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50 CENTS DAILY
Vol. 78 • No. 41
MONDAY
February 18, 2008
Good
Afternoon
Scott Adkins
Elizabethton
Highlights
Flu season
in full swing
Page 3
Sports
USDA recalls 143M
pounds of beef, some
used in TN schools
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds
of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat
to school lunch programs.
Officials said it was the largest beef recall in the United States, surpassing a 1999 ban of 35 million pounds of
ready-to-eat meats. No illnesses have been linked to the
newly recalled meat, and officials said the health threat
was likely small.
The recall will affect beef products dating to Feb. 1, 2006,
that came from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat
Co., the federal agency said.
About 30 school systems across Tennessee already had
been asked to hold off on serving the meat.
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said his department
has evidence that Westland did not routinely contact its
veterinarian when cattle became non-ambulatory after
passing inspection, violating health regulations.
“Because the cattle did not receive complete and proper
inspection, Food Safety and Inspection Service has determined them to be unfit for human food and the company is
conducting a recall,” Schafer said in a statement.
A phone message left for Westland president Steve
Mendell was not immediately returned.
Federal officials suspended operations at Westland/
Hallmark after an undercover Humane Society video surfaced showing crippled and sick animals being shoved
with forklifts.
Two former employees were charged Friday. Five felony counts of animal cruelty and three misdemeanors were
filed against a pen manager. Three misdemeanor counts
— illegal movement of a non-ambulatory animal — were
filed against an employee who worked under that manager. Both were fired.
Authorities said the video showed workers kicking,
shocking and otherwise abusing “downer” animals that
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New Habitat House groundbreaking
Ground has been broken on the newest Habitat for Humanity House in Elizabethton. The house
will be built at 146 Jack Bradley Road for the Doug Smith family. The volunteer coordinator is
Charles VonCannon, and individuals or groups interested in participating in the build should contact
VonCannon at (423) 612-1958 for information on schedule and needs. Individuals or groups wishing
to make donations to support this build should contact Lanelle Crockett at (423) 543-5452. Pictured
are the new owner, Doug Smith, left, and Al Bentz, site supervisor, at the groundbreaking.
Damaging tornadoes
reported in the South
Midwest struggles with ice story
Milligan
track earns
national marks
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Weather
Low tonight
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High tomorrow
Index
Editorials.................... 4
Obituaries...................... 5
Sports...........................6
Stock............................9
Classified................... 10
Weather.....................12
Obituaries
Clyde Buckles
Elizabethton
Georgia M. Hill
Hampton
Lestol “Sid” Hodge
Elizabethton
This summer, the Covered Bridge Celebration will come alive with a different sound, “Voice of
the Bridge.” Pictured looking at information about the event are Kelley Nacos, a member of the
Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce; Molly Campbell, Chamber Executive Director;
and Kayleen Martin, Chairman of the Covered Bridge Celebration.
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP)
— Rescue crews searched
door-to-door for people
trapped in wreckage after
a tornado crashed through
town, part of a wild weekend of weather that also
included rain, snow and
flooding in the Midwest.
No fatalities were immediately reported in Prattville, outside Montgomery, but two people were
critically injured, said Fire
Department official Dallis
Johnson.
Twenty-seven
people
had minor injuries, officials
said. About 200 homes were
damaged or destroyed. A
curfew began as darkness
fell Sunday.
A 35-bed mobile hospital
unit was set up outside a
Kmart to treat victims with
minor to moderate injuries
so that hospitals could take
those with serious injuries,
Dr. Steve Allen said.
Toppled utility poles and
storm debris littered the
area. Shelters opened at
churches, and school buses
shuttled storm victims out
of the stricken area to the
city center.
David Shoupe, 18, assistant manager at Palm
Beach Tan, said he and a
co-worker barely made it
into a laundry room before
the roof fell in and the wind
tossed shopping carts aloft.
“Soon as we turned the
corner, the roof collapsed
everywhere except the
laundry room,” Shoupe
said, standing beside his
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‘Voice of the Bridge’ to highlight
annual Covered Bridge Festival Families prepare to lay
NIU shooting victims to rest
By Greg Miller
Star Staff
[email protected]
This summer, the Covered Bridge Celebration
will come alive with a different sound, “Voice of the
Bridge.”
“‘The Voice of the Bridge’
is a competition to search
for a local musical talent
soloist...,”
Elizabethton/
Carter County Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director Molly Campbell said
Friday.
Preliminary tryouts for
the competition will be held
at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport on April 12,
April 26 and May 10. Judges
will include Grindstaff Automotive’s Kelly Nacos, a
member of the Chamber’s
Covered Bridge Committee; Rick Walkers, Horace
Mann Insurance; and a
third judge who will remain
unnamed.
“We’re really excited, because it’s going to maintain
the traditional theme of the
Covered Bridge musical entertainment, yet add a new
twist, bringing in local talent to enhance our community and to bring out those
talented people that should
go and try out for ‘American Idol,’” Campbell said.
“I’m very excited about
it,” Nacos said. “I think the
community of Elizabethton
will enjoy it immensely.”
One night of the tryouts
will be filmed, and Campbell hopes that the film can
be shown at some point
during the Covered Bridge
Celebration. “We are opening the doors for the tryouts
to the public, so the public
can come and watch people
try out if they want to,” she
said.
Campbell said, “What
we’re hoping to do by the
end of the celebration is to
name the finalist who we
hope to send to the ‘American Idol’ competition.”
Contestants must select a
song to go along with the
particular style of music being sung at the bridge each
night.
“We’d love to have the
‘Voice of the Bridge’ winner be one of the 12 finalists
for next year’s ‘American
Idol,’” said Kayleen Martin,
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CICERO, Ill. (AP) — Catalina Garcia, the youngest of
four children, was studying to be a teacher. Now, her family
is preparing to lay her to rest.
Garcia, 20, was one of five young people slain last week at
Northern Illinois University by a gunman whose girlfriend
said he recently stopped taking his antidepressants.
At a memorial service for Garcia on Sunday, hundreds
of friends, family and well wishers filled a suburban Chicago funeral home to pay their respects. One young woman
wore a homemade, pink and white T-shirt that read, “R.I.P.
Cathy.”
“It’s like the all-American dream cut short,” said her
brother, Jaime Garcia.
Her funeral was set for today.
The tragedy hung over Sunday church services throughout the region, from the university’s home in DeKalb on
Chicago’s western exurban edge, to Elk Grove Village,
where the gunman grew up, to blue-collar Cicero bordering Chicago.
Investigators still haven’t determined what set off
27-year-old shooter Steven Kazmierczak, who opened fire
during a science lecture with a shotgun and pistols, then
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Foreclosures rise as share of home sales
Briefs
Snake thief extradited
from Indiana to Tri-Cities
KINGSPORT (AP) — A man suspected of stealing snakes
from a Kingsport pet store will be extradited from Indiana
back to the Tri-Cities.
Police in Jeffersonville, Ind., arrested Ricky Reinhardt
on Wednesday.
Kingsport police say he robbed the Pet Cove store on
east Center Street last month and took more than just
money.
A store clerk told police Reinhardt handcuffed her to the
toilet, robbed the cash register and ran off with more than
a dozen snakes.
Police did not release any information on the missing
snakes.
Bylaws change would allow
UT president to fire chancellors
NASHVILLE (AP) — University of Tennessee President
John Petersen would have the authority to fire chancellors
under proposed changes to the school’s bylaws.
The amendments were to be discussed Friday in Nashville during a meeting of the trusteeship committee of the
UT Board of Trustees.
If approved, the full board will take a final vote at its
winter meeting March 11-12 in Chattanooga.
The decision would come two months after former UTKnoxville Chancellor Loren Crabtree left the school amid
disagreements with Petersen over control of the campus.
Trusteeship committee members say the changes have
been discussed since early last year and are not a result of
Crabtree’s departure.
Officials say two teens
die from flu complications
MEMPHIS (AP) — Health officials say two Memphisarea teenagers have died recently from complications from
the flu.
The teenagers from Shelby and DeSoto counties were
hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center
with bacterial pneumonia, a flu complication.
The hospital’s chief of pediatric infectious disease Dr.
Keith English said one teen died on Jan. 22, the other on
Feb. 1. A third patient remained hospitalized Friday due to
flu complications.
While pneumonia was the likely cause of death, “Both
of these teenagers would still be alive today if they hadn’t
gotten the flu,” English said.
Flu plays a role in about 36,000 U.S. deaths annually and
90 percent are age 65 and older.
But health officials say there’s no reason to believe children or teenagers are at a greater risk this year.
English said patients can develop pneumonia just as
they appear to be recovering from a relatively mild flu,
such as in the case of the 14-year-old Shelby County resident who died in January.
But pneumonia developed within hours of flu being diagnosed in the 13-year-old DeSoto County resident who
died this month, he said.
Federal health officials characterized flu activity as
widespread in 44 states, including Tennessee, during the
first week in February.
Dr. Kelly L. Moore, medical director of the Tennessee
health department’s immunization program, said the virus
can continue circulating in a community for another three
to five weeks.
Topless club owner
sentenced to 18 months
MEMPHIS (AP) — A longtime figure in Memphis’ topless nightclub industry has been sentenced to 18 months
in federal prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Ralph Lunati was sentenced Friday on a guilty plea to conspiring to promote
prostitution.
Charges against Lunati said he benefited financially
from acts of prostitution by dancers in his clubs.
Lunati also was forced to forfeit more than $220,000
seized from nightclubs in which he owned interests. He
also was required to give up his financial interests in those
clubs.
A two-year investigation led to indictments against
more than 70 dancers and other employees. Most of those
charges have been settled.
Winkler wants to know how
trust fund is being spent
HUNTINGDON (AP) — Mary Winkler’s attorneys tried
Friday to find out how money in a trust fund set up for her
three daughters is being spent.
Attorneys made their efforts during a hearing to review
motions in Winkler’s custody case for the children.
Winkler was convicted of voluntary manslaughter last
April in the shooting death of her husband, Church of
Christ minister Matthew Winkler, at their residence in Selmer in March 2006.
She was sentenced to three years in prison but is free on
probation. Winkler is fighting for custody of the couple’s
three young daughters from his parents, Dan and Diane
Winkler of Huntingdon, who now have custody.
A friend of Matthew Winkler’s family set up the trust
fund just days after the shooting.
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
A growing share of home
sales are from foreclosures,
especially in states hardest
hit by the housing bust. In
some parts of California lately, nearly 50 percent of home
sales come from foreclosed
houses.
The trend, which is putting additional downward
pressure on home prices, is
most notable there and in
Nevada, Colorado, Tennessee and Michigan, but is also
evident in Ohio, Georgia,
Florida and Arizona, according to an Associated Press
comparison of 2007 sales and
foreclosure data. In Nevada,
for example, 17.5 percent of
home sales were from foreclosures, more than quadruple the number in 2006.
The growing proportion of foreclosure sales is
both a symptom and cause
of worsening conditions in
the weakest housing markets, real estate experts say.
Homeowners who aren’t on
a deadline to sell are yanking their properties off the
market, and this means the
remaining inventory is increasingly held by banks
eager to unload foreclosed
properties at fire-sale prices
rather than carry the costs on
their books.
Property values and local
tax revenues are suffering as
a result, consumer advocates
say, especially in neighborhoods with lots of minority
residents for whom lending
standards were weakest.
“There is a real complacency, or an under-appreciation of how bad this is,” said
Ramsey Su, an investor and
former real estate broker in
San Diego who regularly
combs through the local sales
database to asses the impact
of foreclosure sales.
Reacting to such concerns,
the Bush Administration
and lenders including Bank
of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. unveiled a plan
Tuesday to give seriously delinquent borrowers a 30-day
break from foreclosure while
lenders try to work out a way
to make the mortgage more
affordable.
The AP’s foreclosure analysis compared the annual
rate of existing home sales
in the third quarter of 2007
— the most recent quarter
available from the National
Association of Realtors —
with state-by-state foreclosure sales data provided by
RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine, Calif. The analysis found:
—In Colorado, foreclosure sales accounted for 15.6
percent of home sales in
2007, up from 10 percent in
2006.
— In California, the number jumped to 11.3 percent
from 3.7 percent.
—In Tennessee, it rose
to 10.6 percent from 5.2
percent, and in Michigan it
climbed to 9.3 percent from
4.9 percent.
—Nationwide, foreclosure sales grew to 4.7 percent of existing home sales,
up from 3.3 percent in 2006.
Photo By Larry N. Souders
Despite a downturn in the economy and a slumping housing market nationwide, the real estate
market in the Elizabethton area is good according to local realtors. Also, there continues to be a
demand for housing. Work continues on the new Townview apartment complex located on South
Sycamore Street. Crews have poured the foundation and layed plumbing for the first four buildings
in the complex.
The analysis underscores
that the housing bust is
having the most severe impact in areas where lending
standards were the loosest,
or where the economy is especially weak. In 18 states —
including places as diverse
as Maine, New Mexico and
Kansas — foreclosure sales
made up less than 2 percent
of total sales.
Lax lending standards,
which were especially prevalent in formerly booming
housing markets in California and Nevada, allowed
borrowers to buy far more
expensive houses than they
could afford during the
boom years, and now defaults are surging. Highly
discounted foreclosure sales
also can make it tougher
for borrowers to refinance
into more affordable loans
if their property value falls,
which could lead to more
foreclosures and lengthen
the housing crisis.
Thomas Blanchard, who
sells bank-owned properties
in Las Vegas, said the trend
has accelerated the past two
months, and he estimates
that 60 percent of properties
on the market there are in
foreclosure.
“The only people that
you have in our market here
in Las Vegas are the people
that have to sell,” Blanchard
said.
The same is true in parts
of California. In December,
46 percent of homes sold in
the Sacramento area and
31 percent in the San Diego area had gone through
foreclosure, up dramatically
from about 4 percent a year
earlier, according to San Diego-based DataQuick Information Systems, a real estate
information firm.
Banks, faced with the
mounting costs of holding
properties, are cutting prices. The average price of a
foreclosure sale nationwide
dropped about $1,000 last
year to about $226,000, ac-
cording to RealtyTrac.
While foreclosure sales
are bad news for homeowners in neighborhoods with
high foreclosure rates, they
are a boon for well-financed
buyers looking for properties at bargain prices. And
in broad terms, economists
view them as part of getting
back to more realistic prices
after years of excess.
Alejandro
Diaz-Bazan,
who sells foreclosed properties in Miami, said banks
seeking to unload foreclosed
properties are looking for
buyers that can close deals
quickly, and therefore need to
have a hefty down payment.
This month, Diaz-Bazan said
a European client bought two
foreclosed condominiums as
an investment.
“The bank really is out
to move them, to liquidate
them,” Diaz-Bazan said. Despite the downward pressure
on prices, he said, “property
prices in Miami have not
dropped enough” for the
market to rebound.
More than half of houses
sold in San Diego last month
were either bank-owned
properties or “short-sales”
in which a lender agrees to
accept less than the value
of the mortgage to avoid a
Loretta Bowers will be featured
at Johnson City Symphony Concert
The Johnson City Symphony Orchestra will be
joined by singers Loretta
Bowers, Lisa Messimer,
Ed Herbert and Susan and
Mike Imboden for a gala
evening at the Johnson City
Country Club on Saturday,
Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. In addition
to the evening of selections
by George Gershwin, there
will be both a silent and a
live auction.
Items for the live auction
will include two tickets and
round trip helicopter transportation from the Edwards
Lawmakers considering
tax-free weekend change
NASHVILLE (AP) — Some state lawmakers are considering changing the
dates for the upcoming tax-free shopping weekend after complaints from
shoppers and religious leaders that it
falls on Easter.
The tax-free spree got attached to
Easter weekend March 21-23 as an
amendment to a hotly debated bill in
the Legislature in June.
Some legislators said they didn’t realize Easter fell so early this year. The
media has reported the tax-free weekend being on Easter since last year.
State Sen. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville,
is among those hoping to push the dates
back a month to April 25-27.
“I thought it was a mistake that we
made, and it was an inadvertent mistake,”
he said. “The state of Tennessee doesn’t
set the Easter holiday, and it’s not a specific date like Christmas is every year.”
Tax-free weekends let buyers shop
without paying local and state sales taxes for three days in spring and fall.
The perk has saved Tennessee residents as much as $15 million each of the
three holidays since August 2006, ac-
foreclosure, according to Su,
the investor. That number
was up dramatically from 26
percent in August, according to calculations Su made
by combing through the San
Diego real estate listings database.
In an effort to get a handle
on the scope of the problem,
the National Association of
Realtors is conducting an
informal survey of the issue
and is planning to release
findings later this month,
spokesman Walter Molony
said.
Experts emphasize that
the available data paints an
incomplete picture. That’s
because the Realtors group
doesn’t count all foreclosure
sales because many foreclosures are sold through auctions and are not listed on the
regional databases where the
trade group gets its data. The
Realtors group is scheduled
to release its fourth-quarter
state-by-state update on
home sales Thursday.
RealtyTrac’s foreclosure
records come from about
two-thirds of U.S. counties
and cities. The company says
it counts foreclosure sales by
matching up property sales
records with its foreclosure
database.
cording to estimates from the state Revenue Department.
Diann Houston, owner of a women’s
apparel store in Antioch, acknowledges
tax-free holiday weekends have boosted
her store’s sales by 15 percent the last
two years, but “my family is more important to me on that day.”
Rick Musacchio, a spokesman for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville,
said having the tax-free weekend on
Easter is simply inappropriate.
“An encouragement to shop (during
that weekend) is an intrusion on a focus
on our faith, on our families and church
communities,” he said.
Retail experts say one overriding reason to change the dates is because many
people just don’t shop on Easter.
“I would change the date because being on Easter is a retail disaster waiting
to happen,” said Britt Beemer, chairman
of Charleston, S.C.-based America’s Research Group. “It’s a weekend where
consumers love to spend time with their
family, and the most popular thing on
Easter is eating out versus shopping.
You couldn’t pick a worse weekend.”
and Associates facility in
Piney Flats to the Food City
March Race at the Bristol
Motor Speedway. There
is also a Rose Bowl parade
package (airfare, hotel and
grandstand reserved seating for the parade). Among
the items for the silent auction are various pieces of
art, performance tickets,
restaurant gift certificates,
and décor and entertaining
items. Artist Nancy Jane
Earnest will be drawing
portrait sketches all evening. Heavy hors de oeuvres will be served along
with a cash bar.
The orchestra will play
”Crazy for You” as the
overture and “An American in Paris Suite” later in
the evening. Messimer will
sing the touching “Summertime” from Gershwin’s
Porgy and Bess, and Bowers will entertain the audience with “I Got Plenty of
Nuttin’” also from Porgy
and Bess. Susan Imboden
will sing “Love Walked
In” and be joined by Mike
for “Someone to Watch
Over Me” and “Embraceable You.” Mike Imboden
will “get down” with “I Got
Rhythm” and “Nice Work
if You Can Get It.” Among
Bowers’ other selections
will be “How Long Has This
Been Goin’ On.” Ed Herbert’s singing “Slap That
Bass” and “By Strauss” will
round out the selections.
The Gala is the one
fundraiser for the Johnson
City Symphony Orchestra.
Leanne Shaver and Margot Humby are committee
chairs for the event. Cherokee Distributing Company
is the sponsor. Tickets are
$60 and can be purchased by
calling the symphony office
at 926-8742 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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U.S. flu season getting worse
Vaccine only protects against 40 percent of circulating bugs
ATLANTA (AP) — The flu season
is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it’s partly because the flu
vaccine doesn’t protect against most
of the spreading flu bugs.
The flu shot is a good match for
only about 40 percent of this year’s
flu viruses, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The situation has even deteriorated since last week when the CDC said
the vaccine was protective against
roughly half the circulating strains.
In good years, the vaccine can fend
off 70 to 90 percent of flu bugs.
Infections from an unexpected
strain have been booming, and now
are the main agent behind most of
the nation’s lab-confirmed flu cases,
said Dr. Joe Bresee, the CDC’s chief
of influenza epidemiology.
It’s too soon to know whether this
will prove to be a bad flu season overall, but it’s fair to say a lot of people
are suffering at the moment. “Every
area of the country is experiencing
lots of flu right now,” Bresee said.
This week, 44 states reported
widespread flu activity, up from 31
last week. The number of children
who have died from the flu has risen
to 10 since the flu season’s official
Sept. 30 start.
Those numbers aren’t considered
alarming. Early February is the time
of year when flu cases tend to peak.
The 10 pediatric deaths, though tragic, are about the same number as was
reported at this time in the last two
flu seasons, Bresee said.
The biggest surprise has been how
poorly the vaccine has performed.
Each winter, experts try to predict
which strains of flu will circulate so
they can develop an appropriate vaccine for the following season. They
choose three strains — two from the
Type A family of influenza, and one
from Type B.
Usually, the guesswork is pretty
good: The vaccines have been a good
match in 16 of the last 19 flu seasons,
Bresee has said.
But the vaccine’s Type B component turned out not to be a good
match for the B virus that has been
most common this winter. And one
of the Type A components turned
out to be poorly suited for the Type A
H3N2/Brisbane-like strain that now
accounts for the largest portion of
lab-confirmed cases.
Over the years, the H3N2 flu has
tended to cause more deaths, Bresee
said.
This week, the World Health Organization took the unusual step of
recommending that next season’s flu
vaccine have a completely different
makeup from this year’s. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration is expected to make its decision about the
U.S. vaccine next week.
H3N2 strains are treatable by
Tamiflu and other antiviral drugs,
but the other, H1N1 Type A strains,
are more resistant. Of all flu samples
tested this year, 4.6 percent have
been resistant to antiviral medications. That’s up from fewer than 1
percent last year.
“This represents a real increase in
resistance,” Bresee said.
Dear Abby
Romantic feelings cloud
best friends’ relationship
DEAR ABBY: I’m an
18-year-old girl. Romantic
relationships have never
meant much to me. It’s
fun to have someone to go
to art galleries and coffee
shops with, and to make out
with in my car, but I don’t
have a need to tie myself
down. I have
had a lot of
nice “flings”
during high
school,
but
it was high
school, and
it’s time to
move on.
My
best
friend of 11
years, “Mick,” happens to
be a boy. We decided in
middle school that our relationship would be strictly
platonic. Last night, Mick
kissed me and told me he is
in love with me. I don’t feel
the same. I’m not physically
attracted to him. I tried to be
nice and told Mick it would
ruin our friendship, but he
disagrees.
With any other guy, rejection is easy. But this is my
best friend. Mick has low
self-esteem when it comes
to girls. If I say I’m not attracted to him, it’ll hurt his
feelings.
I feel stuck and angry. I
told Mick the truth about
how I felt a long time ago.
Do I have to be mean to get
my point across? Here’s
how I honestly feel: I love
hanging out with him, but I
find him repulsive-looking,
and if he kisses me again
he’s getting slapped. I’ve
never been mad at him
before. Can you please
help me? — “ASHLEY” IN
CLEVELAND
DEAR “ASHLEY”: According to the letters I have
received from men, most
would prefer to be told
the truth rather than be
left hoping and dangling.
You and Mick have differPhoto by Eveleigh Hatfield ent objectives. He wants
romance; you want only
friendship. It’s time for you
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It isn’t necessary to tell
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Mick
that he’s “repulsive”
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or
that
the next time he
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makes a move on you, you’ll
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deck him. However, the
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best friend — but nothing
more — and the “chemistry” isn’t there for you, the
better off you’ll both be.
Believe me, it’s a lot kinder
than stringing him along
for company.
—————
DEAR ABBY: Please let
me know the appropriate
way to inform my family
and friends that my wedding has been canceled.
How many details do I have
Unaka Achiever Card recipients
to provide? What if my fiance, who is a publicist, has
posted a lengthy and onesided account of what has
happened? — FORMER
BRIDE-TO-BE
DEAR FORMER BRIDETO-BE: You do not have to
provide any painful details
to anyone. Write a short
note to your family and
friends. All you need to say
is “Dear ( ), This is to inform you that ‘John’s’ and
my wedding has been canceled. Condolences are not
in order — it was by mutual
consent. Love, ( )”
If your former fiance has
actually had the bad taste
to post an account of why
the wedding is off, I cannot
stress emphatically enough
that he’s no gentleman,
and you’re lucky to be rid
of him. Do not sink to his
level.
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DEAR ABBY: There
seems to be an awful lot
of women exposing themselves on the Internet in
graphic sexual fashion. My
wife says that men degrade
themselves by looking at
them.
My question to you is,
what is more degrading?
Looking at them, or women
exposing themselves? —
WONDERING IN PUYALLUP, WASH.
DEAR WONDERING:
For a woman to post graphic sexual images for people
she doesn’t know to view
strikes me as more degrading because it indicates that
she thinks she has little else
to offer.
However, for a married
man to view those images
could also be considered degrading — and threatening
— to his wife. Many women
have written to me because
their husbands spend more
time looking at porn on the
Internet than having a sex
life in their own bedroom.
In other words, the practice
became an addiction.
—————
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Write Dear Abby at www.
DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles, CA
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Good advice for everyone
— teens to seniors — is in
“The Anger in All of Us and
How to Deal With It.” To
order, send a business-size,
self-addressed
envelope,
plus check or money order
for $6 (U.S. funds only) to:
Dear Abby, Anger Booklet,
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is included.
MTSU notifies 1,500 students
of possible identity theft
MURFREESBORO (AP) — Middle Tennessee State
University says personal information of more than 1,500
students may have been stolen from a laptop.
University spokesman Tom Tozer says a professor left
a laptop computer containing names and Social Security
numbers unattended in the journalism school about two
weeks ago, and an unknown person is believed to have
used the machine to send spam e-mails.
The university sent out letters to past and present stuPhoto by Eveleigh Hatfield
dents this week to notify them as a precaution that their
personal information may have been stolen. Tozer says the
Unaka Elementary students, who received Goal Cards for making all A’s the second nine weeks grading period included Taylor Baird, university has no evidence that the file was accessed.
Officials urged students to place a fraud alert on their
Savannah Estep, Jordan Gonzalez, Britney Hodge, Cody Lowe, Erika Potter, Abby Shackelford, Jacob Bowers, Hannah Buckles, Davy
Ensor, Morgan Mann, Kennedy Morelock, Madison Pierce, Jacob Stout, Bredgitte Clawson, Amber Clay, Kimmie Day, Madison Ensor, credit report and gave information about a free service
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Danuser, Jessee Richardson, Michael Williams, Andy Johnson, Joe Oliver, Landon Schutt, Kayla Carrier, Caitlin Campbell, Anthony
Johnson, Courtney McCoury, Madison Weaver, Brandi Ensor, Jamie Morley, Megan Dula, Tyler Hatfield, Benjamin Jones, Weston
Colbaugh, Donavan Dykes, Ashley Farmer, Ethan Sturgill, Kameron Elsea, and Jessica Lunceford.
Unaka Goal Card winners
No sweets or butter for New York City inmates
NEW YORK (AP) —
Spending time behind bars in
New York City might turn out
to be good for your health.
The overhauled menu at
the city’s jails includes no
sweets, no butter and only
skim milk. The Department
of Corrections wants healthy
alternatives to traditional jailhouse grub.
A breakfast might include
fresh fruit, whole wheat
bread and wheat flakes. A
sample dinner: pepper steak,
rice and steamed carrots.
“These people are in our
custody, and they don’t get
to make their own choices,”
said Department of Correction Commissioner Martin
Horn. “We have a moral obligation to make sound choices
for them.”
That means unsweetened
muffins, which are expected
to replace the wickedly sweet
ones for the roughly 14,000
inmates in the jail system.
“We have no choice but
to eat what they give us. It’s
bland — so I guess that’s
healthy,” said Christopher
Alberici, a 40-year-old inmate.
The healthier menu costs
the city as much as the previous one, which had included
white bread and sweetened
drinks, Horn said, adding
that it may cost the city less in
the long run.
“The cost of an inmate
having a stroke or going into
diabetic shock is far greater
than keeping people healthy
to the extent we can,” Horn
said.
Opinion
Notable numbers from the past week
Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake:
7,885 — the number of Hispanic babies
born in Tennessee last year — up 55.5 percent from 2000.
175 — the number of farms in Macon County affected by tornadoes earlier this month.
Farm damage estimated at $29 million.
141 — The number of government programs that President Bush said he had
wanted to trim or eliminate in fiscal 2008.
16 — The number of programs that
actually were eliminated. Thirteen were
trimmed.
34 — The current health ranking of Carter County out of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
$500 to $700 — the per capita debt of
Carter County citizens to finance a new jail
and other capital improvement projects.
51 — The number of applications re-
ceived for Elizabethton City Manager.
65.3 — The percentage of Carter Countians overweight or obese.
68.3 — The percentage of Carter Countians who did not receive flu shots this
winter.
51.7 — The number of teen births per
1000 in Carter County.
8,077 — The number of youth committed to state custody in Tennessee in 2005.
374,822 — The number of Tennessee
children who participate in the free, reduced school lunch program.
934 — The number of pre-K classrooms
in Tennessee.
650 — The number of people who have
died in Afghanistan as a result of brutal
weather this winter.
3,691 — The number of U.S. military
deaths in Iraq as of Feb. 15.
Readers Forum
Talk ain’t cheap says reader
Editor:
The old saying “talk is
cheap” just ain’t so!
Our community is under a court order to build
a new jail to resolve the
overcrowding
problem.
How much longer will our
foot-dragging, indecisive
politicians continue their
charade of compliance with
this mandate? What are
they waiting for — the price
of construction to go down?
Maybe they would like to
be the first to take up residence in one of the new cells
of the fancy “million-dollar
drawings” jail for contempt
of court. Now wouldn’t that
be poetic justice!
The
argument
over
building a countywide water system baffles me. Are
we not suffering through
a drought with many area
springs drying up? What
planet are these politicians
living on? Clean drinking
water is more precious than
all the oil in the Middle
East. Ask the people of Jordan where I have worked
as an archaeologist. Rarely
did we have two days in a
row of running water. And
we certainly did not drink
the water from the tap for
fear of what type of bug we
might catch. Is that the type
The Bradley Effect?
of water system we want?
Build a cheaper jail first.
The gold-plated jail plans can
wait for another day. Next,
build a shared countywide
water system that we can all
participate in evenly without
any special deals. Our politicians have talked the jail
and water system to death.
Their talk has not saved us a
dime. When will they learn
that talk is only cheap when
you are sitting in the rocking
chair of retirement? Maybe
it is time some of our politicians start rocking!
John Wade
Elizabethton
Reader replies to Chambers letter on Saudis
Editor:
I would like to submit a response to Mr. Chambers’
letter to the editor in the
Wednesday, Feb. 13 edition
of the STAR.
“I would like to reply
to Mr. Chambers letter
concerning Saudi Arabia. First, Mr. Chambers,
I wholeheartedly agree
with what you said 100
percent. With friends
like these, who needs enemies? But you only mentioned a bond with former
president Clinton. There
was an even stronger
bond with the first president Bush, of course, that
was to be expected, seeing
how he was an oil man. A
stronger bond I believe
exists with the current
president Bush, also an
oil man, along with vice-
president Cheney.
Seems I remember
when current president
Bush was the owner of
the major league baseball team or shortly
thereafter, was in great
financial difficulty. His
father, either because he
wasn’t able financially,
or just chose not to do so,
refused to bail him out of
the mess. Guess who did?
The Royal Saudi Family!!! Let’s all remember
the footage of W. holding hands with the Saudi
prince, and walking him
around the rose garden,
but in all fairness, the
holding hands thing is I
suppose a custom, and
should only be taken as
such. But Bush embraced
him with the red carpet
treatment.
And, let’s not forget,
that immediately after the
attacks of 9-11, that when
all other air traffic was
grounded the only planes
other than military that
were flying were hurriedly whisking back to their
Muslim countries, members of Bin Laden’s family, and correct me if I’m
wrong, prominent members of the Saudi Royal
family, and friends.
Like I said, I agree
with you 100 percent
on your previous statements. You just singled
out Clinton, and a minor
“bond” as compared to
a major bond with past
president Bush, current Bush, and Cheney.
Lewis Heaton
Elizabethton
Reader perturbed by lack of action
Editor:
“If Moses had been a committee, the Israelites would
still be in Egypt.” This old
quote aptly applies to the
Carter County Commission
and its Jail Task Force and
Budget Committees. The
former cannot make decisions about anything, it appears. The latter seems bent
on keeping the sheriff from
being able to do his job.
The first thing all should
have been concerned about
(several years ago, now) was
the location. The jail needs
to be moved out of the current location and into the
county. Has no one heard
of closed-circuit television
being used to transmit prisoners’ pleas to a court?
We finally have a terrific,
knowledgeable sheriff, but
the Good Ol’ Boy network
appears to be stifling his efforts, despite the fact he is
the only person out there
who seems to have any
common sense or be interested in saving the taxpayers money.
If the commission cannot
get off their duffs and make
some sensible decisions,
perhaps it is time to think
about a recall or replacement of the whole group.
Lavinia Milligan Sala
Elizabethton
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
Which Democrat really won
Super Tuesday? Thanks to
the Democratic Party’s proportional representation,
it is not easy to say a week
later. Sen. Hillary Clinton
and Sen. Barack Obama ran
a virtual dead heat for delegates that day in 22 states
clearly stacked in Obama’s
favor. But the way Obama
lost California raises the
specter of the dreaded
Bradley Effect.
Los Angeles Mayor Tom
Bradley, an African-American Democrat, in 1982 unexpectedly lost his candidacy
for governor of California.
His defeat followed voters
telling pollsters they prefer a black candidate and
then voting the other way.
In California’s primary last
Tuesday, Obama lost by
a landslide 10 percentage
points after a late survey
showed him ahead by 13
points and other polls gave
him a smaller lead.
Was
this
presumed
20-point reversal caused by
the Bradley Effect, which
has worried Democratic
leaders about Obama since
he became an obstacle to
Hillary Clinton’s majestic
procession to the Oval Office? It is much too early
for that conclusion, but the
subject is in the minds and
private comments of Democratic politicians pondering
the stalemate for the party’s
presidential nomination.
Other than an alarming racial gap separating
supporters of the two candidates, Obama escaped
from Super Tuesday without obvious damage. Clinton’s capture of California,
New York and New Jersey gave her the big states
contested that day except
for Obama’s home state
of Illinois and, under Republican winner-take-all
rules, would have put her
on the way to the nomina-
tion. Instead, Obama got
only a 13-delegate edge out
of 1,681 delegates at stake
Tuesday.
That is bad news for
Clinton, who now faces a
temporary drought. The
next three weeks belong to
Obama, with nearly all 11
delegations
to be selected
in his favor,
culminating
in Wisconsin on Feb.
19. Clinton’s
strategists
spread
the
word not to
Robert
worry
beNovak
cause of Texas and Ohio,
two big states presumably favorable to Clinton,
on March 4. With its large
Hispanic vote, Texas looks
good for Clinton, and Ohio
less certain.
But proportional representation rears its head.
Obama strategists privately
concede probable defeat in
those two big states but losing their delegate competition by only 174 to 160, a
pitifully small margin of 14.
The Obama team’s calculation after all the primaries
shows Obama with 1,647
delegates and Clinton 1,580
— both short of 2,025 needed for nomination. (This
confidential
information
was accidentally e-mailed
to Bloomberg News, which
published it.) The issue
could be settled by unelected, unpledged super-delegates, or a credentials fight
over Florida and Michigan,
who were stripped of delegates for scheduling their
primaries too early.
Going into a convention
with the nominee unknown
for the first time since 1952
upsets Democratic insiders not merely because of
the uncertainty. Splitting
the party along ethnic and
racial lines is troubling —
especially in California,
where massive Latino support for Clinton cancelled
Obama’s black base.
However, disbelief in
racial prejudice by their
voters leads Democrats to
reject speculation that they
lied to pollsters in claiming to support Obama. The
Zogby poll showing a big
Obama lead in California
and the Suffolk and Rasmussen surveys indicating
a slight edge, it is argued,
were just plain wrong. It is
also claimed that the state’s
final tally was skewed by an
unexpectedly low AfricanAmerican vote.
But early evening Tuesday briefings on exit polls,
the product of nonpartisan
technicians, cautioned the
listeners not to be carried
away by favorable Obama
numbers around the country because his actual performance often is overstated by exit polls. (Indeed,
contrary to early exit poll
signals of an Obama upset
in New Jersey, Clinton carried the state comfortably.)
No explanation was given
for this aberration, but
many listeners presumed it
was the Bradley Effect.
As much as the Democratic stalemate delights the
news media, worried party
leaders still hope that Clinton or Obama will break
away in the popular vote
before the party convenes
in Denver late in August,
even if neither achieves a
majority of delegates.
Howard Dean, who was
elected chairman of the
Democratic National Committee after the 2004 elections in a rare manifestation
of internal party democracy,
let it be known he would be
happy to mediate with the
two candidates and pick a
nominee in March or April.
It was occasion for laughter in both the Clinton and
Obama camps.
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Obituaries
Lestol “Sid” Hodge
Lestol “Sid” Hodge,
85, 406 W. Riverside Drive,
Elizabethton,
passed away
Saturday, February
16,
2008, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center,
Mountain Home, following
a brief illness.
A native of Carter County,
he was a son of the late F.M.
and Virgie Smith Hodge.
Sid had retired as a parts
clerk for TN Motor Company. He was a World War II
veteran, having served his
country with the U.S. Marine Corps, and was a member of the Captain Lynn H.
Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166.
Sid was also an avid
sports fan. He enjoyed the
Elizabethton Twins baseball games, UNC Tarheel
basketball games, and had
worked in the press box
for the Elizabethton High
School football games for
many years. He was a semipro baseball player during
the 40’s and 50’s.
Mr. Hodge was a faithful
member of First Christian
Church of Elizabethton.
In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by
two sisters and two brothers.
Survivors
include
his wife, Eula Mae Potter Hodge, of the home; a
daughter and son-in-law,
Teresa and Orris Densford
of Elizabethton; and a very
special granddaughter that
he greatly adored, Anna
Marie Densford, also of
Elizabethton. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for
Mr. Hodge will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday,
February 19, in the Sunset
Chapel of Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home with Mr.
Brent Nidiffer, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Gene
Estep, organist. The family
will receive friends in the
funeral home chapel from
2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, prior
to the service. Interment
will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active
pallbearers will be selected
from his nephews, greatnephews and his friends.
Honorary pallbearers will
be the Men’s Class at First
Christian Church. In lieu of
flowers, those wishing may
make memorial contributions in Sid’s honor to the
“Kid’s For Christ” Program
at First Christian Church,
513 Hattie Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online
condolences may be sent
to the family by signing the
guestbook at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements for the
Hodge family have been
entrusted to HathawayPercy Funeral Home.
Georgia M. Hill
Georgia Marie Hill, 86,
Ivy Hall Nursing Home,
formerly of 904 Rittertown
Road, Hampton, died Sunday, February 17, 2008, at
Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of
the late Jennie Simerly.
Mrs. Hill was a retired
employee of Mays Brother
Tool Company. She attended Fork Mountain Free Will
Baptist Church.
In addition to her mother,
she was preceded in death
by her husband, Robert
Hill, and two sisters, Ruth
Teague and Belle Hyder.
Survivors include two
daughters, Margaret and
Louis Deloach, Elizabethton,
and Sue and Freddie Smith,
Jonesborough; one grandson and his wife, Shane and
Selena Smith, Omaha, Neb.;
two
great-grandchildren,
Shana and Sloane; and two
sisters, Lois Hill, Elizabethton, and Joyce Ramsey,
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Graveside services for
Mrs. Hill will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February
19, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with the Rev. Doug
Ranshaw and Mr. Bret Jones,
minister, officiating. Interment will follow the service.
Active pallbearers, who are
requested to assemble at
the funeral home at 1:30
p.m. Tuesday, will be Earl
Chambers, Bill Street, Mark
Berry, Doyle Coleman, Paul
Smith and Adam Berry. The
family would like to express
a special “Thank You” to
the Ivy Hall Nursing Home
Staff, 3rd Floor Nurses and
Staff and the Hospice Nurses. Friends may call at the
funeral home from 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Condolences to the Hill family
may be e-mailed to mfc@
chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Clyde Buckles
Clyde Buckles, 80, 1520
Blue Springs Road, Elizabethton, died Sunday, February 17, 2008, at his residence.
Funeral
arrangements
are incomplete and will be
announced later.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.
Environmental evangelist urges
keeping the Sabbath to conserve energy
NASHVILLE (AP) — God
wants Christians to save the
planet.
At least, that’s what Matthew Sleeth says.
A former emergency
room doctor turned environmental
evangelist,
Sleeth has spent most of the
last four years traveling the
country, trying to persuade
Christians to go green. The
first step is taking the Bible’s
command to honor the Sabbath literally, says Sleeth,
who was in Nashville this
month speaking at Vanderbilt and Belmont universities.
If Christians were to stop
driving, shopping and working one day a week, Sleeth
said, “We’d use 14 percent
less energy.”
Sleeth told science students gathered in a chemistry lab at Belmont that
reading Jesus’ Sermon on
the Mount made him an
environmentalist. Not only
did God create the world,
Sleeth came to believe, but
God sustains about every
creature in it.
“The Bible says that God
cares about every bird that
dies,” he said.
Sleeth, who converted
to Christianity seven years
ago, says he realized that his
family’s lifestyle was damaging God’s creation. So he
traded in his sport utility vehicle for a hybrid, put up a
clothesline, and sold off the
family’s suburban McMansion.
“Faith has changed my
life,” he said. “We went
from a doctor-sized house
to the house the size of our
former garage.”
He tells Christians to forget about exotic solutions
like installing solar panels
and look for simple solutions instead.
“I could spend $30,000
and put solar panels on my
house and create about 150
kilowatt-hours a month. If I
put a clothesline up outside
and hang my clothes on it,
I’d save 150 kilowatt-hours
a month.”
Jim Deming, director of
the environmental group
Tennessee Interfaith Power
and Light, says that he’s met
with about 100 churches in
the state who want to “go
green.” Some have started
“green teams” to work on
key issues while others
have studied films like “An
Inconvenient Truth” and
“Kilowatt Ours”.
He says some environmentalists have tried to guilt
Christians into action. Instead, Deming tells churches to find practical projects
to “tend God’s garden.”
“A lot of us have been
raised on Southern-fried
guilt,” he said. “But this
movement is about responsibility. We have a responsibility to tend this garden
— and that is empowering.”
One of the churches that
Deming has worked with
is Glendale Baptist Church
in Nashville. Amy Mears,
the church pastor, says that
when the church renovated
its sanctuary recently, it recycled all the old building
materials.
“It would have been a
whole lot easier to throw it
all in the trash,” she said.
“But our Scripture tells us to
walk lightly on the earth.”
Russell Vance of LifeWay Christian Resources
says that being green makes
theological and business
sense. LifeWay has a goal
to cut energy use by 10 percent a year by using sensors
that turn lights off automatically and by maintaining its heating and cooling
plants.
“It saves money and it’s
the right thing to do,” Vance
said. “We want to be good
stewards of all that God has
given us.”
Road proposal dropped in favor of toll bridge
NASHVILLE (AP) — The sponsor
of a bill that would allow public-private road building partnerships says
he is withdrawing the measure from
consideration this session to instead
concentrate on a toll bridge proposal.
House Transportation Chairman
Phillip Pinion, a Union City Democrat, said Friday there is interest from
several local governments around
the state in getting toll bridge projects approved while current law allows only a single pilot project.
Pinion said the toll bridge option
becomes more important as federal
money for road projects dries up.
While charging for highway access
has been a common way to fund road
building and maintenance in much
of the country, most of the South has
resisted the trend.
Pinion now wants to lift Tennessee’s cap on how many toll bridge
projects the state could approve.
But he acknowledged that it would
be difficult to get his fellow lawmakers to warm to his companion proposal to promote partnerships between the public and private sectors
on road projects.
The new toll bridges proposed by
local governments so far include:
—A Hamilton County span to cut
travel time between Chattanooga
and Soddy-Daisy.
—A bridge giving Hendersonville
residents faster access to Interstate
40 and Nashville’s airport.
—A third bridge over the Mississippi River in Shelby County.
—Replacing a ferry between Houston and Benton counties.
Developers proposing a $4 billion
hotel, shopping and residential center in the Bells Bend area of Nashville
have said that the project is contingent on a new bridge over the Cumberland River, and have told Pinion
that it might be a good candidate for
a toll bridge.
Pinion said he only wants the state
to consider proposals approved by
local governments that recognize
that their projects could take years to
move up on the state Transportation
Department’s priority list.
State senator’s civics education bill sidesteps federal rules
NASHVILLE (AP) —
State Sen. Rosalind Kurita
isn’t letting the federal government’s top schools program keep her from promoting civics education in
Tennessee.
The Clarksville Democrat
is sponsoring several measures that range from devoting a specific school day
to civics to awarding civic
education scholarships to
improve understanding of
citizenship.
She resorted to this legislation after encountering
resistance last year to a bill
that would require the Tennessee Department of Education to create a separate
civics course in at least one
grade between fifth and
eighth grade.
Kurita said that proposal
stalled mainly because of
the federal No Child Left
Behind Law. Since NCLB
was enacted in 2002, schools
have focused on reading and
math, which has squeezed
out other subjects like arts,
music and civics, educators
say.
“The schedule is quite full
in every class that you take,”
Kurita said. “Civics has been
moved out of the classroom.
We do have history and we
have government, but it’s
not the same.”
Tennessee and most other states don’t require civics to be taught separately,
instead leaving social studies teachers to shoehorn
civics lessons into their
regular classes. But Kurita
is among a number of lawmakers across the country
sponsoring legislation that
sidesteps NCLB and still
promotes some type of civics learning.
“There’s plenty that a
legislator like Senator Kurita can do to strengthen
civics learning that would
not conflict with the NCLB
requirements,” said Ted
McConnell, director of the
campaign to promote civics
education with the Center
for Civic Education.
Besides Tennessee, McConnell said at least 11 other
state legislatures are considering civics bills: California,
Illinois, Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington
and West Virginia.
One Kurita proposal
would require the state
Education Department to
provide teachers with information on how to take an
innovative approach to civics learning.
Two of Kurita’s bills have
unanimously passed the
Senate. One would award
a scholarship to one high
school student in each of 33
Senate districts and another
in each of 99 House districts.
Students would apply for
the up to $750 scholarship
by submitting a civics essay
or project. Winners could
use the grant for education
expenses like college.
The companion bill has
been assigned to the House
Education Committee.
Emergency officials
want surcharge on cell
and Internet phones
CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Hamilton County emergency
officials and about 15 other emergency districts around the
state want to add a 50 cent surcharge to cell and Internet
phone bills.
They say the charge would help fund their operations
and bring cell phone fees in line with what other customers pay.
Mike Mahn, an attorney for Hamilton County’s 911
board, says people with land lines already pay between $1
and $1.50 a month and business customers pay $3.
With more people switching to cellular and Internet
phones, officials hope to keep emergency services revenue
steady.
For the past several years, board members have watched
as AT&T had fewer and fewer land line customers.
Business customers have decreased by nearly half since
2000, going from about 51,000 to fewer than 26,500. And the
provider has lost more than 46,000 residential customers
during that period, Mahn said.
Wireless 911 calls also place logistical burdens on emergency services. That’s because the calls can be hard to
trace and because many now call 911 to report the same
emergency, thanks to the proliferation of cell phones.
“Cell phones have completely changed the whole manner in which we had to do business,” said John Stuermer,
Hamilton County Emergency Communications District
executive director. “The revenues were much lower, and
yet the expense to handle those calls is so much greater.”
In Hamilton County, where about 65 percent of 911 calls
now come from wireless phones, the emergency district
has had to hire more staff and buy high-tech mapping services, Stuermer said.
Tennessee Emergency Communications Board currently is studying the issue. An increase in the surcharge
would require the approval of the House and Senate.
DNA testing of arrestees
gets off to a slow start
NASHVILLE (AP) — A
new state law requiring officials to take DNA samples
from everyone they arrest
on a violent felony charge is
off to a slow start thanks to
lack of funding and confusion.
The law went into effect
in January, but legislators
did not set aside any money
to pay for it.
So the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spent
$14,000 to buy the cheek
swab kits needed to take
the samples.
But only some law enforcement agencies have
picked up the kits and even
fewer have returned the
samples.
Also the TBI does not
have the money or people
to process the samples, expected to number about
23,000 this year.
Gov. Phil Bredesen has
promised $1.3 million and
five positions to make up
for the funding oversight.
But some local agencies
say the law is confusing, regardless of funding.
Metro Nashville officials
have not begun collecting
the samples because they
say it is not clear who is
supposed to be doing it.
Metro police provide law
enforcement for the county
but the sheriff’s office actually jails those who are arrested.
“Across the state, sheriffs’ departments are the
entities that run detention
facilities, which we believe
is the most efficient way
for the testing to be done,”
Metro police spokesman
Don Aaron said.
The two agencies will
meet next week to discuss
who will take the samples
and how they can retroactively get samples from the
arrestees they missed, he
said.
Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey,
one of the law’s chief spon-
sors, was surprised to learn
not all agencies were collecting the samples.
“All we care about is
that somebody does it, and
they’re supposed to be doing it,” he said. “We need
to get these individuals into
the system.”
Tennessee has already
taken DNA samples from
convicted felons for nearly
a decade, and from sex offenders for about 15 years.
But the new law requires
samples from people who
are simply arrested for a
violent felony, regardless of
whether they are eventually convicted. Those samples
then go into local and federal databases.
If charges are dropped or
a person is found to be not
guilty, the sample is supposed to be cleared from
the database and destroyed,
TBI spokeswoman Kristin
Helm said.
Lawrence
Kobilinsky,
chairman of the department of sciences at the John
Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, supports DNA sampling in law
enforcement, but says demanding it before a conviction does not make sense.
If an innocent person’s
sample is going to be destroyed and convicted felons already have to submit
them, Kobilinsky said, the
law sounds like a waste of
time and money.
“The question is, why
would you not wait until
someone is convicted before they go in that offender
database?” he said.
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continues
success
on CDHS
floor
Cloudland continues to
enjoy success at tournament
time at its home-away-fromhome gymnasium in Afton.
Chuckey-Doak
High
School’s newer facility has
been just that for the Highlander boys and girls basketball teams during postseason play in recent years.
The Lady Landers have
compiled a 10-1 record since
the 2004-05 season on the
Black Knights home floor.
Their last loss at ChuckeyDoak
came
on February
25th, 2005 to
Unaka in the
District
1-A
title game.
In 2005-06,
they finished
2-0 and took
Tim
the District tiChambers tle before losing to Hampton at LMU in the regional
semifinals.
Last season they won
the District and Region 1-A
crowns by going undefeated at CDHS. Their win over
North Greene on Saturday
puts them in the title game
versus Hampton tonight.
Just like the girls, the
Highlander boys have made
a good living winning basketball games at tournament time.
A year ago, the Highlanders were 3-1 winning
the District 1-A title against
University High before falling to the Junior Bucs in the
regional finale.
They went on the road to
defeat Harriman in the substate game earning their
second consecutive state
tournament appearance.
Two years ago, Cloudland surprised everyone
after struggling during the
regular season by winning
the District title as the fifth
seed while going 3-0. They
went on to win that year’s
regional tourney at Lincoln
Memorial University in
Harrogate before advancing to the state tournament for the first time since
1968.
Once again, the Highlanders will play UH for the
championship on Tuesday.
Dorothy stated “there’s
no place like home” in
“The Wizard of Oz.” But for
Cloudland, Chuckey-Doak
has been home sweet home
at tournament time in February.
——
FLASHBACK
Coaches that have
played in the State Tournament
Several head coaches and
assistants have made their
way to Murfreesboro as a
player before taking the hot
seat on the bench.
Jerry White was a member of the 1960 Bulldogs
that won the state championship. His 12 points in
the title game helped propel Hampton to a 49-42 win
over Union City.
His assistant coach Mike
Matheson hit the gamewinning shot against Sweetwater that put the 1982-83
squad into the state tournament. Matheson would
earn a spot on the state’s
all-tournament team along
with the district and regional squads.
Current Cloudland head
coach Ned Smith was a
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Photo by Jamie Squire / Getty Images for NASCAR
Ryan Newman (12) crosses the finish line in the 50th annual Daytona 500 after a push from teammate Kurt Busch (2).
Push lifts Newman
Driver ends winless streak, gives owner Penske first Daytona 500 title
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(AP) — Another thriller,
another heartbreak at the
Daytona 500.
For the second straight
year, The Great American
Race came down to the last
lap. This time the drama
rewarded Ryan Newman,
who hadn’t won in 81 races
over more than two years,
and team owner Roger Penske, long the king at Indianapolis but never a winner
at Daytona.
Newman waited while
the big stars fell back one
by one. Then, with only
Tony Stewart ahead of him,
Newman got a “push from
heaven” from teammate
Kurt Busch to take the lead
on the final lap.
“Kurt was the push from
heaven that made it all happen,” Newman said. “Without a doubt, he could have
easily gone three-wide and
split us through the cen-
ter and made one heck of
a mess there. But he chose
to be a teammate, and that
was the most honorable
thing that he could do.”
Penske, the most successful owner in openwheel history with 14 wins
in the prestigious Indianapolis 500, now has a victory
in NASCAR’s showcase
event.
It only took him 24 years
to get it.
And it came in the 50th
running of the Daytona 500,
in thrilling fashion, with a
last-lap pass for the second
consecutive year.
When the car owner finally made it to storied Victory Lane, he was met by
Rick Hendrick, NASCAR’s
most powerful owner.
“I talked to Rick earlier
today, and I said, ‘You’ve
been in the winner’s circle
so many times, if we win
will you give me your hat?’
He was the first one down
here. So I thank him,” Penske said while wearing that
very cap.
“We’ve been working
here for many years. Certainly Kurt and the teamwork was just unbelievable.
It’s a big day in our life and
for our whole team.”
The Penske cars were
quiet for 199 of the 200
laps, letting Joe Gibbs Racing stars Stewart and Kyle
Busch race each other in a
battle of Toyotas. With one
lap to go, it appeared Stewart finally would get his first
Daytona 500 win in his 10th
try.
Running out front in the
high line, he held off the two
Penske cars as they circled
the famed speedway. But
as the Penske teammates
closed in on him, Stewart
didn’t feel safe running
alone without any allies.
At the last second, he
dropped low on the track
to line up in front of Kyle
Busch. The JGR teams had
talked all week about the
importance of teamwork,
and Stewart thought he’d
need Busch to make it to the
checkered flag.
But the decision backfired in the blink of an eye.
Stewart couldn’t hook
up with Kyle Busch fast
enough, and the two Penske cars steamrolled past
him on the top.
Newman pulled away
for his first win since New
Hampshire in September
2005, while Stewart had to
settle for third.
“I don’t think there’s too
many people that would
take the white flag and like
finishing third,” a dejected
Stewart sighed. “We tried to
win the Daytona 500. That’s
all I can say. I just made the
wrong decision on the backstretch.
“My intention was to get
in front of Kyle and pull
Kyle along with us. It’s hard
to explain. It’s probably one
of the most disappointing
moments in my racing career.”
The disappointment was
also evident on Greg Zipadelli, who starts his 10th
season with Stewart in NASCAR’s longest active driver-crew chief pairing.
“We’ve worked all winter, we’ve worked the last
10 years, I’ve worked my
whole life,” Zipadelli said.
“It’s just the way that it is.
There’s a lot of good people
that haven’t won this race.
I’m not going to get hung
up on it. I’m going to work
as hard as I can, and when
it’s done, if we have our
turn, we will.
“It won’t be because we
didn’t work at it.”
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Tennessee’s Colquitt suspended five games after DUI charge
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — University of Tennessee punter Britton
Colquitt has been suspened for the
first five games of the season after
he was arrested on charges of DUI
and leaving the scene of an accident
early Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old hit a parked car
and then fled the scene, according
to the Knox County Judicial Commissioner’s Office.
“I am very disappointed that
Britton doesn’t appreciate the blessings he has been given from his
family and his team,” Coach Phillip
Fulmer said in a press release announcing the suspension.
“Along with the five game suspension, I am taking his scholarship
away and he will be required to undergo alcohol counseling as well as
other internal punishments.”
According to police reports,
when officers stopped him he admitted to drinking and driving as
well as to hitting the car and a tree
stump.
The accident caused more than
$400 in damage.
Police said Colquitt smelled
strongly of alcohol, his speech was
slurred and he was staggering.
He posted bond and has a hearing scheduled for March 5.
Colquitt, who decided not to
enter the NFL draft and to return
to Tennessee for his senior year,
was suspended from the team as
a Freshman in 2004 when he faced
multiple alcohol-related charges
stemming from several incidents.
He was reinstated later in the
year after he pleaded no contest to
a charge of underage alcohol consumption and a judge sentenced
him to nearly a year of probation.
He was required to complete a
youth alcohol program, pay court
costs and stay out of trouble to keep
his record clean.
Colquitt also pleaded guilty to
two more underage consumption
charges.
A fourth charge of underage consumption and one for driving under
the influence were dismissed.
Colquitt, younger brother of AllAmerica punter Dustin Colquitt, is
the fourth member of his family to
punt at Tennessee.
Milligan track teams earn national marks LeBron, East topple West
“Most of this crew will qualifying marks for the
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in NBA All-Star game
race indoor nationals in marathon.
Reports
STRAWBERRY PLAINS
— The Milligan College
men’s and women’s track
and field teams stepped
off the track and on to
the roads at the Strawberry Plains Half-Marathon Saturday morning.
Both teams used the race
to earn qualifying marks
for the marathon at this
year’s NAIA Outdoor
Track and Field National Championships in St.
Louis in May.
Ethiopian born junior
Wegene Degefa finished
fourth overall in the race
with a time of 1:11.44 to secure an automatic qualifier, while junior teammate
Will Frye ran to a qualifying time of 1:15.56 to finish
seventh overall.
a few weeks, so we took a
conservative approach to
getting the marks out of
the way,” said head coach
Chris Layne.
Sophomore
Rebecca
McDowell, the lone Lady
Buff to run the race that
won’t contest the marathon this year, finished as
the second female across
the finish line in a time of
1:26.18, well under the A
standard of 1:33.00. Senior
Erika Fox, who cracked
the top ten nationally in
the marathon last season,
was the third overall female finisher with a time
of 1:28.07.
Juniors Emily Schmitt
and Ashley Pearce finished ninth and tenth, respectively, and also earned
BASEBALL
The Milligan College
men’s baseball team completed the three game series against Urbana University Sunday afternoon
at Anglin Field. The Buffs
beat the Blue Knights
14-10.
The Buffs kept the intensity at the plate today
scattering 15 hits against
the Blue Knights. The
sixth and seventh inning
showed to be promising
for the Buffs as they drove
in five runs a piece in both
innings. Sophomore Frank
Newcombe is credited
with the win in Sunday’s
ball game, which marks his
third win in three games.
Newcombe pitched two
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
Toss some leftover Mardi
Gras beads toward the
East. LeBron James and his
crew earned them.
Outdunking, outpassing
and outperforming their
more trumpeted counterparts from the Western Conference, the Eastern Conference All-Stars
avenged a year-old beating
with a 134-128 win on Sunday night.
Ray Allen scored 28
points,
making
three
straight 3-pointers in the
final 3:15, and James added
27, including a did-he-really-do-that? dunk in the last
minute to propel the East
and earn MVP honors.
Last year, the West
humiliated the East in a
153-132 rout in Las Vegas
when Kobe Bryant and Co.
rewrote the event’s record
books. However, this time
led by Allen’s 14 fourthquarter points and James,
the East salvaged some
pride and can return to the
season’s second half with
bragging rights.
“They beat up on us
pretty bad last year,” James
said. “We didn’t want to
allow that to happen. We
wanted to win.”
James, who added nine
assists and eight rebounds,
was MVP for the second
time in three years. He
also won the honor in 2006,
when the East beat the
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MIlligan
n Continued from 6
innings in relief for the
Buffs as he struck out five
batters and gave up two
unearned runs and three
hits.
Sophomore Toby
Hoyle received the save
for Milligan.
Sophomore
Dallas
Crouch led the Buffs offensively at the plate hitting 3-6, including four
runs, one double, and one
RBI. Junior Justin Motte
went 3-6 also, scored three
runs and tallied three
RBIs. Motte also hit a solo
shot to deep right field in
the seventh inning. Senior
Baker DeCamp chalked up
another home run in Sunday’s game and racked up
three RBIs.
“We played pretty well
today,” said Head Coach
Nathan Meade. “We started with better intensity
today and we hit the ball
well. Our defense was
pretty solid today which
is always key. With good
pitching and defense we
can win a lot of ball games.
Urbana is a good club, and
will win a lot of ball games
this season. We are happy
to get the win, and we hope
to keep improving.”
The Buffs travel to Johnson Bible College Monday,
Feb. 18, for a doubleheader. The first game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
tournament.
Elizabethton head coach
Marty Street was a member of the 1974 Happy Valley team that won the Class
S (Small Schools) state
championship.
Street was named the
MVP of the tournament after tossing in 37 points in
three games. The Warriors
were very patient on offense and the games were
low scoring.
They defeated Maury
(27-26), BGA (41-39) and
Knox Catholic (44-42 ) on a
last second shot by Jeff Sisk
in the title game.
Unaka assistant coach
Rusty Chambers helped
his team to the state title in
2004. The defeated Grace
Baptist Academy, 63-47, in
the finale. He was selected
MVP of the District and Region 1-A tournaments and
earned a spot on the state’s
all-tournament squad. He
also played on the 2002
squad that lost in the first
round to Ezell-Harding.
Although not making it
as a player, Cloudland’s
Matt Birchfield, Elizabethton’s Len Dugger and Unaka’s Kenneth Chambers
and Ronnie Snavely have
all coached teams that
have advance to the state
tournament in Murfreesboro.
——
Elizabethton Boys
Not many were talking about the District 1-A
tournament being held
at Chuckey-Doak High
School Saturday. Much
talk was focused around
the Black Knights’ loss to
Elizabethton on Friday.
The Cyclones had played
C-D tough during the two
regular season games and
might have won those had
they not had to overcome
such huge deficits.
In the first game they
were down by more than
20 before tying the game.
At Chuckey-Doak, they
overcame another huge
deficit only to fall late in
the contest.
This time ‘Betsy got the
big lead and never relinquished it.
Coach Marty Street
and his Cyclones are to
be commended for knocking off what many in Afton
thought would be a possible state tournament team.
They followed that up with
a strong showing against
Johnson County in the
semifinal at Daniel Boone
before losing by six.
———
Tim Chambers is a sportswriter for the Elizabethton
Star. He may be reached via email at [email protected]
Sports Spectrum
n Continued from 6
member of Hampton’s
1991-92 squad that advanced to the state semifinals before losing to Alcoa,
69-57. Smith was known for
his unselfish play and was
the team leader on that
basketball team. His eight
points and six assists in the
Bulldogs’ sub-state overtime win over Knox Powell that season earned him
high praise from White.
His play back then is a mirror of how his Highlander
teams perform today.
Unaka assistant coach
Daniel McInturff made
two state tournament trips
as a freshman on the 2002
squad and again on the
2004-05 team that lost in
the first round to Peabody,
54-48.
On the girls’ side, Leon
Tolley was a member of the
Hampton 1982-83 squad
that lost in the finals to East
Roberson.
Tolley became the only
player from a runner-up
squad to be selected as the
state tourney’s MVP. He
scored 69 points in three
games helping the Dogs
defeat Houston County and
Kenton before the championship tilt.
His assistant coach Jesse
James was a member the
1966 Hampton team that
finished fourth in the state
All-Star
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West in Houston.
Amare Stoudemire, Brandon Roy and
Carmelo Anthony scored 18 points apiece
to lead the West, which trailed by 13 entering the fourth quarter before rallying
behind New Orleans’ own Chris Paul.
The sensational guard’s seventh assist of
the final period set up Roy’s layup to give
the West a 122-119 lead.
But Boston’s Allen, the final player
added to either roster, knocked down his
second 3-pointer in 48 seconds to tie it
before Paul answered with a 3, sending
the hometown crowd into a frenzy.
Allen finally missed and James poked
away the ball, and then came up with the
night’s most stirring moment.
Slashing through the lane, Cleveland’s
megastar rose and dunked over several West defenders, much like he did in
Game 5 of last year’s Eastern Conference
finals in Detroit when he scored the Cavaliers’ final 25 points
“We had two people on him,” Paul
said. “but that still wasn’t enough.”
Paul was called for an offensive foul
on the West’s next trip. Dwyane Wade
hit a layup and Allen scored to make it
131-125. Roy’s 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds
brought the West within three, but Allen
made three free throws to close it out.
The weekend in New Orleans was
about much more than spectacular dunks,
a game featuring marginal defense or collecting strings of beads while strolling
down boozy Bourbon Street. The NBA
came to the Big Easy hoping to help this
special city continue its comeback from
Hurricane Katrina, the effects of which
are still being felt 2½ years since she
blasted through.
On Friday, the world’s biggest basketball names as well as hundreds of
volunteers fanned out to all sides of the
city to help refurbish playgrounds, paint
houses and lend a hand with whatever
they could on a day devoted to community service.
Many of the players were moved by
the experience and came away with a
greater sense of what the area has gone
through and the monumental work that
lies ahead in the Gulf Coast Region.
“Well, I hope not just me, but every
All-Star from the East and West was able
to put smiles on kids and on families faces,” James said. “I think we all know what
happened, the devastation down here
and to bring the NBA All-Star game here
I think it really uplifted the families down
here. We had a great time.”
Bryant, who won MVP honors last
year, played less than 3 minutes so he
could rest his injured pinkie. The 10-time
All-Star dislocated his finger earlier this
month and doctors have advised him to
have surgery.
Bryant, though, energized by the club’s
addition of center Pau Gasol in a trade,
wants to delay any operation until late
summer. As soon as he took on the West’s
bench, a trainer wrapped a large ice pack
around his entire hand, rendering arguably the league’s top player to spectator
status.
The West could have used him.
“There’s one player we really, really
missed, and that was Kobe,” West coach
Byron Scott of New Orleans said. “Obviously, Kobe would have loved to play.”
New Jersey’s Jason Kidd spent the
weekend wondering whether he would be
going back to the Nets or changing into a
Dallas jersey. A complex trade, snagged
when Mavericks guard Devean George
blocked the deal, may have new life.
The clubs still hope to get a deal done
before Thursday’s deadline.
Players were grooving even before
they hit the floor.
Introduced under a balcony resembling one in the city’s historic French
Quarter, several of the All-Stars danced
as a local brass band filled New Orleans
Arena with the sounds that exemplify the
area’s laid-back, fun-loving ethos: Laissez
Les Bon Temps Roulez — Let The Good
Times Roll.
The East came out flying, getting seven dunks and a layup in the first 5 minutes to take an early 11-point lead before
the West awakened. Paul and Hornets
teammate David West sparked the West,
which cut it to two before James, Kidd
and Dwight Howard, whose Superman
routine won him Saturday’s dunk contest, put on passing display like they were
playing pickup ball in the schoolyard.
On one possession, Kidd threw a lob
pass to James, who then bounced it off
the glass for a charging Howard, who
slammed it in. Both teams were scoring
so quickly in the second quarter that the
p.a. announcer was having a hard time
keeping up.
“Rasheed Wallace,” he said before
catching a breath to say, “Carmelo Anthony.”
The game was missing one of its biggest stars as Shaquille O’Neal was not selected, snapping his record-tying 14-year
run. Without O’Neal, there were no comedic moments like when Shaq pulled
out a giant sneaker phone or made like a
point guard and dribbled his way up the
court.
Photo by Getty Images for
NASCAR
Ryan Newman celebrates
after winning the 50th
annual Daytona 500.
Master of Indy finally gets
big one in stock car racing
DAYTONA
BEACH,
Fla. (AP) — Roger Penske’s
empire just got bigger. No
longer must he be content
with more Indianapolis 500
victories than any other car
owner. Now he’s a Daytona
500 winner, too.
Somehow, it just seems
right he won the 50th running of NASCAR’s biggest
race.
The Captain, as he is
known by almost everyone
in racing, has always had a
way of winning the big one
— in Indy cars.
Now, Penske finally got
THE big one in stock car
racing, courtesy of Ryan
Newman, who was pushed
to the win by teammate Kurt
Busch as the two drove past
hard-luck Tony Stewart on
the final lap.
“I know we did something special for The Captain,” Busch said. “Roger
never put extra pressure on
us to win this race. He does
throw in a nice bonus in our
contract if we do win this
race.”
This victory’s meaning
was obvious as NASCAR
has not been kind to the
suave, silver-haired entre-
preneur.
“We’ve been open-wheel
guys, and, coming down
here, it’s been tough,” said
the winner of 14 Indy 500s.
“And this has got to go to
the top of the charts here.”
Although the stock-car
team had 82 poles and 57
victories in 927 races entering Sunday’s race, there
were no victories at Daytona International Speedway.
Penske has come close
to winning Daytona before.
Bobby Allison was the runner-up in a Penske car in
1975, and Newman finished
third in 2006.
But this victory came as a
surprise. Nobody gave Penske’s Dodges, which hadn’t
shown any speed, much of
a chance.
“I can say I’ve been coming here almost 30 years
trying to get to Victory Lane
here,” Penske said. “We’ve
worked hard and we’ve
come close, but this one
was pure team effort.”
Attention to detail has
always been the watchword
of Penske Racing, right
from the early days when
the old-timers in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
garage laughed at the crewcut kids in the spotless uniforms who kept the floors
clean enough to eat off of.
The laughter stopped
in 1972, just three years after Penske’s arrival, when
Mark Donohue — an engineering graduate like Newman — gave Penske his first
Indy win.
Penske’s teams have won
more than 200 races and 20
national
championships,
including 12 Indy car titles.
Now he’s celebrating another first.
“It was special for me,
obviously,” Penske said.
“We’ve tried for many years.
We’ve had great drivers and
been very close through the
years but, again, we never
executed at the end. I thank
Kurt, too. He pushed us to
victory.”
And Penske’s already
looking ahead.
“I think as we go forward,
this will give our team a lot
of momentum. But I can tell
you this, we’re going to line
up with everybody else next
week in California. I don’t
think because you won the
Daytona 500 they give you an
extra lap ahead of the field.”
to block (Newman) and
(Busch), but they just had
such a big run, I think he
knew it was going to be a
waste of time.”
The disappointment was
a stark contrast to the euphoria in the Penske camp,
which finished 1-2 in NASCAR’s Super Bowl and
finally gave the storied car
owner his first victory in a
restrictor-plate race. Despite total domination in
Indianapolis, Penske never
could figure out how to win
at Daytona.
He finally did it with
teamwork — the same
teamwork Gibbs and Hendrick preached all week —
and a pair of drivers who
share in each other’s success. It took years for Penske to build this and make
his teams even. Once they
were, Newman didn’t get
along with Penske star
Rusty Wallace.
But when Wallace retired after the 2005 season,
Penske tabbed Busch, a former series champion, to replace him. He and Newman
forged an instant working
relationship that is finally
paying dividends.
“I was very emotional
crossing the line finishing
second, because I know
we did something very
special for The Captain
tonight,” said Busch, the
runner-up, who was near
tears when he visited Victory Lane.
The win was the first for
Dodge at Daytona since
Ward Burton’s win in 2001
and came hours after new
chairman Bob Nardelli
guaranteed the victory. Besides the win, Dodge drivers took six of the eight top
spots.
Pledging his commitment to NASCAR despite
sluggish car sales and just
so-so on-track performance,
Nardelli seemed certain
he’d be in Victory Lane late
Sunday night.
“A Dodge is going to win
today. That’s why I’m here,”
Nardelli boasted Sunday
morning. “I told the pilots,
‘Make sure you get 12 hours
of rest because we’re going
to be here a while.’ I’m looking forward to being in that
winner’s circle and having
that champagne flowing.”
The victory earned Penske a $1 million bonus from
Nardelli, who had promised
the payout to any Dodge
team that won the Daytona
500. Penske vowed to pump
the money right back into
his race team, and the car
owner already was thinking
about the rest of the season.
“Comparing it to the Indy
500, as Ryan knows, we’ve
been open-wheel guys and
coming down here has been
tough,” Penske said. “This
has got to go to the top of
the charts here, this win.
What I’m going to try to do
this year is have them backto-back, have one in May,
too.
“That’s my real challenge
right now.”
Daytona
n Continued from 6
The failure was a setback for Toyota, which
seemed destined to win
its first points race in NASCAR’s top series behind
the strength of JGR.
“There’s no doubt the
Gibbs guys feel dejected tonight,” Kurt Busch said.
The Gibbs organization
joined Toyota this season,
giving the manufacturer
instant credibility after an
embarrassing 2007 debut.
Based on a strong month
of testing and Denny Hamlin’s win in one of Thursday’s qualifying races, the
JGR cars set the stage for an
intense battle with powerful Hendrick Motorsports
for the biggest prize in NASCAR.
But the Hendrick cars
never challenged. Jeff Gordon dropped out with mechanical problems, Casey
Mears and Jimmie Johnson
both wrecked and, without
any Hendrick help, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. didn’t have
the muscle to hold off the
Gibbs entries.
It allowed Stewart and
Kyle Busch to dominate the
race, only to fade at the end.
Busch, who led a race-high
86 laps, finished fourth,
while Hamlin was 17th.
“Just frustrating to come
home fourth, but that’s part
of the Daytona 500,” said
Kyle Busch, who joined
Gibbs this season after
Hendrick let him go to sign
Earnhardt.
“On the last lap, Stewart had a chance to go high
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) Don’t make a promise or
commitment that you have
little intention of keeping. You
will be taken at your word and
if you don’t keep it, it’s likely
to damage your reputation.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
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something from that individual
will backfire. Your intentions
will easily be perceived and
leave a scar on your honesty.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
There is something that will be
denied to you at this point in
time, but it isn’t anything of
significance. You won’t look
good in the eyes of others if
you show you’re upset over
such a little thing.
TAURUS (April 20-May
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able to acquire something that
you’ve desired for some time.
Once you get it, however, you
will wonder why you wanted
it so badly.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Watch out if an acquaintance
is suddenly nicer than usual.
Chances are this person has an
ulterior motive. To be safe be a
bit standoffish and keep your
guard up, just in case.
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22) Additional deficit spending
could be a strong temptation,
but you can put an end to it by
applying a little control over
needless spending. It might
help to think about all your
bills.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Take care that you don’t put
petty desires above negotiating
fairly with others. This doesn’t
mean you should unnecessarily
give away what you don’t have
to, but don’t take advantage of
people, either.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
The excuses you conceive may
take more work than simply
doing what is asked of you.
You would be much better off
to apply your imagination and
energies toward productivity.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Be careful how you handle
something sticky with a sensitive friend. If you are careless
about your choice of words,
this individual will completely
misinterpret your intentions
and be terribly hurt.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
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where work is concerned.
There’s a better-than-average
chance you’ll be mismatched
against a seasoned veteran who
knows how to win.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
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be frank and forthright with
someone who asks for advice,
but do so in a manner that isn’t
needlessly brutal. Conversely,
it won’t help to sugarcoat the
truth, either.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT
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February 18, 2008
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Community Calendar
MONDAY, FEB. 18
• The Vietnam Veterans
of America, Chapter No.
824, will meet at 7:30 p.m.
at College Park Freewill
Baptist Church off Milligan
Highway. Meetings are always held the third Monday of the month. For more
information, call 543-8963 or
543-7408.
• Bridges Cafe in Elizabethton will host a “meet and
greet” for U.S. Sen. Lamar
Alexander at 11:30 p.m. The
event is open to the public.
• “Look Good...Feel Better,” a free program that
teaches beauty techniques to
women cancer patients in active treatment to help them
combat the appearance--relaterd side effects of cancer
treatments, will be held from
1-3 p.m. at the American
Cancer Society, 508 Princeton Road, Suite 102, Johnson
City. For more information,
call 1-800-ACS-2345.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS, will meet at
First Baptist Church, 212 East
F St., Elizabethton, on Mondays with weighing in from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting
begins at 6:30 p.m. For more
information, call 542-6540 or
542-4476.
TUESDAY, FEB. 19
• The Northeast Tennessee-Southwest Virginia
Chapter of the Alzheimer’s
Association will hold their
monthly caregiver support
group meeting for area residents at 1 p.m. at the Johnson
City Seniors Center, 607 East
Myrtle St. A roundtable discussion will be held and anyone dealing with Alzheimer’s
disease or a related dementia is encouraged to attend.
For more information, call
928-4080. Come learn, ask
questions and provide support to one another.
• The Carter County Board
of Health will meet at 12:30
p.m. at the Truman Clark
Annex at the Carter County
Health Department.
• The Sycamore Chapter
No. 163 Order of Eastern Star
will have a stated meeting at
7:30 p.m. at Dashiell Lodge.
Visiting members are welcome and urged to attend.
• The Green Pastures
Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m.
in the Conference Room
at Crossroads, 413 East Elk
Ave., Elizabethton.
• Al-Anon “Free to Be
Me” meeting will be held at
the Watauga Association of
Baptists office, across from
Elizabethton Lumber, from
6-7 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 21
• The regular board
meeting of the Elizabethton Board of Education will
be held at 6:30 p.m. in the
auditorium of T.A. Dugger
Jr. High School, 306 West E
St. Additionally, a Budget
Workshop will be held at
4:30 p.m. in the Mack Pierce
Board Room of the Elizabethton Board of Education
Offices, 804 South Watauga
Ave.
• The Carter County Library Board will meet at 10
a.m. at the Elizabethton/
Carter County Public Library.
FRIDAY, FEB. 22
• The Elizabethton Senior Dance Club will hold
a dance at the Elizabethton
Elks Lodge, No. 1847, 1000
N. Sycamore St., from 7-10
p.m. Music will be provided by Rambling Rose
Band. This will be a Western
dance. Participants should
wear jeans, boots, cowboy
shirts, hats and bandannas.
Soupbeans, cornbread and
slaw will be served. Those
attending are asked to bring
refreshments to share. All
senior citizens are invited
to attend. There is a $6 door
charge.
• The Elizabethton High
School Drama Club will be
performing Shakespeare’s
comedy, “Much Ado About
Nothing” The performance
will take place at 7 p.m. at the
T.A. Dugger Jr. High Stage.
Tickets are $8 for adults and
$6 for students and are available at the door.
• David O’Roark and
the Southern Countrymen
Band will perform at the Buffalo Mountain Ruritan from
7:30-10:30 p.m. Tickets are
$5 for adults and $1 for children. For more information,
call 913-3205.
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
• The Brotherhood Quartet will perform at Shirley’s Restaurant, located at
3266 Hwy. 321, Hampton,
for Saturday Night Pickin’.
There will also be a fish fry.
957-1320.
• The Elizabethton High
School Drama Club will be
performing Shakespeare’s
comedy, “Much Ado About
Nothing.” The performance
will take place at 7 p.m. at the
T.A. Dugger Jr. High Stage.
Tickets are $8 for adults and
$6 for students and are available at the door.
What’s in a word? Economists use
more colorful, if downbeat, language
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— Could the nation’s top
economic officials be abandoning the colorless, cryptic language of Fedspeak in
describing the state of the
economy?
Well, it seemed that
way at times during a Senate Banking Committee
hearing Thursday. Federal
Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke and Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson
talked about the challenges
the country faces from a
housing slump and credit
crunch and what additional steps might be taken to
bring about relief.
Bernanke spoke of “sluggish growth,” a jobs market
that is not “rip roaring,”
and a “virtual shutdown”
in the market for subprime
mortgages — those made to
people with tarnished credit or low incomes.
For his part, Paulson
spoke with emotion about
the troubles of record numbers of people plunged
into foreclosure and others
struggling to stay in their
homes.
“I’ll tell you, when you’re
there and you look at the
abuses and you look at the
predatory lending abuses
and you look at some of the
— it’s heartrending,” the
secretary said. “But what
we’re doing is trying to deal
with it.”
Lax credit standards
during the housing boom
was the spark that led to
the current economic woes.
“We had a dry forest out
there,” Paulson said.
Paulson was equally
vivid when talking about
the Treasury Department’s
efforts to develop a regulatory blueprint for players in
financial markets.
“If someone came down
— a man came down from
Mars — and you were trying to explain the regulatory structure and how this
works, the way the markets
— you know, the regulatory
structure has not evolved
with the markets. And it’s
a patchwork quilt, in many
ways,” he said.
The Fed chief didn’t
sugarcoat the economy’s
problems and used crystalclear language, something
his famously Delphic pre-
decessor Alan Greenspan
often was loathe to do publicly. “The outlook for the
economy has worsened in
recent months,” Bernanke,
a former economics professor, told lawmakers.
People are tightening
their belts and employers
have slowed hiring. “We are
going through a retrenchment, and that’s a painful
retrenchment,” Bernanke
said.
The big worry is that people and businesses will cut
back sharply, throwing the
economy into a recession.
The odds of a recession have
grown significantly over the
last year. Some economists
believe the economy, which
nearly stalled in the final
three months of last year, is
shrinking now.
Many people — 61 percent — believe the U.S. is
in a recession, according to
a recent Associated PressIpsos poll.
Bernanke and Paulson
are hopeful the country
can skirt a recession. They
still believe the economy is
growing — but at a slower
pace.
Even with the occasional unvarnished moments,
both Bernanke and Paulson
resisted one senator’s efforts to pin them down on
a description of the housing
market.
“There’s been a lot of
descriptions about where
we are in the housing sector, whether it’s a crisis or
whether this is a correction,” said Sen. Bob Corker,
R-Tenn. “I’m wondering if
each of you might choose a
word to describe where we
are today.”
Replied Paulson, “I don’t
use loaded words, and so
I’ve been using correction
because it is a correction.”
Sen. Chris Dodd, DConn., the committee’s
chairman, stepped in. “It
would be inappropriate for
the secretary and the chairman to start putting a label”
on the housing situation, he
said.
“That could have its
own self-fulfilling prophecy here,” Dodd said. “So
we’ve got to be careful
about language. Language
has significance and implications.”
Number of U.S. primary care doctors down
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Fewer American doctors
are focusing on primary
care, but the decline is being covered by physicians
from other countries. The
General Accountability Office said Tuesday that as
of 2006 there were 22,146
American doctors in residency programs in the
United States specializing
in primary care.
That was down from
23,801 in 1995, the research
arm of Congress told the
Senate Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions Committee.
“It is troubling to me that
the number of Americans
pursuing a career in primary care has declined,” said
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Overall growth in the
number of primary-care
physicians “has been totally due to the number of
international medical students training in America,” Sanders said. “We are
increasingly
dependent
on international medical
school graduates to meet
our needs. Currently, one
in four new physicians in
the U.S. is an international
medical graduate.”
In its report on primarycare providers, GAO said
the number of international
medical graduates training
in primary care had grown
from 13,025 in 1995 to 15,565
in 2006.
For specialists, the number of Americans in training
went from 45,300 in 1995 to
47,575 in 2006 and over the
same period international
specialists grew from 11,957
to 12,611, GAO said.
“There are simply not
enough primary-care providers now and the situation will become far worse
in the future unless we do
something,” Sanders said.
He urged doubling funds
for the National Health Service Corps to $250 million
next year.
The service corps offers
scholarships to students
dedicated to practicing primary care in communities
of greatest need. In return
for scholarship support,
they must agree to practice
in communities where need
is the greatest.
“Part of the solution lies
in making medical, dental
and nursing education affordable for all Americans,”
Sanders said.
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Dow Jones Industrials
Dow Jones Transportation
Dow Jones Utilities
NYSE Composite
AMEX Index
Nasdaq Composite
S&P 500
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Lipper Growth Index
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Name
Obj ($Mlns)
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91,390
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LG 44,821
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SG
607
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LV
9,526
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LG
4,235
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31.79
18.25
30.74
31.42
64.97
84.16
50.61
14.45
17.20
14.62
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Load
Invt
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
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250
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2,500
NL
2,500
5.75
1,000
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500
5.75
500
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3,000
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large
Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value,
SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective:
A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
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542-1530
10 Help Wanted
General
15 Services
Offered
31 Apartment
For Rent
receptionist, professional,
organized,
good computer &
communication skills.
Fulltime, benefits. Fax
resume
542-5109
MEDICAL CARE
DRYWALL. repair work.
18 yrs. experience.
(423)543-2676.
people securing custody of children under
18. This newspaper will
not knowingly accept
any advertising for
real estate which is in
violation of the law.
Our
readers
are
hereby informed that
all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
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
ATTENTION!
DRIVER
TRAINEES NEEDED! Excellent pay plus great
benefits as a first year
driver with Werner. No
experience needed!
15 day CDL training by
C.D.I., 6201 Epps Mill
Rd., Murfreesboro, TN.
Get your career in
gear! 1-888-892-7364
TIRE
CHANGER,
Part-Time, valid drivers
license required.
Apply in person. Hayworth Tire, Valley
Forge.
WOULD you like to
earn FREE sterling silver
jewelry? Call Sally at
(423)297-0342, Jackie
(423)342-0163.
11 Professional
Help Wanted
A HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT certificate course begins
soon. Day or evenings.
Call
Karen
423-282-1848.
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3 Articles
Lost & Found
LOST
brown/black
German
Shepherd,
Rottweiler mix puppy,
8mths., neutered, pink
collar,
West Side
area. (423)213-7304.
LOCAL
TRUCKING
COMPANY
HIRING
DRIVERS. 25 years of
age, CDL A or B license, and clean
MVR. Health insurance
provided. Apply in
person to Transit Mix
Concrete Co, 110 City
Garage Road, Johnson City. Monday - Friday, 9a.m. - 4p.m.
423-928-2128.
POSTAL JOBS
$17.89 to $28.27hr.,
now hiring. For application and free government job info, call
American Asso. of Labor. 1-913-599-8226,
24hrs. emp. serv.
15 Services
Offered
**AMPED
ELECTRIC
SERVICE.
State licensed electrician, 26
years experience, residential, commercial.
Call
today
423-957-9220,
423-768-3838.
*Attic
Insulation
blown-in, energy savings guaranteed. Free
e s t i m a t e s ,
423-389-2559,
423-542-3963
leave
message.
REWARD: Lost male
golden Retriever, medium red. Elizabethton
Airport area. Please
call (423)341-1801.
*Handy Andy Home
Improvements for all
your interior, exterior
repairs, pressure washing, painting, also gutter cleaning and leaf
blowing.
(423)
543-1979,
(423)
895-0071.
AVON representative
needed, great earnings opportunity contact
Stacey.
(423)957-2428.
*PAUL’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS* Hardwood floors, Interior,
exterior, repairs, painting, siding, Pressure
washing. Reasonable
rates. (423)543-2790.
10 Help Wanted
General
Earn over $200.00 per
month easily by donating Plasma. Call
Plasma
Biological
Services @ 926-3169
FLAT BED TRACTOR
TRAILOR
DRIVER
WANTED.
Regional
runs, pre-loaded, sign
on bonus, new equip.
Class A CDL req. Call
800-331-5172.
LINVILLE RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB is now accepting applications
for the following seasonal
positions
(May-October) : Golf
Course Maintenance,
Outdoor Maintenance
& Road Crew, Horticulture/Landscape,
Golf
Cart
attendants/valets,
Locker Room attendants,
Dishwashers,
Line chefs/cooks/food
prep, Garde Manager/cold side prep
persons, Dining Room
managers, Maitre’d,
Servers, Bussers, Card
Room
attendants,
Pool attendant, Youth
Center assistants.
Applications for ALL
positions are available
on our website www.linvilleridge.com:
at the Security Gate;
or you may email your
resume to
[email protected].
THE CAPTAINS
TABLE
AT
LAKESHORE
WATAUGA LAKE
2340 Hwy. 321
Hampton, TN 37658
2008 SEASON
Experience a Plus,
but a willingness to
work, learn and enhance your potential will make you
the more desirable
applicant. Selected
candidates will enjoy
a
relaxed
friendly working environment,
managed by a competent and respectful
management staff.
If you want to have
fun, learn and make
big bucks. come on
board. All positions
available. Part time
and full time.
Call to schedule
an interview
725-2201
Classifieds
Brian’s
BUILDINGS!
Display lot
on Hwy. 91.
storage
For sale.
in Hunter
647-1084.
FREE ESTIMATES! Heating, A/C, remodeling,
vinyl siding, roofing,
ceramic, hardwood
flooring, plumbing,
electrical. 335-0841.
All types of Home Repairs. Hauling, painting, gutters, landscaping, pressure washing... Mo’s Handyman
Service 423-383-4211
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
22yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
HOMES
&
MOBILE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Additions, sunrooms,
textured
ceilings,
porches, carports, garages. Work guaranteed. (423)542-9483
In home appliances
repair. Local service
calls $25-$30. Many
parts
in
stock.
423-547-9402,
423-213-9349. Owner
David Tolley.
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT,
remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
K&L GRADING & HAULING BOBCAT SERVICES: sitework, concrete prep work, footers dug and poured,
hauling gravel, sand,
dirt and mulch. No job
too
small.
(423)895-5696.
KY CONSTRUCTION All
types of excavation
and demolition. Dirt
and shale for sale.
Specializing in finish
grade work. Keith
Y o u n c e
(423)-341-7782
or
(423)543-2816.
PAINTING interior, exterior, minor carpentry
and repair. 20yrs. experience. FREE ESTIMATES. William Richardson 423-474-3216.
R O O F - T E C H
423-773-0024
Commercial and residential. Free estimates. Insured,
guaranteed
and affordable. Over
20 years experience.
Shining Star Cleaning:
Old fashion cleaning
and
prices. DETAIL
cleaning. Homes and
offices.
Bonded.
(423)833-7816.
20 Articles
For Sale
$115 Full Pillow Top
mattress set, new in
original
plastic.
552-1533.
5 piece Cherry bedroom set, sleigh bed,
new in box. $495.
(423)552-1533.
52” RCA Big Screen
TV, mint condition.
Man’s
expensive
Western Boots, size
12D. 423-542-2692.
A $129 Queen Pillow
Top Mattress set, new
in
plastic,
(423)972-5514.
Baldwin Spinit Piano
with bench, excellent
condition, mahogany,
$1,200, 423-543-1529.
BRISTOL race tickets.
13 tickets. Good seats.
(423)542-8895.
Dutchwest Federal
Airtight Wood or Coal
Stove. All steel glass
doors,
$300,
423-725-3315.
KING size pillow top
mattress, new in plastic, delivery available.
$195. (423)972-5512.
MEMORY foam mattress set, same as
NASA approved. Tempur-pedic, NEW, $325.
(423)972-5513.
SLEIGH bed and mattress set, same as
NASA approved Temper-pedic, NEW, must
move.
$395.
(423)972-5513.
Special Steel Buildings.
Breakthrough
Show Building Discounts 36x36 - 100x100
Up to 50% off, Can
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r
e
c
t
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www.scg-grp.com
Source: OL3 Call Steve
423-727-6064.
SPECIAL, Lump Coal
$95 ton, STOKER Coal
$95 ton, FREE DELIVERY.
276-492-9590.
276- 628-1573
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w/Photo
DIXIE BUILDING
SYSTEMS
For all your building
needs ranging from
carports to post
frame buildings. Any
size or colors available.
Call today
(423)538-7842
25 Pets
& Supplies
FREE PUPPIES LAB
MIXED,
beautiful.
(423)725-2517
26 Coal-OilWood
For Sale
SEASONED: All hardwood, dried, split and
delivered. 3/4 ton,
longbed. $60. load.
Call (423)768-5236.
29 Townhouses
Condos For
Sale/Rent
2BR, 1.5BA Townhouse.
W/D hookup, appliances, new carpet,
ceramic tile, D/W,
deck, $480.mo., deposit. 423-483-4875.
CHARMING
Condo
on Max Jett Road,
2BR, 1 1/2 BA, no pets,
(423)342-4237
30 Rooms
For Rent
LARGE room with private bath and entrance. Fully furnished
plus utilities. Monthly.
(423)542-4475,
(423)612-0132.
1BR, furnished, utilities
furnished,
near
Save-A-Lot. No pets,
$500. month, $100. deposit. 423-213-5606.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
2BR APARTMENT AND
STORAGE BUILDING,
W/D hook-up, no pets,
$400month, $300deposit.
references,
credit
check,
(423)213-3500.
2BR, phone, cable in
each room, hardwood floor entrance.
W/D hook-up. No
pets.
$350.mth.
423-542-9417.
2BR, 1BA. $375-$400.
Security
deposit
$375-$400.
Airport
Apartments.
(423)
547-2871.
VARIETY of 1BR and
2BR apartments available.
Rent:
$250month & up. Call
M a n a g e r .
423-547-2871.
32 Houses
For Rent
2BR house in Bluff City,
heat pump, $500mth.,
+ dep. 423-538-9481,
423-340-2309.
2BR, 2-1/2BA condo
new
development,
garage,
private,
wooded area, located 19E. $650mth.,
dep.
423-538-9481,
423-340-2309.
3BR, 1-1/2BA, W/D
hook-up, appliances.
$550.month, deposit.
No pets, drinkers, or
drug users. References. (423)542-4276.
assortment of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
East ‘C” Street, behind
Citizen’s Bank. 5BR,
outbuilding, $650mth.,
$650damage.
No
pets, smokers, partiers,
423-957-9403
leave
message.
33 Mobile Home
For Rent
37 Land w/Photo
For Sale
39 Lots w/Photo
For Sale
HWY 67W
Wilshire Dr./Sunrise Dr.
$34,900
Lot 44 Harbour
Pointe
Upscale building lots
with protective restrictions and an East
Tennessee mountain
views to die for. Add
your new dream
home to the beautiful
neighborhood. Less
than 5 miles to Elizabethton, 20 miles to
Watauga Lake, 60
minutes to Boone,
NC, 45 minutes to
Abington, VA, and 20
minutes to Bristol
Race Track.
Beautiful lot in upscale development
with
panoramic
views of lake and
Cherokee National
Forest. 135.90 ft. Water
Frontage!
$525,000.
Breathtaking views!
15+/- acre open and
wooded tract offering pasture, Property
backs the WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA
which
wildlife
a b o u n d s ! $179,900.00
C21WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
Lakeview Drive
$150,000
184 feet of Watauga
Lake
Front,
just
across the street from
the new development called The Retreat at Doe Mountain. This lot is a great
investment!
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Watauga Lake front in
a desirable location
with investment potential. Water and
electricity tap fees already paid. Great
view and 187 feet of
lakefront.
RAINBOW REALTY
423-547-2800
115 Carter Branch
Beautiful building lot,
1.09 acre. Great
Country
location,
beautiful
views,
cleared level land
with sloping woods,
small flowing creek.
45,000.
C21 WHITEHEAD
Deborah Sutherland
543-4663
MOUNTAIN
MEADOWS
Nice building lot in
Mountain Meadows.
Lovely cabins already
built in this development and everything
is first class. Three lots
available,
ranging
from $18,900-$24,900.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Verl Street Rd
Attention Investors!
Perfect
location
w/multiple building
sites. Also be a great
location for cabins,
cottages, or A-frame
type houses.
210 BLACK BEAR
PATH
$215,000
Fully furnished cabin
offering large sitting
room,
loft,
wrap
around porch, and
hot tub. This home is
a private get away in
itself.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
2 LOTS FOR ONE
PRICE in well established subdivision! No
mobile homes. Restrictions apply to
stick built. $27,500.
212 Dogwood
Acres Road
$139,900
Call Penny Century
21 Whitehead
Woodson
725-4000
Beautifully updated
and decorated 3BR
2BA brick features
fireplace,
large
decks, 2 car garage
& convenient to
schools,
Watauga
Lake, and Appalachian Trail.
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(423)547-2800
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129 GEORGE
BOWERS ROAD
Great chance to
own nice little house
with some land and
just minutes from
town. Needs TLC.
Two bedroom and
one bath situated on
level lot. Approx 2
Acres. $75,000
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
3BR, 1BA, hardwood,
with extra room and
bath, nice lot, 200
Perry
Street,
(423)543-3619,
$95,000.
903 WALKER STREET
3BR, 1BA, hardwood
floors,
unfinished
basement, level lot.
$81,900 with 3000
back to buyer w/acceptab le offer for
closing costs, vacation, etc.
101 Freedom Court MLS 257936 $79,900 2BR, 1BA across from
Unaka High School. Like new home on
over an acre with
wet weather creek. Hardwood floors in
living, washer, dryer
furnished, large bath,
beautiful kitchen. Nice wooded 2 acre
lots. 2 acres $35,900,
lots , 4 acres $69,900
or 6 acres. $99,900.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Lot 1
Natalie Circle
Cleared lot in Sunrise
Estates. Along with lot
2 this would make
wonderful build site
on
cul-de-sac.
$21,900.
Watauga
River.
1400sq. ft. stick built,
5yrs. old, 3BR, 2BA
ranch.
Fisherman’s
p a r a d i s e .
423-542-2410,
423-773-1651.
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C21 Whitehead
Pam Pope
543-4663
SPEARBRANCH
ROAD
4.39 beautiful acres
with split-rail fencing
in a restricted mountain
development.
Additional 4.36 acre
tract
available.
$120,000.
RAINBOW REALTY
423-547-2800
“Like New”
Lot 1
Roan Springs
Building lot in Eagle
Ridge Estates. Partly
wooded!
Great
views! Minutes from
Roan Mountain State
Park! $80,000.
Completely
renovated & ready to
move into. Adorable
2BR located in Roan
Mountain. Large lot
with detached Garage,
workshop.
$109,900. Randall Birchfield
Real Estate & Auction
(423) 543-5959
C21 Whitehead
Jonathan Fulmer
543-4663
Tract 2 Ed Green Rd
1.522 acres. Very
nice, large, secluded
building lot. Only 1.5
miles to Watauga
Lake. $39,900
155 Pleasant Hill
Lot 19 Forest Pointe
1.93 acres. Beautiful
views of Watauga
Lake! Offers boat
launch,
parking
area, pier, and
more! $199,900
Tract 3 Ed Green Rd
1.326 acres. Very
nice, large, secluded
building lot. Only 1.5
miles to Watauga
Lake. $37,500
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
Jamie
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
This 2 or 3BR home
on 4.48 acres offers
spectacular views of
the surrounding valley and mountains, a
beautiful yard, large
horse barn, large
decking for entertaining and a pool.
$239,900.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Cleared lot in Sunrise
Estates. Along with lot
1 this would make
wonderful build site
on
cul-de-sac.
$21,900.
C21 Whitehead
Pam Pope
543-4663
RAINBOW REALTY
423-547-2800
$66,900
A very affordable
home right on the
river with a level yard
and updates. This
home is low maintenance and close to
town.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
144 Sewanee
Single
wide
offers18x20 covered
carport, 8x12 yard
barn, paved driveway, fenced-in yard.
Huge lot with beautiful trees. $54,000
C21 Whitehead
Pam Pope
543-4663
146 SOUTHGATE
10553 HIGHWAY
67W..
POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING! Beautifully restored farmhouse, 15+/- acres of
pasture and woodland, barn, stream!
Home has been updated, garage w/office
C21WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
Lynn Valley location
with beautiful views
of Holston Mountain!
4BR brick, 2.5BA,
three car garages,
new
architectural
roof, oak flooring,
Andersen windows,
level tree shaded
yard with fencing,
fireplace with gas
logs, ceiling fans,
and almost everything is new or like
new! Very roomy with
2,593 sq.ft. $229,500
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
107 Wilshire Drive
$312,000
152 Creek Bank
Elegant new single
level brick home with
elaborate details inside and out. You’ll
love this 4BR, 3BA
home with the spectacular
mountain
view and stream that
goes with it.
3BR, 2BA ranch close
to town! Offers sunroom
overlooking
creek, new heat
pump, garage, and
more! $119,900.
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
120 Ed Davis
3BR, 1.5BA ranch.
Home has many updates, large back
deck, level lot on
dead end street!
$119,900.
C21 Whitehead
Sherree Holt
543-4663
206 River Road
Lot 2 Natalie Circle
Nice 3BR, 2BA brick
home on level 4.92
acres. Land can be
purchased
separately. $192,000.
Call Ginger Holdren
Realty Executives
423-360-7150,
423-952-0226
John S. Brookshire
Real Estate
423-543-6765
Pete Slagle Road
134 RUFUS TAYLOR
RD.
315 Cottage Ave. 3BR,
1BA, CH&A. $85,000.
(423)543-3821.
6970 Bunker Hill
C21 Whitehead
Sherree Holt
543-4663
Three minutes outside
city limits in the Elizabethton High School
zone.150x125 lot suitable for any mobile
or stick built homes.
1279 Goose
Bradley Road
$209,900
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
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RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
129 Commodore
$9,900
31 Apartment
For Rent
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makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial
status, or national origin, or an intention, to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. ”Familial
status includes children under the age of
18 living with parents
or legal custodians;
pregnant women and
39 Lots w/Photo
For Sale
Jamie
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
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(423)547-2800
928-4151
37 Land w/Photo
For Sale
3BR, 2BA. Huge lot.
Happy Valley area.
appliances.
1BR
$175mth. References
r e q u i r e d .
423-257-2106,
423-543-2651.
3BR, 2BA doublewide
near J. C. Appliances;
new carpet, $500.mo.
(866) 662 9026 leave
msg.
4BR doublewide all
ready set up. Thermapane, glamour bath,
Financing available
with approved credit.
423-335-1792.
RENT or rent to own.
2004, 24x40 Giles. 3BR,
2BA, on rental lot.
Charity
Hill
area.
$1,500 down with
owner financing. Approx. $520. month.
895-0456.
ROAN
MOUNTAIN:
Rent or sale. 3BR, 2
1/2BA
doublewide,
CH&A,
appliances,
1/2
acre
land.
(423)772-3123.
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1713 SYLVAN HILL Located on one of
the prettiest streets in
town. This California
ranch has tons of
charm and is in immaculate condition,
on one level, and
features entry foyer
leading to a large
great room w/fp &
built-ins plus a formal
dining rm adjoining
the sunroom that
overlooks a flagstone terrace and
beautifully
landscaped yard. Updated kitchen has
good quality cabinets. 2BD/2BA, huge
master. Hardwood
and ceramic flooring
throughout. CH&A.
Security system. 2
Car attached garage and 2 car detached garage. A
rare find. $159,900
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
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63 4X4 Vehicles
For Sale
Abandoned Home.
3BR-2BA
singlewide
ready to move on
your
site.
Under
$300/mo.
Call
423-282-2700
176 Millard Cable
3BR, 1BA raised ranch
in Butler with 2.52
acres! Needs some
updating but could
make lovely home!
$124,900.
C21 Whitehead
Sherree Holt
543-4663
207 Main Street Roan
Mtn., TN
Quaint brick home in
the heart of Roan
Mountain...2
bedrooms, one bath on
the main level, eat in
kitchen,
laundry
room, upstairs could
be 2 additional bedrooms or game room
and office, the possibilities are endless.
Home has some new
windows,
new
plumbing and new
septic system.
542 Rainbow Rd.
3BR, 2BA ranch offers
garage, bonus room,
and more! Nestled on
11.16 acres.
PRICED TO SELL!!
$199,900.
C21 Whitehead
Trish Graybeal
543-4663
Call Sondra
957-5313
BRASWELL REALTY,
INC.
(423)772-0100
1918 West G Street
Large
one
level
ranch in Westside.
Quality construction.
Huge rooms. Living
room
w/fireplace
and built-in bookshelves. 20’ X 21.6”
sunken family room
has glass doors leading to a covered
flagstone patio overlooking a level backyard. 3 Good sized
bedrooms.
Hardwood flooring under
carpets except in
family room. Attached 2 car carport. CH&A. $139,000
210 Landon Trail
Spacious 2BR 2.5BA
condo in immaculate condition! Drive
under garage, hardwood floors, home
theater, and more!
$124,900
russ swanay
realty
423-543-5741
C21 Whitehead
Skip Walker
543-4663
601 Holly Lane
$142,500.
Beautiful level double lot on corner.
Large garage with
workshop area &
electric door opener.
3BRs, 2FBAs. New
stainless appliances,
heat pump, roof, hot
water heater, bathroom fixtures & flooring. Lovely built-in
cabinetry.
Completely updated wiring and plumbing.
This house is a doll
house and in “move
in” ready condition.
423-416-6412
423-416-7144
3011 Hwy 107 Unicoi,
TN Beautiful Split Foyer
on a gorgeous level
lot with a nice flowing creek. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, finished den and bath
in basement, beautiful hardwood floors,
drive under garage,
nice back deck
great for entertaining. Also, there is a
rental house, that
rents for $285.00 a
month.
Great
buy....2 homes for
the price of one.
REDUCED TO
$169,900. Seller says
make offer.
Call Sondra
957-5313
BRASWELL REALTY,
INC.
(423)772-0100
Minutes from town,
yet totally secluded,
one level cedar
shake home is ideal
for those seeking privacy and a unique,
custom home. Immaculate condition.
The only views from
this gorgeous home
are of trees and
mountains. Features
open living, dining,
kitchen with hardwood flooring, all appliances included,
and rock fireplace in
the dining area. Huge
sunken family room
with fireplace, wall of
windows,
built-ins
and an office alcove.
Two bedrooms and 2
updated baths. Master offers a private
glassed and heated
sunroom. Trane CH&A
and triple pane windows. Detached 3
car
carport
with
workshop. Beautiful
home has been lovingly maintained and
is reasonably priced.
$99,500.
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
2421 Old Lewis
Road MLS 259202 $222,000 4BR,
2.5BA
near
Martindale Estates. Cape cod, full unfinished basement, new
kitchen, professional
landscaping, large
yard, concrete circular drive.
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
Call Ginger Holdren
Realty Executives
423-360-7150,
423-952-0226
2BR, 2BA home in
West End of Elizabethton. Updates include new windows,
appliances, electrical, and plumbing!
$135,000.
2548 Bob Little
Road
$135,995
Brick home close to
town, move in condition. 3BR, CH&A,
beautiful hardwood,
open kitchen, den
area,
fireplace,
heated
sunroom,
double garage.
Charming Log
Home
Beautiful 1 acre
wooded lot. 3BR,
2BA, open plan with
huge deck, 16x16
storage bld. Great
location! $163,500.
Call Kathy
341-1478
688 Blue Springs
Road
$173,900
Newly constructed
log siding home with
beautiful stone fireplace, stainless appliances, & beautiful
cabinetry. Nice landscaping with pond &
fountain.
Covered
porch with deck out
the back.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
CENTURY 21
PRO SERVICE
423-282-1885
Minutes from town,
yet totally secluded,
one level cedar
shake home is ideal
for those seeking privacy and a unique,
custom home. Immaculate condition.
The only views from
this gorgeous home
are of trees and
mountains. Features
open living, dining,
kitchen with hardwood flooring, all appliances included,
and rock fireplace in
the dining area.
Huge sunken family
room with fireplace,
wall of windows,
built-ins and an office alcove. Two
bedrooms and 2 updated baths. Master
offers
a
private
glassed and heated
sunroom.
Trane
CH&A and triple
pane windows. Detached 3 car carport
with workshop. Beautiful home has been
lovingly maintained
and is reasonably
priced. $99,500.
300 WEST K STREET
Roomy older home in
the City with loads of
charm. Living room
with fireplace and
glass front built-ins.
Formal dining with
double french doors.
3 good size bedrooms. 1 1/2 baths.
Concrete basement
with inside and outside access. Gas Furnace. Central Air.
Large laundry room.
0.527 Acre site also
includes a 22’ X 24’
detached shop with
electric door opener.
Needs updating, but
this is a nice home,
realistically priced, in
a great City location.
$79,500.
Beautiful ranch nestled on 1.17 acres.
3BR, 2BA, full basement, 2 car garage,
and much more!
$146,900.
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
543-4663
SELLING OUR HOME?
We Have Buyers!
FREE Market analysis
available
RE/MAX
Central Realty
(423)538-3300
423 COAL CHUTE
Needs TLC. Great
starter home for
handyman. Has heat
pump needs to be
installed, Also some
building materials.
$49,900.00
C21WHITEHEAD
PAM POPE
543-4663
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
2001 Chrysler Town
& Country Limited
All
wheel
drive,
leather, power side
and rear doors, 4
captains
chairs,
loaded and extra
clean, 86K.
MEREDITH BROTHERS
AUTO SALES
(423)543-8603
642 1st avenue
hampton
$68,000.
2003 CHEVY S10 EXTENDED CAB ZR2 4x4,
loaded,
excellent
condition. 172K highway miles, $7500.
423-534-8794.
2006 ACURA MDX
TOURING 4x4, 20K, like
new, pearl white,
$28,000. 423-534-8794.
64 4X4 w/Photo
For Sale
PREOWNED
Stk.MB175A
1999 JEEP
WRANGLER SPORT
MEREDITH BROTHERS
AUTO SALES
(423)543-8603
PREOWNED
Stk. #MB176
2003 Honda Accord
EX 2DR Coupe
PHONE 423-542-5832
AFTER 5:00 P.M.
4 cylinder, automatic,
sunroof,
power everything.
Excellent condition.
Local trade in, 86K.
47 Wanted
To Buy
MEREDITH BROTHERS
AUTO SALES
(423)543-8603
currier & Ives or
Audubon
prints
(423)968-9392. Leave
message.
(423)292-4577 or
(423)547-9714
4x4, soft top, 6 cylinder, automatic, air
condition,
extra
clean, low miles,
85K, local trade in.
Excellent condition.
FOR SALE
BY OWNER
Remodeled mobile
home. 50x110 level
lot, 2BR., 2Baths,
double carport, garage and unfisned
gargage apt. Owner
financeing with approved
credit.
$3,000.
down
$500.month at 7%
simple interest.
4x4 A/C, auto, runs
great! $5800.
ESTATE OF
INEZ WILSON BANKS
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that on the 14th day
of February, 2008,
Letters of Administration,
in respect to
the Estate of
Inez Wilson Banks
deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court Clerk and
Master, Probate Division, of Carter County,
Tennessee.
All persons, resident
and
non-resident,
having claims, matured or un-matured,
against the Estate of
Inez Wilson Banks
are required to file the
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
four (4) months from
the date of the first
publication of this Notice; otherwise, their
claims will be forever
barred.
All persons indebted
to the above Estate
must come forward
and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.
This the 14th day of
February, 2008.
Mark H. Banks
Administrator
Deceased:
Inez Wilson Banks
Frederic H. Brandt
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
2/18, 2/25
LEGAL NOTICE
The Elizabethton City
Council will be meeting in a workshop session at 7:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, February 19,
2008 at City Hall, 136
S. Sycamore St. for discussion of the City
Manager status.
Larry Clark,
City Clerk
2/18
NON-RESIDENT
NOTICE
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT AT
ELIZABETHTON,
CARTER COUNTY,
TENNESSEE
THELMA MARIE DIECKON
PAYNE
Plaintiffs
-vsBUDDY LEE PAYNE
CAUSE
NO. 26923
In this cause, it appearing from the
Plaintiff’s bill, which is
sworn to, that the Defendants, BUDDY LEE
PAYNE address is unknown, it is ordered by
me that publication
be made for four successive weeks, as required by law, in the
Elizabethton Star, a
newspaper published
in Elizabethton, Tennessee,
in
said
County, notifying said
Defendant to appear
before our said Chancery Court, at the
Courthouse, 801 East
Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, within thirty
(30) days after this notice has been published for four successive weeks in said
newspaper,
and
make defense to said
complaint, or the allegations thereof will be
taken for confessed
and this cause will be
set for hearing ex
parte as to the BUDDY
LEE PAYNE.
This 24TH day of January, 2008.
Melissa Moreland
CLERK AND MASTER
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18
50 Auctions
& Estates
AT AUCTION
Estate of
Sadie Kress
Antiques, Stereos,
1952 Hudson,
excellent condition
(reserve)
Collectable Money
(reserve)
Lots and Lots of
Household Items of
all kinds.
423-288-6946
LC Osborne
Auctioneer
TAC 1111 FIRM 325
57 Motorcycles
For Sale
WOW!!
$39.900.00
1540 BROAD STREET
LYNN VALLEY
Small 2 bedroom, 1
bath, CHA also an
outbuilding. A great
investment and location.
44 Mobile Homes
For Sale
A classic, custom
built, one level brick
home fronting on the
Golf Course. Custom
kitchen with upgraded cabinetry,
huge family room
with access to the
flagstone
floored
sunroom, 3 large
bedrooms, an abundance of closet storage and 2 1/2BAs. 2
Car garage. 2 Fireplaces. Manicured,
professionally landscaped grounds. Upgraded
windows,
roofing and heating
system. Crown moldings, hardwood flooring, smooth ceilings
and an air filtration
system are just a few
of the amenities this
classic home has to
offer. A must see!!!
$299,000
PREOWNED
Stk.#MB177
2001 Jeep
Cherokee Sport
across from
Pardner’s BBQ Bluff City, TN
Hwy. 19E
BY OWNER
423-647-2728
CAROL
729 FAIRWAY
DRIVE
MEREDITH BROTHERS
AUTO SALES
(423)543-8603
PROBATE NO. P080017
PUBLIC NOTICES
Feb. 23, 2008
10:00 AM
6970 Blue Springs
Parkway
209 ROOSEVELT
4DR, 4 cylinder, automatic, air condition,
extra clean, local
trade in, excellent
gas mileage, 35K.
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PREOWNED
Stk.#MB178
2006 Nissan Sentra
PUBLIC NOTICES
Sale Conducted for
Jack and Gail
Owens
www.centralrealtytn.
com
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(423)547-2800
112 Creekside
2BR 2BA mobile
home in nice neighborhood. Home one
level lot! Great fishing within walking
distance!
900 West I Street
627 West C Street
EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!
Well maintained 4
unit apartment building in great location!
$159,000
45 Mobile Homes
w/Photo
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
209 ROOSEVELT
New 28x52 3BR, 2BA
on private lot. Upper
Stoney Creek, owner
f i n a n c i n g .
423-943-3418.
Payments less than a
singlewide. New 3BR
Doublewide
w/
Dream Kitchen. Only
$433/mo W.A.C Call
423-282-5009
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1997
FLEETWOOD
24x52,
3BR,
2BA,
CH&A,
fireplace,
$28,500. Delivery and
set-up
included.
(423)542-2533,
(423)360-0196.
1999 CLAYTON 16X80
3BR, 2BA, fireplace,
dishwasher,
more,
moving must sell, take
over
payments.
(423)474-3881
3 BR-2 BA in a quiet
country setting. Mountain Views. Terms Negotiable.
Only
$518/mo
W.A.C
Call 423-282-4112
3BR-2BA. Ready to
move into. Located in
the Tri-Cities most exclusive park. Only
$425/mo.
Call
423-282-2700
4 BR-2 BA on a nice
private lot. Amazing
Views.
Financing
Available.
Only
$638/mo. W.A.C Call
423-282-5681
2005 BIG BEAR
CUSTOM CHOPPER
600K, S&E engine,
Springer font end,
spoked wheels, 18’’
rear wheel with 250
width tire, 21’’ front
tire. Custom Paint Job
and a lot of chrome.
$18,990.
Call Steve
(423)282-3000
1997 YAMAHA JET SKI ,
60MPH, 1997 KAWASAKI 1500 Vulcan,
showroom condition,
new
tires.
(423)772-9410
2007 Honda Shadow
Sabre 1100, black
cherry, 6,220K, new
warranty, windshield,
crash bars. $6,500.
(423)474-3131.
59 Autos
For Sale
1987 Ford Ranger, extended cab, 1984 Plymouth Reliant $1000.
OBO both need work.
(423)262-3420,
(423)342-6644.
2007 CHEVY IMPALA
LT,
all
options,
sun-roof, 9,000 miles,
$12,900. 423-534-8794.
1986 Mercury Cougar,
driveable, no reverse,
$200.
1979
Ford
Econoline extended
van,
$400.
423-547-9402.
1984 Subaru Station
Wagon, 4-wheel drive,
sunroof, Too many
new parts to list.
$ 7 0 0 . O . B . O .
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AccuWeather 5-Day Forecast for Elizabethton
National Weather for Feb. 18, 2008
®
TODAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
-10s -0s
FRIDAY
0s
10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
Seattle
53/39
Billings
44/26
A shower,
perhaps snow
late
46°
Some sun,
snow showers;
breezy
42°
23°
51°
29°
Bristol Almanac
Partly sunny
and milder
Cloudy
33°
49°
RealFeel Temp
Statistics are through 6 p.m. yest.
The patented RealFeel Temperature® is
AccuWeather’s exclusive index of the effects
of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine,
precipitation and elevation on the human
body. Shown are the highest values for each
day.
Temperature:
High yesterday ........................ 63°
Low yesterday ......................... 42°
Precipitation:
Today ........................................... 35°
Tuesday ........................................ 30°
Wednesday .................................. 47°
Thursday ...................................... 48°
Friday ........................................... 50°
24 hrs. ending 6 p.m. yest. ... 0.06"
AccuWeather.com
Tennessee Weather
Union City
40/24
Camden
41/22
36°
34°
52°
Nashville
42/27
Sunrise today ....................... 7:14 a.m.
Sunset tonight ...................... 6:12 p.m.
Moonrise today ................... 3:43 p.m.
Moonset today ..................... 5:45 a.m.
Moon Phases
Full
Last
New
First
Feb 20
Feb 28
Mar 7
Mar 14
The State
City
Athens
Bristol
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville
Crossville
Erwin
Franklin
Greeneville
Johnson City
Today
Hi Lo W
48 23 c
45 24 c
49 29 c
40 23 c
48 25 c
41 21 c
42 22 c
46 21 c
42 27 c
46 23 c
46 24 c
Hi
47
42
51
46
49
43
42
41
50
45
42
0-2:
3-5:
6-7:
Low
Moderate
High
8-10:
11+:
Very High
Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2008
Los Angeles
68/52
Hi
42
43
58
45
37
49
47
48
43
37
43
Atlanta
54/31
El Paso
63/38
Houston
62/42
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Miami
85/68
Showers
T-storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.
Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures
are given for selected cities.
Rain and thunderstorms will accompany a cold front pushing
through the Eastern Seaboard today. In the front's wake, blustery
winds, frigid air and snow showers will grip the Midwest. Cooler
air will also filter into the Deep South.
The Nation
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Kingsport
48 24 c
Knoxville
47 28 c
Memphis
46 33 pc
Morristown 44 22 c
Mountain City 46 21 c
Nashville
42 27 c
Newport
49 23 c
Oak Ridge
44 27 c
Pigeon Forge 49 28 c
Roan Mtn.
46 19 c
Sevierville
45 28 c
Washington
60/34
Kansas City
28/13
Denver
42/22
New York
58/34
Detroit
30/17
National Summary
Knoxville
47/28
Tue.
Lo W
34 s
27 sf
33 s
34 pc
33 s
34 pc
34 sf
27 sf
35 pc
27 sf
27 sf
San Francisco
60/47
8 a.m. .............................................. 0
Noon ............................................... 3
4 p.m. .............................................. 1
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Sun and Moon
Chicago
20/5
UV Index Today
Elizabethton
46/23
Murfreesboro
43/24
Waynesboro Chattanooga
49/29
42/23
Memphis
46/33
Cloudy with a
chance of rain
Minneapolis
5/-6
Tue.
Lo W
28 sf
34 sf
41 s
31 sf
29 sf
35 pc
32 sf
33 sf
34 sf
29 sf
34 sf
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
54 31 pc
Boston
55 34 r
Charleston, SC 70 39 t
Charlotte
64 33 pc
Chicago
20 5 sf
Cincinnati
38 16 sf
Dallas
56 36 pc
Denver
42 22 pc
Honolulu
80 68 s
Kansas City 28 13 pc
Los Angeles 68 52 pc
New York City 58 34 r
Orlando
81 54 t
Phoenix
74 48 s
Seattle
53 39 s
Wash., DC
60 34 pc
Tue.
Hi Lo W
58 38 s
44 25 pc
61 36 s
48 32 s
18 6 c
29 22 pc
67 49 s
54 26 s
81 68 s
44 21 pc
65 52 pc
39 25 pc
68 45 s
75 51 pc
51 39 sh
45 28 pc
The World
City
Acapulco
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Dublin
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Today
Hi Lo W
86 72 s
48 33 s
50 41 c
45 25 s
41 35 c
48 34 s
68 59 pc
45 35 r
53 37 s
46 41 r
75 45 s
45 20 sh
52 33 s
49 31 s
37 21 s
91 75 pc
Hi
89
48
53
48
44
48
70
42
53
45
73
31
50
54
41
90
Tues.
Lo W
73 pc
33 s
46 sh
23 s
34 pc
37 s
59 pc
36 pc
37 s
41 r
46 s
11 sf
43 s
35 s
27 s
77 pc
Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
TODAY’S WEATHER BROUGHT TO YOU FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT
ELIZABETHTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Recall
542-1100
(8 am - 5 pm)
www.eesonline.org
542-1111
(After Hours)
n Continued from 1
were apparently too sick
or injured to walk into the
slaughterhouse. Some animals had water forced down
their throats, San Bernardino County prosecutor Michael Ramos said.
No charges have been
filed against Westland, but
an investigation by federal
authorities continues.
Officials estimate that
about 37 million pounds of
the recalled beef went to
school programs, but they
believe most of the meat
probably has already been
eaten.
“We don’t know how
much product is out there
right now. We don’t think
there is a health hazard,
but we do have to take this
action,” said Dr. Dick Raymond, USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety.
Most of the beef was sent
to distribution centers in
bulk packages. The USDA
said it will work with distributors to determine how
much meat remains.
Tennessee Agriculture
Department
spokesman
Tom Womack said Friday
that state school systems
have identified 224 cases
of raw ground beef that
haven’t been used. Each
case contains about 40
pounds of meat, he said.
The school systems that
still had the meat were
mostly in West and East
Tennessee, including Shelby County schools, he said.
Womack said that over
the past two school years,
about 120,000 pounds of
raw ground beef from the
company has been distributed in Tennessee.
“We don’t know how
much was consumed or
thrown out,” Womack said.
Officials are not yet sure
how much of the company’s
processed meat products,
which includes items like
hamburger patties, are in
the schools.
“We’re still trying to
figure that out,” Womack
said.
Womack estimated that
294,000 pounds of the processed meat product could
have been distributed over
the last two school years.
But Womack said that
the commodity program
makes up only a fraction of
food served in the school
lunch program.
“USDA surplus commodities only make up
about 20 percent of the
lunch plate,” Womack said.
“A relatively small amount
of the school lunch plate
could be affected by this.”
Federal regulations call
for keeping downed cattle out of the food supply
because they may pose a
higher risk of contamina-
tion from E. coli, salmonella
or mad cow disease because
they typically wallow in feces and their immune systems are often weak.
About 150 school districts around the nation
have stopped using ground
beef from Hallmark Meat
Packing Co., which is associated with Westland. Two
fast-food chains, Jack-Inthe-Box and In-N-Out, said
they would not use beef
from Westland/Hallmark.
Jack in the Box, a San
Diego-based company with
restaurants in 18 states, told
its meat suppliers not to
use Hallmark until further
notice, but it was unclear
whether it had used any
Hallmark meat. In-N-Out,
an Irvine-based chain, also
halted use of the Westland/Hallmark beef. Other
chains such as McDonald’s
and Burger King said they
do not buy beef from Westland.
Raymond countered a
claim leveled by Humane
Society President and CEO
Wayne Pacelle, who said a
USDA inspector was at the
Westland plant for about
two hours each day. USDA
inspectors are there at
slaughterhouses “continuously,” Raymond said.
Federal lawmakers on
Thursday had called for
the Government Account-
ability Office to investigate
the safety of meat in the
National School Lunch Program.
Upon learning about the
recall, some legislators criticized the USDA, saying the
federal agency should conduct more thorough inspections to ensure tainted beef
doesn’t get to the public.
“Today marks the largest
beef recall in U.S. history,
and it involves the national
school lunch program and
other federal food and nutrition programs,” said U.S.
Sen. Tom Harkin, Chairman
of the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition and
Forestry. “This begs the
question: how much longer will we continue to test
our luck with weak enforcement of federal food safety
regulations?”
Advocacy groups also
weighed in, noting the problems at Westland wouldn’t
have been revealed had it
not been for animal right
activists.
“On the one hand, I’m
glad that the recall is taking place. On the other, it’s
somewhat disturbing, given
that obviously much of this
food has already been eaten,” said Jean Halloran, director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union.
“It’s really closing the barn
door after the cows left.”
The day of the shooting
or the day after, Baty received a package from Kazmierczak containing two
textbooks, a cell phone and
what she characterized as a
“goodbye note.”
“You’ve done so much
for me,” the note said, according to Baty. “You will
make an excellent psychologist and social worker
someday.” Another package
contained a gun holster and
ammunition.
Baty described an on-off
relationship to CNN and
said she and Kazmierczak
most recently had been living together. “I still love
him,” she told CNN.
Residents of Elk Grove
Village seemed to feel a
sense of disbelief and confusion over the attack that
thrust their community into
the news, said the Rev. Hwa
Young Chong at the Prince
of Peace United Methodist
Church.
“I couldn’t believe coming
from a place like Elk Grove
he could do that,” said Judy
Glomski. “It’s just a friendly
town. I guess there are sick
people everywhere.”
Kazmierczak was studying sociology at NIU. He
transferred three semesters
ago to the more prestigious
University of Illinois in
Champaign. Most students
and professors on both campuses remembered him as a
promising student.
Yet he began assembling
an arsenal in August, buying
a shotgun and three menacing handguns from a small
Champaign gun shop. He
added oversized ammunition clips in an Internet pur-
chase from the same dealer
that sold the Virginia Tech
gunman a weapon.
Kazmierczak had also begun the long process of having his arms blanketed with
disturbing tattoos, including
a skull pierced by a knife, a
pentagram and a macabre
character from the “Saw”
horror movies, superimposed on images of bleeding
slashes across his forearm.
At First Baptist Church
in DeKalb, members passed
pinned-on red ribbons for a
morning service Sunday. The
Rev. Joe Sanders prayed for
the NIU community and the
victims’ families and asked
God to help Kazmierczak’s
family cope with the attack
and their own grief of losing a son: “We want God to
be merciful and gracious to
them.”
Victims
n Continued from 1
committed suicide.
Kazmierczak grew up
northwest of Chicago, in Elk
Grove Village, and played
saxophone in the school
band. He spent time in a
mental health center in his
late teens, and police have
said without elaboration
that he had stopped taking
some kind of medication in
the days or weeks before the
shooting.
His girlfriend, Jessica
Baty, told CNN on Sunday
that he had stopped taking
an antidepressant about
three weeks ago because “it
made him feel like a zombie.”
She said he called her
early on Valentine’s Day,
the day of the shooting, to
say goodbye. “He told me
not to forget about him,” she
told CNN.
n Continued from 1
Chairman of the Covered
Bridge Celebration. “That
would be absolutely incredible. It would be a dream for
us and a dream for them.”
The competition, Campbell says, is designed to increase visibility for the Covered Bridge Celebration,
“increase tourists to the
area, increase the fun factor
in the community, the quality of life and the indirect
services of doing business
in Elizabethton as well.”
Martin says she hopes
competition will draw more
people to the festival and
get them more involved
in community activities. “I
think this is one great way
to get that done,” she said.
Martin points out that although all contestants will
be considered winners, only
one winner can be selected
at the festival. “We’ve got to
eliminate some people and
get down to the final winner,” she said. “The final
winner will be selected on
Saturday night.”
Festival attendees will be
able to cast their votes for
the winner of each round
by putting change in a jar
designated for their favorite
performer. One cent counts
as one vote. Funds collected will be used to enhance
community events, awarding the participant, advertisement, and to enhance
the quality of life in the
Elizabethton/Carter County
region.
The Covered Bridge Committee, through a sponsorship from Enterprise Rent a
Car, hopes to send the winner to the next “American
Idol” competition.
Applications are available at Grindstaff Automotive and Horace Mann Insurance and must be turned
in, along with the $5 application fee, to the Chamber
of Commerce.
Prospective contestants
must be at least 16 years
old and no older than 30.
Those under age 18 must
have signed permission
from their parents or legal
guardian.
the Chamber at 547-3850.
Tornadoes
n Continued from 1
car, which had its front
windshield cracked by debris and the other windows
shattered.
About 9,000 homes and
businesses lost power in
Prattville. The tornado was
part of storms that swept
across the South, damaging homes elsewhere in
Alabama and in the Florida
Panhandle.
A tornado destroyed four
homes in Escambia County,
Fla. About 60 other homes,
businesses and storage
buildings were damaged to
varying degrees, said county
spokeswoman Sonya Daniel.
Residents hustled to clear
debris, cover broken windows and spread tarpaulins
on roofs. “I expected to hear
the roof blow off as bad as
that wind was blowing,”
Willie Chastang, 58, told the
Pensacola News Journal.
Across the border in Escambia County, Ala., two
houses were destroyed by
a possible tornado in rural
Dixie, the Weather Service
said.
The storm damaged some
structures in Covington
County, Ala., and toppled
trees, said Jeremie Shaffer, assistant director of the
county emergency manage-
ment agency.
Freezing rain and snow
fell across the southern
two-thirds of Wisconsin,
still weary from a major
snowstorm that stranded
hundreds of motorists and
snarled travel for days.
Numerous crashes were
reported, and authorities
urged people to stay off
roads. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard
warning for much of Iowa
and Wisconsin, as well as
flood warnings in parts of
the two states.
The conditions forced
shopping malls, libraries and churches to close.
Democratic
presidential
candidates Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Barack Obama
postponed or canceled campaign stops ahead of Tuesday’s primary.
Heavy snow and slush
closed Kansas City International Airport for almost six
hours, the longest closure in
its 35-year history, authorities said. Dozens of flights
were canceled.
The severe weather in the
South comes on the heels
of a tornado outbreak this
month that killed more than
50 people in several states,
including Alabama.
Nancy Reagan hospitalized
after fall at Bel-Air home
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Former first lady Nancy
Reagan was hospitalized Sunday after falling in her home
in Bel-Air but is doing well, her spokeswoman said.
Reagan, 86, was taken to St. John’s Health Center, where
doctors determined she did not break a hip as initially
feared, spokeswoman Joanne Drake said.
Drake said Reagan was doing well and would be staying
the night in the same room where former President Ronald
Reagan stayed after he broke his hip at home in 2001. He
died June 5, 2004, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s
disease. The two were married for 52 years.
Reagan’s family physician recommended the overnight
stay “as a precaution,” Drake said.
“She’s joking and visiting in her room,” Drake said.
A message left for a hospital spokesman Sunday night
was not immediately returned.
Nancy Reagan’s last major public appearance was at
the Jan. 30 Republican presidential debate at the Reagan
Library in Simi Valley, Calif., where she sat with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
She did not attend a 97th birthday celebration held for
her late husband at the library on Feb. 6.
EFD receives grant
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
— Congressman David Davis has announced that the
Elizabethton Fire Department has been awarded
$11,780 for operations and
safety. This grant is administered through the Department of Homeland Security.
“I am pleased to see that the
Department of Homeland
Security is supporting the
First District of Tennessee
by investing to keep our citizens safe,” said Davis. “Keeping our first responders safe is a priority,
and by allotting funds for
training, personnel protective equipment, and safety
modifications to facilities,
this grant does just that,”
Davis added.
Correction
Noah Stevens
Great-Grandson of
Carole Sullivan
Elizabethton, TN

23 43 Damaging tornadoes reported in the South

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