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Volume: VI Issue: 161
July 23, 2010
Sheriff’s Captain Cleared in Miller Homicide Investigation
TBI, Other Agencies Permit Kenny Hope to Return to Duty
returning to his duties.
“The TBI today, along
Helm
on with the Tenth Judicial
Public Kristen
Officer Thursday, Hope will be
(See Hope pg 16)
A road captain with the Investigation
Monroe County Sheriff’s Information
Department who became
a short-term “person of
interest” in the investigation into the Jim Miller
homicide case has been
cleared from any involvement in the death of
Thursday before returnMiller.
ing a verdict in the firstAccording
to
A jury of four women a little over five hours late degree murder trial of
Tennessee Bureau of and eight men deliberated Wednesday and early
(See Trial pg 5)
Cochran Guilty: Reckless
Homicide In Curry Death
Facing 2-4 Years In Stabbing Case
Isbell To Take Lead In Animal
Control
work, economics, and Explosion Victim’s
Deputized by Sheriff’s Department such.
But now...a change is in Name Released
Monroe
County vent animal cruelty.
As a volunteer agency, the future. Tellico Plains
Animal Control (MCAC)
is a non-profit humane MCAC had to 'pull back' Chief Bill Isbell, commitagency
using
the its services due to volun- ted to helping the animals,
Tennessee statutes to pre- teers having to return to
(See MCAC pg 6)
According to personnel with the Sweetwater
Police Department, the man who died in an explo(See Victim pg 9)
sion at a home in Valley Trailer
“The Right Decisions for the Right Reasons”
Starcher Says He’s Right for School Board”
Submits BUZZ 2010 Candidate Questionnaire
With two children
attending
Monroe
County schools, a resident
at the northernmost tip of
the county who operates a
school bus says he’s right
for the Monroe County
Board of Education.
Robert Starcher of
Indian Shadows Drive just outside Vonore - is
unusually active in school
activities.
“When we first moved
Early Vote for Thursday: 394
Total Early Ballots Break 2,900
Early voting continued the two-week preliminary
on Thursday, Day Six of period leading to August 5,
or Election Day in the
Smile Of the Day coming general election.
Walk-up voters accounted
for 360 ballots as 34 absentee, or by-mail, votes were
received for a total of 394
votes for the day.
A total of 2,910 ballots
have been recorded since
early voting began, a number that includes both
early votes and absentees.
(See Voting pg 8)
to Monroe County in
2004,” he said in submitting his BUZZ 2010
Candidate Questionnaire,
“I was instrumental in
forming Vonore youth
baseball and softball and
in Sequoyah High athletic
boosters, and I am still
president of both organizations. This has enabled
me to meet many residents and make many new
friends, integrating myself
(See Starcher pg 4)
Civil War Marker Comes to Coker Creek
Fourth County Historical Designation Sign
“Caught in the Middle”
is the title of the county’s
fourth
Civil
War
Historical Marker. It was
officially unveiled and
dedicated in a special ceremony in Coker Creek on
Tuesday.
“It’s a great day once
again
for
Monroe
County,” said County
Mayor Allan Watson, a
Civil War buff since a
small child who told the
gathered assembly of
approximately 75 persons
it had been a lifelong pur(See Marker pg 3)
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FraNK, UNa VaYe
YearWood, age 79, of
Sweetwater, widow of
Charles Frank, passed away
8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July
21, 2010 at Athens
Regional Medical Center.
She was a member of
Trinity Baptist Church.
She will truly be missed
and was very much loved
by her family and friends.
Survivors: daughters and
sons-in-law, Diane and
Wayne Reagon, Becky and
Lester Hamilton, Nancy
and Jimmy White, all of
Madisonville, Rita Dills
and Junior Reagon, of
Sweetwater; son and
daughter-in-law, Rickey
and Tammy Yearwood, of
Madisonville; 21 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren;
sisters,
Odre
Franklin,
Madisonville,
Arduth
Gibby, Omaha, NE brothers, R.C. and Robert Gibby,
of Atlanta, GA; several
nieces and nephews; preceded in death by children,
Sheila Palmer, Sherry
Jerry
Johnny
Webb,
Yearwood; sister, Tommy
Joe Gibby and one infant
brother. Funeral 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Trinity Baptist
Church, Rev. Darrell
Franklin, Rev. Ronnie
Davis officiating. Interment
Saturday,
a.m.
11:00
Cemetery.
McClellan
Family will receive friends
6-8 p.m. Friday at Trinity
Church.
Baptist
Arrangements by BiereleyHale Funeral Home,
Madisonville.
riTa
Holder,
CaTHeriNe, age 94,
widow of Jesse Holder, of
Coker Creek, passed away
1:50 p.m. Wednesday, July
21, 2010 at the home of her
granddaughter after a
lengthy illness. Member of
Presbyterian
Epperson
Church. Throughout her
life she enjoyed gardening,
farming and raising her
family. She and her husband owned and operated
Holder’s Store. Survivors
inlude daughter Billie Folk;
Sons and daughter-in-law
Braudis and Helen Holder,
Jerry & Louise Holder, all
Creek;
Coker
of
July 23, 2010
Grandchildren and spouses
Steve and Kathy Holder,
Clifford and Penny Holder,
Violet Williams, Teresa &
Lonnie Shell, Valerie
Jennings, Brad and Laura
H o l d e r ,
Yvonne Roberts, Kyle
Holder and fiancée Sarah
Newman, Great-grandchildren and spouse, Nick
Brennan and C.J. Holder,
River Jennings, Jeremy and
Jason Williams, Celia and
Brad Davis. Several nieces
and nephews. Special friend
Carolyn Graves. A very
special thanks to Hazel
Dalton
and
family.
Preceeded in death by
grandson Darrel Holder;
Son-in-law Claude William
Folk. Graveside service
and interment 11 a.m.
Saturday, Holder Family
Cemetery, Rev. Sam Melton
officiating. Family will
receive friends 6-8 p.m.
Friday at Biereley-Hale
Funeral Home, Tellico
Plains.
MCgHee, HaTTie, age
101, of Vonore, formerly of
Greenback, widow of Gene
McGhee, passed away 3:00
a.m. Monday, July 19, 2010
at East Tennessee Health
Care Center. She was a
native of Sullivan County,
TN. Survivors include
daughter and son-in-law,
Donna and Harold Davis,
Maryville; son, Billy
McGhee, of
Vonore;
grandchildren,
Teresa
Breeden,
LaFollette,
Shannon Jenkins, Cathy
Dailey, Gene McCaulley, all
of Greenback, Richard
Lynn
Henderson,
Maryville,
Debbie
Singleton, Lenoir City,
Marvin Ray, Knoxville,
Mike, Steve, and Tommy
Rutledge, all of Bluff City;
several great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren;
sisters,
Grace Fillers, Elzira
Harmon, of Piney Flats;
brother, Wiley Gene
Morrell, Kingsport; several
nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by
daughters, Lillie Ray, Linda
McCaulley, Toby McGhee,
Margaret Rutledge; parents, Joseph E. and Belle
Nichols Morrell; sisters,
Sallie Morrell, Carrie
Wishon, Verna Vance,
Nellie Wishon; brother,
Joseph W. (J.W.) (Dub)
Morrell. Funeral 7 p.m.
Friday,
Biereley-Hale
Chapel, Rev. Ronnie Steele
officiating. Interment 1
p.m. Saturday, Morning
View Cemetery, Bluff City.
Family will receive friends
5-7 p.m. Friday at BiereleyHale Funeral Home,
Madisonville.
Sledge, Cordilla
J., age 74, widow of Robert
F. Sledge, of Sweetwater,
passed away 11:30 A.M.
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at
Sweetwater
Hospital.
Survivors, son, Robert T.
Sledge, Porterville, Calif;
Grandchildren,
Alexis
Sledge, Trinity Hope
Sledge, Felecity Ellison;
Sisters, Frenchie Russell,
Loudon, Shirley Kirby,
Lillian Ogle, both of
Knoxville; Brothers, Bobby
Haynes,
Maynardville,
Jimmy Haynes, Lenoir
City; Several nieces &
nephews Preceded in death
by parents, Jacob R. & Lora
Lee Grubbs Haynes. No
funeral service is planned.
The cremains will be
buried
in
Rockville
Cemetery at a later date.
The family received friends
6-8 P.M. Sunday at
Biereley-Hale
Funeral
Home, Madisonville.
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Marker
store once stood - land
donated to the county by
(Continued from pg 1) Mamie Murphy of Coker
Creek - the marker is a
suit of his to read the reminder of the Civil War
great books of the War as it impacted the mounBetween the States.
tain town and community
Watson was joined by along the old Unicoi
State Senator Randy Turnpike, a major route
Tourism through the uplands that
McNally,
Director Julie Morgan, used by both the
Archives Director Jo Confederate and Union
Tennessee armies.
Stakely,
Department of Tourism
The signage highlights
Director Mike Hall, and - though in no way proCoker Creek Heritage motes - the “bushwackers”
Group President Betty of the period, plus the milMcRee, and County itary veterans of the conCommissioners Harold flict.
Hawkins, Bill Shadden,
On hand to provide a
and Roger Thomas. black powder rifle salute
Excepting the commis- were members of the Sons
sioners, each offered brief of the Confederate
words before the new Veterans
and
the General Robert E. Lee,
marker was unwrapped.
Daughters
of
the brought his horse Traveler
Planted on land where Confederacy.
James to the ceremony.
the old Murphy general Young of Etowah, aka
The marker joins three
earlier markers in the
county, one at the courthouse, another at the Lost
Sea, and a third in downtown
Sweetwater.
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Starcher 1)
(Continued from pg
into Monroe County.”
Starcher says he looks
at a school board position
as just another way to give
back to the community
that has accepted him.
He is 62 years old, a
retired pipefitter, and
married to wife Nanci.
The couple has five children and two step-children. Son Anthony Venis
will be a senior at
Sequoyah High this fall
and Abigail will attend
sixth grade at Vonore
Middle School.
Originally from West
Virginia, Starcher says he
likes Monroe County
“weather, people, and the
relaxed lifestyle.”
“Both sides of my family came from West
Virginia and I feel right at
home here in Tennessee,”
he said.
Starcher is seeking a
seat on the school board
“to do my part to help
ensure success for the students after graduation, for
all the students in Monroe
County.”
His qualifications for a
seat are “honesty and
common sense.”
Your biggest challenge?
“Getting up to speed on
the operation of the entire
school system in general
and the school board in
particular.”
What expertise do you
bring to the school board’s
annual budget process?
“Only the aforementioned honesty and common sense and having my
children in three different
school systems before
coming to Tennessee.”
Are your children as
students a benefit? “Yes,
because with kids in
school you’re more in the
loop.”
Is teaching experience
necessary for sitting on
the board? “No. I have
worked with children my
whole life. My own kids
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Cell phones in school?
“No. Unnecessary.”
Dress code? “Yes.”
Corporal punishment?
“I am in favor of it, with
strict guidelines, of
course.”
What about No Child
Left Behind and Race to
the Top? “”Any program
at any level, fed, state,
county, must be properly
funded.”
Should teachers be
tenured? “Yes. So good
teachers feel secure and
safe. But be careful.
Don’t award tenure if they
don’t measure up.”
How to address the
current drug problem
among today’s American
youth? “Educate, educate,
educate.”
How would you justify
a school board member’s
$4,000-plus
annual
salary? “By being at every
meeting possible and
making decisions to best
benefit students of
Monroe County, based on
the information at hand.”
Religious symbols in
school? “I have no problem with anyone respecting his or her religion as
long as he or she doesn’t
force it on someone else.”
Posting
the
Ten
Commandments
in
schools? “For.”
One to five - five being
the best - how would you
rate the administrative
staff of the system, school
director, principals, and
others? “Threes across
the board. I think there is
always room for improvement, including the
school board.”
Board members with
term limits? “Yes.”
What about board
members who regularly
miss meetings?
“You
should be replaced.”
Should the school
director or principals campaign or endorse a school
board candidate over
another? “No.”
What should the voting public know about
you? “I believe board
members should act in the
best interest of the students first. Teachers and
coaches second. And
their friends third!”
Your campaign?
“We should make the
right decisions for the
right reasons!”
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Church News
Baptist Church on
Sunday, August 1 at 11 a.m.
Everyone is invited to
mer member of the attend.
Inspiration Quartet will
be in concert at long
ridge Baptist Church
(Continued from pg 1)
on August 1, 11 a.m. and at
Poplar Bluff Baptist Brian Harvey Cochran,
Church at 6 p.m. the McMinn County
defendant accused of the
Everyones welcome!
Area churches will
knifeBaptist premeditated
Clifton
come together on August Church will host a fourth wound homicide of Rex
1-6 for a community Saturday night singing on Alton Curry of Vonore on
revival. Services will be July 24 at 7 p.m. Featured May 26, 2008.
held at long ridge singers are Brooks Stakely
“We the jury find the
Baptist Church and will and the Gray family. defendant not guilty of
begin at 7 p.m. each night. Everyone is welcome to first-degree murder,” the
Special singing nightly.
attend. The church is jury foreman read aloud
The New Hope located on Razor Road when the group reassemC u m b e r l a n d near Rasar Landing boat bled before Judge Amy
Presbyterian Church dock.
Reedy at 11 a.m. on
invites everyone to its July
Hardshell House of Thursday. “We find the
Vespers services during Prayer will host a gospel defendant not guilty of
each Wednesday evening singing on July 24 at 7 p.m. the lesser included crime
of the month. The servic- The Davis family and of second-degree murder
es begin at 7 p.m. and will Mason sisters will be and not guilty of the lesser
be followed by fellowship singing. The church is included crime of volunover light refreshments. located on Rafter Road in tary manslaughter,” the
The topic for the month Tellico Plains. Everyone foreman continued.
is “Great Women of the is invited to attend.
However, the next
The Carters will be charge down, a Class D
Bible.”
antioch felony, was the one agreed
at
Archie Watkins, for- singing
to by the group.
“We find the defendant
VOTE FOR PROVEN ExPERIENCE,
guilty of the lesser includHONESTY AND INTEGRITY
ed crime of reckless homicide,” the foreman stated
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as 26 persons sat in the
upper courtroom of the
County
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decision of the panel.
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Family members on
both sides were silent as
the verdict was pronounced but several persons broke down and
sobbed quietly. Cochran
lowered his face and
wiped his eyes.
“I am disappointed in
the verdict,” prosecuting
Sheriff ’s
Lieutenant
Detective Travis Jones
told the BUZZ afterward.
“But I respect the jury and
its decision and the time
the jury spent on this
case.”
State prosecutor Jim
Stutts, the assistant district attorney who presented Jones’ evidence
and who pressed the
state’s case while seeking a
first-degree murder conviction, was no less eloquent in his remarks to
the BUZZ.
“Trial juries are partisan,” Stutts said. “We had
hoped for a higher degree
of conviction. But the
jury hears two sides. We
respect the jury’s verdict
and now we’ll begin preparations for sentencing.”
Defense
attorney
James Logan of Bradley
County spoke briefly with
Cochran’s family members and friends after the
jurors were dismissed
from the courtroom.
He assured the small
assembly the verdict has
been a favorable one for
his client. To the BUZZ
he also tendered a positive
statement.
“The jury system
worked today,” Logan
said. “Twelve good citizens of Monroe County
evaluated the evidence
and applied the law. And
returned a just verdict.”
During the trial,
Cochran did not dispute
he killed Curry.
In
Cochran’s defense, Logan
crafted “ a sense of selfdefense” with no premeditation on his client’s part
in sorting out the details
of a night during
Memorial Day weekend
two years and two months
ago when Curry and
another camper tried to
quieten an intoxicated
Cochran who was yelling
and keeping others awake
late in the night at
Notchey
Creek
Campground in Vonore.
Grappling
with
Cochran at one point,
Curry was stabbed in the
chest with Cochran’s
knife and died from a
large wound to his chest.
Following the verdict,
Reedy allowed Cochran to
remain free on a
$200,000 property bond
until his sentencing in two
months.
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July 23, 2010
Animal Shelters
Receive $12,500 Grant
County, Two Towns Get Much-Needed Funds
The animals of Monroe
County are $12,500 richer.
On Thursday, “Maddie’s
Fund” presented the
county’s animal shelter
and the two shelters of
Madisonville
and
Sweetwater with the
money in a special ceremony at the Monroe
County Courthouse.
“Maddie” was a beloved
miniature
schnauzer
whose unconditional love,
devotion, loyalty, and spirit inspired her guardians
to start a charitable foundation in her name.
The grant was allocated
by Maddie’s Fund to the
Monroe County Animal
Shelter in the amount of
$8,000,
to
the
Madisonville pound for
$2,500,
and
to
Sweetwater’s pound for
$2,000.
The funding will support collection and publishment of data concerning dog and cat populations impounded by the
three shelters and other
animal rescue groups for a
period of three years.
The Monroe County
Friends of Animals is the
major supporter of the
county’s animal shelter,
providing funds and volunteers. Its three major
initiatives for 2010 are
increasing the number of
animals sent on the
Rolling Rescue program,
obtaining funding for an
animal control officer, and
initiating the building of a
new Monroe County
Animal Shelter.
Needed are $25 donations to sponsor a puppy
or cat for the Rolling
Rescue program and three
acres of land for the new
shelter.
The
Spay-Neuter
Assistance for Pets
(SNAP) has funded nearly
6,000 spay-neuter operations of county animals.
Participating in the
presentation of the
$12,500 check from
Maddie’s Fund were (front
row, left to right) Mayor
Doyle
Lowe
of
Sweetwater, Mayor Allen
Watson, Monroe County
Friends of Animals
President and grant
administrator
Alan
Hammersmith,
and
Mayor Alfred McClendon
of Madisonville; (on stairs,
left to right) Sweetwater
Animal Control Officer
Richard Jenkins, founder
and
Spay-Neuter
Assistance for Pets
President
Mike
Cleverdon,
Monroe
County Animal Shelter
Director Vicki Morgan,
and Madisonville Animal
Control Officer Damian
Cook.
position for animal services is to be within a law
enforcement agency.
MCAC is working
closely with Chief Isbell in
this transition. With its
experience, equipment,
and training, and Isbell’s
law enforcement status, a
county-run animal control
program will finally be
available to continue protecting the animals.
Monroe County has huge
problems with animal
neglect and abuse.
The transition will take
some time to go into
affect. Currently, all complaints should be referred
to the shelter. MCAC will
do its best to respond to
the most egregious and
urgent calls. (Isbell will be
available for warrants and
arrests, if necessary).
Chief Isbell will seek a law
enforcement grant to
obtain funding for the animal control officer selected. He is working on a
procedure to redirect all
animal complaints to
county dispatch to then
be forwarded to a phone
within his department.
MCAC thanks everyone who supported the
'forays' into the world of
animal cruelty. Having
prayers, pats on the back,
and 'go git 'ems', has made
a nasty job bearable. With
the future of animal services assured, MCAC is
dancing around with
happy feet.
Monroe
County
Sequoyah Trail garden Club’s July Yard of the
Month was awarded to darrell and Brenda
atkins of Madisonville for their beautiful
roses, petunias, and crepe myrtles.
Friends of Animals is planning a special meeting on
August 19 at the
Madisonville Courthouse
at 7 p.m. to celebrate this
transition. Sheriff Bivens
and Chief Isbell will be in
attendance to answer any
questions or hear com-
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has stepped across the
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deputize him. Supporting
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Tellico Plains 9-10-year-old Allstars
Advance to State Tournament
Help Elect
JO CAGLE
Third District School Board
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The Tellico Plains 9-10 year-olds allstar team received first place in the
sub-district and district tournaments, advancing to the state tournament.
The state tournamen tbegan Thursday in rockwood. Pictured from left in
the top row are Jacob Brinkley, Cody Swanson, lucas Pilkey, Zach
Kathryn E. Collins, a
Haynes, Josh Cain, ryan Watson, and Keetan Stakely. From left in the
graduate
of
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roberts, and Haden Teague. Not pictured are coaches: Weasel Pilkey, Sequoyah High School,
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July 23, 2010
STEVE
TEAGUE
MONROE COuNTy
Road
Superintendent
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NATIONWIDE
A new study conducted
by
the
Rockefeller
Foundation and released
to the public on Thursday
- one day after President
Obama signed a financialreform law aimed at curbing predatory lending and
preventing another financial collapse - suggested
Americans are less secure
economically now than at
any other time during the
past quarter century. The
study considered three
typical measurements of
economic
insecurity:
decreased income, high
out-of-pocket medical
bills, and lack of savings.
Meanwhile, the economic recovery was
reported on Thursday as
slowing as home sales continue to fall and unemployment benefits keep
on rising. The National
Association of Realtors
said the job market was
“sluggish.”
Federal
Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke
addressed Congress on
Thursday, telling lawmakers the country’s fragile
economy still requires
government
stimulus
spending to strengthen
the recovery and reduce
unemployment.
Bernanke warned against
slashing spending and
boosting taxes or a combination of both.
A Greyhound bus
crashed on a state highway in central California
on Thursday, killing six
persons out of 47 passengers as it avoided an overturned minivan and
slammed into a concrete
center divider. The driver
was also killed, highway
department officials said.
A house divided into
four apartments but containing no smoke detectors burned on Staten
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Island early Thursday,
killing four children and
their mother in one of the
apartments. Tenants in
the other three units
made it outside safely,
according to fire officials.
Another
tropical
depression has formed in
the Atlantic Ocean near
the
Bahamas,
the
National Hurrican Center
said on Thursday, sustaining winds of 35 miles per
hour and possibly threatening cleanup operations
by BP in the Gulf of
Mexico.
The system
showed significant signs
of intensification with
increased thunderstorm
activity late Thursday.
Sixteen climbers had
to be rescued from the
top of 13,770-foot Grand
Teton in Wyoming on
Wednesday during a complicated eight-hour operation that secured three
groups on the mountain
as a lightning storm hit. A
search for a missing 17th
climber got underway on
Thursday.
And according to a survey by television shopping
network QVC, a woman’s
looks are at their peak at
age 31. Over 2,000 men
and women provided
input into the survey, saying women entering their
fourth decade hit their
prime in terms of confidence, style, and beauty.
Voting
(Continued from pg 1)
The number puts the
period on pace to tally
approximately 7,500 early
ballots.
Since July 16, the first
day of early voting, there
have been 2,377 walk-up
votes and a cumulative 176
by-mail ballots. There
were 357 absentee ballots
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that arrived at the election
commission headquarters
before the early period
started.
Today (Friday) the poll
will be open from 8:30
a.m. until 5 p.m.
Tomorrow (Saturday) the
election commission will
accept voting from 8:30
a.m. through high noon.
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on the county’s voting
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School News
Vonore Elementary and Intermediate
School Pre-Registration
Pre-registration for
new students at Vonore
Elementary and Middle
Schools will be Thursday,
July 29 from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
at both schools. The legal
guardian registering the
student is to bring the student’s birth certificate,
social security card, and
shot record.
MONROE COUNTY
DEMOCRAT PARTY
is Hosting A
Get Out The Vote Rally
& Potluck Dinner
(please bring a Covered Dish)
Friday, July 23 6 p.m.
Sweetwater High School Cafeteria
bring a lawn Chair For the
Fireworks show at Frankie
howell’s Junkyard on
Old hwy 68 at 9 p.m.
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Vonore Elementary Open House Victim
Vonore Elementary
School will host Sneak-aPeek open house on
August 5 from 3-6 p.m. It
is at the time classroom
assignments will be
revealed. Parents and students are invited to attend
and meet the teachers and
staff.
A Parent Involvement
meeting will also be held
at 5:30. PTO and others
will be on hand to assist
parents.
Student athletes that
plan on participating at
Sequoyah High School in
the following fall sports:
football, girls soccer, golf,
cheerleading, cross country, or volleyball need to
have the proper forms
completed and on file
with the athletic director
by July 26.
Practice or participation in games will not be
allowed until the completion of a sports physical
and emergency treatment
and parental consent
forms are filed.
First time student athletes at Sequoyah High
School will need to have a
drug testing form completed and witnessed
along with a copy of your
birth certificate. These
may be completed at the
fieldhouse office or with
the coach.
All forms must be completed and on file before
participation of any kind.
For further information
contact Bill Satterfield
423-351-4740 or [email protected] or
[email protected].
Notice To Sequoyah Athletes
Fresh
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Youth
Sports
Information
Salad
Fall baseball tryouts
enjoy Good food,
Great
fellowship,
And Get to know
Your Candidates!
for 11 and 12- year-olds will
be held on July 27 at 6 p.m.
at Kefauver Park in
Madisonville.
Children that are now
13-years-old, who were 12
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Co- Sponsored By
Old Highway 68
Sweetwater
Frankie and Valerie Howell
Call 337-3696 for Directions
Tallent’s Fireworks
(Continued from pg 1)
Park was a local resident.
He was identified as
58-year-old Jackie Smith.
Smith was described as
a heavy cigarette smoker
who was using oxygen
when his trailer blew up
fire.
caught
and
Reportedly, a number of
oxygen cannisters about
two-and-a-half feet in
length exploded, hurling
Smith through the front
door or his home and out
onto his porch.
By the time firefighters arrived, the mobile
home was fully engulfed
in flames.
Smith was reportedly
not breathing and unresponsive when emergency responders arrived
to remove him from the
fire.
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years old as of May 1, are
still eligible to try out.
For more information,
call Scott 423-836-1987 or
Bill 423-371-0693.
aYSo Soccer sign-ups
are Friday and Saturday
July 30 and 31, 6 p.m.-9
p.m. and and August 7 10
a.m. -3 p.m. at Sweetwater
Presbyterian Church. For
more information please
call Stephanie Fleming
423-351-3395.
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2 heads fresh broccoli
1 red onion
1/2 pound bacon
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup sliced almonds
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white wine
vinegar
Place bacon in a deep
skillet and cook over
medium high heat until
evenly brown. Cool and
crumble.
Cut the broccoli into
bite-size pieces and cut
the onion into thin bitesize slices. Combine with
the bacon, raisins, your
favorite nuts and mix well.
To prepare the
dressing, mix the mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar
together until smooth.
Stir into the salad, let
chill and serve.
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The Beat Goes On...
As Reported to the Officers
Around The Globe
General
David
Patraeus is planning to
“ramp up” the U.S. military offensive by intensifying the troop level in
Afghanistan, senior military officials said on
Thursday. The conclusion
out of the Pentagon is setbacks in the war effort
have not been the result of
strategy but of flaws of
how the strategy has been
implemented.
Over 5,700 homes have
collapsed and as many as
152,000 residents have
been relocated in northeastern China this week
due to relentless flooding,
the state-run Xinhua news
agency said on Thursday.
According to China Daily,
flooding this year has
caused over $21 billion
(142.2 billion yuan) in damage.
North Korea agreed on
Thursday to hold talks
before the weekend with
the U.S.-led Command
over the sinking of a South
Korean warship in March.
It will be the second meeting between the two parties since the attack on the
Cheonan which killed 46
South Korean sailors.
The Jerusalem District
Court on Thursday convicted an Arab man of
“rape by deception” after
introducing himself to a
30-year-old Jewish woman
as a Jewish bachelor to get
her to have sexual relations with him. The
woman, when she found
out the man was Arab,
filed a police complaint
alleging rape and indecent
assault.
The deaths of over 550
penguins whose bodies
washed up on the shores
of Brazil in the past ten
days are being blamed on
cold waters and starvation
as the birds began their
annual
migration.
Researchers said it was
possible a regional cold
front made the fish the
penguins eat seek warmer
currents.
A tropical fungus
apparently has taken hold
in the Pacific Northwest
and officials in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and
California are blaming it
for at least 60 illnesses and
15 deaths, the Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention
said
on
Thursday. It is still considered rare but grows on or
around trees and causes
coughs, headache, and a
fever.
And on Thursday,
researchers with the
University of Birmingham
in England and the
Ludwig
Boltzmann
Institute in Austria
announced the discovery
of Stonehenge’s “lost
twin,” a second henge
about a half-mile away
from the ancient stones
on Salisbury Plain in
Wiltshire. Using groundpenetrating radar, experts
said a circular ditch containing 22 holes from rotten poles long rotted away
exist with the same orientation at the worldrenowned monument.
Monroe
County
Sheriff ’s Deputy Chas
Nipper said he took a burglary report at a
Sweetwater-Vonore Road
home on Friday, July 16,
when a homeowner told
him her .22-caliber rifle
had been stolen. The final
time she saw it was in
June, Nipper said.
Sweetwater
Police
Patrol Officer William
Poe said he investigated
fraud at Fred’s on July 16
when a customer said she
tried to use a 20-dollar bill
and it turned out to be
counterfeit. The customer said she got the bill
at the bank.
Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua
Martin said he investigated on Saturday, July 17, a
stolen
four-wheeler
reportedly taken from a
Husky Road home. The
vehicle was valued at
$500.
Sweetwater
Police
Patrol Officer Brandon
Cansler said he investigated a stolen luggage rack
and a missing license plate
from a car parked at the
Sweetwater
National
Guard Armory on Sunday,
July 18. The owner of the
car said he was attending a
party when the items up
and disappeared.
Poe was back on July
18,
investigating
a
shoplifter at Freds. A man
tried to scam out of the
business with a bottle of
pain killers and got caught
by management, Poe said,
and the man was ordered
never to set foot on Freds
again.
Madisonville Police
Patrol Officer Adam
Russell charged Pablo
Mendosas of Athens with
public intoxication on July
18, finding him on foot on
Ballplay Road. Mendosas
was unsteady, smelling of
alcohol, and in an unsafe
situation, Russell said.
Russell charged Juan
Hernandez of Harrill
Street, Madisonville with
driving under the influence (DUI), driving without a license, and impeding traffic on July 18.
Russell said Hernandez’
Explorer was weaving and
traveling only 30 miles per
hour when he found him
on Highway 411.
Sheriff’s Captain Steve
July 23, 2010
Ogle said he investigated a
burglary at a Sierra Drive
home on July 18. Several
items were taken from a
locked safe and cabinet
including a $500 Lama
handgun, a $75 pellet gun,
a $100 ankle bracelet, and
$110 in old coins and onedollar bills, silver dollars,
half-dollars, and quarters.
Sheriff’s Deputy Randy
Gabrel said he checked
out a reported theft on
Monday, July 19, arriving a
Ridge Road where a
homeowner said someone
took seven pairs of underwear and five cats. Seven
pairs of underwear and
five cats. Seven pairs of
underwear and five cats.
Sheriff’s Captain John
Wilburn said he investigated a reported burglary
and theft on Atkins Road
on July 19, listing as take a
$3,000 Honda motorcycle, a $40 helmet, and $40
flag, and leather saddle
bags valued at $200.
Sheriff ’s Deputy Jeff
McMillan
said
he
responded to a theft call
on Highway 411 on July 19,
contacting a business
owner who claimed a
$600 trailer had been
taken from his property.
In a separate incident on
Highway 411, McMillan
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same general area.
Sheriff ’s
Deputy
Michael Cansler said he
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investigated a reported
theft of a $225 CD player
allegedly taken from a
bedroom off Gose Lane in
Sweetwater on Tuesday,
July 20.
Monroe County Animal Shelter News
Man Charged with
Nine CountsCarlock
of Fraud
used the card
A Madisonville man
was charged with eight
counts of fraudulent use
of a debit card and one
count of theft on
Wednesday.
He was identified by
Madisonville
Police
Sergeant Daniel Dockery
as Aaron Christopher
Carlock of Ingram Street,
Madisonville.
According to Dockery,
Carlock used a victim’s
debit card at least eight
times earlier this week,
ringing up totals on the
card without the victim’s
consent.
Carlock reduced the
card’s worth by $262.09,
Dockery said.
at Krystal for $6.10 on
Monday, July 12, at WalMart on Monday for
$5.07, and again at WalMart on Monday for
$32.80.
On Tuesday, July 13,
Carlock used the card four
times: at Wal-Mart for
$7.63, $109.91, and $86.31,
and at Krystal for $6.50.
Raja is hanging out at
Dockery said Carlock
got one last debit in on the animal shelter hoping
Thursday, July 15, a $7.73 someone comes soon and
adopts her. This 3 year old
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will make a fantastic pet
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soft coat she has! She is
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be an indoor-only pet. She
is spayed and all set to go
to her new home. So if you
are looking for a feline
friend to keep you company, look no further. Visit
Raja this week. Also,
check out the many other
great cats and dogs available either in-person or
online at www.friendsofanimalsmc.org.
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ELECT
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County
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Animal Shelter is located
at 170 Kefauver Lane in
Madisonville, right behind
Walmart. We can be
reached at 423-442-1015
Tuesday – Friday 10am –
5pm and Saturday 9am –
1pm. Look for our booth
at the Sweetwater Flea
Market on Saturdays and
Sundays.
As the weather permits, we get the dogs out
of their kennels and into
the grassy fenced-in areas
to exercise and play. We
are asking for donations of
shade cloth to help keep
them cool. This can be
purchased at stores such
as Home Depot, as well as
online at places that have
greenhouse supplies.
Additional
shelter
needs are for dog toys of
all kinds, dust-free cat litter, elastic stretch cat collars, Purina kitten food,
Quikrete, O-ring pliers,
and pressure washer nozzles. Check our website
for a list of needs that you
can print out and take
with you on your next
shopping trip.
The number of homeless pets in Monroe
County and surrounding
areas is staggering. Do
your part to reduce the
number by having all of
your pets spayed or
neutered. Our community
is fortunate to have free
and low-cost spay/neuter
programs available. Please
take advantage of them.
And help spread the word.
Sliger Family Reunion
The Sliger family will
have their 77th family
reunion Saturday, August
7, 11:30 a.m. at the Athens
Lutheran Church.
Please bring a covered
dish and invite a friend or
relative.
Anyone needing more
information call Dan
Sliger at 423-253-5678.
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When I began my first campaign to become the Sheriff of Monroe
County I had one objective in mind, to make our community a better
place to live. After serving as your Sheriff for the past four years, I
believe we have accomplished a great deal towards reaching this goal.
I also recognize that we have more work ahead of us, and with your
help I believe we can meet and exceed this goal. That is why I am asking for your vote in the August 5th election.
Together we can continue to make a difference.
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Kids and Pets Carnival
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YARD SALE
A “Kids and Pets
Carnival’ with proceeds
benefiting the The Living
Room Teen Center on
Englewood Road in
Madisonville will be held
this Saturday.
The event will feature
Vanessa Wolfe, who was
selected and competed on
American Idol singing at
The Living Room Teen
Center. Also performing
during the day are
Relevant Noise from
Athens, Justin Torbett,
Drive Car Drive from
Chattanooga, and many
others.
A dog show will award
prizes and ribbons in various levels of competition.
Entries must be submitted by 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Dog Show will begin
at 11a.m. For competition
information
contact
Phyllis at Artistic Design
442-5420.
There will be lots of
fun things for the whole
family. Sumo wrestling,
dunking booth, inflatable
bouncer, face painting and
carnival games for the
kids, and yes, a Guitar
Hero competition with
prizes! Massages, beauty
samples, homemade icecream, food and drinks
can all be found in one
spot.
The event takes place
at the Living Room Teen
Center and Artistic
Design 890 Englewood
Road at Highway 68 an
411 South in Madisonville.
Come on out!
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sizes, computer games,
Yard Sale Fri-Sat, 212 Broad
Street, Sweetwater, 8 a.m.-1
p.m.
Registered Beagles, 6 weeks
old $150 337-4678 or 295-4195
AKC Toy Poodles, females, 2
shots ready for your home $250.
AKC Chocolate Yorkies, males
$600 420-6580 or 836-0471
German Shepherd, 1 year old,
male, all shots up to date $200
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Chihuahua puppies $100 each
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Mice $1 each 420-6341
Full Blooded Old English Bulldog
puppies, 2 males, 2 females
$500 each, ready July 20 423519-9639
Chihuahuas, 3 male, 1 female
$200 (or $50 each) 8 weeks old,
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Small Pygmy Goats, registered
and un- registered. Up to date on
all shots $50 and up 351-4249
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Huge Sale at Baker’s Place, 7
families, 3410 Highway 411,
Englewood. Old & New Stuff,
Saturday July 24th
Cross Creek Christian School
will be having their annual Yard
Sale, Sat. July 24th
Yard Sale Fri-Sat, 212 Broad
Street, Sweetwater, 8 a.m.-1
p.m.
3 family yard sale, McCLellan
Road, Madisonville, Friday, July
23 and 24, 8 a.m.-?
Yard sale, Thurs thru Sat. 8 to ?,
5366 Hwy 411 South,
Madisonville. Quarter of mile
past Kefauver park on the right.
Children and plus size clothing,
Baby Bed, and more!
Huge 2 family yard sale. Fri. &
Sat. 129 Country Lane, Gudger
Community. Left on 411 S from
Madisonville 1 mile from
Friendship Church. First time in
10 yrs.
Yard Sale – 256 Turnpike Rd,
Madisonville, Fri. July 23, 8 - ?,
Kids and ladies clothes, toys and
household items. 25 cent items.
Look for signs on Hwy 68.
Yard Sale, Thurs. July 22nd thru
Sat. 24th, Starts 8 am, 1000’s of
name brand children’s clothing,
infants to teens. Nice men/womens clothing, toys, furniture,
shoes, purses, home décor, and
more.
Follow signs from
Subway on 411 in Englewood.
Englewood Avenue.
Estate Sale, Sat. July 24 at 328
Old Tellico Hwy from 8am to ?
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Saturday 8-2
Need School Clothes?
There’s a new vendor at
183 Bank Street Tellico Plains
Crossroads flea
Market
Building #20
Boys Clothing (Infant & Up)
Adult Clothing
Short time only! Stop by before it’s gone!
423-420-0450
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
ANIMALS
ANIMALS
10 gallon fish tank and all equipment except rocks. $20 – 4426267
Free cat to good home, prefer
older couple or single person,
solid black, female 836-8555
Horse $150 351-3895
Lost Cat: Grey, female, green
eyes. Last seen on Everhart Rd
in Tellico, please call 519-6606 if
you have any information!
German pinscher puppies $150
each 519-6763
CKC Pug, female, fawn, 5
months old $300 404-5339
9 year old mare and 3 year old
philly $200 both 420-9308
Male chihuahua brown and
white with papers $200 4043397
Stud Horse $75 351-3895
Jack Donkey, 5 years old, medium size $75 442-2131
Half pitbull/half bulldog, great
with kids, up to date on shots
$40 423-836-8319
Baby Rhode Island red chicks
$1 each 295-4340
Free to good home. 6 yr old
Boxer, male, neutered, house
trained. Needs a good home,
loves attention. 371-9252
Miniature Schnauzers, 2 males,
salt/pepper, 7 months old $250
each 519-8949
Black sexlink roosters, 25 cents
each 253-3155
CKC Miniature Dashunds, black
& tan, wormed, first shots, 6
weeks old, born 2-20-10, 1 male,
3 females $250 each 865-6043341
3 Parakeets and large cage
$100 442-3669
NKC Yorkie/poodle mix, he loves
attention & great with other animals $150 865-253-5666
Toy poodles, wormed and first
shots, $200 423-261-5272, 423337-4481
Poodles Nine weeks old first
shots and wormed $175 3374481 or 261-5272
5 year old apple head
Chihuahua $100 519-4648
NKC English Bull Dog, 3 years
old, male, all papers, all shots up
to date $1000 420-0220 or 4044544
Rabbits for sale, call after 3pm
337-3456
Stud Horse, 2 ½ year old $200
423-351-3895
Chihuahua puppies, 6 weeks
old, 1 male, 2 female $125 each
836-7005
Black Pomeranian, male $250
420-6341
Chickens, 6 weeks old $3 each
442-3207
Lab puppies born April 2; 6 black
males $250; one chocolate
female $300, AKC; parents on
premises 420-9493
Baby chicks, different kinds $1
and up 442-1685 or 836-8711
AKC Boston Terrier puppies, first
shot & wormed, dew claws
removed, female $325, male
$300 423-442-2896
CKC Pit bull puppies $250 firm
ready 8/13, parents on premises
865-659-5836
APPLIANCES
RCA Dryer $80 253-3703
Whirlpool Refrigerator $100 2533703
Kenmore Washer, White, 8
cycle, 2 speed $125 253-3703
GE Electric Range, cream color,
$125 423-519-4458
White Drop In Stove Top &
White Wall Oven $150 3374330
Maytag Washer, heavy duty, 5
speeds $100 442-5879
Kenmore side by side refrigerator, stainless steel, 2 yrs old,
gave $1,100 will take $500 4042216
Chest Freezer, in Tellico Plains
$100 361-676-3255
Frigidaire Dryer, white $50 8364110
Dishwasher, white, works great
$100 423-507-7074
SOLD!
AUTOMOBILE
1997 Pontiac Grand Prix, V6
3800, power windows & locks,
leather interior, runs & drives
great, automatic $1800 obo 423261-4168
1994 Saturn SC2, needs motor
$500 519-5001
1992 Chevy Corsica, 4 door,
automatic, V6, runs great, 130k
miles $950 261-2013
1997 Ford Thunderbird, good
gas mileage, very good condition $2,500 442-2896
SOLD!
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July 23, 2010
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
AUTOMOBILE
CAMPING
ELECTRONICS
FOR RENT
FURNITURE
Want to trade: 2002 Pontiac
Grand Prix for a small 2 door
sports car, 5 speed, such as a
Mitsubishi Eclipse, anywhere
from 1999-2002 442-3708 or
337-1882
2001 Mercury Villager Estate
Van, 47,175 miles, green with
leather interior, new tires, VERY
CLEAN $7,500 884-2266
1994 Sandpiper by Cobra, 26’
camper trailer, sleeps 6-8 people, excellent condition, white &
blue $4,500 423-261-4601
2007 Cherokee 5th Wheel 29’
bunkhouse camper, 1 slide out,
microwave, stove, refrigerator,
and air conditioner. Has been
under shed, never out in the
weather. Only used 3 times.
Bought new, one owner $18,000
423-404-3301
1996 Four Winds 29 ft. Queen
bed, 39K, 6 new 12-ply tires with
less than 3,000 miles on them.
Rebuilt house generator - 2009
New house battery and engine
battery - 2009; two year old air
conditioner; Comes with a new
car hauler Asking $12,000. 423829-5331
19” TV with remote $40 4209911 or 337-1058
50” Hibachi TV, needs repair
$100 obo 519-6561
Copy/Printer/Fax Machine $75
442-3755
19” television (older model) $25
337-9925
Surround Sound $40 404-5339
Two internet ready computers,
complete Windows XP, with all
updates, service pack three, current antivirus, several programs
$125 and $175 420-9909 or
404-3128
32” Sony TV, good condition
$175 404-0945
Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, wireless internet ready $200 423836-3306
Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, $225;
Compaq desktop tower, $100,
239-313-3834.
For Rent: Small 2BR/1BA
Apartment in Sweetwater stove,
refrigerator $250 month, Burt
519-0700
For Rent: 3 Singlewide Mobile
Homes on Old Tellico Hwy
North, Madisonville. 2BR/1BA,
$350 month, no pets. 253-4033
or 545-9263
For Rent: 2BR/1 ½ BA
Apartment in Madisonville, all
appliances, $460 month, security deposit, Burt 519-0700
Nice Entertainment Center, will
hold up to 30" TV, solid wood
$50 836-2226
Bar stool set $50 442-1010
Antique Iron Bed, repainted
white, good shape $200 4424319
Wooden Secretary Desk $40
371-9802
Drexel Dining Room Table with 6
chairs, 2 arm chairs and 2 20”
leafs, plastic covered chairs, exc
condition $450 865-856-2843
Baby bed, no mattress $15 5196039
Glass lighted curio cabinet with
glass shelves $250 519-3902
Nice couch with matching chair ,
blue, $125, 519-4458
Twin Mattress $75 404-0945
Glider type Rocking chair with
seat and back cushion, $45,
423-519-4458
Bookcase, very nice $25 865621-8930
Couch $50 442-6410
Coffee table and 2 matching end
tables, good cond. $40 5199040
CLASSIFIEDS
AUTOMOTIVE
4 Matching aluminum rims for
Mazda or Ford $100 obo 2537661
Standard AM/FM Radio from
2008 Ford F150 $75 519-2396
5 Speed Transmission for ‘93’97 Ford Ranger $200 295-5245
Toyota Engine 22RE, rebuilt
$1200 423-295-2749
Two truck tires 275x65x16 $40
442-1550
6 Cooper Cobras tires
P235/55/R16, like new, $150 for
all 261-2092
Buick turbo 350 transmission,
transmission for 455 Wildcat big
block $150 ea. 836-7429 Billy
Smith
Two Hoosier dirt track tires
28.5/11.015 $175 836-3863
Entire Rubber Flooring from
2008 Ford F150 Standard Cab,
black in color $325 519-2396
Used 3.73 rear end gear will fit
Ford 8.8 $60 obo 519-9478
2 New Hoods, 89-92 Maxima,
95 Cavalier $100 each 4425879
1982 Camaro Z28, 5.0, 352 tune
court Corvette motor, needs
transmission and radiator $800
firm 519-7923
Set of 4 tires, 225/60/17 $100
442-5879
SOLD!
CATERING
Crowder Creations
unique cakes
for
any occasion
Joni Crowder
www.crowdercreations.com
BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOk
442-5747
CHILD CARE
Kids Kare has openings for children from 6 weeks -12 years old.
Before and after school care
available with homework assistance, Call 420-9925
CLEANING SERVICE
68 Car Care
Quality Service
You Can Depend On
All Type Repairs on Foreign and
Domestic Cars & Light Trucks
ASE Certified
BOAT & WATERCRAFT
14ft
Flat
Bottom
Boat
Generation III, $400, 261-2017
1994 20’ Fun Deck Party Boat
with trailer, 85hp Yamaha
engine, excellent condition,
white & blue $4,800 423-2614601
CAMPING
1986 RV – Sleeps 6, very good
condition, drives great. 39000
miles. New refrigerator. $4700
OBO after 1 call 420-0380 or
404-4896.
2006 25’ Fleetwood walk around
queen bed, microwave, lots of
storage, perfect condition, many
extras 423-519-5351
836-7618
WeBSIte DeSIGn & HOStInG
Laptops starting at $150
EMPLOYMENT
Need grubber pays $7.00 an
hour cash must be hard worker,
start Monday 423-285-0103 or
423-442-7093
Kids Kare is now hiring for part
time employment, must be 18
and have proof of high school
diploma or GED, call 420-9925,
before noon
Cross Creek Christian School is
now accepting applications for a
high school math teacher for
Mondays and Wednesdays.
Applications are available at
www.crosscreekschool.org and
can be mailed to the school.
New 1 bdrm furnished apartment, utilities included. Close to
Hiwassee College and Tellico
Industrial Park, $400 a month,
$200 Deposit, Call 337-9078
(Run Thurs, Fri, and Sat)
For
Rent:
3,000
sq.ft.
Commercial Building, drop ceilings, tile floor, central heat & air,
Madisonville, $850 month. Call
James 519-0600
2805 New Hwy 68 Sweetwater
Seamless guttering machine
with trailer and equipment 423442-6465 or 423-295-4830
PC Repairs Including
Virus Removal
FOR RENT
337-9751
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
J&B COMPUteRS
The Willows
CONSTRUCTION
TAPS
Handyman Services
eLeCtRICAL, PLUMBInG,
fLOORInG, DeCkS, ADDItIOnS,
tRIM, POLe BARnS
519-4423
New 2&3 Bedrooms
Apartments
$500-$600/month
Security Deposit Waved * wac
Pet Friendly
washer & dryer, refrigerator,
microwave, stove, dishwasher,
423-442-1833
For Rent: 900 sq ft office in
Sweetwater, central h/a, carpet,
furnished, second floor, Hwy 68
frontage $450 month, Call Burt
519-0700
2 Bedroom mobile home for
rent. Call for info. 519-1162
Effective and
Affordable
Advertising
Call
The Buzz
442-1635
For Rent: 2BR/2BA Trailer on 1
acre lot in Niota, must have references, $75 weekly, $100
deposit, 423-745-8858
VONORE AREA
TelliCo VieW
aParTMeNTS
HEAT & COOLING
TVA FINANCING
AVAILABLE
Jimmy Harris
2 Bedroom, 1 Bath
Appliances Furnished
Move-In Special
442-5039 519-7871
Wall Gas Heater $200 253-3088
519-8484
LAWN & FARM
For Rent: 2BR Mobile Home &
1BR Apartment, weekly rent,
small deposit, no pets, Charles
Abernathy Rentals 442-6078
For Rent: 4BR/2BA in Coker
Creek on Hwy 68, 2,860 square
feet, private 3 acre lot with pond
& fruit trees, great mtn. view, no
smoking, no pets $700 month,
$500 deposit 423-261-7100
Round bales of hay for sale 865982-8980
Antique John Deere sickle
mower with original paperwork
$450 423-351-7736 or 239-9800745
Swisher brush cutter, 10.5
horsepower Briggs-Stratton I/C
engine, used less than 10 hours,
like new, great to use behind an
ATV. Only reason to sell is that I
don’t need it 442-5273, if no
answer leave message & number
Hay for sale $4 bale 884-2621
Free Hay, you mow 295-2695
FURNITURE
2 sets of bedside tables $25,
337-4330
Oak dining room set & hutch.
$500 423-420-0270
Cherry Wood Armoire $250
420-3217
Metal Dining Room Set with
glass top & 4 metal chairs $50
865-898-9923
Dining Room Table with leaf & 6
chairs $150 371-0163
Cars Toddler Bed with mattress
and bedding $75 865-441-3956
Antique Ice Box, brass hinges
$175 295-2006
Big oak rocking chair $65 4424319
Old Dresser No.108 in good
shape $125 442-5417
Round table & chairs $75 8842563
Queen size mattress and box
springs $125 call 423-442-6410
WARD’S LAWN CARE
MOWINg
WEEDEATINg
BLOWINg
519-8551
Good hay for sale $3.00 per
square bale Call (423)519-7779
or (423)442-4335 and leave
message
MTD Lawn Machine lawn
mower 38” cut, 14.5 HP Briggs
and Stratton runs very good new
belts, cellanoid and front tires.
$200 423-371-1767.
8 foot grader blade $200 4424288
July 23, 2010
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CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS
LAWN & FARM
MISCELLANEOUS
MOBILE HOMES
MOTORCYCLES & ATV
REAL ESTATE
14x70 Three Bedroom
$8,600 delivered
865-938-2051
2002 Harley Davidson Road
King Classic. Black, it has
13,019 miles on it. I have all the
service records. Garage kept.
Asking $13,500. 706-278-8009
or 706-270-4763
005 Suzuki C50 Boulevard
805cc, 2290 miles, silver & black
$5,000 442-5483 or 519-2570
Madisonville, 1210 Jackson Dr.
Full basement Ranch. Detached
garage. Reduced price to
$121,400. Qualifies for $500
down pmt, 4 ¾% fixed rate/30
yrs, $651/mo. w.a.c. Burt Lee
519-0700 – ERA Norman Lee
Real Estate
SOLD!
Troybilt Push Mower 6.5 Briggs Child Bike Trailer, holds 1-2 chil& Stratton motor with grass dren $80 420-0450
catcher $85 295-5105
Stainless Steel toolbox for Ford
Old Barn Tin, 5-12 feet, 404- F150 $100 337-9162
4311
Jogging Stroller $80 420-0450
1956 Ford Tractor $1450 423Folder Booster Seat $15 420295-2749
Craftsman mower, 5 speed, 38” 0450
Step 2 Video Chair with game
cut, 12.5 hp $240 404-4311
center call 519-9040
Husqvarna Chainsaw 455 3 New Prom Dresses 442-7093
Rancher 20” bar $265 295-5105
Round Hay Bales 5x5 $25 each Commercial BBQ Smoker, fire
box unit with water pan built in,
404-3355
10 boston butts or 10
Hay for sale, 4’x5’ rolls, barn holds
of ribs or 12 whole chickkept, never wet, $25/roll 519- racks
ens, no trailer $2000 865-8566183 or 519-2450
3510 or 423-519-3441
Square Hay Bales $2 each 404Sealy Queen boxspring & mat3660
tres $150 442-6013
Hay for sale, square bales $4
each, round bales $25 each, Antique Piano $195, call for
delivery possible 351-2839 or details 351-3975
337-8141
House or trailer doors, 32”-36”
Woods F35 under-belly finish wide, 8’ long, can be cut down
mower, well maintained, excel- $50 each 423-836-8319
lent condition 442-5273, if no Want to buy boys 7/8 & 10/12
answer leave message & num- name brand clothing and shoes
ber
size 1, 2 423-836-4653
Hay field, 3 acres, you cut, you
bale it, you take $150 442-9996 Pink baby walker $30 519-6039
Green beans white half runner Boy stroller $12 519-6039
beans $30 bushel, peanut Mason Jars, 28 quarts, 12 pts,
beans $40 bushel 337-5591 or $20 253-6024
836-0013
Push Mower, 3.5 hp Briggs & Sesame Street infant walker,
excellent condition $25 423-536Stratton $60 519-4458
8427
Seven Benjamin Franklin 1939
half penny stamps, one is in mint
others are used 836Used appliances, dishwasher, condition,
oven, cooktop and microwave, 1191, leave message
sink and faucet, all white $400 Raven 25 Automatic Gun $150
for all, good condition 420-9982 442-3755 or 404-1999
showcase with light $50
Antique Daisy Churn #8, excel- Glass
420-9911 or 337-1058
lent condition $140 442-4319
Winnie The Pooh Bassinet,
Baby stroller, car seat 337-9925 good condition $35 420-9911 or
Formal Dress, silver & gray, size 337-1058
16-18 $50 337-9925
Wedding Dress, size 14, never
worn $200 519-9765
Two Thomas Jefferson 1979
MOBILe HOMe PARtS
penny stamps, mint condition
Doors, Windows, Plumbing
836-1191, leave message
supplies, Electrical supplies.
Hot tub, 7’x7’, needs some TLC
Woods Mobile Homes Parts,
$200 337-3435
Two seat shower stall with surSweetwater. 423-337-2485
round and fixtures, good shape.
Can be seen at 311 East
Crestview Drive, Madisonville, WE BUY USED SINGLE
$150 442-4164
WIDES AND
Upright Piano with bench, solid
DOUBLEWIDES
walnut, beautiful $200 404-8753
442-9441
Baby mattress in good condition
$25 253-4929
NEW HOME WITH LAND ONLY
Barrell saddle, used but in very $55,900 - 2 bedroom, 2 Full Baths.
good condition $100 519-4332.
Ready to move in! Take advanWinnie The Pooh Bassinett,
tage of the home tax credit before
excellent condition $45 442it is to late! This property is locat5946
ed in Sweetwater close to I-75.
Appliances included.
Sawed off lumber can be cut
Woods Mobile Homes, Sweetwater.
into firewood 519-7532
423-337-5062.
Fisher Price Grand Loving Doll
House with 7 sets of furniture,
paid over $200 will take $100
423-536-8427
SOLD!
MISCELLANEOUS
MOBILE HOMES
55 gallon plastic barrels $10
each 865-748-9703
Handmade wishing wells, 6 feet
tall, great for landscaping $100
442-1685 or 836-8711
Disability
Income this
Home is for you
Call Now
865-938-2051
NEW
3BR 2BA Home
$26,671
865-938-2041
New 28x80 4BR
2BA Double $59,999
Delivered to your
Land 865-947-6850
Got Land? Need a
home? I can help
423-337-5992
1994 16x80 Fixer-upper
$8250 Cash Delivered
Cash 865-938-2041
NEW
4 Bedroom, 2 Full
Bathrooms
$29,999
865-938-2047
4 Doublewides
UNDER
$40,000!
30
neW
DOUBLeWIDeS
On DISPLAY
Monroe County
Mobile Homes
Hwy 411 Madisonville
442-9441
ALSO OPen SUnDAY 1-5
new Double Wide Only
$35,888.
3 bedroom, 2 baths.
Includes FREE delivery, set-up,
appliances, central heat & air.
Woods Mobile Homes, Sweetwater.
423-337-5062
POOLS
Swimming Pool 4’ deep, 24’
round, above ground with pump,
need to buy liner $300 obo 423261-4601
MARTIN
Pools & Fence
Check On Our Liners,
Pool kits and
Warranties
no One Can Beat
Our Warranties!
CHECK AROUND
BEFORE YOU BUY
Come to us to get
your work done
right the first time!
Brad Martin
423-568-2006
423-829-4114
Swimming Pool, 4 ft.x 24 ft., 2
years old, great shape, $800,
you move 351-4611 or 351-1175
REAL ESTATE
15 acres in Madisonville, mostly
wooded $75,000 O/A, call Andy
at 351-3143 ERA Norman Lee
Real Estate
MOTORCYCLES & ATV
Brotherhood
Cycles,
Inc
s
Madisonville, 423 Mill St. 3BR
home in good condition. Large
wooded lot. $62,500. Qualifies
for $500 down pmt, 4 ¾% fixed
rate/30 yrs, apprx. $350/mo.
w.a.c. Wilma Presley 253-4188
– ERA Norman Lee Real Estate
peCializiNg iN
HD Service
Parts &
Accessories
James ‘Milo’ Sanders
Owner/ Certified HD Tech
420-2802
www.brotherhoodcycles.com
140 COLLeGe StReet SOUtH
MADISOnVLLLe
Authorized Drag Specialties Dealer
ROOFING
25 Years Experience
Licensed & Insured
All Types Of Roofing and Waterproofing
Sell It in
The Buzz
Call Jennifer
442-1635
Why Rent? you
can own a home!
It's easy! Call
423-337-5992
ROOFING
Tim Richardson
Tellico/Madisonville, Reagan
Valley
Road,
3BR/2BA
Singlewide on 1 acre fenced lot,
covered front & back porch, all
appliances, ready to move in
$59,500, call Andy at 351-3143
ERA Norman Lee Real Estate
Madisonville- Pine Street,
2BR/1BA Singlewide, appliances, ready to move in
$29,900, call Andy at 351-3143
ERA Norman Lee Real Estate
423-442-6707
865-748-1445
FAx 423-545-9271
TOOLS
30 Gallon Air Compressor $150
337-3836
Electric concrete mixer $200
253-3662
Dewalt 14.4 ½”inch hammer drill
and right angle drill with 3 batteries with charger - $100. 2955105
TRAILERS
Flatbed Utility Trailer, 16’x8’, dual
axle, good condition $1200 obo
865-257-1742
Titled 3 axle trailer, electric
brakes, 12,000 pound axle
$1250 865-621-8930
TRUCKS, VANS& SUV
Dodge van back seats $20 each
423-507-7074
ARE Fiberglass truck bed cover,
fits standard style side 6’6” bed,
fits 97-04 Ford F150, white $500
519-6075
1988 Ford F250 automatic,
351cu, runs great $1500 3379078
Effective and
Affordable
Advertising
Call The Buzz
442-1635
1994 F-350 ext. cab dully truck,
excellent condition, heavy duty
tow package, 454 engine, white
& blue $4,295 423-261-4601
1999 Chevy Silverado, silver, 3
door, loaded, tow package,
leather interior $4000 obo 2535001
WEB DESIGN
Whimsical
Website design
for any budget
Web Design, Logo Design,
Web Hosting & More
865-293-2752
www.whimsicalwebsites.com
July 23, 2010
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Hope
(Continued from pg 1)
Attorney
District
General’s office and the
state Bomb and Arson
Squad has cleared Monroe
County Sheriff’s Captain
Kenny Hope as a person
of interest in the ongoing
Jim Miller homicide
investigation,” Helm said
in an email press release.
Helm said Sheriff Bill
Bivens, his department,
and Hope himself “have
cooperated fully” with the
investigation and Hope
will return to his road captain duties as scheduled.
“Meanwhile, agents
and investigators are continuing in their work in
the homicide investigation,” Helm said.
The BUZZ spoke by
phone with Helm in her
Nashville office around
10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
She said there had been
no new developments in
the case since Miller’s
body was “tentatively”
identified following an
autopsy on Wednesday.
She reiterated that
Miller died of “gunshot
wound” and was emphatic
that the TBI would not be
releasing the wound location, or locations, on
Miller’s burned body.
“We have an investigation to complete,” she
said, “and to reveal where
Mr. Miller was shot or
how many times would be
a compromise in the
investigation.”
When told an official
within a state agency may
have divulged such information to another media
outlet, Helm said she
would neither deny nor
confirm the official’s
statement.
On Wednesday, Helm
told the BUZZ that the
medical examiner in
charge of Miller’s autopsy
identified the body found
in the trunk of Miller’s
burned car on Sands Road
as Miller, terming the
identification “tentative.”
“We won’t really know
for sure the body is Mr.
Miller until a complete
DNA profile is established,” Helm said. “And
that could take weeks or
months.”
Reportedly, the DNA
matching has already
begun.
Helm confirmed the
investigation was “a homicide.”
“Several TBI agents
have been assigned to it,”
she said, “and there have
been numerous statements from numerous
individuals taken.”
No one person has
been singled out as a
“major suspect” in the
case, Helm said.
“This is a wide-open
investigation,” she said.
“And we’re working very
hard to complete it.”
Reportedly, the TBI
has issued several “gag
orders” on local agencies
and individuals. Sheriff
Bivens told the BUZZ on
Thursday he had agreed
with TBI and District
Attorney General officials
not to speak publically
about the investigation
per the TBI’s request.
“All release of information on the case will come
through the TBI,” Bivens
told the BUZZ.
Miller’s car was found
on fire in a semi-wooded
farm area off Sands Road
about a mile from Old
Highway 68 Saturday
evening, July 17. His
burned body was discovered in the trunk of the
car.
Anyone with information regarding the homicide is asked to call the
TBI’s special 24-hour “tip
hotline” at 423-519-TIPS
(8477).
Dear Buzz, I just wanted to say something about this
investigation into/ about Kenny Hope.
I've known Kenny Hope all my life, since the days of
Hope Tire and Battery in Sweetwater.
Kenny has
always been a big cut up and can always make you
laugh!!
He has dedicated his life for the last 15 years to serving the people of Monroe County. It always amazes me
how quickly the so called friends will turn on you and
hang you out to dry totally on your own.
Well, I want to show everyone what a true friend
would do. A true friend will stick by a friend through
thick and thin. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that Kenny Hope had nothing to do with Mr Miller's
death or knew anything about it.
I think this is POLITICS at its WORST. When this is
all over, I guarantee that Hope will be found totally in the
clear, but the thing is, the damage has already been
done.
Kenny's reputation will never totally recover from
this smear.
I just wanted to let Kenny know that I will stand
behind him till the end. All the people that really know
Kenny need to show their support and not stand in the
background quietly and let an innocent man be railroaded into this and out of a job!!!!!
My thoughts and prayers are with you Kenny.
god bless and be with you.
your friend,
Dewayne Mason