylor’s Jessika Stratton collided with Butts and was called for a foul. The foul withstood a review by the officials to see if it came after time expired, and Butts hit two free throws to grab the win.

The Lady Bears went on to win the national title in 2005, and Mulkey is the only women’s coach to win national championships as both a player and a coach. She also won the 1981 AIAW title and the 1984 NCAA title playing for Louisiana Tech and the 1988 crown as a Lady Techsters assis-tant coach.

Summitt still has more having won the national championship eight times, but the success hasn’t gone to the hall of fame coach’s head.

“Pat is a legend in the game, and we want our pro-gram where Pat’s program has been and will continue to be,” she said. “She is just class. I go back a ways with Pat. I have watched her from a distance, and she is one of the classiest people in how she treats me or any other people she goes way back with.”

———NO FAN OF CASUAL

FANS: Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma has said that he’s uncertain if his team’s dominance of the women’s game — another perfect season, a 74-game winning streak — is good for the sport.

But one thing he doesn’t care about is whether it draws in indifferent follow-ers of the game.

“Does the casual fan respect what we are doing? I don’t know,” Auriemma said on Saturday on the eve of his team’s regional semifinal game in Dayton against Iowa State. “The casual fan in this country at this point in time is really insignificant to me. I care about our fans back home and the fans who are going

to be watching the game tomorrow, because they are interested to see how we do.”

He said he’s got better things to do than worry about those who aren’t all that interested in his team.

“I could care less about the casual fan, because I bet they could care less about me and my team. I don’t worry about people who don’t worry about me,” he said. “As far as women’s basketball in general, it’s like ice hockey. Does the casual fan enjoy ice hock-ey? Probably not. But ice hockey fans love ice hock-ey. We are who we are and we attract who we attract and we’ll go with that.”

———RAIDING THE

BUCKEYE STATE: Florida State coach Sue Semrau is on a mission to take some of the best players out of Ohio. Sure, she can use the weather as a recruiting tool. But with the success her third-seeded Seminoles (28-5) are having, she’s got a lot of talking points.

Florida State takes on seventh-seeded Mississippi State (21-12) in a region-al semifinal on Sunday at the University of Dayton Arena. It’ll be a homecom-ing of sorts for sophomore forward Cierra Bravard, a former player of the year in Ohio who is from Sandusky.

Joining the Seminoles next year will be Ohio’s Ms. Basketball, 6-foot-3 Natasha Howard from Toledo Waite, and another first-team all-state player, Tay’ler Mingo of South Euclid Regina.

“It is really fun know-ing that two players in our upcoming freshman class are from right here,” Semrau said Saturday. “I love what the state of Ohio has done in developing high school fundamentals and developing knowledge of

the game. We’ve had great success with those players in our program and blend-ing them with the type of athleticism that we have in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama and that’s been critical to the success we’ve had.”

———THE KID’S ALRIGHT:

Notre Dame is one of the most experienced teams in the regional finals, with four senior starters and a number of key juniors that come off the bench. But their NCAA tourna-ment fate might hinge on the play of freshman guard Skylar Diggins.

Diggins poured in 31 points to lead the second-seeded Irish over Vermont, 84-66, in the second round. But she scored just seven points in an opening-round romp over Cleveland State.

Diggins might be a kid compared to her team-mates, but she’s fit right in with the veteran Irish. Diggins leads Notre Dame with 13.9 points per game, and she’s got 84 steals through 34 games.

The Irish (29-5) face third-seeded Oklahoma (25-10) in the Kansas City Regional semifinals Sunday night.

“It’s good for us. We need somebody to step up like that,” senior guard Ashley Barlow said.

———DAZZLED BY JASMINE:

Count San Diego State among those impressed with Duke guard Jasmine Thomas.

Thomas matched her career-high with 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting. She added five steals and six assists to her stat line in the Blue Devils’ 66-58 vic-tory over the Aztecs on Saturday.

“After the game, I looked up and I went: ’She’s only a junior,”’ Aztec guard Jene Morris said. “She’s an amazing guard. She can do it all. She’s good off the screen. She can pull up. She’s a great defender. She’s really quick. She’s athletic. I could go on and on about her.”

Coach Beth Burns echoed the praise of Thomas. She had seen the Blue Devils on film, but the look was dif-ferent in person.

“She’s big time because I would add all the things Jene said, but it’s her body,” Burns said. “The strength and quickness and power in her body.”

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size is what attracts you first, but then you find out the type of person he is, and the type of student that he is, and that’s what attracted us. The whole package, just not the size. The potential that he has is just unlimited at this point.”

Still, the coach said Henrickson does have room to improve.

“I think he just needs to get stronger, and that strength will give him the ability to bang inside and compete with the guys at the college level. That’s the biggest thing he needs right now. He’s got tools, he’s got skills and he sees the floor well. He knows how to play the game, he’s just got to get stronger to compete,” Robinson said.

Where Jordan isn’t lack-ing, however, is that size

the coach said initially drew his attention.

Currently the Buffaloes’ biggest players are around 6-5 to 6-6.

“He will actually be our tallest player. We actu-ally measured him when he was up on campus last week, and he’s about 6-9 and a half,” Robinson said. “The family’s not sure he’s done growing yet. It’s just rare for somebody that big to be in our league.”

That size could pay dividends defensively for Milligan, especially with Henrickson’s natural shot-blocking ability.

“Scoring is good,” the big man said, “It’s a lot of fun, but shutting down the other team’s post — I like that better.”

With work in the sum-mer, Robinson hopes Henrickson will start to fill out, and become more assertive on the court.

“We think the aggres-siveness will come when

he becomes comfortable, when he gets stronger and when he gets confident. That confidence will come with strength and that aggressiveness will follow,” Robinson said.

While Henrickson will play the traditional center role for Milligan, he’ll still have to venture out to the perimeter, a place he can also excel.

“We run a Carolina system, and he’ll have to catch on the perimeter and pass,” Robinson said. “He shot almost 40 percent from the 3-point line this year, and in that trail posi-tion, if catches it an he’s open and he’s earned that 3-point look, we’ll allow him to shoot it.”

One advantage Henrickson will have join-ing the Buffs is though he’s a newcomer, so is much of the team.

“We are really young right now. We’ll have just two seniors next year,” the

Milligan coach said. “The majority of our players were freshmen and sopho-mores. It’s going to be a very new team.”

Like Sevier County, Milligan has seen some rough years in basket-ball, having fallen from a good run in the 90s to a decade without making the national tournament.

That’s something the second-year coach hopes to change.

“It’s time we get back,” Robinson said.

With Henrickson joining the fray, chances just got better.

In the top 20 of the senior class at SCHS with a 3.72 GPA, Henrickson hopes to go into a field similar to sports management after college. He is the son of Cathy Nave of Sevierville and Steve Henrickson of Jacksonville, Fla.

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Sevier County’s Jordan Henrickson was head and shoulders above much of his competition this season on the court.

By NANCY ARMOURAP National Writer

ST. LOUIS — Michigan State has been deep in the NCAA tournament so many times the Spartans may as well have the regional finals on their schedule.

This is the fifth-seeded Spartans’ seventh appear-ance in 12 years. All but once, they’ve moved on to the Final Four. It’s an impressive legacy, and one Tennessee would like to emulate. The sixth-seed-ed Volunteers had never advanced beyond the regional semifinals until Friday night, yet they’re not daunted by Michigan State’s experience.

Sure, the Spartans played for the national title last year. But Kansas and Kentucky were considered the favorites to win it all this year, and the Vols managed to knock off both of them.

Using the relentless defense he learned as a Big Ten assistant, Pearl has

turned the Volunteers into one of the Southeastern Conference’s elite. Tennessee’s 28 victories are the second-most in school history, and they include regular-season upsets of Kansas and Kentucky, the two teams that were favored to win the national title coming into the tour-nament.

The Vols advanced to the second week of the tourna-ment for the third time in four years and, by beating second-seeded Ohio State on Friday night, finally got to a regional final. Lasted longer than the Lady Vols, too, who lost to Baylor on Saturday in the regional semifinals of the NCAA women’s tournament.

While Pearl acknowl-edged that his phone has been “blowing up,” he said the tight turnaround hasn’t left Tennessee any time to get caught up in its accomplishments or get sidetracked from its usual road-game routine.

Vols hope to get where Spartans have been

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Sevier County Middle School footballAll Sevierville and New Center boys currently in 5th,

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PIGEON FORGE — The Pigeon Forge Middle School Golf team and the Pi Beta Phi Golf team split a match in boys and girls’ links action at Gatlinburg Country Club on March 25.

The Pigeon Forge boys defeated the Pi Beta Phi team 114 to 180.

Leading rounds in the five-hole match for Pigeon Forge were Tyler Watts, 26; Tyler Bohanan, 27; Ryan Evans, 29; and Nathaniel Burke, 32.

For the Pi Beta Phi boys, Curtis Green led scoring with 36; Chris Horne, 46; Isaac Blankenship, 48; and Bennett Lapides, 50.

In girls’ rounds, Pi Beta Phi girls bested the Pigeon

Forge Tigers 39 to 49 in three rounds of play. Leading the way for the Pi Beta Phi girls were Mason Green, 17; and Brandy McWhorter, 22. For the Lady Tigers, Hali Combs shot 22 while Taylor King recorded 24.

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By EDDIE PELLSAP National Writer

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s an easy five-mile drive from the Butler campus to the site of its next game, in downtown Indianapolis. Still, it’s hard to think of many programs that have taken a longer, more unlikely road to the Final Four.

Yes, the boys from Butler did it — defeating Kansas State 63-56 in the West Regional final Saturday to make their trip back home something much bigger than that.

The fifth-seeded Bulldogs, the team that plays in the fieldhouse where “Hoosiers” was filmed, are writing their own underdog story, even if they can’t really be called underdogs anymore.

Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and Shelvin Mack had 16 to help Butler (32-4) win its 24th straight game and become the first school from a true, mid-major conference to make the Final Four since George Mason in 2006 — a trip that also ended in Indianapolis.

Trailing almost the entire game, No. 2 Kansas State

(29-7) rallied to tie it at 54 with 3:09 remaining. But Butler didn’t fold, it only got better. The Bulldogs scored the next nine points to seal the game before K-State guard Jacob Pullen’s shot at the buzzer dropped — but offered no consolation.

Enrollment at Butler is about 4,500, about 15 of whom have reminded everyone why college bas-ketball captures America’s heart this time every year.

They are weaving a story about the overlooked and under-appreciated getting their time in the lime-light, the kind of tale every underdog, from Charlie Brown to Gene Hackman, has to love.

But make no mistake — this is not some scrap-py, overmatched team that needed a break, no Danny and the Miracles, or Villanova shooting 79 per-cent to knock off mighty Georgetown.

This is a team that stood toe-to-toe with Syracuse on one night, then Kansas State the next, shutting down two power teams from power conferences with legitimate stars of their own.

Pullen and teammate Denis Clemente didn’t score a point for Kansas State until 15 seconds were left in the first half, and it was no matter of luck. Rather, it was the tough, in-your-face defense of Ronald Nored and Willie Veasley that did it —

smothering a pair of play-ers who had combined for 53 points two nights ear-lier in a double-overtime win against Xavier.

Clemente finished with 18 and Pullen with 14, but they shot a combined 11 for 30.

Butler did it, beats KSU 63-56 to make Final Four in Indianapolis

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Butler's Ronald Nored, left, leaps in the air with teammate Shawn Vanzant after Butler beat Kansas State 63-54 to win the NCAA West Regional final college basketball game in Salt Lake City, Saturday, March 27.

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Legislation was approved by the full Senate continuing efforts to make Tennessee a desirable state to establish a trust.

Senate Bill 3529 allows married couples to create and transfer property to a community property trust.

“This legislation continues our efforts to improve our trust laws to make Tennessee more competitive as a desir-able location for trust invest-ments,” said State Sen. Doug Overbey, R-Maryville. “The more trusts we have in Tennessee, the more oppor-tunities we have for invest-ment. This is important as we

continue to make our state more competitive.”

There are two types of benefits which a community property trust would provide couples who “elect in” to the system partially or com-pletely, including a signifi-cant tax advantage. At the death of the first spouse to die, both spouse’s interests in the community property receive a full basis adjust-ment. As a result, there will be no capital gain payable if the property is sold for its value at the date of the first spouse’s death.

Further, the increased basis will allow for increased depreciation deductions for business and investment

depreciable property. In a separate property state, if the property was jointly owned between husband and wife, only one-half of the prop-erty would receive such an adjustment in basis.

Secondly, community property is a property own-ership system which gen-erally provides for equal ownership of property by husband and wife. This gen-erally involves a sharing in the appreciation and income from the property. Likewise, there is often an equal shar-ing in the management of the property. This bill would provide an option for couples who find this equality and sharing arrangement the

preferred form of property ownership.

Last month Overbey won passage of a new law to improve Tennessee’s Uniform Principal and Income Act, the Uniform Trust Code, and the Investment Services Act by adding a number of stat-ues to upgrade to improve the state’s trust laws. It also creates a new type of trust in Tennessee called the uni-trust.

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The Sevier County Education Foundation sponsored its annual Music Festival recently.

The event showcases the seventh- and eighth-grade choirs in the Sevier County School System.

This year’s participants included Catlettsburg Elementary, Northview Middle, New Center Elementary, Boyds Creek Elementary, Sevierville Middle, Wearwood Elementary, Seymour Middle, Pi Beta Phi Elementary and Pigeon Forge Middle.

Susan Latham, Sevier County School System supervi-sor for intermediate grades and Education Foundation member, organized the music festival.

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Bill Oakes, who serves on the foundation, pre-sented Susan Latham with a gift certificate for her efforts. The program culminated with two selections performed by all participating choirs. Pam Russell, music teacher at Pigeon Forge High School, conducted this combined choir.

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Ronda Johnson is the music teacher at New Center School who opened the program with a special musical selection.

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Deanna Baxter, music teacher at Sevierville Intermediate, served as master of ceremo-nies.

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Susan Latham, Sevier County School System supervisor for intermediate grades, organized the music festival. Approximately 350 students per-formed.

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Representing Jesus at the Tomb are, from left, David Sanborn who plays Jesus in The Miracle Theater; Rev. Wayne Cook; Michael Frost, who plays Judas; and Jen Gilbert-Frost, who plays Martha. All will be guests at 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday for the inaugural service at the Church of the Way, located at The Miracle Theater.

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PIGEON FORGE — The Rev. Wayne Cook will head up the first non-denomi-national worship service at Church of the Way, locat-ed in The Miracle Theater. The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday.

Cook will be the lead pas-tor at the new church.

Guest speaker for the first service will be the Rev. Art Sanborn, author of “A Walking Miracle.” will give his testimony. Sanborn will tell how God healed him from injuries he received in an accident Dec. 13, 1998, that left him a quad-riplegic. Today, Sanborn has recovered and no lon-ger needs a wheelchair. He walks unassisted. He and his wife, Ellen, have started 12 churches and led more than 60 outreach

teams. Soloists at the Easter ser-

vice will be actor Michael Frost, his wife Jen Gilbert Frost, and Rebecca Peak. They will sing “The Easter Song.” Lydia Taylor will sing, “I Will Rise,” by Chris Tomlin.

David M. Sanborn and his mother, Ellen Sanborn, will also provide music for the first service. David Sanborn is the son of Art Sanborn, and Ellen Sanborn is Art’s wife. They will sing “Man of Nazareth” from the play, “Judah Ben-Hur.”

“Our church is committed to be a place for families, faith and friends,” Cook said. “We will teach and preach the absolute truth of God’s word.”

For more information on the Church of the Way call Cook at 428-7469 or visit www.miracletheater.com.

Easter first service at Church of the Way

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Court Appointed Special Advocates of East Tennessee (CASA) is seeking community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children by monitoring their place-ments and representing their best interests in court.

CASA provides trained citizen volunteers who are assigned to children who come under the protection of juvenile court. The goal is to shorten their stay in a foster home.

CASA volunteers do not house and transport children. They visit the children each month and talk to family, friends, teachers, etc. A report is then provided to the judge.

The 36-hour training session in Sevier County will begin on April 5. Classes will meet from 5-8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. To register for this class, call (865) 329-3399. “Community participation is more important than ever,” said CASA Executive Director Carolyn Doty. “Advocating for a foster child is a way to make a lasting contribution to the community.”

CASA is also forming the Interfaith Coalition Against Child Abuse and Neglect in Sevier County. Activities are already under way in eight churches in Knox County with the support of a grant from the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee. CASA has developed a special program and materials for use by local churches and faith organizations who want to help abused and neglected children in the com-munity.

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There is irony about the day I learned of Hugh Owen’s death. I was sitting in the boss’s office and in the course of the conversation Owen’s name came up. “You know,” my boss said, “he died. I think it was about six months ago.”

Turns out, it wasn’t. Turns out, after some Internet research, they laid Hughie to rest a year to the day before I heard the stunning news.

Turns out, the reason I was getting a fast busy signal when I tried to call him in Montgomery, Ala., on a slow Sunday afternoon about two months before that, is because he wasn’t there to answer the phone.

This isn’t so much about what an inter-esting, quirky, talented journalist he was — and he could be described as all those things — as it is about something many of us are probably guilty of.

You move away from somewhere. You vow to stay in touch with those you are closest to. You make frequent calls at first, maybe set up dinner when you’re passing through town, exchange e-mails and Christmas cards.

As the months turn into years, there aren’t as many phone calls. E-mails lag, Christmas cards stop. You keep meaning to call or send an e-mail, but you some-how never manage to get around to it.

Maybe it’s partially out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Maybe you’re busy adjusting to your new job, your new community, mak-ing new friends (or maybe even getting remarried). Maybe, maybe, maybe ...

And then you find out they’re gone. And it’s too late. And there’s sadness, memories and bittersweet reflection. Why didn’t I call? Why didn’t I send an e-mail? Why didn’t I take the time to stay in touch?

The last time I talked to Hughie was three years ago this month. I was living in Northeast Florida, about two hours north of Kissimmee, spring training home of his beloved Houston Astros. He and another friend planned to come down and The Three Amigos were going to a game.

It didn’t happen. Something came up at the last minute. “We’ll do it next year,” he said. But we never did.

In the nearly eight years I worked in Montgomery, Hugh Owen was my best friend.

He had a dry sense of humor and he was one cynical son of a gun, but there wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do for you.

First time I really got to know Hughie, we were at a basketball game in the tiny Huntingdon College gym. I’d seen him at work and we sat in the stands together at the game.

A Huntingdon player had the ball swat-ted away driving the lane and Hughie screamed, “You’re a guard, what are you doing?” Next time down, the player shot from 25 feet — and it was a brick. And Hughie screamed, “What the (you know what) are you doing shooting from way out there?”

We played basketball in a co-ed league and he wasn’t one of our best players, so I had him figured for an easy tennis mark. We played six sets the first time, and Hughie won: 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. Over the years we would play, by actual count, 144 sets. I came within 7-5 once, but kept coming back.

Another time, we traveled to Jacksonville, Ala., for a football game. I bragged about a hot dog stand in Birmingham where I could wolf down half-dozen, replete with mustard, ketch-up, onions, kraut and special chili sauce. Hughie ate two of them — and promptly spent the entire game in the restroom.

My favorite memory, however, was of the time we decided to pool our baseball card collections and see what we could get. Most of my cards were from the 1960s, but Hughie, about seven years older, had many from the 1950s. He had Mickey Mantles, Willie Mayses, Hank Aarons, Stan Musials and Whitey Fords.

Many were in very good condition and would have been worth a small fortune if it hadn’t been for one thing — being a 7- or 8-year-old kid and not knowing bet-ter, he autographed nearly all of them. A collection that might have been worth thousands of dollars fetched only a frac-tion of that.

They laid him to rest on Feb. 10, 2009, in his hometown of Geneva, Ala. He was 61.

Rest in peace, my friend.— Bob Mayes is the managing editor of

The Mountain Press. He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 260, or e-mail to [email protected].

Mountain Life■ The Mountain Press ■ B Section ■ Sunday, March 28, 2010

Friend’s deathteaches hardlesson in life

By GAIL CRUTCHFIELDCommunity Editor

Students in Walters State Community College’s Rel Maples Institute for Culinary Arts as well as the general public will get the chance to meet a food legend and a witness to many of the nation’s historic events and figures.

Chef Roland Mesnier, who served as the White House pastry chef for 26 years, will visit the college as part of the institute’s visiting guest chef series, a class offered this semester for culinary arts students. Mesnier will meet the class on the morning of April 9 and help them in preparing items to be served during a public event that evening.

The public event will begin with light appetizers at 5:30 p.m. in the Conner-Short Center, with the main event beginning at 6. Tickets are $25. Mesnier will be available for questions and to sign copies of his cookbooks at the end of the evening. Call 774-5816 for reservations.

Instructor Chef Joe Cairns said there is a lot of buzz among the students and staff to have someone of Mesier’s stature visit-ing. Cairns said the idea started about five years ago when fel-low instructor Chef Catherine Hallman heard Mesnier speak at an American Culinary Federation event. She was impressed by how entertaining he was.

“She said her face hurt when she left because she smiled so much,” Cairns said. “She learned so much, but was entertained by it.”

Cairns said he thought of Mesnier when the school put the visiting chef series on the agenda for spring semester. He didn’t think there was much chance in attracting Mesnier, but issued the invitation anyway. Within six weeks, the chef accepted.

In a phone interview from his Virginia home, Mesnier said he looks forward to first trip to the Smoky Mountains.

Born in France, Mesnier has been baking for more than 50 years. He got his start when he was 12, working with his brother in a pastry shop.

“I was totally drawn to this profession,” he said. “I was so taken with the chemistry of the pastry, the total transformation of things and the wonderful smell and taste.”

The artistry of baking, he added, was another draw after he saw other chefs creating elegant cakes.

“I totally wanted to do that,” he said. “I could see in that profes-sion that the sky was the limit. Your imagination every day would be teased. That propelled me into the pastry world.”

At 14 he began an apprentice-ship, working at least 14 hours a day to learn the craft. He worked for a small wage plus room and board.

His education and train-ing eventually brought him to the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va. Then Rosalyn Carter started looking for a pastry chef for the White House.

“I didn’t seek the job at the White House,” Mesnier said. “They sought me; they asked me to interview.”

When he went for the interview at the White House, he wasn’t sure he wanted the job.

“I had a wonderful job and loved where I worked,” he said. But the offer wasn’t something he could refuse.

“After I got taste of what the White House was like, I thought maybe I’ll give it a run for a short while.”

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Just DessertsFormer White House chef to visit Walters State

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Former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier will visit Walters State Community College on April 9. Students will get to learn from the chef earlier in the day, with a paid public event later in the evening.

Pie DoughChef Roland Mesnier said his favorite dessert is pie. Here is his recipe for pie dough from his book “Dessert University.” One of his tricks, he said, is to brush the dough with “lots of butter” and sugar before baking for a crunchy crust.1 tsp. salt1/2 c. water3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces1 large egg3 large egg yolks

Combine the salt and 1 tablespoon of the water in the bowl of an electric mixer fit-ted with the paddle attachment. Stir to dissolve the salt. Add the flour and butter, and mix on low speed until the mixture feels like sand. With the mixer still on low, add the egg and then the egg yolks, one at a time. Then add the remaining 7 table-spoons of water. Mix until the dough just comes together, about 2 minutes. Do not overmix.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and divide it into 2 pieces. Press each ball out to form a 6-inch disk and wrap them in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or for up to 3 days. Dough may be frozen, wrapped in plastic and then in aluminum foil, for up to 2 months; defrost it in the refrigerator overnight.

Makes two 10-inch tart crusts.

years. He became the longest serving chef at the White House. The chef he replaced served nine months and the one after him just a year.

Mesnier said he was intimidated when he started his job at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

“The first year I didn’t speak to anyone,” he said. “They probably thought I was a snob or something was wrong with me, but I was con-centrating so much on my work.”

Mesnier brought with him the artistry he was so taken with at the start of his career, present-ing desserts with a lot of flair. Many times, the results would include applause.

“There were people clapping when desserts were coming, which was never done before,” he said. “When you get almost a standing ova-tion for dessert, when you go home that day

you feel like you’ve climbed Mount Everest.”

The chef won’t say what a president or first family’s favorite desserts were because he never served the same dessert twice during his entire 26 years at the White House. His menu would change depending on several factors.

“There was something new every day, follow-ing the season, following the mood of the country, the mood of the presi-dent, the mood of the

first lady,” he said. “If (the president) got some good news that day or bad.”

When the Berlin Wall fell during President Reagan’s term, Mesnier served a crunchy cake with a meringue inside that provided the crunch and a hazelnut butter-cream icing and choco-late glaze.

The ovens were cold on Sept. 11, 2001, he said, as the facility was evacuated during the terrorist attacks. When he went to the kitchen several days later, he said he couldn’t recall exactly what he made.

“It would have been something very homey, something easy to eat and very light,” he said.

Mesnier’s favorite dessert, he said, is “the good old American pie.

“There’s no better des-sert than that if it’s done correctly,” he said.

Visiting Chef Series■ When: 6 p.m. April 9■ Where: Conner-Short Center, Walters State Community College■ Who: Former White House pastry Chef Roland Mesnier■ Tickets: $25■ Reservations: 774-5816

■ [email protected]

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PIGEON FORGE — The Kerbela Shriners’ Rod & Kustom Nationals car show will be held April 22-25.

The event will be held at the Grand Resort Hotel following the spring rod run.

Vehicles of all kinds, entertainment, a swap meet and exhibitor booths will be at the convention

center at Light No. 5. Admission price per

adult is $10; children under 16 admitted free.

Lane Smith, spokesman for the Kerbela Shriners’ Innovators Unit, said, “We have been planning this for quite some time now. The Innovators Unit thrives on putting a motor on almost

anything to attract atten-tion, so we can help those who need help.”

Anyone interested in registering an automobile or exhibiting products should call 865-661-5120 or e-mail to [email protected]. Registration fees are $30 before April 1 and $40

after that. Booth space is available at $135 for an outdoor space or $155 for an indoor space.

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SEVIERVILLE — University of Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton is hitting the links again with Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries to raise money for the needy.

The fourth annual Mike Hamilton “A Host of Volunteers” Golf Tournament will be held April 28 at Eagle’s Landing Golf Course. Hamilton will be on hand.

SMARM works to prevent homelessness among needy people in the area in addition to meeting other needs like food and clothing.

Tournament registration includes lunch from Damon’s and a chance for prizes for the winning team, prizes on every hole, and a new car for a hole-in-one on a speci-fied hole.

The cost is $100 per player or $400 per team with a formal four-player scramble format. Registration and lunch are at 11:30 with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

Corporate sponsorships are also available for $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000. These sponsorships include four players per $1,000 and a large sign displayed at the clubhouse. Hole sponsorships are also available.

For more information, call 908-3153 or visit www.smarm.org or on Facebook under “Mike Hamilton’s Host of Volunteers” Golf Tournament.

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Golfers gather to get instructions before a shotgun start at last year’s SMARM golf tourna-ment.

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Mike Hamilton, athletic director for the University of Tennessee, speaks at the opening of last year’s golf tournament.

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Condredge Holloway visits with Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries’ board member Dot Egli and SMARM director Dick Wellons at last year’s golf tournament. Holloway is the assistant ath-letic director for the University of Tennessee.


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KNOXVILLE — Work to clear a rockslide that closed U.S. 129/SR 115 is expected to begin in early April.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation will let an emergency contract Monday to clear the slide.

TDOT qualified two spe-cialty contractors, Pacific Blasting Demolition Ltd. and Phillips & Jordan Inc., to bid on the project. Both offer specialized experience in rockslide clearance and stabilization that is needed to repair the slide.

The emergency contract is expected to be awarded to one of the two specialty contractors on Monday,

with work expected to begin no later than April 5. This will allow contractors time to transport specialized equip-ment to the site of the slide in Blount County.

TDOT’s contract has a completion date of July 31.

Meanwhile, detours remain in place while the stretch of road known as the Dragon is closed from the slide area to the North Carolina state line. Motorists are advised to continue to monitor www.tn.gov/tdot for updates and detour details. TDOT is also on Twitter.

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Cassie Liann Branch and Eric Douglas Hill were married Feb. 27, 2010, at Parkway Baptist Church in Sevierville, Tenn.

Andy Miller officiated at the ceremony.

Parents of the bride are Lisa and Loyie Branch of Sevierville.

The groom’s parents are Doug Hill and Charles and Malisa Henry of Sevierville.

A reception was held at Sevierville Civic Center.

The bride and groom are 2008 graduates of Sevier County High School. They are both employed by Dixie Stampede.

Channing and Joan Orr, formerly from Sevierville, Tenn., are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

Their children are plan-ning a surprise dinner with friends and relatives in Eustis, Fla., followed by a cruise to Hawaii.

Irma Joan Majeau and Channing Orr were married March 29, 1950, in Atlanta, Ga., while Chan was on leave from the U.S. Army.

After marriage the couple went to Fairbanks, Alaska, where Chan was serving in the Army.

Joan Orr’s father was the late Raymond Majeau.

Channing Orr’s parents were the late Wallace and Lotti Orr.

Channing Orr is retired from LeHigh Company where he was a truck driver. Joan Orr is a homemaker and a retired realtor and builder.

The couple’s children are Sandra L. Buck of Florida, Channing Jr. of Middlebury, Conn., Mrs. Joseph Williams (Susan) of Seymour, Tenn., Mrs. Paul Maddox (Janet) of Eustis, Fla., Donna M. Orr of Tampa, Fla,, and Mrs. Arnold L. Byrd Sr. (Diana) of Tampa.

There are 13 grandchil-dren and 22 great-grandchil-dren.

Jeff Carr of Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Micki and Pleas Proffitt, also of Gatlinburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katti Carr, to Phillip Johnson.

The groom’s parents are Thelma Bundren of Gatlinburg and Bob Johnson of Tazewell, Tenn.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Jess and Henrietta Carr and Ed Monger, and Kay and Bobby Trentham.

She is a 2004 graduate of Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. She is a member of Laurel Branch

Baptist Church and is a cosmetologist at Hair Care Etc. in Gatlinburg.

The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Agee and Irene Bundren and the late Clifford and Beda Johnson. He is a 1998 graduate of Claiborne County High School. He is employed by Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson and Ripley’s.

The wedding will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010, at Cartertown Baptist Church in Gatlinburg.

All friends and relatives are invited.

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Cassie Liann Branch and Eric Douglas Hill are now husband and wife.

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Channing and Joan Orr have been married 60 years.

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Katti Carr and Phillip Johnson will be wed April 10.

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Jeff and Vickie Mount of Sevierville announce the engagement of their daugh-ter, Jennifer Mount, to Bob Huskey.

The groom’s parents are Robert Huskey and Velma Loveday of Sevierville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lloyd and Virginia Lindsey and James and Elizabeth Mount.

She is a 2004 graduate of Walters State Community College and is attending South College. She is a mem-ber of Pathways Community Church.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mayford and Manoa Loveday and Ruth Huskey.

He is 2001 graduate of Sevier County High School. He is employed with Sevier

County Fleet Service.The wedding will

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Jennifer Mount and Bob Huskey will be wed April 9.

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Garry and Carol Crain of Louisville, Tenn., announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Carrie Brooke Crain, to Travis Jack Williams.

The groom’s parents are Timmy and Deborah Williams of Cosby, Tenn.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Paul and Margaret Akers; Ray Crain; and the late Bonnie Bartlett. She is a 2004 graduate of Maryville College and received her Master’s Degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is employed as a school counselor at Pi Beta Phi in Gatlinburg.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Roger and Lillian Shults and the late Jack and Ruth Williams. He is a gradu-ate of Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. He is

employed with the city of Gatlinburg as a police officer.

The wedding will take place at 7 p.m. April 9, 2010, at The Lodge at Valley View, Townsend, Tenn.

Invitations have been sent.

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Carrie Brooke Crain and Travis Jack Williams are engaged.

Crain/WilliamsThe Mountain Press has mailed questionnaires to all

candidates in contested races in the May 4 primaries.The same set of questions was mailed to candidates

running for County Commission, constable and county mayor. Included with each mailing is a biography sheet to be used by the newspaper.

Candidates who do not receive the questionnaire in the next few days should call us at 428-0746, ext. 217.

A reminder that candidates who are unopposed in the primary were not mailed the forms.

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS — Tremont is accepting applications for the Smoky Mountains Science Teacher Institute to be held June 13-18.

The institute is a week-long workshop where participants visit dif-ferent Smokies habitats to learn about natural resources as well as the environmental problems. Each day, teachers act as citizen scientists, helping to inventory and monitor everything from salaman-ders to slime molds.

The workshop encour-ages new ideas for involv-

ing students in hands-on science.

The workshop is a collaboration among Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, the park, and Discover Life in America. Instructors will include Tremont staff, NPS educators and sci-entists, as well as other scientists involved in research in the park.

This year, Tremont is subsidizing the workshop,

leaving the teachers with a $50 registration fee for the week, which includes food, lodging and all activities. The program is targeted to middle and high school level teach-ers.

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By ALTA RAPER My goodness it’s early.

Rise and shine. It’s Sunday morning.

Lots of stuff has hap-pened this past week and my head is awhirl with my mind’s meanderings. May I share some of them with you?

I conducted the memo-rial service for a friend. My heart skipped a beat as I watched him; the gray-haired soldier walking up the aisle of the old country church.

Slowly, he approached the front of the church where the cremains of his friend from childhood were resting; the one who had also served a stint in the U.S. Army. Standing tall and erect, he lifted his right hand in salute, a serious and far-off look on his face, clicked his heels, crisply turned and walked away. The ultimate respect, the last goodbye, understood by every soldier everywhere — and it touched my very soul.

Moving on to another thought and story I must share with you.

Patience is not one of my virtues. My impa-tience gets me in trouble every once in a while, like the day I planned a trip to my son-in-law’s home in Rutledge. I am probably the world’s worst when it comes to directions; the only way I can get to Rutledge is

with my Garmin GPS. (I am forever grateful to the dear friend who rec-ognized my inability and gave me this gift which has become as much a part of my car as gas.)

Being in a constant state of hurry here and hurry there, I drove to Newport (I knew how to get that far) and then turned on my GPS for final driv-ing directions to Shiloh Church Road in Rutledge. The screen was blank.

My heart sank and I began to get nervous. I pulled over to the side of the road and tried to ascertain the problem with this precious little instrument. I unplugged it and plugged it back and still nothing happened.

The screen was unre-sponsive to everything I tried. Panic took control. I knew I couldn’t get to Rutledge on my own, so I did the only sensible thing I could do: I came back home.

Not willing to be defeat-ed, I searched for the little instruction book that I had completely forgotten about. When I found it hiding in the box it came in, I began to peruse it from cover to cover. Ten minutes later I had my GPS fixed.

Such a simple little thing! All I had to do was lift the cover (which I had no idea would even lift) and push the little black “reset” button. Had I read

the instruction book first, I could have saved myself lots of time and miles.

I am getting to the age that I am grateful for all that I have learned no matter what it has cost me. Years of experience have certainly taught me a thing or two. I know life is tough but I’ve found that I’m even tougher as I cling to the words, “I can do all things with the strength God gives me.”

I have also learned that the instruction book should be read first, not later.

If we would read the greatest instruction book ever written, the Holy Bible, we would find the answers for all of life’s problems. We would learn quickly how to find the fruits of the spirit that we need for virtuous living: those of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, good-ness, gentleness, and the one I have the most trou-ble with: self-control.

Whew! That was a bunch of jumbled thoughts to share. Perhaps you found some connec-tion to it all. Life is good. I’m happy. How about you?

— Alta Raper is pastor of Pittman Center Circuit of the United Methodist Church: Burnett Memorial UMC in Pittman Center, Webb’s Creek UMC just off 321 in Gatlinburg, and Shults Grove UMC in Cosby.

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Welcome to class. Please take out your Bibles and prepare to take copious notes as the information that follows is of great value….

Let’s break out our brush again and knock some dust off more interesting archeological artifacts. This veritable mountain of ancient treasures all makes perfect sense in light of God’s truth. But I will try to give a more abbreviated list or we will never get out of the field of archeology.

Horned altars the bible describes them in detail, many are found in the archeological record

Pharaoh Merneptha claims on a 7 foot tall stele (tablet) to have conquered the Israelites in 1230 BC. Hmmm if he conquered them in battle maybe they existed. This same battle is depicted on a long wall in the great Karnak Temple dated at around 1209BC.

Jericho is a gold mine of biblical evidence. The city walls have clearly fallen due to numerous “earthquakes” that seem to be to unique to that little piece of property. There are some who claim the walls have clearly fallen outward. There were so many cities on that little hill today known as “Tell es-sultan” it is uncertain which one Joshua conquered. However here are some interesting biblical facts about it. In Joshua 6 verse 26 it says “Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.” “At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.” Then a little over 500 years later some arrogant or ignorant guy by the name of Hiel put God to the test. We find this in I Kings 16:34 where it says In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. Now today’s scholars will say the scribes made these two accounts connect, while dismissing the linguistic and archeological evidence that separates the these two text. And there is the strange coincidence that the tell or hill is still uninhabited today. It is on the northwestern edge of the area that is today called Jericho surrounded by farms. But no one lives in or on the site and the evidence strangely suggest no one has lived on that particular hill for oh say about 3000 years. The town however claims a 9000 year old heritage attached to that hill. This is actually an abbreviated discussion on Jericho.

Temple of Rameses III has a carving on one of its wall describing a pesky sea people called the Philistines. Another group of people that is well described in scripture and archeological evidence, mountains of it, validate biblical truth.

Canaanite gods & goddesses. In the 1930’s hundreds of stories were found on clay tablets in the city of Ugarit in Syria. These tablets speak of Asherah, Astarte and Ashtaroth, amazingly these are the same names recorded for the Canaanite gods in Numbers, 1 Kings, Jeremiah and Hosea.

Dan is another amazing little town in northern Israel, evidence of Laish a Canaanite town that was destroyed in 1150 BC and then built upon and inhabited by Israelites. Just as recorded in Judges and 1 Kings. You will find the same archeological story throughout Israel, Canaanite town destroyed Jewish town built on the ruins; Megiddo, Hazor and many others.

Ashkelon, lets finish up today’s lesson with an ancient seaport. Ancient Israel never conquered this philistine stronghold. However four of God’s prophets predicted its demise; Amos, Jeremiah, Zephaniah and Zechariah all predicted its destruction and in 604 BC Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it completely. Strangely enough excavations that were begun in the 1980’s provide much evidence for this fulfilled prophecy.

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Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about getting appointed to my local zoning commission.

It has been a long and boring winter and I’m ready for some excite-ment. I’m pretty sure I don’t need any special training and it is unlike-ly that common sense is listed in the job descrip-tion. What fun it must be to sit at a table with fellow anointed “zoners” and make big and small decisions that will later show up on our maps and be visible to all who enter our well-zoned communities.

I could dictate how land is used and cre-ate all kinds of sweet restrictions that shape everything about our community. What an awesome fun job!

Zoners are members of an exclusive club with chapters in every locale from sea to shining sea (sometimes zoned A-1 for commercial condos, 10-story limit, beige paint, interior parking only).

It must be a raucous and hilarious time at zoning commission get togethers. “I’d like to build a sawmill next to Bobby’s Sleepy Bear Resort.” “OK, but your roof must be yellow and you can’t have any park-ing spots.”

“I’d like to carve off the mountain and build 800 identical cabins.” “OK, as long as each cabin has its own indi-vidual name to keep them unique.” As a zon-

ing czar I would be able to re-design Gatlinburg just like a miniature toy village except it would have real cars, real people and real busi-nesses. Serving on the zoning commission is like playing with life-sized legos!

All you have to do is look around America to see that zoning is a bagful of fun! Have you ever visited Sedona, Ariz.? They have energy vortexes where differ-ent dimensions intersect and aliens allegedly vacationed there long ago. The zoners could be direct descendents.

Their McDonald’s res-taurant has a small tur-quoise-colored arch so it blends in with the sky. A zoner had the power to change the color of the golden arch. Super-size my power, please!

A city official told me that each section of a home must match the colors of rocks and trees surrounding them. It is like an invisible city! Christmas decorations must be taken down by a specific day to avoid fines.

Sedona is the top of the zoning food chain. Those Sedona zoners are the crème brulee’ of my new profession.

I love the zoning on Anna Maria Island in Florida because a duplex can be sitting on a lot next to a multi-million dollar home. If you eat at the Rod & Reel Pier you can’t tell whether the guy sitting next to you is a millionaire or is getting a subsidy from the new Obama healthcare reform plan. Everyone looks like a beachbum.

Charleston, S.C. zon-ers keep the city looking like the 1800s so we can enjoy time travel with-out the machine, and zonemeisters on Kiaweh Island, S.C., created spe-cial dog zone hospitality stations for pets.

In Cocke County, Family Dollar and Dollar General stores have to be at least 500 feet apart (that’s a joke; they can be right next to each other).

Sevier County zoning is like a box of choco-lates: You never know what you’ll get around the next curve. A new building going up next to a campground in Gatlinburg looks like the makings of an auto parts store.

“Honey, while those burgers are cooking over the campfire, I’m going to walk over and get a new drive shaft for the Chevy.”

Tennessee zoners unleash tangled-eyed

creativity. “If you build a WonderWorks it must be upside down, and if you want approval for a Titanic Museum it must look exactly like the dang boat. That is our final decision.”

If I were a zoner I would ban all “For Sale” signs that clutter up streets. Everyone would just have to assume that all houses are for sale or

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fires everywhere just because I like the aroma.

Our 12 million annual visitors would have to pay a $1 tunnel toll at the new Spur toll booth that would be divied up among full-time residents who live in log cabins and local park rangers. When do I report for duty?

That is just how it looks from my log cabin.

— John LaFevre is a local speaker and co-author of the interactive national park hiking book series, Scavenger Hike Adventures, Falcon Guides, Globe Pequot Press. E-mail to [email protected]. G. Webb of Pittman Center does the artwork for the column. Visit Gwebbgallery.com.

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GATLINBURG — Insurance premiums for Gatlinburg residents and businesses should continue to be available at dis-counted rates following an inspection from the Insurance Services Office (ISO).

City Manager Cindy Cameron Ogle has been notified that the Fire Department had maintained its ISO classification of 3. This rating assists insurance companies in calculating premiums.

ISO is a supplier of information for the property/casualty insurance industry.

“ISO has completed its analysis of structure fire suppression delivery sys-tem provided in your community,” its let-ter to the city says. “We are very pleased to report that the resulting classification is a Class 3.”

This information means that the com-munity’s fire suppression and water/util-ity services are improving.

“This is a great accomplishment for our city,” said Ogle. “The rating will con-tinue to provide residents and businesses with savings on their insurance costs. High commendations and credit go to the City’s Fire and Water/Utility depart-ments and we offer much appreciation to our city commissioners that supports

these efforts.”In addition to providing fire and emer-

gency medical services within Gatlinburg, the fire department also services areas outside of the corporate limits. The ISO survey revealed a significant improve-ment for residents who live outside of the city but within five miles of a fire station and within 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant.

For these residents and businesses, the ISO PPC rating has improved from a Class 9 to Class 4. Based upon a 2001 study, this could result in considerable insurance savings for them.

Fire Chief Greg Miller credited city staff with obtaining the rating.

“Everyone involved has worked very hard to make this happen,” said Miller. “Each person within the organization was assigned to a specific committee to ensure that all areas of the inspection were covered.”

The Water/Utilities Department and manager Dale Phelps played a key role due to improvements to the water system over the past eight years, Ogle said.

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For the 63rd year, 4-H members from across Tennessee will gather in Nashville for Tennessee 4-H Congress.

The annual event, which will take place March 28-31, gives 4-H’ers the opportu-nity to learn about the day-to-day functioning of state government by assuming the roles of state representatives and senators. Since its beginning in 1948, it has given more than 31,000 4-H’ers and volunteer leaders firsthand expe-rience in state govern-ment.

Representing Sevier County at the 2010 Tennessee 4-H Congress will be Josh Gideon, Yesha Patel and Daniel Patrick, all of Gatlinburg-Pittman High School; Heather Hatcher and Lauren Jenkins of Pigeon Forge High School; and Jenny Patel, Maddie Rule and Shaye Smith from Sevier County High School. Lauren Jenkins’ Eastern Region winning essay will compete for state hon-ors. Christina Lulich, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School, along with J.P. Caylor and Jared Bruhin, Sevier County High School, will com-pete as state finalists in the Leadership and Citizenship Records

competition. Karen Patrick, adult volunteer leader, will accompany the group.

Approximately 450 high-school-age 4-H’ers from across the state will meet to become legislators and form a “junior” state con-gress. They will have an opportunity to debate and vote on youth-ori-ented bills in the House and Senate chambers. In addition to learning about government and their state capital, del-egates will compete in public speaking, poster, History Bowl and essay contests. 4

-H’ers will also be competing in the lead-ership and citizenship projects for college scholarship money and trips to the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta.

This year’s delegates will also have the unique opportunity to be a part of history as Tennessee 4-H and the University of Tennessee Extension celebrate their 100th anniversary. A year-long celebration will kick off during this year’s con-

gress. In honor of the centennial celebration, the theme for this meet-ing and for all programs in 2010 is “Tennessee 4-H: A Century of Believing … A Future of Achieving.”

Tennessee 4-H Congress is one of the highlights for our pro-gram. The event helps youth better understand government and the leg-islative process and how they can be a part of this citizenship experience in order to make a differ-ence.

Delegates will also participate in a num-ber of other activities including the opening pageant “Tennessee, My Country Home,” a luncheon on the General Jackson Showboat, the election of the 2011 officers, an inaugural ball and a local service project.

The theme for the service project is “Our Hands to a Larger Service.” Delegates will be involved in two service projects. One is collecting items for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to benefit families requiring an overnight stay at the hospital. Many patients’ families arrive in such a rush that they do not have time to think about basic toiletry items needed during their

stay. The goal is to col-

lect 100 total items per county in recognition of 100 years of 4-H in Tennessee. Additionally, each county has been challenged to collect $100 for relief efforts in Haiti, as a part of the “Hope 4-Haiti” service project.

“Service opportuni-ties are a very important component of the 4-H program,” said Steve Sutton, director, 4-H Youth Development. “Last year, 4-H’ers statewide performed more than 100,000 hours of community service at an estimated value of $1.8 million to the state’s economy. Through the service-learning projects, our 4-H’ers learn they can really make a difference in their communities.”

4-H is the youth development program of the University of Tennessee Extension. 4-H teaches leader-ship, citizenship and life skills to more than 301,000 youth in grades 4-12. 4-H also has more than 5,400 adult vol-unteers. UT Extension is one of four units in the UT Institute of Agriculture.

— Glenn Turner is a Sevier County agricultural extension service agent. Call him at 453-3695.

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Sevier County volunteers participated in the VOICE for East Tennesseans living with Alzheimer’s disease during a recent trip to Nashville. They watched Reps. Richard Montgomery and Joe McCord sign on as co-sponsors of the Silver Alert amendment. From left behind the two legislators are Bob and Jan Waikel, Dianne Hall, Lynda Everman and Bonnie Parton.

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More than 100 volunteers went to Nashville to voice their opinions on proposed legislation that could have an impact on programs meant to provide care and protection for those facing Alzheimer’s disease.

Volunteers like Bob and Jan Waikel of Gatlinburg felt they made progress when meeting with their lawmakers.

“We need to make sure we’re doing everything we can to fight this disease,” Bob Waikel said.

His wife Jan has Alzheimer’s disease. The couple, who volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association, joined others to convince lawmakers to back an amendment to the 2009 Senior Alert or “Silver Alert” law.

More than 20 East Tennessee legislators signed on as sponsors to an amendment that would ensure individuals under the age of 60 who suffer from early onset Alzheimer’s or dementia are included in any Silver Alert searches. Legislators representing Sevier County, including Sen. Doug Overbey, Rep. Richard Montgomery and Rep. Joe McCord, signed on to the amendment.

The amendment would also enable law enforcement offi-cers to begin a search for a missing person suffering from memory-loss based on a caregiver’s statement, if the person is age 60 or older. Officers could seek medical documenta-tion from someone younger.

Since Silver Alert became law last year, the Eastern Tennessee Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has reached out to every law enforcement agency in its 26-coun-ty region to partner for training and offer information about Alzheimer’s.

“I think that we convinced the legislators we talked to lower the age on Silver Alert,” Sevierville volunteer Dianne Hall said. “Just the personal closeness in the room, being with them one-one-one, they understood what we talked about.”

Hall works at MountainBrook Village in Sevierville and volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association. Hall and fel-low volunteer Bonnie Parton, who works for Home Instead Senior Care, made the trip.

“I loved meeting all the legislators. I love feeling like I made a real difference,” Parton said. “I know in my job I make a difference every day, but I feel like I made a big dif-ference today.

“I think that obviously the amendment will be passed, but even more than that, I will become even more involved in Alzheimer’s Association projects,” Parton said.

The Waikels, Hall and Parton joined other volunteers who wore purple shirts with the word “VOICE” on the front.

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PIGEON FORGE — Billy Baker is presenting his “Elwood Smooch Choo Choo Boogie Variety Show” at Memories Theater at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting April 20.

The show includes coun-try, swing, gospel music and the singing clown Elwood Smooch.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults and seniors, with children 12 and under admitted free with each paid adult/senior. The local county rate will be $7.50 with ID and reservations required.

Since 1984, Baker has been performing in Pigeon Forge. He started with Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, where he became a featured clown with “The Greatest Show on Earth.” He has appeared

in over 100 television com-mercials and was a fea-tured cast member on “Hee Haw.”

For 11 seasons he was Dolly Parton’s featured musical comedy attraction at Dollywood, before start-ing Old Smoky Hoedown and a 10-year run on the Parkway.

Be still and be quiet! Do you remember

those words? As a child, they were not pleasant. I bet there are plenty of grownups that just wish they could be still and be quiet.

We move at a ridicu-lous pace. Our to-do lists crowd our refrigerators and our sleep — rushing and doing and feeling guilty if we aren’t.

Where does this lead? Heart attacks, stress, depression and anxiety are a few of the results of this type life.

I understand making a living and raising a fam-ily. However, some of the activity is just activ-ity. What really concerns me is that some people are terrified at the idea of being still and quiet. They are running from this with all their might.

People are often dis-mayed when I suggest making a quiet time as part of the day. “What do you want me to do?” they ask. “Nothing,” I say. I get responses that range from raw fear to eye rolling to anger.

Turn off the TV, phone, computer, iPod and radio. Sit and listen to the silence. It is even better if you go outside and do this. You won’t be bored. Often the results are more energy, clearer thinking, and a calmer spirit.

I am not asking you to do this for hours. Make just a few minutes time for this throughout your day. The benefits are lasting.

This is my No. 1 recom-mendation for symptoms of anxiety and depression. You see, as we move too quickly through our life we shove down needs, wants, desires that must be examined. This denial of self leads folk to my office. A person can only go so long without the quality of life diminishing to the point of despera-tion.

This change in lifestyle may be difficult. Find someone that practices this and get direction on where and how to begin. Don’t reject any thoughts that come to your mind during this stillness, rather examine them. If you pray, pray about them; or at least just consider them.

If this seems to be a chore at first, don’t give up. You will discover this will get easier to do with practice. You will find yourself looking for-

ward to this time of day. Keep a journal about

the themes that emerge. What have you been overlooking in your life? What new thoughts come to you about a problem that you have been tackling for a while? Do you begin to notice things that you had not before?

My bet is that you will discover a creativity that you didn’t even know you had.

I want to say some-thing that may be a little upsetting to some. The American Dream is not necessarily the best motivation for the American family. Financial achievement and success are not always the best for the family. They require time and attention that has to be taken from somewhere.

Am I being unrealistic to ask you to find a time in your day to just be? I don’t think so. I believe

that men and women on Wall Street can find a place to reflect and pon-der and even pray dur-ing their busy lives.

My hope is that in this time the things in your life that are important will begin to rise to consciousness and get the attention needed to move to the center of being. It takes time and effort to put aside busi-ness and doing.

What have you got to lose? Maybe you will lose that anxiety and fear that hound you throughout your day.

My promise is that it is beneficial to your soul and heart as well as your family.

— Rhonda M. Pemberton is a licensed clinical social worker with a master’s from the University of Tennessee. She has a private counsel-ing practice that focuses on families and children/adolescents. E-mail to [email protected].

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ORNL Federal Credit Union is seeking a part-time teller for our Sevierville Branch located on Dolly Parton Parkway. Banking or retail experience preferred. Must have a strong sales and customer service focus as well as excellent communication skills. Must be goal and team oriented. Part-time benefits are available.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

DEFAULT has been made in the terms, conditions and payment provided for in that certain Promissory Note dated September 1, 2006 (the ìNoteî) and payable to Washington County Bank, A Greene County Bank Officeî (ìWCBî), which Note WCB assigned to New Peoples Bank, Inc., the owner and holder of said Note (the ìBankî), and the Bank therefore has declared the entire unpaid principal balance of said Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and costs, due and payable in full, as provided in said Note, which Note is secured by that certain Deed of Trust dated September 1, 2006, executed by DaySprings, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company (the ìCompanyî), as modified by that certain Loan Modification Agreement dated May 7, 2008, also executed by the Company, of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sevier County, Tennessee, in Book 2610, page 343, and Book 3088, page 511, respectively, conveying the property therein and hereinafter described (collectively the ìDeed of Trustî).NOW, THEREFORE, at the direction of the Bank, notice is hereby given that Hale & Lyle, A Professional Corporation, the undersigned Successor Trustee, pursuant to the power, duty and authority vested in and conferred upon it, by the Deed of Trust, will on April 12, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time, at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, free (except as otherwise noted) from all legal, equitable and statutory rights of redemption, exemptions of a homestead, rights by virtue of marriage, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which have been waived in the Deed of Trust, that certain real property located in the Fifth (5th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:(1)That certain parcel of property containing 10.518 acres, more or less, (identified as Tract I on Exhibit A to the Deed of Trust) being the same property conveyed to DaySprings, LLC by Gary L. Sanders a two-thirds (2/3) undivided interest and Billy O. Proffitt a one-third (1/3) undivided interest, as tenants in common by Deed dated September 1, 2006, of record in the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, in Deed Book 2610, page 339;

(2)That certain parcel of property being Lot 15 and a portion of Lot 16 of McMahan Addition No. 2 and a parcel of the Runion property (identified as Tract II on Exhibit A to the Deed of Trust) being the same property conveyed to DaySprings, LLC by Elsie Kirkland and husband, Gaines Kirkland, by Warranty Deed dated April 7, 2006, of record in the Registerís Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, in Deed Book 2506, page 393; and

(3)That certain parcel of property being all of Lot 42 and adjacent unnumbered lot to the northeast in Dott McMahan Addition (identified in numbered paragraph 2 of the Loan Modification Agreement dated May 7, 2008) being the same property conveyed to DaySprings, LLC by Sam O. Lamon and Dorothy Lamon by Warranty Deed dated May 7, 2008, of record in the Registers Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, in Deed Book 3088, page 507;The addresses of the property are Mountain View Lane, Day Springs Rd. 311, Day Springs Rd. 313, Day Springs Rd. 321, Day Springs Rd. 322, Day Springs Rd. 322, Day Springs Rd. 323, Mountain View Lane, and Mountain View Lane 556, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and their tax identification numbers are Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-A; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-B; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-C; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-D, Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-E; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 23, Lot 3-F; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 21; Control Map 095I, Group B, Parcel 20; and Control Map 095I, Group C, Parcel 26.01, Lot 42. Reference is made to the Deed of Trust for a more particular description of the property. On October 14, 2009, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue filed a notice of state tax lien in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sevier County, Tennessee, in Book 3432, page 617, with respect to which the provisions of T.C.A. ß 67-1-1433(b)(1) require notice to be given to the state in order for the sale of the property not to be subject to such liens or claims of lien of the state. The notice required by T.C.A. ß 67-1-1433(b)(1) to be given to the state with respect to such liens has been timely given. The sale of the property will be subject to the right of the State of Tennessee to redeem the property as provided for in T.C.A. ß 67-1-1433(c)(1).The interested parties in the property pursuant to T.C.A. ß 35-5-104 are State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, DaySprings, LLC, DaySprings Condominiums, Rainscapes Construction, Inc., Cherokee Group, LLC, Integrity Lawn and Landscaping, Inc. Sequatchie Concrete Service, Inc., American Lighting, Inc., A & W Ready Mix Concrete, LLC, Kiser Supply, Inc., Southern Burglar Alarm Co., Inc., and Rocky Tops Marble & Granite, Inc.The property will be sold ìAS ISî subject to all existing highway, roadway and utility easements, all easements and restrictions of record, statutory or other rights of redemption not waived by the terms of the Deed of Trust, any and all other rights not waived by the terms of the Deed of Trust, applicable building and zoning regulations, such state of facts as a reasonable inspection of the premises would reveal, such state of facts as an accurate survey would disclose, all unpaid taxes, all mechanicís and materialmanís liens; and prior superior liens, judgments, deeds of trust or other encumbrances.The right is reserved to postpone the sale to another day certain without further publication upon announcement at the time set forth above.

Dated this the 12th day of March, 2010.

HALE & LYLE, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, Successor Trustee

March 21, 28 & April 4, 2010

Papa John’s of PigeonForge and PapaJohn’s of Seymourare now hiring driv-ers and managers.Apply at eitherstore.

Now Hiring: Cooks &Servers Apply inperson at: No WayJose’s, PigeonForge WaldensLanding Mon-Fri11:30am-3pm

Now hiring servers,exp. cooks & dish-washwers. Yearround employment.Apply in person atCracker Barrel inKodak at exit 407.

Miss Lilly’s Cafe, inTownsend seekingservers, line cook,dishwashers. Call865-448-1924.

242 RESTAURANT

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

Immediate Opening for Servers/Cooks/ Cashiers. Apply in person at the New Wood Grill Buffet located at traffic light #1 in Pigeon Forge between 9am and 3pm Monday-Friday.

242 RESTAURANT

40 days rehearsal and 165 days off. Must relocate to Elkins, WV. Check AMT’s website at: w w w. a m e r i c a n -mountaintheater. com Call Kenny Sexton at 800-943-3670 or 479-774-3267.

241 PROFESSIONAL

MUSICIAN NEEDEDFOR LIVE

MUSIC SHOWThe American Moun-

tain Theater in El-kins, West Virginia beginning its 4th season in 2010 has an immediate opening for an awesome experi-enced utility musi-cian (i.e., fiddle, steel, acoustic, do-bro, banjo, etc.) for its band. Must be able to read Nash-ville number charts. Full time year round salaried pay. Approximately 210 shows per year on 160 days,

241 PROFESSIONAL

An Experienced Desk Clerk needed Best Western Toni Inn 3810 Parkway, PF. Must be able to work any shift. Ap-ply in person M-F 8am-2pm.

Guest House Pigeon Forge hiring all po-sitions. Apply in person. No phone calls. Behind McDonalds & Golden Corral

3rd Shift Desk Clerkneeded. Apply at Smoky Meadows Lodge, P.F. 865-453-4625.

238 HOTEL/MOTEL

Westgate Resorts915 WestgateResorts Rd.,

Gatlinburg, TN 37738.Tel: 865-430-4788.

(Across from the Gat-linburg Welcome Center on the Spur. Turn into Lit-tle Smoky Road).

Apply in Person

Security SupervisorRestaurant Supervisor

Admin. AssistantSecurity Officer

Marketing Rep (OPC)Kitchen Mgr./Chef

Restaurant ServersRestaurant Cooks

HousekeepersGeneral Maintenance

Front Desk AgentsElectrician

Shuttle DriverNight Auditor

Guest Relations Mgr.Guest Relations Agt.

Host/HostessTelephone OperatorAssistant Director

of Security

Drug & Smoke FreeWorkplace

EOE

Desk Clerk needed. Experience prefer-red. Apply in per-son 8am-2pm at Rodeway Inn Sky-land Motel 865-436-5821

238 HOTEL/MOTEL

Lab Technician

LAB Tech needed at a medical practice office in Sevierville. Competitive com-pensation and ben-efits with a stable company. Mail re-sume to: Summit Medical Group, 641 Middle Creek Road, Sevierville, TN 37862 or fax to (865) 428-1625 or e-mail to showell@summit- healthcare.com. (If e-mailing, attach-ments should be in Word, Excel, or .pdf format).

237 HEALTHCARE

Ziplines Reservation-ist, Office staff, Guides needed in Gat. Apply 905 River Rd.

The Spa at Riverstone is now hiring a part time experienced Massage Thera-pist. Must be avail-able weekends. Apply in person at 212 Dollywood Ln., Pigeon Forge, left a traffic light #8.

SENIOR HOMEASSISTANCE

Hiring experienced caregivers. Call 769-4170 for inter-view.

SALES CLERK10.00 Hr.

Lid’l Dolly’sLight #4, P.F.

QA Housekeeping InspectorInspects luxury vaca-

tion rental cabins. Self-motivated, de-tail oriented, can work independent-ly, able to drive mountain roads in any weather.

Apply at Timber Tops LLC, 1440 Upper Middle Creek Rd, Sevierville. Email: [email protected]; Fax: 865-868-0836

EOE

236 GENERAL

WAREHOUSE &STOCK 10.00 HR

LID’L DOLLY’S LIGHT 4 PF

Night AuditorDetailed, dependable,

experienced night auditor for cabin rental company. FT or PT

Ability to work week-ends & holidays. 11:00 PM – 7:30 AM

Apply at Timber Tops LLC 1440 Upper Middle Creek Rd. Email: [email protected] Fax: 865-868-0836

EOE

Local resort now hiring Part-time House-keepers. Must be able to work week-ends and have de-pendable transpor-tation. Experience preferred. Applica-tions are available at 746 Ski Moun-tain Road, Gatlin-burg or resumes can be faxed to 865/436-4657.

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

Housekeeping TeamsHighly motivated

teams of two, de-tail oriented cabin cleaners with strong work ethic.

Able to work weekends & holidays. Bene-fits offered.

Apply at Timber Tops LLC, 1440 Upper Middle Creek Rd. Email resume: [email protected]. Fax: 865-868-0836

EOE

HousekeepingFront Desk..day and

evening shifts.Hippensteal’s Mtn

View Inn. 11 room B & B Smoke free, drug free. Full/Part time. Must be able to work wkends and have a kind team-player atti-tude! Buckhorn Rd. Gat. Call 436-2354.

Housekeeper needed. Gatlinburg/Pittman Center area. 430-9480

Guest Services RepFront desk position.

Outgoing personal-ity, customer serv-ice driven, conflict resolution skills, computer skills.

Ability to work week-end & holidays re-quired.

Apply at Timber Tops, 1440 Upper Middle Creek Rd. Email: [email protected]; Fax: 865-868-0836

EOE

Full time employment. Dependable, multi tasking, people skills, phone eti-quette required. Accounting experi-ence and contract negotiation a plus. Please send re-sume with referen-ces to P.O. Box 1048, Dandridge, TN 37725 or fax to 865-397-3044

236 GENERAL

Grand Crowne Resorts is celebrating their 25th anniversary by opening a new resort in Pigeon Forge. We are hir-ing Sales Reps. Average pay 50k to 75k per year Paid training. Full benefit package No experience re-quired. Limited number of posi-tions available. Call 865-851-5105 865-804-5672 or 865-428-9055 ext. 225.

Get $500 in free gro-cery reimburse-ment. Get paid to shop. Call 1-877-696-8561.

Experienced Sewing Machine Operators

Aerotek is taking appli-cations for industri-al sewing machine operator, must have experience

Please call Toby Gam-bill at 865-292-2431 or Cameron Bryne at 865-292-2431

Cove Mountain Re-sorts has the fol-lowing positions open:

Cabin Cleaner/HousekeeperThis is a contract posi-

tion which requires applicant to pro-vide their own transporation and vehicle insurance. Hotel/Cabin clean-ing experience pre-ferred . Applicant must be self moti-vated, detail orient-ed.

Reservations clerkThis position requires:

excellent commu-nication skills, ex-perience in the hospitality industry a plus.

Grounds KeeperLawn mowing-land-

scaping mainte-nance-trash re-moval-position re-quires self motiva-tion-ability to work with limited super-vision.

Please stop by to fill out application at 3202 Wears Valley Rd located in the Century 21 office building. No phone calls please.

Cobbly Nob Rentals now hiring House-keepers. Apply in person. 3722 East Parkway, Gatlin-burg. Drug free workplace.

Above the Mist Wed-dings. Now Hiring Amateur Photogra-pher/Wedding Co-ordinator. Will train. Early eve-nings & Saturdays a must. Please Call 865-436-1630.

236 GENERAL

THE SEVENTH DAYIS THE SAB-BATH, Exodus 20: 8-11. The Beast thinks to change it, Daniel 7: 25, Revelation 13, Revelation 6-12, avoid his mark , Live eter-nally. PO BOX 56 Bear Creek, AL35543

110 SPECIALNOTICES

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106 HOMEIMPROVEMENTS

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106 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Our Price will not be beat!Full insured. 14+ years exp.

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The Mountain Press Sunday, March 28, 2010 Classifieds 9B

Classifieds 428-0746

10B Classifieds The Mountain Press Sunday, March 28, 2010

2005 Yamaha 650 V-Star classic. Manyextras. $3800.865-654-9783.

950 MOTORCYCLESALES

We buy junk cars. 908-6207

949 AUTOS &TRUCKS WANTED

1970 Ford F-100Ranger CLT tur-quoise 360 engine4 spd Original 8track, am radio,brakes booster,original paint, longbed. 42,700 origi-nal miles. $7500908-5470 or 765-1609

945 TRUCK SALES

95 Lincoln TowncarAsking $1500. 88Mercury Cougar,runs & drivesgood. Rebuilttransmission. Ask-ing $1250. Call865-654-7923

94 Jaguar XJS conver-tible, new paint,more. Asking$4500. 72 CustomMonte Carlo over$10,000 investedasking $8000 oboCall 865-654-7923

92 Chrysler-N.Y. 5thAve Good condi-tion-Low mileageAll power. Ex.t r a n s p o r t a t i o n$1,800 Firm. 865-453-5046

85 Chevy CorvetteNew paint, motor &transmission, bodykit, too many partsto mention. $9000invested asking$5800 OBO. Call865-654-7923

2008 TOYOTA Avalon,LTD, 27,800 miles,fully equipped.H e a t e d / c o o l e dleather seats, fac-tory warranty untilAug. 2010. 933-5021.

1997 Toyota Camry,good cond., lowmiles, 2nd owner.AT, sunroof, 4dr., 3disc CD player,a/c, leather seats..Sacrifice - $5,000cash. Call 201-4902.

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

Camper lots for rent onPrice Way. Pricesstart at $250 mth.May have pets.865-654-8702

838 CAMPERRENTALS

RV Sites starting from $285 & UP on

Indian Camp CreekMonthly or Yearly

Rentals.Utilities & wifi

Bathhouse & Laundromat Furn

Near the Park Off Hwy 321850-2487

831 MOBILE HOMEPARK LOTS

1st TIME BUYERSNew Singlewides

Low Down PaymentCheap Monthly

PaymentCredit Hotline

865-453-0086

4 NEW DOUBLEWIDESSET UP W/LAND

SEVIER &Jefferson CO.

EASY LOAN BY PHONE

865-453-0086

829 MANUFACTUREDHOME SALES

Campsites near Doug-las Lake. All hook-ups. $275 mth 382-7781 or 933-5894.

720 LAKE & RESORTPROPERTY

2BR/2.5BA, 1,058 SF, 1 car garage, all appliances, W/D, gas log FP, Sev. $125,000 unfurn., $128,000 furnish-ed., 865-286-5019, or 601-507-0471.

711 CONDOS FORSALE

Seymour 3br 2ba large lot $59,900. Missy Norris 865-599-2886; Countryside R.E. 865-428-3033

REALTY PLUS

* Lot - .70 ac. $19,900Exit 415 Dandridge

*Maintenance Free Livin New Town-homes 2BR, 2 BAVIEWS $104,900

* Owner Financing 2 Cabins next toDollywood 2BR, 2BA $10,000 Down $265,000

*New Construction Home Sevierville - Level Lot 3BR, 2BA 1400 SF $169,900

*Gatlinburg -2BR Chalet Private Set-ting -1600SF $145,000

*Custom Built Craft-mans Home 4BR 3.5 Baths Covered Outdoor Living Sevierville -VIEWS! 3 Car Ga-rage & Rec. Rm

$969,000

* Sevierville's Finest6000 SF 4BR 4.5 Baths Exercise RM, Office Pool, Keeping Room, All Room Sound/TV S y s t e m$1,300,000

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Owner Finance 4BR 3BA almost 2 acres. 2 master suites, mtn views, 2800 sq ft. Mini-mum down pay-ment req. Monthly pmt $1200. $239,900 356-4415

New 3 bd, 2 ba, base-ment rancher, 2 cg, beautiful mtn. views! $159,900. O/A.865.599.2886.

LeConte Landing, 3BR 2BA, Brick, Sale, Lease, may trade smaller home. 865-414-0117.

BY OWNER: 2 story, 4BR/2.5BA, 1920 SF, .75 acre, lg. deck, micro. range, refrig., w/d, new carpet & paint, incl. newly constructed 12x36x18 ft. bldg., perfect for work-shop & storage,+ sm. storage shed., near exit 407, 470 Klondike Cr., Ko-dak $189,900. Call 865-932-6734.

3BR/3BA, 2 story-priced below ap-praisal. Must sell. 865-660-2333.

2BR 2BA, hot tub, fully furnished cabin. across from Black Bear Jamboree. Community swim-ming pool. $155K 865-428-2878

Foreclosure Sale,3 BD / 2 BA House

in Kodak Area

Appraised Value $240,000

Selling Price$186,500

Call (865) 436-3565

710 HOMES FORSALE

New townhome 2BR 2BA. Exc location. Sev. $104,900 KJ Real Estate 865-365-0913 or 865-387-7717 Kim

709 TOWNHOUSESFOR SALE

HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICEAll real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Seymour area: 2 Bd. house, central H/A, W/D hookups, no pets. 453-7842.

New Sevierville area, near schools & hospital 2BR 2BA$750 mth. 865-963-6146

Large new 3BR/2BA. Mtn. Meadows. $995/mo. Jackson Real Estate & Auc. 865-397-4214,548- 4213 or 256-7973.

Buy like Rent. Most credit ok! Christina 8 6 5 - 6 4 0 - 0 8 8 2 Rocky Top Realty 865-246-0300

Beautiful 2BR Furn. Log Cabin for resi-dential rent. Locat-ed between Gat. & P.F. $750 month. Days: 423-246-1500, Nights: 423-349-0222.

A great location. 2 blocks off Parkway near Walmart. 2BR/2BA w/car-port, w/d & water furn. Approx. 1400 SF, non-smoking environment. No pets please. $750 month. Year lease. Call 865-453-5396.

3BR/2BA, FP, w/d, lg. screened deck, hot tub, in Gat. 1st, last mo. req. 1 yr. lease. $1250/mo. 864-993-0467.

3BR/2BA Rural. Wash-er/Dryer, FP in Maser, Lg. garage w/workshop, walk to lake. No pets, no smoking. $800 mon. + $400 dep. 865-428-2944.

3BR/2BA newer home. $850/mo. 865-712-3026.

3BR/2BA Log Cabinon river. 2 story, jetted tub, w/decks water incl., no smoking. Pets al-lowed under 35 lbs. with deposit. $800/mo. Call Ker-ry 865-322-5872.

3BR/2BA Boyds Creek area. $850 month. 865-209-2201.

2BR, 2BA, 3 porches. W/D hookups. Fish from deck. Land-scaped, extra stor-age. No pets. Call 954-288-9020.

2bd, 2ba, fireplace, Rent $700.00 Dep req No Pets. Sev-ierville near Dolly-wood. 865-322-2007

Hwy 321Pittman Center area.

1&2 BR cabin on creek.Fully furnished.

Utilities included.$225 & $250 wk.

850-2487

LEASE OPTIONLuxury

2,000 sq. ft. cabin Seymour

multi pets welcomeRiver Amenities $500 per week789-1427

Sevier County

Large single wide, large lot, 3BR/2BA

for $400/month

Call (865) 933-9775or visit

www.rentalhouseonline.com

699 HOME RENTALS

Convenient to KnoxvilleLarge 2BR/1.5BA apt.

w/covered porch.$500 a month

Call (865) 933-9775or visit

www.rentalhouseonline.com

Flat Creek 3 acres perfect for 2 families, cedar/stone house. 3BR/2BA. $900.

3BR/2BA Doublewide $650. Both like new w/wrap around

decks, private wooded.Call (865)933-9775.

Sevierville3BR/2BA

Garage/basementSwimming Pool

Call 428-5161

2BD / 1BA HouseSevierville Area

on Parkway for leasewith Side Storage

Building

850-2487

NICE, CLEAN IN KODAK4 BD / 2 BA + GARAGE

4 MILES FROM EXIT 407

$950/MONTH + DEPOSIT. NO PETS.

865-712-5238

1BR house, water & sewer furn., out-side storage bldg., 2.5 miles from Home Depot on Al-lensville Rd. $110 wk., $400 damage dep. Absolutely no pets. 429-1301.

1100 Sq. Ft. House. 1BR + loft. Beauti-ful view near Pi-geon Forge. $825 mo., $500 deposit. 865-696-6900.

699 HOME RENTALS

Nice 2BR 2BA with ca-thedral ceilings, fresh paint, nice yard, near Sevier-ville. No pets. $575 mo. 1st, last, dep. Call Rebecca 621-6615.

Kodak $400 mth 2BR No pets. Ref. 740-2525

2BR/2BA Mobile Home in Kodak. Newly remodeled, No pets. 933-1336.

2 Bedroom mobile home. $450.00 month. $500.00 deposit. Referen-ces required. Call 428-4242.

2 Bdrm/1 Ba near Douglas Lake $375 + $375 de-posit 382-7781 or 933-5894.

Nice HomesKodak

~No Pets~2BR/2BA $4752BR/1BA $385

Incl. Appl., C H/A, Deck

865-368-6602

2 & 3 BR HomesPine Knob Mountain

ViewSwimming Pool865-933-0504

1BR Washer & dryer incl, back porch, storage shed. $300 mth Security dep req. Call 865-237-5524

1BR Trailer, Zion Hill area $400/mo. First and last. 453-8847 or 809-1375.

698 MOBILE HOMERENTALS

Immaculate 1BR, furn. in Chalet Vil-lage. $735. Call 865-742-3181.

3BR 2BA near Apple Barn, on the river, $950/mo. 1 mo sec. dep. 1st mo. rent free. 865-388-2365.

1 Bedroom furnished includes util./cable P.F. $750/mo. + dep. ref. 548-6614.

697 CONDORENTALS

RIVERWALK1BR/1BA TO 2BR/2BA$545.00 to $695.00865-429-2962

Mountain View Town-home apartment for rent 2BR 1.5BA. Newly re-modeled with hard-wood flooring & new carpet. Locat-ed in Gatlinburg. $650 mth 1st mth rent & security de-posit required. For more information call 865-868-0449 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm or 865-356-3015 after hours & weekends

Large 1BR Water, app furnished. No pets. Ref. $450 + dep. 680-3078.

CROSSCREEK2BR/2BA large gardenTrolley access $580.00865-429-2962

2BR Apartments for Rent $475, $500 & $550 a month. 908-7805 or 368-1327.

NICE, CLEAN1 BR / 1 BA

IN SEVIERVILLE$380.00 + DEPOSIT

NO PETS865-712-5238

2/1 apt Wears Valley No pets or smok-ing. $675 mth. 3/3 furn home Pigeon Forge $1200 mth Vicky @ Remax Eagle 865-654-6884

2 BR/1.5 BA Sev. Clean, patio, partly furn. $475 to $625 + dep. 453-5079.

Sevier County’sBest for 13 years

1 & 2 BR avail.Some Pets OK.

$400 UPWATER INCLUDEDMurrell Meadows

1/8 mile fromWalters State

CollegeAllensville Road

Walk to lakeReasonable Rates

654-7033

865-774-5919

2BR/2BALOW RENT

BOBRENTS

Kodak:2BR 2BA

2car garageNo pets.

$750/mo.932-2613

KELLUM CREEKTOWNHOMES

1 BD ApartmentAvailable Immediately$450/mo. + Security

865-908-6789

696 APARTMENTSFOR RENT

Now Leasing, New apartments in the Gatlinburg area.

2 BR / 1 BA $585.00/mo.

Call (865) 436-3565

Spacious & Quiet!2 BR / 2 BA

Apts. for Rentin Wears ValleyFrom $650/mo.12 Mo. LeasePets Allowed

(865) 329-7807

2 BR Apt$495 mth.Water/Sewer incl.Great mtn views

from patio.908-2062.

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN SEVIERVILLE

2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhomesCall 428-5161

1BR apt $450 mth + utilities. Small de-posit. No pets. Gat. 436-4751.

1 bdrm apt Private pa-tio entrance. Mtn view. 15min to Sev. Elec, water & TV included. $450 mth $250 damage dep. No pets or drugs. 429-6059

696 APARTMENTSFOR RENT

Room for female in res. W/D, TV., Grt. Kit., yard, creek, safe. $115 wk., incl. util. 661-7770.

River View Inn, Sev. Weekly: $150+ tax. Refrig., microwave, hair dryer, balcony on river. 865-428-6191.

Gatlinburg Walking distance to town. Low weekly rates. Furn/cable TV, mi-cro, fridge, phone. 1 person $130 per week. 436-4387

Edge Park Motel,downtown. Week-ly: $139 + tax , no pets, refrigerator, microwave, 2 dbl. beds. 865-436-4164.

DOWNTOWNSEVIERVILLE

428 Park Rd.near trolley stop

Includes All Utilities.Free Wi-Fi, Cable, Laundry,

Kitchens, Clean Rooms, NO PETS.

800-359-8913

ROOMS FOR RENTWeekly

Low Rates$110.00 + tax

436-5179

Greystone RentalsRed Carpet Inn349 East Parkway

Gatlinburg, TN

Affordable Housingin Gatlinburg

Rooms for rent, weeklyrates, furn., cable TV.

436-4471or 621-2941

Weekly RentalsIncludes

Family Inns WestPigeon Forge 865-453-4905

Phone, Color TV,Wkly HousekeepingMicr./Frig. Available

$169.77+

$300 mo. + 1/2 util Nice house, Sev, near Seymour. 865-365-1089.

693 ROOMS FORRENT

Unfurnished 1BR du-plex. $425 mth Se-curity & electric dep. 865-453-0602

RIVERTRACE2BR/1BA duplexwith 1 car garage.Quiet area $665.00865-429-2962

Kodak: Lg. 2BR, w/d conn., $525/mo. in-cludes water. 865-428-6356.

3BR duplex $700 mth + deposit Call Bar-bara 865-368-5338

1BR W/D $450 mth $450 security 453-4744.

610 DUPLEX FORRENT

Shop/office space for rent, Arts & Crafts Trail, Gat. 865-436-6777.

Retail Space/Arts & Crafts Comm. on Glades Rd in Gat-linburg. No cam chgs, no overage chgs, flat base rent only. Water & sew-er incl. Great rates. 428-3482 or 654-0769

Professional office space for rent or lease. 1400 sq ft. For more informa-tion call Joanna 865-774-8885 or 1-8 0 0 - 5 8 6 - 1 4 9 4 . EOE M/F/H

Office 1 block off Park-way. $475 mo. S. Boulevard Way. 933-6544

1500 SF office space/ 1500 sf warehouse space. $1500/mo 2 miles from pkwy. 865-573-6859.

605 BUSINESSRENTALS

Near I-40, like new, 3BR/2BA Town-house. $750/mo. Call Terri Williams o/a 865-556-4111.

601 TOWNHOUSESFOR RENT

For SaleA-1 pre-owned dryers,

washers, ranges &refrigerators

All with warranty.Cagles Furnitureand Appliances

453-0727

NEW YEARS SPECIAL2 new recliners

$398Cagles Furniture &

Appliances2364B Pittman Center Rd.

453-0727

589 FURNITURE

Cyclone fertilizer spreader. No lon-ger needed. $75. Call 388-7109.

586 FARMERSMARKET

FREE to a good home, 2 female Pit Bulls. 1 yr. old. 453-6758 or 207-5700.

Free puppies to good home. 8 wks old. Dewormed. Mother is rottweiler mix. Call 654-1528 or 1520

AKC Lab Pups, Champion Blood-lines. Chocolate & black. $250. 865-556-8879

581 PETS

2010 Mattress sets New, still in plastic. Being sold at wholesale ware-house. Full sets-$125 Queen sets-$150 King sets-$225 1st come 1st serve 865-696-1819

573 BEDDING

Dog kennel, heavy gage, 5’ w x 6’ h x 10’ long, used 7 mths, $250 cash.

Pool table-Olhausen 8’Italian slate, all ac-cessories, $650 cash. Buyer moves.

865-429-4280

3 Jewelry Showcases 6 ft long $350. Jewelry work bench $250. Jew-elry buffing ma-chine $250. 865-307-2214

557 MISC. SALES

500MERCHANDISE

10X10 or 10X20SELF STORAGEConvenient Location!

411 South, left onRobert Henderson Rd.,

1/4 mil on right atRiverwalk Apts.

429-2962

356 STORAGEBUILDINGS

My name is Marlene Grey. I keep chil-dren in my home, ages 2 to 5 years old. I have 2 open-ings. Please call 453-3325.

Home child care. Ages 2-5. Snacks/drinks incl. Preschool ac-tivities. References available. Call April 865-308-0073.

41 year old mom will babysit in her home for infant. Call 731-335-3743.

307 CHILDCARE

Nail Techs needed for new salon in PF. Guaran. $600 wk. 865-774-3300. Al-so Hair Stylist.

250BARBER/BEAUTY

Reservationist/Office Work. Part time to full time. Call 865-868-1470.

Experienced Reserva-tionist needed for established cabin rental company. Good pay + bene-fits. Please send resume to 4808 Deanbrook Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920

Experienced Front Office Clerk for cabin rental com-pany. Must be able to work nights & weekends. Looking for a people per-son with strong selling ability. Must have neat appear-ance and good work ethics. Apply in person at Park-side Cabin Rent-als, 125 Dudley Creek Rd., Gat. Mon.-Thurs. 9a.m.-4p.m.

Cobbly Nob Rentals now hiring Front Desk Reservation-ist. Must have re-sume. Apply in person at 3722 E. Pkwy. Gat. Drug free workplace.

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Louise Mandrell

Submitted Report

PIGEON FORGE — On Thursday, Cherish the Child will welcome home Louise Mandrell with a benefit con-cert at Country Tonite Theater.

After seven years in her own theater, Mandrell moved back to Ashland City to be with her hus-band John, who suffers from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a serious immune deficiency; Trigeminal Neuralgia; and Morgellon’s disease. Mandrell moved to Sevier County so her daughter, Nicole, could attend

high school here. While Mandrell lived here, she

helped with local events that raised money to assist others.

Cherish the Child, the foundation that supports the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home, will present an evening with Mandrell as well as Aaron Wilburn, a regular with Bill Gaither and Joe Jenkins.

There are a limited number of VIP seats available for $50 that include a meet-and-greet with Mandrell after the 7 p.m. event. All other seats are reserved and can be purchased for

$25 by calling the Country Tonite box office at 453-2193.

In 1997, Mandrell decided to open her theater in Pigeon Forge (where The Miracle is now). The new ven-ture gave her the opportunity to per-form for thousands of fans nightly without a life on the road.

The Louise Mandrell Theater became one of the top attractions in the area, with a production featur-ing Broadway-style sets, elaborate costumes and special effects. During each two-hour performance, she sang, danced and played 13 different

musical instruments. As a resident of Pigeon Forge,

supported a wide range of charitable causes, including the United Way and the American Cancer Society. She also has been a longtime cham-pion of Boy Scouts of America, and for seven years, her Louise Mandrell Celebrity Shoot television specials raised more than $1 million for the program.

In 2005, she closed her theater and moved her home base back to Nashville in order to spend more time with her husband.

Louise Mandrell headlines benefit for Cherish the Child

Submitted Report

SEVIERVILLE — The Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union and Sevierville Chamber of Commerce are again giving young cooks a chance to compete for trophies and prizes during this year’s Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass event May 14 and 15.

The Credit Union Kids’ Que invites children ages 6-16 to form cook teams of up to five and compete in an evening cookoff on May 14 on the front lawn of the courthouse. Teams must register by May 4.

Entries are limited to the first 18 teams, and a sepa-rate application must be filled out for each child on each team. The registration fee is $25 per team and will include a small grill, char-coal and chicken thighs to cook for the competition.

Each team should bring cooking utensils (includ-ing tongs, aluminum foil, etc) and any spices, rubs or sauces to use. An adult must accompany each cook team.

The grills will be lit at 6 p.m. and a grilling safety session will be conduct-ed by the Sevierville Fire Department. After the 8 p.m. turn-in time, the chickens will be judged by Kansas City Barbeque Society certified judges. Awards will be presented at 9 p.m.

First prize is $50, second prize $25, and each child will receive a participation award.

Applications are avail-able online at BloominBBQ.com, at the Sevierville Chamber or the Credit Union branch on Middle Creek Road.

For more information, call 453-6411 or vist www.BloominBBQ.com.

Submitted Report

SEYMOUR — The Seymour Library hosts gaming programs for all ages.

The March gaming events include Teen Video Game Night on April 5 from 4-7 p.m.; and Family Video Game Night April 1 from 4-7 p.m.

For more information regarding the grant or the program schedule, e-mail Tony Krug to [email protected] or call 577-7511.

A grant by the Department of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library and Archives pro-vided games and gaming units for the library.

The grant was estab-lished to build community by providing access to peo-ple of all ages for under-served populations, in addition to raising aware-ness of library services.

Video gamingback at library

Childreninvited tobarbecuecookoff

“I can unlock great information with my finger”

The Mountain Press ◆ Sunday, March 28, 2010B12 ◆

12B Sunday

Tomorrow in Sevierville for a 3 Day Event!

Above: Re�nery representatives will be on hand starting Tuesday to purchase all gold, silver and platinum items, as well as coins. Public welcome!

Items we will accept include:

Scrap JewelryDental Gold

Sterling SilverwareSterling Silver Tea Sets

Silver DollarsAll Coins Dated before 1964

Industrial ScrapAll forms of Platinum

Got Coin? It might be just the time to cash in. This week starting Tuesday and continuing through Thursday the International Collectors Association in conjunction with the

will be purchasing all types of silver and gold coins direct from the public. All types are welcome and the event is free. Collectors will be on hand to identify and sort your coins. Then the quality or grade will be determined. The better the grade the more they are worth according to collectors I talked to. With the silver and gold markets high prices of older coins are too. Any coins minted before 1964 in the U.S. are 90% silver except nickels and pennies. The coins worth is determined by the rarity and the grade. Old silver dollars are worth a great premium right now even well worn heavy circulated ones are bringing good premiums. Franklin and Kennedy halves, Washing ton quarters, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes are all worth many times the face value. While older types like Seated Liberty, Standing Liberties, and Barber coins are worth even more. Gold coins are really worth a lot right now according to Brian Eades of the International Collectors Association. This country didn’t start minting coins until 1792 says Eades. Before that people would trade goods using gold dust and nuggets. Some shop keepers would take more gold than needed to pay for items purchased. There was no uniform

system of making change.

mints and began distributing the coins in 1792. By the beginning of the 19th century coins and paper currency were wide spread and our monetary system was here to stay. In 1933 Roosevelt required all banking institutions to turn in all gold coins. Once all banks turned in this gold the president raised the gold standard from $20.00 per ounce to $33.00 per ounce. This was his way of stimulating the economy during the great depression. However gold coins were never redistributed after the recall. Not all gold coins were turned in. Many folks during that time didn’t completely trust the government and choose to keep their gold. These gold coins are sought after collectors today and bring many times the face value. Any gold coins with the mint marks of CC, D or O will bring nice premiums. Collectors at the event will be glad to show you where to look. Other types of coins will also be purchase including foreign coins, Indian head cents, two cent pieces, half dimes, three cent pieces and buffalo nickels to name a few. Collectors warn people against trying to clean their coins as

the coins value lessened.

Up During Poor Economy.Collectors and Enthusiasts in Sevierville with $200,000 to Purchase Yours!By CHRISTINA BUTLERSTAFF WRITER

Below: Re�nery representatives will be on hand starting Tuesday to purchase all gold, silver and platinum items, as well as coins. Public welcome!

Hundreds of phone calls from local residents this week to

pour in inquiring about items to be purchased this week by the team of antique buyers that is on site with OVGSR. The team of buyers this week are purchasing a vast array of vintage items (see below) along with coins, gold jewelry, and

deals in. It is a Local shot in the arm for our economy. The spokesperson for the event expects to spend in excess of $2,000,000 this week at the Comfort Inn paying local residents on the spot. The spokesperson for the company explained that these collectors are paying collector price for vintage items. It’s a great way for people to get a great value for their items.

International antique buyers in town this week and ready to stimulate economy!By CHRISTINA BUTLERSTAFF WRITER

Vintage Guitars: Martin, Gibson, Fender, National, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Mandolins, Banjos and others. Pocket Watches: Hamilton, Illinois, Waltham, Patek Phillipe, Ball, Howard, South Bend, Elgin and othersWrist watches: Omega, Accutron, Longines, Hamilton, Breitling and many more. Old paper money: United States, Confederate States, Blanket Bills, $1000.00 bills and more. Antique Toys: Trains, Tin wind-ups, Mechanical Banks, Robots, Pressed Steel trucks, and many more. War Memorabilia: Swords, Bayonets, Helmets, German, Confederate, Union, USA, and others. Local records reveal to our research department that recent vintage guitar sold for $2400.00 and another for $12,000.00 to a collector that will be tied into the event this week via live database feed.

Been following the gold and silver market lately? Well if you have a jewelry box or lock box full of gold or a coffee can full of old coins you should be according to Ohio Valley

“The gold and silver markets have not been this strong for over 30 years” said Miller. Typically when the U.S.

gold and silver markets soar. “That’s good news if you are setting on a few gold necklaces or an old class ring” says Miller. Starting Tuesday at 9am through

here in Sevierville at the Comfort Inn. During their 3 day stay anyone can bring gold, silver or platinum items and turn them in for immediate

about everybody has some amount of gold or silver just lying around collecting dust and this week anybody

is reserved for larger wholesale customers like jewelry stores, pawn shops, and laboratories” says Miller. “We are changing how business is done” he explains “we want to do business with everybody so we took our business to the streets”. “Our teams visits various cities around the country hosting events to allow the general public to take advantage of our services. The turnout has been overwhelming” says Miller. “Usually each day is busier than the previous day. It seems once people come to us and sell something they are so amazed what an old ring or gold coin is worth they go home and start digging around for more and telling relatives, friends and neighbors. It’s like a feeding frenzy by the third day. People line up with everything from

sets to old coins. I think during this bad economy everybody can use extra money but most people say they are taking advantage of selling direct

prices we pay”. During this special event anyone is welcome to bring all types of gold,

and turn it in for instant payment. The types of items they will accept include all gold jewelry, gold coins, gold ounces, dental gold, old coins made before 1964 including Silver Dollars, halves, quarters and dimes, anything

sets, tea pots, silver bars, silver ounces and all industrial precious metals. What should you expect if you go to the event to sell your gold and/

and platinum in any form. If you are not sure if its gold or silver bring it in and they will test it for free. When you arrive at the event you will be asked to

By CHRISTINA BUTLERSTAFF WRITER

If you go:WHO: Ohio Valley Re�nery Reclamation Drive

WHAT: Open to public to sell gold and silver.

WHEN: March 30th - April 1st

WHERE: Comfort Inn 1850 Parkway Sevierville, TN 37862

TIMES: TUESDAY-THURSDAY 9:00am - 6:00pm

SHOW INFO: (217) 523-4225

will be issued a number. Seating will be available. When your number is called you will be escorted to a table where your items will be examined, tested and sorted. This only takes a few minutes using their expertise and specialized equipment. Items will be counted and/or weighed. The value of the items will be determined based on up to the minute market prices. Live feeds will be available at the event displaying current market prices of all precious metals. If you choose to sell your items they will be bagged and tagged and you will be escorted to the cashier to collect your payment. Waiting time to sell your items may range from just a few minutes to 1 hour so bring something to read. If you are the owner of a jewelry

dealer you are encouraged to call ahead to make an appointment with the smelt master to discuss their special dealer programs. They can

(865) 428-1069.

for business Tuesday from 9am-6pm and continues through Thursday. No appointment is needed.

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