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■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 311 ■ November 7, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ $1.25
By JEff fArrELLStaff Writer
SEVIERVILLE —The Board of Mayor and Aldermen will have an unusual special called meeting at 7 p.m. Monday to discuss proposed changes in the special assess-ment fee proposed for the Bridgemont development.
The board rarely has special called meet-ings, but Monday’s meeting will be doubly unusual because it will take place during the Winterfest kickoff festivities in the
municipal complex. Because of that, the meeting will be held in a conference room on the second level of the Civic Center instead of the ordinary meeting room.
Administrator Steve Hendrix said he scheduled the meeting without realizing it was the same date as the Winterfest kick-off until it had already been advertised.
The city has been negotiating with the original developers of the Bridgemont project for some time over debts owed on improvements to the infrastructure. The developers, now called Universe, agreed
to pay for portions of improvement to the roads, power and other improvements in the area. The city paid for improvements that served the Events Center and the municipal golf course and split the costs with the developers and businesses in the area.
Universe paid $9 million initially, but owes more after numerous changes to the plans and contracts over the course of sev-eral years, Hendrix said.
Debts focus of special meeting
From staff reports
More than two months after he allegedly left the scene of an accident but on the day The Mountain Press reported about the incident, Pigeon Forge assistant baseball coach Wesley Teaster was arrested, charged with violating the terms of his Circuit Court-imposed probation.
The move was made Friday by deputies with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department, apparently just a short time after Teaster’s attor-ney, Bryan Delius, called The Mountain Press to say his client was coop-erating with law enforce-ment as required.
Given the long delay between the Aug. 27 hit-and-run citation and the actual arrest, it’s not
clear what prompted the charge to actually be filed. Information from the sheriff’s office simply indicates the 23-year-old Teaster was charged with violating the proba-tion given him by Judge Richard Hooper follow-ing a 2008 accident that took the life of fellow assistant coach Jeremy Chesney.
Teaster was released without bond, with an
arraignment hearing on the matter set for Jan. 4, according to arrest reports.
Delius told The Mountain Press Friday, the day the initial report of the Aug. 27 incident was printed, that Teaster had followed the terms of his sentence by let-ting his probation officer know about the incident.
“He was not arrest-ed,” Delius said. “He did
report to law enforcement and he did cooperate.”
Delius also claims Teaster left three mes-sages with his probation supervisor asking that person to call him about the accident.
Despite those claims, the warrant filed at 9:31 a.m. Friday avers Teaster did not report the charge to the probation office.
Teaster arrested Friday for violating probation
Serving With PrideLocal military veterans served country with dignity
By DErEK HoDgESStaff Writer
PITTMAN CENTER — It was three days before Thanksgiving 1967 when Dan Klopfenstein got the orders informing him he would be shipping out to Vietnam.
“They sent me home of a few days. I got to the house about 2:30 in the morning and my future wife was with me. We were engaged at that time,” Klopfenstein remembers. “We were standing in the kitchen and my pop came in. He knew immediately why I was home. My mom came in and said, ‘What are you doing you here?’ Of course, she figured it out pretty quickly.”
Klopfenstein still becomes emotional as he recalls the moment his mother realized one of her two boys would soon be in that dangerous place. He looks off in the distance as his eyes go misty and his voice trails off.
It hadn’t been long before that late-November day that Klopfenstein received another notice, this one informing him his number had come up and he had been drafted into the U.S. Army. The son of an Army vet-eran of World War II, the grandson of an Army veteran of World War I, Klopfenstein says he never questioned his call to serve his country.
“Some guys were running to Canada.
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Vietnam veteran Dan Klopfenstein enters the SCHS gym to applause before their veteran salute program Friday.
Klopfenstein proud of service in Vietnam
By STAn VoITEditor
GATLINBURG — He was 18 years old, without a high school diploma. The war had started and by 1943 Freeland Brown knew where he should be.
The draft took care of it. He entered the military that year. Two years later he emerged, having literally dodged bullets and escaped close calls. And having survived four months in a German prisoner of war camp that saw his weight drop from 180 to 80 pounds.
These days Freeland Brown, known as Dood by his friends and family, lives on Roaring Fork Road less than four miles from where he was raised. He reminisces willingly about World War II and sometimes speaks to veterans groups and school classes. He survived extreme difficulties and circum-stances, and he knows why.
“To me, Jesus Christ is all of it,” he said. “Things hap-pened over there that had to be because I was protected by God. I knew Jesus Christ before I went over there, so I was never scared.”
His mother died when Brown was an infant. His grandfather, Sherman Clabough, raised him.
When he entered the military he at first joined the Navy, but later transferred to the Army.
After 14 weeks of basic training, he was shipped to North Africa, where allies had already taken control. An attack of appendicitis caused him to miss three trips out of Africa, but when he recovered it was on to Europe,
POW Brown was ‘protected by God’
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Brown holds a framed collection of his mili-tary medals and citations. Now 85, he lives in Gatlinburg with his wife Frances.
Inside■ WWI veteran Frank Atchley served support-ing role for troops.■ Desert Storm veteran found career in military
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By JEFF FARRELLStaff Writer
You don’t often hear about the United States Navy Armed Guard, but Frank Atchley remembers them well.
The 85-year-old Sevierville native served with the unit from 1943 until the end of World War II, helping to guard convoys as they ferried supplies and troops across oceans. The unit was disbanded after World War II.
“It sounds like we were just standing around guarding something, but we were on the ships,” Atchley said.
Atchley was drafted in 1943, and eventu-ally assigned to the Navy and then to the Guard. They were the sailors who went along with merchant marine vessels to defend them in the event of attack. He spent most of the war after that crisscross-ing the Atlantic.
The Navy didn’t have enough ships to protect all the merchant marine vessels that delivered supplies, and to help provide more defense the ships were fitted with guns and with sailors to man them.
Atchley said they would take shifts standing watch, looking for signs of enemy vessels or aircraft. When they weren’t doing that, they were maintaining the big guns mounted on the ships and perform-ing other functions.
They would occasionally see the destroyer escorts move out and drop depth charges, but they weren’t involved in any real engagements on his trips. German subs in particular were a constant threat and always in their mind.
“The last thing anybody wanted was to
take a torpedo,” Atchley said.But the convoys he was with were fortu-
nate and were not targeted, he said.That stopped when they were told to
head to southern England: They were going to offer support in the Allied assault on the beaches of Normandy.
“We saw 1,000 ships moving across the English Channel,” he remembered.
Their duty shifted from making the long trip across the Atlantic to carrying supplies across the Channel. Early on, they were sent to resupply battleships. Atchley said he could remember it clearly, because the battleship was still firing its big guns in support of the troops.
Even at that distance, they were taking fire from the shore and it was chaotic, but
Atchley said he didn’t remember being scared.
Eventually, as the ground troops pushed inland, they were able to land at the beach-heads to drop off supplies.
They weren’t supposed to get off the ships during those trips. Mostly they were too busy, and officers were also concerned about safety. One of Atchley’s friends defied that rule and paid a tragic price: He slipped away with some of the merchant marines but he stepped on a “bouncing Betty,” a gruesome sort of mine that pro-pels an explosive into the air before it deto-nates and sprays shrapnel around the area.
The man died; he was the only casualty Atchley’s ship suffered at the time.
After that trip, Atchley was just about done with his duties, as it turned out. He had managed to make time to marry his sweetheart, Mary, on a trip home and he was soon back to stay and to build a life with her. By the time he’d been ordered to go to the Pacific, the war was winding down.
He said that throughout his time in the service, he couldn’t really remember being scared — from the trips across the Atlantic to resupplying jaunts during D-day, it was all more exciting than frightening. “I never did worry about a thing in the world,” he said. “I was too young, I guess.”
But as he’s had decades to reflect and look back, it’s not an adventure he’d be anxious to repeat.
“It was an experience,” he said. “I don’t think I’d want to go through it again.”
Atchley helped protect supplies for troops
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World War II veteran Frank Atchley reviews pictures of his time serving with the United States Navy Armed Guard.
where things got hairy. And the close calls began.
He was stationed in France with the 143rd Infantry, 36th Division, the so-called Texas Division. It was under the command of Gen. George Patton.
A fellow soldier stepped on a landmine, sending shrapnel into Brown’s body. He still has a piece of metal in his lip, which he is glad to show a visi-tor. A mortar attack sent fragments into his body a second time. He survived that as well, but was out of commission for two months.
“I knew I was protected by Jesus Christ,” he says.
One day he was part of
a scout unit sent over a nearby hill. A soldier near him was shot in the leg.
“I was protected by a persimmon tree,” he said. “I fell right where I was. I was shot through my canteen. I am sure Jesus Christ protected me. He (the German soldier) had a good shot but didn’t hit me.”
In December 1944 a commanding officer approached Brown, instantly promoted him from private first class to sergeant, and sent him to lead a platoon to take on a German squadron nearby. With about a hundred men under him, he led the attack. They were outnum-bered and overwhelmed.
“We surrendered after two days of fighting,” Brown recalled. “We had no choice.”
The Americans were taken by train to a near-by enemy camp, then ordered to start walking. They covered around 300 miles, including a walk by Dachau, one of the Germans’ concentration camps.
“We were outside, but you could smell it,” Brown said of Dachau.
When they reached their destination the Americans were told to line up and empty their pockets.
“I had a little Bible given to me in Sevierville,” Brown said. “I opened it so the German could see what it was. He looked at it, then handed it back to me. I put it back in my pocket.”
During their seven months of captivity the men were worked hard and fed little. They were pestered by fleas and lice. But they persevered. Brown had lost 100 pounds when Patton’s army liberated the camp in April 1945.
Brown came back to East Tennessee and sought help at the VA
Medical Center near Johnson City.
“I was told I didn’t qual-ity for VA services,” he said.
For 36 years he was denied medical benefits or counseling, until a law was passed that provided such services to POWs. In the meantime he had night-mares. And when he was sleeping his wife couldn’t touch him because he was would react so strongly.
He and the former Frances Emert have been married since 1948. They have no children.
But he still has that pocket Bible.
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Freeland Brown in uniform in September 1945, five months after he was freed from a German POW camp.
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We didn’t,” he says. “We were proud to serve. We knew it was our duty to our country.”
Klopfenstein left school and his family’s Michigan home to attend Basic Training, then made his way to Fort Sam Houston in Texas for medic school. On Jan. 5, 1969, Klopfenstein boarded the plane that would take him to join his service unit in Vietnam, which turned out to be a heavy artillery outfit that hauled around the big guns like Howitzers.
Arriving in coun-try at the age of 22, Klopfenstein jokes he was the “old man” of his group, though he says he grew up every day of his service. As a medic, he saw some of the worst of the fighting in Vietnam, though he know he was fortunate to at least not be on the front lines.
“I had good duty, but at times it didn’t feel like good duty,” he says. “As a medic, you get to see it all and the guys rely on you.” Though he mostly stayed in camp, Klopfenstein
was only in Vietnam three weeks before the reality of the challenges and dangers unique to the war hit home for him. It happened dur-ing the Tet Offensive, a massive coordinated attack by the communist forces of North Vietnam against the United States and South Vietnam that, though it turned out to be a victory for the latter, helped to turn American sentiment against the war.
It was during that cam-paign that Klopfenstein realized he knew one of the enemy combatants.
“In the Army you have to get regular haircuts,” he explains. “I had gone to see one of the local barbers each week since I got there. Then during Tet, he was outside the line. He was one of the guys firing at us. That’s when I knew you never know in Vietnam.”
Klopfstein’s location became a target during the months-long offensive thanks to a helicopter pad there. He and his fellow soldiers took rocket and sniper fire that left them in constant fear.
“I weighed 180 back then, but I could get it all under a steel helmet,” he
jokes.Every week he was in
Vietnam, he watched what the men called the “Freedom Birds,” com-mercial airliners brought in to take troops return-ing to the states home. He recalls it being almost painful to see the planes land, then take off again a short time later loaded down with guys who were getting out, never know-ing how long it would be before he would get his own ticket back to America.
“They finally told me after a year I’d be going home,” Klopfenstein recalls. “When we got on that plane, it was just total silence. All these servicemen and not a word. But when we got in the air, it was total chaos. It was just the greatest feeling of jubilation in the world.”
Unfortunately, the celebration didn’t last. Klopfenstein, like many others who served in Vietnam, came home to a tepid welcome from his countrymen. Some openly scorned his service, while others seemed oblivious.
“You’d see people in the store and they’d say, ‘Gee, you got a tan. Did you go to Florida?’” Klopfenstein
says. “The men who served in Vietnam, we were not received like we should have been.”
Still, in the time since and through a move to Sevier County 10 years ago to be part of the com-munity here at the foot of the Smoky Mountains, Klopfenstein says the reactions to his service have changed. Whether it’s southern hospitality or just a change in the national mood toward Vietnam, Klopfenstein says he’s encouraged by things like patriotic endings to local dinner shows and the annual Veterans Day celebra-tions at schools in the county. He’s attended the one at Sevier County High School every year since he moved here, even moving around a trip to Michigan this year so he would arrive back on Thursday night to be there for Friday morn-ing’s assembly.
“I make it a special point to be there. I will not miss that show. It’s great,” he says. “These kids probably don’t real-ize what it means to guys like me to know they appreciate what we did.”
No matter the reception
he has gotten for his time in the Army, Klopfenstein says he’s thankful to have had the opportunity to serve the land of the free and the home of the brave. He believes oth-ers should give their own time to helping make this country great, from the Army to the Peace Corps.
“I’m proud of my ser-vice. I feel like I belong,” he says. “I think everyone
should spend at least a couple years in the service. It gives them a chance to know what the rest of the world is like so they can be thankful for what we have here. And it gives them a chance to know what our fore-fathers went through to build this country for us. That’s a good feeling.”
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According to police reports, Teaster swerved into a neighboring lane while adjusting his iPod music player and hit another vehicle, then left the scene. In his statement, Teaster claims he tried to call two people he knows who worked for the Pigeon Forge Police Department before going to turn him-self in.
As Delius points out,
the matter might not have been considered any more weighty than a normal speeding ticket were it not for the fact that Teaster is serving a five-year proba-tion term as sentencing for the earlier accident.
In that incident, Teaster apparently lost control of the Jeep he was driving on Kingfisher Drive, resulting in a wreck that propelled both he and Chesney out of the vehicle. Chesney died as a result of injuries sus-tained in the accident.
A little under a year ago,
Teaster was given a five-year probation sentence on the charge of vehicu-lar homicide by reckless conduct. Under the agree-ment, Teaster was given the opportunity to have the felony removed from his record provided he fol-lows the terms of the sen-tence. It’s unclear whether the new charge will ren-der that deal void, though the warrant states, “The aforesaid has not properly conducted himself but vio-lated the terms of his pro-bation.”
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By ELLEN BROWNStaff Writer
Teddy Allen, a mem-ber of the American Legion Post 104, remem-bers fondly when he decided to join the Army.
“I was a young kid in 1972,” the Strawberry Plains resident said. “I thought I needed some guidance in my life, so I went in and said, ‘Sign me up!’”
Not long after that day he realized that a mili-tary career was for him.
After arriving in Munich, Germany, shortly after the Munich Olympic massacre, he stayed in the country for 12 years.
“I really enjoyed Europe — I got to go to places that most people I went to school with only read about, like the Ludwig Castles,” said the history buff. “There is very little I would change.”
War, however, is an experience he wishes
no one ever has to go through.
The Desert Storm vet-eran, who was involved in ground troops with the 1st Armored Division, notes that the 20th anniversary of the start of the Gulf War is just around the corner — although he remembers it as if it were yesterday.
“It’s hard to describe the emotions. You
remember the sounds, the smells — the gun-powder really lingers. You were at a lull, and then everything would be happening. I remember moving toward Iraq…we hit one battle after another. The adrenaline and fear factor is 110 percent — you’ve got artillery in front of you and behind you.”
Allen retired from the service in 1992.
His son, who was born in Germany and has dual citizenship, approached his father about following in his footsteps.
“I told him, ‘Let’s talk about this over break-fast.’”
The son ended up serving more than seven years in the Army.
“My (7-year-old) granddaughter knows what a veteran is,” said Allen, who also has a daughter who still resides in Germany. “I’m very pro-military. It helped me mature quickly. If a young per-son has no guidance, the service gives them the self-discipline and self-motivation that will take them far in life.”
And although he and fellow post members who served in other branches of the military give each other a hard time, it’s all in fun.
“We’re all brothers and sisters in arms.”
Military became career for Allen
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Teddy Allen, a member of American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville, in uniform in Saudi Arabia in January 1991.
At Monday’s spe-cial called meeting, the city will review documents for a spe-cial assessment on Universe property that will help the developer pay its remaining debt. Universe will offer col-lateral to secure the remaining debt.
The special assess-ments allow develop-ers to add a fee — what amounts to an addi-tion to property tax — on their property, and to use that fee to repay special bonds. The bonds are used to pay for infrastruc-ture improvements. Universe officials hope to use federal bonds that could end after this year.
The city agreed to a special assessment in 2008, but that was based on financial pro-jections made before the recession.
The new agreement will be for a smaller
amount than before, but will include land for a planned city park and for a fire station near the events center.
Hendrix said he has kept members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen abreast of the situation during executive sessions, so they shouldn’t be sur-prised by the terms or the numbers in the new agreement.
Jim Calkin, spokes-person for Universe, said his company is still looking at the same infrastructure needs as it was two years ago but doesn’t need the full fund-ing. Universe is now looking at drawing the bonds in phases, he said.
This first phase does not mean that they’re ready to announce a commitment to build by a major tenant, but they are still aggres-sively marketing the project and believe it will be a success.
“We feel good about the future,” he said.
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Finally for all who came to the Receiving, and to the Funeral it was a comfort to
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In Memoriam
Coy MillsapsCoy Millsaps, age 87, of Sevierville, passed
away Friday, November 5, 2010. Mr. Millsaps was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth Atchley Millsaps; parents, Jesse and Susan Millsaps; brothers, Worth, Gib, Hubert Owen, Fred, Lee and Herschel Millsaps;
sisters, Nora Anthony, Lora White and Grace Paul.He is survived by his brother Von Millsaps and
several nieces and nephewsGraveside service and interment 11 a.m.
Wednesday in Jones Chapel Cemetery with Rev. Danny Murr officiating. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.
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In Memoriam
Bryant Elwood Conley
Bryant Elwood Conley, age 80, of Seymour, passed away Friday, November 5, 2010. He was a member of Valley Grove Baptist Church and retired from UT Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Beatrice Marsh Conley, sister, Leona Eich, and brother-in-law, Evan Eich.
Survivors: wife, Mildred Ivey Conley; daugh-ters, Debra Conley, Sherry Matthews and husband Tim; grandchildren, Lauran Mikels and Lindsey Matthews; brother, Robert J. Conley and wife Linda.
Funeral service 3 p.m. Sunday at Atchley’s Seymour Chapel with Pastor Bill Sims officiat-ing. Interment to follow at Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865. 865/577-2807
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In Memoriam
Grant Thomas MayoGrant Thomas Mayo, age 15 of Sevierville, TN,
passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010 after a long battle with Muscular Dystrophy. Grant was a huge sports fan. He had an amazing love for ani-mals. Grant admired his sister and lived through her athletic prowess — she truly was his hero. Grant’s ambition was to become a sports broadcaster. Being an organ donor, Grant was able to share the gift of life to five recipients. The family would like to thank SCHS for all their support in our time of need. Special thanks goes out to his school atten-dant Jared Maples and all their staff. Lil’ Man, you will be missed immensely!
He was preceded in death by his six great-grandparents.
Survivors include his: Father: George Mayo; Mother and stepfather: Annie and Brian Shaw; Sisters: Jessica and Sydney Mayo; and His loving grandparents, uncle, and cousins, and of course his dog “Molly.”
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Tennessee State Bank, c/o Ann Marie Mayo-Shaw, 642 Dolly Parton Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37862, for a scholarship fund to be raised in Grant Mayo’s name.
The family will receive friends 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday with a funeral service beginning at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Sevierville with Rev. Scott Carter officiating. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.
In Memoriam
Mary Jeanette (Hall) Phillips
Mary Jeanette (Hall) Phillips, age 81, of Seymour passed away November 4th, 2010. She was a member of Valley Grove Baptist Church where she served in the past as organist. She retired from the University of Tennessee. She will be with her family that has gone before her, Jack D. Tipton; parents, Reverend W. F. and Nola Hall; sister, Christine Rutledge; and brother, Bill Hall.
Survivors include: devoted husband of forty-three years, J. T. Phillips; daughters, Brenda Cornell and husband Ray, Joyce Haggard and husband Claude; sons, Jack David Tipton and wife Debbie, Harold Tipton and Wayne Tipton and wife Glenn; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Highland South Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, November 8th, 2010 from 1 to 2 p.m. with the Funeral at 2 p.m. and the burial to follow. Officiating will be Reverend Steve Evans. Please sign the online guestbook at www.highlandmemo-rialparks.com. Highland South Memorial Funeral Home, (865) 573-7300.
In Memoriam
Nancy Major Palmer
Nancy Major Palmer, age 71 of Seymour, passed away Friday November 5, 2010 at her home after a brief courageous battle with brain cancer. She is survived by her teenage sweetheart and loving hus-band of 52 years, Jack Palmer. She was a majorette at Central High School and graduated in 1956. She worked with the phone company and then fol-lowed her husband’s career to Alabama, New York, Florida, Texas and returned to Knoxville in 1980 where she enhanced her love for travel and became the Tour Director for AAA. Retiring in 1991 wherein she and her husband enjoyed travel-ing in their motor home, meeting lots of people and participating in Trade & Specialty Shows d/b/a Affordable Elegance.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Sarah Major, her mother-in-law, Aileen Palmer, and her grandson, Gregory Keith Palmer.
She is survived by husband Jack Palmer; sons, Greg Palmer of Pigeon Forge and Doug Palmer of Tuscon, AZ; grandchildren, Hunter Palmer and Blake Palmer of Tuscon AZ; father-in-law Hobart Palmer; sister and brother-in-law Vickie and Dennis McGaha; brothers and sisters-in-law, Mike and Sherry Major, Don and Lois Major; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Howard Williams and brother-in-law and sister-in-law Steve and Cammie Palmer; several nieces and nephews, cousins and a multitude of friends.
She was an active and devoted member of First Baptist Church of Sevierville and love being involved with her Sunday school class and “Triple L” group of Christian friends.
Nancy was a special Christian lady who lived her life to the fullest and blessed the lives of everyone she met. She had a tremendous love for traveling and spending time with her family and friends. Her warm smile, sense of humor and outgoing personal-ity will truly be missed.
A celebration of her life for family and friends will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Hyder officiating. Interment 11 a.m. Tuesday in Roseberry Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Monday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.
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In Memoriam
Earl E. HodgesEarl E. Hodges, (Major, U.S. Army, Ret.), age 88
of Sevierville, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010. Mr. Hodges served in the Pacific during World War II with the 77th Infantry Division making four island assaults. He received the Silver Star, Bronze Star
and Purple Heart Medals. He was a member of First Baptist Church in
Sevierville and spent 35 years as a sales rep-resentative for Pet Milk Company. Mr. Hodges was preceded in death by his wife Laura Helen Hodges in February 2010.
His survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law Sherry and Bill LeVines of Walland, TN, Rebecca and John Clark of Kodak, Ann and Jerry Moser of Ludlow, KY; grandchildren Allison Becker and husband Jason, Jonathan Moser; great-grand-children Sydney and Rocco Becker all of Northern Kentucky; brother Howard Hodges and wife Joyce; sisters Dorothy Johnson and husband Arnold, Mary Ann Wood all of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews; and special thanks to the staff of Manor House.
In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to First Baptist Church, 317 Parkway, Sevierville, TN, 37862 or American Legion Post #104, P.O. Box 4242, Sevierville, TN, 37864.
The family will receive friends 2-3 p.m. Sunday with memorial service to follow at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Sevierville with Rev. Jerry Hyder officiating. Family and friends will meet 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville for interment. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.
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Ralph O. Hodges Ralph O. Hodges, 83, of
Chattanooga, died Thursday, November 4, 2010 in a local hospital.
Mr. Hodges was born in Sevierville, Tennessee and had lived in Chattanooga since 1953. Mr. Hodges was an
electrical engi-neer, retiring from Combustion. He was a veteran of World War II serv-ing in the U.S.
Army. He was a member of East Ridge Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon and elder. Mr. Hodges was a member of I EEE organization and was active with United Commercial Travelers.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Frances Maples Hodges; two daughters, Holly Mavity and Elizabeth (Betsy) Laskowski; son-in-law, Frank (Tad) Laskowski, all of Chattanooga; brother, Tom Hodges, Santa Rosa, CA; two sisters, Manoah Loveday and Mildred Williams, both of Sevierville, TN; five grand-children, Stephanie Morgan, Ben Mavity, Morgan Mavity, Taylor Laskowski and Ryan Laskowski.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. J. R. Caines officiating. Interment will be in National Cemetery on Monday at 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International, Chattanooga Southeast Camp, P.O. Box 28236, Chattanooga, TN 37424.
Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family and view the memorial tribute. The family will receive friends
for 5-8 p.m. Saturday and one hour prior to the service Sunday at Heritage Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 7454 E. Brainerd Road
Willie Mae Cook DeLozier
Willie Mae Cook DeLozier, 87, died Nov. 4, 2010.
She was a 60-year member of First Presbyterian Church, Sevierville, a founding mem-ber of the Smoky Mountain Cancer Support Group, and retired librarian from the Sevier County Library System.
Survivors: husband of 65 years Jack DeLozier; son and daughter-in-law John and Susie DeLozier; daugh-ter and son-in-law Emily and Bill Stone; three grandchildren; two great-grandsons; sisters and brother-in-law Elizabeth and Jack Denton, and Betty Eason; brother and sister-in-law Carl B. and Mary Ruth Cook; brother-in-law and sis-ter-in-law Robert and Shirley Delozier; nieces and neph-ews.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Teri Newman, 3629 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863; Cook Family Scholarship Fund at HCBA King’s Academy, c/o Walter Grubb, 202 Smothers Road, Seymour, TN 37865 or church of your choice.
The family received friends
Friday with funeral service following at Atchley Funeral Home, the Rev. Joe Manos officiating. Family and friends met 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Knob Creek Cemetery for inter-ment.
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Blanche RimelBlanche Rimel, 88 of Wears
Valley, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. She was a member of Wears Valley United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents Richard and Bertha Campbell Clabo, husband William Claude Rimel, son William Harrel Rimel, brothers Miller, Arthur, Frank, and Jack Clabo, sisters Ola Starkey, Alice Spurling, Josie Marine, Beulah Hill, and Thelma Webb.
Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Norman James; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Donna Rimel; grandchildren, Lynnette and Richard Sills, Norman James Jr., Michelle and Jamie Mottern,
Melissa and Billy Archer; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Sills, Will Archer, James Sills, Ben Archer, Olivia Mottern; many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wears Valley United Methodist Church Growth Fund, 3110 Wears Valley Road, Sevierville, TN 37862.
The family will receive friends 2-4 p.m. Sunday with a funeral service beginning at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with the Revs. Kathy Hale and Frank Wear officiat-ing; eulogy by Kenny Jenkins. Interment 11 a.m. Monday in Mattox Cemetery.
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by JeFF FarreLLStaff Writer
SEVIERVILLE —The city kicks off Smoky Mountain Winterfest Monday with its Music, Lights and Magic event from 3 until 8 p.m. at the Municipal Complex.
The free event draws thousands of spectators to enjoy local entertainers, kids’ games, food, fireworks and surprises. It culmi-nates with the activation of Sevierville’s Winterfest lights.
Ceremonies at Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg will take place later in the week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
The city and Chamber of Commerce work togeth-er to host the event each year, and always add new elements. This year, they added Santa’s Workshop,
where children can design ornaments and other crafts, decorate cookies and get their faces painted.
Regular crowd favorites like hot chocolate and apple cider will be back, along with a chance for kids to have their pictures made with Santa, new carnival games and other children’s activities.
Entertainment will include Elizabeth Williams School of Dance, Donna’s Majorettes, performers from the Miracle Theater and Cirque de Chine and others.
Winterfest, now in its 21st year, will last through Feb. 28.
Sevierville’s lights, dis-plays and attraction now all use LED lights, which save the city on energy costs and are more environmentally friendly.
Sevierville first to kick off Winterfest
by JeFF FarreLLStaff Writer
SEVIERVILLE —The Public Building Authority will meet Monday at the new clubhouse for Sevierville’s Golf Club to consider a brief agenda that includes demo-lition of the old clubhouse.
The PBA normally meets at the Civic Center, but the meeting was relocated this month because the Civic Center will be used for Winterfest activities and city personnel will be preparing it Monday after-noon. The meeting starts at 1 p.m.
Monday’s agenda includes approval of the winning bid for demolition of the old Eagles Landing Golf Clubhouse.
The PBA built the new clubhouse as part of an expansion that also saw the construction of a second golf course. After the old facility is removed, the land will be used as part of the new course.
Other items include the PBA will review include an agreement to provide arbitrage rebate calcula-tions on Central Business Improvement District bonds.
Demolition of clubhouse on building authority agenda
by DereK HODGesStaff Writer
PIGEON FORGE — City offi-cials will consider launching studies about making a pair of improvements to the wastewa-ter collection system when they meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in City Hall.
On the agenda for that meeting is a pair of proposals about doing research on the network of pipes and machinery that helps usher the unwanted water out of area houses. Public Works Director Mark Miller says the efforts are largely about looking toward the future and figuring out how the aging sewer complex needs to be updated to be ready for it.
The first of the contracts would hire engineering firm Smith Seckman Reid Inc., which the city works with frequently, to study the Mill Creek lift station and the lines around it. That mechanism, which pushes the wastewater through lines called force mains when gravity can’t do that job, has reached its limits
and needs to be replaced, Miller says.
“It is several years old and my understanding is it has reached its capacity,” Miller explains. “We’re just planning ahead to the future to figure out how big it needs to be when we upgrade it.”
Part of the research will be determining how big the sewer load will be in the area if all the properties out in the Connor Heights and Mill Creek areas are eventually developed. City officials will then use the results of the study to make plans for expanding the lift station, Miller says.
In the other case, Kentucky Engineering Group is on track to get the job of looking into prob-lems the city has had with a force main in the Veterans Boulevard area.
“That line has broken and had to be repaired several times, so they’re looking at doing a study to figure out what we need to do to stop it from breaking,” Miller says.
It’s not uncommon for breaks to happen along force mains. Since it’s being pushed down the pipe by the machinery, the wastewater in those is under pressure, which is enough of a strain for the lines carrying it. Additionally, that stress can make the lines vibrate, which can cause them to rupture if they bounce against something solid.
Also on the slate for Monday’s session is:
n Ordinance 915 amending Section 414 “Site plan regula-tions for special events, festivals and similar activity uses” in the Zoning Ordinance
n Resolution 776 authorizing the city to participate in the TML Risk Management Pool driver safety matching grant program
n A request to donate books to the Friends of Pigeon Forge Public Library
n Consideration of the list of city streets recommended for paving this fall.
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Chili cookoff tobe held downtown
The 21st annual Winter Magic Kickoff and Chili Cookoff will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday on the downtown Parkway.
The chili cookoff will fea-ture more than 20 groups. Entertainment will be pro-vided onstage and through-out the event site.
Although admission for the event is free, an $8 wristband is required for chili sampling and can be purchased onsite.
For more information, call 436-0500 or visit www.gatlinburg.com.
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Evening of Givingset for Thursday
The Walters State Collegiate Ministries and Communication Club pres-ent “An Evening of Giving” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Conner-Short Building din-ing room on the Sevierville Campus, featuring the group Voice of Mercy.
Other entertainment will include New Hope Church’s dance team Unhidden, and New Hope’s Project 7’s youth choir. Speakers will include Brenda Sterbens.
Admission is at least five non-perishable food items or $5. All proceeds will go to Sevier County Food Ministries.
■ SeVier CouNty
County clerk hasnew office hours
New operating hours for the Sevier County Clerk’s office:
■ Courthouse: 8-4:30 Monday-Thursday, 8-5 Friday; drive-thru for tag renewals 7:30-4 Monday-Thursday, 7:30-4:30 Friday
■ Gatlinburg: 8-4:30 weekdays, 9-1 Saturdays
■ Pigeon Forge: 9-5 Saturdays only
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Winterfest tokick off Monday
Sevierville will kick off Winterfest with the annual Music, Lights & Magic event from 3-8 p.m. Monday at the Municipal Complex.
This year’s event will include Santa’s Workshop for children, synchronized lighting displays, hot chocolate, apple cider and fireworks. Other event highlights include photo opportunities with Santa Claus, carnival games and inflatable bounce attractions. Winterfest is celebrated throughout Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg through Feb. 28.
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Toys for TotsBike Run today
The 19th annual Toys For Tots Bike Run will be today from the Sevier County Fairgrounds.
Gates open at 9 a.m. and the ride leaves at 1 p.m. It will end at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, with music by Kelly Stout and Hand Over Fist and free food.
Admission for the ride is $10 per person or a new unwrapped toy.
For information call 429-9002 or e-mail to [email protected].
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Library hoursadjusted today
For the Winterfest kick-off on Monday, the Sevier county Public Library System will have a change in operating hours at the three library locations.
The Kodak and Seymour branches will close at 3 p.m. The King Family Library will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m..
For information, call 365-1416.
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Today is Sunday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2010. There are 54 days left in the year.
■ Last year locallyThe International Gift
Expo in the Smokies, here this week, was one of the first shows to sign on with Sevierville Events Center and has expanded every year so that it is now the largest wholesale resort souvenir and gift show in the United States.
■ on this dateOn Nov. 7, 1940,
Washington state’s original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm.
In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
■ ten years ago
Americans went to the polls for an election that would result in a disputed outcome for George W. Bush and Al Gore, with Florida’s electoral votes emerging as critical. Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first first lady to win public office, defeating Republican Rick Lazio for a U.S. Senate seat from New York.
■ Five years agoPresident George W.
Bush, in Panama, defended U.S. interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects law-ful, saying, “We do not tor-ture.”
■ thought for today“Man cannot live by
incompetence alone.” — Charlotte Whitton, Canadian feminist (1896-1975).
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court granted a temporary stay for Stephen Michael West on Saturday, granting the death row inmate a postponement through Nov. 30.
The 48-year-old was scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Nashville for the 1986 stabbing deaths of Wanda Romines and her 15-year-old daughter Sheila Romines in Union County.
West’s federal public defender, Stephen Ferrell, said Saturday he was glad that they were given the three-week stay to address their claims against Tennessee’s lethal injection procedure.
It’s the second time judges have stepped in to halt the execution of West, who was hours away from death in 2001 when a judge granted him a stay so he could pursue federal appeals.
The court made the decision so that the Davidson County Chancery Court can hear evidence in a lawsuit West’s attorneys filed alleging that prisoners executed by lethal injection experi-ence unconstitutionally severe pain. The lawsuit claims the first drug in Tennessee’s three-drug lethal injec-tion protocol does not adequately anesthetize prisoners, violating the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment.
Ferrell said he expects there will
be a hearing in the coming weeks to present evidence.
“Our goal is to show the current practice (of lethal injection) is uncon-stitutional,” he said.
West had completed the stan-dard federal appeals process and his request for a stay was dismissed by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen declined to intervene when West’s attorneys asked for clemency, spokeswoman Lydia Lenker said.
West’s latest appeal claimed that autopsy results from a previous exe-cution in Tennessee indicate that the inmate may not have been uncon-scious when he died.
Court grants temporary stay
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Been to Gatlinburg lately? If you haven’t, try it. There is a new feeling in the air. It’s hard to define and explain, but something good is going on over there, and it’s unmis-takable.
They’re on a roll.OK, they’ve
been on a roll for 50 years or so. How can the Gateway to the Smokies, right at the most visited national park in America, not be a tourist success? But in fact Gatlinburg had been in a bit of a slump. Things had leveled off. The recession took its toll, as it did on all tourist areas. However, the Burg is back.
Lineberger’s Plaza has been purchased and will be transformed into something special. Ole Smoky Distillery is a huge suc-cess, an attraction all its own in less than a year. Brownlee and Kelley Reagan’s Carousel Gardens, where 441 and 321 converge, is spectacular — a pretty, well designed and interesting commercial development.
And that brings us to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. The one thing that produces the least amount of revenue for the city may be the linchpin for the resurgence of this city. Keeping that school in Gatlinburg seems to have transformed everyone, from city offi-cials to the business community. It is a hid-den treasure no more.
When Arrowmont announced it might leave because of uncertainty over whether it could stay on the property it leases, Knoxville and Greeneville stepped in as suitors. It would have been easy for local government and business officials to stay out of it. After all, if Arrowmont left and that property were sold to commercial developers, it would mean more money, more jobs and more attractions for tourists. It would have been easy and, frankly, understandable, if the com-munity chose not to try to keep Arrowmont.
But they didn’t take that tack. They got together and worked to keep it. A coalition was formed to put a plan together to sway the Arrowmont board. The City Commission informally agreed to step in and be involved in purchasing the property and provid-ing ongoing financial support, when that time came. A steady source of income for the school was essential, and that has been assured through a memorandum of under-standing among the parties.
When the Arrowmont board met in August, the members were divided over whether to stay in Gatlinburg or bolt for Greeneville, where philanthropist Scott Niswonger was ready to give them land and help them build a new campus. The board members debated it on a Saturday, voted to stay in Gatlinburg and made the announce-ment the following Monday.
Do not underestimate the significance of this. A city and county that to some seemed focused solely on creating new business and new revenue streams came together to save a nonprofit institution whose visiting students seldom venture into town and usu-ally stay on the campus in housing provided by Arrowmont. This was huge. This was momentous.
In the two months since the board voted to stay, a lot has been going on — behind the scenes.
Not long ago representatives of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Inc., which owns the land and leases it to Arrowmont, met with local officials to discuss selling the land. The fraternity has agreed to extend the $1-a-year lease to 2011 and will lease it at least for another year for $100,000. Pi Beta Phi does not seem particularly anxious to sell, appar-ently wanting to see land values go back up before setting a price. There are 70 acres involved, although Arrowmont only uses about 14 acres.
At the appropriate time a public-private partnership will buy it, probably through a government bond issue.
Meanwhile, the school system has the money secured — about $100,000 — for a pilot magnet school of the arts on the Arrowmont campus next spring. It could become permanent, which would be a great thing for our students.
Restaurateur Geoff Wolpert is the new president of the Arrowmont board, and thus will lead the way in choosing a successor to David Willard, the executive director who has retired. That likely will be a nationwide search. Willard was hired off the University of Texas campus.
Arrowmont is a treasure, not only to Gatlinburg, but all of Sevier County. Its future is decided. It has the support of a com-munity that maybe didn’t appreciate it until it looked like we might lose it.
Sometimes that is what it takes to wake people up to the gifts they have in their midst.
— Stan Voit is editor of The Mountain Press. His column appears each Sunday. He can be reached at 428-0748, ext. 217, or e-mail to [email protected].
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establish-ment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble and to petition
the government for a redress of grievances.”—united States constitution, amendment one
Anger felt by Americansoverdue and fully justifiedEditor:
A recent writer has characterized the mid-term national political campaigns by con-servative citizens as a temper tantrum. The implication was that voter anger was mis-guided and unjustified.
Such things as implementation of a govern-ment health “reform” are good, even though it discriminates against elders and in favor of union members, it requires all businesses to furnish health care insurance to employees or be fined, it requires all citizens to obtain and pay for a health care policy or be fined and it puts health care decisions in the hands of bureaucrats when it should be the decisions of doctors and their patients.
Our anger: that the last several administra-tions and the present one have presented us with a double digit trillions (12 zeros) of dol-
lars debt with which we and our succeeding generations will have to struggle, the bailing out of businesses and industries to avoid failure while others are allowed to fail, when we know that failure is a logical and deserved consequence of bad judgement, the multiply-ing size of government with the ideology that governments know better than we about what is “good for us,” that socialism is a good thing, when it has never worked anywhere at any time in history is, I think, justified.
We think that the laws regarding immigra-tion should either be enforced or changed. We understand that our rights are given to us by God, not the government, and that they are guaranteed in the Constitution. We also understand that each God-given right has responsibilities attached.
Do folks have a right to something that must be purchased by someone else or that does harm to others? Have you looked at the Constitutional discussion of “separation of Church and State” or related requirements of
the people? Turns out that there is no men-tion of “separation of Church and State” in the constitution and the only 1st amendment requirements are for Congress: They shall not make any law respecting an establishment of religion, and they shall not prohibit the free exercise of religion.
We are angry about the distortions of all the constitutional rights by Congress and the courts. The constitution limits the powers of the federal government to very specific functions. We are angry because the federal government is overstepping these specifics to usurp the power of the states and the indi-vidual citizens.
I think our anger is justified. I think the “go along and get along” attitude of the writer of the earlier letter is largely the attitude among folks that has allowed these governmental over reaches to occur. Where am I in error? Our anger is overdue and fully justified.
Dr. Frank H. AldenKodak
It was disappointing to learn that Lisega Inc. won’t be hiring a lot of people as soon as it opens its Sevier County plant next spring. When the company sought rezoning of the prop-erty on East Dumplin Valley Road two years ago, the general manager, Bob Beldyk, told county commissioners that dozens of jobs would be created when the facility opened. Now we know that won’t happen.
Beldyk says a lackluster market for nuclear power plant supplies has made it impossible to hire new people at this time. He says it may be summer of 2011 before new jobs are created, and that appears to be optimistic at best.
Those who opposed the rezoning for Lisega, including some county com-missioners and people who live near the plant site facing Interstate 40, may
choose to say “I told you so” about this news. That would be wrong. Lisega and Beldyk have not been purposely misleading. They simply are faced with the realities of the market for products they manufacture.
“Right now the market is weak, so initially I do not plan on any new posi-tions,” Beldyk says now. “The utilities are not spending money on new power plants.”
That hardly seems to justify criti-cism of the company and the county for accommodating Lisega’s request for rezoning and for taxpayers to pay for improvements to Dumplin Valley Road. The fact is, many American manufac-turing operations are in slow periods. However, things are changing. The economy is improving. Jobs are being created.
When Beldyk promised new jobs, he spoke based on the information he had at the time, when he said the company’s market would grow despite the reces-sion because of high demand for cleaner energy sources like nuclear. Therefore, most of the jobs in the new plant will be filled by employees moving from the Newport facility. There may be a few jobs created at first, but not many.
Still, Beldyk is optimistic things will be turning in the company’s favor. Lisega is starting to get orders for products, although most call for 2012 deliveries. He says he’ll be looking to hire people six to nine months after the plant opens in the spring. And he still predicts Lisega will grow by “hundreds” of jobs in the coming years.
Let’s hope so. Lots of people are counting on that.
Appreciatingwhat we havebefore it’s gone
DisappointingLisega’s hiring outlook regretful, but understandable
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Tigers Grasscutters win English Mountain Super BowlJason Davis/The Mountain Press
Pigeon Forge defenders storm off the field in celebration after holding the Dandridge Broncos on their last possession of the EMFC Super Bowl.
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Coach Steve Huskey holds the championship trophy aloft after the Tigers 13-6 Super Bowl win.
By JASON DAVISSports Editor
DANDRIDGE — After starting the season 10-0, coach Steve Huskey’s Pigeon Forge Tigers Grasscutters football team capped off an undefeated run Saturday with a 13-6 win over the Dandridge Broncos at Jefferson County High School.
The Tigers used two second half scores and a resilient defense to earn the crown.
Early on the game was plagued by more penalties than plays as the teams alternated false starts and offsides flags.
Dandridge looked sharp early, scoring a touchdown on their first possession after chewing off most of the first quarter clock. Their extra point conver-sion failed, however, and the score stood at 6-0.
Moments later Dandridge recovered a short kickoff, and it looked as though the Broncos might run Pigeon Forge right off the field.
The Tigers’ defense was up to the test this time, however, and finally the Orange and Black got their first chance on offense with just five minutes left in the second quarter.
Unfortunately for Pigeon Forge, a fumble gave the ball right back to Dandridge on the Tigers’ first play from scrimmage.
With just over two min-utes left in the half, PF’s Keegan Rayfield recovered a fumble, giving his team new life.
The Tigers’ offense finally got some momen-tum and moved the foot-ball with running back Bryson King, but the runs allowed the clock to run
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MEMPHIS (AP) — Freshman quarterback Tyler Bray, starting his first game for Tennessee, threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns Saturday night to lead the Volunteers to a 50-14 vic-tory over Memphis.
The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for Tennessee (3-6), which was never threat-ened after the first quar-ter. Bray, who took over the helm last week from junior Matt Simms, picked apart the young Memphis secondary from the start.
Tauren Poole rushed for 101 yards, and scored twice — once on a 21-yard run and another on a 9-yard pass from Bray.
The Vols would end the night with 510 yards of offense, including 379 through the air. The 50 points matched Tennessee’s largest scor-ing output of the season.
Memphis (1-8) lost its sixth straight. It marked the fifth straight game where the Tigers, ranked
118th out of 120 teams in scoring d e f e n s e , have sur-r e n d e r e d at least 40 points.
Memphis a c t u a l -ly led 7-0 after scoring on a 4-yard pass from Ryan Williams to Marcus Rucker on the Tigers’ first possession. Rucker would catch another touchdown pass from Williams late in the fourth quarter, this time for 38 yards.
Williams connected on 18 of 27 passes for 221 yards on the night.
The bulk of Bray’s sta-tistics came in the first half as he completed 17 of 28 passes for 308 yards and all five of his touch-down passes.
That helped the Vols carry a 40-7 lead into halftime.
And the Tigers were just as pitiful on both sides of the ball as the score indicated.
Tennessee already
had 398 yards of offense at the break. Bray was spreading out the scoring passes, hitting Poole and Justin Hunter (42 yards) for touchdowns in the first quarter.
The second quar-ter scoring passes were to Denarius More (14 yards), Da’Rick Rogers (22 yards) and Gerald Jones (9 yards). Michael Palardy added field goals of 24 and 32 yards for Tennessee, which scored on every possession. except its first, in the half.
The Vols held the Tigers to 117 yards of offense, including only 8 yards rushing in the first half. Memphis finished the game with 308 yards of total offense.
Midway through the third quarter, Simms replaced Bray and was 3 of 5 for 54 yards.
In addition to Poole’s 21-yard scoring run, Palardy added his third field goal of the night from 33 yards out in the second half.
Freshman QB throws 5 TDs in 1st start
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Tennessee’s Da’Rick Rogers, right, catches a touchdown pass in front of Memphis’ Torenzo Quinn during first-half action during an NCAA col-lege football game on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Memphis.
Tyler Bray
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EMORY, Va. — Former Smoky Bears lineman Steven Michaluk has received the Academic All-Conference Award from the NCAA for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Michaluk is a 2009 graduate of SCHS and is cur-rently a sophomore at Emory and Henry College.
Michaluk is the long-snapper for the Emory and Henry Wasps football team.
He is a history education major, and he hopes to be a teacher and football coach.
From submitted reports
LOCAL PLAYERS IN COLLEGE
Steven Michaluk
The Sevier County Junior Tennis League ended its fourth season with a round robin tournament Saturday.
The tournament winners were Boyds Creek Elementary in the varsity division and Catlettsburg Elementary in junior varsity division.
Runners-up were Sevierville Middle School in varsity and Catlettsburg in junior varsity.
Boyds Creek was regular season champs in varsity, and Catlettsburg was the winners in junior varsity.
Regular season runners-up were Pigeon Forge in both varsity and junior varsity.
The league recently changed its name from Sevier County Middle School Tennis League, reflecting its policy of allowing admission to the lower grades.
Any child from fifth grade through eighth grade may now join a team and learn to play tennis.
League Director Jack Hatfield reports that the league grew again this fall, adding a team from the new Catlettsburg Elementary School coached by Brock Lambdin and a team from Pittman Center Elementary School coached by Brian Capps.
The league divided into varsity and junior var-
sity divisions last spring to accommodate the growing numbers and to insure com-petitive play and safety for the younger players.
Next spring The King’s Academy will join the league, and Hatfield is hoping to find adults willing to coach New Center Elementary, Seymour Middle and Northview Elementary, the only Sevier County schools not repre-sented.
Hatfeld asks that any adults willing to coach these teams contact him.
The Sevier County Junior Tennis League will try some-thing new in the spring 2011 season.
Instead of team competi-tion, there will be individ-ual competition open to all Sevier county players in the form of a singles and doubles ladder.
Team practices will still be held for instructional purpos-es and match experience, but individual coaches will work out practice schedules with their area high school coach.
The ladder league is a solu-
tion to the limited court avail-ability in the spring.
Traditionally, spring is the regular season for high school tennis and fall is the regu-lar season for middle school tennis, but due to popular demand, the SCJTL started a spring season in 2005.
“Between an expanding SCJTL, private instruction, and public court usage, There are simply not enough courts in Sevier County to handle the growing tennis commu-nity,” Hatfield said.
Because of the numbers (there were over 100 player this fall) the spring singles and doubles ladders will be held at separate locations, one at Pigeon Forge City Park and one at Sevierville City Park.
Hatfield plans to also run a teaching court at each site for new players and current players who want to hone their skills.
Any Sevier County student between fifth and eighth grade is welcome to join the league, no experience neces-sary.
Home-schooled children are also welcome.
For more information call League Director Jack Hatfield at 428-8744 or email [email protected].
Junior Tennis League crowns champs
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Things didn’t start out well for the Tigers in the second half, as again they fumbled on their first play from scrimmage.
But, again the Tigers D was up to the taks, and held the Broncos to a turnover on downs with 5:10 left in the third at the Dandridge 48-yard line.
A long first down run on a cut-back by Bryson King, coupled by a couple of nice gallops from Pierce Hammonds got the Tigers deep into Broncos terri-tory as the quarter wound to a close.
King opened the fourth quarter finally getting PF on the board with a short TD run to tie the score at 6-6.
After the defense forced another turnover on downs from Dandridge, the offense was back at it with their lethal running attack.
Again King found the end zone, this time from about 10 yards out to put his squad up 12-6 with just over three minutes left in the ball game. Nathan
Hoffman added the extra point on a short run, mak-ing it 13-6.
The Broncos couldn’t mount a comeback late, as the stingy Tigers kept them in their own terri-tory to seal the Super Bowl win.
Super Grasscutters can’t stop Broncos
Pigeon Forge also had a team in the Super Grasscutters Super Bowl.
Things didn’t go as good for the older boys as they lost to Dandridge 18-6.
Fighting tooth-and-nail for most of the game, the team saw the champion-ship slip through their fin-gers in the final quarter thanks to the shifty run-ning of Broncos’ tailback
Christopher Hawkins.After leading nearly
all the way following an early Andrew Baiamonte QB-sneak TD, the Tigers let Dandridge get on the scoreboard with just under five minutes left on a Hawkins’ 28-yard TD run.
Two minutes later the Tigers turned the ball over on downs at their own 34.
One play from scrim-mage later and Hawkins was in the end zone again and the Broncos led 12-6.
Pigeon Forge couldn’t do anything on their next possession, and for some additional salt in the wound Hawkins found the end zone yet again with :30 left to play making the 18-6 final score.
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(Clockwise from above left) Grasscutter Tigers celebrate from the sidelines following a PF touchdown in the EMFC Super Bowl; Pierce Hammonds (19) runs for some tough yards; Bryson King powers a Tigers’ drive with his hard running.
Super Grasscutter Tiger Andrew Baiamonte drops back for a pass against Dandridge in his team’s 18-6 loss to the Broncos.
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SEVIERVILLE — While many young kids across the United States dream about someday being a race car driver, Blake Jones, a 13-year-old junior high stu-dent at New Center Middle School in Sevierville is “liv-ing the dream.”
The 2010 racing season for Jones has been an out-standing campaign to say the least, and things just keep getting better, After recently wrapping up the Lonesome Pine (Coeburn, Va.) Raceway Late Model Stock championship, while also being named Rookie of the Year, Jones made his United Speed Alliance Racing Pro Cup Series debut Saturday at South Boston (Va.) Speedway in the Strutmasters.com 300 one for the record books.
With the No. 80 Chevrolet Impala experiencing some engine issues on Friday dur-ing practice, Jones missed some valuable seat-time in the car.
But that didn’t bother the young chauffeur as he made a bold statement in qualify-ing for the 300-lap event by turning in the ninth-fastest time to earn a starting spot inside of row five, in turn becoming the youngest driver to ever compete in a USARacing Pro Cup Series event.
With the Teddy Jones Racing team looking to run the full USARacing Pro Cup Series schedule in 2011, the goal heading into the Strutmasters.com 300 was for Blake to gain valuable experience from competing in a long-distance event.
Under the guidance of veteran motorsports guru Wade Day, who serves as crew chief for Jones, plans were early in the race for Blake to just get settled into a good rhythm and run his own race – avoid trouble and hopefully when the checkered flag wave bring
home a respectable fourth place finish.
Having a strong mount underneath him, it was hard to hold Jones back as he was running consistent lap times and solidly inside the top-10 during the first 200 circuits. Following a caution period just past lap 200, Jones found himself running in third place once the race went back green. He held onto the third spot before being overtaken just 12 laps from the finish by veteran Clay Rogers.
Caleb Holman from Abingdon, Va., who started from the pole position, domi-nated the race in winning his fourth USARacing Pro Cup Series event of the season. Finishing behind Holman were Stephen Nasse, Rogers (who captured his fourth series championship), Jones and Chase Elliott, son of 1988 NASCAR champion Bill Elliott.
“Oh man, what an awe-some run we had,” said a very happy Jones follow-ing the race. “First I want to thank God for all he does
for me in my life; I’m so very grateful for all the opportu-nities He blesses me with. To be quite honest, this debut run with the USARacing Pro Cup Series probably turned out much better than what we could’ve dreamed. Competing with the drivers in this series, you’re really talking about some good racers. But I knew my crew chief (Wade Day) would give me an awesome car, and it was just up to me to get the job done behind the wheel. Our car was great in the race, it drove very well.
“Having never run a race of this distance (300 laps), we just mainly wanted to run and be as competitive as we could be and let me gain experience from the seat-time,” Jones said. “To be able qualify inside the top-10 and record a top-5 finish, man, it was just awesome.
“This year was my first season racing full-bodied stock cars and we were able to really accomplish a lot – we won pole posi-tions and we won five Late Model Stock feature races,
and ultimately we captured the Lonesome Pine Raceway championship. As a racer you can’t wait to run your next race, and following our good debut run today this race team is really looking
forward to running full-time in 2011 with USARacing Pro Cup Series.”
To learn more about Blake Jones, visit his Web site at www.BlakeJonesRacing.com.
Jones is youngest USARacing Pro Cup driver, finishes 4thLOCAL RACING
“To be quite honest, this debut run with the USARacing Pro Cup Series probably
turned out much better than what we could’ve dreamed.”
Blake Jones
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Blake Jones drove his No. 80 car to a 4th place finish at South Boston (Va.) Speedway in the Strutmasters.com 300. Jones is the youngest driver to compete in a USARacing Pro Cup Series event.
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By dereK HodGeSStaff Writer
PIGEON FORGE — For the second time in as many years city officials are con-sidering a change to the retirement plans offered to city officials, with a poten-tial for a guaranteed pen-sion for every worker. The only problem is paying for it.
During a work session last week, members of the City Commission got an overview of what it would mean if they opt to join the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS). A crowd of around 90 city employees turned out to hear the discussion, expressing hopes the plan could offer an improvement over their current plan.
The main problem is coming up with the poten-tially $20 million it might cost for the city to get into the program depending on how far back city leaders decide to let employees buy their credits and how many of them actually participate.
The plan, which was presented by TCRS Field Services Supervisor Melissa Davis, is something akin to Social Security in that it depends on current work-ers to pay for the benefits of those who are retired. It’s already in place for employ-
ees in Gatlinburg and Sevierville.
If the switch is made, cur-rent employees would have the option to keep their current retirement plan, an investment option provided by Unified Trust, or join TCRS, while future hires would be required to take part in the new program. Each participant would have to contribute the fixed rate of 5 percent of his or her salary, with the city matching that with its own portion.
After five years paying into the system, each work-er would be considered vested. When they have either worked 30 years or turn 60, they’ll be eligible to retire and receive full benefits based on a some-what complicated formula that gives credit for both amount of time worked and the level of salary earned during the employee’s 60 highest-yielding consecu-tive months.
In breaking that down, Davis said it essentially means someone who has worked for the city for 30 years could get as much as half their annual salary for each year of retirement if they participate in TCRS, which she said is one of the top-rated retirement pools in the world. They also have the option to have that
money paid out to a ben-eficiary, including spouses, relatives and even friends.
Since many employees would be joining part or most of the way through their careers, they might have the option to buy back their previous time, mean-ing they pay to get credit in the program for that prior service. Since the rate would be about 8 percent times each year’s salary, those workers who choose to do that would have the oppor-tunity to set up an install-ment plan if the money in their existing retirement accounts won’t cover it.
Additionally, if there were extra money in their current plans or if they just want to keep them, they could continue to contrib-ute up to 3 percent of their annual salary to that pool, as well, Davis said.
Retirees on the plan could also get annual cost of living adjustments based on the rate approved by the General Assembly if city leaders approve both the program and the increases, which would likely range between 1 and 3 percent.
It seems at least most of the workers and officials in the room like the plan up to that point, with several of the employees asking for details on how long it might take the city — a year
or more from when the process is initiated, Davis said — to get into the pro-gram. However, it became tricky when the details of the city’s portion of the plan were outlined.
In order to support the benefit, the city would have to make an initial investment and increase the amount it pays annu-ally for retirement plans by between $200,000 and $500,000. That’s likely to be a tough pill to swallow in the current economic climate.
That up front cost, which Davis said could range from a few million to more than $20 million depending on how the plan is structured, comes from the buy-back option,
which the city would have to contribute to. That is, if officials vote to allow it.
There are options for limiting that initial bill, including restrict-ing the number of years employees can buy back. However, city officials said they would want to offer as much time for buy back as they could. That might force them to rely on not having everyone par-ticipate in the program to level out the costs.
“I think the big thing is what’s best for the city, what’s best for the employ-ees and what we can afford,” Mayor Keith Whaley said, pointing out that last con-sideration may become the most important.
Commissioner David
Wear, a former Pigeon Forge police officer, expressed support for the plan.
“This program fits most of our employees fairly well. I like this. I say we go ahead with the study,” Wear said of the actuarial report that would have to be completed before the city’s entry into TCRS.
Though he didn’t speak up in the meeting, Vice Mayor Kevin McClure said after the meeting he’s wholeheartedly in favor of making the move, despite the complications of find-ing a way to pay for it.
“I have always been in favor of this,” McClure said. “I think this would be a great thing to offer our employees.”
Pigeon Forge officials ponder new retirement plan
By DEREK HODGESStaff Writer
PIGEON FORGE — The country’s best Christmas celebration started Saturday as more than four million lights and a full bill of award-winning shows came to life.
Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas has three years in a row won the park a Golden Ticket Award for Best Christmas Event, earning it worldwide acclaim for an event that includes six impressive live produc-tions, including “Babes in Toyland,” featuring giant toy soldiers and a flight over the audience. That show is starting its last season at the park.
“I’m thrilled that my Smoky Mountain Christmas festival won its third Golden Ticket Award for Best Christmas Event, and it means the world to me that families get to enjoy the smiles and squeals of the little kids — and the big kids, too — as they spend the holidays together at Dollywood,” namesake Dolly Parton says.
The festival is one of the most park’s most popular annual events and draws huge crowds to marvel at twinkling lights strung across restaurants, through trees, and around the 20 rides and attrac-tions that continue to run through the winter months. Also for the third year the festivities will run into the new year, with its conclu-sion coming on Jan. 1.
As an added bonus, those who join the fun this year will have the chance to actually get some gifts from Dollywood during the Christmas season. That’s because the two months of the festival mark the end of the park’s 25th anniversary festivities.
“This is the culmination of our big celebration,” Dollywood spokesman Pete Owens says. “We’re going to continue the celebrations we’ve had through the year and we’ll have some special things going on for that.”
Included in that are daily presentations of special gifts to season pass-holders who carry their cards in special lanyards. Additionally, the party gets a little boost on the 25th of each month, of which there is only one more the park will be open for.
All that notwithstanding, the park is bringing back its well-known Christmas traditions, including the shows “Christmas in the Smokies,” “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “O’ Holy Night,” “An Appalachian Christmas,” “Carol of the Trees” and the Kingdom Heirs. Dollywood also won the Golden Ticket Award for having the best shows this year.
In the Imagination Cinema, the Polar Express 4D Experience will take guests on a journey to the North Pole, while a lighted Christmas parade will travel down the park’s main thoroughfare each evening, Owens says. Also returning is the park’s ever-popular Carol of the Trees show, that fea-tures lighted Christmas trees bedecked with hundreds of lights that flash and change color in time to music.
Santa’s Workshop will once again fill the large events space in the Country Fair area, offering games and a chance for children to write letters to Santa Claus and even see the man in red himself.
This year’s festival marks the farewell of “Babes in Toyland,” the park’s $1.6 million stage production which premiered in 2006. Park officials decided, while still popular, it’s time to try something new in the show’s place, Owens says.
“It tickles me that so many people have enjoyed Dollywood’s ‘Babes in Toyland,’ and it’s become a holiday tradition for so many families,” Parton said. “But you know me; I want to keep offering folks bigger and better shows.”
That word “tradition” is a theme for the Smoky Mountain Christmas cel-ebration. Featuring some of the long-held practices of Christmas celebra-tions in the Smoky Mountains, the festival keeps the past alive while every year inviting folks to a new and exciting holiday gathering, Owens says.
“Smoky Mountain Christmas is one of our best festivals,” Owens says, pointing out each of the celebrations is among the top-rated festivals in the Southeast. “It’s a tradition for a lot of families. It really transforms the park into a really special place.”
For more information, call 800-DOLLYWOOD or visit dollywood.com.
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Is it a boy or a girl? For around 17 weeks, that
was the main thing that preoc-cupied my mind.
On our last trip to the doc-tor, I was worried that we would continue to be put on hold finding out the baby’s sex.
“You’ve got a belly sleeper,” the sonographer told us, point-ing to the ultrasound screen that showed Little One on his tummy. “It might make it a little hard to see…”
But then, Baby swiftly turned on his side.
“Oh! Well, it’s a boy!” she said.
I laughed and exchanged big grins with my husband. For some reason, I wasn’t surprised at all. Maybe it was because several people close to me had told me they thought I was carrying a “he” instead of a “she.”
How people came to this conclusion I’ll never know, but it made me think more about decorating the nursery in blue rather than pink.
I have always been the clas-sic “girly girl.” There has never been a time when I wasn’t fas-cinated with clothes, jewelry and lipstick. I took ballet class for 11 years, and I was thrilled when my parents finally allowed me to enter my first beauty pageant at age 17.
I even took etiquette classes when I was in elementary school — and loved it.
Go ahead and call me “Miss Priss” — there are worse things.
For years I dreamed of hav-ing a little girl, a little “Mini Me” with whom I could share all of my favorite things.
I still expressed this desire to my mother around my senior year of college.
“Well, little boys are sweet, too,” she said (even though she only has two daughters). “Little boys sure do love their mommies.”
She pointed out the close relationship her baby brother had with their mother, my precious grandmother. She also recalled seeing a TV clip of John F. Kennedy Jr. at his graduation, waving to Jackie and calling, “Mommy!” to get her attention.
Since then, I’ve noticed more often the special bond between mothers and sons. I’ve observed it with men I dated (including the man who would become my husband).
I’ve seen it with co-workers and friends who brag on their mothers. And I’ve seen it with my girlfriends who have become mothers to little boys.
No doubt about it, I’ve got a lot of learning to do on all things male. Come to think of it, I’ve been studying the oppo-site sex for years, and they still remain a mystery.
But somehow when I heard, “It’s a boy!” it just felt right.
I pictured holding him in my arms, watching him and his father toss around a football…taking him to see his grand-father, who was outnumbered by three women for years and can’t wait to introduce him to hunting, camping and other “guy things.”
I can already see his sweet little smile and imagine his fun little personality — and there’s no way I would trade him for a girl, because he’s my boy.
— Ellen Brown is a staff reporter for The Mountain Press. Call 428-0746, ext. 205, or e-mail to [email protected].
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Susan Brown carries pots of poinsettias as Tammy McEvers attaches them to the tree. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas began.
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Cute decorations like these reindeer are scattered throughout the park.
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The large Christmas tree is the focal point of Showstreet, taking the place of the fountain dur-ing Smoky Mountain Christmas.
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Valerie Fillbach’s third-grade class at New Center Elementary School participates in the Hugs for Our Soldiers program.
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The students in Valerie Fillbach’s third-grade class at New Center Elementary School are participating in the “Hugs for Our Soldiers” program by making posters and writing letters for the
soldiers returning home. Hugs for Our Soldiers
is a nonprofit organiza-tion whose mission is to support troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They provide a touch of home to soldiers. The organiza-tion supports all branches
of military service. The program started in
2008 and has welcomed home more than 6,000 single soldiers to date. The welcome home signs are place above each of the sol-diers’ beds to brighten their room.
New Center third-gradersprovide ‘hugs’ to soldiers
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KODAK — Northview Primary students are asking Tennesseans to pull together to help the state’s only public school in the running this month for Pepsi funds.
The 10 projects in the $50,000 cat-egory with the most votes in November will win. Students are asking people 13 or older to vote every day this month by texting 103822 to Pepsi at 73774 or by going online and voting at www.refre-sheverything.com.
Northview wants to create an outdoor fitness area to promote school and com-munity health.
If texting, standard text messaging rates apply. For online voting, set up a
quick profile and use the website search function using the key words “Northview Cougar.” Vote for the “Refresh Our Northview Cougar Playground” project in the $50,000 category under Health. There also is a video featuring hundreds of Northview students.
Northview envisions an outdoor cam-pus that provides greater service to spe-cial-needs children, modern playground equipment, outdoor learning structures, a garden for hands-on instruction, a nature trail, and exercise stations.
If Northview raises sufficient funds, Sunshine Lawns and Landscaping of Kodak will donate $38,000 in landscap-ing and construction expertise, skilled labor, and equipment.
Northview Primary seeksonline votes for funding
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Steve Streibig, Sevier County Food Ministries director; Teresa Karson, Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country area relations; and Larry Waters, Sevier County Mayor, at presentation of an official proclama-tion.
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Teresa Karson and other representa-tives of Dollywood and Dollywood’s Splash Country came to Sevier County Food Ministries
recently and were sur-prised to find County Mayor Larry Waters there to present an offi-cial proclamation.
The framed docu-ment acknowledged Dollywood and Splash
Country as having ben-efitted the citizens and community by their sup-port of Sevier County Food Ministries through their Sevier County Days at Dollywood and Splash Country.
Dollywood, Splash Country getrecognition by food ministries
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KMOXVILLE — The East Tennessee Historical Society invites all veter-ans and their families to visit the Museum of East Tennessee History free of charge on Veterans Day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Museum of East Tennessee History is located at 601 S. Gay St.
Vets invitedto museum
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Angel Food Ministries, an organization dedicated to providing affordable food to those in need, is now in 45 states.
Gum Stand Baptist Church in Pigeon Forge is among the churches in the county that offer Angel Food services.
For those in the Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Gatlinburg areas, call 429-2508 about ordering Angel Food. For those in the Seymour area call 679-6796.
Angel Food provides people with brand name food far below the retail price. By purchasing food in bulk, directly from some top suppliers, food is discounted by up to 50 percent of retail.
Angel Food Ministries is now offering a new selection of prepackaged boxes with
more protein items. The selection includes chicken or beef, milk, eggs, vegetables and fruits. Each of the regular boxes of food feeds a family of four for about one week or an individual for almost a month.
The menu selections vary each month. Angel Food is available to anyone. There
are no income requirements or program qualifications. There are no limits on the quantity of boxes per individual, nor are there any applications or qualifications for eligibility.
To learn more about Angel Food’s ser-vices call 888-819-3745 or visit www.angelfoodministries.com to find the near-est host site.
Established in 1994 in the Monroe, Ga. area, Angel Food Ministries serves thou-sands of families across 45 slates.
Angel Food selections expand
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SEVIERVILLE — The Walters State Collegiate Ministries and Communication Club present An Evening of Giving Nov. 11, featur-ing the group Voice of Mercy.
Voice of Mercy is com-prised of professor Robin Ringer, former Louise Mandrell singer and dancer Ashley Reddick, and former Country Tonite musician Lori Mullinax.
The trio has been a featured group at County Tonite in Pigeon Forge and on a recent nation-ally released recording project entitled “Mercy Speaks” with recording artist and pastor Tom Sterbens.
All of the Mercy Speaks Project proceeds are help-ing to build homes for families in Cambodia.
Voice of Mercy has also released a new project and is singing for churches and events nationwide.
Other entertain-ment for the evening will include New Hope Church’s dance team
Unhidden, and New Hope’s Project 7’s youth
choir. Motivational speakers will include
Brenda Sterbens and a selected Walters State student.
An Evening of Giving will be held at 7 p.m. in the Conner-Short Building dining room on the Sevierville Campus, 1720 Old Newport Highway. Admission is at least five non-perishable food items or $5. All pro-ceeds will go to Sevier County Food Ministries.
Desserts and coffee will be available.
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Sandra Elizabeth Jeanne Wade and Richard Allen Guengerich were married May 23, 2010 at Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N.C.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel Matthews of New York City and Waynesville, N.C., officiated at the cer-emony.
Parents of the bride are Justice and Mrs. Gary R. Wade of Sevierville, Tenn. The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gary Guengerich of Moneta, Va.
The bride is a graduate of University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is employed by Congressman John J. Duncan in Washington, D.C.
The groom is a graduate of Virginia Tech. He is a consultant with the firm of Booz Allen Hamilton.
After returning from their honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple resided in Washington, D.C., but will move to Louisville, Ky. this November.
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Sandra Elizabeth Jeanne Wade and Richard Allen Guengerich are now husband and wife.
Wade/Guengerich
Dennis and Geri Wierima of Grand Forks, N.D. announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Wierima, to Isaac Adams Jr., son of Isaac and Betty Adams of Sevierville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Morna Sabins and the late George Sabins, and the late Oscar and Mildred Wierima.
She is a 2003 graduate of University of North Dakota. She is a member of Faith Evangelical Free Church.
The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Herbert and RosaLee McMahan, Walter Adams and the late Sue Adams.
He is a graduate of University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a mem-ber of First Baptist
Church, Sevierville, and employed by Roof Pro.
The wedding will take place at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 2011 in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
Jean and Edd Bohanan are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
They were born and raised in Sevier County. They were married Nov. 12, 1960, in the living room of Jean’s family home in Pittman Center. Preacher Melvin Carr performed the ceremony.
Preacher Carr will also be performing the ceremo-ny for their vow renewals.
Edd Bohanan worked at Cherokee Textile Mill for 13 years. He then began building homes in Sevier County. He just retired from building a couple of years ago.
The Bohanans have two daughters and sons-in-laws, Deborah and Carroll Rauhuff, and Donna and Doug Stair; and five grand-children, Tim Rauhuff, Eric McCarter, Biral Stair, Sara
Stair and Kristina Stair. The wedding anniver-
sary event will be from 2-5 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Sevierville Civic Center, with vow renewals at 3 p.m.
Engagement Anniversary
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Heather Wierima and Isaac Adams Jr. are engaged to be married.
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Jean and Edd Bohanan have been married 50 years.
Wierima/Adams Bohanan
WSCC to host Evening of Giving
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Walters State Collegiate Ministries and Walters State Communication Club present An Evening of Giving. Pictured are members of the Voice of Mercy comprised of Walters State profes-sor Robin Ringer, former Louise Mandrel singer and dancer, Ashley Reddick, and former Country Tonite musician Lori Mullinax.
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What is a priest?
It seems like a very easy question, but it might take us a minute. It is a lot easier to describe what a priest does, particularly in the Old Testament, than it is to actually define him. He is the one who offers the sacrifices, maintains the Tabernacle/Temple, and instructs the people (Leviticus). How can all of these be brought together?
We can settle on a fairly basic definition: a priest is a designated man who stands between God and the people. The people bring their sacrifices for God to the Temple; the priests offer them. The priests enter the places the “regular people” cannot go.
In that sense, Jesus, by definition, is the ultimate priest-- He is the Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). He stands between God and us in a most powerful way.
The Hebrew author describes Jesus as the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:10) based on the prophecy found in Psalm 110:4. Jesus, like Melchizedek before Him, is both King and Priest (cf. Genesis 14:18, Hebrews 7:1-3), itself an extraordinary matter and responsibility.
Yet Jesus fulfills this task to an extent not seen before. Priests, by virtue of their work, sacrifice animals. They themselves cannot be the sacrifice-- in fact, the high priest must first sacrifice for his own sins before he can enter in and make sacrifice on behalf of the people (Leviticus 6:6, 11; Hebrews 7:27). Jesus, on the other hand, offers up Himself, the perfect, unblemished Lamb who can take away the sin of the whole world (John 1:29, Hebrews 7:27-28).
He is able to do this because He was sinless, holy, undefiled, and separate from sinners, but is not really distant-- He can sympathize with our weaknesses, having been tempted Himself in all points, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15) and having learned obedience through the things He suffered (Hebrews 5:8).
This ought to leave us breathless, really. A perfect mixture of holiness and humility, righteousness and love, separation and sympathy. Jesus is never sanctimonious, for He upholds the right while being willing to suffer with people, sympathizing with their plight. His ministry is all the more excellent because He was willing to suffer death so that we might be reconciled to God and live (Romans 5:6-11, Hebrews 5:6-9)! Thus Jesus is able to save us to the uttermost, inaugurating a new and superior covenant!
It is immediately apparent that no matter how righteously we might live we will never be anywhere near reaching the perfect ministry of Christ. That high priesthood in the order of Melchizedek is properly suited for One and only One, and we are not Him! We ought to thank God continually for such a perfect and wonderful High Priest!
Nevertheless, in establishing the new covenant and being the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, Jesus changes the nature of priesthood entirely (cf. Hebrews 7-9). Much is often made of the description of all Christians as priests in 1 Peter 2:5, 9, but consider what is being said in those passages. In 1 Peter 2:9, Peter uses many descriptions of physical Israel to describe the spiritual Israel-- Christians are as much an “elect race” and “holy nation” as a “royal priesthood.” Furthermore, what do we find in 1 Peter 2:5? Christians are being built up into a holy (spiritual) Temple, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices. And what is that spiritual sacrifice but ourselves (Romans 12:1)? A strange priesthood this is-- we are as much the sacrifice as the priest!
Therefore, as we are able, we do well to follow Jesus’ example. Today He is the only One who stands between God and the people (1 Timothy 2:5); we point to Him to show people the face of God and how to live as redeemed believers made in His image (Genesis 1:27, John 1:18).
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by AlDEN MARSHAllBullies have hogged
some headlines lately, as several students have committed suicide after they were bullied.
I get tired of reading time after time that bul-lies suffer from low self-esteem, or that they are victims, in other words. No, they chose to have pride and arrogance, feel-ing that they are better than others, and deserve to inflict harm on those they consider weaker.
Bullies have a sense of entitlement, that they have a right to swagger and to have aggression by hitting or insulting others.
If one did research on those who defend bullies by saying we should feel sorry for them because they lack a sense of high esteem, I am convinced one would find that they robbed their fellow stu-dents of lunch money when they were younger, or mauled other smaller kids during recess, etc.
On the other hand, the Bible teaches that we are to do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
No one wants to be bullied, and therefore we are not to bully others. That is sin and we need to repent of that when we do it.
Parents are responsible to teach children to love/or at the very least, to treat others with polite-ness and respect. If one parent was a bully and one allowed it to flourish, then we are responsible
to learn decent behavior from other family mem-bers, or neighbors, or hopefully, some in our churches.
If the pastor or priest or imam is a bully, then go elsewhere.
I went to a church once with neighbors where the pastor asked what the term “snare of the fowler” meant. I knew it was say-ing the trap of the bird hunter, but did not want to speak out as a first time (and last time) visitor. He then berated the congre-gation for being ignorant, and they accepted that bullying.
The last I heard, the church is still growing very much.
A father stormed a school bus recently, con-fronting those students who had tormented his 13-year-old daughter who has cerebral palsy. Good for him! Yet someone with a criminal mind com-plained that he had bul-lied the bullies.
But when someone crosses the line to harm those who are weaker, kindness will be met with contempt. It will rightly be seen as weakness (see Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, ad nauseum).
If the objector were being robbed or mauled by someone, I do not doubt that he would appreciate a person who came by and stopped the aggression against him, as gently as possible but as firmly as necessary.
I realize that we need to seek balance prayerfully
when we think we see or hear of someone abusing a weaker person.
Christians were harmed in Nazi Germany (Hitler said no one could be German and Christian), communist Russia, in some Muslin countries, but neither Muslins nor homosexuals nor adulter-ers nor anyone else with whom we disagree, should not be harmed.
We have the right to call sin what the Bible calls sin, but since we are all guilty of sin — even if not the same ones — we need to oppose it first of all in ourselves, then in oth-ers as gently as possible but never with bullying/insulting words or behav-ior.
Laws exist to protect us from thugs, and thank-fully there are police and judges and military to ensure peace and domes-tic tranquillity. We need to be vigilant that these vital parts of society do not become bullies them-selves.
“What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” We must pray much and hard in order to walk humbly with God, or we will be harsh instead of firm, and weak instead of merciful.
Without that balance, we will either be a bully, or one who accepts the bullying of ourselves and others.
— Dr. Alden Marshall is a Presbyterian minister who lives in Gatlinburg.
Oppose sin in others, butnever with bullying tactics
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The Fran and Marvin Morse family is in need of help from the citizens of Sevier County.
Both have been named “Unsung Heroes” by The Mountain Press for their service to the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Sevierville and Kodak.
The family has suffered tragedies over the past three years. Their grand-daughter has had multiple health issues due to being born prematurely. Marvin Morse suffered a major head trauma and faces a long recuperation. Fran Morse has been diagnosed with cancer.
The family car and home
are in need of repairs. The family has no health insur-ance and is not eligible for TennCare benefits.
A Fran Morse fund-raiser will be held Nov. 13 at the Sevier County Fairgrounds. The Northview Optimist Club, Sevier County Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, Northview Middle School Beta Club and Smoky Mountain JOOI Club (a volunteer organization of young people linked with Optimist International) are working together on the event.
There will be a rum-mage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Individuals can also purchase booth space for $10 in the Exhibition Hall. There also will be
“Fran’s Freedom Walk (one mile starting at 10 a.m., a $5 entry fee), a bake sale, children’s activi-ties, a firetruck, games and crafts.
Hot dogs and pizza will be sold for lunch. Entertainment will include Sparky the DJ and Tua-Tha-Dea, a local Celtic drumming troop.
Beginning at 3:30 p.m. there will be a pasta dinner for $5, and an auction in the red barn at 6 p.m. with Jeff Bohannan.
An account in the name of the Fran Morse Family has been set up at Mountain National Bank.
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Alamo Steakhouse, Bennetts Pit Bar-b-Que, Mama’s Farmhouse, Big Daddy’s Pizzeria and Maddog’s Creamery will serve a free entree to any active duty soldier or veteran on Veterans Day Nov. 11.
The meal is available at any of the seven area Johnson family restaurants. Family members accom-panying an active duty soldier or veteran will receive a discount off their meal. The only requirement is a military ID. Owner Bruce Johnson quoted John Kennedy saying, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it. honors, by the men it remembers.”
“I want to thank our active duty soldiers and vet-erans for their heroic efforts in the service of our great country, and I’d love nothing better than to feed a soldier a big home-cooked meal on me.”
Vets dine free at these sites
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PIGEON FORGE — The magic of Christmas abounds as Country Tonite stages its annual holiday show.
The cast covers a number of holiday classics.
Guests will hear a variety of seasonal music during the Christmas portion of the show. There will be holiday favorites like “Jingle Bells,” “White
Christmas” and “Winter Wonderland,” mixed with novelty songs and dances, to classics like “O Holy Night.”
There will be special guest perform-ers during the Christmas production, such as Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus and the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Toys will also come alive in “Where are you, Christmas?”
For more information and reserva-tions call 453-2003.
Country Tonite annualChristmas show staged
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The cast of the Country Tonite Christmas show.
The Mountain Press ◆ Sunday, November 7, 2010
By Carroll MCMahanIn early autumn of
1949, the Rev. Robert L. Houston, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Sevierville presented a detailed master plan to the Sevierville Lions Club that aroused the imagination of the club and community.
The Lions Club, formed in 1939, had sup-ported several communi-ty projects, including the planning and construc-tion of the Sevierville-Gatlinburg Highway, the local Boy Scouts, a bowling alley, traffic lights, street lights and eyeglasses for school children.
After World War II, the club treasury was “in the red” and there were no fundraising projects on the horizon.
Houston, a star ath-lete at Maryville College and chairman of the Lions Club finance com-mittee, suggested a Thanksgiving Day post-season football game between Sevier County High and an invited team, complete with a parade and crowning a queen. The event would be called Little Smoky Bowl.
The Smoky Bears had lost games by scores of 44-0 and 66-0. The fledgling marching band was struggling for exis-tence and in desperate need of new uniforms.
Newly elected Lions Club President Bill Atchley, together with the entire membership, accepted the challenge and worked tirelessly promoting the initial festivities. Franklin (N.C.) High School was invited to challenge SCHS in the game on Nov. 24, 1949. The club felt a team from another state would add inter-est.
Each class at Sevier County elected a rep-resentative to compete for Little Smoky Bowl Queen. The Lions Club membership selected a captain and teams for each candidate to assist the students raise funds. Whichever opponent brought in the most money, would be crowned Little Smoky Bowl Queen at halftime.
Using purple paint, several members of the club painted “Little Smoky Bowl” on the corner of downtown sidewalks to generate interest.
While pitching the idea, Rev. Houston declared, “I will leave town if we don’t net at least $1,000 the first year.” He did not have to move away as the first Little Smoky Bowl was a tremendous success, netting almost $2,000.
A crowd of several hundred lined the down-town streets for the pre-game parade. Two thousand fans witnessed the Smoky Bears defeat the Panthers at Alumni Field. Joanna Bailey was crowned queen .
For the next two decades, the Little Smoky Bowl was a Thanksgiving Day tradi-tion. The Lions Club put the funds raised to good use, supporting the high school school athletic and band programs and other worthwhile com-munity projects.
TSSAA regulations eventually prohibited invitational post-season bowl games unless they were tied to a favorable win-loss record by par-ticipating teams in the regular season. The 20th and last Little Smoky Bowl was held in 1968.
For several years fol-lowing the last bowl, a regular season game was incorporated into a Smoky Festival but did not generate the enthu-siasm of the original holiday game which had become the oldest post-season high school bowl game in Tennessee.
Sevier County High School was host team in 19 of the 20 bowls. They were victorious in 15 games, tied three and lost one. The only excep-tion was 1966 when the Smoky Bears were pro-hibited from competition for the entire season due to TSSAA rules viola-tions.
A list of opponents and results in the Little Smoky Bowl:
n 1949: Sevier County 19, Franklin 13
n 1950: Sevier County 26, Mars Hill (N.C.) 13
n 1951: Sevier County 7, Carter 0
n 1952: Sevier County 7, Vonore 7
n 1953: Sevier County 20, Harrison-Chilhowee 6
n 1954: Sevier County 13,Walland 7
n 1955: Sevier County 6, Clinton 6
n 1956: Sevier County 19, Halls 7
n 1957- Sevier County 14, LaFollette 6
n 1958: Sevier County 0, Knoxville West 0
n 1959: Sevier County 28, Knoxville South 0
n 1960: Sevier County 25, Holston 7
n 1961: Sevier County 13, Karns 6
n 1962: Sevier County 40, Knoxville South 0
n 1963: Sevier County 35, Rule 0
n 1964: Sevier County 21, Church Hill 6
n 1965: Sevier County 14, Holston 14
n 1966: Seymour 7, Maury 25
n 1967: Sevier County 7, Powell 0
n 1968: Sevier County
40, Newport 0The Little Smoky Bowl
Queens:n 1949: Joanna Baileyn 1950: Louise Balesn 1951: Bitsie Owensn 1952: Faye Ruth
Frostn 1953: Mary Alice
McCartern 1954: Libby Jo
Ownbyn 1955: Dorothy
Randlesn 1956: Nancy Bakern 1957: Judy Pat
Deloziern 1958: Jewel Dean
Thomasn 1959: Geraldine
Chance(Beginning in 1960,
Kings were added)n 1960: Jerri Thomas
and Jimmy Whaleyn 1961: Janie Delozier
and Bill Robertsonn 1962: Joyce Cates
and Paul Hendersonn 1963: Patsy Atchley
and Gary Waden 1964: Janelle
Cutshaw and Chucky
Finchumn 1965: Gayle
McMahan and Charles Burridge
n 1966: Mary Mac Whaley and Tommy Wilson
n 1967: Brenda Brackins and Bob Hogan
n 1968: Sandy Cardwell and Barry Williams
The fundraiser to select a queen and king continued during the years of the Smoky Festival. Debbie Watson, who was the daughter of 1951 Little Smoky Bowl Queen Bitsie Owens, was crowned Smoky Festival
Queen in 1976. At the conclusion of
the first Little Smoky Bowl in 1949, Rev. Houston proclaimed his only regret was being too shy to kiss the queen when he placed the crown on her head. In 1958, the red-faced min-ister was brought onto the field during half-time ceremonies of the 10th Little Smoky Bowl to rectify the earlier omission by kissing the queen.
Each year, as Thanksgiving approach-es, many local residents
reminisce about the community spirit and pride associated with the Little Smoky Bowl.
— Carroll McMahan is the special projects facili-tator for the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce. The Upland Chronicles series celebrates the heritage and past of Sevier County. If you have suggestions for future topics, would like to submit a column or have comments; please contact McMahan at 453-6411 or e-mail to [email protected]; or Ron Rader at 604-9161 or e-mail to [email protected].
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Little Smoky Bowl was a Thanksgiving fixture
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Sevierville Mayor Robert S. Howard (right), who was also the Sevier County High School princi-pal, was honored as grand marshal of the first Little Smoky Bowl Parade. He is pictured riding in the 1949 parade with his daughter, Mary Bob Howard, and wife Mary Temple Howard.
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The Sevier County High School Smoky Bears’ starting lineup for the first Little Smoky Bowl: Jim Cox, M.T. Helton, Cleve Compton, Clyde Hodge, Roy Biddle, Ben Clabo, W.D. Kilby, Charles Watson, Bobbie Kenner, Frank McCroskey and Bon Hicks.
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The Sevier County High School Marching Band needed new uniforms in 1949.
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KNOXVILLE — The Foothills Craft Guild will present its 44th annual Fine Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 12 and 13 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park.
Chartered in 1968, the Foothills Craft Guild is the oldest artisan guild in Tennessee and is dedicated to promoting and preserving handmade crafts.
Featuring the original work of over 150 Tennessee artisans, this event showcases traditional and con-temporary crafts of the Tennessee region that are all handmade by juried members of the guild.
Works will include woodwork, pottery, weaving, dolls, leatherwork, printmaking, stained glass, jewelry, metalwork, sculpture, basketry and more.
There will be a Kids’ Hands-On craft booth, sponsored by the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, where children can make small crafts projects like straw weaving or stamping greeting cards. There will also be a variety of daily educational craft demonstrations.
Foothills Craft Fairset for Nov. 12, 13
Hospitality group supports clubs
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Ray Ogle, president of the Pigeon Forge Hospitality Association, presents a check to Jessica Page, area director for Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains. The $7,500 is from proceeds of the PFHA’s recent golf tournament.
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East Tennesseans have the opportunity to show their Volunteer spirit by giving blood during Medic Regional Blood Center’s annual Battle of the Orange and Blue blood drive com-petition starting Nov. 15.
The annual event pits fans of the Tennessee Vols against fans of the University of Kentucky;
the side collecting the most blood donations for the week is the winner. The competition runs Nov. 15–19.
Tennessee fans have dominated this competi-tion the last few years and are going for their eighth victory in a row. Tennessee fans have won the trav-eling trophy 12 times to
Kentucky’s nine; the two sides tied once back in 1991.
Last year’s score was 3,440 to 3,364. This year’s goal for UT supporters is 3,500 pints of blood.
Locally, blood dona-tions can be made from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Wal-Mart; and from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Kroger in
Seymour. All donors will receive a
limited edition game day T-shirt.
This contest was initi-ated in 1988 by Medic and Kentucky Blood Center.
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Ainsley Ford with artwork during the Sevier County High School Visual Art Department’s annual art exhibit.
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Peyton Proffitt with artwork she displayed dur-ing the annual art exhibit.
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Sevier County High School’s Visual Art Department had its annual art exhibit recently in the commons area of the school.
This was part of the “Evening with the Arts” yearly program with the drama and music students.
There were a variety of pencil, collage, mosaic, paint-ings and mixed media work primarily by junior and senior art students.
The participating art seniors were Ainsley Ford; Eric Sutton, Cassie Rexroad, Chris Fox, Megan Daugherty, Averell Harnage, Joe McMahan, Cassandra Hurst, Brittany Rush, Ashley Havlin, Lacey Bull, Athena Mounger, Nick Verdino and Austin Caldwell.
Verdino plans to attend East Tennessee State University and working on a graphic arts degree. Ford is considering The Art Institute. Rexroad is considering University of Tennessee or ETSU.
Daugherty is looking at Carson-Newman, Maryville or UT for graphic design.
Rising art juniors include Peyton Proffitt, Bradley Tarkington and Summer King.
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A LARGE HOUSE IN SEY-MOUR FOR RENT: 3 Bed-rooms, 2.5 baths, LR,Kitchen/Dining, 2 Dens, Laun-dry Room, Carport, StorageBldg. NO PETS! NO SMOK-ING! References required.$850/mo. + $700 damage de-posit required. Near Seymourschools off Boyd's Creek Hwy.307 Perry Lane, Seymour.(Corner lot) Call 865-577-3869after 5:00 p.m. Anytime onweekends.
2BD/2BA Wears Valley w/2FP, circular black top drive, hottub & Jacuzzi. Jenn Aire grill.Hdwd floors of 150 yr old to-bacco barn oak. furn or unfurn.$950. annual. 239-595-59502BR/2BA in retirement commw/views, whirlpool. PF $825mo, 1st & last. 865-441-0532.2BR/2BA partially furn 2-storychalet, hot tub, jacuzzi, fp, HP,$975 mo, 1st & last.828-226-2205
3/2 Log Cabin, Wears Valleyon 1 acre, Very clean, HT, FP,WD, $995 Mo. 640-7803
3BR, 2BA, Homes in Red Bud &
Boyd’s Creek $775-$875 + deposit
865-428-5212
3BR/2BA Home, 1950 SF,sunroom, hot tub, mtn. view,secluded, clawfoot tub, $1050.865-453-8203.
4BR/2.5BA, 2 car garage, sun-room/office, marble floors. lake& golf course view. $1200 mo.Dandridge. 865-712-9659
4BR/3.5BA, 2000 sf. NewCenter, Big Yard, $1100 +dep. 865-654-0222
Homes for Rent0620
Beautiful 2BR furnished cabinfor rent. Located between Gat& PF. $750 mo. Call423-246-1500 business office,leave msg after 4:30.Belle Meadows 3BR/2BA,with 2 car garage Large lot$1,200 865-429-2962Executive Home on Lake, 4BDR/ 4 BA, $2,000 Mo. 2FP's, Mins from exit 407. (865)850-2483Furnished 1 or 2 BDR cabin.Some pets. $475 & $625 Mo.Wooded area. 865-774-6796Heart of PF. 3BD/1.5BA, $800mo. No pets. Credit check &references. 865-335-3191Hwy. 321 Pittman CenterArea. 2 BDR Cabin Fully Fur-nished $250 Week 850-2487
**NICE, CLEAN**3 BR / 2 BA IN KODAK
5 MILES FROM I-40$700 + DEPOSIT
NO PETS 865-712-5238Kodak 3BR/2BA, 2 car ga-rage with un-finished base-ment. Approx. 1250 sq ft.$895.00 per mo 865-429-4470Kodak area on the river:2BD/1BA, lrg deck No Pets,$600 Mo. + Dep 865-680-9443
$650-$1,000Monthly
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865-850-3874New lease terms for new 4BR/2.5 Bath upscale home forrent located in prestigiousLakeside Estates, open floorplan, vaulted ceilings, largeclosets. $1,199/mo. 806-9896.
Condominiums for Rent
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1 Bedroom Studio Condo forrent. No Pets. Call Owner Mikeat (910) 840-44892 BDR/ 2 BA Condo in Gatlin-burg, W/D, unfurnished $750Mo. (865) 654-20812BR/2BA, furnished upscalecondo. Walk to Gat. $875 mo1 yr lease. 865-771-9600
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3BR/3BA Executive Condos in Sevierville, 3100 sq. ft. swimming pool, pets
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Call 865-428-5161New Furn 2BR/2BA, on Pkwy,pool, elec, water, cable, wifi,$1000 mth. 423-838-3303Studio condo on Pkwy, furn,util inc., wifi, cbl, indr pool$200/ wk 540-397-4977Tastefully Furnished, studiocondo, Gatlinburg Summit.$550 mo. 865-806-9119.
Duplexes for Rent0630
2BD/2BA in Sev. in the woods.Light# 14.1 Small pet ok. $700+ dep. Carport 865-397-1967Duplex for rent: Big RiverOverlook, Sevierville, 2BR 1BA W/D hkup. $500/mo $500dep 1 yr. lease. 428-0731leave msg.Near the River! 2BR/1BA du-plex New carpet/ vinyl $495.00per mo. 865-429-2962
Rooms for Rent0635
Gatlinburg/DudleyCreek
Rent by the week, month, or year. Furnished, plus elec., cable & w/ sewer included.
Call for appt.
865-429-2962Nice clean Rm in Res ideal forfemale. W/D, TV, Convenient.$95wk incl util. Sev 661-7770
DOWNTOWN SEVIERVILLE428 Park Rd.
near trolley stopIncludes All Utilities.Free Wi-Fi, Cable, Laundry,
Kitchens, Clean Rooms, NO PETS.405-2116
Gatlinburg Rooms for RentFurnished, all Utilities, cable, tax included $100 per week
Rooms with Kitchens $120 per week
865-621-2941
Rooms for RentLow Weekly Rates $110.00 plus tax
Greystone RentalsRed Carpet Inn
349 East Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN
Business Places/Offices
0670
3 Offices- 510 ($450), 846($550) & 1356 ($1000) sq. ft.S. Blvd. Way. (865) 933-6544
OFFICE SPACE$650 - $900 month
865-850-3874
Nice Office with WarehouseBay. Sevierville ReasonableRent 453-6289 or 548-6838
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Downtown SeviervilleFor Rent or Sale
1,400 Sq. Ft. with kitchen& bath. Excellent location
& condition. $950 Mo.654-6636 or 654-1582
Office/ Retail Space Availablefor Lease. Located 1338 Pkwy.Sevierville. (865) 414-5959Retail space for rent. $1200mo. approx 900 sq ft. Next tovery active retail shops onD o l l y P a r t o n P k w y .865-868-0449.Seymour. 12,000 sf. $5,000mo. + dep. 18 Ft. ceil, clearspan, gas heat w/ Divide.6,000 sf. w/loading dock$2,700 or drive in door $2,700avail now. Owner agent (865)250-9209 or 908-5503
Mobile Homes for Rent
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2 & 3 BR HomesPINE KNOB
Mountain View 865-933-0504
2BR/1BA on Flat Creek Rd inSev ie rv i l l e . No pe ts .865-453-5337.3 BDR/ 2 BA, W/D hookup,doublewide, large lot ,865-654-87023BD on private property. 3 mifrom waterpark. $650 mo. Call865-428-52044 very nice homes, $400-$550.Kodak + Sevierville. No pets.865-740-2525Beautiful 2BD/2BA in Kodak.No pets. New ceramic tiledbaths. New broadloom. CentH/A. Appl & deck. $500 plusdep. 865-607-0392Camper for rent. Elect & water.$385mo. or work to reducerent. Private lot. 865-323-1007Different, convenient locations.3 BR/ 2 BA $450 + Deposit.933-5894 or 382-7781Forty foot mobile home withroom built on for rent.865-654-8702
2 & 3BR mobilehomes for rentMust have refs.
No Pets. Call for info 428-3096
3BR/2BA$500-$700/mth
Boyds Creek AreaNo pets.
908-8629
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Homes for Sale0710
4BR/3BA wrap around deck inPF. Hot tub. Range, refrig, mi-cro, W/D. Bought new Jan 08.$190,000. 731-297-38756100 sq ft, 5BR/3.5BA doublegranite throughout, under-ground bunker, 22 ft ceilings,25 ft commercial kitchen. Thishome is AWESOME! Ap-praised at $820,000. Musthave $396,000. Call Scott865-388-9656FSBO 2 BR, 2 BA, Cabin on 2acres, Cosby-Gatlinburg side423-487-5093. $89,900.00
Condominiums for Sale
0715
New condos for sale. OwnerFinancing Available. $189,000,1,700sf Living, 2 car gar, Ja-cuzzi, Fpl, Hardwood, AllAppl. Tile in wet areas865-654-3667, 865-429-5065
Lots & Acreage0734
2 lots Echota Subdiv. over 1acre across from new waterpark. Already has water/sew.Value $62,000. Distress salefor $9,000. 865-382-1981.
3/4 acre (unrestricted) inSevierville. $18,000 or bestoffer 361-386-0454 Robert
TRANSPORTATION
Sport Utility Vehicles0856
Jeep Wrangler 1989 4x4automatic 55k miles - $2,300- [email protected]
Pickup Trucks for Sale
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1994 Ford F150 XLT ext. cab,too many new parts to list,good t r uck , $3 ,500 .865-429-2279.
Cars for Sale0868
1966 Chevrolet Elcamino, Alloriginal $5,500. 1967 MercuryCougar 351 eng, auto, newwheels/tires. $7500. (865)908-0584 or (865) 850-3846.
FINANCIAL
LEGALS
Legals0955
NOTICE OF PBA MEETINGLOCATION CHANGE
CITY OF SEVIERVILLETENNESSEE
This will serve as legal noticethat the Public Building Author-ity (PBA) of the City of Sevier-ville will be holding their regu-laryl scheduled PBA BoardMeeting at the Sevierville GolfClub's New Clubhouse, 1444Old Knox Hwy. Sevierville, TN@ 1PM on Monday, November8, 2010
Brenda McCroskeySecretary
11/7
NOTICE
Pursuant to Section 66-31-105Tenn. Code Annotated Noticeis hereby given that the con-tents stored @ FORGE MINISTORAGE 1201 Upper MiddleCreek Rd Sevierville, TN37876, 865-453-7867 Will besold on Nov 18th at 4:00 PMfor the following units:
#39 Patricia Franks#74 Lindsey Slothower#42 Patina Couch#70 Rachel Meyers#76 Kris Cox#58 Angelia Nolesco#38 Annette Futral#73 Jeffery Cole#65 Susan McCarter#27 Jamie Weaver#79 Gabe Fierstone
11/07/2010, 11/16/2010
HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICEAll real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
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