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Vol. 78 • No. 131
TUESDAY
June 3, 2008
Good
Afternoon from
County considering
preventive health
program for employees
By Steve Burwick
STAR Staff
[email protected]
Rev. Harold Mains
Elizabethton
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Carter County is considering a medical prevention
program for employees, to
promote a healthier lifestyle as well as saving the
county money.
Carrie Seeley, business
health regional manager
for Mountain States Health
Alliance, spoke to the
County Financial Management Committee about the
program, which involves
periodic health-risk assessments for participating employees. Finance Director
Jerome Kitchens said that
his wife participates in a
similar plan as an employee
of the city of Johnson City.
“The whole goal is to
identify problems early and
address them quickly before they develop into large
problems,” said Kitchens.
“If employees participate
in the program, they get
their insurance at one rate,
and if they don’t participate
they get a higher rate.”
Seeley said Johnson City
has a diabetes management program with a fulltime Registered Nurse and
a dietitian on site.
“These services are available to their employees,”
said Seeley. “They have to
do a health-risk assessment
which consists of a fingerstick and blood work, which
is your cholesterol, glucose,
lipid panel, trigycerides, all
those important numbers.”
People with more than
two or three risk factors
including high cholesterol, high blood pressure
or smoking, or those with
a high body-mass index,
must meet educational requirements.
“At all the businesses we
work with, we are finding
the same things: You’re going to have about 10 percent
that are diabetic, and you’re
going to have a certain percentage that are borderline
diabetics or have risk factors that are going to lead
to pre-diabetes,” said Seeley. “The education really
works. We’re seeing an impact on the numbers.”
Seeley said a successful program would have a
higher initial cost but returns on the investment
would show up after the
second or third year.
“You want people who
have pre-diabetes to see
their physician and get
their medications so that
you don’t have a diabetic,
because a full-blown diabetic who is not compliant
is going to cost the county a
lot more than someone who
is compliant, and is taking their medications the
way they are supposed to
be and seeing their physician regularly. It’s the same
way with blood pressure
and cholesterol, which can
lead to heart disease. You
want healthy, productive
employees, whether it’s on
your time, from eight to
five, or at midnight.”
Seeley said the town
of Joneborough has had
a small-scale program for
three years, with a parttime nurse available for
health risk assessments.
She said several area businesses have programs as
well, but added that the
assessments alone are not
cost-effective without the
educational component.
“If you put every employee through a healthrisk assessment and that’s
all you do, then you’re
throwing that money away
because there’s if no intervention, no education and
no incentive, the employees
are not likely to follow up.
When you put education
and intervention in place,
we’ve seen positive success
rates,” Seeley explained.
The City of Asheville,
N, C., started the Asheville
Project in 1996 to provide
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Obituaries
Jess W. Arwood
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Willard C. Elliott
Roan Mountain
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T.J. Hale Jr.
Elizabethton
James L. Morton
Elizabethton
County signs jail contract
from staff reports
Carter County signed a contract with
Blaine Construction Company Friday afternoon to build a 300-bed jail on the current
site, adjacent to the current jail facility.
County Mayor Johnny Holder said he,
County Attorney Keith Bowers and Finance Director Jerome Kitchens worked on
details of the $24.2 million contract all day
Friday, signing it late that afternoon.
Kitchens outlined several changes that
were made before the contract was signed.
“If the contract is not done within the
specified number of days, there’s a penalty
clause in there that (the contractor) would
pay $500 per day for liquidated damages,
and we asked that they increase that to
Discuss health services bids
Sheriff Chris Mathes (left) and Chief Deputy Ron Street (right) look over bids for providing the
jail with health services at Monday evening’s Law Enforcement Committee meeting.
Committee debates health
services for jail inmates
By Nathan Baker
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
A former teacher’s aide at Cloudland High School
pleaded guilty Monday in Carter County Criminal Court
of having an inappropriate telephone conversation with a
15-year-old student.
Patty Jo Singleton was convicted of solicitation of a minor
during her appearance before Judge Lynn Bown. Singleton
is eligible for judicial diversion since she had not previously been convicted of a felony. Under the provision, Single-
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Former teacher’s aide pleads
guilty, gets diversion
on charge of solicitation
$1,000,” said Kitchens.
This clause protects the county in the
event of delays other than from weatherrelated factors. The contract still has a
640-day time limit.
“They will have to repair any damage to
asphalt that they do during the construction,” said Kitchens, who added that the
date of the reimbursement request was
changed from the first of the month to the
20th, and the contract date was changed to
Friday. Payments must be made by the fifth
of each month.
During a reconvened meeting April 27,
the Carter County Commission voted 15-3
to approve the contract. Holder said construction should begin within 10 days.
Photo by Larry N. Souders
County
Commissioners discussed cost-effective options for providing
prisoners of the jail with
healthcare at Monday evening’s Law Enforcement,
Rules and Bylaws, Health
and Welfare and Grounds
and Maintenance Committee Meeting.
The seven Commissioners, along with Sheriff Chris
Mathes and Chief Deputy
Ron Street, received four
bids in response to a request for a proposal to provide the inmates with necessary health services, such
as dental and medical care.
The lowest bid for a year
of service was made by
Old Town General Medicine at $345,000. Dr. Daniel
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Dr. Paul explains services
Dr. Daniel Paul explains the services he is currently providing,
and those included in his bid, for inmate health care at Monday
evening’s Law Enforcement meeting.
WRRWA proceeds with alternate water plans
By Steve Burwick
STAR Staff
[email protected]
Following a series of political battles that have threatened the very
existence of the Watauga River Regional Water Authority, engineers
are now moving ahead with plans to
alleviate emergency water needs in
the Siam community and to provide
a water source for the residents of
Fish Springs and Little Milligan.
David Reece, engineer with Jordan, Jones and Goulding (JJ&G),
provided an update on the proposed water treatment plant near
the Watauga River and the intake
on Wilbur Lake.
“We met with TVA on behalf of
Siam (Utility) and the Water Authority to get an emergency intake on
Wilbur Lake,” said Reece. “They’ve
come back to us with a request for
information that Siam has been getting together. We will be meeting
again to work out the process and
get that done. The intake size has
changed and the pipeline size has
changed, so we’ve priced that again
and put together a revised plan.”
Reece said the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation had already approved withdrawal of three million gallons a day
from Wilbur Lake as well as providing an aquatic resource alteration
permit. He said TDEC approval was
the main hurdle, and that minor details will now be worked out with
TVA. Reece added that raw water
could be supplied to Siam from the
Wilbur intake if needed, once the
pipeline is laid.
The Siam filter plant is still experiencing occasional turbidity with
one of two pumps running following the incident in late April, necessitating the continued purchase of
water from the city of Elizabethton.
Ardin “Kayo” Gentry, Siam’s representative on the WRRWA board,
said if the water is supplied continuously from Elizabethton, the cost is
close to $1,000 a day.
“The goal is to get something done
very quickly if we can for Siam, to
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Gary Tysinger, engineer with
Tysinger, Hampton and Partners,
spoke on the alternative water supply plan for the Fish Springs area. A
test well is to be drilled near the site
of the proposed water tank.
“It was identified as the largest
aquifer up there, and we felt like we
could tap it in about 600 feet,” said
Tysinger, who explained that an
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Library’s summer reading program starts today
By Ashley Rader
STAR Staff
[email protected]
Visitors to the Elizabethton Carter-County
Public Library should prepare for a “Starship
Adventure” as the library launches its 2008
Summer Reading Program.
When entering the library’s children’s
reading area, patrons will think they have
entered another world as the library is decorated to follow the state-planned theme of
“Starship Adventure @ Your Library.”
Stars, moons, planets, spaceships and
aliens adorn the walls and windows. Also
many books about space and space themes
have been put on display.
However, participants in the program
are not required to only read space-themed
books as a part of the program.
“They can read any books that they want
to,” said Children’s Librarian Ashlee Williams. “It can be books they check out here at
the library or ones they read at home.”
The summer reading program is designed
to encourage “recreational reading” in kids
of all ages. Williams said children from infant
to middle school age frequently participate
in the program.
It is also a way for students to keep up
their reading skills while on summer break
from school and to introduce children to the
library who may have never been there before.
“This lets them see that reading can be fun
and not just something they have to do for
school,” Williams said. “It encourages reading for pleasure.”
The library will be hosting the first Tuesday session of the program today at 10:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. There will be a session every Tuesday at these times during June and
July.
During these sessions, children can register for the program and receive their registration pack which includes a book bag, pencil,
bookmark and sticker.
Participants will track the books they have
read or have had read to them throughout
the summer.
However, participants in the reading program do not have to register during the first
session. Interested readers can sign up for the
program at any point during the summer.
Every Tuesday during June and July, the
program will have a special session at the
library at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. that will
feature a special guest who will speak to the
children.
Today, the Community Arts Center will
perform a sneak preview of their version of
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” that
will be a part of the Covered Bridge Celebra-
tion.
On June 10, the Mr. Bill and Bodie show
will be at the library and on June 17th, Franklin Tae Kwon Do will do a presentation and
teach the children some moves.
On June 24, Ranger Jacob Young from
Roan Mountain State Park will bring various
reptiles and amphibians to show the children
and will present an informational program.
In July, the Elizabethton Twins and Rookie
as well as Ronald McDonald will make appearances at the reading program.
Also, children’s book illustrator Gary
Shepard will speak. Shepard is the illustrator
of “Green Corn Tamales.” He currently lives
in Arizona but is originally from the area.
Williams said the library tries to use local
businesses and individuals when preparing
for and selecting the special speakers for the
programs.
“We try to do things so that if the kids are
really interested in them the parents could
follow up on it by taking them to a Twins
game or by taking them to the Roan Mountain park,” she said.
On the last Tuesday in July, the library will
host its finale celebration at Edwards Island
Park. The participants will receive their reading logs and a certificate from Governor Phil
Bredesen recognizing them for finishing the
program.
There will be a reader’s parade from the
library to the park. At the park, the children
will participate in carnival games and snacks.
The Elizabethton Women’s Club will help
with the finale and with registering readers.
This year, the local McDonald’s donated
$1,000 to the reading program. These funds
were used to purchase the registration packs
and the snacks and supplies for the finale.
Williams estimates the library will register 400 to 600 people in the reading program.
This does not include readers that take part
in the program off-site.
Williams noted several day care centers
and summer programs participate in the program and keep up with the reading records
on their own. The number that participates in
the off-site program varies depending on the
activities that are being held in each location.
In addition to the summer reading program, the library will continue to hold preschool story time. The year-round preschool
story time is usually held on Tuesday and
Wednesday throughout the year.
With the start of the summer reading program, the preschool story time will be moved
to Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
During June, preschool readers will have a
day “down on the farm,” will celebrate third
annual Library Bubble Day and dairy month
and will be “clownin’ around.”
Photo by Eveleigh Stewart
The Elizabethton Carter County Public Library will kick off its summer reading program today.
Children’s Librarian Ashlee Williams and Logan and Lydia Bradley survey the selection of books that
match the “Starship Adventure @ Your Library” theme. Logan and Lydia will probably be participating in the program. Logan said he likes to read, especially adventure and sports books.
Former Tennessee senators Frist
and Thompson stump for McCain
NASHVILLE (AP) —
Two former Tennessee senators who once had presidential ambitions for 2008
were consigned to warming
up the crowd Monday at a
campaign rally for Republican Sen. John McCain.
Former Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist and former
Sen. Fred Thompson spoke
before McCain addressed
the crowd at Nashville’s
Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Grand Ole
Opry.
In his first public appearance in Tennessee since
abandoning his presidential
bid in January, Thompson
emphasized McCain’s national security credentials.
“This is the man who
should be the leader of our
country, and with your help
he will be,” Thompson said
in his introduction of the
Arizona senator.
One woman in the audience drew loud applause
for reminding McCain that
Tennessee voters prevented Al Gore from becoming
president when he failed to
win his home state in 2000
— and for proposing that he
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select Thompson as a running mate.
“I kind of get the impression that if he were the candidate I wouldn’t have to
spend a lot of time in Tennessee,” said McCain, who
lost Tennessee’s primary to
former Arkansas Gov. Mike
Huckabee.
Tennessee’s prominence
in the presidential campaign dropped off after
Thompson’s campaign got a
late start and failed to capitalize on early buzz that he
was the only Reagan-style
conservative in the race.
Frist pulled himself out of
contention in late 2006. He
told The Associated Press
last year that he recognized
that his close affiliation with
the unpopular Bush administration made a presidential
bid unlikely to succeed.
Thompson played down
his vice presidential chances
after clearing a throng of autograph and photo seekers
following the event. “That’s
not in the cards for me,” he
said.
On the campaign bus
from the airport to the
event, Thompson offered
McCain the use of the red
pickup truck that he drove
around the state to connect
with voters when he ran for
the Senate in 1994. But he
had a warning for McCain:
“It won’t run.”
Frist said he has no hard
feelings about supporting
another candidate. He says
he can now go home to his
family after the event instead of living on the campaign trail.
“I told my wife I’ll be
home at 9:30 tonight and
don’t have to worry about
anything,” Frist said. “So for
me, this is perfect.”
McCain doesn’t think his
primary loss to Huckabee, a
former Baptist preacher who
galvanized many religious
conservatives, would affect
the outcome of the general
election.
“I don’t think that’s a
huge problem,” McCain
told reporters. “I think our
party is generally united, I
think we have to energize
them and give them reasons to get actively involved
in the campaign.”
Glory Bound Baptist Church
sets old-fashioned bazaar
Glory Bound Baptist Church, Lynn Valley, will host an
old-fashioned church bazaar at 300 W. Mill St., Elizabethton, on Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The event will feature a bake sale, games for the kids,
cake walks, raffles and a concession stand. Available at the
concession stand will be barbecue, hot dogs, chips, drinks
and homemade desserts.
For more information, call 213-0335.
Summer Bash Dance
will be held Saturday
The Elizabethton VFW will host a Summer Bash Dance
on Saturday, June 7, featuring Southern and Classic Rock
and a mix of country and today’s hits provided by The Second Shift Band & Hazardous Levels with D J Hazardous.
The event is open to the public. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.
There is a $5 cover charge.
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‘Disaster fatigue’ leads to drop in giving
NEW YORK (AP) — The
numbers are almost too
large to fathom, so many
Americans stop trying. As
bodies pile up in disaster
after global disaster, even
the most sympathetic souls
can turn away.
Charities know this as
“donor fatigue,” but it
might be more accurately
described as disaster fatigue — the sense that these
events are never-ending,
uncontrollable and overwhelming. Experts say it
is one reason Americans
have contributed relatively
little so far to victims of the
Myanmar cyclone and China’s earthquake.
What to
include in
disaster kit
If you don’t have a disaster kit, take time today
to make one. If you do have
one, go through it to make
sure you haven’t “borrowed” any items from it,
and to make sure supplies
are still fresh.
What to include:
— Water (at least a gallon
daily per person for three to
seven days)
—
Nonperishable
packages or canned food
(enough for three to seven
days)
— Manual can opener
— Paper plates and plastic utensils
— Rain gear, waterproof
shoes
— Bedding
— First aid kit, including
prescription drugs
— Toiletries and personal hygiene items
— Extra eye glasses, contact lenses and supplies
— Flashlight with extra
batteries
— Battery-operated radio
— Tool kit
— Plastic bucket with
tight lid
— Traditional corded
telephone (in case electricity is lost)
— Cash (ATMs might not
be working after a storm)
— Pet care items, including leashes and carriers
— Fire extinguisher
— Matches in a waterproof container
— Garbage bags, paper
towels and toilet paper
— Disinfectant
— Household chlorine
bleach
— Plastic sheeting/tarps
— Copies of important
documents, including wills,
insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks and
bonds, passports, Social Security cards, immunization
records, bank account and
credit card numbers, inventory of valuable household
goods, important telephone
numbers, family records
and medical records. Keep
them in a waterproof bag.
— Special items for infants, elderly, or disabled
family members.
— Toys, games and
books for the kids
— Written instructions
on how to turn off electricity, gas and water if authorities advise it
Ironically, the more bad
news there is, the less likely
people may be to give.
“Hearing
about
too
many disasters makes some
people not give at all, when
they would have if it had
been just one disaster,”
says Michal Ann Strahilevitz, who teaches marketing at Golden Gate University and specializes in the
factors at play in charitable
giving.
Compared with disasters like the Asian tsunami
and Hurricane Katrina,
those in China and Myanmar have generated just a
trickle of aid. As of Friday,
Americans had given about
$12.1 million to charities
for Myanmar, according to
the Center on Philanthropy
at Indiana University. The
group said on Monday that
it was too soon to count
contributions to China.
A number of factors
may be at play in the slow
American response, including a lack of sympathy
for the repressive governments involved, doubts
about whether aid will get
through, and an inclination
to save pennies because of
shaky economic times at
home.
But Americans may have
also been influenced by the
quick succession of monumental catastrophes in
two distant lands. At least
130,000 people are dead or
missing in the Myanmar cyclone, and more than 34,000
in China’s earthquake.
“For the vast number of
Americans, if they just gave
to some disaster far away
and then another disaster happens, in their mind
that’s clumped as ‘faraway
disaster,’” Strahilevitz says.
“So they will feel, ‘I just gave
to a faraway disaster.’”
This problem came up
after the 2004 Asian tsunami, an event that brought
an avalanche of $1.92 billion
in charity from the United
States, according to the
Giving USA Foundation.
Hurricane Katrina eight
months later generated
even more, $5.3 billion.
But then fatigue seemed
to set in. The earthquake in
Pakistan that killed nearly
80,000 people generated
just $150 million from
Americans. And the Guatemala mudslide shortly
thereafter that killed at
least 800 was virtually forgotten.
If one disaster can be
galvanizing, several in a
row can be paralyzing.
“It’s too much pain, too
much tragedy for someone to process, and so we
tend to pull ourselves away
from it and either close off
from it out of psychological
defense, or it overwhelms
us,” says Cynthia Edwards,
a professor of psychology
at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C.
A string of tragedies can
also make potential donors
feel nervous about their
own safety, making them
less likely to give. That
could be especially troubling now for Americans,
many of whom are worried
about their jobs and rising
food and gas prices.
It’s too soon to judge
the effects of the economic downturn on giving,
says Del Martin, chair of
the Giving USA Foundation, although early figures
show that donations rose
in 2007. In general, people
tend to give to causes closer to home. In 2006, Americans gave more than $295
billion to charity, but less
than 4 percent of that went
overseas.
One thing that may
make people give to foreign causes is their personal connection to a region, either by knowing
someone there or hearing
an individual’s story, Strahilevitz says. That’s something that’s difficult when
unpopular
governments
are involved, or media access is restricted, as in
Myanmar.
Lurma Rackley, spokes-
woman for CARE USA, is
heartened that Americans
are giving to Myanmar at
all, considering the lack of
images from the disaster.
“There’s always concern
that the tragedy is going
to be forgotten,” Rackley
says.
CARE USA, World Vision and Mercy Corps all
say giving for Myanmar
is on pace to match the
amount given after the
Pakistan earthquake, although the Myanmar death
toll appears to be far bigger. That’s partly because
of concerns about whether
aid will reach the intended
recipients, with reports
that Myanmar’s military
government may be confiscating the aid or diverting
it away from those most in
need.
That’s part of why Dave
Morris, 34, has yet to open
his checkbook — he’s not
sure he could really help.
Morris aims to give 10
percent of his income to
causes such as public radio, the Red Cross and
breast cancer. But the engineer from Ypsilanti, Mich.,
hasn’t given to the relief
efforts in Myanmar and
China, in part because the
world’s problems seem impossibly large.
“If you thought about at
this very second the num-
ber of people who were
suffering and dying, I could
dedicate all my resources
to that and yet it would be
a drop in the bucket,” he
says.
Still, experts in the
field are optimistic that
Americans may still come
through for victims of
these disasters. The Giving
USA Foundation says companies are pledging relief
funds for China, perhaps
because so many do business there.
“I think we may also see
a surge of donations for the
China relief effort because
of people’s frustrations
with the Myanmar government’s resistance to the aid
effort there,” says Gerard
Jacobs, director of the Disaster Mental Health Institute at University of South
Dakota.
Jacobs was in Bangkok
working with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center when the cyclone struck
Myanmar, and he got word
of the earthquake while in
a meeting about helping
governments in the region
to respond to victims’ psychological needs.
“People may feel a sense
of relief that the China
earthquake presents a situation where the public can
genuinely make a difference,” he says.
ABINGDON, Va. —
You’re invited! Barter Theatre will celebrate 75 years
with a free Birthday Bash on
Saturday, June 7, from 10:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Stonewall Square across from
Barter Theatre. When you
see the giant birthday cake,
you’ve found the party!
It’s a community birthday
celebration for the entire
family with games and activities for kids including
an obstacle course, puppet
making, paint-a-set, photo
booth, an art station and
other games, entertainment and demonstrations
by Barter professionals.
Food City will provide hot
dogs, chips and drinks to
the first 500 people and the
Food City Kids Club will
provide each child who
attends with a treat bag.
In addition to the youth activities, the Abingdon Police Department will be on
hand as well as the Abingdon Fire Department (with
one of their trucks) and the
Washington County Sheriff’s Department with the
Children Identity Program.
The Rotary Club of Abing-
don and Johnston Memorial
Hospital will also be sponsoring booths. Other important
partners include the Town of
Abingdon and the William
King Regional Arts Center.
The State Theatre of Virginia, the world famous
Barter Theatre is celebrating its 75th anniversary
season of producing professional non-profit theatre
in the Appalachian Region.
Known for outstanding
musicals, comedies, dramas, new and Appalachian
works and award-winning
educational programming,
Barter Theatre, Barter Stage
II and The Barter Players
present programs several
times a week, and patrons
can see up to five shows in
two days in beautiful downtown Abingdon. Don’t
miss a moment in Barter’s yearlong celebration!
The 75th Anniversary is
sponsored by Alpha Natural
Resources, Eastman Credit
Union, Highlands Community Services, Strongwell,
Wellmont Health System,
Jim and Kay Bunn, Henry
and Flora Joy and Stephen and Barbara Morris.
Barter Theatre celebrates 75 years with birthday bash
Elizabethton Farmer’s Market
will return for second year
The Elizabethton Farmer’s Market will return for another season on Saturday, June 7.
Shoppers can find a variety of home-grown fruits and
vegetables as well as canned goods, breads, jellies, sweets
and handmade crafts. The market will be open every Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon in the parking lot at Farm
Bureau Insurance, located at the corner of Elk and Lynn
Avenues.
Anyone wanting to bring locally produced items to sell
is welcome. For more information, call Susan Carter at
543-5083 or e-mail her at [email protected].
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Citizens Police Academy graduates
Graduation was held on May 20 for the latest class completing the Carter County Citizens Police
Academy. The class celebrated with a party. The Citizens Police Academy offers enrollees the
chance to learn what deputies do each and every day on the job and how citizens can protect themselves in the event of crime or accident. Pictured are class members who include William Grover,
Bill Clawson, Kevin Arnold, Charles VonCannon, Ron McCloud, Marion Grover, Judy Clawson,
Frank VonCannon, Cornelia Everett, Karen Meadows, Charlotte Caudill, Jennifer Holly, Linda Sturm,
Jacqueline Tellez, Patricia Duffed, Rebecca Pierce, Pearl Fletcher, Kay Millsaps, Rebecca Ford, Walter
Everett, along with Sheriff Chris Mathes, Constable Willie Mathes and Chief Deputy Ron Street. A
new class will be held in the fall.
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Obituaries
Townie J.
“T.J.” Hale Jr.
Townie Jeter “T.J.” Hale
Jr., 67, 896 Jordan Road,
Elizabethton, died Sunday,
June 1, 2008, at his residence
after ten years of chronic illnesses.
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the
late Townie Jeter Hale Sr.
and Hazel Pauline Sproles
Hale.
Mr.
Hale
attended
Elizabethton City Schools
through the tenth grade,
graduating from Riverside
Military Academy in 1959
where he was a part of the
color guard. He attended
Milligan College and the
University of Tennessee at
Memphis. He worked at
Hales Drug Store and Independent Life Insurance
Company before 25 years
with the Tennessee Department of Transportation
Engineering and Construction. He retired in 2001 due
to health problems which
continued until his death.
Mr. Hale was a member
of Zion Baptist Church. One
of his hobbies was dancing,
having won a State DeMolay dance competition. He
also enjoyed working in the
yard, motorcycle riding and
his collection of trains. He
was an avid University of
Tennessee fan.
In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death
by a son, Townie Jeter Hale
III.
Survivors include his
wife of 45 years, Phyllis
Whittemore Hale, of the
home; a daughter, Holli
Anna Hale Fair and her
husband Sean, Elizabethton; a granddaughter, Haley Noel Fair, Elizabethton;
a special exchange student
“daughter,” Betsy Duarte
Shepard and her husband
Gary, Tucson, Ariz.; a sister-in-law, Marcia Seehorn and her husband J.B.;
two brothers-in-law, Louis
• Anderson Walker, 26,
321 Wade Bulla Road, Watauga, was arrested Saturday
afternoon by Elizabethton
Police Department Ptl. Curtis Bullock and charged with
criminal trespassing.
• Clarence Story, 37, 141
Garrison Hollow Road, Elizabethton, was arrested Sunday afternoon by EPD Ptl.
Shane Darling and charged
with driving on a revoked license, violation of the financial responsibility law and
failure to maintain control of
a vehicle.
• Richard Grindstaff, 41,
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Whittemore and his wife
Donna and Benny Whittemore. His pet cat, Britches,
two grand-cats, Jingles and
Snickers, extended members of the Hale and Sproles families and friends too
numerous to name also survive.
Funeral services for Mr.
Hale will be conducted at
7 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, in
the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home
with Rev. Jerry McCoury
officiating. Honorary pastor
will be Rev. C.W. Snodgrass.
Music will be under the direction of Jerry and Jason
Barnett. The family will receive friends at the funeral
home from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday or at the residence, 896
Jordan Road, Elizabethton,
at other times. Graveside
services and interment will
be at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
June 4, at Happy Valley
Memorial Park with Mr.
Kenneth Bewley, minister,
officiating. Active pallbearers will be Warren Riggs,
Louis
Whittemore
Sr.,
Benny Whittemore, Jimmy
Ferguson, Sean Fair, Louis
Whittemore Jr. and Benjamin Whittemore. Special
friends are Melissa Elsea,
Eric Cole, Odel Sawyer,
Josh and Imogene Allen,
Jerry and Sharon Barnett,
Glen Hypes, Troy Sproviero, Betty and Winston
McElveen, Marie Asbury,
Larry Coleman, Johnny
Wagner, Betty and Denver Anderson, Alfred Fair,
Jobelle and Gayle Hood,
R.V. Brown, Clyde Hodge,
Lawrence Hodge, former
employees of Hales Drug
Store, fellow employees of
Tennessee Department of
Transportation (Elizabethton office), Dr. Toney Haley,
Dr. Christina Hutchins and
all members of the Elizabethton High School Class
of 1958. Everyone will meet
at the funeral home at 10:15
a.m. Wednesday to go in
procession to the cemetery.
Online condolences and
memories may be shared
with the family and viewed
by visiting www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements for the
Hale family have been entrusted to Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home.
Willard C. Elliott
Willard C. Elliott, 87,
154 A.E. Miller Road, Roan
Mountain, passed away
Sunday, June 1, 2008, at
Roan Highlands Nursing
Center.
A native of Avery County, N.C., he was a son of the
late Frank and Renee Hopson Elliott and had lived in
Carter County for the past
68 years.
Mr. Elliott was a farmer
and construction worker.
He was a member of the
Morgan Chapel Free Will
Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by a sister.
wife, Myrtle M. Elliott;
three daughters and sonsin-law, IvaLee and Bruce
Dingler, Summerville, S.C.,
Bernies Shipley Lewis and
Charlie Lewis, Jonesborough, and Helen and Timothy Reed, Goose Creek,
S.C.; his stepgrandchildren,
Doug and Debbie Goines,
Linda Rogers, Laura Dingler, Chandler Reed and
Bruce and Jenna Dingler;
his grandchildren, Johnathan Shipley, Kenneth Reed
and Kee Reed; eight greatgrandchildren; one greatgreat-grandson; three sisters, Mary Will Moss, Mina
Shepherd and Jeanette
Rowan; and a brother, Jack
Elliott.
Funeral services for Mr.
Elliott will be conducted at
8 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at
Memorial Funeral Chapel
with the Rev. Tull Oaks and
the Rev. Gary Whitehead
officiating. Graveside services and interment will be
at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June
4, in the Captain Nelson
Cemetery. Active pallbearers, who are requested to
assemble at the funeral
home at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, will be Scotty Pritchard,
Doug Pritchard, Stevie Pritchard, Danny Elliott, Jackie
Elliott, Buck Freeman and
Danny Blevins. Honorary
pallbearers will be Johnny
Elliott, John Wrenn, Richard Miller, Zane Teague,
Jack Ingram, Dean Smith
and Terry Hyder. The family will receive friends from
6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home. Friends may
also call at the residence. In
lieu of flowers memorials
may be made to the Morgan
Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church. Family and friends
will assemble at the funeral
home at 1:15 p.m. Wednes-
day to go to the cemetery.
Condolences to the Elliott
family may be e-mailed to
[email protected].
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Jess W. Arwood
Jess Willard Arwood, 88,
of Hampton, passed away
Sunday, June 1, 2008, at his
residence.
A native
of
Carter
County, he
was a son of
the late Francis and Mary
Ellen Arnett Arwood.
Prior to his retirement,
Mr. Arwood operated a
paint and body shop. He
served in the United States
Army in Company F, 12th
Infantry, during World
War II. He was wounded in
Hurtgen Forest Germany
and was the recipient of the
camp medal Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, the Bronze Star
and the Purple Heart. He
was a member of the Hampton First Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his wife, Minnie
Lee Whisenhunt Arwood,
in 2002; a son, Larry Allen
Arwood; a granddaughter,
Amy Katherine Arwood;
and a sister, Nell Tolley
Campbell.
Survivors include three
daughters and sons-in-law,
Sue and George Hickman,
Nashville, Joan and Bobby
Morgan and Sherry and
Billy Smith, all of Hampton;
a son and daughter-in-law,
Roger and Ermine Arwood,
Elizabethton; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and four greatgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial services for Mr.
Arwood will be conducted
at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5,
at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jim Murray
officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons, B.J. Smith, Jeffery
Brumitt, David Arwood and
Lucas Arwood. The family
will receive friends from 6
to 7 p.m. Thursday at the
funeral home. Friends may
also call at the residence.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Library Fund, Hampton High
School, 766 First Avenue,
Hampton, TN 37658. It was
his wish to be cremated.
The family would like to express a special “thank you”
to Dr. Lynn Pillinger & Staff
at the Internal Medicine at
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center and Adventa
Hospice. Condolences to
the Arwood family may be
e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.
net.
Maxine J.
Franklin
1920-2008
PENSACOLA, Fla. —
Maxine J. Franklin, 88,
passed away Saturday, May
31, 2008.
Granny never met a
stranger and felt it her life’s
calling to feed anyone who
ever crossed her doorstep.
Granny was retired from
Sacred Heart Hospital after
many years of taking care
of everyone from babies to
doctors. She loved working in her garden and in
the yard and everyone enjoyed the results. She was
a founding member of Gulf
Coast Christian Church,
Pensacola.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, E.F.
“Bud” Franklin, her parents,
Harve and Eathel Jenkins,
and brothers, Burl and Marshall Jenkins.
Granny is survived by her
loving son, Buddy Franklin
and his wife, Sharon; grandson, Wayne Franklin and his
wife, Sherry; granddaughter, Sherri Franklin and
her fiancé, Kirk Abrams;
grandson, Fred Franklin;
the grandchildren’s mother,
Jane Franklin; great-grandson, David Franklin; stepgrandchildren, Bobby Stewart, Shannon Stewart and
his wife, Melissa; and stepgreat-grandchildren, Silas
and Nessa Stewart, all of the
greater Pensacola Bay area;
and brother, Finley Jenkins,
Elizabethton, Tenn.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday,
June 4, at Harper-Morris
Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends starting at 1 p.m. Pallbearers will
be Wayne Franklin, Fred
Franklin, Shannon Stewart,
Kirk Abrams, Gerald Morrison and Roy Lay.
Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel, 2276 Airport
Road, Pensacola, Fla., (850)
478-3202, is in charge of ar-
Police Beats
173 Deloach Road, Elizabethton, was arrested early
Monday morning by EPD
Ptl. Matt Croy and charged
with DUI and violation of
the implied consent law. He
is scheduled to appear in
General Sessions Court on
June 6.
• Randall Todd Johnson,
46, 148 Rock Quarry Road,
Roan Mountain, was arrested Friday morning by Carter County Sheriff’s Department Dep. Dennis Brown
and charged with driving on
a revoked license (second
offense) and violation of the
light law.
• Teresa Ann Yates, 43,
110 Bethany Lane, Erwin,
was arrested Friday afternoon by CCSD Dep. Mike
Townsend and charged with
failure to appear in court.
• Heather Lorraine Taylor, 23, 189 Chambers Hollow Road, Elizabethton, was
arrested Friday afternoon by
CCSD Dep. Derrick Hamm
on a warrant charging her
with violation of probation.
• Jared Leigh Pack, 31,
402-1/2 Pine St., Johnson
City, was arrested Friday
afternoon by CCSD Dep.
Derrick Hamm on a warrant
charging him with violation
of probation.
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Kenny Cornett on a capias
charging him with failure to
appear on fishing without a
license charge.
• Justin Adam Gouge, 25,
80 Jones Road, Erwin, was
arrested Friday night by
CCSD Dep. David Ryan and
charged with driving without a license.
• John Brent Carpenter,
31, 180 Goshen Valley Road,
Church Hill, was arrested
Friday night by CCSD on a
warrant charging him with
stalking under domestic
violence.
• Stacy Gene Oliver, 29,
171 Bare Branch Road, Roan
Mountain, was arrested Friday night by CCSD Dep.
David Peters on a capias issued by Criminal Court.
• Michael Lynn Simerly,
37, 440 Tiger Creek Road,
Roan Mountain, was arrested Friday night by CCSD
Dep. David Peters on a
assault under domestic violence.
• Bruce Allen Aldridge,
31, 837 Portsmouth Ave.,
Bristol, Va., was arrested
early Saturday morning by
CCSD Lt. Harvey Guess
and charged with theft under $500.
• Anthony Lynn Hensley, 32, 111 Peach Tree Lane,
Johnson City, was arrested
early Saturday morning by
CCSD Lt. Harvey Guess
and charged with theft under $500.
• Michael Channing Perkins, 22, 614 Old Highway
143, Roan Mountain, was arrested early Saturday morning by CCSD Sgt. Eric Buck
and charged with DUI. He is
scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court on June
17.
• Phillip R. Potter, 25, 205
Willow St., Roan Mountain,
was arrested early Saturday
morning by CCSD Lt. Harvey Guess and charged with
DUI and violation of the implied consent law.
• Frankie James Arnold,
32, 1512 E. Holston Ave.,
Johnson City, was arrested
Saturday afternoon by CCSD
Dep. Shannon Winters on a
violation of probation.
• Patricia G. Grayson, 35,
212 Reese St., Kingsport, was
arrested Saturday evening
by CCSD Lt. Patrick Johnson
and charged with DUI (fifth
offense), violation of the habitual motor offender law
and violation of the implied
consent law. She is scheduled to appear in General
Sessions Court on June 9.
• Rachel Sue Campbell,
32, 802 Highway 91, Elizabethton, was arrested Saturday night by CCSD Sgt. Eric
Buck and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. She is scheduled to
appear in General Sessions
Court on June 17.
• William Michael Oxentine, 34, 441 Old Butler
Road, Mountain City, was
arrested Saturday night by
CCSD Dep. Richard Barnett
and charged with two counts
of possession of a Schedule
II controlled narcotic, illegal
possession of a weapon and
possession of drug paraphernalia. He is scheduled to
Court on June 17.
• Debra Rebecca Newberry, 51, 463 Sugar Hollow
Road, Jonesborough, was
arrested Saturday night by
CCSD Dep. David Peters
and charged with DUI. She
June 9.
• Heather Michelle Eller,
26, 5655 Highway 67, Mountain City, was arrested Saturday night by CCSD Dep.
Richard Barnett and charged
with filing a false report. She
June 17.
• Shawna Rogers, 26, 116
Palms Lane, Elizabethton,
was arrested Saturday night
by CCSD Dep. Richard Barnett and charged with assault
under domestic violence.
She is scheduled to appear
in General Sessions Court
on June 9.
• Luis Osozra, 22, Greenwood Drive, Johnson City,
was arrested early Sunday
morning by CCSD Sgt. Eric
Buck and charged with public intoxication. He is scheduled to appear in General
Sessions Court on June 17.
• Cindy Marie Tester, 36,
154 Sarah Annie Drive, Johnson City, was arrested early
Sunday morning by CCSD
Dep. David Peters on a warrant charging her with violation of probation.
• Dean Walter Mackie, 45,
826 Mulberry St., Elizabethton, was arrested Sunday afternoon by CCSD Lt. Patrick
S. Johnson and charged with
driving on a revoked license
and violation of the financial
responsibility law.
• James McArthur Shank,
47, 109 Pinnacle Drive, Elizabethton, was arrested Sunday evening by CCSD Sgt.
Eric Buck and charged with
resisting arrest and possession of a Schedule IV controlled narcotic. He was also
rangements.
James L. Morton
James L. Morton, 63, of
Elizabethton, died Sunday,
June 1, 2008, at his residence.
A native of Carter County, he was
a son of the
late
James
Henry and
Irene Nave
Morton.
Mr. Morton was a retired
sheet metal worker. He
served in the United States
Army during the Vietnam
Conflict. He was a member
of Watauga Masonic Lodge
No. 622 and a member of the
Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by
a sister, Charlotte Street.
wife, Judy Crawford Morton;
two daughters, Melissa Williams and Anna Stover, both
of Elizabethton; four grandchildren; seven sisters,
Louise Ingram, Carolyn
Lyons and Ruthie Lovelace,
all of Elizabethton, Marion
Hulse, Jonesborough, Monnie Williams, Watauga,
Joyce Norman, Milligan,
and Ivalee Beamer, Sutton,
W.Va.; and three brothers, Cecil Morton, Bristol,
Tenn., Charles Morton and
James Nave, both of Elizabethton. Several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Graveside services for
Mr. Morton will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday,
June 5, at Mountain Home
National Cemetery with
the Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Interment will follow the service. Active pallbearers, who are requested
to assemble at the funeral
home at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, will be Cecil Morton,
Charles Morton, Buster Lyons, Terry Lovelace, John
Norman and Carl Williams.
Military graveside honors
will be provided by the
VFW Post No. 2166 and the
Tennessee National Guard.
Friends may call at the residence. Family and friends
will assemble at the funeral
home at 10:15 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery.
Condolences to the Morton
family may be e-mailed to
[email protected].
served with warrants charging him with violation of
probation and failure to appear and pay fines and court
costs.
• Phillip Michael Krol, 25,
330 Race St., Apt. 3, Elizabethton, was arrested Sunday night by CCSD Dep.
Shane Watson on a warrant
charging him with violation
of probation.
• Sherri Yvonne Finley, 31,
2140 W. G St., Elizabethton,
was arrested Sunday night
by CCSD Lt. Harvey Guess
on a federal indictment
charging her with conspiracy
to distribute and possession
with the intent to distribute
500 grams or more of methamphetamine, conspiracy to
manufacture 500 grams or
more of methamphetamine
and possession of equipment, chemicals, products
and materials which may be
used to manufacture methamphetamine.
• Raymond Keith Tipton,
42, 2407 Park Ave., Johnson
City, was arrested Sunday
night by CCSD Dep. Chad
Grindstaff and charged
with DUI and driving on a
suspended license (third offense). He is scheduled to
Court on June 9.
• Ronald Gene Small, 44,
1818 McEwen St., Mountain City, was arrested early
Monday morning on a warrant charging him with introduction of contraband into a
penal facility.
• Anderson Walker, 26,
189 Chambers Hollow Road,
Elizabethton, was arrested
Monday morning by CCSD
Sgt. T. Lowe on a capias
charging him with failure to
appear on shoplifting charges.
Opinion
Supreme Court rules for worker
After a string of decisions that sided
with corporate interests, the U.S. Supreme
Court has handed workers a pair of clearcut victories. In particular, the court has
sent notice to employers that retaliating
against workers who complain about discrimination can trigger litigation. That
probably strikes most people as only fair
and logical. But in 2007, when the court
considered a pay discrimination suit filed
by Lilly Ledbetter, a factory supervisor, it
ruled that her case should have been dismissed because it did not precisely track
the applicable statute. While defensible
— the ruling in effect challenged Congress
to amend the law if it desired a different
outcome — that result puzzled some commentators, who noted that other courts and
administrative agencies had upheld almost
identical suits.
Last week, the court took a more expansive position.
The key case involved a suit brought by
the black assistant manager of a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Illinois. Hedrick
Humphries claimed that he had been fired
after complaining that another manager
made racist remarks and that a waitress
had been fired because she was black.
Humphries cited an 1866 law passed to
protect freed slaves from discrimination.
The law makes no explicit reference to retaliation for complaining about bias — a
point emphasized by the restaurant chain’s
attorneys.
But this time, a 7-2 majority — including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice
Samuel Alito, both appointed by President
Bush — noted that the court had previously
recognized retaliation as a violation of both
the Reconstruction-era law and later civilrights legislation. Writing for the majority,
Justice Stephen Breyer said there was no
reason to overturn this “well-embedded”
concept.
In last Tuesday’s other decision, a 6-3
majority — Roberts joined Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in dissent this time — ruled that federal workers
enjoy the same protections and remedies
as those in the private sector. The case involved an allegation of retaliation against a
postal worker in Puerto Rico who had complained about age discrimination.
These rulings should make workers
more comfortable reporting discrimination and exercising their rights in court.
Not only do they reflect common sense,
they also show an understanding of how
bias operates in the workplace that many
felt was missing from the Ledbetter ruling.
—Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer
Bush’s cult of deception
“Clearly,”
McClellan
says,
“I
had allowed myself to be deceived.”
They say that every president gets the
psychoanalyst he deserves. And every
Hamlet
gets
his
Rosencrantz.
So, now comes Scott McClellan, once the
most loyal of the Texas Bushies, to reveal
“What Happened,” as the title of his book
promises, to turn W. from a genial, humble, bipartisan good ol’ boy to a delusional,
disconnected, arrogant, ideological flop.
Although his analytical skills are extremely
limited, the former White House press secretary - Secret Service code name Matrix - takes
a stab at illuminating Junior’s bumpy and
improbable boomerang journey from family black sheep and famous screw-up back
to family black sheep and famous screw-up.
How did W. start out wanting to restore honor and dignity to the White
House and end up scraping all the honor and dignity off the White House?
It turns out that our president is a one-man
refutation of Malcolm Gladwell’s best seller
“Blink,” about the value of trusting your gut.
Every gut instinct he had was wildly off the
mark and hideously damaging to all concerned. It seems that if you trust your gut
without ever feeding your gut any facts or
news or contrary opinions, if you keep your
gut on a steady diet of grandiosity, ignorance,
sycophants, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, those snap decisions can be ruinous.
We already know what happened, but
it feels good to hear Scott say it. His conscience was spurred by hurt feelings.
In Washington, it is rarely the geopolitical or
human consequences that cause people to
turn on leaders behaving immorally. The town
is far more narcissistic and practical than that.
The people who should be sounding the
alarm for democracy’s sake, and the sake
of all the young Americans losing lives
and limbs, get truly outraged only when
they are played for fools and fall guys,
when their own reputations are at stake.
It was not the fake casus belli that made Colin Powell’s blood boil. What really got Powell
disgusted was that W. and Dick Cheney used
him, tapping into his credibility to sell their
trumped-up war; that George Tenet failed to
help him scrub his U.N. speech of all Cheney’s
garbage; and that W. showed him the door so
the more malleable Condi could have his job.
Tenet was privately worried about a war
buildup not backed up by CIA facts,
but he only publicly sounded the alarm
years later in a lucrative memoir fueled by payback, after Condi and Cheney
tried to cast him as the fall guy on WMD.
McClellan did not realize the value of a favorite maxim - “The truth shall set you
free” - until he was hung out to dry by his
bosses in the Valerie Plame affair, repeating
the lies Karl Rove and Scooter Libby brazenly told him about not being the leakers.
“Clearly,” McClellan says, sounding like the
breast-heaving heroine of a Victorian romance,
“I had allowed myself to be deceived.” He felt
“something fall out of me into the abyss.”
And that was before “the breaking point,”
when he learned the worst about his idol - that
the president who had denounced leaks about
his warrantless surveillance program, who
had promised to fire anyone leaking classified
information about Plame, was himself the one
who authorized Cheney to let Scooter leak part
of the secret National Intelligence Estimate.
“Yeah, I did,” Bush told his sap of a press secretary on Air Force One. His tone, the stunned
McClellan said, was “as if discussing something no more important than a baseball score.”
He recalled the first time that he had begun
to suspect that W. might be just another dissembling pol: when he overheard his boss,
during his 2000 bid, ludicrously telling a supporter that he couldn’t remember, from his
wild partying days, if he had tried cocaine.
“He isn’t the kind of person to flat-out lie,”
McClellan said, but added, “I was witnessing Bush convincing himself to believe
something that probably was not true.”
He’d see a lot more of it over the next six
years before Bush tearfully booted him out.
W.’s dwindling cadre hit back hard. In
Stockholm, Sweden, Condi - labeled “sometimes too accommodating” by the author - scoffed: “The president was very
clear about the reasons for going to war.”
She’s right. He was very clear about it being because of WMD. Then he was very
clear about it being to rid the world of a tyrant. Then he was very clear about it being to spread democracy. When that didn’t
work out, he was very clear about it being
that we can’t leave because we can’t leave.
He was always wrong, but always very clear.
- Florence (Ala.) Times Daily
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How do you spell f-r-a-u-d?
Fraud: “deceit, trickery or
breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain
some unfair or dishonest advantage.”
The HBO
movie
“Recount”
tells
the story from
the Democratic Party point
of view that
the 2000 presidential election was imCal
properly
won
Thomas
by George W.
Bush because
of the trickery of his fellow
Republicans and the Supreme Court. That has been
shown to be untrue by no less
a source than the reliably liberal and pro-Democratic New
York Times, but facts rarely
influence propaganda.
Here’s a better example of
fraud straight from the donkey’s mouth that you can bet
will never be told on film. It
comes courtesy of 12-term
Congressman Paul Kanjorski.
During a town meeting last
August in his Pennsylvania district, Rep. Kanjorski
made a remarkable statement about the 2006 election in which Democrats recaptured the majority. Rep.
Kanjorski
acknowledged
that he and his fellow Democrats “sort of stretched the
facts” about their intention to end the war in Iraq
and bring American troops
home.
A video of his remarks,
now on YouTube, shows
Kanjorski explaining that
Democrats pushed the rhetoric about the war “as far
as we can to the end of the
fleet — didn’t say it, but we
implied it — that if we won
the congressional elections
we could stop the war.”
Democrats also promised
to bring down gas prices if
they won a majority. That
worked out well, didn’t it?
“Now anybody who’s
a good student of government,” continued Kanjorski
in a condescending manner, “would know it wasn’t
true.” I wonder how nonstudents of government felt
about that insult? “But you
know,” he said, “the temptation to want to win back
the Congress — we sort of
stretched the facts.”
Kanjorski would have
done well to reflect on that
part of the Lord’s Prayer
that asks that we not be led
into temptation.
Many politicians “stretch
the facts” at some point in
their careers, but this was
more than that. While Republicans do the same thing
on another level — like campaigning for spending cuts
and then outspending Democrats when they become a
majority — what Kanjorski
has admitted to is outright
fraud. Those who don’t believe in the war, which in-
cludes some Republicans,
had a right to believe that if
they cast their votes for Democrats in the 2006 election,
a Democratic congressional
majority would end the war.
Instead, while huffing and
puffing about it, Democrats
have continued to approve
funds for Iraq and Afghanistan, attaching numerous pet
pork projects. Pork covers a
multitude of sins.
Some Democrats have
made their careers by lying about Republicans and
their attempts at necessary
reforms of Social Security.
My Democratic friend, Bob
Beckel, likes to tell the story
of his mother who lived in
Florida and called him after
seeing campaign commercials, which he produced,
that claimed Republicans
were about to eliminate Social Security. Beckel says he
told her, “Mom, don’t worry
about it. You vote for Democrats on Tuesday and come
Wednesday your Social Security will be back.”
Kanjorski has taken cynicism about Washington and
politicians to a new and lower
level.
No wonder the disapproval rating of Congress is higher
than it is for President Bush
— 76 percent disapprove of
this Democratic Congress,
according to both the latest
Quinnipiac and Gallup surveys; 67 percent disapprove
of President Bush.
Readers Forum
Reader: Deciding on a career is among
most important decisions in life
Editor:
At this time of the year, many high school
seniors are considering their choice of a profession or trade, for which to prepare themselves.
Will their vocation require college, technical
school, or a trade school? I hope they will not
automatically opt for college when they have
no idea why they are there. I would like to recommend they prepare for a vocation that will
have them looking forward to going to work
on Monday morning, and not dread it. I will
also suggest they contemplate a skill which
will make a contribution to their fellow man.
My purpose in this small essay is to appeal
to them that they not underestimate the value
of so-called menial labor. For the purpose of
illustrating this point, let’s compare A. with B.
A. An Astronaut with NASA or, B. Working to maintain the water supply to homes and
businesses. Have you ever had your water cut
off?
A. A technician maintaining the Internet
connection with your computer or, B. Electricians keeping the power lines in good repair
to homes and businesses. Have you ever been
without electricity for a few days, or even for a
few hours?
A. A lawyer with the ability to write and argue a lawsuit in court, or B. A plumber. Have
you ever found yourself with leaky pipes or a
busted water heater at the most inopportune
time?
A. An executive officer with a chain of supermarkets or department stores, or B. A
truck driver who delivers the goods. Do we really understand what would happen if all the
trucks came to a stop?
A. An honorable Senator or Congressman,
or, B. A member of the U.S. military who preserves our defense. Let me offer one more
horrible scenario to imagine. Picture a huge
stinking mountain of garbage in front of every
home in your community, because there was
nobody to pick it up and haul it away.
I would also like to give recognition to another profession. I have been hospitalized for
surgery a couple of times in recent years and
was very impressed by the compassion of the
nurses, (male and female), and by the medical
technicians, while I was in intensive care and
recovery. And actually, I believe some of them
were angels.
So, my final poignant and pithy statement
is, do not discount the value of any skill and
vocation to our society, culture and way of
life.
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Dear Abby
Daughter gains both weight
and guilt after mother’s death
DEAR ABBY: Before her
death, I promised my mother that I would not get fat
like her. Now I’m finding it
hard to keep that promise.
Ever since we lost Mama, I
have slowly gained a little
each year. I have tried to
lose, but all I do is look at
food and I gain.
If
this
keeps up I’ll
become the
size my mother was. Does
that mean I
failed her because I broke
my
promise? I feel so
guilty. Please
help me. — JUST LIKE MY
MAMA IN TEXAS
DEAR LIKE MAMA:
The answer is no, so stop
feeling guilty. Guilt has
nothing to do with it. It’s
common for people to gain
weight after 30, and I can
confirm from personal experience that it doesn’t
happen because anyone
“looks” at food.
Weight gain is a form
of banking. If we deposit
more money in our saving
account than we spend, we
have a large savings account. On the other hand,
if we spend more than
save, the account dwindles.
It’s the same with weight.
Eat more calories than we
burn, the result is a fat weknow-what. To “spend”
calories rather than wearing them, a change in diet
and a program of regular
exercise are necessary.
Also, people don’t necessarily eat because they
are hungry. Some overindulge for emotional reasons. I recently received a
letter that could be of help
to you. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: I am alive
because, in one of your
columns, you provided
the contact information for
Overeaters Anonymous. I
wrote to the address listed
and, within days, received a
friendly note offering support. Like many others with
an overeating problem, I
waited more than two years
before going to my first
meeting. But that meeting changed my life. I have
been in recovery from compulsive eating for 32 years.
My life today is better than I
could have ever imagined.
There are about 6,500
Overeaters
Anonymous
(OA) groups in 75 countries.
Patterned after the 12-step
program
of
Alcoholics
Anonymous, they offer recovery from compulsive eating. Because today obesity,
with all its attendant health
problems, is acknowledged
as an epidemic, I hope you
will again mention OA to
your readers. Fellow sufferers and their physicians
are sometimes resorting to
drastic measures to help
them lose weight. My life
was saved thanks to this
program and the fact your
mentioned it. Thank you. —
DONNA S. IN TEXAS
DEAR
DONNA
S.:
Thank YOU for the timely
reminder that for weight
loss, a support group can
make the difference between success and failure.
Overeaters Anonymous is
listed in many telephone
books and also on the Internet at www.oa.org. It charges no dues or fees, and no
membership lists are kept.
There is no shaming, no
weighing in and no embarrassment. Everyone meets
on common ground and is
welcomed with open arms
into a fellowship of women
and men who all share the
same problem. The only requirement for membership
is the desire to stop eating
compulsively.
—————
DEAR ABBY: Do you
think a person can be
taught “common sense,” or
is it something you are born
with? — CURIOUS
DEAR CURIOUS: Common sense is something a
person is born with. I have
heard from many people
with professional degrees,
but no common sense.
—————
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Grandfather Mountain will
host first Rhododendron Ramble
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C. — In celebration of
the flamboyant red Catawba rhododendron, Grandfather
Mountain is presenting the first ever Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble June 2-15.
Grandfather’s staff naturalists can’t wait to share their
enthusiasm for the showy rose-lavender blossoms. To
honor the storied shrub they’ve planned guided walks and
other special programs designed to enlighten guests on the
history, botany and lore of the showy flowers.
“Guests are so interested when they see the rhododendron in bloom,” said Naturalist Katie Christenbury. “They
see the hybrids used in landscaping, but this is one of the
few places that the native Rhododendron catawbiense grow
in abundance.”
Roan Mountain, located 20 miles to the west of Grandfather, has the world’s largest population of the native rhododendron, but the major difference between Roan and
Grandfather is that plants on Roan grow mostly at the same
elevation and above 5,000 feet. That makes for a spectacular
show when they all bloom at once, but the trade off is that
the flowers do not open until late in June and can only be
enjoyed during a relatively short window of time.
At Grandfather the Catawba rhododendron blooms at
successive elevations throughout the month of June. It first
appears at overlooks near the entrance to the park early in
Tom Wolfe’s Woodcarving Shop moved
to new location on Grandfather Mountain
GRANDFATHER
MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A
whole new window of opportunity has opened for
Tom Wolfe, the pre-eminent character carver whose
shop has been located in
the Visitors Center next to
Grandfather
Mountain’s
Mile High Swinging Bridge
for several years. Because
the 1960s-era Top Shop
was demolished this spring
to make room for the construction of a new Visitors
Center, Wolfe’s craft shop
was packed up and moved
to a new location near
the base of the mountain.
“At first I wasn’t too sure
about the move,” Wolfe
said. “Now that I am in my
new location, I really like the
change. The new location is
definitely a better environment for me to do my thing.”
Wolfe said that being located beside the Woods
Walk Picnic Area is much
quieter and slow-paced.
He also commented that
he could be open to the
public more often, not having to be concerned about
the weather conditions at
the top of the mountain.
The new space shines a
whole new light to what
Wolfe can do around the
shop. With a more “rustic
shop,” Wolfe said that he
Tom Wolfe in his new woodcarving shop at Grandfather Mountain.
has high hopes for expanding the size of pieces that he
sells at Grandfather Mountain. His talent allows him
to make carvings large and
small, so he hopes to set
up a demonstration area
outside of the shop where
guests can watch him work
on larger pieces made
to be displayed outside
while the smaller pieces
will be on display inside.
Wolfe, who lives near
Boone, N.C., has recently
released his 50th howto-carve book. Published
world-wide, the newest is
titled “Carving Santas for
Today.” In this publication with 340 photographs,
readers are taken through
a step-by-step carving
process. Wolfe’s books instruct beginners on how
to get started from a block
of wood as well as encouraging experienced carvers to try new techniques
in carving. He is currently
working on three more
publications that will be
released at a later date.
For more information on
Grandfather Mountain and
its showcasing of Appalachian Mountain heritage
visit www.grandfather.com
or call (800) 468-7325.
Farmers, community of eaters bond at picnic
COLLEGE GROVE (AP)
— The potluck lunch at Delvin Farms was more than just
a weekend get-together.
The picnic on Memorial
Day weekend was a celebration of “community supported agriculture,” or CSA, that
JACKSON (AP) — A wet spring in West Tennessee has links consumers with the local farmers that grow their
raised farmers’ hopes of a good crop season.
James and Steve Lewis farm 6,000 acres in Madison and food.
“It’s just a perfect marHaywood counties.
riage
of the farm to the comThey had no harvest on about 70 percent of it last year
munity,”
said Cindy Delvin,
because of drought.
who
has
been
farming since
James Lewis said the losses were as bad as he’d seen
1970 with husband Hank.
and he’s been farming since 1972.
National Weather Service observer William Brantley “You get to meet people and
said this year is on track with 2004, which proved to be the build the community around
the farm.”
wettest in Bemis since 1948.
The Delvins are going into
Records show more than 33 inches of rain have fallen in
their
eighth year with the
Jackson since Jan. 1, compared with 16 inches by the end
CSA,
which requires memof May 2007.
bers
to
pay upfront for their
University of Tennessee extension agent Tracey Sullivan said wet fields in the region have slowed planting, but food. Customers then receive produce from the farm
farmers feel like they’re in better shape this spring.
from May to October.
CSAs have taken off in
popularity across the state
as the demand for organic,
locally grown produce has
increased.
Last year the Delvins had
about 300 customers; this
year, they’re sold out for
the summer at 540 customers, many of whom showed
up for the family’s annual
spring picnic on the 95-acre
Williamson County farm.
Rainy spring is relief
to farmers hit by drought
the month and arrives at the high peaks near the Mile High
Swinging Bridge before the Fourth of July. The wide range
of elevations means guests have a longer window of opportunity to see rhododendron blooming on Grandfather.
Naturalists will present a slide program in the theater on
rainy days, but they hope to take guests out onto the mountain to see and touch the rhododendron in their natural
habitat on days when the weather is cooperative. The purple-pink flowers will be the starting place for the conversation, but the well-informed guides look forward to seeing
what different directions their guests’ questions might take
them.
“There is a lot of history associated with this plant,” explained Christenbury. “In 1789 the great French explorer
Andre Michaux journeyed up the Catawba River from Charlotte and became the first to collect the red rhododendron
in bloom on Roan Mountain. Five years later in 1794, Michaux hiked to the top of Grandfather Mountain and broke
into song believing he had reached the highest point in the
Americas. It is neat to see the way all these little threads of
history weave together here on Grandfather Mountain.”
All programs and guided walks offered as part of the Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble are included in the price
of admission. For more information, visit on the Web at
www.grandfather.com or call 1-800-468-7325.
“You feel like part of a
community,” said customer
Bruce Curry, who visited the
farm with wife Kara. “Even
though we live 20, 30 minutes away, we still feel part
of it.”
The Currys are in their
second year with the Delvins
and estimate they’re saving
about $10 to $15 a week on
their grocery bill. The South
Nashville couple has also cut
down their trips to restaurants from twice a week to
twice a month.
CSA members pay for
their food in advance and
receive a box of produce
every week or every other
week, depending on their
“subscription.” The boxes
contain anything from kale
to cantaloupe, from squash
to arugula.
This week, customers
were raving about strawberries. “They tasted like candy,” said Leanne Hoeffler of
Nolensville.
A weekly program costs
$700 at Delvin Farms; receiving produce twice a month
costs $450.
Delvin Farms is USDA
Certified Organic, meaning
that among other requirements, the Delvins do not
use man-made pesticides or
herbicides.
“In organic production,
you’re managing the soil
so the soil takes care of the
crops,” Hank said. “When
the soil is right the plants
fight the insects and diseases
themselves.”
The Delvins’ business has
grown so quickly that Hank’s
son, Hank Delvin Jr., quit his
job as an environmental consultant in Massachusetts last
year and moved his family
back to the farm.
“Five hundred was kind
of our max until we could regroup and see how much we
could grow,” Delvin Jr. said.
“With 95 acres, you can produce a lot of food. You could
support 1,500 if you needed
or wanted to.”
The Delvins also sell to
some retailers such as Whole
Foods, as well as farmers
markets. They keep in contact with their customers,
writing newsletters and providing recipes for the season’s crops.
Events like the picnic, the
Delvins say, further strengthen the relationship between
farms and their customers.
“You’ve got a face on the
product,” Delvin Jr. said.
“When you’re picking that
stuff in the field and you’re
delivering that box of produce, you know where it’s
going. It’s pretty satisfying.”
Blue Plum Festival will
open June 6 in Johnson City
Johnson City will host the annual Blue Plum Festival
June 6-8. Fine arts and crafts will be on view and for sale.
Also, there will be plenty of music, ranging from folk,
country and bluegress, to indie and Celtic. New this year is
Jazz Stage outside Nelson Fine Art Center on Main Street
from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday and 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The Main Stage lineup begins at 3 p.m. Friday and 2
p.m. Saturday. Bands include The Half Runners, Sigean,
Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Wayne Henderson, Doc Watson, Ozone Rangers, Malcolm Holcombe, Town Mountain,
Broken Valley Road Show, Scott Miller and the Commonwealth and The Subdudes.
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Pittsburgh stays alive in NHL Finals with thrilling 3OT win
DETROIT (AP) — Not
so fast Motor City. The Detroit Red Wings’ road to the
Stanley Cup has another
stop to make.
Against all odds, the
Pittsburgh Penguins stayed
alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 victory in
Game 5 that ended on Petr
Sykora’s goal 9:57 into the
third overtime Monday
night.
With Jiri Hudler serving
a 4-minute penalty for highsticking, Sykora wound up
in the right circle and ripped
a drive past Chris Osgood
to end the marathon that
lasted 4 1/2 hours.
The series heads back to
Pittsburgh for Game 6 on
Wednesday night.
“We have a great thing
going right now. We just
wanted to win this game
tonight,” Sykora said. “We
didn’t really look ahead.
Now we’re going back
home. We’ve got nothing
to lose. We know what we
have to do and hopefully
we can bring it back here to
Detroit.”
The Red Wings, who fell
to 9-2 at home in the postseason, gave the Penguins
their first loss in Pittsburgh
on Saturday in Game 4 to
set up their championship
chances.
Early on, a Penguins’ win
in this one seemed likely after they scored twice in the
first period and carried a 2-1
lead into the third. However, the Red Wings tied it on
Pavel Datsyuk’s power-play
goal at 6:43 and went ahead
for the first time 2:40 later
when Brian Rafalski scored.
The party was on in the
final minute. Penguins
goalie Marc-Andre Fleury
was on the bench, the Pittsburgh net was empty and
the seconds ticked down toward Detroit’s fourth Stanley Cup championship in 11
seasons.
Maxime Talbot put the
fans back into their seats
when he saved the Penguins’ season with a second
whack of the puck at the left
post with 34.3 seconds left
in regulation. Fleury kept
them alive with a brilliant
55-save effort, including 24
in overtime.
Now, the treasured trophy
will go back into its crate and
head to Pennsylvania where
the Red Wings will have another shot at their 11th title
in franchise history.
Sykora’s goal ended the
fifth-longest game in Stanley Cup finals history. The
second assist went to defen-
seman Sergei Gonchar, who
missed the first two overtime periods after crashing headfirst into the end
boards in the second period. Gonchar took the ice to
help Pittsburgh’s struggling
power play.
“The game was so long.
I wanted to help our guys,”
Gonchar said. “I started
feeling better at the end of
the second overtime, so I
thought there was a chance.
Anyway I could help, I had
to come back, so the goal
was wait until the power
play. They put me on the ice
for the power play and we
scored.”
’Pacman’ can join Dallas
workouts, T.O. gets new deal
IRVING, Texas (AP) —
Adam “Pacman” Jones can
join the Dallas Cowboys for
everything but the regular
season — for now.
Commissioner
Roger
Goodell said Monday he
would decide by Sept. 1
whether to fully end Jones’
suspension, which wiped
out the entire 2007 season
when he was with the Tennessee Titans. The Cowboys
play their opener Sept. 7 in
Cleveland.
“Commissioner Goodell
told Jones that his continued participation in the NFL
depends on demonstrating
that he can conduct himself in a lawful and reliable
manner,” the league wrote
in a statement. “Jones will
be expected to continue the
personal conduct program
established for him by the
NFL and the Cowboys and
to avoid further adverse
involvement with law enforcement.”
Getting Pacman back
for so long, so soon is good
news for Dallas. Hours
later, the club had more
reason to celebrate, agreeing to a three-year contract
extension with receiver
Terrell Owens that’s worth
about $27 million, accord-
ing to a person close to the
negotiations who requested
anonymity because the deal
hadn’t been announced.
Jones could be in action
as soon as Tuesday, the
team’s next organized practice.
Jones was an elite cornerback and kick returner
in his first two seasons with
the Tennessee Titans, but an
accumulation of arrests and
legal problems — including
his connection to a shooting
at a Las Vegas strip club —
led to his suspension without pay on April 10, 2007.
More trouble followed,
including felony charges related to the strip club shooting, which left a bouncer
paralyzed. Recent revelations include extortion payments to the alleged shooter,
whom Jones helped police
apprehend, and a $20,000
debt repaid to a Las Vegas
casino after a felony theft
Summers-Taylor’s
Weston
Colbaugh
cranks
one
of
his
two
home
runs
against
CDSS in Carter County
warrant was threatened.
All told, he’s been arrest- American Little League action Monday. Despite Colbaugh’s big night, CDSS pulled out the win.
ed six times and has been
involved in 12 incidents requiring police intervention
since being drafted.
The Cowboys traded
draft picks for Jones in April
n See PACMAN JONES, 9
By Tim Chambers
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Elizabethton National Little League softball tournament action on
Monday.
By Ben Davis
Star Staff
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Behind a walk-off gamewinning RBI single by Abbie Booher, Pizza Inn beat
EPD 3-2 on Monday in the
semi-finals of the Elizabethton National Little League
softball tournament.
Booher’s sharp liner to
left-centerfield came in the
bottom of the seventh inning and scored Emily Kiser
to propel Pizza Inn into this
Saturday’s championship
game.
“Abbie came through
with a big hit,” said Pizza
Inn coach Rick Walters.
“She did great.”
Lindsay
Cunningham
pitcher threw five innings
to get the win for Pizza Inn.
She allowed just three hits
while striking out eleven
batters.
“Lindsey Cunningham
pitched a great game,”
Coach Walters noted. “That
was a big key right there.”
Cunningham used her
bat to give Pizza Inn a 2-0
lead in the bottom of the
first with a two-run single
n See PIZZA INN, 9
n See STANLEY CUP, 8
Big Brown
touches
hearts as
Belmont nears
NEW YORK (AP) —
Somewhere out there, a little
girl named Lucy has fallen
in love with Big Brown.
“Dear Big Brown,” she
scrawled in purple crayon
on a note taped to the colt’s
stall. “I heard you were feeling down. Get better soon
and win the Triple Crown.
Love, Lucy. XOXO.”
In brown crayon, she
drew a picture of the horse.
She also put a real Band-Aid
on the spot near his cracked
left front hoof.
The warm and fuzzy feelings generated by the Kentucky Derby and Preakness
winner, however, don’t necessarily extend to his owners
and trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.,
a slick group of New Yorkers who surely didn’t come
from Central Casting.
“Definitely not,” a smiling Michael Iavarone said,
standing outside Big Brown’s
barn on Monday.
While Big Brown aims
at completing the Triple
Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes on Saturday,
Iavarone and his partner
Richard Schiavo, co-presidents of IEAH Stables,
want to raise $100 million
and turn the business into a
hedge fund whose assets are
thoroughbreds. Only investors with $500,000 or more
can sign up.
The IEAH Web site describes Iavarone as “a highprofile investment banker
on Wall Street.” With his
slicked-backed hair, pricey
suits and year-round tan, he
certainly looks the part and
definitely stands out when
he drops in for a visit to the
barn.
But Iavarone has acknowledged that his Wall Street
career consisted of selling
penny stocks for brokerage
firms and that recently ringing the opening bell at the
New York Stock Exchange
was his first visit there.
“We’ve all done things in
our past that come back to
bite us when you leave it exposed and I did,” Iavarone
said. “I’ve gotten very thickPhoto by Larry N. Souders skinned. The only downside
After stepping on third for a force out CDSS third baseman of it is it takes away from
Brandon Lynch fires a throw to first in hopes of completing a
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double play.
CDSS advances to CCALL
Tournament semi-finals
A young CDSS squad has
grown leaps and bounds
since the start of the Carter County American Little
League baseball season. On
Monday night they matured
some more after surviving a mammoth game from
Weston Colbaugh to knock
off Summers Taylor 13-6 to
remain in the hunt for the
tournament championship.
Tonight at 6 p.m. they’ll
battle Elizabethton Federal
at Jim Ensor Field with a trip
to the championship game
on the line.
“We didn’t look too strong
on paper at the start of the
season but these kids have
worked hard to get where
they’re at,” said CDSS manager Eric Haun. “Tonight
we came out and hit the
ball well and Ty (Robinson)
settled down after that first
inning and pitched a great
game.”
While Colbaugh was
Pizza Inn heading
to softball title game
That unit finally clicked
on its fifth chance — including two in overtime — after
converting only twice in
17 chances during the first
four games.
Road teams have won
10 of the past 12 overtime
games in the finals and are
15-4 since 1990.
Marian Hossa and Adam
Hall put the Penguins in
that position by scoring 6:04
apart in the first.
Darren Helm cut Detroit’s deficit in half in the
second, and the raucous
home crowd was primed
Sharapova upset by Dinara Safina at French Open
PARIS (AP) — Maria
Sharapova did not go quietly.
No, her departure from
the French Open was
filled with sound and fury:
her stroke-accompanying
shrieks, her self-loathing
shouts between points and
the spectators’ hearty boos
and high-pitched whistles
that ushered the No. 1-seeded woman to the exit.
One point from reaching
the quarterfinals at the only
Grand Slam tournament
she’s never won, Sharapova allowed every bit of a
significant lead slip away
Monday and collapsed to
a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2 defeat
against No. 13 Dinara Safina.
“Oh, I was angry,”
Sharapova said. “I was angry for making unforced errors, for not taking some of
those balls and just ripping
them.”
Her fourth-round departure was the most startling
development on a day that
included this footnote: The
last U.S. man or woman
playing singles at Roland
Garros, 88th-ranked Robby
Ginepri, was eliminated 7-6
(4), 6-3, 6-1 by No. 24 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
“A five-hour ’grindfest’
would have favored me a
little bit more,” said Ginepri, 0-5 at the French Open
before this year. “I tried to
end the points too quickly.”
Gonzalez now faces
No. 1 Roger Federer in the
quarterfinals in a rematch
of the 2007 Australian Open
final that Federer won for
one of his 12 Grand Slam
titles. No. 5 David Ferrer
will meet Gael Monfils in
another quarterfinal.
Rounding out the rough
showing for Americans in
Paris, the top-seeded men’s
doubles team of twins Bob
and Mike Bryan was upset
by Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Horna of
Peru 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (1) in a
quarterfinal that ended in a
downpour — and with a bit
of rancor.
When the teams switched
sides during the third-set
tiebreaker, Cuevas cel-
ebrated his duo’s 5-1 lead
by leaping over the net. So
the Bryans didn’t shake his
hand when the match finished.
The U.S. Davis Cup
doubles pair was more
disturbed by the country’s
overall showing on clay.
“I guess we were holding
the flag there at the end,”
Mike Bryan said. “We’ll suit
it up at Wimbledon and see
how it goes.”
Sharapova figured it
wouldn’t take long to get
over Monday’s setback and
start focusing on the All
England Club, where she
won her first Grand Slam
title in 2004 at age 17.
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MLB Caps
Orioles 6, Red Sox 3
BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones
broke a tie with a three-run double in the
eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles
overcame another home run by Manny
Ramirez to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3
on Monday night, avoiding a four-game
sweep.
Baltimore blew a 2-0 lead, then rallied
with a four-run eighth against Hideki Okajima (1-1). After a sacrifice fly by Kevin
Millar tied it, the Orioles loaded the bases
with two outs for Jones, lined a shot off
the left-field wall.
Ramirez homered in a third consecutive
game to reach 502 for his career, two
behind Eddie Murray for 23rd place in
baseball history. The last time Ramirez
homered in three straight games was
May 22-24, 2006.
He also hit a single off Jim Johnson (1-2)
to put the go-ahead run in scoring position in the eighth for Mike Lowell, who delivered an RBI single for a 3-2 lead.
Twins 6, Yankees 5
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Delmon Young
had three doubles and three RBIs and
Joe Mauer hit his long-awaited first homer of the season to lead Minnesota past
New York Yankees.
Young’s breakout performance at the
plate comes after a rough first two
months in Minnesota. He entered the
game hitting .264 with no homers and
just 15 RBIs after coming over in a trade
from Tampa Bay.
The 22-year-old had RBI-doubles in the
second and sixth innings before giving
the Twins the lead for good with another
two-bagger off Kyle Farnsworth (0-2) that
scored Michael Cuddyer in the eighth.
Joe Nathan picked up his 15th save in 16
chances and Matt Guerrier (3-1) pitched
1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief for the
win.
Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in
two runs.
Indians 13, Rangers 9
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Casey
Blake homered twice and matched a
career high with seven RBIs before Ben
Francisco hit a tiebreaking two-run homer
to power Cleveland past Texas.
Francisco’s homer in the seventh came
on the first pitch by reliever Joaquin
Benoit, breaking an 8-8 tie after the Indians had blown a five-run lead.
Blake hit two-run homers in the second
and third innings, then added a three-run
double in the fourth that made it 8-3.
Josh Hamilton homered in his third
straight game for Texas. The two-run
shot was his AL-best 16th and increased
his majors-leading RBI total to 65 in his
58 games.
Masa Kobayashi (3-2) allowed a hit and a
run with three strikeouts in 1 2-3 innings.
Eddie Guardado (0-1) started the seventh and gave up a one-out single to No.
9 hitter Asdrubal Cabrera.
Angels 4, Mariners 2
SEATTLE (AP) — Ervin Santana gave
up two runs in 7 2-3 innings to lead Los
Angeles past Seattle.
After beating Detroit with his third career
complete game last week, Santana (8-2)
nearly bested himself against Seattle. He
gave up six hits and struck out three, and
didn’t face a three-ball count on a batter
until two outs in the seventh inning.
Casey Kotchman ripped three singles,
Robb Quinlan had a pair of base hits and
an RBI and the trio scored three of the
Angels’ four runs.
Jarrod Washburn (2-7) lost his third
straight decision and has just one win
since the second week of the season.
Athletics 3, Tigers 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bobby Crosby
hit an RBI single in the ninth inning to lift
Oakland.
Kurt Suzuki led off the ninth with a sharp
single off Francisco Cruceta (0-3) and
went to second on Jack Hannahan’s sacrifice. He scored easily as Crosby’s hit
traveled to the wall in right-center field.
Crosby doubled in his first two at bats
before grounding out and hitting into a
double play.
Huston Street (1-1) pitched a scoreless
inning to earn the victory as the A’s won
for the sixth time in their last eight at
home.
The Tigers dropped to 4-12 on the road
since sweeping the Yankees in New York
in early May.
Phillies 5, Reds 4
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr.
remained one shy of 600 home runs after
getting the night off, but Philadelphia’s
Chase Utley hit his major league-leading
21st homer to help the Phillies beat the
Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Monday night.
Utley went deep for the fifth straight
game, tying a club record he shares with
Dick Allen, Mike Schmidt and Bobby
Abreu. Utley also homered in five consecutive games earlier this season.
Pedro Feliz and Chris Coste also connected for the NL East-leading Phillies.
Rookie sensation Jay Bruce and Edwin
Encarnacion went deep for the Reds.
Bruce had two hits in his first three atbats, making him 15-for-25 overall. The
last player to have at least 15 hits in his
first 25 major league at-bats was Chris C.
Jones of the Reds in 1991, according to
the Elias Sports Bureau. Bruce finished
2-for-4.
Kyle Kendrick (5-2) gave up four runs
and five hits in 5 1-3 innings for the win.
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (4-5) allowed five runs and 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Braves 7, Marlins 5
ATLANTA (AP) — John Smoltz blew
a save in his return to the mound as a
closer, but Yunel Escobar picked him up
with the first game-ending homer of his
career, a two-run shot in the 10th inning
to lift the Braves over Florida.
Pitching in relief for the first time since
2004, Smoltz came on in the ninth with a
4-3 lead. The Marlins were down to their
last out when Jeremy Hermida drove in
two runs with a single.
But Jeff Francoeur hustled home on a
wild pitch in the bottom half to get Smoltz
off the hook, and Escobar won it in the
10th with a drive that bounced off the
top of the wall in right center and into the
seats.
In the 10th, Logan Kensing (3-1) walked
Kelly Johnson, then surrendered Escobar’s fifth homer of the season.
Will Ohman (2-0) earned the win with a
scoreless top half of the 10th.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 4
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jason Michaels hit a
tying pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh
and Jason Bay drove in the winning run
an inning later as the Pirates rallied past
the Cardinals.
Michaels, batting for Raul Chavez, hit his
first home run of the season on the first
pitch he saw from starter Adam Wainwright (5-3). The two-out blast landed in
the Pirates’ bullpen and was just the second hit of the inning. It was his first homer
with the Pirates and his first since hitting
one against Texas on Aug. 1, 2007, while
with Cleveland.
Franquelis Osoria (3-1) allowed two hits
in 1 2-3 innings to earn the victory. Matt
Capps pitched the ninth to remain perfect
in 11 save opportunities.
Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 3
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prince Fielder
homered to leadoff the eighth and helped
scratch across another run with an unlikely steal of third to lift the Brewers over
the Diamondbacks.
Fielder, who went 3-for-4, drove a fastball by Arizona reliever Doug Slaten (0-2)
deep to left-center field where it bounced
off a stadium support just below a “Vote
Brewers” All-Star banner to give Milwaukee its first lead, 4-3.
It was Fielder’s third homer in the last four
games and ninth this year. The Brewers
have won fourth in a row.
But pinch hitter Augie Ojeda popped out
and Stephen Drew struck out looking for
Torres’ sixth save.
Brewers reliever Guillermo Mota (2-3)
earned the win with a perfect eighth. Salomon Torres survived a shaky ninth to
earn his sixth save.
Cubs 7, Padres 6
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Carlos Zambrano
was as animated as he was good, helping Chicago to its eighth straight win with
a victory over San Diego.
Zambrano (8-1) allowed three runs in
the first inning before settling down. He
legged out three hits to tie his career-high
and raise his average to .366. He hit a
standup RBI triple that tied the game in
the fourth, his third career triple.
The best team in baseball, the Cubs (3721) held on to win the opener of a sevengame swing through San Diego and Los
Angeles. They were coming off a 7-0
stretch at Wrigley Field, their first unbeaten homestand of at least six games
since 1970. It’s their first eight-game winning streak since 2001, when they won
12 straight between May 19-June 2.
After playing 17 of 23 at Wrigley, the
Cubs began a stretch in which they play
23 of 32 on the road, where they have
lost five straight series.
Dodgers 8, Rockies 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Kent, Andre
Ethier and Matt Kemp hit home runs,
Derek Lowe pitched eight strong innings
for his first win in more than five weeks,
and the Dodgers handed the Rockies
their eighth straight loss.
Lowe (3-5) allowed a run and five hits,
striking out three and walking one to get
his first victory in eight starts since April
23.
The Rockies, who lost their 13th straight
on the road, were missing left fielder Matt
Holliday, right fielder Brad Hawpe and
shortstop Troy Tulowitzki — who combined for 89 home runs and 352 RBIs and
batted a cumulative .308 last season.
Greg Reynolds (0-3) pitched five innings,
allowing six runs and seven hits including
Kent’s sixth homer and Ethier’s fifth.
Giants 10, Mets 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brian Horwitz
hit the first home run of his career with
a two-run shot in the Giants’ six-run first
and Ray Durham also drove in three runs
to help San Francisco beat the sluggish
New York.
Randy Winn also homered with a leadoff drive in the first, when Aaron Rowand
doubled to extend his hitting streak to 10
games. Durham hit a two-run double in
the initial inning as the Giants knocked
New York starter Oliver Perez (4-4) out
after he got only one out, staking Giants
starter Jonathan Sanchez to a comfortable cushion.
The Mets, who had won five of six, sure
played like they were tired. After a night
game Sunday back home at Shea Stadium, the team arrived in the Bay Area
behind schedule, landing around 4:30
a.m. and getting settled into the team hotel an hour later.
MLB Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING—Hamilton,
Texas,
.331;
HMatsui, New York, .328; Kotchman, Los
Angeles, .324; Ordonez, Detroit, .322;
Mauer, Minnesota, .319; Bradley, Texas,
.317; Kinsler, Texas, .305; Upton, Tampa
Bay, .305; Youkilis, Boston, .305.
RUNS—Kinsler, Texas, 48; MiYoung,
Texas, 44; Hamilton, Texas, 42; Ellsbury,
Boston, 41; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 39;
ISuzuki, Seattle, 39; Youkilis, Boston,
37.
RBI—Hamilton, Texas, 65; Quentin, Chicago, 48; Ortiz, Boston, 43; Morneau,
Minnesota, 42; MRamirez, Boston, 39;
JGuillen, Kansas City, 38; DaMurphy,
Texas, 37; Ordonez, Detroit, 37; EBrown,
Oakland, 37; Ibanez, Seattle, 37.
HITS—Hamilton, Texas, 79; Kinsler,
Texas, 73; MiYoung, Texas, 71; Pedroia,
Boston, 69; JoLopez, Seattle, 69; ISuzuki, Seattle, 69; Ordonez, Detroit, 69.
DOUBLES—DaMurphy, Texas, 19; Crosby, Oakland, 19; JGuillen, Kansas City,
19; Damon, New York, 17; Pedroia, Boston, 16; JoLopez, Seattle, 16; Youkilis,
Boston, 16; Hamilton, Texas, 16; Bradley, Texas, 16; CGuillen, Detroit, 16.
TRIPLES—DYoung, Minnesota, 4; BRoberts, Baltimore, 4; 10 are tied with 3.
HOME RUNS—Hamilton, Texas, 16;
Quentin, Chicago, 14; Beltre, Seattle, 13;
Ortiz, Boston, 13; MRamirez, Boston, 12;
Sizemore, Cleveland, 11; Peralta, Cleveland, 11; Giambi, New York, 11.
STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 27;
ISuzuki, Seattle, 24; CaGomez, Minnesota, 17; Upton, Tampa Bay, 17; BRoberts, Baltimore, 16; Kinsler, Texas, 15;
Crawford, Tampa Bay, 15.
PITCHING (8 Decisions)—Matsuzaka,
Boston, 8-0, 1.000, 2.53; CLee, Cleveland, 8-1, .889, 1.87; Litsch, Toronto,
7-1, .875, 3.18; Saunders, Los Angeles,
8-2, .800, 2.76; ESantana, Los Angeles, 8-2, .800, 3.02; Padilla, Texas, 7-2,
.778, 3.67; Wang, New York, 6-2, .750,
4.14; LiHernandez, Minnesota, 6-2, .750,
4.81.
STRIKEOUTS—JVazquez, Chicago, 77;
Beckett, Boston, 75; Sabathia, Cleveland, 74; Burnett, Toronto, 73; Halladay,
Toronto, 71; FHernandez, Seattle, 69;
Marcum, Toronto, 67; ESantana, Los
Angeles, 67.
SAVES—FRodriguez, Los Angeles, 22;
Sherrill, Baltimore, 18; Papelbon, Boston, 16; Nathan, Minnesota, 15; MRivera,
New York, 15; Jenks, Chicago, 14; Percival, Tampa Bay, 14.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—CJones, Atlanta, .407; Berkman, Houston, .385; Pujols, St. Louis,
.366; Rowand, San Francisco, .342;
BMolina, San Francisco, .332; Theriot,
Chicago, .325; Nady, Pittsburgh, .322.
RUNS—Berkman, Houston, 57; Utley,
Philadelphia, 48; McLouth, Pittsburgh,
47; HRamirez, Florida, 44; Uggla, Florida,
43; Bay, Pittsburgh, 43; Tejada, Houston,
43; DLee, Chicago, 43.
RBI—AdGonzalez, San Diego, 54; Utley,
Philadelphia, 52; Berkman, Houston, 47;
CaLee, Houston, 46; Nady, Pittsburgh,
45; Howard, Philadelphia, 43; 5 are tied
with 42.
HITS—CJones, Atlanta, 83; Berkman,
Houston, 80; Pujols, St. Louis, 75; Tejada, Houston, 73; Utley, Philadelphia, 72;
CGuzman, Washington, 72; Braun, Milwaukee, 70; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 70;
DLee, Chicago, 70.
DOUBLES—Uggla, Florida, 21; Berkman, Houston, 21; Soto, Chicago, 19;
McCann, Atlanta, 19; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 18; JCastillo, San Francisco, 18;
Nady, Pittsburgh, 18; CGuzman, Washington, 18.
TRIPLES—FLewis, San Francisco, 6;
SDrew, Arizona, 5; CJackson, Arizona, 5;
JReyes, New York, 5; Velez, San Francisco, 4; Upton, Arizona, 4; BPhillips,
Cincinnati, 4.
HOME RUNS—Utley, Philadelphia, 21;
AdGonzalez, San Diego, 17; Berkman,
Houston, 17; Uggla, Florida, 16; Braun,
Milwaukee, 15; Howard, Philadelphia,
15; Dunn, Cincinnati, 15.
STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 24;
Pierre, Los Angeles, 21; Taveras, Colorado, 20; JReyes, New York, 18; HRamirez, Florida, 13; KMatsui, Houston, 12;
Victorino, Philadelphia, 12.
PITCHING (8 Decisions)—Zambrano,
Chicago, 8-1, .889, 2.51; Lincecum, San
Francisco, 7-1, .875, 2.23; Webb, Arizona, 10-2, .833, 2.69; Volquez, Cincinnati,
7-2, .778, 1.46; Dempster, Chicago, 7-2,
.778, 2.75; Cook, Colorado, 7-3, .700,
3.36; Hendrickson, Florida, 7-3, .700,
5.26; JSantana, New York, 7-3, .700,
3.20.
STRIKEOUTS—Volquez, Cincinnati, 83;
Lincecum, San Francisco, 78; Harang,
Cincinnati, 74; Webb, Arizona, 72; JSanchez, San Francisco, 71; Billingsley, Los
Angeles, 71; JSantana, New York, 71.
SAVES—BWilson, San Francisco, 16;
Valverde, Houston, 15; KWood, Chicago,
15; Lidge, Philadelphia, 14; Lyon, Arizona, 12; Rauch, Washington, 12; 5 are
tied with 11.
NCAA Tourney Caps
Stanford 9, Pepperdine 7
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Sean Ratliff hit
a pair of home runs, including a go-ahead
grand slam, and Stanford overcame an
early four-run deficit to beat Pepperdine
9-7 on Monday to win its regional.
Jason Castro hit a key two-run double for
the Cardinal (37-22), who won four consecutive elimination games to advance to
a Super Regional against the winner of
the Fullerton regional.
Chase d’Arnaud had three hits, including
two home runs, and drove in four runs for
the Waves (38-21), who lost their third
straight regional championship game.
Drew Storen (4-3) pitched four innings
in relief to earn his second win of the regional. Storen gave up two runs on three
hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
Tyler Hess (4-1) walked a batter ahead of
Ratliff’s grand slam.
Fresno State 5, San Diego 1
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Gavin Hedstrom had three hits to help Fresno State
win the Long Beach regional.
Fresno State (40-28), the Western Athletic Conference champions and No. 4
seed, will play Arizona Sate in the first
super regional in school history next
weekend.
San Diego (44-17) was ranked sixth in
the nation.
Holden Sprague (4-2) gave up one run
and five hits over five and 1-3 innings
for Fresno State. Brandon Burke came
on in relief and earned his 11th save of
the year.
Hedstrom hit a tiebreaking, two-run single
in the bottom of the fifth off Sammy Solis
(3-2) to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead.
Texas A&M 13, Houston 5
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) —
Kyle Colligan hit two home runs to lead
Texas A&M to the regional title and a
game against Rice in the weekend’s super regional.
Colligan put the Aggies (46-17), up in the
first inning with a solo shot, and had a
two-run drive during a seven-run second
that put Texas A&M up 8-2.
Darby Brown hit a solo shot and a threerun double in the inning.
Rice (45-13) beat A&M in last year’s super regional, taking two games from the
Aggies.
Kyle Thebeau (6-4) allowed two runs on
six hits in four innings.
Ty Stuckey (3-4) allowed three hits and
four earned runs before he was relieved
after failing to record an out in the second
inning for Houston (42-24).
Georgia 18, Georgia Tech 6
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Matt Olson went
5-for-6 with three RBIs and Rich Poythress hit a two-run homer to help Georgia
advance to an NCAA Super Regional.
The Bulldogs (39-22-1) will host North
Carolina State, a 2-1 winner Sunday over
South Carolina, in an NCAA Super Regional this weekend.
Alex McRee (6-1) entered the game
in the first after Bulldogs starter Justin
Grimm failed to retire a batter. Pitching
the next four full innings, McRee allowed
four hits, two runs — one earned — with
one walk and five strikeouts.
Brandon Cumpton (2-1), the Jackets’
second pitcher, allowed five hits, two
walks and five runs — three earned —
with no strikeouts.
Georgia Tech (41-21) ended a difficult
year that included the heroin-related
death of pitcher Michael Hutts on April
11.
Florida State 16, Tulane 7
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Holt
went 5-for-6 and Dennis Guinn capped
a six-run fourth inning with a three-run
double to help the Seminoles eliminate
the Green Wave (39-22-1) and advance
to a super regional for the first time since
2005.
It was the 19th time Florida State won its
region, though the Seminoles had to win
four straight elimination games to do it
after opening the tournament with a loss
to Bucknell.
Tulane’s Shooter Hunt (9-4) gave up six
runs, though only two were earned, on six
hits and a run-scoring wild pitch. Pitching
on two days’ rest, he was relieved with
two outs in the fourth inning.
A fielding error by center fielder Anthony
Scelfo with two outs in the inning and the
score 2-0 opened the door for Florida
State to score on Jack Rye’s single and
Guinn’s bases-clearing double.
Matt Fairel (11-2) allowed four runs on
seven hits in 5 2-3 innings. Jason Stidham drove in four runs for the Seminoles
(52-11), who will host the Shockers on
Friday. The game was delayed 49 minutes by lightning.
BASKETBall
NBA Playoff Glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Eastern Conference
Boston 4, Detroit 2
Tuesday, May 20: Boston 88, Detroit 79
Thursday, May 22: Detroit 103, Boston
97
Saturday, May 24: Boston 94, Detroit 80
Monday, May 26: Detroit 94, Boston 75
Wednesday, May 28: Boston 106, Detroit
102
Friday, May 30: Boston 89, Detroit 81
Western Conference
L.A. Lakers 4, San Antonio 1
Wednesday, May 21: L.A. Lakers 89,
San Antonio 85
Friday, May 23: L.A. Lakers 101, San
Antonio 71
Sunday, May 25: San Antonio 103, L.A.
Lakers 84
Tuesday, May 27: L.A. Lakers 93, San
Antonio 91
Thursday, May 29: L.A. Lakers 100, San
Antonio 92
NBA FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Boston vs. L.A. Lakers
Thursday, June 5: L.A. Lakers at Boston,
9 p.m.
Sunday, June 8: L.A. Lakers at Boston,
9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10: Boston at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m.
Thursday, June 12: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., if necessary
Tuesday, June 17: L.A. Lakers at Boston,
9 p.m., if necessary
Thursday, June 19: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 9 p.m., if necessary
SPORTS BRIEFS
Nashville seeks to host women’s
Final 4
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville
has submitted a bid to host the NCAA
Women’s Final Four between 2012 and
2016.
The bid was turned in Monday by the
Ohio Valley Conference, based in suburban Brentwood, and the Nashville Sports
Council.
The groups offered to hold the event for
one year between 2012 and 2016 at the
Sommet Center, also home of the NHL’s
Nashville Predators.
Local officials said the NCAA expected
13 bids, with the winner chosen in November.
SIAC fires commissioner following
internal audit
TUCKER, Ga. (AP) — The Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has
fired its commissioner, William E. Lide,
after an audit cited him with financial
mismanagement, the league announced
Monday.
Tuskegee University President Benjamin
E. Payton, who is chairman of the SIAC’s
Council of Presidents, said in a statement
that the council voted to fire Lide after
suspending him with pay in April.
Payton said Lide’s termination was effective May 31. The statement said a recent
internal audit found numerous irregularities, including alleged mishandling of
conference finances and failure to inform
conference leaders of the league’s “real
financial challenges.”
An attempt to reach Lide by phone was
not immediately successful.
Payton said the council named George
Mategakis, a current member of the SIAC
staff, as interim commissioner while it
seeks a permanent successor to Lide.
The conference, based in Tucker, Ga.,
has 13 member schools competing in
Division II.
Lide, who became commissioner of the
SIAC in 2003, previously served as athletic director of the University of Central
Arkansas. He holds a doctorate from
Ohio State University, where he was a
graduate assistant under football coach
Woody Hayes.
TRANSACTIONS
Monday’s Deals
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled RHP
Tom Mastny from Buffalo (IL). Optioned
INF Michael Aubrey to Buffalo.
TEXAS RANGERS—Recalled LHP A.J.
Murray from Oklahoma (PCL). Placed
RHP Vicente Padilla on the bereavement
list.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Activated RHP
John Smoltz from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Phil Stockman to Richmond
(IL).
FLORIDA MARLINS—Extended the
contract of Stan Meek, scouting director,
through 2011.
NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms
with OF Raul Gonzalez on a minor
league contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Activated LHP
Justin Hampson from the 15-day DL.
Sent LHP Sean Henn outright to Portland
(PCL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Activated
LHP Erick Threets from the 15-day DL
and designated him for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ORLANDO MAGIC—Signed Otis Smith,
general manager, and Dave Twardzik,
assistant general manager, to contract
extensions.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Announced Dallas CB Adam “Pacman” Jones may participate in workouts,
training camps and exhibition games.
CHICAGO BEARS—Signed S Craig
Steltz to a four-year contract.
DENVER BRONCOS—Released RB
Travis Henry.
JACKSONVILLE
JAGUARS—Signed
WR Craphonso Thorpe. Waived WR Derrek Richards.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed
OL Oliver Ross.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed DE Renaldo Wynn. Placed LB Keith O’Neil on
the reserve-retired list.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed OT
Alan Reuber.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S
Stuart Schweigert.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Signed RW
Tim Jackman to a one-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to
terms with F Tomas Zaborsky.
OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed C Peter
Regin to a multiyear contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled D
Alex Goligoski from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed D
Alexandre Picard to a multiyear contract.
Signed D Kevin Quick to a multiyear contract.
COLLEGE
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE—Named
Bernadette McGlade commissioner.
SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE—
Named Kentucky president Dr. Lee Todd,
Jr., president of the executive committee;
Florida president Dr. J. Bernard Machen
vice president; Arkansas faculty rep
Howard Brill secretary; and Mississippi
chancellor Dr. Robert Khayat, Alabama
athletic director Mal Moore, South Carolina faculty rep Dr. Bill Bearden and Georgia senior woman administrator Carla
Williams committee members.
SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE—Fired Dr. William
E. Lide, commissioner. Named George
Mategakis interim commissioner.
CALENDAR
BASKETBALL
• Coach Kenneth Chambers and Unaka
Lady Rangers staff will have it’s 8th annual basketball camp beginning, Monday, June 2nd, through Friday, June
6th. The camp times will be 9 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. with check-in on Monday at
8:30 a.m. The cost of the camp will be
$45.00 per player or $80.00 for two family siblings. Chambers will be assisted
by former all-state player and now Lady
Ranger assistant Rusty Chambers, along
with Hunter Elementary basketball coach
Chris Collins. The staff will stress fundamentals, shooting, footwork, and passing
along with offensive and defensive skills.
All campers will go through Lady Rangers
Fundamental Factory which allows kids
to compete against other campers in basic fundamental basketball. All campers
will receive a soft drink each day along
with a T-Shirt. Several trophy awards will
be given at the conclusion on Friday. For
more information contact Coach Chambers at 543-1845.
• ETSU Lady Bucs Basketball camps will
take place June 2-5 and June 23-26. The
day camp will be conducted inside ETSU’s Memorial Center and is intended for
children in grades 3-12. There is a $175
cost per camper and each participant receives a free ETSU camp t-shirt, season
pass for Lady Buccaneer games and an
ETSU camp basketball. Camp begins at
9 a.m. and lasts until 4 p.m., except on
the first day as registration takes place at
8:30 a.m. on the west side of Memorial
Center. Lunch will be provided for each
camper during the sessions. For more
information, call (423) 439-5330.
• Applications are now being evaluated
for the Ten Star All-Star Summer Basket-
ball Camp. The camp is by invitation only.
Boys and Girls ages 10-19 are eligible to
apply. Past participants include: Michael
Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry
Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 10 foreign countries attended the 2007 camp.
College basketball scholarships are
possible for players selected to the AllAmerican Team. For more information
call 704-373-0873.
• Murry Bartow’s Buccaneer Basketball
Camp at Memorial Center. $135 per
camper, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. Boys 5-14,
June 16-19 and July 14-17. Call 4394207.
• Milligan College Camps, July 14-18,
July 21-23, at Steve Lacy Fieldhouse.
First camp is five days. Boys and girls,
8-14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Thursday,
and 9 a.m.-noon on Friday. Costs $149.
The second camp is three days. Boys
and girls, 8-14, 9 a.m.-noon MondayThursday. Costs $74. Call 461-8783.
FOOTBALL
• The 6th annual Jason Witten Football
Camp will be held on Sat., June 21, on
Dave Rider Field at Brown Childress Stadium in Elizabethton. The camp is hosted
by former Elizabethton Cyclone, University of Tennessee All-American, and current All-Pro Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten. It will also feature other active NFL
players, former and current Tennessee
football players, as well as notable high
school coaches and other players from
the collegiate level. The camp, which has
been attended by more than 2,500 kids
since its inception six years ago, is open
to all youngsters ages 7 through 18. An
autograph session will also be provided
for the campers. Session one will be held
from 9 am until noon that day and will
be for ages 7-12. Session two will be for
ages 13-18 and will last from 1:30-4:30
p.m. The camp is free for those who register on or before June 7. Registration is
now available online at Witten’s official
website, www.jasonwitten82.com.
GOLF
• Citizens Bank and the Tri-Cities Lifestyle Center are pleased to present the
Doe River Gorge Golf Challenge on
Monday, June 16, 2008 at the beautiful
Ridges Golf & Country Club. The Doe
River Gorge Golf Challenge will feature
18 holes of golf for teams of four players
competing in a select shot format. Men’s,
women’s, and mixed teams are welcome
to complete at one of the most prestigious and exciting courses in the area.
Skills competition during the tournament
will include prizes for the longest drive,
and special prizes for closest to the pin.
Check-in time is at 10 am and shot gun
start at 11 am. Lunch will be provided on
course by Gardner’s Paint Service. An
awards banquet will be catered by The
Firehouse Restaurant immediately after
the tournament. For sponsorship and
registration information, please contact
Ken or Stephanie at Doe River Gorge:
423-725-4010, email: [email protected], or online at www.doerivergorge.com.
SOCCER
• ETSU Soccer is hosting the Buccaneer
Soccer School for Girls Day Camp and
Elite and Team Camp. The Boys and
Girls Day Camp will be hosted June 2-5
and run from 9 a.m.-noon. This camp is
available for boys and girls ages 5-12.
The Girls Elite and Team Camp is a residential camp that will be hosted July 1317. This camp is available for girls only
ages 13-18. To receive a brochure or for
more information contact ETSU at 423439-4295 or e-mail us at wsoccer@etsu.
edu.
VOLLEYBALL
• Volleyball Tryouts for Elizabethton High
School will be held July 7th and 8th from
9:30AM - 12 noon both days. No prior
playing experience is necessary. Any girl
who will be a student at EHS during the
2008-2009 school year is allowed to participate. Any questions should be directed
to Leslee Bradley at the high school.
• Buccaneer Camps. Team July 17-20,
Individual July 20-23, All Skills July 2425. Call 439-4259, or [email protected].
SPORTSCAST
Television
Tuesday
NCAA Softball
8 p.m. -- (ESPN2) Game 2 of the bestof -three Championship Series in Oklahoma City
WNBA
10:30 p.m. -- (ESPN2) Washington at
Phoenix
Broncos release
former Vol RB Henry
DENVER (AP) — The
Denver Broncos released
running back Travis Henry
on Monday, saying his commitment to the team was in
question.
The Broncos signed the
former Tennessee Titan and
Volunteer to a five-year,
$22.5 million contract in
March 2007. He was hampered by injuries in his only
season in Denver, rushing
for 691 yards on 167 carries
with four touchdowns.
Henry injured a hamstring while running 100yard sprints late last month.
The NFL told him in September he had failed a test
for marijuana and would be
suspended for a year, but he
challenged the test and the
punishment and won.
Before joining the Broncos, the former University
of Tennessee star played for
the Titans and the Buffalo
Bills.
“We did not feel his commitment to the Broncos
was enough to warrant a
spot on this football team,”
coach Mike Shanahan said
in a written statement. “Although Travis has the ability
to be one of the top running
backs in the NFL, we have
to make decisions that are
in the best interests of our
organization and its goal of
winning a Super Bowl.”
Stanley Cup
n Continued from 7
to carry the Red Wings home in
the third. Datsyuk struck for the
tying goal 22 seconds after Tyler
Kennedy went off for hooking, the
Red Wings’ first power-play goal
in four chances on the night.
By then, the chants of “We
Want the Cup” filled the old rink.
Penguins coach Michel Therrien
called his timeout with 11:41 remaining, but it would have been
helpful just 1:04 later when Rafalski put the Penguins on the brink
of elimination.
Johan Franzen sent a pass out
front to Rafalski, who skated in
from the right point and ripped
a drive through a crowd in the
crease and into the net. It was Ra-
falski’s third goal of the playoffs.
The bubbly was certainly on ice
when Talbot — the extra skater on
for Fleury — tied it.
Hossa swept a pass from the corner that bounced off Osgood’s left
leg and came to Talbot. With a second jab, he got the puck through.
The Penguins bench erupted in
celebration as Red Wings players
skated slowly as they realized how
close they had come.
The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 13-2 in the first overtime and
kept the puck in the Pittsburgh
end for most of it. Detroit, however, took the only penalty but killed
it off without much difficulty.
Fleury knocked aside Datsyuk’s
drive 6 1/2 minutes into overtime
and then fought off a rebound try
by Valtteri Filppula. Tomas Holmstrom, who returned from a
one-game absence caused by an
injured hamstring, got the puck
while he was alone in the slot only
to have his spin-o-rama attempt
kept out by the Penguins’ 23-yearold netminder.
Pittsburgh’s best early overtime
chance came from Evgeni Malkin,
the MVP finalist, who earned the
first assist on the winning goal for
his first point in the series. Malkin
took a pass from Jarkko Ruutu as
he came off the bench and fired
a drive from the right circle that
bounced off Osgood’s arm before
he gloved it.
Each team received a power
play in the second overtime, and
both penalties came in the offensive zone.
Pittsburgh earned its second
goalie interference penalty after regulation when Dan Cleary
drove hard to the net and bumped
Fleury near the right post. The
Red Wings failed to get a shot on
Fleury after Sykora hooked Niklas
Kronwall in front of the Detroit
net following a scoring chance.
Fleury remained sharp and
made 20 saves through two overtimes. He kept his cool even after
losing sight of the puck, which
popped over him and landed on
top of the net.
With Joe Louis Arena decked
out in red and ready to rock, the
Penguins drained the juice out of
the old rink in the first period.
Hall’s goal was particularly deflating because the puck was shot
into the net by Kronwall with 5:19
left in the period.
Detroit seemed poised to end
the series on home ice, where the
Red Wings outscored the Penguins a combined 7-0 in the first
two games of the series.
But just as they did in the Western Conference finals against
Dallas, the Presidents’ Trophy
winners dropped Game 5 with a
chance to wrap things up.
Davis recycling, Greg’s Pizza get ENLL wins
From Staff
Reports
Anthony Ward threw a
two-hitter and struck out 14
batters to lead Davis Recycling to a 9-0 win over Valley Forge Auction on Monday evening.
Ward also hit a two-run
home run for Davis Recycling while Jeb Davis also
had a homer.
Tyler Lee was 2 for 2 at
the plate for the winners
while Eli Hyder was 2 for 3
with three RBI. Zach Hyder
and Chris Lanthorn also
had hits.
Eli Osborne and Andrew
Byers had the lone hits for
VFA.
Mathew Reynolds suffered the loss on the
mound.
Greg’s Pizza 12, Burgie Drug 2
Hunter Hodges was 3 for
3 at the plate with two RBI
and also got the win on the
mound as Greg’s Pizza beat
Burgie Drug 12-2.
Jake Guinn was also 3 for
3 for Greg’s Pizza while Gabriel Treadway was 2 for 2.
Colton Elliot and Colton
Albracht, who had a triple,
were each 2 for 3.
Ben Goulds and Isaac
Sturgill were each 1 for 2.
For Burgie Drug, Forrest Hall was 2 for 2 with a
double while Leo Yates and
Wesley Price were each 1 for
2 with and Andrew White,
Austin Millsaps and Caleb
Jones each added a hit.
Millsaps, whose hit was a
triple, also turned a double
play in the field.
Price took the loss on the
mound.
Big Brown
n Continued from 7
Summers-Taylor’s Dillon Lowe slides safely into second base against CDSS on Monday.
Carter County LL
n Continued from 7
tearing it up at the plate for the “RoadGraders” Dakota Grubb was hotter than a
two-dollar pistol for the “Outlaws.”
CDSS grabbed a 3-0 lead after their first
at bat.
Brandon Lynch led off with a triple then
Sage Haun reached on an infield hit. Ty
Robinson walked to load the bases. Tristan
Robinson brought home one run with a
groundout while two more would score on
a ground rule double from Grubb.
It didn’t take long for Summers to tie the
game after getting a pair of leadoff walks
to Garrett Taylor and Dakota Campbell.
Colbaugh sent a fastball well over the right
center field fence to tie the game at 3-3.
Both Grubb and Colbaugh had a hand
in tying the game back at 4-4 in the third.
Grubb double then scored on a triple
to right field by Josh Potter. A base hit by
Landon Grindstaff and a groundout from
Colbaugh would knot the score for the final time.
CDSS pushed across a quartet of runs
during the fourth frame.
Ty Robinson bounced a double over the
fence while his brother Tristan crushed a
base hit off the center field fence. A tworun double by Grubb and singles from Jordan Seaboch and Potter would extend the
CDSS advantage at 8-4.
The young “Outlaws” continued their
hot bats by plating three more during the
fifth.
Three base hits from Ty Robinson,
Tristan Robinson and Grubb scored a pair
of runs then Seaboch brought home another with a triple.
Once again Summers tried to battle back
as Grindstaff singled then Colbaugh connected for this second home run and sixth
RBI to whittle the CDSS lead down at 11-6.
But base hits by the Robinson boys and
Grubb in the final frame would be more
than enough to seal the deal for CDSS.
Ty Robinson picked up the win striking
out 10 batters with relief help from Grubb.
Grindstaff suffered the loss. Taylor pitched
well in a relief role for Summers Taylor.
Grubb had a monster game going 5-5
with six RBI’s and four doubles. Tristan
and Ty Robinson added three hits each
while Potter, Seaboch and Lynch contributed two each.
Colbaugh was 3-4 with a pair of home
runs and six RBI’s for Summers Taylor.
Grindstaff chipped in with two hits to
round out the five collected by the “RoadGraders.”
Haun praised his team for their efforts.
“I am really proud of our kids for the way
they battled in this thing. I know they’ll
come out and give it their best on against
Elizabethton Federal.”
Pizza Inn
n Continued from 7
that scored Booher and Haley Phillips, who had both
drew walks.
EPD cut it to 2-1 in the
top of the second when
Madison Boles tripled and
then scored on a grounder
by Mackenzie Davis.
The game was tied at 2-2
after Boles plated Krisley
Roberts with an RBI single
in the fourth.
EPD’s Kassie Roberts put
on an impressive pitching
performance despite taking
the loss. Roberts went the
distance and fanned twelve
batters, including the first
three hitters of the fifth,
while allowing just three
hits.
Boles was 2-3 for EPD
while Kennedy Richardson
and Roberts were each 1-2.
Cunningham,
Booher
and Phillips each finished
1-2 for Pizza Inn.
“All year we’ve talked
about teamwork, and that’s
what happened tonight,”
Coach Walters said of his
squad. “The girls played
together as a team. We had
good pitching and they
made good plays in the field.
They all did a great job.”
With the loss, EPD will
now face the winner of last
night’s late contest between
G.H. Reynolds and Big
John’s in a Thursday evening semi-final contest.
The winner of that game
will square off with Pizza
Inn in the championship on
Saturday.
If Pizza Inn falls in the
first game of the championship series, another contest
will be played on Monday
evening.
her cheeks, exhaled loudly,
and replied, “I mean, it’s
not easy.”
So who could have been
surprised that she wasted
two set points at 6-4 in the
first tiebreaker? After blowing the second set point,
she spiked her racket precisely the way Marat does,
drawing a warning from
the chair umpire.
“I’m not the girl to keep
all the emotions I have inside,” Safina said. “I guess I
have to pay lots of fines because that’s the way I am.”
She now faces No. 7 Elena Dementieva, the 2004
French Open finalist who
beat No. 11 Vera Zvonareva
6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in another allRussian match Monday.
Two other women’s
matches were suspended
because of darkness. No. 4
Svetlana Kuznetsova, the
2004 U.S. Open champion,
led No. 16 Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-2, while Petra
Kvitova and Kaia Kanepi,
two unseeded players, split
two sets.
For Sharapova, things
really began to fall apart
when she served while
trailing 3-2 in the third set.
At 15-love, Safina’s forehand landed near a line,
and Sharapova missed
a backhand. Sharapova
asked the chair umpire to
check the mark from Safina’s shot, drawing scattered noise from the crowd,
and the call stood.
On the next point,
Sharapova botched a sitter
and put a forehand into the
net — drawing cheers, generally considered a breach
of etiquette among tennis
spectators. Another short
ball came at 15-30, and perhaps wary of another miscue, Sharapova sent it back
cautiously, allowing Safina
to pound a forehand. That
prompted a scream from
Sharapova.
As play proceeded, her
yells became louder and
louder as she berated herself, at least once with colorful language.
“You sometimes get a
little too negative on yourself,” Sharapova said.
After
erasing
three
break points in that game,
Sharapova
netted
two
forehands in a row, ceding
the break. Now it was Safina’s turn to let it out: She
raised a fist and bellowed.
A match in which she was
playing from so far behind
for so long was now in her
control, and she did not let
go, collecting 10 of the final 12 points — including
Sharapova’s seventh double-fault of the match, 43rd
of the tournament.
French Open
n Continued from 7
With last month’s retirement of top-ranked Justine Henin, and last week’s
losses by Venus and Serena
Williams, Sharapova appeared to have a clearerthan-usual path to success
at the clay-court major. She
was one of only two women
with a Slam title to her credit among the final 16 players, but will have to wait for
another year in Paris.
“I came very close,”
Sharapova said.
She led 5-2 in the second set, and went up 40-30
while serving for the match
at 5-3. But Safina erased
that chance with a backhand winner, and eventually broke when Sharapova missed a forehand. In
the ensuing tiebreaker,
Sharapova took a 5-2 lead,
but Safina claimed five
straight points.
“It can go in the wrong
direction
really
fast,”
Sharapova said. “It just
started going that way.”
Until now, Safina was
best known for being the
kid sister of Marat Safin,
who won the 2000 U.S.
Open and 2005 Australian
Open. She shares his broad
shoulders and short temper, but thus far had not
displayed quite as much
talent or taste for the big
stage, never advancing beyond the quarterfinals at a
major.
Even
after
beating
Sharapova, she didn’t exactly
display
bravado.
Asked whether she could
win the title, Safina puffed
where the story is and that’s Big Brown. He
has the last say and he’ll tackle that issue
on Saturday.”
The sheiks, princes and Kentucky blue
bloods who dominate racing typically
make their money in other businesses and
spend it pursuing the sport.
But Iavarone and Schiavo, who own
IEAH Stables, are using racing as a way to
make their millions, along with minority
owner Paul Pompa Jr., who owns a Brooklyn trucking company and who named Big
Brown after one of his biggest clients —
United Parcel Service.
That makes them different than owners like the late Paul Mellon and William
T. Young, who could afford to run their
horses beyond their 3-year-old seasons because their incomes weren’t dependent on
purse money or breeding rights.
Dutrow’s bombast in a sport where
blame and jealousy run neck-and-neck has
ticked off some people. Others praise his
candidness.
The trainer gets bashed in online racing forums, where he’s been called a cheat
who has no concern for his horses. He’s got
a rap sheet, too, getting suspended for repeated medication violations and his own
drug use. He talks about how he loves to
party with “his people.”
“If we were making a movie,” about Big
Brown and his Triple Crown adventure,
“we may not cast Richard Dutrow,” Hall of
Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said.
Yet, there he is, center stage with his undefeated horse. Dutrow has already said
that Big Brown winning the Belmont is “a
foregone conclusion.”
“Some people kind of root for a guy that’s
a little mouthy like that and other people
certainly don’t like it,” said trainer David
Hofmans, whose Touch Gold spoiled Silver Charm’s 1997 Triple Crown bid. “He is
controversial in all aspects of the game.”
Others have rallied to Dutrow’s defense,
rebuking fellow fans who bring up his admitted cocaine and marijuana use.
“Why people do not like me is not important to me. I got enough people that like
me out there, too, you know,” Dutrow said.
“They just do not know me. They are just
reading about what they have been writing
about me and some of it is true, some of it
just does not add up to a whole lot. It does
not bother me.”
The one thing he’s been right about is
his horse, who has backed up Dutrow’s
bravado with easy victories in the Derby
and Preakness.
“He’s just talking the way we would in a
tack room amongst each other. He’s a typical guy that grew up around the backside.
All he knows is horses,” trainer Bob Baffert
said. “He’s got a right to talk because he
does have the best horse.”
Like Baffert, Lukas credits Dutrow for
having done “a very good job getting Big
Brown to this point.”
“Whether you like his brassiness, his
history, he’s in the middle of the arena and
it’s his to lose,” he said.
Smarty Jones and Funny Cide, the last
two horses to make Triple Crown bids,
were feel-good national stories in part because of their names, humble breeding and
the regular Joes who owned and trained
them.
In 2004, Smarty Jones came out of tiny
Philadelphia Park and carried the hopes of
that city’s beleaguered sports fans on his
back. A true “Horse of the People,” he went
into the Belmont Stakes with a 9-0 record,
including victories in the Kentucky Derby
and Preakness.
There were “Smarty Parties” each time
he ran, kids wrote to him, and small-time
trainer John Servis, little-known jockey
Stewart Elliott and ailing owner Roy Chapman became favorites for handling their
fame with humility and class, even after
Smarty was beaten in the Belmont.
The year before, Funny Cide became
the first gelding to challenge for the Triple
Crown as New York’s hometown horse.
Another “Horse of the People,” he was
trained by journeyman Barclay Tagg and
purchased for $75,000, a downright bargain
in this business. His owners were a group
of friends from upstate who traveled to the
races in yellow school buses.
The gelding’s homespun story inspired
a cottage industry of souvenirs and even
his own beer.
He hasn’t gone away, either. Funny Cide
works as Tagg’s stable pony, accompanying horses to the Belmont track for their
workouts.
No chance Big Brown will do the same
after his racing days end. His owners inked
a $50 million breeding deal for him at
Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky, where
Smarty Jones resides.
“If Bill Gates owned him, he’d probably
run until he’s 4,” Lukas said. “But you can’t
blame these guys. They’re investors.”
Pacman Jones
n Continued from 7
and gave him a restructured
contract that minimizes their
risk. The trade includes contingency plans if Jones never
plays for Dallas.
Jones and Goodell met
in Atlanta on May 21, and
Jones
apparently
said
enough to help his case.
It’s also possible the commissioner is counting on
the Cowboys and their
player development staff
to keep him in check. The
team helped Tank Johnson
return from a similar suspension last season and has
successfully dealt with other troubled players.
“This limited reinstatement is a step in the process,” Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones said. “Adam is aware
of the things that need to
be done in order to take the
next step.”
Pacman Jones moved to
Dallas recently and already
has been hanging out with
teammates and working
out in the area. He’s also
started bonding with Johnson, both knowing they are
down to their last chance
with the NFL.
“The important thing
is getting him here and
getting him acclimated,”
Johnson said. “I have told
him you are a good kid, we
know you and we’re look-
ing forward to having you
on the team and we’re excited about you proving everybody wrong.”
The Cowboys could use
another good cornerback,
but they’re not hanging
their hopes on Jones, having spent a first-round pick
on Michael Jenkins. Jenkins
and fellow first-rounder
Felix Jones also can handle
kick returns if Pacman isn’t
around — or even if he is.
Basically, the team isn’t
getting its hopes up, considering Pacman’s availability a bonus.
“If (Pacman) can come
out and help us here, great,”
said linebacker Bradie
James, the defensive captain last season. “But if he
doesn’t, we’ve got enough
guys to make it happen.”
Jerry Jones has even
talked about using Pacman
as an extra wide receiver.
That’s fine by Owens, who
expects Pacman to be committed to staying out of
trouble.
“I think now with a year
out of football, he has to really put his life and career
in perspective,” Owens
said. “I haven’t seen him
play offense. Obviously he
has some return skills. Any
time you can get a guy like
him to get their hands on
the ball, it’s going to help
your offense.”
Terence Newman, the
team’s top cornerback, is
looking forward to the help,
too.
“We’re all waiting for
him to get here. The sooner the better,” Newman
said. “It will definitely be
a little shock when he gets
back because the speed of
the game is what you’re
not used to. You can play
basketball, can do a lot of
things, but you can never
simulate going against a receiver, pressing a guy and
having a guy run full speed
at you.”
Secondary coach Dave
Campo expects Jones to
adapt quickly. Campo figures the biggest obstacle
will be learning Dallas’ terminology. Jones wasn’t allowed to have a playbook
while banned from the facility.
“Pretty much, coverage
is coverage,” Campo said.
“I’ve looked at some tape
of him and I’ve put a couple tapes together for him
when he comes in to show
him some stuff. But I saw
him up close and personal
in Jacksonville. He beat us
single-handedly in a game
... so I know him pretty
well.”
Annie
Sally Forth
Dick Tracey
Dilbert
Zits
Garfield
Hi and Lois
Blondie
Peanuts
Snuffy Smith
On The Lighter Side
By: Eugene Sheffer
In the year ahead, a number
of your biggest successes will
occur through situations where
you can act independently.
Although you’ll do well with
some partnership arrangements, you’ll still do better on
your own.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Projects and ventures you originate and/or take direct control
over will be more successful
than you may anticipate at this
time. Don’t be afraid to tackle
bigger-than-life situations.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) Whether you realize it or
not, it would do a world of
good to express your deepest
fears and innermost feelings to
someone you trust.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Organizations or group functions could hold a special
appeal at this time, perhaps
because your instincts are
telling you that something
good could develop through
these contacts.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Be on the outlook for something positive to develop where
work or career is concerned.
Good things could happen, but
you must be mentally prepared
to act on them when they do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Knowledge or experiences can
be put to use in ways that will
better your standing in the
workplace, community or
group involvements.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) You could be invited to join
an endeavor that involves a
number of people who are on
the verge of starting something
significant, owing in part to the
intelligence and courage of one
or two of the participants.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) Although you’ve
always been a joiner, a partnership at this time could turn out
to be quite different — and far
more rewarding
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) Do not be afraid to elevate your sights and take on
goals or objectives that you
thought were always beyond
your scope. You’re far more
capable of achieving big things
than you think.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) Go out of your way to cultivate a couple of new friends.
Those friendships you develop
at this time could become far
more meaningful in your life
than you can imagine.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) Today might have you
reflecting upon many of the
new people, ideas or activities
you’ve been exposed to lately,
which is a good thing.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) Beginning today, some
favorable shifts could start to
take place in several areas of
your life. Even though the
opportunities will be there, you
will have to recognize.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) You are entering a brandnew cycle that could prove to
be exceptionally beneficial to
you materially. Don’t sit on
things, because it would be a
waste not to do your part.
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT
Donald Duck
Crossword Fun
For Tuesday
June 3, 2008
Henry
Cryptoquip
Mickey Mouse
A Look at the Stars
Community Calendar
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
• The Watauga Association of Genealogists will meet at
6:30 p.m. at the Johnson City Public Library, 100 W. Millard St. The program will be presented by Donna C. Briggs,
Margaret W. Hougland and Betty Jane Hylton. The program will be “Beyond the Census, Part I,” which is designed
to aid researchers seeking more information beyond the
population censuses. Anyone interested in genealogy is
welcome to attend. For more information, please contact
Glenn Stroup at 753-7896.
• The Elizabethton Area Chapter No. 1434 AARP will
be having a regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church on E Street.
After the business meeting, an interesting program will
be presented by Tracey Kendall with the Alzheimer’s Association, who will talk about what every person should
know about normal aging versus memory loss. Refreshments will be served. All members and anyone interested
in becoming a member are invited to attend.
• Watauga Post No. 49 of the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary will have their regular monthly meeting at
the Post Home on Watauga Avenue. Dinner will be at 6
p.m., with business meetings to follow. All members are
urged to attend. Any eligible veteran and their spouse interested in becoming a member are invited.
• The Carter County Amateur Radio Association (CCARA) will hold its monthly business and information sharing
meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport
meeting room. For more information about the organization, visit the CCARA Web site at www.kf4zqa.com, or call
Jerry Lake, CCARA President, 725-2662, or Mike Otis, Vice
President, 474-3946.
• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics Anonymous
will meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads,
413 East Elk Ave., Elizabethton.
• Al-Anon “Free to Be Me” meeting will be held at the
Watauga Association of Baptists office, across from Elizabethton Lumber, from 6-7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
• The Carter County Republican Women will meet at
noon in the Winford Floyd Center of First Freewill Baptist
Church, Second Street, Elizabethton. Guest speaker will be
State Representative Kent Williams. All members and any
woman interested in joining are encouraged to attend.
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
• Old Dogs-New Tricks will be playing at the State Street
Mural in Bristol from 7-10 p.m. Admission is free. The band
will be introducing their newest CD, “I Believe in Angels.”
Bring a lounge chair and plan to have a good time.
• The Roan Mountain 12-Step Group of Alcoholics
Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at Magill Presbyterian
Church, 296 Highway 143, Roan Mountain.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics Anonymous
will meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads,
413 East Elk Ave., Elizabethton.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
• The Elizabethton VFW will host a Summer Bash Dance
featuring Southern and Classic Rock and a mix of country and today’s hits provided by The Second Shift Band &
Hazardous Levels with D J Hazardous. The event is open
to the public. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. There is a $5 cover
charge.
• The Elizabethton Farmer’s Market will return for another season. Shoppers can find a variety of home-grown
fruits and vegetables as well as canned goods, breads, jellies, sweet and handmade crafts. The market is open every
Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon in the parking lot at Farm
Bureau Insurance, located at the corner of Elk and Lynn
Avenues. Anyone wanting to bring locally produced items
to sell is welcome. For more information, call Susan Carter
at 543-5083 or e-mail her at [email protected].
• The Isaacs Whitehead Family Reunion will be held at
noon at the Little Doe Freewill Baptist Church Fellowship
Hall. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish.
For more information, call Joyce at 543-4653 and leave a
message.
Chemo, radiation up next for Sen. Kennedy
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy was recovering Tuesday at
Duke University Medical Center, a day
after undergoing risky surgery that experts said was designed to reduce his
brain tumor and give chemotherapy
and radiation treatments a chance to
work.
The 76-year-old senator was expected to stay at the North Carolina hospital
for about a week before returning home
to Massachusetts for further treatment.
In the following days, Kennedy will
probably be given drugs to prevent
brain swelling and seizures, which are
possible complications of the surgery.
The senator will also be closely watched
for bleeding and blood clots, because
strokes are also a risk, though they are
uncommon.
“After a brief recuperation, he will
begin targeted radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital and chemotherapy treatment,” his doctor, Dr. Allan
Friedman, said in a statement following
Monday’s procedure. “I hope that everyone will join us in praying for Sen.
Kennedy to have an uneventful and robust recovery.”
Doctors gave few details about the
surgery, and did not say how much was
removed. The procedure lasted about
3 1/2 hours, and when he emerged, a
family spokeswoman said he told his
wife, Vicki, that he felt “like a million
bucks.”
The sole surviving son of America’s
most glamorous and tragic political
family was diagnosed last month with
a malignant glioma, an often lethal type
of brain tumor discovered in about
9,000 Americans a year.
Details about Kennedy’s exact type
of tumor have not been disclosed, but
some cancer specialists have said it is
a glioblastoma multiforme — an especially deadly and tough-to-remove type
— because other kinds are more common in younger people.
Cutting a tumor down to size — or
“debulking” it — is extremely delicate
because of the risk of harming healthy
brain tissue that governs movement
and speech. But Friedman, who is the
top neurosurgeon at Duke and an internationally known tumor surgeon,
said Kennedy should not experience
any permanent neurological effects.
Median survival for glioblastomas is
12 to 15 months, but the range is wide,
said Dr. Mark Gilbert, a brain tumor
expert at the University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
The outlook for patients with malignant gliomas is poor, and depends on
what type of glioma a patient has. Me-
dian survival for patients with moderately severe ones is three to five years,
and less than a year for those with the
most severe type.
Doctors have not revealed Kennedy’s treatment plan, but typical radiation treatment is five days a week for a
month, using 3D imaging techniques
that narrowly deliver the beams to the
tumor, affecting as little surrounding
tissue as possible.
Kennedy also likely will receive the
chemotherapy drug Temodar during
and after radiation. It can cause typical
chemo side effects — nausea, vomiting
and fatigue — but treatments are much
better for these than even a few years
ago, doctors stressed.
He also may be treated with Avastin, a newer targeted drug to deprive
the tumor of its blood supply, though
this is still experimental as initial treatment, rather than after patients have
relapsed.
Monday’s operation “spells nothing
but hope,” Dr. John Sampson, associate
deputy director of Duke’s brain tumor
center, said from Chicago, where he
was attending a conference of 30,000
cancer specialists. “What we’re seeing
with the surgery and this conference is
that there’s hope for patients with this
kind of cancer.”
Texas sect children reunited with parents
SAN ANGELO, Texas
(AP) — Jennetta Jessop
fought back tears when
she was reunited with her
5-year-old son, two months
after the state raided her
polygamist sect’s ranch and
took away her children.
“I just love my children
so much,” said Jessop, who
picked up her son Monday
at a Fort Worth shelter and
had four other children to
collect. “This is the happiest
day of my life.”
Parents took 129 of the
roughly 430 children in foster care on Monday after a
judge signed an order clearing the children to leave
with their parents, bowing
to a state Supreme Court
ruling that the seizure was
not justified.
Child welfare officials expected many of the remaining children to go home
Tuesday as parents traveled
across the sprawling state
to foster facilities where the
children were scattered.
Amid the parents’ joy,
a church elder announced
what he called a clarifica-
tion in sect policy aimed at
keeping such a seizure from
ever happening again: Future marriages would only
involve sect members who
were of legal age.
“The church will counsel
families that they neither
request nor consent to any
underage marriages,” Willie Jessop said late Monday,
reading from a statement
at the ranch in Eldorado.
Many sect members have
the same last name but may
or may not be related.
Willie Jessop said the
church has been widely
misunderstood and insisted
marriages within the church
have always been consensual.
He would not say whether marriages of underage
minors had taken place in
the past but said the sect as
a whole should not be punished for the misdeeds of a
few.
Judge Barbara Walther’s
order requires the parents
to stay in Texas, to attend
parenting classes and to allow the children to be ex-
amined as part of any abuse
investigation.
But it does not put restrictions on the children’s
fathers, require the parents to renounce polygamy
or force them to leave the
Yearning For Zion Ranch
run by the Fundamentalist
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, a breakaway sect of the Mormon
church.
Child Protective Services
removed all the children
from the ranch after an April
3 raid prompted by calls to a
domestic abuse hotline that
purportedly came from a
16-year-old mother who was
being abused by her middle-age husband. The calls
are now being investigated
as a hoax, but authorities
contended all the children
were at risk because church
teachings pushed underage
girls into marriage and sex.
The church has denied
any children were abused,
and members have said
they are being persecuted
for their religion, which believes polygamy brings glo-
rification in heaven.
Marleigh Meisner, a
spokeswoman for the childprotection agency, said authorities still have concerns
about the children’s safety,
and the investigation into
possible abuse would continue.
The Supreme Court last
week affirmed an appeals
court ruling that found the
agency overreached by putting all the sect children, including infants and boys, in
foster care.
The high court and the
appeals court rejected the
state’s argument that all the
children were in immediate
danger from what it said
was sexual abuse of teenage girls at the ranch and
the grooming of boys to become perpetrators.
The Third Court of Appeals ruled that the state
failed to show that any
more than five of the teenage girls were being sexually abused, and had offered
no evidence of sexual or
physical abuse against the
other children.
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All parents struggle with kid spending
By LEANNE ITALIE
Associated Press
Parents in all income brackets have the
shaky economy on their minds, but in this
spendy era of the $900 baby stroller and the
ultra-birthday party, are they resisting the
urge to splurge on their kids?
Many acknowledge there’s a blur between “necessities” and “luxuries” for their
young ones as prices soar for everything
from gas to milk.
“There’s definitely pressure to buy.
There’s more consuming and more competition,” said stay-at-home mom Juliet EwingKwan, who recently had her third child. “So
much of it is about products. Even my husband knows who has the expensive stroller,
who spent the money.”
Ewing-Kwan dumped her pricey Bugaboo stroller to get around her New York City
neighborhood with her newborn, opting for
a lighter and cheaper jogger, but extracurricular Italian lessons, music class and yoga
aren’t on the chopping block for her 6-yearold daughter and her 3-year-old son.
“We do it for ourselves and we do it for
our kids,” said Ewing-Kwan, 39, whose husband works for a Wall Street investment firm.
“Those things are really important when applying to middle schools and to make them
well-rounded individuals. And they love
them.”
Fretting the economy is a national parental
pastime these days in an age when preschool
can mean a $25,000 hit and summer camps
can top $7,000. A middle-income family with
a child born last year should expect to spend
$204,060 on food, shelter, clothing, education
and other necessities through age 17, according to an annual government survey.
Taking into account inflation, the amount
rises to $269,040, with variations for geographic location. That’s far more than the $25,230
in 1960 dollars parents were up against the
first year the survey was conducted.
Some parents will always be able to afford designer-wear for toddlers and fancy
cell phones for grade-schoolers, but more
average earners are scaling back, said Susan
Smith Kuczmarski, a lecturer on family life
and author of two books.
“Nowadays, given the economy, most
parents are not spending lavishly,” said
Kuczmarski, who lives in Chicago and has
three sons. Some might “indulge education,”
as she did with private school for her kids,
while doing without structured play activities or fancy toys.
“Parents have lost touch with the notion
that joy comes from bonding, being together
and having fun, creative experiences,” she
said. “Parents simply forget to step back and
decide what’s important.”
Stacy Francis, 33, the owner of a financial
consulting firm just off Wall Street, has a Bugaboo, but she bought it on eBay for 2-yearold Sebastian. Rather than shop hipster tot
boutiques in her lower Manhattan neighborhood, she heads to her hometown near Ann
Arbor, Mich., to buy her son’s clothes.
While she doesn’t chase the Joneses, Francis understands the pull, recalling a black tie
backyard birthday bash her family attended
for a 4-year-old complete with tuxedoed
waiters passing trays of hors d’oeuvres and
Dom Perignon. There were roaming clowns,
a popcorn circus wagon and an inflatable
moonwalk, climbing wall and obstacle course
for the kids.
“I think we just assume if this is what our
friends are doing, the people that are part of
our lives, our colleagues, well that sounds
pretty reasonable,” she said. “As a parent you
can definitely get carried away and start to
believe that the amount of money you spend
on your child, the clothes they’re wearing,
the activities they do, show how much you
love them.”
Melissa Ford, a 29-year-old stay-at-home
mom in Midlothian, Va., with two boys and
a third child on the way, says she catches
herself thinking her children “need” whatever her friends’ children have. But she skips
getting together with mom friends for rompand-roll gym class.
“We romp and roll at the park,” she said.
“I’ve never heard someone say I really wish
my mom would have gotten me that Barbie.
I hear people saying I wish that my mom and
dad had been home more or listened to me
more or that I felt more loved.”
For some parents, thoughts of their own
childhoods bubble up when it comes to
money.
Meri Rogers, who lives in the southwest
Missouri town of Webb City, has three boys
and a girl. Sophia, 6, is a budding Hannah
Montana fan with exactly one Miley Cyrus
item to her name, a “girls rule” necklace. The
thought of piling on the Miley or spending
big for Hannah concert tickets that went earlier this year for $350 and more doesn’t enter
into Rogers’ parenting equation.
Rogers, 38, grew up on a 180-acre farm not
far from her town, her family of five and nine
foster kids living off their garden, and the
cattle and pigs they raised for slaughter.
“I distinctly remember having one pair
of pants for most of a school year and being
thankful they were white because that way I
could match them with different shirts,” she
said.
Rogers is content to live off her husband’s
$50,000-a-year salary as the controller for an
electric company as they whittle down thousands in debt. Growing up as she did, it’s
hard for her to hear her kids beg for things
at the checkout line or complain about coming up short in other material ways, like not
being able to participate in expensive sports
leagues.
“Our basic theory is you’re not put on this
earth to collect as much crap as you can before you die. We do very simple things for
the birthdays and they seem to accept it,”
said Rogers, who tries for teachable moments
with her kids on money issues without “making them feel guilty for having desires.”
They attend free or low cost concerts and
other cultural offerings around town and
seek out discounts at the local skate park and
gymnastics spot. They go to the library up
the street once a week and buy store brands
when grocery shopping. They rotate extracurricular activities.
“I don’t want to begrudge them everything that they want. It’s a balancing act. I
was raised so poor and never, ever would I
have asked for anything silly or expensive.
My oldest was fussing the other day over his
ice cream being wrong in the cup or something and it just threw me back. I was like,
‘Don’t you even ...’”
Jennifer Witteborg’s dad hung sheetrock
and drywall for a living across the country
from Rogers in San Diego. Her mom stayed
home with Witteborg and her eight brothers and sisters. Now a 49-year-old mother of
five, Witteborg lives in tiny Rixeyville, Va.,
with her husband and two high school kids
still left at home.
“Last year and this year, my younger
daughter’s prom dresses were purchased at
the local thrift shop for $10 plus tax. Luckily
she’s cool about doing that kind of thing,”
she said.
Witteborg gives her kids $30 or $40 in cash
for Christmas so they can shop the after-holiday sales and get “more bang for their buck.”
The couple pulled the plug on volleyball
camp for their youngest daughter this summer because of the expense and renovated
their kitchen and first-floor bathroom
themselves last year ahead of a graduation party for one of their sons.
Said Witteborg: “At 3 a.m., my son Alan
looked up from hammering the subflooring in the kitchen and asked, ‘Haven’t
you heard of child labor laws?’ I laughed
and said, ‘You’re 18, get back to work.
Discovery astronauts do first spacewalk today
HOUSTON (AP) — Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts
geared up for the first spacewalk of their mission Tuesday and the installation of
Japan’s giant lab to the international space station.
The
two
spacecraft
linked up Monday, and the
10 space travelers immediately got ready to tackle
their first big job.
Discovery’s designated
spacewalkers, Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr.,
will prep the $1 billion lab,
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LOST & FOUND
DACHSHUND, long hair
female, red piebald,
white front, legs, tail.
Kaylee. Very shy. Lost
in vicinity of west Elizabethton,
heading
southeast. Call with location
if
seen.
(423)292-2085.
LOST orange cat, approx. 2yrs. old, Charity
Hill Rd., Elizabethton.
Family pet. Please call
512-0949.
5 SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BUSINESS FOR SALE,
Labels II Consignment
Shop, 545 East Elk
Avenue, contact for
information
(423)547-0221
CASH for your gold.
Need money for your
vacation & gas? Pay
top dollar. 342-8373.
WANT to buy blackberries and black
raspberries, black walnuts. (423)542-3285.
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
SCOTT’S STRAWBERRIES
for sale in the Elk
Crossing (Old Bemberg Center), and off
Hwy. 107 Unicoi. Call
423-743-7511,
423-929-1021
named Kibo — Japanese
for hope — for installation.
Later in the day, astronauts
working from inside will
use a robot arm to lift the
bus-size lab from the shuttle and anchor it to the station.
Kibo, at 37 feet long, is
bigger than the U.S. and
European labs already attached to the space station.
The spacewalkers also
will try out some cleaning
methods on a jammed solar
rotating joint that has ham-
542-1530
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
STRAWBERRIES
and
peaches, Davis Girls
Peach Shed, Hwy. 19E,
Roan Mountain.
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
$500 SIGN-ON Bonus!
Travel, Travel, Travel!!!
Seeking 5 sharp guys
or girls to join our
young
minded,
hip-hop,
rock-n-roll
bluejean environment.
Travel to CA, FL, HI
and other US Cities!
Jan 888- 361-1526.
AVON, EARN extra
cash. Only $10.00 to
start. (423)741-5461,
Melissa.
EARN over $200.00 per
month easily by donating Plasma. Call
Plasma
Biological
Services @ 926-3169
HOME from trip help
needed. High school,
college girl. Do not
call unless dependable. 423-926-6902.
ATTENTION!
DRIVER
TRAINEES NEEDED! Excellent pay plus great
benefits as a first year
driver with Werner. No
experience needed!
15 day CDL training by
C.D.I., 6201 Epps Mill
Rd., Murfreesboro, TN.
Get your career in
gear! 1-888-892-7364
PAINTERS
Well-Established
Paint Contractor
Seeking Experienced
Painters
For more info call
423-928-8351
RICHARDSON BUILDERS is hiring people experienced in the construction of metal
buildings and people
experienced in concrete
formwork.
Please apply in person
at 145 Judge Don
Lewis Boulevard, Suite
1 Elizabethton, TN
37643 (423)542-3400.
SWITCHBOARD operator needed. For more
information call Teresa
at Grindstaff’s Monday-Friday,
8a.m.2p.m. 423) 542-2187.
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
IMMEDIATE OPENING
RESTAURANT GENERAL
MANAGER
EXPERIENCED IN
CATERING AND SPECIAL EVENTS
SEND RESUME TO
423-547-5960
pered energy production
at the space station since
last fall, and help remove
a 50-foot inspection boom
from the orbiting complex.
Discovery didn’t have
enough room for an inspection boom; Kibo filled the
entire payload bay. So the
last shuttle crew left one
behind at the space station
in March.
The astronauts will use
the boom next week to
check Discovery’s wings
and nose cap for any dam-
age that could endanger
them during re-entry.
Imagery experts, in the
meantime, are poring over
the 302 digital pictures that
the space station crew took
of Discovery’s belly right
before the docking.
About five pieces of
foam insulation broke off
Discovery’s external fuel
tank during liftoff, but are
not believed to have caused
any damage.
NASA, meanwhile, is investigating the worst launch
pad damage in 27 years of
space shuttle flight.
A large section of the
flame trench — 20 feet by
75 feet — broke apart, and
chunks of the large heat-resistant fire bricks and concrete mortar were scattered
all the way past the chainlink fence 1,800 feet away.
The fence was damaged in
places.
None of the debris appeared to hit Discovery,
said LeRoy Cain, chairman
of the mission management
Classifieds
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
LPN or Medical Assistant needed for physician’s office: Send resume to: PO Box 640,
Elizabethton, TN 37644.
Exotic Landscape &
Lawn Care. Match or
beat most bids. FREE
estimate. Call Brett
741-2925.
POST Office Now Hiring! Avg. Pay $20/hr,
$57K/yr. Includes Fed
Ben, OT. Placed by
adSource, Not aff
w/USPS who hires.
1-866-533-3807.
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
POSTAL JOBS
$17.89 to $28.27hr.,
now hiring. For application and free government job info, call
American Asso. of Labor. 1-913-599-8226,
24hrs. emp. serv.
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
**AMPED
ELECTRIC
state certified, new,
old
construction,
panel upgrades, repairs, troubleshooting,
reasonable
rates,
(423)768-3838,
(423)957-9220.
*Attic
Insulation
blown-in, energy savings guaranteed. All fiberglass, Free estimates, 423-389-2559,
423-542-3963
leave
message.
*Handy Andy Home
Improvements: Interior, exterior, pressure
washing,
painting,
gutter
cleaning.
(423) 543-1979, (423)
895-0071
BRIAN’S
STORAGE
BUILDINGS! For sale.
Display lot in Hunter
on Hwy. 91. Financing
available.
647-1084.
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
22yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
COMPLETE
kitchen
and bath remodeling.
Call Bulldog Plumbing.
State license. Insured.
(423)725-2517.
CONCRETE: Form &
pour walls, flatwork,
footings. Large &
small. 423-768-2793 or
423-768-4474.
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
HOMES & MOBILE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Additions, sunrooms,
textured
ceilings,
porches, carports, garages. Work guaranteed. (423)542-9483
INSTALL finished hardwood floors, ceramic
tile, block and rock,
call
Shane
@
(423)213-1176
or
(423)542-3924.
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
KY CONSTRUCTION All
types of excavation
and demolition. Dirt
and shale for sale.
Specializing in finish
grade work. Keith
Younce
(423)-341-7782
or
(423)543-2816.
KYTE Brother’s Paving.
New
construction,
add on, patching,
rock hauled, driveway
grading, Bobcat service. (423)547-9668.
Nixon’s Lawn & Tree
Trimming Service. Plus
we do odd jobs. FREE
ESTIMATES.
Call
423-542-8514.
PAINTING interior, exterior, minor carpentry
and repair. 20yrs. experience. FREE ESTIMATES. William Richardson 423-474-3216.
POWER WASHING and
painting, Clean out
garages and basements. 25 years experience, free estimates,
(423)647-6575.
ROOFING, siding, deck
work, over 25 years experience. Call anytime (423)895-3609
TIRED of your maid
Service not meeting
your needs fully at
home, and paying
those high prices.
Need some extra help
around the house.
Laundry, cleaning out
closets or just straightening up. Call Maid In
Heaven.
(423)
512-2507.
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
RETIRED
Carpenter
seeks small renovation
and home repair projects.
Reasonable,
honest, dependable.
(423)
213-7540,
(423)542-2600.
WILL DO HOUSECLEANING and alternations
or any sewing needs.
(423)342-7855
WILL sit with elderly or
baby sit, any hours.
(423)335-0273.
19 BUILDINGS
SALE/RENT
STEEL ARCH
BUILDINGS ! Made in USA.
Great for workshop or
garage. Huge savings
on canceled orders!
25’x34’ & 30’x54’. First
Come-First
Served!
866-352-0469.
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
N-L Appliance Parts.
Kenmore, Whirlpool,
GE washers, dryers,
stove,
refrigerator
parts, In shop repairs
only. Appliances are
checked out free
when brought in with
no
obligations.
547-9123.
NEW HIVES AND NEW
SWARMS HONEYBEES.
(423)542-4475,
(423)612-0132
USED Kenmore washer
and gas dryer. Good
condition. $200. for
both. 543-8939.
21 ARTICLES
W/PHOTO
134-A & R-12 air conditioner
machines,
Cornwell Top tool box,
small
hand
tools.
(423)213-7175.
ADULT 2 seater go-cart
150cc Maxxam forward/reverse, bought
new, $2,000. Wood
swing
set
$100
(423)542-3778
4 person hot tub $500.;
total gym $75.; 4 lug
rims
with
tires.
1951/60/15 $75.; 150
gal. water barrel $75.;
treadmill
$50.
(423)542-0258, leave
msg. if no answer.
CHERRY china cabinet
table with the extender, 6 chairs. $800
(423)542-8896,
(423)213-8545.
CLOCK HOBBYIST selling serviced antique
mantle clocks $150.
up, service and repair
available.
(423)474-4375,
(423)213-7205.
DINING room table
with 6 chairs, hutch,
solid wood. $500,
(423)542-2845.
HAY and straw for
sale. Square bails,
good quality hay,
(423)543-6583,
(423)213-0248 leave
message.
HONEY BEE’S and
equipment, fiberglass
tomato sticks, rail’s,
rod’s, and other tubing. (423)538-7696.
MURRAY Riding Mower
46” deck, 20HP, one
owner. 423-543-4285
after 4:30p.m.
LINE AD DEADLINES
928-4151
25 PETS
& SUPPLIES
2 LAB FEMALE MIXED
PUPPIES
TO
GIVE
AWAY,
HELP
WITH
SPAYING
7 WEEKS
OLD. (423)957-6612.
ADORABLE CKC Miniature Schnauzer puppies. salt and pepper. Shots, wormed,
groomed.
$350,
423-753-8224.
FOR ADOPTION: Husky
Mix male dog. Very
gentle. Will vaccinate
and
neuter.
423-542-8930
or
423-342-6333.
Found white & brown
male bird dog, neutered on Short Coal
Chute
Road.
423-542-9098.
FREE
KITTENS.
423-725-3815.
29 TOWNHOUSES
CONDOS FOR
SALE/RENT
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
DIXIE BUILDING
SYSTEMS
For all your building
needs ranging from
carports to post
frame buildings. Any
size or colors available.
Call today
(423)538-7842
23 YARD
SALES
AUCTION. Every Monday & Thursday nights
at 6:30p.m. Across
from KFC in Piney Flats.
Tools,
household
goods, antiques, misc.
Call Dixie Design Gallery, Auctioneer Joe
Eller, License #2752.
Firm #2665. 957-1166.
HUGE
yard
sale,
Wednesday through
Saturday 8:00a.m.-?
Hwy. 91, across from
Dollar General Store.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
DOWNSIZING
SALE,
JUNE 7TH, 6:00P.M.,
HWY. 11-W AUCTION
HOUSE, KINGSPORT 50+ Pieces of Fenton,
old clocks, Smith
glass, Antique Furniture, tools,
riding
mower,
Craftsman
tool, oak porch rockers and patio set,
round front buffet
w/ball & claw feet,
McCoy Cookie jars
and glassware, Case
knives, too much to
list.
firm
#4921,
(423)306-1225.
team.
The flame trench — dating back to the 1960s Apollo
era and designed to deflect
the exhaust of the booster
rockets — is inspected regularly and undergoes periodic repair, Cain said.
NASA does not need to
use the pad again until the
next shuttle launch in October. That mission — the final trip to the Hubble Space
Telescope — should not be
delayed as a result of the
damage, Cain said.
2BR, 2-1/2BA condo
new
development,
garage,
private,
wooded area, located 19E. $650mth.,
dep.
423-538-9481,
423-340-2309.
CHARMING
Condo
on Max Jett Road,
2BR, 1 1/2 BA, no pets,
References required.
(423)342-4237
30 ROOMS
FOR RENT
LARGE room with private bath and entrance. Fully furnished
plus utilities. Monthly.
(423)542-4475,
(423)612-0132.
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
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race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial
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make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. ”Familial
status includes children under the age of
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pregnant women and
people securing custody of children under
18. This newspaper will
not knowingly accept
any advertising for
real estate which is in
violation of the law.
Our
readers
are
hereby informed that
all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
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1BR, very private, utilities, cable included.
400mth.
+dep.
423-538-9481, 423-3402309.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer furnished, no smokers or
pets. $300. month,
$150.
deposit.
(423)542-6667.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
2BR between JC and
Elizabethton,
appliances, water, trash included.
No
pets,
$330month, $200deposit (423)543-7677.
2BR duplex, W/D, appliances. 127 Hopson
Rd., Central Community. $400. month plus
deposit.
(423)725-2770,
612-2847.
BRISTOL APTS
431 West G Street
Upstairs 3BR, 1BA,
$400. month, $200.
deposit. Utilities can
be included.
2BR, storage building,
W/D hook-up, no pets,
$400 month, $300 deposit.
references,
credit
check,
(423)542-2918.
2BR, 1BA. $390.-$415.
month. Security deposit $390.-$415. Airport Apartments. Call
423-547-2871, NETRP &
sales.
2BR, APT. 2BA, Keenburg
Community.
423-542-8376.
2BR, upstairs, private
entrance,
near
Save-A-Lot, stove, refrigerator, No pets,
$400. month, $100. deposit. 423-213-5606.
915 North Sycamore
Street, like new, 2BR,
with dining room, has
deck on back facing
Watauga River in
town. Stove, refrigerator furnished, W/D
hookup with bar and
kitchen. $450month,
$400deposit.
(423)542-5726.
BRISTOL APTS
431 West G Street
(2 units)Upstairs, 2BR,
1BA,
$350. month,
$200. deposit. Utilities
can be included.
BROWNLOW APTS
425 West G Street
Groundfloor 2BR, 1BA,
$375. month, $200.
deposit, washer/dryer
hookup, Utilities can
be included. 542-8493,
956-0068, before 5
p.m.
BROWNLOW APTS
425 West G Street
Groundfloor,
2BR,
1BA, $375. month,
$200.
deposit,
Washer/dryer hookup,
Utilities can be included 542-8493 956-0068 BEFORE 5 pm
HAMPTON: Downstairs,
1BR, W/D hook-up.
$315. month, equal
deposit.
John
S.
Brookshire Real Estate.
(423)543-6765.
MILLIGAN - Detached
apt. with porch. Blinds,
appliances,
water,
garbage
furnished,
$400.month $200.deposit. 423-928-1673
New Apartments 2BR,
Stateline Rd. Stove, refrigerator, WD, CH&A.
No Pets. $450.mo.
$400.dep.
423-542-8172
VARIETY of 1BR and
2BR apartments available.
Rent:
$250month & up. Call
Manager.
423-547-2871.
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
2BR, 2 1/2BA, 2 car
garage, CH&A, W/D
hook-up. no smoking
or pets. Water included. References
preferred. $850 month
plus
deposit.
423-725-4251.
2ND AVENUE, HAMPTON, 2BR, 1BA, CH&A,.
No pets, no smoking.
$500month, $500deposit (423)543-8602,
(423)747-7286.
Star
word rates:
15 WORDS OR LESS
1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
3BR, 1BA, brick, refrigerator, stove, W/D
hook ups. No smoking/ pets. $625.month
plus
deposit.
(423)542-4597.
3BR,
1BA,
Unaka
School District, large
lot, no pets, references and deposit required.
$550month
(423)213-8172
3BR, fireplace, large
livingroom, No pets.
Appliances, washer,
dryer furnished. $550.
month, $550. deposit.
(423)725-4792.
ASSORTMENT of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
GOLF Course Acres.
4BR, 2.5BAS, 2 car garage. Kitchen with appliances, LR, DR, huge
finished
basement.
Screened-in
back
patio. Storage bldg.
$1000month. Deposit
423-957-6451
Remodeled 517 S.
Lynn 2BR, 1BA, CH&A,
W/D hookup, appliances,
hardwood.
$550. month,
423677-6502
STONEY CREEK AREA:
2BR, 1BA. $350.mth.,
$350.dep. Rent & deposit required. One
year
lease.
(423)677-8262.
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
12X60 mobile home.
Bob Little Rd. 2BR,
good condition. $335.
month + deposit.
(423)542-8683,
647-3778.
16’ wide, nice private
lot, 2BR, 2BA, washer/
dryer
$410month,
$400deposit, No pets.
(423)542-2798,
(423)957-0600
3BR, 2BA & 2BR, 1BA,
Happy Valley area.
References, deposit,
appliances.
423257-2106,
423543-2651.
RENT TO OWN remodeled 28x70 Clayton
3BR, 2BA on 1/2 acre
lot
upper
Stoney
Creek. $2000 down
with owner financing
$700
month
423-943-3418
or
423-895-0678
35 TOWNHOUSES
W/PHOTO
542-1530
38 LOTS
FOR SALE
Great building lot in
Quail Hollow Subdivision.
1.06
acres.
423-542-4751.
Classifieds
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
Watauga Lake. Beautiful lake front lot, lays
well. 423-768-3350.
40 LOTS
FOR RENT
MOBILE home lot for
rent. Milligan. $135.
month, $100. deposit.
(423)342-4237.
42 HOUSES
FOR SALE
3BR, 2FBA, full size
basement, garage, 1
acre land. 12 minutes
from Bristol Speedway.
(423)647-1169.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
115 HAMILTON
Gorgeous one level
with lots of upscale
touches. Cathedral
ceiling,
Beautiful
custom kitchen, expansive tile work.
Split bedroom plan.
Oversized 2 car garage. Long range
Mountain and Valley
views. 3BD/2BA. Must
see. $169,900
169 GREENBRIAR
HAMPTON
1.4 acres, nice private setting on this
2BR, 1BA home. Very
well
maintained.
Many
updates.
Large growth trees
surrounding
the
area.
carport.
$59,900.
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
Almost 3 acres of
level park like land.
Gazebo. Detached 2
Car Carport. 4 BR,
3BA and 2 kitchens.
2,382 sf. $134,900
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
315 COTTAGE AVE.
122 RUNION
Affordable, close in,
yet in quiet country
location. Immaculately maintained.
2BD/1BA.
CH&A.
Carport. New metal
roof, heat pump,
and water heater.
Large lot is completely
fenced.
Move in condition
w/stove, refrigerator,
washer and dryer.
$79,900
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
3BR, 1BA on 1/2
acre, CH&A, nice
location, large lot,
carport, large utility
room, front porch,
hardwood
floors
and
carpet.
$78,000.
(423)543-3821
540 JOBE RD
West End. Beautiful
re_finished oak flooring, 2 fps, newer
roof. Attached garage.
3BD/1BA.
CH&A. $112,000
Daniel Price
Century 21
Whitehead
Woodson
725-4000
Penny Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
36 LAND
FOR SALE
5 acres, newly remodeled mobile home.
Large decks, outbuilding. Hwy. 19E. Still at
$56,000.
(423)895-1159.
WANTED 6+acre. Secluded with stream,
pond, etc. 3BRs, 2BA
house, preferably with
basement.
Carter,
Johnson, Bluff City,
Greene Co. area.
Call
(423)743-7451,
leave message.
37 LAND W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
126 CLAY LITTLE
ROAD
3BR brick, 1 1/2
baths, living room,
kitchen,
dining
room, double garage, CH&A, central
vac., carport, 1/2
acre.
$149,000
(423)542-8869
604 PARKWAY WEST END
Large family home is
not a drive by. Completely updated custom kitchen. 3 or
4BD/2BA, huge laundry. Upstairs is new
w/private
study,
bath & huge master
or
large
media
room. New plumbing, wiring, and architectural
roof.
Concrete basement.
Garage.
Carport.
$167,500
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
423-543-5741
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY
2:00PM-4:00PM
612 North Roan
Street
Elizabethton
$119,000
0 Walnut Mountain
"Getting
Away"
takes on new meaning with this 23.45
acre parcel. If you
like to watch the sun
rise this place is for
you. $139,900 .
Century 21
Whitehead
Woodson
Daniel Price
725-4000
TBD Dennis Cove
Build your dream
home on this nice
building lot on Dennis
Cove $17,000.
Penny Century
21 Whitehead
Woodson
725-4000
134 CAMELOT DR.
HOWARD’S LANDING
One of the nicest
homes on the market. Gorgeous level
lot. Great Room with
hardwood flooring
and fireplace. Custom kitchen
with
huge bar and abundance of cabinets
and ceramic tile
flooring. Huge media
room. Garage. Oversized rooms. This
home is a must see.
$189,900.
mls 264229
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
Call Shar Saidla
Realty Executives
423-895-0430 direct
/ 423-952-0226 office
or visit this home
at Shar's
website www.
happyhearth.biz.
PIERCETOWN ROAD
WATAUGA LIKE
LIVING! TUCKED
AWAY IN A
PEACEFUL COVE.
CLOSE TO COVE
RIDGE MARINA.
BEAUTIFUL
MOUNTAIN VIEWS.
BLUE RIDGE
PROPERTIES
282-5182
SHERYL GARLAND
895-1690
SEVERAL
COMMERCIAL
LOTS AVAILABLE
C21WHITEHEAD
JONATHAN FULMER
543-4663
44 MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
14x70
2BR,
2BA,
100x175 lot, shingle
roof, paved driveway,
2 outbuildings and
carport,
(423)647-4812.
928-4151
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
ADVERTISEMENT FOR
BIDS
EAST TENNESSEE
RAILROAD AUTHORITY
2007-2008 Track
Rehabilitation Project
ders is particularly
called to the requirements as to conditions
of employment to be
observed and minimum wage rates to
be paid under the
contract.
tured or un-matured,
against the Estate of
Anna White Wolfe
are required to file the
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
four (4) months from
the date of the first
publication of this Notice; otherwise, their
claims will be forever
barred.
All persons indebted
to the above Estate
must come forward
and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.
This the 22nd day of
May, 2008.
and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.
This the 30th day of
May, 2008
PUBLIC NOTICE
Separate sealed bids
for the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year Track Rehabilitation Project on
the East Tennessee
Railway will be received by the East
Tennessee
Railroad
Authority, at the office
of Mr. Johnny Holder,
Carter County Mayor,
Carter County Courthouse, 801 Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, Tennessee, 37643, until
1:00 P.M. (eastern
standard time zone)
on Thursday the 19th
day of June 2008, and
then at said office
publicly opened and
read aloud. The work
by Contractor will
consist of furnishing all
supervision, transportation, specified material, tools, equipment and labor necessary to complete
the proposed track rehabilitation work, including rail laying, replacement of rail and
ties, and grade crossing work as per the
Project Documents, including, but not limited to the Plans and
Specifications.
This
project is funded under an agreement
with the Department
of Transportation.
The Information for
bidders and other Project Documents may
be ordered from the
office of Crouch Engineering, P.C., 428 Wilson Pike Circle, Brentwood, TN
37027,
(615) 791-0630.
A
non-refundable Plan
fee in the amount of
$100.00 will be required for each set of
Plans and Project
Documents sent to
Contractors and/or
suppliers.
The owner reserves
the right to waive any
informalities or to reject any or all of the
bids. Award of the bid
is contingent upon
availability of funds.
Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount,
form and subject to
the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders.
No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 120
days from bid opening. Attention of bid-
Time limit - work will be
completed within 120
calendar days from
the date of written notice to proceed.
Liquidated Damages:
A penalty of $250 per
calendar day will be
assessed to the Contractor for each day
beyond the stated
time limits until the
project is 100% complete.
Bidders must be licensed general Contractors to perform the
type
construction
herein described as
required by the Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 6, Section 62-6-119.
A copy of the law is
attached to the project Documents.
A job showing will not
be held, but interested
parties may contact
the Railroad General
Manager, Mr. Keith
Holley, to review the
job site, located at the
East Tennessee Railway, Legion Street,
P.O. Box 1479, Johnson City, TN 37601
(423-928-3721).
Hon. Bill Armstrong,
Chairman
EAST TENNESSEE
RAILROAD AUTHORITY
6/3
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P080056
ESTATE OF
ANNA WHITE WOLFE
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that on the 22nd day
of May, 2008, Letters
of Administration, in
respect to the Estate
of
Anna White Wolfe
deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court Clerk and
Master, Probate Division, of Carter County,
Tennessee.
All persons, resident
and
non-resident,
having claims, ma-
Teresa Wolfe McClain
Administratrix
Deceased:
Anna White Wolfe
Walter Lee Davis
Attorney
Joyce Ann Gentry
Administratrix
Deceased:
Ralph Christopher Gentry
Regina Shepherd
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
6/3, 6/10
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,
FOR CARTER COUNTY,
AT ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
DEBBIE HONEYCUTT
PRICE,
PLAINTIFF,
Civil Action No.
C10838
vs.
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
5/27, 6/3
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P080057
ESTATE OF
RALPH CHRISTOPHER
GENTRY
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that on the
30th day of
May,
2008, Letters of Administration,
in respect to the Estate of
Ralph Christopher
Gentry
deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court Clerk and
Master, Probate Division, of Carter County,
Tennessee.
All persons, resident
and
non-resident,
having claims, matured or unmatured,
against the Estate of
Ralph Christopher
Gentry
are required to file the
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
four (4) months from
the date of the first
publication of this Notice; otherwise, their
claims will be forever
barred.
All persons indebted
to the above Estate
must come forward
SUE GOODWIN,
JOANN NORRIS and
GLEN HILMON,
Defendents,
NOTICE OF
PARTITION SALE
DEFENDENT
We, Goodwin-Street
Auction Company, in
obedience to an Order of Circuit Court, for
Carter County, at
Elizabethton, Tennessee, in the above
styled cause, the real
properties in said Order will be sold on Saturday, June 28, 2008,
at 10:30 a.m. at Railroad Grade Rd., 3rd
Civil District of Carter
County, Roan Mountain, Tennessee, will
sell to the highest and
best bidder, the real
property of the late
Herman
Honeycutt
and Velma Honeycutt
that is recorded in
Deed Book 453, Page
55, Map 84, Parcel
30.06, consisting of
5.41 acres with improvements (mobile
home).
Sale will be made with
ten (10%) down on
day of sale with the
remainder paid on or
before thirty (30) days
of confirmation of
sale. Sale is subject to
confirmation by the
Circuit Court.
This the 2nd day of
June, 2008
The Budget Committee of the Carter
County Commission
will hold a Public Hearing on Certified Tax
Rate on June 16, 2008
at 6:00 p.m., in the
2nd Floor Courtroom
of the Carter County
Courthouse, 801 East
Elk Avenue.
Bill Armstrong,
Chairman
6/03
NON-RESIDENT
NOTICE
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
CARTER COUNTY,
TENNESSEE
IN RE: ESTATE OF RONDAL
DWIGHT NAVE
BY: PATRICK WILLIAM
NAVE, ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE ESTATE OF
RONDAL DWIGHT NAVE,
AND CHRISTOPHER LEE
NAVE
Plaintiffs
VS
BRIAN G. NAVE
Defendant
CIVIL ACTION
NO. P070140
In this cause, it appearing from the
Original Plantiff’s bill,
which is sworn to, that
the Defendant, Brian
G. Nave, address unknown, it is ordered by
me that publication
be made for four successive weeks, as required by law, in the
Elizabethton Star, a
newspaper published
in Elizabethton, Tennessee,
in
said
County, notifying said
Defendant to appear
before our said Chancery Court, at the
Courthouse, 801 East
Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, within thirty
(30) days after this notice has been published for four successive weeks in said
newspaper,
and
make answer to said
complaint, or the allegations thereof will be
taken for confessed
and this cause will be
set for hearing ex
parte as to the Defendant, Brian G. Nave.
This 15th day of May,
2008.
CLERK AND MASTER
5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10
Jimmy D. Street
Goodwin-Street
Auction Company
6/3, 6/10, 6/17
55 BOATS
FOR SALE
1980 36’ Gibson house
boat,
sleeps
5,
Owner is caretaker
and desires to sell.
895-2446.
1233 DENNIS
COVE RD
Custom-built mountain retreat Log
home! This handcrafted home has
fantastic
views.
$215,000
3319
Martindale
Drive/Johnson City
$195,000
ALL NEW kitchen,
baths, heat pump,
gorgeous hardwood
floors. Spacious 3
Bd/2 Ba 1,576 sq ft.
2-car garage.
in Elizabethton, located near WalMart
and Lowes and behind Applebees, Exceptional location
for a new business.
152 BERYL
BLEVINGS ROAD
PICTURE PERFECT LIVING AND LOW MAINTAINANCE
TOO!
$83,900
ONE-STORY LIVING
IN THE PERFECT
NEIGHBORHOOD!
2902 HIGHWAY 91
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
(423)543-5741
1BR 1 1/2 BA
CONDO.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
LINE AD DEADLINES
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WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M.
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SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
VERY PRIVATE
BACKYARD, FRUIT
TREES AND FISH
POND!
Elizabethton City
Schools
1,544 sq.ft., 4BRS,
2BAs,
Spacious
eat-in kitchen. Enclosed 2-car carport.
2 workshops. Gas
Heat Pump. Some
hardwood flooring.
New roof with architectural
shingles.
MLS#248056.
Realty Executives
423-952-0226
Shar Saidla
423-895-0430
61 CAMPERS &
RV’S
1994 NU-WA Hitchhiker, Premier 34’, 5th
wheel,
slideout,
self-contained. Can
deliver. Asking $7,500
O.B.O. (941)716-3856.
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE OF A
REGULAR SESSION OF
THE CARTER COUNTY
COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN to all members
of the Carter County
Commission, to all residents of the County of
Carter,
Tennessee,
and to all persons interested, that the
Regular Session of the
Carter County Commission will be held
Monday, June 16,
2008, 10:00 a.m., Main
Courtroom,
Carter
County Courthouse,
801 E. Elk Avenue,
Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Agenda
• Call to Order
• Roll Call
• Opening Prayer
• Pledge
of
Allegiance
• Resolution Honoring
Ray Smith, Manager
Elizabethton Twins
• Don Hurst, Carter
County Tomorrow
• Public Comments
• Recognition
of
Elected
Officials/Guests
• Acceptance of Minutes from Previous
Meeting
• Notaries/Bonds
• Schedules of Property Added To and
Deleted From County
Tax Rolls
• C o m m i t t e e
Reports/Recommendations
• Commissioner Comments
• Adjourn
All matters that may
be normally considered may be taken up
and acted on at such
meetings.
Johnny Holder,
County Chairman
Carter County, Tennessee
6/3
Announcements/Notices
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Divorce with Children $95.00. With Free
name change documents (wife only) and
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Apts for Rent
5BD 3BA HOME ONLY $350/mo! 3bd
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8%apr! For Listings & Info 800-482-9704
FORECLOSURES 1- 4 BD from $199/
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800-482-9704
Business Opportunities
ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE Do you earn
$800 in a day? Your own local candy route.
Includes 30 Machines and Candy All for
$9,995. 1-888-745-3351
Help Wanted
SECRET SHOPPERS NEEDED FOR
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Flexible Hours, Training Provided.
1-800-585-9024 ext. 6993
MECHANICS: UP TO $20,000 bonus.
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DRIVERS: FRESH START SIGN- On
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Excellent Bene�ts Need CDL-A & 3 mos
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DRIVERS- COMPETITIVE PAY, GREAT
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DRIVERS- FLATBED & REEFER Average
$1.46-$1.49/Mile paid to truck all miles
Excellent Network, Late Model Equipment,
401k, Blue Cross Insurance 800-771-6318
www.primeinc.com
DRIVER CLASS A-CDL- COMPANY
Drivers, Stu. Grads, Owners Ops. Excellent
Pay, Medical Ins., 401(k), Rider Program,
Tuition Reimbursement for Students.
Star Transportation 888-670-5960
www.startransportation.com
QUIT LONG- HAUL, RUN regional
and Have It All! $.45/Mile. Home most
weekends! Bene�ts! Stability for peace of
mind! Heartland Express 1-800-441-4953
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DRIVER- MESILLA VALLEY TRANSPORT
looking for top quality OTR Drivers. Good
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Minimum 2 years OTR. Call Mike/Joy
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COME DRIVE WITH US Heartland
Transportation Inc. $.36/Mile on All Miles
Plus Bene�ts 2006 and Newer Equipment 53’ Reefers 48 States, For More Information
Call Lisa (800) 237-1768
Home/Building Supplies
BUY DIRECT OLD TIMER Log & Supply
Kiln-Dried Logs, Beams, Tongue-Groove,
Hardwood Flooring, Log Siding, Trim &
Moldings Contact Brandon Cook 1-800467-3006 www.oldtimerloghomes.com
Homes for Rent
**FORECLOSURES/ BANK REPOS**
3BD 2ba $219/mo or $25,500! 5%dn,
20yrs @ 8% For Listings 800-546-3120
ext. S139
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FORECLOSURES 1- 4 BD from $199/
mo! Buy a 4bd 2ba Home only $300/mo!
4%dn, 20yrs @ 8%apr! For Listings & Info
800-482-9704
Homes for Sale
AFFORDABLE 1-4BD HOMES FROM
$199/mo! 3bd Home only $375/mo!
Bank Repos & Foreclosures! For Listings
800-482-9704
4BD 2BA BANK REPO only $36,000!
Payments from $199/mo! More 1-4bd
from $15k! 5%dn, 20yrs @ 8%apr!
For Listings/Info 800-482-9704
Lake Property
TENN LAKE SALE! 1+ Acre Lake Access
$19,900 w/ Free boat slips. New! Gently
sloping acreage, beautifully wooded,
private bass lake. Gorgeous unspoiled
setting- no crowds, no noise. Or, 3.5 acre
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rate �nancing. Call now 1-888-792-5253,
x 1868 TN Land & Lakes
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Only $24,900. Free Boat Slips. Beautifully
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AccuWeather 5-Day Forecast for Elizabethton
National Weather for June 3, 2008
®
TODAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
-10s -0s
0s
10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
Seattle
59/48
Billings
67/44
A t-storm
around in the
p.m.
Mostly cloudy,
a t-storm;
warm
84°
Mostly sunny
and very
warm
64°
89°
65°
88°
64°
An afternoon
t-storm
possible
87°
Partly sunny
and very
warm
62°
85°
63°
Bristol Almanac
RealFeel Temp
UV Index Today
Statistics are through 6 p.m. yest.
The patented RealFeel Temperature® is
AccuWeather’s exclusive index of the effects
of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine,
precipitation and elevation on the human
body. Shown are the highest values for each
day.
8 a.m. .............................................. 2
Noon ............................................... 7
4 p.m. .............................................. 4
Temperature:
High yesterday ........................ 81°
Low yesterday ......................... 59°
Precipitation:
Today ........................................... 87°
Wednesday .................................. 92°
Thursday ...................................... 95°
Friday ........................................... 94°
Saturday ....................................... 92°
24 hrs. ending 6 p.m. yest. ... 0.09"
AccuWeather.com
0-2:
3-5:
6-7:
Low
Moderate
High
8-10:
11+:
Very High
Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2008
Tennessee Weather
Union City
92/70
Camden
91/71
Murfreesboro
89/68
Waynesboro Chattanooga
89/69
92/70
Memphis
96/75
The State
Sunrise today ....................... 6:12 a.m.
Sunset tonight ...................... 8:42 p.m.
Moonrise today ................... 5:35 a.m.
Moonset today .................... 9:09 p.m.
City
Athens
Bristol
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville
Crossville
Erwin
Franklin
Greeneville
Johnson City
Moon Phases
New
First
Full
Last
June 3 June 10 June 18 June 26
Hi
89
84
89
93
88
88
84
85
90
88
84
Today
Lo W
66 t
63 t
69 t
70 pc
67 t
67 t
67 t
62 t
72 pc
64 t
63 t
Hi
91
87
91
90
91
89
87
88
94
91
87
Knoxville
86/70
Wed.
Lo W
68 t
63 t
69 t
69 pc
68 t
68 t
66 t
63 t
70 pc
63 t
63 t
Denver
78/51
Hi
89
92
94
90
86
94
91
92
92
85
92
Washington
84/64
New York
83/64
Kansas City
88/66
Los Angeles
76/59
Atlanta
90/73
El Paso
101/74
Houston
96/77
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Miami
88/78
Showers
T-storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.
Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures
are given for selected cities.
The Nation
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Kingsport
86 65 t
Knoxville
86 70 t
Memphis
96 75 pc
Morristown 88 66 t
Mountain City 82 61 t
Nashville
90 72 t
Newport
88 66 t
Oak Ridge
88 69 t
Pigeon Forge 88 70 t
Roan Mtn.
81 60 t
Sevierville
88 70 t
Chicago
72/55
Areas of showers and potentially damaging thunderstorms will
stretch through the southern Great Lakes, the Midwest and central
and northern Plains today. Much of the South will be hot and
humid. Some rain will fall in the Northwest.
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Sun and Moon
San Francisco
65/53
Detroit
70/58
National Summary
Elizabethton
84/64
Nashville
90/72
Minneapolis
64/49
Wed.
Lo W
65 t
69 t
75 s
66 t
65 t
70 t
67 t
69 t
68 t
63 t
68 t
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
90 73 t
Boston
82 60 s
Charleston, SC 86 68 pc
Charlotte
88 65 pc
Chicago
72 55 t
Cincinnati
86 68 t
Dallas
96 77 s
Denver
78 51 pc
Honolulu
87 74 pc
Kansas City 88 66 t
Los Angeles 76 59 pc
New York City 83 64 s
Orlando
92 72 t
Phoenix
102 75 s
Seattle
59 48 r
Wash., DC
84 64 pc
Wed.
Hi Lo W
89 72 t
75 58 t
90 72 pc
90 69 pc
73 63 t
88 68 t
94 78 s
74 45 c
87 74 s
86 71 pc
72 60 pc
79 64 t
92 73 t
102 75 s
61 48 pc
86 70 t
The World
City
Acapulco
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Dublin
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Montreal
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Today
Hi Lo W
91 77 pc
72 57 sh
70 60 sh
75 63 pc
88 65 pc
61 46 pc
84 77 t
80 59 s
68 55 pc
76 52 c
81 55 s
68 54 pc
67 54 c
73 57 sh
75 55 t
89 77 t
Hi
89
70
69
78
83
59
82
84
64
75
82
62
70
75
71
86
Wed.
Lo W
76 t
58 c
60 c
63 pc
61 s
48 r
78 r
62 s
52 s
54 sh
51 s
51 c
53 pc
56 pc
58 t
77 t
Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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Health
n Continued from 1
Paul, the current provider
of medical services for the
prison was the next lowest at $360,000, followed
by Advanced Correctional
Healthcare at $392,577 and
Southern Health Partnership at $444,300.
Commissioner Jo Ann
Blankenship voiced concern with Old Town, represented at the meeting by
owner Christine Kinley, because of the lack of a medical doctor attached to the
bid.
“We fought long and
hard to get the medical care
to the level that we have it,”
Blankenship said. “In the
nine years that I’ve been on
the commission I’ve been a
big advocate for the medical care for our prisoners.
There’s no physician; I wish
the physician could have
been here to talk to us.”
Kinley, who currently
provides health services to
the Johnson City Detention
Center, assured her that as
a pre-assessment nurse, she
was qualified to handle the
everyday medical services
of the jail and her company
retains a medical doctor on
call 24 hours a day to deal
with any unusual situations
that might arise.
Dr. Paul, addressed the
Committee to warn them
that signing a medical contract without an actual MD’s
name attached would leave
the county and the sheriff open to lawsuits, which
would negate any savings
made with a less expensive
plan.
“I’ve been on call for the
Carter County Jail since
Sheriff Mathes called me after the last provider backed
out of a contract,” he said.
“I’m on call 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. I spend
an average of three to four
hours per week in-house,
and I’m usually on the
phone an additional four to
five hours per week. State
law says a medical doctor
has to be on call 24 hours a
day to meet state requirements.”
Mathes countered Paul’s
statement with a list of
problems he is currently
having with the health services being provided.
“There are several things
I have met with Dr. Paul
about, including keeping
LPNs on staff — that has
not been done; I’ve had to
deal with EMTs, CNAs and
medical assistants,” he said.
“Another thing is getting
personnel files on everyone
that comes in there. I need
fingerprints, photographs
and so forth. One of his
staff members was a former inmate in the jail and
was allowed to hand out
medication. I expect cooperation. I want it done and
I want it done right.”
Dr. Norman Johnson,
representing
Advanced
Correctional
Healthcare,
noted the sheriff’s concerns
and vowed to give him the
final say in safety matters.
“What the sheriff was
talking about gets to the
issue of control within the
facility,” he said. “Jails are
by nature a secure facility.
All of our employees must
adhere to the guidelines of
the sheriff. The first thing
I did was hand the sheriff
the personnel files of all our
employees. He ultimately
controls what goes on in
this facility.”
Johnson further explained to the Committee
that if his company is selected, a local doctor would be
sought to run the program
within the jail, and licensed
nurses would be on staff to
dispense medications.
After lengthy discussion
on the topic, the Commit-
tee unanimously approved
a motion to call the three
lowest bidders before the
full Commission on July 21
to give a short presentation
and hold a vote on a finalized contract.
In the Rules and Bylaws portion of the meeting, Commissioner Steve
Lowrance made a proposal
to decrease the number of
Commisioners from 24 to
9.
“I think the people of
Carter County Deserve a
whole lot better than what
they’ve been getting from
us,” he said. “Some members just want to run for
power and authority, and
that’s not a good reason to
run.”
Lowrance noted a petition circulating throughout
the county asking for a reduction in the number of
commissioners. He advocated putting the matter on
the next ballot and letting
the voters of Carter County
decide the fate of the Commission.
“I know if we reduce it
to nine, 15 of us might not
be back, but it’s not about
getting re-elected it’s about
serving the people,” he
said.
Police say a county man
and woman were arrested Saturday night when
a search of their vehicle
yielded narcotics, drugcooking equipment and a
loaded handgun.
According to Carter
County Sheriff’s Department Dep. Richard Barnett, 34-year-old William
Michael Oxentine, 441
Old Butler Road, Mountain City, and 26-year-old
Heather Michelle Eller,
5655 Highway 67, were
pulled over at about 9:30
p.m. at a scenic overlook on
Highway 321 by Tennessee
Constable Bobby Trivette.
Trivette noticed the rear
window of the silver Mazda
626 they were riding in was
broken out and contacted
the Sheriff’s Department
for assistance.
When Barnett arrived on
the scene, he saw a loaded
each county department
for a fuel-savings proposal,
along with the number of
vehicles and distance traveled by each vehicle that is
taken home by employees.
Pearman also proposed
a feasibility study on a regular transit bus route from
Elizabethton to Johnson
City. They also discussed
the possibility of bidding
on smaller police cruisers
such as Chevy Impalas as a
cost-saving measure.
JoAnn Blankenship said
she had been asked several
times about the county’s
purchase of used vehicles
and other equipment. She
said the practice of buying
used products from private
individuals or businesses
without having to bid on
them is legal as long as records are kept and the price
falls within 10 percent of the
documented price range.
WRRWA
n Continued from 1
aquifer is located based on
geological maps that show
fault lines, rock and various
soil types. A test well is then
drilled to verify the location.
“This will allow us to get
water, which will be sufficient to supply the citizens
that signed up,” he said.
“That system has an expansion capabilitiy of over 1,500
customers, but until we get
some supplemental water
we won’t be able to take care
of that many. We can take
care of approximately 500
folks. About 225 households
have signed up, and we have
potential for another 200.”
Although the plan is not
the same as the original plan
for supplying the lakeside
communities with drinking
water, 200 gallons per minute is the targeted amount
for those customers.
Tysinger said the funding
agencies will require an updated preliminary engineering report.
“We’ve already met with
all the funding agents involved in this — First Tennessee Development and
Rural Development, and
they agree that we can do
this,” he said, adding that if
the test well is successful, it
will be upgraded to a permanent well. A second well
would also be drilled, as
well as a possible treatment
plant near the tank site.
Tysinger said no lines would
be needed from Hampton to
Fish Springs, which means
that still-pending U.S. Forest Service permits may not
be needed for the project to
continue.
“This was our third
choice, but it’s still a viable option. We’re going to
take advantage of it,” said
Tysinger.
“This will be at least a
short-term solution for the
people that need it the most,
which we made a commitment to do,” said WRRWA
Attorney
Tom
McKee.
“They raised the money on
their own.”
WRRWA Director Michael Hughes updated the
board on the repair of two
recent line breaks in the
North Elizabethton District.
He said that district’s new
tank should be completed
during the summer.
After the Carter County
Commission voted 19-2 for a
resolution to allow Hampton
and First Utilities to withdraw from the WRRWA in
May, it is certain that Hampton will withdraw; a decision by First Utility is still up
in the air. If both utilities opt
out, as did the city of Elizabethton last year, that will
leave Siam, South Elizabethton and North Elizabethton
as the only remaining districts with representation
on the board. The number
of connections potentially
served by the Authority will
have dropped from almost
19,000 with the city on board,
to about 3,800.
The board approved payments to JJ&G for services
rendered in the months of
March and April, as well as
Consolidated Pipe and Supply for work done in the
North Elizabethton District.
Singleton
n Continued from 1
ton was sentenced to two
years of probation with the
possibility of dismissal and
her record will be cleared
if she successfully complies
with the terms of probation.
She was also fined $50 and
court costs.
Under Tennessee law,
solicitation of a minor is a
Class E felony. Singleton
could have received a senEller was also arrested tence of one to six years in
and charged with filing a prison.
false report.
At no time was the juThe two are scheduled to venile under the direct suappear in General Sessions pervision of Singleton. SinCourt on June 17 to answer gleton’s charge was based
the charges.
County couple arrested on drugs, weapons charges
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n Continued from 1
education and personal
oversight for employees
with chronic health problems such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and high
cholesterol.
Pharmacists
developed patient care services in their community
pharmacies.
Employees,
retirees, and dependents
with diabetes soon experienced improved blood sugar levels, lower total health
care costs, fewer sick days
and increased satisfaction
with their pharmacist’s services.
Kitchens said the county’s investment for a oneyear contract would be
about $16,000, with risk assessments provided every
six months or annually.
The committee also discussed ways of cutting costs,
especially in light of higher
fuel prices. Jerry Pearman
introduced a motion to ask
upon a telephone conversation between her and the
youth which was overheard
by his aunt while he was
visiting in her home.
The conversation was
recorded by the aunt and
the tape turned over to the
Carter County Sheriff’s Department.
Singleton was indicted
by a Carter County Grand
Jury in January 2007 and
suspended without pay
from her job with the Carter County School System.
However, she later resigned.
.25-caliber Lorcin handgun
Oxentine was placed unin the vehicle and asked der arrest and charged with
for and received permis- two counts of possession
sion to search the vehicle of a Schedule II controlled
from Oxentine, who was narcotic, possession of drug
the driver.
paraphernalia and illegal
During the search, Bar- possession of a weapon.
nett reported finding a long
plastic case near the weapon containing nine syringes and a small glass bottle
filled with a substance
which tested positive for
morphine. He also stated
that he found a backpack
in the vehicle belonging to
Oxentine with a small plastic baggy inside containing
a white substance that tested positive for cocaine.
While searching the
trunk of the vehicle, Barnett
said he found two plastic
cases with a propane bottle,
cooker and oil inside.
Barnett’s report states
that while questioning the
suspects, Oxentine dePhoto by Eveleigh Stewart
nied ownership of the gun.
West Elk Avenue accident
Eller originally claimed the
weapon was hers, but later Traffic came to a crawl around noon Monday on West Elk Avenue as police, rescue, and fire units were on the scene of a three
said she was not the owner. vehicle accident in front of Title Max. Three people were sent to the hospital with neck pain.

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