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50 CENTS DAILY
Vol. 78 • No. 282
FRIDAY
November 28, 2008
Good
Afternoon from
Makaela Hughes
Elizabethton
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State department braces for layoffs
NASHVILLE (AP) —
Tennessee
department
heads ordered to make a
second round of budget
cuts to address a massive
budget shortfall say it will
be difficult to spare their
staffs from layoffs.
During budget hearings
the last two weeks, Gov.
Phil Bredesen told his Cabinet members they need to
cut between 10 to 15 percent
more to address the state’s
potentially $800 million
revenue shortfall this year.
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— It costs the state $2.7 billion a year to pay its
48,200 employees’ salaries and benefits.
— Higher education accounts for about $1.2B of
the state budget.
That is in addition to a 3
percent reduction he asked
for earlier this year.
Bredesen has offered voluntary buyout packages to
12,000 state workers in hopes
of trimming the state’s work
force by 2,300. But only 2,200
volunteered, and the state
decided to approve only
1,500 people for the buyout.
It costs the state $2.7 billion a year to pay its 48,200
employees’ salaries and
benefits, according to the
state Department of Human
Resources.
Bredesen has said he
won’t rule out laying off
state employees to address
the shortfall. But department heads, particularly
those whose staffs make up
most of their budgets, said
they don’t see any other way
to make the new cuts without staff reductions.
Richard Rhoda, executive
director of the Tennessee
Higher Education Commission, said the initial cuts in
his department have involved closing unfilled positions and voluntary buyouts,
which haven’t hurt workers too much. But, “the next
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Black Friday shoppers
Rebecca Bach and Tami Collins were among Black Friday shoppers out early today to take advantage of holiday specials at WalMart. The parking lot was full before the doors opened at 5 a.m. As one shopper put it, “it’s pandemonium everywhere you go this
morning.”
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Index
Obituaries ..................... 4
Editorials ................... 5
Sports......................... 10
Stock .........................14
Classified .................. 15
Weather ....................18
Obituaries
John J. Bryant
Hampton
Robert W. Coles
Elizabethton
Paul Whitehead
Elizabethton
Joyce E. Wood
Elizabethton
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chapter is going to,” he said.
Higher education accounts for about $1.2 billion of the state budget, and
Bredesen anticipates cutting
roughly $150 million from it.
Higher education officials
said they will seek out areas to cut before proposing
a tuition increase, and don’t
intend to burden students
with an enormous hike.
Correction Commissioner George Little said his op-
JTF discusses parking troubles
BY NATHAN BAKER
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
The parking problems at
the Carter County Courthouse Annex were high
on the list of concerns for
the Jail Task Force at their
Wednesday meeting.
Since the construction of
the new jail began several
months ago, parking for the
courtrooms, the Sheriff’s
Department and the current jail has dwindled to
less than two dozen spaces.
At the Nov. 17 meeting
of the County Commission,
criminal court Judge Robert
Cupp voiced his concerns to
the commissioners regarding the parking situation
and the lack of handicap accessibility to the building.
He told them major problems could arise at the upcoming jury pool selection,
when 200 potential jury
members will be assembled
in the Justice Center.
“One of the main issues
that we are faced with today, according to some
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Construction continues on the site for a new addition to the jail,
causing a parking problem at the Carter County Justice Center.
judges and some concerned
citizens, is the parking,”
said Task Force Chairman
Robert Davis at Wednesday’s afternoon meeting.
“I’m quite sure that there
is nothing that we, as the
Jail Task Force, can do
about parking over there. I
still feel we should be able
to use the ball field parking over there. It’s a public
parking area, and that’s my
opinion.”
Davis referenced the
parking lot adjacent to the
jail construction site at the
Cat Island Park, which is
owned by Elizabethton. As
part of an agreement with
the city, the county was required to construct a temporary fence as a barrier to
deter people from walking
from the park’s lot to the
courthouse.
County Mayor Johnny
Holder reported that some
of the problems should
be alleviated now that the
construction workers have
finished their work on the
building’s utilities.
“I was talking with the
superintendent over at the
construction site about the
parking situation and he
said they were just about to
clean the parking lot off and
put the lines back on it,” he
said. “It’s been very bad off,
but now they’ve got the digging part finished and parking should get a whole lot
better over there. We’ve got
some other small parking
lots available, we’ve talked
about a shuttle-type service
and Commissioner Arney
came to me the other day
with a very good idea about
changing the flow of traffic
in the courthouse. We’re
working on it.”
Carter County Sheriff’s
Department Chief Deputy
Ron Street addressed the
handicap accessibility.
“The problem right now
is they just had to dig the
sidewalk up and there’s
nothing there except rock
and mud,” he said. “I spoke
with the construction guys
n See PARKING, 18
Police say man lied about wife hitting him with car
FROM STAFF REPORTS
An Elizabethton man has been arrested by Johnson City
police after allegedly admitting he lied to officers when he
told them his wife intentionally hit him with a car in October.
According to Johnson City Police Department reports
on Oct. 28, 38-year-old Thomas E. Fannon, of 131 Emerald
Hills Drive, told officers his wife ran him over after police
responded to a domestic disturbance at the intersection of
Wilson and Whitney streets in Johnson City. As a result,
the woman was arrested and taken to jail.
On Sept. 12, officers allegedly received a letter written
by Fannon, in which he admitted to lying about his wife
striking him with the vehicle. In the letter, Fannon reportedly wrote he was suffering from alcohol addiction at the
time and was angry with his wife for not allowing him to
use the car.
On Sept. 18 a warrant was issued for Fannon’s arrest
and on Nov. 25 he was located by officers and taken into
custody.
He was charged with filing a false report and transported to the Washington County Detention Center where he
is being held in lieu of a $5,000 bond. Fannon is scheduled
to appear in Washington County General Sessions Court
on Dec. 1 for an arraignment hearing.
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The
columns
have
touched on just about every subject imaginable.
In the beginning, I would
write the columns in longhand on a legal pad. My editor, Rozella Hardin, typed
them and graciously edited
them for me. She and my
secretary, Patsy Johnson,
have offered me ideas from
time to time and have been
a good sounding board.
They don’t hesitate to tell
me about subjects I need
to stay away from and have
been known to scratch out a
few dirty words and frown
on a few jokes I have added
to the end of my columns.
There’s a certain line they
refuse to let me cross over.
Now that old age has hit
me, along with “Arthur”
(arthritis), I find it very
difficult to move anything
without hurting, and that
includes my fingers. Now,
instead of writing my columns, I dictate my thoughts
to my editor, who writes
them up for me to edit. She
gives me until 5 p.m. Thursday to get all my changes
made. Thusfar, I’ve been
on time every week.
There have been times
I have thought about quitting the column, but, they
refuse to let me, so, I keep
coming up with ideas and
keep writing. It has been
good for me as it has provided an outlet to share
my thoughts about many
things. Some have been issues dealing with the city
and county, others have
been memories of days
gone by, and some have
been written to make you
laugh.
I am now 83 years old.
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Shoppers snap up Black Friday
deals as stores open early
The Elizabethton-Carter County Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has a new sign. The
sign, welcoming visitors to our growing and thriving community, was installed earlier this week.
Police search for leads in armored car heist
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators
in Bluffton think an armored car heist this
week was likely done by robbers who have
hit other armored cars or banks in the past.
Bluffton police told The Island Packet of
Hilton Head that the men had automatic
weapons and had a well-executed plan
when they robbed the armored car at a Bank
of America branch just off U.S. 278 Tuesday
morning.
Investigators say the men robbed the
employees as they left the bank with cash
and quickly got into a white or light-colored
four-door sedan. Witnesses reported the license tag included the numbers “3005” but
didn’t get the state.
Police are checking for similarities to other robberies in the Southeast.
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— Shoppers, who had
snapped their wallets shut
since September, flocked
to stores and malls before
dawn today to grab deals
on everything from TVs
to toys for the traditional
start of the holiday shopping season, feared to be
the weakest in decades.
Retailers extended their
hours — some opening
at midnight — and offered deals that promised
to be even deeper and
wider than even the deep
discounts that shoppers
found throughout November. Best Buy, which threw
its doors open at 5 a.m., offered such early morning
specials as a 49-inch Panasonic plasma HDTV for
$899.99 and a $189.99 GPS
device by Garmin, while
Toys “R” Us, was offering
up to 60 percent discounts
from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
But the question remains whether many people will be spending much
money on holiday gifts as
a recession nears, credit
markets remain frozen,
layoffs loom and consumer spending shrinks.
At the Best Buy store
in Syracuse, N.Y., a line
snaked past stores and
around walkways on the
second floor of Carousel
Center a few moments
before the store’s 5 a.m.
opening — about eight
hours after some people
near the front of the line
had arrived.
Rob Schoeneck, the
mall’s manager, estimated
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about 1,000 people were
waiting for the electronics
store to open and said the
crowd was about the same
size as a year ago. Usually
the mall gets the biggest
Black Friday lines for electronics, he said.
“I don’t understand
this, whether the economy
is good or bad,” he said,
referring to the line.
Inside, Kira Carinci,
33, searched for the $80
“Guitar Hero III: Legends
of Rock” video game and
guitar controller bundle
for her son.
Carinci, a teacher who
lives in Cicero, N.Y., said
that this year she is more
concerned about money
than she was last holiday
season, and she set aside a
certain amount for Christmas spending this year.
“I don’t usually save, so
this year is a little different,” she said.
Meanwhile,
Michaela
Kipp, 42, a single mom
who works as a dental assistant, arrived at the Best
Buy store in Syracuse, N.Y.,
with her boss’ husband because both of them wanted
to pick up a new HP desktop computer packages,
selling for $600. Kipp also
wanted to get a $380 Toshiba laptop for her 17-yearold son. The two got in line
at 9 p.m. to ensure they’d
get the computers.
Kipp said she’d applied
online to get 18 months of
interest-free financing for
the purchase, and that she
hoped to use her income
tax return to pay off a good
chunk of it.
She estimated that she’s
spending less than she
usually does on holiday
gifts.
Still, “the fact that the
gas prices have gone down,
I feel confident that I can
pay this off without any
problems,” she said.
Meanwhile,
Katie
Lecompte of Elton, La.,
drove to the Lake Charles,
La., Toys R Us early today
for half-price deals for seven children below the age
of 5.
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turkey,” she said. She added, “We do have a budget. It’s basically what we
spent last year. We come
early because of the halfprice sale. We saved $120
last year by coming out
early.”
Black Friday — which
falls on the day after
Thanksgiving and officially starts the holiday shopping period — received its
name because it historically was the day when a
surge of shoppers helped
stores break into profitability for the full year.
But this year, with rampant promotions of up to
70 percent throughout the
month amid a deteriorating economy, the power of
this landmark day for the
retail industry could be
fading.
Still, while it isn’t a
predictor of holiday season sales, the day after
Thanksgiving is an important barometer of people’s
willingness to spend for the
rest of the season. And particularly this year, analysts
will dissect how the economy is shaping shoppers’
buying habits, including
whether they will spring for
big-ticket items or focus on
small purchases like gloves
and hats.
Last year, the Thanksgiving shopping weekend
of Friday through Sunday
accounted for about 10 percent of overall holiday sales,
according to ShopperTrak
RCT Corp.
The group hasn’t released estimates for Black
Friday sales this year, but
experts believe it will remain one of the season’s
biggest selling days, even
as shoppers remain deliberate in their spending.
Britt Beemer, chairman of
America’s Research Group,
expects to see the surge of
shoppers dramatically taper off throughout the day
and into the weekend.
“I think we are going to
see the busiest Black Friday ever, but will it carry
over past 10 a.m.?” he said.
“The bottom line is a great
Black Friday does not make
a season.”
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Santa’s job tough this year
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)
— Some of the kids crawling onto Santa Joe’s lap this
year have more than stuffed
animals and video games
on their most-wanted lists.
Several times already this
season, Joe Jackson has
been asked to get Daddy
a job or Mommy money to
buy the house back.
“You see things behind
the beard that nobody else
will ever see or hear. I’ve
had children just literally
tear my heart out,” said
Jackson, who is pulling on
his red suit for a 19th season of playing Santa at private parties and festivals
in the northern part of the
state.
The slumping economy
has families across the
nation facing one of their
toughest Christmases in
years. That means Santa
Claus, the jolly confidante
for so many under 10, is
hearing more than simple
requests for a new Nintendo Wii or Elmo Live.
“Children
are
very
trusting of Santa. They
are very open with him.
They tell him things they
normally wouldn’t discuss
with other people. And
they usually ask Santa to
fix things. They know he
is someone who can grant
wishes,” said Timothy Connaghan, of Riverside, Calif.,
who has played Santa for
40 years and trained more
than 1,500 other Santas
across the country through
his “School 4 Santas.”
He coaches aspiring Kris
Kringles to remember that
a good Santa can’t promise a new job or money to
make everyone’s Christmas
dreams come true, “but he
can tell them things are always going to get better,”
Connaghan said.
It’s not just children who
can use some of Santa’s optimism. A Gallup poll earlier this month found consumers are going to spend
$150 less this Christmas
than last year. The $616
per person was the lowest
amount since the research
company began asking the
question a decade ago.
At Columbia Place Mall
in South Carolina, retailers
already are trying to fight
the trend by handing out
thousands of coupon books.
And while the traditionally
harried shopping season
had yet to arrive last week,
even that mall’s Santa, sitting in his plush chair waiting for the occasional child,
had noticed fewer people
making purchases.
Lakicha
Mansfield
strolled past the Old Navy,
Zales and video game store
without buying anything.
As 4-year-old daughter
Mahoganie Whitaker told
Santa her wishes for a Cinderella doll, Hannah Montana bubbles and balloons,
Mansfield said Christmas
will be tough because she’s
been looking for work for
nine months.
“I’m going to try to
get her what she wants,
some way, somehow,” the
30-year-old said. “I just
hope some money comes in
soon. I haven’t got her anything yet. I hope someone
calls soon.”
Meanwhile, Mahoganie
chatted with Santa, nodding as she explained that,
yes, she ate all her vegetables, cleaned up after herself and was always nice to
her mother.
“It’s nice to see her up
there with him,” Mansfield
said. “She has no idea what
I’m going through.”
Santa is getting some
heart-wrenching letters at
the North Pole, too. De-
nise Griffitts of Lafayette,
La., volunteers for Operation Santa Claus, answering about 250 letters a year
from children in her area.
“They’re not asking for
a Wii or an Xbox. They’re
asking for personal care
items, they’re asking for
school supplies, they’re
asking for warm clothing,”
Griffitts said.
Connaghan, the Santa
trainer, said Santas always
want kids to leave their laps
happier than when they
came.
“Children tend to take
on a lot of their parents’
worries. They don’t always
understand what those
worries are and sometimes
they will embellish them,”
he said. “All Santa can hope
is to say a few words that
are going to be optimistic
and give children a feeling
everything is going to get
better.”
Jackson said his years
around children have given him a sense of when
children have something
depressing on their minds.
He said a bellowed “Ho,
ho, ho!” a compliment and
patter of questions helps
get their minds off darker
thoughts.
“Every time a child
goes away with a smile, I
know I’ve done something
good,” he said.
Raymond
Jemison
beamed when his mom
brought him to the mall
from kindergarten. Laroya
Missouri, 25, of Camden,
said she’s not going to be
able to buy the 5-year-old
as much as last year, but
she is glad she still has a
job and can get him some
presents.
“He’s the most important thing. I want to make
sure he has a good Christmas,” she said.
Tips help police nab suspect
in Arkansas TV anchor’s death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)
— The phones began ringing
at police headquarters soon
after local television stations
broadcast a picture of a man
accused of killing a popular
TV anchorwoman. Within
an hour and a half, he was in
custody.
Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28,
of Marianna, was being held
at the Pulaski County Jail,
awaiting arraignment this
morning on a capital murder
charge in the beating death
of Anne Pressly. The 26-yearold anchorwoman died Oct.
25, five days after being severely beaten in what police
described as a random attack
at her home.
A police spokesman, Lt.
Terry Hastings, said he did
not know if Vance had an
attorney. He said a public
defender would likely be appointed to the case.
Vance
was
arrested
Wednesday night at a home
in central Little Rock after police held a news conference to
name him as the suspect in
Pressly’s death. His picture
soon aired on all the local
news show.
“We received several
phone calls ... but this one
turned out to be correct”
about where Vance could be
found, Police Chief Stuart
Thomas said Thursday.
Police did not disclose what
led them to suspect Vance.
Hastings had said previously that DNA and other
evidence from the scene gave
police a portrait of the person
they were looking for, though
they did not have a name until
this month. One of Pressly’s
credit cards was used at a gas
station after the beating, but
Hastings said security camera
footage didn’t provide a good
look at the person using it.
Hastings said Thursday
that police would not disclose
how they obtained DNA to
match to a possible suspect.
“We’re going to be very tightlipped on this case, pre-trial,”
he said.
Vance was interviewed by
officers for several hours late
Wednesday and early Thursday, he said. Asked if Vance
had made a formal statement,
Hastings said: “He talked
with detectives. I’ll leave it at
that.”
Pressly’s father, Guy Cannady, attended the news conference where Vance’s picture
was distributed by police.
“It’s very difficult to look
at the picture, just knowing
what Anne went through,
that that was the last guy that
Anne saw in her life,” he said
before Vance’s arrest.
Pressly’s mother, who was
visiting from out of town at
the time of the attack but
not staying at her daughter’s home, found Pressly on
Oct. 20, a half-hour before
the anchorwoman was due
on KATV’s “Daybreak” program. The mother checked
on her daughter after she
didn’t answer her daily wakeup call.
The anchorwoman had
been beaten severely on the
head and upper torso. She
never regained consciousness.
Program invites women
to get ‘back on track’
Pick 3 For Nov. 27, 2008
1-2-5 (Evening)
“Back on Track,” a Christian Women’s Fellowship,
will meet Monday, Dec. 1,
at 7 p.m. on the Bonnie Kate
Stage at the Community Arts
Center.
The music group, Lifesong,
with John Bunn, Rene Mains
8-9-9-8 (Evening)
In Loving Memory of
Jack D. Morrell
Nov. 27, 1937 — April 23, 2008
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and Tonia Hughes, will be
leading praise music.
Ronda Paulson, the main
speaker, is an insightful,
humorous teacher who will
challenge women to get their
lives back on track.
The Bonnie Kate Stage is
located at 117 S. Sycamore
Street in downtown Elizabethton.
For more information, call
542-5983 or e-mail [email protected].
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Obituaries
Paul Whitehead
Paul Whitehead, 87, formerly of 200 N. East Street,
Elizabethton, passed away
Tuesday, November 25,
2008, at Brookside Rehabilitation & Care Center,
Burnsville,
N.C.
A native
of
Carter
County, he
was a son of the late Sam
and Mamie Forbes Whitehead.
Mr. Whitehead had
lived a number of years in
Flint, Mich., before returning to Carter County. He
was a retired employee of
General Motors of Flint.
Mr. Whitehead served
in the United States Army
during World War II. He
was a Free Will Baptist.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by a son, Paul Whitehead Jr., and four brothers,
C.B. Hill, Jay Cook, Earl
Whitehead and Luther
Whitehead.
Survivors include two
sisters, Ialo Weaver, Pilesgrove, N.J., and Mary
Brown Jackson, Clarksville,
Tenn., and a friend, Wanda
Lunsford, Elizabethton.
Funeral services for Mr.
Whitehead will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday,
November 29, at Memorial
Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton, with the Rev. Terry
Jones officiating. Interment
will follow in the Captain
Nelson Cemetery, Roan
Mountain. Pallbearers will
be selected from family
and friends. Military Honors will be provided by
the American Legion and
the Tennessee National
Guard. The family will
receive friends from 1 to
2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Condolences
to the Whitehead family
may be e-mailed to mfc@
chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
John J. Bryant
John Junior Bryant, 42,
2804 Gap Creek Road,
Hampton, passed away
Wednesday, November 26,
2008, at Sycamore Shoals
Hospital.
John was a native of Carter
County. He was a mechanic
and farmer and attended
God’s House Church. He
loved his dogs.
He was preceded in death
by a brother, Nathan Daniel
Bryant, and his grandmother, Jennie Lee Bryant.
Survivors include his
wife, Debbie Culbert Bryant; three step-sons, Gary
Collins, Lehigh, Fla., Samuel Culbert and Christopher
Canter, both of Dallas, Texas; two step-daughters, Michelle Canter, Miami, Fla.,
and Renee Greer, Fort Myers, Fla.; three step-grandchildren; his mother, Alice
Nidiffer, Elizabethton; his
father, Nat Bryant Jr., Elizabethton; two sisters, Donna
Bryant and Tammy Reece,
both of Elizabethton; and a
brother, James Bryant, Elizabethton. One uncle, three
aunts, two nieces and two
nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr.
Bryant will be conducted at
8 p.m. Friday, November 28,
at Memorial Funeral Chapel
with the Rev. Jerry Davis officiating. Graveside services
and interment will be at 10
a.m. Saturday, November
29, in the Highland Cemetery. Active pallbearers,
who are requested to assemble at the funeral home
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, will be
John Berry, Randy Norris,
Mark Williams, Bo Mayes,
Stevie Phillips, Brian Morrell and Paul Morrell. In
lieu of flowers memorials
may be made to the funeral
home to help defray funeral
expenses. The family will
receive friends from 6 to 8
p.m. Friday at the funeral
home. Friends may also call
at the residence of his mother-in-law, Wilma Cole, 227
B South Hills Drive, Elizabethton. Family and friends
will assemble at the funeral
home at 9:30 a.m. Saturday
to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Bryant family may be e-mailed to mfc@
chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Joyce E. Wood
Joyce E. Wood, 67, 133
Holston View Drive, Elizabethton, passed away
Wednesday, November 26,
2008, at Sycamore Shoals
Hospital.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete and will be
announced later.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.
Robert W. Coles
Robert Wendell Coles,
77, Ivy Hall Nursing Home,
Elizabethton, passed away
there Thursday, November
27, 2008.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete and will be
announced later.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.
U.S.: 3 Americans
among injured in India
WASHINGTON (AP) —
At least three Americans
were injured in a series of
terrorist attacks in India that
President George W. Bush
condemned as “despicable
acts.” The United States sent
an investigative team late
Thursday to Mumbai.
The State Department
urged Americans not to travel to the stricken city of Mumbai for at least 48 to 72 hours,
as U.S. officials checked with
Indian authorities and hospitals to learn more about
the extent of casualties.
A U.S. investigative team
was heading to Mumbai on
Thursday evening, a State
Department official said,
speaking on condition of
anonymity because the U.S.
and Indian governments
were still working out final
details. The official declined
to identify which agency or
agencies the team members
came from.
Department spokesman
Robert McInturff said he
could not identify those injured, but The Associated
Press learned the name of
one victim. Andi Varagona
of Nashville, Tenn., called
her mother from a hospital
Thursday and said she had
been shot in the arm and leg
while eating dinner at the
Taj Mahal Palace and Tower
hotel.
Another Tennessee woman traveling with her was
also injured, but her name
was not immediately available, the mother, Celeste
Varagona, told the AP.
Two members of the Faber, Virginia-based Synchronicity Foundation who traveled to India to participate
in a spiritual program are
missing, said group spokeswoman Bobbie Garvey.
Alan Scherr, 58, and his
daughter, Naomi Scherr, 13,
both live and work at the
foundation south of Charlottesville.
“Our Indian contacts there
have gone to all the hospitals, but they haven’t located
Alan or Naomi yet,” Garvey
said. “We’re very hopeful
they’ll be found safe.”
Four members of the
25-person group — two
Americans and two Canadians — who were staying
at the Oberoi Hotel were
wounded by gunfire, and
were believed to be in stable
condition, Synchronicity said
in a statement.
McInturff said that U.S.
officials also have called
American citizens who registered with the U.S. consulate
there. He also said the U.S.
government has no information that any U.S. citizens
died in the attacks.
“We have a lot of dual
citizens who travel a lot,”
he said. “We have activated
a phone tree. We’re taking
names of those we have and
see who they know.”
President-elect
Barack
Obama spoke by telephone
with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday for
an update and also received
several intelligence briefings.
In addition to urging
Americans to stay away from
Mumbai, the State Department issued a travel alert for
all of India through Dec. 31.
“Americans appear to
have been among those specifically targeted. U.S. citizens should exercise caution
and take prudent security
measures, including maintaining a high level of vigilance, avoiding crowds and
demonstrations, keeping a
low profile, varying times
and routes for all travel,
and ensuring travel documents are current,” the alert
warned.
Earlier Thursday, President George W. Bush expressed condolences to
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a phone
call at his Camp David, Md.,
mountaintop retreat.
Authorities in India said
Thursday at least 119 people
were killed and 288 injured
when suspected Islamic
militants attacked 10 sites in
Mumbai.
“President Bush spoke
this morning by telephone”
to Singh, press secretary
Dana Perino said, saying
Bush wanted to express “solidarity with the people of India” in the wake of Wednesday’s attacks.
Perino said that Bush offered Singh support as he
works to restore order in
the populous and growing
Southwest Asian nation.
“The president offered
support and assistance to
the government of India as
it works to restore order,
provide safety to its people
and comfort to the victims
and their families and investigate these despicable
acts,” Perino said in a statement.
The White House and
State Department both initially issued statements
Wednesday denouncing the
attacks by teams of heavily armed gunmen who
stormed luxury hotels, a
popular tourist attraction,
hospitals, a Jewish center,
and a crowded train station
in a series of attacks, killing
scores of people, wounding
hundreds and taking hostages.
Christian
churches set
Singspiration
The Fifth Sunday Area
Christian
Singspiration
will be held at Bunker Hill
Christian Church on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m.
The theme is “It’s a Good
Thing to Give Thanks.”
Area churches will present
special music.
Mr. Mark Smith is the
host minister. Mr. John H.
Smith is the Singspiration
leader. Scott Reynolds and
Ray Don Markland are the
accompanists.
Garments of Praise will
be the special guests.
A nursery will be provided.
Dyersburg may restrict skateboarding
DYERSBURG (AP) — Dyersburg officials are studying whether to outlaw skateboarding on any city property other than a
new skateboard park.
Officials say there have been complaints
about juveniles skateboarding down hills
and on sidewalks.
Additionally, city parks director James
Earl Johnson says employees at the skateboard park have trouble enforcing the city’s
helmet policy.
According to the State Gazette of Dyersburg, the city attorney may draft an ordinance about the issue.
Editorial
Opinion
Automakers need a viable business plan
Detroit auto executives flew into Washington, D.C., on their private jets last week
looking for billions of tax dollars for an
industry bailout. Congressional leaders
did the right thing by sending them home
empty-handed and telling them to come
back when they had a viable long-term
plan to save their companies.
The issue isn’t whether to bail out the
auto companies, but how. The U.S. auto industry creates millions of jobs, some directly, but many more through original equipment manufacturers and other industry
suppliers. Allowing the auto companies to
fail would effectively cede America’s No. 1
manufacturing industry to foreign competitors. That should not be allowed to happen.
But for the companies to survive, they
must make fundamental changes in how
they operate. They must shift to manufacturing more fuel-efficient vehicles. They
must innovate and develop electric and
other alternative fuel vehicles. They should
reduce the number of models produced.
And they must bring employee costs into
line with those of foreign manufacturers to
remain competitive.
One of the biggest hurdles is for the auto
companies to find an effective way to deal
with their legacy costs of promised pension
and health care benefits. Perhaps the fastest and easiest way to help the auto companies would be for the federal government
to help them with these legacy costs. That
would spread the assistance over many
years and get the liabilities and expenses
off company books today, allowing them to
compete head-to-head with foreign manufacturers that don’t have these expenses.
What the auto executives failed to do
last week was to show up in Washington
with a plan to address these issues. A bailout without a plan for fundamental change
in the American auto industry is just a temporary solution. If taxpayers are going to
foot the bill to keep auto companies out of
bankruptcy court, they should be assured
the companies have a viable plan to keep
them from ending up there anyway when
bailout funds are exhausted.
Now it’s up to auto company leaders
to return to Congress with proof they are
ready to change how they do business.
—Jackson (TN) Sun
Mission Accomplished II
Nineteen months after
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid declared the war in Iraq
“lost” and just nine months
after Speaker Nancy Pelosi
asserted the war has been
a “failure” because it had
not brought political change
leading to reconciliation, it
can now be said conclusively
that both were wrong.
One of the great military
reversals in history is close
to achieving
victory. That
is contributing to stability
in Iraq, along
with reconciliation between
warring factions.
Cal
These conare
Thomas clusions
contained in
a report compiled by retired General Barry R. McCaffrey after a recent
visit to Iraq during which
he consulted with Iraqi and
American military leaders
and diplomats.
McCaffrey, now an adjunct
professor of International Affairs at the United States Military Academy at West Point,
wrote a memorandum for his
academic colleagues. It concludes, “The United States is
now clearly in the end game
in Iraq to successfully achieve
what should be our principle
objectives: the withdrawal of
the majority of U.S. ground
combat forces ... in the coming
36 months; leaving behind an
operative civil state and effective Iraqi security forces; an
Iraqi state which is not in open
civil war among the Shia, the
Sunnis, and the Kurds; and
an Iraqi nation which is not at
war with its six neighboring
states.”
While adding that the security situation is “still subject
to sudden outrage at any moment by al-Qaida in Iraq” or to
“degradation because of pro-
vocative behavior by the Maliki government,” McCaffrey
concludes that “the bottom
line is a dramatic and growing
momentum for economic and
security stability, which is unlikely to be reversible.”
McCaffrey notes the sharp
drop in attacks and casualties in the last two years and
praises the “genius of the
leadership team of Ambassador Ryan Crocker, General
David Petraeus and Secretary of Defense Bob Gates.”
He credits these three with
“turn(ing) around the situation from a bloody disaster
under the leadership of Secretary Rumsfeld to a growing
situation of security.”
While McCaffrey is cautious about the Maliki government, he adds that Maliki “clearly has matured and
gained stature as a political
leader since he assumed his
very dangerous and complex leadership responsibilities.” Provisional elections are
scheduled for January 2009,
district elections for mid-year
and national elections sometime next December. McCaffrey says fighting is now more
about politics than shooting
and bombing and that Americans should “have a sense of
empathy for these Iraqi politicians (who) have survived
a poisonous Saddam regime
and a culture of intrigue and
murder from every side.”
While optimistic, McCaffrey’s memo is filled with
caveats that have much to do
with America’s willingness
under a new president to finish the job. The Iraqi military,
he says is still “anemic,” lacking adequate weapons and
equipment. “Their military
officer corps is immensely
better than a year ago -- but
the bench is thin.”
Though the economy
struggles — (unemployment
is 20 percent and underemployment is probably 60
percent, he says), the financial system is “immature,”
investment capital is lacking, enterprises are run with
“badly maintained, outmoded equipment” and the country suffers from “brain drain”
— things are markedly better than at any time since the
war started. “The markets are
open. The roads are again viable. Oil and electricity (are)
no longer routinely sabotaged by the insurgents and
criminals. Cell phone communications, satellite TV, and
radio are all operating.”
McCaffrey is critical of
those responsible for managing the war during its early
years: “It did not have to turn
out this way with $750 billion of our treasure spent and
36,000 US killed and injured.”
Still, he says, it is critical that
force reductions are conducted in a “deliberate and
responsible manner,” leaving “a stable and functioning
state.”
Many still argue — as president-elect Barack Obama
does — that we should never
have invaded Iraq. But if a
stable Iraq results and serves
as a bulwark against terrorism and terrorist states, it
may turn out to have been
worth it. While much could
still go wrong, McCaffrey’s
conclusion that gains are
now “irreversible” is the
most optimistic assessment
since President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech
aboard the USS Abraham
Lincoln five years ago.
That sentiment was premature, but if this one is correct, don’t look for the current
president to get short-term
credit. That will go to Barack
Obama for pulling the troops
out. Long after any Republican can derive political credit,
historians will be forced to
acknowledge that freedom
won and state terrorism lost
in Iraq.
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Who killed Detroit?
Who killed the U.S. auto
industry?
To hear the media tell it,
arrogant corporate chiefs
failed to foresee the demand
for small, fuel-efficient cars
and made gas-guzzling
road-hog
SUVs no one
wanted, while
the
clever,
far-sighted
Japanese,
Germans and
Koreans prepared
and
built for the
Patrick
Buchanan future.
I dissent.
What killed
Detroit was Washington,
the government of the
United States, politicians,
journalists and muckrakers
who have long harbored a
deep animus against the
manufacturing class that
ran the smokestack industries that won World War
II.
As far back as the 1950s,
an intellectual elite that
produces mostly methane had its knives out for
the auto industry of which
Ike’s treasury secretary, exGM chief Charles Wilson,
had boasted, “What’s good
for America is good for
General Motors, and vice
versa.”
“Engine Charlie” was
relentlessly mocked, even
in Al Capp’s L’il Abner cartoon strip, where a bloviating “General Bullmoose”
had as his motto, “What’s
good for Bullmoose is good
for America!”
How did Big Government do in the U.S. auto
industry?
Washington imposed a
minimum wage higher than
the average wage in wardevastated Germany and
Japan. The Feds ordered
that U.S. plants be made
the healthiest and safest
worksites in the world, creating OSHA to see to it. It
enacted civil rights laws to
ensure the labor force reflected our diversity. Environmental laws came next,
to ensure U.S. factories became the most pollutionfree on earth.
It then clamped fuel efficiency standards on the
entire U.S. car fleet.
Next, Washington imposed a corporate tax rate
of 35 percent, raking off
another 15 percent of autoworkers’ wages in Social
Security payroll taxes.
State governments imposed income and sales
taxes, and local governments property taxes to
subsidize services and
schools.
The United Auto Workers struck repeatedly to win
the highest wages and most
generous benefits on earth
— vacations, holidays, work
breaks, health care, pensions — for workers and
their families, and retirees.
Now there is nothing
wrong with making U.S.
plants the cleanest and safest on earth or having U.S.
autoworkers the highestpaid wage earners.
That is the dream, what
we all wanted for America.
And under the 14th
Amendment, GM, Ford and
Chrysler had to obey the
same U.S. laws and pay at
the same tax rates. Outside
the United States, however,
there was and is no equality of standards or taxes.
Thus when America
was thrust into the Global
Economy, GM and Ford
had to compete with cars
made overseas in factories
in postwar Japan and Germany, then Korea, where
health and safety standards
were much lower, wages
were a fraction of those
paid U.S. workers, and
taxes were and are often
forgiven on exports to the
United States.
All three nations built
“export-driven”
economies.
The Beetle and early Japanese imports were made in
factories where wages were
far beneath U.S. wages and
working conditions would
have gotten U.S. auto executives sent to prison.
The competition was
manifestly unfair, like forcing Secretariat to carry 100
pounds in his saddlebags
in the Derby.
Japan, China and South
Korea do not believe in free
trade as we understand it.
To us, they are our “trading partners.” To them, the
relationship is not like that
of Evans & Novak or Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
It is not even like the Redskins and Cowboys. For the
Cowboys only want to defeat the Redskins. They do
not want to put their franchise out of business and
end the competition — as
the Japanese did to our TV
industry by dumping Sonys
here until they killed it.
While we think the Global Economy is about what is
best for the consumer, they
think about what is best for
the nation.
Like Alexander Hamilton, they understand that
manufacturing is the key
to national power. And
they manipulate currencies, grant tax rebates to
their exporters and thieve
our technology to win. Last
year, as trade expert Bill
Hawkins writes, South Korea exported 700,000 cars to
us, while importing 5,000
cars from us.
That’s Asia’s idea of free
trade.
How has this Global
Economy profited or prospered America?
In the 1950s, we made
all our own toys, clothes,
shoes, bikes, furniture, motorcycles, cars, cameras,
telephones, TVs, etc. You
name it. We made it.
Are we better off now
that these things are made
by foreigners? Are we better off now that we have
ceased to be self-sufficient?
Are we better off now that
the real wages of our workers and median income
of our families no longer
grow as they once did?
Are we better off now that
manufacturing, for the
first time in U.S. history,
employs fewer workers
than government?
We no longer build
commercial ships. We
have but one airplane
company, and it outsources. China produces
our computers. And if GM
goes Chapter 11, America
will soon be out of the auto
business.
Our politicians and pundits may not understand
what is going on. Historians will have no problem
explaining the decline and
fall of the Americans.
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Food for the Multitude
Food for the Multitude will serve lunch at St. Thomas’ to St. Thomas,’ participating churches include First Unit-
Episcopal Church, Elizabethton, tomorrow, from 10:30
a.m.-noon. All needy, elderly and lonely citizens of the
community are invited to share in the meal. In addition
Church news deadline
set
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The church news deadline
ed Methodist, First Presbyterian, Memorial Presbyterian, without a photo is Wednesday
Hampton Christian, Southside Christian and St. Elizabeth at 12 p.m.
The deadline with a photo
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Church Directory
APOSTOLIC
NEW HOPE CHURCH OF JESUS, INC.
1186 Old Bristol Hwy., Elizabethton
Pastor Phone - 772-4560
Pastors: Jonny & Sandra Ollis
Services Sun. - 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m.
FAITH APOSTOLIC CHURCH
800 N. Roan St. Elizabethton, TN 37643
Pastor David Lang - Phone 423-474-6464
Sunday 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. - Thursday 7 p.m.
Assembly of God
ELIZABETHTON ASSEMBLY
1200 19-E Bypass
Phone 543-4901
www.elizabethtonassembly.org
Ricky Jones, Pastor
CHURCH OF GOD
Auto Sales
543-8603
1441 Hwy. 19-E • Elizabethton, TN
State Farm Insurance
Ken Wandell, CLU, ChFC
1982 West Elk Avenue
Elizabethton, TN 37643
Bus.: 423-543-3031
www.kenwandell.com
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851 West Elk Avenue • Elizabethton, TN
423-542-5600
Jack L. Holly, DDS. PC
Family
Dentistry
417 Hudson Drive
Elizabethton
423-543-4141
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD
(General Offices Anderson, IN)
609 N. Lynn Avenue
S.S. 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m.
Sun. Evening 6 p.m. - Wed. 6:30 p.m.
Pastor Maybrey Gfellers
ROAN MOUNTAIN CHURCH OF GOD
106 Smith Road, Roan Mountain
SS: 10:00 - Worship: 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - 423-772-4528
ROAN STREET CHURCH OF GOD
113 N. Roan Street
S.S. 10 a.m. -Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wed. Evening 7 p.m.
Rev. Kenneth Bewley - 543-5336
FREEWILL Baptist
EAST SIDE
Siam Road, Eliz.
KEENBURG FREEWILL BAPTIST
Keenburg Road
WATAUGA VALLEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Hwy. 91, Stoney Creek
(Just above Unaka High School)
Bill Greer, Pastor
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
OAK STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner of Oak St. and State Line Road
Elizabethton, TN - 542-4022
S.S. 9:45 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wed. 7 p.m. - www.oakstreetbaptist.net
DOE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH
113 Avon St., Off Hwy. 19E
Elizabethton - 543-2408
Sun. School - 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
212 E. F. St. - Elizabethton- 543-1931
S.S. 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m.
Evening Prayer Service 6p.m.
Wed. Fellowship Meal 5:30 p.m.
Wed Worship - Service 6:30 p.m.
Website: fbcelizabethton.com
EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
1509 Siam Road, Elizabethton - 542-5921
S.S. 9:50 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Service at 7:00 p.m.
BILTMORE BAPTIST CHURCH
1181 Bristol Hwy. Eliz. 543-6192
Sun. School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m.
Bill Davis - Pastor
IMMANUEL BAPTIST
205 Hunter Ave. - 543-5633
Pastor Tim Tapp
S.S. 9:45 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wed. 7 p.m. - Awana 6:45 p.m.
[email protected]
“We Care About You”
SINKING CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
2313 Eliz, Hwy. J.C. - 423-928-3222
Rev. Reece Harris, Pastor - S. S.- 9:45 a.m.
Sun. Evening 6:30 P.M. -Wed. Evening 7 p.m.
“The Oldest Church in Tennessee”
CALDWELL SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
1509 Blue Springs Road - Phone 474-3316
Sunday School 10 a.m. - Worship 10:55 a.m.
Discipleship - 6p.m. - Evening Worship 7 p.m.
Wed. Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7p.m.
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423-543-3195
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HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH
130 Keenburg Road
S.S. 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wed. 6:30 p.m. - Bible Study
Jim “Butch” Stout, Pastor - Phone 647-3590
CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
353 Cedar Grove Road
1 Mile off Milligan Highway
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Fellowship Meal Last Sunday Each Month
Children’s Activities Provided During
All Services
Rev. William E. McDaniel, Pastor
913-9263 - www.cedargrovebaptist.net
GRACE
1114 Broad St., Eliz. 542-5551
Worship:10:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Chris R. Hughes - graceelizabethton.com
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
1215 Broad St. Ext., 542-9188
“A Church With A Missionary Heart”
Pastor: Jim Murray
PLEASANT BEACH
108 Pleasant Beach Road
Elizabethton 543-1700
Pastor: Bobby G. Stout
STONEY CREEK CHURCH OF CHRIST
1162 Hwy. 91, Elizabethton - 474-2622
The Home of Tri-Cities School of Preaching
and Christian Development
HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH
309 East F. Street - 543-3303 / 360-7569
“An Old Fashioned, Separated, Fundamental,
Soulwinning Church.”
Pastor - Dale Greenwell -Home 538-6022
ELIZABETHTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
137 East C. Street - 542-5131
Minister Robert Ellis
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
458 West Doe Ave. - Eliz.,TN
S.S. 10 a.m. - Morning Service 11 a.m.
Sun. Evening 6:30 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m.
“ A Church Thats Changing Lives
One Family At A Time”
Pastor Bobby Burrow - 423-474-2808
Bethel Church
674 Gap Creek Road- 423-543-4419
VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH
Hwy. 19E - Box 100 Roan Mountain 37687
Pastor Jerry Honeycutt
SS 10 a.m. - Preaching 11am - Sun. Night 6 p.m.
Wed. night 7 p.m. - 423-772-3848
Christian
BIG SPRING CHURCH OF CHRIST
1106 Gap Creek Road- Elizabethton
Morning Worship - 10 am - S.S. 11 am
Evening Worship 6 pm - Wednesday 6:30 pm
Jordan Kellicut - Minister
UPPER SHELL CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Teaberry Road - Roan Mountain, TN
S.S. - 10 am - Morning Worship - 11 am
Evening Worship 7 pm - Wednesday Service 7 pm
Bedford Motley Jr., Minister - 772-4133
OAK GROVE CHRISTIAN
Powder Branch/Jim Elliott Rd
S. S. - 10:00 a.m. Church - 11 a.m.
Dr. Robert Shannon, Pastor
RANGE COMMUNITY
175 Hart Rd. Elizabethton, TN. 37643
Sunday 9:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Sun. School 10:30 & Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m.
For more info. 542-3938
PINECREST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
124 Woodland Drive
Johnson City, TN 37601 (423) 926-5121
C. Randall Carrier Minister
SS: 10:15 Worship: 11:00
Evening: 6:00 Wed.: 7:00
SIMS HILL CHRISTIAN
206 Sims Hill Road Elizabethton, TN
S. S. - 10:00 a.m. Preaching - 11 a.m.
Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m.
Sun. - 6:00 p.m. - Wed. - 7:00 p.m.
BORDERVIEW
1338 Bristol Hwy. Eliz. 542-6685
S.S. 10 a.m.; Morn. Worship 10:45am
Sun. Even. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Kirk Langston-Minister
Jonathan Hawkins, Youth Minister
Eddie and Penny Milam, Children’s Ministry
GAP CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1840 Gap Creek Rd (Hwy. 362)
Sun. Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. - S. S. 10 a.m.
Wed. 7 p.m. - Ken Kehrer, Minister
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
513 Hattie Avenue - 542-5651
Brent Nidiffer, Minister
Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.
B.S. 11:00 a.m., Evening Worship 6:00pm
Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1610 Southside Road Elizabethton
S.S - 10:00 a.m. - Morn. Worship 10:45 a.m.
Even. 7:00pm, Wed. 7:00pm 542-2234
WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN
1307 West G St., Eliz. - 542-4532
S.S. 10 a.m., Sun. Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Sun. Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
EAST SIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1400 Siam Rd. John H. Smith Minister
Morn. Worship-10 a.m. S.S.-11:15a.m.
Even. 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m. Call 543-5344
HOPWOOD MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN
Milligan College, TN - 926-1194
First Service 8:30 a.m. - S. S. - 10:00 a.m.
Sun. Second Worship - 11:00 a.m.
Sun. Evening Worship - 6 p.m.
LOWER SHELL CREEK
Hwy 19 E, Roan Mountain
Sunday: S.S. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Gerald Holly, Minister - 542-6359
EAST RIVER PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1207 Broad Street, Eliz. - 542-8783
Sunday Worship-10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Sunday School - 11 a.m. www.erpcc.org
Wednesday Bible Study - 7 p.m.
Youth Groups - Sun. 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m.
VALLEY FORGE
114 VFCC Rd. (South on 19E)
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. S.S 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening 6p.m. Wed 7p.m.
542-4856 - [email protected]
David Siebenaler, Minister
BRICK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
815 Hwy. 400 Watauga Road, Watauga, TN
Pastor Dr. Don Marshall - Sun. Worship-9:30 a.m. Sun. School-10:45 a.m. - Evening Worship
6:00 p.m. - Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CENTERVIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST
376 Coal Chute Rd. Elizabethton
- 543-1872
Inter-Denominational
Church of the Nazarene
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
200 W. I St. Eliz. - 542-5152
Rev. Kenley Knight, Pastor
S.S. 9:45 a.m. - Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Evening Service 6:00 p.m. - Midweek 7:00 p.m.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
100 East F St. Elizabethton - 543-2711
Sunday School 9:30 - Worship 10:45 a.m.
www.memorialpresbyterianpca.org
Rev. Dwight Basham, Senior Pastor
“Reaching and Nurturing Families for Jesus Christ”
John W.
Wagner
Jennings L.
Wagner
Linda
Shouse
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
119 West F. Street, Eliz.,TN 423-543-7737
www.1stpres-eliz.org/
Sunday School 9:45, Worship 11:00 a.m.
Rev. John Shuck, [email protected]
“A Progressive Christian Community”
604 E. Elk Avenue • Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643
543-5522
CATHOLIC
ST. ELIZABETH
510 West C Street
Daily Mass Mon. & Thurs. 10:00 a.m.
Tues.- 6:00 p.m. - Sat. Mass - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Mass. - 9 a.m. - Phone 543-3412
Episcopal
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
815 North Second St., Eliz.
Fellowship & Coffee Time 10:30 a.m.
Children’s S. S. / Holy Communion 11:15 a.m.
For More Information Call 543-3081
Adult Bible Study 10:00 a.m.
Nursery Available - Eucharist/Healing Service
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
METHODIST
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
325 East E St. Eliz. 543-3505
Worship: Sunday 9:55 a.m.
Fellowship: 11:-11:15 a.m. - SS 11:15-Noon
Bible Study: Wed. 7 p.m.
Pastor: Rev. Lauri Jo Cranford
WATAUGA POINT UNITED METHODIST
Gap Creek Road/G Street
“A Small Town Church With A Big Vision”
Sunday School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m.
Nursery Available - Rev. Jared Wood
VALLEY FORGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3974 Hwy 19-E - Phone: 423-543-2446
Dr. Michael Pinnier, Pastor
- A Church With Your Family In MindWeb site: www.valleyforgeumc.org
HUNTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
722 Hwy. 91, Elizabethton - 543-2436
Sun. School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m.
Sun. Bible Study - 6 p.m. - Rev. Roger Mathes
LUTHERAN
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REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH
234 West F. Street - Phone: 543-1132
Rev. Erwin Lueker, Vacancy Pastor
Sun. 10:30 a.m. - Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
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423-542-2168 • Fax (423) 542-2160
GOD’S HOUSE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
1206 Stateline Road • Elizabethton • 542-4871
Sunday School 2 p.m. - Worship 3 p.m.
Prayer Meeting Tues. 7 p.m.
Worship Wed. 7. p.m. - Pastor Jerry Davis
ELIZABETHTON FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
2006 Forsythe Rd. - Elizabethton - (423)547-2884
S.S. 10 am - Worship 11 am & 6 pm - Tues. 7 pm
L.C. Tester, Pastor - Everyone Welcome!
NON - Denominational
CROSSPOINTE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
Services At - Bonnie Kate Theater
115 S. Sycamore Street.
S.S. - 9:15 a.m. - Worship -10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship 5: 30 p.m.
Chuck Babb - Pastor • 791-3997
WORD PREVAILS
Holy Spirit Guide
304 Mary St. Elizabethton - 423-612-3334
Sun. 10 a.m. - Wed. 6 p.m.
Pastor George Gross
Healing Service - Last Sunday Each Month
EASTERN ORTHODOX
HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Junction of U.S. 11-E & Egypt Rd., Bluff City, TN.
Worship-Sun. Matins 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy - 10:30 a.m.
Father Kevin Millsaps
423-538-0701 or 423-220-9240
holytrinitybluffcity.org
1000 W “G” Street
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Sammons, CPA
204 Rogosin Dr.
Elizabethton, TN
543-5951
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Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643
423-547-0060
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Religion
Charity Hill
Church Briefs
Charity Hill Free Will Baptist Church,
1353 Charity Hill Road, Elizabethton, will
host the Salvation Singers in concert on
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10:45 a.m. For more
information, call the Rev. Jerry Emert,
pastor, at 543-4988.
Trinity A/G
JOHNSON CITY — Trinity Assembly
of God Church, University Parkway, will
host songwriter/singer Gordon Jensen in
concert on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m. Edward T. Jefferies is the pastor.
Valley Forge FWB
Evangelist Jack Lassiter, Greenville,
N.C., will preach a “Day Revival” at the
Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church on
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The Rev. Randy Johnson is the pastor.
Whitehead Hill
Whitehead Hill Bible Christian
Church will celebrate homecoming and
have their Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, Nov. 30. The homecoming and dinner will follow singing, which begins at
10 a.m. Mr. Terry Dugger is the church’s
minister. No evening service will be conducted. For more information, call 7683056 or 725-2539.
First Christian
First Christian Church, 513 Hattie
Ave., will continue their Spiritual Adventure, “The Five Star Church,” on
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 9:45 a.m. Minster
Brent Nidiffer will preach on “Extravagant Generos- ity.” Sunday school is
at 11 a.m. Christmas play practice for
teens and adults will be held after a
meal following Sunday school. Evening
services will not be held there because
of the Carter County Christian Singspiration at Bunker Hill. First Christian
will continue orders for December’s
Angel Food Menu Dec. 1-5 from 9 a.m.3 p.m. First Christian’s Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting is on Wednesday at 7
p.m. No adult play practice will be held,
because Berean Circle will meet in the
fellowship hall at 7 p.m. The youth and
kids will have play practice at 7 p.m. in
the sanctuary. Sunrise Circle meets at
Anne McKinney’s house at 10:30 a.m. on
Thursday; the Volunteer Circle meets at
2 p.m. in the new Winsome Classroom;
and the Ann Jett Circle will meet at 6:30
p.m. at the church to carpool to Janie
Broyles’ house.
Unity Church
JOHNSON CITY — Ms. Carolyn Clairborne will speak on the topic, “A Prescription for Health,” at Unity Church of
the Tri-Cities, 703 S. Roan Street on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 10:30 a.m. Claiborne, of
Greeneville, is an ordained Unity minister, and a spiritual life and personal
development coach. She is a Certified
Energy Coach and a member of the International Association of Coaches. She
has a Master’s Degree in Education, and
has completed more than 250 hours of
coach training. Unity’s Christmas party
will on Friday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. The
event will include stories, music, cookie
decorating, face painting and food. Attendees will also be stuffing Christmas
stockings for the Salvation Army. “A
Course in Miracles” meets on Wednes-
days from 7-8:30 p.m. For more information, call 975-9159, visit www.unity1.org,
or e-mail [email protected].
Bethlehem
JOHNSON CITY — Bethlehem Lutheran Church will host Sunday school
and Bible study on Sunday, Nov. 30, at
9:15 a.m. Worship services will begin at
8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. The sermon theme
for both worship services is “Blessed is
He Who Comes,” based on Mark 11:1-10.
Holy Communion will be observed during the 8 a.m. service. Advent Vespers
with Holy Communion will be held on
Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. The sermon
theme is “We Are Clay,” based on Isaiah
64:1-9. The Rev. Steven Harmon is the
pastor.
Sunrise FWB
Sunrise Free Will Baptist Church, Tiger Creek community, Roan Mountain,
will host the Cook Family in concert on
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. The Rev.
Elgin L.D. Berry is the pastor.
First FWB
LIMESTONE COVE — Limestone
Cove Free Will Baptist Church will host
the True Faith Quartet in concert on
Sunday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. The Rev. Dallas Gragg is the pastor. For more information, call 743-5159.
Middle District
Middle District Free Will Baptist
Church will host the Tim Hughes Family
in concert on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Steven Miller is the pastor. For
more information, call 772-3686.
Caldwell Springs
Caldwell Springs Baptist Church’s
drama department will present an original Christmas play, “The Christmas
Wish,” on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. A
portrayal of the Gibson family, who face
a Christmas that will forever change their
lives, the play will answer the question,
“Do Christmas Wishes Really Do Come
True?” Dr. Bill Duncan is the pastor. For
more information or to arrange transportation, call 474-3316.
Union Bapt.
Union Baptist Church, 1411 Highway
321, Hampton, will host the Harvey Family in concert on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 7
p.m. The Rev. Pete Pollard is the pastor.
Marbleton FWB
Marbleton Free Will Baptist Church
will observe “Youth Sunday” on Sunday,
Nov. 30. The youth will be in charge of
the services. Tony Clark, District Attorney General, and Unicoi County Sheriff
Kent Harris will be the guest speakers
during the 11 a.m. service. For more information, call Pastor Sam Ferguson at
895-2161.
New Zion
JOHNSON CITY — New Zion Faith
Center, 127 Garden Drive, will host their
First Sallie Widby Missionary Society
Program on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 3 p.m.
Speakers will include Minister Jamilla
Moody, and Pastor Matkethia Clarital.
The Rev. Ernest Widby is the pastor.
East Side FWB
Mrs. Sana Claus invents
‘Word of Nose’ advertising
Santa Claus was awakened from a deep sleep by
the aroma of freshly-baked
homemade chocolate chip
cookies.
“Mmm Mmm!,” the
happy icon of Christmas exclaimed. “It’s smelling more
like Christmas around here
every single day!”
Santa gently grabbed a giant cookie, poured himself a
cup of hot chocolate and sat
down in his favorite lounge
chair. He placed his steaming beverage in a coaster
next to his chair, made himself comfortable, and began
reading his favorite Christmas magazine.
Santa was amazed by
how many of his ideas
wound up in the Christmas
magazines. “I’m glad that
I’m not the only one who
wants to see the kids of the
world have a Merry Christmas,” he beamed.
Santa was extremely
proud of one of his latest
inventions — a device with
which humans could teach
their domesticated animals
to fly just as swiftly as his
own renowned and beloved
reindeer.
Rays
of Light
by Greg Miller
Santa saw a picture of
the device, along with a feature story, in the magazine
he was reading. He was
impressed that the magazine was so accurate in its
description of the “Fly Like
the Reindeer” invention.
Along with a full-color
photograph of the device
itself, the magazine showed
pictures of dogs, cats, horses, turtles, porcupines,
sheep and goats. Most of
the animals were flying
through the air with varying degrees of speed and
grace.
After Santa finished
reading the article, he realized that he needed to alter
his efforts to promote Santa
Claus, the North Pole and
the topic of Christmas in
general.
“Word of mouth advertising is a wonderful promo-
tional tool!” he exclaimed.
“But I have decided to start
advertising in magazines
and newspapers...just to
give the word of mouth approach a little boost!”
Mrs. Santa had been
busy in the kitchen, preparing one of her husband’s
favorite meals: Stick-toYour-Ribs Meat-and-Potato
Soup.
“I smell something delicious coming from the
kitchen!” Santa called to his
wife. “How long will it be
before supper is ready?”
“When will you be ready
to eat?” Mrs. Santa teased.
“Right now!” Santa said
as he rushed into the kitchen and sat down at the head
of the table.
Suddenly, in his own
unique style, Santa jumped
up and once again positioned himself in his lounge
chair, turned toward the
kitchen and treated himself
to another dose of “Stick-toYour-Ribs Meat-and-Potato
Soup” aroma.
Santa ran back into the
kitchen and exclaimed, “You
have just invented ‘Word of
Nose’ advertising!”
Atheist group’s billboard
removed in Calif. city
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP)
— Complaints have led to the removal of
an atheist group’s “Imagine No Religion”
billboard in this San Bernardino County
city.
The General Outdoor sign company took
down the Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard after the city said it received
about 90 complaints and asked whether
there was a way to remove it.
The Madison, Wis.-based foundation,
which advocates separation of church and
state, has billboards in eight states that include such messages as “Reasons Greetings” and “Beware of Dogma.”
The foundation’s co-president, Annie
Laurie Gaylor, said the billboard is meant
to encourage a debate about religion by
evoking lyrics from a John Lennon song.
“The city has no business suggesting
our billboard be censored,” Gaylor said.
“They’re not allowed to interfere over religious controversy.”
The city’s actions are “dangerously
close” to censorship and a violation of the
First Amendment, said Peter Scheer, executive director of the California First Amendment Coalition.
“A city government has no business trying to dictate or influence the content of an
advertising image, particularly one that’s
political and controversial as this is simply
because some people don’t like it and complained about it,” Scheer said.
The city’s redevelopment director, Linda
Daniels, said the city did not demand General Outdoor take down the sign, “but they
respected the concerns of residents.”
Conservative Presbyterian
church splits with denomination
The Rev. Richard Adams, a former pasPORTERSVILLE,
Pa.
tor of East Side Free Will Baptist Church,
will preach at the church on Sunday, (AP) — A western Pennsylvania presbytery has disNov. 28, at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.
missed a church from the
Presbyterian Church (USA)
so it can join a more conservative coalition known as
the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
The Beaver-Butler Presbytery includes 87 churches
in two counties north and
northwest of Pittsburgh.
The 176-member Portersville Presbyterian Church
about 30 miles north of the
city voted 115-3 to leave
the national mainline Protestant denomination and
join the more conservative
group.
After the vote, negotiators for the congregation
and the presbytery were
conciliatory.
“There is still one body,
one church, one faith, one
Lord Jesus Christ, the savior
of us all,” said the Rev. William Jamieson, a retired pastor who served on the presbytery commission. “Bless
this church and bless this
presbytery.”
The presbytery has previously dismissed another
church, but that is pending a
court dispute over financial
terms of the split.
Some conservative Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations are seeking to
avoid property litigation by
seeking dismissal into a sister Presbyterian denomination. Pittsburgh Presbytery
has dismissed three churches, while Washington Presbytery is in civil litigation
with one that voted to leave
without permission.
Pam Perlich. “What would
cause that to reverse would
be an economic collapse
and the same people who
moved here for jobs leave
for jobs. ... But there’s a
slim-to-none chance that
would ever happen.”
Utah Mormon population declines
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
— The Mormon population of Utah continues to
get smaller. An Associated
Press analysis of Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints membership records
used by state planning officials to develop population
estimates shows that Mormons now make up 60.4
percent of the state’s population. That’s down from
The Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Jr. High Class recently completed 563 shoe boxes for 60.7 percent last year.
The percentage has deOperation Christmas Child, wrapped with gifts, love and prayers. The boxes are being shipped to
clined every year for nearchildren around the world in time for the Christmas holiday. Operation Christmas Child is part of ly two decades and if the
the Samaritan’s Purse Ministries that was founded by Franklin Graham.
trend continues Mormons
will make up less than half
of Utah’s population by
2030.
“The LDS population
will still increase, but as
a share of the total, that
should continue to decline
over time,” said UniverFirst Presbyterian Church
“Christmas is for many ebratory services, we are sity of Utah demographer
of Elizabethton, 119 W. F St., of us a painful reminder of adding a service, ‘Tidings
will host a special Christmas what we have lost,” Shuck of Comfort,’ a special reflecservice, “Tidings of Com- said. “From losing a loved tive service to acknowledge
fort,” on Monday, Dec. 15, at one to a son or daughter the blue in our Christmas. It
7 p.m.
moving away from home, to will be a service of readings,
The Rev. John Shuck, a re-location, to you name it, music, candle lighting and
pastor, says the service is Christmas can be a time that silence.”
especially for those who feel highlights our loneliness.
For more information,
a sense of loss during this
“We want to recognize call 543-7737 or visit www.
time of year.
that. In addition to our cel- fpcelizabethton.org.
First Presbyterian to host
‘Tidings of Comfort’ service
Candlelight
Remembrance
Service
Monte Vista Memorial Park
282-2631 • Dec. 5, 2008
rain date Dec. 12, 2008
Service time: 5:30 pm in Chapel Mausoleum
Pastor J. Andy White
Princeton Presbyterian Church
will bring the message
Music provided by: Greater Glory Music Ministries
Roselawn Memorial Park
928-6242 • Dec. 3, 2008
rain date Dec. 10, 2008
Service time: 5:30 pm
in front of main office
Candles to be distributed from 3:30 - 6:00 pm
Please call either facility for further information
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TV ads could dent obesity
ATLANTA (AP) — A little
less “I’m Lovin’ It” could put a
significant dent in the problem
of childhood obesity, suggests
a new study that attempts to
measure the effect of TV fastfood ads.
A ban on such commercials
would reduce the number of
obese young children by 18
percent, and the number of
obese older kids by 14 percent,
researchers found.
They also suggested that
ending an advertising expense
tax deduction for fast-food restaurants could mean a slight
reduction in childhood obesity.
Some experts say it’s the
first national study to show
fast-food TV commercials
have such a large effect on
childhood obesity. A 2006 Institute of Medicine report suggested a link, but concluded
proof was lacking.
“Our study provides evidence of that link,” said study
co-author Michael Grossman,
an economics professor at City
University of New York.
The study has important implications for the effectiveness
of regulating TV advertising,
said Lisa Powell, a researcher
at the University of Illinois at
Chicago’s Institute for Health
Research and Policy. She was
not involved in the research
but was familiar with it.
The percentage of U.S. children who are overweight or
obese rose steadily from the
1980s until recently, when it
leveled off. About a third of
American kids are overweight
or obese, according to Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.
The causes of childhood
obesity are complicated, but
for years researchers have
been pondering the effects of
TV advertising. Powell, for example, found fast-food commercials account for as much
as 23 percent of the food-relat-
ed ads kids see on TV. Others
have estimated children see
fast-food commercials tens of
thousands of times a year.
The new study is based in
part on several years of government survey data from the
late 1990s that involved in-person interviews with thousands
of U.S. families. The researchers also looked at information
about local stations in the 75
largest TV markets, including
locally seen fast-food commercials and the size of viewing audiences.
The researchers used a statistical test that presumes TV
ads lead to obesity but made
calculations to address other
influences such as income and
the number of nearby fastfood restaurants. They also
took steps to account for the
possibility that some children
may already have been overweight and inactive regardless
of their TV-watching habits.
The study is being published this month in the Journal of Law & Economics. The
authors, funded by a federal
grant, included Grossman
and researchers from Lehigh
University and Georgia State
University.
The authors stopped short
of advocating an advertising
ban or eliminating the advertising tax deduction.
Grossman said it’s possible
that some families benefit
from advertising by finding
out what restaurants are nearby and what they’re serving.
“A lot of people consume fast
food in moderate amounts and
it doesn’t harm their health,”
he said.
McDonald’s Corp., the giant fast-food chain responsible
for the widely seen “I’m Lovin’
It” ad campaign, referred
questions about the study to
the National Council of Chain
Restaurants. Officials with
that organization could not be
reached Wednesday evening.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gun enthusiasts can buy their
guns tax-free in South Carolina on Friday and Saturday.
The gun-friendly state is kicking off the Christmas shopping season with a holiday from state and local sales taxes
on handguns, rifles and shotguns. Taxes still apply to gun
accessories and ammunition.
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation research group said
South Carolina is the first state to offer shoppers a tax break
specifically on guns, and the only one to offer a tax holiday
over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Legislators this year approved the so-called Second
Amendment Weekend over the objection of Gov. Mark Sanford. The tax break was tacked on to a bill giving a monthlong sales tax holiday on energy efficient products, which
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‘Bolt’ a familiar but sweet canine romp
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
Harmless as a puppy, “Bolt” comes
bounding into theaters, stumbling
over its big, goofy paws, wagging its
fluffy tail and begging to play ball.
It’s sweet and eager to please but,
sadly, nothing terribly special: Girl
finds dog, girl loses dog, girl gets dog
back. You’ve seen this sort of thing
countless times before, namely in
any movie with the word “Lassie” in
the title.
But if you happen to be a girl who
loves dogs, you may find yourself
wiping away a tear or two.
This animated 3-D adventure follows a scrappy, white shelter mutt
named Bolt (voiced by John Travolta)
who isn’t a superhero, but he plays
one on TV. Trouble is, he has no idea
he’s an actor in a role. He thinks he’s
really saving plucky, young Penny
(Miley Cyrus) — his “person,” as he’s
so proud to call her — from bad guys
and explosions over and over again.
When Bolt accidentally gets
shipped across the country from Hollywood to New York City, in a totally
contrived fashion, he must make that
tried-and-true, intrepid trek back
home. Travolta, so often pigeonholed as a tough guy or an idiot or
both, shows some lovely glimmers of
vulnerability here, especially once he
realizes he’s just a normal dog after
all.
Along the way, he befriends the
street-wise, wisecracking alley cat,
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Mittens (Susie Essman in a slightly
less vulgar mode than you’d find her
on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”), and
the overeager, overfed hamster Rhino (the scene-stealing Mark Walton),
who’s obsessed with television and is
totally psyched about the prospect of
being Bolt’s crime-fighting sidekick.
A sort of small, furry Louie Anderson
look-alike, the delusional hamster is
an undeniable hoot but “Bolt” goes
to him a few times too many for the
reliable laugh; a little of Rhino goes a
long way.
“Bolt” is the first animated feature
created and executed under longtime
Pixar guru John Lasseter, but it lacks
the complexity of story and depth of
character you so often find in previous Pixar releases such as “Toy Story,”
‘’Monsters Inc.,” ‘’The Incredibles”
and this year’s outstanding “WALLE.” The film is familiar rather than
groundbreaking, safe when it should
be moving. Call it an occupational
hazard: Lasseter is too good at what
he does; it’s not a terrible problem to
have.
As for the 3-D, it will suffice. “Bolt”
could have survived without it and
still have been as diverting. Thank-
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“FOUR CHRISTMASES.” When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad
find themselves socked
in by fog on Christmas
morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into
the family-centric holiday
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As Brad counts the hours
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gratuitously, nor does it envelop you
wholly like last year’s “Beowulf.”
Rather, with the help of some inordinately sturdy dark glasses, the 3-D
effect provides “Bolt” with a pleasing
sense of texture, an effortless tangibility in the blades of grass or the hair on
the back of the lost pup’s neck.
At the helm this time are Chris
Williams and Byron Howard, veteran
animators making their directing debut. “Bolt” certainly moves along at
a lively clip that will satisfy both kids
and adults, but the script (from Williams and Dan Fogelman) is a little
too Hollywood-insider, which isn’t exactly novel in this age of “Entourage.”
The director of the “Bolt” TV series
(voiced with typical pomposity by
James Lipton) obsesses over a boom
mike in the frame. Penny’s slick, shallow agent (Greg Germann) wants her
to get over the loss of her furry friend
and accept another, similar white dog
as her co-star.
Meanwhile, the real Bolt has been
trying to navigate the perils of the real
world with no superpowers: “If I stare
at the lock really hard, it’ll burst into
flames and melt,” he insists with total
earnestness. No such luck.
He does, however, run into a trio
of pigeons who have a script to pitch
once he makes it back to L.A. So maybe “Bolt” is a documentary after all.
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NASHVILLE (AP) — Despite lingering drought conditions in some parts of the state, Tennessee agricultural
officials said 2008 was a good year for the harvest.
With 98 percent of the corn harvested, 95 percent of
the soybeans reaped and half of the tobacco stripped, the
USDA issued its final weekly Tennessee Crop Weather
bulletin on Nov. 17.
Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens
said the rain that fell during the growing season was
timely, if not abundant, and the weather wasn’t overly
hot when corn was pollinating.
A good growing season is a function of temperature
and rainfall, said Givens.
“What’s important is when it rained,” he said. “The
rains have been pretty timely.”
Givens explained the moisture came at critical times
in the growing cycle.
Joel Moore, deputy director of USDA/NASS Tennessee field office in Nashville, said it was a great year for
cotton.
“It averaged 917 pounds per acre, the second-highest
on record, second only to 2006,” Moore said.
The number of acres planted in cotton, however, continues to decline in Tennessee.
There were 280,000 acres dedicated to growing the fiber in 2008, compared with 519,000 in 2007 and 696,000
in 2006, Moore reported.
Strong spring grain prices encouraged more farmers
to plant corn and soybeans, scaling back cotton and tobacco acreage.
Moore said that this year saw the single largest yearly
increase in the number of acres of soybeans and 2007
was the largest single yearly increase in the acres devoted to corn production.
He said the decisions were driven by stronger grain
prices in recent years.
Givens called the average of 110 bushels per acre for
the corn harvest “not a bumper crop, but decent.”
The commissioner said one area that continues to
languish is livestock, but pasture conditions across most
of Tennessee were better this summer than in 2007 and
more hay was cut.
“Coming off 2007, anything would have been good,”
Givens said, noting there were two agricultural disaster declarations last year, involving all of Tennessee’s
95 counties.
Yields were up in all categories, Givens said, and the
diversity in crops continues to expand in the state.
He pointed to more wine grapes being grown and
said there are cost share programs available for vineyard owners who grow designated varieties and complete education courses.
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— Edna Parker, who became
the world’s oldest person
more than a year ago, has died
at age 115.
UCLA gerontologist Dr.
Stephen Coles said Parker’s
great-nephew notified him
that Parker died Wednesday
at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was 115 years, 220
days old, said Robert Young,
a senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World
Records.
Parker was born April 20,
1893, in central Indiana’s Morgan County and had been recognized by Guinness World
Records as the world’s oldest
person since the 2007 death in
Japan of Yone Minagawa, who
was four months her senior.
Coles maintains a list of the
world’s oldest people and said
Parker was the 14th oldest
validated supercentenarian in
history. Maria de Jesus of Portugal, who was born Sept. 10,
1893, is now the world’s oldest
living person, according to the
Gerontology Research Group.
Parker had been a widow
since her husband, Earl Parker, died in 1939 of a heart attack. She lived alone in their
farmhouse until age 100, when
she moved into a son’s home
and later to the Shelbyville
nursing home.
Although she never drank
alcohol or tried tobacco and
led an active life, Parker didn’t
offer tips for living a long life.
Her only advice to those who
gathered to celebrate when
she became the oldest person
was “more education.”
Parker outlived her two
sons, Clifford and Earl Jr. She
also had five grandchildren,
13 great-grandchildren and 13
great-great-grandchildren.
Don Parker, 60, said his
grandmother had a small
frame and a mild temperament. She walked a lot and
kept busy even after moving
into the nursing home, he
said.
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Once-beaten Titans dominate winless Lions
DETROIT (AP) — The Tennessee Titans wanted to re-establish
the run to get back on track after
losing for the first time.
The Detroit Lions were very accommodating.
Chris Johnson ran for 125 yards
and scored twice in the first quarter and LenDale White had two
touchdowns in the second and
finished with 106 yards rushing,
setting up Tennessee for a 47-10
win over Detroit on Thursday.
“It’s nice to be able to do what
you set out to do,” coach Jeff Fisher said. “Both backs got a lot of
yards on their own, but they got a
lot of help up front.”
Johnson was untouched on a
short run to the outside and a long
gain up the middle.
The two plays were symbolic of
the canyon-like gap between the
once-beaten Titans and the winless Lions.
Tennessee (11-1) bounced back
from its 21-point loss at home to
the New York Jets quickly, surging to a 28-3 lead early in the second quarter.
“We hit the first punch and
they fell,” White said.
With a 34-point lead midway
through the fourth, quarterback Vince Young played for the
first time since spraining his left
knee in the opener. He skipped a
scheduled MRI exam a day later,
then prompted a police search
when he panicked someone by
taking off hours later without his
cell phone.
“I’m good,” Young said as he
walked away from reporters. “I’ll
talk about it Monday.”
The Lions (0-12) moved a step
closer to becoming the NFL’s first
0-16 team, losing by a franchise-
worst 37 points and giving up a
franchise-record 47 points in their
69th game on Thanksgiving.
“We only confirmed what everybody was thinking about us as
far as outside of Detroit and in Detroit,” kicker Jason Hanson said.
“I know everybody in here feels
embarrassed that we did that on
national TV.”
Coach Rod Marinelli refused
to acknowledge he was embarrassed, insisting the Lions were
only beaten.
“We got handled in all areas —
coaches, players, offense, defense,
special teams,” Marinelli said.
The Lions fell to 10-34 in nearly
three seasons under Marinelli and
lost for the 19th time in 20 games,
leading to more questions about
whether he deserves to keep his
job.
Marinelli said he doesn’t expect to be fired.
“The record doesn’t show it,
but I have great belief in myself,”
Marinelli insisted.
Six teams have lost at least
their first 12 games since Tampa
Bay finished 0-14 in 1976 and the
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No. 12 Vols
overpower
game Siena
LAKE BUENA VISTA.
Fla. (AP) — Bruce Pearl and
Tennessee avoided a potential upset by forcing Siena
outside.
His 12th-ranked Vols did
just that, stopping what Siena does best —drive the ball
— and held off the Saints
78-64 Old Spice Classic firstround win Friday.
“Our defense, and Siena’s
desire to drive the ball to the
basket at all costs, meant we
had to build a wall,” Pearl
said. “That was key. We
made them have to beat us
from outside.”
Wayne Chism scored 15
points and Renaldo Woolridge and Tyler Smith each
added 14 for the Vols (4-0).
Alex Franklin led Siena
(2-1) with 17. Kenny Hasbrouck was held to six points
on 1-of-10 shooting.
“When I went to drive the
ball, they had someone to
cut me off,” Hasbrouck said.
“I started missing shots I
usually make and got tentative.”
Siena made only 1 of 15 3s
and turned the ball over 18
times, one fewer than Tennessee.
The Vols went on a 18-0
run late in the first half and
pulled away to a 47-27 halftime lead. Bothered by the
Vols’ man pressure defense
and inside strength, Siena
missed seven shots and
turned the ball over seven
times during Tennessee’s
first half run, including on
four straight possessions.
Saints coach Mike McCaffrey said that’s where the
game was lost.
“When you play a team of
this caliber, the focus has to
be on staying away from big
runs,” he said.
Siena scored the first 11
points of the second half,
but could not get closer than
nine. The Vols led by as many
as 21 in the second half.
Tennessee, coming off its
best season, which included
31 wins and regular-season
stay at No. 1, continues to
find some answers in replacing half its offense from
a year ago. Defensively,
though, they struggled at
times.
“Everybody was tight in
there, keeping them from
penetrating ball,” Chism
said. “In the second half we
lost focus. Toward the end
we picked it up and made
them turn the ball over.”
Tennessee continued its
hot shooting. The Vols, who
came into the game hitting
54.2 percent from the field,
were 50 percent (29-for-58)
for the game, including 6 of
14 3s.
The biggest 3 came from
Chism that ended Siena’s
run and ignited the Vols in
the second half.
“It was a dagger,” Pearl
said. “How frustrating is it
when you make a run and
the other center knocks
down an easy 3 ball.”
Said Hasbrouck, “We got
tired after that.”
Tennessee will meet the
winner of the game between
No. 21 Georgetown and
Wichita State in the second
round of the winner’s bracket on Friday.
Siena will play the loser
of that game.
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Elizabethton’s Jasmine Jefferson
(25) puts up two points in the
Lady Cyclones’ loss to Sullivan
Central.
Lady Warriors too much for East
Elizabethton, Cloudland, Unaka take losses
By Rick Sheek
STAR STAFF
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Happy Valley’s girls’ basketball
team remained perfect on Wednesday night in opening round play of
the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Classic.
But the Lady Warriors’ coach saw
room for improvement in a 49-40
victory over Sullivan East at Bayless
Gym.
“It was a pretty good first half,”
Happy Valley coach Ben Godsey said.
“Then I thought Sullivan East played
a pretty good second half, and a good
third quarter. It was an ugly basketball game, but it was a win.
“I guess it’s good we didn’t play
our best, and we still came out with
a ‘W.’ ”
Cara Bowling and Summer Ward
paced the Warriors (3-0) with 12
points each. Brittany Henson totaled
nine points and nine rebounds, while
Ward also hauled in nine boards.
Happy Valley, behind five points
from Ward, jumped out to a 10-7
advantage after one period. Henson
scored six in the second and the Warriors were up 28-14 at the break.
The Patriots (0-3) cut the deficit to
34-27 through three periods. Lindsay
Loudermilk led East with 13 points.
Happy Valley was 19 of 34 on free
throws. East was 5 of 10.
In other games, Elizabethton fell to
Sullivan Central, Cloudland took its
second consecutive loss against Morristown West and Unaka fell to David
Crockett.
Action resumes atop Warrior Hill
this evening.
Sullivan Central 61,
Elizabethton 59
Brianna Sabo nailed a 15-footer at
the buzzer to propel the Cougars.
“I’m not down, because every-
thing I saw out there was very fixable,” Elizabethton coach Len Dugger said. “I hope this game, the many
situations we got in, the foul trouble,
key people out of the game and other
people having to step up, maybe this
will help us to be a good team down
the road in January and February.
“Hopefully we will take this on
a positive note. We’ll grow from it,
we’ll learn from it and we’ll be a better team because of this night.”
It was a see-saw affair. Central was
up 16-14 through one period, and led
by six in the second. Chelsea Bowling
came off the bench to drain a pair of
buckets and Jasmine Jefferson’s two
free throws tied it at 31 at halftime.
Kamra Fritz’s 3-pointer pushed
helped the Cyclones (1-1) carry a
45-42 advantage into the final period. Elizabethton led 56-52 with
1:40 remaining after six straight free
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Lady Bucs deliver first win of season
JOHNSON CITY —
Leading by as many as 13
points in the second half,
the ETSU women’s basketball team had to overcome
a physical and scrappy
Appalachian State club by
sinking six consecutive free
throws in the final minute
of the game, lifting the
Lady Buccaneers to their
first win of the season, 7268, in front of 2,517 fans
inside Memorial Center on
Wednesday night.
The Lady Bucs (1-3)
were led by junior guard
Siarre Evans’ second consecutive
double-double
(18th of her career), as she
finished with 17 points and
12 rebounds. In addition,
junior post Latisha Belcher
tallied 13 points, eight rebounds and a season-best
seven steals in 37 minutes
before fouling out with 24
seconds left in the game.
The Mountaineers (1-4)
were led by Sade Means’
17 points and six steals.
“It was not pretty, but
we really needed a win
tonight, commented head
coach Karen Kemp. “Getting the win was important
for us and we can build on
this, by proving we can win
a close game. We still need
to find our identity, be-
cause I thought we played
extremely well against
Vanderbilt, but this upcoming road trip will show
us how strong of a team we
really are.”
Both teams got off to a
sloppy start, but suffocating
Lady Buccaneer defense
and outstanding offensive rebounding propelled
ETSU to an early fourpoint lead, 15-11, heading
into the game’s first media
timeout at the 13:25 mark.
ETSU forced the Mountaineers to cough the ball
up eight times in the span
— resulting in 10 points off
the miscues — and six of-
fensive boards also turned
into six Lady Buccaneer
points.
The Mountaineers took
their first lead of the night
when Canesha Edwards’
lay-up made it 16-15 with
11:42 to play in the opening
frame, but a Devin Thompson lay in and Natalie Pickwell’s first career threepointer inside the Dome
gave ETSU a 20-17 advantage with less than nine
minutes to go in the half.
From there, the contest
remained tight as there
were two ties and eight
n See LADY BUCS, 11
IRVING, Texas (AP) —
The Dallas Cowboys are
ready for December.
On the verge of collapse
just a few weeks ago, Tony
Romo, DeMarcus Ware and
the Cowboys guaranteed
they will be a team to watch
in the final month by crushing the Seattle Seahawks
34-9 Thursday for their third
straight victory.
Romo got it rolling with
touchdowns on the first
three drives and points on
the first four, then the defense took care of the rest.
They racked up seven sacks
— three by Ware, giving him
an NFL-best 15 — and each
was punctuated by a gobbling turkey version of the
Chicken Dance, the kind of
giddiness expected from a
team playing the way Dallas
(8-4) has been lately.
The Cowboys have wiped
away the bitterness of a 2-4
rut and surged near the top
of the NFC wild-card race.
The turnaround began with
Romo returning from a broken pinkie finger, albeit with
a splint on his passing hand,
and now he’s expected to be
back to full strength for the
next game. Dallas also will
get cornerback-punt returner Adam “Pacman” Jones
back from a suspension.
Yet the Cowboys aren’t
getting too carried away with
their good fortune. They realize they’ve padded their
confidence with consecutive
blowouts over bad teams and
now they’re going to play
three straight tough foes:
Pittsburgh, the New York Giants and Baltimore. Another
stumbling block is their woeful recent history in Decembers — no winning records
in the month since 2001.
“We had a rough patch
and we’re still not out of it,”
Romo said. “We’ve still got
to go forward and keep putting together wins to get in
the playoffs. Our confidence
level is that on any given
Sunday we can compete with
the best of anybody. It’ll be
interesting to see how we do
going forward.”
About the only tense moments Thursday came in the
third quarter, and they had
nothing to do with the score.
It was Marion Barber going
out with a dislocated right
pinkie toe, then Ware limping off with an aching left
knee. Ware felt good enough
that no exams were immediately done, but will still have
an X-ray and an MRI to make
sure everything is OK.
“At this moment, I feel
good about both of those
players,” team owner Jerry
Jones said.
The Seahawks lost their
fifth straight game and fell
to 2-10. It matches the most
losses outgoing coach Mike
Holmgren has had in his 17
years in the NFL, and there
are four games left.
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Seattle was within a
touchdown of winning its
past three games, but this
one was never close after
former Dallas running back
Julius Jones fumbled on
the Seahawks’ first possession. The Cowboys wound
up driving for a touchdown
that made it 14-0; it was 24-3
midway through the second
quarter.
“Coach told us we had to
be close to perfect to beat
these guys,” Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck said.
“We haven’t played been
close to playing like that all
season. If they keep playing
the way they are, they have
a chance to win it all. There
was a time when we were
that talented bunch with no
injuries. It hasn’t been like
that for us this season.”
Hasselbeck was 22-of-38
for a season-high 287 yards.
He threw one interception
and endured the most sacks
(seven) the Cowboys defense has collected since getting nine on Nov. 9, 1997.
Jones was held to 37 yards
on 11 carries in his return to
Texas Stadium. Dallas fans
booed every time he got the
ball.
“It’s a term of endearment
to me,” Jones said. “It just
means they respect you.”
Romo started 12-of-14 for
198 yards and two touchdowns, with Barber scoring
once in between. It was the
first time all season the Cowboys scored touchdowns on
three straight drives. And
it was the first time they’d
started a game that way
since Oct. 9, 1994, according
to Stats Inc.
Another indication of how
easy it was: Dallas gained
first downs on 17 of their
first 23 plays.
“T.O. will tell you I’m
playing at a ridiculously high
level,” Romo said, smirking.
Romo finished 22-of33 for 331 yards and three
touchdowns with an interception. Jason Witten was
a big part of the offense for
the first time since breaking
a rib, catching nine passes
for 115 yards (both season
highs) and a touchdown.
Terrell Owens had five
catches for 98 yards and a
touchdown. He blew his
chance for a second straight
100-yard game by dropping
a wide-open slant in the
fourth quarter.
“Obviously, this helps
out a lot but I think somebody in the locker room
said last week, if the season
ended today, we’re still left
out (of the playoffs),” Witten said. “You’ve got to have
that mentality and understand the challenges that are
ahead. It’s still going to be
even tougher as December
rolls around.”
Titans
n Continued from 10
Lions have done it twice.
They started 0-12 in 2001
before beating the Minnesota Vikings, who play Dec.
7 at Detroit.
The Lions finish at Indianapolis, against New Orleans and at Green Bay.
“We are desperate for
a win,” said quarterback
Daunte Culpepper, who
was benched for the third
time in four games.
It was a rare nationally
televised game for both
teams and it didn’t take
long for the nation to witness why Tennessee is terrific and Detroit is awful.
Did the Titans prove anything to their doubters?
“No, because people are
going to say, ’It was just
Detroit,”’ cornerback Nick
Harper said.
The game was essentially
over in the opening minutes.
Wide receiver Shaun
McDonald fumbled on Detroit’s second play from
scrimmage and Tennessee needed just two snaps
to take the lead. Two plays
later, Johnson had so much
room on a 6-yard run to the
left that pulling guard Eugene Amano didn’t have
anybody to block.
“When I got to the outside, there was no one
there,” Amano said. “I had
to turn around to find somebody to hit.”
Johnson took a handoff
up the middle on the fourth
play of Tennessee’s next
drive, ran through a huge
hole and sprinted past helpless safety Dwight Smith to
make it 14-3.
Backup defensive tackle
Dave Ball got in on the fun
by returning an interception
15 yards for a score, capping
it by leaping over the goal
line and flapping his arms
like a turkey.
“The last time I scored a
touchdown was my junior
year in high school, so I’m
not exactly a frequent visitor
to the end zone,” Ball said.
The Lions continued to
hurt themselves on the ensuing possession, getting
called for delay of game after calling a timeout.
White added TD runs of
6 and 2 yards to make it 35-3
late in the first half.
Tennessee’s Kerry Collins made a rare mistake,
fumbling as he dropped
back to pass to set up Detroit’s only touchdown.
Young helped Rob Bironas get in position for his
fourth field goal by tossing a short pass to fullback
Ahmard Hall and watching
him outrace defenders as if
he was an Olympic sprinter
for a 54-yard gain.
Culpepper was 13-of-26
for 134 yards with a TD and
an interception.
Drew Henson replaced
him late in the fourth quarter, playing for the first time
since his appearance with
the Dallas Cowboys on
Thanksgiving in 2004 and
becoming Detroit’s fifth
quarterback to take a snap
during its miserable season.
Notes: Hanson kicked his
40th field goal from 50-plus
yards, tying Morten Andersen’s NFL record, and made
his seventh of the season,
pulling him within one of
Andersen’s single-season
mark. ... The Titans swept
the NFC North this season.
... Detroit was 0-for-11 on
third down. ... Collins beat
Detroit for the first time,
leaving Miami as the only
team he hasn’t beaten.
throws.
Bowling knotted the
scored at 59 with 20 seconds left. Erin Kinser made
a steal and was sent to the
line with 5.1 seconds on
the clock, but missed both
charity attempts.
Jefferson fired in 22
points and pulled down
eight rebounds. Mariah Pietrowski blocked a pair of
shots.
The Cyclones were 18
of 23 on free throws, while
Central was 13 of 19. The
Cougars got 17 points from
Brittany Fields, and 14
apiece from Erica Blizzard
and Sabo.
“We didn’t play as well
as we did last Saturday,
offensively from a standpoint of chemistry,” Dugger said. “We got some
key people in foul trouble
that definitely hurt us. We
could have folded here
on several occasions, and
maybe gotten blown out,
but we kept battling and I
thought that was a credit
to our group.”
Morristown West 50,
Cloudland 36
The Highlanders hung
tough for more than a half,
but the numbers game
eventually prevailed for
West.
“We got tired,” Cloudland coach Matt Birchfield
said. “They played a lot of
kids. Late in the game we
had four or five turnovers
in a row, they converted on
buckets and that was the
difference in the game late
in the fourth quarter. That
did hurt us a little bit.”
Shellie McKinney had
a sparkling performance
for the Highlanders, totaling 19 points and 17 rebounds. Sydnie Buchanan
and Brooke Johnson pulled
down 10 boards apiece.
The Highlanders (1-2)
led 15-13 after one quarter.
A Jordan Miller 3-pointer
gave Cloudland a 20-13 advantage in the second.
West’s Sidney Goins
drained a 3-pointer to knot
the affair at 22 at the break.
The Trojans opened up a
33-28 lead heading in the
final period.
Goins pumped in 14
points and grabbed 13
boards. West teammate
Megan Fanney scored 12.
Cloudland was 3 of 7 at
the foul line, and the Trojans were 8 of 13.
“It’s good for our program,” Birchfield said. “It’s
good for our kids to play
against this good a competition. They’ve got some
talent, they’re very good
and very well-coached.
“It’s good for our kids to
see that type of talent, and
it makes us better.”
David Crockett 60, Unaka 43
Lady Pioneer senior
Lauren Murr keyed Crockett’s win over the Lady
Photo by Larry N. Souders
Elizabethton guard Kristen Powell (5) delivers a screen lay-up
against Central.
Rangers with a 26-point
performance in the opening game.
Murr, who scored 39 and
29 points in her first two
games of the season, keyed
Crockett to a 10-point lead
by the end of one quarter.
Abby Gladden added 17
points for Crockett.
Unaka was paced by 18
points from Natalie Johnson and 13 points from
Kayla Winters.
Tennessee defensive ’Chief’ looking for quiet exit
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn.
(AP) — Tennessee defensive coordinator John
Chavis plans to make a
quiet exit.
With the exit of Phillip
Fulmer as Vols coach, the
man known to colleagues
and players as “Chief”
likely will be out of a job as
well.
“The easiest thing for
me would be to leave the
way I came in,” Chavis
said. “When I was hired by
coach (Johnny) Majors 20
years ago, there were about
two lines in the newspaper
about the hiring. That’s me.
I like it better that way.”
Chavis has worked with
mostly the same group of
assistants since assuming the defensive coordinator’s role in 1995 after
coaching the defensive line
and linebackers. Defensive
line coach Dan Brooks was
hired in 1994 and defensive
ends coach Steve Caldwell
came a year later.
The relative newcomer,
secondary coach Larry
Slade, was hired in 1999 to
replace Kevin Ramsey.
“Usually when you’ve
had the success that we’ve
had, people move on. That’s
been the one thing that’s
been a little bit unique
about
this
situation,”
Chavis said. “There’s not a
single guy on our defensive
staff that hasn’t had multiple opportunities to better
themselves. They wanted
to be here at Tennessee because Tennessee’s a special
place to be,” he said.
The Vols defense has
been finished among the
top three in the Southeastern Conference in eight of
Chavis’ 13 seasons, and it
appears it will do so again
this year.
Even though Tennessee has struggled to find a
win in what’s been one of
its most miserable seasons
this year, the Vols rank
sixth in the nation and second in the SEC in total defense, allowing just 269.91
yards per game.
“I’ve been around a lot
of good ones, but John
Chavis has got more defense in his mind, we’re
more multiple than anybody I’ve ever worked
with,” Brooks said.
Chavis doesn’t expect
to be retained by the next
Tennessee coach and isn’t
even sure what he wants to
do after this season.
The almost always stoic
coach knows one thing,
though. He’s not interested in getting caught up in
what will assuredly be an
emotional scene after the
Vols (4-7, 2-5 SEC) host
Kentucky (6-5, 2-5) Saturday night.
“I can tell you what I’m
going to do ... I’ve already
talked to my players. I’m
going to come in, I’m going
to get dressed and I’m going to go home,” he said.
———
LAST TACKLE: Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer and his Volunteers
had a bit of fun on their
last practice.
As part of the Vols’
“Last Tackle” tradition
on Thursday, Fulmer said
some parting words about
each of the 24 seniors on
the team and practice
squad before they individually put one last tackle on
a practice dummy wearing
a Kentucky helmet.
Tennessee (4-7, 2-5
Southeastern Conference)
hosts the Wildcats (6-5,
2-5) on Saturday night.
Because it will be his
last game as coach, Fulmer
did his own last tackle of
the practice dummy — hitting it after it was already
on the ground.
Fulmer said after practice that he expects to start
junior Jonathan Crompton
at quarterback on Saturday, but he hasn’t decided
for sure.
Redshirt freshman B.J.
Coleman, who took the
majority of snaps in Tennessee’s 20-10 win over
Vanderbilt last week, has
been limited in practice this
week with a foot injury.
Fulmer said he expected
Coleman to be available
for the game.
———
COBB-NOBBING:
Coach Phillip Fulmer said
he knew Kentucky freshman quarterback Randall
Cobb would be good, but
he’s still surprised just
how good he is.
“It’s probably surprised
me that it’s been that much
impact,” Fulmer said. “It’s
not surprising in the sense
that I didn’t think he could
do it. I think he got the opportunity because of an injury, I guess, or inefficiencies at their (quarterback)
position. But I think he’s
done extremely well.”
An Alcoa native, Cobb
said he wasn’t heavily recruited by the Vols. Since
landing at Kentucky, he
made an immediate impact,
first as a receiver and now
as starting quarterback in a
retooled spread offense.
He’s thrown for 519
yards and two touchdowns
and rushed for 294 yards
and seven touchdowns.
Fulmer indicated that it
was Cobb that wasn’t interested in Tennessee.
:He didn’t feel like he
would fit in to what we
were doing, or he would fit
into the Kentucky system a
little bit better. That’s what
he said to me,” he said.
———
HE’S BAAACK: Saturday marks another return
by Kentucky coach Randy
Sanders to Knoxville.
Sanders, the Wildcats’
quarterbacks coach, spent
seven years as offensive
coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tennessee
and played for the Vols.
Defensive coordinator
John Chavis said he can see
certain things in Kentucky’s
offense that are inspired by
Sanders, most notably the
strong fundamentals of the
quarterbacks’ play.
“That’s been a trademark at Tennessee for a
long, long time,” Chavis
said.
———
ORANGE SLICES: Tennessee holds a 23-game
winning streak over Kentucky. Coach Phillip Fulmer’s record over the Wildcats is 15-0. ... Safety Eric
Berry needs only 15 interception return yards to set
the career interception return yardage record. Florida State’s Terrell Buckley
now holds the record of 501
yards. ... Tennessee will
honor 24 seniors on Saturday in pregame activities
before facing Kentucky.
———
SMOKEY SEZ: “I think
the number one reason to
go out and play our best
game of the season is for
the brother that we play
next to right beside us,”
Tennessee quarterback B.J.
Coleman said of what the
Vols feel they have to play
for against Kentucky.
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n Continued from 10
lead changes, but with time expiring Evans found TaRonda
Wiles open for lay-up and the
Lady Bucs carried a 30-29 lead
into the locker room.
The first half saw the teams
turn the ball over a total of 31
times, but the difference maker
was second chance points. ETSU
grabbed 12 offensive boards and
converted those into 12 points.
Each team made 11 field goals
and two three-pointers, while
combining for 15 assists on the 22
made field goals.
ETSU started the second half
with pressure defense and forced
a turnover prone team into a lot
of mistakes. Appalachian State
turned the ball over six times in
the opening four and half minutes, giving the Lady Bucs a 44-31
lead thanks to a 14-2 run.
However, with the Lady Bucs
leading by 13, the Mountaineers
used a run of their own over the
next four minutes to retake the
lead, 49-48, when Brittney Spencer’s lay-up with less than 11
minutes left capped off an 18-4
spurt.
Again, like the first half, the
game remained a battle even
though ETSU never trailed after
Evans hit two free throws with
9:45 on the clock, putting the
Lady Bucs ahead, 51-49.
With the Lady Buccaneers
ahead 66-64, Evans nailed a pair
of freebies to push the lead to
four; however, Brittany Mixon
was fouled with 24 ticks remaining and her two free throws lowered the deficit back to two, 6866. Fortunately, ETSU put the
ball back into Evans’ hands and
she sank two more free throws.
After Catherine Williams’ jumper with 11 seconds remaining cut
it to two, 70-68, sophomore point
guard Tara Davis sealed the game
by making it 6-for-6 at the charity
stripe for the Lady Bucs in the final minute of the contest.
To go along with Evans’ and
Belcher’s solid performances,
Wiles and Thompson also stepped
up big for ETSU. Wiles ended
with 16 points (7-of-14 shooting),
five rebounds and two steals,
while Thompson pitched in with
10 points, seven boards and two
steals in 25 minutes of work.
For the game, ETSU forced a
season-high 35 turnovers, and
the Lady Bucs turned those into
31 points. Also, the Lady Bucs
did an excellent job on the glass
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by outrebounding the Mountaineers 41 to 37. With those 41 rebounds 22 were on the offensive
end, which resulted in 18 second
chance points.
The Lady Bucs also finished
26-for-34 (76.5 percent) from the
free throw line, compared to Appalachian State’s 13-of-18 (72.2
percent) showing. ETSU now
ventures out on a season-long
five-game road swing, beginning
Monday night in Athens, Ga. The
Lady Bucs will face the SEC perennial power Georgia Bulldogs
inside Stegeman Coliseum at 7
p.m.
Leave holiday turkey behind with visit to Red Lobster
Looking for an antidote to
an overdose of turkey with
all the trimmings? Perhaps
a wide selection of favorites
from the sea would make
for a fine meal this weekend
after the Thanksgiving feast.
If so, a visit to Red Lobster
could be in order.
I traveled with a friend
on a recent weekend to Red
Lobster near The Mall at
Johnson City. We arrived a
little later in the evening after the main dinner rush had
already ebbed. As a result,
we were seated promptly
and began to look over the
menu as soon as we settled
into our booth.
According to the Web site
for the seafood restaurant
chain, Red Lobster founder
Bill Darden opened his first
restaurant — The Green
Frog — at the tender age
of 19. Later, still pursuing
a fondness for seafood, he
opened the first Red Lobster
— arguably a much more
appealing name — in Lakeland, Fla., in 1968. Four decades later, there are about
480 Red Lobster locations in
the United States and Florida.
An assortment of tables
and booth are available for
seating in the Johnson City
restaurant’s casual dining
area. Typical nautical decorations, including mounted
fish, adorn the walls and
provide a maritime theme.
For beginning a meal,
Red Lobster’s menu offers
a nice variety of soups, salads and appetizers. Some of
the meal-starter options include Bayou Seafood Gumbo, Chilled Jumbo Shrimp
Cocktail, Pan-seared Crab
Cakes and Lobster Pizza.
My friend and I decided to
try the pizza, which featured
a crispy thin crust topped
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Of course, our server also
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of Red Lobster. I’ve always
loved these toasty, cheeseinfused biscuits and invariably request that the server
replenish the basket at some
point during the meal.
During our visit our server was engaging, helpful
and enthusiastic about her
job and provided top-notch
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to accompany our entrees.
Most meals come with a
choice of Garden Salad or
Caesar Salad as well as a
choice of Fresh Broccoli,
Home-style Mashed Potatoes, Wild Rice Pilaf, Baked
Potato or French Fries. I
chose the fries and a Caesar Salad, deciding to treat
myself to the addition of
petite shrimp to the salad
for a modest extra cost. My
dining companion selected
a Baked Potato and a Garden Salad to accompany the
“endless” supply of shrimp.
Although this promotion
has now ended, the menu
does offer some other alternatives for those who simply
cannot get enough shrimp.
For instance, every Tuesday
is “Shrimp Lover’s Day,”
and diners can choose from
any three or four of their
favorites, including Fried
Shrimp, Shrimp Scampi,
Coconut Shrimp Bites and
Popcorn Shrimp.
Our orders arrived fairly
quickly, but I was slightly
disappointed in the main
focus of my platter — the
lobster. While the Shrimp
Scampi and Grilled Jumbo
Shrimp both tasted good,
the lobster tail had definitely been overcooked. It’s easy
to overcook such delicate
food items, and I am afraid
that the kitchen had done so
with the lobster. Although it
still tasted mild and sweet,
especially when dipped in
the accompanying butter,
the meat was also too tough
and elastic to be thoroughly
enjoyable.
My dining companion
reported better success with
the “endless shrimp” meal,
later also adding some Garlic Shrimp Scampi, Coco-
nut Shrimp Bites and Fried
Shrimp to the mix. The big
hit was the Coconut Shrimp,
which was served with a
sweet and tasty Pina Colada
dipping sauce. The salads
and side dishes tasted good
as well.
My only major sticking
point was the lobster. It’s
just not a good idea to serve
a signature dish in anything
less than perfect condition,
especially considering the
price of lobster.
We did manage to save
some room to end our visit
to Red Lobster on a sweet
note. Dessert offerings featured on the menu include a
New York Cheesecake with
Strawberries, Warm Apple
Crumble a la Mode, Key
Lime Pie, Chocolate Wave
and Warm Chocolate Chip
Lava Cookie. We decided to
share an order of the Warm
Chocolate Chip Lava Cookie,
requesting two spoons. This
treat features a warm chocolate chip cookie with a molten chocolate center, topped
with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled
with more chocolate sauce.
While it may have been too
much to tackle alone, splitting this treat with my fellow
diner provided a sensational
conclusion to the meal.
•••••
AT A GLANCE: Red
Lobster, 1909 North Roan
St., Johnson City. 282-4099.
Carryout available. SundayThursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.;
Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.11 p.m. Entrees range from
$9.99 to $29.25. Credit cards
accepted. Carryout available. Full service bar available.
Dear Abby
Co-workers try to burst bubble
of woman’s happy marriage
DEAR ABBY: I have been
married for 15 years to the
sweetest man in the world.
We love each other, we like
each other, and I feel truly
fortunate.
I was recently involved
in a conversation with some
co-workers who were discussing marriage, and they
asked me what I would do if
my husband
left me. I told
them I trust
my husband
completely,
and I know he
would never
leave me.
I was then
informed that
I am living in a
fairy tale! The
rest of the conversation was
spent trying to convince me
that my husband will eventually leave me, even though
none of these people has
ever met him. He has never
cheated on me. I tried to explain that there are still some
decent men in the world, but
they refused to accept it.
Abby, I prefer not to live
my life looking for negative
things because I believe it
taints relationships. I believe that if I continue to
view my marriage as blessed
and wonderful, it will be.
Why can’t people allow
others to be happy? What
prevents these people from
seeing good instead of bad
and, more important, why
can’t they see that there are
couples in good marriages
who are committed to making them work? — HAPPILY MARRIED IN CORPUS
CHRISTI
DEAR HAPPILY MARRIED: Have you never
heard the expression “misery loves company”? Some
people are so dysfunctional
that the only way they can
make themselves feel better
is to make others feel worse.
When they see a happily
married couple, it reminds
them that in some way they
failed or chose someone who
failed them.
You have a healthy, optimistic attitude and a successful marriage. Please do
not allow your co-workers to
continue to spread their negativity, or sooner or later it
may affect you. Avoid them,
live your life, continue to appreciate what you have, and
let them wallow in their suspicion and discontent.
—————
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I host Christmas at
our home. We have always
served the meals buffetstyle. Please tell me how to
address the problem of relatives who move down the
serving line constantly licking their fingers and then
touching the utensils of all
the other dishes. This may
not be a concern to everyone,
but to us it is unsanitary and
unappetizing.
While we’re on the subject, whatever happened to
people washing their hands
before they eat? Please hurry
with your answer. The holidays are almost here, and I
need a solution.—- PICKY
IN WASHINGTON
DEAR PICKY: While it’s
advisable for people to wash
their hands before eating, not
everyone does — and unless
you want to assume the role
of “Mommy” and pass out
anti-bacterial hand wipes as
people get in line, you may
have to accept that some of
your guests won’t do it.
ELIZABETHTON • 115 S. SYCAMORE ST.
As to how to handle the
543-1933
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“contaminated”
utensils,
Four Christmases (PG-13) consider serving the food
Fri & Sat: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 • Sun: 1:00,
cafeteria-style, with you and
3:00, 7:00, 9:00 • Tues & Thurs: 5:00, 7:00, 9:00
your spouse doling it out
Twilight (PG-13)
to each of your guests. This
Friday - Sunday: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
Tuesday and Thursday 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
should eliminate the “ick”
Adults $6 • Children 11 & Younger, Senior Citizens,
factor.
College Students, Matinees Before 6:00 - $4
Bonnie Kate Theatre
Annie
Sally Forth
Dick Tracey
Dilbert
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Garfield
Hi and Lois
Blondie
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Crossword Fun
By: Eugene Sheffer
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov.
23-Dec. 21) A situation may
develop where you'll end up
holding all the trump cards,
but you won't use your power
unjustly or to knock someone
else out of the race. Others will
appreciate your restraint.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) When you see others
are in need of assistance, you
won't stop to decide whether
they deserve it or not. Your
compassion will simply
respond to their needs. Good
for you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) Issues of interest to you
might also appeal to some of
your friends, so state your case
and see whether anyone else is
interested in working off the
same song sheet as you.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) When in conversations
with friends, focus on their virtues, because not only will it
boost their egos but you'll also
look terrific in their eyes.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) When things aren't going
well, use your imagination to
find new avenues of expression. This quality is magnified
inside you, and you should be
able to put your ideas to good
uses.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) If you feel as if you're
being treated unfairly in your
commercial involvements,
striving to be fair — regardless of what others do — will
get them to come around and
respond in kind.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) Your intellectual creativity and enterprising spirit will
enable you to get far more out
of something that is coming up
short for others. You won't be
discouraged by their lack of
ingenuity.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) When all is failing, you'll
get going and find a way to
derive an unlikely bonus from
a situation that is giving others
fits. You'll see the problem as
someone else's and not yours.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Even though your needs will
be important to you, they won't
exceed the needs of persons
you love. You'll figure out how
to help them and end up helping yourself in the process.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22) Outward appearances may
affect the way others negatively
view issues, but not you. You'll
know how to look beyond the
obvious and figure out ways to
make good things happen.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Your greatest asset is to make
quick adjustments to failing
circumstances and turn them
to your advantage. You might
have to apply your talents to
more than one matter.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) Material motivation might
be quite strong at this time,
but not for self-serving reasons. You're likely to be more
interested in finding a means
to help another who is in financial need.
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For Monday
Nov. 28, 2008
Mickey Mouse
A Look at the Stars
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Business
Community Calendar
FRIDAY, NOV. 28
• The Elizabethton Senior Dance Club will hold a Thanksgiving dance at the Elizabethton Elks Lodge, No. 1847, 1000 N.
Sycamore St., from 7-10 p.m. Music will be provided by Rambling Rose Band. Those attending are also asked to bring finger
foods to share. All senior citizens are invited to attend. There is
a $6 door charge.
• David O’Roark and the Southern Countrymen Band will
perform at the Outdoorsman’s Building, 4535 Highway 11W,
Kingsport, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $1
for children. For more information, call 913-3205.
• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will
meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 East
Elk Ave., Elizabethton.
SATURDAY, NOV. 29
• A country breakfast will be served at Dashiell Lodge from
7-10 a.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.
Tickets may be purchased at the door. The public is invited.
• Beck Mountain Corn Maze and Entertainment Barn, located between Valley Forge and Siam, will host a barn dance featuring live music provided by Old Dogs-New Tricks performing
Classic and Original Country music from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission
to the family-oriented event is $6. No alcohol, drugs or smoking
are permitted on the property. Children must be accompanied
and supervised by an adult at all times. For more information,
call 543-CORN.
• John Pafford will perform live at River’s Edge Restaurant,
2004 Jonesborough Road, Erwin, beginning at 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOV. 30
MONDAY, DEC. 1
• The Elizabethton High School Class of 1959 will have the
December meeting at Lone Star in Elizabethton at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to come for a Christmas dinner together and
a brief business meeting regarding the class reunion.
• “Simply Watches and Accessories Holiday Sale” will be
held at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in the classrooms from 7
a.m. to 4 p.m. Most items are under $20. Proceeds from this sale
benefit the Sycamore Shoals Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS, will meet at First
Baptist Church, 212 East F St., Elizabethton, on Mondays with
weighing in from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call 542-6540 or 542-4476.
• The GFWC of Tennessee Elizabethton Woman’s Club will
hold a covered dish luncheon at noon at First United Methodist
Church. The luncheon will be followed by a “Yankee Swap.”
To participate in the game just bring a gift valued at $10.
TUESDAY, DEC. 2
• The Carter County Library Board will meet at 10:30 a.m. at
the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library.
• The Elizabethton Area Chapter No. 1434 AARP will have
its annual covered dish Christmas luncheon at 12:30 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on E Street.
Officers for 2009 will be installed. All members are urged to
attend.
• Al-Anon “Free to Be Me” meeting will be held at the Watauga Association of Baptists office, across from Elizabethton
Lumber, from 6 to 7 p.m.
• The Carter County Democratic Women will host their annual Christmas Party at 6 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Those attending are requested to bring a covered dish. A silent
auction will be held. Carter County Democrats are invited.
• Watauga Post No. 49 American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary will have their regular monthly meetings at the Post Home
on Watauga Avenue. Dinner will be at 6 p.m., with the business
meetings to follow. All Legionnaires and Auxiliary members are
urged to attend.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3
• The Carter County Republican Women will meet at noon
in the Winford Floyd Center of First Freewill Baptist Church,
Second Street, Elizabethton. All members and any woman interested in joining are encouraged to attend.
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HONEA PATH, S.C. —
Standing in an open-sided
shed, 71-year-old Earl Meyers
watched intently as gallons of
used cooking oil flowed into a
vat to be filtered and blended
into a homemade fuel.
A self-described tinkerer
and mayor of this rural town
of 3,800 people, Meyers had
waited months for this moment: the inaugural batch
of fuel marked a critical step
in his money-saving plan to
run his municipal trucks on
used grease from restaurants,
school cafeterias and homes.
He’d even spent six months
driving his own pickup truck
on the concoction — mixing
it himself after filtering bits
of food from the frying oil
through a pant leg torn from a
pair of blue jeans. The cost: 50
cents per gallon.
“The only problem I’ve
got is, when you go down the
road, you either smell like
French fries or fish,” Meyers
said.
As the town’s public works
employees learned to operate
their new 3-by-8-foot oil processor — fiddling with valves
and polyethylene tubing —
Meyers jotted notes while
about 40 gallons of the filtered
blend poured into a truck
partly filled with diesel fuel.
“It’s going to save us a lot
of money,” said public works
director Thomas Brock, a 35year employee of Honea Path,
whose town has gone overbudget by tens of thousands
of dollars on fuel in recent
years. “I just hope it works.
I’m pretty sure it will.”
Powering city fleets with
fuel mixed in part from cooking oil is an idea that has
spread — notably, in San
Francisco, where officials
sought to save sewer systems
from restaurants’ clogging
grease. But that typically involves collecting it, giving the
oil to a producer who turns it
into biodiesel, and then buying it back.
At the University of Colorado at Boulder, a student
group collects waste oil from
dining halls to help fuel campus buses.
Honea Path is a rarity because the town’s doing it all
on its own, according to several experts, who caution that
a successful fuel may not be
assured nor even legal.
But what would regulators
say?
Running a vehicle on an
unregistered fuel violates the
federal Clean Air Act, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which OKs a
fuel only after it passes several
tests.
The agency hasn’t registered cooking oil fuel blends.
But it’s taken no enforcement
actions so far against anyone
using vegetable oil as a fuel, a
spokesman said last week.
Experimenting is nothing
new to Meyers.
Ten years ago, he engineered his home-heating
system to run on hot water.
Earlier this year, he installed a
homemade hydrogen generator in a police vehicle that he
says improves gas mileage by
50 percent.
“People have got to start
thinking this way,” Meyers
said. “I came along after the
Depression. We had to learn
to live on what we had.”
He’s counting on the community to increase his grease
supply.
The local school district
will let him collect oil from
its cafeterias, but health requirements mean they don’t
fry much anymore. He sent a
letter to restaurants. And residents are bringing him used
cooking oil in containers as
small as a quart. He’s hoping
they’ll bring lots more “after
all these turkeys are fried” for
Thanksgiving.
Blending cooking oil into a
homemade brew, rather than
converting it chemically into
biodiesel, is usually reserved
for backyard operations and
inexpensive vehicles, said Dan
Goodman, founder of Biodiesel University, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the
University of Maryland.
“It can be risky for the
health of the engine,” Goodman said. “Typically, cost is
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what drives people to try these
things. My hope is that they
don’t experience a false economy of a cheaper fuel source
in exchange for mechanical
problems down the road.”
Biodiesel is made with
an alcohol and some catalyst, akin to a drain cleaner,
that are mixed with heated
oil, breaking down the oil’s
fat molecules into biodiesel
and glycerin. Washed of impurities and filtered, the end
product is chemically homogenous.
In Honea Path, they’re simply blending different greases
with other fuels — kerosene
and a bit of gasoline, along
with a stabilizer that helps
keep it mixed together. But
the different amounts of peanut, soybean and canola oils
can result in infinite compositions of fuel.
The contraption mixing the
fuel in Honea Path can both
blend fuel using two polyethylene tanks — the largest
holding 150 gallons — and also
chemically convert cooking oil
into biodiesel in a 55-gallon
stainless steel drum. For now,
they’re only blending.
Since the cold presents
gelling problems for cooking
oil-as-fuel, the mayor plans
to start with a few trucks and,
if all goes well, start fueling
another two dozen dieselrun vehicles in the fleet next
spring.
Oil falls below $54 ahead of OPEC meeting
By PABLO GORONDI
Associated Press Writer
Oil prices fell below $54 a barrel today
as a gloomy outlook for global crude demand overshadowed expectations that
OPEC might announce a production cut
this weekend.
By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude
for January delivery was down 88 cents to
$53.56 a barrel in electronic trading on the
New York Mercantile Exchange. Trading
was closed Thursday in the U.S. for the
Thanksgiving holiday.
In London, January Brent crude fell
28 cents to $52.85 on the ICE Futures exchange.
Oil prices have fluctuated between $50
and $55 this week, pausing after a fall of
over 60 percent since reaching a record
$147.27 in mid-July.
Grim economic data this week pointing to a severe recession in the U.S. in the
fourth quarter and signs of growth slowing around the world have kept prices
from rebounding further.
“The drop-off in demand is going to
continue,” said Jonathan Kornafel, Asia
director at market maker Hudson Capital
Energy in Singapore. “There’s no reason
for the market to rally.”
Oil will likely trade below $50 a barrel
and could test the $40 level by the end of
the year, Kornafel said.
Investors will be watching whether
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries reduces output quotas at an
informal meeting Saturday in Cairo. Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez on
Wednesday called on OPEC to cut production by 1 million barrels a day.
OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-
THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
AMEX
Beat the pump: SC mayor
turns cooking oil to fuel
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Name
AT&T Inc
AMD
Altria s
AmIntlGp
Amgen
Apple Inc
ApldMatl
ATMOS
BP PLC
BkofAm
Boeing
CSX
Chevron
Cisco
Citigrp
CocaCl
Comc spcl
CVRD
DJIA Diam
Daimler
Dell Inc
Disney
DowChm
EMC Cp
EastChm
EKodak
EmersonEl
ExxonMbl
FannieMae
FstHorizon
FleetEnt h
FordM
FredMac
GenElec
GnMotr
GlaxoSKln
GoldmanS
Heinz
HewlettP
HomeDp
HonwllIntl
iShJapn
iShCh25 s
iShEMkt s
iS Eafe
iShR2K
iShREst
Intel
IBM
Ex
YTD
Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg
NY 1.60
NY ...
NY 1.28
NY ...
Nasd ...
Nasd ...
Nasd.24
NY 1.32
NY 3.30
NY 1.28
NY 1.60
NY .88
NY 2.60
Nasd ...
NY .04
NY 1.52
Nasd.25
NY .56
NY 3.06
NY 3.18
Nasd ...
NY .35
NY 1.68
NY ...
NY 1.76
NY .50
NY 1.32
NY 1.60
NY ...
NY .80
NY ...
NY ...
NY ...
NY 1.24
NY ...
NY 2.19
NY 1.40
NY 1.66
NY .32
NY .90
NY 1.10
NY .20
NY 1.26
NY 1.17
NY 3.31
NY .79
NY 2.95
Nasd.56
NY 2.00
5.6
...
8.1
...
...
...
2.5
5.4
6.8
8.3
3.9
2.3
3.3
...
.6
3.3
1.6
4.5
3.5
9.7
...
1.6
8.9
...
5.3
6.5
3.8
2.0
...
...
...
...
...
7.7
...
6.5
1.8
4.3
.9
3.8
4.1
2.3
4.6
5.0
7.9
1.7
8.8
4.0
2.4
13
...
3
...
15
18
14
13
5
13
8
10
7
12
...
18
20
...
...
...
8
10
7
14
6
3
11
9
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
5
13
11
13
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
10
28.39
2.13
15.87
1.95
55.90
95.00
9.73
24.49
48.37
15.43
41.28
37.49
79.93
16.39
7.05
45.38
16.10
12.55
87.18
32.66
11.05
22.50
18.92
10.50
33.03
7.71
34.75
80.89
.71
10.19
.17
2.15
.79
16.19
4.81
33.51
76.50
38.20
35.21
23.55
27.07
8.79
27.23
23.40
41.75
46.87
33.67
13.97
81.67
+1.10
+.33
+.07
+.18
+.97
+4.20
+1.02
+.48
+.97
+.63
+1.10
+1.11
+3.40
+.97
+.97
+.69
+.94
+1.11
+2.37
+1.14
+.63
+.47
+.69
+.71
+1.38
+.22
+.24
+2.78
+.24
+.19
...
+.49
+.26
+.42
+1.25
-.88
+4.72
-.05
+1.61
+1.30
+1.19
+.16
+2.82
+1.66
+.45
+2.65
+1.47
+.84
+1.02
-31.7
-71.6
-31.9
-96.7
+20.4
-52.0
-45.2
-12.7
-33.9
-62.6
-52.8
-14.8
-14.4
-39.5
-76.1
-26.1
-11.1
-61.6
-34.2
-65.8
-54.9
-30.3
-52.0
-43.3
-45.9
-64.7
-38.7
-13.7
-98.2
-42.1
-97.2
-68.1
-97.7
-56.3
-80.7
-33.5
-64.4
-18.2
-30.2
-12.6
-56.0
-33.9
-52.1
-53.3
-46.8
-38.3
-48.8
-47.6
-24.4
Name
Ex
YTD
Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg
JPMorgCh NY 1.52 5.0
JohnJn
NY 1.84 3.2
Kellogg
NY 1.36 3.1
Kennemtl s NY .48 2.7
LSI Inds
Nasd.20 3.0
Libbey
NY .10 6.3
Lowes
NY .34 1.6
McDnlds
NY 2.00 3.5
MeadWvco NY .92 7.9
Merck
NY 1.52 5.8
MerrillLyn NY 1.40 11.5
Microsoft Nasd.52 2.5
MorgStan NY 1.08 7.4
Motorola
NY .20 4.8
NatlCity
NY .04 2.0
OCharleys Nasd ... ...
Oracle
Nasd ... ...
PepsiCo
NY 1.70 3.1
Petrobrs s NY 1.16 5.2
Pfizer
NY 1.28 8.0
PhilMor n NY 2.16 5.1
PwShs QQQ Nasd.15 .5
PrUShS&P NY 6.04 1.3
ProUltDow NY 4.78 3.8
ProUltQQQ NY 5.12 .4
PrUShQQQ NY .88 1.2
ProUltSP NY 4.15 2.9
ProUltO&G NY12.47 ...
ProUltFin NY .48 8.0
ProctGam NY 1.60 2.5
RschMotn Nasd ... ...
SaraLee
NY .44 4.8
SiriusXM Nasd ... ...
SnapOn
NY 1.20 3.6
SwstAirl
NY .02 .2
SprintNex NY ... ...
SPDR
Amex2.78 3.1
SP Engy
NY .85 1.7
SPDR Fncl NY .84 6.8
TempleIn s NY .40 13.0
Thornbg rs NY ... ...
TimeWarn NY .25 2.9
VangTSM s NY 1.32 3.0
VerizonCm NY 1.84 5.7
Wachovia NY .20 3.5
WalMart
NY .95 1.7
WellsFargo NY 1.36 4.7
WendyArby NY .06 1.5
Wyeth
NY 1.20 3.4
14
13
15
8
...
...
13
15
8
13
...
11
...
...
...
...
15
16
5
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
17
15
...
...
8
18
...
...
...
...
1
...
9
...
15
...
16
14
...
11
30.62
58.27
43.22
18.03
6.68
1.60
21.26
57.90
11.61
26.31
12.21
20.49
14.50
4.15
2.01
2.06
16.14
54.93
22.12
16.07
42.50
29.35
90.07
32.16
26.77
73.19
26.01
33.80
6.03
63.16
44.70
9.18
.18
33.63
8.43
2.50
88.97
51.10
12.35
3.07
.47
8.65
43.77
32.54
5.65
56.69
28.65
4.04
34.93
+.85
-.43
+.79
+1.60
+.49
+.04
+.75
+1.59
+.49
+.50
+.85
+.50
+.23
+.16
+.02
+.19
+.16
+.93
+2.62
+.13
+1.30
+1.18
-6.70
+1.56
+2.04
-6.61
+1.64
+3.30
+.48
-.02
+3.20
+.54
+.03
+1.44
-.07
+.17
+3.31
+2.71
+.55
+.17
+.17
+.30
+1.56
+1.96
+.42
+2.01
+1.70
+.24
+.93
-29.2
-12.6
-17.6
-52.4
-63.3
-89.9
-6.0
-1.7
-62.9
-54.7
-77.3
-42.4
-72.7
-74.1
-87.8
-86.2
-28.5
-27.6
-61.6
-29.3
-14.0
-42.7
+66.2
-62.2
-73.0
+92.7
-68.6
-69.2
-85.5
-14.0
-60.6
-42.8
-94.2
-30.3
-30.9
-81.0
-39.1
-35.6
-57.3
-85.3
-99.5
-47.6
-39.7
-25.5
-85.1
+19.3
-5.1
-53.7
-21.0
Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC.
n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt =
Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or
receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables
at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
Badri on Thursday said the group should
not panic in the face of falling oil prices.
Russia also indicated this week it may join
OPEC in lowering output.
“I don’t expect a cut out of the Cairo
meeting, but I do expect a 1.5 million barrel cut at their December meeting,” Kornafel said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see
Russia get in with OPEC either.”
Analyst Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix in
Switzerland said he was “neutral” about
the possibility of a decision in Cairo to cut
output.
“OPEC has this time around done an
excellent job of not letting the market price
a meeting before its start,” Jakob said in a
research note. “They have downplayed
the outcome of the meeting and pushed
the cut expectations to December but the
size of the latest U.S. stockbuild now provides the potential for a surprise.”
DAILY DOW JONES
18,000
15,000
8,960
10 DAYS
8,200
7,440
12,000
9,000
6,000
Dow Jones industrials
J
52-Week
High
Low
13,780.11
5,536.57
555.71
10,140.47
2,450.62
2,734.82
1,523.57
897.37
799.57
15,389.13
7,449.38
2,909.29
294.30
4,607.47
719.47
1,295.48
741.02
406.45
371.30
7,340.74
J
Close: 8,726.61
Change: 247.14 (2.9%)
A
S
O
STOCK MARKET INDEXES
Name
Dow Industrials
Dow Transportation
Dow Utilities
NYSE Composite
Amex Market Value
Nasdaq Composite
S&P 500
S&P MidCap
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Last
Net
Chg
%Chg
YTD
%Chg
12-mo
%Chg
8,726.61
3,500.60
376.72
5,547.38
1,371.44
1,532.10
887.68
509.48
468.86
8,853.89
+247.14
+107.16
+3.65
+172.02
+27.20
+67.37
+30.29
+25.84
+25.68
+335.86
+2.91
+3.16
+.98
+3.20
+2.02
+4.60
+3.53
+5.34
+5.79
+3.94
-34.21
-23.41
-29.26
-43.05
-43.08
-42.23
-39.55
-40.63
-38.79
-40.26
-34.33
-24.32
-28.88
-43.34
-41.74
-42.47
-39.57
-40.41
-39.11
-40.24
MUTUAL FUNDS
Total Assets
Name
Obj ($Mlns)
American Funds IncAmerA m MA 44,880
American Funds InvCoAmA m LV 46,396
American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 41,894
Fidelity Contra
LG 49,366
Fidelity Magellan
LG 21,563
Oppenheimer DiscoverA m
SG
326
PIMCO TotRetIs
CI
76,957
Putnam GrowIncA m
LV
4,757
Putnam VoyagerA m
LG
2,238
Vanguard Wndsr
LV
7,041
N
NAV
12.70
20.56
21.61
44.35
43.71
33.91
10.31
9.24
11.50
8.71
Total Return/Rank
4-wk 12-mo
5-year
+0.4 -30.4/D
+1.0/A
+1.5 -34.2/B
-0.7/B
+3.0 -31.8/A
-0.6/B
+1.0 -35.9/A
+2.5/A
+0.5 -49.2/E
-5.9/E
-1.0 -37.2/A
-4.3/C
+1.7 +1.6/A
+4.6/A
+0.8 -38.1/D
-4.3/E
+1.5 -37.2/B
-5.7/E
+2.4 -42.6/E
-4.2/E
Pct Min Init
Load
Invt
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
NL
2,500
NL
2,500
5.75
1,000
NL 5,000,000
5.75
500
5.75
500
NL
3,000
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign
Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs.
others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
STAR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 28, 2008 - Page 15
10 years after settlement, tobacco rebounds in U.S.
AP Graphic TOBACCO small-time grower — ConINDUSTRY
gress cut off the quota system
MOUNT
Ky. four
years
ago.41 percent in
Although
totalSTERLING,
U.S. tobacco production
has
declined
Although total U.S. tobacco production has declined 41 percent in
(AP)
—
Lindsay
Pasley
is
an
As
a
rebound
the last 20 years, since 2005, it has increased 25 percent.in producthe last 20 years, since 2005, it has increased 25 percent.
eager
man
in what in
used
tion this year shows, however,
U.S. young
tobacco
production
pounds
U.S. tobacco production in pounds
to be an older man’s game — Big Tobacco and individual
2 billion
2 billion
tobacco farming.
growers alike have proven as
He recently took 20 tons resilient as their leaf, aided by
1.5
of1.5
his early prepared leaf to a boost in exports primarily
Clay’s Tobacco Warehouse to Germany 805
andmillion
Switzerland
805 million
in Mount
Sterling, due east and by new marketing tactics
1
1
of Lexington in the Appala- emphasizing smokeless opchian
.5 foothills, where he said tions.
.5
he earned enough to “have a
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without
the
price
support
proits growers
since
the buyout,
The top two U.S. cigarette
TOBACCO INDUSTRY 112508: Graphic
shows U.S.
tobacco
ing sites stubbornly hangingproduction
gram, over
which
licenseSnell
said.
opera- makers — Philip Morris USA
the entitled
last 20 years;
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Clay’s is the last tobacco USDA each year. The ven- much of the work is still done ing for a smokeless product
warehouse still conducting erable program was reeling by hand.
that consumers will like. They
auctions in Mount Sterling, from steep declines in tobacco
In 2004, the last year of the are focusing on cigars, moist
once home to four auction demand due to anti-smoking federal price-support pro- snuff, chewing tobacco and
warehouses. Owner Roger efforts.
gram, there were nearly 26,000 snus, which comes in tea bagWilson, who has watched
This year, production farms with quota licenses like pouches that users stick
as longtime growers have climbed to 805 million pounds to grow the more common between the cheek and gum.
switched crops or quit farm- — within 10 percent of the 2004 flue-cured tobacco in North
To move beyond cigarettes,
ing altogether over the years, level of 882 million pounds. Carolina, still the nation’s top Altria Group Inc. bought John
hopes to sell more than 2 mil- That 2004 output was half the tobacco-growing state. By this Middleton Inc., the maker
lion pounds this season, com- production in 1997 and a third year, that was down to 2,500 to of convenience-store staple
parable to last year but down of 30 years earlier. The bottom 3,000 farms, said Scott Bissette Black & Mild cigars, last year.
about half from the days became in 2005, when growers of the state agriculture depart- Its pending acquisition of UST
fore Congress pulled the plug produced 645 million pounds. ment’s tobacco marketing di- Inc., whose Skoal and Copenon a Depression-era buyout
The uptick has coincided vision.
hagen brands make it the U.S.
program.
with the increasing consoliU.S. tobacco production market leader in smokeless
Yet Pasley, 28, wants to dation of growing onto fewer was valued at $1.3 billion in tobacco, is expected to close
quadruple his acreage. He farms.
2007, off from $1.75 billion in during the first week in Januhas a contract to sell 10 times
“We’ve had so many to 2004, according to the USDA. ary.
as much to R.J. Reynolds To- drop out, that for the ones Domestic cigarette sales are
Winston-Salem,
N.C.bacco Co. as he did at the auc- who stay in there are oppor- falling by 3 percent to 4 per- based Reynolds bought the
tion.
tunities,” said Will Snell, a cent a year, a decline that has Conwood smokeless tobacco
A decade ago, tobacco University of Kentucky agri- worsened since the quota sys- business in 2006 and sells
seemed destined to wither as cultural economist.
tem ended. Smokers have felt moist snuff under the Grizzly
cigarette companies shelled
Production of burley leaf, increased pressure to quit due brand.
out tens of billions to settle which accounts for about a to smoking bans and higher
Richmond, Va.-based Allawsuits with states. Smoking quarter of all tobacco produc- prices, on top of the long- tria, which also owned Marbans then swept the coun- tion in the United States, has standing health concerns and lboro-maker Philip Morris
try and — worst of all for the lost about three-fourths of the social stigma.
International, spun it off as
Tobacco industry starts rebound
Star
word rates:
15 WORDS OR LESS
1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
PUBLIC NOTICES
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S
SALE
Sale at public auction
will be on December
11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time,
at the front door on
Main Street door, Carter County Courthouse Elizabethton,
Tennessee pursuant to
Deed of Trust executed by James Wandell & Angela F. Wandell, husband & wife
to Tri-City Title Company, Inc., Trustee, on
August 25, 2006 at
Book T781, Page 178
and conducted by
Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP
Substitute Trustee, all
of record in the Carter
County Register's Office.
Owner of Debt: First
Horizon Home Loans,
a Division of First Tennessee Bank, National
Association
The following real estate located in Carter
County, Tennessee,
will be sold to the
highest call bidder
subject to all unpaid
taxes, prior liens and
encumbrances of record:
Described property located in the 6th Civil
District
of
Cater
County, Tennessee, to
wit:
Lots Numbers 40, 41,
42 and 43 in Block
Number 6 of the Replat of Block Numbers
5 and 6 of Sycamore
Gardens Addition of
the Watauga Development Corporation
to the Town of Elizabethton, Tennessee as
shown by said plat of
the J. C. Crumley
property in Plat Book
2, page 97, in the Register's Office for Carter
County, Tennessee to
which reference is
here
made.
The
above Lots front 50
feet each on Crumley
Street and extend
back a distance of
110 feet each between parallel lines.
Street Address: 503
Crumley Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Current Owner(s) of
Property: James Wandell, and wife Angela
F. Wandell
The street address of
the above described
property is believed to
be 503 Crumley Street,
Elizabethton, TN 37643,
but such address is not
part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in
the event of any discrepancy, the legal
description
herein
shall control.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory
and otherwise, and
homestead are ex-
542-1530
Tobacco industry starts rebound
Classifieds
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
pressly waived in said
Deed of Trust, and the
title is believed to be
good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee.
The right is reserved to
adjourn the day of the
sale to another day,
time, and place certain without further
publication, upon announcement at the
time and place for the
sale set forth above.
If the highest bidder
cannot pay the bid
within twenty-four (24)
hours of the sale, the
next highest bidder, at
their highest bid, will
be deemed the successful bidder.
This property is being
sold with the express
reservation that the
sale is subject to confirmation by the lender
or trustee. This sale
may be rescinded at
any time.
This office is a debt
collector. This is an attempt to collect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
Marvin Johnson, Sr., &
Sue Rash
Co-Executors
Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP
Substitute Trustee
www.kirschattorneys.c
om
Law Office of Shapiro
& Kirsch, LLP
6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410
Memphis, TN 38119
Phone 901-767-5566
Fax 901-767-8890
File No. 08-009910
11/14, 11/21, 11/28
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P080128
ESTATE OF
LILLIE C. JOHNSON
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that on the 25th day
of November, 2008,
Letters of TESTAMENTARY, in respect to
the Estate of LILLIE C.
JOHNSON, who died
OCTOBER 25,
2008
were issued to the undersigned by the
Chancery Court Clerk
and Master, Probate
Division, of Carter
County, Tennessee.
All persons, resident
and
non-resident,
having claims, matured or unmatured,
against the estate are
required to file the
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
the earlier of four (4)
months from the date
of the first publication
of this notice or twelve
(12) months from the
decedent’s date of
death, otherwise, their
claims will be forever
barred.
This the 25th day of
November, 2008.
an independent company in
March. It has since shifted the
production of 57 billion cigarettes to overseas factories,
but it still buys tobacco grown
in the U.S., spokesman Greg
Prager said.
Prager said Philip Morris International, the world’s
biggest
nongovernmental
tobacco company, also buys
tobacco from Brazil, Malawi,
Italy, Greece, Turkey and
other countries. He said U.S.
tobacco remained a key component of the company’s international blends, though he
declined to specify how much
is bought from U.S. sources,
citing competitive reasons.
Exports of U.S. tobacco
have played a big role in the
crop’s rebound. Foreign sales
peaked in 1978 at 700 million
pounds, but the price supports
meant American farmers
were undercut by developing
countries such as Zimbabwe
and Malawi selling tobacco
for as little as a third of the
U.S. cost. U.S. exports slid to
about 339 million pounds in
2005 before rising again to 398
million pounds in 2006, the
USDA said.
The rebound was due to
a weak dollar and rising currencies overseas, said Blake
Brown, a North Carolina State
University agricultural economist.
In recent months, a
strengthening dollar along
with a rebound in tobacco
production in South America and Africa are causes for
concern for export prospects,
Snell said. And profit margins remain tight for farmers
because of rising costs, Snell
said. Whether tobacco com-
Deceased:
Lillie C. Johnson
John K. Banks
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
11/28, 12/5
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IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P080113
ESTATE OF
ARLIE LEE DIAL
DECEASED
of November, 2008,
Letters of TESTAMENTARY, in respect to the
Estate of ARLIE LEE
DIAL, who died JUNE
25, 2008 were issued
to the undersigned by
the Chancery Court
Clerk and Master, Probate Division, of Carter County, Tennessee.
and
non-resident,
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
barred.
November, 2008.
Linda Dial and
Julie Dial
Co-Executrices
Deceased:
ARLIE LEE DIAL
Jerome Cochran
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
11/21, 11/28
PUBLIC NOTICES
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P080125
ESTATE OF
JUNE G. ALLEN
DECEASED
of November, 2008,
Letters of TESTAMENTARY, in respect to the
Estate of JUNE G. ALLEN, who died NOVEMBER 4,
2008
were issued to the undersigned by the
Chancery Court Clerk
and Master, Probate
Division, of Carter
County, Tennessee.
and
non-resident,
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
barred.
November, 2008.
W. JOHN ALLEN &
C. HENRY ALLEN
CO-EXECUTORS
Deceased:
JUNE G. ALLEN
GREGORY H. BOWERS
& JOHN L. BOWERS,
JR.
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
11/21, 11/28
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE
SALE
By virtue of the authority vested in me as
Substitute Trustee in
Deed of Trust from
LENA AVERY WELLS to
David Mahaffey, Trustee, dated the 16th
day of August, 2005,
of record in Trust Book
747, Page 317, of the
Register’s Office for
Carter County, Tennessee, Substitution of
Trustee
instrument being dated
the 31st day of October, 2008, of record in
Book 9, Page 750, to
which trust deed and
substitution of trustee
reference is here
made,
notice
is
hereby given that the
property
described
below will be sold by
me at the front door,
lower level, of the Carter County Courthouse, Corner of East
Elk Avenue and North
Main Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643, at
public auction to the
last, highest and best
LINE AD DEADLINES
542-1530
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
bidder for cash, in bar
of the equity of redemption, subject to
all unpaid taxes, on
the 11th. day of December, 2008, at 10:30
a.m. to satisfy the balance due on a promissory note dated
August 16, 2005, from
Lena Avery Wells to
Carter County Bank,
said note being secured by the aforesaid deed of trust, and
also to pay all costs
necessarily incident to
this foreclosure. Said
property described as
follows:
SITUATED in the Fifteenth (15th) Civil District of Carter County,
Tennessee, and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEING Lots Nos. 64,
65, 66, and 67 in the
Fairview Terrace Addition to the Town of
Elizabethton
(Elizabethton), Tennessee
as shown by map or
plat of said Addition,
page 184, Deed Book
No. 72, in the Register’s Office in Carter
County, Tennessee.
Fronting 25 feet each
on Roan Avenue and
running back an even
width 155 feet to an
alley.
ism, theft, destruction,
etc., of the property
occurring subsequent
to the date of sale.
Dated this the 12th
day of November,
2008.
AND BEING the same
property conveyed to
Lena Avery Wells by
Warranty Deed from
James
H.
Avery,
dated the _____ day
of ______ 2005, and of
record in Deed Book
496, Page 782, Register’s Office for Carter
County Tennessee
The street address for
the above property is
639 South Roan Street,
Elizabethton, TN 37643.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH
ON DAY OF SALE. Purchaser shall pay all recording fees and examination of title, settlement fees, and all
costs of conveyance,
including preparation
of a Deed of bargain
and sale by Special
Warranty.
The sale is subject to
conditions, restrictions,
rights-of-way
easements and reservations contained in the
Deeds forming the
chain of title to this
property.
The improvements on
subject property will
be sold in “”as is’’
conditions
without
warranty of any kind.
Sale is made in bar of
all homestead, and in
bar of the right of equity of redemption
and the statutory right
of redemption, all of
which are expressly
waived in the Deed of
Trust.
It will be the responsibility of the successful
bidder to obtain possession of the property
at his expense.
The successful bidder
shall be responsible for
any damage, vandal-
This sale is further subject to valid filed or
unfiled
(if
any)
mechanic’s and materialmen’s liens. There
are no representations
made by the Trustee
as to the validity or enforceability of any
memorandum
of
mechanic’s liens or of
any suit to enforce
same.
THE TRUSTEE RESERVES
THE RIGHT: (1) To
waive the deposit requirement; (II) to extend the period of
time within which the
purchaser is to make
full settlement; (III) to
withdraw the property
from sale at any time
prior to the termination of the bidding;
(IV) to keep the bidding open for any
length of time; (V) to
reject all bids; and (VI)
to postpone or set
over the date of sale.
In the event the Trustee deems it best for
any reason at the time
of sale to postpone or
continue this sale from
time to time, such notice or postponement
or setting over will be
in a manner deemed
reasonable by the
Trustee.
Every lien or claimed
lien of the United
States with respect to
which the provisions of
26
U.S.C.
Section
7425(b) require notice
to be given to the
United States in order
for the sale of land
thus advertised not to
be subject to such lien
or claim of the United
States and every lien
or claim of the State
of Tennessee with respect to which the
provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated
Section
67-1-1433(b)(1) require
notice to be given to
the State of Tennessee
in order for the sale of
the land as advertised
not to be subject to
such lien or claim of
lien of the State of
Tennessee has been
given to the United
States or the State of
Tennessee,
respectively.
In the event there is a
lien or a claim of lien
by the United States or
the State of Tennessee, the land herein
advertised will be subject to the right of the
United States or the
State of Tennessee to
redeem the land as
provided for in 26
U.S.C. Section 7425(b)
or Tennessee Code
Annotated, Section
67-1-1433(c)(1),
respectively.
The parties interested
in this foreclosure sale
are:
ORIGINAL
NOTE
DEBTOR: Lena Avery
Wells, 639 South Roan
Street, Elizabethton, TN
37643.
panies offer price incentives
will be crucial in determining how much U.S. tobacco is
grown, he said.
“Today’s farmers are not
like yesterday’s farmers —
that since they grew tobacco
last year they’re going to
grow it next year,” Snell said.
“These farmers will look at
the market opportunities
year to year.”
Still, the U.S. is expected
to remain the world’s fourthlargest
tobacco
grower
throughout this decade, trailing China, India and Brazil,
according to the United Nations. Not only has tobacco
production expanded outside
the Southeast to places like
Pennsylvania and Missouri,
but farmers are feeling better
about their prospects.
In 2004, 69 percent of
North Carolina growers in
one survey said they saw a
future in tobacco. Two years
into the buyout experience it
was 76 percent, according to
the research conducted under National Cancer Institute
grants. About a third of farmers said in 2006 they would
advise their children to grow
tobacco, up from about onefifth in 2004.
Pasley said he expects to
produce about 500,000 pounds
of burley this year, and that
he would have produced another 150,000 pounds if he’d
gotten more rain.
“My goal is to sell 1 million
pounds before I turn 30,” he
said.
As he sees it, the best thing
tobacco has going for it is demand.
“People always chew and
smoke,” he said.
LANNY R. NORRIS
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
11/14, 11/21, 11/28
3 ARTICLES
LOST & FOUND
SIAM: Lost tricolor
beagle. “Elmer’’ is
blind. REWARD offered! (423)542-8286
5 SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
QUALITY
NEWSPRINT
COMMERCIAL
WEB PRINTING
Is available for organizations such as
churches, schools,
civic groups, companies retails businesses or other institution who need to
print newsletters or
periodicals.
Contact
Delaney Scalf
(423)542-4151
Elizabethton, TN
The Elizabethton
Star
WE buy old barns and
houses. References
available. 25 yrs. experience.
(423)
957-1066.
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
APPLES,
cabbage,
$10.00 A BUSHEL Johnson’s Small Fruits, 19E
at North Carolina- TN
Stateline,
1-828-733-4766.
PETERS Fudge is now
taking
orders
for
Christmas. We have 10
different
flavors.
423-474-3455,
213-8147.
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
AVON, need extra
cash? Be a sales rep
or helper. Only $10.
to
start.
(423)741-5461.
NOW accepting resumes for Manager
trainee
for
Elizabethton area. Please
fax
resume
to
1-888-233-3412, Attn:
Jamie Copling.
NOW HIRING: COMPANIES
DESPERATELY
NEED EMPLOYEES TO
ASSEMBLE PRODUCTS
AT HOME. NO SELLING,
ANY HOURS. $500
WEEKLY
POTENTIAL.
INFO. 1-985-646-1700
DEPT. TN-138
ATTENTION!
DRIVER
TRAINEES NEEDED! Excellent pay plus great
benefits as a first year
driver with Werner. No
experience needed!
15 day CDL training by
C.D.I., 6201 Epps Mill
Rd., Murfreesboro, TN.
Get your career in
gear! 1-888-892-7364
MONDAY------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
TUESDAY-------------MONDAY 2:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY------WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M.
FRIDAY------------THURSDAY 2:00 P.M.
SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
EARN over $200.00 per
month easily by donating Plasma. Call
Plasma
Biological
Services @ 926-3169
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
HOMES & MOBILE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Additions, sheetrock
work, textured ceilings,
wheelchair
ramps,
garages.
Guaranteed.
(423)542-9483
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
KY CONSTRUCTION All
types of excavation
and demolition. Dirt
and shale for sale.
Specializing in finish
grade work. Keith
Younce
(423)-341-7782
or
(423)543-2816.
RETIRED
Carpenter
seeks small renovation
and
home repair
projects. Reasonable,
honest, dependable.
(423)
213-7540,
(423)542-2600.
Simple Alteration formerly from US $2.50
Cleaners .Do you
need your pants,
dresses,
skirts
hemmed. Just call
Simple
Alterations
423-542-3435. or come
to 900 Parkway Blvd.,
Elizabethton, TN
WILL take care of elderly or children. Certified nurse. Day or
night.
Reasonable.
(423)542-5588.
LONG term care facility seeking a full-time
licensed
Social
Worker. Responsible
for admission, discharge and social
services and marketing. Excellent benefits.
Mail resume to Hermitage Health Center,
1633 Hillview Dr., Elizabethton, 37643 or fax
to 423-543-8533. EOE.
POST Office Now Hiring! Avg. Pay $20/hr,
$57K/yr. Includes Fed
Ben, OT. Placed by
adSource, Not affiliated with USPS who
hires. 1-866-533-3807.
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
**AMPED
ELECTRIC
state certified, new,
old
construction,
panel upgrades, repairs, troubleshooting,
reasonable
rates,
(423)768-3838,
(423)957-9220.
*Attic
Insulation
blown-in, energy savings guaranteed. All fiberglass, Free estimates, 423-389-2559,
423-542-3963
leave
message.
*Handy Andy Home
Improvements: Interior, exterior, pressure
washing,
painting,
gutter
cleaning.
(423) 543-1979, (423)
895-0071
BRIAN’S
STORAGE
BUILDINGS! For sale.
Display lot in Hunter
on Hwy. 91. Financing
available.
647-1084.
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
22yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
BRICK. stone, block,
masonry, Patios, fireplaces, retaining walls,
drawn on stone, repairs. Free estimates.
423-542-2555.
CLEANING lady, dependable, 13 yrs. experience.
Wkly.,
bi-monthly, monthly.
References, Estimates.
Brandi (423)213-3846.
DANIEL HYDER MASONRY: Brick, block,
stone, ceramic tile,
mobile home foundations, mailboxes, retaining walls and
stucco. Free estimates. 20+ years experience,
licensed
and
references.
(423)213-3856
or
(423)725-3740.
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
FALL Leaf Clean-up,
Christmas decorations
installed. Reasonable
rates. (423)341-6884.
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
(2) 240 gallon oil tanks
on legs. Best offer. Will
deliver. (423)542-5642.
30 display counters,
30’’ x7’ 3/4 birch. Underneath storage. $40.
each. (423)543-6503.
BIG bed pick-up load
of
firewood
(423)213-2595
BLUE Line Neon under
car light kit, new,
never used. $200.
(423)543-6658.
CHRISTMAS
TREES,
Choose, cut 6 and 7
ft. $20. N.C. & TN line
19E (423)772-3925
23 YARD
SALES
INSIDE GARAGE SALE,
SATURDAY 8A.M.-2PM.
159 Lincoln Subdivision, Lynn Valley, new
Christmas jewelry, new
items to make great
gifts. Garage sale
prices!
25 PETS
& SUPPLIES
FREE to good home,
seven small, medium
size puppies. Call before 10a.m.,
after
7p.m. (423)297-0118.
Jack Russell Puppies
for sale. Weaned, and
first
shots.
$150.
423-335-0116,
423-547-3440.
MINIATURE Schnauzers
16wks. $300. White
$450. 6 wks. salt, pepper $400.
Dachshund
pup
$200.
423-753-8224.
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Star
word rates:
15 WORDS OR LESS
1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
29 TOWNHOUSES
CONDOS FOR
SALE/RENT
CHARMING
Condo
on Max Jett Road,
2BR, 1 1/2 BA, no pets,
References required.
(423)342-4237.
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
**ALL Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the
Fair Housing Act which
makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial
status, or national origin, or an intention, to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. ”Familial
status includes children under the age of
18 living with parents
or legal custodians;
pregnant women and
people securing custody of children under
18. This newspaper will
not knowingly accept
any advertising for
real estate which is in
violation of the law.
Our
readers
are
hereby informed that
all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an
equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD
Toll-free
at
1-800-669-9777. The
Toll-free
telephone
number for the Hearing
Impaired
is:
1-800-927-9275
1BR apt., water furnished, W&D hookup,
AC. $350. month, plus
deposit. 423-612-1687.
1BR, oak cabinets,
washer/ dryer, refrigerator. CH&A, water,
garbage
pickup,
$315.mth, $300.dep.,
No
pets.
(423)543-3960.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
2BA, 1BA, single level
with W/D hook up and
dishwasher,
hardwood
and tile
throughout,
CH&A,
panoramic view of
mountains. No pets.
$550month, plus deposit. 423-542-3329,
423-483-4875.
2BR
Biltmore,
$325.mo, $150.dep.
appliances,
water,
garbage pick-up furnished.
423543-5638.
2BR duplex. Appliances, W/D hook-up,
private drive yard.
References. No pets,
non-smoking.
$395.mth.
(423)
543-4613.
2BR, Hyder Street, appliances,
garbage
pickup furnished. No
pets. $360. month,
$350.
deposit.
(423)543-4365.
2BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
furnished,
W/D
hook-up, no drugs,
drinkers, pets. References,
deposit.
(423)542-4276.
AIRPORT Apt. 2BR,
1BA, baseboard heat/
window air $450rent power included, $475
rent power and water
included. $300deposit.
Call N.E.T.R.P. and
Sales (423)547-2871
APPLICATIONS for persons 62+ or mobility
impaired are being
taken for Village East
Apartments.
Well
maintained building,
convenient to grocery
store and drug store.
Pick up an application
at 200 North East
Street
M-F
8:00AM-noon, For further information call
(423)542-5478. EOE.
DUPLEX 2BR, 1BA,
baseboard heat. 279
Willow Springs. $375.
rent, $300. security.
Call NETRP & Sales.
423)547-2871.
First floor 1BR apt. $350
month, $300 deposit
No pets. 423-542-2918
Nice large 2BR apt.
$425 month, $300
deposit.
No
pets
423-542-2918.
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT BRISTOL & TALLADEGA APTS. EFF’s 1
& 2 & 3 BDRMS AVAILABLE Units starting at
$300 a month $250
deposit Laundry facilities on sight, water
and garbage paid.
Call for more info
(423)956-0068
or
(423)542-8493
VARIETY of 1BR and
2BR apartments available.
Rent:
$250month & up. Call
Manager.
423-547-2871.
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
3BR,
CH&A, Beck
Mountain Community,
$600. month, $600. deposit.
No pets.
(423)543-8832.
3BR, CH&A, appliances, new carpet.
$425 month, $400 deposit. 423-542-3963.
542-1530
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
A Bank Repo 4BR, 2BA
home!
$199Month!
More 1-4BDS avail! 4%
down, 30 years at
8.5%
For listings
800-546-3120 ext. F738
ASSORTMENT of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
Classifieds
42 HOUSES
FOR SALE
A FORECLOSURE for
sale! 3BR, 1.5 BA Only
$10,000! This home
wants last. Call now.
For listings.
800-546-3120 XH652
210 BLACK BEAR
PATH
$210,000
Fully furnished cabin
offering large sitting
room, loft, wrap
around porch, and
hot tub. This home is
a private get away in
itself.
Stop Renting! A 3 bed
HUD only $20,250. Big
savings! Fire your landlord!
For listings
Call
800-546-3120 XG179
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
3BR, 2BA, Hampton.
No smokers or pets.
$450 month, $450
damage deposit. References & credit
check. Call between
7-9 p.m. 423-725-4623.
103 Wilshire Drive
312,000
Presenting another
beautiful home in
Hunter's Ridge with
3BRS, 2BAS, fireplace
in great room, brick,
stone, drivet exterior,
and many custom
touches, you would
be wise to buy this
one early to add
your own personality.
RENT or rent to own.
2004, 24x40 Giles. 3BR,
2BA, on rental lot.
Charity
Hill
area.
$1,500 down with
owner financing. Approx. $520. month.
895-0456.
RENT to own. Remodeled, 14x70, 3BR, 2BA,
on rental lot in Hampton. $1,500 down, with
owner
financing.
(423)895-0456.
1.7 ACRE LOT beautiful
ready to build site,
Gap Creek.
Water
available
REDUCED
$22,500. (423)895-1159
8.9 Acres of Prime
Real Estate On
Hwy. 91
247 feet of Highway
footage and A-1
Zoning offer many
potential uses. Seconds to downtown
Elizabethton. Minutes
to Bristol, Hampton,
Stoney Creek and
Elizabethton Airport.
Priced below appraisal at $249,900.
Call (423)297-9080.
106 ARWOOD HILL
HAMPTON
One level 3BD/2BA
w/wrap
around
deck and 2-car garage. Private setting
yet still convenient to
Elizabethton. CH&A.
$84,900
107 HARTSELL DRIVE
ELIZABETHTON
3BR/2BA remodeled
doublewide on permanent foundation
in quiet city neighborhood.
Large rooms, lots of
storage space. Must
see! Special financing available.
Listed at $79,000 MLS
#262880
MAIN STREET REALTY
448 EAST ELK
AVENUE,
SUITE 2
ELIZABETHTON, TN
37643
(423)542-4630
$210,000
C21WHITEHEAD
TERESA MUSICK
(423)543-4663
40 LOTS
FOR RENT
MAIN STREET REALTY
448 EAST ELK
AVENUE,
SUITE 2
ELIZABETHTON, TN
37643
(423)542-4630
Over 6 acres mostly
cleared land with
great views of Holston Mountain this
very well kept doublewide is 3BR 2BA
and on a permanent
foundation.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
237 Ollie Collins
$79,900
Cozy cottage home
nestled in country
setting with gorgeous
mountain
views. Completely
updated throughout
with refinished hardwood floors, vinyl
siding, & more. Must
see to appreciate.
43 HOUSES
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380 PINE HILL RD
906 Nave Street
$99,000
Large
two-story
w/2,372
SF,
4BD/3.5BA in the desirable west end.
CH&A. 2FP. Great Location. Assumable
loan. $115,000
Adorable home in
city. Home offers 3BR
2BA,
hardwood
floors, new paint,
nice deck, finished
downstairs,
and
fenced in back yard.
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
608 McClellan Circle
Elizabethton
916 S. CEDAR
AVENUE
This is not a drive-by!
Must see to appreciate! This fully remodeled 3BR/3BA home
in city looks like a
brand new home.
Several fireplaces,
huge
den/bonus
room in basement,
drive-under garage.
Over 3,700 sq ft listed
at $277,000.
Rarely does a beautiful home of this size
come onto the market at this
price.
MLS #267428.
Updated 2BR, 1BA
cottage within waling
distance
of
downtown on a nice
lot. All new appliances, CH&A. Move
in ready. $69,900.
MAIN STREET REALTY
448 EAST ELK AVENUE, SUITE 2
ELIZABETHTON, TN
37643
(423)542-4630
3BR, 1BA Ranch style
home. Built new in
2006. Special financing available. Seller
will pay 3% towards
closing cost.
610 SOUTH LYNN
Melissa Taylor
Main Street Realty
423-542-4630
284 Campbell Road
$695,000
A true log cabin on
Watauga Lake, on <
acre lot. Porches on
front & back, two
decks on lakeside,
covered
24x24
dock, & a guest
camper.
368 JENKINS
HOLLOW
Move-in condition!
3BR, 1BA ranch with
new guttering, soffits,
parquet and laminate floors, windows
and
CH&A.
Full
basement
with
drive-under garage.
Fenced
yard.
$89,900
3BR, 1.5BA raised
ranch home that
features an eat in
kitchen, a step down
den, and a master
bedroom with a half
bath. With cold
weather here enjoy
the two car drive under garage with
room to fit three cars
and also features a
workshop area.
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Have a large family?
Don’t miss out on this
4BR, 2BR home on a
corner lot. Offers
new CH&A unit, windows, paint plus
more!
Rare find! 5.49 acres
in city, West Side district. Divided or great
place for private, secluded home site.
$165,000.00
C21WHITEHEAD
TERESA MUSICK
895-0525
1999 16X80 3BR, 2BA,
financing available
Call (423)282-6859
Great 3BR 2BA in
Stoney Creek! Will Sell
for less than payoff!!!
423-323-3588
NEW 16x80 stainless
appliances
only
$485/month included
1st years lot rent
(423)282-0343
NEW DOUBLEWIDE on
1/2 acre move in now,
financing available
(423)283-0579
5 room home, on
1.40 acres with 375
ft.
on
Highway.
$69,900.00
STREET’S REALTY
(423)543-4094
END OF YEAR
CLEARANCE!
Three Homes left!
All are 3 BR, 2 BA
CLAYTON HOMES
(FOMERLY ART'S)
543-1531
IN TOWN
3BR home, vinyl siding, insulated windows, central H&A,
$91,900.
BROOME
REAL ESTATE
542-4386
BILL NAVE LOOP
Blue Springs Area
Remodeled
Split
Level, 3 Bedrooms, 1
bath, den, CHA, one
car driveunder garage, new kitchen
and bath, & new
hardwood
floors
throughout
upper
level. picturesque
mountain view from
the back deck. This
house has been
completely remodeled.
$95,000.00
13657 HIGHWAY
67W
Drastically Reduced!!
SIAM RD
TWO TRACTS
AVAILABLE!
Private. Great views,
road that is paved
and graveled. This is
a must see.
C21WHITEHEAD
TERESA MUSICK
895-05252
1210 Thomas Blvd, in
the Circle Drive
Area, 2BRS, 1.5BAs,
CH&A,
hardwood
under carpet single
level home with approx. 1250 sq.ft. attached carport with
storage,
level
75’x150’ lot. Excellent neighborhood.
$99,500.
Act Fast!
REALTY EXECUTIVES
952-0226
Jay Crockett
341-6884
Commercial Building. Dreaming of
starting your own
business?
Great
place for many
types of businesses.
Owner/agent.
$89,900.
C21 WHITEHEAD
TERESA MUSICK
423-895-0525
724 West G. Commercial building. 1,040
sq.ft. gas heat, 2BA,
nice interior, parking,
high traffic area. References,
deposit,
lease
required.
$575.mth.
(423)543-7485.
Updated
Brick
Ranch 3BR, 2BA on
Doe River w/separate building &
deck overlooking
river.
Great
neighborhood.
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535
Crowe Bottom Circle, Elizabethton.
$149,900
423-547-9255
Century 21 Whitehead
Woodson:Rent-600
sq.ft. Office space,
202 Hwy. 321, Hampton. $500./mo.
Penny, 647-1111.
59 AUTOS
FOR SALE
2006 Chevy Aveo,
4DR,
automatic,
35MPG, good condition, never wrecked,
42K,
$5,900.
(423)534-8794.
2000 Oldsmobile Filhouette Premier Edition
Minivan.
V6,
loaded, CD, leather,
very clean, $3,895
423-282-8210,
423-676-3320.
65 TRUCKS &
SEMI’S
705 McArthur
$72,900
Completely remodeled
3BR,
1BA,
1,144sq.ft. Ready to
move into. Unbeatable price for a
home this size and
location.
51 COMMERCIAL
SALE/LEASE
STREET’S REALTY
(423)543-4094
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1994 S10, 4 cylinder,
5-speed, mag wheels,
bed cover. $2,500.
O.B.O. (423)543-6658.
AUCTION! AUCTION! AUCTION!
WHITEHEAD REALTY & AUCTION
411 Bemberg Road - Elizabethton, TN 37643
423-543-4663
Each office independently owned & operated.
www.c21whitehead.com
CLYDE STOUT, AUCTIONEER
Lic. #05059 Firm # 3808
DECEMBER 6TH • 11:00 AM
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ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE 37643
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676-4063 - Mobile
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RUSS SWANAY
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423-543-5741
BROOME
REAL ESTATE
423-542-4386
702 Second Street
$119,900
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Great For Kindling
1983 Clayton mobile
home. 3BR, 2BA, good
condition.
$3,750
O.B.O. 423-963-6148.
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
(423)543-5741
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
New
construction
3BR 2BA home that
offers hardwood, tile
& carpet, central
vac, large closets,
garage with over
sized door, and
deck for relaxing.
157 Bear Hollow
Road
$125,000
Blocks from downtown,
Updated
throughout
and
ready to move into.
2BR, 1BA. Large laundry
room.
New
kitchen. Mountain
views.
$74,500
This Home Is In
Move- In Condition
FREE
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
GAP CREEK
(423)547-2800
Beautiful maintained
brick home in the
convenient location
of Lynn Valley Community with an 18x36
inground pool & new
hardwood floors.
MOBILE home lot for
rent. Milligan. $135.
month, $100. deposit.
(423)342-4237.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
45 MOBILE HOMES
W/PHOTO
RAINBOW REALTY
155 Warrior Lane
$179,900
1115 Broad
3 Lots available, old
home on one lot of
no
value.
$30,000-$43,500.
Rainbow Realty
(423)547-2800
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
MAX JETT RD.
.
with bath
Investors take notice! 64.64 scenic
acres with 4,093 ft
Watauga River frontage. Development
potential or use for
private farm or estate. Includes bottom land, pasture,
rolling & wooded areas. Lake view from
top. Small house &
barn on property. A
property like this
doesn't come on the
market often. Must
see.
Listed at $800,000.
MLS #262942
1439 Southside Rd.
$99,500.
RENT TO OWN: Like
New 28x52, 3BR, 2BA,
on 1/3 acre lot, upper
Stoney Creek. $2,000
down with owner financing.
423-895-0456.
36 LAND
FOR SALE
This home is quality
throughout! Home
features a stream
flowing through the
property and views
of Iron Mountain,
large kitchen & dining area, sunroom, &
finished basement
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
BLUFF CITY: Niice 3BR
in quiet park. $550.
month, $500. deposit.
773-2558.
HAMPTON:
2BR,
washer, dryer hookup
CH&A, no pets. $300.
month plus deposit.
(423)725-2409,
895-2466.
197 WATAUGA FLATS
JOHNSON CITY
126 TAYLOR HOLLOW
ROAD
$119,900
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
3BR private lot, newly
decorated,
yearly
lease, $350 month, no
inside pets, $350 deposit (423)725-4709.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
44 MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
122 Bernie Lewis
Road
$210,000
EAST ‘C” Street, behind Citizen’s Bank.
5BR,
outbuilding,
$675mth., $675damage. No pets, smokers,
partiers, 423-957-9403
leave message.
2BR, 1BR, Happy Valley, Coal Chute Rd.
Secluded.
References, $200.mth, deposit. 423- 257-2106,
423- 543-2651.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
542-1530
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
Beautiful house, 3BR,
$675 month, $300
deposit. No pets.
423-542-2918.
CENTURY 21 Whitehead Woodson: 1789
Campbell Rd, Mtn.
City.
3BR,
2BA.
$750mth.
Penny
Woodson 647-1111.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
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UNBELIEVABLE DEAL! • 3.02 ACRES +/-
718 FAIRWAY DRIVE, GOLF COURSE ACRES • $304,900
Gorgeous Brick Home with view of Elizabethton Golf Course. Home offers wonderful newly remodeled kitchen w/custom cabinets, hardwood floors, corian countertops w/arge eat-in area. Directly off kitchen enjoy almost 400 sq. ft. enclosed
(screened-in) heated and cooled sunroom. Home offers large comfortable den w/
brick FP, formal dining room w/teakwood floor, 4 large bedrooms, 3 large bathrooms, gorgeous spacious entrance, lots of storage and many updates make for
a great property. Sq. ft. over 3800 finished and large 2 car garage.
DIRECTIONS: West G to Sabine, right on Edgewood, lef on Golf Course Drive,
right on Westwood,right on Fairway, house on left.
Don’t miss the deal of a lifetime on this gorgeous home! Built in 2007, approx.
7,500 sq. ft. finished, 2,500 ft. unfinished. Great room, dining room, huge family
room, 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, great kitchen w/all appliances, 2 dishwashers, 2
ovens, full refrigeration unit, full freezer unit. Large laundry room plus 2nd on lower
level, basement plus large attic. Custom doors, 4 car garage, 4 zone heat pumps.
Large covered composite deck. Excellent neighborhoods, 5 minutes to Johnson
City or Elizabethton, mountain views. Call Linda Whitehead 213-9611.
Directions: From Johnson City, 321/67 toward Elizabethton; left at 1st light onto
Milligan Hwy.; left at next light on Powder Branch Rd., turn right at Happy Valley
High School, bear left onto Slemp Lane to Country Acres. See Signs.
Announcements made day of sale take precedence over all prior
announcements. 5% down day of sale and close in 30 days.
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NASCAR This Week Trivia
1. Name the direct lineage of the four generations of racing Pettys.
2. What three-time champion never missed a single race due to injury?
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s mother is the daughter of what famous mechanic/crewman?
4. Who are the only brothers to win the Daytona 500?
5. Who are the only brothers to win championships?
6. During Fred Lorenzen’s heyday, what car dealership sponsored his No. 28 Ford?
7. Who was the owner when Dale Earnhardt won his first Winston Cup championship?
8. Where did Craftsman Truck Series champion Johnny Benson win his only Cup race?
9. Who is known as “Awesome Bill”?
10. Which Wood brother drove the team’s Fords in the early days?
11. Who earned fame driving the No. 92 “Fabulous Hudson Hornet”?
12. What driver won consecutive championships and was then killed at the beginning of
the next season?
Answers
6. Lafayette Ford of Fayetteville, N.C.
7. Rod Osterlund
8. North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham
9. Bill Elliott
10. Glen
11. Herb Thomas
12. Joe Weatherly, who won championships in 1962-63, and perished in a
crash at Riverside, Calif., in early 1964.
All 12 Chase drivers had at
least one top-10 finish in it. Naturally, champion Jimmie Johnson and runner-up Carl Edwards
led the way with eight each.
� In some ways, the attention
devoted to the Chase drivers is
justified. In the 10 Chase races,
Chase drivers combined to lead
81.7 percent of the laps.
� Kyle Busch
gave Toyota its
first victory and
became the
youngest driver
ever to win at
Darlington.
� Kasey Kahne
became the
sixth driver to
KYLE BUSCH
win both the
Sprint All-Star
Race and the Coca-Cola 600 at
Lowe’s Motor
Speedway.
� Dale Earnhardt Jr. broke
a 76-race losing streak with
a victory at
Michigan in
June. Among
those who
EARNHARDT
failed to win in
2008 were Jeff
Gordon, Matt
Kenseth and
Kevin Harvick.
� Greg Biffle
won consecutive races, in
the Chase at
New Hampshire
and Dover, for
the first time in
his career.
BIFFLE
� Fifteen different drivers won poles. Twelve
different drivers won races.
� There were no first-time winners, but there were four firsttime pole winners: Patrick Carpentier, Paul Menard, Travis Kvapil and David Reutimann.
� When Landon
Cassill won the
Nationwide Series pole at
New Hampshire
in July, and Carpentier followed up with a
Sprint Cup
pole, it marked CASSILL
the first time
rookies swept
the poles at the same track in a
single weekend.
� Eight drivers
who didn’t win
in 2008 had
second-place
finishes: David
Gilliland, Gordon, Harvick,
Kenseth,
Menard, Juan
Pablo Montoya,
GORDON
Brian Vickers
and Michael
Waltrip.
1. Lee, Richard, Kyle and Adam.
2. David Pearson
3. Robert Gee
4. Darrell and Michael Waltrip
5. Terry and Bobby Labonte
�
If you have a question or a comment, write: NASCAR This Week, c/o The Gaston Gazette, P.O. Box 1538, Gastonia, NC 28053
2008 SPRINT CUP ROOKIE
OF THE
V
YEAR
NASCAR
EDWARDS
Who’s hot —
Carl Edwards
won more
races and had
more top-five
and top-10 finishes, but the
Sprint Cup
champion was
Jimmie Johnson.
�
KURT BUSCH
Who’s not —
Kurt Busch
failed to make
the Chase, as
did his Penske
teammate
Ryan Newman,
who is now
moving to
Stewart-Haas
Racing.
THE POINTS RACE
SPRINT CUP
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Jimmie Johnson
Carl Edwards
Greg Biffle
Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer
Jeff Burton
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Tony Stewart
Kyle Busch
Matt Kenseth
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
NATIONWIDE SERIES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Clint Bowyer
Carl Edwards
Brad Keselowski
David Ragan
Mike Bliss
Kyle Busch
David Reutimann
Mike Wallace
Jason Leffler
Marcos Ambrose
6,684
- 69
- 217
- 276
- 303
- 349
- 368
- 470
- 482
- 498
- 500
- 557
5,132
- 21
- 338
- 607
- 614
- 671
- 744
- 1,004
- 1,046
- 1,141
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Johnny Benson
Ron Hornaday
Todd Bodine
Erik Darnell
Matt Crafton
Mike Skinner
Rick Crawford
Dennis Setzer
Jack Sprague
Terry Cook
3,725
-7
- 104
- 313
- 333
- 362
- 410
- 528
- 600
- 653
Government
NASCAR vs. the government
Recently the presidents of the
Big Three automakers came under
criticism for taking separate private
jets to hearings in Washington. What
strings will be attached if the government bails out the industry? Will it
affect the commitment of GM, Ford
and Chrysler to NASCAR?
NASCAR This Week’s Monte Dutton
gives his take: “Ever yone might as
well get prepared. This is likely to be
an issue.”
Toyota changed everything
John Clark / NASCAR This Week
Regan Smith, driver of the No. 01 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet, won the 2008 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award over Penske Racing’s
Sam Hornish Jr. Smith’s best finish in 2008 was 14th at Martinsville in March.
Rookie Disappointment
2008 class of rookies fails to impress
�
E
R
S
U
S
By Monte Dutton
NASCAR This Week
Before the 2008 season began, the
media declared the Raybestos Rookie
class in the Sprint Cup Series the
greatest in history, when, in truth, it
was merely the most prestigious.
At the beginning of the year, a
world driving champion, Jacques Villeneuve, had committed to NASCAR.
Also in the field were Indianapolis
500 winners Sam Hornish Jr. and
Dario Franchitti. A popular Indy-car
veteran, Patrick Carpentier, found a
NASCAR ride. A highly regarded
young driver, Michael McDowell,
joined the field in the spring.
Then there was the lone driver
with a stock-car-racing background,
Regan Smith. The most unheralded
driver in the field wound up winning
the award. It was largely by default.
Almost everyone underestimated
the difficulty of adapting to stock
cars. Villeneuve was gone almost immediately. Franchitti ran out of sponsor support. Carpentier lost his ride.
So did McDowell.
By the final race, the only rookies
were Smith and Hornish. Hornish
didn’t make the starting field for the
Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Regan won the award because
he was racing and Hornish wasn’t.
The Greatest Rookie Class in
NASCAR History wound up the season with its top performer finishing
34th in the Sprint Cup points. Hornish
was 35th. Neither had a single top-10
finish.
Smith deserves an asterisk, however. In what would have been the season’s biggest shocker, Smith took the
checkered flag at Talladega Superspeedway in the fall. NASCAR officials penalized him, however, for
passing Tony Stewart “below the yellow line” (only banned at restrictorplate tracks) and awarded the victory to Stewart.
Officially, Smith’s finish was 18th.
The top-rookie award aside, that
NASCAR decision may play a pivotal
role in Smith’s career. As these
words were written, Smith didn’t
have a ride for 2009.
In retrospect, the “greatest class”
wound up being rather ill-fated.
Dear NASCAR This Week,
… We have been avid fans for
over 40 years, but when Toyota came
on the scene, everything changed,
which was predicted.
Why can’t the American people
see what is happening? We need to
support and promote our American
cars — I’m doing so — (because)
this makes our economy stronger
and keeps our people working. …
… Wake up, America and
NASCAR, and support our own.
C.A. Carter
Kinston, N.C.
Thanks for letting us know how
you feel.
NASCAR This Week welcomes letters to the editor, but please be aware
that we have room for only a few
each week. We'll do our best to select
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The Gaston Gazette
P.O. Box 1538
Gastonia, N.C. 28053
Not of this country
In one Sprint Cup race this year (Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.), a
record five foreign-born drivers were in
the field. They were Marcos Ambrose
(Australia), Patrick Carpentier and Ron
Fellows (Canada), Juan Pablo Montoya
(Colombia) and Max Papis (Italy). Foreign drivers are more common in
NASCAR now, but they are hardly new.
Eight times in the sport’s history, three
foreign-born drivers have been in the
starting fields. Is Montoya the best F1
driver ever to compete in NASCAR? Full
time, maybe, but one of the all-time
greats, Jim Clark, competed in the
1960s at a race in Rockingham, N.C.
Media spot on when predicting 2008 Chase
By Monte Dutton
NASCAR This Week
tles 2000-02. The most recent
NFL “three-peat” was by the
Green Bay Packers (1965-67).
The media actually did an excellent job predicting which
drivers would make the Chase
for the Sprint Cup in 2008.
In a preseason poll conducted
by NASCAR’s media Web site,
media members collectively
picked 11 of the 12 drivers who
went on to compete for the
championship. The only incorrect pick was Kurt Busch. Greg
Biffle made it instead.
Among those who failed to
make the Chase, the best performance was by David Ragan,
who finished 13th in the points
standings after being picked
33rd by media representatives.
■
Big numbers — During his
three consecutive championships, Johnson has won 22
races, finished in the top five 48
times, collected 70 top-10s and
averaged a finish of 10.33.
In the Chase, he’s won eight
times, had 17 top-fives and 22
top-10s, and compiled an average finish of 7.2.
■
■
Elite company — As a threetime Cup champion, Jimmie
Johnson joined an exclusive
club of eight drivers with at
least three titles.
They are, in order, Richard
Petty (7), Dale Earnhardt (7),
Jeff Gordon (4), Darrell Waltrip
John Clark / NASCAR This Week
Jimmie Johnson is now in very elite company after claiming his third
straight Sprint Cup Championship.
(3), Cale Yarborough (3), David
Pearson (3), Lee Petty (3) and
Johnson (3).
Comparing
Johnson’s
NASCAR achievement to other
professional sports — a pretty
shaky proposition, by the way —
reveals that the New York Yankees were the most recent Major League Baseball team to win
three straight (1998-2000). The
Los Angeles Lakers won NBA ti-
No surprise — Matt Kenseth
extended his contract at Roush
Fenway Racing,
calling his tenure
“a
great
11
years.”
No terms were
announced other
than a reference
to it being “a
KENSETH
multiyear contract.”
“We’ve had a lot of success together, including a championship (2003), and I’m really
proud of that,” said Kenseth.
“I’m looking forward to the next
few years and winning another
championship with Roush Fenway.”
Jack Roush called Kenseth “a
champion in every sense of the
word.”
■
Here and there — Marcos
Ambrose is being
prominently featured in the native version of
“60 Minutes” televised nationally
in his native Australia. A crew accompanied AmAMBROSE
brose to the season finale at Homestead-Miami
Speedway … Furniture Row
Racing has ended its relationship with driver Joe Nemechek.
The team previously announced
it was cutting back to a limited
schedule next year.
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showers
around
Cloudy most
of the time
55°
Snow showers
possible;
windy
33°
45°
36°
47°
32°
Chilly with rain
38°
Chilly with
decreasing
clouds
29°
42°
28°
Bristol Almanac
RealFeel Temp
UV Index Today
Statistics are through 6 p.m. yest.
The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel
Temperature® is AccuWeather’s exclusive
index of the effects of temperature, wind,
humidity, sunshine, precipitation and elevation on the human body. Shown are the
highest values for each day.
8 a.m. .............................................. 0
Noon ............................................... 2
4 p.m. .............................................. 0
Temperature:
High yesterday ........................ 55°
Low yesterday ......................... 22°
Precipitation:
Today ........................................... 56°
Saturday ....................................... 52°
Sunday ......................................... 43°
Monday ........................................ 25°
Tuesday ....................................... 39°
24 hrs. ending 6 p.m. yest. ... 0.00"
0-2:
3-5:
6-7:
Low
Moderate
High
8-10:
11+:
Very High
Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV IndexTM
number, the greater the need for eye and skin
protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2008
Tennessee Weather
Union City
54/33
Camden
55/33
Nashville
56/37
Murfreesboro
56/33
Waynesboro Chattanooga
58/41
56/32
Memphis
54/42
The State
Sunrise today ....................... 7:19 a.m.
Sunset tonight ...................... 5:14 p.m.
Moonrise today ................... 8:22 a.m.
Moonset today .................... 5:45 p.m.
City
Athens
Bristol
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville
Crossville
Erwin
Franklin
Greeneville
Johnson City
Moon Phases
First
Dec 5
Full
Dec 12
Last
Dec 19
New
Dec 27
Hi
58
54
58
52
58
56
58
55
54
57
54
Today
Lo W
35 c
27 c
41 c
33 c
37 c
32 c
36 c
30 c
37 c
31 c
27 c
Hi
49
47
55
48
52
48
47
46
51
52
47
Knoxville
58/35
Sat.
Lo W
36 sh
35 pc
42 sh
33 c
40 sh
34 pc
34 pc
36 sh
36 pc
36 sh
35 sh
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Kingsport
55 31 c
Knoxville
58 35 c
Memphis
54 42 c
Morristown 55 32 c
Mountain City 54 30 c
Nashville
56 37 c
Newport
58 34 c
Oak Ridge
59 35 c
Pigeon Forge 58 35 c
Roan Mtn.
53 31 c
Sevierville
59 35 c
Denver
44/22
San Francisco
62/48
New York
50/39
Chicago
40/27
Kansas City
46/32
Los Angeles
68/54
Washington
52/35
Atlanta
60/49
El Paso
65/44
Houston
72/56
Miami
78/60
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Showers
T-storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.
Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures
are given for selected cities.
The Nation
Hi
47
50
51
50
45
51
51
50
50
45
50
Detroit
37/28
A swath of flurries will affect the Great Lakes area and the northern Appalachians today. Rain will become more extensive in the
Deep South. A bit of rain and snow will fall over Colorado and
New Mexico.
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Sun and Moon
Minneapolis
36/22
National Summary
Elizabethton
55/32
Sat.
Lo W
35 pc
38 sh
37 pc
37 pc
36 sh
36 pc
38 sh
37 pc
38 sh
35 sh
38 sh
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
60 49 r
Boston
46 35 pc
Charleston, SC 66 49 r
Charlotte
61 37 c
Chicago
40 27 pc
Cincinnati
46 28 pc
Dallas
56 46 sh
Denver
44 22 sf
Honolulu
82 70 s
Kansas City 46 32 pc
Los Angeles 68 54 s
New York City 50 39 pc
Orlando
74 56 s
Phoenix
68 53 pc
Seattle
50 42 sh
Wash., DC
52 35 pc
Sat.
Hi Lo
57 45
49 32
62 53
50 40
42 26
47 29
59 42
41 24
80 67
50 30
74 52
48 36
78 59
72 49
53 42
47 34
The World
W
r
pc
r
sh
pc
pc
pc
pc
r
c
s
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
City
Acapulco
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Dublin
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Today
Hi Lo W
88 74 s
43 36 c
55 41 c
46 30 pc
42 34 pc
45 36 pc
75 63 s
62 47 pc
46 37 pc
47 34 s
77 41 s
37 27 sf
41 38 pc
64 50 r
45 28 pc
88 79 c
Hi
88
41
55
50
37
41
77
63
46
43
74
36
39
61
43
86
Sat.
Lo W
72 s
34 c
39 r
30 s
32 sh
34 pc
64 s
49 pc
36 sh
34 r
43 s
18 c
34 c
48 sh
31 s
79 t
Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
ELIZABETHTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
542-1111
(After Hours - Emergency)
McCain will
seek fifth
Senate term
PHOENIX (AP) — Sen.
John McCain said Tuesday that he intends to seek
a fifth term in the Senate
in 2010 and looks forward
to resuming his duties in
Washington.
McCain said he looks
back on his losing presidential campaign with pride
and will make a formal announcement of his re-election bid in the future.
“The decision I am basically making is to be able
to continue to serve in the
state of Arizona and my
country,” McCain said at a
press conference.
His agenda includes battling wasteful government
spending, trying to overhaul the country’s immigration policies and making
trips to Iraq, Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
Another duty that McCain promised to carry out
is seeking the Senate confirmation of Arizona Gov.
Janet Napolitano as President-elect Barack Obama’s
homeland security chief
— should she be formally
nominated as expected.
McCain said Napolitano,
a governor versed in border
security, is highly qualified
for the job. “We all know
that we face challenges
from Islamic extremists
throughout the world, and
I believe that she will do an
outstanding job,” said McCain, who spoke with Napolitano about the prospect
of her landing the position.
Though no potential
challengers have yet officially stepped up, McCain
says he expects a tough
race in two years. McCain
has never lost a statewide
election, won his last two
re-election races with more
than two-thirds of the vote,
and easily carried his home
state in the presidential
election with 54 percent of
the vote.
Before
she
became
Obama’s top homeland security pick, Napolitano was
mentioned as a possible
Senate challenger to McCain. Her term as governor
runs to 2010.
McCain said he remains
committed to beefing up
border security, improving guest-worker programs
and creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Still, he noted that
the country is facing more
pressing problems right
now. “The state of the economy will be the No. 1 agenda item,” McCain said.
Layoffs
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erating budget is about $700 million, and a large portion
is staff.
“Our staff is our greatest resource,” said Little, who already has about 400 vacancies department wide.
Another department that could see significant layoffs is
health, which stands to lose as much as $20 million if the
governor makes maximum cuts.
Health Commissioner Susan Cooper said regardless
of the reduction, the health and safety of the public must
remain paramount, which is why she would seek to keep
in place programs that include investigating outbreaks of
diseases and restaurant inspections.
Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens said if the governor only asks for a 10 percent reduction, he would look to
cut funding for the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement
Program that assists farmers in long-term investments in
livestock and farming operations.
Givens didn’t say specifically how much of the nearly
$21 million budgeted for the program would be cut. Over
10,000 farmers have participated in the program since it
began nearly four years ago, he said.
While cuts seem inevitable, Bredesen has said he plans
to do all he can to spare funding for the pre-K portion of
education, and for CoverKids, which supplies medical
coverage for children whose families can’t afford insurance or are denied coverage for other reasons.
“The things that directly bare on the welfare of children
... those to me are the last things that have to go,” he said.
However, critics of the cuts say there are alternatives
that could lessen the reductions and layoffs.
Parking
n Continued from 1
out there and they said they were going to pour a short
sidewalk back out to the parking lot. One of the issues
raised was somebody could fall out there.”
Architect J. Mark Rogers and County Finance Director
Jerome Kitchens also announced to the Task Force the construction is currently running on schedule and within the
approved budget.
Columns
n Continued from 1
When I was 20, I thought
40 was old. When I was 40, I
thought 70 was old. Now, that
I am 83, I am just amazed!
When you get my age, that
old phrase of “no pain, no
gain” doesn’t apply.
I really can’t complain as
I am able to get out almost
every day. I can still drive
myself, dress myself, grocery shop and do other small
things. It’s just that my joints
aren’t jumping anymore.
For all of the trials and
tribulations associated with
aging, there are fewer less
amusing and more debilitating than the pains of arthritis.
As we get older and our joints
become more brittle, almost
any movement or activity becomes more difficult. Joints
simply wear out and they are
not so easily replaced, espePhoto by Brandon Hicks
cially when you get older.
Early shoppers at Best Buy in Johnson City were lined up outside the store last night before 6
It’s easy to groan and comp.m. in anticipation of getting some bargains when the store opened early today. They brought lawn plain when you ache. Patsy
chairs and blankets to wait out Black Friday.
Johnson looks at me when I
come into the office. Somehow, she knows when I’m not
feeling well, and immediately
she says: “Repeat after me, I
feel really good today!”
She also reminds me that
at my age, it is natural to have
aches and pains!
I’ve discovered that growing old is not for the fainthearted. You have to be tough
to grow old.
Someone passed these
“signs you’re getting old”
along to me, which I want to
share with you. Maybe if you
have some aches and pains
today, they’ll make you laugh
a little.
— An “all-nighter” means
not getting up to pee!
— When you are cautioned
to slow down by the doctor
instead of the police.
— You are on a first-name
basis at the pharmacy.
— You begin every sentence with “Nowadays...”
— It takes a couple of tries
to get over a speed bump.
— You don’t care where
your spouse goes, just as long
as you don’t have to go along.
— You realize that a stamp
today costs more than a pic-
ture show did when you were
growing up.
— You smile all the time
because you can’t hear a thing
others are saying.
— Your new easy chair has
more options than your car.
— You’re awake many
hours before your body allows you to get up.
— You’re not grouchy, you
just don’t like traffic, waiting,
crowds, loud music, unruly
kids, barking dogs, politicians
and a few other things you
can’t remember.
An elderly woman did her
shopping, and upon returning
to her car, found four males in
the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping
bags and drew her handgun,
proceeding to scream at the
top of her voice, “I have a gun,
and I know how to use it! Get
out of the car!”
The four men didn’t wait
for a second invitation. They
got out and ran like mad.
The lady, somewhat shaken, then loaded her shopping
bags into the back of the car
and got into the driver’s seat.
She was so shaken that she
could not get her key into the
ignition.
She tried and tried and
then it dawned on her why.
A few minutes later she
found her own car parked a
few spaces farther down.
She loaded her bags into
her car and then drove to the
police station.
The sergeant to whom she
told the story nearly tore himself in two with laughter. He
pointed to the other end of the
counter, where four pale men
were reporting a car jacking
by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five
feet tall, curly white hair and
carrying a large handgun.
No charges were filed.
Ah, senior moments!
I’ve learned that life is like
a roll of toilet paper, the closer
it gets to the end, the faster it
goes.
Defendant’s statement
remains evidence in slaying
KNOXVILLE (AP) — A 22-year-old man is scheduled to
go to trial Monday in Knoxville in the slaying of his pregnant
girlfriend’s father and stepmother.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Criminal Court
Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz on Tuesday dismissed a motion
to throw out defendant Andrew Bryan Mann’s statement to
Knox County Sheriff’s investigators.
Prosecutors say Mann plotted with his then 16-year-old
girlfriend Amanda McGhee to kill the victims.
Sixty-year-old Terrance McGhee was shot in the head as
he slept in his home in June 2007.
Authorities say the couple waited hours for Alisa McGhee
to return home, then fatally shot the 41-year-old woman as
Kathy and Glenn Harmon were among shoppers out early today to take advantage of after- she tried to run.
Thanksgiving specials at Wal-Mart in Elizabethton. They had done their shopping and were ready
Amanda McGhee is now 17 and awaits a separate trial as
to load their van before 8 a.m.
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