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Who’s On The Wall: 

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Monday, March 28, 2011 • Volume 81 - No. 74 

Community Matters 

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Heavy rains 

have TVA dams 

in overdrive 

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Heavy 

rains in February and March 

have TVA working to get lakes 

and reservoirs ready for the summer 

recreation season. 

Records show some parts of 

East Tennessee have had more 

than 6 inches of rain since March 

5 and TVA since has been storing 

water in tributary reservoirs and 

spilling it through dams to let 

high flows recede. 

Lake levels typically are low in 

March and have to be raised each 

year for recreation. 

With no significant rain events 

in extended forecasts, TVA’s River 

Forecast Center has continued to 

spill at the dams. 

Center manager David Bowling 

told The Knoxville News 

Sentinel the priorities are “to 

minimize potential flooding and 

ensure continued navigation.” 

The center is staffed around 

the clock, monitoring weather 

conditions and water quality, 

availability and demand. 

TVA was ready for the heavy 

rains that caused some flooding 

in late February and early March 

and had reservoirs drawn down 

to winter levels to accommodate 

flood storage capacity, said Travis 

Brickey, a spokesman for the 

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Knoxville-based utility. 

The water level on Norris Lake, 

one of TVA’s main recreation 

areas, has begun its seasonal 

adjustment. Completed in 1935, 

Norris was TVA’s first dam and 

led to growth of the recreational 

boating industry in the Knoxville 

area. With 809 miles of shoreline 

and 33,840 acres of water surface, 

Norris Lake is TVA’s largest 

tributary reservoir. 

Bowling said runoff has more 

of an impact than rainfall on 

TVA operations. The amount of 

rain East Tennessee typically gets 

in a year doesn’t vary much, he 

said. The area averages about 50 

inches of rain a year and 4 to 5 

inches per month. 

“There is not that much difference 

in any two months,” 

Bowling said. “In February, you 

are going to see about the same 

amount of rainfall falling from 

the sky as you do in July.” 

He said what does vary is runoff, 

which is the amount of rainwater 

that makes it into the Tennessee 

River and its tributaries. 

Bowling said runoff in East 

Tennessee can vary from 4 inches 

in March to less than one inch 

Value of TennCare 

fraud unit debated 

NASHVILLE (AP) — TennCare fraud investigators had a record 

year in 2010, with 266 arrests and nearly $700,000 recovered. But the 

fraud unit cost $4.6 million to operate. 

That has some lawmakers saying it should be self-supporting, 

with more arrests and more money recouped. 

State Rep. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, is a family practitioner 

who has turned in several people he believed were defrauding the 

system. He’s also chairman of the TennCare oversight committee. 

“With so much fraud I am honestly not too happy with the conviction 

rate,” Hensley told The Tennessean. “I feel like there is a lot 

more of it going on than they are picking up.” 

But supporters say the numbers don’t tell the whole story. 

Federal law requires that each state offering a Medicaid plan 

maintain a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which investigates and 

prosecutes provider fraud. In Tennessee, that unit is part of the Tennessee 

Bureau of Investigation. 

But federal regulations prohibit TBI from pursuing patient fraud 

in most cases. That’s where the Office of Inspector General comes 

in. 

Because they are dealing with individuals, and not doctors or institutions, 

the amounts collected are much lower, but the unit’s value 

is also in the number of people it deters from committing fraud in the 

first place, supporters say. 

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Jeremy and Keila: Married 

By Steve Burwick 

STAR STAff 

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Jeremy Swain, band instructor 

at Unaka High School, first 

contacted his wife, Keila, in the 

spring of 2007. He didn’t meet 

her until the summer of 2009, 

when they became engaged. They 

married the following December, 

and have only seen each other 

on two brief occasions since the 

wedding. 

The Swains have a unique, 

long distance relationship — 

she lives 2,000 miles away, in 

Venezuela. 

In his late 20s in 2007, Jeremy 

hadn’t had much luck on the 

dating scene, so he tried a different 

route. That’s when he found 

Keila Carolina Romero Barreto. 

“I met her on a website called 

Relationships.com,” said Jeremy. 

“It’s a Christian dating website. 

It’s kind of a quick way to meet 

somebody without all the social 

pressures. She had a profile with 

a picture, and I thought she was 

pretty cute, so I e-mailed her. I 

think it was March of 2007, and 

we began to communicate. Her 

English is pretty good. She is 

from a Christian background 

like I am, and we found that we 

have strikingly similar beliefs. 

Venezuela is something like 95 

percent Catholic, but she goes 

to an Assembly of God church 

— it’s a charismatic church, 

which is pretty similar to mine. 

We had that in common right off 

the bat.” 

Keila shared her story by email. 

“I was a very depressive and 

lonely teenager, because my father 

left my mom when I was 

six,” she wrote. “The divorce affected 

me very much. But even 

when God helped me to be free 

from my constant depression, I 

still had some difficulty to trust in 

people. I never saw men as good 

people to be friends with, so I had 

my first boyfriend when I was like 

24 and it lasted just some weeks. 

He wasn’t Christian and he was 

just not going to behave according 

to my moral values. That relationship 

was a mistake.” 

Then something happened 

that gave Keila hope. 

“A pastor called Eutimio Pérez 

was preaching in my church, and 

he said ‘God told me that there is 

a woman who wants to marry an 

American man. She should come 

to the altar and we will pray 

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about it, because God will give 

her her dream.’ I thought, ‘Well, 

I would like a Canadian man. 

God knows that.’ When I was 17, 

I watched a TV program about 

Vancouver and decided I wanted 

to live in Canada after finishing 

the university. I just thought that 

city is so beautiful, and a beautiful 

Canadian man would be awesome! 

“But nobody went to the 

altar,” Keila continued. “So I 

thought, ‘Well, I want to live 

in Canada and I probably will 

marry someone when I get there. 

I guess the pastor hadn’t heard 

God very well.’ I went to the altar, 

and when Eutimio was close 

enough I told him ‘My husband 

won’t be from the U.S. He will be 

from Canada, but OK, pray for 

me!’ He said ‘No...’ He smiled, 

and then looked at me with a 

very serious expression and said, 

‘The Lord told me he is from the 

U.S., and one day you will get a 

letter in your house and you will 

feel fear... and the fear will increase 

when the day to take the 

plane gets closer. But God will 

help you, and you won’t ever be 

alone in your way.’ So I believed 

it.” 

However, Keila was impatient 

to find a relationship... 

“After two years I got crazy 

about a guy I met in a gym,” she 

wrote. “After several months of 

friendship I dated him for just a 

few weeks... because a Christian 

girl was not going to be much 

fun. So my heart was broken, 

and after several months I dated 

another guy briefly and it was 

the same — just less than three 

weeks. It is very difficult being 

Christian, and it was a mistake 

dating these nonbelievers and 

disobeying what God had told me 

through that pastor.” 

“I know a lot of people think I’m dumb. 

Well, at least I ain’t no educated fool.” 

~ Leon Spinks, U.S. Boxer 

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Tonight 

Good Afternoon 

couple separated by 2,000 miles 

Photo by Brandon Hicks 

Jeremy Swain, band instructor at Unaka High School, longs for the day when he and his wife, 

Keila, can be together. Although they were married in December 2009, they have had only four 

brief encounters during their long-distance relationship which began through an online dating service. 

Keila, a native Venezuelan, plans to eventually immigrate to the U.S. 

Photo courtesy Jeremy Swain 

Jeremy and Keila Swain celebrating their wedding in Venezuela 

in December 2009. 

Keila found a link on a church 

website to Relationships.com. 

“I never used an online site to 

meet people, but they said it was 

for Christian people, so I tried it 

and I liked very much what I saw. 

So I made a profile but I didn’t 

put a picture. I was afraid...” 

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By GreG Miller 

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Penny D. Woodson has more 

than 23 years in service to our 

country, including three years 

enlisted in the Army from June 

1974 - June 1977 as a helicopter 

mechanic, and more than 20 

year as an officer in the Air Force 

as a helicopter pilot from February 

1983 - June 2003. 

Woodson retired from the Air 

Force in 2003 as a Lt. Col. Special 

Operations Helicopter MH-53 

Pave Low Pilot with 21 medals 

and ribbons, including the Defense 

Meritorious Service Medal, 

three Air Medals and a Joint Accommodation 

Medal. 

Woodson was born and raised 

in Hampton and attended Hampton 

Elementary and Hampton 

High School where he graduated 

in 1974. Woodson said that he 

became interested in the military 

because he wanted to travel and 

wanted to get a good education. 

After entering the Army, 

Woodson went to Fort Knox for 

basic training and then to Fort 

Rucker for helicopter mechanic 

training with a follow-on assignment 

to Germany, where he was 

a mechanic on several different 

helicopters and then became a 

crew chief on the UH-1 Huey in 

1977. 

After being discharged from 

the Army, he earned an Aircraft 

Airframe and Power Plant Mechanic’s 

License in 1978 and 

then took advantage of the GI 

Bill to attend East Tennessee 

University, where he graduated 

with a B.S. degree in Computer 

Science in 1981. 

After college, Woodson entered 

the Air Force to attend helicopter 

flight school training at 

Fort Rucker, Ala., in 1983. During 

Christmas break from flight 

school, he married his “beloved” 

wife, Patsy Woodson, in a local 

church in Elizabethton, where 

all his USAF fight school buddies 

attended. 

During flight school, he 

earned his Helicopter Commercial 

Pilot License. After flight 

school, he said that his wife and 

stepson, Travis Harrell, five years 

old at the time, loaded “everything” 

they had in an old Dodge 

van and traveled to Holloman 

AFB, N.M., where he served as a 

UN-IN helicopter search-andrescue 

pilot as well as an Administrative 

and Training Officer 

from 1984-1987. In 1986, the 

Woodsons were blessed with twin 

girls, Chelsea and Julie, at Holloman 

AFB. From 1987-1988, he 

cross-trained to become an H-53 

Pilot and served in Sembach AB, 

GE as a Plans Officer. In 1988, he 

cross-trained to become a MH- 

53 Pave Low Special Operations 

Helicopter Pilot and served as a 

Tactics Officer at Hurlburt Field, 

Fla., from 1988-1992, where he 

won Tactic Officer of the Year in 

1991. 

In 1991, Woodson was deployed 

to Desert Storm, where 

he successfully accomplished 

numerous combat missions 

earning him several prestigious 

awards. On one mission, he led 

Apache helicopters on the first 

night of Desert Storm to take out 

radar sites in western Iraq so that 

bombers could take out their targets. 

Woodson said that, “Flying 

missions into Iraq was demanding 

and that God has been good 

to me.” In 1992, Woodson graduated 

from Troy State University 

with a M.S. degree in management. 

Also, in 1992, he upgraded 

to Instructor Pilot and was sent 

on a remote tour to Osan, Korea, 

to serve as Chief, Plans Officer. 

From 1993-1994, he was upgraded 

to Evaluator Pilot and 

served as Chief, Rotary Wing 

Standardization and Evaluation 

with his family at Kadena AB, Japan. 

From 1994-1995, he served 

as Chief, Flight Safety Officer at 

Kadena where he won Safety Officer 

of the Year in 1994. In 1995, 

he was selected to attend the Army 

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Penny Woodson served in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air 

Force. 

Command and Staff College in 

residence at Fort Leavenworth, 

Kan. From 1996-1999, he served 

as a Joint Air Land Sea Staff Officer 

at Langley AFB, Va., where 

he created and published highly 

technical multi-service tactics, 

techniques and procedures publications 

including Joint Task 

Force Headquarters Information 

Management; Targeting; Joint Air 

Traffic Control; Survival-Evasion 

and Recovery and Aviation Urban 

Operations. From 2000-2001, he 

was Assistant Director of Operations 

at Hurlburt Field, Fla. From 

2001-2002, he served as Chief, 

Weapons and Tactics AFSOC and 

during real word deployments 

and exercises he also served as 

Commander, Joint Special Operations 

Air Component (JSOAC) 

and Deputy Director, Special Operations 

Liaison Element (SOLE) 

in Southeast Asia during Operation 

Enduring Freedom From 

2002-2003, he served as Deputy 

Chief, Operations Plans and Tactics 

and as Deputy Commander, 

Joint Special Operations Task 

Force Deployed in Operation Enduring 

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even more so than the military 

men or women who serve.” He 

said that during his career he 

was “deployed most of the time 

leaving behind his wife and family.” 

When asked about the aspect 

of his military service he enjoyed 

the most, Woodson replied, “I 

loved the challenges and the 

sense of accomplishment that 

comes from service to our country.” 

Since his retirement, Woodson 

has been a Real Estate Broker at 

Century 21 Whitehead Realty. 

His wife, Patsy, is a manager 

at the Subway in Elizabethton. 

Woodson said that he is 

“most thankful for his family,” 

especially for his wife, Patsy, for 

putting up with him for all these 

years and for their three children, 

Travis, Chelsea and Julie. He said 

that his son, Travis, has been in 

the USAF for 10 years and is currently 

stationed at Barksdale AFB, 

La. Travis is the father of three 

“wonderful” boys, Kyle, Kaidyn 

and Korbyn. 

Woodson said that his daughter, 

Chelsea, is married to Keith 

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ton,” who is currently in the 

USAF stationed at Hurlburt Field, 

Fla. Chelsea and Keith have one 

girl, Lilli, who is almost three 

years old. Keith, an AC-130 mechanic, 

will soon be deployed 

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fice manager at Century 21 

Whitehead Realty. 

Woodson said that his 

“thoughts and prayers are with 

all of our military men and 

women along with their families 

who selflessly serve our country 

every day. There are heroes for 

whom we know nothing about.” 

Conference will emphasize 

listening skills for health 

care providers in ET area 

JOHNSON CITY — Health care providers who want to achieve 

better outcomes for patients can spend a few hours April 2 learning 

to improve one of the most basic elements in their skill set: being 

an effective listener. 

The Office of Continuing Medical Education at East Tennessee 

State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine, in joint 

sponsorship with the International Listening Association, will present 

“Listening in Healthcare: Better Outcomes Through Better Listening” 

on Saturday, April 2, from 8 a.m.-noon at the Millennium 

Centre. 

The International Listening Association (ILA), which promotes 

the study and development of more effective listening skills and 

listening techniques, will hold its annual conference at the Millennium 

Center March 31-April 2, and Saturday’s “Listening in 

Healthcare” is specifically tailored for any professional who practices 

health care. 

Presenters will include faculty members and alumni from the 

ETSU Division of Health Sciences, including the Quillen College of 

Medicine and the ETSU College of Nursing, as well as professionals 

from the ILA. 

Topics will include the different listening styles based on intercultural, 

age and gender variables; maximizing patient compliance 

through effective listening style; and satisfying the patient’s need to 

be heard while managing the practitioner’s time. 

More information and online registration is available at www. 

etsu.edu/com/cme or by calling 439-8027. The Quillen College of 

Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing 

Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for 

physicians. 

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Range Elementary School 

teacher Wendy Edwards realizes 

the importance of using technology 

in helping her students 

learn. 

Edwards says she tries to incorporate 

as much technology as 

possible, especially computers, in 

the classroom. She utilizes the 

Promethean Board, “which enables 

me to demonstrate to the 

whole class through United 

Streaming and other beneficial 

websites. The kids get to watch 

and see different aspects of different 

subjects such as ancient 

history for sixth grade. We have 

watched clips about Rome, 

Greece and China.” 

She continued, “They actually 

see footage from those 

places. We’ve also participated 

in a virtual field trip, in which 

the eighth grade visited Mt. Vernon. 

We interacted with a character, 

Martha Washington. The 

kids paid attention and asked 

relevant questions. We will be incorporating 

the virtual classroom 

toward the end of the school year, 

in which we visit an Australian 

aquarium. The kids will be introduced 

to over 500 species of fish 

only found in the Great Barrier 

Reef.” 

The technology is used to 

teach the students about current 

events, such as the recent 9.0 

magnitude earthquake in Japan. 

She uses a website, flocabulary. 

com, clicking on “The Week in 

Rap” link. “They set all the prior 

week’s current events to rap,” Edwards 

said. 

During the earthquake, Edwards 

says, “We used live television 

to see what was happening. 

We watched and compared the 

different news channels to compare 

and contrast the coverage.” 

The students, Edwards observes, 

respond favorably to 

learning through the advanced 

technology. “Most of the kids, 

especially the eighth grade, 

have cell phones and the Internet. 

They text constantly — not 

during instruction hours. Most 

of them have this technology at 

their hands. They’ve often taught 

me things. They are computer 

literate. They know how to use 

most any form of technology. 

They are very willing and able 

to try anything as far as the devices.” 

Edwards says the students 

are getting a good sense of the 

important role that computer 

technology will play during their 

lives. 

Two students, eighth-grader 

Taylor Boone and seventhgrader 

Justin Watson, “got to be 

‘weather kids’ with WJHL-TV. 

Justin was commenting on all 

the technology that he saw that 

he had never seen before. He said 

it was amazing that they had 

different computers for different 

things — the wind, the rain and 

things like that. 

“I said, ‘This is how technology 

is going to become more 

important in your future. There 

is going to be all of these computers 

and things you’re going to 

need to know about.’ If we here 

at Range can expose them just a 

little bit, hopefully they’ll have a 

better understanding of how important 

technology is.” 

Edwards says her eighthgrade 

class students “are starting 

to see how much they’re going to 

have to use technology next year 

and the next three years during 

their high school career, because 

we are now doing major projects 

in which they have to incorporate 

technology in some form or 

fashion. It also leads to verifying 

websites for credibility, deciding 

what information is relevant and 

what is not.” 

Edwards notes that, “We are 

almost a computer-driven society, 

in which these kids are going 

to have to know basic operating 

procedures, and then incorporate 

that knowledge.” 

Most recently, Edwards says 

her “inner nerd” came out. “I 

am a device person,” she said. 

“I want to know the latest in all 

things technology, so I try to keep 

abreast of everything out there as 

far as helping kids learn.” 

She says it was during her internship 

during graduate school 

that she noticed the important 

role technology was playing 

in her own life. Her internship 

was at T.A. Dugger Junior High 

School during the fall semester 

of 2006 and the spring semester 

of 2007. 

“I taught sixth-grade Social 

Studies, seventh-grade Social 

Studies and seventh-grade English 

Language Arts,” she said. 

“I worked there prior as a 

teacher assistant in the media 

center,” Edwards said. “I saw 

how they incorporated technology 

in their computer labs and 

what the teachers used it for, and 

I just brought it with me here.” 

At Range, Edwards says, “We 

do the best we can. We try to ensure 

that all students have the 

opportunity to learn, despite the 

fact that we also face many challenges 

here, not just with our 

student body, but also with spacing 

and with technology. Just this 

year alone, I had one computer 

completely go out. That created 

an in-class atmosphere issue in 

which I can’t have as many students 

using that computer.” 

Edwards teaches Social Studies 

to students in grades 5-8, as 

well as English Language Arts to 

eighth-grade students. She has 

five different classes during the 

day, with an average of 12 students 

in each class. 

Edwards’ short-term goal is 

“just to remain employed. Hopefully, 

tenure will be in my future 

at the end of this year. “ 

Long-term goals, according 

to Edwards, include working in 

education as long as she can, 

“without government interfering 

with my ability to educate. 

If I ever feel that I can’t properly 

educate…If each kid cannot feel 

that they have been exposed to 

the material and given the opportunity, 

then I think that I would 

seek a different profession.” 

She continued, “It’s unfair 

to the kids if I feel as a teacher 

that I’m not able to make sure 

that they all have access to what 

they’re required to learn and 

teach them effectively.” 

Edwards, who is in her third 

school year as a teacher at Range, 

graduated from East Tennessee 

State University in 2006 with 

a B.S. degree in interdisciplinary 

studies with concentrations 

in English and history. While 

still an ETSU student, in 2006 

Edwards began her graduate 

studies at Milligan College. She 

graduated from Milligan College 

in 2007 with a master’s degree in 

education (middle grades 4-8). 

Edwards says her only hobby 

is taking her son, Taylor, 14, a 

member of the Elizabethton High 

School Cyclones baseball team, 

to his games. Taylor also plays 

on a showcase traveling team, 

the Knoxville Stars. He played on 

the school’s football team this 

past season. 

Edwards describes her personality. 

“I can be extremely easy going, 

laid back, flexible, willing to 

work with a student or students, 

however, if I see and become 

frustrated with lack of effort and 

lack of responsibility, then I can 

be a much more intense teacher, 

because I know that they have 

the capability to do what is asked 

of them and succeed at it,” she 

said. 

“I try to make it an atmosphere 

in here in which the kids 

want to come to my class and 

want to participate. They want to 

actually learn something.” 

Two of Edwards’ students 

spoke about their teacher. “Fun 

and success is what you get in 

Ms. Edwards’ classroom,” said 

eighth-grader Arian Scott. “To 

be 100 percent honest, she’s the 

best teacher I have ever had. She 

calls herself a technology geek 

because she loves anything that 

will help in her classroom. She 

would do anything to help her 

students.” 

Arian adds, “I wish I could 

have her as my teacher forever. 

When Ms. Edwards teaches, you 

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Range Elementary teacher Wendy Edwards is pictured at a computer with Reanna McClure. 


Range Elementary School teacher Wendy Edwards realizes the important role technology plays in learning. Pictured with Edwards 

are Cheri Smith, Jordy Phillips, Danielle Greer, Gary Hughes, Taylor Boone, Arian Scott, Kristin Taunton, Andrew Gunn, Reanna 

McClure, Breana Davis, Noah Meredith and Nathan Dempsey. 

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actually understand everything 

she is telling you. If we don’t 

understand, she incorporates 

technology, such as particular 

websites, to further explain and 

expose us to things she can’t. 

For example, before we began 

our research projects, she showed 

us the Purdue University Online 

Writing Lab (OWL) website for us 

to use during our research process. 

Ms. Edwards first demonstrated 

how to access and what to 

click via the Promethean board 

for the whole class to see. Then, 

we began our research papers 

individually while incorporating 

OWL. I now feel as though I can 

complete college level research 

papers because I was exposed to 

helpful websites now. An exciting 

classroom and current technol- 

ogy have helped me in Ms. Edwards’ 

class this year.” 

Reanna McClure observed, 

“Laughter and learning is what’s 

in the air when you walk into Ms. 

Edwards’ eighth-grade English 

and history classes. I have been 

to a lot of schools, so you can 

imagine how many teachers I 

have had, but I have never met 

anyone quite like her. I used to 

be horrible in English until I met 

Ms. Edwards. She has opened 

my eyes to the world of learning. 

Along with learning, Ms. Edwards 

has a soft spot for technology.” 

Edwards, Reanna states, “has 

incorporated technology into her 

classroom so that we can achieve 

more than what’s required in the 

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We’re celebrating our furry friends and helping 

to build a new shelter at the same time! 

Run a picture of your pet (or you with 

your pet) with its name and yours. 

$5.00 from every sale will go to the 

Elizabethton/Carter County 

Animal Shelter Building Fund. 

To be published in the Sunday, April 17 

edition of the Elizabethton Star 

Mail or bring picture of your pet to the 

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NC seed company keeps 

mountain plants in bloom 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 

company in Asheville has created 

a business around preserving 

western North Carolina varieties 

of vegetables and flowers. 

The Asheville Citizen-Times 

reports that Sow True Seed was 

created in 2009 to provide quality 

seeds for backyard gardeners and 

small commercial growers. 

“We became friends, and over 

time we talked about it,” said Peter 

Waskiewicz, a landscaper who 

started the company with one of 

his clients, Carol Koury. “Western 

North Carolina has one of 

the best sustainable agriculture 

communities, and what I realized 

was that it needed a regional 

seed company.” 

The company sells hundreds 

of vegetable, herb and flower 

seeds. Some are traditional varieties 

that have been grown in 

the region for generations. Some 

of the varieties were donated to 

Sow True Seed by families that 

have lived in the North Carolina 

mountains for generations. 

“It was one of our goals to 

support local agriculture,” Koury 

said. “We want to support local 

farmers by growing our seeds 

and by having farmers buy our 

seeds.” 

Loudon sheriff’s office going 

online to track stolen property 

LENOIR CITY (AP) — An 

eastern Tennessee sheriff’s department 

is using an online system 

to search for suspects and track 

stolen property both locally and 

nationally. 

The seeds could find their 

way into trials at the Mountain 

Horticulture Crops Research and 

Extension Center in Mills River, 

said Jeanine Davis, North Carolina 

State University extension 

specialist. A lot of organic growers 

are looking into regionally 

developed seeds. 

“More people are beginning 

to see the benefits of plants that 

are developed for this region,” 

Davis said. 

The older varietals don’t produce 

the yields that hybrids do, 

but often have more intense flavors. 

“These will not turn into huge 

markets, but they are great for 

tailgate markets,” Davis said. 

The local flavor is what appeals 

to folks like backyard gardener 

Tricia Johnson, who is 

planting her whole garden with 

Sow True Seeds this year after a 

test run last year with beets and 

leeks turned out well. 

“If you are going to keep your 

food local, why not start with local 

seeds,” Johnson said. 

Sow True Seeds are sold by 

retailers in North Carolina, Tennessee 

and Georgia and the company 

also has a small retail shop 

at its warehouse in Asheville. 

The Loudon County Sheriff’s 

Department has added LeadsOnline, 

a system that searches secondhand 

stores, scrap metal dealers, 

pawnshops and Internet stores 

like eBay. 

Sheriff Tim Guider told The 

Knoxville News Sentinel that the 

system equips criminal investigators 

with the ability to solve crimes 

instantly and to return goods to 

their rightful owners. 

Property can be searched using 

serial numbers, a suspect’s name 

and item descriptions, among 

other information, according 

to the release. Most searches are 

completed within seconds. 

Guider said LeadsOnline allows 

the automatic collection of 

information from businesses each 

day. 

Guider described it as the “largest 

online investigative system of 

its kind” around the country. 

Ruby C. Street 

Mrs. Ruby Cox Street, 66, Rittertown 

Community, Hampton, 

passed away Saturday, March 26, 

2011, after a long illness at the 

residence of a daughter. 

JACKSON (AP) — Lambuth 

University’s leaders are looking 

at multiple options for the 

school’s future if there isn’t 

enough money to continue a 

legal battle over accreditation. 

School officials say a merger 

with another school and selling 

the campus after the spring and 

summer classes are options. 

Lambuth’s board of trustees 

will meet April 14 to discuss 

options for the future of the 

campus. 

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 

week into spring and snow is 

falling in the mountains of 

northwestern North Carolina. 

The National Weather Service 

reported light snow was falling 

this morning from Boone 

to Jefferson and as far east as 

Mount Airy. 

Forecasters also said at least 

half of North Carolina could see 

several hours of freezing temperatures 

that could threaten 

crops tonight and early Tues- 

North Carolina pastor faces 

charges of sexual battery 

DUNN, N.C. (AP) — A 

Baptist minister from Harnett 

County is scheduled to appear 

in court to face charges of sexual 

battery. 

WRAL-TV reports that police 

in Benson have charged 

74-year-old Paul Burke Johnson 

with sexual misconduct. 

Officers have not released details 

on the allegation. 

Johnson was arrested last 

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day. The forecast also called for 

a frost across the region. 

The freeze watch includes at 

least 55 counties and extends 

from Charlotte east to Jacksonville 

and north to Roanoke 

Rapids. 

Temperatures are expected 

to be in the upper 20s, with the 

coldest temperatures in rural 

areas. 

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taking steps to protect 

tender vegetation. 

week. He was scheduled to appear 

in court today. It wasn’t 

clear if he has an attorney. 

Johnson is pastor of Calvary 

Baptist Church in Dunn and is 

a member of the board of ministers 

at Campbell University 

Divinity School. 

University President Jerry 

Wallace says he has just learned 

of the allegation and isn’t ready 

to talk about them. 

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Obama to lay out his case on Libya to nation 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

President Barack Obama is 

offering Congress and an anxious 

public his first detailed 

accounting of his rationale 

for U.S. military involvement 

in Libya and perhaps an answer 

to the burning question: 

What’s next? 

His speech, set for 7:30 p.m. 

EDT today, comes after the administration 

scored an important 

diplomatic victory. NATO 

ambassadors on Sunday approved 

a plan for the alliance 

to assume from the U.S. command 

all aerial operations, 

including ground attacks. 

That will help Obama assure 

the nation he can deliver 

A native of Roan Mountain, 

she was a daughter of the late 

William E. and Evelyn Heaton 

Cox. 

Mrs. Street had been a resident 

of Hampton for nearly 25 years. 

In addition to her parents, 

she was preceded in death by 

her husband, Billy Joe Street; her 

brother, Bill Cox; and a granddaughter, 

Keeley. 

Mrs. Street is survived by her 

children, Brenda and Randy, 

Randal and Courtney, Billy and 

Missy, Teresa and Raymond, all 

of Hampton, Terry and Pam, 

Elizabethton, 12 grandchildren 

and seven great-grandchildren, 

President Bill Seymour told 

The Jackson Sun the preferred 

option is for Lambuth to maintain 

ownership and continue 

with its lawsuit to reinstate its 

membership with its accrediting 

body, the Southern Association 

of Colleges and Schools (SACS). 

The last option would result 

in the closure of Lambuth. SACS 

pulled Lambuth’s accreditation 

in December. 

Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist, 

Gov. Bill Haslam and other lead- 

on his promise that the United 

States will be a partner in the 

military action against Libya, 

but not from the driver’s seat. 

Bickering among NATO members 

delayed the process. 

Ahead of today’s speech, 

Obama and his top national 

security officials worked to 

set the stage for the address 

— Obama in his weekly radio 

and Internet address, and Secretary 

of State Hillary Rodham 

Clinton and Defense Secretary 

Robert Gates with appearances 

on Sunday television news 

Edwards 

n Continued from 3 

Tennessee curriculum. For instance, 

we recently completed a research 

paper, in which much time 

was spent using computers. This 

included proper in-text citation and 

a perfect works cited page based on 

the Modern Language Association 

(MLA) format. Citation will be used 

in high school and at the college 

level, so it’s a good thing she has set 

high expectations for learning, do- 

Obituaries 

two sisters, Peggy Joe Putman 

and Norma Baker, all of Roan 

Mountain, and her brothers, 

Robert Cox, Elizabethton, and 

Dallas Cox, Elk Park, N.C. Several 

nieces and nephews also 

survive. 

Funeral services for Mrs. 

Street will be conducted at 8 

p.m. Monday, March 28, at Memorial 

Funeral Chapel with the 

Rev. Danny Osborne officiating. 

Music will be provided by Lisa 

Poole, soloist. Graveside services 

and interment will be at 

noon Tuesday, March 29, in the 

Street Cemetery (Burbank Community), 

Roan Mountain. Active 

ers are involved in an initiative 

to come up with a contingency 

plan if Lambuth is unable to 

continue operating on its own. 

Students are hoping the 

school remains open. 

Van Santos, a 21-year-old 

junior, said the school offers his 

major, Entertainment Music Industry, 

and close relationships 

with professors. 

“I don’t just know them; 

they know me,” he said. “The 

EMI program is so unique. 

shows. 

But as they made the 

rounds, neither Clinton nor 

Gates could say how long the 

U.S. mission would last or lay 

out an exit strategy. 

“I don’t think anybody 

knows the answer to that,” 

Gates told ABC News’ “This 

Week” when asked pointedly 

about reports that some officials 

within the Pentagon believed 

the mission could last 

many months. 

Clinton was asked on NBC’s 

“Meet the Press” what would be 

ing and achieving. I feel as though 

I will be more prepared when my 

high school English teachers mention 

MLA for we will already know 

what to do. Through this project, 

Ms. Edwards had us use college 

websites in order to complete 

our papers. Technology certainly 

helped her teach such a difficult 

topic. As a result, she is by far the 

greatest teacher I ever had.” 

pallbearers, who are requested to 

assemble at the funeral home at 

11 a.m. Tuesday, will be her four 

sons, Randy, Terry, Billy and 

Randall, and Ed Soliday, Rick 

Russell, Jim Lewis and Pete Nave. 

The family will receive friends 

from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the 

funeral home. Friends may also 

call at the residence of a daughter, 

Brenda. Family and friends 

will assemble at the funeral 

home at 11 a.m. Tuesday to go 

to the cemetery. Condolences to 

the Street family may be e-mailed 

to mfc@chartertn.net. 

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in 

charge of arrangements. 

Lambuth weighing options for future 

Federal Aviation Administration 

gave air traffic controllers new 

procedures Friday as officials try 

to contain the fallout from an incident 

earlier this week in which 

two airliners landed at Reagan 

National Airport without assistance 

because the lone controller 

on duty was asleep. 

Regional radar facilities are 

now required to alert controllers 

working alone at night in 

an airport tower that a plane is 

approaching, FAA Administrator 

Randy Babbitt said in a statement. 

The radar controllers are “to confirm 

that there is a controller 

prepared to handle the incoming 

flight,” he said. 

Regional controllers have also 

been reminded that if no controller 

can be raised at an airport tower, 

proper procedures require they 

offer pilots the option of diverting 

to another airport, Babbitt said. 

Controllers at a regional FAA 

radar facility in Warrenton, Va., 

about 40 miles from Reagan, 

didn’t offer that option to the pilots 

who were to unable reach the 

airport’s tower between 12:04 and 

12:28 a.m. on Wednesday. 

Repeated phone calls from the 

regional facility to the tower also 

went unanswered. 

The planes — an American 

Airlines flight from Dallas and a 

United Airlines flight from Chicago 

with a combined 165 people 

on board — landed safely. 

Pilots can always decide on 

their own authority to divert to 

another airport, said Rory Kay, a 

former Air Line Pilots Association 

safety chairman and an international 

airline captain. 

The controller on duty in 

the tower — a veteran air traffic 

supervisor — acknowledged 

to investigators who interviewed 

him Thursday that he had dozed 

off, the National Transportation 

Safety Board said. The controller, 

who has not been identified, was 

working his fourth 10 p.m. to 6 

a.m. shift in a row, according to 

the board, which is investigating 

the episode. 

The incident has renewed concern 

about the potential safety 

consequences of controllers suffering 

from fatigue, a longstanding 

concern of the board. 

It has also sparked criticism 

of FAA’s practice of scheduling 

a single controller on overnight 

shifts at some airports, but especially 

at Reagan, which is in Arlington, 

Va., and just across the 

Potomac River from downtown 

Washington. 

“This is not a mom-and-pop 

airport for small planes, and is in 

the vicinity of some very sensitive 

airspace,” Kay said. 

At least one congressional 

committee has launched its own 

investigation, and the issue is 

expected to be raised next week 

when the House takes up a bill to 

provide long-term authority for 

FAA programs. 

On Wednesday night, less 

than 24 hours after the incident, 

Transportation Secretary Ray La- 

Hood ordered a second controller 

be added to the overnight shift at 

Reagan. 

About 30 other airports around 

the country also have a single 

controller on duty on the overnight 

shift. In some instances, the 

controllers work alone for only a 

part of the shift. 

FAA is examining whether 

staffing on those overnight shifts 

should be increased. 

On Friday, the safety board recommended 

to the FAA that it no 

There are other programs, but 

they’re larger. I’m getting more 

one-on-one time and work experience.” 

The private liberal arts 

school, founded in 1843, is affiliated 

with the United Methodist 

Church. It has struggled 

financially in the past few 

years. Lambuth officials have 

said there are more than 400 

students this semester. About 

three years ago, the university 

had more than 800 students. 

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 

Electric utilities in North Carolina 

and South Carolina report 

they have detected trace radiation 

from Japan’s nuclear reactor 

accidents that followed an 

earthquake and tsunami. 

Progress Energy and Duke 

Energy in North Carolina and 

South Carolina Electric and 

Gas Co. all operate nuclear 

plants and say they have detected 

trace amounts of radiation. 

Nuclear experts and health 

officials say there is no public 

longer allow air traffic controllers 

to provide supervisory oversight 

while performing operational air 

traffic duties. The recommendation 

wasn’t directly related to this 

week’s incident. But if FAA were to 

follow the board’s recommendation, 

the agency would effectively 

have to assign at least two people 

— a supervisor and a controller 

— to every shift. 

In a previous letter to FAA, 

NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman 

pointed to several previous 

airport accidents in which the air 

traffic supervisor on duty was also 

working as a controller directing 

air traffic instead of being free to 

devote attention entirely to the supervising 

of controllers. 

Carolinas utilities report small 

traces of radiation from Japan 

health risk. The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency says 

people are exposed to much 

more radiation on an international 

airline flight. 

Progress Energy of Raleigh 

said it picked up very low levels 

of iodine-131, a radioactive 

byproduct of nuclear fission, at 

its Robinson nuclear plant in 

South Carolina and a Florida 

plant. The company expects 

to detect similar levels near 

Raleigh and Wilmington this 

week. 

an acceptable outcome given 

that Obama has both said that 

Libyan leader Col. Moammar 

Gadhafi must go and that he is 

not a military target. Would a 

partitioning of Libya be a possible 

solution? “I think it’s too 

soon to predict,” she said. 

The interviews were conducted 

Saturday and aired 

Sunday. 

Obama’s speech from the 

National Defense University 

in Washington comes as leading 

GOP lawmakers and some 

from within Obama’s own 

party are pressing him for 

more clarity about his goals. 

Obama did not seek congressional 

authority before he 

took military action in Libya, 

nor did he consult closely with 

congressional leaders, sore 

points for lawmakers on both 

sides of the aisle. 

Congress wants to know the 

precise U.S. military role in 

the days ahead and how a nation 

strained by two existing 

wars and mushrooming budget 

deficits can pay the tab.

Opinion 

Hispanics fuel U.S. growth 

Most experts predicted before 

the 2010 census started that the 

decennial survey would reveal 

an increase in the Hispanic 

population of the United States. 

The forecasts proved accurate. 

Census Bureau figures released 

recently show that Hispanics 

accounted for more than half 

of the nation’s growth in the 

last decade, and that the group 

is now the nation’s second 

largest group with more than 

50 million people. The demographic 

change is significant. 

It undoubtedly will bring considerable 

social, economic and 

political change to the country. 

The 2010 census put the 

total U.S. population at 308.7 

million. Of that number, 63.7 

percent (196.8 million) were 

white; 16.3 percent (50.5 million) 

were Hispanic; 12.2 percent 

(37.7 million) were black 

and 4.7 percent (14.5 million) 

were Asian. The remainder of 

those counted indicated they 

belonged to other groups on 

their census forms. 

The population growth of 

Hispanics, who can be of any 

race, was a bit larger than expected, 

according to census 

officials. It grew by about 43 

percent from 2000 to 2010 and 

it accounted for 56 percent of 

the nation’s total growth in 

the same time period. (Census 

officials have not said what 

role illegal immigration has 

played in Hispanic population 

growth, saying that they are 

still studying the reasons for 

the growth). One aspect of the 

growth, however, is certain. In 

past years, Hispanic population 

and growth were concentrated 

in a handful of states. That is 

no longer true. 

In nine states, including 

Tennessee, that population 

more than doubled in the last 

decade. In six others, total population 

would have declined if 

not for increases in the number 

of Hispanics residing there. 

The shifts in population are 

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measured in numbers, but the 

significance of those changes 

is likely to become most visible 

in the political arena. Those 

changes will become evident 

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By law, states must redraw 

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The ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ defense 

When their actions or words violate the established 

norms of acceptable behavior, too many 

CEOs and politicians reflexively turn to the Non- 

Apology-Apology. 

Implying that people who are upset by what 

he said or did are somehow overly sensitive, the 

offending party unapologetically offers, “If I in 

any way offended anyone, then I would want to 

apologize ...” 

A tiresome evasion is the use of the passive case 

to distance the non-apologizer from any moral 

responsibility: “Mistakes were made.” How refreshing 

it would be to hear from a public figure: 

“What I did was wrong and indefensible. 

I am sorry. I apologize and ask for your 

forgiveness.” 

But when it comes to creative excusemaking, 

nobody comes even close to the 

former speaker of the House and likely 

2012 Republican presidential candidate, 

Newt Gingrich, who wrapped himself in 

Old Glory this week while explaining his 

past marital infidelity to the Christian 

Broadcasting Network: “There’s no question 

at times of my life, partially driven by 

how passionately I felt about this country, that I 

worked far too hard and things happened in my 

life that were not appropriate.” 

Picture the scene. Newt patriotically working 

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strolls by humming, “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” 

and the next thing you know, just because of how 

passionately he feels for the old U.S.A., they’re canoodling 

and worse. 

His “patriotism made me do it” defense is 

as nervy as it is imaginative, although it might 

have been more believable if he had been caught 

cheating with Betsy Ross and/or the Daughters of 

the American Revolution. 

If this Newt-onian logic had prevailed in 1776, 

Nathan Hale might have stated, “I only regret that 

I have but one wife to lose for my country.” 

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every Fourth of July, any band playing a 

John Philip Sousa march, Philadelphia and the 

Liberty Bell, New York and the Statue of Liberty, 

the glimpse of a high-flying American bald eagle, 

the U.S. Capitol — where he worked — as well as 

the Washington Monument. 

Gingrich, a recent convert from the Baptist faith 

to Catholicism, tells us that he is now a changed 

man, happily devoted to his third wife, Calista. I 

knew Gingrich when he was a Baptist, and 

he was not an unqualified admirer of the 

Church of Rome. Twenty-five years ago, 

this is what he had to say publicly about 

the then-retiring House speaker, Democrat 

Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill: 

“O’Neill was a very passionate local 

politician representing the Irish Catholic 

Boston system that (James Michael) Curley 

had made famous, and in many ways 

he never evolved much beyond that,” said 

Gingrich. “He was a pretty effective legislative 

leader, with an occasional instinct for national 

activity, but one who always started from 

what he knew and learned in the saloons and 

streets of Boston.” 

Curley, born in 1874, was the brilliant but corrupt 

four-term Boston mayor who served a jail 

term. Tip O’Neill was neither a Curley partisan 

nor an acolyte. 

Newt Gingrich often brings to mind the unflattering 

line about the British politician Peter Mandelson 

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home — he didn’t live there all the time.” 

Given Gingrich’s unabashed nationalism and 

his propensity for hard work, and the problems 

that combination has allegedly produced in the 

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job — just might by his own frank admission 

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Dear Mrs. Y.S.: Just because 

God doesn’t answer our prayers the 

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the wicked but he hears the prayer 

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But God’s answer isn’t always 

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“Wait,” or even “No.” Remember: 

We see only part of the picture 

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He knows what is best for us. And 

He also wants what’s best for us 

because He loves us. We think we 

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nothing wrong with asking God 

for it. But if God knows it may not 

be wise or good, He lovingly tells us 

“No.” 

It’s hard, I know, for us to accept 

God’s “No,” or even His “Wait” — 

but He can be trusted to do what is 

right. Is He telling you “No” in this 

situation? I don’t know; perhaps 

He’s only telling you to wait. But 

either way, I pray you’ll seek His 

will about this relationship, and be 

willing to accept it, whatever it is. 

God knows your needs, and He 

wants you to commit them to Him. 

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the joy of His presence every day, as 

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Where we began … 

The history of the Elizabethton STAR traces 

back to the Mountaineer, established in 1864. The 

Mountaineer was the first newspaper in Upper East 

Tennessee, changing hands and names numerous 

times over the years. On Oct. 1, 1955, Frank 

Robinson was named publisher. He purchased the 

paper in 1977. 

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(Family Features) — The dog 

days of summer can really put the 

heat on electricity bills and put even 

the best air conditioning systems to 

the test. “The Department of Energy 

says that almost 45 percent of a homeowner’s 

utility costs come from 

heating and cooling the house. 

Fortunately, there are some simple 

things you can do to help lower those 

costs, keep your system working as it 

should and beat the summer heat,” 

says Dave Quandt, Senior VP of Field 

Services for American Home Shield, 

one of the nation’s leading providers 

of home warranty services. 

Here are a few tips to keep in 

mind when summer temperatures 

start to sizzle: 

An air conditioner set at 70°F can 

cost twice as much to operate as one 

set at 78°F. Raise the thermostat by 

2 degrees above its normal setting. 

You’ll still be comfortable, and your 

pocketbook will thank you. 

Set the thermostat to 80°F when 

you’ll be out of the house for several 

hours and lower it when you return. 

But don’t shut the air conditioner 

off; it’s less efficient to cool the house 

back down than to leave it set at a 

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higher temperature. 

A ceiling fan uses about as much 

energy as a 100-watt bulb, but it can 

make a room feel up to eight degrees 

cooler. In summer, blades should 

turn counterclockwise, pushing air 

downward to create a cool breeze. 

Keeping windows closed and 

curtains drawn during the day can 

reduce cooling costs by 30 percent. 

Lights, computers and televisions 

all generate heat. Turn them 

off when they’re not in use. 

Quandt believes your best protection, 

however, lies in preventative 

maintenance. 

“It’s important to have your air 

conditioning system professionally 

inspected and cleaned a least 

a month before you’ll need to start 

using it,” he says. “At a minimum, 

turn it on and make sure it’s still 

running like it should. 

“Last summer, we responded to 

more than 550,000 requests for air 

conditioning repairs during the record-breaking 

heat wave. You don’t 

want to find out that your air conditioner 

needs repair or replacing just 

when you need it most. Now’s the 

time to be sure everything’s in good 

working order.” 

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for maintenance on 

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An air conditioner set at 70°F can cost twice as much to operate 

as one set at 78°F. Raise the thermostat by 2 degrees above its 

normal setting. You’ll still be comfortable, and your pocketbook 

will thank you. 

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find it online and in your owner’s 

manual. In addition: 

—Create shade for the unit, 

but keep the area around the exterior 

condensing unit clear of leaves, 

bushes and other obstructions to ensure 

adequate airflow. 

—Clean or replace the air filter. 

Clean or replace the air conditioner 

filter monthly. Clogged, dirty filters 

block air flow and make a unit work 

much harder. A clean filter can save 

up to 10 percent on your bill. 

If your air conditioning system 

and/or components break down, a 

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from unexpected repair costs. “A 

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service contract that covers the repair 

or replacement of many of the most 

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It also covers appliances not usually 

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Quandt says that American 

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Dear Abby 

It takes two for a wedding, so 

include the groom in plans 

DEAR ABBY: I’m the mother of 

four boys in their 20s. None of my 

sons is married yet, but because 

they are reaching the age where 

they might be soon, I have been 

paying attention to how weddings 

were planned and carried out by 

our friends’ children — all of 

whom are married. 

What’s bothering me is, it 

seems to be all about the girl. The 

guys and their parents seem to be 

left out of almost everything. I assumed 

that in this day and age, 

where many wedding expenses 

are shared by both sets of parents, 

that the groom and his parents 

would be more involved. 

The purpose of this letter is to 

remind parents of daughters that 

this is a big day for the groom 

and his parents, too. Please be 

considerate and include them in 

the planning decisions and prewedding 

activities. — IT’S OUR 

BIG DAY TOO! 

DEAR I.O.B.D.T.!: If you 

are sharing the expenses, 

you should make it clear 

— with a smile — that because 

you are helping to pay 

for the event, you expect to 

be included in the planning 

and pre-wedding activities. 

Got it? 

———— 

DEAR ABBY: Every year on my 

birthday I would send my mother 

flowers. I did it for more than 25 

years because of something I read 

as a young man in the Dear Abby 

column. 

Mom passed away last year. 

So, in addition to the flowers I 

will place on her grave this year, 

I thought I’d share with all your 

readers this wonderful gift I received 

from your column. Every 

year it brought joy to my mother 

to receive my bouquet with a note 

of thanks for all that she had 

done for me. 

Mom was kind, gentle, beautiful, 

loving and an inspiration to 

many. I miss her very much. I 

hope my letter will inspire other 

readers to remember their mothers 

the same way, and realize how 

precious and priceless our time 

with them is. Thank you for MY 

birthday, Mom! Rest in peace. — 

JOSEPH IN SAN DIEGO 

DEAR JOSEPH: I’m sorry 

for your loss. Your mother 

obviously raised a son with 

all her sterling qualities. I’m 

pleased the idea you took 

to heart when my mother 

wrote this column brought 

joy to your mother and was 

JOHNSON CITY — The registration 

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in Johnson City. 

The event is a joint venture of 

meaningful to you. Thank 

you for writing. 

———— 

DEAR ABBY: At the end of last 

year you printed a letter from a 

reader asking whether it would be 

rude to ask that a letter of recommendation 

that 

contained typographical 

errors 

be retyped. You 

advised that it 

wouldn’t be rude 

to ask, and the 

mistake should 

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When my 

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Donald Trump, asking if he 

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for his accomplishment. 

Mr. Trump’s reply came within a 

week, along with an autographed 

picture. Unfortunately, there was 

an error in the letter. We called 

and spoke to his secretary, who 

was extremely gracious, corrected 

the letter and walked it right in to 

Mr. Trump. It was sent the same 

day. 

They appreciated our contacting 

them rather than presenting 

a less than perfect letter. With 

computers, correspondence is 

saved and easily corrected. When 

letters of this kind are done correctly, 

in a professional manner, 

they reflect equally well on a job 

applicant as well as the person 

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DEAR PROUD MOM: Anyone 

can make a typographical 

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Donald Trump and his staff 

corrected the mistake quickly 

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succeed in business — and 

in life. 

———— 

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or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, 

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Registration deadline extended 

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East Tennessee State University’s 

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the ETSU Department of 

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Hampton 

topples 

Washburn 

BY ALLEN LAMOUNTAIN 

SPORTS 

CORRESPONDENT 

The weather may have been 

chilly on Saturday, but the 

Hampton Lady Bulldogs warmed 

things up for their fans, staging a 

late rally to whip the Washburn 

Lady Pirates 9-3 at Hampton 

High School. 

Lady ‘Dogs starter Whitney 

Carden struck out 11 and didn’t 

walk a batter and watched as a 

depleted squad played solid defense 

behind her and came up 

with clutch hits in crunch time. 

“I’m proud of all my team 

mates,” said Carden. “We had 

some players not here today, but 

the others stepped in and did a 

great job. I think we are going to 

be a very good team this year.” 

Lady Pirates starter Ericka 

Bunch matched Carden zero-forzero 

through three innings and 

in the top of the fourth Bunch’s 

one out double started a rally that 

broke the stalemate. 

Bunch scored one out after her 

two bagger on an RBI single by 

designated hitter Whitley Niceley 

to give Washburn a 1-0 lead. 

Hampton (3-0 overall) 

matched that in it’s half of the 

frame on a walk, an infield single 

by Caylee Harmon and an RBI 

grounder by Kaitlyn Potter to tie 

the game at 1-1. 

The Pirates struck for a pair of 

runs in the top of the fifth with 

a two-out rally that was capped 

by a two-run triple off the bat of 

Lindsey Chesney that gave Washburn 

a 3-1 lead. 

“I didn’t know how we were 

going to score runs in this game,” 

said Hampton head coach Jeff 

Bradley. “But we got it done. Five 

of my regular players were at a 

church function this weekend, 

but the subs did a great job defensively 

and at the plate.” 

In the last of the fifth Bunch 

was taken out – having pitched 

a complete game against Cloudland 

earlier in the morning – and 

replaced by Ashley Meyers. Meyers 

walked Brooke Begley to lead off 

the frame and Jessica Burleson 

doubled to left putting runners 

on second and third. 

That brought Carden to the 

dish and she helped her own 

cause with a shot down the third 

base line that was knocked down 

but plated Begley and pushed 

Burleson to third. Burleson then 

scored on the errant throw to first 

with Carden ending up at second. 

One out later Molly Crabtree 

walked and Makala Brummitt 

reached on a fielder’s choice that 

saw all runners safe, and loaded 

the bases. Now a little rattled, 

Meyers proceeded to walk in the 

lead run as Potter worked her for 

the free pass RBI and gave Hampton 

a 4-3 lead through five. 

“With her being a new pitcher 

in that situation we were going to 

make her throw strikes,” Bradley 

said. “She walked a couple and 

it always helps to have base runners 

when you’re struggling to 

get hits.” 

The Lady ‘Dogs put this contest 

to bed in the last of the sixth 

with a five-run explosion that began 

with a double by Begley and 

a single by Burleson. After Carden 

popped out, Jessica Sloan doubled 

to left to bring home two runs. 

Another infield miscue by 

Washburn brought home another 

run as Meyers misplayed 

Crabtree’s roller back to the circle 

n See HAMPTON, 8 

BY IVAN SANDERS 

SPORTS EDITOR 

isanders@starhq.com 

ERWIN — After starting at 9 a.m. 

Saturday morning to play through seven 

games in crowning the 13th annual Nuclear 

Fuel Services tournament champion, 

Mother Nature decided she would throw a 

screw ball into the final outcome. 

A nuisance rain began falling during 

the semifinal round before the heavens 

opened in the third inning of the final 

game to bring an abrupt close to the 

championship game between the Elizabethton 

Lady Cyclones and the host Unicoi 

County Lady Blue Devils. 

Going into the championship game, 


Sports Editor: Ivan Sanders - isanders@starhq.com (423) 542-1545 • www.starhq.com 

Unicoi County keeps NFS title at home 

Rain washes out tournament finale against Elizabethton 

the Lady Cyclones knew the odds were 

stacked heavily against them as Unicoi 

County had blistered the competition in 

tallying 69 runs in five games while holding 

the opposition to a goose egg — zero 

total runs. 

Elizabethton came out and showed 

no fear in the first inning of the game as 

they scored the first run of the tournament 

against the Lady Blue Devils. 

Kelsey Simmons laid down a perfect 

slap bunt for a single. A sacrifice bunt by 

Kristen Powell pushed Simmons to second. 

Simmons made her way to third on an 

uncharacteristic error by the Lady Devil 

catcher and another error on the Unicoi 

County catcher allowed Simmons to slide 

under the tag for the score. 

The Lady Cyclones appeared to be back 

in business after Erin Kiser walked and 

Reazyn DeMoss blasted a double to the 

fence to put runners at second and third. 

Senior hurler Kara Woods settled and 

struck out Caley Hodge looking and Logan 

White on a swinging strike three to strand 

both Elizabethton runners. 

Unicoi County showed why they are 

one of the top Class 1-AA teams in the state 

when they responded with eight runs in 

the bottom of the frame. 

Whitney Webb reached on an error by 

the Lady Cyclone second baseman. Haley 

Tittle walked and Woods was pegged by a 

AP Photo/Springfield 

News-Leader, Nathan Papes 

Former Missouri State head 

coach Cuonzo Martin celebrates 

after defeating Wichita 

State to clinch the Missouri 

Valley Conference title in 

February. Martin has been hired 

by Tennessee as its next men’s 

basketball coach, replacing the 

embattled Bruce Pearl, who 

was fired last week. 

Martin set to replace Pearl 

Missouri State coach “inspiring” says Tennessee AD 

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee 

has turned to Missouri 

State’s Cuonzo Martin to stabilize 

a basketball program facing 

NCAA sanctions following 

recruiting violations by former 

coach Bruce Pearl. 

Tennessee announced Sunday 

it had hired the 39-year-old 

Martin as the Vols’ 18th head 

coach. A press conference to introduce 

Martin was scheduled for 

Monday. 

Martin takes over at Tennessee 

without knowing what kind 

of sanctions the Vols may face 

next season. School officials will 

go before the NCAA’s Committee 

on Infractions on June 10-11, 

with final word on the Vols’ punishment 

likely not coming until 

the fall. 

“Cuonzo is among the most 

promising young coaches in the 

game, and we are excited about 

the coaching ability, toughness 

and energy that he brings to our 

program,” Tennessee athletic director 

Mike Hamilton said. “He 

has a proven track record of success 

as a head coach at Missouri 

State and an assistant at Purdue 

as well as an outstanding career 

as a college basketball player.” 

Martin went 61-41 in three 

seasons at Missouri State after 

eight years as an assistant coach 

at Purdue under Gene Keady 

and Matt Painter. During his 

tenure, the Bears improved from 

11-20 in his first season to 26-9 

in the 2010-11 season, earning 

them their first Missouri Valley 

Conference regular-season 

championship and Martin the 

MVC coach of the year honor. 

As a player at Purdue, Martin 

scored 1,666 points in 127 

career games and set the Boilermakers’ 

single-game record 

for 3-pointers with eight in an 

NCAA regional semifinal victory 

over Kansas in 1994. 

The East St. Louis, Ill., native 

was selected 57th overall in the 

1995 NBA draft by the Atlanta 

Hawks and played in the NBA 

for four years, including stints 

with the Milwaukee Bucks and 

Vancouver Grizzlies. 

While playing in Europe in 

November of 1997, Martin was 

diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s 

Lymphoma. He returned to the 

United States for treatment of a 

malignant tumor between his 

heart and lungs, and is currently 

in full remission. 

“Cuonzo has an inspiring 

personal story, and we look forward 

to his impact on Tennessee 

basketball,” Hamilton said. 

Martin and Missouri State 

faced Pearl and Tennessee on 

Nov. 17 in the second round of 

the preseason NIT, a close game 

won by the Vols, 60-56. Tennessee 

went on to win the tournament. 

It was one of the lone bright 

spots in the Vols’ season after 

Pearl acknowledged in a tearful 

press conference on Sept. 

10 that he’d mislead the NCAA 

investigation about a cookout 

at his home attended by high 

school juniors. The NCAA has 

since alleged 10 violations by 

Tennessee’s basketball program 

and charged Pearl with unethical 

conduct. 

Pearl was fired after school 

officials became aware of additional 

potential violations committed 

by him and his staff. According 

to news reports, a player 

received extra tickets to Tennessee’s 

March 6 home game 

against Kentucky, and the NCAA 

said Pearl violated its “bump 

rule” on Sept. 14 after speaking 

with a high school junior on a 

recruiting trip to Georgia. 

In six seasons, Pearl, 51, 

amassed a 145-61 record. The 

Volunteers made school history 

during his tenure by achieving 

their first No. 1 ranking in 2008, 

winning their first Southeastern 

Conference regular-season 

championship in four decades 

and reaching their first NCAA 

tournament regional finals 

before missing out on a trip to 

the 2010 Final Four by a single 

point. 

Lindsey Cunningham pitch. 

Outfielder Chelsey Gardner then tore 

into a Cunningham offering to the fence 

for a two-RBI double. Shea Pearson lifted 

a sacrifice fly to center that scored another 

Lady Blue Devil run. 

Kelsey Peterson was hit by a pitch and 

an Ashley Starnes fielder’s choice chased 

home another Unicoi County run. 

Jessica Presser reached on a fielder’s 

choice and Cheyenne Delffs made it safely 

to first on another error at second by Elizabethton. 

Webb worked a walk and Tittle closed 

out the scoring with a double that ac- 

n See TOURNAMENT, 8 

Glover leads 

Iona past 

Bucs in CIT 

semifinals 

BY TIM ChAMBERS 

STAR STAFF 

tchambers@starhq.com 

JOHNSON CITY — A 25-point 

performance this season against 

Syracuse and 21 more versus 

Sweet 16 foe Richmond was an 

indication that Iona’s 6-foot-7 

junior forward Mike Glover could 

be a dominant force. On Saturday 

he was like a monster truck running 

over anything that got in his 

way. 

His 33 points helped lead Iona 

past East Tennessee State 83-80 

in the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com 

Postseason Tournament 

played inside the ETSU/ 

MSHA Athletic Center before a 

crowd of 2,540. 

Supposedly he hurt his back 

on Saturday afternoon but it 

didn’t stop him from carrying the 

Gaels (25-11) into Wednesday’s 

championship game against 

Santa Clara. 

“He’s a monster,” said ETSU’s 

Mike Smith who ended his career 

with 18 points. “We tried to 

double him but he continued to 

score. He played well.” 

That wasn’t the case for the 

Bucs during the first five minutes 

of the game. 

Iona scored the first 14 points 

of the game until Justin Tubbs 

broke the ice with a deuce at 

15:27 mark. 

Smith’s slam got them within 

10 at 16-6 but more importantly 

got the crowd back in the 

game with less than six minutes 

elapsed. 

From that point the Bucs shot 

lights out and blew past the Gaels 

behind the play of Micah Williams 

and point guard Adam Sollazzo. 

Sollazzo came off the bench 

and scored nine points to pull the 

Bucs within one at 16-15. Williams 

tied the game 18-18 with a 

three-ball at the 9:35 mark. 

Sollazzo and Williams ended 

the half with 13 and 11 points 

respectively. Tubbs accounted for 

eight including five of them last 

than helped the Bucs to a 41-35 

halftime advantage. 

ETSU (24-12) shot 50% (15- 

30) from the field and a torrid 

(6-8) from behind the 3-point 

arc over the first twenty minutes 

but Iona would be the one that 

caught fire in the second half. 

“They’re just explosive offensively,” 

said ETSU coach Murry 

Bartow. “When you make mistakes 

against a great offensive 

team, they burn you. That’s what 

n See ETSU, 8


Hampton 

SPORTS BRIEFS 

Milligan drops pair to TWC 

From StaFF reportS 

ATHENS — The Milligan 

College baseball team fell in two 

AAC games on Friday afternoon 

as they fell to Tennessee Wesleyan. 

The Buffaloes fell 3-2 in the 

first game, and saw a late rally 

fall short as they fell 5-4 in nine 

innings. 

In the first game, the Buffaloes 

got on the board in the top 

of the second as Wesley Jones hit 

a solo homerun. Milligan added 

another run in the fourth as Cory 

Hilton crossed the plate. However, 

the Bulldogs added two runs in 

the sixth to take the victory. 

Jones led the way at the plate 

as he was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. 

Dustin Ford was 2-for-4. 

On the mound, Jason Trivett 

got the start and was handed the 

loss. In six innings of work, Trivett 

allowed three runs on six hits. 

In the second game, Ford 

crossed the plate to give Milligan 

an early 1-0 lead. Tennessee Wesleyan 

added two runs in the bottom 

of the third. The Buffaloes 

responded with two runs in the 

top of the seventh, but the Bulldogs 

tied the game to force extra 

innings. Ryan White (Knoxville, 

Tenn.) hit a solo homerun to 

leftfield in the top of the ninth, 

but the Bulldogs scored two runs 

to take the victory. 

SOFTBALL 

Buffaloes softball 

splits with King 

The Milligan College softball 

game split with former AAC foe 

King College on Friday afternoon 

as Anglin Field. The Lady Tornado 

won the first game 7-2, but 

the Buffalo stormed back to take 

the second game 6-5 in eight innings. 

In the first game, King 

jumped out to an early 1-0 lead 

in the top of the first inning, but 

the Buffaloes responded when 

Abbey Hughes drove in Jessica 

Fix in the bottom of the fourth. 


and threw wildly to third base allowing 

Sloan to score and make 

it a 7-3 game. 

Another infield error by Washburn 

plated another Bulldog 

runner and an RBI grounder by 

Christian Holtsclaw sealed the 

deal. 

Carden in the circle was 

tough, striking out at least one 

batter in every inning except the 

fourth and was in command of 

all her pitches. 

“I threw a little bit of everything,” 

said Carden. “My infield 

and outfield made the plays behind 

me and I had confidence 

that they would. I tried to work 

the inside corner and keep the 

ball down and just try to work it 

in there.” 

In the fifth Harmon made a 

play in centerfield on a ball off 

the bat of Meyers that hit the 

fence on the fly. Harmon raced to 

the spot, made a clean pickup of 

the ball and fired it back to the 

infield, holding the speedy Myers 

to a long single. 

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However, Milligan was unable to 

respond to three runs in the fifth 

and sixth inning. 

At the plate, Camille Olvey and 

Hughes recorded an RBI apiece, 

while Ellyn Sapp and Hughes 

had a hit. 

In the pitching circle, Sidney 

Burns got the start, and was 

handed the loss. In five innings 

of work, Burns allowed four runs 

on eight hits and recorded three 

strikeouts. 

The second game saw the 

Lady Tornadoes score three runs 

in the first. Emily Biggs hit a solo 

homerun in the bottom of the 

first to respond. In the bottom 

of the third, Milligan cut the gap 

to one run as freshman Krista 

Lambdin scored on a Fix sacrifice 

fly. Biggs tied the game in 

the bottom of the seventh to force 

extra innings. After King scored 

two runs in the eighth, Lambdin 

drove in the game winning runs 

to end the game. 

MIDDLE SCHOOL 

Happy Valley tops Unaka 

The Junior Lady Warriors 

continued their streak of solid 

play this week with a 13-2 win 

over Unaka. 

Coach Mandy Greer’s team 

opened the game with a 7-0 lead 

after one inning, and added five 

runs in the second for a 12-0 advantage 

at one point in play. 

Krisley Roberts picked up the 

win on the mound for Happy Valley 

— allowing two runs on five 

hits — over Unaka’s Hannah 

Tipton. 

The Lady Warriors were led at 

the plate by a 2-for-2 effort from 

Beth Reece, who drove three runs 

across the plate. Jamie Lee Clark, 

Kaylee Street and McKenzie Davis 

all went 2-for-3 with Clark driving 

in two runs and Street adding 

an RBI. 

Kennedy Richardson also delivered 

two hits for the Lady Warriors 

in a 2-for-4 day. 

At the plate Burleson finished 

three-for-four, while Carden was 

two-for-four with an RBI. Sloan 

was also two-for-four with a double 

and two runs batted in from 

her third base slot. 

Game One 

Washburn 8 

Cloudland 6. 

The Lady Highlanders saw a 

2-0 lead slip away in the third 

as Washburn tallied three runs 

in a see-saw contest that saw 

the Pirates rally for four runs in 

the fifth and eke out a win over 

Cloudland. 

Mattison McKinney had two 

singles and scored a run in the 

game, while Hope Baker had a 

double and run scored. Andrea 

Guinn finished three-for-four 

for Cloudland with a double, 

triple with two RBI and two runs 

scored. 

McKinney struck out nine 

from the circle while walking 

three and keeping the Lady 

‘Landers in the game. 

For Washburn, Myers was 

two-for-three with a home run, 

double and two RBI while Erin 

Frye finished two-for-four with 

a round tripper. Bunch had a 

double and an RBI amongst her 

two-for-three effort. 

— — — 

Game One 

Washburn, 8-6 

Washburn 003 140 0 – 8 10 1 

Cloudland 011 120 0 – 6 10 2 

W – Bunch L – McKinney 

HR – Meyers, Frye. 3B – Guinn. 2B – 

Guinn, Baker, Meyers, Bunch. McAnnally, 

A. Niceley. 

Game Two 

Hampton, 9-3 

Washburn 000 120 0 – 3 6 3 

Hampton 000 135 x – 9 9 0 

W – Carden L – Meyers 

3B – Chesney. 2B – Bunch, Burleson, 

Begley, Sloan 

BY IVAN SANDERS 

SPORTS EDITOR 

isanders@starhq.com 

Tournament 


counted for two runs batted in. 

Cunningham managed to entice 

Woods to ground out to short to 

bring the inning to a close. 

Woods was tough as Whit 

leather in the top of the second 

as she struck out the first two 

Lady Cyclones she faced and 

then retired Emily Dugger on 

a pop fly that was caught on a 

fantastic play by the Unicoi Co. 

catcher. 

The Lady Blue Devils tacked 

on another run in the bottom of 

the second inning after Pearson 

reached on a fielder’s choice 

and a single by Peterson sent 

ETSU 

NFS Tournament 

Elizabethton finds bats late 

Slide by Unaka to NFS tournament finals with 8-4 win 

ERWIN — Unaka was in 

command early in the semifinals 

of the Nuclear Fuel Services tournament 

at Lady Devil Diamond 

in Erwin on Saturday afternoon, 

but Elizabethton discovered their 

sticks late to rally for an 8-4 win 

that sent the Lady Cyclones to a 

meeting with Unicoi County for 

the tournament title. 

The Lady Rangers scored first 

without even a base hit to take an 

early 1-0 lead. 

Chesnie Cox walked and advanced 

to all the way to third 

courtesy of wild pitches from 

Elizabethton’s Amanda Schultz. 

With two outs, Kat McInturff 

also walked and made it to second 

on a wild pitch that allowed 

Cox to scamper home for the 

run. 

Kelsey Simmons reached on a 

slap bunt to lead off the bottom 

of the inning with Kristen Powell 

and Erin Kiser reaching via a 

walk and a fielder’s choice. 

Unaka’s defense rose to the 

occasion with Simmons being 

thrown out at home for the second 

out of the inning and Reazyn 

DeMoss being struck out by 

Jamie Andrews for the third out 

to keep the Lady Cyclones scoreless. 

Unaka added their second 

run of the contest in the top of 

the second inning thanks to one 

swing of the bat from freshman 

Brandy Ensor. 

Ensor hit a Schultz offering 

over the fence to give her two 

homers for the day as she collected 

one in an earlier contest 

against South Greene. 

Trailing 2-0, Elizabethton 


happened.” 

The Bucs led 52-45 on Smith 

basket from Tubbs at the 16:06 

mark. It didn’t take long for the 

lead to evaporate. 

Sean Armand’s three tied the 

game at 55 all with 13:45 remaining. 

The Bucs would never 

lead again. 

Armand came off the bench to 

record 20 points including (6-8) 

on three’s. 

The Bucs fought and clawed 

their way back in the game after 

trailing 72-62 with 5:46 remaining. 

Sollazzo left-hand lay-in 

closed to deficit to 77-75 but 

Glover’s three-point play with 

1:08 remaining was the backbreaker 

that pushed it back to 

five. 

Micah Williams’ basket with 

finally cracked the egg on their 

side of the scoreboard in the bottom 

of the second frame. 

Freshman Caley Hodge 

reached on an error by the Lady 

Ranger shortstop. A walk to Logan 

White placed runners at first 

and second. 

Schultz advanced the runners 

with a sacrifice bunt down the 

third base line and with two outs, 

Sophie Bremer slapped a single 

to score Hodge and cut the 

deficit in half, 2-1. 

Elizabethton 

would work a three 

up and three down 

frame against the 

Lady Rangers 

in the top of 

the third and 

fourth while 

Unaka set 

the Lady 

Cyclones 

d o w n 

one-twothree 

in 

the bottom 

of the third. 

Cox singled and was 

erased on a freak play in 

which the umpire claimed she 

didn’t tag up on a fly ball by 

Andrews for the third out of the 

inning. 

Elizabethton appeared destined 

to pull even or take the 

lead in the bottom of the fourth 

inning with Hodge doubling and 

White singling and advancing on 

a throw to third in an attempt to 

nail Hodge all with one out. 

Andrews settled down to retire 

Schultz on a swinging strikeout 

while closing out the inning by 

throwing Ashley Dykes out at 

first on a dribbler back to the 

mound. 

Pearson to third base. 

Presser’s RBI single scored 

Pearson for the game’s last run. 

Elizabethton came to the 

plate with the rain intensifying 

in the top of the third. 

The only thing that the Lady 

Cyclones could muster though 

was Kiser reaching on another 

uncharacteristic error by Woods, 

a pitcher that has helped the 

Lady Blue Devils to the state 

tournament in all three of her 

varsity years on the mound. 

Woods responded by catching 

DeMoss looking for a strikeout 

and out number three. 

10.6 seconds left sliced Iona’s 

lead to 81-80. The Gaels were 

able to run off 6.5 seconds before 

the Bucs were able to foul. 

Trinity Fields sank a pair with 

4.1 seconds remaining for an 83- 

80 advantage. 

Sollazzo managed to get off a 

runner from 25 feet that would 

have tied the game but the ball 

hit off the back of the rim ended 

ETSU’s season at 24-12. 

“It was a tremendous game 

by both teams,” Iona coach 

Tim Cluess said. “East Tennessee 

has a great team, very, very 

tough. It went back and forth. 

Neither team quit until the final 

buzzer.” 

Glover had 10 rebounds in 

addition to his 33 points. He and 

Armand combined for 53. Scott 

Machado dished out 11 assist for 

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Schultz took care of business 

in the top of the fifth when she 

struck out the first two batters she 

faced and enticed Kassie Winters 

into a fly ball out back to the 

mound to bring an end to the 

frame for Unaka. 

Elizabethton finally was able 

to get the offense on track in the 

bottom of the fifth. 

Bremer reached via an error 

on a ball hit to short and was 

followed by Simmons with 

another slap-bunt base 

hit. 

Powell came to 

the plate and the 

Lady Rangers were 

expecting another 

sacrifice bunt, 

but with the 

o u t f i e l d 

p l a y i n g 

s h a l l o w 

on Powell, 

the Lady Cyclone 

shortstop took a pitch 

and drove it to the centerfield 

fence for a two 

RBI double to give EHS 

the 3-2 lead. 

Kiser followed 

with 

a single 

and advanced 

to second when the throw 

went home to prevent Powell 

from scoring. 

DeMoss worked a walk to load 

the bags with Lady Cyclones. 

Hodge worked a walk for a RBI to 

make the score 4-2 when Powell 

scored. 

Kiser scored on a sacrifice fly 

off the bat of White for a RBI and 

Schultz helped her cause in a big 

way when she deposited a pitch 

over the centerfield fence for a 

three-run home run that gave 

When the top of the inning 

was ended, the umpires gathered 

with the coaches and decided 

to wait a few minutes to 

see if the rain would ease, but 

on this night the rain won out 

as the field became very soupy 

and dangerous for competition. 

The winner of the tournament 

was decided by a tie breaker 

which was the least amount of 

runs scored. It was a no-brainer 

as the Lady Blue Devils final 

tournament totals were 78 runs 

scored to only one run allowed. 

The Lady Cyclones had scored 

49 runs in the tournament while 

the Gaels. 

A trio of seniors ended their 

careers in convincing fashion. 

Williams bounced back from 

a couple of lack-luster performances 

to score 23 points. 

“I still think there’s some 

things I could have done better 

in this game,” Williams said. “I 

can’t say it’s a good note because 

it’s a team game and we didn’t 

win.” 

Sollazzo came off the bench 

to tally 21 points on 7-11 shooting 

from the field. 

Atlantic Sun Conference player 

of the year Smith provided 18 

points while Tubbs ended his career 

with 13. 

“It’s tough,” said Tubbs. “You 

want to go out winning. We had 

a sour taste in our mouths when 

we lost in Macon. It felt good to 

the Lady Cyclones an 8-2 advantage. 

As any Lady Ranger team has 

done in the past under legendary 

coach Ronnie Hicks, Unaka 

refused to lie down by mounting 

a rally in the top of the sixth. 

Cox struck out but reached 

first when DeMoss couldn’t handle 

the third strike and the ball 

went to the backstop with Cox 

hustling safely to first base. 

Cox would swipe second and 

score when Andrews blistered a 

single with one out to make it an 

8-3 game. 

McInturff followed by grounding 

out to third base for the second 

out of the inning. Leslie Colbaugh 

continued to play a solid 

tournament with a RBI single to 

score the courtesy runner for Andrews 

and cut the advantage in 

half, 8-4. 

Schultz stiffened and when 

she struck out Ensor, the Lady 

Cyclones advanced to the NFS 

tournament finals to face Unicoi 

County with the 8-4 win over their 

neighbors from Carter County. 

Elizabethton recorded eight 

hits and two errors for the contest 

while Unaka had the four runs 

on four hits while committing 

two errors as well. 

The Lady Rangers finished the 

13th annual tournament with an 

overall record of 3-2 in two days 

of action. 

Elizabethton meanwhile remained 

unbeaten with their fifth 

win of the tourney. 

_ _ _ 

Elizabethton, 8-4 

Unaka 110 002 — 4 4 2 

Elizabethton 010 07x — 8 8 2 

Andrews, Huskins (5), Andrews (5) and 

McInturff. Schultz and DeMoss. 

WP: Schultz. LP: Andrews. 

HR: UHS 1 (Ensor-solo). EHS 1 (Schultz- 

3-run). 

2B: EHS 2 (Hodge, Powell). 

allowing their opponents 42 

runs. 

Unicoi County received the 

tournament championship 

plaque while the Lady Cyclones 

settled for runner-up. 

Elizabethton will be back in 

action today at 4:30 as they host 

the Hampton Lady Bulldogs and 

will travel to Happy Valley Tuesday 

for a 5 p.m. contest with the 

Lady Warriors. 

Unicoi County will be hosting 

the Johnson County Longhorns 

on Tuesday at Lady Devil 

Diamond in a key early-season 

Three Rivers Conference tilt. 

get a couple wins, but there’s still 

a bitter taste in our mouth.” 

“I’m really proud of our 

team,” Bartow said. “It’s a tough 

loss. I thought it was a great 

game, an entertaining game if 

you were a fan and not trying to 

coach the game.” 

ETSU forward Isiah Brown 

broke Zakee Wadood’s singleseason 

school record for blocked 

shots. He had one on Saturday, 

giving him 71 for the season. 

It was the final game in an 

ETSU uniform for Smith, Williams, 

Tubbs and De’Shaud 

Johnson. 

“I’ve been in this business a 

long time,” said Bartow. “There’s 

343 Division I head coaches. 

When you start the season and at 

the end you’ve got 24 wins, you 

feel pretty good.” 

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Local government meetings 

are not published in 

the Elizabethton Star’s Community 

Calendar. Look for a 

listing of the week’s upcoming 

government meetings in 

each Monday edition of the 

newspaper. 

MONDAY, MARCH 28 

• The Butler Ruritan Club will 

meet at the Butler Volunteer Fire 

Department, located on Piercetown 

Road in Butler. A potluck 

meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. 

followed by a meeting at about 

7:15 p.m. For more information, 

call 768-0305 or 768-3159. All 

seasonal and full-time residents 

as well as local businesses are encouraged 

to visit. 

• The Watauga Valley Chapter 

of the National Railway Historical 

Society will hold its monthly 

PUBLIC NOTICES 

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE 

TRUSTEE'S SALE 

WHEREAS, default has occurred in 

the performance of the covenants, 

terms and conditions of a Deed of 

Trust dated December 18, 2008, 

executed by JOSEPH H WASH- 

BURN AND KIMBERLY A WASH- 

BURN, conveying certain real property 

therein described to KAREN H. 

MEARS as same appears of record 

in the Register's Office of Carter 

County, on December 22, 2008, in 

Book 13, at Page 886; and 

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest 

of said Deed of Trust was last transferred 

and assigned to BAC HOME 

LOANS SERVICING, LP, FKA 

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS 

SERVICING, LP, who is now the 

owner of said debt; and 

WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to 

Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in 

compliance with Tennessee law by 

the mailing a copy of the Notice to 

the parties at least sixty (60) days 

prior to the first publication of the 

Substitute Trustee's Sale. 

WHEREAS, the undersigned, RE- 

CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having 

been appointed by as Substitute 

Trustee by instrument filed for record 

in the Register's Office of Carter 

County, Tennessee on January 

3, 2011, as Instrument No. 

11000040, in Book 80, at Page 465. 

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is 

hereby given that the entire indebtedness 

has been declared due and 

payable, and that the undersigned, 

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., 

as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed 

agent, by virtue of the 

power, duty and authority vested 

and imposed upon said Substitute 

Trustee will, on April 12, 2011, 

11:00 AM at the Carter County 

courthouse door where the foreclo- 

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Public Library, located at 100 W. 

Millard St., at 6:30 p.m. Anyone 

interested in trains, railroading, 

train excursions and passenger 

rail car restoration is invited to 

attend. Call 753-5797 for more information. 

Join fellow enthusiasts 

on Facebook or visit www.wataugavalleynrhs.org 

to learn more 

about the group. 

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 

or TOPS, will meet at First Baptist 

Church, 212 East F St., Elizabethton, 

on Mondays with weighing 

in from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting 

begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, 

call 543-6540. 

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 

• The monthly Animal Shelter 

Building Committee meeting will be 

held at 5:15 p.m. in the Conference 

Room at the Elizabethton STAR. 


sure sales are customarily held At 

the Carter County Courthouse, 

Elizabethton, TN, proceed to sell at 

public outcry to the highest and best 

bidder for cash, the following described 

property situated in Carter 

County, Tennessee, to wit: BEGIN- 

NING at a point in the middle of the 

County Highway known as Liberty 

Hollow Road; thence S 20° West 

193 feet to a planted iron pipe by a 

fence; thence S 68° 45' West 22 

feet and 6 inches to a point, a second 

fence post; thence with the 

fence post S 30° 0' East 144 feet to 

a planted iron rod at fence; thence 

N 37° 30' East 300 feet to a point in 

the middle of said Liberty Hollow 

Road; thence down the middle of 

said road N 71° 0' West 193 feet to 

the Beginning, containing 1 _ acres 

more or less. 

PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street 

address of the property is believed 

to be 146 LIBERTY HOLLOW 

ROAD, ELIZABETHTON, TN 

37643. 

In the event of any discrepancy between 

this street address and the legal 

description of the property, the 

legal description shall control. 

CURRENT OWNER(S): JOSEPH 

H. WASHBURN AND KIMBERLY A. 

WASHBURN OTHER INTER- 

ESTED PARTIES: N/A 

The sale of the above-described 

property shall be subject to all matters 

shown on any recorded plat; 

any unpaid taxes; any restrictive 

covenants, easements or set-back 

lines that may be applicable; any 

prior liens or encumbrances as well 

as any priority created by a fixture 

filing; and to any matter that an accurate 

survey of the premises might 

disclose. 

This property is being sold with the 

express reservation that it is subject 

to confirmation by the lender or 

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• Hampton High School will 

be hosting Freshman Orientation 

for all current eighth graders 

who plan to attend HHS in August 

2011. Students and a parent or 

guardian need to attend the meeting 

at VanHuss-White Gym. Signin 

and guided tours will begin at 5 

p.m. A formal presentation will be 

conducted at 6 p.m. Attendance is 

important for students to request 

an appointment for an Intake 

Meeting and learn about scheduling 

classes. A copy of “proof of residence” 

in the form of a current 

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with the student’s name 

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Substitute Trustee. 

This sale may be rescinded at any 

time. The right is reserved to adjourn 

the day of the sale to another 

day, time, and place certain without 

further publication, upon announcement 

at the time and place for the 

sale set forth above. 

All right and equity of redemption, 

statutory or otherwise, homestead, 

and dower are expressly waived in 

said Deed of Trust, The Property is 

sold as is, where is, without representations 

or warranties of any kind, 

including fitness for a particular use 

or purpose. 

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS 

ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A 

DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB- 

TAINED WILL BE USED FOR 

THAT PURPOSE. 

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., 

Substitute Trustee 

2380 Performance Dr, 

TX2-984-0407 

Richardson, TX 75082 

Tel: (800) 281-8219 

Fax: (805) 553-6392, 

TS# 10-0089486, 

FEI# 1006.120790 

3/21, 3/28, 4/4 

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE 

Sale at public auction will be on 

April 11, 2011 at 2:00PM local 

time, at the front on Main Street 

door, Carter County Courthouse, 

Elizabethton, Tennessee pursuant 

to Deed of Trust executed by Joseph 

Canter and Wife, Peggy Canter, 

to Transcontinental Title Company, 

Trustee, on January 26, 2005 

at Book T727, Page 757; conducted 

by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute 

Trustee, all of record in the Carter 

County Register's Office. 

Owner of Debt: Deutsche Bank National 

Trust Company, as indenture 

TOCK 

REPORT 

EdwardJones 

www.edwardjones.com 

401 Hudson Drive 

543-1181 

Member New York Stock Exchange, Inc and Securities Investor Protection Corporation 

THE WEEK IN REVIEW 

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AMD NY ... 8.88 +.33 +3.9 +8.6 

AlcatelLuc NY ... 5.34 +.27 +5.3 +80.4 

Alcoa NY .12 17.09 +.98 +6.1 +11.0 

Altria NY 1.52 25.82 +1.02 +4.1 +4.9 

Amgen Nasd ... 53.15 +.21 +0.4 -3.2 

Annaly NY 2.62 18.12 +.27 +1.5 +1.1 

ATMOS NY 1.36 33.67 +.44 +1.3 +7.9 

BP PLC NY .42 46.87 +1.76 +3.9 +6.1 

BkofAm NY .04 13.34 -.70 -5.0 ... 

Bar iPVix rs NY ... 30.37 -4.99 -14.1 -19.3 

BestBuy NY .60 29.22 -2.31 -7.3 -14.8 

Boeing NY 1.68 73.34 +4.24 +6.1 +12.4 

BostonSci NY ... 7.21 +.01 +0.1 -4.8 

BrMySq NY 1.32 27.29 +1.56 +6.1 +3.1 

CSX NY 1.04 79.16 +2.94 +3.9 +22.5 

CellTher rshNasd ... .38 -.06 -13.6 +4.1 

Cemex NY .43 8.81 +.56 +6.8 -14.4 

Chevron NY 2.88 106.78 +3.98 +3.9 +17.0 

Chimera NY .66 4.19 -.07 -1.6 +1.9 

Cisco Nasd .24 17.28 +.14 +0.8 -14.6 

Citigrp NY ... 4.46 -.04 -0.9 -5.7 

CocaCola NY 1.88 65.22 +2.52 +4.0 -.8 

Comc spcl Nasd .45 23.54 +1.12 +5.0 +13.7 

Dell Inc Nasd ... 15.06 +.55 +3.8 +11.1 

DeltaAir NY ... 9.80 -.44 -4.3 -22.2 

DrxFBull s NY ... 29.68 +.71 +2.5 +6.6 

Disney NY .40 42.97 +1.74 +4.2 +14.6 

DowChm NY .60 37.15 +1.30 +3.6 +8.8 

drugstre Nasd ... 3.89 +2.12+119.8 +76.0 

EMC Cp NY ... 27.33 +1.70 +6.6 +19.3 

EastChm NY 1.88 98.12 +4.32 +4.6 +16.7 

EKodak NY ... 3.40 +.11 +3.3 -36.6 

EmersonEl NY 1.38 57.82 +.68 +1.2 +1.1 

ExxonMbl NY 1.76 83.62 +2.77 +3.4 +14.4 

FstHorizon NY .04 11.29 -.10 -0.9 -4.2 

FordM NY ... 15.01 +.52 +3.6 -10.6 

FMCG s NY 1.00 54.55 +2.77 +5.3 -9.2 

GenElec NY .56 19.75 +.50 +2.6 +8.0 

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GlaxoSKln NY 2.04 37.72 +.38 +1.0 -3.8 

Heinz NY 1.80 48.64 +.12 +0.2 -1.7 

HewlettP NY .32 42.53 +1.21 +2.9 +1.0 

HomeDp NY 1.00 37.42 +1.42 +3.9 +6.7 

HonwllIntl NY 1.33 57.39 +1.53 +2.7 +8.0 

iShJapn NY .14 10.33 -.04 -0.4 -5.3 

iShSilver NY ... 36.39 +2.12 +6.2 +20.6 

iShEMkts NY .64 47.34 +2.11 +4.7 -.6 

iS Eafe NY 1.42 59.38 +1.46 +2.5 +2.0 

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST 

at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room 

at Crossroads, 413 East Elk Ave., 

Elizabethton. 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 

• Narcotics Anonymous will 

hold an open meeting at 8 p.m. 

in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 

413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. 

Please enter around back. 

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 

• The Buladeen Citizens Center 

Club, 2819 Highway 91, Stoney 

Creek, will meet at 7 p.m. All 

members are urged to attend as 

the next fundraiser will be finalized. 

The club is still searching for 

“Stoney Creek Memories,” which 

can include mementos about old 

schools, ball teams, churches, 

people, etc. Members are especially 

looking for pictures and 

information of the former Midway 

School on Stoney Creek. For more 


trustee, on behalf of the holders of 

the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 

2005-1, Asset-Backed Notes 

The following real estate located in 

Carter County, Tennessee, will be 

sold to the highest call bidder subject 

to all unpaid taxes, prior liens 

and encumbrances of record: 

Described property located in the 

Fourteenth (14th) Civil District of 

Carter County, Tennessee, more 

particularly described as follows: 

Beginning at a stake in the Western 

boundary line of Central Avenue 

and corner to property of S. Ward; 

thence with the Ward property line 

South 71 degrees 00 minutes West 

a distance of 150 feet to a stake, 

corner to Watson Fish Farm; thence 

with same, South 19 degrees 00 

minutes East a distance of 97.5 feet 

to a stake, corner to C. Campbell; 

thence with his line North 71 degrees 

00 minutes East a distance of 

150 feet to a stake in the Western 

boundary line of Central Avenue; 

thence with the Western boundary 

line of Central Avenue; North 19 degrees 

00 minutes West a distance 

of 97.5 feet to the point of beginning, 

and being a part of Lot 62 of 

the Dayton Nance Addition according 

to plat of record in Plat Book 1, 

Page 120, Register's Office for Carter 

County, Tennessee. 

Street Address: 177 Howard Lipford 

Drive, Elizabethton, Tennessee 

Wk Wk YTD 

Name Ex Div Last Chg %Chg %Chg 

iShR2K NY .89 82.22 +2.93 +3.7 +5.1 

Intel Nasd .72 20.37 +.44 +2.2 -3.1 

IBM NY 2.60 162.18 +6.29 +4.0 +10.5 

JDS Uniph Nasd ... 19.79 +.86 +4.5 +36.7 

JPMorgCh NY 1.00 45.86 +.12 +0.3 +8.1 

JohnJn NY 2.16 58.98 +.41 +0.7 -4.6 

Kellogg NY 1.62 53.39 -.78 -1.4 +4.5 

Kennamtl NY .48 38.92 +.38 +1.0 -1.4 

Keycorp NY .04 8.72 -.20 -2.2 -1.5 

LSI Ind lf Nasd .20 7.38 +.19 +2.6 -12.8 

LVSands NY ... 42.56 +6.22 +17.1 -7.4 

Level3 Nasd ... 1.42 +.15 +11.8 +44.9 

Lowes NY .44 27.19 +.99 +3.8 +8.4 

MGM Rsts NY ... 13.22 +.74 +5.9 -11.0 

MarvellT Nasd ... 16.07 +.45 +2.9 -13.4 

McDnlds NY 2.44 75.25 +2.26 +3.1 -2.0 

MeadWvco NY 1.00 29.75 +.97 +3.4 +13.7 

Merck NY 1.52 32.57 +.66 +2.1 -9.6 

MicronT Nasd ... 11.55 +1.48 +14.7 +44.0 

Microsoft Nasd .64 25.62 +.82 +3.3 -8.2 

NokiaCp NY .55 8.35 +.07 +0.8 -19.1 

Nvidia Nasd ... 18.63 +1.01 +5.7 +21.0 

OCharleys Nasd ... 6.02 -.18 -2.9 -16.4 

Oracle Nasd .24 32.64 +1.88 +6.1 +4.3 

PepsiCo NY 1.92 63.98 +.74 +1.2 -2.1 

Pfizer NY .80 20.35 +.17 +0.8 +16.2 

PhilipMor NY 2.56 65.12 +4.04 +6.6 +11.3 

PwShs QQQ Nasd .39 56.84 +2.39 +4.4 +4.4 

PrUShS&P NY ... 21.33 -1.22 -5.4 -10.2 

ProctGam NY 1.93 60.88 +.28 +0.5 -5.4 

Qualcom Nasd .86 52.75 +1.04 +2.0 +6.6 

RschMotn Nasd ... 56.89 -4.02 -6.6 -2.1 

S&P500ETF NY 2.34 131.30 +3.54 +2.8 +4.4 

SaraLee NY .46 17.84 +.86 +5.1 +1.9 

SiriusXM Nasd ... 1.72 +.01 +0.6 +5.5 

SnapOn NY 1.28 59.25 +1.59 +2.8 +4.7 

SwstAirl NY .02 12.68 +.48 +3.9 -2.3 

SprintNex NY ... 4.68 -.37 -7.3 +10.6 

SPDR Fncl NY .16 16.34 +.07 +0.4 +2.4 

TempleInld NY .52 22.43 +.54 +2.5 +5.6 

TimeWarn NY .94 35.30 +.58 +1.7 +9.7 

US NGs rs NY ... 11.80 +.69 +6.2 -1.5 

Vale SA NY .76 32.34 +.20 +0.6 -6.5 

VangEmg NY .82 47.79 +2.05 +4.5 -.7 

VerizonCm NY 1.95 37.29 +1.45 +4.0 +4.2 

WalMart NY 1.46 52.35 +.83 +1.6 -2.9 

WellsFargo NY .20 31.94 +.18 +0.6 +3.1 

WendyArby NY .08 4.99 +.09 +1.8 +8.0 

Yahoo Nasd ... 16.96 +.93 +5.8 +2.0 

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. 

information, contact Steve and 

Ann Stenstream at sastenstream@ 

yahoo.com, or Marie Osborne at 

474-2511 or Pat at 474-3598 or 

e-mail at ladyseawolfe1234@hotmail.com. 

• Narcotics Anonymous will 

hold an open meeting at 9 p.m. 

in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 

413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. 

Please enter around back. 

• The Roan Mountain 12-Step 

Group of Alcoholics Anonymous 

will meet at 7 p.m. at Magill Presbyterian 

Church, 296 Highway 

143, Roan Mountain. 

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 

• A blood drive for the American 

Red Cross will be held from 

1 to 5:30 p.m. at the Elizabethton 

Moose Lodge. The event is 

sponsored by the Women of the 

Moose. The public is encouraged 


37643 

Current Owner(s) of Property: Joseph 

Canter and wife, Peggy Canter 

The street address of the above described 

property is believed to be 

177 Howard Lipford Drive, Elizabethton, 

Tennessee 37643, but 

such address is not part of the legal 

description of the property sold 

herein and in the event of any discrepancy, 

the legal description 

herein shall control. 

SALE IS SUBJECT TO 

TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSES- 

SION. 

If applicable, the notice requirements 

of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have 

been met. 

All right of equity of redemption, 

statutory and otherwise, and homestead 

are expressly waived in said 

Deed of Trust, and the title is believed 

to be good, but the undersigned 

will sell and convey only as 

Substitute Trustee. 

The right is reserved to adjourn the 

day of the sale to another day, time, 

and place certain without further 

publication, upon announcement at 

the time and place for the sale set 

forth above. 

If the highest bidder cannot pay the 

bid within twenty-four (24) hours of 

the sale, the next highest bidder, at 

their highest bid, will be deemed the 

successful bidder. 

This property is being sold with the 

express reservation that the sale is 

subject to confirmation by the lender 

or trustee. This sale may be rescinded 

at any time. 

This office is a debt collector. This 

is an attempt to collect a debt and 

any information obtained will be 

used for that purpose. 

Close: 12,220.59 

1-week change: 362.07 (3.1%) 

12,500 

12,000 

11,500 

11,000 

10,500 

Dow Jones industrials 

WEEKLY DOW JONES 

178.01 

MON 

-17.90 

TUES 

Curt Alexander CFP ® 


67.39 

WED 

84.54 

THUR 

50.03 

S O N D J F M 

STOCK MARKET INDEXES 

52-Week Wk Wk YTD 12-mo 

High Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg 

12,391.29 9,614.32 Dow Jones Industrials 12,220.59 +362.07 +3.05 +5.55 +12.63 

5,306.65 3,872.64 Dow Jones Transportation 5,207.57 +151.62 +3.00 +1.97 +19.99 

422.43 346.95 Dow Jones Utilities 408.07 +7.89 +1.97 +.76 +8.43 

8,520.27 6,355.83 NYSE Composite 8,321.78 +205.38 +2.53 +4.49 +12.40 

2,438.62 1,689.19 AMEX Index 2,325.18 +52.84 +2.33 +5.29 +23.93 

2,840.51 2,061.14 Nasdaq Composite 2,743.06 +99.39 +3.76 +3.40 +14.53 

1,344.07 1,010.91 S&P 500 1,313.80 +34.60 +2.70 +4.47 +12.62 

14,276.94 15.80 Wilshire 5000 13,949.38 +388.56 +2.87 +4.41 +14.42 

838.00 587.66 Russell 2000 823.85 +29.19 +3.67 +5.13 +21.34 

3,942.27 2,853.62 Lipper Growth Index 3,860.02 +128.09 +3.43 +4.84 +19.64 

MUTUAL FUNDS 

to donate the gift of life. For more 


• Join the party at Watt’s 

Dance Studio with ZUMBA® 

classes taught every Friday at 10 

a.m. and 6 p.m. by newly-licensed 

Instructor Pam Campbell. Teachers 

and other health-conscious individuals 

are welcome. For more 


• Hampton Lodge No. 750 will 

meet in a stated communication 

at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be 

served at 6 p.m. All members and 

visiting brethren are invited to attend. 

• The Southern Countrymen 

Band will perform at the 

Outdoorsman’s Building, 4535 

Highway 11W, Kingsport, from 

7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. 

For more information, call Daryl 

Goodman at 943-5600. 


Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute 

Trustee 

www.kirschattorneys.com 

Law Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP 

555 Perkins Road Extended, 

Second Floor 

Memphis, TN 38117 

Phone (901)767-5566 

Fax (901)761-5690 

File No. 10-000871 

3/14, 3/21, 3/28 

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE'S NO- 

TICE OF SALE 

WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated 

the 21st day of April, 2006, of record 

in Book T770, Page 358, in the 

Register's Office for Carter County, 

Tennessee, LISA SPARKS and 

WILLIAM SPARKS (the “Grantors”), 

conveyed to J. Michael Winchester, 

Trustee, the hereinafter described 

real estate to secure the 

payment of Grantors' Promissory 

Note described therein owing to 

First Tennessee Bank National Association 

(the “Bank”); and 

WHEREAS, GORDON D. FOSTER 

was appointed Successor Trustee 

of said Deed of Trust by the Bank, 

said Appointment being recorded in 

the aforesaid Register's Office; and 

WHEREAS, default has been made 

in the payment of said indebtedness, 

and the Bank has directed me 

to foreclose said Deed of Trust in 

accordance with the terms thereof 

and to sell said real estate. 

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of 

the authority vested in me by said 

Deed of Trust, I will offer to sell and 

sale the following described property 

AT PUBLIC AUCTION on the 

5th day of April, 2011, at the hour 

of 11:00 a.m. local time at the Carter 

County Courthouse in Elizabethton, 

Tennessee, to the last, 

highest and best bidder FOR CASH 

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 

Name Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt 

American Funds IncAmerA m MA 54,193 17.06 +0.5 +13.9/A +4.1/B 5.75 250 

American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 50,354 29.04 -0.4 +11.6/D +2.2/B 5.75 250 

American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 40,241 28.45 +0.8 +15.2/B +2.0/B 5.75 250 

Fidelity Contra LG 63,315 70.22 -0.5 +17.9/B +4.8/A NL 2,500 

Fidelity Magellan LG 19,793 74.59 -1.2 +12.7/D +0.3/E NL 2,500 

Oppenheimer DiscoverA m SG 967 63.15 +2.3 +34.6/A +5.8/A 5.75 1,000 

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 136,837 10.87 +0.3 +7.1/B +8.2/A NL 1,000,000 

Putnam GrowIncA m LV 5,068 14.19 -0.5 +13.8/C -0.3/E 5.75 500 

Putnam VoyagerA m LG 4,065 24.40 -1.7 +16.0/C +6.8/A 5.75 500 

Vanguard Wndsr LV 8,229 14.27 -0.3 +14.6/B +1.0/C 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. 

FRI


(on such terms as announced at 

sale), SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO 

SUCH PRIOR ENCUMBRANCES, 

EASEMENTS, LEASES, OBJEC- 

TIONS, CONDITIONS, RESTRIC- 

TIONS, OUT CONVEYANCES, AD 

VALOREM TAXES (current and delinquent), 

and PRIORITY TAX 

LIENS (IF ANY) AS MAY APPEAR 

OF RECORD, including, but not limited 

to, the Deed of Trust located in 

Book T722, Page 429, in the above 

Register's Office, the following described 

real estate (the “Real Property”): 

ALL that real property situated in 

Elizabethton, County of Carter, 

State of Tennessee: 

BEING the same property conveyed 

to the Grantor(s) by Deed dated 

06/29/1998, recorded in Book 438, 

Page 49, to which Deed reference is 

hereby made for a more particular 

description of the property. 

Tax Map No. 006-060.00-000 

Said property bears the street address 

of 167 Crystal Springs Circle, 

Elizabethton, TN 37643, but 

the street address is not part of the 

legal description of the foreclosing 

instrument. In the event of a discrepancy 

between the street address 

and the legal description, the 

legal description of the Deed of 

Trust shall control. 

This sale is exempt from T.C.A. 

§35-5-117 as it follows termination 

of the bankruptcy automatic stay by 

Order entered the 20th day of January, 

2011. 

5 SPECIAL 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

NEED EXTRA CASH? 

SELL AT FLEA MARKETS 

CALL ALVIN SHOOK 

(423)213-5304 

QUALITY 

NEWSPRINT 

COMMERCIAL 

WEB PRINTING 

Is available for organizations 

such as churches, schools, 

civic groups, companies retails 

businesses or other institution 

who need to print newsletters or 

periodicals. 

Contact 

Delaney Scalf 

(423)542-4151 

Elizabethton, TN 

The Elizabethton 

Star 

10 HELP WANTED 

GENERAL 

EARN with Avon. Just $10 gets 

you started. Call Brenda 

423-440-4799 Avon Independent 

Sales Rep. 

HIRING experienced wrecker & 

rollback drivers. Must have F 

endorsement with health card. 

423-928-4776. 

LOOKING for a fiddle player to 

play in a bluegrass and country 

band. (423)342-7589 

NOW Hiring! Must be 21. Good 

driving record. Part- time. Apply 

in person at Greg’s Pizza, 770 

West Elk Ave. 

The Real Property and improvements 

thereon, if any, will be sold WANTED a dependable substitute 

AS IS WHERE IS without warranties for paper route, one or two days a 

or representations of any kind. The week. Valid drivers license. More in- 

aforesaid sale may be postponed to formation call 202-0809 after 12 

a later date by oral announcement o’clock. 

at the time and place of the published 

sale or cancelled without fur- 11 PROFESSIONAL 

ther written notice or publication. 

HELP WANTED 

I reserve the right to take or accept 

the next highest or best bid at such 

sale should the last and highest bidder 

fail or refuse to comply with the 

terms of sale for any reason. In 

such event, I shall also reserve the 

right to reopen the bidding or republish 

and sell said Real Property at 

my option. The Beneficiary may become 

the purchaser at the sale. 

The Successor Trustee reserves the 

right to conduct the sale by or 

through his agents or attorneys acting 

in his place or stead, including 

the use of an auctioneer. 

OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: 

1. Mountain States Health Alliance 

(Book M128, Page 882); and 

2. LVNV Funding LLC (Book 55, 

Page 712). 

Witness my hand this 11th day of 

March, 2011. 

s/ Gordon D. Foster 

Gordon D. Foster, 

Successor Trustee 

Winchester, Sellers, Foster & 

Steele, P.C. 

Suite 1000, First Tennessee Plaza 

800 South Gay Street 

Knoxville, Tennessee 37929 

My File No. 1202.1111 

Email: 

foreclosureinfo@wsfs-law.com 

3/14, 3/21, 3/28 

******** 

******** 

****** 

ELIZABETHTON STAR 

Newspaper tubes are the Property 

of the Elizabethton STAR and are 

used for the delivery of our product. 

Any unauthorized use of Elizabethton 

STAR newspaper tubes for 

distribution of any material will result 

in a minimum $300 charge to the responsible 

party. 

ELIZABETHTON STAR 

********* 

********* 

****** 

5 SPECIAL 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

CARTER County, Tennessee is 

now accepting bids for the items 

listed below. All bids must be submitted 

in writing and meet all specifications 

on or before April 6th at 

3:00PM at the Carter County Finance 

Office, Room 203, 801 East 

Elk Avenue, Courthouse, Elizabethton, 

TN 37643. Carter County 

reserves the right to reject any and 

all bids, maintains the right to negotiate 

after bid, and waive any informalities. 

All sealed bids must be received 

by the date indicated above, 

and should be mailed to: 

Finance Department-Bid 

Courthouse Suite 203 

801 East Elk Avenue 

Elizabethton, TN 37643 

Attention: Bid Item 

(List Item to be bid on) 

Items for bid: 

Exhaust canopy for Valley Forge 

Elementary 

For additional information contact: 

Ingrid Deloach 

(423)542-1803 

CARTER County, Tennessee is 

now accepting bids for the items 

listed below. All bids must be submitted 

in writing and meet all specifications 

on or before April 6th at 

3:00PM at the Carter County Finance 

Office, Room 203, 801 East 

Elk Avenue, Courthouse, Elizabethton, 

TN 37643. Carter County 

reserves the right to reject any and 

all bids, maintains the right to negotiate 

after bid, and waive any informalities. 

All sealed bids must be received 

by the date indicated above, 

and should be mailed to: 

Finance Department-Bid 

Courthouse Suite 203 

801 East Elk Avenue 


Attention: Bid Item 

(List Item to be bid on) 

Items for bid: 

Case Management System for 

Circuit, General Sessions, Criminal 

and Juvenile Courts 

For additional information contact: 

Ingrid Deloach 

(423)542-1803 

CNA needed immediately in the 

Bristol area, dayshift. Call for 

info 423.926.2959 

15 SERVICES 

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savings guaranteed. All fiberglass, 

Free estimates, 423-389-2559, 

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A Cut Above Mowing Service. 

For all your yard work needs. Free 

estimates. Senior Citizens Discount. 

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A CUT ABOVE: Landscaping, 

firewood, tree service. Licensed 

and insured. All your lawn care 

needs. Senior Citizens Discount. 

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ARROW Home Improvements: 

Siding, windows, roofing, 

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BANDIT Lawn Care: 

Call us for all your lawn care 

needs. Free estimates. 

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BROWNS ROOFING 

If you need repairs or a new roof 

call (423)557-3230. We also build 

free standing carports, yard 

barns, decks, siding, gutter 

cleaning, and more. 

C&J LAWN CARE 

Spring is here! 

Now is a perfect time to remulch 

and get on our weekly or 

biweekly mowing schedule. 

FREE ESTIMATES Call 

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CAMPBELL’S LAWN SERVICE 

Free Estimates! Mowing, 

weeding, landscaping. For more 

information call 

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HUGHES LAWNCARE 

Mowing, mulching, landscaping, 

weedeating. Also, firewood. 

Insured. Free estimates. Get on 

the list early before fully booked. 

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JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, 

remodeling, room additions & 

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LYNN VALLEY LAWN CARE 

will do pressure washing, 

mow yard, landscaping, 

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The Other Side Lawncare. Free 

estimates, licensed, insured. Lawnmowing, 

trimming, mulching. Spring 

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TRACY’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS! 

Install metal roofing, shingle 

roofs, additions, painting, decks, 

pressure washing. Reasonable 

rates. Free estimates. 

423-440-2200, 423-213-6542. 

TREE Trimming and Removal. Land 

clearing and clean up. Bucket Truck 

Service. Free estimates. Insured. 

(423)335-5592. 

WE BUILD NEW OR REPAIR OLD: 

Deck, roofs, siding, windows, pressurewashing. 

All interior remodeling, 

painting, plumbing. Free estimates 

423-957-0230, 866-758-4890 

WILL MOW YARDS IN 

ELIZABETHTON AREA. 

FREE ESTIMATES. 

CHEAP PRICES! (423)895-8730 

16 BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITIES 

439 EAST ELK AVE. 

WINSTON JEWLERS 

BUILDING & SHOWCASE 

Good for Jewelry, antiques or 

offices. $300. per month. 

Call Randall Birchfield 

(423)543-5959 

20 ARTICLES 

FOR SALE 

!$249 KING, $150 QUEEN, $135 

FULL, LUXURY PILLOW TOP 

MATTRESS SETS STILL IN 

PLASTIC (423)366-2632 

MEMORY FOAM $349. 

Twin size bed (cherry finish), 

mattress set included. Good 

condition. $100. (423)542-5409. 

29 TOWNHOUSES 

CONDOS FOR SALE/RENT 

2 BEDROOMS, 1.5 bath 

Townhouse. washer, dryer 

hookup, appliances, dishwasher, 

deck, $495 month, deposit. 

423-483-4875 

30 ROOMS 

FOR RENT 

Budget Inn 

$150+ tax (single) Weekly 

$525 + tax monthly 

all utilities included 

423-743-9181 

31 APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

**All Real Estate advertising in this 

newspaper is subject to the Fair 

Housing Act which makes it illegal 

to advertise “any preference limitation 

or discrimination based on race, 

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 

status, or national origin, or an intention, 

to make any such preference, 

limitation or discrimination. 

”Familial status includes children 

under the age of 18 living with parents 

or legal custodians; pregnant 

women and people securing custody 

of children under 18. This 

newspaper will not knowingly accept 

any advertising for real estate which 

is in violation of the law. Our readers 

are hereby informed that all 

dwellings advertised in this newspaper 

are available on an equal opportunity 

basis. To complain of discrimination 

call HUD Toll-free at 

1-800-669-9777. The Toll-free telephone 

number for the Hearing Impaired 

is: 1-800-927-9275 

694 Apt. #2 GAP CREEK ROAD, 

2 bedroom duplex: Stove, 

refrigerator, water furnished. 

W/D hookup. No Pets. 

References. Shown by 

appointment only. $400. month, 

$200 deposit (423)297-8032 

1 Bedroom, refrigerator and 

range, W/D hook-up. Non 

smoking, no pets, close to 

Elizabethton. 

$280. month plus deposit. 

Call (423)213-2560 leave msg. 

1 bedroom, stove, refrigerator, 

water, garbage pickup furnished, 

mini-blinds. Call (423)542-9200 

2 bedroom, 1 bath, single level 

with W/D hook up, dishwasher, 

hardwood, tile throughout, 

CH&A, panoramic view of 

mountains. No pets. 

$550 month, deposit. 

423-483-4875 423-542-3329. 

416 2nd Avenue, Hampton - 

1 bedroom, water and W/D 

furnished - $325 plus deposit. 

JOHN S. BROOKSHIRE 

REAL ESTATE 

543-6765 or 773-1365 

AIRPORT Apt. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 

baseboard heat, window air, 

$400 rent-$425 rent, water 

included. $400-$425 deposit. 

Call about move in special! 

Call N.E.T.R.P. and Sales 

(423)547-2871 

APPLICATIONS for persons 

62+ or mobility impaired are 

being taken for Village Eas 

t Apartments. Well maintained 

building, convenient to grocery 

store and drug store. Pick up an 

application at 200 North East 

Street M-F 

8:00AM-noon, 

For further 

information call (423)542-5478. 

EOE. 

Move in Special. First 2 weeks 

free, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 

trash pickup included. Family 

oriented end of street, 

660 Jena Beth Drive. 

423-213-5386. 

NICE one and two bedroom 

apartment with W/D hook-up and 

water. $400 month and $450 plus 

$300 deposit (423)542-2918 

VERY nice townhouse, private lot, 

beautiful setting, loaded, 

2 bedroom, 2 bath, References, 

application required. 

423-512-1251, 423-542-5065. 

32 HOUSES 

FOR RENT 

347 PRICE ROAD - 

Nice brick 3 large BD, 2 BA, 

garage, $725 plus deposit. 

JOHN S. BROOKSHIRE 

REAL ESTATE 

543-6765 or 773-1365 

Large 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 

2100 sq. ft. on 1/2 acre. 

Stove, refrigerator, 

dishwasher, washer, dryer, 

above stove microwave, on 

quiet deadend street. Only 

$800. month plus 

$500. security. (423)213-5312. 

Near Elizabethton Airport 

3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch, nice 

deck, fireplace, yard barn, no 

pets, non-smokers, $750 month. 

Call 423-302-0320, leave msg. 

NICE 2 bedroom, 1 bath. $550. 

month, $300. deposit. 

(423)647-2728 

Two houses for rent. Both 

2 bedroom, 1 bath, off of 

Stateline Drive. 

1-$500, 1-$600 month. No pets! 

No section 8. 423-895-0179. 

33 MOBILE HOME 

FOR RENT 

RENT or rent to own: 2007, 

spacious, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 

on nice lot. City limits. 

423-213-4432. 

36 LAND 

FOR SALE 

"OWN YOUR OWN PRIVATE 

COVE near Watauga Lake: 

24.24 acres with end-of-road 

privacy, enough mature timbers 

to BUILD YOUR OWN LOG 

CABIN, --OWNER FINANCING 

AVAILABLE -- Call Sylvia 

@ Cornerstone Real Estate 

Consultants, Inc. (828)319-9651 

1/2 acre land for sale off of Hwy. 

91 in Bob’s Hollow. Septic tank. 

Price negotiable. 276-466-3717, 

(276)494-2219 

40 LOTS 

FOR RENT 

HAMPTON, private trailer lot 

for rent. Ready for set up. 105 

Sawmill Road off Rittertown Road 

$150 month $150 deposit 

(423)542-4187. 

Used car lot for rent. Available 

April 1st. Comes with office 

building and large garage. 

Located on Old Stateline Road 

behind Drive-in Movie Theater. 

Holds up to 50 vehicles. Garage & 

car lot together $600 month 

+ deposit. 423-502-4215, 

423-213-4432. 

41 STORAGE 

RENTAL 

Storage space $60 month no 

deposit. 423-342-5407. 

42 HOUSES 

FOR SALE 

"2 bedroom home on .75 acre 

conveniently located in 

Elizabethton--$59,900 as is or 

3 other options to buy if 

finished--possibly with 

addition(s). Some OWNER 

FINANCING AVAILABLE. 

Call Sylvia @ Cornerstone 

Real Estate Consultants, Inc. 

(828)319-9651” 

2 bedroom, 1 bath, .68 acre, barn, 

joins creek, Asking $50,000. 

O.B.O. (423)957-9029 

2 bedroom, 1 bath, electric heat, 

newly remodeled, 2 garages, 

extra large lot. 1007 Walker 

Street. $74,900. (423)483-4783 

877-664-9424 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

105 Heather lane 

$ 35,000. 

Great fixer upper, new cabinets, 

1.5 baths, new roof. 1 acre land. 

Call Realty Executives 

or Elwanda at 

423-676-8052 or 952-0226 

117 Parsonage 

Rd. 

$149,900 

MLS: 303986 

Relax on the Front 

or Back Porch. 

Lovely 3 bedroom, 2 bath home 

in a great location. Gleaming 

hardwood floors throughout the 

living room, kitchen and hallway. 

Lots of oak cabinets and a 

prep island in the kitchen. Sparkling 

white ceramic in the bathrooms. 

Gail Burleson 

Realty Executives 

(423)957-1528 


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Bea Montgomery Agency 

Auto • Home • Life 

527 Elk Ave., Ste 2, Ritz Mini Mall • Elizabethton, TN 37643 

Bus: 423-547-0811 Fax 423-543-4829 

bmontgomery@farmersagent.com 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

220 OLD SIAM ROAD 

100% FINANCING THROUGH 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

Drastically Reduced $13,000 

Brand new construction 

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, split foyer. 

This house has all brand new 

appliance, vaulted living room, 

and large finished den and two 

car garage. Priced $ 126,900. 

Estimated payment $720.52 

5.25% APR 

(taxes and insurance 

not included) 

REALTY EXECUTIVES 

952-0226 

JAY CROCKETT 

(423)341-6884 

2560 Elizabethton Hwy 

$79,900 

Charming cottage home! 

Large kitchen with new 

cabinets, countertops 

and appliances. 

2 bedrooms, living room and 

bath. Outbuildings and 

one car detached garage. 

Century 21 Pro Service, 

REALTORS 

282-1885 

Sheryl Garland 895-1690 

SYCAMORE GARDEN 

Affordably priced this brick 

Ranch sits on one of the most 

desirable streets in the west 

end. This home has been newly 

renovated with fresh paint and 

other improvements. This home 

features great all one level 

living and has the possibility 

of a third bedroom. Act now 

and take full advantage of the 

beautiful in-ground salt treated 

system pool. $118,900. 

REALTY EXECUTIVES 

952-0226 

JAY CROCKETT 

(423)341-6884 

44 MOBILE HOMES 

FOR SALE 

1ST TIME HOMEBUEYRS 

Land Home Packages 

Phone Applications Welcome 

(423)282-0343 

YOUR LAND 

OUR HOME 

“O” DEPOSIT 

PHONE APPLICATIONS 

WELCOME (423)282-0343. 

INSURANCE 

BUSINESS 

HIGHLIGHT 

YOUR BUSINESS IN THE 

LOCAL SERVICE GUIDE 

CALL 423-542-1530 

IMMACULATE MOWING & 

DAVIS LANDSCAPING 

• Mowing • Landscaping 

• Shrubbery Trim • Mulching 

Free Estimates • 25+ Years Experience 

Call Keith and Michelle - 423-542-6911 

CHARLIE LONG 

Kimbrel-Long Insurance Agency 

100 B East Elk Avenue 


(423) 543-7700 

51 COMMERCIAL 

SALE/LEASE 

Commercial spaces available 

March 15th. 800 sf, 1600sf., 

2400 sf. Beginning at $650 

month. Back of property connects 

to future “Tweetsie Trail”. 

423-342-5407 

59 AUTOS 

FOR SALE 

THE BONE YARD we buy cars. 

Free pick-up. 423-791-1384, 

423-928-4469. 

60 AUTOS W/PHOTO 

2009 DODGE AVENGER SXT 

Stk. #L-14 

Pre-owned 

Automatic, air, power windows, 

door locks, and trunk, CD 

player, cruise, spoiler, red, 

$10,250 

BIRKNERS AUTO SALES 

Smalling Road @ 

Maple Tree Lane 

CALL ANYTIME Day Or Night 

(423)542-2798, (423)957-0600 

2010 DODGE CHARGER SXT 

Stk. #M-1 

Pre-owned 

3.5 V6 automatic, air, CD player, 

power windows, seats, door 

locks, cruise, tilt wheel, alloy 

wheels, spoiler, 43,000 miles , 

dark gray $14,700. 





(423)542-2798, (423)957-0600 

2010 CHEVY COBALT LT 

Stk. #M-2 

Pre-owned 

4 door, 4 cyl., automatic, air, CD 

player, power windows, door, 

locks, tilt wheel cruise, black 

15,000 miles $9850. 





(423)542-2798, (423)957-0600 

2010 CHEVY HHR 

Stk. #M-3 

Pre-owned 

Air, automatic, CD player, 

power windows, door locks, tilt 

wheel, cruise control, navy 

blue, 32K miles $10,250 





(423)542-2798, (423)957-0600


Today's Weather 

Local 5-Day Forecast 

Mon 

3/28 

49/34 

Rain and snow 

showers. Highs in 

the upper 40s and 

lows in the mid 30s. 

Sunrise Sunset 

7:21 AM 7:47 PM 

Tue 

3/29 

60/47 

More clouds than 

sun. Highs in the low 

60s and lows in the 

upper 40s. 


7:19 AM 7:48 PM 

Wed 

3/30 

61/38 

Scattered thunderstorms. 

Highs in the 

low 60s and lows in 

the upper 30s. 


7:18 AM 7:49 PM 

Tennessee At A Glance 

Memphis 

58/45 

Nashville 

56/39 

Chattanooga 

55/42 

Thu 

3/31 

53/38 

Partly cloudy. Highs 

in the low 50s and 

lows in the upper 

30s. 


7:16 AM 7:49 PM 

Knoxville 

58/38 

Fri 

4/1 

52/43 

Considerable cloudiness. 

Highs in the 

low 50s and lows in 

the low 40s. 


7:15 AM 7:50 PM 

Elizabethton 

49/32 

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Clarksville 54 37 rain Jefferson City 56 38 rain Oak Ridge 59 37 rain 

Columbia 57 41 rain Johnson City 49 34 mixed Paris 54 38 rain 

Cookeville 54 39 rain Kingsport 49 36 mixed Pulaski 61 43 rain 

Crossville 53 38 rain Knoxville 58 38 rain Savannah 63 43 rain 

Dayton 60 42 rain Lewisburg 57 40 rain Shelbyville 58 41 rain 

Dyersburg 55 41 pt sunny McMinnville 58 43 rain Sweetwater 59 40 rain 

Gatlinburg 56 32 rain Memphis 58 45 pt sunny Tullahoma 59 43 rain 

National Cities 

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Atlanta 58 43 rain Houston 81 69 cloudy Phoenix 78 55 sunny 

Boston 41 29 mst sunny Los Angeles 66 50 pt sunny San Francisco 58 50 sunny 

Chicago 35 27 pt sunny Miami 86 70 t-storm Seattle 52 44 pt sunny 

Dallas 72 64 pt sunny Minneapolis 35 21 pt sunny St. Louis 48 36 pt sunny 

Denver 53 32 rain New York 44 31 sunny Washington, DC 48 30 pt sunny 

Moon Phases 

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(After Hours - Emergency) 

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Mon 

3/28 

6 

High 

Tue 

3/29 

7 

High 

Wed 

3/30 

5 

Moderate 

The UV Index is measured on a 0 - 

11 number scale, with a higher UV 

Index showing the need for greater 

skin protection. 

Thu 

3/31 

6 

High 

Fri 

4/1 

6 

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ELIZABETHTON 

ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 

Interested in TVA Electric Heat Pump Financing? 

CALL: 542-1101 

Deadline set for NAP insurance 

The deadline to purchase 

Non-insured (NAP) coverage 

on pasture for 2011 is April 1, 

according to Robert Earhart of 

the Farm Service Agency. 

NAP coverage is required to 

participate in disaster programs, 

should they occur during the 

year. NAP for pasture is determined 

by following the drought 

monitor to determine severity. 

The cost of NAP for pasture is 

$250 for 2011. Applicants must 

Meetings and dates of interest this week include: 

TODAY 

• The Carter County Tomorrow Board of Directors 

will meet in regular session at 5 p.m. in the 

Elizabethton-Carter County Chamber of Commerce 

boardroom. 

TUESDAY 

• The Carter County Environmental Committee 

will meet at 9 a.m. in the Elizabethton-Carter 

County Chamber of Commerce boardroom. 

TennCare 


“You have to have people that 

are willing to go out and unearth 

fraud of all sizes,” said Jerry Martin, 

U.S. attorney for the Middle 

District of Tennessee. “If you 

don’t have that, then people think 

they can get away with anything. 

Then you will have massive fraud 

done in small increments.” 

Since the Office of Inspector 

General fraud unit’s creation in 

2004, investigators have charged 

1,382 people with TennCare 

fraud, the majority of which ended 

with a conviction or pretrial 

diversion, and recovered just over 

$3.7 million. 

The unit has opened 132,515 

pay applicable fees and sign application 

by closing sales date. 

NAP sales closing date for hay 

is also April 1, but crops may be 

different. If interested, inquire 

by calling the Carter County FSA 

office at 542-2341. 

NAP sales closing date for hay 

is also April 1, but crops may be 

different. Those interested can 

also inquire at the FSA office, 

419 W. Elk Ave., Suite 1, Elizabethton. 

cases in that time, but the vast 

majority of them were closed because 

fraud could not be proved. 

Office of Inspector General 

spokeswoman Lola Potter said 

critics may not understand what 

it takes to obtain a conviction. 

Investigators have to be able to 

prove the fraud was committed 

knowingly, not simply by mistake. 

Inspector General Deborah 

Faulkner said even when there is 

not a criminal case, the unit still 

can forward suspicious activity 

to the TennCare Bureau for review, 

as it has done in more than 

48,000 cases. 

Participation in USDA’s Supplemental 

Revenue Assistance 

Program, or SURE, requires 

that all crops on all farms are 

covered by NAP or FCIC. Fees 

for NAP crops are limited to 

$750 for a producer growing 

crops in only one county and 

may be waived for socially disadvantaged 

individuals or beginning 

farmers. 

For more information, call 

the FSA office at 542-2341. 

Meetings, events of interest this week 

• The Carter County Planning Commission will 

meet in regular session at 3 p.m. in the main courtroom 

at the Carter County Courthouse. 

THURSDAY 

• This is the last day to pay your Elizabethton 

city taxes for 2010. 

FRIDAY 

• The annual Carter County Legislative Breakfast 

is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. at the Truman Clark 

Annex of the Carter County Health Department. 

Given that the state spends 

$3,656 on each of TennCare’s 1.2 

million enrollees, alerting Tenn- 

Care about those cases potentially 

saved the state $173 million if all 

those people were removed from 

the TennCare rolls. 

“To me it’s about letting people 

know that Tennessee is not 

going to tolerate it,” Faulkner 

said. “If you need it, you can 

have it, but if you are violating 

the rules and you are lying, we 

are going after you. 

“I am a taxpayer, too, and I 

want to know that my money is 

going towards people who need 

it, not who are abusing it.” 

Swain 


After a few unsuccessful attempts 

to meet someone, Keila 

decided to make a new profile. 

“I took a picture at midnight 

after I finished a shift in the hospital 

(I was in the last year of 

medical school),” she recalled. 

“I said if someone likes me, he 

would like me even when I am 

tired with almost no makeup! I 

will get the right person to write 

me this time!” 

Her next correspondence 

came from Jeremy. 

“He liked my picture!” she 

wrote. 

“When I first met Keila (online), 

she was close to finishing 

medical school,” said Jeremy. 

“She graduated in 2007. She 

works in an oncological (cancer) 

hospital in her city of San Cristobal. 

It’s one of the biggest cities 

in Venezuela, in the state of 

Tachira.” 

“We started e-mailing every 

day,” Keila wrote. “He sent me 

pictures of him, his family, his 

childhood. He was sooo cute... 

The first time I heard his voice 

in the phone I had a panic attack 

and started laughing, and he 

almost couldn’t understand me 

since my English wasn’t fluent... 

“I think I fell in love with 

him too fast,” Keila continued. 

“He was tender, funny, smart. He 

was so clever, and he started telling 

me about his problems, his 

dreams, his disappointments.” 

Through their correspondence 

the couple became friends, 

and the friendship led to a long 

distance romance. 

“She became sure early on 

that she wanted a relationship,” 

Jeremy recalled. “I didn’t become 

sure nearly as fast... ‘Cautious’ 

is a nice way to put it. ‘Overly 

anxious and fretful’ would be 

more accurate. A lot of the things 

that have happened in our relationship, 

I attribute to the Lord 

bringing us together. I had asked 

the Lord to give me a wife. I believe 

I had prayed that on the day 

that I found her on the website. 

At the time, I was teaching guitar 

lessons and not making a lot of 

income. If we were to decide to 

have a relationship, I had no idea 

how that would even be feasible, 

financially. I couldn’t really get 

Easter Memories 

In the Elizabethton Newspaper April 24, 2011 

Easter is a celebration of life. Send in your message in memory 

of, or in honor of, a loved one who means so much to you. 

$18.00* 

Completed forms 

may be mailed or 

returned in person to: 

The Elizabethton Star 

Attn: Classified Department 


300 Sycamore Street 

P.O. Box 1960 

Elizabethton, Tennessee 37644-1960 


down there. We were kind of off 

and on a number of times, and 

it didn’t work out for her to come 

visit me here either.” 

Jeremy was born in Baltimore, 

Md., and lived in Buffalo, N.Y., 

briefly before his parents came 

to East Tennessee to attend Milligan 

College. 

“I’ve lived in Tennessee since I 

was two years old,” he said. 

A graduate of Elizabethton High 

School, Jeremy attended King College 

and then East Tennessee State 

University where he obtained a 

bachelor’s degree in instrumental 

music education in 2005. He 

taught guitar lessons for several 

years and began teaching band at 

Unaka High School in 2008. By 

that time, he and Keila had gotten 

to know each other through correspondence 

but still had not met in 

person. 

In the summer of 2009, Jeremy 

was able to go visit Keila. 

“That was the first time we met 

in person,” he said. “I went down 

for about two and a half weeks. I 

had been out of the country before, 

but never by myself. In fact, I think 

the farthest I had ever driven was 

Raleigh-Durham. I don’t speak 

Spanish, so it was really a faith issue. 

We met and traveled together 

to where she was staying with her 

sister. On that trip, we actually got 

engaged.” 

“My sister was with me. We 

slept the three of us in the same 

bedroom,” Keila wrote. “So I had a 

chaperone almost all the time. The 

next day when we arrived at my 

house, we decided to go to a park. 

We enjoyed hugging and kissing. 

We were real. It was happening! 

Maybe we kissed too much, because 

some kids came with a little paper 

talking about Christian marriage... 

TVA 


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In Loving Memory Of Maxie Collins 

February 25, 2001 

Jeremy proposed the next night.” 

On Jeremy’s next trip to Venezuela, 

in December 2009, they were 

united in marriage. 

“A number of things had to 

take place in order for us to do that, 

and it all fell into place,” Jeremy 

recalled. “Her sister-in-law is a 

judge, and she helped us with a lot 

of what we needed. There were a lot 

of other things that have helped us 

to feel that God orchestrated this, 

even though we’re so far apart, 

speak different languages and live 

in completely different cultures. I 

mean, men and women are different 

enough without adding something 

more to it. It’s difficult. We’re 

well over a year being married and 

living in two different countries.” 

“He has come four times to visit 

me,” wrote Keila, who plans to be 

with Jeremy permanently at some 

point. “We want to be together, 

but immigration process is very, 

very slow. It is difficult, but we pray 

and believe God will help us... I got 

a letter in February, saying I am a 

candidate for an immigrant visa. I 

was scared when I opened it. I will 

abandon my family, my country, 

my career. I am trying to get the 

ECMFG examinations (certification 

for foreign medical graduates), 

but it is another long process. 

Being an immigrant is frightening. 

Nobody said it was going to be easy, 

but I am sure God will help us. He 

is faithful.” 

Jeremy said he is hoping that 

Keila will be able to come to the 

United States this year. 

“We’ll just see what God has 

in store,” he said. “I feel really 

blessed. I feel like I have wound 

up with the right person. She is 

beautiful and intelligent and 

really serious about her faith. 

She’s just a beautiful person.” 

in August. 

During March, TVA goes from trying to maintain storage space in 

its reservoirs to trying to fill it. 

“So March, April and May is when we are going to start using some 

of that storage and filling our reservoirs, because if we don’t make it 

by June, chances are we are not going to see a lot of runoff in July, 

August and September,” he said. 

Bowling said TVA is on track to have reservoirs up to summer level 

by June 1. 

There’s magic in a Mother’s 

touch, and sunshine in her smile. 

There’s love in everything she 

does to make our lives worthwhile. 

Her laughter is a source of joy, her 

works are warm and wise. There is 

a kindness and compassion 

to be found in her embrace, and we see the light 

of heaven shining from a Mother’s face. 

* 1 person per ad please 

Deadline: April 18, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. 

Clip this ad and send with 

photo and and payment. 

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