Southern Baptist leaders refuse to back public school pullout

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Southern Baptist
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to back public
school pullout
Flag Day
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Unofficially bars members who drink
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — There will be no Southern
Baptist exodus from the nation’s public schools — at least
for now.
Leaders of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination
Wednesday refused to support a resolution that would
have urged the denomination to form an “exit strategy” for
pulling Southern Baptist children from public schools in favor of home schools or private Christian schools.
The proposal, offered by Roger Moran of Troy, Mo., and
Texas author Bruce Shortt, came as many of the nation’s
16.2 million Southern Baptists are concerned about how
classrooms are handling subjects such as homosexuality
and “intelligent design.”
Instead of putting a full exit strategy before delegates to
the SBC’s annual meeting, the denomination’s resolutions
committee called on members to “engage the culture of our
public school systems” by exerting “godly influence,” including standing for election to local school boards.
Those ideas were part of a more moderate resolution titled “On Engaging the Direction of the Public School System” that was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday
evening at the final session of the denomination’s annual
meeting. Delegates to the meeting also approved a resolution that urges school districts to accommodate parents
and churches wishing to provide off-campus biblical instruction during the school day.
Moran called the two resolutions “a good start.”
“It’s just one more sign we’re moving in the right direction,” he said by telephone Wednesday evening as he headed home from the meeting.
By Abby Morris-Frye
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
In honor of the birth of our nation’s flag, some special events took
place on Wednesday at Sycamore
Shoals State Historic Area.
At 11 a.m., Seasonal Interpretive
Ranger Chad Bogart gave a presentation on some of the popular flags
which were flown during colonial
times.
The first American flag was actually a mixture of the modern United
States flag and the British flag of the
time. “What we call the Stars and
Stripes today began with the Stripes
and British ensign,” Bogart said.
“This tied the British colonies to
Great Britain.”
According to Bogart, the flag was
known as the Grand Union Flag and
flew over the nation during the
1770s until it was replaced by the
Stars and Stripes in June of 1777.
The Grand Union Flag is generally
regarded as the nation’s first flag.
Another popular flag of the early
1770s was the Gadsen Flag, which
was yellow in color and featured an
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Imagination
Library Committee
plans fundraiser
By Steve Burwick
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
Fundraising was the main topic during Wednesday’s
Carter County Imagination Library Committee meeting, as
members discussed having a major gala this fall.
Potential locations, theme ideas and who to invite to the
gala were among the items for discussion as the committee
conducted an extended brainstorming session.
All 95 counties in Tennessee now have chapters of the
Imagination Library, which was begun by Dolly Parton in
Sevier County. The local chapter is striving to provide
books for all the children of Carter County up to the age of
five, regardless of economic status.
Member Joyce White of the Elizabethton/Carter County
Public Library reported that 1,398 children were signed up
— just over 44 percent of eligible children in the county.
“There’s still a lot of confusion,” said committee member Josh Smith of WJHL-TV, which has just completed a
public service spot for Imagination Library. “I’m stunned
at how people think that it’s something for poor kids only,
or that you can choose your books. People are so ignorant
about it.”
Any child who is signed up will receive one book a
month until his or her fifth birthday, at no charge. If signed
up at birth, that adds up to 60 books. It costs $27 to provide
that many books, including shipping. A person may sponsor two children for $27, as the state matches the amount
through Governor Bredesen’s Books from Birth Foundation.
The governor was mentioned as someone to be invited
to the gala, along with Dolly Parton.
Committee member Dale Fair was mentioned as a great
choice to chair the fundraising event before he arrived at
the meeting, and after being informed of the suggestion, he
said he would gladly accept the responsibility if he has no
other obligations at the time. He said he would be looking
for a job, as his term as County Mayor will have expired.
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Photo by Eveleigh Hatfield
In celebration of Flag Day, Seasonal Interpretive Ranger Chad Bogart
and Park Interpretive Specialist Greg Phillipy raise a “Betsy Ross”
American flag over Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park.
Photo by Kristen Luther
Seasonal Interpretive Ranger Chad Bogart holds the Grand Union flag which was one of
the first U.S. flags during a presentation on colonial American flags at Sycamore Shoals
State Historic Area on Wednesday. The flag featured 13 horizontal stripes of alternating
red and white as well as the British ensign, also known as the Union Jack.
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image of a rattlesnake
along with the words
“Don’t Tread on Me.”
The flag was designed
by Christopher Gadsen
of South Carolina and
became a popular warning sign to the British.
“The rattlesnake can
be a very quiet animal
but when disturbed it
can become ruthless just
as the colonies became
ruthless when they were
disturbed,” Bogart said.
The Continental Flag
was another popular flag
of the day. The flag was
red and featured a white
field with a green pine
tree. Also known as the
Bunker Hill Flag, the flag
was the standard of the
Continental Army at the
Battle of Bunker Hill in
June of 1775 and its popularity spread along with
news of the heroic effort.
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Congress stages
Iraq war debate
√ Seeking an advantage, House Republicans aim to
force Democrats to go on record supporting President
Bush’s wartime policies by staging a vote as early as
today on a GOP resolution that praises U.S. troops
and rejects setting “an arbitrary date” for withdrawing them from Iraq. Page 2
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Congress stages Iraq war debate
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Politics are permeating election-year debates on Iraq in
the House and Senate, where
Republicans and Democrats
alike are carefully staking out
their positions on the increasingly unpopular war.
Seeking an advantage,
House Republicans aim to
force Democrats to go on
record supporting President
Bush’s wartime policies by
staging a vote as early as today on a GOP resolution that
praises U.S. troops and rejects
setting “an arbitrary date” for
withdrawing them from Iraq.
“The fundamental question
in this debate is: Are we going
to confront the threat of terrorism and defeat it, or will we
relent and retreat and hope the
problem goes away?” House
Majority Leader John Boehner,
R-Ohio, said, providing a preview of the possible GOP line
of attack should Democrats
oppose the resolution.
Across Capitol Hill, similar
partisan discourse on the Iraq
war is certain when Sen. John
Kerry, a potential 2008 Democratic presidential candidate,
introduces an amendment to
an annual military measure
that calls for the administration to redeploy combat forces
from that war zone by year’s
end.
It’s a position that most
Senate members — including
many of Kerry’s fellow Democrats — don’t share.
“If it’s a date certain — absolutely everyone must be
gone by then — I think that’s
less of what we’re interested
in,” said Sen. Jack Reed, DR.I., part of a Senate Democratic group trying to come up
with a different amendment
that better reflects a consensus
among Senate Democrats on
the way forward in Iraq.
The double-barreled debates planned for today come
five months before congressional elections. Opinion polls
show voters are frustrated
with the Iraq war and favor
Democrats to control Congress instead of the Republicans who now run the show.
Approval of Bush’s handling of Iraq has dipped to 33
percent, a new low, in the
most recent AP-Ipsos Poll. The
poll, taken last week before
the announcement of the
death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in
Iraq, found that 59 percent of
adults said the United States
made a mistake in going to
war in Iraq — the highest level
yet in AP-Ipsos polling.
Democrats dismiss the
House GOP resolution as
nothing more than political
theatrics and are expected to
use the debate to rail against
Bush’s wartime policies. Yet
Democrats are mindful that
voting against such a resolu-
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Senate Republicans, for
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Party divisions on the war.
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Bush
apologizes
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Bush, who often
teases members of the White
House press corps, apologized
Wednesday after he poked fun
at a reporter for wearing sunglasses without realizing they
were needed for vision loss.
The exchange occurred at a
news conference in the Rose
Garden.
Bush called on Los Angeles
Times reporter Peter Wallsten
and asked if he was going to
ask his question with his
“shades” on.
“For the viewers, there’s no
sun,” Bush said to the television cameras.
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because he has Stargardt’s disease, a form of macular degeneration that causes progressive
vision loss. The condition causes Wallsten to be sensitive to
glare and even on a cloudy
day, can cause pain and increase the loss of sight.
Wallsten said Bush called
his cell phone later in the day
to apologize and tell him that
he didn’t know he had the disease. Wallsten said he interrupted and told the president
that no apology was necessary
and that he didn’t feel offended since he hadn’t told anyone
at the White House about his
condition.
“He said, ‘I needle you guys
out of affection,”’ Wallsten
said. “I said, ‘I understand that,
but I don’t want you to treat
me any differently because of
this.”’
Wallsten said the president
said he would not treat him
differently, so Wallsten encouraged him to “needle away.”
“He said, ‘I will. Next time
I’ll just use a different needle,”’
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the president didn’t answer his
question at the news conference.
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On Flag Day,
service members
become U.S. citizens
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Sgt. Vasil Mencev has served five
years in the U.S. Army, including a year in Iraq riding fuel supply trucks in convoys near Baghdad and watching friends get
injured by roadside bombs.
On Wednesday, Mencev and 145 other immigrants in the
U.S military became Americans in a Flag Day ceremony aboard
the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, at Norfolk Naval
Station.
Emilio T. Gonzalez, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director, administered an oath of allegiance to the military
members, who raised their right hands and promised to do
something they’ve already done: defend America.
“With many of you already serving tours in combat, you’ve
definitely earned your right to be here, standing tall as equal
Americans,” Gonzalez told the new citizens as he stood before
a giant American flag.
Serving in the military can reduce by years the time it takes
to become a citizen, Gonzalez said, noting that some of the people sworn in Wednesday had applied for citizenship just a few
months ago.
President Bush signed an executive order in 2002 making
immigrants on active duty in the military on or since the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks immediately eligible for naturalization; immigrants not in the military must be legal residents for five years
before they can become citizens.
More than 24,000 service members have become citizens
since the order, and there are more than 40,000 immigrants
now in the military who are eligible to apply for naturalization,
Gonzalez said.
The new Americans hail from 50 countries, from Albania to
Venezuela. The president congratulated the service members
through a videotaped greeting, calling them an important part
of a great democracy.
Mencev became a citizen 31 years after he first came to the
United States as an infant with his parents and sister.
“They came to make a better future,” he said of his parents.
But the family returned shortly to Skopje, Macedonia, because
Mencev’s mother became ill and wanted to die back home. His
father later died of a heart attack and Mencev grew up in a foster home.
Mencev returned to the U.S. when he was 20, with help
from an aunt living in Avon, Ohio, and eventually joined the
Army. He returned a year ago from a year-long deployment to
Iraq.
Mencev, whose wife and 2-1/2-year-old son watched him
become an American, is stationed at Fort Lee in Petersburg.
Now that he’s a citizen, Mencev hopes he’ll be able to help
his sister come to America, too.
When Samuel Osei-Somuah, 31, joined the Navy about two
years ago, he wasn’t thinking about becoming a citizen.
“All I wanted to do was to help, I mean to serve,” said OseiSomuah, who immigrated from Nkawkaw, Ghana, three years
ago.
A hospital corpsman, he returned in March after seven
months in Iraq taking care of wounded Marines in Fallujah.
He’s stationed at the Navy hospital in Portsmouth.
“I feel great, especially after joining the Navy,” Osei-Somuah
said when asked about becoming an American. “I’ve been to so
many places and I know I have been able to save a lot of lives,
especially when I was in combat,” he said. “So I’m proud ... of
what I did.”
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Tuesday, March 28
Brandy Adams; 27 counts of
worthless check: on each
count: $10 fine and costs, 11
months and 29 days suspended, 11 months and 29 days
Crossroads, attend Money
Management class, pay restitution.
Randell Blevins; 11 counts
of public intoxication, criminal
impersonation, disorderly conduct: capias.
Branson Quentin Brown;
two counts contributing to the
delinquency of a minor, theft
of property over $1,000: bound
over to grand jury.
Gregory Lee Calderon; assault, aggravated assault: dismissed; aggravated assault,
evading arrest while driving,
reckless driving, violation of
driver’s license : bound over to
grand jury.
Crystal Chambers; worthless check: $10 fine and costs,
11 months and 29 days suspended, 11 months and 29
days unsupervised probation,
pay restitution.
Harold S. Clodfelter; no driver’s license on person: $25
fine and costs, 30 days suspended.
Heather M. Coates; worthless check: capias.
Robert Dale Cordell; public
intoxication: capias.
Mark Wallace Crable; evading arrest, second offense DUI:
capias.
Keith Crawford; vandalism:
capias.
Angela Driver; worthless
ed except for 2 days.
Michael Jason Tolley; contempt: 10 days; contempt: 10
days; violation of probation: 30
days, probation extended 11
months and 29 days.
Brandy L. Chase; theft under $500: $50 fine and costs, 11
Crossroads, attend Shoplifter’s
Alternative class, stay out of
Wal-Mart for 1 year; contempt:
10 days.
Shawn Riddle; contempt: 10
days.
Randy McIntosh; contempt:
10 days; violation of probation:
30 days, probation extended 11
months and 29 days.
Friday, March 31
Stacy Barnett; contempt: 10
days; violation of probation: 30
days, probation extended 11
months and 29 days.
Joey Dale Clipse; contempt:
10 days.
Jeffery Alvin Ingram; public
intoxication: $50 fine and costs,
30 days suspended; prohibited
weapon: $25 fine and costs, 5
months and 29 days suspended, 5 months and 29 days unsupervised probation, forfeit
weapon to CCSD.
Robert Larry Swift; 11
counts of fraudulent use of a
credit card: on each count: $10
fine and costs, 11 months and
29 days suspended, 11 months
and 29 days Crossroads pay
restitution.
Donna Brandon; contempt:
10 days.
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BELL BUCKLE — Nestled
among the hills, farmland
and Walking Horse country
of Tennessee lies the historic
town of Bell Buckle. On the
third Saturday in June, Bell
Buckle will celebrate one of
the South’s most honored traditions — RC Colas and
Moon Pies.
The festival begins with
the 11th Annual Bell Buckle
Chamber of Commerce 10
Mile Run at 7 a.m. The Festival continues with 60 Art and
Craft Exhibits and 20 food
booths which feature southern fares such as Tennessee
smoked
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deep fried Moon Pies. At 11
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12th Annual RC Moon Pie Parade featuring the newly
contact with victim.
Shelly R. Morales; driving
on a suspended license: capias.
Stacie Nave; 6 counts of
worthless check: on each
count: $10 fine and costs, 11
Crossroads, attend Money
Management class, pay restitution.
Norman Lynn Parlier; theft
under $500: capias.
Robert C. Peters; second offense driving on a revoked license: capias.
Lonnie Ray Pierce; driving
on a revoked license: capias.
Tonya L. Smith; DUI, child
endangerment: dismissed.
April D. Townsend; theft
under $500: $25 fine and costs,
11 months and 29 days suspended, 11 months and 29
days unsupervised probation,
pay restitution.
Ashley Whaley; sale of
Schedule II drugs: $750 fine
and costs, 11 months and 29
days suspended, 11 months
and 29 days Crossroads, attend alcohol and drug counseling.
David Wright; 12 counts of
public intoxication, two counts
order of protection, burglary,
resisting arrest, criminal impersonation,
vandalism:
capias.
Douglas Yoakley; violation
of probation: 30 days, probation extended 11 months and
29 days; driving on a revoked
license: $50 fine and costs, 5
months and 29 days suspend-
check: $10 fine and costs, 11
months and 29 days suspended, 11 months and 29 days unsupervised probation, pay
restitution.
Landon Wayne Garland; no
fishing license: capias.
Barry Andrew Glenn; violation of probation, show cause
order: capias.
Sara Elizabeth Groome; first
offense DUI: $350 fine and
costs, 11 months and 29 days
suspended except for 1 day,
spend 1 day on trash pickup,
attend MOP school; violation
of implied consent law: $25
29 days suspended except for 5
days.
Victor Tracy Haynes Jr.; no
driver’s license on person: $25
fine and costs, 30 days suspended.
James Hughes; assault: $10
29 days suspended, no contact
with victim; assault, telephone
harassment: dismissed.
Pamela A. Jessee; worthless
check: $10 fine and costs, 11
months and 29 days suspended, 11 months and 29 days unsupervised probation, pay
restitution.
Wilson Lee Mayse; aggravated assault: bound over to
grand jury; aggravated assault:
dismissed.
Michael Carroll Mooney;
domestic assault: $25 fine and
costs, 11 months and 29 days
suspended, 11 months and 29
days Crossroads, attend domestic violence counseling, no
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with cloggers will entertain
throughout the afternoon until the H.B. Cowan RC Moon
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1:45 p.m. The games include
the Moon Pie Toss, RC Dash,
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EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY
Covered Bridge Celebration
was among the best ever
A big round of applause is
in order for the ElizabethtonCarter County Chamber of
Commerce and the 40th Annual Covered Bridge Days
Celebration Committee.
From all indications — as
well as comments heard at the
festival this past weekend —
the celebration was one of the
best ever. Although the crowd
on the bridge was down the
first two nights of the festival,
things picked up on Friday
with the arts and crafts festival and Kids Island. Moving
the arts and crafts to Elk Avenue brought hundreds of
people to the downtown area
and gave local businesses
some great exposure. Also,
festival-goers seemed to like
the extra walking space and
the spaciousness offered on
Elk Avenue. They also enjoyed being back on the Elk
Avenue Bridge for the music.
The Covered Bridge Days
Celebration is much like the
celebrated movie “Field of
OPINION
Dreams.” An ordinary guy
had a dream, one that was
looked upon as being a very
odd dream. But he worked
and carried through with the
dream of building a ballfield
in the midst of his cornfield.
And the players came. And
the people came. One of the
famous lines of that movie
was the phrase, “If you build
it, they will come.”
Carter Countians love a
good time. They also enjoy
music and festival food, such
as funnel cakes, curly potatoes and kettle corn — those
foods dripping with sugar
and oil that you eat only once
a year. And, if there’s music
and food, you can bet the people will come, and that they
did to the 40th Annual Covered Bridge Days Celebration.
This year’s celebration was
structured, yet laid-back; professional and well-promoted.
Sometimes, it takes some tinkering to find the right combination. The tinkering of the
last two or three years has
paid off. Next year’s celebration promises to be even bigger and better!
CAL THOMAS
American troops in shackles Head, arm, hand or finger?
Did you know there are
seven young Marines and a
Navy corpsman sitting in a
military brig right now in leg
and wrist shackles — despite
the fact that they’ve not been
charged with any crime?
The men are in solitary
confinement, locked in 8’x8’
cells at San Diego’s Camp
Pendleton, as investigators
probe an April 26 incident
involving the 3rd Battalion,
5th Regiment,
1st Marine Division.
They
are behind bars
23 hours a day;
family members can only
see
them
through inchMichelle thick Plexiglas.
Malkin Military blabbermouths
have told the press that the
service members are suspected of kidnapping and shooting a man in the Iraqi town
of Hamdaniya. The Iraqi
man’s family reportedly
came forward seeking payment for his death as media
hysteria set in over the separate alleged atrocity in Haditha.
These men — our men —
may be innocent. They may
be guilty. Charges may or
may not be filed this week.
But this much is certain: The
media leaks and the Murthafication of the case are already taking a heavy toll on
the troops and their families.
The headlines have already
convicted them: “Iraqi’s
Slaying Planned By Marines,
Official Says.” “Marines
Planned to Kill Iraqi Civilian, Then Planted Evidence.”
The national media ignored a protest by supporters outside Camp Pendleton
over the weekend. “I want
the Marines to know that
they are not forgotten, that
people are out here thinking
of them,” said one attendee.
The father of one of the men
in custody, Pfc. John J. Jodka,
worried: “It appears to me
that this is the reaction of
some senior people to show
‘We’re in charge; we’re cleaning up our act.’”
Not a peep heard yet from
the American Civil Liberties
Union. The website of the
self-anointed crusaders for
individual rights contains
hundreds of articles on the
rights of al Qaeda suspects
and an indignant press release on the suicides of
Guantanamo Bay detainees.
But no mention of the Camp
Pendleton Eight. For their
part, human rights groups
were too busy shedding
tears for the Gitmo terrorist
suicide squad and lionizing
them as “heroes” in the
words of William Goodman
of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Editorial cartoonists have been preoccupied desecrating the Marine
Corps logo and tarring
troops as baby-killers.
A clarion voice stepped
into the fray this week to
push back against the global
rush to judgment against our
troops. Ilario Pantano, a
Desert Storm vet-turnedWall Street banker and new
media entrepreneur-turned-
reenlisted
Marine
from
Hell’s Kitchen, launched his
gripping book “Warlord: No
Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” this week, which recounts his harrowing ordeal
as a Marine smeared and
cleared. Last spring, he faced
the death penalty for defending himself and his men in
the heat of battle and killing
two Iraqi insurgents. He was
accused then, as Marines are
being accused now, of wantonly executing Iraqis to
send a message. His family
and friends’ defense of Pantano was met, as those of
Marines are being met now,
with incredulity or apathy.
There were no pleas to
withhold judgment against
Pantano from the New York
Times then. No Oprah sitdowns now with the wives
and children of accused
troops.
As an agitated, condescending Ann Curry of
NBC’s “Today Show” tried
to paint Pantano Monday as
a callous thug, he replied
with quiet dignity: “I don’t
think it’s helpful to national
security to have this kind of
self-flagellation before the
facts are actually disclosed.”
Innocent until proven
guilty? Justice for all? Benefit
of the doubt? These are apparently foreign concepts
when it comes to Americans
in uniform being held on
American soil. Perhaps if our
troops proclaimed themselves “conscientious objectors” and converted to Islam,
they might start getting
some sympathy.
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Editor:
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take issue with the recent Star
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Bob Corker’s abortion position.
On what other issue, besides abortion, can a candidate
confidently claim one position
while holding a clearly contradictory record? According to
the Star Publisher, Bob Corker
is ‘pro-life’ because he says so.
Period. End of story.
Is no validation of this
claim required for the Star
Publisher? What about Mr.
Corker’s efforts to the contrary? What about his opposition to amendments banning
Tennessee tax dollars for abortion? What about his current
position that some unborn
children are not worthy of
protection?
Bill Clinton, too, claimed to
be pro-life as Governor of
Arkansas. At one time, Al
Gore also called himself “prolife” as a Tennessee Congressman. But the proof is in the
pudding. Come on, Star Publisher, if you care about the
protection of human life, let’s
hold those seeking pro-life
votes to a higher standard.
The unborn deserve nothing
less!
Michelle Gantz
112 Surrey Lane
Johnson City, TN 37604
About the 1991 Gulf War
and America’s strategy to
oust Saddam Hussein’s army
from Kuwait, Gen. Colin
Powell famously said: “First,
we’re going to cut it off, then
we’re going to kill it.”
The successful operation
against al-Qaida leader Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi, resulting
in his unlamentable death,
cut something
off, but what
was it? It wasn’t the head of
terrorism.
It
may not even
have been an
Cal
arm or a hand.
Thomas It possibly was
a finger that
was severed,
but the evil virus of islamofascism has a way of regrowing any extremity. In
the days immediately following Zarqawi’s death,
some of his associates were
on Web sites calling for unity
and warning Sunni Muslims
not to collaborate with Shiites in support of the new
Iraqi government.
While the United States
and Britain rejoiced that Zarqawi would not be able to
behead anyone again, an epidemic is not ended when one
infected person dies. As with
any plague, if the rest of us
are to be protected, all who
carry the virus must either be
eliminated or quarantined.
This was a welcome victory in a war that is too often
fought on one side with
bombs, guns and no rules,
and on the other with too
much diplomacy and too
many constraints. Evil understands only defeat and
humiliation. The way to win
this war is by defeating and
humiliating the enemy in
such a way that it will be a
thousand years before they
try something like this again.
This means there needs to
be more action like that taken against Zarqawi. This war
should be stepped up and
fought like World War II. The
way not to fight it was
demonstrated last week by
the once-feared Israelis. The
Israeli government apologized for the deaths of seven
Palestinian civilians killed on
a Gaza beach by an errant Israeli artillery shell. The civilians were 400 yards away
from a terrorist launching
pad where Palestinians have
fired dozens of crude rockets
at southern Israeli towns. Israeli military officials believe
the Palestinians may have
been responsible for the
killings, but the Palestinians
are refusing to cooperate in
the investigation because
blaming the Israelis is more
politically advantageous.
Instead of apologizing, Israel should have said that,
while it does not purposely
target civilians; Palestinian
terrorists regularly target innocents. Terrorists deliberately place themselves in locations that increase the likelihood that civilians will be
killed in an Israeli retaliatory
strike. The Israeli response,
not the Palestinian attack
that precipitated it, then becomes the dominant media
story. Israel should say that if
terrorists launch another attack, Palestinians would
have 24 hours to turn in
those responsible or face
obliteration of the neighborhood where the terrorists
hide out.
That’s the path to victory.
Such a policy wouldn’t take
long to change the dynamic
of this war. But as long as
one side seeks “surgical”
strikes and pursues diplomacy, while the other blows
up anything and everything
it can, evil will always have
the advantage.
There is something else
that must be cut off if the
West hopes to defeat possibly the worst enemy it has
ever faced. While Americans worry about large
numbers of Mexicans crossing the southern border, we
should also do something
about the Muslim invasion
and the sedition that is
taught in some Islamic
schools. Mosques and Islamic schools are multiplying in the West. Those that
teach and preach hate and
sedition should be closed
and their clerics arrested or
deported. Even those that
profess to be proponents of
“peaceful” doctrines can be
fronts for terrorist activities.
The recent arrest in
Toronto of some alleged terrorist conspirators and their
suspected links to terrorists
in Georgia shows that the
virus is spreading. Why do
the United States, Canada,
Britain and much of Europe
admit radical Muslims and
their clerics from countries
where this virus has flourished? Why do they let
schools proliferate that
have as their goal the overthrow of their host country
(the alleged Canadian terrorists apparently were
homegrown Muslims)?
When I travel internationally, I am prohibited
from bringing home plants
and animals. U.S. Immigration asks if I have walked
on farmland or been near
livestock. The same principle should apply to islamofascists. Why are we letting
one virus in and keeping
out plants and animal bacteria?
If we don’t figuratively
(and perhaps literally) cut
off their heads, we have
seen ample evidence of
their intention to cut off
ours.
one item with a team logo on
it.
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Twelve percent of men
never use their car blinkers.
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Right handed people live,
on average, nine years longer
than left handed people do.
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Twenty-eight percent of us
have skinny-dipped. Fourteen percent with the opposite sex.
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Your ribs move about 5
million times a year, every
time you breathe.
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Ninety percent of us depend on alarm clocks to wake
us.
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The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.
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You share your birthday
with at least 9 million people.
MILD TALK
The record for the longest
hair in the world belongs to
Diane Witt.
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New Orleans was the U.S.
Confederacy’s largest city.
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According to the Sporting
Goods Manufacturers Association, clothing with team
logos accounts for 60 percent
of licensed pro sports merchandise sales — 45 percent
of Americans own at least
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Clarence B. Cyphers
Clarence
Buchanan
Cyphers, 72, of Elizabethton,
died Wednesday, June 14,
2006, at the James H. Quillen
VA Medical Center.
Mr.
Cyphers was
a native of
Carter County and a son
of
the
late
Lawrence
and
Myrtle
Buchanan Cyphers. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by a sister,
Jeanne Hicks.
Mr. Cyphers was a graduate of Elizabethton High
School and the Tennessee Vocational Technical School in
Johnson City. He was a retired employee of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation
and served in the United
States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church
and was an avid Braves Baseball fan.
Survivors include his
wife, Gale Renfro Cyphers;
two daughters and sons-inlaw, Jennifer and James
Brooks, Lilburn, Ga., and Joy
and Dean Norris, Nashville;
two sons and daughters-inlaw, John Michael and Allison Cyphers and Jeffrey
Wade
and
Kimberly
Cyphers, all of Franklin; six
grandchildren,
Jemma
Brooks, Conner Brooks, Benjamin
Cyphers,
Chase
Cyphers, Nathan Cyphers
and Nick Cyphers; and a sister
and
brother-in-law,
JoAnne and William Noble
Sr., Bluff City. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr.
Cyphers will be conducted at
8 p.m. Friday, June 16, at
Memorial Funeral Chapel
with Pastor Bobby Stout officiating. Music will be provided by Scott Reynolds and the
Borderview Quartet. Graveside services and interment
will be at 11 a.m. Saturday,
June 17, at Happy Valley
Memorial Park with Kirk
Langston, minister, officiating. Active pallbearers, who
are requested to assemble at
the funeral home at 10:30
a.m. Saturday, will be Chris
Mathes, Roscoe Peters, Ryan
Shoun, Terry Keeler and
William Noble Jr. Honorary
pallbearers will be Mack
Merritt, Dean Perry, Terry
Miller, Wiley Elliott, Glen
Reynolds, Tim Burker, Bill
Ingram Jr., Carl Burrough,
Robbie Norris, Roy Brooks,
Harold Norris, James Brooks,
Dean Norris, friends and
neighbors. The family will
receive friends from 6:30 to 8
p.m. Friday at the funeral
home. Friends may also call
at the residence. Family and
friends will assemble at the
funeral home at 10:15 a.m.
Saturday to go to the cemetery. Memorials for Mr.
Cyphers may be made to the
Carter County Rescue Squad,
P.O. Box 776, Elizabethton,
TN 37644 or to the American
Cancer Society, c/o Helen
Wilson, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643.
Online condolences to the
Cyphers family may be e-
mailed to [email protected].
Memorial Funeral Chapel
is in charge of arrangements.
Helen Bryant
Mrs. Helen Bryant, 67, 150
Jackson Avenue, Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord,
Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at
Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.
Mrs. Bryant was a native of
Carter County and the
daughter of the late Boonie
and Betsy Potter. In addition
to her parents, she was preceded in death by her motherin-law, Ginny Lee Bryant.
Mrs. Bryant was a homemaker and was of the Baptist
faith.
Survivors include her husband, Junior “Nat” Bryant, of
the home; four children, Tammy Woodby, John Bryant,
James Bryant and Donna
Williams; four grandchildren,
Joshua Arnett, Fredrick Malone, Becky Williams and
Tosha Williams; a brother,
Lacy Potter; and three sisters,
Viola Borders, Lilly Mae and
Monalou Beech.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bryant will be conducted at 7
p.m. Thursday, June 15, in the
Sunset Chapel of HathawayPercy Funeral Home with
Rev. Eddie Childress officiating. Graveside services and
interment will be at 11 a.m.
Friday, June 16, in the Highland Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be James Bryant,
Chad Matherly, Benji Matherly, Michael Hammitt, James
Matherly
and
Danny
Williams. Everyone will meet
at the funeral home at 10:30
a.m. Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends at the
funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, prior to the funeral
service, or at the residence,
150 Jackson Avenue, Eliza-
bethton, at anytime. Online
condolences may be sent to
the family through our Web
site
at
www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements for the
Bryant family have been entrusted to Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home.
Pauline A. Edens
SALISBURY,
N.C.
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Pauline “Polly” Amanda
New Edens, 87, of Salisbury,
formerly of Elizabethton,
Tenn., died Monday, June 12,
2006, at Kindred Hospital in
Greensboro.
Born April 28, 1919 in
Wilmington, she graduated
cum laude from Milligan College in Tennessee in 1940.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, James Edwin “Jim” Edens; a son, Gary
Denton Edens and his wife
Suellen of Paradise Valley,
Ariz.; a daughter, Wendy
Edens Jessen and her husband Lee of Boone; her
grandchildren, Ashley Reid of
New York City, Emily Calihan
of Phoenix, Ariz., Jeffrey Edward Jessen and Jonathan Lee
Jessen, both of Anchorage,
Alaska, and Erik Andrew
Jessen, Durango, Colo.; three
great-grandchildren; and her
sister-in-law, Kathleen Evans
of Elizabethton, Tenn.
The funeral service was
held Wednesday, June 14, in
the Summersett Memorial
Chapel in Salisbury. Interment will be at Happy Valley
Memorial Park in Elizabethton, Tenn., at 1 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made
to First Baptist Church, 1st
Family Ministry or Christmount Assembly, 225 Fern
Way, Black Mountain, N.C.
28711.
Summersett
Funeral
Home, Salisbury, (704) 6332111 is in charge of arrangements.
Arrests
• James Lloyd Milsaps, 38, 828 Hickory St., was arrested
Wednesday morning by Carter County Sheriff’s Department
Deputy Jim Whaley on a capias charging him with failure to
appear in court.
• Curtis Vaughn Jenkins, 32, 2251 Siam Road, was arrested
Tuesday morning by CCSD Deputy Sarah Ryan on an Attachment for contempt out of Chancery Court.
• Kenneth Edward Mathes, 49, 1 Jones Branch Road, Erwin, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Sarah
Ryan on an Attachment for contempt out of Circuit Court.
• Christopher David Price, 19, 118 Eldridge Drive, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Thomas Smith on
warrants charging him with stalking and harassment.
• Donald Woody Stevens, 47, 111 Laura Bowers Road, was
arrested Tuesday night by CCSD Deputy Brad Hamm and
charged with third offense driving on a revoked license, violation of the vehicle registration law and violation of the vehicle responsibility law.
• Charles Kenneth Dodge, 58, 776 Laurels Road, Apt. 2,
was arrested early Wednesday morning by CCSD Deputy
Thomas Smith on a warrant charging him with possession of
Schedule VI drugs.
• James Taylor, 50, 111 Daybreak Drive, was arrested Tuesday evening by Elizabethton Police Department Capt. Bill
Fraley and charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and violation of the implied consent law.
• William Marley, 42, 1151 Blue Springs Road, was arrested Tuesday night by EPD Sgt. Michael Merritt and charged
with driving on a revoked license, simple possession of
Schedule VI drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
County man arrested
for deserting military
From Staff Reports
A Carter County man was
arrested early Wednesday
morning on charges of desertion from the United States
Armed Forces.
Michael Travis Rogers, 19,
of 176 Carl Taylor Road, was
arrested around 6:30 a.m. by
Carter County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sarah Ryan
and Sgt. L.C. Tester and
charged with desertion of
U.S. Armed Forces.
According to police reports, on Tuesday officers received
information
on
Rogers stating a possible location where he could be
found. Ryan states in her re-
port that she was informed
that Rogers was wanted by
the United States Marine
Corps for the charge of desertion.
At that time, Ryan attempted to locate Rogers at
the residence on Carl Taylor
Road but was unable to
make contact with him.
Around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Ryan returned to the residence along with Tester and
found Rogers at the residence.
Rogers was then arrested
and transported to the Carter
County Jail where he will be
held until he is picked up by
members of the U.S. Armed
Forces Services.
DNA tests identify second
trapped bear in fatal attack on girl American Red Cross
CLEVELAND (AP) — A black bear that tests showed had human DNA under its claws has been identified as the killer of a 6year-old girl, according to Tennessee wildlife officials who acknowledged that another bear was wrongly euthanized.
Elora Petrasek, 6, of Clyde, Ohio, was fatally attacked April 13
and her mother and younger half brother were seriously injured
while the family visited a swimming hole and waterfall in the
Cherokee National Forest in southeast Tennessee.
The bear “positively identified” as the attacker — a 211-pound
male that had been trapped and held almost two months by the
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency pending the DNA tests —
has now been euthanized, officials said at a Wednesday news
conference.
Lab tests by the FBI found the traces of human DNA, Assistant
TWRA Director Ron Fox said. A necropsy will be performed to
determine whether the bear had any illnesses or abnormalities
that might have contributed to the attack.
Fox said the bear was euthanized in keeping with TWRA policy regarding animals that kill humans.
The family was mauled during a visit to a favorite swimming
hole at the Chilhowee Recreation Area near the Ocoee River, a
popular whitewater, camping and fishing location.
A 203-pound male bear caught April 16 in traps baited with
doughnuts and honey buns was immediately euthanized. The
bear now identified as the attacker was captured a day later less
than a mile from Chilhowee and held alive until the forensics
testing was completed.
Dan Hicks, a TWRA district spokesman, said the first bear was
euthanized because of concerns about rabies.
“We wanted to go ahead and do some testing,” he said.
David Brandenburg, a TWRA wildlife biologist, said predatory attacks by black bears are extremely rare but in such cases the
animals “attack because they view humans as prey.”
“There was no food involved,” he said. “We probably will
never know that answer: Why that bear attacked.”
The bear also bit the girl’s half brother, 2-year-old Luke
Cenkus, puncturing his skull, and seriously injured the children’s
mother, Susan Cenkus, 45, who tried to fend off the animal.
The girl’s body was found by volunteer searchers a short distance from the waterfall with the bear still standing over her. The
bear ran away after one of the volunteers fired a handgun when
the animal charged him.
After hospital stays in Chattanooga, Cenkus and her son returned to Ohio in early May. She has declined comment.
Christopher Dennison, a half brother of the victim, attended
the Wednesday news conference and said he was happy the right
bear has now been destroyed.
“Our biggest fear was it (an attack) would happen again,” he
said.
Dennison, who has described the recreation area as being a favorite outdoors spot for his family, said he visited there Tuesday.
“I think the public should learn that we share a world with the
nature that is around us,” he said. “The best thing we can do to
prevent an incident like this is be aware of things of this nature,
just be educated about our world.”
The attack was the second fatal black bear mauling in Tennessee since 2000 but just the second in the South and 12th in the
contiguous United States in 100 years, according to the North
American Bear Center.
Andy Gaston, a U.S. Forest Service ranger for the district, said
anyone who encounters a black bear should “just back away. One
thing you don’t want to do is turn around and run. Stand tall and
yell and back away slowly.”
Officials said Chilhowee Recreation Area, closed since the attack, would reopen Friday. They said no changes were planned in
the way they manage the slowly increasing population of 1,200 to
1,500 black bears in the forest.
Brandenburg said the attack prompted an increase in reports
of bear sightings but he doesn’t recommend extending Tennessee’s 34-day bear hunting season. Brandenburg said hunters
killed 308 bears last year, up from 247 two years earlier.
He said reports of bear sightings have slowed in recent days,
likely because berries are now available in the woods.
“There is just so much habitat the bears have,” he said. The
pace of the black bear’s population growth in the forest is “right
where we want it to be.”
Man gets more prison
time for conspiracy
Fire destroys business
NASHVILLE (AP) — A
man who sought help from a
family with mob ties to kill
his ex-wife and a federal attorney has been sentenced to
35 years in prison, according
to federal prosecutors.
Parley Drew Hardman, 50,
was already serving a 15-year
sentence for trying to hire hit
men to kill his ex-wife, Cherilynn Collins, when he tried to
solicit her murder again in
October 2003.
A jury convicted the
Murfreesboro man in September 2005 on 10 different
counts of soliciting a federal
crime of violence, conspiracy
to murder a federal official,
conspiracy to retaliate against
a federal witness, and conspiracy to commit interstate
stalking.
Hardman asked a fellow
inmate to introduce him to
members of the Gambino
crime family, according to the
U.S. Attorney’s office. Hardman said he wanted to exact
revenge on Collins and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny
Koshy, who prosecuted him
in his first trial. He also wanted to kill the men he originally hired to kill Collins: Marvin Droznek and Joseph
Roselli.
After the inmate told his
lawyer of Hardman’s plan, an
FBI agent posing as a mobster
met with Hardman to discuss
murder plans. The undercover agent also met with Hardman’s girlfriend, Brenda L.
Lampley, who paid the agent
$600 for his travel expenses
and provided him with a picture of one of the intended
victims.
Lampley has pleaded
guilty to conspiring to kill
Koshy and is scheduled to be
sentenced on Sept. 11.
The Washington County
Sheriff’s Department reported that several area fire departments responded to a fire
Wednesday at P & S Enterprises, 210 Watertank Road,
Gray.
The building was fully engulfed in flames when firemen arrived. According to the
report, Lynn R. Johnson, 56,
16881 Kingsport Highway,
Fall Branch, was repairing a
sets annual meeting
The American Red Cross Chapter serving Washington
County and Johnson City, Western Sullivan County and
Kingsport, Carter County, Unicoi County, Johnson County,
Hawkins County, Hancock County and Claiborne County
will hold their annual meeting on Monday, June 26, from 6-8
p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to elect the board of directors, review the work of the past year, to recognize outstanding volunteer service, and to celebrate 125 years of service by
the American Red Cross. Anyone interested in attending this
annual meeting should call (423) 378-8700 to register their attendance for the dinner and program.
Former TVA officer
sentenced for fraud
KNOXVILLE (AP) — A
former Tennessee Valley Authority
employee
who
charged $86,000 in personal
merchandise to the federal
utility over a three-year period was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison
for fraud.
Elizabeth Jana Aziz of
Riceville entered a guilty
plea last year and agreed to
repay TVA. U.S. District
Judge Tom Varlan included
restitution in his sentencing
order Wednesday.
Aziz was administrative
officer at TVA’s Hiwassee hyfuel tank on a vehicle when droelectric plant in Murphy,
the tank exploded. Johnson N.C.
received minor injuries and
Prosecutors said she used
was treated at the scene by her TVA credit card, intended
Washington County Emerfor buying tools, fuel and ofgency Medical Services.
The structure and the con- fice supplies, to purchase
tents were destroyed. The loss merchandise for herself and
her family from 2001 to 2004.
was estimated at $500,000.
Fire departments from She also used the cards of six
Gray, Sulphur Springs, Jones- co-workers.
Aziz charged by telephone
borough and Watauga reand
over the Internet to buy
sponded to the scene.
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goose-down comforter, a
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into custody Maria Brumit
for two counts of aggravated
child abuse and neglect. The
charges stem from a traffic
crash that was investigated
by the Johnson City Traffic
Crash Reconstruction Team.
The crash resulted in the
death of a 13-year-old boy
and serious injuries to the 10year-old girl that were passengers in the vehicle.
Brumit was released from
the Carter County Jail on a
$40,000 bond. Her hearing
has been set in General Sessions Court in Carter County
on Friday, June 16.
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home,” propane gas for her
house and three outbuildings, according to an 11count indictment.
The TVA inspector general’s office uncovered the
scam and turned it over to
federal prosecutors.
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‘Contra Fever’ hits Jonesborough
JONESBOROUGH — According to reports from the
CDC (Contra Dancing Central)
an outbreak of the highly contagious “Contra Fever” seems
to be spreading throughout
Northeast Tennessee. The
source appears to be located in
historic Jonesborough. Symptoms include, but are not limited to sudden, loud outbursts
of a whooping holler, uncontrollable grinning from ear to
ear, urges to lift ones heels and
twirl in circles while laughing
with old and new friends and
a relentless search for healthy,
family exercise and entertainment. If you now have, or
would like to have, one or
more of these symptoms, there
is no need to panic. Fortunately, there is a support group,
The Historic Jonesborough
Dance Society, that promises
not only relief, but a cure.
Day of Dance is a brand
new edition to the 36th annual
Jonesborough Days celebration to be held July 1-2. The
Contra Dancing Village will be
located inside the Jonesborough Visitors Center, on Saturday only, July 1 from 12 noon
until 9:30 p.m. Admission
prices are $1 for the workshops
and $3 for the dances.
The day will consist of three
workshops for Contra, Waltz
and Square followed by three
dances including a Family
Dance for parents or grandparents with children, a Square
Dance and a Contra Dance.
The workshops and dances
will be taught and called by
Diane Silver.
Washington
County Ramblers consisting of
Roy Andrade (of Reel Time
Travelers) and friends will provide music. The family dance
will have live music, high energy, foot- stomping and whooping. Because it’s for families
and children, this event will be
billed as intergenerational. The
dance will include circle
dances, scatter mixers and long
sets. There will be some simple
squares with some dances in-
DEAR ABBY
Foreign insults might
fall on familiar ears
“Contra Fever” has hit Jonesborough, and from reports is very contagious. This year’s
Jonesborough Days will feature a Day of Dance dedicated to contra dancing at the
Jonesborough Visitor’s Center. There will be both workshops and dances.
cluding singing and clapping.
Schedule
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Contra
Workshop
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Waltz
Workshop
3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Square Workshop
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Family
Dance
5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Dinner
Break for Historic Jonesborough Dance Society
(During HJDS’s dinner
break, visiting dancers, The
Dandy Lines, will give a free
line dance demonstration.)
6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Square
Dance
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Contra
Dance
“Contra dancing is traditional New England folk dancing,” says event organizer,
David Wiley. “Americans have
enjoyed Contra dances since
Revolutionary times. It’s a social dance akin to square dancing. It’s great exercise and
great fun, enjoyed by people of
all ages and life-styles. It shares
some elements of square danc-
ing such as ‘swing your partner’ and ‘do-si-do,’ but couples form long lines rather
than squares.”
Dance caller, Diane Silver,
from Asheville, N.C., has been
a die-hard contra dancer,
swing dancer and kitchen flatfooter for over 10 years. With a
penchant for hot modern contras and active squares, Silver
loves sharing high-energy
dancing that allows everyone
to “play” with the band.
Wiley adds, “It has often
been said, ‘If you don’t contra
dance, you are wasting your
feet.’” Contact Wiley, (423) 9133246 or visit www.historicjonesboroughdancesociety.org to discover more about
Contra dancing fever!
Jonesborough Days will begin Saturday, July 1, at 10 a.m.
A timeline parade will open
ceremonies, leading to Main
Stage entertainment to include
singing, dancing and storytelling and Children’s Stage
entertainment
to
include
singing, dancing, a musician,
balloon artist and games. Vil-
lages will be located throughout the downtown historic district which include Native
American and Civil War encampments,
a
Hispanic
themed Children’s Fiesta village, County Fair and Barn
Yard area, Celtic activities,
Contra Dancing and Traditional Crafters areas and a 1940s
themed area with a USO Show,
antique automobiles, memorabilia and stories by local
wartime heroes. The evening
will be topped off with patriotic music and a tremendous
fireworks display at 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 2, entertainment
and villages will return, beginning at 1 p.m. and closing at 5
p.m.
Please remember the generous sponsors that make Jonesborough Days 2006 possible.
Eagle Sponsors: Eastman
Credit Union, Greater Eastern
Credit Union and Mountain
States Health Alliance. Fireworks Sponsor: Wolfe Development. Liberty Sponsors:
Black Hawk Real Estate and
First Tennessee Bank.
Bakersville will host Rhododendron Festival
BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — The Bakersville Improvement Group
will sponsor the 60th annual North Carolina Rhododendron Festival in Bakersville on June 16 and 17.
Among the festival activities will be the Rhododendron Pageant
Queens reunion and a street dance on June 16, the 60th Rhododendron Pageant, and an arts and crafts street fair along the beautiful
Bakersville creek walk.
There will also be food and great music; car show; ducky derby;
10k run; tours of Roan Mountain and area historical attractions; as
well as a fire department barbecue, car show, helicopter rides and
much more.
Festivities on the 17th will conclude with a street dance in Bakersville from 8 p m. until 12 p.m. at the fire station. Of course, the
highlight of the festival will be the blooming rhododendron on
Roan Mountain, home of the largest rhododendron gardens in the
world!
The festival began in 1947 as an effort to call attention for the
need for new roads to the top of Roan Mountain. The efforts paid
off with new roads constructed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Today, the Mountain is accessible year around to the top and the gardens are accessible from May 1 to November 30.
Roan Mountain is one of the tallest mountains in the Appalachian range. It is located on the North Carolina/Tennessee border, approximately 10 miles from town of Bakersville, N.C. The mountain
is about 6284 feet high and its uniqueness of Roan Mountain is the
flora located there. The mountain holds soil and vegetation left
there as the glaciers receded form the last Ice Age. As a result, Roan
Mountain has flora that is not indigenous to the South. It has been
said that a trip to the Roan is stepping into Canada with its Frasier
Fir and Red Spruce alpine forests. In addition, Roan Mountain has,
what the U.S. Forest Service has termed, the world’s largest natural
rhododendron gardens. The gardens cover more than 600 acres
and are made up of the pink rhododendron (Rhododendron
catawbiense). The scientific name comes from the Catawba Indian
tribe that populated the area in the 17th century. Legend has it that
the Catawba and Cherokee fought a battle atop the Roan and blood
of the fallen warriors stained the rhododendron pink.
Roan Mountain is home to some 30 species of plants unique to
the area and the mountain. The Appalachian trail crosses Roan
Mountain and offers excellent opportunities for day hikes as well
as overnight trips.
More information about the mountain and the Appalachian
Trail is available through the U. S. Forest Service, Burnsville, N.C.
office at (828) 682-6146.
For more information about the festival contact the Mitchell
County Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 858, Spruce Pine, NC,
or call 1-800-227-3912. Additional information is available at
www.mitchell-county.com and www.bakersville.com.
OAK RIDGE — The Secret
City of Oak Ridge is letting
the whole world in on its big
secret June 16-17 at the 4th
Annual Secret City Festival.
This year’s highlights include
a World War II re-enactment,
live entertainment with The
Drifters and Blood, Sweat
and Tears, an expanded children’s area, arts & crafts vendors, antique dealers, and
plenty of fun, food and activities for the whole family. The
festival site is open to the
public, and most of the weekend’s events are free of
charge.
The Secret City of Oak
Ridge is best known for its
role in developing the Atomic
Bomb which helped bring an
end to World War II (WWII).
Today, the city celebrates its
past, present and future with
an annual festival featuring
tours of historic Manhattan
Project sites, a special WWII
Re-enactment, live entertainment and family activities.
One of the festival’s main
events, the WWII Re-enactment, will feature new exhibits including a field hospital and a Battalion Aid Station. The largest multi-battle
their photo taken with an endangered Bald Eagle, brought
by Tennessee State Parks.
Other highlights include a
Manhattan Project Roundtable, the world premiere of
the film, “Secret City: The
Oak Ridge Story Part 2 (1945
– 2006),” and a presentation
on the K-25 Plant by author
Robert S. Norris, who wrote
“Racing for the Bomb.”
Festival entertainment will
include concerts by The
Drifters on Friday, Blood,
Sweat and Tears on Saturday,
and a free pops concert by the
Oak Ridge Symphony on Sunday.
An Arts & Crafts Show and
Antiques & Collectibles Show
will take place all day Friday
and Saturday, as will WWII Se-
DEAR ABBY: I just read
the letter from “Edith in
Sweden,” regarding the
American woman who was
talking loudly in a restaurant
there, thinking no one could
understand what she was
saying. You commented that
Americans need to understand that many people in
other countries
can
understand English.
I have had the
opposite experience.
Foreigners need to
understand
that sometimes
Americans
can
understand them, too.
My daughter was assigned to NATO security,
and while I was visiting her
in Italy, the two of us went
shopping in a town near
Naples. The owner of a pottery shop was talking to a
friend as we browsed. My
daughter translated the conversation for me, in a whisper. “She’s saying she can’t
stand the Americans and the
Brits, and wishes they would
leave.” The woman then approached us, all smiles, and
asked if she could show us
something. My blue-eyed,
red-haired daughter replied
in fluent Italian, “Thank you,
but there’s nothing in this
shop that we could possibly
be interested in,” and we left.
—
AMERICAN
MOM,
NAPERVILLE, ILL.
DEAR
AMERICAN
MOM: I don’t blame you for
leaving — I couldn’t have
gotten out of there fast
enough, either. The reactions from readers about
that letter are amusing and
fascinating. Putting a foot in
one’s mouth appears to be a
universal trait. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: My son, an
18-year-old college football
player of Italian/Irish heritage, was sitting in an airport in Austin, Texas, during
a layover. A family from
Japan was sitting next to
him, complaining about their
flight and their food, and finally, that someone nearby
smelled bad. My son turned
to them and, in perfect
Japanese, said, “Yes, something does smell funny.” He
said they looked at him in
shock, got up and literally
ran away. He said the same
thing your writer did: People
shouldn’t automatically assume others don’t speak
their language, even those
visiting our country. —
DORIS
IN
KAILUA,
HAWAII
DEAR ABBY: That letter
reminded me of an incident
in Munich. We were invited
to dinner at a nice restaurant
by a German friend. Our
host, as is customary there,
brought along his miniature
poodle. As we passed one
table, an American woman
said loudly to her companions, “I wonder why the Germans always bring their pets
to a restaurant?” I leaned
over and said, “Probably because they have better manners than some of the people.” She was speechless. —
RALPH IN SANTA BARBARA
DEAR ABBY: My mother
is from Germany, and I speak
German. I vacationed there
with my husband, two children, my mother and my inlaws. On the way home, my
father-in-law and I went to
the flight desk to check in.
The woman behind the
counter told us our plane
had left two hours before!
Then, in German, she said to
her co-workers that we were
stupid Americans, and she’d
make us stay another night
and take a flight the next day.
I replied in German that we
were not stupid, and we’d
take a flight that day. Her jaw
dropped, and her boss came
over and ran with us to the
next flight. — CAROL IN
PORTLAND, ORE.
Workshops at park
Sycamore Shoals Historic Area will host two traditional
workshops this weekend at the park.
They include Intermediate 18th Century Blacksmithing
taught by Mark Ramsey from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday. The class will be limited to six, and the fee is $85.
Also, on Saturday, Carolyn DeWitt will instruct a workshop on “Weaving on the Inkle Loom” from 10 a.m. until 3
p.m. The class will be limited to 10, and the fee is $25.
For more information or to register, call the park at 5435808.
Smoky Mountains RR
Secret City Festival scheduled this weekend
will feature Father’s
Day Dinner Train
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WWII public event in the
Southeast, the re-enactment
will feature more than 200
men and women who will
enact the lives of WWII soldiers, medics and nurses, as
well as perform fight sequence demonstrations, complete with period artillery, including American and German tanks and other vehicles.
The children’s area will
feature a petting zoo, pony
rides, wagon rides, Euro
Bungy, rock climbing wall,
lots of free games including a
soccer challenge and football
toss, karaoke, and special exhibits by the Oak Ridge Children’s Museum and the
Home Depot. Parents, bring
your cameras as kids will
have an opportunity to have
cret City Heritage Displays.
The American Museum of Science and Energy will have vintage WWII quilts that have
never before been exhibited in
the South. These quilts have
varied themes, from patriotism
and victory to fundraising and
military tributes.
The 8th Annual Lavender
Festival and Herb Fair at Jackson Square will take place on
Saturday, offering spectators
the chance to learn the basics of
cooking, crafting, and healing
with lavender.
For more information on the
Secret City Festival or to purchase event tickets, visit
www.secretcityfestival.com
<http://www.secretcityfestival.com/> or call the information line at (865) 425-3610.
Nineteenth Century Sampler
Documentation Day scheduled at ETHS
KNOXVILLE — You are
invited to bring your 19thcentury Tennessee samplers
to “Sampler Documentation
Day,” sponsored by the East
Tennessee Historical Society
(ETHS) on Sunday, July 9,
from 1-5 p.m.
Jennifer Core and Janet
Hasson of the Tennessee
Sampler Survey will be on
hand to record the samplers
and present a short slide lecture on the subject beginning
at 2 p.m. Due to the time involved in each documentation — consisting of the his-
tory of the piece, a technical
analysis, and a photograph
— guests are encouraged to
schedule an appointment
through ETHS Curator of
Collections Michele MacDonald at (865) 215-8829 or
by
e-mail
at
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . The documentation and lecture are free
and open to the public.
Since June 2004, the Tennessee Sampler Survey has
cataloged more than 150
samplers across the state.
You may view those at
www.tennesseesamplers.co
m
<http://www.tennesseesamplers.com/> .
The East Tennessee Historical Society, whose mission is to preserve, interpret
and promote the region’s history, is located at 601 S. Gay
Street (across from the Tennessee Theatre) in downtown
Knoxville. Directions are
available at www.east-tennessee-history.org
<http://www.east-tennessee-history.org/> .
June 17 will be a special evening on the Gourmet Dinner
Train. The excursion that departs the Dillsboro Depot at 7:30
p.m. will honor fathers.
The Father’s Day Beer Dinner Train gives dads an opportunity to travel the rail while enjoying dinner in a vintage
dining car with the option of premium beers. The evening
dining train will feature a special menu paired with four premium beers, brewed in the Carolinas, from Carolina Beer
Company.
The menu starts with traditional Caeser salad served with
an asiago cheese crisp. This will be followed with chamel and
Crab Meat Au Gratin — sweet jumbo lump crabmeat baked
in our house with bread crumbs. The entrée choices are:
Crispy Pan Seared Duck Breast with wild berry jus and wild
rice pilaf or Carolina Golden BBQ Shrimp & Grits — (jumbo
shrimp, and ouille sausage and wild mushrooms in a golden
BBQ sauce served over bourbon cheese grits.) Dessert will be
Snickers pie served on a painted plate.
The Father’s Day Beer Dinner Train is just one of the many
dining train options at Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. For
more information about this dinner train or one of the other
train excursions call 800-872-4681 or visit the Web page at
www.gsmr.com.
Tennessee HOG Rally
scheduled Aug. 9-13
The Harley Owners Group will host its 15th annual TN
State H.O.G. Rally in Johnson City Aug. 9-13.
Over 4,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders will be
coming to Johnson City for “Ridin, Racin, and Rallyn” theme
for this year’s event. Activities for this year’s rally will include scenic rides throughout the Tri-Cities and mountains, a
breakfast ride to Farm House Gallery, tour of Bristol Motor
Speedway including “All Harley Drag Racing” at BMS Dragway, and rider’s skill riding events.
Pre-registration ends on June 26. For registration information and the rally agenda, please visit the Web at
www.tnstatehogrally.com
THURSDAY
June 15, 2006
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Oilers top Carolina, stay in chase for Stanley Cup
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers were short-handed,
just as they’ve been since the first
game of the Stanley Cup finals.
They’re obviously getting used to
it.
Fernando Pisani scored a shorthanded goal early in overtime and
the Oilers prevented Carolina from
celebrating its first championship on
home ice, stunning the Hurricanes 43 in Game 5 Wednesday night to send
the series back to Alberta.
“This goal puts up right back in it,”
Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish
said. “We’ve still got a lot of work to
do, but nobody wanted to see that
trophy tonight.”
Pack it back up. Game 6 is Saturday night in Edmonton.
The Hurricanes lead the series 3-2,
but the Oilers refused to buckle when
facing elimination for the first time in
these playoffs — even after Steve
Staios was sent to the penalty box for
dragging down Mark Recchi at 3:03
of overtime.
Just 28 seconds later, Pisani struck
for his second goal of the game and
the first short-handed overtime goal
in finals history.
Carolina’s Cory Stillman, a star of
the playoffs, made a lazy cross-ice
pass for Eric Staal as the Hurricanes
set up a rush. Pisani stole it at the blue
line, broke in all alone on Cam Ward
and beat the 22-year-old rookie to the
top-right corner.
“I saw he was cheating to that side
and I just picked the top half of the
net to shoot at,” Pisani said. “To score
that goal was huge.”
The Oilers are hanging tough and
defying skeptics who expected the
Hurricanes to finish things off quickly
after Edmonton goalie Dwayne Roloson sustained a series-ending knee injury in Game 1.
With backup Jussi Markkanen
playing another solid game — his
third in a row — the Oilers are still
alive.
“The guys have definitely been
playing well in front of me,” Markkanen said, “so it makes it way more
easy for a goaltender.”
Amazingly, the Hurricanes lost the
game on the power play, a part of the
game that has given them a huge advantage in the series. Carolina has
converted eight of 33 chances with
the man advantage, including all
three of its goals in Game 5.
But Edmonton, which is 2-of-32 on
the power play, managed to score the
winner while short-handed.
“Certainly, that’s not what you are
hoping for when you get a power
play,” Carolina coach Peter Laviolette
said. “The power play had been so effective all night. It’s an opportunity to
win the hockey game and it didn’t
happen.”
Actually, it did. For Edmonton.
Staal scored his first two goals of
the finals for Carolina, which had a
chance to win its first Stanley Cup on
home ice and even went to the trouble of freezing a gold dollar under
center ice for good luck.
Edmonton’s Ryan Smyth spotted
the coin and dug it up during the
morning skate, but the Hurricanes
apparently stuck another one just under the ice before the game, “like a
dog burying a bone,” MacTavish
quipped.
“Maybe we’ll plant a loonie on Sat-
It’s uncertain
which Twins
will get start
in Elizabethton
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Twins bring more to
town than just baseball
By Tim Chambers
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
Wes Holtsclaw
As of Wednesday, the Minnesota Twins have signed
seven of their top 12 2006
MLB Draft picks. It is also uncertain which of those players, if any, will begin their
professional careers in Elizabethton this summer.
One thing is clear, if recent
history is any indication, the
Twins’ top pick, California
State-Fullerton
signee
Christopher Parmelee, is
more-than-likely
‘Betsybound if he decides to forgo
any collegiate endeavors and
play professionally this summer.
Parmelee presents power
behind the sticks and is a solid baserunner. He is slated to
play in the outfield, although
he may be shifted to the first
base position.
Ranked 26th nationally entering the Draft, Parmelee (61, 205 lbs.) attened Chino
Hills High School in Chino
Hills, California.
He established himself as
one of the best high school
hitters in the Class of 2006
last summer earning AFLAC
All-American honors.
This season, he hit 11 home
runs in his first 26 games. His
raw arm strength has been
noted by scouts to be aboveaverage, as he’s thrown in the
high 80s from the mound.
Last year, the slugger hit
.412 with six doubles, 11
home runs, 23 RBIs along
with eight steals and a 6-0
record on the mound with a
2.28 ERA.
For the Draft as a whole,
the Twins used all but five of
their 19 picks on position
players with four of the pitchers being left-handed.
Signed picks include second round pick William J.
“Joe” Benson, a centerfielder,
out of Joliet, IL and third
round pick Tyler Robertson, a
left-handed ace, from Fair
Oaks, California.
Fourth rounder Garrett Olson, a third baseman, signed
from Franklin Pierce College,
while University of Nebraska
catcher Jeffrey Christy (sixth
round) also inked.
Three other collegians,
eighth round pick Brian
Dinkelman (2B, McKendree
College), ninth round pick
Sean Land (LHP, Kansas) and
urday,” he added, referring to a goodluck charm that worked for Canada
in the 2002 Olympics.
Carolina, a franchise that was born
in the old World Hockey Association
as the New England Whalers and
moved south in 1997, will have to
wait at least three more days to sip
from hockey’s most treasured prize.
“Everybody is upset, obviously,”
Laviolette said. “But it’s one game.
We’ll wake up tomorrow, go back to
work, go back to Edmonton.”
If the Oilers — the first No. 8 seed
to reach the finals under the current
playoff format — can win again at
home, it’s back to Raleigh for a decisive Game 7 on Monday night. Edmonton is trying to become only the
second team in NHL history to over-
Photo by Wes Holtsclaw
The Dallas Cowboys’ two-time Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten (shown going out for a
pass during a game against Carolina last season) will be holding his Fourth-Annual
‘Dreams Do Come True’ Football Camp this Saturday at Dave Rider Field.
Fourth-annual Witten
camp set for Saturday
By Wes Holtsclaw
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
The county is only three days away from
perhaps its biggest youth sports-related
event of the summer.
Two-time Dallas Cowboy Pro Bowl tight
end Jason Witten has returned home to Elizabethton and will be holding his Fourth Annual Witten Football Camp this Saturday at
Dave Rider Field.
A record number of participants are expected at this year’s event where Witten and
several guests, including other professionals
along with current and former collegiate
standouts, will be teaching the campers
football fundamentals using some of the
same drills the pros use with a solid backing
message of life lessons.
“We hope that they will learn something
that will help them become good football
players and good people in the community,”
Witten said in May. “It’s crazy how much
you can change a kid’s life in three hours. I
had people help me along the way. This is
just my way of doing the same thing for
someone else.”
The first session, for ages 7-12, will begin
at 9 a.m. and conclude at noon, while the
second session will start at 1:30 p.m. and
end at 4:30 in the afternoon.
Thanks to the sponsorship from Grindstaff Auto Group, those who registered prior
to the June 1st deadline will be allowed to
enter the camp for free.
If you want to send your child to the
camp, but missed the deadline, campers
may still participate for a $20 fee at the door
on the day of the camp.
There’s not a better deal for local youth
than receiving instruction from expirienced
football players, but more importantly a
good message.
Last summer, Witten’s third football
camp saw record participation between
both of its sessions.
The event nearly doubled its sise from
the previous two events and became the second-largest non-for-profit football camp in
the South with participation from six different states.
In the spring of 1974,
$125,000 dollars was spent
on renovations to Riverside
Park otherwise known now
as Joe O’Brien Field.
In the same year on June
24 the Elizabethton Twins
squared off against the Bristol Tigers as the newest
added member of the Appalachian League.
Thirty-two years later
they’ll do the same on June
21 verses Bluefield.
The Twins had opened the
‘74 campaign with a road
win over the Kingsport Mets
and many were anxiously
awaiting the home opener on
June 23. On that night mother nature would prevent that
from happening as heavy
rains forced the game to be
moved up to the following
evening.
With 605 fans looking on,
Bristol would lay an off fashioned country whipping on
the Twins 15-2.
But on the field, fans got to
watch a pair of future major
league stars in the making.
Butch Wynegar was the
starting catcher for Elizabethton while Lance Parrish
opened at third base for the
Tigers.
Wynegar would go on to
star for the Twins and Yankees while Parrish was a
standout for the Detroit
Tigers.
Fans got to see some future stars but the park
seemed dead at times.
Much has changed in
those 32 years thanks to current Twins General Manager
Mike Mains.
The Elizabethton Star and
Ingles will sponsor opening
night with a used car to be
giving away to some lucky
fan. The first 1000 fans will
receive a 2006 Twins magnetic schedule.
In all, the Twins will have
34 promotional nights. A trip
to Minnesota to watch the
Twins is a fan favorite sponsored by Uniglobe while
“Gas Monday” should be exciting with the giving away
of Whoopee Cushions.
The Twins will conduct a
youth baseball camp on July
3nd at 10:00 a.m., while fans
should bring their church
bulletins every Sunday night
for free admission.
So much has changed
since the Twins first came to
town.
During that era, some locals were bitter because they
felt like the youth of Elizabethton was being pushed
aside but Mains has went the
extra mile to make sure that
isn’t the case.
The Boys & Girls Club has
a promotional night as do the
local Little Leagues. On several occasions while I was
conducting player interviews, many of the Twins
were signing autographs for
the local youth or seen mingling with the fans.
Some former players
chose to come back and
made Elizabethton their
hometown.
Others have established
long-lasting friendships with
many Twin followers.
Several to this day have
fond memories of Elizabethton.
The late Kirby Puckett
would ask about Larry “Mo”
Riddle
when
someone
would mention his days
here. Puckett would smile recalling the days of Mo running the bases with his
patented slide.
Some recall the late Ralph
Claymon shaking his fist at
the umpire shouting “half
crook” or calling the opposing coach a “knuckle-head.”
From “Hillbilly Horseshoes” (tossing the U-shaped
toilet lid seats on batting tees
to Dave’s McQueen’s “Run
for the Roses” horse race behind the outfield fence, fans
will continue to enjoy watching America’s favorite pastime being played at Joe
O’Brien Field.
Heat, Mavs try to forget Game 3, focus on the next one
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Heat’s
Game 3 comeback was stunning and
spectacular.
Now it’s time to forget all about it.
That’s what the Heat and Dallas
Mavericks were saying Wednesday as
they began looking ahead to Game 4
of the NBA finals on Thursday night.
“From game to game it swings,
and you leave behind and move on
and use whatever psychological
edge you have or how you feel,”
Heat coach Pat Riley said. “But
we’re moving on to Game 4. Avery is
moving on to Game 4.”
Both teams have plenty to correct
before then.
Bullied on the boards and punished
in the paint, the Mavericks know they
have to be tougher than they were in
their 98-96 loss Tuesday. The Heat realize they have to cut down on their
turnovers, or risk fueling a Dallas transition game that they can’t keep up
with.
“It’s a quick turnaround,” Mavs
star Dirk Nowitzki said. “You only
have one day off. You’ve got to look
forward to a game
tomorrow.
You
can’t live in the
past.”
What the Mavs
should be looking
forward to is a
championship celebration. Up by 13
points in the fourth quarter, they were
just a few minutes away from a 3-0
lead that has never been surrendered
by an NBA team.
Instead, their mistakes eventually
caught up to them. But rather than
dwell on them, the Mavs only care
about fixing them.
“We can’t worry about what we
didn’t do, and just try to focus on what
we need to do next,” reserve Jerry
Stackhouse said.
That’s been one of Dallas’ strengths
in this postseason. After the Mavs’
first loss in
each of the
last
two
rounds, Avery
Johnson
quickly came
up with an
adjustment that tipped the scales in
his team’s favor.
Against San Antonio, that meant inserting Devin Harris into the starting
lineup to dictate a quicker tempo. To
slow down Phoenix’s penetration, he
turned to center DeSagana Diop to
block the lane.
This time, his biggest concern is the
Mavs’ rebounding. They were outrebounded 49-34 Tuesday, with Dwyane
Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and Udonis
Haslem combining for more rebounds
(35) than the entire Dallas team.
Dallas has been outrebounded in
two of the three games in this series after winning the battle of the boards in
an NBA playoff-record 17 straight
games.
“It’s really disappointing when
we end up getting stops and sometimes their best shot is a missed
shot,” Johnson said. “So we just got
to try to outhustle them, be a little
bit more physical.”
And that’s not only limited to the
rebounds. Even with only 16 points
from O’Neal, the Heat outscored the
Mavs 52-34 in the paint. Wade and
n See NBA, 11
Basketball
MLB Glance
American League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
37
26
.587
—
Boston
36
27
.571
1.0
Toronto
36
29
.554
2.0
Baltimore
30
37
.448
9.0
Tampa Bay
27
39
.409 11.5
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Detroit
42
24
.636
—
Chicago
40
25
.615
1.5
Cleveland
30
34
.469 11.0
Minnesota
30
34
.469 11.0
Kansas City
17
47
.266 24.0
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Texas
35
31
.530
—
Oakland
34
31
.523
0.5
Seattle
31
36
.463
4.5
Los Angeles
29
36
.446
5.5
———
Wednesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 1, 12 innings
N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 1
Toronto 6, Baltimore 3
Texas 8, Chicago White Sox 0
Minnesota 8, Boston 1
Oakland 7, Seattle 2
Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 3
Today’s Games
Baltimore (Cabrera 4-2) at Toronto (Lilly
5-7), 12:37 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Fossum 2-2) at Detroit (Miner
1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Lee 4-5) at N.Y. Yankees
(Mussina 8-2), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Washburn 4-7) at Oakland
(Loaiza 1-3), 3:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-4) at Texas
(Rheinecker 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 4-7) at Minnesota (Silva 2-8), 8:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Wood 3-2) at L.A. Angels
(Lackey 4-4), 10:05 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Detroit (Robertson 6-3) at Chicago Cubs
(Marmol 1-0), 2:20 p.m.
Minnesota (Liriano 5-1) at Pittsburgh
(Snell 7-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chacon 4-1) at Washington
(Hill 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 2-0) at Philadelphia
(Hamels 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Bedard 5-6) at N.Y. Mets
(Sanchez 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 7-4) at Cincinnati (Claussen 3-7), 7:10 p.m.
Boston (Lester 0-0) at Atlanta (Hudson 64), 7:35 p.m.
Toronto (Taubenheim 0-3) at Florida
(Olsen 5-3), 7:35 p.m.
Cleveland (Sabathia 5-2) at Milwaukee
(Capuano 6-4), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (Webb 8-1) at Texas (Millwood 73), 8:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Elarton 1-8) at Houston
(Buchholz 3-6), 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lowry 2-4) at Seattle
(Meche 6-4), 10:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Tomko 5-5) at Oakland (Zito 7-3), 10:05 p.m.
San Diego (Hensley 4-5) at L.A. Angels
(Jeff Weaver 3-9), 10:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
41
23
.641
—
Philadelphia
33
32
.508
8.5
Atlanta
30
36
.455 12.0
Washington
30
37
.448 12.5
Florida
25
37
.403 15.0
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
St. Louis
38
26
.594
—
Cincinnati
37
29
.561
2.0
Houston
34
32
.515
5.0
Milwaukee
32
35
.478
7.5
Chicago
26
38
.406 12.0
Pittsburgh
26
40
.394 13.0
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Arizona
35
30
.538
—
Los Angeles
35
30
.538
—
San Diego
34
31
.523
1.0
Colorado
33
32
.508
2.0
San Francisco 33
32
.508
2.0
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 0, 11 innings
Florida 6, Atlanta 5, 10 innings
Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 7
N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 3
Colorado 14, Washington 8
Houston 5, Chicago Cubs 4
San Francisco 11, Arizona 4
San Diego 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
Today’s Games
St. Louis (Mulder 5-4) at Pittsburgh (Santos 4-6), 12:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 3-4) at Philadelphia
(Lidle 4-5), 1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jennings 4-6) at Washington
(Hernandez 5-6), 1:05 p.m.
Houston (Nieve 2-3) at Chicago Cubs
(Zambrano 5-3), 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 0-0) at San
Diego (Young 6-3), 3:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Morris 3-7) at Arizona
(Batista 6-3), 6:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Sosa 1-8) at Florida (Nolasco 43), 7:05 p.m.
MLB Game Capsules
American League
Yankees .................................................6
Indians...................................................1
NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Johnson’s
encouraging outing ended abruptly when
he was ejected for throwing inside, and
the New York Yankees won a testy game
Wednesday night.
Johnny Damon and Andy Phillips homered for New York, which won its second
straight after dropping four in a row.
Bernie Williams added a key RBI double
and Robinson Cano had three hits, sending Cleveland to its 14th loss in 16 games
at Yankee Stadium since the start of
2002.
Jorge Posada and Jason Johnson (3-7)
exchanged words after the New York
catcher was hit by a pitch in the sixth, and
both benches were warned.
With Randy Johnson (8-5) nursing a 6-1
lead the following inning, longtime nemesis Eduardo Perez came to the plate with
one out and nobody on. The Big Unit
threw his first pitch way inside, and Perez
pointed his bat at the mound and took a
few steps toward the pitcher.
Posada stepped in front of Perez as both
benches emptied — but no punches were
thrown. Randy Johnson and Yankees
manager Joe Torre were ejected as the
crowd of 53,448 chanted “Randy! Randy!”
with delight.
Blue Jays...............................................6
Orioles ...................................................3
TORONTO (AP) — Alex Rios, Frank
Catalanotto and Vernon Wells homered to
lead the Blue Jays over Baltimore.
Rios and Catalanotto hit back-to-back
homers in the first off Rodrigo Lopez (4-8)
— the first two batters the right-hander
faced. It was the seventh time this season
Toronto has hit consecutive home runs.
Wells hit a solo shot off Lopez in the
third for the Blue Jays, who have won two
straight following a three-game losing
skid.
Vinny Chulk (1-0) pitched an inning for
the win.
B.J. Ryan pitched two hitless innings for
his 16th save in 17 chances. Ryan signed
a five-year, $47 million contract — the
richest ever for a reliever — in the offseason.
Rangers .................................................8
White Sox ..............................................0
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Getting a
turn as the Texas designated hitter, Hank
Blalock snapped out of his offensive
slump with a homer and an RBI double in
the Rangers’ victory over Chicago.
Vicente Padilla (6-4) struck out seven
and allowed only three singles over eight
shutout innings. After allowing runners in
each of the first four innings, the righthander retired 14 of the last 16 batters he
faced. He walked three and twice hit A.J.
Pierzynski with pitches while throwing 109
pitches.
Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth to
wrap up the Rangers’ fifth shutout of the
season.
Blalock led off the second with his 10th
homer — a 416-foot blast into the second
deck of seats in right field — that put the
Rangers ahead to stay. His double an inning later was part of a four-run outburst
in which they batted around to go up 5-0.
Javier Vazquez (7-4) struck out seven
over six innings, but allowed six runs and
10 hits to end his three-game winning
streak.
Devil Rays .............................................5
Tigers .................................1, 12 innings
DETROIT (AP) — Jorge Cantu hit a
three-run double in the 12th inning to help
the Devil Rays get the win.
Toby Hall and Travis Lee both singled off
Todd Jones (1-5) with no outs in the 12th.
Jones got Julio Lugo to bunt into a force
at third and Carl Crawford to pop out but
then hit Rocco Baldelli to load the bases.
Cantu followed Baldelli with a basesclearing liner into right-center field. Damon Hollins added an RBI double to give
Tampa Bay a four-run lead.
Brian Meadows (2-1) threw two scoreless
innings to get the win for Tampa Bay,
which snapped Detroit’s four-game winning streak.
Royals....................................................4
Angels ...................................................3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Stairs
drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the eighth inning and Mark
Grudzielanek homered for Kansas City.
Mark Redman (3-4) won his third straight
start, allowing three runs and four hits in
eight innings. He struck out one and
walked three. Ambiorix Burgos got three
outs for his ninth save in 15 attempts.
The win snapped a four-game losing
streak by the Royals, who already this
season have endured losing streaks of
13, 11 and six games.
Scot Shields (3-4) got the loss and Robb
Quinlan hit a three-run homer for Los Angeles.
Athletics ................................................7
Mariners ................................................2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dan Haren
pitched seven strong innings and the Athletics won their season-high sixth straight
game.
Haren (6-5) gave up four hits and one
run. He retired 12 in a row at one point.
Jason Kendall and Bobby Kielty each
drove in two runs as the A’s extended their
win streak against Seattle to eight games.
Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki collected two hits,
extending his hitting streak to 14 games.
Joel Pineiro (5-7) allowed seven runs and
six hits in four-plus innings for the
Mariners.
Twins .....................................................8
Red Sox .................................................1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jason Kubel
homered again and Justin Morneau hit a
grand slam for the Twins.
Kubel, whose grand slam gave the Twins
a 5-2 win in the 12th inning the night before, hit a two-run shot in the second off
Matt Clement (5-5). Morneau’s slam in
the sixth was the sixth of the season for
Minnesota and the fourth in eight days.
The team record is eight, set in 1961.
This came from a team that hasn’t had a
player hit 30 home runs since 1987, by far
the longest drought in the majors.
Morneau, who has 15 homers and 51
RBIs, is on pace to end that streak.
Brad Radke (5-7) allowed one run in six
innings to get the win.
Coco Crisp homered for Boston.
National League
Pirates ...................................................9
Cardinals ...............................................7
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose Castillo
homered and drove in four runs and Zach
Duke was more effective at the plate than
on the mound with three RBIs.
The last-place Pirates got a rare victory
against NL Central leader St. Louis, which
lost for the 10th time in 17 games. The Pirates were 1-6 against the Cardinals this
season and 5-18 the last two seasons,
and had dropped 33 of 44 to them at
home since PNC Park opened in 2001.
Duke (5-6) has seen the Pirates lose seven of his 14 starts by one run, only to get
the decision after making one of his worst
starts this season. The left-hander gave
up 10 hits and five runs in five innings, but
left with a 6-5 lead after twice delivering
run-scoring singles against opposing
starter Sidney Ponson (4-2).
Reds.......................................................3
Brewers..............................0, 11 innings
CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Dunn hit a
three-run homer in the 11th inning and
the Reds got an outstanding start from
Elizardo Ramirez to beat Milwaukee.
The Reds, who had lost seven of their
previous 11 at home, salvaged the finale
of a three-game series.
Ramirez struck out a career-high 10 in
eight sharp innings, his longest outing in
the majors. The Brewers wasted a strong
effort from Carlos Villanueva, who pitched
six shutout innings in his first big league
start.
Ken Griffey Jr. grounded a single to center field with one out in the 11th against
Dan Kolb (2-1) and moved to second on
Rich Aurilia’s infield single.
Dunn followed with his 23rd homer of the
season and first game-ending shot. He is
tied with Alfonso Soriano for second in the
majors in home runs, two behind Albert
Pujols.
Chris Hammond (1-1) pitched a hitless
11th to get the win.
Astros ....................................................5
Cubs ......................................................4
CHICAGO (AP) — Roy Oswalt returned
from the 15-day disabled list to get his first
win since May 3 and the Astros collected
11 hits off Greg Maddux to beat the Cubs.
Oswalt (6-3), who’d been on the DL with
a strained back and hadn’t pitched since
May 29, allowed eight hits and three runs
in six innings. It was the right-hander’s
first win in his last six starts, a stretch that
had included two losses and three no-decisions.
Maddux (7-6), who started the season 50, gave up five runs and the 11 hits in seven innings.
Craig Biggio and Preston Wilson drove in
two runs each and Oswalt had two hits for
the Astros, who have won seven of eight.
Brad Lidge pitched a perfect ninth for his
17th save in 20 chances.
Rockies................................................14
Nationals ...............................................8
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jamey Carroll hit
a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning,
Garrett Atkins had four RBIs and Colorado beat Washington.
Carroll went 3-for-4 and Atkins had three
hits to extend his hitting streak to 13
games for the Rockies, who finished with
18 hits. Todd Helton homered and Matt
Holliday went 4-for-6 with four RBIs.
The 22 combined runs were the most at
RFK Stadium since the Nationals moved
from Montreal last year.
Colorado’s Cory Sullivan also became
the eighth player in baseball history with
four sacrifice bunts in game. Sullivan had
sacrifices in the first, third, fourth and seventh innings to give him a major leaguehigh 10 for the year.
Tom Martin (1-0) pitched three scoreless
innings to help the Rockies take their third
straight to start the four-game series,
which ends Thursday afternoon.
Nationals rookie Bill Bray (1-1) allowed
five runs and eight hits, including Carroll’s
go-ahead homer, in two innings.
Marlins...................................................6
Braves ................................5, 10 innings
MIAMI (AP) — Pinch-runner Reggie
Abercrombie scored on reliever Mike
Remlinger’s throwing error in the bottom
of the 10th inning to give Florida a win
over the slumping Braves.
With runners on first and second and no
outs, Remlinger fielded Jeremy Hermida’s
bunt and tried to get the lead runner at
third. His throw went past third baseman
Chipper Jones allowing Abercrombie to
score easily.
Miguel Cabrera led off the 10th inning
with a double off Oscar Villareal (7-1) before being replaced by Abercrombie. Villareal then hit Cody Ross in the face after
Ross had squared to bunt and Remlinger
came in.
Taylor Tankersley (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th inning for his first major league
victory.
Mets .......................................................9
Phillies...................................................3
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — David Wright
homered, Carlos Delgado knocked in
three runs and New York won its seventh
straight game.
The NL East-leading Mets (41-23) have
won nine of 11 and hold a commanding 8
1/2-game lead over the bumbling Phillies
in second place. Only two teams in Mets
history reached 40 wins faster: the 1986
World Series champions and the 1988
team that lost in the league championship
series.
The Phillies made three errors for the
second straight game and have lost five of
six.
Darren Oliver (3-0) earned the win with
one-run ball in three innings of relief. Mets
starter Orlando Hernandez gave up two
runs in three-plus innings, but did not return after a 1 hour, 5 minute rain delay.
Phillies starter Brett Myers (4-3) failed to
get past the third inning for the second
straight start.
Giants ..................................................11
Diamondbacks......................................4
PHOENIX (AP) — Barry Bonds hit his
717th home run and Steve Finley led off
the game with his 300th, and the Giants
snapped a four-game losing streak.
Bonds’ homer, a 368-foot drive to right
field off Arizona reliever Jose Valverde in
the ninth inning, came on a a 3-2 pitch
and was Bonds’ first since June 5, a span
of 10 at-bats. He missed five games with
an abdominal strain in his left side before
returning Tuesday and going hitless in
three at-bats.
Bonds narrowly missed a homer in the
fifth inning, hammering a Claudio Vargas
(6-4) pitch a few feet below the top of the
25-foot wall in center. Bonds was held to a
single.
Finley, who has 316 steals, became the
sixth member of the 300 homer-300
stolen base club, joining teammate Barry
Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre
Dawson and Reggie Sanders.
Giants starter Matt Cain (5-5) went five
innings, allowing four runs and five hits.
He struck out four and walked two.
Padres ...................................................5
Dodgers.................................................3
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Giles scored
the go-ahead run from first base on Adrian Gonzalez’s double into the left-field
corner in the eighth inning and the Padres
won their fifth straight game against the
Los Angeles Dodgers.
By winning the first two of this threegame series, the defending NL West
champion Padres pulled within one game
of Los Angeles and Arizona, which are
tied for the division lead. Overall, the
Padres have won just four times in their
last nine games.
With the score tied at 3, Giles drew a
four-pitch walk off reliever Hong-Chih Kuo
(0-4) leading off the eighth. With one out,
Gonzalez hit a 2-2 pitch the opposite way
to bring in Giles. Shortstop Rafael Furcal’s relay throw was up the first-base line
for an error, allowing Gonzalez to take
third. Pinch-hitter Josh Bard greeted reliever Danys Baez with a single to left that
scored Gonzalez.
Matt Kemp, pinch hitting for Dodgers reliever Jonathan Broxton, hit a towering
homer to straightaway center field, estimated at 433 feet, to tie it at 3 leading off
the eighth. Kemp’s seventh homer came
on the second pitch from reliever Scott
Linebrink (3-2).
MLB Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING—Mauer,
Minnesota,
.376;
ISuzuki, Seattle, .367; Rios, Toronto, .341;
Matthews, Texas, .341; Tejada, Baltimore,
.336; Jeter, New York, .336; Cano, New
York, .329; Hillenbrand, Toronto, .329.
RUNS—Hafner, Cleveland, 55; Sizemore,
Cleveland, 54; Tejada, Baltimore, 53;
ISuzuki, Seattle, 52; Thome, Chicago, 52;
ARodriguez, New York, 51; Swisher, Oakland, 50; Glaus, Toronto, 50; OCabrera,
Los Angeles, 50.
RBI—DOrtiz, Boston, 56; Hafner, Cleveland, 55; Thome, Chicago, 55; VWells,
Toronto, 54; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 52;
JoLopez, Seattle, 51; Morneau, Minnesota, 51; Tejada, Baltimore, 51; JaGiambi,
New York, 51.
HITS—ISuzuki, Seattle, 105; MYoung,
Texas, 90; Tejada, Baltimore, 90; Mauer,
Minnesota, 82; VWells, Toronto, 82; Sizemore, Cleveland, 80; Rios, Toronto, 79;
Mora, Baltimore, 79.
DOUBLES—MYoung,
Texas,
24;
Matthews, Texas, 24; Lowell, Boston, 24;
Teixeira, Texas, 21; DeRosa, Texas, 20;
OCabrera, Los Angeles, 20; Rios, Toronto,
19.
TRIPLES—JoLopez, Seattle, 5; Sizemore,
Cleveland, 5; ISuzuki, Seattle, 5; Podsednik, Chicago, 5; Reed, Seattle, 4; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 4; Matthews, Texas, 4.
HOME RUNS—Thome, Chicago, 21;
Glaus, Toronto, 19; Dye, Chicago, 19;
Hafner, Cleveland, 18; DOrtiz, Boston, 18;
JaGiambi, New York, 18; Swisher, Oakland, 17; Gomes, Tampa Bay, 17; VWells,
Toronto, 17; Konerko, Chicago, 17.
STOLEN BASES—CPatterson, Baltimore,
27; Figgins, Los Angeles, 23; Crawford,
Tampa Bay, 21; Podsednik, Chicago, 21;
ISuzuki, Seattle, 20; BRoberts, Baltimore,
15; Damon, New York, 13.
PITCHING
(9
Decisions)—Halladay,
Toronto, 8-1, .889, 2.75; Schilling, Boston,
9-2, .818, 3.59; Mussina, New York, 8-2,
.800, 2.76; Wang, New York, 7-2, .778,
4.15; Rogers, Detroit, 9-3, .750, 3.25;
Beckett, Boston, 7-3, .700, 5.26; Zito, Oakland, 7-3, .700, 3.53; Millwood, Texas, 7-3,
.700, 4.54.
STRIKEOUTS—JoSantana, Minnesota,
104; Mussina, New York, 85; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 83; Bonderman, Detroit, 82;
Schilling, Boston, 82; FHernandez, Seattle, 77; Haren, Oakland, 74.
SAVES—Papelbon, Boston, 20; Jenks,
Chicago, 19; TJones, Detroit, 17; Ray, Balti-
more, 16; BRyan, Toronto, 16; Street, Oakland, 15; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 15.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—Rolen, St. Louis, .358; Holliday, Colorado, .348; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, .346; MiCabrera, Florida, .338;
Wright, New York, .336; Atkins, Colorado,
.335; Renteria, Atlanta, .328.
RUNS—Weeks, Milwaukee, 53; Utley,
Philadelphia, 53; Reyes, New York, 52;
Pujols, St. Louis, 52; Dunn, Cincinnati, 51;
Rollins, Philadelphia, 51; ASoriano, Washington, 51.
RBI—Pujols, St. Louis, 65; Berkman,
Houston, 56; AJones, Atlanta, 56; Howard,
Philadelphia, 54; CaLee, Milwaukee, 53;
Bay, Pittsburgh, 52; Beltran, New York, 52.
HITS—Holliday, Colorado, 86; Wright,
New York, 84; Eckstein, St. Louis, 84;
ASoriano, Washington, 80; Atkins, Colorado, 79; Utley, Philadelphia, 79; MiCabrera, Florida, 78.
DOUBLES—MiCabrera, Florida, 23; Biggio, Houston, 23; Rolen, St. Louis, 22;
Holliday, Colorado, 21; Atkins, Colorado,
21; Fielder, Milwaukee, 20; Koskie, Milwaukee, 20; Garciaparra, Los Angeles,
20; LGonzalez, Arizona, 20.
TRIPLES—Reyes,
New
York,
8;
DRoberts, San Diego, 8; SFinley, San
Francisco, 8; Sullivan, Colorado, 6;
Lofton, Los Angeles, 6; Cedeno, Chicago,
5; HaRamirez, Florida, 5.
HOME RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 25;
Dunn, Cincinnati, 23; ASoriano, Washington, 23; Howard, Philadelphia, 22; CaLee,
Milwaukee, 21; Bay, Pittsburgh, 19; CDelgado, New York, 19.
STOLEN BASES—Reyes, New York, 28;
Pierre, Chicago, 20; FLopez, Cincinnati,
20; HaRamirez, Florida, 19; DRoberts,
San Diego, 17; ASoriano, Washington,
15; Weeks, Milwaukee, 14; Rollins,
Philadelphia, 14; Lofton, Los Angeles, 14.
PITCHING (9 Decisions)—Webb, Arizona,
8-1, .889, 2.06; TGlavine, New York, 9-2,
.818, 3.31; WRodriguez, Houston, 8-3,
.727, 4.48; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 8-3, .727,
2.51; Snell, Pittsburgh, 7-3, .700, 4.75;
Marquis, St. Louis, 8-4, .667, 4.88; CYoung, San Diego, 6-3, .667, 3.25; Oswalt,
Houston, 6-3, .667, 3.21; Armas Jr.,
Washington, 6-3, .667, 4.18; MBatista,
Arizona, 6-3, .667, 4.69.
STRIKEOUTS—CZambrano,
Chicago,
97; PMartinez, New York, 97; Harang,
Cincinnati, 90; Peavy, San Diego, 85;
Schmidt, San Francisco, 82; Capuano,
Milwaukee, 81; Smoltz, Atlanta, 80.
SAVES—Isringhausen, St. Louis, 21;
Turnbow,
Milwaukee,
19;
Gordon,
Philadelphia, 18; Lidge, Houston, 17;
Hoffman, San Diego, 15; Valverde, Arizona, 14; Fuentes, Colorado, 14.
Basketball
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Connecticut
7
1
.875
Indiana
7
3
.700
Washington
5
3
.625
Detroit
4
4
.500
Charlotte
2
5
.286
New York
2
7
.222
Chicago
1
8
.111
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Houston
7
3
.700
Los Angeles
6
3
.667
Seattle
5
5
.500
Sacramento
4
4
.500
San Antonio
4
4
.500
Minnesota
4
5
.444
Phoenix
2
5
.286
———
Wednesday’s Games
Seattle 74, Minnesota 66
Houston 73, Sacramento 66, OT
Thursday’s Games
Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Connecticut at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
GB
—
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.5
5.5
6.5
GB
—
0.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.5
3.5
WNBA Capsules
Comets ................................................73
Monarchs ............................................66
HOUSTON (AP) — Tina Thompson
scored eight of her 26 points in overtime
to help Houston.
Michelle Snow added 18 points for the
Comets (7-3). Yolanda Griffith and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba each had 14 points for
the defending WNBA champion Monarchs
(4-4).
Storm...................................................74
Lynx .....................................................66
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Betty Lennox
scored 15 points and Janell Burse had 14
to help Seattle snap a two-game losing
streak.
Reserve center Tiffani Johnson added 13
points for the Storm (5-5). Rookie Seimone Augustus had a career-high 32
points for the Lynx (4-5).
Auto Racing
Nextel Cup Glance
2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule
June 18 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
June 25 — Dodge/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.
July 1 — Pepsi 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
July 9 — USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill.
July 16 — New England 300, Loudon, N.H.
July 23 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.
Aug. 6 — Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis
Aug. 13 — TBA, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 20 — GFS Marketplace 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 26 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 3 — Sony HD 500, Fontana, Calif.
Sept. 9 — Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Richmond, Va.
Sept. 17 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 24 — Dover (Del.) 400
Oct. 1 — Banquet 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 8 — UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 14 — BofA 500, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 22 — Subway 500, Martinsville, Va.
Oct. 29 — Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500,
Hampton, Ga.
Nov. 5 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas
Nov. 12 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 19 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.
———
Driver Standings
1. Jimmie Johnson, 2,145
2. Matt Kenseth, 2,097
3. Mark Martin, 1,907
4. Tony Stewart, 1,888
5. Kasey Kahne, 1,866
6. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 1,850
7. Jeff Burton, 1,758
8. Kevin Harvick, 1,715
9. Denny Hamlin, 1,682
10. Kyle Busch, 1,669
11. Jeff Gordon, 1,644
12. Greg Biffle, 1,642
13. Carl Edwards, 1,547
14. Jamie McMurray, 1,530
15. Casey Mears, 1,508
16. Clint Bowyer, 1,504
17. Kurt Busch, 1,482
18. Ryan Newman, 1,437
19. Dale Jarrett, 1,411
20. Elliott Sadler, 1,405
Soccer
FIFA World Cup Glance
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
W L T GF GA Pts
Germany
2 0 0 5 2
6
Ecuador
1 0 0 2 0
3
Costa Rica
0 1 0 2 4
0
Poland
0 2 0 0 3
0
Thursday, June 15
At Hamburg, Germany
Ecuador vs. Costa Rica, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, June 20
At Berlin
Ecuador at Germany, 10 a.m.
At Hanover, Germany
Costa Rica vs. Poland, 10 a.m.
GROUP B
W L T GF GA Pts
England
1 0 0 1 0
3
Sweden
0 0 1 0 0
1
Trinidad
0 0 1 0 0
1
Paraguay
0 1 0 0 1
0
Thursday, June 15
At Nuremberg, Germany
England vs. Trinidad and Tobago, Noon
At Berlin
Sweden vs. Paraguay, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 20
At Cologne, Germany
Sweden vs. England, 3 p.m.
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Paraguay vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 3 p.m.
GROUP C
W L T GF GA Pts
Argentina
1 0 0 2 1
3
Netherlands
1 0 0 1 0
3
Ivory Coast
0 1 0 1 2
0
Serbia-Montenegro0 1 0 0 1
0
Friday, June 16
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Argentina vs. Serbia-Montenegro, 9 a.m.
At Stuttgart, Germany
Netherlands vs. Ivory Coast, Noon
Wednesday, June 21
At Frankfurt, Germany
Netherlands vs. Argentina, 3 p.m.
At Munich, Germany
Ivory Coast vs. Serbia-Montenegro, 3 p.m.
GROUP D
W L T GF GA Pts
Mexico
1 0 0 3 1
3
Portugal
1 0 0 1 0
3
Angola
0 1 0 0 1
0
Iran
0 1 0 1 3
0
Friday, June 16
At Hanover, Germany
Mexico vs. Angola, 3 p.m.
Saturday, June 17
At Frankfurt, Germany
Portugal vs. Iran, 9 a.m.
GROUP E
W L T GF GA Pts
Czech Republic
1 0 0 3 0
3
Italy
1 0 0 2 0
3
Ghana
0 1 0 0 2
0
United States
0 1 0 0 3
0
Saturday, June 17
At Cologne, Germany
Czech Republic vs. Ghana, Noon
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Italy vs. United States, 3 p.m.
GROUP F
W L T GF GA Pts
Australia
1 0 0 3 1
3
Brazil
1 0 0 1 0
3
Croatia
0 1 0 0 1
0
Japan
0 1 0 1 3
0
Sunday, June 18
At Nuremberg, Germany
Japan vs. Croatia, 9 a.m.
At Munich, Germany
Brazil vs. Australia, Noon
GROUP G
W L T GF GA Pts
South Korea
1 0 0 2 1
3
France
0 0 1 0 0
1
Switzerland
0 0 1 0 0
1
Togo
0 1 0 1 2
0
Sunday, June 18
At Leipzig, Germany
France vs. South Korea, 3 p.m.
Monday, June 19
At Dortmund, Germany
Togo vs. Switzerland, 9 a.m.
GROUP H
W L T GF
Spain
1 0 0 4
Saudi Arabia
0 0 1 2
Tunisia
0 0 1 2
Ukraine
0 1 0 0
Wednesday, June 14
At Leipzig, Germany
Spain 4, Ukraine 0
At Munich, Germany
Tunisia 2, Saudi Arabia 2, tie
GA Pts
0
3
2
1
2
1
4
0
World Cup Caps
Spain .....................................................4
Ukraine ..................................................0
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Spain looked
ready to cast off its reputation as a chronic underachiever Wednesday, routing
struggling newcomer Ukraine for its
biggest opening World Cup win. It was a
sizzling start to yet another title bid after
11 futile, often disheartening attempts.
David Villa scored twice and Fernando
Torres capped the romp with a sensational goal off a series of passes.
As famous for its international flops as the
finesse and flair of its game, Spain appears on the right track this time. It is on a
23-match unbeaten streak, all under
Aragones, a nice change for the nation
whose checkered international soccer
history has been one of perpetual disappointment.
While the Spaniards are making their
eighth consecutive World Cup appearance, they have failed to reach the semifinals since posting their best result, a
fourth-place finish in 1950.
Spain dominated from the start to the final
whistle, accumulating 19 shots to
Ukraine’s five.
Xabi Alonso opened the scoring in the
13th minute with a header past Oleksandr
Shovkovskyi off a corner kick by Xavi.
Villa made it 2-0 just four minutes later,
deflecting the ball off the Ukrainian wall
on a free kick after a late challenge by Andriy Rusol on Torres that drew a yellow
card for Rusol.
Villa scored again just two minutes into
the second half on a penalty kick after being
brought
down
by
Vladyslav
Vashchyuk, who was ejected for pulling
his opponent’s shirt and tripping him.
Down to 10 men, Ukraine had no chance
of a comeback, and Torres connected
with a powerful right-footer in the 81st
minute.
Saudi Arabia .........................................2
Tunisia ...................................................2
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Rahdi Jaidi’s
powerful header in injury time gave
Tunisia the tie in the only all-Arab match
of the tournament. Just a few minutes
earlier, in the 84th, Sami al-Jaber gave the
Saudis a lead.
Al-Jaber, who retired from the national
team, then was brought back for qualifying, had entered the game moments before. He has played in four World Cups
and now has scored in three after finishing off a 2-on-1 break. It was his first
touch of the game.
Tunisia pressed for the tie and got it on
Jaidi’s header from 6 yards off a feed
from the end line by Ziad Jaziri, who
scored earlier.
Four years after an 8-0 humiliation
against Germany in their opening game,
goals from Yasser al-Qahtani and the veteran al-Jaber put the Saudis in position
for a victory — and a bonus of $27,000
per player.
Then Tunisia struck for the tie. Jaidi, a
hulking defender, pushed up and was unmarked in front of the middle of the goal
to head in Jaziri’s pinpoint pass.
Germany................................................1
Poland ...................................................0
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Substitute Oliver Neuville scored on a sliding
kick off a brilliant cross from another sub,
David Odonkor, in injury time. The hosts,
with a man advantage for the final 15 minutes, controlled the action, only to be frustrated by Artur Borac, who made a handful of spectacular saves.
Poland’s Radoslaw Sobolewski was sent
off in the 75th minute with his second yellow card after tripping Germany striker
Miroslav Klose. The Germans pressed,
but Boruc was impenetrable.
So was the crossbar, which was hit by
Miroslav Klose with a header and Michael
Ballack with a kick in the 90th minute.
Moments later, though, Odonkor broke
free on the right wing and his perfect pass
was booted home by Neuville. The German players mobbed Neuville as the
crowd, previously frustrated at seeing
their heroes thwarted, erupted in cheers.
Germany now has six points and is on
the verge of advancing in Group A.
Poland, which has no points after losing
2-0 to Ecuador in its opener, must beat
Costa Rica in its final game of the first
round to have any chance of moving on.
And if Ecuador beats or ties Costa Rica
on Thursday, the Poles are eliminated.
Transactions
Wednesday’s Deals
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed OF Jay
Gibbons on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF
Ed Rogers from Ottawa of the IL.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released LHP
Scott Sauerbeck.
OAKLAND
ATHLETICS—Agreed
to
terms with CF Angel Sierra, RHP Shane
Presutti, LHP Ben Jukich, RHP Kyle
Christensen, RHP Josh McLaughlin, RHP
Scott Moore and RHP Matt Manship.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms
with LHP Kasey Kiker, RHP Brennan Garr,
SS Cody Himes, RHP Michael Wagner,
SS Jay Heafner, 3B Nickolas Cadena,
RHP Shannon Wirth, RHP Austin Weilep,
OF Brian Nelson, RHP John Slusarz and
RHP Jonathan Hollis.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Placed RHP
Tyler Walker on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Tim Corcoran
from Durham of the IL. Transferred RHP
Dan Miceli from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with
RHP William Muldowney, RHP Jacob
Renshaw, OF Matthew Camp, SS Steve
Clevenger, C Matthew Canepa, LHP Jeremy Papelbon, RHP Charles Platt, SS Matt
Matulia, RHP Donald Walters, SS Cesar
Valentin, RHP Ronald Clipp, RHP Greibal
Cuevas-Novas, RHP Eli Diaz and RHP
Andrew McCormick.
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms
with OF Drew Stubbs.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Purchased
the contract of RHP Chad Billingsley, from
Las Vegas of the PCL. Optioned INF/OF
Joel Guzman to Las Vegas. Transferred
OF Jason Repko from the 15- to the 60day DL.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to
terms with RHP Evan Anundses and C
Andrew Bouchie.
PHILADELPHIA
PHILLIES—Recalled
RHP Scott Mathieson from Reading of
the Eastern League. Agreed to terms with
RHP Andrew Carpenter, SS Jason Donald, OF Quintin Berry, LHP Daniel Brauer,
1B Charlie Yarbrough, RHP Andrew
Cruse, RHP Samuel Walls, SS Zachary
Penprase, OF Kenneth Milner, 3B Cody
Montgomery, OF Jay Miller, OF Jacob
Dempsey, RHP Ben Pfinsgraff, C Shawn
McGill, RHP Garet Hill, RHP William Savage, RHP John Brownell, OF William
Capps, SS Adrian Cardenas, OF T.J. Warren, RHP Jarrod Freeman, OF Darin McDonald, RHP Robert Roth, OF Dominic
Brown, 3B Herman Demmink, C Michael
Fuentes, C Alan Robbins and SS Mike
Deveaux.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to
terms with RHP Brad Lincoln and LHP
Michael Felix.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Named Ray
Farmer director of pro personnel.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed TE
Delanie Walker, DE Melvin Oliver and S
Vickiel Vaughn to four-year contracts.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Announced the
retirement of OT Brad Hopkins.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S
Reed Doughty.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS—Re-signed
LW Travis Moen to a one-year contract.
DALLAS STARS—Exercised their oneyear contract option on RW Jere Lehtinen.
Signed LW Niklas Hagman to a two-year
contract.
MINNESOTA WILD—Named Chris Snow
director of hockey operations. Acquired D
Petteri Nummelin from Atlanta for a conditional third-round draft pick in 2006 or
2007 and signed him to a multi-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Traded the
rights to F Mike Green to Dallas for a
2008 conditional entry draft pick.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed C Eric
Perrin to a one-year contract.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Acquired RW
Tommi Santala and a 2007 fifth-round
draft pick from Atlanta for a 2007 fourthround draft pick.
COLLEGE
MID-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE—
Named Central Michigan president
Michael Rao chair of the MAC Council of
Presidents.
BOWLING
GREEN—Named
Greg
Christopher athletic director.
NORTH CAROLINA—Signed Dick Baddour, athletics director, to a two-year contract extension.
Sportscast
Television
GOLF
10 a.m. — (ESPN) U.S. Open
3 p.m. — (NBC) U.S. Open
5 p.m. — (ESPN) U.S. Open
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m. — (TBS) Atlanta at Florida
8 p.m. — (ESPN2) Boston at Minnesota
NBA BASKETBALL
9 p.m. — (ABC) Finals: Dallas at Miami
FIFA WORLD CUP SOCCER
2:55 p.m. — (ESPN2) Sweden vs.
Paraguay
Hopkins retires after 13 seasons with Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Left
tackle Brad Hopkins retired Wednesday after 13 seasons, deciding to leave
the game rather than play for a team
other than the one that drafted him.
The Tennessee Titans released Hopkins in March for salary cap reasons.
He talked with the New York Jets, the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta
Falcons and an undisclosed fourth
team but chose to stay in Nashville
with his wife and four children.
“This is the place I grew up,” Hopkins said.
He thought about playing another
two or three years to punctuate his career or start the next stage of his life in
broadcasting.
“These are things I’ll be doing the
next 20-30 years. Avoiding the inevitable to me didn’t make any sense.
I’ve got to get started somewhere. Ultimately, that’s why I made the decision I did,” Hopkins said.
Nobody started more games at left
tackle in the NFL between 1993 and
2005 than Hopkins, who had 188. Only Willie Roaf had more starts at both
right and left tackle during those
years with 189 at New Orleans and
Kansas City. Hopkins’ total doesn’t
include 10 playoff games, including
the 2000 Super Bowl.
He finished his career third on the
team with 194 games played and second among offensive linemen with
188 starts, trailing only former teammate Bruce Matthews (292).
On Wednesday, Coach Jeff Fisher
handed Hopkins a sheet of paper, joking that it was a $750 fine for being
late to his own news conference. Fisher then said it’s every player’s dream
to control his own destiny.
“What he’s walking away from is
an incredible career ... that spans back
to 1993,” Fisher said.
Hopkins started 15 games in 2005,
missing the opener because of a suspension for a domestic dispute with
his wife. He helped the Titans rank
ninth in the league in passing offense.
The then-Oilers traded up from
19th to 13th overall in 1993 to draft
Hopkins out of Illinois, where he was
an All-American as a senior.
He finished his career blocking for
14 quarterbacks and 19 running backs
Mickelson on a major
run as Open awaits
MAMARONECK,
N.Y.
(AP) — Phil Mickelson once
took the day off before a major to attend the Buffalo Bills’
training camp. Two years ago
at the Ryder Cup, he spent
his final day of practice on an
adjacent course being used
for overflow parking and
corporate chalets.
Lefty has always done
things a little differently.
No one can argue with his
methods now because they’re
working. Mickelson arrived at
Winged Foot as the winner of
the last two majors, and with
a victory at the U.S. Open he
can join Tiger Woods as the
only players in the last 50
years to win three straight.
So where was he Wednesday on the final day of practice at Winged Foot?
Baltusrol, naturally.
Having studied Winged
Foot close to a dozen times
during the last two months,
and wanting to escape the
carnival atmosphere that has
gripped U.S. majors in recent
years, Mickelson headed to
New Jersey for a leisurely
round on a course that holds
great memories.
It was at Baltusrol where
his major streak began 10
months ago, when he hit a
flop shot out of the mangled
rough to tap-in range for
birdie and a one-shot victory
at the PGA Championship.
Then came the Masters,
where Mickelson quickly
separated himself from a
world-class leaderboard.
Suddenly, the guy who
couldn’t win a major has a
chance to win three in a row.
“I’m not trying to win
three, I’m just trying to win
one,” Mickelson said. “I
know I can play well in this
tournament, even though it
doesn’t necessarily fit my
perception of how I’ve
played with the thick rough. I
still have had some success
here, and all I’m trying to do
is be successful on this one
golf course at this one event.”
It starts Thursday morning at Winged Foot, a vicious
course because of its multiple
layers of rough that frame
narrow fairways, cavernous
bunkers and greens with severe slopes.
The USGA was up to its
old tricks when it made the
tee times for the first two
rounds. Mickelson, who tees
off at 7:55 a.m. on the 10th
tee, will be playing with Tim
Clark and Thomas Bjorn,
who finished second to him
at the last two majors.
At stake for Mickelson is a
slice of history that looked so
improbable three years ago.
Since the Masters began in
1934, players have won consecutive majors only 13 times.
Woods is the only one to have
won at least three straight majors played; Ben Hogan did not
play in the 1953 PGA Championship because he it was held
the same week as qualifying
for the British Open, which he
went on to win.
Woods figures to be one
player capable of stopping
Mickelson’s momentum.
The world’s No. 1 player in
also on a roll, even though
that has been overlooked this
week with so much attention
on Woods playing for the first
time since his father died.
Woods has not finished worse
than a tie for fourth in his last
five majors, winning the Masters and British Open last year.
He hasn’t played since a
poor final round with the
putter Sunday at the Masters,
where those close to him believe he was trying too hard
to win another green jacket
before his father died. Woods
has looked sharp this week,
especially off the tee and controlling the distance of his
irons, which is crucial because of the greens.
As for that Woods-Mickelson rivalry?
Woods mentioned other
guys who have challenged
him in the last 10 years, from
Mickelson to Ernie Els, from
David Duval to Vijay Singh,
and even Sergio Garcia on a
slow news day.
“As long as I can be part of
that conversation, it’s never a
bad thing,” Woods said.
Woods has gone about his
preparations differently from
Mickelson. He played one
practice round at Winged Foot
two weeks ago and 36 holes
since arriving this week —
nine holes Monday afternoon,
18 holes Tuesday, the back
nine Wednesday morning.
Mickelson has played so
much that he might be an honorary member at Winged Foot.
There have been Mickelson
sightings
in
Westchester
County the last two months —
restaurants, coffee shops, you
name it — as he pops in and
out to study Winged Foot, to
figure out where he can and
cannot afford to miss a shot,
always looking for an edge.
“I can’t recall frequenting
a coffee shop. I don’t drink
coffee,” Mickelson said. “But
there’s been a couple of pizza
joints and ice cream joints
that have seen me. I’ve been
here a decent amount. I feel
as though I know the course
as well as I can. I may know
where I want the ball to do. I
know how the putts break.
But I still have to hit them,
and that’s the toughest part.”
Mickelson estimates he
has been to Winged Foot nine
or 10 times since the Masters
— he even came over Sunday
morning before his final
round at the Barclays Classic
— which is so different from
everyone else, but also intriguing to his peers.
“He’s obviously taking it
quite seriously,” Ernie Els
said. “There’s a lot going on
out there. You’re guessing
where they’re going to put the
flags, so you hit putts everywhere. You try to hit every
shot that you think you might
need on each and every hole.
And to do that in a practice
round is tough. To do it away
from the tournament ... that’s
real preparation.”
That has been Mickelson’s
M.O at the majors for the better part of two years.
He spends up to eight
hours on one practice round
well in advance of the tournament, sticking a dozen tees
in the greens to aim at potential hole locations, working
his away around the green to
place various shots out of the
rough and sand. He has put
so much thought into the majors that he carried two drivers at the Masters, and has
added an extra wedge for
Winged Foot.
Now he has to make it pay
off.
— all with the same team.
Hopkins blocked for the team’s alltime leading rusher, helping Eddie
George top 10,000 yards, and he was
the only left tackle that quarterback
Steve McNair had in his first 11 years.
McNair was traded last week to the
Baltimore Ravens after a long offseason contract standoff.
“I trusted him completely, and that
peace of mind that he was protecting
my blindside allowed me to be a better quarterback and find the open receivers,” McNair in a statement.
Hopkins played one season with
Hall of Fame lineman Mike Munchak,
then was coached by him the past nine
seasons. He also played beside
Matthews for the final nine years of his
career. Both Munchak and Matthews
called Hopkins the most athletic offensive lineman they had seen.
Matthews said Hopkins, a twotime Pro Bowler, didn’t get the credit
he deserved.
“I really enjoyed playing with him
through the years and saw him grow
as a player on a yearly basis. It is
strange, but since I retired, you sort of
took Brad for granted that he was always going to be there. And now that
he is retiring, I feel a little older today,” Matthews said in a statement.
Hopkins survived the team’s relocation from Houston to Tennessee
and missed only five games between
1999 and 2003 when the renamed Titans tied for a league-high 56 victories. He missed 14 games in 13 seasons, five in 2004 after he broke bones
in his right hand only to play the final
three games.
“He’s like our shutdown corner
playing left tackle,” Munchak said.
Hopkins said he didn’t have any
regrets and said he and his teammates accomplished so much.
“It wasn’t that long ago that we
were riding convertibles downtown,
and it was all this confetti just flying
all over the place and the next year
battling back to almost the same
spot,” Hopkins said of the Super
Bowl loss and posting the NFL’s best
record at 13-3 in 2000.
“We’re still winners here with the
records we’ve set.”
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Charges against Haynesworth in
one county dismissed, others stand
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Charges against Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth in
an alleged road-rage incident were
dismissed in one county on Wednesday, but he still faces them in another.
A Putnam County judge dismissed
reckless
endangerment
charges stemming from a May 7 incident on Interstate 40, because a police
report indicated it happened in
neighboring Smith County, said Jack
Bellar, Haynesworth’s attorney.
Teresa Caldwell and her son-inlaw,
James
J.
Bond,
claim
Haynesworth tried to run them off
the road with his 2006 Ford F-650
pickup truck.
The player has said he was a victim of road rage and that he tried to
let the two vehicles pass but they kept
following him.
He was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on similar charges in
Carthage, in Smith County, on Thursday afternoon.
Ganassi ends another
season with lame duck driver
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Casey
Mears was diplomatic about why he
would continue to give a full effort for
Ganassi Racing even as he was plotting his
escape to the nearest title-contending team.
“At the end of the day, we do this because we all want to win races and have
fun,” Mears said.
Maybe he’s having fun because he’s
set for a big payday as NASCAR’s most
coveted free agent. But no one else at
Ganassi Racing can be faulted if they’re
not having much fun these days.
For the second straight Nextel Cup
season, Ganassi Racing is trying to win
races with its top driver heading out the
door and into another garage. Last year, it
was Jamie McMurray who got out of his
deal a year early and signed with Roush
Racing. Now it’s Mears who wants to bolt
for a likely ride at Hendrick Motorsports.
Even as the team continues to be shaken by defections and a winless drought
that stretches back to the 2002 season,
owner Chip Ganassi is showing some
rare patience with the team’s future.
“We’re fine. We’re just not doing a
good job of explaining to those guys
where we are headed,” Ganassi said.
But where is Ganassi’s team headed?
Certainly Victory Lane hasn’t been one of
those destinations. Neither is the bargaining table, where they can’t lock up or keep
the young, promising drivers they tried
grooming into the kind of drivers that
would turn this team into the powerhouse
Ganassi once had in open-wheel racing.
Ganassi’s other two seats are filled by
rookies Reed Sorenson and David
Stremme. Ganassi could go after a veteran to help the duo along, or he could fill
the ride with another inexperienced driver and hope at least one of the three blossoms into a championship contender.
One driver who won’t fill that hole is
IRL star Dan Wheldon. Wheldon, who
won both the IndyCar Series championship and the Indianapolis 500 last year,
is in his first season driving for Ganassi’s
open-wheel team and won’t be making
the transition any time soon to stock cars.
Veteran crew chief Donnie Wingo
doesn’t know why the drivers are in a
rush to leave the program and said their
defections have had an effect on morale.
“Why does it keep happening to us?”
Wingo asked. “It’s not the race team’s
fault drivers are leaving, but I don’t know
what’s going on.”
Mears, 15th in the points standings,
wanted to keep driving for Ganassi and
said last weekend at Pocono Raceway
that he had been “working real hard” to
put together a new deal with the team.
That was until something better came
along — a possible ride with perennial
Cup contender Hendrick Motorsports.
Mears quickly changed his mind and
told Ganassi he no longer wanted to discuss an extension.
“The decision to do something different really isn’t anything based off anything negative about the organization
I’m with now,” Mears said. “It’s just a
lot of things that are positive with the
opportunities that are out there to go
another direction.”
Mears said Ganassi was surprised by
the decision.
“A situation like this is never easy,”
Mears said.
Now Mears’ team has to put all its
time, effort and cash into a driver that
may have a shot at qualifying for the
Chase but no shot of paying any dividends down the road. That has Wingo
discouraged, especially since these drivers no longer can help turn Ganassi’s
struggling program around.
“Going through what we’re going
through right now is no fun,” Wingo said.
“It’s a struggle for everybody. It drains you
so bad mentally, it wears you out thinking
about what’s going on. I really don’t know
what would make it fun again.”
Maybe taking at least one checkered
flag would help. The team hasn’t won
since McMurray won his second career
Cup start subbing for Sterling Marlin late
in the 2002 season. When the wins dried
up, McMurray wanted out and left for
Jack Roush’s team.
McMurray can empathize with Mears’
situation. He also said there was no way
Mears would make a decision to leave so
early this season unless he already knew
where he was going.
“I’m sure Chip’s going to find somebody that’s been around a while, a veteran driver to maybe help them,” McMurray said. “I’m just glad I’m not involved
in that this year. It feels good to have a
home and be happy with where you’re at
right now.”
While Mears remained mum about his
future home, he said an announcement
should come by the end of the month. He
has close friends at Hendrick, where a
spot opened after Brian Vickers decided
he wanted to leave the team.
“If that was to work out, I’d be very
happy,” Mears said.
Ganassi said defections are part of the
business. But he had hoped McMurray
and Mears would have been the ones that
helped take his team to the next level.
“I think it is just because there were opportunities at teams they thought were
better, and those opportunities don’t
come around that often,” Ganassi said.
Teen drives into NASCAR career using videogames
GLADEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Playing
video games is the only way most people
live out their pro sports dreams. For Brad
Coleman, all those hours locked away in
his bedroom helped turn his hopes into
reality.
Two weeks after graduating from high
school, Coleman debuted in NASCAR’s
Busch Series. He’s had a documentary
crew filming him for nearly a year for a
possible cable television series, and perhaps the only question is how soon he
jumps to NASCAR’s Nextel Cup.
Not bad for someone who didn’t race
on four wheels until he was 13.
“If people call me video game boy, I’m
fine with that because it’s gotten me to
where I am right now in my career. Video
games are definitely an essential to success in racing, I think,” Coleman said.
Games offered the only exposure Coleman had to racing growing up in Houston. His father owned a marketing company, and his grandfather, Don, was a
Hall of Fame high school basketball coach.
Sure, he impressed baby sitters as a
toddler racing a battery-powered car at
the mall, and his parents thought he
might be a racer when he fell asleep at the
age of 4 in his battery-powered Jeep with
his foot pressed on the accelerator — and
kept turning circles in the driveway.
But talented enough to go from his first
go-kart race to his Busch debut in the span
of five years? Yes, and part of the credit
goes to Coleman’s natural ability honed
by years of pretending to be doing his
homework when he actually was racing
cars on his Sega Genesis, then PlayStation,
his computer and then Xbox.
“It all started out on the NASCAR
video games,” Coleman said. “When I
was a little kid, I knew all the NASCAR
tracks like the back of my hand. That
helps me now.”
His father thought it was a phase when
his son told him in middle school he
wouldn’t play basketball again because he
wanted to race in NASCAR. Not even attending the 2001 Daytona 500, where Dale
Earnhardt died in a final-lap crash, deterred Coleman.
So his father, Brandon Coleman, took
him to a new indoor kart center in Hous-
ton. He had been driving only five minutes when CART driver Price Cobb, in
town for a race, took notice. He asked
Brandon Coleman if his son competed.
“Who competes in go-karts? What?
You go to Wal-Mart, buy one and challenge your neighbors?” Brandon Coleman recalled. “He said, ‘It’s a huge sport.’
I said, ‘A huge sport? Come on.’ He said,
‘Oh no, hundreds of thousands of people
race go-karts.”
Over breakfast the next day, Cobb invited Brad Coleman to spend the summer
with his team. Coleman calls it probably
the best move he’s made.
“I went to the race shop every single
day, and I traveled to all the races in the
summer. Went out to the track at 5 a.m.,
slept in the race car. They actually had to
get me out to go on the track. I learned a
lot,” he said.
When he returned to Houston, Coleman
went into kart racing and won 64 races in
three different types of karts around the
country. That led him to earn his professional racing license at 14. He was named rookie
of the year in the Fran-Am Pro Formula Series with 10 top fives in 13 races.
His success prompted an invitation
from Cobb to live with his family in Virginia and train at Virginia International
Raceway, the type of move common for
hockey juniors in Canada but rare for
would-be racers. The teenager loved virtually living at the track.
“How could I not be happy?” he said.
His quick progression continued because he found the video games, and
eventually a full-size simulator helped
him learn how adjustments affect a car. By
the time he visited a track in person, he’d
already raced it repeatedly in his games.
“The only difference is you can’t really
feel the force of the turns like getting
thrown to the side of the car. And you
can’t feel when you wreck, which is a
good thing. You can wreck a lot, hit the reset button and go again,” Coleman said of
his games.
He finished seventh with his team in
the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2005 and
moved from Danville, Va., to Martinsville,
Va., to finish high school while wrapping
up a rookie points title in the NASCAR
weekly series with 20 top 10s in 21 races.
Coleman spent almost as much time
learning to handle sponsors and the media with his father’s help, and he grew up
quickly as a frequent flyer to drive on
tracks such as Atlanta, Laguna Seca and
Sonoma.
“There’s nothing teenage about him on
the track,” his father said. “Off the track,
he’s got the iPod and playing the video
games, doing the kid stuff.”
Coleman also pitched himself to team
owners at tracks. That’s how Clarence
Brewer Jr. first met him, and Brewco Motorsports signed him to a development
deal of testing, 10 ARCA races and two
Busch races to start.
He was the fastest at Nashville Superspeedway in testing his ARCA car. He
qualified third and finished second in his
ARCA debut in April at Nashville. He
won the pole in his second race and led
the first 25 laps, while impressing Brewer
with his dedication since moving to Kentucky to be near the race shop.
“It looks like Brad is the real deal,”
Brewer said.
Coleman’s Busch debut came at
Nashville last weekend, where he qualified 27th and finished 29th. More success
may prompt Brewer to add up to seven
races that will allow Coleman to run for
rookie honors in 2007. Brewer would like
Coleman to spend a couple of years in the
Busch Series before either joining Robert
Yates, Jack Roush or maybe even Brewco’s
own Nextel Cup team.
“That’s the kind of program we’re hoping to put together where we keep our
connection and don’t hold him back from
the next step,” Brewer said.
The 18-year-old Coleman knows there
are people who think he’s risen too high,
too fast. Running safely and competitively
is his only worry, and he can’t imagine doing anything else.
And just who did the boy who grew
up cheering for Jeff Gordon actually race
as in those video games?
“I actually created my own character,”
Coleman said. “I drive as myself.”
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On the Net:
Brad Coleman: www.bradcoleman.us
Wade insists bum knee won’t keep him out of Game 4
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade’s
game is built on his ability to blow
past defenders and soar to the hoop.
On Wednesday, Miami’s star
guard could hardly walk.
Getting the Heat back into the
NBA finals came at a steep price.
Wade, who had to be driven on a
cart to and from an interview session,
spent the off day before Game 4 receiving treatment on a bum left knee
he injured in a freakish collision with
teammate Shaquille O’Neal during
the second half of Miami’s 98-96 win
in Game 3 over the Dallas Mavericks.
“It’s very stiff and very sore,” said
Wade, who scored 42 points. “So the
only thing I can continue to do is
what I’m ordered to do, and that’s a
lot of icing and stim (electric stimulation). I’m confident in my training
staff that they’ll get me as close as I
can be to 100 percent.
“So, you know, I’m hoping.”
Hope isn’t enough in these parts.
Considering the stakes in Game 4,
prayer may be required of the Heat
faithful.
Although Wade wasn’t at full
speed late in Tuesday’s game, he
scored 15 points — 12 during the final 6:34 — in the fourth quarter to
rally Miami from a 13-point hole and
pull the Heat within 2-1 in the series.
According to the league, it was the
second largest fourth-quarter comeback in finals history, and, it was the
latest testament to Wade’s soaring
status as one of the game’s best
clutch players.
“He’s just fabulous,” O’Neal said.
“He’s a great one. And he’s so young
with a lot of room to improve. It’s going to be fun to watch him.”
Wade insists he’ll be able to play
in Game 4. However, he looked to be
a long way from game ready as he
grabbed the handrails to steady himself for the short climb up to the interview podium.
He’ll be on the floor, no doubt. But
how effective will he be?
Wade has been battling an assortment of nagging during these playoffs. He had the flu and a sinus infection in this series, a holdover from
the Eastern Conference finals against
Detroit when he was briefly hospital-
Tennessee
defeats Aggies
JOHNSON CITY — The
Tennessee Thunder handed
the Morganton (N.C.) Aggies
a 5-0 loss Wednesday night in
Southern Collegiate Baseball
League action held at Milligan College’s Anglin Field.
Tennessee evened the season series with the Aggies.
Morganton defeated the
Thunder Monday night with
a 10-0 shut out in Morganton.
With the results, Tennessee
improves to 6-8 while Morganton falls to 11-2.
Brantley Kilgore, Brett
Seybert and Ben Swaggerty
combined to pitch a shut out
against the Aggies.
Kilgore pitched the first
five innings, allowing two
hits and struck out four Aggies in his second victory of
the season. Seybert pitched
two innings of relief and allowed two hits. Swaggerty
pitched the final two innings
to preserve the shut out.
Tennessee’s Baker DeCamp singled to lead off the
second inning and moved to
second when Brian Bibee
reached first safely after
Kody Hightower was unable
to cleanly field Bibee’s
ground ball hit to the Morganton shortstop.
A passed ball charged to
catcher Matt Smith allowed
both runners to move up 90
feet and into scoring position.
With two runners in scoring
position, Ben Allen singled to
drive in DeCamp. A walk to
Ben Huff loaded the bases for
Chad Kerley and he was issued a walk which brought in
Bibee. After two innings, Tennessee was in front 2-0.
The Thunder added two
more runs in the fifth inning.
Nick Messinger led the inning off with a single and
Justin
Motte
bunted
Messinger to second with a
sacrifice.
A wild pitch charged to Rob
Andres allowed Messinger to
attempt to reach third base
and when Smith retrieved the
ball and threw it to third, his
throw was offline and ran into
left field. Messinger scored the
third run of the game for the
Thunder.
Messinger scored with
Dustin Morrow at the plate.
With no one on, Morrow hit a
one out double. A strike out of
Tom Prosser was the second
out of the inning and DeCamp
doubled to bring in Morrow.
After five complete innings,
Tennessee was in front 4-0.
An insurance run was
added in the eighth inning.
DeCamp scored when Allen
hit a two-out single.
For the Thunder, Allen was
3-for-4, with two RBIs and one
stolen base while DeCamp was
2-for-3 and scored two runs.
Morganton was led by
Andy Bettis and his 2-for-4
performance at the plate. Andres suffered the loss on the
mound for the Aggies. He
pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs, all of which
were earned on three hits.
The Thunder will travel to
play the Rock Hill (S.C.) Sox
for a Friday evening doubleheader. The first game is
scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
On Saturday, the Thunder
will play the Spartanburg
Cricket at US.C.-Upstate. The
Thunder and Crickets will
play a doubleheader, beginning at 5 p.m.
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eleventh round pick Steven
Singleton (SS, University of
San Diego) also inked with
the club.
Fox expected to return
Two years ago, Matthew
Fox was a bright pitching
prospect out of the University of Central Florida.
Injury problems have
slowed the high 2004 Draft
pick. Fox had labrum surgery
and rotator cuff clean-up last
season and was noted to
have struggled with his fastball in the spring.
He is expected to return to
Elizabethton to rehab and get
his shoulder back in sync.
GCL Risers
Several players are projected to make the rise from the
Gulf Coast League to the Elizabethton squad this season.
On the mound, three twoyear GCL veterans Patrick
Bryant, Brandon McConnell
and Jeff Schoenbachler may
be given a shot at the ETwins this year.
In the infield, look for 22year old William Luque to
make the rise to the Twins
squad after a solid .322 batting
year in Fort Myers a year ago.
In the outfield, two .300plus hitters, Richard Sojo and
Dany Santiesteban, may
make the ride north.
Smith’s chase for 500, a
big storyline for the upcoming season
When the Elizabethton
Twins toss the first pitch
Wednesday night at Joe
O’Brien Field, Appalachian
League President Lee Landers will deliver the club its
ninth league pennant after a
remarkable run a year ago in
league play with a comefrom-behind series sweep
over the Danville Braves.
That night will mark the
beginning of the town’s annual summer tradition. But
will also mark the chase of a
new milestone for a member
of the Twins staff.
Elizabethton manager Ray
Smith will enter his 20th year
as a coach in some capacity
within the Twins organization.
Smith first managed the
club in 1987 and quickly lead
the squad to back-to-back
League titles in 1989 and
1990. Returning in 2003,
Smith, along with Jeff Reed
and Jim Shellenbach, guided
the squad to another league
title and picked up his fourth
crown as manager year ago.
Along the way, since 1987,
the Elizabethton Twins are
the winningest professional
baseball franchise among all
levels combined.
But Smith will be aiming
for a new milestone as he
seeks to become the newest
member of the Minor League
Baseball 500-wins club.
The five-time Appy League
Manager of the Year needs
just 13 wins to reach the mark
with an overall record of 487
wins to 321 losses.
ized for dehydration.
Last season, he was slowed by
bruised ribs, an injury which prevented the Heat from getting past the
Pistons. Now, it’s his knee, and at the
worst possible time for Miami, which
is hoping to even the series.
“I can’t even explain it,” he said.
“You know, it’s just happens to me,
man. Wrong place, wrong time,”
Wade said. “I just want them (teammates) to know that hurt or not, I’m
going to give it my all, and hopefully
that’s enough.”
He was more than good enough in
Game 3. In the final 12 minutes, with
a nonexistent margin for error and
the stakes as high as possible, Wade
was magnificent from start to finish.
Seizing control of the game, the 24year-old played the last 10:56 with
five fouls and simply refused to allow the Heat to lose.
He made jumpers. He darted for
layups. He grabbed rebounds. He
even tipped away the Mavericks’
last-second inbounds play.
Like Michael Jordan used to do.
“No one should be compared to
MJ, man,” he said. “There will only
ever be one MJ. That’s it. I’m not him.”
Wade’s virtual one-man show —
his 42 points were the most since
Allen Iverson scored 48 and O’Neal
44 in Game 1 of the 2001 finals — was
aided by Dallas’ inexplicable collapse
down the stretch.
Minutes away from a 3-0 lead in
the series, the Mavericks went 2-of-7
from the field, committed five
turnovers and were outscored 22-7
during the final 6:15.
“I don’t think we let up,” guard Jason Terry said. “We just didn’t have
that killer instinct. It just wasn’t there.”
The Mavericks aren’t panicking.
They recognize an opportunity has
slipped away, and they’re determined not to let the next one sneak
by.
“We didn’t really come ready to
play from the start,” said Dirk Nowitzki, who could have tied it at 97-all
but missed the second of two free
throws with 3.4 seconds left. “We fell
behind. We were backpedaling pretty
much the whole first half, and we
have to make sure we correct that.”
Almost since the day he stepped
into the league, Wade has been measure against 2003 rookie classmates
Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James,
and the trio has been ordained as the
NBA’s next generation.
But Wade, undoubtedly helped by
playing alongside O’Neal, is the first
of the trio to make it to the NBA finals.
“That’s one of the things we made
a point to him about when we were
playing Detroit,” Heat coach Pat Riley said. “Our objective was to win a
championship this year and with all
of the comparisons of that class, I
said to him, ‘OK, be the first one to
win one (title).’ That might change
the opinion on everybody.”
No one doubts Wade’s toughness,
and he promised to do everything he
could to get ready for Miami’s latest,
biggest game of the season.
“I’m confident that the therapy
that I do and the massages I get, that
I’ll feel a lot better,” he said. “So I
don’t think we’ve reached the (painkiller) injection stage. I hope not, anyway. I’m scared of needles.”
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even Antoine Walker continued to attack
the rim, and Dallas didn’t do enough to
prevent it.
“Points in the paint, we’ve got to try to
control that,” Stackhouse said. “We don’t
want to let people in our paint. In our defensive numbers scheme we haven’t had
a good number yet.”
They’ve also struggled to get the
quicker pace they want. But they almost
got some help in that area Tuesday from
the Heat.
Miami committed 20 turnovers, leading to 28 points. The Heat realize that
every time they give the ball away, they
are playing right into the hands of the
quicker, deeper Mavs.
“Obviously, we would love to be able to
control the transition game, fast-break
points,” Walker said. “But we’ve got to take
care of the basketball better to do that.”
Most importantly for the Heat going
into Game 4 is the health of Wade. After
carrying them with 42 points Tuesday, he
awoke with a sore knee and didn’t practice Wednesday.
If he is at all limited, that puts even
more pressure on O’Neal to have a huge
game — which he hasn’t yet in these finals.
“Obviously Dwyane’s play is extremely important to us, because we need his
playmaking,” Heat center Alonzo
Mourning said. “But this ship doesn’t
move without the big fella in there, let me
tell you that right. Dwyane knows that,
too. We need his numbers, but we need
the big fella performing.”
The Heat players didn’t expect the
Mavs to be too rattled by their Game 3
collapse, and the Dallas players were
quick to point out that they have consistently rebounded from disappointment
throughout this postseason.
That’s why they prefer to focus on
what’s ahead, not behind.
“We’ve been in this situation before.
Game 1 of the San Antonio series, we
gave that way and we bounced back,”
guard Jason Terry said. “We’ve got a
mentally tough team and we look forward to getting back after it in Game 4.”
But the Oilers controlled the overtime,
putting seven shots on Ward.
The last one beat him.
Markkanen blocked 21 shots and got
a break when Ray Whitney’s pointblank shot went off the post with 7:47
left in regulation.
Staal scored his first goal 6 minutes into the first with Matt Greene off for hooking, capitalizing on a heads-up play by
Doug Weight. After Markkanen stopped
Staal’s initial shot, Weight fanned on the
rebound but kicked the puck back to his
teammate, who stuffed it past the goalie.
Carolina went ahead for the first time
on Whitney’s goal 4 minutes later —
again with Greene in the box for hooking.
Weight was right in the middle of things
again, this time jumping in front of
Markkanen at just the right time so the
goalie couldn’t see Whitney’s shot from
the top of the circle.
“We want the cup!” the Carolina fans
chanted.
Edmonton didn’t fold.
In fact, the Oilers did something
downright unusual for this series — they
scored on the power play. Dick Tarnstrom
passed off to Art Hemsky in the left circle,
and he whipped off a shot over Ward’s
right shoulder to tie it at 2.
Michael Peca put the Oilers ahead
again with 17.4 seconds left in a wild
opening 20 minutes. Staal scored the only
other goal in regulation, stuffing the puck
under Markkanen midway through the
second period after Staios was called for
hooking.
Notes: Edmonton made a lineup
change. LW Todd Harvey played for the
first time, and enforcer Georges Laraque
was scratched. ... Carolina D Aaron Ward
sustained an upper-body injury early in
the second period, and Weight went off in
the opening minute of third after getting
sandwiched between two Edmonton
players, favoring his shoulder. Ward returned to the ice, Weight didn’t.
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come a 3-1 deficit in the finals.
This one was played after the remnants
of Tropical Storm Alberto moved through
Raleigh, dumping up to 8 inches of rain
and flooding a major shopping mall a few
miles away from the RBC Center.
But the storm tapered off and Carolina’s fans were able to do their usual tailgating outside the arena, whipping themselves into a frenzy by the time they got
inside — only to have the Oilers score on
the first shot of the game.
Pisani got a stick on Chris Pronger’s
slap shot from the blue line, deflecting it
past Ward only 16 seconds after the opening faceoff. That sparked a wild first period, with the Oilers grabbing a 3-2 lead
and the teams combining for more goals
than either of the previous two games in
Edmonton produced.
Both teams tightened up considerably
over the final two periods of regulation.
Staal scored the tying goal midway through
the second, and the teams combined for only seven shots on goal in the third.
Sports In Brief
PRO FOOTBALL
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben
Roethlisberger’s broken jaw
did not have to be wired shut,
a factor that could hasten his
recovery from his scary motorcycle accident, and the Steelers
quarterback got out of his hospital bed to talk with teammates and family members.
Roethlisberger’s doctors
said a second round of tests
again showed no brain injuries, although he has a concussion. Initial CT scans taken shortly after Roethlisberger’s motorcycle collided with
a car at a busy Pittsburgh intersection Monday morning
also showed no apparent
problems.
Because Roethlisberger’s
multiple facial fractures, broken nose and broken upper
and lower jaw are being held
in place by screws and 2-inch
titanium plates, he can eat soft
foods — and not be restricted
to liquids — during an estimated six to eight week recovery period.
Roethlisberger could be discharged as early as Thursday.
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) —
Bengals wide receiver Chris
Henry was charged with providing alcohol to three underage females, his fourth arrest
in the last seven months.
Henry, 23, surrendered to
Kenton County authorities on
three misdemeanor counts of
unlawful transaction with a
minor and posted $2,500 bond.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — J.J.
Redick was apologetic after he
was arrested on charges of
drunken driving.
The Associated Press Player
of the Year was also charged
with unlawful use of highways for making an illegal Uturn when he was arrested
early Tuesday.
Redick, who has a Virginia
driver’s license, lost his driving privileges in North Carolina for 30 days, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said.
The 21-year-old Redick
was released on $1,000 bond
shortly after being taken before a Durham County magistrate. He is to appear in
court July 17.
The arresting officer wrote
in his report that Redick had
“very glassy eyes, strong odor
of alcohol coming from
breath.”
Redick had a blood-alcohol
level of 0.11 percent. The legal
limit for drivers in North Carolina is 0.08.
TENNIS
HALLE, Germany (AP) —
Roger Federer rebounded
from his defeat in the French
Open final to win his 37th
straight match on grass, moving within four of Bjorn Borg’s
record.
The top-ranked Federer defeated Indian qualifier Rohan
Bopanna 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first
round of the Gerry Weber
Open.
Germany’s Florian Meyer
upset third-seeded Jarkko
Nieminen of Finland 6-4, 3-6,
6-4; and eighth-seeded Kristof
Vliegen of Belgium beat Swiss
qualifier Marco Chiudinelli 7-6
(4), 6-0.
LONDON (AP) — French
Open champion Rafael Nadal
made a smooth transition to
grass, beating Mardy Fish 7-6
(1), 6-1 in his debut in this
Wimbledon
warmup
at
Queen’s Club.
Three-time champion Andy
Roddick rallied for a 2-6, 6-4, 63 second-round victory over
Canadian qualifier Frank
Dancevic. It was Roddick’s
first match since he quit during the first round of the
French Open because of an injured left ankle.
Second-seeded Ivan Ljubicic beat Razvan Sabau of Romania, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Lleyton Hewitt rallied to beat Spain’s Fernando Vicente 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
BIRMINGHAM, England
(AP) — Maria Sharapova defeated American Ahsha Rolle
6-4, 6-2 in the DFS Classic.
Sharapova will play 13th-seeded Li Na of China, who defeated Eleni Daniilidou of Greece,
7-6 (9), 6-3.
AUTO RACING
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)
— Casey Mears was hired to
drive for Hendrick Motorsports, earning a seat with one
of NASCAR’s super-teams.
Last week, Mears informed
car owner Chip Ganassi he
would not be coming back in
2007, the same day Brian Vickers asked to be released from
his Hendrick contract.
SOCCER
DORTMUND, Germany
(AP) — Five days of opening
World Cup calm ended with a
volley of bottles and chairs as
dozens of German hooligans
clashed with police before
their country’s pivotal win
over Poland.
For much of the day, German police worked with their
counterparts from neighboring Poland to identify and arrest traveling troublemakers
without incident. It was homegrown hooligans who lashed
out about two hours before the
late evening kickoff after police confronted them in a central square.
By the time rain began
falling after midnight, police
said they had arrested 300
German and Polish hooligans.
GOLF
PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
The U.S. Golf Association officially selected Merion Golf
Club as the site of the 2013 U.S.
Open.
It is the fifth Open for the
course in suburban Philadelphia that has held 17 USGA
events, the most of any club.
The 120-acre layout was believed to be too small to accommodate the trappings of
the U.S. Open. But the USGA
is confident the 6,800-yard
Hugh Wilson-designed East
Course can hold its own
against golf’s best.
BASEBALL
TORONTO (AP) — The
Baltimore Orioles placed outfielder Jay Gibbons on the 15day disabled list, only two
days after he came off it. He reinjured his right knee Tuesday
night.
HOCKEY
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —
The Minnesota Wild hired a
24-year-old sports writer as director of hockey operations.
Chris Snow, who covers the
Red Sox for the Boston Globe,
covered the Wild for the Star
Tribune of Minneapolis during
the 2003-04 season.
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars exercised a one-year
contract option with winger
Jere Lehtinen.
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Law to curb predatory lending had unlikely support
MEMPHIS (AP) — An unlikely
coalition of Memphis interests were
behind the creation of legislation
against predatory lending practices
that Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into
law Wednesday.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Roy Herron, gives some of the credit to Memphis lawyer Frank Glankler, who
was inspired by the story of a
woman who found herself threatened with being kicked out of her
home because of a financial situation
brought on by predatory lending
practices.
“He (Glankler) inspired many of
us who respect and admire him to
redouble our efforts,” said Herron, a
Democrat from Dresden who had
pushed for years for legislation to
deal with the problem. “He brought
a credibility and reputation for being
both pro-business and pro-ethics.”
Glankler first learned of Dorothy
Applewhite from a story in The
Commercial Appeal in December
2004. She was threatened with foreclosure after a home repair loan with
high interest rates spiraled out of her
control.
Unfair lending practices include
hidden charges, nondisclosure of important information until the time of
closing and misleading statements.
In most cases, victims are poor
and uneducated. When they refinance home loans they can get thousands of dollars in cash.
Board of Regents
to study charging
tuition based on hours
CHATTANOOGA (AP) — The Tennessee Board of Regents is considering a tuition change that would charge
full-time students for each credit hour taken instead of assessing a flat fee for the semester.
Dr. Bob Adams, the board’s vice chancellor for business
and finance, said the system would begin studying that
option in the next year.
The change is being considered because the system is
switching to new software that will allow colleges to
charge tuition by the credit hour, officials said.
Currently students who take 18 hours a semester, or
roughly six classes, pay the same rate as students taking 12
hours, or four classes.
Charges for the spring semester ranged from $4,216 at
the University of Memphis to $3,678 at the other five fouryear universities to $2,142 at community colleges. A tuition hike is expected for the fall.
Students taking less than 12 hours already pay a perhour fee of $178 at Memphis, $161 at the other four-year
universities and $91 at community colleges.
Adams said it has been determined that changing to a
per-hour charge would result in more students paying
higher fees than they would under the old system.
Adams told the board during a meeting Tuesday in
Nashville that the current system doesn’t discourage students from signing up for more courses than they intend
to complete. Some students are deprived of spots in the
classes by those who later drop the courses.
“It (charging tuition per hour) would maybe stop some
of the course shopping,” Adams said.
Regents Chancellor Charles Manning said the university presidents are open to the idea.
Regents Vice Chairwoman Fran Marcum said she wants
to look at what other states do because, “I think we may be
antiquated.”
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“The pine tree was a symbol of liberty because it was
always alive throughout the
year,” Bogart said.
The Liberty Flag also has a
place in colonial history. Also
known as the Fort Moultrie
Flag, the flag flew over Fort
Sullivan in Charleston Harbor in June of 1776 as Col.
William Moultrie and his
band of South Carolina militia repulsed an attack from
the British Navy. Like the
uniforms of the soldiers at
the fort, the flag was blue
and featured a white crescent
moon which was similar to
the one the members of the
militia wore on their caps.
Bogart also spoke about
the Colonial Period Flag
which is quite possibly the
most recognized.
“The most popular of the
colonial flags is the Betsy
Ross Flag,” Bogart said.
The Betsy Ross Flag became the first official flag of
the United States of America
when the Continental Congress passed the first Flag
Act on June 14, 1777. In the
Act, the Congress specified
that there were to be 13 alter-
nating horizontal stripes of
red and white and a blue
field with 13 stars. However,
the Congress did not specify
whether the first stripe of the
flag was to be red or white or
what configuration the stars
were to be in, so many of the
first official American flags
differed from each other according to Bogart.
In addition to the presentation on flags by Bogart,
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area also held a special
historic Flag Day Ceremony.
To begin the ceremony,
Bogart played a fife and Park
Interpretive Specialist Greg
Phillipy played a drum as
the pair formed a processional from the museum into the
fort, playing the instruments
while they walked.
Once inside the fort, Bogart and Phillipy raised a Betsy
Ross Flag over Fort Watauga.
Bogart then read a poem
about the American Flag and
fired a single shot from a
black powder rifle in honor
of all the soldiers who have
served under an American
Flag.
As interest rates go up, broker’s
fees are added onto the loan balance
and payments increase. And if they
can’t make the higher payments,
they can lose their property.
“There was like an octopus and
the center of the octopus was the
lender,” Glankler told the newspaper. “The outreaching tentacles
would be home repairs and additions on the house.”
Glankler, who was suffering from
cancer, raised money to save Applewhite’s home, including some of his
own.
Because his firm Glankler
Brown had once represented
banks, he was aware lower-income
homeowners could be susceptible
to predatory lenders.
He and law partner Jim Gilliland
joined with the Memphis-Shelby
County Anti-Predatory Lending
Coalition, and groups representing
banks, mortgage lenders and real estate firms.
Glankler’s addition to the cause
helped re-ignite efforts, said Beth
Dixon, president of the RISE Foundation and Memphis Debt Collaborative.
The strategy and money they
brought “was like getting a shot of B12,” she said.
The firm used its business connections to raise money to hire a lobbyist in Nashville, raising roughly
$40,000.
“A lot of it I raised from my children’s inheritance, but they understand,” Glankler said.
“They were establishment people,” said Webb Brewer, who led the
coalition’s effort, of Glankler
Brown’s involvement. “They had access to people in government that
we didn’t have.”
“He is so widely known and universally respected that his name
alone caused his admirers to become
advocates for the legislation,” Herron said.
The new law restricts high-interest lenders from charging excessive
fees and from offering to refinance
loans sooner than 2-1/2 years into
the loan.
Gas prices push
consumer inflation higher
WASHINGTON — Consumer inflation registered
another sizable increase in
May, pushed higher by soaring gasoline prices. And most
worrisome, there was further
evidence that the jump in energy costs is beginning to
cause more widespread inflation troubles.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its
Consumer Price Index posted a 0.4 percent increase in
May after an even bigger 0.6
percent rise in April. Gasoline prices jumped by 4.9 percent and have been soaring
this year at an annual rate of
69.4 percent so far this year
as motorists contend with
pump prices above $3 per
gallon in many parts of the
country.
Excluding energy and
food, core inflation rose by a
larger-than-expected 0.3 percent. That increase was certain to get attention at the
Federal
Reserve,
where
Chairman Ben Bernanke last
week said a recent uptick in
core inflation has Fed officials concerned.
Bernanke had called core
inflation rising at an annual
rate of 3.2 percent over the
past three months as “unwelcome.” With the latest data,
State
investigates
death
of worker
core prices are now rising at
an annual rate of 3.8 percent,
the fastest pace in 11 years.
“These extremes likely
seal the deal for a Fed rate
hike on June 29,” said
Michael Gregory, senior
economist at BMO Nesbitt
Burns, a Toronto investment
firm.
Bernanke’s comments on
June 5 contributed to a 199point plunge that day in the
Dow Jones industrial average. Stocks have been posting big losses in recent weeks
not only in the United States
but around the globe as investors worry about future
prospects at a time when the
world’s largest economy is
facing slowing growth and
rising inflation pressures.
Investors are concerned
that the Fed will raise rates
for a 17th time at its next
meeting on June 28-29, increasing risks that the hopedfor soft landing for the economy will instead be a more
severe slowdown.
The 0.4 percent increase in
overall inflation in May was
led by a 2.4 percent jump in
energy costs after gains of 3.9
percent in April and 1.3 percent in March. So far this
year, energy prices have been
rising at an annual rate of
30.8 percent, almost double
the 17.1 percent gain for all of
2005.
Overall, consumer prices
through May have been rising at an annual rate of 5.2
percent, up from a 3.4 percent gain for all of 2005. Excluding food and energy,
core consumer prices are up
at an annual rate of 3.1 percent through May, an acceleration from a 2.2 percent rise
in 2005.
The worry at the Fed is
that the relentless rise in energy costs is becoming a
wider inflation problem.
The Fed pushed a key interest rate to a five-year high
of 5 percent on May 10 and
since that time financial markets have been on a rollercoaster ride as opinions have
shifted on whether that rate
increase could be the last given growing signs that the
economy is slowing.
Many analysts believe,
based on the comments
Bernanke made last week
and the views of other Fed
officials, that the central bank
will approve a 17th quarter
point move at the end of this
month. Some economists are
concerned that the Fed may
keep moving rates higher if
inflation does not subside.
SEVIERVILLE (AP) —
State investigators were
looking into the death of a
construction worker who
was hit by a water truck
and pinned against a retaining wall.
Tony Lethco, 31, of Kodak, was injured June 7 and
was at University of Tennessee Medical Center two
days before he died.
Lethco was washing a retaining wall when a water
truck rolled back and
pinned him, according to an
initial report by the Tennessee Occupational Safety
and Health Administration.
The report does not specify what kind of injuries
Lethco had, Department of
Labor and Workforce Development spokeswoman
Milissa Reierson said Tuesday.
WATE-TV in Knoxville
reported he broke some ribs
and a hip, had internal
bleeding and suffered trauma shock before doctors
could operate.
A TOSHA investigator
interviewed witnesses earlier this week.
sylvania school system’s
classroom mention of “intelligent design” — the notion
that life is so complex it must
have been created by a higher intelligence.
The resolution approved
Wednesday by the SBC delegates refers to the Pennsylvania decision, but also goes
out of its way to “affirm the
hundreds of thousands of
Christian men and women
who teach in our public
schools.”
But Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist
Center
for
Ethics
in
Nashville, Tenn., and a frequent critic of the SBC leadership, said the compromise
resolution “reinforces the
negative
attitudes
that
Southern Baptists have about
public schools.”
“Southern Baptist leaders
send their children to Christian academies or homeschool
them,” Parham said. “The
SBC’s publishing house produces curriculum for homeschools. Baptist seminary
presidents and faculties talk
and walk an anti-public
school perspective ... . A few
words don’t whitewash the
leadership’s agenda.”
Also Wednesday, the SBC
unofficially barred members
who drink alcohol from serving as trustees or members of
any SBC entity.
The ban, part of a larger
anti-alcohol resolution that
was easily approved by delegates, was proposed by Jim
Richards, executive director
of the Southern Baptists of
Texas Convention. While
stopping short of officially
preventing drinkers from
serving, it “urges” that no
one be elected or appointed
to SBC offices if they are “a
user of alcohol.”
“Use of alcohol as a beverage can and does impede the
message of Jesus Christ” that
Southern Baptists are trying
to spread, Richards said.
In a resolution that addressed the debate over global warming without naming
the issue, delegates over-
whelming approved a statement “On Environmentalism
and Evangelicals” that reads
the “scientific community is
divided on the effects of
mankind’s impact on the environment.”
The resolution, approved
without debate, positions the
denomination against “solutions based on questionable
science, which bar access to
natural resources and unnecessarily restrict economic development.”
In a tribute to Billy Graham, the denomination also
unveiled a massive statue of
the North Carolina-born
evangelist
Wednesday
evening.
The statue, which is to be
placed at SBC headquarters
in Nashville, depicts a 9-1/2foot tall Graham next to an
18-foot tall cross. Graham’s
grandson, William F. Graham
IV, a pastor at Wakefield Baptist Church in Wake Forest,
represented his family at the
unveiling.
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Moran, who owns a company that makes construction supplies, is a father of
nine children, ages 18
months to 18 years. All have
been home-schooled or attended Christian schools, he
said.
The public schools issue
has been simmering for several years. A resolution similar to the one offered by
Moran and Shortt failed to
pass two years ago. Delegates at last year’s annual
meeting approved a resolution urging parents and
churches “to exercise their
rights to investigate diligently the curricula, textbooks
and programs in our community schools.”
The proposal from Moran
and Shortt, author of “The
Harsh Truth About Public
Schools,” complained that
curricula teaching “the homosexual lifestyle is acceptable” are being implemented
in public schools. It also criticized a federal court ruling
last year that banned a Penn-
Abortion clinic surrenders license after baby’s death
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A
Birmingham abortion clinic has
surrendered its license amid allegations that a woman delivered a
nearly full-term stillborn baby after
a clinic staffer gave her an abortion-inducing drug and performed
other medical treatments without a
doctor present, health officials said
Wednesday.
The Alabama Department of
Health issued a suspension order
against Summit Medical Center on
May 17, citing numerous violations
of state health rules. The center has
been closed since it was shutdown
the next day and will not reopen,
said Rick Harris, director of the
state health agency’s bureau of
provider standards.
Wednesday’s move avoids a
June 20 hearing where the state
would have presented its case
against the center and sought to re-
voke Summit’s license.
“We got the same remedy we
were trying to get in the hearing,”
Harris said.
State health officials say in February a Summit staff member,
rather than a doctor, performed an
ultrasound on a woman seeking an
abortion and determined she was
six weeks pregnant, even though
she was nearly full term. The nurse
practitioner, rather than the doctor,
gave the woman the RU 486 abortion drug even though the
woman’s blood pressure was dangerously high.
The state health department said
in a report that the woman went to
a hospital emergency room six
days later with the head of a baby
protruding and “delivered a stillborn, macerated, foul smelling, six
pound, four ounce baby.”
Cheryl Sabel, acting president of
the Montgomery chapter of the National Organization for Women,
said the allegations against the
clinic were “shocking and dismaying” and the closure is a setback for
women in Alabama, where there
are now just nine abortion clinics.
“Every time a women’s health
clinic closes, it is a huge blow for
women and it’s very unfortunate,”
she said. “But women must be protected and there are standards as
there are for every health care facility and every facility needs to
abide by the rules.”
Attorney General Troy King and
the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners have opened investigations into the clinic, which could
face criminal charges.
King’s assistant, Chris Bence,
said information that King had
subpoenaed on the clinic arrived at
the office on June 8, but could not
comment further.
The medical examiners board
has banned Dr. Deborah Lyn
Levich and nurse practitioner Janet
F. Onthank King from working together and accuse Levich of allowing her nurse practitioner to prescribe drugs and render services
for which she was not approved.
A search of Levich’s name
Wednesday on the medical examiners Web site listed her license status as “active.” Board director Larry Dixon could not be reached for
comment and calls to a lawyer who
has represented Summit were not
returned Wednesday.
Levich is scheduled to appear at
a hearing before the board on July
18.
In December 2004 the Medical
Licensure Commission of Alabama
indefinitely suspended the license
of Dr. Malachy DeHenre, who also
worked at the Summit clinic located on Birmingham’s Southside.
The commission ruled DeHenre’s conduct in four cases between 2000 and 2003 was “immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable,” and he endangered his patients through “gross malpractice.”
Two of the cases were in Alabama
and two were in Mississippi.
Records show Malachy’s Alabama license expired on Dec. 31,
2004.
Harris said his department has
not received any recent proven
complaints about Summit’s other
Alabama
location,
Beacon
Women’s Center in Montgomery.
He said the clinics are inspected
every two years instead of annually because of a staffing shortage
and suspensions are fairly rare.
“It’s not something we do every
day or every year,” he said.
Annie
Sally Forth
Dilbert
Dick Tracey
Zits
Garfield
Blondie
Hi and Lois
Peanuts
Snuffy Smith
On The Lighter Side
Crossword Fun
By: Eugene Sheffer
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) Your methods and procedures might not be planned as
well as they should be, but if
you keep plugging along, even
if you make mistakes, you will
be able to achieve your goals.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) If you make a concerted
effort to live within your
means, you may have no idea
how much you’ll appreciate it
tomorrow or next week.
Trimming a few frills won’t be
that painful.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If
you attempt an ambitious
undertaking, take onboard
your vessel only those who can
help sail the ship effectively.
You don’t need any passengers, only working crew.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You may be somewhat tempted to participate in frivolous
involvements, but, if you have
more serious matters at hand,
your conscience isn’t likely to
let you do anything superficial.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
The only way you’ll have
respect for yourself is if you
give a day’s work for a day’s
pay. Even if your mind is on
other things, abide by your
high standards of responsibility and duty.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) You may have to give
someone you like a bit of
advice that might hurt in order
to keep him/her from making a
mistake. You’ll find the way to
say what needs to be said.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) It’s possible you
might be forced to take on a
critical assignment you wouldn’t choose to do if you could
get out of it. Don’t make things
worse by being unpleasant.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) Your financial footing
might require a bit of steadying. Even if it hurts a little, give
up the extras you don’t need
and strive to be prudent and
practical in the management of
your affairs.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) The affection you have for
your family will be very much
in evidence, but be careful you
don’t become overly possessive in your attempts to keep
them safe and secure.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) If there is an important
matter an associate wishes to
discuss with you, don’t treat it
too lightly or you may hurt this
person’s feelings. Be as sympathetic and understanding as
possible.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) Don’t be swayed by people
who can’t recognize an opportunity that has been dropped in
your lap. If you trust your own
assessment, you’ll know how
to make the most of what’s at
hand.
TAURUS (April 20-May
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ambition that is holding you
back; you’re more likely to be
wasting your time or spinning
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has little to do with your work.
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Donald Duck
For Thursday
June 15, 2006
Mickey Mouse
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
u
NYSE
7,780.33
+60.55
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last
SwnEngy s 28.05
GuangRy 16.56
TmpRusEE56.00
CenEurRus39.60
MS India 39.99
BayerAG 41.28
GtChina 16.69
MS EEur 31.00
WimmBD 30.00
Shinhan 87.00
Chg
+3.25
+1.78
+5.87
+3.80
+3.54
+3.07
+1.20
+2.18
+2.10
+5.85
u
AMEX
1,814.11
+3.54
u
NASDAQ
2,086.00
+13.53
%Chg
+13.1
+12.0
+11.7
+10.6
+9.7
+8.0
+7.7
+7.6
+7.5
+7.2
Name
Last Chg %Chg
GoldRsv g 4.80 +.84 +21.2
KFX Inc 13.17 +1.52 +13.0
Analex
2.39 +.24 +11.2
Indonesia 7.15 +.70 +10.9
Xenonics h 2.20 +.20 +10.0
GamLk g 10.10 +.85 +9.2
Aurizon g 2.34 +.17 +7.8
CoastD
8.80 +.64 +7.8
UTEK
18.15 +1.25 +7.4
BioSante 2.20 +.15 +7.3
Name
Last
IDM Phar n 3.97
ApplRecy n 3.33
Somantc 18.18
Caseys
24.83
Vasogen g 2.00
BarrettB 21.25
Reinhold s 12.95
AtriCure n 8.70
Consulier h 3.86
QiaoXing 8.18
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
Spirent
2.77 -.29 -9.5
Libbey
7.53 -.74 -8.9
TorchEn
7.13 -.70 -8.9
DucatiM
7.75 -.75 -8.8
BcLatn
14.80 -1.30 -8.1
SpectBrds 12.85 -1.12 -8.0
Teleflex 53.38 -4.66 -8.0
MedProp n 10.69 -.86 -7.4
Amrep
50.52 -3.93 -7.2
Vonage n 10.20 -.76 -6.9
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
Terremk
3.69 -2.42 -39.6
Ascendia 2.75 -.51 -15.6
UQM Tech 3.32 -.60 -15.3
Celsion rs 2.67 -.33 -11.0
MSNik07 n 8.30 -1.03 -11.0
Team
27.01 -2.94 -9.8
AnorM gn 6.40 -.67 -9.5
GSE Sy
3.81 -.39 -9.3
YM Bio g 3.87 -.37 -8.7
CanoPet
4.10 -.37 -8.3
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
PegasusW n6.74 -1.93 -22.3
BasinWtr n 9.65 -2.35 -19.6
optXprs 22.23 -3.81 -14.6
INX Inc
5.40 -.80 -12.9
OYO Geo 47.40 -6.84 -12.6
A4S Sec n 3.51 -.49 -12.3
Investools 7.79 -1.07 -12.1
AbleEnr
4.55 -.61 -11.8
OptCable 4.29 -.56 -11.5
LanVision 5.03 -.62 -11.0
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Name Vol (00) Last Chg
SPDR 1318279 123.50 +.96
iShRs2000 959847 67.45 +.80
SP Engy 282912 51.48 +1.29
SemiHTr 181578 32.26 +.43
OilSvHT 166003 135.67 +3.57
SP Fncl 153657 31.51 -.19
iShEmMkt 119300 84.30 +2.35
DJIA Diam 101808 108.33 +1.36
BemaGold 56901 4.23 +.13
SP Mid
56020 131.77 +.90
Name Vol (00) Last Chg
SPDR 1318279 123.50 +.96
iShRs2000 959847 67.45 +.80
SP Engy 282912 51.48 +1.29
SemiHTr 181578 32.26 +.43
OilSvHT 166003 135.67 +3.57
SP Fncl 153657 31.51 -.19
iShEmMkt 119300 84.30 +2.35
DJIA Diam 101808 108.33 +1.36
BemaGold 56901 4.23 +.13
SP Mid
56020 131.77 +.90
Name Vol (00)
Lucent
438784
iShJapan 399888
Pfizer
289796
FordM
255654
ExxonMbl 241213
GenElec 239693
AMD
238894
Citigrp
233376
TimeWarn 222076
VeraSun n 219726
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2.29
12.60
23.11
6.61
57.80
33.90
25.11
47.80
16.97
30.00
Chg
-.01
+.31
+.11
-.07
+1.15
+.17
+.72
-.41
+.03
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133
3,437
6
244
2,789,102,625
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New Lows
Volume
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467
89
1,041
6
67
509,282,319
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2 FREE PETS OF
THE WEEK
FREE PETS OF THE WEEK
from
Carter County
Animal Shelter.
547-6359
•2 small Feist, 1 male,
1 female.
•8 week old female
black Lab.
•Male German Shepherd mix.
•2 male Beagles.
•1 female Golden Retriever
•Neutered
male
Husky/ German Shepherd mix.
•More cats and kittens than anyone has
ever thought of.
Spay and neuter
assistance from the
Carter County
Humane Society
Shelter hours are:
12-4:30 M-F
11-2:30 Sat
3 ARTICLES
LOST & FOUND
LOST at courthouse,
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pet.
Reward.
543-2748 Leave message, will call back.
5 SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADOPT: A happily married young couple
longs to adopt a newborn. Will provide a
lifetime of happiness,
love and security. Expenses paid. Please
call Lucy & Steven @
1-800-276-1323.
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
SCOTT’S STRAWBERRIES
for sale in the Bemberg Center, same location in front of the
former White’s Store
and off Hwy. 107 Unicoi.
Call
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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 $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
June 14, 2006
11,750
11,500
11,250
11,000
10,750
+110.78
10,500
MAY
JUN
Record high: 11,722.98
Pct. change
from previous: +1.03 10,817.00 10,698.85
Jan. 14, 2000
10,816.92
MAR
High
APR
Low
STOCK MARKET INDEXES
52-Week
High
Low
11,670.19 10,156.46
5,013.67 3,382.14
438.74
370.18
8,651.74 7,170.98
2,046.65 1,469.16
2,375.54 2,025.58
1,326.70 1,168.20
818.87
665.23
784.62
614.76
13,472.98 11,630.20
Name
Dow Industrials
Dow Transportation
Dow Utilities
NYSE Composite
Amex Market Value
Nasdaq Composite
S&P 500
S&P MidCap
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Last
Net
Chg
%Chg
YTD
%Chg
12-mo
%Chg
10,816.92
4,470.94
403.95
7,780.33
1,814.11
2,086.00
1,230.04
720.23
677.09
12,354.88
+110.78
+29.62
-2.77
+60.55
+3.54
+13.53
+6.35
+3.61
+4.37
+57.96
+1.03
+.67
-.68
+.78
+.20
+.65
+.52
+.50
+.65
+.47
+.93
+6.55
-.29
+.34
+3.13
-5.41
-1.46
-2.41
+.57
-1.30
+2.37
+26.76
+8.03
+7.22
+17.00
+.53
+1.94
+4.96
+6.26
+3.19
MUTUAL FUNDS
Name
American Funds A: GwthA p
American Funds A: IncoA p
American Funds A: ICAA p
American Funds A: WshA p
Fidelity Invest: Contra
Fidelity Invest: Magelln
Oppenheimer A: Disc p
Putnam Funds A: GrInA p
Putnam Funds A: VoyA p
Vanguard Fds: Wndsr
Total Assets
Obj ($Mlns)
XG 77,843
BL
51,235
LV
68,759
LV
62,497
XG 64,712
LC 47,552
SG
587
LV
11,669
LG
5,959
XV 13,351
NAV
30.22
18.51
31.61
31.30
62.24
82.74
41.97
19.43
16.29
17.19
Total Return/Rank
4-wk 12-mo
5-year
-6.1 +10.0/B
+23.8/A
-2.5
+6.9/A
+46.7/A
-3.9
+8.1/A
+24.6/B
-3.6
+4.7/C
+23.2/B
-7.1 +10.3/B
+46.4/A
-9.0
+2.3/D
-0.9/D
-13.0
+2.4/E
+2.1/D
-5.8
+3.2/D
+12.8/D
-5.9
-0.2/C
-13.9/D
-6.6
+4.8/D
+28.9/C
Pct Min Init
Load
Invt
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
NL
2,500
NL
2,500
5.75
1,000
5.25
500
5.25
500
NL
3,000
BL -Balanced, GL -Global Stock, IL -International Stock, LC -Large-Cap Core, LG -Large-Cap Growth, LV -Large-Cap
Val., XC -Multi-Cap Core, XG -Multi-Cap Growth, XV -Multi-Cap Val.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. NA = Not avail. NE = Data in question. NS = Fund not in existence. Source: Lipper, Inc.
Classifieds
928-4151
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.
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
19 BUILDINGS
SALE/RENT
BLACK raspberries for
sale. (423)543-1828
LOCAL FLAT BED COMPANY now hiring short
haul drivers. Driver
friendly
company,
good home time.
1-800-331-5172.
CLERICAL OPENINGS
Seeking detail oriented persons with
strong computer skills.
Must have knowledge
in excel and powerpoint. Resume Required.
site:
www.grandfatherhome.org
<http://www.grandfatherhome.org/>
to
download an application packet or contact Sue Kirkman at
828-898-5465, ext. 238.
EOE.
FULL TIME
COOK/AIDE
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
20yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
Lawn
mowing,
weedeating, all kinds
of lawn care. Tree
trimming, stump removal. Anywhere in
tri-cities. 15yrs. experience.
Reasonable
rates.
543-4885,
213-7047, 213-2590 .
METAL
BUILDING
BLOWOUT!
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
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LINE AD DEADLINES
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AVON can pay for
your summer vacation- and gas! Only
$10.00 to join. Lisa
(423)542-0057.
DON Johnson’s Door
Service now accepting applications for installers. Apply: 4107
Hwy. 11., Bluff City.
EXPERIENCED
cook
and grill cook. Starting
pay $8.00 & up. Bring
resume to Nanny’s.
(423)543-3336.
HELP needed at Sunshine Market. Experience necessary. Must
be willing to work
nights,
weekends.
(423)542-5060.
IMMEDIATE Opening!
Experienced
Bookkeeper. Knowledge of
QuickBooks a must.
213-9611 or send resume 423-547-5960.
MOUNTAIN
ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE
Now Accepting
Applications For
Temporary
LINE CLEARANCE
WORKERS
Mountain Electric Cooperative is seeking
dependable,
hard
working individuals for
Temporary/Part-Time
Line Clearance work.
The period of work will
be starting in June,
2006 through Oct. 31,
2006 or later.
Essential duties include cutting, clearing
and trimming trees,
bushes and undergrowth within the Cooperative’s right of
ways. Individuals will
be using chain saws
and other mechanical
equipment. Other duties may include applying herbicides to
stumps, bushes. Equipment that will be operated include: Chain
saws, wood, brush
chippers and back
pack sprayers. Experience in use of chain
saws required. The
wage
rate
is
$8.00-$12.00 per hour
depending upon experience.
Applications for this
position are now being accepted at the
Employment Security
Commission of North
Carolina, P.O. Box 939,
Newland, NC 28657 or
call (828)737-7230.
Prefer applicants to
be in the Mountain
Electric Cooperative
Service Area. Applications will be accepted
thru June 16, 2006.
LINVILLE RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB has the following FULL -TIME, seasonal
position
(May-October) open:
2nd SHIFT HOUSEKEEPER Good opportunity for summer employment, excellent
pay! Applications are
available at the Hwy.
105 Gate. You may return the application to
the Gate or fax it to
828-898-7827.
For
more information, call
828-898-8409.
RECEPTIONIST
Needed, professional
customer handling,
computer, data- processing skills required,
must have pleasant
phone voice, professional appearance,
and be dependable.
Apply in person at
Don Johnson’s Door
Service, 4107 Hwy.
11E, Bluff City.
SECRET
SHOPPERS
NEEDED. Evaluate local stores, restaurants,
theater. Flexible hours,
training
provided.
1-800-585-9024
ext.
6516.
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
2 LPN’s positions available in a long term
care facility. 1 full time
evening shift, 1 part
time night shift and
PRN. Excellent pay
and benefits, apply in
person at Hillview
Health Center, 1666
Hillview Drive, EOE
Do You Desire to Work
in a Family-Like
Atmosphere?
Four Oaks Health
Care and
Rehab Center
is now Accepting
Applications For:
Night Shift, Charge
Nurse
RN or LPN
(6p.m.-6.m.)
If interested, please
apply
in
person.
Qualified applicants
will be called for in
person interviews. We
offer an excellent
and comprehensive
benefits package as
well as highly competitive wages.
Four Oaks Health
Care and Rehab
Center, 1101
Persimmon Ridge
Road,
Jonesborough, TN
37659
(Proudly Serving
Tennessee’s Oldest
Town)
EOE/Title VI, Section
504 Compliance
“Drug Free WorkPlace’’
378 Marketplace Blvd.
#3
Johnson City, TN 37604
283-0360
283-0688 Fax
DO You Desire to
Work in a Family-Like
Atmosphere?
Four Oaks Health
Care and
Rehab Center
is now Accepting
Applications For:
Part-Time
Dietary Aide
If interested, please
apply
in
person.
will be called for in
person interviews. We
offer an excellent
and comprehensive
benefits package as
well as highly competitive wages.
Four Oaks Health
Care and Rehab
Center, 1101
Persimmon Ridge
Road,
Jonesborough, TN
37659
(Proudly Serving
Tennessee’s Oldest
Town)
EOE/Title VI, Section
504 Compliance
“Drug Free WorkPlace’’
EXPERIENCED legal assistant needed. Duties
include scheduling,
word-processing with
advance legal training available. Send resumes to: 3863 Hwy
19E Elizabethton, TN
37643
GENERAL
Maintenance Technician
Grandfather Home for
Children has an opening in its Properties Division for a maintenance Technician to
assist the Managing
Director of Properties
with the general maintenance of the physical plant to include,
but not limited to:
general carpentry,
wood working, furniture repair, basic electrical, basic plumbing,
dry wall repair, and
painting. The qualified applicant must
have a high school diploma or equivalent
and three years of
training in general
maintenance,
the
ability to read and interpret
documents
and manuals, basic
math skills, be able to
multi-task and have a
valid driver’s license.
please go to our web-
Must have knowledge of food preparation,
sanitation,
and hygienic methods. We offer competitive wages. Must
be able to work flexible hours. For consideration, apply in person at 301 Watauga
Avenue,
Elizabethton, TN 37643 or
fax
resume
to:
(423)542-9311, Attn:
Human Resources,
EOE
IMMEDIATE
OPENINGS
• Machine Maintenance
• Mtn. City & Elizabethton (Resume Required)
• Machine Operators
Industrial Exp. Required.
• CNC Operators
• Saw Operator - 2nd
shift
378 Marketplace Blvd.
Johnson City
283-0360
283-0688 Fax
LOCAL
TRUCKING
COMPANY
HIRING
DRIVERS. 25 years of
age, CDL A or B license, and clean
MVR. Health insurance
provided. Apply in
person to Transit Mix
Concrete Co, City
Garage Road, Johnson City. Monday - Friday, 9a.m. - 4p.m.
(423)928-2128.
PRODUCTION
Manager. Must be experienced in purchasing,
scheduling, production follow up, employee relations, and
machine tools. Need
well organized, hands
on type used to dirt &
grease. Fax resume &
salary requirements to
828-898-4230. ADDCO
mfg. Linville, NC
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
A Cut Above Mowing
Service. For all your
yard work needs. Free
estimates. 213-6663,
418-4738.
A HANDYMAN for all
your home maintenance needs. Reliable
and reasonable. Call
Gary @ 383-4211
ALAMO TREE complete removal of trees,
topping,
trimming,
shrubbery, complete
clean up. Insured.
(423)928-9364.
BACKHOE, Landscaping, Lawn Service,
Pools, Ponds, Other
Jobs. Senior Discounts.
BILL
FIELDS
423-542-4239,
912-247-3593.
Brad Buckland. Wall
Paper; Painting & Paper Removal. Call
735-7185
BRIAN’S
BUILDINGS!
Display lot
on Hwy. 91.
STORAGE
For sale.
in Hunter
647-1084.
Bridgeman Excavating. Paving, driveways, grading, septic
systems, dirt, rock
hauling,
basement
ceiling, land clearing.
423-725-3487.
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS!
Sell, install metal roofing, shingle roofs, additions,
painting,
decks, pressure washing.
542-3763,
512-1387
HOMES & MOBILE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Additions, sunrooms,
textured
ceilings,
porches, carports, garages. Work guaranteed. (423)542-9483.
KY CONSTRUCTION
Specializing in finished
grade
work
and
demolition. All types
of front end loader
work. Dirt for sale.
Quality, honest work
at the best price. Will
beat any other estimates, guaranteed.
Keith
Younce,
(423)543-2816.
423-341-7782
L&T ROOFING METAL &
SHINGLE ROOFS. All
home improvements.
Lawn
mowing.
(423)542-2011.
LADY will assist elderly
mornings. Good references. (423)542-0165,
(423)957-9571.
Sizes From 30x40
to 200x400
DINNING ROOM SET,
9pc. Table, 6 chairs,
Buffett, Hutch. Cherry,
New, Never Used! Retail $2499 will sell
$1299. Will break up.
Call 217-4245
FREE walnut
(423)534-2181.
tree.
PIANO tuning and repair over 30 years experience, also used pianos starting @ $600.
(423)474-4375
Call now
For Pricing
(423)677-3949
NEW pool table, 8ft.
oak. $1100. Please call
423-929-2222.
PROFESSIONAL ROOFING. CALL: 542-4630.
FREE ESTIMATES. LICENSED & INSURED.
3-YR
WARRANTY.
CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
Danny Street
Construction
New spa, still in crate,
6
person.
$2800.
Please
call
423-929-9222.
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
23 YARD
SALES
$195. Queen size double pillow top mattress
and box spring set.
Brand new, in original
plastic with warranty.
Call 343-4408
137 Webb Hollow
Loop behind Beck
Mountain
Baptist
Church,
Saturday
8:00AM-Noon. Tools,
ladies clothes, car
parts and miscellaneous.
Rainbow Home Improvements Vinal Siding, Soffitt, Windows,
Patios LICENSED INSURED FREE ESTIMATE
(423)543-5773
(423)895-0908
SHIPPING: FedEx, DHL,
USPS; stamps, copies,
faxing, custom framing,
gifts,
MORE.
543-7225, Hwy 91,
Hunter
SOUTHERN COMFORTS:
Cleaning, hauling off,
organizing.
yards,
homes, offices, debris,
more. References. Licensed. 423-542-5309,
423-213-7937.
VINES Pressure Washing, Staining and Sealing Services: Free estimates.
Call
(423)772-0290
anytime.
Wilson Painting Commercial & Residential,
Pressure washing. Free
Estimates.
Cell 647-4234,
Home 547-9642
16 BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
Immaculate Mowing,
Weekly yards only. Dependable
service,
reasonable rates, references,
(423)
542-6911.
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
End Of The Season
Discounts!
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
1003 Siam
Investors Beware!
Like New, 4-unit Apts.
Redone in 2006. New
vinyl, decking, electrical, plumbing, and
heat pumps!
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
543-4663
$187,500
FOR sale by owners:
Commercial Property.
Elizabethton on West
G St. $49,500. FIRM.
(423)543-6120.
WAREHOUSE
shop
space
downtown,
1,000 sq.ft., loading
dock, city parking lot
in front. $300. month.
Call Randall Birchfield
Auction,
(423)
543-5959.
1 King size double pillow top mattress set.
New, never opened,
only $295. Full mattress
and Box $149. Original
packaging. 343-4412
1994 Pontiac Firebird,
LT1 motor, loaded,
keyless, PWR, everything. (423)772-4886
3 pc. Leather furniture
set. Sofa, loveseat
and chair. Brand New,
never used. Still has
original
warranty.
Worth $3000. Sacrifice
$1350. Must see! Call
217-4202
3 ROOMS All NEW. Microfiber
Sofa,
Loveseat, 5pc Solid
wood bdrm. suite,
5pc. Solid Oak Dining
Set, Retail $4,000. Sell
$1,975! Will break up.
929-3626
5PC Bedroom SuiteBrand New, English
dove-tail
drawers,
solid wood, high quality. Still in boxes. Beautiful! Retail $2300, Sacrifice
$795.
Call
343-4601
8PC BDRM Set. Cherry
Sleigh
Bed,
Solid
Wood, Brand new,
never used. Still in
original boxes. MUST
SEE! Worth $3200, Must
sell
$1350.
Call
423-218-0755
A
Mattress
NASA
Memory foam. Tempur-Pedic like. As seen
on TV. New, never
opened. Very Comfortable! Retail $1499,
Sell
$595
OBO.
423-200-4664
ASHLEY Sofa and
Loveseat, new, $495.
for both OBO. Micro-fiber sofa and loveseat,
neutral color, Brand
new, very comfortable! Sacrifice $595
for both 434-0603
BIG CHEST FREEZER,
BIG AIR CONDITIONER,
5
HP
TILLER.
(423)772-4886.
BRAND NEW above
ground pool with all
accessories.
18ft.
round, 4ft. deep. $295.
Call 423-929-9222
141 Southgate Drive.
First-time.
Mens,
womens, babies clothing,
books,
hand-crafted jewelry.
Friday
4p.m.-7p.m.
Saturday 7a.m.-2p.m.
1861
POWDER
BRANCH ROAD, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:00AM-?
Big
Yard Sale!
192 ECHO DRIVE, Saturday 8:00AM-4:00PM,
Rain or shine, variety
of items.
2 family sale, Friday,
101 Lacy Hollow Rd.
across from Pierce’s
Grocery.
Video
games, girl baby
clothes, toys.
2204 Stateline. Tuesday- Sunday, 8-?
Three families collected treasures. Truck
cover, chairs and
more.
250 SIMS HILL, Friday
and
Saturday
8:00AM-3:00PM. Girls
clothes, plus size, big
mens, toys, odds and
ends. Everything must
go!
4 FAMILY, 511 Parkway
Blvd.,
Friday
8:00AM-1:00PM Clothing - all sizes, pictures,
house hold items,
stove, toys, much
more!
4 FAMILY, Friday and
Saturday
8:00AM-?
2639 Siam Road, 1/2
mile past Beck Mountain Church. Antiques,
glassware, furniture,
household items, new
items added daily.
4-FAMILY. Howard Lipford Dr., Valley Forge.
Friday,
Saturday
8a.m.-?
Budweiser
pool table light, large
football bean bag,
whatnots,
clothes,
toys, lots of everything.
586 Garrison Hollow
Road, Friday and Saturday
7:00AM-11:00AM Girls
clothes 4T-12, lots of
household items.
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1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
542-1530
Classifieds
23 YARD
SALES
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
619 West E. Friday, Saturday. Furniture, deer
head, clothes plus, all
sizes, movies, household, more!
1BR downstairs, in
town. Stove, refrigerator furnished. $300.
month & deposit.
957-1019.
2BR, appliances. Biltmore area. $300.
month, $200. deposit.
No pets. On private
lot. (423)543-2798.
624 Walnut St ( Blackbottom), Friday 8-? 2
family. Lots of good
stuff.
BEHIND Beck Mtn,
Church, 1st. house on
right. Tools, furniture,
antiques, toys, clothing. Friday, Saturday.
FRIDAY 7a.m.-3p.m.,
Saturday 7a.m.-12:00.
Across from Central
Elementary.
Baby
items, clothing, lots of
misc.
GIRL’S summer clothes
0-6. Household items,
boys clothes. Hwy
19-E, Entrance of Doe
River Gorge. Friday,
Saturday. 8-3
HUGE GARAGE SALE,
Multi Family, Friday,
Saturday
7:00AM-4:00PM. ALL
TYPE OF BABY ITEMS,
car seats, walkers,
cribs, etc. Large selection of baby girl
clothes newborn - 12
months, girls clothing
size 5 - 7, Large selection of boys clothes,
NASCAR collectibles,
Beanie Babies, etc.
From G Street take
Gap Creek Road approximately 4 miles
turn right on Ivy Lane
right before Zion Baptist Church.
HUGE Yard Sale, Friday
&
Saturday,
614
Bluesprings Rd. Follow
signs. Guns, tools,
Camcorder, furniture.
Too much stuff to
mention. 7:30-4:00
INSIDE YARD SALE, 112
East I Street, Friday
and
Saturday
8:00AM-? Wicker, this
and that.
MOVING Sale. Stove,
refrigerator, heater’s,
florescent lights, miscellaneous. 104 N.
Pine Call first. 737-0930
MULTI-FAMILY. Friday,
Saturday 8a.m.-3p.m.
Corner of E Street and
Roan Street.
MULTI-FAMILY. Friday,
Saturday 8-? Right at
Taylortown Road onto
Rio Vista Hill, Ridgecrest Drive. Namebrand clothing.
TRISHA’S,
387
Watauga
Road.
Home and garden
items, mulch topsoil.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
weekly
10a.m.-4p.m.
1BR, 1BA, water, trash
provided. On site
laundry.
No Pets.
$225.mo.
$150.deposit. (423)542-4029.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
1BR. Milligan Area, appliances, water, garbage included, no
pets.
$350month,
$150deposit.
(423)928-1673.
2bdrm
downstairs
apt.
$360.mo.
$200.dep. Employed &
ref's 112 S Watauga &
West G St 956-0068
before 5 pm
2BR,
$375month
$375security, 2BR, 2BA,
trailer
$365month
$300security no pets,
3BR, 1BA apartment
$600month, 2BR apartment in Hampton
$295month, 1BR in Milligan Hwy. $270month.
Call Northeast Tennessee Rental Properties
(423)547-2871.
2BR, 1BA, appliances,
wash facility. $325.mo.
deposit & references
required. Off Hilton
Road,
Watauga.
423-764-3105
2BR, 1BA, Apt. good
location, city limits.
605 West E St. Rent; either $460. month, including water & electricity, or $360. month
including water. Will
accept Section 8. Call
Northeast Tennessee
Rental
Properties.
547-2871.
2BR, 1BA, West C St.
Walking distance to
schools, Very conveniently
located.
$350.mth, $350.dep.
(423)542-6133.
2BR, Hyder Street, appliances,
garbage
pickup furnished. No
pets.
$360. month,
$350.
deposit.
(423)543-4365.
800 sqft. 1BR, all appliances, close to town.
Background check required. $325.mo. plus
deposit. 423-543-7468
DISCOUNT FOR LEASE
nice quite neighborhood, 1BR, good storage and laundry
room. $300month, deposit, (423)512-1119.
Large
2bdrm.
$425.mo. $200.dep.
112 S. Watauga &
West G. St. 956-0068
before 5 pm.
LUXURY apartment.
2BR, 1 1/2BA, CH&A,
W/D hook-up, appliances provided. References. $600. month,
deposit. 512-1250.
NEED place to stay?
EFFICIENCY STUDIO,
APARTMENT:
Everything furnished. Conveniently
located.
$150. week, $475.mth.
423-957-4847.
NEW 2BA, 1BA, single
level with W/D hook
up and dishwasher,
hardwood and tile
throughout,
CH&A,
panoramic view of
mountains.
$550month, plus deposit. (423)542-3329,
(423)483-4875.
RACE STREET, downstairs, 2BR, nice quiet,
large kitchen. References
required.
$400.mo. plus deposit.
423-542-9719
SMALL 1BR on private
lot, fully furnished, plus
all
utilities,
(423)542-4475, (423)
612-0132.
Upstairs 1bdrm 1ba
$310.mo
$200.dep
must be employed
and have references.
S Watauga & West G
St. 956-0068 542-8493
before 5 p.m.
MILLIGAN COLLEGE
16x80 3BR, 2BA,; 2BR
2BA, 14X70 REFERENCES
REQUIRED
257-2106,
(423)543-2651.
25 PETS
& SUPPLIES
FREE KITTENS to a
good home. Males &
females. Have been
wormed. Litter trained.
423-547-0449.
Free to good home
male 10 month old
Lab, Golden Retriver
house
dog.
423-542-6491
29 TOWNHOUSES
CONDOS FOR
SALE/RENT
2BR, 1 1 /2BA, CH&A,
appliances,
W/D
hook-up. No pets. Between Elizabethton &
JC. (423)543-5482.
30 ROOMS
FOR RENT
LARGE room with private bath and entrance. Fully furnished
plus utilities. Weekly,
monthly.
(423)542-4475,
423-612-0132.
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
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race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial
status, or national origin, or an intention, to
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people securing custody of children under
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131 CAPTAIN AVENUE,
2BR, 1BR,
Elizabethton. Available immediately. Deposit required. Quiet neighborhood. $400.month.
(423) 926-2738.
1bdrm
Upstairs,
$310.mo. $200.dep.
Employed and have
ref's. 112 S Watauga &
West G St. 956-0068
before 5 pm
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
STONEY CREEK, 2BR,
1BA, appliances, WD
hookup, no pets, references
required.
$285month, $200deposit. (423)474-2945
36 LAND
FOR SALE
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
ESCAPE MOUNTAIN
Private lot, Wonderful
spot for permanent or
seasonal home. Restricted community in
a private setting.
2 LOTS AVAILABLE
$5,900-6,900
11 acres on Charity
Hill Road, in Siam
Community, $110,000.
beautiful view. Call
(423)741-4347.
C21 WHITEHEAD
JONATHAN FULMER
543-4663
BLACKSNAKE Hollow
and Lick Skillett Rd.
Spectacular
views.
44+
acres.
Great
building
sites.
MLS#223975A Remax
Checkmate
Inc.
423-282-0432
ask
for
Barbara
423-341-8760
EXTRA LARGE LOT. 1/2
ACRE. SINGLE OR
DOUBLEWIDE. 10 MINUTES FROM TOWN.
$150month.
(423)
725-2770.
37 LAND W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
Excellent Commercial
Property.
2.5
Acres. 546.91
feet
fronting Highway 11E
and Carlton Road.
$255,000.
SINGLEWIDE:
West
End. Trash, yard maintenance
provided.
Paved. First month
free. $115. month.
(423)542-4029.
9.00 plus acres, 3BR,
1BA spring, year round
stream, new fences,
barn,
garage.
$140,000.
(423)474-3933.
A foreclosure, Must
sell! $14,900. For listings.
800-391-5228xH652
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
2BR, 1BA, Milligan
area, all utilities plus
garbage
furnished.
$650.
month.
(423)212-0158.
1103 Lynndale Dr –
Nice 3 or 4 BR, 2 BA,
CH&A, FP, Vinyl Siding, New Windows.
Covered
Front
Porch, Deck, Storage Bldg. Level Corner Lot. Lynn Valley
Area. $129,900 Call
Lora 677-6606
BLUEGRASS ROAD
C21 WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
Walking
Distance
To West Side School
By Owner
EXCELLENT
LOCATION
Privacy views & location. First time on
market by owner.
Beautiful 3BR 2.5BA,
on 3 acres. Cathedral ceilings, wood
flooring, master bath
with jacuzzi tub,
double
garage,
basement. 3 decks
with
gorgeous
long-range mountain
views.
All
fenced and 3 stall
horse barn. 1 mile off
19E, 10 minutes to
town. $194,000.
3-4 bedrooms, 1
bath, original hardwood floors refinished and ceramic
tile throughout, full
basement with 400
sq. ft. finished and
tiled, completely remodeled, new windows and doors
CH&A, on dead end
Street.
$87,500.
(423)647-3816
423-543-2126
1138 BERRY ROAD
HWY. 19E
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
543-4663
1014 Bluefield
Avenue
Neat, clean, 3BR,
1BA home with heat
pump and new windows. Electrical has
been updated. City
school system. MLS#
226944 $69,900.
2BR, 1BA Home with
lots of updates, 2 car
detached garage,
large
city
lot.
Screened back deck.
All appliances included. $83,500.
C21 WHITEHEAD
PATSY WOODSON
543-4663
Knob Hill
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
$59,900
543-466
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
1069
Snowden Terrace
Brand new construction! 3BR, 2BA ranch
ready to move into.
Great new neighborhood. Situated on
level lot in JC city limits. $126,900.
115 Cooter Lane
Privacy, just minutes
from the city. 4 BR, 1
full BA, 1 half BA. Nestled on 0.75 acres.
$84.900
Call Ashley or Jason
@ Randall Birchfield
Real Estate
(423) 543-5959
14 Diamond Point
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
543-4663
Bulldog Hollow
3 level building lots in
a 1.92 acre tract. Private & quiet setting.
Creek at back of
property. $29,900.
Realty Executives
952-0226
Jennifer Lipford
773-6020
138 WOODLAND
HEIGHTS
Like new and one of
the finest homes of
this age. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath ranch
home sitting on half
acre lot. Breathtaking views of Siam
Valley. MLS# 223494
$118,900
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
207 MAIN STREET
MOTIVATED SELLER!
New home, 3BR,
2BA, stone fireplace,
gas logs, cathedral
ceilings, hardwood
floors, double car
garage. Beautifully
landscaped.
$179,900.
43 HOUSES
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Get away from it all!
Beautiful
location
view of Watauga
Lake from front porch.
2br home, loads of
updates! $79,900.00
C21 WHITEHEAD
PATSY WOODSON
543-4663
340 Estep Hollow
Beautiful setting with
3BR, LR, Kitchen, Dining combo, covered
deck, full basement
on 2.84 acres of private land.
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
$129,900
543-4663
108
Cedar Grove Road
JC, Eliz.
Spacious brick home,
3BR,
2BA,
large
kitchen,
dining
combo, formal LR,
laundry room. Basement offers family
room with ventless
gas fireplace, oversized 1 car drive-under garage, great
work space and storage, 2 car carport.
Blue Ridge Properties
282-5182
Sheryl Garland
895-1690
212 E G St.
1676 Highway 91
3BR, 1BA home updated with new
CHA,vinyl siding,windows,
cabinets,
flooring,
guttering
and paint. Lot borders Stoney Creek.
Fenced backyard.
MLS#227385
$75,000
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
146 Grace Lewis
4BR 4BA home on
62.27 acres. Joins National
Forest.
So
much more! *4 Tracts
with cabin and mobile home included.
147
SARAH ANNIE DRIVE
GREAT LOCATION!
HOME FEATURES 2BR,
1BA,
Livingroom,
eat-in kitchen. Great
lot that is landscaped
and partly fenced.
There ar two homes
side by side for sale.
Buy separate or together. Priced to sell.
Powder Branch Rd.
left on Sarah Annie
Drive
1816 Woodhaven
Drive
Whitney Estates
Traditional brick with
wonderful floor plan
located in one of
Elizabethton's prettiest neighborhoods.
Over 4,200 SF, 5BD,
3.50BA, oversized garage, guest suite,
beautiful curved staircase, luxurious master
bath and much more.
Visit swanayproperties.com for interior
photos.
$379,500
Russ Swanay
Realty
543-5741
188
Woodland Heights
151
SARAH ANNIE DRIVE
Charming older home
with lots of character
in nice quiet neighborhood. 2BR, 1BA,
possible 3rd bedroom.
Hardwood
floors, fireplace in LR.
A little TLC will make
this a great home.
Asking $77,900. Make
an offer!
4BR, 2BA, Open spacious kitchen and livingroom, den, sunroom, above ground
pool with decking, 2
car garage , great for
a workshop. 2 car
carport, fenced yard.
Call today! There are
two homes side by
side for sale. Buy
separate or together.
Priced to sell. Powder
Branch Rd. left on
Sarah Annie Drive.
282-5181
Sheryl Garland
895-1690
Call Jonathan
542-4630
Shell & Associates
543-2393
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
(423)542-3396
(423)676-1796
134 CARVER
CRABTREE
A must see! Extras
too numerous to list
here. 4 bedroom, 2.5
bath ranch sitting on
2 acres with a great
view. Motivated sellers. MLS# 225022
$189,900.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1569 CHARITY HILL
ROAD
SIAM AREA
895-2772
Beautifully
landscaped,
3 Bedroom,
1 1/2 Bathroom
Home
Large fenced yard,
carport,
14x24 workshop
$92,500.
Brand new home, on
wooded lot. One
level with open floor
plan. Two large bedrooms, one bath,
large laundry room.
Call office for more information.
Photo
shown is similar.
$87,900
RUSS SWANAY REALTY
543-5741
2251 MIAMI DRIVE
2.2ACRES with 3BR,
2.5BA
RANCH,
VAULTED
CEILINGS,
GAS FIREPLACES, 2
CAR DRIVE UNDER
GARAGE. BEAUTIFUL!
HAPPY
VALLEY
SCHOOLS. $189,900.
Remax Checkmate,
Inc. Realtors
423-282-0432
ask for Barbara
423-341-8760
606 Bradley St
Elizabethton.
3BR, 1BA, Ranch with
garage. Like new,
completely remodeled.
Hardwood
floors, new kitchen &
bath, full basement,
fenced yard.
423-542-8683,
423-647-3778
4BR, 2 1/2BA, new vinyl siding, 1 car garage, outbuilding, private, country setting,
kitchen appliances,
Minutes from city. 3/4
Acre Lot. $77,000.
423-647-3400
C21 WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
501 BURBANK
ROAN MOUNTAIN
234 RANGER DRIVE
Very clean 3BR, 2BA
rancher on large
fenced lot in convenient location. Extra storage space
and over-sized carport. MLS# 229062
$119,900
Well built 3 bedroom, 2 bath one
level home with
basement,
hardwood flooring,spacious rooms, spring
water sitting at almost 4000’ elevation. MLS# 222371
$114,000
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
502 DENNIS
COVE ROAD
205 AVIATION DRIVE
Virtually
maintenance free 3 bedroom, 2 bath home
in great location.
Fireplace
w/gas
logs, central vac system,outbuildings.
MLS#
221980
$135,000
152 SHALOM DRIVE
OFF GAP CREEK RD.
4BR, 2FBA, CH&A,
hardwood floors, full
basement. Option to
buy 7.68 acres or
without.
$189,000
without land. Very private.
Realty Executives
952-0226
Jennifer Lipford
773-6020
351 Lyons Rd.
Beautiful 3BR, brick
ranch,
completely
updated. 7 acres,
large utility building
and
barn.
MLS#227843A
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
3BR, 1.5BA rancher
located in Hunter
community. Plenty of
cabinets, flat top
range and dishwasher. 3 year old
heat pump. MLS#
229435 $89,900.
One level living in
great location. Offers
3 bedrooms & 2
baths. Includes a 2
car garage apt. currently
rented.
$114,900.
218
MARION BRANCH
ROAD
282-5182
Sheryl Garland
895-1690
Realty Executives
952-0226
Jennifer Lipford
773-6020
127 LITTLE STONEY
CREEK ROAD
2.2 acre building lot
with Watauga Lake
view in Horseshoe
Cove
subdivision.
Lake access and
Boat slips available.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
ERA Golden Key
952-4950
Call Lora
677-6606
A MUST SEE!
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1.01 acre building lot
in established neighborhood. Convenient
to Johnson City and
Elizabethton. 360 degree view. Must See!
C21 WHITEHEAD
BRENDA THOMPSON
543-4663
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
543-4663
43 HOUSES
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Ready for development! Approximately
10.31 acres of level
land with mountain
views! Could be good
commercial property.
123 OAK GROVE
Very Nice! Great
Room with FP downstairs, Large Room off
front patio, Wonderful
country views from
the deck! $134,000.00
ERA Golden Key
952-4950
MLS #229863
118 Lewis Blevins Rd
Approx. 3.15 acres offering a perfect combination of open and
wooded
land
in
parklike setting! 2
small
streams
$43,900.00
43 HOUSES
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166 WOODLAND
HEIGHTS
Call Shar Saidla
(423)895-0430
mountainhomes
realty.com
Call Ashley @
Randall Birchfield
Real Estate
(423) 543-5959
2BR, CH&A, No Pets.
No smoking, drinking,
or drugs. W/D hookup.
References.
423-543-4585
3BR, or 2BR, & Den,
CH&A, 2FBA, Central
Community. Remodeled interior. $650.mo.
By appt. 423-737-5411
3BR, 1BA, basement,
no inside pets, references, deposit. $475.
month. 1627 Central
Ave. (423)543-3619.
3BR, 1BA, gas heat,
hardwood floors, appliances. Partially furnished. $500.mo. plus
deposit. 725-3504 after
noon.
ASSORTMENT of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
STOP renting. Buy Hud
home. Only $14,900.
For
listings call
800-391-5228xF738.
$3,000
MISCELLANEOUS
ALLOWANCE
FOR THE BUYER!
Gorgeous
handcrafted log home
nestled in picturesque hills. Stone
fireplace, 1.43 acres,
3BR, 2BA, 2644 sq. ft.
$229,900.
MLS#226931
43 HOUSES
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40 LOTS
FOR RENT
42 HOUSES
FOR SALE
5381 Hwy. 11E
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
928-4151
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300 Daytona Place
6BR, 2BA home in city.
Detached garage.
Lots of original wood.
Great neighborhood.
Close to everything.
Asking $185,000.
2882-5182
Sheryl Garland
895-1690
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Call Jonathan
542-4630
Shell & Associates
543-2393
516 CEDAR STREET
Near City Schools
206 Marion Branch
Road, Elizabethton
3BR, 2FBA, 2HBA,
kitchen, dining, living
room, den, master on
main level. Great outdoor stone fireplace
for entertaining. Barn.
So much to see. Call
today for your private
showing.
Cute 2BR, 1BA house
with lots of kitchen
cabinets, hardwood
floors, fenced yard,
workshop with generator and fenced
yard. MLS# 229317
$79,900
305 HAMPTON VIEW
DRIVE
Enjoy country living
in this 3 bedroom,
2.5 bath, 2448 sq ft
Tri-level
home.
Great room with 16’
cathedral
ceiling
and a rock fireplace. MLS# 230367
$149,900
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
3BR, 1 1/2BA, CH&A,
gas logs, appliances,
new vinyl siding,
fenced in back yard.
Move in condition.
$98,500.
(423)542-3798
(423)957-9244
43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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Unique custom built
home located on a
large 0.578 lot. 3BD,
2BD. Beautiful hardwood floors in sunken
living room. FP with
gas logs. Workshop.
Custom kitchen with
lots of cabinets. Gazebo with deck leading
to
house.
$119,000
4 bedroom, 2.5
bath, 1.5 story Cape
Cod home with
open floor plan. Balcony overlooking livingroom with fireplace.
MLS#
226938 $209,900
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
ALL Drivers Good Record SR-22. You’re in
good
company,
Wagner
Insurance,
604
E.
Elk.
(423)543-5522.
60 AUTOS
W/PHOTO
55 BOATS
FOR SALE
823 DEERFIELD LANE
Sugar Hollow
53 INSURANCE
Lot 2 Phase 2
Claude Timbs Track
Holston
Mountain
Road, 3.87 Acres.
Good tract of land
with barn and creek.
Good building sites.
$39,000.
Call Ashley @
Randall Birchfield
Real Estate
(423) 543-5959
Call Matt for more
details 423-342-8069
RUSS SWANAY REALTY
543-5741
1996 Polaris Jet Ski 700,
$1,995. 423-542-0929.
STOCK #9181
Pre-Owned
59 AUTOS
FOR SALE
1992 Acura
NSX 2000
1989 Oldsmobile Royal
4dr, 3800 V6, automatic, one owner,
very clean, $2200.
512-1285 or 725-2756.
6 cylinder, 5-speed,
leather, loaded, 108K.
$25,000 FIRM
1985 GMC Van V-6,
Auto with air. $800.00
542-4814, 512-0430
60 AUTOS
W/PHOTO
ELIZABETHTON
AUTO SALES
(423)542-7592
62 CAMPERS &
RV’S
W/PHOTO
935 SIMERLY CREEK
615
NORTH ROAN
STREET
Cute one level cottage in the heart of
town. Within walking
distance to shopping
and
restaurants.
Large building in
back with electricity.
2BD, 1BA. Level lot.
Call Matt Zimmerman
for more details at
342-8069.
RUSS SWANAY REALTY
543-5741
Tranquil setting sets
the tone for this 39
acre retreat w/3 bedroom farmhouse-hurry
this one won`t last!
$234,500.00
C21WHITEHEAD
DEBORAH
SUTHERLAND
543-4663
3 New houses, site size
ranging from 1.5 to
2.1 Acres. 2BD, 2BA.
Wooded country location. Call office for
more
information.
Photo shown is similar
to house style.
$89,900 each
RUSS SWANAY REALTY
543-5741
965 BLUE SPRINGS
Beautiful home, 2BR,
1.5BA
livingroom,
kitchen
dining
combo. den, large
utility room,
detached 2 bay garage
with a pit. $89,900.
(423)474-3115
6165
JEARLDSTOWN RD.
FALL BRANCH
MARIAN BRANCH
BY OWNER
NEW LISTING!
Brick raised ranch, 3
bedrooms, 2 bath,
bonus room, den
w/brick
FP,
sunroom. $144,000.
Desirable neighborhood. 283-0800 &
enter ID#3167.
Office 283-0006
4BR, 1BA, living room,
kitchen, utility room,
CH&A, several outbuildings. Excellent
condition. 5.5. Acres.
Also nice 3BR, 1BA
trailer. $130,000.
Ranch w/1,200+S.F.,
family room, sewing
room, LG walk-in
closet,
detached
garage, & 1/2 acre
level lot. ID#1307
$79,900
THE REAL ESTATE
SOURCE
423-283-0006
(423)772-0159
Cell #957-1772
44 MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
623 Johnson Avenue
BY OWNER
Enjoy this 4BR, 2BA,
100 year old, two
story, traditional farm
house inside city, on
a double lot with
1900 sq.ft. of living
space. MLS# 230896
$109,900
Under Construction
NOW
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
418
H. Heaton Rd.
Siam
3BR, 2BA, 1 car garage, custom cabinets, hardwood floors
throughout, ceramic
tile, walk-in closet in
master Br. Completion
June. $135.000.
634 Gap Creek Rd.
1 acre
4BR, 2.5BA, kitchen,
living laundry, computer rooms, 2 large
dens. Cherry cabinets, oak floors, 2600
sq.
ft.
Screened
porch, 24X24 carport.
Easy access to ETSU,
VA, and JC medical
center. $239,995.
423-512-1135
ERA Golden Key
Real Estate
207 Broyles Dr., Suite
2, Johnson City, TN
(423)952-4950
423-747-6471
423-543-5226
1192 HWY 91
(Lease Purchase)
721 FAIRWAY DRIVE
View Elizabethton
Golf Course, Tee #3
from your backyard.
Living room w/fireplace, 4 BR, 3 full BA,
double car garage.
CALL JASON @
RANDALL BIRCHFIELD
REAL ESTATE
(423) 543-5959
$229,000
1.91 acres with road
and creek frontage.
Mostly fenced. 2BR’s,
1BA, DR with FP and
great room plus extra
large workshop room.
Newer tilt windows,
roof, vinyl siding. New
heat pump being installed. 4 car detached carport, 2
story building with
electric, greenhouse.
$179,900. Adjoining
1.59 acre lot available. MLS#227359
Call Lora
423-677-6606
Owner, Agent
1986 14’x70’ Mobile
Home,
3BR,
2BA,
$2,000
as
is.
(423)725-2422
or
341-3222.
3BR, 2BA, appliances
included. 0 down
W.A.C.
Call
423-282-0343
ALL HOMES! No reasonable offers refused.
Lot model liquidation.
Financing Available.
Call (423)282-2700.
ALL NEW! First time
homebuyers program!
No credit, no problem.
Call (423)282-4112.
FHA Loans for 1st time
home buyers. Easy to
qualify. 423-282-0343
Government Loans,
No credit, no problem!
We
finance.
Call
423-282-0343
RENT TO OWN 2006.
28x40, on rental lot.
3BR, 2BA, fantasy
kitchen, heat pump,
Coal Chute Road.
$3,000 down with
owner
financing.
(423)895-0456.
REPO 2002 singlewide,
3BR, 2BA. Easy financing. Small downpayment.
Call
(423)282-2700.
45 MOBILE HOMES
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702 Crook Street~
Walking distance to
Hampton Schools.
Large 3 BR, 3 full BA
home w/walk-in
closets. Level lot.
$119,900.
Call Ashley @
Randall Birchfield
Real Estate
(423) 543-5959.
SINGLE adult looking
to rent 1 or 2BR apt.,
small house near Food
City. (423)547-0477
Will pay good money
to lease “Hunting
Land”! Must be decent
land
.
423-895-2781,
423-543-1380
47 WANTED
TO BUY
Beautiful 5 bedroom,
2.5
bath
home with over 3000
sq ft. Also, a duplex
for rental income or
mother-in-law apt.
Close to Watauga
Lake. MLS#222048
$299,900
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1989 Ford Van
Very Reliable
Too many vehicles
Extended Bed, Fully
Carpeted, drapes, TV.
Captain’s
Chairs.
Good for family van
or work vehicle $900.
FIRM.
Hunter Area
Camelot Drive
New Construction
3BR, 2BA, Kitchen, DR,
LR, Cathedral & Tray
ceilings. 1600 sqft.,
plus double car garage. CH&A. 130x150
level lot. $178,500.00
Call
423-543-3693
or
423-677-3949
Call
850-240-2510
64 4X4 W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
Call Al
423-542-4995
2000 Chevrolet
Blazer LS
V-6, 4x4, 78K miles.
Very good condition.
$7,500.
Wanted: 1999 Buick
Regal, 2 door, 6 cylinder, no white, mech.
check.
(423)725-3314.
66 TRUCKS &
SEMI’S
W/PHOTO
Gold package, 4wd.
Very good condition,
CD Stereo, all leather.
125K. $5,300. O.B.O.
By Owner
423-543-3636
STOCK #1454
Pre-owned
STOCK #2423
Pre-Owned
2005 Chevy Impala
6cyl,
Automatic,
Loaded. One Owner
$10,995.
Elizabethton Auto
Sales
543-7592
1999 Chevy S-10,
Crew Cab, 4X4, 6cyl.
Red,
Automatic,
Leather,
Loaded.
$10,900.
Elizabethton Auto
Sales
543-7592
67 FARM
EQUIPMENT
FOR SALE/LEASE
WANTED:
Pre-1950’s
Barns and barn wood.
Dismantled or still
standing. Need siding,
timbers,
flooring.
(423)773-8970
PUBLIC NOTICES
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
STOCK #7107
1992 Cadillac, White,
Leather, Loaded, 91K.
$3,500. Firm.
Elizabethton Auto
Sales
542-7592
STS CADILLAC
1993 Cadillac, North
Star System. Looks &
runs great, 24 MPG Interstate driving. Good
Michelin tires. 139K.
$3,900.
(423)543-8749
46 WANTED
TO RENT
814 DEERFIELD LANE
Class A Mtr. Home.
31’ Queen, Ford V-10,
4000 Onan Gen.,
back up camera,
2nd. owner. Only
24,700 miles. $28,000.
1994 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited.
197 BUCK MTN.
RD.
Roan Mountain
1999
Coachman Miranda
(423)895-1651
Scenic location in the
country. Mini farm
with 3.18acres of pasture land, big barn!
Sold “as is” $89,900.
C21 WHITEHEAD
DEBORAH
SUTHERLAND
543-4663
EXTRA nice, 1992
Cadillac, 2 owner,
Elizabethton, 4 door,
miles 64,961, $4500.
(423)542-4892.
STOCK #1845
Pre-Owned
2006 FORD
TAURUS SE
White, 6
cylinder,
automatic.
One
owner. $11,900.
ELIZABETHTON
AUTO SALES
(423)542-7592
STOCK #4053
Pre-Owned
2001 VW BEETLE
4 cylinder, 5 speed,
sunroof,
loaded.
$8,995.
ELIZABETHTON
AUTO SALES
543-7592
WHEREAS, default having been made in the
payment of the debts
and obligations secured to be paid by
that certain Deed of
Trust executed on April
17, 2002, by Barbara S.
Cook aka Barbara
Cook fka Barbara Sue
Hurt and Troy Cook, Sr.
to Wesley D. Turner,
Trustee, as same appears of record in the
Register’s Office of
Carter County, Tennessee, under Book
No. T620, Page 76,
(“Deed of Trust”); and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said
Deed of Trust was last
transferred and assigned to Wachovia
Bank, NA, a National
Banking Association,
as Trustee for Long
Beach
Mortgage
Loan Trust2002-2; and
WHEREAS, Wachovia
Bank, NA, a National
Banking Association,
as Trustee for Long
Beach
Mortgage
Loan Trust2002-2, the
current owner and
holder of said Deed of
Trust, (the “Owner and
Holder”), appointed
the undersigned, Priority Trustee Services of
TN, L.L.C., as Substitute
Trustee by instrument
filed for record in the
Register’s Office of
Carter County, Tennessee, with all the
rights, powers and
privileges of the original Trustee named in
said Deed of Trust;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given
that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in
said Deed of Trust by
the
Owner
and
Holder, and that the
undersigned, Priority
Trustee Services of TN,
L.L.C., Substitute Trustee, or his duly appointed attorneys or
agents, by virtue of
the
power
and
authority vested in
him, will on Thursday,
June 29, 2006, commencing at 1:00 PM at
the front steps of the
Main entrance of the
Carter County Courthouse, Elizabethton,
Tennessee, proceed
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
to sell at public outcry
to the highest and
best bidder for cash,
the following described property situated in Carter County,
Tennessee, to wit:
Situated in the 6th Civil
District
of
Carter
County, Tennessee,
and more particularly
described as follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at the point
where Taylor Street intersects with Happy
Valley Street, said
point being on the
south side of Happy
Valley Street and on
the south side of Taylor
Street; thence from
said point in a westerly
direction and with
Happy Valley Street a
distance of 76 feet to
a point or stake;
thence at right angles
to the last call and a
southerly direction a
distance of 100 feet to
a point and stake;
thence at right angles
to the last call and in
an easterly direction a
distance of 79 1/2 feet
to Taylor Street to a
stake or point; thence
at right angles to the
last call and in a
northerly
direction
and with Taylor Street
a distance of 100 feet
to the point of beginning. This being a part
of Lot No. 13 in Block
No. 3 of S.A. Williams
or Happy Valley Addition to Elizabethton,
Tennessee.
Being the same property conveyed to Barbara S. Hurt, by divorce decree from
David
Allen
Hurt,
dated October 12,
1998 and recorded
October 9, 1991 in
Book 59, Page 554, in
the Register's Office
for Carter County,
Tennessee. See Deed
Book 469, Page 130.
PROPERTY ADDRESS:
1400 Happy Valley
Street, Elizabethton, TN
37643
CURRENT OWNER(S):
Barbara Cook
The sale of the
above-described
property shall be subject to all matters
shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines
that may be applicable; any prior liens or
encumbrances as well
as any priority created
by a fixture filing; and
any matter that an
accurate survey of the
premises might disclose.
SUBORDINATE
LIENHOLDERS: N/A
OTHER
INTERESTED
PARTIES: N/A
All right and equity of
redemption, statutory
or otherwise, homestead, and dower are
expressly 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.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
the
Owner
and
the
power
and
authority vested in
June 29, 2006, commencing at 1:00 PM at
the front steps of the
Main entrance of the
Carter County Courthouse, Elizabethton,
Tennessee, proceed
to the highest and
Tennessee, to wit:
SITUATE, LYING AND
BEING in the Sixth (6th)
Civil District of Carter
County, Tennessee,
and is more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a metal pin
on the common corner boundary line between the Gouge and
the U.S. Highway No.
67 right-of-way properties, thence North 39
degrees 22 minutes
West 245.36 feet to a
metal pin on the common boundary line
between the Gouge
and William Greenlee
properties;
thence
South 51 degrees 01
minutes West 236.05
feet along the common boundary line
between the Gouge
and William Greenlee
properties to a metal
pin; thence South 32
degrees 15 minutes 53
seconds East 111.10
feet to a metal pin on
the common boundary line between the
Gouge and the U.S.
Highway
No.
67
right-of-way; thence
North 79 degrees 06
minutes 34 seconds
East 283.80 feet along
the boundary line between the Gouge and
U.S. Highway No. 67
right-of-way to the
POINT Of BEGINNING;
all of which contains
1.00 acres, more or
less; and the above
calls to the said property being taken from
an unrecorded survey
dated December 7,
1983, by Larry M. Terry,
a Registered land surveyor, Tennessee No.
1138 and said property being listed as
parcel No. 1 on said
survey. DESCRIPTION
TAKEN FROM PREVIOUS DEED. AND BEING
the same property
conveyed to David
Shepard and wife,
Sarah Shepard, by
Warranty Deed dated
June 29, 2004, from
Vickie J. Gouge, of record in Deed Book
486, Page 463, Register’s Office for Carter
County, Tennessee, to
which deed reference
is here made.
PROPERTY ADDRESS:
110 Gouge Lane,
Johnson
City,
TN
37601
CURRENT OWNER(S):
David Shepard and
Sarah Shepard
The sale of the
above-described
shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines
any matter that an
SUBORDINATE
LIENHOLDERS: N/A
OTHER
INTERESTED
PARTIES: N/A
expressly waived in
said Deed of Trust,
OBTAINED
PURPOSE.
of TN, L.L.C., Substitute
Trustee
c/o Robin Walker
Morris, Schneider &
Prior, L.L.C.
1587 Northeast Expressway
Atlanta, GA 30329
(770) 234-9181 (ext. )
MSP
File
No.:
382.0421374TN
Web
Site:
paid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines
any matter that an
SUBORDINATE
LIENHOLDERS: N/A
OTHER
INTERESTED
PARTIES: N/A
expressly waived in
said Deed of Trust,
OBTAINED
PURPOSE.
Priority Trustee Services
Trustee
c/o Marcia Hooper
Morris, Schneider &
Prior, L.L.C.
Atlanta, GA 30329
(770) 234-9181 (ext. )
MSP
File
No.:
381.0422220TN
Web
Site:
http://www.msplaw.com
6/8, 6/15, 6/22
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
Trust executed on
June 29, 2004, by
David Shepard and
Sarah Shepard to Arnold M. Weiss, Trustee,
as same appears of
record in the Register’s Office of Carter
County, Tennessee,
under Book T706,
Page 613, (“Deed of
Trust”); and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said
Deed of Trust was last
transferred and assigned to JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as Trustee; and
WHEREAS, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as Trustee, the current owner
and holder of said
Deed of Trust, (the
“Owner and Holder”),
appointed the undersigned, Priority Trustee
Services of TN, L.L.C.,
as Substitute Trustee
by instrument filed for
County, Tennessee,
with all the rights,
powers and privileges
of the original Trustee
named in said Deed
of Trust; and
6/8 6/15, 6/22
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
Trust executed on
January 12, 2004, by
Daniel McClaskey &
Angie McClaskey to
Southeastern Title & Escrow, Trustee, as same
appears of record in
the Register’s Office of
Carter County, Tennessee, under Book
T688,
Page
664,
(“Deed of Trust”); and
WHEREAS, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE, the current owner
and holder of said
Deed of Trust, (the
“Owner and Holder”),
appointed the undersigned, Priority Trustee
Services of TN, L.L.C.,
as Substitute Trustee
by instrument filed for
County, Tennessee,
with all the rights,
powers and privileges
of the original Trustee
named in said Deed
of Trust; and
the
Owner
and
the
power
and
authority vested in
July 6, 2006, commencing at 1:00 PM at
the
of the Carter
County Courthouse,
Tennessee, proceed
to the highest and
Tennessee, to wit:
COMMONLY KNOWN
AS: 170 MOUNTAIN
VIEW CIRCLE, HAMPTON, TENNESSEE.
SITUATE, LYING AND
BEING IN THE ELEVENTH (11TH) CIVIL DISTRICT
OF CARTER
COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
BEING ALL OF LOT NO.
40 OF WHITE PINE HILL
SUBDIVISION
AS
SHOWN BY MAP OR
PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION OF RECORD IN
PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE
132, IN THE REGISTER'S
OFFICE FOR CARTER
COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
TO WHICH MAP OR
PLAT REFERENCE IS
HERE MADE FOR A
MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SAID
LOT.
BEING
THE
SAME
PROPERTY CONVEYED
TO ANGIE McCLASKEY
AND HUSBAND, DANIEL McCLASKEY BY
WARRANTY
DEED
FROM THOMAS WALTER WILLIAMS AND
WIFE, LISA KAREN WILLIAMS,
BY
AND
THROUGH HER ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, THOMAS
WALTER
WILLIAMS,
DATED 1/12/04 AND
FILED FOR RECORD
1/16/04 IN DEED BOOK
482 PAGE 588 IN THE
REGISTER'S OFFICE FOR
CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS BEING TAKEN
FROM THE PRIOR DEED
OF RECORD WITH NO
NEW SURVEY BEING
DONE AT THE TIME OF
THIS CONVEYANCE.
PROPERTY ADDRESS:
170 Mountain View
Circle, Hampton, TN
37658
CURRENT OWNER(S):
Daniel Lee & Angie
Lynn McClaskey
The sale of the
above-described
shown on any recorded plan; any un-
Trustee
c/o sathompson
Morris, Schneider &
Prior, L.L.C.
Atlanta, GA 30329
(770) 234-9181 (ext. )
MSP
File
No.:
382.0410605TN
Web
Site:
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must be submitted in
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specifications on or
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at 1:30 p.m. at the
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203, 801 E. Elk Avenue,
Courthouse,
Elizabethton, TN 37643.
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maintains the right to
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and waive any informalities. All bids must
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Nextel Cup
NEXTEL CUP SERIES
Busch Series
Meijer 300
Presented by Oreo,
8 p.m., Saturday
NEXTEL CUP
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Jimmie Johnson
Matt Kenseth
Mark Martin
Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jeff Burton
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Busch
2,145
-48
-238
-257
-279
-295
-387
-430
-463
-476
BUSCH SERIES
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Carl Edwards
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Greg Biffle
6. J.J. Yeley
7. Kyle Busch
8. Paul Menard
9. Johnny Sauter
10. Kenny Wallace
2,386
-272
-393
-428
-502
-531
-572
-599
-733
-770
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Todd Bodine
Ted Musgrave
David Reutimann
Johnny Benson
Jack Sprague
David Starr
Mike Bliss
8. Dennis Setzer
9. Rick Crawford
10. Matt Crafton
1,490
-115
-136
-232
-287
-303
-303
-315
-322
-335
Race: Meijer 300
Presented by Oreo
■ Where: Kentucky
Speedway, Sparta (1.5
mile), 200 laps/300
miles.
■ When: Saturday, June
17
■ Last year’s winner:
Carl Edwards
■ Qualifying record: Carl
Edwards, Ford, 181.287
mph, June 18, 2005.
■ Race record: Bobby
Hamilton Jr., Ford,
136.173 mph, June 14,
2003.
■ Last week: Ford driver
Carl Edwards won the
Federated Auto Parts
300 at Nashville Superspeedway.
MICHIGAN DATA
■
Race: Con-way Freight
200
■ Where: Michigan
International Speedway,
Brooklyn (1.5 mile), 100
laps/200 miles.
■ When: Saturday, June
17
■ Last year’s winner:
Jack Sprague
■ Qualifying record: Kyle
Busch, Chevrolet,
181.612 mph, June 17,
2005.
■ Race record: Brendan
Gaughan, Dodge,
154.044 mph, July 26,
2003.
■ Last week: Toyota driver Todd Bodine won the
Sam’s Town 400k at
Texas Motor Speedway.
3M Performance 400 GFS Marketplace 400
June 18
Aug. 20
FIN IS H S T A R T
PIT ROAD
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Hendrick Motorsports is willing
to release Brian Vickers from
his contract as long as Hendrick
can come to terms with Casey
Mears to replace him. Wouldn’t
it be cool if other major sports
could operate in such a fashion?
One overlooked impact of Toyota’s impending entry into Nextel
Cup is the fact that it’s going to
make it even harder for the
struggling teams to make it into
the starting fields. Start-up Toyota operations — Team Red
Bull, for instance — could have
the immediate effect of running
some existing teams out of business. There’s only so much
room — 43 cars — in the starting fields.
The Cup circuit shifts from a
track that broke the mold — triangular Pocono — to the one
that formed it. The design of
Michigan International Speedway led directly to similar designs in California, Illinois and
Kansas, among others. Michigan was even built in duplicate
at the very outset. Its original
sister track was Texas World
Speedway, which last hosted a
major NASCAR race in 1981.
NASCAR’s younger generation
is vividly into the video-game
age. Denny Hamlin won the
pole for the Pocono 500 six
hours after his first look at the
track and after only 15 laps of
practice. Hamlin, however, had
been “racing” on the track via
computer simulation all week.
Mobility is the key in the
Busch Series right now. Last
week the eight drivers who compete in both Cup and Busch series had to commute back and
forth between Pocono and
Nashville. This week they’ll be
going back and forth between
Michigan and Kentucky.
Now we’re pretty sure that
Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarrett and
Brian Vickers will all be driving
Toyotas next year. Who’s next?
What’s the status of Dave
Blaney, who’s driving at Bill Davis
Racing under a one-year contract?
One of the hot topics in the
sport right now is a supposed
shortage of talent. Oh, yeah? If
that’s true, how come Ward Burton isn’t out there every week?
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3 p.m., Saturday
encing quite the success story of
his own since his shoulder is still
healing from injuries suffered at
Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Hamlin
led 83 of the 200 laps and probably would’ve led twice that many
had it not been an incident on the
52nd lap in which he spun after a
left-rear tire went flat. It took him
51 laps to regain the lead, but no
one seriously challenged him in
the final segments of the race. Of
the 25 lead changes, only three
occurred as a result of actual
passes. The rest were all a consequence of pit stops and/or caution
flags. Hamlin won an unofficial
race, the Budweiser Shootout, in
February. He has also won twice in
the Busch Series this year. Before
this, his Cup rookie season, he
had never won in either series.
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Truck Series
Race: 3M Performance 400
Where: Michigan International
Speedway, Brooklyn (2 miles),
200 laps/400 miles.
■ When: Sunday, June 18
■ Last year’s winner: Greg Biffle
■ Qualifying record: Ryan Newman, Dodge, 194.232 mph, June
18, 2005.
■ Race record: Dale Jarrett, Ford,
173.997 mph, June 13, 1999.
■ Last week: Denny Hamlin became the 169th driver to win a
race in NASCAR’s premier series
with a victory in the Pocono 500. It
was his first appearance of any
kind at Pocono Raceway, where he
also won the pole. Kurt Busch finished second, giving his flickering
chances of making the Chase a
boost. Tony Stewart, Hamlin’s
teammate, finished third, experi-
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12º
Banking in
frontstretch
Distance:.......................2 mile oval
Length of frontstretch:.....3,600 ft.
Length of backstretch:.....2,242 ft.
Miles/Laps:.....400 mi. = 200 laps
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Denny Hamlin
vs. Tony Stewart
What’s going on here? For the
third week in a row, the weekly feud
is pretty much in jest. Hamlin said
he learned how to race at Pocono
because he “raced the track” in
video games, and Stewart poked fun
at that view. “Denny plays video
games for the reason I did when I
was 18 or 20 years old,” said Stewart, now 35. “He’s a kid. Trust me.
He didn’t become an overnight whiz
at Pocono because of video games.
He won for the same reason I did
when I was a rookie. He’s got a
good car, and he’s taking advantage
of the opportunity.”
NASCAR This Week’s Monte
Dutton gives his take: “Regardless
of the reason, Hamlin’s showing was
pretty remarkable. He also won the
pole. A year ago, in the same race,
Carl Edwards won the first time he
ever competed at this track. Coincidence? Probably. But it gives us
something to write about.”
John Clark/NASCAR This Week
Martin Truex Jr., a driver with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., is driving in his first Nextel Cup Series season. Though last year’s Busch Series champion says his
team is taking a little bit longer to adjust, the driver has consistently run in the top 20 through 14 races.
Good With The Bad
Former Busch champ
is making most of
first Cup racing year
By Monte Dutton
NASCAR This Week
LONG POND, Pa. — When the season began, the favorite in the
Raybestos Rookie of the Year competition was Martin Truex Jr.
Why? Truex was coming off backto-back championships in the Busch
Series. He is a close friend and teammate of Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the
two have much in common. Earnhardt
Jr., for instance, also won back-toback championships in the Busch Series. Earnhardt was runner-up to Matt
Kenseth in 2000, when he debuted
fulltime in what is now Nextel Cup.
It’s too early to count out Truex, but
he has gotten off to a slow start. The
Mayetta, N.J., native will turn 26 on
June 29.
When Truex moved up to Cup, so
did his team, which is both an advan-
tage and a disadvantage.
“As far as communication goes,
yes, it’s been really good,” he said.
“Nothing has really changed there.
It’s helped me feel real comfortable
with the team … but it probably didn’t
help with the learning curve. We’re
all new at it, instead of just me, so it’s
taken us a little bit of time to kind of
figure out the things we need to do
and the things that work for us with
these Cup cars. They’re a little bit different than what we’re used to, and
it’s taken us a little bit of time to get
used to it.”
“We’re still trying to figure out
what to do with these cars to make
them run better. We’ve been running
competitively, I think. We’ve had a
tough month and a half or so and lost a
lot of points. We’ve been running decent, top 20 most every week, which is
not easy to do in this series. We’ve
been pretty proud of that. We’ve had
some rough races in the past month
and a half that have really hurt us in
the points, but there’s nothing you can
do about that. That’s just racing. As
long as we’re running competitively,
we’ll be happy.”
Truex made occasional Cup appear-
ances before this year, but he’s discovered that week-to-week competition
carries with it additional challenges.
He can’t pick and choose the tracks
where he feels comfortable.
“It’s definitely been a little bit of a
wake-up call,” Truex admitted. “We’re
still learning a lot from the ‘8’ team
(Earnhardt Jr.). They’ve been really
running well and doing a lot of things.
We’re just trying to learn what we
need to do to run well. Sometimes we
find that we try the same stuff, and it
doesn’t work for me, for whatever
reason, whether our cars are different
or what, so we’re still just kind of feeling it out and trying to find all the
stuff that works for us.”
But Truex said he never expected it
to be easy.
“I kind of knew coming in what it
was going to be,” he said. “I knew it
wasn’t going to be running in the top
five every weekend and having a shot
to win every race like it was (in the
Busch Series). I was realistic in my
approach, but it’s humbled me a lot,
that’s for sure.”
Contact Monte Dutton
at [email protected].
Travis Kvapil getting a
shot at the small screen
Nextel Cup driver Travis Kvapil
will make an appearance on the CBS
soap opera “Guiding Light” on June
28. The show recently taped a segment on location at Hickory (N.C.)
Motor Speedway.
The story line revolves around
Reva Shayne Lewis, played by Kim
Zimmer, and her battle with breast
cancer. Thanks to encouragement
from Dr. Colin McCabe (Paul Fitzgerald) and Kvapil, Reva gets a chance
to take the wheel of Kvapil’s stock
car. In the story, Reva remembers a
list she made as a young girl that
contained 10 items she wanted to
do before she died. Driving a race
car was one of them.
Hylton’s been around
This is James Hylton’s final year.
What? You thought Hylton had long
departed the stock-car-racing scene?
Think again.
At the age of 70 — he turns 71
on Aug. 26 — Hylton finished 21st
in the Automobile Racing Club of
America race at Pocono on June 10,
driving a Ford painted in a similar
fashion to the Mercury in which he
won the Talladega 500 on Aug. 6,
1972.
He last competed in NASCAR’s
premier series in 1993, but Hylton
finished second in the points standings three times — 1966, 1967 and
1971 — and third four times.
For the rest of the year, Hylton
plans to compete in ARCA races driving cars painted to mimic cars he
drove back during his prime, when
he won twice and finished in the top
10 a whopping 301 times.
Vickers’ move likely to touch off exits by other drivers
Who’s hot — Denny Hamlin’s in position to make the
Chase. Tony Stewart’s
healthy again.
Who’s not
— Amazingly, as of this
week, Jeff
Gordon’s not
in position to
make the
Chase, and
Dale EarnGORDON
hardt Jr.
dropped two
positions in the standings,
from fourth to sixth.
By Monte Dutton
NASCAR This Week
LONG POND, Pa. — There
aren’t really enough uncommitted drivers for dominoes to
tumble, but Brian Vickers’ decision to leave Hendrick Motorsports is likely to create at
least a small ripple of activity.
Hendrick officials have declared publicly that Vickers, 22,
wasn’t asked to leave, nor did
owner Rick Hendrick even
want to replace him in 2007.
Vickers, who won the Busch Series championship for Hendrick in 2003, is likely headed
to Team Red Bull, the two-car
Toyota team that will debut
next year. Some speculation has
Vickers, a Thomasville (N.C.)
native, replacing Dale Jarrett
at Robert Yates Racing, as well.
Who heads to Hendrick? It will
almost certainly be Casey Mears,
who had been the clubhouse
leader on Toyota speculation and
who recently told his present employer, Chip Ganassi, that he
would not be back next year.
The timing of Mears’ decision
coincides with Vickers’ decision
to leave, and it’s not a coincidence. There is an underlying
business aspect to Vickers’ apparent decision to join Toyota in
the Nextel Cup Series next year.
Doug Duchardt, Hendrick
Motorsports marketing vice
president, said that Vickers had
received permission to talk with
others but also confirmed that
Vickers’ contract with Hendrick
extends past the current season.
“We did not know that this
was going to be requested,”
said Duchardt. “Brian came to
us. It’s been stated that he was
requesting permission to look
at other opportunities. He is
still currently under contract
with Hendrick Motorsports.
We gave him permission to
look at those other opportuni-
ties, so, yes, we are surprised.”
Translation: The contract isn’t
likely to be a problem. That’s assuming that Hendrick signs
Mears as Vickers’ replacement,
which is widely anticipated.
a win at Dover, Kenseth was 20
positions higher in the standings.
A year ago, he came to Pocono
617 points out of first place.
■
Why no chase? Kevin Harvick,
though he would stand to lose
most of what is currently a 297point advantage, thinks it’s time
for the Busch Series to mimic
Nextel Cup’s Chase format.
“I think it would be great in
the Busch Series,” he said. “If
somebody participates all the
time and runs all the races, I
think it would add some excitement to the end of the year.”
What a difference — For
those currently languishing
outside the top 10 in Cup points,
Matt Kenseth is a source of inspiration. A year ago, Kenseth,
who wound up making the
Chase, was 22nd in the points
standings after 13 races.
Kenseth won’t have to make a
comeback this year. Coming off
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Sunday ......................................... 88°
Monday ....................................... 85°
24 hrs. ending 6 p.m. yest. ... 0.00”
AccuWeather.com
0-2:
3-5:
6-7:
Low
Moderate
High
8-10:
11+:
Camden
90/65
Knoxville
85/61
The State
Sunrise today ....................... 6:11 a.m.
Sunset tonight ...................... 8:48 p.m.
Moonrise today ........................... none
Moonset today .................. 10:05 a.m.
City
Athens
Bristol
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville
Crossville
Erwin
Franklin
Greeneville
Johnson City
Moon Phases
Last
New
First
June 18 June 25 July 3
Full
July 10
Today
Hi Lo W
85 61 s
84 51 s
89 65 s
88 63 s
88 64 s
86 61 s
82 59 s
84 52 s
88 66 s
85 52 s
84 51 s
Hi
88
86
92
92
90
88
85
85
92
87
86
Fri.
Lo W
64 s
58 s
67 s
67 s
66 s
63 s
63 s
59 s
68 s
59 s
59 s
Showers
T-storms
Rain
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Kingsport
85 53 s
Knoxville
85 61 s
Memphis
94 74 s
Morristown 85 57 s
Mountain City 80 52 s
Nashville
88 66 s
Newport
85 58 s
Oak Ridge
89 59 s
Pigeon Forge 85 61 s
Roan Mtn.
81 50 s
Sevierville
85 61 s
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 World
The Nation
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Sun and Moon
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
With Alberto just offshore from the Northeast, drier weather will
return to the Southeast today. Much of the Northeast will also be
dry, but a stray shower can pop up in New England.
Murfreesboro
89/65
Waynesboro Chattanooga
89/65
90/65
Memphis
94/74
Miami
92/79
National Summary
Elizabethton
83/51
Nashville
88/66
Atlanta
91/69
HOT
Houston
94/74
The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2006
Washington
82/62
Kansas City
92/71
Los Angeles
86/62
El Paso
102/78
New York
78/64
Detroit
Chicago 79/59
82/66
WINDY
Denver
84/50
DRY
Very High
Extreme
Tennessee Weather
Union City
92/68
San Francisco
70/57
62°
86°
Bristol Almanac
Temperature:
NICE
An afternoon
t-storm
possible
Hi
88
88
94
87
83
92
88
91
88
83
88
Fri.
Lo W
60 s
67 s
72 s
63 s
58 s
68 s
64 s
66 s
67 s
58 s
67 s
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
91 69 s
Boston
73 59 t
Charleston, SC 90 67 pc
Charlotte
86 60 s
Chicago
82 66 pc
Cincinnati
82 59 s
Dallas
95 75 s
Denver
84 50 t
Honolulu
87 76 pc
Kansas City 92 71 pc
Los Angeles 86 62 s
New York City 78 64 t
Orlando
93 74 t
Phoenix
106 78 s
Seattle
65 54 c
Wash., DC
82 62 pc
Fri.
Hi Lo
90 69
82 62
91 66
88 64
88 71
86 66
93 75
78 50
87 74
93 74
90 62
84 66
93 72
108 82
65 52
86 66
W
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s
s
s
pc
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s
pc
pc
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s
r
s
City
Acapulco
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Dublin
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Today
Hi Lo W
88 75 pc
68 58 sh
74 64 pc
99 69 s
86 64 pc
66 52 pc
89 82 t
76 55 s
68 50 c
82 57 r
81 54 pc
75 59 pc
74 56 c
76 58 s
78 58 s
86 77 t
Hi
88
68
77
89
90
66
88
77
72
81
78
79
75
81
77
86
Fri.
Lo W
75 t
54 pc
65 pc
71 pc
63 pc
52 pc
81 c
55 s
59 pc
57 pc
54 pc
64 s
59 pc
58 pc
62 pc
79 t
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r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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soon as Wednesday, with
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The commission’s composition was the subject of some
debate during the special session, and lawmakers eventually settled on granting two
nominees each to the governor, the lieutenant governor
who leads the Senate and the
House Speaker.
House Speaker Jimmy
Naifeh’s are Dianne Neal, who
served as former Gov. Ned
McWherter’s chief counsel,
and bankruptcy attorney Linda Knight. Gov. Phil Bredesen
chose Donald Hall, who has
taught law at Vanderbilt for
more than 35 years, and former
state Sen. Thomas Garland,
who serves as the commission’s chairman. Lt. Gov. John
Wilder chose Purser and R.
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money isn’t something he has to worry about.
Frist, who is retiring from Congress in January and may be
a presidential candidate in 2008, recorded income last year of
more than $5 million from his largest blind trust.
Congressional lawmakers were required to reveal some
details about their personal wealth Wednesday when their
annual financial disclosure reports were made public.
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first to come out since federal prosecutors and the Securities
and Exchange Commission began investigating Frist’s order
last year to sell all his stock in HCA Inc., a hospital company
founded by his father and brother.
The sales of the stock held by Frist and his family were
completed near the stock’s 52-week peak and two weeks before share prices fell 9 percent.
Frist denies any wrongdoing. He said he had no insider information and ordered the sales to avoid the appearance of a
conflict of interest.
Frist’s stock had been placed in blind trusts, and the senator has said he does not know how much the stock he sold
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The financial disclosure report released Wednesday did
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His largest blind trust, worth between $5 million to $25
million, gave him more than $5 million last year. That was an
increase from the year before when it provided him between
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In addition to other blind trusts in Frist’s name, his wife
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One of Frist’s sons has trusts worth more than $2 million,
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Frist also paid off a line of credit worth between $1 million
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