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SEVIERVILLE — It was John Patrick’s goal to become a doctor and practice medicine in his native Michigan. But along came World War II and his desire to serve.

Blood pressure issues kept him from flying planes in the Navy and Army Air Corps, but in 1943 he was drafted into an Army willing to overlook the medical issues.

And thus began a 30-year career that took the Sevierville resident through three wars and a career that lasted more than 30 years. He retired in 1975 when a law dating to the Kennedy Administration kicked in, requiring that no one

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By DereK HODgeSStaff Writer

SEVIERVILLE — A few weeks ago Nancy Allen wasn’t sure there would be much to celebrate at her house this holiday season. With her out of a job and her husband’s income all the couple has to support their seven children, things weren’t looking good.

“I honestly thought we weren’t going to have a Christmas,” Allen said as she fought back tears. “I didn’t want my kids to go without.”

Fortunately, one of Allen’s children heard about the East Tennessee Toy Run and Teen Christmas at school. That brought her and five of the children out to the Sevierville Community Center early Saturday morning to sign up for the kind of help that only a man in a bushy white beard can bring at Christmas.

“The way times are now, this really helps,” Allen said. “I love what they’re doing. It’s great.”

As it happens, the man in the white beard isn’t

Santa Claus, but he plays the jolly old elf some-times. Jim White is one of the organizers of the toy run and is the spokesman for the Shiloh Riders, a group of local motorcycle enthusiasts who have been organizing a toy collection and distribution for local children in need for 18 years now.

The club held its annual toy run just a couple weeks ago, bringing hundreds of bikers out not only for a chance to ride together, but also the opportunity to

Hundreds sign up for help with Christmas wishes

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Volunteers with the East Tennessee Toy Run, on right in green shirts, assist folks signing their children up for the program Saturday morning.

From a grateful nationAs Veterans Day approaches, The Mountain Press honors soldiers

and Marines by sharing their stories of service and sacrifice

By DereK HODgeSStaff Writer

SEYMOUR — Frank Kasper has heard the term “greatest generation” used to describe him and the other young American men who served in World War II. He’s not sure the moniker fits fully, though.

“It was our duty to go,” says Kasper, who was drafted into military ser-vice shortly after graduat-ing from high school. “We were sent to do our duty. We were just answering a call and doing what we needed to do.”

It’s exactly that attitude that has earned Kasper’s era the “greatest genera-

tion” title. It’s one Kasper still holds onto even more than a half century later and with the perspective of knowing hundreds of thousands of men like him didn’t come home from the turmoil he saw.

Through a twist of fate that ended up being good luck, Kasper saw most of that action from behind a desk on a small island off the coast of New Zealand.

“My mom made me take typing classes in high school. Back then, men didn’t take typing classes,” Kasper explains. “As it turned out, I was the best typist out of a class full of

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Frank Kasper answered his country’s call twice, serving in both World War II and the Korean War.

Kasper: Serving twice ‘what I needed to do’

Patrick gave up medicine for the military

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John Patrick of Sevierville looks over photos of his 30-plus years in the Army.

By Jeff fArreLLStaff Writer

Bruce Palmer has seen the conflict in the Middle East from two perspec-tives in three wars.

He served in the Army during Desert Storm, and has been back during the war on terror as a civilian contractor.

That’s given him a view not many people have when it comes to the dif-ferences in how the cam-paigns are being pursued. In fact, he’s proud to say the opportunity to return as a civilian contrac-tor gave him the chance to help current soldiers improve the conditions he faced in his first visit.

He’s a plumber, and he knows firsthand what it’s like to be in the same desert with no access to a shower.

“When we got back, we finally got to have a real shower,” he said. “There was just a residue of sand after each person got out.”

Palmer actually thought he was out of the military when Desert Storm was getting ready to start. He’d served from 1984 until 1991, and he was actually leaving when

Palmer gets different views of conflicts

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news he had been drafted, he told the men at the con-scription board he wanted to serve in the Marine Corps.

“The Marines are the best service available,” Kasper says with pride in his voice. “They’re highly respected. They serve anywhere they’re needed and do everything they’re asked for their country.”

After completing boot camp, which Kasper describes as the toughest part of his service thanks in part to his being forced for the first time to learn to swim, Kasper found himself assigned to a desk job typing rosters, duty assignments and other military documents.

“I was a clerk in an office in a tent with the 2nd Marine Air Wing,” he says. “They found out I could type and so that’s where I went.”

Kasper, an Ohio native who moved to East Tennessee after his ser-vice, sat at that desk for three and a half years with not one chance to return home. He jokes he didn’t change much in the war, pointing out he “left as a corporal and came back as a corporal,” but as emotion wells up in his voice when he describes the men who didn’t return home with him, it becomes clear that’s not true.

“I was one of the lucky ones; I came home,” he says. “I knew too many who didn’t.”

He quickly changes the subject, explaining that he doesn’t really like to talk about his time in the service, equating it to a retired man who brags about what he did in his career and how he “used to matter.” In fact, he says, he doesn’t even discuss it much with his family.

“My daughter a little while ago asked me some about it so I did talk to her about it, but I don’t

like to talk about it much,” he says.

One thing he has told his daughter about is his days passing clandestine codes in letters to his father, or so the censors thought.

“We were playing check-ers through the mail, so every time we’d write a letter we would include a move,” Kasper says. “You can imagine it was a move at a time and days or even weeks between moves. Well, the censor [a man who read all mail com-ing and going at military installments] saw that we were doing it in code and he made me stop. He was afraid I was mailing home secrets or giving my posi-tion or something.”

By the time Kasper made it home, he figured his days with the Marines were over. He got a degree from Ohio University and started working for General Motors. Later, he started dating Virginia, whom he would later marry.

But first, he’d get an unexpected call from Uncle Sam.

“They called me back up

during the Korean War,” he explains. “I went in to do my training and I was on the list to be in the next group to leave. Then, a couple days before we were supposed to leave, my old master sergeant saw me and he put me to work at headquarters. He wouldn’t let me go with my outfit.”

During his service at Camp Lejeune during that latter conflict, Kasper did marry his sweetheart and the couple have been together ever since. When he finally got out for the second time, the couple made their home in East Tennessee.

Despite serving his country twice, two times more than most people ever do, and in some of the fiercest wars the United States has ever been part of, Kasper still demurs at being called a member of the “greatest generation.”

“I didn’t even think about it enough to be scared,” he says with a laugh. “I was just doing what I needed to do.”

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Frank Kasper asked to serve in the Marine Corp after he was drafted.

over the age of 50 who wasn’t a brigadier general could stay in the military. He left reluctantly.

“I’d have stayed if I could have,” said Patrick, now 85.

This is a man who enjoyed his military service. He married his wife Barbara and they had their four children while he was in the Army. The family lived in such places as Korea, Germany, France, Taiwan and Hawaii — not bad, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Patrick served for 16 years overseas, and the family wasn’t along for some of that time, especially his two years in Vietnam.

“My wife was ready for me to retire,” he said. They’ve been married 65 years. “We had spent quite a few years apart.”

Despite leaving col-lege in pursuit of a career in medicine to serve his country for more than 30 years, Patrick is sure he did the right thing.

“I definitely made the right choice,” he said. “I don’t have any regrets.”

While in basic train-ing his platoon leader suggested he apply for Officer Candidate School. He made it and was com-missioned in February 1944. His World War II experience was away from combat.

“I am not a war hero,” he said.

He spent his few months of World War II on a ship and was headed to Japan when the war was declared over. Instead, the ship was diverted to a place nobody onboard had ever heard of: Korea.

“When the captain announced we were being diverted to Korea, we all ran to the war room to look at a map to find an island called Korea,” Patrick said, laughing. “We had never even heard of it in 1945.”

He decided to remain in the military in 1946 and applied to and was accepted into the regular Army, commissioned as a second lieutenant.

“I really enjoyed the military and decided it would be a wonderful experience,” he said of his decision to remain.

He returned to the States for a few years before he was assigned to Korea. After earning the rank of captain he

was shipped off instead to Germany, where he spent most of the time the U.S. was engaged with North Korea.

“We thought it would be a short war,” he said.

Two wars, and two missed opportunities to be part of the action. Patrick felt he had missed something. But he got his chance when the conflict in Vietnam escalated.

By then he had four children: John III, born in 1946, Jane 1948, Elizabeth 1949 and Jay in 1952.

Patrick was stationed with NATO in France in 1966 when he volunteered to go to Vietnam.

“I was getting up in age and rank,” he said. “I was a lieutenant colonel then and had never been in combat. I felt it was my obligation to go.”

With his wife’s bless-ing and a promotion to colonel, Patrick spent two years there, mostly in Saigon training South Vietnamese troops.

“It was hot and stress-ful,” he said of the coun-try. “I remember seeing flashes and loud booms and realizing, this is Saigon.”

Patrick had no idea sentiment toward the war was changing back home.

All he knew was what he heard on the radio or read in Stars and Stripes.

“I always said that if, at a certain time and certain day, everybody in the United States had stood out on the front porch and said, we will win in Vietnam, the war would have ended and we’d have won. There were enough people against it that it gave support to the Viet Cong. It was stupid not to go ahead and win it out-right. I think the protests back home kept the lead-ers from trying to win that war outright.”

Patrick has remained active in military-related organizations, serving as co-chairman of the Smoky Mountain Council of the Fort Campbell Retiree Council. That base on the Tennessee-Kentucky line serves all retirees and their widows from both states. He is a life member of the VFW.

He and Barbara have 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

“It’s important for people to know about our history and the wars we fought,” he said.

He’s doing his part to see that’s so.

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Pvt. John Patrick Jr. in May 1943 as he begins his career in the Army.

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news broke that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had sent his forces into Kuwait.

He joked with other soldiers about it as he departed. A month later, he got a telegram calling him back to active duty. He was visiting his par-ents at the time.

“I went from my dad’s living room to the front line in about a week and a half,” he said.

Palmer worked on a support team for the armored columns that tore through Iraq dur-ing Desert Storm. He was assigned to a contact team, meaning he moved along with the tanks at or near the front line.

He was called back for another year, but he saw little fighting during that time — the conflict was over quickly. Still, they remained in the desert, and his recollection of what it was like to be there with few comforts of home helped push him to return and offer his skills for the soldiers who are serving now.

“I know I have a skill,” he said. “I’m good at what

I do.“I know what it was like

to be in the desert when I didn’t have a shower or anything, and I can help give them that...

“It’s just unbelievable the grind they do for months on end.”

There are a lot of civil-ian contractors in the Middle East doing the same thing, he said, whether it’s provid-ing better food or other small comforts that some soldiers had been going without.

He also saw firsthand what it was like for those at bases in both Afghanistan and Iraq. In Desert Storm, they quickly won the battle with the Iraqis, and didn’t face much of an additional threat afterwards.

“I took more fire as a civilian,” he said.

He was at bases that came under rocket and mortar attacks. Even when they weren’t, he could hear explosions nearby.

“Explosions became an everyday experience,” he said. “Mortars were scari-est. You wouldn’t hear them; something would just explode.”

Even now, the sound of thunder can take him back

to the experience.He also saw the toll

it can take on people who allied themselves with American forces. Insurgents targeted the Iraqis who worked on the bases.

The stark landscape

was what he remembered most about Afghanistan.

“If any plain resembles what I think the moon would look like, it’s Afghanistan.”

The nation is decades behind Western coun-tries, behind most other Mideast countries. It’s been torn by conflict practically without end since the Soviets attempt-ed to take it in the 1980s.

He and other soldiers would hand candy over the razor wire at one base to children who would come up on the other side, and watch them deal with another reminder of that earlier conflict — a Soviet era minefield.

“Those kids would literally pick their way through an old Soviet mine field to get the candy,” he said.

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Bruce Palmer discusses his service as both a soldier and a civilian contractor in the Middle East.

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Elben Reece WhiteElben Reece White, age 91 of Sevierville, went

peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior on November 6, 2009 at his home with family by his side. He was a loving husband, devoted father, grandfather and great grandfather. A very hard working man, Mr. White retired from ALCOA South Plant after 38 years of service, a member of the 25 year club. He had a zest for life, he enjoyed gardening with the philosophy that the more he gave away, the better the crop would produce the next year. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Sevierville and the CAB Sunday School class for 47 years until his health began to decline.

Born to James and Pearl White on December 17, 1917, he was the second of eight children. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, James McClellan White; Son-in-law, Harley Lewis; sib-lings, Ola Douglas, James “Mutt” White, Jack White, Billy White, and Carlon White.

He is survived by his loving wife of 71 and one half years: Jean White; daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Bill Rogers; son, David White; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Sherri and Jeff Kirby, Sara, Logan, AJ, and Baby Berry, Laura White; brother, Jake White; sister, Bernice Fowler; sisters-in-law, Ernestine White, Aileen White, and Martha Guy; brother-in-law, Jimmy Turner; many special nieces and nephews, friends and neighbors.

Our family is poorer for the death of such a great man, but our lives are much richer for having him in it, the memories he has left with us will always be cherished.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, Sevierville Building Fund, 317 Parkway, Sevierville, Tennessee 37862 or to the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Peggy Sharp, 939 Alder Branch Road, Sevierville, Tennessee 37876.

Mr. White’s family would like to extend a special thanks to Amedisys Hospice staff, nurses and vol-unteer.

Funeral service 4 p.m. Sunday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Davis and Rev. W.A. Galyon officiating. Interment 1 p.m. Monday in Providence Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Hyder officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.

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help kids. They collected a tractor trailer-full of items that will be distributed to local children Dec. 12.

“We did probably as well as if not better than last year,” White said. “The thing a lot of people don’t understand is, when times are tough, people give more than when times are good. These people on two wheels, they have the big-gest hearts in the world and they want to take care of these kids.”

Though the Shiloh Riders do things for folks in need all year long, including helping out local food pantries and supply-ing needed items to local families, they have per-haps become best known for their massive efforts at Christmas. They keep doing it because they know it makes a differ-ence, White said.

“We want to help every person who needs our help,” he said. “The emo-tions on the day we dis-tribute the toys are phe-nomenal. You just can’t believe how grateful peo-ple are. With the economy the way it is, there are a lot of people who need help. We’re excited to be able to help them. This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.”

The group provides between three and five toys for children from birth to 12 years of age. After that, the Family Resource Center’s Teen Christmas steps in to take care of the needs of 13-18-year-olds who are still in school.

“We are really the only agency that is doing this

for teenagers in Sevier County,” Director Kim Loveday said.

While they’re happy to do it, in years like this one being the only group providing much-needed assistance can be tough. In recent years more than 300 youth have been helped by Teen Christmas, but this year Loveday is worried that number may top 400 and that could really strain the program. She became more concerned as she watched the line of applicants wind its way all the way around the lobby at the Community Center, with two more sign-up days – from 6-8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday – still ahead.

“I’ve never turned any-one away,” Loveday said. “I hope we don’t hit 400, because I don’t know what we’ll do. Hopefully we’ll just have more sponsors and donors come forward if we get to that point.”

The effort provides a new outfit, warm clothes and hygiene items to Sevier County teenagers in need. It’s not just about putting something under the Christmas tree, it’s also about meeting basic needs.

“The things we give are more of a need than a want,” Loveday explained. “I have some people who question why we give hygiene items, but then I have teachers who come to

me and tell me they have students who still don’t even have running water or come to class without deodorant. That’s a mat-ter of self esteem and that can make kids stay out of school or keep them from learning what they need to. We’re trying to meet that need.”

Both the Shiloh Riders and Teen Christmas, which takes donations and allows contributors to sponsor specific children, are still looking for help to meet the needs of local children. To help out, call the Family Resource Center at 428-7999 or e-mail White at [email protected].

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Irene CollinsIrene Collins, 71 of Sevierville,

died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. She was an employee of The Apple Barn.

Survivors: husband of 54 years, Harry Gene Collins; sons, Mike Collins and his wife Jama, Tony Collins; daughter, Debbie Brackins and husband Gary; brothers and their wives, Floyd and Carolyn Melton, Jackie and Sandy Melton; sisters-in-law and husbands, Dorothy and Harold Reynolds, Judy and Ross Seaton; nine grandchil-dren; 11 great-grandchildren; aunt, Helen Ricker; cousins, nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to benefit the family, c/o Atchley Funeral Home, 118 East Main Street, Sevierville, TN 37862.

Funeral service was held Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home with the Revs. Curtis Wells and Jimmy Boling offi-ciating.

Family and friends meet 2 p.m. Sunday in Shiloh Cemetery for graveside service and inter-ment with the Rev. Bill Maples officiating.


Vontriece ottinger

Vontriece Ottinger, 92 of Parrottsville, died Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009.

Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Carlene Ottinger; daughter and son-in-law, Jeanenne and Roy Ownby; three grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; sisters-in-law, Betty, Dorothy and Elizabeth Hawk; nieces, nephews and other family.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Manes Funeral Home with Pastor Jack Wilder officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Luther Memorial Lutheran Cemetery. Family and friends may sign the guest register on line at: www.manesfuneralhome.com.

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Frances Ruth Childress

Frances Ruth Childress, 54 of Seymour, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

Survivors: husband of 37 years, James Childress; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Melissa Childress; daughter and son-in-law, Tabitha and Donnie Bell; eight grandchil-dren; brothers, John Conatser Jr., Pinky Conatser and wife Melanie; sisters, Kathy Darden, Elizabeth Riggs and husband John, and Linda Keller; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service 4 p.m. Sunday in Atchley’s Seymour Chapel

with Doug Ott, Eric White and George Lee officiating. Interment will follow in Atchley’s Seymour Memory Gardens. The fam-ily will receive friends 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, Tenn.


John H. (Jack) KingJohn H. (Jack) King, 81, died

Nov. 5, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Jack was a retired band director in the Knoxville School System. He taught hundreds of children private lessons. He also played for weddings for many prominent people. The Jack King Band played for the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival where they won first place recognition awards in all categories.

Survivors: daughter, Angela Jayne King; sons, David Marshall King and John H. King Jr.; brother, William J. King and wife Lorraine; several grandchil-dren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel with Father Evan offi-ciating. Family and friends will meet at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Tennessee Veterans Cemetery for a 11:30 a.m. interment service. The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel.

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In Memoriam

Hazle Jane Gause Nimmer

Hazle Jane Gause Nimmer died at her home in Gatlinburg on Nov. 1 at the age of 100.

She was born Sept. 9, 1909, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1927, she graduated from John Marshall High School in Minneapolis.

She earned a bachelor of library science degree from the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1931.

On June 15, 1934, she married Gerhardt E. Nimmer. She volunteered many years at the School for Social Development in Minneapolis.

The Nimmers began vacationing in Gatlinburg in 1955, and in the early 1980s, they retired to the home they built in the Smoky Mountains.

Her husband predeceased her Jan. 15, 2004.She is survived by her children, Barbara and

Dr. Harold N. Richardson of California; Bruce and Diane Nimmer of Minnesota; and Jenifer and Rodney Wilson of Minnesota and Florida; by eight grandchildren; and by 10 great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Gatlinburg. The church’s Pastor Janet Volk will officiate at a memorial service. The Nimmer family invites friends to the service, which will be at the Nimmer home in Gatlinburg at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. For more information, call (865) 436-6247 or (607) 437-1529.

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More than 2,000 sub-scribers have signed up for Sevier County Schools’ new text messaging sys-tem, Zap411, said direc-tor of curriculum and instruction Debra Cline.

The Sevier County Board of Education has partnered with Eric Bennecker & Associates to offer Zap411, which is sponsored by Citizens National Bank, making it a cost-free program for the school system.

“Anytime we can send out information to the community, it’s a great thing,” Cline said, who added around 2,400 par-ents had signed up for the system.

Zap411 enables the school system to directly send messages to parents and other interested par-ties on their cell phones, allowing them to receive information immediately.

Subscribers follow instructions on how to opt-in to the system. A text messaging package on the cell phone is required

to participate. Using the system will count as a message received within the user’s cell phone plan once they have signed up. If they ever wish to unsubscribe, they can simply reply “stop” to any message.

Cline said the types of messages being sent include things like school closing notices, early dismissals and notices of holidays. The system will not, however, change the notification process already in place though ParentLink, which sends a voice message to the primary phone number of each student’s parent or guardian in case of an emergency notice.

“Our students are very into texting, and it’s a viable form of communi-cation in today’s world,” Cline said. “Parents don’t lose anything (in contact from the schools) — they just get another source.”

For more information on subscribing to Zap411, contact Eric Bennecker & Associates at 774-2024.

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U.S. Army veteran John Carver is a morning regular at the Pigeon Forge Hardee’s on the Parkway. As he drinks his coffee, other regulars — who also happen to be veterans — stop by his booth to say hello.

“You’re out of your overalls today,” observed Ray Lovett, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

“I’m having my picture made today,” Carver said, then added, “my wife doesn’t like overalls.”

But overalls are much more comfortable for Carver, who caught a skin disease while serving in Vietnam. A belt aggravates the sores he sometimes gets around his waist.

He says that Lovett, who is married to one of Carver’s old classmates, served in World War II.

“We’re getting to be the older generation now,” he said of his fellow Vietnam vets. “There aren’t too many World War II veter-ans left.”

Carver was at first drafted but then re-enlist-ed to serve with special forces. He was first sent to Okinawa, then to Vietnam, where he stayed for 17 months.

“I wanted to be a Ranger,” he said simply. “I was in reconnaissance (a part of combat intel-ligence) and we were in enemy territory. I slept in mud covered up to my head — we couldn’t afford to be caught.”

Carver is somewhat reserved about sharing his experience at war, but he did recall the especially deadly Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Central Highlands, where lots of sniping,

ambushes, booby traps and mines occurred.

He is still in contact with a fellow Ranger who lives in New York now. He and Carver were the only ones in their group left alive one night.

“The war never did get easier to deal with — noth-ing is easy about hunting down men, but you do what you have to do. It wasn’t my job to question anything. We were taught to follow orders.”

He also disagreed with people who protested the war.

“We were there, and we needed to commit. We were told when we got off the plane that we were not to speak to the war protesters. Those people cussed and spat at us.”

Although Carver feels that support for Vietnam veterans has improved since Desert Storm, he says military support is still lacking in certain areas of the country.

Having served in the 2nd of the 47th Infantry and 3rd of the 6th Infantry, both in the 9th Division, he received two Inservice Awards, two Vietnam Campaign Medals, two Bronze Stars, a Good Conduct Medal and a Vietnam Service Medal.

He worked in con-struction before retiring and is now active in the American Legion Post 202 in Gatlinburg, serv-ing as post commander. He also enjoys fishing and spending time with fam-ily, which includes wife Norma; daughter Jonna McMahan; and grandchil-dren Will, 13, and (twins) Denton and McKinley, 11.

Although he has trav-eled around the Southeast — and the Far East —

Sevier County has always been and always will be home.

Only 22 years old when he enlisted, Carver said he has “mellowed out a lot” since first leaving the armed forces.

“I don’t have as much hate in me. I’m a Christian now,” said the member of Williamsburg Baptist Church in Sevierville.

Carver encourages men and women who serve in the military today to “stay with it.”

“I know there’s a war going on, but they’ve got more opportunities these days,” he said.

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Vietnam War veteran John Carver looks at old pictures of himself and buddies when they served in the U.S. Army.

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John Carver, far right, poses with his fellow Army Rangers before leaving for Vietnam. He is still in contact with Bob Chase, far left, who now lives in New York. The other three men lost their lives in combat.

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(AP) — Prostate cancer couldn’t keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday.

T h e 73-year-old actor and artist a t t e n d -ed the Breeders’ Cup in s u p p o r t of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, the offi-cial charity of the year-ending thoroughbred championships Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Southern California.

It was revealed last month that Hopper had been diagnosed with cancer, although he said Saturday he’s been bat-tling it for the past nine years.

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Chaplain exhibitreception today

First Presbyterian Church is hosting a “Faith and Courage” exhibit recog-nizing the contributions of military chaplains.

The presentation includes stories, photographs and a collection of artifacts from wars. The larger exhibit was at Washington National Cathedral for the 2004 opening of the World War II Memorial.

Call 556-2368 or 453-2971. A reception will be held today.

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Nonperishable food will be donated to Sevier County Food Ministries.

Persons seeking free admission must present a photo ID or proof of resi-dence such as a utility bill or paycheck stub.

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The Anna Porter Public Library will host a spe-cial program on Horace Kephart, the Smoky Mountain author, outdoors-man, and conservationist who was recently high-lighted in the Ken Burns documentary on America’s national parks. Kephart was also one of the primary catalysts for the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The event will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The segment of the docu-mentary that focuses on the Smokies will be shown. The event is free. Call 436-5588.

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Diabetes topic of lunch meeting

Join Carolyn Zibas and Ellen McPherson from the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center will discuss diabetes during a lunch and learn presentation Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Center.

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The walking tour, spon-sored by the Spencer Clack DAR, will include dramati-zations done by re-enactors in period costumes.

Mountain National Bank will provide overflow parking. Contact Theresa Williams at 908-7988.

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The Seymour High School drama group will perform an adapted reader’s theater version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Peggy Phares, a teacher at Seymour High School, wrote the adapted ver-sion of the book. Rachel Miller will be playing Scout, Kegan Drysdale will play Atticus and Chris Coffee will be playing the part of Jem. Other class members will be portraying citizens within Maycomb County.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. For questions call 577-7040.

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Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2009. There are 53 days left in the year.

Last year locallyAdministration, staff

and students celebrated the dedication of Wears Valley Ranch’s Carriage House, a facility that contains state-of-the-art science labs and other instructional space for students of St. Andrews School. Wears Valley Ranch provides Christ-centered homes and a Christian Education for children from families in crisis.

on this dateIn 1942, Operation

Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, began dur-ing World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa.

ten years agoFormer President

George H.W. Bush was honored in Germany for his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 10 years ear-lier.

Five years agoThousands of U.S.

troops attacked the tough-est strongholds of Sunni insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, launching a long-awaited offensive aimed at ending guerrilla control of the city.

thought for today“Religion is an attempt,

a noble attempt, to sug-gest in human terms more-than-human reali-ties.” — Christopher Morley, American author-journalist (1890-1957).

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KNOXVILLE — House Speaker Kent Williams wants to be reinstat-ed into the Republican Party before the next legislative session begins in January.

Several Republican colleagues have been working on his behalf to urge for a quick decision, Williams told The Associated Press at a fund-raiser for his new political action committee Friday night.

“I just want to know where I stand,” the Elizabethton restaura-teur said.

Williams was stripped of his Republican credentials earlier this year following his upset election as

House speaker in which he banded together with all 49 of the chamber’s Democrats to beat the Republican nominee by a single vote.

His ouster was spearheaded by Robin Smith, the state party’s for-mer chairwoman who later left the position to run for Congress. Smith’s successor, Chris Devaney, has not ruled out an eventual Williams return, but said he has heard of no plans to reinstate him.

“His actions were never appreci-ated, and there have to be conse-quences to those,” Devaney said. “But this kind of event is a positive thing, it’s encouraging to see he wants to help Republican candi-dates.”

Williams’ fundraiser was attend-

ed by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, Knoxville mayor and gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam and several Republican lawmakers.

Alexander, a former two-term governor, said he supported Williams’ efforts to raise money for Republican candidates but said he would leave it to GOP lawmakers and the state executive committee to determine the speaker’s future status.

“My suggestion was they all might remember the parable of the prodigal son, which had a happy ending because the son came home and he was embraced,” Alexander told reporters after a brief speech. “I think that’s about as far as I’ll go.”

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He could have just moved into Wears Valley seven years ago and taken it easy in semi-retirement. After all, he and his wife Sally had three grown children and now seven grandchildren, and he still had an insurance business in upstate New York to see after from time to time.

But Steve Bieritz isn’t made that way. He can’t look at Cove Mountain all day and watch television. So three years ago he opened Wears Valley Realty Group, and a couple of years ago he affiliated with Lincoln Log Homes. He still had the insur-ance office in Cooperstown, N.Y., plus those grandchildren.

Still not enough.Bieritz looked around Wears Valley and

sees the growing number of businesses mov-ing in. He saw the impact of chambers of commerce in Sevierville and Gatlinburg, and the newly formed 407 Merchants Group in Kodak. He is a member of the Cooperstown, N.Y., chamber and knows its benefits. Why, he wondered, shouldn’t all the businesses in Wears Valley get together and form their own chamber of commerce?

Others had tried, without success. Interest was shown at first, but nobody followed through to make it happen. Bieritz was determined to do it right.

“Businesses here have never had a real direction,” he said. “They fight each other, and nobody promotes our area.”

It was still just an idea when Bieritz was approached by John Edwards of Friends of Wears Valley to see if a chamber might still be possible and if Bieritz might get behind it. He called a meeting of interested persons in late October at the valley’s newest pizza restaurant. About two dozen people showed up — a nice turnout, but no indication of genuine and sustained interest in the idea. They were curious but noncommittal.

“I wanted to get a sense of why we should do this and whether the community wanted to do this,” Bieritz said. “There was not total support. Some thought the idea of Wears Valley Chamber of Commerce meant big government, and we didn’t want that.”

Faced with some backlash, Bieritz didn’t give up. He just had to work harder to get the concept across. Some remembered the failed attempts in the past and how some who started out with enthusiasm lost their zeal. Bieritz assured those who attended that he wouldn’t do that. They agreed to a second meeting.

On Oct. 29 they met at Wears Valley Ranch, whose director, Jim Wood, was a supporter of the idea. Some who didn’t attend the first meeting came to this one. They talked for an hour about potential ben-efits and even the downside. Finally Bieritz made a motion to form the chamber. It was seconded and passed with no dissent.

And thus began what will be known as the Wears Valley Area Chamber of Commerce.

Dues will be $100 a year. Affiliates can join for less.

This is not meant to compete with exist-ing chambers. Bieritz’s business is a mem-ber of the Sevierville Chamber and will continue to be.

“We don’t want to get into their ter-ritories,” he said of other chambers. “If somebody in Sevierville or Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg wants to join us for a nominal fee they’d be welcomed.”

The goal is to promote the valley as a destination, instead of just an area you drive through on your way to Townsend, Cades Cove or north to Sevier County’s more well known attractions. By pooling resources the members can market the valley as its own destination, showing off Cove Mountain, the views and the cabins that are ideal for retir-ees or families.

“It will give us a collective unified voice,” Bieritz said.

He expects at least 25 or so businesses to enroll during the sign-up period that extends to Jan. 1. The Wears Valley branch of Tennessee State Bank is where to pay dues and membership fees. There are no plans for a separate building or a paid staff.

Officers will be elected on Nov. 24 in a meeting at the ranch.

Bieritz and his wife moved to Wears Valley seven years ago to be closer to chil-dren and grandchildren, but his experience with the chamber in Cooperstown showed him how beneficial such an organization can be. Now he gets a chance to see if his own brainchild and push can do the same thing for Wears Valley as he saw it do for the hometown of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

— 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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Newspaper praised for notrunning controversial comicEditor:

I applaud The Mountain Press staff on your decision not to run the Zits comic strip, because of what the newspaper feels is objec-tionable content.

I don’t know what the comic strip con-tained, and I don’t care. Amidst forces all around us claiming “free speech” and “art” that often end up only coarsening our culture, it is refreshing to see that someone is stand-ing up for decency.

Some may cry, “Censorship!” But don’t let anyone pressure you to publish objectionable content. Keep The Mountain Press, particu-larly the comics page, a newspaper the whole

family can read. Sharon Newman

Sevierville

Assistance for cancer victimWootten’s treatment urgedEditor:

Ellen Brown wrote an inspirational article on Oct. 20, 2009, on Mary Wootten. Mary is wonderful person who has been dealing with a rare form of cancer. Her doctors in Knoxville have informed her that there is nothing they can do to save her life.

A cancer center in Chicago does not agree with that assessment. They have treated and had success with this cancer and want to meet her. The only thing in her way is her

finances. All of her and her husband’s income goes

toward insurance and the 15 medications she is required to take. In the story Mary mentioned a purple Miracle bracelet that she wears. This bracelet represents her belief that Jesus still does miracles.

I am asking anyone in the community who wants to help this miracle get started to con-tribute to the Mary Wootten Survival Fund at Citizens National Bank. It’s believed her insurance will cover the medical treatment. We can help her with transportation and the lodging side of things.

Let’s not let her transportation needs get in the way of her miracle in Chicago.

Karen Melbardis Kodak

There are scientists who are predict-ing the next big global conflict won’t be over oil, but over water. There are many areas of the world where water is so scarce people already fight over it. You can live without oil; you can’t live long without fresh water.

Sevier County doesn’t have an issue over quantity of water, but the feud between the cities and the county over water is boiling up. Maybe it can get resolved in a friendly, conciliatory manner. Maybe not.

The county insists that the city of Sevierville hasn’t been forthcoming with information over its handling of water sales to rural parts of the county. The contract between the entities calls for Sevierville to provide timely infor-mation about revenue received from water lines outside the city limits. The city says there have been no profits and that agreements between the two sides allowed for less timely reporting of what’s going on.

The county water committee is talk-ing legal action. Meanwhile there are

some in county government who are actively pursuing the creation of a county water system, even though the county has no water treatment plant.

This thing has escalated far beyond where it should have. If there are genu-ine disagreements between the parties, they can and should be resolved with-out legal action that serves to enrich lawyers but not the people who pay for such litigation.

But beyond that is the issue of the county getting into the water business. That would be unwise, duplicative and a poor use of taxpayer money. We duplicate enough services throughout our county without adding another level of bureaucracy. Running miles of water lines isn’t cheap.

There already are water systems capable and willing to provide ser-vices. The city of Sevierville has the treatment plant and the wherewithal to do what the county would like it to do, as long as the city is compensated for it.

What makes little sense is for the

county to be running water lines to sparsely populated areas where there are not enough customers to justify the expense. The county doesn’t need to be threatening lawsuits when medi-ation and discussion probably can fix the disagreements.

It’s easy to spend other people’s money, which is what government at all levels seems willing to do with ease. Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville have water systems and treatment plants. Ask anyone in those governments if it’s easy to keep the systems running and in compliance with federal regulations.

Water systems rarely make money. They are run to provide a service to the people. If county officials think they can buy water wholesale from the city of Sevierville, then sell it to cus-tomers and make money on it, they should do more investigation before making such a commitment.

It’s time for our elected officials to resolve their differences over water. The taxpayers are owed that.

Bieritz behindWears Valleychamber drive

Water linesLocal officials need to resolve their differences over water issues now

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Vols tame Tigers 56-28TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS FOOTBALL

By JANIE McCAULEYAP Sports Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Smith and Vince Young have crossed paths on several occasions at NFL functions. They’ve offered each other some encouraging words dur-ing the difficult times, like after each lost his starting job.

The once highly touted quarterbacks’ NFL fates have taken a similar bumpy road, and now they’re both back behind center, ready to square off Sunday when Young’s Tennessee Titans come to San Francisco to take on Smith and the 49ers.

“That’s how we are as quarterbacks. We stick together,” Young said. “I have much respect for Alex. I saw him a while back and he always has inspiring words for me, and I give him the same inspiring words when I see him. I know what he was going through, and I’m pretty sure he knows what I was going through. We both were being very patient and just waiting for when coach makes that move. And when we get in there, we want to make the best of it.”

Young watched last sea-

son as Kerry Collins led the Titans to a 13-3 record, then worked his way back to starting just last week

when coach Jeff Fisher made the anticipated switch after Tennessee’s awful start.

For Smith, same thing. He started the year behind Shaun Hill before coach Mike Singletary made a change at halftime in Houston on Oct. 25.

Both QBs are resurrect-ing their careers, or at least have started the process.

Through their ordeals and during the slow road to their comebacks, they’ve learned patience and how to stay within themselves and not do too much. There’s a different per-spective that’s developed from all those weeks on the sideline.

Smith missed all of last season after reinjuring his surgically repaired throw-ing shoulder three days before the season opener. He was set to be the back-up to J.T. O’Sullivan.

Smith would rather not compare his situation to what Young went through, though he knows it’s an interesting topic this week.

“It is really about what each of us can do to help our team win,” Smith said. “In the end that’s all that matters, especially from the quarterback position. That’s all anyone is going to remember about this. ... Every situation, especially

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NFL QBs Vince Young (above) and Alex Smith (left) are both looking for redemp-tion as their teams face off today in San Francisco.

QBs Smith, Young work their way backNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

By MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — The Houston Texans spent all decade dreaming of this opportunity.

All they really wanted was a chance to establish themselves as a playoff contender and finally take down their old nemesis, the Indianapolis Colts. On Sunday, they could do both.

At 5-3 and on a three-game winning streak, Houston looks like the only AFC South team capable of challenging

Indy for division superi-ority — and it’s never had a better shot to beat the Colts.

“It is exciting, and that is what we talked about as a team all offseason and through training camp,” quarterback Matt Schaub said when asked if it would be a signature moment for the franchise. “It is an exciting time for our team and our city and we understand that, but at the same time we have to realize what we have to do.”

Texans hoping to challenge Colts for division in AFC South

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Matt Schaub is among the NFL’s top passers.

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Tennessee QB Jonathan Crompton (8, above) throws to a receiver dur-ing the first half of Tennessee’s 56-28 win over Memphis Saturday. Crompton was 21-27 for 331 yards passing and 5 touch-downs. At right UT’s Eric Berry, left, intercepts the ball intended for Marcus Rucker (18) who was hit by Tennesse’s Dennis Rogan (41). It was Berry’s second inter-ception of the year.

By BETH RUCKERAssociated Press Writer

KNOXVILLE — Jonathan Crompton threw for a career-high 331 yards and five touch-downs and ran for anoth-er as Tennessee routed Memphis 56-28 on Saturday night.

Crompton surpassed his career high of 310 yards with a 10-yard pass to Denarius Moore on Tennessee’s first drive of the second half.

He tied his career high of five touchdown pass-es on the next play with a 16-yard connection to Moore to make it 49-7 with 12:38 left in the third quarter.

Crompton finished 21-for-27 and no inter-ceptions and was replaced by backup Nick Stephens halfway through the third quarter.

Tennessee (5-4) gave coach Lane Kiffin his first winning streak and domi-nated the game much as it’s done the series. The Vols hold a 21-1 advan-tage against Memphis and have won all 12 meetings in Knoxville.

But the games between the state rivals often have been closer than the record indicates.

Six of the 10 meetings between the two teams since 1991 have been decided by fewer than two touchdowns.

David Oku took the opening kickoff 69 yards, and Bryce Brown scored on a 1-yard run 2 min-utes later. Memphis (2-7)

could do nothing to catch up.

The Vols never punt-ed with Crompton in the game, though they turned the ball over when they

couldn’t convert a fourth-and-2 at the Tigers’ 29 and when Dennis Rogan muffed a punt return.

Memphis drove 93 yards in its 2-minute offense

and scored on a 36-yard run by Marcus Hightower to cut Tennessee’s lead to 35-7 with 58 seconds left in the half.

The Vols responded

with a 55-yard drive and Crompton’s 1-yard touch-down run with 4 seconds on the clock.

The Tigers have been hampered with injuries

this season, and it espe-cially showed on defense. The Vols had their way passing nearly the entire game with wide-open routes.

Crompton, who until a few games ago was more likely to throw intercep-tions than touchdowns, had his selection of scor-ing targets in Moore, Gerald Jones, Luke Stocker, Quintin Hancock and Nu’Keese Richardson. Stephens also hit Moore for a TD.

Jones led the receiving corps with 97 yards on four catches.

Crompton was only 5 yards and a TD pass short of tying his previous career high at halftime. By the break, Tennessee had outgained Memphis 382 yards to 104 and had gained 11 more first downs.

Memphis entered the game with the 100th-ranked defense, giving up an average 416.5 yards. Tennessee finished with 566 yards.

The Vols rank 13th in the nation in defense, but were playing second- and third-string players by the time Curtis Steele scored on a 1-yard run and again on a 3-yard run in the middle of the third quarter. The scores cut Tennessee’s margin to 49-21.

Steele finished with 144 yards on 21 carries in addition to the two touch-downs. Will Hudgens was 19 of 31 for 194 yards and an interception.

Tennessee’s Eric Berry, the Southeastern Conference’s career inter-ception return leader, inched closer to the NCAA career record when he picked off Hudgens and returned the ball 7 yards. Berry has 494 career return yards, 5 yards shy of Florida State’s Terrell Buckley.

Crompton throws 5 TDs in just over a half of play

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Saturday results

Grasscutters Championship:Sevierville 12Pigeon Forge 0

Super Grasscutters Championship:

Jefferson City 26Dandridge 25

Pee-Wees Championship: Pigeon Forge 27

White Pine 0

Division IIGrasscutters:Newport 39

Jefferson City 13

Division IISuper Grasscutters:

Northview 32Cosby 0

Division IIPee-Wees:Newport 33

Strawberry Plains 12

By JASON DAVISSports Editor

SEVIERVILLE — The Sevierville Smoky Bears Grasscutter team complet-ed a perfect 11-0 season Saturday with an English Mountain Football League Championship win over Pigeon Forge in the Super Bowl.

The Bears won the game 12-0, also completing the unbelievable feat of hold-ing every opponent score-less on the season.

“They’re an awesome team,” second-year head coach Elzie Adams said of his 5-to-7-year-old team. “One of the best teams I’ve coached. They’re excel-lent.”

The Bears’ Garrett Adams had a great game offensively for the Purple, and gave the team their first lead of the game early in the first quarter.

Scampering around right end, Adams took the ball 40 yards, weaving through Tiger defenders to find the end zone.

In the second quarter Adams had another long touchdown run that was nullified by a holding pen-alty.

He still managed to carry for a long first down run on the drive, however, setting up a 20-yard TD run by quarterback Eric Chandler, which put the Bears up 12-0.

There the score would remain, as neither team would score in the second half.

After the game, coach

Adams gave credit to all his players.

“If I had to stand here and say something good about one (player), I couldn’t do it. There’s no ‘I’ in team, every one of those kids is a superstar.”

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Sevierville running back Garrett Adams (11, above) eludes the tackle of Pigeon Forge’s Andrew Valentine (6). Adams had a great day for the Bears, scoring their first touchdown from 40 yards out.

Bears’ defensive coordinator Todd Chandler (right) dis-cusses strategy with his team during a break in the action. The talk must have worked — the Bears shutout the Tigers to cap the season unscored upon.

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Sevierville’s David Lee (52, above) and Jacob Lewis (15) relax as the Bears take care of business on the field.At left, Pigeon Forge running back Braden Hurst (40) makes a move to pick up some yardage for the Tigers.

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Pigeon Forge players enjoyed the win on the field (above) and on the sidelines (left), as their team cruised to a 27-0 win to cap off their unde-feated season 10-0.

Pigeon Forge finishes season unbeaten 10-0

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Coach Jimbo Whaley (below) worked his team into a frenzy pre-game.

By JASON DAVISSports Editor

SEVIERVILLE — The Pigeon Forge Tigers completed their run through the English Mountain Football Conference’s Pee-Wee Division Saturday night with a lopsided 27-0 win over White Pine in the Super Bowl.

It took the team a while to get rolling, but once they got going, they were unstoppable in the championship game.

Turner Whaley found teammate Anthony Biamonte on a 6-yard bootleg pass for the game’s opening touchdown at the 7:12 mark of the second quarter.

Austin Pope posted two big sacks on White Pine’s next possession to force a 3-and-out.

As if a reward for his hard defensive play, Pope got a 50-yard interception return touch-down on White Pine’s next possession to put the Tigers up 13-0 following the extra point.

White Pine looked to score on the final pos-session of the half, as Noah Smiley reeled in a long pass play to take the ball to the PF 6-yard line.

But Tiger Noah Whaley made a huge sack to stop the White Pine drive and end the half at 13-0 Pigeon Forge.

The Forge was back at it on offense in the second half, as they scored just minutes into the third quarter on a 47-yard TD pass from Whaley to Dylan Moore to make the score 19-0.

From there Pigeon Forge employed their power running game to chew up the clock.

In the fourth quarter some Tiger reserves saw some title game action and made the most of it.

Dustin Shultz ran for a 30-yard gain to set up a 6-yard Derrek Campbell run to put the score at its final mark 27-0 following the two-point conversion.

Amazingly, the Tiger running attack helped limit White Pine to just four offensive posses-sions in the second half.

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They have to measure up on the field, not just on the stat lines.

Schaub comes into the game with more TD passes (16) than three-time MVP Peyton Manning (15), and with a receiver, Andre Johnson, who has more yards (697) than Indy’s Reggie Wayne (689), who is second in the NFL.

But there is a huge dis-parity when it comes to image.

Houston is the intrigu-ing upstart, the Rocky Balboa of this fight. Many are withholding judgment until they see if the Texans can really beat Indy.

Who can blame the skeptics? In seven years, the Texans are 1-13 in the series, 0-7 in Indy, and their only win came on Kris Brown’s 48-yard, last-second field goal in 2006.

This time, the stakes are higher. Win and Houston becomes the biggest threat to Indy’s title quest. Lose and the Colts take a four-game lead in the loss column with only seven games left on Houston’s schedule.

“We’re in a situation that we’ve never been in before at this point in the season and like I said, every game is going to get bigger and

bigger,” Johnson said. “If we go and win this game, we have a bye week and we come (home) and play Tennessee; that game is going to be even bigger. The more you win, the big-ger the games get.”

Indy, meanwhile, knows how to contend with chal-lengers. It has won five of the last six AFC South titles and is off to another 7-0 start. Another victory would make the Colts the fourth team in league his-tory with 17 straight regu-lar-season wins; make Jim Caldwell the first rookie coach to start 8-0; and give Manning win No. 125, tying him with Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton for fourth on the NFL’s career list.

But the game has a dif-ferent significance to the Colts. A victory would also give Indy a first-round sweep of its division oppo-nents and total control of the division race.

“I think it’s our biggest test of the season, so far, if you look at the actual records of the teams we’ve played,” Manning said. “I feel like because it is a divi-sion game, it’s a big game. It means a lot, especially when it comes to implica-tions down the road.”

The teams know each other well, though much has changed since last sea-son.

Houston’s new defen-sive coordinator, Frank Bush, has his team forcing turnovers (14), getting off the field on third down and using rookie lineback-er Brian Cushing perfectly. Cushing is fourth in the NFL with 66 tackles.

Another change: Schaub and Johnson will finally be on the field together against Indy. Schaub has missed the last three Colts games, while Johnson sat out the first Colts game in 2007.

Yet the Texans still haven’t said whether run-ning back Steve Slaton will start or sit after Ryan Moats ran for 126 yards in last week’s win at Buffalo.

“We have not run the ball well this year. Of course, last week was the best we’ve run it all year,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “We’re still trying to be a balanced football team.”

Indy’s defense also has prospered under new coordinator Larry Coyer. The more aggres-sive approach now has the Colts ranked in the league’s top 10.

Manning has quickly established a rapport with his young receivers, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie, following the departure of Marvin Harrison and the injury to Anthony Gonzalez.

Both teams will be miss-

ing key players, too.The Texans lost tight

end Owen Daniels to a season-ending right knee injury this week. He leads Houston with five TD receptions and has been as effective as any tight end in the league this year. Indy linebacker Tyjuan Hagler also is out for the season after rupturing his biceps last Sunday.

Houston couldn’t imag-ine a better setup. The Colts couldn’t ask for a better test.

“Absolutely, it means a lot to them and they’re going to play like it,” tight end Dallas Clark said. “We’ve got to match that intensity because is a big division game for both sides.”

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for early draft pick quarter-backs, they are all differ-ent. Every circumstance is different from the next and I don’t think that you can judge any two alike. With that, you still have ups and downs that you have in common as well.”

There are several inter-esting parallels between the two. Young was the Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2006, when he was drafted third overall. Smith was the No. 1 draft pick a year earlier. Smith has thrown 23 touchdowns and 33 interceptions, and Young’s line is identical. Young’s longest comple-tion is 73 yards to Smith’s 75-yarder.

Young led the Titans (1-6) to a 30-13 rout of Jacksonville last Sunday to snap an eight-game los-ing streak dating back to Dec. 21 with Collins as the starter.

Smith, who hasn’t start-ed a home game since Oct. 28, 2007, and hasn’t won at Candlestick Park since the ’07 season opener, has the task of getting the San Francisco offense back on track after two lack-luster performances. The Niners (3-4) have lost three straight after a 3-1 start, falling 18-14 to the Colts in Indianapolis last week.

That game was Smith’s first start in more than two years.

“I thought Alex did very well. I was very pleased to see him make some throws,” Singletary said. “I was very excited and antici-pated this game for him because I knew the rush

was going to be coming at him. I knew that it was just a situation where he wasn’t going to sit back there and be comfortable and he got outside of the pocket a few times and he made some good decisions.”

Smith and the offense will have to deal with the Titans’ now-healthy sec-ondary and constant pres-sure. Tennessee had four sacks against the Jaguars — and this team regained some swagger by finally winning.

“It can help a lot,” defen-sive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. “That’s one of the main things we were just miss-ing through six weeks was confidence. Guys stepped up and playmakers made plays on Sunday, and that’s the way it should be.”

The 49ers, who still con-sider themselves a playoff team, are determined to get things turned around immediately.

“We do need a win. We must win,” tight end Vernon Davis said.

Not that Singletary is sending that kind of mes-sage.

“It’s very frustrating to have lost the four games that we have,” he said. “When you do the math, it just comes down to winning the games that we need to win in order to win the divi-sion. That’s our first goal. I’m not going to lose my mind and say, ’If we lose the next two, we’re done. We might as well pack it up and go home.”’

Singletary and Fisher have their own connection. They were drafted the same year by the Chicago Bears in 1981, Singletary in the second round and Fisher in the seventh.

QUARTERBACKS3from page a8

No. 1 Florida 27, Vanderbilt 3

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 1 Florida didn’t do much to erase all the nega-tive vibes from rough week for the defending champi-ons.

Tim Tebow accounted for two touchdowns, Caleb Sturgis kicked two field goals and the Gators beat Vanderbilt 27-3 in a lacklus-ter effort Saturday night at The Swamp.

No. 2 Texas 35, Central Florida 3

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiv-ing, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the No. 2 Longhorns shook off a slow start for a 35-3 win over Central Florida on Saturday.

The sixth-year senior broke the previous best of 242 yards set in 1987 by Tony Jones. The touchdown came early in the fourth quarter on a drive that started at the 1.

Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards with two touchdowns.

No. 3 Alabama 24, No. 9 LSU 15

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP)

— No. 3 Alabama picked up another dramatic win and a second straight trip to the SEC championship game.

Julio Jones caught a 73-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Leigh Tiffin booted a 40-yard field goal with 3:04 left to seal it.

The Tide (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) earned a rematch with No. 1 Florida for the league cham-pionship.

No. 6 TCU 55, San Diego State 12

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andy Dalton threw two touch-down passes and ran for two more as No. 6 TCU won its 11th straight with a 55-12 win over San Diego State on Saturday.

Stanford 51, No. 7 Oregon 42

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years.

Gerhart ran for a school-record 223 yards and three scores, Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns and Stanford held on for sixth win of the season.

No. 10 Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 27, OT

ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Nesbitt scored on a 3-yard run in overtime after Georgia Tech pulled off a gutsy play on fourth down, leading the No. 10 Yellow Jackets anoth-er step closer to the Atlantic Coast Conference champi-onship game.

Jonathan Dwyer rushed for a career-best 189 yards and went over 1,000 yards for the season, but it was Nesbitt and the guys on the defensive side who bailed out the Yellow Jackets (8-1, 6-1) at the end.

No. 14 Pittsburgh 37, Syracuse 10

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Greg Williams’ 51-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the first half got slow-starting Pittsburgh going, and the No. 14 Panthers extended their best start to a season since 1982.

No. 15 Ohio State 24, No. 11 Penn State 7

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The Ohio State Buckeyes are back in control of the Big Ten title race.

Terrelle Pryor threw for

two touchdowns and ran for another in his return to his home state, Ray Small burned No. 11 Penn State (8-2, 4-2) with two long punt returns and No. 15 Ohio State won a duel of the league’s top two defenses in a 24-7 victory Saturday.

The Buckeyes (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) got an added bonus, too: a tie for the confer-ence lead with Iowa after Northwestern handed the Hawkeyes its first loss of the season earlier Saturday.

No. 16 Miami 52, Virginia 17

MIAMI (AP) — Graig Cooper rushed for a career-best 152 yards and a touch-down, Damien Berry ran for a pair of second-half scores.

Thearon Collier had a 60-yard punt return for the go-ahead touchdown, and Jacory Harris finished 18 of 31 for 232 yards with two TDs for the Hurricanes (7-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). The 35-point margin of vic-tory was Miami’s biggest in an ACC game since beating Duke 52-7 in 2005.

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Editor’s Note: The follow-ing information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed inno-cent unless proven guilty in a court of law.◆ June Michelle Branch,

38, of 2946 Six Point Way in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 6 with violation of a General Sessions Court pro-bation. She was being held in lieu of $1,000 bond.◆ James Pat Campbell,

34, of Louisville, was charged Nov. 7 with posses-sion of a prohibited weapon and possession of Schedule II drugs. He was being held.◆ Charles Covington, 35,

of Knoxville, was charged Nov. 6 with driving on a suspended license. He was released.◆ Billy Lee Davis, 32, of

837 East Casey Drive in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 7 with making harass-ing phone calls and viola-tion of a Circuit Court pro-bation. He was being held.◆ Kevin Dome, 31, of

Alcoa, was charged Nov. 7 with theft of property, possession of the tools of burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond.◆ Janel Louis Embrey, 29,

of Alcoa, was charged Nov. 7 with possession of drug paraphernalia and posses-sion of the tools of bur-glary. She was being held in lieu of $3,000 bond.◆ Ober Madahi Flores, 26,

of 3412 Hazelwood Drive #302 in Pigeon Forge, was charged Nov. 6 with DUI, driving on a suspended license and violation of the implied consent law. He was being held in lieu of $5,500 bond.◆ Amanda Lynn

Gallentine, 24, of 2540 Big River Overlook Road in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 6 with a misdemeanor warrant from General

Sessions Court and bringing contraband into the jail. She was being held.◆ Timmy Ben Knight, 40,

of 3853 Knight Hollow Road in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 7 with vehicular assault and DUI. He was released on $7,500 bond.◆ Jeremy Seth Lowe, 21,

of 1103 Ten Point Lane in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 7 with a misdemeanor warrant from General Sessions Court. He was being held.◆ Elizabeth Nicole Martin,

23, of Morristown, was charged Nov. 6 with a mis-demeanor warrant from General Sessions Court. She was being held.◆ Frankie Joe Phillips, 59,

of Dandridge, was charged Nov. 6 with a misdemeanor warrant from General Sessions Court. He was being held.◆ Michael Joseph Piggush,

24, of Knoxville, was charged Nov. 6 with a sec-ond offense violation of a General Sessions Court pro-bation. He was being held in lieu of $1,500 bond.◆ Francis Nanon Pineda-

Mejia, 27, of 2801 Four Point Way in Sevierville, was charged Nov. 7 with domestic violence assault. He was being held in lieu of $2,500 bond.◆ Dawn Kathleen Roman,

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By DereK HODGesStaff Writer

PIGEON FORGE — City leaders seem poised to con-tinue allowing billboards in Pigeon Forge to switch to the digital format, with yet another request for that type of move on the agenda for Monday’s City Commission meeting at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall.

The session will mark the second time that Darby Campbell, owner of Premier Media, has appeared before the commission in as many months on questions about billboards. It will also be the second time in just a few months that he’s made a request to upgrade a sign to the new technology.

The move has drawn questions from some city residents and leaders, who fear the lighted signs might create a distraction for motorists and take away from the natural beauty of the area. Among those who have spoken out against the changes are the owners of The Incredible Christmas Place and Commissioner Joyce Brackins.

It seems their worries are not isolated. Municipalities across the country have taken action to restrict or even forbid the signs, despite the insistence of developers that they are no more dis-tracting than regular bill-

boards. Within the last year Knoxville officials moved to ban the signs, though a few had already been put up in that city.

Pigeon Forge officials have discussed their desire to implement some regula-tions on the signs each time they’ve been approached with the possibility of allow-ing another one, though they have yet to take action on any such rules. Mayor Keith Whaley has expressed his support for the upgrades, saying he prefers the digi-tal to the traditional boards because the new technology is “cleaner and more aes-thetically pleasing.”

Campbell will present the group with a request that he be allowed to change a billboard facing the south-bound lanes of the Parkway near the intersection from the trivision format to digi-tal. He is also asking that he be allowed to relocate a board face to a pole in front of the Red Carpet Inn.

Also on the agenda is taking the next step on a request to put up a traf-fic light at the intersection of the Parkway and Music Road. That will include submitting a letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation asking that the city be allowed to put up the signal.

During the meeting, the group will also consider:

n Ordinance 899 to amend sections of the C-4 Planned Unit Commercial District rules in the Zoning Ordinance (second read-ing)

n Ordinance 900 to rezone property owned by the city on the east side of Veterans Boulevard across from the intersection with Gold Rush Road from R-1 (low-density residential) to C-2 (tourist commercial) (first reading)

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SEVIERVILLE — To help local individuals in need this winter, Check Advance is initiating a coat drive at its office. 704 Winfield Dunn Parkway, through Nov. 25.

Many adults and children across the country struggle during the winter months because they are unable to afford proper cold-weather attire. An individual’s donated coat, scarf and gloves matter more this year.

“We’re proud to help our community to support local people in need,” said COO Drew Haney. “And it’s an easy way to give something back, by simply going through our closets and pulling out those old coats we just don’t wear anymore.”

Coats, hats, gloves and scarves can be dropped off at the until Nov. 25, to ensure that the coats are received by those who need them.

All winter wear donations will be provided to and distributed by SafeSpace, the agency that serves victims of domestic violence and their families.

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For those of you who have been wondering and asking me about it, we did finally get the house. Who would have thought dealing with the government — we decided to give our business to Fannie Mae because of its stel-lar track record — would be such a hassle? OK, maybe there was some irony in that, but seri-ously, Lehman Brothers got its check, which I would point out was considerably larger than what we asked for, within days. I guess it would have helped if the current treasury secretary had once lived in my apartment.

Anyway, my name is now on a deed being held somewhere by Fannie Mae her own self, I assume. She’s greedy.

Since the fateful September day when I signed my life away in that little conference room at the bank and learned that, if I make all my payments like a good homeowner, I’ll end up paying more than double on the loan than the house cost, I have been one busy bee. Actually, bee seems too weak a word for what I’ve done. It needs to be more manly. I’ve been busy as a lion who has found his way into the gazelle enclosure at the zoo. Yeah, that’s better.

See, since I became the proud owner of what the Tom Hanks movie calls a “Money Pit,” I have been filling my days inflicting homeowner projects on my new dwelling. That’s something a good realtor would likely advise me not to admit in such a public setting, especially if this particular realtor has seen my handiwork, given that it might come back to haunt me when I go to sell the house.

“See here,” my potential buyer will say, “I read in this local pub-lication about your weekend war-rior projects. My appraisal is you actually owe me money to take this place off your hands.”

Of course, given that this is my dream I picture the man on the other side of the negotiating table being the moneybags guy from the Monopoly game. Finally real-izing the value of owning a home wherein one of the vanity lights doesn’t sit exactly flush with the wall, he hands me a comically full bag of gold coins with a large dol-lar sign on it. Jackpot!

But, I digress. My point here is that I’m actually pretty proud of what I’ve accomplished on my own, without the aid of techni-cal training, experience or decent directions. I’ve found that most of the instruction books printed these days consist of the helpful advice, “Step 1: Remove the old unit. Step 2: Ensure the work area is clean. Step 3: Install the new unit.”

Using those detailed directions, I’ve surprisingly been able to install three ceiling fans, two flush mount lights, two vanity fixtures, one track light system and one porch light. I’ve patched holes in the walls and strung television cable, fixed (minor) plumbing issues and even pulled a bird nest out of the vent ducts for the dryer.

I’ve also hung a pair of storm doors and installed an entire exterior door unit, a project more considerable than most people would probably imagine. In the process, I’m pretty sure I’ve com-pleted most of the credits for a contractor’s license, despite that one vanity light that still doesn’t sit exactly level.

Well, no matter the hassles, I’m doing my manly part to get the house ready for the day in a few months when Amanda moves in with me after the wedding. And I’m pretty proud of what I’ve accomplished.

— Derek Hodges is a reporter for The Mountain Press. Call 428-0748, ext. 218 or e-mail to [email protected].

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Judges from Walters State Community College dig into cookies entered into the Sevierville Winterfest Cookie Contest. From left are student Betty Williams, instructors Catherine Hallman and Lora Hammond, and Jeri Haun.

By GAIL CRUTCHFIELDCommunity Editor

There was a small but respect-able turnout for the first Sevierville Winterfest Cookie Contest spon-sored by the Chamber of Commerce and Walters State Community College.

About a dozen entries were sub-mitted in three of the four catego-ries, with winners announced for the Most Creative Cookie Recipe, Best Old Fashioned Cookie and Most Creative Design. There were no entries submitted for the best decorated cookie, nor any submis-sions from children 12 and under.

“We did have a good turnout,” said Amanda Maples Marr, marketing director for the Sevierville Chamber. “We started out kind of late; they only had about two weeks notice.

“We’ve already talked with Walters State and do plan to have the Winterfest cookie contest again next year,” she added.

She encourages area residents to think about entering next fall.

“It’s just a fun thing to do, to show off your cooking skills,” she said. “We do encouraged children to enter and have the opportunity to try out baking for the first time and maybe show off skills they already have.”

The winners in the first cookie contest:

Most Creative Design■ 1st place, French Madeleine

Santa Cookie by Amanda Gibson, Applewood Farmhouse

■ 2nd place, Winterfest Sugar Cookie, Applewood Farmhouse

Most Creative Recipe■ 1st place, Almost Pecan Pie,

Patricia Dettmer■ 2nd place, Eastern Shore Ginger

Cookie, Jessica Barbour■ 3rd place, Almond Brickle

Surprise, Bridget Hall,Best Old Fashioned■ 1st place, Ginger Cookie,

Amanda Gibson, Applewood Farmouse

■ 2nd place Eastern Shore Ginger Cookie, Jessica Barbour,

■ 3rd place Chocolate Crunch Cookie, Myleah Lingaselter, Hank’s Pizza,

The grand prize was awarded by drawing from the first place winners and went to Applewood Farmhouse.

Following are the first-place reci-pes.


A French Madeleine Santa cookie is broken in half to share in the judg-ing of cookies. The cookies earned first place in the most creative design category.


Cookies featuring the logo of Sevierville Winterfest are uncovered dur-ing the judging process.

Submitted

Amanda Gibson won two first-place, one sec-ond-place and the grand prize in the Sevierville Winterfest Cookie Contest.

Small bites

Bakers duke it out for Winterfest cookie contest

French Madeleine Santa CookieAmanda Gibson,

Applewood Farmouse3/4 c. flour1/4 tsp. baking powder1 egg2 egg yolks1/2 c. melted butter, cooled1 c. powdered sugar3 tsp. oranze zest1 tsp. vanillaFrosting:1 c. shortening2 tsp. vanilla4 c. powdered sugar

For cookies, blend flour and baking powder, set aside.

In mixer, beat the egg and yolks for approxi-mately 5 minutes until thick and ribbon texture.

Add powdered sugar and mix on high four 4 minutes until thick ribbon texture. Add flour mix, orange zest and vanilla on low speed until incorpo-rated.

Butter Madeleine mold and spoon mixture in to about 3/4 full. Bake at 375°F for about 10 min-utes, edges should be golden.

For frosting, beat short-ening and vanilla in mixer on medium speed for 1 See coNTeST, Page B6

minute. Slowly add sugar until combined, then mix on high for 1 minute, if very thick you can add 1-2 tablespoons of milk to

desired consistency.Color frosting with your

favorite colors and have fun.

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GATLINBURG — By the margin of just a hand-ful of ballots, Gatlinburg Elks Lodge No. 1925 edged out Corky’s BBQ for People’s Choice honors in voting at the 2009 edition of the Chili Cookoff on the Parkway.

The city’s Department of Tourism has announced category win-ners from Wednesday’s event, which featured live entertainment pro-vided by the Marvelettes, more than 20 vendors serving up chili, and hot-chili eating contests.

Special honorees include Flat Hollow Marina & Resort for the best apron and Tennessee State Bank for best booth presentation.

Sevier County Utility District claimed Best Chili Name honors for its recipe named “Best Tasting Utility (BTU): Chili Today, Natural Gas Tomorrow.”

The eighth annual event drew a crowd of several thousand in its first staging on the down-town Parkway. Pi Beta Phi Elementary PTA ben-efitted from proceeds.

Other top chili honors in voting by judges:

n Restaurant Category: first TGI Friday’s; sec-ond Pucker’s

n Services: first Gat l inburg F ire Department; sec-ond Gatlinburg Police Department; third

Gatlinburg Mass Transit and Parking and Fire departments

n Financial Institution: first Citizens National Bank; second Tennessee State Bank

n Civic Organization: Gatlinburg Elks Lodge

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Several families in the Seymour area are look-ing at a bleak Christmas this year, but the band and football team would like to make a differ-ence for some of these families by “Just Giving a Little Back.”

To support the proj-ect, send a check made out to Seymour Band Boosters c/o “Just Givin’ a Little Back” to 732 Boyds Creek Highway, Seymour 37865. All donations are tax-deductible. All of the contributions will be used in the Seymour area.

Any donations (food, clothes, mon-etary donations etc.) can be dropped off at Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, which is hosting a “Breakfast for Dinner” meal from 4-8 p.m. Nov. 14. All proceeds will go to “Just Givin’ a Little Back.” Through the power of people com-ing together and “just giving a little back,” the band and team can pro-vide families with food, clothing, help with bills and even Christmas trees.

If you know of a fam-ily that could use help, contact the two school groups on Facebook at “Just Givin’ a Little Back,” or send a letter to the Seymour High School Band. Organizer Tom Fitzharris can be reached at 919-6507.

Seymourstudentsgive backfor needy

Submitted

The Gatlinburg Elks Lodge team won the People’s Choice award during last week’s chili cookoff in Gatlinburg.

Elks Lodge, TSB take honors at chili cookoffSubmitted

The Tennessee State Bank chili cookoff team won the award for Best Booth Presentation.

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The streets are bus-tling with people. There is a slight breeze in the air which plucks the multicolored leaves out of the trees and sends them on their slow descent towards earth.

A young Frankenstein hobbles up the porch of festively decorated houses. He begins impa-tiently ringing the door bell. “Trick-or-Treat!”

Halloween’s origins go back to the Celts. They believed Nov. 1 to be the first day of winter, a season associated with death. Therefore, on the night of Oct. 31, they celebrated Samhain, when the ghosts of the dead were thought to return to the earth.

People began wearing masks when they left their homes at night so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. To keep ghosts from entering their homes, people would place bowls of food and candy outside for the ghosts.

Today, Halloween is widely celebrated in the United States. Dressing up in costumes has become the most com-mon form of celebration.

It is a great way for children as well as adults to play on their imaginations and escape their normal routine selves for a short time.

As Billy puts on his Frankenstein costume, he truly becomes Dr. Victor’s creation. He is out to cause terror as he stumbles down the street. He takes pride in being a beastly creature feared by all.

Little Samuel, with his face painted green, begins blowing up the inflatable biceps he has strapped around his puny arms. He puts on his big green gloves and rips his T-shirt to shreds.

Then, while he is flexing in front of a mirror, just for a moment he truly becomes the incred-ible Hulk, ready to smash anything or anyone who gets in his

way.At the same time,

Samuel’s mom in dress-ing up as Cleopatra for her costume party at work. Tonight, her boss will no longer intimidate her for she is queen. Tonight she will have no worries, because she will be rich and elegant.

This Halloween, I dressed up as Alex from “A Clockwork Orange.” I must admit I was indeed quite tempted to cruise town with my gang of droogs causing mischief and mayhem, although I resisted the best I could.

You can be yourself the other 364 days out of the year. For this one night, take the opportu-nity to be someone dif-ferent, you might find it to be quite rejuvenating.

I hope you all had a happy Halloween.

— Dylan Gamza is a senior at Sevier County High School. E-mail to [email protected].

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Tamara Masie Ann Ownby and Jeremy Franklin Melton were married May 3, 2009, at The Little Log Wedding Chapel in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

A reception was held at Serenity Gardens.

The bride wore a lace strap gown that featured a pickup ball gown skirt with beaded embroidery and all-over crystal and pearl beaded bodice with a princess cathe-dral train and a crystal beaded veil.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Susan Ownby of Sevierville, Tenn.,

and William Lawson of Knoxville. She is the granddaughter of Charles Earl Ownby of Sevierville, and the late Masie Ownby.

The groom is the son of David and Pam Melton of Corbin, Ky. He is the grandson of Frank and Susie Durbin of Corbin, Treva Melton of Crossville, Tenn., and the late Ray Melton.

The flower girls were Sidney Breeden, daugh-ter of the bride, and Emily Melton, niece of the groom.

The couple resides in Williamsburg, Ky.

Cynthia Fain and Andy Dennis were married Sept. 13, 2009, at Sampson’s Hollow in Walland, Tenn. The Rev. Dan Rhymer offici-ated.

Parents of the bride are Jack and Cathy Fain of Sevierville, Tenn. The groom’s parents are Nancy and the late Delmar Dennis of Sevierville.

The bride chose Catherine Fain-Talbot of Gatlinburg, Tenn,, as matron of honor. Bridesmaid was Rachel Talbot of Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

The groom chose Steve Dennis of Sevierville as

best man. Groomsman was Brian Christian of Knoxville.

A reception was held at Sampson’s Hollow in Walland.

The bride is a 1999 graduate of Gatlinburg-Pittman High School and a 2002 gradu-ate of University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is employed by Mountain National Bank in Sevierville.

The groom is a 1988 graduate of Gatlinburg Christian Center School. He is employed by No Way Jose’s in Pigeon Forge.

Eugene and Donna Cox of Gatlinburg celebrated their 50th wedding anni-versary on a cruise from Oct. 17-24 in the Eastern Caribbean.

Donna Compton and Eugene Cox were mar-ried Oct. 16, 1959, in Pensacola, Fla.

Her parents are the late Charles and Louise Compton.

His parents are the late

Paris and Thelma Cox.Eugene Cox is a retired

captain for Pan American World Airways. Donna Cox is a homemaker and mother.

The couple’s chil-dren are Dennis E. Cox, Roswell, Ga.; and Penny Cox Yount of Dripping Springs, Texas.

They have four grand-children.

Wedding Wedding Anniversary

Submitted

Tamara Masie Ann Ownby and Jeremy Franklin Melton were wed May 3.

Submitted

Cynthia Fain and Andy Dennis are now husband and wife.

Submitted

Eugene and Donna Cox have been married 50 years.

Ownby/Melton Fain/Dennis Cox

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Parade canceled amid legal issues

AMELIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio village’s Christmas parade has been canceled amid con-cerns over possible law-suits, expected protests and logistical problems.

Amelia Mayor Leroy Ellington said the Amelia Business Association that sponsored the parade for the past few years backed out and more problems emerged when the vil-lage council considered sponsoring the nearly 30-year-old parade. The village solicitor told coun-cil members Amelia could be sued for using public money for an event linked to celebrating the birth of Jesus, Ellington said.

Southern Baptist church expanding

DALLAS (AP) — First Baptist in Dallas, one of the nation’s larg-est Southern Baptist Convention congrega-tions, will be growing into a more environmentally friendly campus.

First Baptist announced a $130 million expansion featuring a 3,000-seat worship center.

Evangelist Billy Graham joined First Baptist Dallas in 1953 during his initial crusade in the city. Graham in late 2008 announced he was switching to a church closer to his retirement home in Montreat, N.C.

The campus for the Dallas congregation of about 11,000 is planned adjacent to the city’s updated arts district.

Judge says no to bishop appearing

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The judge pre-siding over the bank-ruptcy case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington denied a request from attorneys for alleged victims of priest sex abuse to order the bishop to appear at a meeting of creditors.

Attorneys for the alleged victims wanted the opportunity to ques-tion the Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly at a cred-itors meeting tentatively scheduled for Dec. 1.

Evangelical march in Brazil popular

SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 1.5 million evangelical Christians joined Brazil’s annual “March for Jesus, an event sponsored by a church whose leaders recently returned after

being imprisoned in the U.S. for money smuggling.

Now in its 17th year, the march unites faithful from hundreds of evangeli-cal churches and attracts dozens of Christian bands, preachers and local celeb-rities.

It is organized by the powerful Reborn in Christ Church, whose lead-ers said they expected 5 million people to gather around a central Sao Paulo plaza where the main stage was located.

Hundreds of thou-sands followed Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, along the 2.5-mile route of the march, and still more gathered at the plaza.

Police said more than 1.5 million people turned out by mid-afternoon.

Tribe expects sect to give up land

FORT HALL, Idaho (AP) — Most members of a religious sect that hoped to set up a permanent base on a tribal reserva-tion in eastern Idaho now

have until the end of the month to vacate the property.

Tribal leaders say they don’t expect prob-lems with members of the Church of the Firstborn and the General Assembly of Heaven meeting the Oct. 29 dead-line.

Tribal attorney Mark EchoHawk said the sect’s leaders told tribal offi-cials they intend to move to another location and will abide by terms of an earlier agreement.

‘Bible castle’ deeded to church

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Vicksburg’s “Bible castle” is being taken over by a local church that hopes to preserve it.

The colorful home of the Rev. H.D. and Margaret Dennis is painted red, pink and yel-low and is decorated with Bible verses, scrap iron columns, sculptures and welcoming signs of God’s love. It was decorated more than 25 years ago by the couple.

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So what are you thankful for???What did those who started the tradition of thanksgiving as we know it have to be thankful for, and what was a common thread in their thankfulness?

Harvest festivals and celebrations of the bounty of fall are common practices in the history of most cultures. A simple research of fall festivals reveals that Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Hebrews, and Egyptians all had, and some continue to have, celebrations that are tied to thankfulness for the great abundance that usually accompanies the harvest time of year.

But as one examines the history of the American holiday, one finds a thankful spirit when there was little to be thankful for, but much to be hopeful about.

September 8th 600 Spanish settlers held a service of thanksgiving in Saint Augustine, Florida, after surviving months of pain, suffering, and uncertainty crossing the Atlantic. They were not thankful for their pain and suffering but for their deliverance from it and the hope of what lay ahead.

December 4th38 English settlers celebrated ‚a day of thanksgiving to almighty God, a day to be kept holy by their charter. Even though that settlement later became part of a plantation, a day of thanksgiving is still celebrated on December 4 that that location.¬¨‚Ä† These cold, hungry, unsuccessful settlers just north of Yorktown had little to be thankful for; but that did not stop them from being thankful‚ not for their hardships, but for their deliverance from them and hope of what lay ahead.

Fall 1620: The suffering pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts, survived due to the kindness of the Wampanoag Indians. They celebrated the first thanksgiving that is the root of our holiday in the fall of 1621. These suffering settlers who lost many loved ones in that first winter had little to be thankful for; but that did not stop them from being thankful, hard-working stewards who by 1623 had a very bountiful festival.

November 26th The first national day of public thanksgiving and prayer was celebrated, after having been declared by our first president in October of that year.This young nation was not lamenting the losses due to starvation and freezing and war that were suffered by many in the colonies throughout the Revolutionary War. These bold patriots could have focused on their losses and found they had little to be thankful for, but they pressed on with thankful hearts, working hard to build a new country.

October 3, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday. This first Thanksgiving came in the midst of our nation‚ only and most bloody civil war. Were we thankful that brother was killing brother and neighbor was killing neighbor? Of course not! proclamation shows that just as God‚ word says, we can and should give thanks in every circumstance, no matter how dark or bleak.

November 1942 was the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated as a federal holiday designated by an Act of Congress. Again our nation was in the middle of a world war. Did Americans grieve over the loss of hundreds of thousand of their countrymen? Yes, but they also celebrated Thanksgiving‚ food, family, and fellowship, and thanking God for His generosity.

November 26th, 2009: 444 years after that first thanksgiving in Saint Augustine, Florida, we have a chance to worship and celebrate. The evening before, on November the 25th we will have our Thanksgiving service. And on the 26th whether your favorite thing is sleeping in, parades, pumpkin pie, turkey, football, anticipation over black Friday‚ whatever your favorite thing is about this day‚ please remember this: all that you have and all that you are that is good, is a gift from God. All that is less than good is a corruption of that gift, made so by sin. Take time to thank Him for all that is good in your life. Take time to thank Him for reducing the pain and suffering in your life to a bearable level. Take time to thank the Creator of all that is for sending His Son to die on a cross so that you have the prospect of peace and love

in this life and assurance of peace and love in eternity.

That is the common thread of thankfulness that permeates the history of thanksgiving. This is what all who came before us had to be thankful for in the face of their trials and tribulations. That, my brothers and sisters in Christ, is what we all have to be thankful for.

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Smoky Mountain ReflectionsNovember 2009

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P u b l i c P u l P i t

by AltA RAPER The devilish Halloween

holiday gives way to a joyful salute to Christians who paved the way to glory.

Nov. 1, we observed All Saints Day which is a day of remembrance for the saints, with the New Testament meaning of all Christian people of every time and place.

We celebrate the com-munion of saints as we remember the dead, both of the church universal and of our local congrega-tions. For this reason, the names of persons in the congregation who have died during the past year are solemnly read as a response to the Word of God.

The observance of this day is rooted in the church, somewhere around the fourth century, as they honored Christians who had been canonized, designated saints by the Pope and rites celebrated all loved ones who had

died. Besides looking back, the day calls for Christians to examine whether they are living lives that future Christians will honor.

It is a day, especially for young people, to reflect on what they are doing here and where they are going.

Many believe that our Christian ancestors left a path for believers to follow today, sort of like a road-map for us to follow in our walk with Christ. They were the pioneers in that they set the pattern and it is left up to us to live a life that is pleasing to God.

Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Hebrews, reminds those Jewish Christians of a “cloud of witnesses” made up of their own ancestors. Today we remember our loved ones and declare their value to the church.

Those who have passed on have left a legacy as strong Christians by serv-ing their Lord faithfully as well as their communi-ties. They fulfilled their

journey in this life and now they have eternal life and are experiencing joy evermore.

Their example when living is motivation for us to lay down the sin that threatens us and anything else in this life that would hinder us from being all that we can be here on this earth and following them into life eternal.

Death is sure and cer-tain. Not one of us will escape it. The question is, “Are you ready?”

We know not the day or hour that we will meet our Lord in the air and readiness should be the goal of every human today; to live lives pleas-ing to God and to be “bound for the promised land!”

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

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JEFFERSON CITY — Randall O’Brien has given his inaugural address as the new president of Carson-Newman College.

“Obsolescence is not limited to manual type-writers, 8-track tape cartridges, or party-line telephones,” he said dur-ing the recent ceremony. “Senescence is not lim-ited to America’s roads, bridges, and downtowns. Everything ages, includ-ing higher education; much becomes obso-lete, including academic programs, information delivery systems and approaches to educa-tion.”

Named president in July 2008, O’Brien assumed the office full-time on Jan. 1. He was officially installed in a ceremony whose partici-pants included trustees, faculty, alumni, a stu-dent body representative and former presidents Cordell Maddox and James Netherton.

Marvin Cameron, C-N trustee chairman and pastor at Kingsport’s First Baptist Church, wel-comed those gathered.

The investiture cer-emony included greet-ings from James Porch, executive director-trea-sure of the Tennessee Baptist Convention; Michael Arrington, executive director of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities; alumnus and state Sen. Doug Overbey; and Angelia Morie Nystrom, presi-dent of C-N’s alumni association.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander delivered the keynote address after an introduction by Ambassador Victor Ashe, who recently returned

to East Tennessee after serving in Poland.

The three-year degree program, C-N’s first wave of reform under O’Brien, already has nine academ-ic majors on course for the spring semester. More are in development.

O’Brien noted the institution’s 1851 found-ing by Baptists in East Tennessee, its location on the banks of Mossy Creek, name changes and its move to co-education in 1889, when Carson

and Newman colleges became one.

The role of schools like Carson-Newman is clear to O’Brien.

“I would like to join the caravan of sages through the ages, including the company of evangeli-cal confessing scholars today, who hold to the unity of truth, and to the belief that faith and learning, not faith OR learning, is the best way to attain true erudition,” he said.

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Dr. Randall O’Brien addresses some 850 who were on hand recently for his inauguration as Carson-Newman’s 22nd president. Guests included Sen. Lamar Alexander and former Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe.

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SuNday, Nov. 8

Angel Food Angel Food orders:n Noon to 1 p.m., River

of Life Outreach, 110 Simmons Road. 679-6796.

Faith/Courage ExhibitFirst Presbyterian Church,

Sevierville, “Faith and Courage” exhibit recog-nizes contributions of U.S. military chaplains. 556-2368, or 453-2971.

MoNday, Nov. 9

Women’s Bible StudyGarlands of Grace wom-

en’s Bible study:n 10 a.m. Seymour

Heights Christian Church, Chapman and Boyds Creek Highway

n 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

GatekeepersGatekeepers Men’s Bible

study 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mountain Drive, Sevierville. 310-7831.

Angel Food Angel Food orders: n 2 to 6 p.m. Gum Stand

Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508.

n 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 908-1245.

n 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Kodak UMC, 2923 Bryan Road. 933-5996.

Cancer Support GroupSmoky Mountain Cancer

Support Group meets at Senior Center. Supper 6 p.m., program 6:45. David Russell to discuss Biblical approach to counseling. 428-5834 or 654-9280.

DAR DAR Spencer Clack chap-

ter meets at 7 p.m., Sevier County Library. Program: “An American Indian Bride,” presented by state chaplain.

Seymour Story TimePreschool story time 11

a.m. Seymour Library, with Puppet Lady. 573-0728.

Youth BLAASTYouth BLAAST 6-8 p.m.

at Gum Stand Baptist Church. Dennis Maples speaker. Music, drama and food provided. 453-0152.

TueSday, Nov. 10

S.I.T.Seniors In Touch (S.I.T.)

meets 6-7:30 p.m. at MountainBrook Village, 700 Markhill Drive, Sevierville. 428-2445.


en’s Bible study:n 1 p.m. Fox Trot B&B,

Wiley Oakley, Gatlinburg, 436-3033

n 6:30 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC

GatekeepersGatekeepers men’s Bible

study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.

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Center Pool to close at 3:30 p.m. for swim meet.

S.I.T. BanquetSeniors In Touch free

Thanksgiving banquet 6 p.m. at MountainBrook Village, 700 Markhill Drive, Sevierville. RSVP to 428-2445, ext. 107.

Woodmen DinnerWoodmen of The World

Lodge 101 Thanksgiving meal 6:30 p.m. at Mountain View Missionary Baptist Church, Goose Gap Road. Members asked to bring covered dish. 429-3227 or 453-3233.

Angel Food Angel Food orders: n 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gum

Stand Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508.

wedNeSday, Nov. 11

Veterans DayGatlinburg Veterans Day

event 11 a.m. on Ripley’s Aquarium plaza.

Sevierville Garden ClubGarden Cub meets at

noon at Garden Villa club-house. Board meeting 11 a.m. Bring dish using an herb. 609-8079 for direc-tions.

Sevierville Story TimeNo preschool story time

at Sevierville Library due to Veterans Day. 453-3532.

ThurSday, Nov. 12

Kephart Program Anna Porter Public

Library, Gatlinburg, will host a free program on Horace Kephart and show the Great Smoky Mountains segment of Ken Burns documentary at 7 p.m. 436-5588.

Christmas AssistanceEast Tennessee Toy Run

applications taken 6-8 p.m. today; and 9-3 Nov. 14, Sevierville Community Center. Distribution Dec. 12. Requires Social Security card, ID for each child, proof of public assistance.

Teen ChristmasApplications for Teen

Christmas assistance for

ages 13-17 taken 6-8 p.m. today; and 9-3 Nov. 14, Sevierville Community Center. Distribution Dec. 12. Requires Social Security card, ID for each child, proof of public assistance. Hot Meals

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

Seymour PlaySeymour High School

theater version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” 7 p.m. in auditorium. Adults $5, stu-dents $3. 577-7040.

Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace wom-en’s Bible study:

n 9 a.m. UMC Pigeon Forge

n 2 p.m. Blue Mountain Mist B&B, Pullen Road, Sevierville

n 6:30 p.m. Seymour UMC, Chapman Highway, back entrance

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

friday, Nov. 13

Kodak Story TimePreschool Story TIme 11

a.m. Kodak Library, featur-ing Puppet Lady. 933-0078.

SaTurday, Nov. 14

Angel Food Angel Food pickup:n 8-11 a.m. Gum Stand

Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508.

n 8 to 10 a.m. First Smoky Mountain Church of the Nazarene, 2652 Upper Middle Creek Road. 908-1245.

n 10 a.m. to noon, River of Life Outreach, 110 Simmons Road. 679-6796.

n 8 to 9:30 a.m., Glades Lebanon Baptist Church, 820 E. Highlands Drive, Gatlinburg. 659-3443.

n 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Kodak UMC, 2923 Bryan Road. 933-5996.

Cove Clothes ClosetCove Clothes Closet, 3238

Pittman Center Road at Old Richardson Cove Church, open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays only. Free cloth-ing. 453-4526.

Christmas AssistanceEast Tennessee Toy

Run applications taken 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sevierville Community Center. Distribution Dec. 12. Requires Social Security

card, ID for each child, proof of public assistance.

Teen ChristmasApplications for Teen

Christmas assistance for ages 13-17 taken 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sevierville Community Center. Distribution Dec. 12. Requires Social Security card, ID for each child, proof of public assistance. Providence Baptist

Providence Baptist Church, Sevierville, bean supper and auction 4-6:30 p.m. Proceeds to local mis-sions.

Spaghetti DinnerFrench Broad Lodge No.

588 spaghetti dinner, 4-8 p.m. lodge on Douglas Dam Road in Kodak. $6 adults, $4 children under 12.

Turkey ShootTurkey shoot 2 p.m.,

weather permitting, behind Catons Chapel Fire Department, 3109 Pittman Center Road.

Pittman Center FestivalPittman Center School

Fall Festival 4-8 p.m.; turkey dinner 4-6 p.m. Games, auction, Adults $7; children $4. 436-4515.

Cemetery WalkFree walk through

Forks of the Little Pigeon Cemetery Park 1-2 p.m., sponsored by Spencer Clack DAR. Includes dramati-zations by re-enactors. Overflow parking at Mountain National Bank. 908-7988.

Shady Grove Dinner Shady Grove United

Methodist Church in Dandridge annual turkey dinner 4-7 p.m. $7 adults, children ages 6 and under free. Take-outs available. 1675 Harold Patterson Road, off Highway 139.

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en’s Bible study:n 10 a.m. Seymour

Heights Christian Church, Chapman and Boyds Creek Highway

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Patricia DettmerCrust:1 1/2 sticks butter, melted2 c. flour1 c. light brown sugarFilling:4 eggs, slightly beaten1/4 c. flour3 c. dark brown sugar1 can coconut2 c. pecans, chopped1 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. vanillaconfectioner’s sugar

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Well, this past week I was looking down into the holler toward Webb’s Creek thinking about an animal that is intel-ligent, very protective of its young and was one of the first meals ever eaten on the surface of the moon.

An entire country and a dance share its name and it lost out to a bald bird as our nation’s sym-bol. Its beauty is only surpassed by its tasty flavor and the bizarre heritage of its name.

How many animals do you know that can make such claims? There is only one. We don’t just eat turkey for Thanksgiving; we eat a piece of American and world history.

A Harvard profes-sor offers this for your Thanksgiving season consumption.

Turks lived in the Middle East in an area that became a country known as Turkey (turks/turkey). Turkish citizens enjoyed eating a bird that traders hauled in from Africa. It looked similar to our own turkey, but they were known as guinea fowls or chullaks.

Turks loved that bird and began exporting them to England. The English called them Turkey birds (birds from Turkey). That eventually got shortened to turkey. You might want to take a minute to let this soak.

Later, when some of your pilgrim ancestors arrived from England,

they saw a bird that looked similar to those imported “Turkey birds” they so enjoyed eating whilst back in England. The settlers assumed they were also Turkey birds, named them tur-keys, and that is all I have to say about that.

There are meatier things to discuss, such as the fact that Big Bird wears yellow painted turkey feathers.

Turkey facts in case you are a guest on “Jeopardy”:

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird, but it lost out to the American Bald Eagle (which is not even bald).

After Neil Armstrong took one giant step for mankind on the moon, he was hungry and little packets of turkey and trimmings hit the spot.

The once famous dance, turkey trot, was so named because danc-ers jump around in a large circle like a bunch of turkeys.

Each American in the United States averages eating 17.5 pounds of turkey annually, and I’m guessing most of that occurs around Thanksgiving when 90 percent of our tables are

adorned with a golden brown turkey.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it is all about grateful-ness and family. Two of my most favorite memo-ries swirl around turkey events on that special day.

When I married Kat she cooked a beautiful turkey for her mom and dad and me and set an incredible better homes and gardens table. I think we even had cloth napkins. Martha Stewart would have been proud.

The turkey was golden brown, but bled pro-fusely when I cut it. (Kat asked me to be sure to explain that the oven was malfunctioning.)

Another turkey mem-ory occurred in our new home up north which had a fire alarm wired directly to our town’s fire department. The fancy system also includ-ed air raid style sirens.

Well, my brother-in-law decided to cut a trial piece of turkey and sliced right through the $1.97 aluminum baking pan and juices traveled throughout the oven. Our home filled with smoke and blasting sirens and calls from the fire department. Much to my wife’s dismay, I had not yet read the fire system book to figure out how to turn it off.

Let me just say it was an especially smoky, stressful and memorable turkey day.

Most of all, though, I remember Thanksgivings with beloved family mem-bers, some of them now gone, gathered around a table, laughing and sharing great times together.

I know it is painfully complicated how that bird got its name, but it really doesn’t mat-ter. What does matter

is that Thanksgiving is a day set aside to eat turkey and be grateful for our incredible abun-dance of blessings.

By the way, I am thinking of purchasing some turkish taffy for our Thanksgiving cel-ebration this year, but don’t even think about asking me how it got its name.

That is just how it looks from my log cabin.

— John LaFevre is a local speaker and co-

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

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More area high school stu-dents will be able to enroll in college courses while they’re still in high school thanks to a technology grant awarded to Walters State Community College.

Walters State will use the $493,000 rural devel-opment grant to enhance its video technology capa-bilities so that more dual enrollment courses can be delivered by video stream-ing to area high schools.

The additional technology will increase access among area high schools to the college’s dual enrollment

courses, which provide high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn both high school and college cred-it simultaneously.

This past semester the col-lege offered 46 sections of

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Consequence is the effect, result or outcome of something occur-ring earlier (Dictionary.com).

According to Thesaurus.com, syn-onyms for the word consequence are afteref-fect, aftermath, can of worms, chain reaction, fallout, and payback.

I think of this as I sit with people that are devastated by the condi-tion of their lives. I’m not being judgmental, but I am thinking, “If you do this, then that will happen.” People do not seem to get it. They break God’s laws, man’s laws and even nature’s laws and then are amazed at the outcome.

“Why did this happen to me?” This is a com-mon question that I am asked. It is difficult to lead them to discovering that perhaps it isn’t just coincidence, but rather consequences to their actions.

The goal is not to punish. Life does that. Rather the goal is to

show them how not to repeat the behaviors that brought them to this place.

Life patterns are very difficult to change. It is not impossible, just dif-ficult. You must begin slowly and with small changes.

The first step is to recognize the behaviors that must be changed in order to have differ-ent outcomes. A trusted friend, relative or a professional counselor will be needed to assist you in this process. The person that you choose to discuss these actions needs to want good things for you. They do not need to see you suf-fer.

Review your situation with them. Be ready to

face some difficult emo-tions. Regret may sweep over you. This review is a step.

You must move beyond the review and regret to other behav-iors you could practice. This can be extremely difficult for you to move through, but it is imperative to face the actions that brought the heartache.

The next step is to think about what behav-iors or attitudes could bring more positive outcomes for your life. What is your standard for living? Knowing the foundation of your beliefs is necessary to choosing appropriate behaviors in your life.

If you have a religion or philosophy of life, then hold your choices up to this standard. Does it fit? Does this choice uphold your beliefs?

Think through the possible outcomes to your behaviors and words. Then proceed down a new path.

Practice stopping and thinking before you act. Play out the decisions all the way to their pos-sible outcomes in your future.

Decide if this is the way you want to pro-ceed. Soon you will find it easier to make better choices.

People have lived all their lives without con-sidering that the beliefs they have should shape their behaviors. They often live without even considering their beliefs and faith.

Decide today what the basis is for your choices, and then choose your behaviors accordingly. The rewards will be evi-dent in outcomes that are joyful rather than sorrowful.

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

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GATLINBURG — Discover Life In America presents the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Conference Dec. 9-12 at Riverside Terrace Resort and Conference Center.

The annual conference this year is titled, “Invasive Species: The Biggest Threat to Biodiversity?” Discover Life in America and park staff will participate. The event will focus om the discovery of new plant and animal life, and the science that supports it.

This year’s conference activities include: n Science talks n Smokies’ air quality n Hemlocks update n Silent and live auctions to raise money to help ATBI n A nature photographer workshop n A full day for educators n Workshops that include GPS use, grant writing, citizen

science and more n Scientific poster sessions n Fantastic field trips n Keynote address and a reception with biologist Daniel

Simberloff n Updates from ATBIs across the country n The salamander ball at Ripley’s Aquarium The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory is an ecological

undertaking to find and document every species of life in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

To date over 900 species have been identified that are new to science and over 6,400 species have been identi-fied that are new records for the Smokies.

For a more detailed schedule; registration forms or to volunteer visit www.dlia.org. For questions or to register for the conference, contact Heather MacCulloch at 430-4756 or e-mail to [email protected].

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$26,000-$48,000 a year National chain looking for restaurant manag-ers. No Breakfast or Late Nights. Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s : Must have proven team building skills & knowledge of P& L Call David Long 865-388-9656. Email re-sume to [email protected].

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Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort 915 Westgate Re-sorts Rd. Gatlin-burg, TN 37738Tel: 865-430-4788Monday - Friday8:30 AM - 4:30 PM( Across from the Gatlinburg Wel-come Center on the Spur. Turn into Little Smoky Road)

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Sevierville non-profit seeking Victim’s Advocate (Bache-lor’s preferred or Associate’s degree in related field + 2 years exp.). Appl. must possess cre-dentials and educ. exp; plus interact effectively with the public, have ex-ceptional phone, writing and organ-iz. skills, w/ atten-tion to detail, profi-ciency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Pow-erPoint, etc. while maintaining strict-est client confiden-tiality. Appl. must have impeccable references in relat-ed field, valid driv-er's license, clean driving record, & pass criminal back-ground check & drug screen. FAX resume w/ ref to 865-774-8063.

This agency is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex, handicapped, marital or veteran status.

Service WriterExperience a plus. Pay

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Non-Profit organization is seeking a full time office manag-er. Requirements include: 3 yrs ex-perience in day to day office manage-ment, bookkeep-ing, proficiency skills in basic ac-counting software & procedures com-puter skills, Word & Excel. Starting pay $12.00 hr. Please send re-sume to P.O. Box 4810G, Sevierville, TN 37864.

Grand Crowne Resorts in Pigeon Forge now hiring sales reps. Experienced or Inexperience . Commission up to 25% partial pd next day. Full benefits. Call 865-851-5105 or 865-804-5672

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Johnson Pest Con-trol is seeking a sales professional & service tech. Sales personnel MUST have min. 2 yrs. exp. Position involves crawling under structures to inspect for termites & other pests. Tech position is an entry level position. On-the-job training for both positions. Send Resume to pes tp ro fess ion-a ls@gmai l .com. INTERVIEWS BYAPPOINTMENTONLY!! Check us out online at www.johnsonpest-c o n t r o l . c o m <http://www.john-sonpestcontrol.com> .

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Sugar Maple Cabins and Majestic Mountain Vaca-tions will host a Job Fair on No-vember 10 and 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to hire e x p e r i e n c e d housekeepers for our luxury log cab-in rentals. Com-petitive wages and mileage reimburse-ment are provided. Applicants must have reliable trans-portation, valid drivers license, and proof of auto insurance. Week-ends and holidays are a must.

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Eastman Credit Union699 Parkway, Suite 5Sevierville, TN 37862

Eastman Credit Union is seeking a Peak Time Teller for our Sevierville Branch location. The Peak Time Teller would be available less than 1,000 hours per calendar year. On average about 18-20 hours per week. Teller hours could range from 7 :15am-5 :45pm Monday-Friday or until balanced at the end of the day. This is a non-bene-fited position how-ever, eligible for ECU bonus. Job duties include all teller transactions including deposits, withdrawals, sell-ing travelers che-ques, loan and credit card pay-ments, etc. Must be able to handle teller transactions accurately and effi-ciently on the teller line and drive thru. Must be able to an-alyze transactions to balance cash drawer daily. Must exhibit confidential-ity toward member accounts and pro-vide extraordinary member service. Must demonstrate exceptional attend-ance and punctual-ity practices as well as team player qualities. Must recognize and sup-port continued self-improvement and learning. Skills needed are basic knowledge of P C / W i n d o w s , Word, Excel, and Outlook desired. Must have good keyboarding skills (including 10-key adding machine). Must have strong analytical and c o m m u n i c a t i o n skills, be detail ori-ented and exhibit a serving, helpful at-titude toward co-workers and mem-bers. Eastman Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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110 SPECIALNOTICES

Lost: 1 calico & 1 black & white male cat. Pearl Valley. Re-ward. 216-7092

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FOUND: Whipit black & white. All shots. Well trained. 654-6907

107 LOST & FOUND

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115 ROOFINGSERVICES

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106 HOMEIMPROVEMENTS

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105 YARD & TREESERVICES

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Wears Valley 3BR 2BAPrivate driveway, 2car garage, seclud-ed. $900 mth + se-curity 865-908-3145 or 321-960-6506

Seymour Country Set-ting 2BR/1BAw/loft. No Pets$650 mo 428-4073

Sevierville 4BR 2BA invery nice neighbor-hood. $1100 mth1st & last. 654-6709

Sevierville 3BR/2BAHouse $800 permonth + $800 De-posit. No Pets.428-2372

Nice 2BR/1BA housein walking distancedowntown fromGatlinburg. 436-5385 or 850-7256

Log Cabin 3BR 2.5BASterling SpringsFurnished. $1500mth + dd. CallPhyllis 455-5821.

699 HOME RENTALS

New, super clean, up-scale, 3BR 3BA, 3 car garage, water-front home off route 66 for lease. $1495 mth Call 388-9656.

Like New 3/2 home. Mtn views. $950 mth. Call Terri Wil-liams at Remax Prime Properties 865-556-4111/865-428-1828

Kodak/Sevierville 2+2 $550 + dep. No pets. 933-6544.

GRANDVIEW 4BR 3BA 2 fp, views. $1100 mth. No Pets!

***Call: 428-4073***

Gatlinburg Cobbly Nob 2BR 2BA, all appl. fp Hot tub, moun-tain view $900 mth. 423-487-5020

Furnished Log Cabin on large creek 1BR, FP, Hottub $700 per month 423-487-5020.

Cozy 3BR 2 Bath Log Home, Fireplace, Carport. $850 mo. Call 712-3946

Close in Nice 2BR 2BAcabin. $850 LTlease. Ski season $1800 mth. 366-7339

4BR house $650 mth. For more info call 556-2504 after 5pm

4BR 1.5BA $1000 mth + deposit. 1444 Twin Oaks Rd. 423-967-6544

$700 to $1000+. Wan-da Galli Realty Ex-ec. 680-5119 or 774-4307.

699 HOME RENTALS

3BR 2BA Log home in Wears Valley. Hot tub, gas fireplace, mtn views. $1000 mth. 239-560-1129

2BR/2BA in Sevier Co. Private country setting. No pets. $625 mth + dep. 908-0026

2BR 1BA Washer/dry-er hkup, Central H/A. $500 mth $500 deposit. Sev-ierville area. No Pets. 654-3130

2BR 1BA Pigeon Forge Carport, deck, private n e i g h b o r h o o d , washer/dryer, cen-tral h/a. $725 mth. 1st, last & deposit. 1 yr lease. No in-door pets. 865-654-4514

2BR & 3BR Call Frank (865) 919-3433.

3BR 2BA with basement.

Great location near high school.

No pets. $900 mth + sec.

368-6799

New Homes for Rent.

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

per month. No pets.

865-850-3874

NICE, CLEAN IN KODAK3 BD / 2 BA

4 MILES FROM EXIT 407

$700/MONTH & DEPOSIT. NO PETS.

865-712-5238, 865-705-9096

699 HOME RENTALS

OWNER FINANCElease option, purchase.

3bd/2ba, all brick, fireplace, w/tub

plus ext 24x24 garage/workshop, large lot,

100% of pmnts go toward purchase $1400 a month

654-6691

1BR 1BA cabin in Cos-by area for rent. $600 mth includes water & satellite. Will need 1st last & security to move in. Small pets wel-come. 865-684-6028.

699 HOME RENTALS

Seymour area. 2BR 1BA. Water & sew-er furnished. $500 mth $275 damage. No pets. 654-2519. Leave msg.

Kodak 3+2 $500 2BR $400. No pets. References 933-6544

Furn’d Sleeps 2. Gat. Very clean & pri-vate. $115 wk Wa-ter incl. 579-1514.

Beautiful large triple wide. Fireplace. On private lot. $700 mth + dep. 382-7781 or 933-5894

3BR 1.5BA Kodak area. $450 mth $450 dep. No pets. 382-4199.

2BR 2BA Doublewide $600 mth. No pets. 548-1956 548-1671

2BR 1BA on private lot in Seymour. $450 mth includes city water. 1 block from Chapman Hwy. 654-1391

2BR & 3BR Central H/A. Close to Douglas Lake. $400 & up + de-posit. Call 865-382-7781 or 865-933-5894.

OPEN HOUSE 15 Homes to view

RENT NO MORE!

RENTERS, LET YOUR RENT BE

YOUR DOWN PAYMENT!

865-453-0086

2-3 BR Homes

PeacefulSettings

Mountain View865-933-0504

698 MOBILE HOMERENTALS

Gatlinburg Beautiful 2BR 2BA Furnish-ed Condo with Fireplace, Over-looks stocked trout stream and has heated pool. Walk to downtown Gat-linburg, includes water, cable, Flat screen TV. Imme-diate occupancy, Minimum 1 Year lease $875 mth. 865-771-9600

Condo for rent 1 level with 2 car garage. 2BR 2BA, W/D hkup, covered pa-tio, all brick. $900 mth Call Phyllis 455-5821

697 CONDORENTALS

2BR 2BA P.F. Fully furnished condo 7th floor. Spectac-ular view. 30 ft pri-vate balcony. $1200 mth. 1st & last mth 425-922-6988

$99 move in Special + Deposit

1 Condo left2BR/2BA

with Pool AccessContact Kim

654-2850

1BR furn. English Mtn condo. Gated, se-cluded & quiet. 24 hr security, C H/A, fireplace, balcony, pool, laundry, ca-ble, water incl. No pets, $595/mo. 865-654-1097.

697 CONDORENTALS

Sevierville Duplex 2BR 2BA Whirlpool. 1 level. $700 mo. No pets. References. Tony-414-6611

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

Nice, clean 1 BR. 10 miles East of Gat. (865) 228-7533 or (865) 430-9671.

Murrell Meadows1BR/1BA $415.002BR/1BA $455.00865-429-2962

Live On Lake! 1BR Apt. Elect./H2O incl. $150 wk + dep. 865-640-8097

Gatlinburg 2BR/1.5BAWd. Fire place. Quiet & safe neigh-borhood. Kit appli-ances , w/d con-nections. No Pets $600 Mo. $400 de-posit. 1 yr lease 865-654-3615.

Furnished 1BR apt. Pond,creek. Wears Valley. 228-8414.

For Rent: 1BR $450, 2BR $550. 1st & Last mo., w/d conn. New con-struction, down-town Sevierville & Riverwalk. Call Phyllis 455-5821.

Apts for rent 2 & 4BR. Cosby. 777-2378.

Apartment for rent 2 Bedroom Large Utility Room Satel-lite & cable TV, Washer & Dryer, Stove, Refrigera-tor, Dishwasher. Pigeon Forge. One block off Teaster Lane. 865-809-2525

A Great Location. 1 block off Pkwy, near Walmart. 2BR 2BA, carport, patio. Nonsmoking envi-ronment, no pets please. $535 mth, year lease. 453-5396

2BR 1BA newly re-modeled duplex Teaster Ln in Pi-geon Forge. $595 mth $500 dep. 865-453-5667

2BR 1.5BA Spacious with balcony. Wa-ter incl. Garden Setting. $550 mth Shadowwood Apts. 429-6925

2BR 1.5BA Sev. Stove & refrigerator furn. NO PETS. CH/AQuiet 453-5079.

696 APARTMENTSFOR RENT

NICE, CLEAN1 BR / 1 BA

IN SEVIERVILLE$380.00 + DEPOSIT

NO PETS865-712-5238

2 BR APT. in Pigeon Forge area. $550/mo, $275 damage dep. up front. No pets! 865-573- 6859 or 389-5229

SILOAPARTMENTS

in Sevierville

Offers 1/2 BR Units

Pet Friendly

PIGEON FORGE2BD/2BA APARTMENT

HOMESPigeon Forge

4BD/3BA1 block off parkway

New Center3BR/2BA

Garage, Pet Friendly

BIG BROKERBOB’s REALTY865-774-5919

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN SEVIERVILLE

2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhomesCall 428-5161

1BR Water & appl furn. No pets. Lease. $385 mth Refs 680-3078.


1 & 2 BR avail.Some Pets OK.

$400 UPWATER INCLUDEDMurrell Meadows

1/8 mile from Walters State

CollegeAllensville Road

Walk to lakeReasonable Rates

654-7033

SPACIOUS1100 sq. ft.

2BR/2BA$600 mth

+ $500 dep.1 yr lease. No Pets.

428-0713 or389-5780

New 900 sq ftBrick Apts.

Pigeon Forge $625 Month.

865-388-9240

NEWLY RENOVATED2BR, 1.5 BATownhouse

$580 Mo.Small Pets

Call 384-1054Or 384-4054

2BR/2BAApt for Lease

in Wears Valley1 Month Free

ExcellentMountain Views.

329-7807

Kellum CreekTownhomes

2 BR$645.00

incl. water & sewer.865-908-6789

2 BEDROOMAPARTMENTS

andTOWNHOMES

Sevierville428-5161


Glenn Meadows, Glenn Vista & now

Ruth Villas

865-453-8947865-776-2614

Hardwood floors, plus manyextras, 1 year lease, no pets,

TVA energy efficient.

2BR/2BAApartments for Lease

in Wears ValleyQuiet and Easy Access.

We also have some houses for rent.East TennesseeRealty Group

(865) 329-7807

1BR Apt. near Gat. W/D, DW, water, private ent. $160 wk./$575/mo.,$575 dep. 556-1929.

1 & 2BR apts for rent., $400-$500 mth. 3BR house $600 mth in Sevierville. No pets. Call 865-256-4809.


Nice Room For Fe-male. $110 a wk. Jamon Ministries 661-7770

DOWNTOWN SEVIERVILLE

428 Park Rd. CHEAP- $100 weekly Includes All Utilities.

Cable, Laundry, Kitchens, Clean Rooms, NO PETS.800-359-8913

near trolley stop

Affordable Housingin Gatlinburg

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

same rent all year.436-4471 or 621-2941

Weekly RentalsIncludes

Family Inns WestPigeon Forge •86 5-45 3-4905

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

$169.77+

693 ROOMS FORRENT

Seymour area 2BR du-plex 1.5BA, central H/A, W/D hkup, water & sewer fur-nished. No pets. Call 453-7842.

Pigeon Forge 3BR On the river. Rent & security $650 each. 453-4744

For Rent: 2BR 1BA du-plex. $650 per mth. Boyds Creek. 748-5341.

610 DUPLEX FORRENT

2BR Duplex. Quiet country setting. Water included. Pets ok $575 mth. 865-806-9896

2BR 2BA duplex on South Flat Creek in S e v i e r v i l l e . No Pets. 453-5337

2BR 1BA Pigeon Forge $650 mth, $650 damage. 865-654-0222.

2 & 3 BRDuplex for

rent.1 year lease.

No Pets428-6598

Pigeon Forge Duplex

3BR 2BA 1 levelDouble carport.

$750 mth. No pets.1yr lease.

932-2613

1BR 1BA Duplex Apt off 416.

$475 mth. $300 damage.

1 yr lease. No pets.680-4290

or 428-1297

610 DUPLEX FORRENT

610 DUPLEX FORRENT

RV Sites on Indian Camp Creek Monthly or Yearly rentals. Util. Furn.. Near the Park off Hwy 321 850-2487

608 RESORTRENTALS

Retail Shop available January 1st Baskin Square Mall Street Level. Downtown Gatlinburg 865-436-8788

1000 sq ft Office SpaceFirst month free

$850/mo 1 yr leaseAvailable Immediately

Near Hospital

428-4244

1400 sq ft office/ware-house in Sevier-ville $700 mth. 256-4809 or 654-6042.

605 BUSINESSRENTALS

10B Classifieds The Mountain Press Sunday, November 08, 2009

The Mountain Press Sunday, November 08, 2009 Classifieds 11B

Call Office to inspect Real Estate 865-938-3403Real Estate Terms: 10% Down Day of Sale, Cash or Approved Check

Balance Due at Closing within 30 Days, Property is Sols AS-IS.10% Buyers Premium. Directions to Sale Site: US-411/TN-35 to Industrial Park Dr.

Visit www.powellauction.com For More Info

LEASE TO PURCHASE OPTION!

was $189,900 NOW $174,900OPEN HOUSE

FRI-SAT-SUN 12-5

6 ACRES ON LITTLE RIVER

YOUR OWN BED & BREAKFASTCustom built English Country Classic with 900 ft. on Little River. This charming home offers great vistas

of Little River from every room. 3 spacious Bedroomsplus a huge master suite. 3.5 baths.

3 brick fireplaces. Slate, brick, and hardwood floors throughout. Gourmet kitchen with island & breakfast

room. All main level rooms have rich hardwood beams in ceilings. Screened porch. Outdoor stone

patio. 3 car garage. Detached heated & cooled workshop. Very private with gated entry. Your own

private retreat just minutes away fromSevierville, Maryville, and Knoxville.

Only $695,000

Dean-Smith Realty(865) 588-5000

Call John Gillespie for your private showing. (865) 216-1489

MLS #681672

All Equipment Selling at Absolute Auction No Minimums - No Reserves

Very Partial Listing - Track Hoe Komatsu, Case Tractor with Side Bush Hog, Ford Tandem Tractor, Austin Wesson Grader, 2001

Ford Sterling Tandem Dump Truck, 1993 Peterbuilt Tandem, 1990 International Tandem, 1985 Freightliner

Tandem, 1992 Regular Cab Chevy 4 x 4 Long Bed, 1988 Chevy Extended Cab 4 x 4 Long Bed, 1999 Ford

F-250 4-Door, 915 Blaw Knox Subdivision Paver–Rubber Tire Paver, 875 Blaw Knox Driveway Paver, Lee Boy Paver High

Deck New Driveway 2 Parking Lots 8500, Blaw-Knox 60P Paver, Ingersol DD32 Roller Vibrator Diesel, Ingersol Rand DD 14 Vibrator Diesel Roller, Ingersol DA 30 Roller Diesel, Ingersol DA 30 Roller Diesel, Ingersol DA

30 Roller Diesel, Ingersol DD16 Roller, Beuthling 1 ton Roller, Caterpillar CS-323C Roller, Terex Roller, Mauldin Double Drum Puller for Steep

Roads, Huber Grader Automatic, Huber Grader New Motor Diesel, Huber Grader Re-built Motor Diesel, Huber Grader Gas, 2001

1845 Case Uniloader, 2003 60 XT Case Uniloader, Case Loader Float New, 2003 Uniloader Broom, Ford

Tractor with Bush Hog, CAT Dozer, Case 580 Backhoe, 91 CAT Backhoe 416, 2004 Ford Extra Cab 4 Wheel Drive, 1971 Chevy 1-Ton, 2001 3/4 Ton Chevy 4 x 4 extra cab, Ingersol DA 30, El Camino 1974 Sprint,

1978 Baby Blue Lincoln 2 door, 1 ton Red Ford Dually Flat Bed, Chevy Van (white), 1968 GMC Truck 1 ½ ton orange, 1992 Extra Cab GMC Truck (½ ton maroon), Yamaha Big Bear 4 x 4 Atv, Cushman Golf Cart, GMC Single Axle Dump Truck, 1996 Marmon 57 D TT Heavy Duty Truck, 1994 Utility

TNV UT, 1978 Dodge Magnum Green- 37k miles, Molasses Maker, Horse Drawn Wagon, 1020 John Deere Tractor, Tamp Plates for Asphalt, Power Curber 3 Molds, Walk Behind Curb Finisher, 2003 set of Forks Uniloader (Bobcat) (1845 C fork attachment), (2) Beuthling B300 rollers, EZ-Go 56

Golf Cart, 1982 Blue 240 D Mercedes, Plus Lots More

Call Office to Inspect Real Estate 865-938-3403 Personal Property Terms: 10% Buyers Premium, Payment in

Full Day of Sale, Cash or Approved Check, All Items are Sold As-Is, Where-Is.

All Items Must be Removed by 5pm, Friday, November 20th. Directions to Sale Site: US-411/TN-35 to Industrial Park Dr

Visit www.powellauction.com For More Info

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1994 F-250 4x4 XLTDiesel. Auto, extracab, 8 ft bed.$3850. 654-8291

945 TRUCK SALES

1995 GMC Vandura2500 Van. $2800or best offer. Call865-293-6230.

944 VAN SALES

Utility trailer 5x10 + 4ft gate 2000 lbaxle 15 inch tires.Used once. Likenew. $550. 436-9479 after 6pm

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

91 Cadillac Sedan Deville. 60,500 original miles. 1 owner. Mint condi-tion. $5000 OBO. 712-7079.

2004 SATURN ION2, AT, 4cyl, AC, PW, PDL, cruise, key-less entry, new tires. 68,000 miles, nice car, $5495. Call 865-607-6542.

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

1997 HONDA Accord,4 cyl., 5 sp. AC, 4 dr., looks & runs good. $3000. Call 865-607-6542.

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

2005 4x4 Chevrolet Trail Blazer SL, Excellent condi-tion, Extra clean. Loaded, Low Miles. Smoky Mountain Auto Center, Kodak 933-9005

941 SUV SALES

River Meadows 2005 Fleetwood D/W 1624 sq ft. .33 acre. $91,500. 865-403-9770

BANK OWNED – COSBY – Huge 3 br, 2 ba, 3 yr old doublewide on 1.38 ac. Great buy @ $89,900! Dagan Greene, 865/922-5500. Webb Prop-erties.

BANK OWNED – Beautiful 1 yr old 2 br, 2 ba double-wide in exclusive Keenland farms. Rare opportunity for only $94,900! Bruce Webb, 922-5500. Webb Prop-erties.

A Very Nice 28x64. 3+2. Set up in Park or can be moved $19,900. 933-6544

3BD/2BAWith LandI will finance!Only 3 left!

Call Mickey(865) 453-0086CLAYTONHOMES

1751 Winfield Dunn PkwySevierville, TN 37862

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

BANKFORECLOSURES:We are liquidating

the Bank Foreclosed Mobile Home Inventory

of a major lender. We have once in a

lifetime deals.Call us for details

865-428-1978.

SUPER NICEUsed mobile home: You Have to See This One To See Just How Clean and Nice It Is. 1992 Norris 14x70

2BR/2BA.We will del. andset-up. $15,900.

Call 865-428-1978.

Mobile Homes in Park

Own Your Home!$150.00 + lot rent

Sevierville865-654-3118

16x72 2+2 Fltwd Price includes delivery & set up $10,900. 933-6544

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

Warehouse 3000 ft CH/A Office Space Over head doors loading dock. Well or utility water. Near exit 407 of I-40 382-7781 or 933-5894

Office for rent used now as beauty shop. Avail Nov. 15th. 933-6544

Commercial Property 2250 sq ft Next to Westgate Resort $3000 mth. 430-3304

4 office rentals + large garage. S. Blvd Way $249,000. 933-6544

722 BUSINESSBUILDINGS

Commercial or Resi-dential Small House in Sevier-ville. Ideal for small business. 850-2487.

721 COMMERCIALPROPERTY

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

720 LAKE & RESORTPROPERTY

2 Adjoining Wooded lots on dead end street. Near park boundaries in Gat-linburg. $40,000 for both. Owner/ Agent. 423-231-0307.

714 LOTS FOR SALE

BANK OWNED – NEAR DOLLY-WOOD – Upscale, resort 1 br condo. Fully furnished, many amenities. Listed @ $164,500, but ac-cepting offers. Bruce Webb, 8 6 5 / 9 2 2 - 5 5 0 0 . Webb Properties.

BANK OWNED – DU-PLEX. Both units have 2 br. & great location. One unit needs repairs, but priced @ only $105,000! Dagan Greene, 922-5500. Webb Properties.

2BR/1.5BA on Village Dr. in Gatlinburg. Furnished. $830 a month with 1st month deposit. Ref req. 276-780-0591

711 CONDOS FORSALE

Windswept Sub. Beau-tiful 4BR home. Fireplace, in ground pool. $399,000. 865-908-8508 or 712-0366

Waterfront with Boat Just completed up-scale 3BR 3BA 3 car garage. On 1 acre off rt 66. Beautiful home or B u s i n e s s$299,000 Limited Owner Financing possible. 388-9656

Seymour 2600 Sq. Ft. $209,999 Pool, spa, large fenced lot, mtn view. 680-4698.

Nice 3BD/3BA house, approx 2,000 sq ft, 5 Star TVA rating. Large living rm., lg Kitchen 2 garages, Mountain View & some Lake view. Asking $229,000. Call Fred 865-428-3766

710 HOMES FORSALE

FORECLOSURESALE

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath house in Kodak area. Financing Available. Call 865-604-3565 for appointment.

BANK OWNED – Very nice, 4 yr old, 3 br, 2 ba home w/spe-cial financing avail-able. Only $90,000. Brittany LeTourneau, 922-5500. Webb Prop-erties.

BANK OWNED – SEV-IERVILLE – 8 yr old, 3 br, 2 ba home on 2/3 acre. Needs TLC, but only $110,000. Special financing available. Brittany LeTourneau, 922-5500. Webb Prop-erties.

BANK OWNED – KO-DAK – 3 br, 2 ba, partially finished bsmt, 2 car ga-rage. Many fea-tures. Needs some repairs, but only $99,900! Dagan Greene, 922-5500. Webb Properties.

BANK OWNED – HARTFORD – Spacious, open floor plan, cedar sided cabin home w/2 br, 1.5 ba on 5 acres next to Cher-okee National For-est. Many features. Special financing available, only $130,000. Dagan Greene, 865/922-5500. Webb prop-erties.

BANK OWNED – COSBY – Private retreat w/1822 sq ft, 3 br, 2 ba on 3⁄4 acre lot. Priced @ $144,900. Special financing available. Dagan Greene, 922-5500. Webb Properties.

1950 sq. ft. Brick, 3bd/2ba

2 covered porchesgas fireplace, great

room, hickory cabinets, below bank payoff

$195,000 firm 932-2229

710 HOMES FORSALE

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SEVIERVILLE — First Presbyterian Church announces the “Faith and Courage” exhibit will be on loan to the church during November from the Tennessee Museum of Aviation.

The exhibit recognizes the contri-butions of a special group of veterans whose story is rarely told: U.S. mili-tary chaplains.

First Presbyterian Church invites the public to view this exhibit Monday

through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon. The exhibit ends Nov. 24.

A special worship service will be held today recognizing all military vet-erans with a coffee reception following the service.

The exhibit attempts to extend the value of their service and sacrifice by keeping their memories alive for later generations.

This presentation of chaplain sto-ries includes text, photographs and

a collection of artifacts from World War II, The Korean war, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Much of the information was collected with the help of the Army Chaplain Museum and the Navy Chaplain Archives.

“Faith and Courage,” the exhibit at Washington National Cathedral for the 2004 opening of the World War II Memorial, was an expansion of the World War II section of this exhibit.

Faith and Courage’ exhibit at church

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After the Nov. 24 luncheon, guests will be led through the Festival of Trees by a surprise guest. Proceeds benefit Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.

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Gatlinburg Festival of Trees will be at Mills Conference Center Nov. 24-28. Photos with Santa will be available from 2-5 p.m. Nov. 27 and 28.


GATLINBURG — Former Broadway performer Lee Lofton will headline the Gatlinburg Festival of Trees “Grace” luncheon this month at Mills Conference Center.

This year’s annual event, scheduled for Nov. 24, has been named in memory of Grace Bales Barker. Gatlinburg Inn owner Wilma Maples, who is the sponsor for the luncheon, named it for Barker, her long-time assistant.

A special Christmas tree will be on display at the lun-cheon and the Festival of Trees with handmade ornaments by Barker.

Proceeds from the luncheon benefit Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.

Lofton, who is now a local State Farm agent, will be accompanied by Karen Hill of Sevierville. He and his wife Meredith have lived here for approximately three years after residing in New York City.

The pair were professional actors pursuing a career in musical theater when they met performing in “The Secret Garden” in Philadelphia. They were later paired in the lead roles of “Stephen Foster the Musical” and again in “The Secret Garden.”

Lofton received his bachelor of music from Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., and his master’s in vocal perfor-mance from Indiana University, where he also served as an associate instructor.

After performing several operas, including “The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte” in Rome, Lofton gained agent repre-sentation and moved to New York City where he switched to classical musical theater full-time. He has sung the leads in “Carnival,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I” and “The Secret Garden,” among others.

His focus is now on making a home in the Smoky Mountains. He is looking forward to the birth of his first son, Creed Baron Lofton, in late December.

After the luncheon, guests will be led through the Festival of Trees by a surprise guest.

Tickets to the event are $25 and can be purchased at Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries offices iin down-town Sevierville, Sevier County Bank in Gatlinburg and from SMARM board members. The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m.

For more information call the SMARM office at 908-3153 or visit www.smarm.org or www.gatlinburgfestivalof-trees.com.

Photos with Santa will be available Nov. 27 and 28 from 2-5 p.m. each day.

More than 75 trees are expected to be on display at this year’s Festival of Trees.

Festival of Treesluncheon planned

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Sunday, November 8, 2009