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County implementing
new Code of Ethics
By Steve Burwick
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
The Carter County Commission has adopted an official Code of Ethics for
public officials and employees to follow.
Some Carter County
commissioners commented
on the new Code of Ethics.
“It’s needed,” said Tom
“Yogi” Bowers, who represents the fourth district. “I
think it’s time for it.”
At the same time, Bowers said he does not expect
any officials would intentionally act unethically.
“I don’t look for any serious violations, at least not
intentional,” Bowers remarked.
A fellow commissioner
agreed with Bowers.
“It looks like it’s going to
be a good thing,” said
Robert Gobble of the eighth
district. “I’m glad we got it
passed, and I hope it will
prevent any under-thetable deals.”
Carter County Attorney
Keith Bowers addressed the
County Commission regarding the new ethics
rules during the June meeting.
At that time, Bowers said
an ethics committee would
be formed to discuss rules
and bylaws and to monitor
any rules violations, including the Sunshine Law.
The 2007-2008 budget
wasn’t approved until the
July Commission meeting,
due to the fact that a June
meeting of the Budget
Committee was declared
null and void after Commissioner Nancy Brown
claimed the meeting had
not been properly advertised.
Bowers
recommended
that regularly scheduled
committee meetings for a
calendar year be advertised
at the first of the year, and
updated on a monthly basis
so that such problems could
be avoided in the future.
The ethics rules booklet
covers several topics, including disclosure of personal interest in voting and
non-voting matters, acceptance of gifts and other
items of value, ethics complaints and applicable state
laws.
In the section on disclosure of personal interest,
the rules state that “an official or employee with the
responsibility to vote on a
measure shall disclose during the meeting at which
the vote takes place, before
the vote and to be included
in the minutes, any personal interest that affects... the
official’s or employee’s vote
on the measure.”
The official or employee
may also recuse himself or
herself from voting, as the
law allows.
In non-voting matters,
an official or employee who
has any personal interest in
the topic of discussion, or
who must exercise discretion for any reason, shall
disclose the interest on a
form to be filed with the
county clerk, before the exercise of discretion if possible. In addition, that person
may also recuse himself or
herself as allowed by law.
In the section pertaining
to gifts, the rules state that
neither an official or employee, or his or her spouse
or child living in the same
household, may accept any
gift, money, gratuity or other consideration or favor
from anyone other than the
county, for performing an
act or refraining from performance of an act, that he
or she would be expected to
perform in the course of his
or her duties.
The above rule also applies to any such gift or
consideration intended to
influence the vote, official
action or judgment of the
employee in executing
county business.
Acceptance of food, refreshments, entertainment
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When buying school clothes
keep dress codes in mind
By Ashley Carden
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
The start of school is
drawing near and for most
students that means new
back-to-school clothes and
supplies. However, before
going out and buying the
latest trend students should
note that both local school
systems have dress codes.
Both
Carter
County
Schools and Elizabethton
City Schools have dress
codes limiting the apparel
students can wear to
school. The county schools
have a system-wide policy
governing what is appropriate to wear to school.
According to the county
policy, students at any
county school cannot wear
hats, caps, headbands, bandannas, toboggans or hair
stockings in the building.
Clothing should fit properly and not be too tight or
too lose. Also, “sagging” is
not allowed.
The county policy further says that shorts should
extend below the wearer’s
fingertips when standing
and skirts and dresses
should not be shorter than
two inches above the knee.
Dresses must also completely cover the shoulders.
Prohibited clothes for
county students include
spaghetti strap tops, tank
tops, muscle shirts, anything that bares the midriff,
shoulders or backs or that
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are excessively low cut.
Anything made of seethrough material is also
banned.
The code also stipulates
that clothing should not reference illegal substances,
drugs, alcohol, negative
slogans
or
vulgarities.
Clothing made of spandex
or attire that is skin tight is
not allowed. Trench coats
and dusters are also
banned.
Students backpacks must
be clear or mesh. If they are
not, the backpacks must be
placed in the locker upon
arriving to school.
The Elizabethton City
Schools have a dress code
for the high school, middle
school and elementary levels.
Students attending Elizabethton High School are
prohibited from wearing
hats and/or headgear, anything that exposes the
midriff, shorts or dresses
higher than two inches
above the knee, strapless
dresses and trench coats except for in the most extreme
weather conditions.
Also prohibited at EHS
are any items that convey a
sexual message or demean
any color, race, creed, nationality or sex. Students
are not allowed to wear
sleepwear to school or
clothing that exposes their
undergarments.
The dress code for EHS
states that all blouses and
shirts must have sleeves.
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Shirts can expose the collarbone but not cleavage.
Chained wallets are not
allowed on EHS grounds
and hats must be placed in
the lockers after arriving at
school.
The dress code for T.A.
Dugger Junior High says
“students should show
proper standards of dress
and appearance.”
The code defines appropriate dress for girls as
“dresses, shorts, skirts,
jeans or slacks with shirts
or blouses.
Jeans, trousers or shorts
with shirts are suitable attire for boys, according to
the code.
TAD’s dress code also
states shorts and skirts
should be three inches or
longer from the knee. All
blouses and shirts must
have sleeves. Sweaters and
cover-ups must be closed
and buttoned or zipped
and shoes must be worn at
all times.
Restricted items at TAD
are: pajama bottoms or
tops, house shoes or slippers, strapless dresses, mini-skirts, frayed, torn or
threadbare jeans or clothing, short shorts, tank tops,
fishnet tops, see through
tops, midriff tops, beach attire, biker or other tight fitting shorts or any other
item deemed disruptive to
the educational atmosphere.
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Chief Deputy Ron Street talks to members of the Citizen’s Police Academy on the last night
of class about some of his experiences as a police officer.
Citizen’s Police Academy
to graduate tomorrow
By Abby Morris-Frye
STAR STAFF
[email protected]
The first class of the
Carter County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizen’s Police
Academy will graduate tomorrow evening.
In one of the most recent
class sessions, participants in
the class had the opportunity
to talk with Carter County
Sheriff Chris Mathes about
his job as sheriff, his plans
for the CCSD and the new
jail facility Carter County is
in the process of building.
Other recent class sessions
have taken participants to
the CCSD’s firing range for a
lesson in firearm safety
which allowed participants
the chance to shoot actual
police firearms and a class on
DUI laws where members of
the class got a chance to safely see what impaired driving
was like with the use of the
Johnson City Police Department’s Safe Cart program.
During the session where
Mathes addressed members
of the class and answered
their questions, many questions came up regarding the
CCSD budget, which was
just recently approved by the
Carter County Commission.
Mathes stated that constraints placed on the department’s budget by the commission could have an adverse affect on how the department is able to operate.
One of the areas that
could be affected is how the
officers patrol the county.
Mathes said the commission
provided that the CCSD
could use 82.5 gallons of gas
per day for the entire department, which he explained
would allow for about 29,500
miles of driving per month.
According to Mathes, the
department is currently using between 100 and 110 gallons a day and driving over
40,000 miles a month just
counting the patrol division.
He stated that those numbers did not include jail
transports, the criminal investigations division, administrators or work crews.
“I think the people need
to see this,” he said. “I ab-
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For the final class session of the Citizen’s Police Academy,
class participants got not only an education in laws regarding drinking and driving, but they also got to experience a
simulated version of impaired driving. Here, a class participant takes Johnson City Police Officer Terry Hardin on a wild
ride on the safe cart while wearing “drunk goggles.”
sorbed
a
tremendous
amount last year (in the sheriff’s department budget). We
are in a position where we
cannot do that this year.”
Members of the class also
got a chance to see a model
of the proposed design of the
new jail facility and were
able to ask questions about
the jail’s design and how it
would operate.
On Saturday, July 21,
members of the class were
taken to the CCSD’s firearms
range where they received
gun safety training as well as
instruction on the proper
way to use a firearm. Participants fired 25 rounds from
police issue .40 caliber Glock
handguns and those who
chose to do so were also allowed to fire the police issue
shotguns carried by officers.
Participants were also allowed to bring their own
firearms to practice with in
addition to the police
weapons.
During the last instructional session of class, the
topic of discussion was DUI
laws and what constitutes
impaired driving.
CCSD Chief Deputy Ron
Street, who is a former chief
of the Johnson City Police
Department, related some of
his experiences as an officer
to the class.
Street told about one particular wreck where a driver,
who had apparently fallen
asleep at the wheel, crossed
over into the oncoming lane,
struck another vehicle and
died as a result of the crash.
The driver of the other vehicle was drunk but was in
the correct lane of travel.
Street stated that it was hard
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Diabetes drug faces scrutiny
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Government health advisers
are being asked today to consider whether heart risks associated with the widely
used diabetes drug Avandia
outweigh its benefits in helping some or all patients.
Information from dozens
of studies of the GlaxoSmithKline PLC drug points
to an increased risk of heart
attack, Food and Drug Administration reviewers said.
The regulatory agency is
seeking advice from a joint
panel of outside experts on
whether the drug should be
pulled from the market or restricted to use in select pa-
tients and branded with
prominent warnings. It isn’t
required to follow the advice
of its advisory committees
but usually does.
The FDA moved up the
date of today’s meeting following the May publication
of a study by The New England Journal of Medicine that
generated new concerns
about Avandia’s safety. The
pooled analysis of 42 studies
revealed a 43 percent higher
risk of heart attack for those
taking Avandia compared
with people taking other diabetes drugs or no diabetes
medication.
Glaxo, meanwhile, says its
own data show no increase
in heart risks with Avandia
compared with other diabetes drugs.
About 1 million Americans with Type 2 diabetes use
Avandia to control blood
sugar by increasing the
body’s sensitivity to insulin.
That sort of treatment has
long been presumed to
lessen the heart risks already
associated with the disease,
which is linked to obesity.
News that Avandia, also
called rosiglitazone, might
actually increase those risks
would represent a “serious
limitation” of the drug’s benefit, according to the FDA.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales must quickly clarify
apparent contradictions in his
testimony about warrantless
spying or risk a possible perjury investigation, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee said Sunday.
“This is going to have a
devastating effect on law enforcement throughout the
country if it’s not cleared up,”
said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
“If he doesn’t correct it,
then I think that there are so
many errors in there that the
pressure will lead very, very
heavily to whether it’s a special prosecutor, a special counsel, efforts within the Congress.”
Leahy also said he was
ready to work with the Bush
administration to modernize a
law that governs how intelligence agencies monitor the
communications of suspected
terrorists.
President Bush used his
weekly radio address Saturday to urge Congress to update the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 so the
law can better keep pace with
the latest technology used by
terrorists.
Democrats have indicated
they do not want to rush
ahead with any changes, seeking to ensure civil liberties are
protected and the executive
branch is not granted unfettered surveillance powers. But
the Bush administration says
its latest request is narrowly
drawn and urgently needed
to stymie terrorist threats.
“The proposal would
make clear that court orders
are not necessary to effectively collect foreign intelligence
about foreign targets overseas,” the national intelligence director, Mike McConnell, wrote congressional
leaders Friday. He urged action before Congress departs
on a monthlong summer vacation in early August.
Last week, four Democrats
on Leahy’s committee asked
Solicitor
General
Paul
Clement for the special probe
of Gonzales. The request
came after FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller appeared to
contradict Gonzales’ statements to Congress about internal administration dissent
over the president’s secretive
wiretapping program.
Gonzales told that committee the program was not at issue when then-White House
counsel Gonzales made a dramatic visit to Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital
room in 2004. Mueller, before
the House Judiciary Committee, said it was.
The apparent contradiction
only compounded problems
for Gonzales, who is losing
support among members of
both parties even as he retains
Bush’s. The nation’s top law
enforcement official has faced
growing questions about his
credibility and apparent misstatements since Congress began investigating the firings
of federal prosecutors seven
months ago.
On Sunday, Pennsylvania
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on Leahy’s committee, made clear that he believed the Justice Department
would be better off without
Gonzales. But he said it
would be premature to begin
a perjury investigation until
the committee could find out
the facts.
Specter noted that he and
Leahy had not yet been fully
briefed on the administration’s classified spy programs
and thus could not determine
whether it was true, as the
White House has asserted,
that the hospital dispute did
not center on the surveillance
program but a separate facet
that remains classified.
The New York Times, citing
anonymous government officials it declined to name, reported Sunday that the 2004
dispute was over computer
searches through massive
electronic databases, which
contain records of phone calls
and e-mail messages of millions of Americans.
If the dispute chiefly involved data mining rather
than eavesdropping, that
raised the question as to
whether Gonzales might be
technically correct, according
to the report.
“So let’s give him a
chance,” said Specter, who
said he will be briefed on the
classified programs today.
“The Judiciary Committee is
not in the business of setting
up perjury prosecutions.”
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis.,
one of the senators who has
called for the perjury investigation, said even if the latest
contradiction was over a more
technical point, it still warranted a special review.
“The truth is that the attorney general, in my view, has
at least lied to Congress and
may have committed perjury,
and I think we need to have
somebody who’s able to look
at both the classified and nonclassified material in a way
that he can actually determine
whether or not criminal
charges have to be pursued,”
Feingold said.
Leahy declined to say
whether he would support a
special investigation should
Gonzales fail to correct his testimony in a meaningful way.
He said he would discuss the
matter with Specter in hopes
of achieving a bipartisan approach.
“He has a week,” said
Leahy, referring to Gonzales.
“But you have to follow the
law. I have to follow the law.
They should have to follow
the law. That’s the bottom
line.”
Leahy sent a letter to Gonzales last Thursday giving
him a week to resolve any inconsistencies in his testimony.
Leahy and Specter appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” and Feingold spoke on
“Fox News Sunday.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
Republicans increasingly are
backing a new approach in the
Iraq war that could become
the party’s mantra come September. It would mean narrowly limited missions for
U.S. troops in Iraq but let President Bush decide when
troops should leave.
So far, the idea has not attracted the attention of Democratic leaders. They are under
substantial pressure by antiwar groups to consider only
legislation that orders troops
from Iraq.
But the GOP approach
quickly is becoming the attractive alternative for Republican
lawmakers who want to challenge Bush on the unpopular
war without backtracking
from their past assertions that
it would be disastrous to set
deadlines for troop withdrawals.
“This is a necessary adjustment in the national debate to
reintroduce bipartisanship, to
stop the ‘gotcha’ politics that
are going on that seem to be
driven by fringes on both
sides and change the terms of
the discussion,” said Rep. Phil
English, R-Pa.
English is among the more
than 40 Republicans in the
House and Senate who are
sponsoring legislation intended to shift the mission of U.S.
troops. Several other GOP
lawmakers, facing tight elections next year and a strong
anti-war sentiment in their
districts, say they are considering this approach.
“Settling Sunni-Shiite rivalries over who occupies what
street in Baghdad is not in the
vital interest of the United
States,” said Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., who said she is
considering her options. “And
we should only have Ameri-
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there are U.S. interests at
stake.”
Bush’s top military commander in Iraq, Gen. David
Petraeus, is expected to tell
Congress in September that
more time is needed to determine whether a massive U.S.led security push initiated in
January is working.
The message is unlikely to
be well received on Capitol
Hill. Democrats have criticized the strategy as escalating
a failing war; Republicans say
they want to see progress
made by fall.
GOP support has proved
crucial to Bush in stalling antiwar proposals in the Democratic-run Congress. Legislation ordering U.S. troops out
of Iraq has passed repeatedly
in the House only to sink in
the Senate, where Republicans
threaten a filibuster and Democrats fall short of the 60
votes needed to cut off debate.
House Democrats plan to
try again this week with a bill
that would begin a pullout
this fall. Republicans are expected to overwhelmingly oppose it.
If Bush cannot convince
GOP lawmakers by September that he is on the right
track, more Republicans are
expected to demand change.
But many of them, long on
record as opposing an end
date for combat, say it makes
sense to focus on the mission
instead. Yet this approach
would amount to a de facto
mandate for troop withdrawals because of the large
number of forces assigned to
combat missions.
The goal, they say, is to end
the U.S.-led daily patrols in
the streets of Baghdad and restrict troops to fighting al-Qaida terrorists and training Iraq
security forces.
“If you do that you’ve
greatly reduced the loss of life,
which is what matters most,”
said Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del.
The idea of forcing such a
change gained prominence
last December when the Iraq
Study Group concluded Bush
should do more to hand over
the combat mission to Iraqi
forces.
The bipartisan commission
envisioned an ambitious and
new diplomatic push, with
U.S. troops remaining in the
region primarily to supply
and train the Iraqi army and to
target terrorist cells.
Since then, some 40 Republicans and 31 Democrats have
signed on to legislation by
Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., that
urges Bush to embrace the
commission’s recommendations.
A much smaller, though
growing number of Republicans supports requiring that
Bush submit to Congress a detailed, new military strategy to
change the mission of U.S.
troops.
In the past week, Castle
and English agreed to cosponsor the legislation by Democratic Reps. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii and John
Tanner of Tennessee.
Sens. John Warner, R-Va.,
and Richard Lugar, R-Ind.,
have proposed similar legislation.
Sen. Susan Collins, RMaine, a co-sponsor of
Salazar’s legislation on the
Iraq Study Group, wants to go
further: binding legislation
that would order Bush to restrict the mission of U.S.
troops to counterterrorism,
training Iraqis and protecting
U.S. assets.
The goal, she says, is to “set
the stage for a significant but
responsible withdrawal of
American combat troops over
the next year.”
For most of these lawmakers, their decision to embrace
change is colored by politics.
Collins is seen by Democratic challengers as particularly
vulnerable in the 2008 elections because of the overwhelmingly anti-war sentiment among Maine voters.
English faces an anti-war,
anti-incumbent
sentiment
among Pennsylvania voters,
who in 2006 ousted four GOP
House members and Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
Castle was among a dozen
lawmakers challenged in an
ad campaign in May featuring
three retired generals saying
politicians cannot expect to
win re-election if they support
Bush’s Iraq policy.
STAR- MONDAY, JULY 30, 2007 - Page 3
DEAR ABBY
Muscular Knoxville couple
make their mark in bodybuilding Alcoholic husband’s
KNOXVILLE (AP) — Peter and Jessica Putnam
would be the first to admit
that bodybuilding and figure
competition require many
personal sacrifices.
A big, greasy Southernstyle breakfast? Never.
A wild night on the town?
Forget about it.
A nice dinner-and-movie
date? Maybe in the offseason.
“It is a consuming
lifestyle,” Peter Putnam said.
“Your meal schedule, your
training schedule dictates
your day.”
But the effort has paid off
for the Knoxville couple.
They’re two of the hottest
names on the bodybuilding
and figure scene, according
to Allan Donnelly, writer and
editor for Flex Magazine.
Recently, they became the
first married couple to ever
appear on the cover of backto-back issues of Flex, a popular industry magazine.
Peter Putnam, 30, finished
second in his weight class at
last year’s USA Bodybuilding Championship.
Jessica
Paxson-Putnam,
24, meanwhile, is a star in
figure competition, which focuses on proportion. She
won the 2006 New York Pro
Figure
competition
and
placed fifth at the event in
mid-July.
“They are in a unique position, going through the
same things at the same
time, making their mark on
the industry at the same
time,” Donnelly said.
Despite worldwide fame
within the bodybuilding
community, the Putnams are
virtual unknowns locally beyond their roles as trainers at
the Walker Springs Rush Fitness Complex.
“It’s pretty amazing we
don’t hear more about
them,” said Eddie Reymond,
owner of the Health Shoppe,
a health food store on
Kingston Pike.
Bodybuilding is a growing niche in Knoxville, Reymond said. There are about
100 people in the Knoxville
area who compete, he said,
and many more who participate recreationally.
“You can kind of see it
grow, and having people like
Peter and Jessica is probably
adding to that,” Reymond
said. “People think, ‘If they
can do it, I can do it too.”’
Both Peter and Jessica
Putnam fell unexpectedly into bodybuilding and figure
competition.
Peter Putnam, originally
from Dalton, Ga., had
planned on playing football
at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, but
stumbled upon a bodybuild-
ing book and was hooked.
Jessica
Paxson-Putnam
came to the University of
Tennessee from Dayton,
Ohio, as a regular student. At
a friend’s behest, she tried
working out for a figure
competition and was sucked
in as well.
The couple’s fast rise to
elite bodybuilding and figure competition is rare, Donnelly said, but it is even more
unusual considering their
married status.
By the Putnams’ accounts,
bodybuilding and figure
competition make for a lonely, personal journey. The
workouts are physical and
psychological battles to push
the body one set further or
one minute longer. At competitions, the Putnams must
stand alone onstage and face
the scrutiny of judges and
fans.
However, the Putnams
have adjusted to make an individual sport feel like a
team competition. They try
to match their eating and
workout schedules and they
have learned to lean on each
other for advice and help.
The couple make sure to
enjoy the simple things in
life, too. Jessica Paxson-Putnam said they like visiting
friends and family and playing outside with their three
dogs.
“We’re no different than
any other people,” Peter Putnam said. “We’re just a little
more strict about things.”
The Putnams met in 2004
at the Collegiate National
Championships in Pittsburgh. Peter Putnam was the
overall winner in bodybuilding. Jessica — then going by
her maiden name, Paxson —
won the figure competition.
Jessica, then with a
boyfriend, introduced herself to Peter, who was with a
girlfriend, as a matter of
courtesy — from champion
to champion.
Six weeks later, a newly
single Peter happened to email Jessica on the day she
was
dumped
by
her
boyfriend. They married two
years later.
Some might call it chance,
but the Putnams call it destiny.
It might seem like the demands of bodybuilding
would make a marriage unfeasible. But for the Putnams,
it is their bond that makes
bodybuilding possible.
“It’s a blessing,” Peter
Putnam said. “Having someone to share this lifestyle
with makes it that much
more enjoyable. Having the
understanding of someone
who appreciates what you
are doing. We share this life
together.”
More individuals completing college
CHATTANOOGA (AP) —
A more technologically advanced job market is one reason for the increased number
of individuals who are completing college, statistics
show.
In 2006, more than a quarter of the U.S. population age
25 or older had completed at
least four years of college, according to figures from the
U.S. Census Bureau.
In 1968, the year many of
the oldest baby boomers
would have graduated from
college, only about 10 percent of the same demographic group had completed four
years or more of higher education.
Russ Coughenour, director of career services at the
University of Tennessee, said
many of the more technical
and information-related jobs
that began to replace careers
in manufacturing in the
1970s and 1980s required an
advanced level of skill,
prompting more people to
attend college.
“Society was different,
and the expectations of who
works and who doesn’t and
why are very different today
than they were in 1968,” he
said.
Steve Hudson, owner of
SKH Construction Enterprises, dropped out of Middle
Tennessee State University in
1966.
But the 60-year-old said
after beginning factory work
that he began to realize the
importance of having some
kind of education and enrolled in a carpentry apprentice program. Hudson said
an increasingly competitive
job market has led to today’s
need for higher education.
“We have evolved into an
age of specialization,” he
said. “It used to be a construction
jack-of-all-trades
could make a good living,
but now you have to be specialized in one field. You
have to be an electrician or a
plumber or a carpenter.”
Tiffany James has taken a
break from the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga to
re-evaluate her career path,
but the 21-year-old said college graduation still is her
goal, hopefully by 2010.
“I think before, it was
more acceptable to not go to
college, but now it’s like you
almost have to have a degree
in something to get a job,”
she said.
ETSU invites public Green Hill Cemetery
to view model trains Committee to meet
JOHNSON CITY — On
Saturday, Aug. 4, the Friends
of Olde Down Towne will
hold the Johnson’s Depot
Homecoming, an event celebrating the 150th anniversary
of the first railroad train’s arrival in what is now Johnson
City.
One feature of the day will
be the opportunity to view
two model railroad layouts assembled under the auspices of
the Mountain Empire Modular Railroaders at East Tennessee State University’s old
student center, on the pedestrian mall, opposite Roy S.
Nicks Hall.
Open from 10 a.m. until 3
p.m. that Saturday, the exhibition will provide a “sneak
peek” at a model railroad museum under development at
ETSU.
One exhibit, never before
seen in this area, was donated
by
Marian
Bankus
of
Knoxville.
The other layout is owned
by the Mountain Empire
Modular Railroaders and has
been on display at ETSU’s B.
Carroll Reece Museum and
Tipton-Haynes State Historic
Site.
For further information,
call Dr. Fred Alsop, president
of the Mountain Empire Modular Railroaders, at 604-8759.
The Green Hill Cemetery Preservation Committee, Watauga Historical Association, will meet Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 2
p.m. in the Nelson Room of the Elizabethton/Carter County
Public Library, 201 N. Sycamore St.
The mission of this committee is to restore, preserve and
protect this historical cemetery. Green Hill is the final resting
place of the founder of Elizabethton and many other early settlers and pioneers of Carter County and Elizabethton.
All descendants and anyone interested in preserving this
cemetery are welcome to attend.
EHS Class of 1978 plans reunion
The Elizabethton High School Class of 1978 will meet at
Amigos on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 6 p.m. to make plans for a
30-year reunion. Anyone interested in helping with the planning is encouraged to attend the meeting.
For more information, call Donna Bowers Stanton at 5431715 or e-mail [email protected] or call Paula Bishop
Richards at 543-8622 or e-mail [email protected].
Hands On Museum announces schedule
Hands On Regional Museum in Johnson City has released its August schedule of
events.
Art Studio Craft Schedule
Aug. 4-5 — “The only
way to have a friend is to be
one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Make a friendship
bracelet to give to someone
you care about.
Aug.18-19 — Paint your
plate! Use food of all types to
create a painting that looks
good enough to eat.
Special Events
Friday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-2
p.m. — Wacky Sports Day.
Join Hands On! and Up and
at ’Em for a fun day of wacky
sports at Carver Rec. Park.
Enjoy FREE games, snacks
and prizes. Some of the
Johnson City Cardinals will
be on hand to play wacky
games and talk about the
importance
of
fitness.
Everyone is welcome to this
fun afternoon sponsored by
the Johnson City Sports
Foundation.
Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 11-12, all day — Back
to School Days. Start your
school year off right with a
visit to Hands On! Each
child will receive a cool color-changing pencil while
supplies last. There will be a
drawing for a free family
membership, one entry per
child. Individuals do not
have to be present to win.
Thursday, Aug. 16, 6 p.m.
— Helping Hands Dinner
In celebration of the facility’s
20th
Anniversary,
Hands On! is recognizing
two individuals who have
contributed to the museum’s success.
This year’s honorees are
Duffie Jones and Dr. Jan
Cavin Zink, both former executive directors. For tickets
or more information, please
call Kristine at 434-HAND,
ext. 108.
Saturday, August 25, all
day — Dog Days of Summer
Have a weekend of doggone fun! Come learn how to
pamper your pooch with a
dog treat recipe and learn
about pet care from a guest
speaker in the Discovery
Lab. Bring in a bag of dry
dog food, clean blanket, or
new dog toy and receive $1
off admission per family
member. Supplies will be donated to the local humane society.
Entire Month of August Johnson’s Journey Exhibit
Celebrate 150 years of
Johnson City history with an
exciting, interactive look at
its past, present, and future!
Beginning as a simple train
depot, Johnson’s Journey
leads us to an established
city with a bright future.
Step back in time and experience life in a different era
in The Beehive, the old-time
department store, the Blue
Plum Post Office, and the famous 100-year-old Lady of
the Fountain statue. Explore
the sights and sounds of the
railroad aboard our caboose.
Pick up your magnifying
glass and follow the clues
along a scavenger hunt to
uncover the “History Mysteries” of Johnson City. Dress
for success as you play and
imagine in the miniature
City of the Future.
•••••
If you have any questions
on these or other programs,
call 434-HAND. Summer
hours are: Monday-Friday 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission
fees apply. All programs and
activities are subject to
change without notice.
suicide continues
to haunt his wife
DEAR ABBY: Can you go
to Al-Anon if you had a husband who was an alcoholic,
but is dead? He committed
suicide with a
5.0 blood alcohol level.
I have been
a mess for the
last two years.
I can’t sleep,
can’t concentrate
and
don’t
enjoy
anything.
I
would really like to be able
to talk with people who understand what living with
an alcoholic is like and
won’t blame me for what he
did, as most of his family
does. But I hesitate to go to
Al-Anon.
What can I do to get over
the self-inflicted death of a
man I’ll never stop loving?
— HURTING IN HOUSTON
DEAR HURTING: Please
accept my deepest sympathy for the tragic loss of
your husband. There are
several things you can do to
heal yourself. The first is to
recognize that the symptoms you describe are signs
of chronic depression for
which you will need professional help — so pick up the
phone and ask your doctor
for a referral to a therapist.
While I am sure you
would be welcome at AlAnon, another group that
would also welcome you
with open arms is the American Association of Suicidology, which provides —
among other things — materials and referrals to local
self-help groups for survivors of suicide. The Web
site is www.suicidology.org.
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DEAR ABBY: I want you
to know you have helped
me find a way to spend
more time not only talking
with my fiancé, but also
sharing our thoughts and
values. We have been together more than two years.
“Marshall” isn’t much of a
talker, while sometimes I
just ramble on. I suspect
Marshall often agrees with
me just to get me to shut up.
Well, I have been reading
your column archives online
recently and have started
sharing some of the letters
with him. I read them aloud
and ask him how he would
respond to them and why.
After he answers, I tell him
my feelings on the subject.
The broad range of issues in
your column helps us discuss important issues that
don’t normally come up in
conversation.
Marshall and I agree most
of the time, but not always.
When we don’t agree, we
discuss how we would compromise if we were in the
same situation as the person
writing the letter. Then we
read your response. This has
helped us realize things
about each other that we
hadn’t previously and has
definitely brought us closer
together. Thank you! —
LOYAL READER IN SAN
ANTONIO
DEAR LOYAL READER:
You’re
welcome.
I’m
pleased my column is helping you and your fiancé to
better communicate. However, before you and Marshall finally tie the knot, allow me to offer a suggestion that could help you
head off numerous serious
problems before they become issues. It’s premarital
counseling, and it will facilitate meaningful discussions regarding money, sex,
children and religion, to
name a few of the topics.
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secretary
keeps giving my 16-year-old
daughter extravagant gifts
for Christmas. One year it
was a complete Tiffany jewelry set (earrings, necklace
and ring). This past year,
“Donna” gave my daughter
a $200 gift certificate to an
expensive clothing store and
another $200 one at a trendy
cosmetics store. Should I be
suspicious? — EAST COAST
MAMA
DEAR EAST COAST
MAMA: No, by now you
should be convinced.
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Watauga Genealogists
Assoc. to meet Aug. 7
The Watauga Association
of Genealogists will meet
Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 6:30 p.m.
at the Johnson City Public Library, 100 W. Millard St.
The August meeting will
consist of a round table discussion by members who attended this year’s National
Genealogical Conference in
Richmond, Va. The round
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table will cover new techniques, data bases and personal experiences of those attending the conference.
Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to attend.
For more information,
please contact Fred and Lois
Wetzel, 282-2843, or Tom
Manning, 926-8016.
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EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY
Heading off the Real ID
What a boon to illegal document forgers the “Real ID”
would be. And what a burden
on the states. And on the honest people who live in them.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, RTenn., who looks at issues
from the perspective of a former governor, got it right
when he said — and we paraphrase — “ay yi yi.”
Alexander stood on the
Senate floor last week, assumed his stance as a former
governor and reminded colleagues that the “Real ID”
program is an unfunded mandate that will cost the states
millions.
The program, unless somebody stops it, will require all
245 million licensed drivers to
renew their licenses by May
2013 by providing documented proof of legal citizenship,
date of birth, Social Security
eligibility, and street address
in person at a state licensing
facility.
The process is set to begin
next year. States would have
to develop uniform standards
for the issuance of driver’s licenses. Information-sharing
capabilities would be en-
hanced.
Alexander and a group of
colleagues plan to offer an
amendment funding the
process at $300 million, instead of the current $40 million. If that doesn’t pass,
Alexander favors shelving the
program altogether, a much
preferable outcome.
The “Real ID” program
was born out of a rational fear
ANOTHER
OPINION
— that the terrorist network
that struck this country on
Sept. 11, 2001, might try
again. It has gained momentum with the rise of anti-immigration fervor.
But its practical benefits are
limited by the determination
of criminals and terrorists to
acquire the necessary technology to make their own documents or to acquire them legitimately.
According to the Department of Homeland Security,
the actual cost of complying
with the law would be $20 billion over 10 years. Guess who
picks up that tab.
And if you thought the
lines have been long at the
passport office lately, wait until everyone has to show up at
driver’s license testing stations in person to renew.
That’s where clerks who
have been showing signs of
stress because of the duties
that are assigned to them now
will become immigration
agents, making sure we’re all
who we say we are and have
no nefarious intentions.
What would amount to a
national ID card insults
American standards regarding the right to privacy and
holds great potential for
abuse. Historically, it has been
the tool of totalitarian governments, not open societies.
So how do we really feel
about the “Real ID” act? Actually, we’re not looking forward to it. But if it has to be,
surely the federal government
can appropriately fund what
is clearly a national responsibility.
—Memphis Commercial Appeal
MICHELLE MALKIN
The Democrats’ gun ownerbashing YouTube moment
Sen. Joe Biden is the embodiment of snide. Snide is
the embodiment of the leftwing attitude toward gun
owners. So when snide Joe
Biden
confronted
a
YouTube user
who asked Democrat presidential candidates
about
gun
control
during a deMichelle bate Monday
Malkin night, what unfolded was a
Teachable
YouTube Moment — the
caught-on-tape embodiment
of ideological snideness toward the Second Amendment
and those who defend it.
“Good evening, America.
My name is Jered Townsend
from Clio, Michigan,” the
YouTube citizen questioner
began. “To all the candidates,
tell me your position on gun
control, as myself and other
Americans really want to
know if our babies are safe.”
Townsend then pulled out his
Bushmaster AR-15. “This is
my ‘baby,’ purchased under
the 1994 gun ban. Please tell
me your views. Thank you.”
New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson was asked to respond first. CNN host Anderson Cooper noted that
Richardson has “one of the
highest
NRA
ratings.”
Richardson ran so fast from
his record, you could see the
Road Runner puff of cartoon
smoke billowing at the base of
his podium. “The issue here, I
believe, is instant background
checks,” he sputtered. “Nobody who has a criminal
background or is mentally ill
should be able to get a
weapon.” Richardson babbled for a few more painful
seconds about “attacking
poverty, bringing people together, dealing with those
kids in the ghettos that are
heavy users of gun violence,”
while the liberals in the audience sat stone-cold silent.
Not a peep from Richardson about the fundamental
right to self-defense, of
course.
Cooper rescued Richardson by turning to The Smirk
from Delaware. “Senator
Biden, are you going to be
able to keep his ‘baby’ safe?”
Snide Joe grabbed his opening: “I’ll tell you what, if that
is his baby, he needs help.”
Biden threw red meat to
the blue audience. He was
richly rewarded with loud applause. Biden showed off his
lawyerly credentials and continued to wallop the YouTube
gun owner: “I think he just
made an admission against
self-interest. I don’t know that
he is mentally qualified to
own that gun.” Why? Because
he showed affection for his
possession? Because he’s an
enthusiastic hobbyist? Because he talked about his gun
the way Paris Hilton talks
about her Chihuahua or Brad
Pitt talks about his Ducati or
Al Gore talks about his Priuses and compact fluorescent
light bulbs?
The audience roared with
laughter at Biden’s mockery
of the gun owner’s mental
health. So much for politically
correct sensitivity toward the
mentally ill, eh? “I’m being serious,”
Biden
chuckled.
“Look, we should be working
with law enforcement, right
now, to make sure that we
protect people against people
who don’t — are not capable
of knowing what to do with a
gun because they’re either
mentally imbalanced and/or
because they have a criminal
record, and . . . “
Cooper interrupted Biden’s
rant, but he stuck in one more
jibe at Jered Townsend, the
YouTube gun owner. “I hope
he doesn’t come looking for
me.” More laughter.
Did any of the other candidates pipe up to defend the
gun owner? Not a one.
Biden’s snark and smarm
spoke for them. The Democrats remain the party of gungrabbers. Its leading presidential candidates view gun-owners as crackpots and nutballs,
and treat the Second Amendment as a nuisance to be circumvented and cured. Big
Nanny, not bedrock constitutional principle, rules.
The Dems can enjoy
Biden’s YouTube-able wisecracking now. But come general election time, it may be
Second Amendment defenders who get the last laugh.
ROBERT NOVAK
A new escapade
WASHINGTON — The
morass in Iraq and deepening
difficulties
in
Afghanistan have not deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous and
questionable
new
secret
operation. At
a high level,
U.S. officials
are working
Robert with
their
Novak Turkish counterparts on a
joint military operation to
suppress Kurdish guerrillas
and capture their leaders.
Through covert activity, their
goal is to forestall Turkey
from invading Iraq.
While detailed operational plans are necessarily
concealed, the broad outlines
have been presented to selected members of Congress
as required by law. U.S. Special Forces are to work with
the Turkish Army to suppress the Kurds’ guerrilla
campaign. The Bush administration is trying to prevent
opening another war front in
Iraq that would have disastrous consequences. But this
gamble risks major exposure
and failure.
The Turkish initiative reflects the temperament and
personality of George W.
Bush. Even faithful congressional supporters of his Iraq
policy have been stunned by
the president’s upbeat mood,
oblivious to the loss of his
political base. Despite the
failing effort to impose a military solution in Iraq, he is
willing to try imposing arms
— though clandestinely —
on Turkey’s ancient problems with its Kurdish minority, comprising one-fifth of
the country’s population.
The development of an
autonomous Kurdish entity
inside Iraq, resulting from
the decline and fall of Saddam Hussein, has alarmed
the Turkish government.
That led to Ankara’s refusal
to permit entry of U.S. combat troops through Turkey
into Iraq, an eleventh hour
complication for the 2003 invasion. As political power
grew for the Kurds inside
Iraq, the Turkish government became steadily more
uneasy about the centuriesold project of a Kurdistan
spreading across international boundaries — and chewing up big pieces of Turkey.
The dormant PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) Turkish Kurd guerrilla fighters
came to life. By June, the
Turkish government was
demonstrating its concern by
lobbing artillery shells across
the border. Ankara began
protesting, to both Washington and Baghdad, that PKK
was using northern Iraq as a
base for guerrilla operations.
On July 11 in Washington,
Turkish Ambassador Nabi
Sensoy became the first
Turkish official to claim publicly that the Iraqi Kurds
have claims on Turkish territory. On July 20 (two days
before his successful re-election), Turkish Prime Minister
Recep
Tayyip
Erdogan
threatened a trans-border
military incursion into Iraq
against the Kurds.
On July 25, Murat Karayilan, head of the PKK Political
Council,
predicted
“the
Turkish Army will attack
southern Kurdistan.” Turkey
has a well-trained, wellequipped army of 250,000
near the border, facing some
4,000 PKK fighters hiding in
the mountains of northern
Iraq. But significant crossborder operations surely
would bring to the PKK’s
side the military forces of the
Kurdistan Regional Government, the best U.S. ally in
Iraq.
What is Washington to do
in the dilemma of two
friends battling each other
on an unwanted new front in
Iraq? The surprising answer
was given in secret briefings
on Capitol Hill last week by
Eric S. Edelman, a former
aide to Vice President Dick
Cheney and now under secretary of defense for policy.
A Foreign Service officer
who once was U.S. ambassador to Turkey, he revealed to
lawmakers plans for a covert
operation of U.S. Special
Forces helping the Turks
neutralize the PKK. They
would behead the guerrilla
organization by helping
Turkey get rid of PKK leaders that they have targeted
for years.
Edelman’s listeners were
stunned. Wasn’t this risky?
He responded he was sure of
success, adding that the U.S.
role could be concealed and
always would be denied.
Even if all this is true, some
of the briefed lawmakers left
wondering whether this was
a wise policy for handling
the beleaguered Kurds who
had been betrayed so often
by U.S. governments in years
past.
The plan shows that hard
experience has not dissuaded President Bush from attempting difficult ventures
employing the use of force.
On the contrary, two of the
most intrepid supporters of
the Iraq intervention — John
McCain and Lindsey Graham — were surprised by
Bush during a recent meeting with him. When they
shared their impressions
with colleagues, they commented on how unconcerned the president seemed.
That may explain his willingness to embark on a questionable venture against the
Kurds.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Fireworks opponent wants City to look at Johnson City’s ordinance
Editor:
I want to applaud C.C.
Levergood for his appropriate and critical comments
(STAR July 31) concerning
the shooting of fireworks in
the city. In my neighborhood, the barrage started on
June 28 and did not end until
July 15. So we had 17 days
and nights of noise and fire
hazards perpetrated by a
few, on the large majority of
city dwellers, thanks to the
mistake made by City Council when they passed (by a 4
to 3 vote) the fireworks ordinance in July ’03.
I have appeared at and
spoken to Council at many
of their regular meetings,
asking them to do something
about this bi-annual nuisance. I have asked Council
to repeal the ordinance or to
greatly restrict it. They listened politely, but a majority
on the Council have declined
to do anything about this
problem and apparently
think it is just fine to permit
this atrocity and that the ma-
jority of citizens who oppose
it should grin and bear it,
and stop complaining.
This past July 4th, the
Johnson City Police Department enforced that city’s nofireworks-for-the-public ordinance and issued 15 cita-
tions for violators. Would
that our city government
was caring and enlightened
enough to follow Johnson
City’s law.
Respectfully submitted,
Carl Peters
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O b i t u a r i e s
Michael W. Peters
Michael W. Peters, 58, 312
East D Street, Elizabethton,
passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Johnson City
Medical Center following an
extended illness.
A native of Carter County,
he was the son of Frances Peters of Elizabethton and the
late Wade Hampton Peters.
He was also preceded in
death by a brother, Richard
Peters.
Mr. Peters attended the
Valley Forge Freewill Baptist
Church.
Survivors, in addition to
his mother, include his wife,
Carolyn Peters, of the home;
two daughters and sons-inlaw, Tabatha and Robert
Amereihn of Pennsylvania
and Jessica and Shane Callahan of Elizabethton; three
sons and daughters-in-law,
Sherrill and Samantha Pickering, David and Loretha
Carter and Michael and Jennifer Peters, all of Elizabeth-
ton; 13 grandchildren; a
brother Roger Peters of
Phoenix, Ariz.; and two sisters, Sharon Davis and Darlene Sayers of Elizabethton.
Several nieces and nephews
also survive.
The funeral service for Mr.
Peters will be conducted at
7:30 p.m. Monday, July 30, in
the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev
Mark Street and Rev. Dennis
Davis officiating. The family
will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Monday, prior to the
service, and at the residence
at anytime. The graveside
service and interment will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, at Highland
Cemetery. Active pallbearers
will be selected from family
and friends. Honorary pallbearer will be Larry Gobble.
Those wishing to attend are
asked to meet at the funeral
home at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
to go in procession to the
cemetery. Those who prefer
memorials in lieu of flowers
may make donations to St.
Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38102-1905.
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the family by signing the
guestbook at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com or by fax to
(423) 542-9499.
Tetrick Funeral Home of
Elizabethton is serving the
Peters family. Obituary Line:
(423) 543-4917. Office: (423)
542-2232.
Divine vision inspired Crossville
man to build 97-foot treehouse
CROSSVILLE (AP) — Horace Burgess’s treehouse may
be as close to heaven as a
body can get in Cumberland
County.
It rises 97 feet into the sky,
the support provided by a
live, 80-foot-tall white oak 12
feet in diameter at its base. Six
other trees brace the towerlike fortress, but Burgess says
its foundation is in God.
“I built it for everybody.
It’s God’s treehouse. He keeps
watch over it,” said Burgess,
who received his inspiration
in a vision that came to him in
1993. “I was praying one day,
and the Lord said, ‘If you
build me a treehouse, I’ll see
you never run out of material.”’
And thus far, as Burgess
sees it, the Lord has provided.
Most of his materials are recycled pieces of lumber from
garages, storage sheds and
barns. Now into his 14th year
of construction, he is not finished.
The treehouse has 10
floors, averaging nine to 11
feet in height by Burgess’s
reckoning. He has never
measured its size but estimates it to be about 8,000 to
10,000 square feet. He did
count the nails that he has
hammered into the wood —
258,000, give or take a few
hundred. And he guesses he
has sunk about $12,000 into
the project.
“God used my hands to
put every piece in place, but I
had a lot of help,” said the 56year-old landscape architect.
He’s a country boy but lives
in town and compares himself
to Job of the Old Testament.
His pale blue Paul Newman-
like eyes beam and he wears
an easy smile on his tanned
face.
“I’ve always proclaimed it
to be the world’s largest treehouse, and no one has ever
challenged it.”
The treehouse is topped by
a chime tower weighing 5,700
pounds; the chimes were
fashioned from 10 oxygen
acetylene bottles. But today, it
is the sound of a hammer
echoing from above where 12year-old Donathan Conley of
Crossville nails license plates
to a wall.
“It’s a real peaceful place.
You can go out there and have
a good time,” said Conley,
who maintains his own room
in the treehouse where he has
spent the night on several occasions. “I helped Horace
build it. I cut up lumber and
hauled it up the steps.”
In the summer time, this
house always basks in the
shade. A homemade sign at
the bottom reads: “Welcome
friends.”
While driving to Nashville
on a warm summer day, Dana
Arwood and three friends
from Knoxville stopped to explore the treehouse. Approximately 400 to 500 folks visit
weekly, most of them from
out of state and most of them
by word of mouth. Arwood
heard about the place from a
cousin.
“It’s pretty incredible. He
used everyday stuff and
made something wonderful,”
she says.
Up the enclosed spiral
staircase to the first fork in the
oak, Burgess says, “This is a
praise tree” because the two
limbs spread out like a
preacher raising arms toward
heaven. Scattered about various floors, about a dozen tiny
brass plates hold the names of
people important in the
builder’s life.
A sanctuary with pews
pushed to the side takes up
the third floor and also doubles as a basketball court at 22
feet above terra firma. Sunlight floods through a Plexiglas skylight about 29 feet
above the sanctuary into this
open room that contains a
homemade cross, altar and
podium.
Burgess calls the altar, a
cedar stump, “the old rugged
altar. You can sit yourself
down and get over it under
the cross.” Sure enough, the
altar rests against a 16-foothigh cross.
The treehouse church with
all of its elements came to
Burgess in a vision from God
when he was “wide awake”
and lasted for only four seconds. But the instructions
were clear.
“It had the basketball court
in the sanctuary. I saw it like a
slide show, and it showed me
the podium, which rises like
four crosses, two for the
thieves, one for Christ, and
the other cross is the one we
all must bear individually,” he
said.
The fourth floor overlooks
the sanctuary and boasts a
VIP section, an antique
curved church pew overlooking the sanctuary that Burgess
claims is “the best seat in the
house.” This floor also holds a
choir loft and a stained-glass
picture window of Jesus.
Though an ordained minister, Burgess is more of a self-
proclaimed pastor in the
woods.
“There’s people that God
sends me that church houses
wouldn’t even let in.”
One of those souls resided
in the treehouse for three
years and earned the nickname “the keeper of the treehouse.”
After the man’s death,
Burgess threw some of his
friend’s ashes from the top
and buried the rest at the foot
of the tree.
For his 11th wedding anniversary, Burgess built his
wife “the only penthouse in
Cumberland County.” The
couple celebrated by spending the night there on the seventh floor.
“I kinda feel like Noah’s
wife when Noah built the
ark,” said Janet Burgess, Horace’s wife of 17 years. “It’s
definitely the spirit of the
Lord working in him.”
As his project rose to the
sky, Burgess said it took 4-1/2
years before he could see anything but trees.
But today, if you make it to
the top deck, the trees are 20
feet below and can’t obscure
the view of Cumberland
County all around.
From this vantage point
and others, visitors can see a
garden where Burgess has
used daffodils, irises, narcissus, gladiolas and wild
daisies to spell out the letters
J-E-S-U-S.
“The whole message of the
thing is if you come to see the
site and climb to the top,
you’ll see Jesus in the garden,
and the preacher didn’t have
to say a word,” Burgess says,
smiling broadly.
lized,” said Holland, director
of mesoscale and microscale
meteorology at the National
Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
“I really do not know how
much further, if any, that it
will go, but my sense is that
we shall see a stabilization in
frequencies for a while, followed by potentially another
upward swing if global
warming continues unabated,” Holland said.
It is normal for chaotic
systems such as weather and
climate to move in sharp
steps rather than gradual
trends, he said.
“What did surprise me
when we first found it in
2005 was that the increases
had developed for so long
without us noticing it,” he
said in an interview via email.
Holland said about half
the U.S. population and “a
large slice” of business are
“directly vulnerable” to hurricanes.
“Our urban and industrial
planning and building codes
are based on past history,” he
said. If the future is different,
“then we run the very real
risk of these being found inadequate, as was so graphically displayed by (Hurricane) Katrina in New Orleans.”
Hurricanes derive their
energy from warm ocean
water. North Atlantic surface
temperature increased about
1.3 degrees Fahrenheit dur-
ing the 100-year period studied. Other researchers have
calculated that at least twothirds of that warming can
be attributed to human and
industrial activities.
Some experts have sought
to blame changes in the sun.
But a recent study by British
and Swiss experts concluded
that “over the past 20 years,
all the trends in the sun that
could have had an influence
on the Earth’s climate have
been in the opposite direction to that required to explain the observed rise in
global mean temperatures.”
As the sea surface temperatures warm, they cause
changes in atmospheric
wind fields and circulations,
and these changes are responsible for the changes in
storm frequency, Holland
said.
Chris Landsea, science
and operations officer at the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
National Hurricane Center,
said the study is inconsistent
in its use of data.
The work, he said, is
“sloppy science that neglects
the fact that better monitoring by satellites allows us to
observe storms and hurricanes that were simply
missed earlier. The doubling
in the number of storms and
hurricanes in 100 years that
they found in their paper is
just an artifact of technology,
not climate change.”
But Kerry Emanuel, a hur-
NASHVILLE (AP) — The attorney for a veteran Metro
Nashville police officer who was fired after accidentally
shooting and killing a suspect says his client will challenge
the termination.
Sgt. William Randy Reed had been on desk duty since the
Dec. 5, 2005, incident. During an internal probe of the shooting, Reed told police investigators he could not remember key
details of what caused his gun to fire and hit James Denham.
According to police reports, Denham had picked up a
prostitute, smoked crack and then attempted two robberies
before leading police on a car chase that day.
Denham, who was 49 at the time, was eventually apprehended and ordered to the ground.
Reed told investigators at the time that he was squatting
over Denham with his gun drawn, when Denham moved and
his back touched the gun, causing it to accidentally fire.
The bullet struck Denham in the back and he later died at
Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Police officials contend Reed, who was fired earlier this
month, used improper handcuffing and firearm handling
procedures, which led to the fatal single shot.
“It was Sgt. Reed’s abandonment of standard law enforcement procedures that put him in a position to allow the
weapon to discharge,” Metro police Deputy Chief Steve Anderson wrote in the termination letter.
Reed’s attorney, W. Gary Blackburn, said Reed has filed an
appeal with the Metro Civil Service Commission.
“Let me tell you that if (Denham) had shot Randy, we
would have had the bagpipes and a parade to the cemetery,”
said Blackburn, adding that the officer “would have been a
hero.”
In December, Metro settled a lawsuit filed by Denham’s
daughter, paying the 12-year-old Chattanooga girl $100,000.
Ax attack trial set
COLUMBIA (AP) — A Columbia man accused of killing
his daughter’s boyfriend with an ax is scheduled to go to trial
Wednesday, and the jury will be allowed to hear statements
his attorney had hoped to exclude.
A judge on Thursday overruled a motion to exclude a
statement that Randy Norman, 51, made to police after the ax
attack. The judge also ruled to allow the jury to consider
statements from Norman’s wife about prior violent behavior.
Police say Norman struck 31-year-old Timothy Michael
Fuller in the head with an ax during an argument at Norman’s home.
Norman’s daughter, April, told The Daily Herald she had
been arguing with her mother when Fuller tried to break
them up and Norman killed him.
April Norman initially said she and Fuller were married.
Fuller’s older brother, David, said the couple had lived together for five years but were never legally married and the
Maury County Clerk’s office does not have any documentation of a marriage.
Lawmakers question
need to change
architects for prison
ricane expert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
said the study was significant. “It refutes recent suggestions that the upward
trend in Atlantic hurricane
activity is an artifact of
changing measurement systems,” said Emanuel, who
was not part of the research
team.
Improvements in observation began with aircraft
flights into storms in 1944
and satellite observations in
1970. The transitions in hurricane activity that were noted in the paper occurred
around 1930 and 1995.
“We are of the strong and
considered opinion that data
errors alone cannot explain
the sharp, high-amplitude
transitions between the climatic regimes, each with an
increase of around 50 percent
in cyclone and hurricane
numbers,” wrote Webster, of
Georgia Institute of Technology, and Holland.
The research was funded
by the National Science
Foundation.
NASHVILLE (AP) —
Some Tennessee lawmakers
question the need to hire a
new design team to make
changes to a Bledsoe County
prison project when more
than $2 million has already
been paid to architects and
consultants following the
original design.
Correction Commissioner
George Little said the changes
are necessary because the initial “cookie-cutter” design
failed to address issues such
as recent advances in security
technology and the new facility’s proximity to an existing
prison that must be kept secure while work is taking
place.
However, altering the
plans would mean scrapping
a contract that has already
paid $1,871,975 to architects
and $348,352 to an Atlantabased consulting firm that
recommended the change.
“That bothers me,” said
Rep. Phillip Pinion, a Union
City Democrat and one of
several legislators who expressed skepticism about the
idea at a meeting this month
of the Correction Oversight
Committee. “I’m just afraid
there’s something not on the
up-and-up about this.”
Asked Rep. Mike Turner,
D-Nashville: “So we hired a
consultant for $350,000 to tell
us we’re doing it the wrong
way now that we’ve got started and we need to start
over?”
Little said another prison
project in Morgan County is
on track and should be in full
operation next year.
But unlike Morgan County,
Little said the Bledsoe project
involves a water treatment
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
The number of tropical
storms developing annually
in the Atlantic Ocean more
than doubled over the past
century, with the increase
taking place in two jumps,
researchers say.
The increases coincided
with rising sea surface temperature, largely the byproduct of human-induced climate warming, researchers
Greg J. Holland and Peter J.
Webster concluded. Their
findings were being published online Sunday by
Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London.
An official at the National
Hurricane Center called the
research “sloppy science”
and said technological improvements in observing
storms accounted for the increase.
From 1905 to 1930, the Atlantic-Gulf Coast area averaged six tropical cyclones per
year, with four of those
storms growing into become
hurricanes.
The
annual
average
jumped to 10 tropical storms
and five hurricanes from
1931 to 1994. From 1995 to
2005, the average was 15
tropical storms and eight
hurricanes annually.
Even in 2006, widely reported as a mild year, there
were 10 tropical storms.
“We are currently in an
upward swing in frequency
of named storms and hurricanes that has not stabi-
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The cost of building the
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Entering Sunday’s contest
with a 5-5 record over their
previous ten contests, the
West Division leading Elizabethton Twins needed a
boost of momentum.
It was easy to find on Sunday, as the squad rallied for
two wins over struggling
Greeneville.
A big third inning led Elizabethton to a 7-2 victory in
game one, while a four-run
fifth inning game the Twins a
6-3 decision in the nightcap.
Michael McCardell picked
up his second win of the season with five solid innings of
work in the second game.
McCardell struck out nine
and gave up just two hits.
After Michael Rogers dealt
three runs in the sixth,
Knoxville-native
Caleb
Moore delivered a solid 1.1
innings of work for his first
professional save in his second appearance since returning to Elizabethton as a pitcher.
Elizabethton got on the
board with an RBI single
from Matthew Lawman in
the second. Rene Tosoni
added an RBI single in the
fourth to make it a 2-0 game.
The team rallied for four
runs in the bottom of the
fifth.
After Mark Dolenc offered
an RBI single for Ozzie
Lewis, Greg Yersich and Danny Lehmann, who singled
earlier in the frame, scored
on a double-error. Dolenc
scored on Tosoni’s second
RBI hit of the game to make it
a 6-0 contest.
In the top of the sixth, the
Astros rallied.
Devon Torrence scored on
a throwing error by Twins
third baseman Deibinson
Romero. Michael Rogers
loaded the bases and walked
Ebert Rosario across the
plate.
Timothy Johnson added
an RBI double to make it a 63 game. Moore entered the
game and got Philip Stringer
to pop out to end the inning.
Elizabethton’s
defense
came up big in the top of the
seventh to seal the win.
In the opener, Henry
Reyes picked up his fourth
win of the season while striking out nine and giving up
four hits in five innings of
work.
The Twins offense made
things easy for its defense in
the contest.
In the first inning, Elizabethton got on the board
with Estarlin De Los Santos
singling and advancing to
third on an error. He crossed
on an RBI single from Tosoni.
In the third inning, Elizabethton produced four runs.
Tosoni and Romero singled
for Lewis, who delivered a
two-run hit up the middle.
Yersich followed with a tworun blast that landed under
the scoreboard in right-centerfield.
“I was trying to hit it as
hard as I could and put a
good swing on it,” said Yersich.
Rene Leveret doubled in
the fifth and scored on an RBI
double from Yersich.
Barry Bonds
remains shy
of record
Sports
Spectrum
Prep football
practice
officially
starts today
It now down to the nittygritty for high school football
teams across the state of Tennessee. Today marks the opening day for fall football practice
for five county schools.
Three new
coaches
will
take to the field
for the first time
as head of their
programs.
Shawn Witten will try and
rebound
the
Tim
Cyclones from a
Chambers 3-7 season in
2006.
Elizabethton’s faithful are
hoping that Witten can work
the same magic from the sidelines that he did in his four seasons as a Cyclone standout
player. He also enjoyed an outstanding career as a Virginia
Tech Hokie.
For the first time in two
years, ‘Betsy will not open up
the season with Kingsport
Dobyns-Bennett. That contest
has been pushed back to September 28.
Happy Valley will make the
10-minute journey to BrownChildress Stadium in the season opener for both schools.
Kudos to both programs for
giving county fans what so
many want to see. The Warriors
will bring a large gathering to
Rider Field.
Like the Cyclones, Happy
Valley will have one of its alltime best on the sidelines in
Scotty Verran. The new head
man rushed for more than
1,600 yards as a senior before
starring for four seasons at
Emory & Henry.
The Warriors were 4-2 in
conference play in 2006, but only 4-7 overall. The Valley will
once again field a young squad
with only five seniors on the
roster at present.
It don’t get any easier for either team as Elizabethton will
play at Science Hill on the following week while the Tribe
face a much improved Unicoi
County squad.
Hampton will test the waters early by hosting Johnson
County on the same night.
The Bulldogs have been the
studs for the past two seasons,
but don’t expect the Longhorns
to be any pushover. The Dogs
will face a tough non-conference schedule, including Unicoi and Happy Valley on the
road.
The same can be said for Unaka. Second year head coach
Donald Ensor has revised the
schedule dropping all the
Southwest Virginia squads and
replacing them with some
tough non-conference foes.
The Rangers will kick-off the
season on Thursday against
Chuckey-Doak before a capacity crowd at Goddard Field. The
following week they’ll travel to
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Elizabethton added one
additional run in the sixth
with De Los Santos singling
and advancing to second on
an error. He scored on a wild
pitch.
Four Twins had multiple
hits in the opener. De Los
Santos, Tosoni, Romero and
Yersich each totaled two hits
apiece.
Tosoni, Lewis and Yersich
led the team with two hits
each in the second game.
The Twins will try to complete a home sweep of
Greeneville tonight at 7 p.m.
“If we come out swinging
like we did tonight, we’ll be
alright,” added Yersich.
“I got to come here in stock
car and win, that was such a
weight off our shoulders ...
everyone knew how much. Today, it’s like we’re happy now.
It wasn’t like it was the untouchable anymore.”
The kid from Columbus
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
The game was still an hour
and a half away and the man
who will be the home run
king was sitting in his private
enclave in the Giants’ clubhouse, head in hands and
watching his personal flatpanel TV.
On the screen was the man
who might
well be the
home
run
king himself
someday.
And
while
this was a
day
when
Barry Bonds
and most of
Tim
baseball were
fixated
on
Dahlberg
one number,
Alex Rodriguez was just one
big swing away from his own
pretty important number.
“Are they working in special balls for A-Rod?” Bonds
asked to no one in particular.
He didn’t have to wait
long for an answer. Clustered
around the locker were a
dozen or so reporters, happy
to say yes and even happier
to have a little interaction
with the slugger.
Bonds seemed pretty happy himself, though his mood
would later change after another day of futility at the
plate. The night before he had
been blanked by Dontrelle
Willis and the Florida Marlins, but this was another day,
and a beautiful one at that, in
the Bay Area.
“We’re all watching TV,”
Bonds said. “We’re all here together having a slumber party.”
Outside AT&T Park, one
Giant party was going on.
The final day of the homestand was also Bonds’ last
chance to tie or break perhaps
the most celebrated record in
sports, and many of the
42,965 who would cram their
way inside were hanging
around enjoying a few moments before the game.
Working near the statue of
Willie Mays, some ticket
scalpers were offering free ice
cream samples to lure buyers.
Underneath the statue, a man
was handing out copies of a
newsletter blaming everyone
but the tooth fairy for causing
Bonds troubles.
“Stop the attacks on Barry
Bonds,” he yelled.
On this day, in this park,
no one was attacking Bonds.
They stood and cheered
when his name was announced in the starting lineup, and stood and cheered for
every at-bat.
That’s not likely to happen
for a while. The Giants head
down south to face their hated rivals, the Dodgers, and
the love Bonds was soaking
up along with the sun will be
replaced by venom, and plenty of it, beginning Tuesday
night at Chavez Ravine.
That’s the way it always is
for Bonds on the road, and
that’s the reason the general
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Tony Stewart climbs the fence after winning his second Nextel Cup race at Indianapolis.
Climbing Fences
Kid from Columbus outduels Harvick for second Indy win
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Tony Stewart once said he’d
trade all his wins and trophies
for just one victory at his
beloved Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Now he’s got two,
and they couldn’t be more different.
The first gave him peace.
The second was pure joy.
Stewart scored his second
victory in three years at the
Brickyard on Sunday, beating
buddy Kevin Harvick in a classic dual to the finish. Stewart
showed he’s now mastered the
track that caused him a decade
of heartache and once even
threatened his career.
“I’ll enjoy this one more
than the first one,” he said.
“The first one (in 2005) was like
taking the weight of the world
off your shoulders. When you
grow up 45 miles from here,
and driving down 16th and
Georgetown in a wrecker and
thinking ‘Man, what it would
feel like to be 150 yards inside
that fence running 200 mph?’
Auto Racing
Nextel Cup Results
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
INDIANAPOLIS — Results Sunday fro m
the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard race
for NASCAR's Nextel Cup series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, listing starting position in parentheses, driver, car,
laps completed with reason out if not
running at the finish, and money won:
1. (14) T. Stewart, Chevy, 160, $488,111.
2. (2) J. P. Montoya, Dodge, 160, $360,850.
3. (21) J.Gordon, Chevy, 160, $324,411.
4. (18) K. Busch, Chevy, 160, $271,075.
5. (1) R. Sorenson, Dodge, 160, $282,408.
6. (13) M. Martin, Chevy, 160, $223,075.
7. (20) K. Harvick, Chevy, 160, $244,411.
8. (7) Jeff Burton, Chevy, 160, $221,391.
9. (27) D. Blaney, Toyota, 160, $204,958.
10. (31) M. Kenseth, Ford, 160, $226,241.
11. (6) K. Busch, Dodge, 160, $205,358.
12. (33) M. Truex Jr., Chevy, 160, $191,670.
13. (26) C. Bowyer, Chevy, 160, $169,175.
14. (40) W. Burton, Chevy, 160, $161,125.
15. (8) G. Biffle, Ford, 160, $178,425.
16. (30) D. Ragan, Ford, 160, $193,450.
17. (38) D. Gilliland, Ford, 160, $183,114.
18. (35) C. Edwards, Ford, 160, $163,150.
19. (29) B. Labonte, Dodge, 160, $190,636.
20. (28) P. Menard, Chevy, 160, $153,650.
21. (25) B. Vickers, Toyota, 160, $151,475.
22. (10) D. Hamlin, Chevy, 159, $167,875.
23. (32) B. Elliott, Ford, 159, $169,789.
24. (37) R. Rudd, Ford, 159, $179,258.
25. (36) K. Schrader, Dodge, 159, $158,683.
26. (12) D. Stremme, Dodge, 158, $146,075.
27. (42) R. Gordon, Ford, 157, $144,975.
28. (17) E. Sadler, Dodge, 155, $162,320.
29. (16) S. Riggs, Dodge, 154, $150,975.
30. (43) T. Labonte, Toyota, engine, 150,
$152,108.
31. (22) S. Wimmer, Chevy, 145, $139,450.
32. (41) K. Petty, Dodge, 141, $148,497.
33. (15) J. McMurray, Ford, 139, $147,650.
34. (4) D. Earnhardt Jr., Chevy, engine, 136,
$203,658.
35. (9) C. Mears, Chevy, 132, $156,150.
36. (23) J.J. Yeley, Chevy, crash, 120,
$165,958.
37. (39) J. Sauter, Chevy, 100, $137,975.
38. (34) D. Reutimann, Toyota, engine, 92,
$137,850.
39. (19) J. Johnson, Chevy, crash, 59,
$191,686.
40.
(5) K. Kahne, Dodge, crash, 39,
$186,016.
41. (11) T. Raines, Chevy, crash, 39,
$145,550.
42. (3) R.Newman, Dodge, crash, 20,
$172,025.
43. (24) J. Green, Chevy, crash, 13,
$145,647.
———
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 3 hours, 24 minutes, 28
seconds.
Average Speed: 117.379 mph.
Margin of Victory: 2.982 seconds.
Caution Flags: 9 for 36 laps.
Lead Changes: 14 among 6 drivers.
Lap Leaders: R.Sorenson 1-16; T.Stewart
17-19; D.Earnhardt Jr. 20-39; T.Stewart 40;
D.Earnhardt Jr. 41-53; T.Stewart 54-61;
Ky.Busch 62-76; T.Stewart 77-91; G.Biffle
92-102; K.Harvick 103-110; T.Stewart 111126; Ky.Busch 127-128; T.Stewart 129-140;
K.Harvick 141-150; T.Stewart 151-160.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead,
Laps Led): Tony Stewart 7 times for 65
laps; Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 times for 33
laps; Kevin Harvick 2 times for 18 laps;
Kyle Busch 2 times for 17 laps; Reed
Sorenson 1 time for 16 laps; Greg Biffle 1
time for 11 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Gordon 3,076. 2.
D.Hamlin 2,705. 3. M.Kenseth 2,699. 4.
J.Burton 2,633. 5. T.Stewart 2,624. 6.
C.Edwards 2,582. 7. K.Harvick 2,488. 8.
Ky.Busch 2,479. 9. J.Johnson 2,469. 10.
C.Bowyer 2,405. 11. M.Truex Jr. 2,335. 12.
D.Earnhardt Jr. 2,217
BASEBall
MLB Glance
American League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
64
41
.610
—
New York
56
49
.533
8.0
Toronto
52
52
.500 11.5
Baltimore
49
55
.471 14.5
Tampa Bay
39
65
.375 24.5
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Detroit
60
43
.583
—
Cleveland
60
45
.571
1.0
Minnesota
53
51
.510
7.5
Chicago
48
57
.457 13.0
Kansas City
47
57
.452 13.5
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
60
42
.588
—
Seattle
57
46
.553
3.5
Oakland
49
56
.467 12.5
Texas
46
59
.438 15.5
———
Sunday’s Games
Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1
N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 6
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 2
Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Kansas City 10, Texas 0
Seattle 14, Oakland 10
Detroit at L.A. Angels, late
Monday’s Games
Toronto (McGowan 7-5) at Tampa Bay
(Sonnanstine 1-6), 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Meche 7-7) at Minnesota
(Baker 4-4), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Rogers 3-2) at Oakland (Blanton
8-7), 10:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Escobar 11-4) at Seattle
(Batista 10-7), 10:05 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Baltimore at Boston, 7:05 p.m.
Texas at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Chi. White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
59
46
.562
—
Philadelphia
55
49
.529
3.5
Atlanta
55
51
.519
4.5
Florida
49
57
.462 10.5
Washington
45
60
.429 14.0
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Milwaukee
57
49
.538
—
Chicago
55
48
.534
0.5
St. Louis
49
53
.480
6.0
Houston
46
59
.438 10.5
Cincinnati
45
61
.425 12.0
Pittsburgh
42
61
.408 13.5
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
57
48
.543
—
Arizona
58
49
.542
—
San Diego
56
48
.538
0.5
Colorado
53
51
.510
3.5
San Francisco 45
58
.437 11.0
———
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 0, 4 1/2 innings, rain
Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 0
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1
San Diego 18, Houston 11
St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 5
Colorado 9, L.A. Dodgers 6
Florida 8, San Francisco 5
Atlanta 14, Arizona 0
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia (Hamels 11-5) at Chicago
Cubs (Lilly 11-4), 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Colorado at Florida, 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
MLB Game Capsules
Sunday’s Games
American League
Twins .....................................................4
Indians...................................................1
CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Barfield made
two errors on one play to help Minnesota
score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning
and the Twins rallied to beat C.C. Sabathia
and the Cleveland Indians 4-1 on Sunday.
Sabathia (13-6), coming off a hard-luck 1-0
loss to Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka on Tuesday, tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, but
lost for the fourth time in five starts in July.
Leading 1-0 and trying to become the first
14-game winner in the AL, Sabathia hit Jason Tyner with a pitch with one out in the
eighth. He struck out Jason Bartlett, but
pinch-hitter Mike Redmond lofted a fly ball
that dropped safely behind right fielder Trot
Nixon for an RBI double.
Joe Mauer followed with a routine grounder
to Barfield, who kicked it for an error and
threw wildly to first for another, scoring
pinch-runner Luis Rodriguez and sending
Mauer to second. Justin Morneau followed
with an RBI double to left for a 3-1 lead.
Lew Ford hit a two-out homer in the ninth
off Rafael Betancourt to make it 4-1.
Dennys Reyes (2-1) pitched 1 1-3 innings
in relief of rookie Matt Garza, who struck
out 11 in six innings. Pat Neshek got a
double-play grounder to end the eighth
and Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his
22nd save in 24 chances as Minnesota
won two of three in Cleveland.
Yankees ...............................................10
Orioles ...................................................6
BALTIMORE (AP) — Johnny Damon had
three hits, scored four runs and had two
RBIs, and the Yankees ended the Orioles’
six-game winning streak.
New York’s Alex Rodriguez, seeking his
500th home run, went 0-for-2 with a runscoring grounder and three walks. Since
hitting No. 499 on Wednesday in Kansas
City, Rodriguez is 0-for-12, including a
groundout in the June 28 suspended game
that was completed Friday night.
New York shortstop Derek Jeter went 2for-3 with two walks. He now has 7,218 atbats, moving past Babe Ruth into fifth
place on the Yankees’ career list.
Chien-Ming Wang (12-5) gave up three
runs and nine hits in six innings to help
New York avoid a three-game sweep and
pull within four of the wild-card lead. He is
5-1 in his last six starts.
Daniel Cabrera (7-11) allowed four runs,
six hits and five walks in six innings. He
struck out five.
Blue Jays...............................................4
White Sox ..............................................1
CHICAGO (AP) — Shaun Marcum outpitched Javier Vazquez, one day after a
pitcher’s duel betwen Mark Buehrle and Roy
Halladay went in favor of the White Sox.
Marcum (7-4) struck out eight and walked
one, retiring nine straight to start the game.
Jeremy Accardo pitched a scoreless ninth
for his 17th save in 20 chances.
Vazquez (8-6) retired seven in a row before
Curtis Thigpen walked with one out in the
eighth. John McDonald and Reed Johnson
then singled to load the bases, and Lyle
Overbay followed with a fly ball to right to
put Toronto ahead. The run broke a 21-inning scoreless steak for the Blue Jays.
Vazquez pitched 7 2-3 innings, allowing
four runs, two earned, and five hits. He
struck out five and walked three. He had
won five straight decisions.
Devil Rays .............................................5
Red Sox .................................................2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Dioner
Navarro, B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena homered
during a five-run seventh inning as the Devil
Rays stopped an eight-game losing streak.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-8) took a six-hit
shutout into the seventh before being lifted after
allowing Navarro’s solo homer on an 0-2 pitch
and a single to Josh Wilson with one out. DiceK was charged with two runs and eight hits.
Manny Delcarmen replaced Matsuzaka
and got Akinori Iwamura to ground into a
fielder’s choice for the second out. But
Brendan Harris singled and Upton hit a
three-run drive to make it 4-0. Pena followed Upton with his 25th of the season.
The Red Sox have scored two runs or less
while Matsuzaka has been in the game in 10
of his last 12 starts. The right-hander threw
seven shutout innings in his previous outing,
a 1-0 victory at Cleveland on Tuesday.
Gary Glover (4-3) pitched 2 1-3 innings to
get the win. He allowed consecutive
homers to Manny Ramirez and Kevin
Youkilis in the eighth.
Mariners ..............................................14
Athletics ..............................................10
SEATTLE (AP) — Ben Broussard, playing
for the ejected Richie Sexson, hit a two-run
homer in the seventh to tie the game, and Jason Ellison scored the go-ahead run on an
errant throw an inning later for the Mariners.
Seattle’s improbable win came after Oakland had erased a 6-0 deficit, scoring four
runs in the sixth inning off Seattle reliever
Chris Reitsma. But the combination of Kenji
Johjima, Adrian Beltre, Broussard and Ellison helped get Reitsma off the hook.
Johjima led off the bottom of the eighth
with a double just fair down the left field
line off Oakland reliever Huston Street (22). Ellison ran for the catcher and Jose
Lopez laid down a bunt to advance him to
third. Street fielded the bunt but threw wide
to first, allowing Ellison to race home with
the go-ahead run.
Jose Guillen later added a two-run single
off Street just past diving first baseman
Dan Johnson, and Broussard singled off
Joe Kennedy to score Jose Vidro and give
Seattle a cushion.
Sean Green (4-1) pitched the eighth inning
for the win.
Royals..................................................10
Rangers .................................................0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Leo Nunez
pitched six scoreless innings in his second
major league start as the Royals completed a three-game sweep.
Nunez (1-0), who was recalled from TripleA Omaha, gave up three singles with a
walk and a strikeout before departing after
85 pitches, 53 for strikes.
The young Dominican right-hander, who
was a reliever before this season and suffered a fractured right wrist in spring training, held Boston to one run over four innings on July 17 in his first start, and would
have gotten the win had he gone the required five innings.
He was sent back to the minors the next day.
Joel Peralta gave up two hits over the final
three innings to get his second career save.
The Royals chased Kameron Loe (5-9) in
the sixth. He is 0-3 with two no-decisions
since a July 1 victory at Boston, after yielding six runs on eight hits and three walks.
National League
Cubs ......................................................6
Reds.......................................................0
CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Zambrano became the majors’ first 14-game winner and
finished with three hits to help the Chicago
Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-0 Sunday.
Derrek Lee homered for the third time in
four days for Chicago, which finished off a
4-2 road trip. Alfonso Soriano also had two
hits and scored a run.
Brandon Phillips’ first-inning single up the
middle and Javier Valentin’s seventh-inning
bloop single to center were the only hits al-
lowed by Zambrano in 7 1-3 innings. The
right-hander struck out six and walked
three, and has won seven of his last eight.
Zambrano (14-7) tied a career high with
three hits and stayed in after Ryan Freel
lined a pitch off his right ankle in the sixth.
The ball caromed to third baseman Aramis
Ramirez, who threw Freel out. Zambrano
left the game after striking out pinch-hitter
Norris Hopper leading off the eighth inning.
Matt Belisle (5-8) hasn’t won in 10 starts over
two months since beating the Astros at
Houston on May 29. He gave up four runs
and nine hits, struck out four and walked one.
Marlins...................................................8
Giants ....................................................5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds
was 1-for-4 with an infield single on the final day of the Giants’ homestand, failing to
come close to a home run.
Still one homer from tying Hank Aaron’s
record of 755, Bonds takes his quest to a
place where his reception figures to be
anything but friendly: Dodger Stadium.
Since hitting No. 754 on Friday night,
Bonds is 1-for-7 with five walks.
Bonds would like to set the record at
home, but the Giants start a six-game trip
to Los Angeles and San Diego on Tuesday
before a weeklong homestand against
Washington and Pittsburgh.
Jeremy Hermida hit a tying RBI double in
the seventh off Matt Morris (7-7) and Jason
Wood followed with a go-ahead single as
the Marlins ended a six-game losing streak.
Sergio Mitre (5-5) was perfect through three
innings on 31 pitches, and went after Bonds
each time in their first career matchup —
just like Dontrelle Willis did Saturday night.
Kevin Gregg finished for his 21st save in 23
opportunities after blowing a chance Saturday night in the Marlins’ 4-3 loss.
Mets .......................................................5
Nationals.................................0, 4.5 inn.
NEW YORK (AP) — John Maine shut
down Washington, David Wright drove in
two runs and the Mets salvaged a fourgame split in a game shortened by rain.
Ramon Castro made sure the Mets didn’t miss
catcher Paul Lo Duca, who strained a hamstring on Saturday night. The backup catcher
had a home run, a double and two RBIs.
Less than 10 minutes after the game became official, plate umpire Mike Winters
called out the grounds crew to cover the
infield. The game was called after a wait of
about 90 minutes.
Maine retired his final 14 batters after a
first-inning single by Ronnie Belliard. He
got two foul popouts to start the fifth and
struck out Nook Logan swinging to end it.
Maine (12-5) struck out five without a walk
and won for the sixth time in his last eight
starts. He’s walked only three in those six
wins, with 37 strikeouts.
Billy Traber (2-2) was ineffective in his second start of the year, allowing five runs and
eight hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Phillies...................................................5
Pirates ...................................................1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jimmy Rollins
had three hits and Kyle Kendrick tossed
seven strong innings as the Phillies completed a three-game sweep.
Philadelphia, winners in eight of their last
nine, improved to a season-high six games
over .500 (55-49) and swept the Pirates for
the first time since 2001.
Nate McLouth homered for Pittsburgh,
which fell to 2-13 since the All-Star break.
Kendrick (5-1) allowed one run on six hits,
walking one and striking out four. It was his
first victory since July 13.
Ryan Madson got two outs in the eighth inning
before leaving with a right shoulder strain. Antonio Alfonseca inherited an 0-2 count and
needed one pitch to strike out Jason Bay.
Ian Snell (7-9), who was 2-0 with a 0.64
ERA against the Phillies in his previous two
starts, allowed three runs on six hits over six
innings to lose for the fourth straight time.
Padres .................................................18
Astros ..................................................11
HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Cameron and
Adrian Gonzalez hit two-run homers during an 11-run first inning off Jason Jennings, as the Padres’ bats came alive on
the day franchise hits leader Tony Gwynn
was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Brian Giles had a two-run double and
starting pitcher Tim Stauffer, called up
from the minors on Saturday, had a tworun single as San Diego put together its
biggest first inning since scoring 13
against St. Louis on Aug. 24, 1993.
San Diego pounded out a season-high 19
hits, and it was the most runs allowed by the
Astros in an inning since they gave up 14 in
the first against Cincinnati on Aug. 3, 1989.
Jennings (2-7) allowed eight hits and three
walks, including the first two batters he faced.
Doug Brocail (3-1) pitched 1 2-3 innings of
relief to get the win.
Cardinals ...............................................9
Brewers .................................................5
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Ludwick’s basesloaded walk broke an eighth-inning tie, Albert
Pujols followed with a three-run double and
the Cardinals rallied from a five-run deficit.
Milwaukee, which led the NL Central by 8 1/2
games before play on June 24, is just a halfgame ahead of the Chicago Cubs, the Brewers’
smallest margin since before play on April 22.
The defending World Series Cardinals are
just six games back after trailing by 10 1/2
games at the end of June. Milwaukee
completed a 2-6 trip and has lost 11 of its
last 14 road games, dropping to 21-32
away from Miller Park.
St. Louis closed to 5-4 in a four-run fifth inning,
then went ahead in a five-run eighth against
Derrick Turnbow (2-4) and Carlos Villanueva.
Ryan Franklin (4-0) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless
innings as St. Louis won its third straight.
Rockies..................................................9
Dodgers.................................................6
DENVER (AP) — Matt Holliday homered
and drove in three runs, and Ubaldo
Jimenez went six innings for his first major
league victory.
Jimenez (1-0) gave up two runs and four hits,
striking out three after getting no-decisions in his
first two starts this season. He hasn’t allowed
more than three runs in four career starts, including his big-league debut last season.
Chad Billingsley (7-1) allowed four runs in
4 1-3 innings, losing for the first time since
last Sept. 16 against San Diego. He left after Todd Helton’s RBI double scored Holliday to give Colorado a 4-2 lead.
Colorado won the weekend series, which
was shortened to three games after a rainout on Friday. The Rockies have won eight
straight home series and are unbeaten in
their last nine series at Coors Field.
Braves .................................................14
Diamondbacks......................................0
PHOENIX (AP) — Chipper Jones drove in
five runs, Tim Hudson allowed three hits in
seven innings and the Braves ended the
Diamondbacks’ eight-game winning streak.
Andruw Jones and Scott Thorman also
homered for the Braves, who pounded out
19 hits and snapped a four-game losing
streak. Jeff Francoeur went 3-for-5 and
scored two runs.
Atlanta matched a season high for runs and
handed Arizona its worst loss of the season.
Hudson (11-5) struck out five and walked
one to win his fifth straight decision.
The Braves had rallied from seven- and
three-run deficits the past two games only
to lose in extra innings. But against Livan
Hernandez, Atlanta removed all suspense
in the first two innings.
Hernandez (6-7) dropped to 3-15 in his career against the Braves. He allowed eight
runs and eighth hits in four innings with
three walks and no strikeouts.
CALENDAR
BASKETBALL
• Any boys grades 6th-thru-8th interested
in playing on the Twisters team may call
416-4292 for more information.
BASEBALL
• Sign-ups for the Elizabethton/Carter
County Fall Baseball League conducted by
the Elizabethton National and Carter County American Little Leagues will take place
Saturday, August 4th and 11th from 10 a.m.
until noon at the Elizabethton National Little
League office across from the Elizabethton
Golf Course. Players need to bring their
birth certificate and a $25.00 registration
fee. Ages 8-11 are accepted. For additional
information call 791-2324 or 542-7380.
FOOTBALL
• Registration at the Elizabethton/Carter
County Boys & Girls Club for ages 5-12 is
currently going on. 543-2946.
• T.A. Dugger will begin football practice on
July 30th for seventh and eighth graders.
For more information contact coach Daniel
Profitt at 341-0673.
• Registration is under way for teams that
would like to participate in the Elizabethton
Parks and Recreation fall 2007 flag football league. If you’re interested please call
547-6440. Deadline to enter is August the
31tst 3:00p.m. Their will be a coaches
meeting August 23rd at 6:30pm. Information packets are available at the Recreation Center.
• Unaka Jr. High Football Practice begins
Monday, July 30th, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
Jr. High Football is for boys in grades 6-8 at
Unaka, Hunter, and Keenburg Elementary.
For info call Coach Wilson at 794-0277.
• The Region One Football Officials Association will hold their initial meeting of the 2007
season on Monday July 23rd at Science Hill
High School beginning at 6:30 p.m. Those
interested in officiating high school, middle
school, elementary and youth football
games should attend this meeting. For further information contact Jim Cradic (423)
357-6698 or Joel Pierce (423) 543-2084.
SOFTBALL
• Sign-ups for the Elizabethton/Carter
County Fall Softball League conducted by
the Elizabethton National and Carter
County American Little Leagues will take
place Saturday, August 4th and 11th from
10 a.m. until noon at the Elizabethton National Little League office across from the
Elizabethton Golf Course. Players need to
bring their birth certificate and a $25.00
registration fee. Ages 8-11 and 12-14 are
accepted. For additional information call
791-2324 or 542-7380.
VOLLEYBALL
• Registration for the Elizabethton Parks and
Recreation 2007 Fall Coed Volleyball is currently underway. Divisions A and B should register their team by the deadline date of August
31st , 3:00 p.m. Call 547-6440 for more information. Their will be a coaches meeting August 23rd at 7:30pm. Information packets are
available at the Recreation Center.
TRANSACTIONS
Sunday’s Deals
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Arizona minor league
INF Donnie Sadler (Tucson-PCL) 50 games
for testing positive for a drug of abuse.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled INF
Danny Richar from Charlotte (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Recalled RHP
Leo Nunez from Omaha (PCL). Designated RHP Jason Shiell for assignment.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Optioned RHP
Shawn Camp to Durham (IL). Recalled
INF Ben Zobrist from Durham.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Traded RHP Calvin
Medlock, LHP Brian Shackelford and future
considerations to Tampa Bay for INF Jorge
Cantu, OF Shaun Cumberland and cash.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Traded RHP Dan
Wheeler to Tampa Bay for INF Ty Wigginton. Designated 3B Morgan Ensberg for
assignment.
Recalled
LHP
Mark
McLemore from Round Rock (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Optioned INF Anderson Hernandez to New Orleans (PCL).
Recalled RHP Mike Pelfrey from New Orleans. Optioned Pelfrey back to New Orleans. Recalled OF David Newhan and C
Mike DiFelice from New Orleans. Designated RHP Jon Adkins for assignment.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed RHP
Ryan Madson on the 15-day DL. Recalled
RHP Geoff Geary from Ottawa (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned RHP
John Van Benschoten to Indianapolis (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Recalled RHP Brian Falkenborg and RHP Anthony Reyes from
Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Kelvin
Jimenez and LHP Randy Keisler to Memphis.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Placed INF-OF
Russell Branyan on waivers. Placed RHP
Chris Young on the 15-day DL, retroactive
to July 25. Recalled RHP Tim Stauffer
from Portland (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to
terms with 1B Dmitri Young on a two-year
contract extension. Purchased the contract
of RHP Joel Hanrahan from Columbus (IL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Traded DT Darwin
Walker to Chicago for an undisclosed draft
pick. Signed OL Nevin McCaskill. Released OL Zac Tubbs.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed CB
Leon Hall to a five-year contract.
DENVER BRONCOS—Signed DE Jarvis
Moss to a five-year contract, DE Tim Crowder to a four-year contract and LB Wesly
Mallard. Placed WR Rod Smith on the
physically unable to perform list and DE
Carlos Hall on the reserve/did not report
list. Waived RB Thump Belton and LB Eddie Moore. Released, then re-signed, DE
Kenny Peterson.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed OT Kevin
Barry. Released OT Tavo Tupola. Placed
FB Jameel Cook and OT Charles Spencer
on the physically unable to perform list.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed LB Clint
Session, OT Tony Ugoh and DB Michael
Coe to four-year contracts.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed QB
Tim Couch to a two-year contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Claimed TE Courtney
Anderson off waivers from Oakland.
Waived S David Lofton. Activated DT Brian
Soi from the non-football injury list.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Agreed to terms
with RB Adrian Peterson on a five-year
contract.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DB
Brandon Meriweather.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed G Dominic
Moran. Waived K Justin Ayat.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed TE Zach
Miller and QB Cody Pickett.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Placed DT Marcus Tubbs on the physically unable to perform list. Signed K Kurt Smith. Released
LB Marquis Cooper.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed G Milford
Brown. Released OT Chris Massner.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed DT
Justin Frick.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed RW
Michael Ryder to a one-year contract.
SPORTSCAST
Television
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m. — (ESPN) Phillies at Cubs
White, Brown, Henry?
Titans running backs
compete for top job
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
LenDale White plans to start at
running back for the Tennessee
Titans. So does Chris Brown,
who held the job himself a year
ago. Second-round draft pick
Chris Henry also sees himself
in the position.
Whoever wins the job steps
into a favorable situation. The
Titans had the NFL’s fifth-best
rushing offense in 2006. Travis
Henry — now in Denver because Tennessee didn’t want to
pay an $8.3 million bonus —
ran for 1,211 yards on 270 carries with only 13 starts.
“This guy has an opportunity to really help us win some
games and do some good
things for his own career, so it’s
going to be pressure,” running
backs coach Sherman Smith
said Sunday.
“Whoever gets it the first
week, that doesn’t guarantee
they have it the next week.
They can’t just say, ’Oh, I’ve
got the job. I can take it easy.’
You’ve got to perform every
week, just like Travis, and
Chris Brown when he was a
starter, and Eddie George.”
Replacing Henry, who averaged 4.5 yards and had six 100yard rushing games in 2006,
can be done. George, the
team’s all-time leading rusher,
casts a longer shadow, with
coaches remembering how he
never missed practices or
games.
“Who’s the guy you can
trust the most? The guy you
know is going to do it consistently and do it the right way?”
Smith said. “We don’t want to
separate ability from your
commitment to being in shape
to doing the right things. It’s
got to be a combination of all of
them.”
When White fell to the Ti-
tans with the 45th pick in the
2006 draft, Tennessee officials
were pleased, thinking they
had found a running back like
George to team with top pick
Vince Young in the backfield.
Young far exceeded expectations, winning offensive
rookie of the year and going 85 as a starter.
White? The running back
who scored a record 57 touchdowns at Southern California
didn’t start once as a rookie,
was deactivated for three
games and had 61 carries for
244 yards.
He didn’t help himself after
Travis Henry’s release by needing to lose some extra pounds
and missing a couple weeks of
minicamps with a sore hamstring. He said people don’t
know the whole truth.
“The good thing now is
everything’s healthy. I’m practicing like every down is my
last down, you know. I’m just
playing football. ... I’m doing
everything to show my teammates and my coaches I’m in it
for the battle,” he said.
White’s struggles prompted
the Titans to draft Chris Henry
out of Arizona with the 50th
pick overall.
They gambled on the player
seen as a combine phenom for
his 4.40-second time in the 40yard dash. He had only 269
carries for 892 yards in college,
but the Titans checked him out
thoroughly and believe he was
hurt by coaching changes.
The Titans also signed
Brown to a one-year contract,
bringing him back in June even
though he lost the starting job
after the fourth game last season.
“I’ve got a lot to go out and
prove to myself and a lot of
other people,” Brown said.
Spectrum
n Continued from 6
Union County. Games at Sullivan East and at home against
Matewan, West Virginia highlight the 2007 season.
Kudos to Cloudland and
Avery County for renewing
their rivalry. The two teams
will kick-off the season for the
first time since 1988.
Only 20 minutes separate
the two schools. This will be an
old-fashioned slobberknocker
from the get-go.
The two schools have traded back and forth over the past
several years. Current Hampton assistant coach Mike
Lunsford lived in Elk Park
while coaching at Cloudland.
In 2000, Brandon Jones left
the Avery program after not
seeing much play time and became a star running back for
the Highlanders.
Current Mars Hill quarterback Ricky Spradling was allstater at Avery, yet lived on the
Carter County side in Bluegrass. Avery head coach Darrell Brewer was an assistant at
Cloudland before taking the
Viking job.
The Highlanders turned the
reigns over to one of its all time
top players in Robbie Turbyfill.
The former Cloudand signal
caller led the Landers to a
quarterfinal state appearance
in 1996 before losing to Battle
Ground Academy. BGA was
led by Cory Flemming, who
later starred in the backfield at
Tennessee.
Can Hampton get closer to
winning a state championship? Could Unaka and
Cloudland possibly challenge
the Dogs? Is it possible that
Elizabethton had Happy Valley will following the leads of
its head coaches? Only time
will tell.
Oh well, what do I know?
Coaches and Parents
Why isn’t my son the quarterback? Or they’re crazy for
not throwing the ball to “Little
Johnny.” Why aren’t they letting you carry the football
more? I don’t understand why
so-and-so is playing in front of
you?
These are the things that
many high school players and
coaches are faced with in today’s athletics.
It only a few but it does
happen among today’s young
athletes.
It’s an unhealthy situation
that all are faced with.
Kids feed off parents and a
few want to be armchair quarterbacks. We all at one time
have disagreed with a coach’s
decision but let us remember
that they’re human too.
When we use a child to vent
our frustrations over playing
time, it festers over to the team
concept. I’ve coached summer
baseball for 21 years and I still
work with my child individually. At the high school level,
his coach is the boss. The same
goes for football and basketball.
A few parents will go to extremes to try and get their
point across.
The worst place can be
found on Internet sites, where
its easy for people to go online
to try and pretend to be somebody else. Many players and
coaches read these message
boards, and 75 percent of the
information they contain is
things that are negative toward the kids or coaching
staff. Many readers speculate
and can sometimes hold the
wrong person accountable.
A certain few pretend to be
football geniuses breaking
down every single aspect of
each team. Most don’t attend
any of the practices but they
can tell you who should be in
the starting lineup. Many
times, it starts at a young age.
Although they help in
many ways, youth sports can
be a cancer to high school
coaches.
I spoke to a man not long
ago who stated he was taking
his nine year old son to a trainer so he could have a chance at
playing Division One football.
I’ve yet to see Phillip Fulmer in
attendance at any Pee Wee or
Grasscutter games.
Most high school coaches
have an open door policy.
They’ll talk to you about your
child’s progress but they’ll not
discuss playing time.
I challenge every parent in
2007 to encourage their child
to be the best player they can
possibly be. Do whatever’s
necessary to help your team.
In football, depth is a much
needed commodity so many
non-starters will get into the
game. Every team member’s
job is important.
Finally, give a pat on the
back to each coach and players
that weathers these next three
weeks in preparation for a
hard and gruesome season.
For one of those goes a whole
lot farther than a good swift
kick in the butt.
And many of us need that
at one time or another.
———
Tim Chambers is a sports
writer for the Elizabethton Star.
He may be reached at [email protected]
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Ripken, Gwynn inducted into professional baseball’s Hall of Fame
COOPERSTOWN,
N.Y.
(AP) — Cal Ripken Jr. and
Tony Gwynn took their place
in baseball’s shrine Sunday,
saluted as much for their Hall
of Fame careers as their character off the field.
Commissioner Bud Selig
and a record crowd came to
cheer them and all that was
good about the game.
A continent away, a different scene played out. Barry
Bonds failed to tie the home
run record, a chase tainted by
his surly nature and a
steroids investigation.
Ripken and Gwynn sensed
that poignant counterpoint
on their induction day.
“This day shouldn’t be all
about us,” Ripken said. “Today is about celebrating the
best that baseball has been
and the best it can be. This is
a symbol it’s alive, popular.”
“Whether you like it or
not, as big leaguers, we are
role models,” he said. “The
only question is, will it be
positive or will it be negative?”
Gwynn offered the same
sentiment.
“I think the fans felt comfortable enough in us, they
could trust us and how we
played the game, especially
in this era of negativity,” he
said. “I don’t think there’s
any question about that.”
“When you sign your
name on the dotted line, it’s
more than just playing the
game of baseball,” he said.
“You’ve got to be responsible
and make decisions and
show people how things are
supposed to be done.”
Boosted by busloads from
Maryland,
an
estimated
75,000 fans turned the vast
field facing the podium into a
sea of black, orange and
brown.
Ripken spent his entire career in Baltimore, making his
mark by playing 2,632 consecutive games and breaking
Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130.
Among the 53 Hall of Famers
on stage behind Ripken were
former Orioles Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Earl
Weaver, Eddie Murray and
Jim Palmer.
That only made Ripken,
whose dad also coached and
managed the Orioles, struggle through much of his
speech.
“Most of all, I count the
blessings of my family,” he
said. “Imagine how lucky I
am to call the man whose
memories I revere to this day
by so many important names
— teacher, coach, manager,
and especially dad. He was
for me and many others an
example of how to play and
prepare for the game the
right way — the Cal Sr. way.
“And alongside him there
was always my mom, who to
this day shines as an example
of devotion to family and
community, humility, integrity and love. Mom, the words
are hard to find how much I
love you back.”
Ripken then broke down,
pausing as he began to thank
wife Kelly.
“She didn’t know anything about baseball or me
Taking their place among baseball’s greats
Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr., who played their entire careers with
one team, will be inducted this weekend into the
National
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Games
3,001
2,440
Consecutive games
2,632
134
Batting avg.
.276
.338
Hits
3,141
3,184
Home runs
135
431
RBI
1,695
1,138
Runs
1,647
1,383
Stolen bases
319
36
Season high-avg.
.323
Gwynn .394
All-Star games
San Diego
15
19
Padres
Batting titles
Ripken
8
0
League MVPs Baltimore
Orioles
0 2
Golden gloves
5
2
when we first met,” Ripken
said.
As Ripken spoke, he
pulled a white rose from his
suit coat. Son Ryan did the
same and handed it to his
mom.
Gwynn’s family also got a
prime role. His daughter, Anisha, sang the national anthems for both Canada and
the United States to start the
festivities.
Steady on the field,
Gwynn was a bundle of
nerves for his speech. It didn’t take long for him to focus
on the moment that changed
his life — June 6, 1981, the
day he met his wife, Alicia.
“From that point on, my
life pretty much was set,”
Gwynn said. “She let me play
baseball and she raised the
children. My wife allowed
me to chase my dreams.”
She also played an integral
part in his on-field success.
“In June 1983, I hurt my
wrist and I called my wife
and asked her to hit the
record button (on their videotape player),” he said.
“Lucky for me, my wife said
yes. From the time I came
home from that trip to the
Bonds
Stewart
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consensus is that he will
break Henry Aaron’s all-time
home run mark after the
team returns from its sixgame trip to Los Angeles and
San Diego.
Though Bonds didn’t
seem too concerned about it,
at least one of his teammates
believes even Dodger fans
should cheer the moment
when and if it comes.
“I think if it does happen
and Henry’s record is
eclipsed, I think you take a
big step back and enjoy the
moment and appreciate the
history,” Dave Roberts said.
“Then go back to your boos.
But I think there should be a
moment that, regardless of
what ballpark it happens in,
everyone should be fortunate
enough to realize what just
transpired.”
Roberts patrols center
field for the Giants so he has
an up close and personal
look at Bonds on most days.
On Sunday he and Bonds
met near the 382-foot sign in
left center field while chasing
a double in the gap, and soon
he hopes to get Bonds to sign
the No. 25 jersey he plans to
keep in his collection.
And then there’s the matter of the dream he had a few
months ago. In it, Roberts
was on base when Bonds hit
No. 756, a place he intends to
be when it actually happens.
And what did he do?
“I jumped up in his arms
and gave him a big hug,”
Roberts said.
Bonds could have used a
hug after this lost weekend.
He raised everyone’s expectations, including his own,
after breaking out of a slump
to hit one out over the left
center-field fence in the first
inning Friday night. But he
was hitless after that until his
popup fell near the mound in
his final at-bat Sunday and
he got a charitable single.
The good mood from earlier had evaporated by the
time this one was over, and
Bonds made his obligatory
quick escape from the clubhouse.
He should have stuck
around awhile. On the field,
children of all ages were running the bases, arms flailing
in the air as they rounded
second and headed toward
third. The Giants also have a
promotion where kids have
an overnight slumber party
on the outfield grass, but
Bonds and the reporters who
cover him aren’t invited.
Bonds may have disappointed their parents by not
making history at home this
weekend, but the kids didn’t
seem to care.
The gleeful look on their
faces was a reminder that
this is just a game and there
will be another day.
————
Tim Dahlberg is a national
sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him
at tdahlbergap.org
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came to Indy with his father as
a child, dreaming of someday
winning an Indianapolis 500.
But his shrine was also his demon, and the track taunted
him with heartbreaking nearmisses.
It made his 2005 breakthrough victory a tense but
electric affair.
This time he made it look
downright easy.
Stewart led a race-high 66 of
the 160 laps, but was passed by
2003 race winner Harvick on a
restart with 20 to go. But with
one Indy win already on his resume, Stewart didn’t feel as if
his world would end if he didn’t regain the lead.
“I just went down there on
the restart and got real, real
tight for some reason,” Stewart
said. “Kevin got by us and I
knew after 15 laps I could get
around him. So I was just trying to be patient,
He never panicked as he
chased down Harvick, even
taunting his friend over the radio.
“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty,” he
called. “Come get you some of
this.”
The two-time series champion closed onto Harvick’s
bumper and made at least two
attempts to pass, only to be rebuffed as Harvick held tight.
Stewart finally powered alongside of him with 10 to go, but
Harvick wouldn’t relent and
the two Chevrolets touched as
they drag-raced around the
historic 2 1/2-mile oval.
“That’s a hard guy to race
there. He’s a clean guy. That’s
one of my best friends,” Stewart said, calling the contact between the two cars his mistake.
“Would I, with 10 laps to
go, crash somebody just to win
the Brickyard? No. It’s not
worth it. If I would have done
it the wrong way, it would
have ruined winning.”
The pass completed, Stewart held steady and cruised the
final 25 miles. With six to go,
his in-car camera caught him
casually drinking from a water
bottle with no hands on his
steering wheel as he headed
down the straightaway at
more than 200 miles per hour.
He frantically pumped his
fist through the window as he
crossed the finish line, turned a
brief victory lap, then stopped
his car on the Yard of Bricks.
He was embraced their by
family and his Joe Gibbs Racing crew, which joined him for
his celebratory fence climb.
Juan Pablo Montoya, who
won the 2000 Indianapolis 500
in his only appearance, chased
down Harvick to finish second
— his best showing on an oval
since leaving Formula One last
summer.
“I don’t think anyone had
anything for Tony,” Montoya
said. “His car was way too fast.
But second here at the Brickyard, it was awesome.”
day I retired, I was a big believer in video.”
“I would not be standing
here today without video,”
he said. “All of a sudden, it
just opened a new avenue for
me because I learned that at
this level it’s about knowing
what you do when you get in
that batter’s box.”
Gwynn finished with 3,141
hits and won eight National
League batting titles in a 20year career with the San
Diego Padres.
Even though he had 3,184
hits — including 431 home
runs — was a two-time
American League MVP and a
19-time All-Star, Ripken will
always be known for his
streak.
Rick Hummel, longtime
baseball writer for the St.
Louis
Post-Dispatch,
received the J.G. Spink Award
for meritorious writing, and
Royals announcer Denny
Matthews received the Ford
C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence.
CYCLING
PARIS (AP) — All the right
elements were there: The
smiling winner in his bright
yellow jersey. The fans several rows deep under the majestic trees of the Champs-Elysees.
But something seemed
broken about the Tour de
France on Sunday — perhaps
forever.
Overshadowing the joy of
its newest and youngest winner in 10 years — Alberto
Contador of Spain, who rode
for the American Discovery
Channel team — was ominous talk and questions
about the very existence of
cycling’s premier event.
If doping didn’t win Contador the Tour — and fans
will say they have a right to
ask — then it transformed the
outcome sufficiently to hand
him victory.
The 24-year-old rider had
seemed destined for the runner-up spot until the race was
hit by a bombshell just five
days from the finish: the
ouster of leader Michael Rasmussen. His Rabobank team
accused the Dane of having
lied about his whereabouts
before the Tour to evade doping controls.
GOLF
EVIAN-LES-BAINS,
France (AP) — Natalie Gulbis finally earned her first
LPGA Tour title, getting a
birdie on the first hole of a
playoff against South Korea’s Jang Jeong to win the
Evian Masters on Sunday.
MARKHAM,
Ontario
(AP) — Jim Furyk defended
his Canadian Open title, taking the lead with a hole-inone on the 209-yard fourth
hole and finishing with a 7under 64 for a one-stroke
victory over Vijay Singh.
GULLANE,
Scotland
(AP) — Tom Watson survived a double bogey at
the last hole to win his
third Senior British Open
in five years. He finished
with a final-round 73 for a
one-stroke victory over
Mark O’Meara (72) and
Stewart Ginn (75).
Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR
Tony Stewart (left) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (right) race to
turn one at Indy.
Jeff Gordon, the series
points leader and four-time
Brickyard winner, was third
followed by Kyle Busch, polesitter Reed Sorenson and Mark
Martin.
Harvick faded all the way
to seventh after Stewart’s racewinning pass.
Jeff Burton, Dave Blaney
and Matt Kenseth rounded out
the top 10.
The victory made Stewart
the favorite to win the Nextel
Cup title this season — six of
the past nine Indy winners
went on to win the Cup, including the last two.
Stewart himself did it in
2005.
“It’s neat knowing the last
two guys who won this race
won the championship,” he
said. “Am I going to be upset
about that fact? Absolutely not.
Am I going to be excited? You
betcha.
“But does that mean it’s a
shoo-in? I wouldn’t mortgage
my house on it. Yet.”
Stewart might be ready to
rip off one of his trademark
winning streaks, which would
position him for a solid start to
the Chase for the championship. He won five of six
races during the summer of
2005, closed last year with
three wins in the final eight,
and now has two in a row.
It’s turned around what
started as a frustrating season
for Stewart, who lost at least
four races he should have
won. He didn’t reach Victory
Lane until July 15 in Chicago.
He took his momentum with
him on an overdue vacation
during NASCAR’s final off
weekend of the season, then
reported to Indianapolis relaxed and ready.
“We got to do fun stuff (on
vacation),” he said. “When
you get to do fun stuff, when
you come off a week like that,
you are pumped up for what
for me is my biggest race of the
year. The moon and the stars
lined up.”
It’s a marked change from
his earlier visits to the track,
when Stewart would arrive irritable and on edge in his pursuit of the elusive victory. He
had his heart broken over and
over, including a 2002 nearmiss that devastated him.
In his anger after exiting the
car, he punched a photographer and had to beg boss Joe
Gibbs not to fire him.
His desire to kiss the bricks
never faded, and now he’s
done it twice.
The race was not so kind to
Jimmie Johnson, the defending
race winner and Cup champion, or Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Johnson, who ended his
own personal streak of poor
performance by winning here
last season, recovered from an
early wreck only to slam into
the wall when his tire erupted
midway through the race. He
had to frantically climb from
his burning car as flames shot
inside the cockpit.
“It’s feast or famine here for
us,” Johnson said. “I’m OK.
The impact wasn’t bad. The
flames had me nervous there
inside the car and I lost some
eyelashes and the side of my
face got pretty hot.”
Earnhardt led 33 laps early
and appeared to be the only
car capable of running with
Stewart. But his handling
eventually faded, and he
dropped back to fifth place.
That’s where he was running
when his motor failed, and
Earnhardt wound up 34th.
It was a setback in his bid to
make the Chase for the championship — he’s fighting for
the 12th and final qualifying
spot, and is now locked into a
tight battle with Kurt Busch,
who finished 11th.
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Sally Forth
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Dick Tracey
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By: Eugene Sheffer
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
There is a possibility that you
could over-idealize a relationship with someone and put
yourself at risk of being hurt.
What you want to be true may
be only wishful thinking.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Strange things are afoot if you
should find yourself lurking
around a convenience store.
Remember that you probably
don’t need the tantalizing
wares of unhealthful repute.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Don’t be hesitant to modify
your way of doing things when
working with others. Your path
to advancement could be
blocked, especially if you are
reluctant to try to handle things
differently.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) Difficulties in your life
could be put into motion if you
idealize a person as someone
who can save you from yourself. It’s a pipe dream based
upon unrealistic thinking.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) A vexing domestic situation that has appeared to be
irreversible can make a change
for the better. If your expectations are too far-fetched, you
might still be disappointed.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) Don’t be reluctant to
change your mind. It could
alter your way of dealing with
others and cause your thinking
to be profoundly transformed
in a positive manner — which
you’ll like.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) It’s quite possible you
could undergo a fundamental
change in both your thinking
and attitude toward your material possessions. The shift in
your sense of values will be
positive.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
20) Facing the truth about
yourself might be a bit difficult,
but it will be worth it because
of what you will discover about
the way you project your personality to others.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) Because of your idealistic
nature, people will be more
attractive to you than usual.
Just be sure you are dealing
with reality, however, when
making a judgment call about
someone.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) Factors that have a direct
effect on your reputation and
image stem from a sensitivity
and desire to be of service. An
innate sense of caring might
open an opportune development for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
A concept that could be a bit
distinct from others might
dominate your imagination and
way of looking at things. Your
higher state of consciousness
will be a welcomed asset to
others.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) Investigate in detail any
unusual commercial proposal
brought to you. Should it concern money, property or valuables, there is a danger of some
kind of misrepresentation
afoot.
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-1.13
-1.40
-4.11
-7.74
-2.94
-2.90
-7.95
%Chg
-33.8
-29.8
-28.3
-28.1
-26.4
-25.9
-25.3
-24.8
-23.6
-22.7
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Name Vol (00)
FordM 4334450
EMC Cp 2564081
Pfizer
2431175
Citigrp 2428094
GenElec 2280343
AMD
1971102
JPMorgCh1821678
BkofAm 1781857
AT&T Inc 1731967
ExxonMbl1703810
Last
8.23
18.35
23.79
46.97
38.79
13.87
44.23
47.41
39.24
85.59
Chg
-.17
-1.09
-1.11
-3.76
-1.33
-1.63
-3.33
-.90
+.18
-6.35
d
328
3,150
256
962
3,510
32
21,947,254,667
Name
Last
Gigabeam 5.67
Opsware 14.06
Telular
6.09
ThrdWve 7.50
DadeBeh 74.13
BoardwlkB 21.30
PrinctnR 5.81
Macronix 7.07
CumMed 10.32
Crocs s 55.42
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
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SmrtPros 5.73 -2.72 -32.2
Protalix n 15.25 -5.35 -26.0
TecOpsSv 8.40 -2.85 -25.3
Proliance 2.31 -.67 -22.5
Versar
11.36 -3.26 -22.3
EasternCo s20.05 -5.36 -21.1
JavelinPh 4.12 -1.09 -20.9
IdaGnM n 6.77 -1.69 -20.0
EksptNik wt 5.75 -1.40 -19.6
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name
Last Chg %Chg
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NoWesCp wt4.02 -4.28 -51.6
Tarragn
4.11 -3.36 -45.0
IsilonSys n 9.54 -6.81 -41.7
Nucryst
3.45 -2.39 -40.9
AnadysPh 2.34 -1.41 -37.6
Wavecm 25.01 -12.50 -33.3
ADA-ES 13.47 -6.60 -32.9
RockyBr 11.08 -5.39 -32.7
JamesRiv 7.47 -3.24 -30.3
Name Vol (00) Last Chg
SPDR 13177135 145.11 -8.39
iShR2K nya774267376.63 -6.57
SP Fncl 3350062 33.35 -2.10
SP Engy 1473488 68.50 -5.50
PrUShQQQ143310445.23 +3.62
DJIA Diam1219364132.11 -6.43
SemiHTr 697171 37.73 -2.13
PrUShS&P622990 56.87 +6.04
SP Matls 568019 38.92 -3.88
SP Util
567654 37.55 -3.15
Name Vol (00) Last Chg
PwShs QQQ980895047.99-2.06
Intel
3418830 23.54 -1.01
Cisco
3276732 28.97 -.62
Microsoft 3176276 29.39 -1.77
SunMicro 3072329 4.92 -.41
Level3 2804636 5.00 -.82
Apple Inc 2681745 143.85 +.10
SiriusS 2026867 2.89 -.23
Oracle 1729576 19.62 -.99
ApldMatl 1466680 21.56 +.10
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109
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3 ARTICLES
LOST & FOUND
LOST off of Charter
Communication Truck
gray tote with two signal strength meters in
area of Slagle’s Pasture. Reward for items.
423-213-5144,
423-817-2182.
MISSING Black Tea
Cup Poodle, has white
chin, in city. REWARD
423-543-1033.
4 PERSONALS
NEW ARRIVALS
SINGLE MALE, nice
looking, native American, 6’ 180lb., kind,
thoughtful, athletic,
honest, easy going, ns,
friendly, loves life,
self-employed, nice
home, seeks lady
35-48 to share good
times, fun, laughter,
romance, cuddling,
giving flowers, road
trips, camping, heart
to heart talks, sharing
life friends first. Possible
LTR call 423-926-8575
leave message.
5 SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WANTED to buy livingroom furniture and
curtains. Reasonable
prices. (423)538-1721,
(423)538-4008.
%Chg
+102.5
+36.8
+29.9
+29.1
+28.1
+26.4
+23.9
+23.6
+23.3
+22.6
466
2,771
212
568
3,276
39
13,484,379,466
Name
Ex
AT&T Inc NY
AMD
NY
Alcoa
NY
Altria s
NY
Amazon
Nasd
AmIntGp lf NY
Amgen
Nasd
Anheusr NY
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ApldMatl Nasd
ATMOS
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BkofAm
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NY
CSX s
NY
Chevron NY
Cisco
Nasd
Citigrp
NY
CocaCl
NY
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NY
CntwdFn NY
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DaimlrC
NY
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Disney
NY
DowChm NY
eBay
Nasd
EMC Cp NY
EastChm NY
EKodak
NY
EmersnEl s NY
ExxonMbl NY
FstHorizon NY
FleetEn
NY
FordM
NY
GenElec NY
GnMotr
NY
GlaxoSKln NY
Hallibrtn
NY
Heinz
NY
HewlettP NY
HomeDp NY
HonwllIntl NY
iShJapan NY
iShEmMkt NY
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Intel
Nasd
Name
1.42 39.24 +.18
... 13.87 -1.63
.68 37.41 -5.67
2.76 65.17 -4.63
... 84.04 +12.41
.80 65.36 -3.68
... 55.62 -.56
1.32 48.65 -.98
... 143.85 +.10
.24 21.56 +.10
1.28 28.45 -1.40
2.48 69.45 -4.42
2.56 47.41 -.90
1.40 103.71 -.15
.60 46.41 -4.35
2.32 85.20 -6.92
... 28.97 -.62
2.16 46.97 -3.76
1.36 52.28 -.93
... 26.66 -1.93
... 26.55 -1.86
.20 23.54 -2.99
.60 29.85 -4.44
2.65 132.11 -6.43
2.00 88.57 -1.18
... 27.82 -1.36
.31 33.74 -.60
1.68 42.45 -4.77
... 32.57 -.96
... 18.35 -1.09
1.76 66.06 -2.99
.50 25.86 -1.82
1.05 47.17 -2.77
1.40 85.59 -6.35
1.80 32.25 -3.89
... 9.38 -1.32
... 8.23 -.17
1.12 38.79 -1.33
1.00 31.10 -3.82
1.98 49.63 -3.01
.36 36.06 -.51
1.52 43.60 -2.45
.32 46.46 -2.08
.90 36.75 -2.64
1.00 58.61 -2.35
.10 14.26 -.35
1.58 131.05 -8.93
.87 76.63 -6.57
.45 23.54 -1.01
IBM
NY
JPMorgCh NY
JohnJn
NY
Kellogg
NY
Kennmtl
NY
LSI Inds
Nasd
Level3
Nasd
Libbey
NY
Lowes
NY
McDnlds NY
MeadWvco NY
Merck
NY
MerrillLyn NY
MicronT
NY
Microsoft Nasd
Motorola NY
OCharleys Nasd
Opsware Nasd
Oracle
Nasd
PepsiCo NY
Pfizer
NY
PwShs QQQ Nasd
PrUShQQQ Amex
ProctGam NY
Qualcom Nasd
QwestCm NY
RF MicD Nasd
SaraLee NY
SiriusS
Nasd
SnapOn
NY
SwstAirl
NY
SprintNex NY
SPDR
Amex
SP Engy Amex
SP Fncl
Amex
Starbucks Nasd
SunMicro Nasd
Symantec Nasd
TaiwSemi NY
TempleIn NY
TexInst
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TimeWarn NY
Tribune
NY
VerizonCm NY
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Wyeth
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-10.5 -31.8
-13.2 +24.7
-6.6 +4.3
+17.3+113.0
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-1.0 -18.6
-2.0 -1.1
+0.1 +69.6
+0.5 +16.9
-4.7 -10.8
-6.0 +3.5
-1.9 -11.2
-0.1 +16.7
-8.6 +34.8
-7.5 +15.9
-2.1 +6.0
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-1.7 +8.4
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-11.3 +25.8
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-3.9 +29.6
-2.4 +.4
-6.4 +14.8
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Ex
WEEKLY DOW JONES
Wk Wk YTD
Div Last Chg %Chg %Chg
1.60 115.62
1.52 44.23
1.66 59.77
1.24 51.95
.84 77.11
.52 16.41
... 5.00
.10 18.54
.32 27.77
1.00 48.76
.92 31.86
1.52 50.12
1.40 75.26
... 11.87
.40 29.39
.20 16.95
.24 17.91
... 14.06
... 19.62
1.50 65.66
1.16 23.79
.14 47.99
1.32 45.23
1.40 62.82
.56 41.67
... 8.60
... 6.90
.40 16.00
... 2.89
1.08 52.07
.02 15.66
.10 20.61
2.60 145.11
.75 68.50
.82 33.35
... 26.93
... 4.92
... 19.44
.45 10.10
1.12 57.50
.32 35.13
.25 19.42
.72 28.00
1.62 42.00
.88 45.94
1.24 33.56
.50 33.53
1.04 48.41
... 23.49
+.81
-3.33
-2.02
+.19
-9.83
-1.41
-.82
-2.84
-1.86
-3.33
-3.24
+1.10
-4.78
-1.54
-1.77
-1.00
-1.96
+3.78
-.99
+.99
-1.11
-2.06
+3.62
+.67
-1.33
-.82
+.31
-.92
-.23
+2.01
-.69
-1.37
-8.39
-5.50
-2.10
-.77
-.41
-.32
-.80
-6.85
-2.80
-.96
-.91
-.28
-2.12
-1.16
-3.39
-7.19
-1.86
+0.7
-7.0
-3.3
+0.4
-11.3
-7.9
-14.1
-13.3
-6.3
-6.4
-9.2
+2.2
-6.0
-11.5
-5.7
-5.6
-9.9
+36.8
-4.8
+1.5
-4.5
-4.1
+8.7
+1.1
-3.1
-8.7
+4.7
-5.4
-7.4
+4.0
-4.2
-6.2
-5.5
-7.4
-5.9
-2.8
-7.7
-1.6
-7.3
-10.6
-7.4
-4.7
-3.1
-0.7
-4.4
-3.3
-9.2
-12.9
-7.3
+19.0
-7.8
-9.5
+3.8
+31.0
-17.3
-10.7
+50.2
-10.9
+10.0
+6.0
+15.0
-19.2
-15.0
-1.6
-17.6
-15.8
+59.4
+14.5
+5.0
-8.1
+11.2
-16.9
-2.3
+10.3
+2.7
+1.6
-6.0
-18.4
+9.3
+2.2
+9.1
+2.5
+16.8
-9.2
-24.0
-9.2
-6.8
-7.6
+24.9
+22.0
-10.8
-9.0
+12.8
-.5
-5.6
+1.3
-4.9
-8.0
Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC.
n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt =
Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or
receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables
at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
14,50
13,50
For the week ending
Friday, July 27
12,50
11,500
13,265.47
10,50
-585.61
J A S O N D J F M A M J J
STOCK MARKET INDEXES
52-Week
High
Low
14,021.95 10,868.62
5,487.05 4,134.72
537.12
421.87
10,238.25 7,953.15
2,398.11 1,116.16
2,724.74 2,030.49
1,555.90 1,240.25
856.48
671.94
15,730.39 12,407.52
3,844.67 2,958.31
Last
Wk
Chg
Wk
%Chg
13,265.47
5,039.17
474.79
9,508.23
2,247.82
2,562.24
1,458.95
777.83
14,710.78
3,627.13
-585.61
-320.65
-37.06
-564.70
-125.46
-125.36
-75.15
-58.61
-795.70
-171.26
-4.23
-5.98
-7.24
-5.61
-5.29
-4.66
-4.90
-7.01
-5.13
-4.51
Name
Dow Jones Industrials
Dow Jones Transportation
Dow Jones Utilities
NYSE Composite
AMEX Index
Nasdaq Composite
S&P 500
Russell 2000
Wilshire 5000
Lipper Growth Index
YTD 12-mo
%Chg %Chg
+6.44
+10.50
+3.95
+4.04
+9.31
+6.08
+2.87
-1.25
+3.18
+7.16
+18.23
+14.14
+9.14
+15.18
+14.44
+22.35
+14.11
+11.11
+14.94
+20.56
MUTUAL FUNDS
Total Assets
Name
Obj ($Mlns)
American Funds GrowAmerA m LG
90,957
American Funds IncAmerA m MA 67,682
American Funds InvCoAmA m LV 77,611
American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 71,352
Fidelity Contra
LG 72,874
Fidelity Magellan
LG 44,373
Oppenheimer DiscoverA m
SG
555
Putnam GrowIncA m
LV 11,973
Putnam VoyagerA m
LG
5,085
Vanguard Wndsr
LV 14,976
NAV
35.24
20.48
35.05
36.20
69.70
91.84
51.55
20.15
18.63
19.01
Total Return/Rank
4-wk 12-mo
5-year
-1.8 +18.3/C
+16.4/A
-3.1 +14.0/B
+13.7/A
-2.3 +15.4/C
+13.7/C
-2.9 +16.7/B
+13.0/D
-0.5 +18.9/C
+16.1/A
-1.9 +20.0/C
+11.5/C
-2.7 +21.8/C
+12.8/E
-4.7 +15.3/C
+12.7/D
-2.5 +16.7/D
+8.4/E
-3.8 +19.4/A
+15.9/A
Pct Min Init
Load
Invt
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
NL
2,500
NL
2,500
5.75
1,000
5.25
500
5.25
500
NL
3,000
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large
Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value,
SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective:
A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
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+1.40
+1.69
+16.26
+4.45
+1.12
+1.35
+1.95
+10.23
DIARY
Advanced
Declined
New Highs
New Lows
Total issues
Unchanged
Volume
Star
PUBLIC NOTICES
NASDAQ
2,562.24 -125.36
Name
Last Chg %Chg
LehJYen wt 3.65 +.65 +21.7
PrUShRE n110.25+18.14 +19.7
PrUShBM n56.55 +9.11 +19.2
ProUSR2K n73.80+11.24 +18.0
ILX Resrt 12.16 +1.81 +17.5
PipexPh n 7.05 +1.05 +17.5
PrUSR2KV n83.80+11.50 +15.9
ImplntSc 2.08 +.28 +15.6
PrUShMC 57.15 +7.54 +15.2
PrUShUtl n 65.10 +8.60 +15.2
DIARY
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Advanced
Declined
New Highs
New Lows
Total issues
Unchanged
Volume
d
AMEX
2,247.82 -125.46
Wk Wk YTD
Div Last Chg %Chg %Chg
542-1530
Classifieds
928-4151
MONDAY------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
TUESDAY-------------MONDAY 2:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY------WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M.
FRIDAY------------THURSDAY 2:00 P.M.
SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
6 GOODS TO EAT
& SELL
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
PEACHES
&
fresh
vegetables available.
Davis Girls Peach
Shed, Hwy. 19E Roan
Mountain.
through Thursday 2:30
pm to 10:30 pm.
CAPTAIN D’s now hiring for all positions.
Apply in person.
COME work for the
ProCare TEAM!
Our growing private
duty division is now hiring CNAs and NURSES
for one-on-one care
the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. As a
full time employee,
you will receive the
following benefits and
more!
*Holiday Pay
*Personal Days Off
*Insurance Reimbursement
*Bi-Weekly Pay
*Referral Bonus
Current CPR, professional license and 2
forms of ID required.
Visit our office to complete an application.
9 Worth Cr., Ste. 100
JC, TN 37601
Fax (423) 434-5149
FULL -TIME data entry,
scheduling, filing, proficient computer skills,
audiologist
office.
(423)928-5771.
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
WILL
do
sewing
423-547-0712
leave
message.
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
HERSHEL’S SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE. Free Estimates,
Phone
423-725-3034, Owner:
Hershel Stevens Jr.
SWEET CORN, Goodwin Brothers Farm,
Lynn Valley $3.00
dozen. 423-957-8883,
423-213-6066.
9 ANTIQUES
/COLLECTIBLES
DON’T miss the 20th
Annual Valley Beautiful Antique Show &
Sale going on July
30st-Aug. 5th at the
Valley Beautiful Antique Mall, 109 S. Main
St. in downtown Erwin,
TN. All items discounted 20% to 50%
off. We feature a
huge collection of antique smalls, Glass
China, Pottery, etc. Including a 5000 pc.
collection of Blue
Ridge & Cash Family
Pottery, plus Roseville,
Hull, Weller, McCoy,
Shawnee, Fiesta, Watt,
Fostoria, Jewel Tea,
Fenton, Carnival and
Depression
Glass,
Jadite, pattern & cut
glass, Flow Blue, Goebels, Royal Doulton,
Nippon, much European China, Toys,
Quilts,
Advertising,
Baseball cards. Too
much to list. No junk,
just good quality antiques and collectibles. Monday-Saturday 9:00a.m.-5p.m.;
Sunday
1:30p.m.-5p.m. Call
(423)743-4136
or
(423)743-4895 for info.
In Erwin, take I-26 to
Exit 37, left off ramp,
cross RR tracks, then rt.
at light onto Main St.
Look for red OPEN
signs.
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
COMCARE, INC.
COME GROW WITH US
CAREERS IN HELPING
PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
RETARDATION LIVE
MEANINGFUL LIVES IN
THE COMMUNITY
The following Full Time
Direct Support Positions are available in
Johnson City and Erwin:
Second Shift Positions
(40 hours) $8.55 hour
working
Sunday
Awake (Grave Yard)
Position (40 hours)
$9.55 hours working
Monday
through
Thursday 10:30 pm to
8:30 am.
Weekend Positions (30
hours) $8.55/ hr., working Friday - 2:30 to
10:30, Saturday 7:30
am to 10:30 pm and
Sunday 7:30 am to
3:30 pm.
Applicant must be 19
years of age, have a
clean driving record
and pass pre-employment physical, drug
test, TB test and FBI/
TBI
background
check. Comcare is a
Drug Free Workplace
and we have an excellent benefit plan.
Apply on THURSDAY,
August 2nd from 3:00
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
you must BRING YOUR
Social Security Card,
Tennessee Driver License, Proof of Vehicle Liability Insurance,
and High School Diploma or GED - Comcare Vocational Training Center, 3018 South
Roan Street, Johnson
City, TN (EOE) No
phone calls please!
EARN over $200.00 per
month easily by donating Plasma. Call
Plasma
Biological
Services @ 926-3169
INDUSTRIAL Painting &
Sandblasting
Company is taking applications for experienced painters. Well
established company
with good pay rates.
146 Volunteer Drive,
Elizabethton, 37643 or
call 423-542-6817.
LABORERS
NEEDED
NOW! JOB STARTING
TODAY! Equipment operators and dump truck
drivers needed for up-
coming
demolition
jobs in Asheville, NC
and Greeneville, TN.
Please
call
(423)542-8544.
NOW HIRING: Companies
desperately
need employees to
assemble products at
home. No selling, any
hour. $500 weekly potential
Info.
1-985-646-1700 Dept.
TN-138.
ATTENTION!
DRIVER
TRAINEES NEEDED! Excellent pay plus great
benefits as a first year
driver with Werner. No
experience needed!
15 day CDL training by
C.D.I., 6201 Epps Mill
Rd., Murfreesboro, TN.
Get your career in
gear! 1-888-892-7364
POSITIONS available
full-time auto body
repair, pay according to experience
and tools. Part-time
entry level auto body
helper, will train,
great place to start.
Carlos & Sons Body
Shop 828-733-4328.
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
ASSISTANT MANAGER
A fast expanding finance
corporation
has an immediate
opening for an Assistant Manager. Excellent starting salary plus
complete
benefit
package, including
401K program available. Contact Jason
at (423)542-5915 or fax
resume (423)542-8404.
LPN’S
Ivy Hall is recruiting
LPN’s for: 2nd shift
(2p-10p) 3rd shift
(10p6a). Join our
caring and committed team and receive competitive
wages, health insurance, benefit package, shift and weekend differential pay
and biweekly attendance
bonuses.
We’re looking for
Nurses that successfully blend skill, commitment and compassion to our residents. Apply in person at 301 Watauga
Ave., Elizabethton;
fax
resume:
423-542-9311
or
email to: [email protected]
m.EOE
PEDIATRIC
Home Health Nurses
Procare is seeking
RN’s for Tri-Cities and
surrounding areas. Infusion therapy experience a plus. Previous
Home Health experience and knowledge
of Medicare, TennCare preferred. We offer an excellent starting salary, flexible
schedule, benefits &
company car.
Submit resume and
shift preference to:
ProCare-HR Dir
HHRN
9 Worth Cr., Ste. 100
JC, TN 37601
Fax 423-434-5149
SONOGRAPHER/ ULTRASOUND
TECHNICIAN
Immediate
full-time position in an
Ob/ Gyn practice. Excellent pay with full
benefit package. Day
time hours with no
on-call. Send resume
to 1505 W. Elk Avenue,
Suite 1 Elizabethton,
TN 37643.
Wanted New and Experienced Real Estate
Agents! Looking to
make a 6 figure income? Come be
apart of a Top Ranked
and dynamic company.
Motivated,
Self-starter,
Professional, Hardworking
and Team Player, if
these words apply to
you, contact Tom at
Century 21 Whitehead
Realty & Auction,
423-543-4663,
213-8722.
*Handy Andy Home
Improvements for all
your interior, exterior
repairs, pressure washing,
painting.
(423)543-1979,
(423)895-0071.
ALL types of Home Repairs. Hauling, painting, gutters, landscaping, pressure washing... Mo’s Handyman
Service 423-383-4211
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
22yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
Bridgeman Excavating. Paving, driveways,
parking lots,
backhoe, dozer, septic systems, Dirt, rock
for sale. 423-725-3487.
“CASH PAID” For appliances, working or
not. Must be repairable.
Call
423-547-3283
CHRISTIAN
Mother
Daughter Team would
like to offer cleaning/
sitting with elderly day,
night. 423-542-9526.
“Dave’s Appliances”
Reconditioned, Guaranteed. Appliances
starting $99.up 1846
West Elk. M-F 9-5 Sat
9-3 423-547-3283
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
Extreme Contractors:
Home improvements
Kitchen, baths, doors,
painting,
ceilings,
roof repair. Licensed,
insured,
bonded.
963-8951.
FREE ESTIMATES! Heating, A/C, remodeling,
vinyl siding, roofing,
ceramic, hardwood
flooring, plumbing,
electrical. 543-7975,
335-0841.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS!
Install metal roofing,
shingle roofs, additions, painting, decks,
pressure
washing
423-543-4973,
423-895-0102,
423-542-6537.
IMMACULATE mowing:
Landscaping, mulching, trim work. Dependable!
423542-6911.
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
16 BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
13657 Hwy 67 West
Opportunity abounds!
Commercial Building
perfect for starting
your own business.
$119,000
105 ASHLEE
Beautiful brick apartment building like
new. Fully occupied.
Close to Milligan College and J.C, enough
land for another
building. $249,000
C21 WHITEHEAD
MIKE CATALANO
543-4663
MIKE’S HOME REPAIRS
of all kinds. Small projects.
Decks
and
painting.
(423)
483-4321.
PAUL’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS: Professional,
reasonable
prices. Interior, exterior, repairs, painting,
siding, roofing, pressure
washing.
(423)543-2790.
Tolleys Mobile Home
Moving. 1900 Bristol
Hwy.
Watauga.
423-542-2533, Mobile
360-0196 Bonded, Licensed, Insured, Certified.
WILL clean houses or
offices. Honest and
dependable. For walk
thru
estimate.
423-213-6416 Dawn.
C21 Whitehead
Teresa Musick
543-4663
142 Stoney Creek
Lovers Lane
Great Location!
John’s Kitchen Resurfacing. Makes old
kitchens look new.
10% off new countertops. Licensed, Insured. 423-542-4662
KY CONSTRUCTION
Specializing in finished
grade
work
and
demolition. All types
of front end loader
work. Dirt for sale.
Quality, honest work
at the best price. Will
beat any other estimates, guaranteed.
Keith
Younce,
(423)543-2816.
423-341-7782
16 BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
Right off of Hwy. 19E
3200+/- sq. ft. of office
space
and
10,000 sq. ft. of warehouse
space
$549,000.
1308 Patrick Drive,
Johnson City
$112,000
Call Linda 213-9611
Established Mobile
Home Park that includes 3 singlewides,
and a DoubleWide.
Generates $1,550.
monthly income
Realty Executives
Julian Real Estate, LLC
(423)547-2740
1805 Field Road,
Elizabethton
$189,900
3 BUILDINGS. A
TOTAL OF 8 UNITS
WHAT A BUY!
THIS PROPERTY IS A
MONEY MAKER! ALL
UNITS OCCUPIED.
135 Pleasant Beach
Road.
GREAT INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY!
Two 2BR 1BA townhouse apartments. 1
with W/D hookup.
$89,000
C21 Whitehead
Mike Catalano
543-4663
Realty Executives
(423)547-2740
Star
LINE AD DEADLINES
word rates:
15 WORDS OR LESS
1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
16 BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
219 E. Mill St.
This garage offers 5
bays, 14 ft ceilings, 3
lifts 2 inground 1
above ground, office.
Call
Linda Whitehead
213-9611
3,000 sq. ft., 151 Lovers Lane. Various possibilities. Lots of parking. Excellent location.
(423)543-5638.
3,000 sq. ft., 3-phase,
151 Lovers Lane. Various possibilities. Lots of
parking. Excellent location. (423)543-5638.
542-1530
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
$$1 $185 NEW KING
Pillow Top mattress
SET ,
3-pc. New in
plastic, w/ warranty,
value
$650,
423-972-5513
STONEY CREEK: Spacious, 2BR, 1BA, cathedral
ceilings,
CH&A,
References.
$400-$450mth., $300
security. 423-474-3170,
727-237-2798.
42’’ Toshiba TV. $400.
(423)768-3280, if no
answer please leave
message.
CAMPER high top, sliding window fits Chevy
Silverado shortbed or
equivalent size truck.
$500, 423-768-0648.
MTD MURRY CRAFTSMAN MOWER decks
and wheels, push and
self propelled wheels
423-547-9123.
23 YARD
SALES
166 Spring Street,
Hampton, Friday, Saturday 8a.m.-4p.m. Entire household, furnishings, misc. Everything
must go!
25 PETS
& SUPPLIES
7 Boer goats, 6 Nannies, 1 Billy. $400. for
all. Call (423)773-6782.
404 S. ROAN ST.
Tastefully
restored
building. Located in
down JC. Front and
back entrance.
Great Opportunities
For Any Businessman
Blue Ridge Properties
(423)282-5182
Sheryl Garland
(423)895-1690
AKC Pembroke Welsh
Corgi Puppies, AKC
SHELTIE (miniature collie)
puppies.
423-773-6770,
276-794-9424,
276-608-3424.
29 TOWNHOUSES
CONDOS FOR
SALE/RENT
1BR, balcony style.
Between Elizabethton,
JC. Skylight, Credit
check. NO PETS, FREE
WI-FI,
$295.mth.
423-929-3431.
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
(2)
1BR
units,
$330.-$350 month. References and Deposit.
(423)543-3458
(423)
213-2629.
4259 Hwy 19E
Elizabethton
Convenience market,
self service gas, diesel
station, deli. Very high
visibility location. Everything goes! Possible
owner financing or
lease option. $190,000
Penny
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
4261 Hwy 19E
Elizabethton
Very affordable business opportunity. High
visibility location, with
lots of traffic flow.
$45,000
Penny
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
627 WEST C STREET
Well located four unit
apartment building,
within walking distance of Shopping
Centers and Schools.
Each unit is 2BR, 1BA
and have range and
refrigerators.
Each
unit rents for $350 and
tenants pay own water & electricity. Full
basement offers 2
drive under garages
which
could
be
rented for individual
storage or as car storage for the tenants,
yielding
extra
income. Ins. is $996
per year. $159,900
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
19 BUILDINGS
SALE/RENT
REPO’D ARCH BUILDINGS - HUGE SAVINGS.
3 Left. 25’ x 42’ & 40’ x
56’ No Reasonable
Offer Refused! Serious
Inquiries
Only!
866-352-0469.
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
$$- 100% NASA Memory Foam Mattress Set,
NEW as seen on TV ,
w/warranty, $400.
423-552-1533
$$1 $90 FULL Size
Mattress SET - New in
plastic 423-972-5513
$$1 - A 5 PC CHERRY
BEDROOM SET, New in
box, Value $1,495,
must move, $475.
423-972- 5512
$$1 $139 QUEEN Pillow
Top
Mattress SET , NEW unopened ,
retail
$ 495 – must sell
423- 972-5514
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makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial
status, or national origin, or an intention, to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. ”Familial
status includes children under the age of
18 living with parents
or legal custodians;
pregnant women and
people securing custody of children under
18. This newspaper will
not knowingly accept
any advertising for
real estate which is in
violation of the law.
Our
readers
are
hereby informed that
all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an
equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD
Toll-free
at
1-800-669-9777. The
Toll-free
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Impaired
is:
1-800-927-9275
1BR, furnished, utilities
furnished,
near
Save-A-Lot. No pets,
$425. month, $100. deposit. 423-213-5606.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
2BR apartments for
rent in town, no pets,
$425mth., $300dep.,
references required.
423-543-2632,
423-543-4671.
2BR, Hyder Street, appliances,
garbage
pickup furnished. No
pets.
$360. month,
$350.
deposit.
(423)543-4365.
Alexander
Apts
Watauga & G Street
downstairs 2br 1ba
new appliances, hardwood floors Must be
employed and have
references
$425.mo. $200.Dep
Talladega Apts 429
West G Street Upstairs
Efficiency $300mo
laundry facilities onsite
1br $350mo $200.Dep
Utilities
paid.
Employed & Ref's
542-8493 - 956-0068
BEFORE 5 PM
LARGE
remodeled
2BR, W/D
hook-up,
parking.
Available
now.
No
dogs.
$390mth.
Lee
423-747-3595,
Mark
1-800-511-6711.
NEW 2BA, 1BA, single
level with W/D hook
up and dishwasher,
hardwood and tile
throughout,
CH&A,
panoramic view of
mountains. No pets.
$550month, plus deposit.
423-542-3329,
423-483-4875.
NEW LISTING. 1BR, section-8 approved, water, appliances, blinds,
CH&A, no pets, garbage
pick-up.
423-213-9642.
ONE month free rent,
2BR, 1BA. $375-$400.
Security
deposit
$375-$400.
Airport
Apartments.
(423)
547-2871.
VARIETY of 1BR and
2BR apartments available. Rent starts at
$225month. Call property
manager,
(423)547-2871.
32 HOUSES
FOR RENT
2BR, Elizabethton, appliances,
W/D
hook-up, basement.
References, No pets,
smokers.
$425.mo.
Available August 1st.
(423)543-4131.
3 or 4BR, 2BA, CH&A,
located city limits,
short term lease if
building
home,
423-213-8172.
3BR, 1 1/2BA, ranch
with garage, fenced
yard, Wilbur Dam
Area.
Call
after
5:00PM 540-659-5598.
3BR, 11/2BA, CH&A,
appliances. Biltmore
Community.
$700.
month, deposit. References.
No
pets,
smoking.
423543-4178.
3BR, 1BA, full basement,
garage.
$475.mth,
deposit.
Available 8-1. John S.
Brookshire Real Estate.
(423)543-6765.
3BR, 2BA, doublewide,
water
furnished.
$500.mth.,
deposit.
Garage.
John
S.
Brookshire Real Estate,
(423)543-6765.
3BR, 409 South Second
St,
Hampton,
TN.
$500.mo. plus deposit.
Available Aug. 4th.
423-725-2634
ASSORTMENT of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
16X80, 3BR, 2BA, $450.
month, $450. deposit.
Background,
credit
check. Shown by appointment.
(423)
725-4623.
CLOSE to Schools, supermarket, Bank 2
and 3BR. Stove, refrigerator furnished.
$275
and
up.
(423)725-4792.
STONEY CREEK, 2BR,
1BA, appliances, WD
hookup, no pets, references
required.
$310month, $250deposit. 423-474-2945.
36 LAND
FOR SALE
12.20 acres, mostly
wooded with 2000 ft.
joining national forest
on Stoney Creek/Holston
Mountain.
Stream, 4 springs,
stocked pond and
house or cabin site.
Plentiful wildlife, good
access, very private.
$125,000. Some owner
financing available.
(423)213-8770.
2.8 acres, wooded
with cleared house
site,
County
Rd.
Stoney Creek/Holston
Mtn.,
Mountain
stream,
spring.
$52,000.
Existing
building for workshop
or cabin. Some owner
financing available.
(423) 213-8770.
37 LAND W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
1098 POWDER
BRANCH
Reduced!
Classic Farm House!
Beautiful hardwood
floors, 3BRs, 2BAs,
master on the main
level. 2 car detached garage.
(423)282-5182
BLUESPRINGS
Nice corner lot with
water and septic in
place.
Restricted
against
mobile´s.
$20,000.
RAINBOW REALTY
423-547-2800
4 lots Elk Ridge
Estates Butler
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
1219 Ridgeway Rd.
115 Bud Miller
Roan Mtn.
$59,000
2.84 acres, 2.78
acres, 2.73 acres,
2.84 acres. Most
beautiful views on
Watauga
Lake.
$199,000.
3/2,
1
acre,
mountain home is a
fixer upper.
Call Tom Century 21
Whitehead
Woodson
725-4000
Realty Executives
952-0226
or
Elwanda 676-8052
TBD Port Lane,
Butler
$43,000. each
116 STONEBROOK
LOOP
Get back to nature
on these private
wooded lots. Winter
Views of Watauga
Lake !
Beautiful 3BR, 2.5BA
home, quiet subdivision, bonus room, 2
car attached garage, 1 car garage in
walkout basement.
$349,900.00
Realty Executives
(423)547-2740
C21 WHITEHEAD
TOM WHITEHEAD
543-4663
LEVEL lot space available, convenient location, 3 minutes from
downtown. $125. mth.
423-543-6126.
DRY HOLLOW
ROAD
$558,000
46.5 acres of good
lying land with flat
grassy pastures and
unsurpassed mountain views. Property is
suitable for farming,
retreats, or subdividing. A portion joins
the U.S. National Forest.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Hwy. 11E
$255,000
587 feet of road frontage on U.S.11E. Ideal
site for zoned B4
commercial usage
that would conform
well to the Piney Flats
area.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1310 Happy Valley
3BR, 2BA Home right
across the street from
West Side School.
Spacious Kitchen!
Call Linda 213-9611
Spacious 4BR 2.5BA
on lovely wooded lot.
Traditional floor plan
with
large
entry.
$174,900
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
543 4663
156 Lakeview Terrace
Privacy & Beauty!
3BR 2.5BA Cape Cod
with 5 acres backed
up to Cherokee National Forest. $324,900
C21 Whitehead
Sherree Holt
543-466
Great rental or investment property.
This 3BR 2BA singlewide has been very
well
maintained.
New metal roof, tilt
windows, appliances
&
heatpump. $34,900.
Randall Birchfield
Real Estate
(423)-543-5959
172 Dewey Dugger
Rd.
$164,000
A WORKING MANS
DREAM
2207 Marion Drive
$164,900
3BR, 2BA home with
three bay garage
with office all on 1.38
acre.
3BR,
2BA,
brick
rancher, 2 car attached garage on
large level corner lot,
fenced back yard.
Realty Executives
Julian Real Estates,
LLC
(423)547-2740
Realty Executives
(423)547-2740
42 HOUSES
FOR SALE
1019 Arney St. 1350
sq.ft. plus basement,
2BR, 1BA, extra lot.
$69,900.
(423)647-4602,
542-9434, 791-3871.
3BR, 1BA, on 1/2 acre
lot, Stoney Creek,
100% financing available
if
qualified,
$59,500. 423-474-6465.
3BR, 2BA, completely
remodeled,
new
CH&A, 1/2 acre lot,
Stoney Creek, 100% financing,
$128,500.
423-474-6465.
Excellent
Location,
corner lot, 2BR, ready
to move in, large storage building. $45,000.
423-543-3096.
WHY rent when you
can buy? 100% financing. No money
down. Purchase or refinance. All types of
credit. Low rates. Call
(423)914-9224 or Apply
online at
www.easyapprovalonline.com
1439 HIGHWAY 91
117 Sneed Hill
3BR, 2BA brick on
1.26 acres with city
convenience. Garage, storage shed,
fruit trees, and more!
$139,900.
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
NEW CONSTRUCTION!
GREAT FLOOR PLAN
with 3BRs, 2BAs,
HARDWOOD FLOORING, TONS OF CLOSET
SPACE, 2 CAR ATT.
GARAGE, COVERED
FRONT PORCH &
BACK DECK.
A MUST SEE!!
$164,900
CALL LESLIE GLOVER
@ REALTY EXECUTIVES
423-773-2758 OR
423-952-0226
221 Highland.
1727 Hwy 91,
Elizabethton
$125,000
1900 era farm house,
country living close
to the city. This 2
story with large covered porch and
beautiful
updated
kitchen.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
543 4663
Realty Executives
Julian Real Estate,
LLC
(423)547-2740
Realty Executives
952-0226
or
Elwanda 676-8052
126 Creekbank
Road
$133,900
Immaculate
3BR
home offers a wonderful view of the
mountains, a large
level lot, hardwood
floors, tiled porches
and patio, and an
outdoor grill for entertaining.
Cozy 3BR 1.5BA. Large
partially
finished
basement. 1 car carport, large kitchen,
and more! Perfect
starter home! $78,900
175 Horseshoe Lane
144 Camelot Ct.
$214,900
Mtn. Views, Large
Rooms,
Custom
Cabinets,
Master
Suite, Master Bath,
Catherdrial Ceilings,
Sun Room,Execellent
Condition.
Enjoy the peace and
quiet on the porch of
this remodeled home
on nearly 2 acres of
land.
$94,900
2223 Princeton Lane
Johnson City
$121,000
3/1 large fenced lot,
garage / workshop
Elwanda R.Shelton
Penny
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
Realty Executives
(423)547-2740
230 SADDLE
RIDGE DR.
130 Blevins Hollow
Road
$139,900
MESSIMER LANE
7.41 acres with over
400ft. of frontage on
Watauga
River.
Mostly level with
some sloping. Good
river access presently being used for
pasture. $330,000.
108 Greene
Meadows Drive
$259,900
Striking 2 story farmhouse on a 3/4 acre
lot featuring a beautiful kitchen with granite counters, huge
master suite on main
level with jucuzzi tub
and separate shower,
new hardwood flooring and 1800 sq.ft.
separate garage with
832 sq.ft. of attic storage space.
Unique custom built
cabin with hardwood
flooring, oak kitchen
cabinets, and cathedral ceilings. Cabin is
located on +1 acre
with a private shooting range.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
1754 Sylvan Hill
147 Carden
Beautiful 4BR, 3BA
home situated on
level lot. Just outside
city limits. Newly remodeled
floors,
kitchen, and more!
$169,900.
C21 Whitehead
Jonathan Fulmer
543-4663
3BR, 3BA Tri-level
home offers spacious
kitchen with wall to
wall cabinets.
Hurry won’t last!
$210,000
C21 Whitehead
Teresa Musick
543-4663
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
130 Clay Little
MLS #247663
Hunters paradise or
secluded home site.
46.44 private wooded
acres yet only minutes to town. $149,900
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
Jonathan
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
TBD Siam Rd
38 LOTS
FOR SALE
ATTENTION Contractors. Eight ready building lots, Located Emerald Hills Subdivision.
$80,000 for all. Owner
will finance at 10%
down. All lots have
been pre-approved.
(352)636-5138.
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
108 Hidden Valley
Road
Johnson City, TN
$340,000
Call Leslie Glover
Realty Executives
423-773-2758 or
423-952-0226
107 Estal Drive
108 Honeycutt
89 X 104 lot has septic, water and electricity in place. Suitable for singlewide,
doublewide or house.
$18,000. MLS# 22517.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
3300+ sq ft in this
lovely brick home. 4
lg BR's, 4BA's, big
kitchen, LR, Den, 2
FP's, Hardwood, tile.
Apartment
downstairs Master & garage on Main. Great
location $234,900
Call Lora
423-677-6606
One level living just
outside the Elizabethton City Limits.
5BR, 3 1/2BA, "In-Law"
Quarters in Full Finished Basement, 2
car attached garage, 2 Fireplaces,
Hot Tub, Sunroom &
So Much More.
0 Ferry Road
Whitesburg
$4,000,000.
Realty Executives
Julian Real Estate,
LLC
(423)547-2740
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
40 LOTS
FOR RENT
Mountain Land with
plenty of road frontage and available
power.
Abundant
spring water, timber
and views. A short
walk to home sites
and privacy. Eight
acres. $79,900
250 acres on Cherokee Lake with 2 miles
of Lake Frontage.
New development
going up all around
this property.
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
133 House of
Prayer Road
BROWNS BRANCH
37 LAND W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
Sheryl Garland
(423)895-1690
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Off Bear Hollow Rd.
131.9
acres,
60%
wooded, 40% cleared
pasture. Bordered by
U. S. Forest Service.
1.1million.
423-342-7627
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
928-4151
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3BR, 1.5BA Is a great
house for a great
price! 4
car detached garage, fenced in front
yard.
Call Linda
213-9611
155 Pleasant Hill
“REDUCED”
$215,000
This 2 or 3BR home
on almost 3 acres,
offers spectacular
360˚ views of the surrounding valley and
mountains, a beautiful yard, large horse
barn, lots of decking
for entertaining, and
a pool.
206 MARION
BRANCH
189,900
3 BEDR, 2 FULL BATHS,
FORMAL AREAS,
LARGE FAMILY
ROOM,
OUTDOOR FIREPLACE, GREAT
STORAGE
MAIN LEVEL MASTER
GREAT HOME!
BLUE RIDGE
PROPERTIES
282-5182
SHERYL GARLAND
895-1690
Custom built, all
brick colonial. 3BR,
3.5BA, large kitchen,
great room, 2 car
garage, 2 car drive
under, 3 car detached garage.
This Home Has It All!!
(423)282-5182
Sheryl Garland
(423)895-1690
230 Street Drive
Johnson City
Beautifully Built Home!
3BR 2BA home with
beautiful hardwood
floors on a big lot. Just
minutes to ETSU, VA,
and Med Center.
MUST SEE!
CALL Linda
213-9611
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
2300 CAMELOT
JC
Realty Executives
130 Clay Little
MLS #247663
952-0226
or
Elwanda 676-8052
3300+ sq. ft. in this
lovely brick home. 4
lg BR's, 4BA's, big
kitchen, LR, Den, 2
FP's, Hardwood, tile.
Apartment
downstairs. Master & garage on Main. Great
location. $234,900.
3BR 1BA home. Newly
remodeled.
Heat
pump 1 year old.
Large back deck.
$104,000
Call Lora
423-677-6606
C21 Whitehead
Sherree Holt
543-4663
1658 Central Ave.
220 E. 5th, Watauga
$176,000
Rustic home with 3BR,
2BA, family room
with fireplace, HP.
Looking for a private
retreat, 7.5 acres,
large workshop garage, circle driveway, RV, boat parking, beautiful view,
rocking chair front
and back porch.
Beautiful home, oak
cabinets, open floor
plan.
A MUST TO SEE!
Beautiful brick home
has features that
many others lack.
Massive
fireplace,
slate flooring, Indoor
& outdoor pool, Custom kitchen, billiard
room with wood bar.
Double corner lot,
beautifully wooded.
In ground pool with
waterfall & cabana
with outdoor kitchen.
The backyard area is
beautifully
lighted,
landscaped and enclosed by brick fencing. Luxurious home
perfect for those who
enjoy entertaining.
$449,500
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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43 HOUSES
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47 WANTED
TO BUY
WANTED
TO
BUY,
CEMETERIES OF CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE by Orville T. Fields.
Call 423-542-6408.
48 FARM
& PRODUCE
238 Dogwood
Acres Road
$175,000
One level living at its
finest
in
this
well-maintained
rancher.
Large
rooms, stainless appliances, brick and
vinyl exterior, upgraded doors, windows, and electrical.
2058 Valentine
403 HOLLY LANE
Approx. 2500 sq. ft.
Set up for Daycare
Center.
4BAs,
kitchen,
storage,
Outside play area,
and parking lot.
$215,000.
Location and character! 1941
Cottage is
located
across the street
from
T.A.
Dugger. Pretty corner lot, one level
design features living
room w/fireplace,
huge kitchen/dining
room combination, 3
good size bedrooms,
one featuring built-in
bunk beds, tile bath,
and basement. Updates include replacement windows
and CH&A.
Attached
carport
w/storage. The location alone will sell
this
house
quickly. $89,500
Call Linda 213-9611
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
2652 Hwy 91
$210,000
238 Ranger Drive
$ 133,900
One level, 3BR, 2BA
brick home, convenient location, level
lawn, low maintenance, clean and
neat. Also features
CH&A, fireplace, 2
car garage & landscaping.
Rare find with over
2000 sq. ft. of living
space, 4.31 acres of
level land, 3BR & 2BA
& a fenced yard.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
SPACIOUS
HOME
FEATURING 3 OR 4
BEDROOMS,
OPEN
LIVING,
DINING
ROOMS, DEN WITH
FIREPLACE,
HUGE
MASTER,
FRONT
PORCH, BACK DECK,
AND A NICE MOUNTAIN STREAM.
CHAMBERS
HOLLOW ROAD
SIAM
Charming 2BR home
in neighborhood minutes from town. LR
with FP, hardwood
floors, landscaped lot,
beautiful back yard.
$99,900
Great fixer or investment 3BR, 1.5BA with
den, 1470 sq.ft. Selling as is by owner.
$59,900
C21 Whitehead
Lisa Potter
543-4663
423-543-1816
423-542-5436
615 South Lynn Ave
Nice 3BR 1BA home in
city limits. Large attached carport. Unfinished basement.
$89,900
Call Jason@
Randall Birchfield
Real Estate & Auction
423-543-5959
Spacious 3BR. Close
to town with 1,894
square feet. 2 car
carport,
storage
building and two
kitchens with appliances.
Wonderful
half acre lot with nice
landscaping. Maintenance free siding.
One year old American Standard, heat
pump, Washer and
Dryer. $99,500.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)543-5741
Absolutely like new
one level home in a
country setting. Updates include new
windows and doors,
new siding, new
heat pump, new
carpet, new septic
system, new kitchen
cabinets and appliances. Situated on a
level lot with a creek
in the back. Rarely
does a one level
home with such extensive updates and
superior condition
become available
for a price in the 90s.
3BD, 2BA $93,000
Fully furnished cabin
offering large sitting
room,
loft,
wrap
around porch, and
hot tub. This home is
a private get away in
itself.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
726 West H St.
3BR, 1BA, Hardwood
floors. covered back
porch, corner lot.
A.H.S. Warranty. 10
minutes
to
J.C.
$99,900.
Call Pat Rogers
423-677-6880
Century 21
Home Team
423-788-0111
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
CUSTOM BUILT HOME!
HOME FEATURES
3 BEDR, 3.5 BATHS,
FORMAL AREAS,
BRIGHT OPEN
KITCHEN WITH BAY
WINDOW LOOKING
OUR OVER
THE PRIVATE
BACKYARD.
SCREENED IN PORCH.
7 CAR GARAGE.
TRULY
A WONDERFUL
HOME!
BLUE RIDGE
PROPERTIES
282-5182
SHERYL GARLAND
895-1690
786 Myrtle Drive
Butler
301 E. Main Street
Unit 2 Loft Condo
246 OLLIE
COLLINS RD.
SIAM
New construction.
3BRs, 2BAs, hardwood, ceramic tile,
oak
cabinets,
walk-in closets, large
deck,
garage.
$135,000.
A New living experience! This loft Condo
features 3BRs, 2BA.
Open spacious great
room. This loft condo
is one of a kind.
(423)282-5182
Sheryl Garland
(423)895-1690
(423)512-1135
452 East Doe
Avenue
$139,000
Completely remodeled large 3BR, 2BA
home in a convenient location. Lots of
potential as a residence and/or business with walking
distance to downtown.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
310 E Cottage.
PRICED TO SELL!
2495 Hwy 91.
Farmhouse on approx. 20 acres of pasture land. Property is
bordered by "Stony
Creek". $285,000
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
543 4663
250 Keenburg
Road Elizabethton
$88,500
2 BR with over 2000
square feet. Home is
situated on a 1 acre
with a brick house
that goes with this
property.
Realty Executives
(423)547-2740
Cute 3BR, 1BA brick
ranch located in
town! Cozy floor plan,
CH&A, outbuilding.
$85,000
C21 Whitehead
Trish Graybeal
543-4663
4541 Dry Hill
Unfinished
Timber
Frame home with out
buildings on 19.4
acres is a fixer uppers
dream. $350,000
Tom
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
3BR, 3BA, hardwood
floors, 1.19 Ac., barn,
pool. Nice home all
on one level, 2 master bedrooms with
bath.
Beautiful home between Johnson City
and Elizabethton. Super nice place, private,
gardeners
paradise,
studio,
ponds, garden area.
Enjoy outdoors, you’ll
love this home.
Lovely 4BR, 2.5BA on
approximately 1.1
acres. Country setting just minutes to
Holston Lake. Lots to
offer! $141,500.
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
(423)543-4663
Call Elwanda For A
Showing!
381 Rockhouse Road
3BR between Johnson
City and Elizabethton.
FP in living room, covered screened porch,
full basement, nice
landscaping priced
low at $88,500.
Call Linda
543-4663
907 RITTERTOWN
This home has been
impeccably maintained over the
years and is in excellent
condition.
Home has a large living room, pretty formal dining room,
sunny kitchen w/appliances and a sun
deck, 2BD/1BA. Full
basement is carpeted and has been
used as family room
with
summer
kitchen.
Two oil
monitor heaters furnish
heating
to
house and basement. The lot is level
w/fencing and a
storage building. A
nice
property.
$79,500
C21 WHITEHEAD
SHERREE HOLT
543-4663
3BR 2BA Cape Cod
sitting pretty on nice
size level lot! Popular
traditional floor plan.
$132,900
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
543-4663
1276 Dry Creek Rd.
Brick rancher,
3BR, 2BA, 2200 SF,
1-Acre,
Between
Elizabethton,
Johnson City
$179,900.
For appointment
1-423-218-0642
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FSboad.com/son
470 Blue Springs
Road
$85,000
Country living, complete with shade
trees and grapevines. This home offers CH&A, large
porch, double car
garage, and outbuilding. Close to
Watauga River and
Lake.
KEENBURG RD.
Newly
renovated
3BR, 2BA, hardwood
& tile, all new
kitchen
cabinets
and appliances. Wiring and heatpump,
corner lot. $110,000.
(828)768-3280.
58 MOTORCYCLES
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44 MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
1998 80X14, 3BR, 2BA,
$16,000. 423-474-4212,
423-474-2454.
200114X70, 3BR, 2BA,
APPLIANCES,
OUTBUILDING, .36 acre
private
lot.
Roan
Mountain
area.
$35,000.
OBO
423-957-6515
6,700 miles, fully
dressed, $5,000.
Garage Kept. Service
& New Tires, 2
helmets,
(423)543-1661,
213-0240
59 AUTOS
FOR SALE
FIXER-UPPER or Parts.
1987 Honda Civic,
1985 GMC S15, needs
work. $600 for both.
423-512-9035.
1989 Toyota Camry,
automatic.
Good
condition.
$1,250
O.B.O. 1995 Honda
Civic. $1,700 O.B.O.
(423)773-3135.
1994 Jeep Wrangler,
2.5, 5-speed, Sand
bar, new top. $4,500.
(423)534-0440.
60 AUTOS
W/PHOTO
2BR, 1BA, on double
lot, Asking 34,000.
(423)360-6785.
FORECLOSURES’
No
Application Refused
Single And Doublewide, 2 Left, OAKWOOD HOMES, 3303
N.
ROAN
STREET,
JOHNSON CITY, TN
423-282-2700.
GOVERNMENT LOANS
5% Down Limited
Credit
O.K.
OAKWOOD HOMES, 3303
N. Roan Street, Johnson
City,
TN
423-282-2700.
“NEED
FINANCING”
We Make It Happen!
$0 Down With Deed!
First Time Buyers. Call
To Get Pre-Approved
OAKWOOD HOMES,
3303 N. Roan Street,
Johnson
City,
TN
423-282-2700.
Situate, lying and being in the 7th Civil District of Carter County,
Tennessee, and being
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
BEING all of Tract A of
the replat of the Larry
John Oliver Property
as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet B,
page 316 in the Register's Office for Carter
County,
Tennessee
and as shown on plat
drawn by Dennis B.
Pierce,
RLS
#936,
dated March 15, 2000
to which reference is
here made for a more
full and complete description hereof.
Being the same property conveyed to
Johnny S. Oliver and
wife, Angela K. Oliver,
by Quitclaim Deed
from Larry John Oliver
dated April 4, 2000
and recorded in Book
D453, Page 293, Register's Office of Carter
County, Tennessee.
Included in this conveyance is a 2000
Clayton mobile home,
Serial
#CLH025876TNAB.
This is improved property known as 164
Daniel Lane, Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Said sale is subject to
any and all unpaid
taxes and any other
prior claims, liens,
easements, set back
lines and restrictions.
JOEL E. JORDAN
Substitute Trustee
STELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC
3326 Aspen Grove
Drive, #604
Franklin,
Tennessee
37067
7/30, 8/6, 8/13
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
2003 Toyota Camry
LE, gold, 4 cyl, auto,
cd, power windows,
power doors, power
mirrors, cruise control, 66k excellent
condition, flood rebuilt title. $10,850
423-213-0931
61 CAMPERS &
RV’S
2002 FLEETWOOD 30’
slide-out, large deck,
water front, lease lot
on Watauga Lake.
$16,000. 423-213-8172.
64 4X4 W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
45 MOBILE HOMES
W/PHOTO
1983 FORD F-150
FOR SALE BY
OWNER
237 OLLIE COLLINS
ROAD
Completely remodeled, inside and out.
2BR, 1BA, new appliances
included.
$74,900.
(423)547-3728
(423)773-1585
BROOME
REAL ESTATE
For Sale By Owner
ENGINE 2005 Suzuki
GSX-R 600. Good condition, 1,300 miles.
$900 O.B.O. 342-0170,
(423)547-9746
PUBLIC NOTICES
dersigned at once.
This the 19th day of
July, 2007.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P070096
ESTATE OF
DONNA EDWARDS
TANNER
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given
that on the 19th day
of July, 2007, Letters
of Administration, in
respect to the Estate
of
Donna Edwards Tanner,
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 un-matured,
against the Estate of
Donna Edwards Tanner
"Country location"
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
676-8052 or 952-0226
2BR, 2BA, Firewall between units, custom
cabinets, ceramic,
Hardwood & Carpet,
whirlpool appliances,
Trane HP, Heartland
Siding, and Cedar
Shake.
$109,900.00 Each
REDUCED!
159,900
GREAT 2 STORY FARM
HOUSE. JUST WHAT
YOU HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR. BEAUTIFUL
HARDWOOD
FLOORS, COZY FIREPLACE, MASTER ON
THE MAIN, MASTER
BATH, 2 BEDR, 1 BATH
UPSTAIRS. 2 CAR GARAGE.
BLUE RIDGE
PROPERTIES
2825180
SHERYL GARLAND
895-1690
302, 4-speed, 4x4,
AM-FM-CD, Chrome
roll bar and running
boards. $2,700.
166 FITZSIMMONS
HILL ROAD
1997 - 14X60 HOME
2BR, 1BA, new tile,
carpet,
Formica
flooring,
covered
porches,
carport,
storage sheds, beautiful trees and landscaping, $45,500.
423-213-0931
464 Mountain View
3543 Hwy. 421
2528 Elizabethton
Highway
$119,900
MLS # 250443
DAWN DRIVE
Beautiful condos just
outside city limits.
57 MOTORCYCLES
FOR SALE
2001 1500 Kawasaki
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
Realty Executives
952-0226
or
Elwanda 676-8052
325 E. 4TH AVE.
Watauga,
$194,500
2BR 2BA 2004 custom
contemporary home
overlooking Watauga
Lake with incredible
views. $249,000
Tom
Century 21
Whitehead Woodson
725-4000
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
Cove Creek Road
$230,000
436 WILLOW SPRINGS
2732 SIAM ROAD
241 Estep Hollow
$130,000
RUSS SWANAY
REALTY
543-5741
526 Division
WANT to rent pasture
for horses in Elizabethton area or Piney
Flats. (423)895-1446 or
895-3228.
PUBLIC NOTICES
in Carter County, Tennessee:
423-542-4386
209 ROOSEVELT
AVENUE
Biltmore Area
Sit on your decks
and enjoy the privacy and the mountain scenery of this
large 2BR, 2BA house
with over 1400sq. ft.
of living area. Open
floor plan, living, den
combination,
kitchen, dining area.
Hardwood
floors,
new carpet, & ceramic tile. 10 x 12
glass sun room off
the master bedroom, fireplace in
the kitchen with gas
logs, pine cabinets in
kitchen, CHA, wood
siding, insulated windows. 3 car carport
with tool shed attached. Idea for a
VA or FHA Loan, Excellent Condition.
$104,900
932 & 934 Fairview
Road
$190,000.
13.81 acres with
beautiful
building
sites. property includes a nice doublewide, an old farm
house, 2 wells, and 3
outbuildings.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
SIZZLING SUMMER
SALE!
Going on now thru
July 31st!
Greatly Reduced
Prices!
New NORRIS 3BR,
2BA, 28'X50'. Loaded
with Extras!
Now only $62,900!
www.smithhomes.info
Stock # 70
2625 Elizabethton
Hwy.
Johnson City, TN
(423) 542-2131
46 WANTED
TO RENT
Need to Rent: House
in Elizabethton area.
Under $500.00 Call
423-773-7146
(423)542-6641
PUBLIC NOTICES
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been
made by failure to
comply with the terms
and conditions of a
certain Deed of Trust
dated April 19, 2000,
executed by Johnny
S. Oliver and wife, Angela K. Oliver, recorded in TD Book
556, Page 115, Register's Office for Carter
County,
Tennessee,
and wherein the said
Johnny S. Oliver and
wife, Angela K. Oliver
conveyed the property therein described
to William C. Ford,
Trustee, to secure the
indebtedness therein
described, and the
entire indebtedness
having been declared
due and payable as
provided in said Deed
of Trust and note, and
payment not having
been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen
Grove Drive #604,
Franklin,
Tennessee
37067, having been
appointed as Substitute Trustee in the
place and stead of
William C. Ford, Trustee, said appointment
being set forth in the
Register's Office for
Carter County, Tennessee,
notice
is
hereby given that I,
Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, having
been requested so to
do by the lawful
owner of said indebtedness, will on Friday,
August 31, 2007, at
1:00 p.m. at the South
door of the Carter
County Courthouse,
Elizabethton, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and
best bidder for cash,
free from equity of redemption, homestead
and dower, and all
other exemptions of
every kind, all of
which are expressly
waived in said Deed
of Trust, the following
described real estate
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.
July, 2007.
Anita Holdren
Administratrix
Deceased:
Donna Edwards Tanner
Jerome Cochran
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
7/23, 7/30
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P070099
ESTATE OF
Katherine Renfro
Executrix
Deceased:
William Jack Renfro
Mark Dugger
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
7/23, 7/30
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P070098
ESTATE OF
HELEN G. CARRIER
DECEASED
of
Helen G. Carrier
Tennessee.
and
non-resident,
Helen G. Carrier
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
barred.
to the above Estate
must come forward
July, 2007.
Walter Sherrill Carrier
Administrator
Deceased:
Helen G. Carrier
Keith Bowers, Jr.
Attorney
Melissa Moreland
Clerk and Master
7/23, 7/30
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT, PROBATE
DIVISION OF CARTER
COUNTY, AT
ELIZABETHTON,
TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
per
§TCA 30-2-306
PROBATE NO. P070097
ESTATE OF
WALTER SHERMAN
HUBBARD
DECEASED
of
Walter Sherman Hubbard
Tennessee.
and
non-resident,
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
barred.
to the above Estate
must come forward
July, 2007.
Lester Lee Hubbard
Administrator
Deceased:
Bill Hampton
Attorney
WILLIAM JACK RENFRO
Melissa Moreland
DECEASED
of Testamentary, in
of
Clerk and Master
7/23, 7/30
PUBLIC NOTICE
William Jack Renfro,
Tennessee.
and
non-resident,
William Jack Renfro
same with the Clerk
and Master of the
above Court within
barred.
to the above Estate
must come forward
and make proper settlement with the un-
The First Tennessee Rural Planning Organization, responsible for
comprehensive transportation planning in
Greene,
Hancock,
Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and parts of Carter,
Sullivan,
and
Washington Counties,
will meet on August 7,
2007 at 2:00 p.m. at
the First Tennessee Development District office, 207 North Boone
Street, Suite 800, Johnson City, TN.
A complete copy of
the meeting agenda
may be obtained by
contacting the First
Tennessee Development District at (423)
928-0224. If you need
assistance or accommodations for a disability, please contact
the First Tennessee Development District before Friday, August 3,
2007.
7/30
ELIZABETHTON STAR
BUSINESS REVIEW
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Shell is a member of the American
Massage Therapy Association, the Elizabethton Business & Professional Women’s
Association, the Downtown Merchants
Association, and the Elizabethton/Carter
County Chamber of Commerce.
She is planning to attend the AMTA’s
annual convention in September. “That’s
exciting, because last year in Atlanta I
found so many new and different modalities that I would love to take,” she said.
Thirty-minute and 60-minute massages
are available. Gift certificates are available
at Shell’s office or at The Coffee Company
in downtown Elizabethton. Shell does a
variety of massages, including a back
massage, especially good for senior citizens in their home.
Shell, whose office is located at 511
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Seattle
73/54
Minneapolis
93/70
Billings
101/68
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A shower or
t-storm in
spots
85°
Partly sunny
63°
63°
87°
65°
88°
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of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine,
precipitation and elevation on the human
body. Shown are the highest values for each
day.
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Noon ............................................... 7
4 p.m. .............................................. 5
Temperature:
High yesterday ........................ 84°
Low yesterday ......................... 66°
Precipitation:
Today ........................................... 95°
Tuesday ........................................ 97°
Wednesday .................................. 97°
Thursday ...................................... 98°
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Tennessee Weather
Elizabethton
85/63
Union City
94/67
Camden
94/66
Nashville
94/69
Knoxville
86/68
Murfreesboro
94/66
Waynesboro Chattanooga
92/69
93/65
Memphis
95/76
Sun and Moon
The State
Sunrise today ....................... 6:33 a.m.
Sunset tonight ...................... 8:37 p.m.
Moonrise today ................... 9:19 p.m.
Moonset today ..................... 7:00 a.m.
City
Athens
Bristol
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville
Crossville
Erwin
Franklin
Greeneville
Johnson City
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86 68 pc
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95 76 t
Morristown 89 64 pc
Mountain City 81 61 pc
Nashville
94 69 pc
Newport
89 64 pc
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Washington
87/71
Kansas City
87/69
Atlanta
90/72
Los Angeles
81/66
El Paso
91/70
Houston
92/76
Miami
91/76
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Warm front
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Showers
T-storms
Rain
Flurries
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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.
Today, a frontal boundary will cause thunderstorms along the
Eastern Seaboard and along the corridor from Oklahoma to South
Carolina. High pressure over the eastern Great Lakes will set up
warm, dry weather in the Midwest and Plains.
and any other amenities provided as part of a conference
sponsored by any statewide
association of county officials, or umbrella or affiliate
organization of such an association, is not considered a
violation of the policy.
In the section dealing
with ethics complaints, the
rulebook states that a fivemember ethics committee
shall be appointed to oneyear terms by the county
mayor, with confirmation by
the county commission. At
least three committee members shall be members of the
commission, one member a
constitutional county officer
and the fifth member shall
be a member of a board,
committee, authority or corporation governed by the
policy. The committee’s
records shall be filed in the
county clerk’s office and be
available for public inspection.
Any complaints regarding ethics violations, or any
violation of state law governing
ethical
conduct,
should be directed to the
ethics committee chair, in
writing and signed by the
person making the complaint, according to the
guidelines.
The committee shall investigate any credible complaints against an official or
employee charging any vio-
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Chicago
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Cincinnati
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Dallas
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Denver
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Honolulu
89 76 pc
Kansas City 87 69 s
Los Angeles 81 66 pc
New York City 87 71 t
Orlando
92 76 t
Phoenix
106 84 t
Seattle
73 54 s
Wash., DC
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86 66 pc
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(After Hours)
Bush and Brown search for rapport,
progress on common ground
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP)
— With little relationship of
their own yet, President Bush
and British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown point instead
to how much their nations
have in common.
The alliance of the United
States and Britain, though,
has long been shaped by personalities — Roosevelt and
Churchill,
Reagan
and
Thatcher, Bush and Blair.
Now Bush and Brown will
find out how much they can
do in a short time.
Brown arrived Sunday at
Camp David, the presidential
mountain retreat 70 miles
north of Washington. It is
their first official sit-down,
although they have met before.
During a private dinner
Sunday and more meetings
this morning, the two leaders
were talking strategy on the
war in Iraq, killings in Darfur
and stalled global trade.
The timing comes as the
two men head in different
political directions.
Brown took power just a
month ago, with strong early
marks for his response to terror threats and catastrophic
flooding at home. He faces
the tricky task of helping
Bush tackle world crises
without getting too closely
aligned with a U.S. leader
scorned in Britain.
Bush, meanwhile, likes to
size up a fellow world leader
in person and, over time,
measure the person’s mettle
under fire. Yet he doesn’t
have much time left. And his
popularity, along with a
good bit of clout, have worn
away with the war in Iraq.
“What
the
president
wants to find out is whether
the new prime minister is a
reliable ally,” said Simon Serfaty, a European expert at the
Center for Strategic & International Studies. “The word
to use is reassurance. This is
not about a marriage. It’s a
date.”
The two got off to a chatty
start. Brown could be overhead remarking on how he
was honored to be at Camp
David, given its rich history.
Part of that history included
a stop by Tony Blair, Brown’s
predecessor, in 2001 when
Bush barely knew him, either.
“Do you come here a good
bit?” Brown said Sunday.
“I do,” Bush said. Then
the president whisked the
prime minister away on a
golf cart with a flourish — a
360-degree spin for fun.
They dined privately over
a meal of roast tenderloin,
mashed potatoes and green
beans. The all-American fare
was to continue today, with
cheeseburgers and fries for
lunch.
In between, the two had a
heavy agenda, in private sessions and with top aides.
Heading into it all, Brown
downplayed Iraq as a focal
point, although he acknowledged it would be discussed.
Britain has 5,500 troops
there, with forces moving
from a combat role to aiding
local Iraqi forces. Beyond the
specific numbers of British
forces, the United Kingdom’s
commitment to the war is essential to the Bush administration.
Brown’s
spokesman
Michael Ellam said there was
no plan to withdraw British
troops before the Iraqi army
is deemed capable of maintaining security. Notably,
though, Brown is covering
his bases. After leaving Bush,
he planned to meet leaders
on Capitol Hill.
Brown was later to leave
Washington for New York,
where he will hold talks with
U.N. Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon and deliver a
speech to the United Nations.
At the presidential retreat,
Bush aides are eager to hear
the tenor of the conversation.
Some of Brown’s advisers
have caused a stir with comments about the Iraq war
and Bush’s famously close
ties with Blair. Yet just before
he arrived in Washington,
Brown was careful to praise
the U.S.
“America has shown by
the resilience and bravery of
its people from Sept. 11 that
while buildings can be destroyed, values are indestructible,” Brown said. “And we
should acknowledge the debt
the world owes to the United
States for its leadership in
this fight against international terrorism.”
In Washington and London, aides for both leaders
sought to frame their meetings as a time to move ahead
on shared goals — yet they
also lowered expectations of
any announcements.
Other agenda items include preventing a nuclear
crisis in Iran and settling the
status of the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo.
Gordon Johndroe, Bush’s
national security spokesman,
said Blair’s exit and Brown’s
ascendancy will have no effect on the alliance between
the countries.
“Specific relationships between any two people are always going to be different,”
Johndroe said. “I think comparisons are sort of silly. The
relationship between the two
countries is so strong that I
think all the discussion about
the very specifics of the personal relationships is not terribly relevant.”
But if it is, the White
House also offers up this
point: Blair was notably close
to Bill Clinton, which led
people to wonder how he
could form a relationship
with Bush.
They did. Now Blair is
out, and Bush starts anew
with the leader of an ally he
needs.
No criminal charges expected
after baby fatally mauled by dogs
COOKEVILLE (AP) —
No criminal charges are expected to be filed after an
11-month-old boy was fatally mauled when two
Siberian huskies got into
his playpen at a home
where he was visiting.
Putnam County sheriff’s
Detective Jimmy Patterson
said he consulted with acting District Attorney Tony
Craighead and said he “advised me that the situation
did not appear to be criminal in nature.”
“Mr. Craighead stated
that his office would not be
pursuing charges at this
time,” Patterson states in a
report.
Trey Paeth was pronounced dead Monday afternoon after the mauling
in a bedroom at the home
of Allen McCaffrey just outside Cookeville. The dogs
have both been destroyed.
Patterson said the boy’s
parents, Chris and Casey
Paeth, were visiting McCaffrey. They are in the
Marines, assigned to Florence, Ala.
As the baby slept, Casey
Paeth and McCaffrey’s wife
were watching their other
children who were playing
Ethics
n Continued from 1
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NEW YORK (AP) — The city is selling 500 pounds of foreign coins that found their way into its parking meters this
year.
“We have pretty much every denomination from every
continent,” said Anthony Alfano, the city’s deputy chief of
meter collections. The most common coins are Greek drachmas, he said.
The Department of Transportation, which makes about $90
million from parking meters annually, has collected bids for
the foreign coins and plans to announce the best offer Monday.
About a decade ago, the agency decided to sell foreign
coins it collected because it was impractical to exchange them
for U.S. currency. In previous years, selling the coins has netted the department between $2 to $4 a pound.
Last year’s highest bidder for the coins was Jim Corliss, 60,
of Braintree, Mass., a longtime collector. He also bid this year.
“Every once in a while I find something of value,” he said,
pointing out that he once came across an 1835 British shilling
worth $5.
National Summary
The Nation
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
New York
87/71
Detroit
87/66
Partly sunny
San Francisco
72/56
87°
63°
89°
63°
Partly sunny
coins from meters
outside in a pool and also
periodically checking on
the sleeping baby.
The McCaffreys’ huskies
had never caused any problem before, nor were the
older children afraid of the
dogs, Patterson’s report
states.
When the attack occurred, the two women
were in another part of the
house and heard nothing,
the detective said.
When the mother went
to check on the baby, she
said she noticed the infant
was blue and she yelled for
the other woman to call
emergency officials and began trying to administer
CPR.
She said she noticed a
scratch on his cheek and
blood on his stomach, but
was more concerned that
he was not breathing.
The baby was taken to a
hospital
in
Cookeville,
where he was pronounced
dead from the multiple bite
wounds.
Patterson said the dog
owners, like the baby’s
family, were very distraught and that McCaffrey
told him he wanted the
dogs destroyed.
lation of the code of ethics,
or may undertake its own
investigation when it acquires information indicating a possible violation,
making recommendations
for action to end or seek retribution for any activity that
the committee judges as a
violation.
If a committee member is
the subject of a complaint,
such a member shall recuse
himself or herself from all
proceedings regarding the
complaint.
The committee may refer
the matter in question to the
county attorney for a legal
opinion and/or recommendation for action; in the case
of an official, refer the matter to the county commission for possible censure if
warranted; or in the case of
an employee, refer the matter to the official responsible
for supervision of the employee for possible disciplinary action.
In the case of possible violation of state statutes, the
matter should be referred to
the district attorney for possible ouster or criminal prosecution.
A resolution adopting the
Code of Ethics has been approved by the commission,
but an ethics committee has
yet to be appointed and approved.
Clothes
n Continued from 1
Students who attend elementary school within the
city system are expected to
“dress appropriately for
school and should not create
a disruption to the educational process with their attire.”
Prohibited from elementary schools are T-shirts with
suggestive
sayings
and
those that advertise alcohol
or tobacco. Hats, midriff
tops, tank tops, muscle
shirts and spaghetti strap
tops are also not allowed.
Baggy and “sagging”
pants are not allowed and
appropriate shoes should be
worn daily. Flip-flops are
not allowed because they
could pose a safety hazard,
according to the code.
Also prohibited from the
city elementary schools are
colored hair sprays and temporarily dyed hair colors.
At both the city and county schools, if a student is
found to be in violation of
the dress code, the parents
will be called and the student sent home.
CPA
n Continued from 1
to explain to the victim’s
family that the intoxicated
driver was not at fault in the
accident but rather the victim
was for having crossed over
the center line.
According to Street, he
still remembers going to the
victim’s parents’ house to inform them that their daughter had died in an accident.
“That is imprinted in my
brain,” he said. “I can’t forget
that.”
Street said working DUI
fatalities,
especially
in
wrecks that involve children,
are hard on police officers.
“In law enforcement, if
you can’t find a mechanism
for releasing that, it will eat
you alive,” he said, adding
that he had known officers
who had been destroyed by
the things they encountered
on the job and had slipped
into depression or drug or alcohol abuse.
As part of the class, participants were given the chance
to safely experience what impaired driving is like.
Johnson City Police Department
Officer
Terry
Hardin brought the JCPD’s
Safe Cart Program to the
class. With the Safe Cart Program, individuals are given
the chance to drive around a
road course marked with orange cones in a golf cart
while wearing “drunk goggles,” which are designed to
simulate the visual affects of
being impaired. The drunk
goggles come in a variety of
levels ranging from 0.06
(which is below the legal
DUI level of .08 in Tennessee)
to 0.25 (which is just over
three times the legal limit).
In addition to driving the
Safe Cart, class participants
were also put through a couple of standard field sobriety
tests while wearing the goggles.
Many of the participants
commented on how even
with the 0.06 goggles on their
vision and balance was affected.
On Tuesday night, the
class will officially graduate
and will become the first
class of alumni from the
CCSD’s
Citizen’s
Police
Academy.

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