Two killed, one injured - Archives - Elizabethton Star

Vol. 78 • No. 62 

THURSDAY 

March 13, 2008 

Good 

Afternoon from 

Oakalee Hardin 

Elizabethton 

Highlights 

Prostitution in a 

wired world 

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Sports 

Cyclones tame 

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Index 

Obituaries ..................4 

Editorial ........................ 5 

Sports...........................7 

Stock .........................11 

Classified .................. 12 

Weather ....................14 

Obituaries 

Helen H. Fair 


Florence M. Jennings 

Johnson City 

Mary M. Morgan 


Carole C. Smith 


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Two persons were killed in a two-car crash early today on Highway 67 in Carter County. Involved in the crash were a Volvo, and a Dodge Lancer (inset). The highway 

was closed for several hours as law enforcement officers tried to reconstruct the crash site. 

Two killed, one injured 

From StaFF reportS 

Two persons were killed 

and a third critically injured 

in a two-car collision early 

this morning on Highway 

67 near the Happy Valley 

High School. 

Cars involved in the collision 

included a Dodge 

Lancer with Carter County 

license tags and a Volvo 

with an Ohio tag. An emergency 

medical technician at 

the scene said two females 

were killed. They were re- 

From StaFF reportS 

portedly occupants of the 

Dodge Lancer. A third person 

was transported to the 

Johnson City Medical Center. 

The person was listed as 

critical and a patient in the 

intensive care unit. None of 

the wreck victims had been 

identified at presstime. 

The accident occurred 

in the westbound lane of 

the Elizabethton to Johnson 

City Highway. Debris, 

including shoes, bags, CDs 

and other items from the 

The Carter County Education Committee approved 

a motion to provide funding up to a maximum $755,000 

— the amount requested for renovations at Unaka High 

School — pending a rebid on the project. 

Facilities Supervisor Kevin Ward stated that since the 

funds were previously rejected by the Budget Committee, 

the bidding period had expired in November. However, 

he said the current economic climate might lead to 

more competition, and hence lower bids the second time 

around. 

The previous base bid and one alternate, including 

three classrooms, administrative offices and bathroom 

renovations, was $1,755,000, and the County Commission 

had appropriated $1 million for the project. The motion 

two vehicles, was strewn all 

over the highway. The front 

of the Lancer was reportedly 

pushed into the front seat of 

the vehicle. 

An EMT with the Carter 

County Rescue Squad said 

they received the call shortly 

after 2 a.m. 

The westbound lane of 

the highway was not reopened 

to traffic until 9 a.m. 

today as officers were busy 

reconstructing the crash 

scene. Traffic was being re- 

routed to the Milligan Highway. 

Closure of the highway 

resulted in traffic being 

backed up on the Milligan 

Highway to the intersection 

of Old Lewis Road back to 

the redlight at Highway 67 

and Malfunction Junction. 

No other details were 

available at presstime. The 

Elizabethton Police Department, 

Carter County Sheriff’s 

Department and the 

Tennessee Highway Patrol 

were at the crash scene. 

Committee approves funding for UHS renovations 

By steve BuRwick 

STAR STAff 

sburwick@starhq.com 

A representative of Gov. Phil 

Bredesen’s office spoke to members 

of the Carter County Imagination 

Library Committee at their monthly 

meeting Wednesday. 

Claiborne Gayden, vice president 

of Bredesen’s Books from Birth Foundation, 

which works hand-in-hand 

with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, 

said that 191,000 out of 375,000 

eligible children across the state are 

now enrolled in the Imagination Library 

program and are receiving 

books every month. 

“It looks like you are percolating a 

lot of ideas here,” said Gayden. “It’s 

a very vibrant and active committee, 

and we always love to see that; it’s not 

the case in a lot of counties. Thank 

you for everything you’re doing. 

Carter County is definitely above the 

middle. You’re pretty far above average 

for enrollment.” 

Gayden said resources are available 

through the Books from Birth 

Foundation to assist local committees 

with fundraising and other activities. 

He said in the years since the beginning 

of the Dollywood Foundation, a 

message has spread that Dolly Parton 

pays for the books. Each county committee 

raises its own money, which is 

matched by the governor’s foundation. 

“We’re going to try to do more 

things this year to help you guys get 

that funding,” said Gayden, who added 

that having an Imagination Library 

counts for 100 points in the Tennessee 

Three-Star Program. 

A total of more than $1,350 was donated 

to the CCIL in memory of Sam 

Barker, who passed away earlier this 

month. 

Gayden said a study has begun to 

assess the impact of the program, and 

he stated that early reports show that 

children who were enrolled have ren 

See CCIL, 14 

still must pass the Budget Committee Thursday and the 

County Commission Monday. 

The committee also discussed preliminary plans for a 

new Valley Forge Elementary School, designed to be built 

on a 12-acre tract of property off Earl McKinney Road. The 

facility is planned as a two-story structure with a metal 

roof and would be designed to serve 550 students, grades 

K-8, alleviating overcrowding at Hampton Elementary. 

Ward said there is room to expand on the property. 

The county school board has toured the site, and core 

samples will be done before negotiations begin to purchase 

the property. The current school is landlocked with 

no direction to grow, and no other properties have been 

presented as options for building a new school. No decisions 

were made regarding the proposed property by the 

committee. 

Governor’s representative addresses CCIL Committee 

Photo by Eveleigh Hatfield 

Claiborne Gayden, Vice President 

of Governor Bredesen’s Books from 

Birth Foundation, addressed the Carter 

County Imagination Library Committee 

Wednesday. 

Council 

will address 

water issues 

By Ashley RAdeR 

STAR STAff 

acarden@starhq.com 

City Council members 

tonight will discuss two 

resolutions that address the 

water situation in both Elizabethton 

and Carter County. 

The council will meet at 6 

p.m. at City Hall. Mayor Pro- 

Tem Charles LaPorte will 

present the two resolutions. 

The first resolution calls 

for a city and county partnership 

that would develop 

“water resources to benefit 

all citizens.” 

The second resolution instructs 

city staff to start the 

process to explore options 

and help develop a plan to 

locate and provide additional 

water sources for Elizabethton 

water customers. 

The partnership discussed 

in the first resolution 

would be on a voluntary basis 

and would be extended 

to the individual county utility 

districts. The voluntary 

partnership would not have 

the authority to impose fees 

on any participating party. 

The resolution also calls 

for the Watauga River Regional 

Water Authority to 

take a 90-day moratorium 

on the occurring of additional 

charges and features to allow 

the city and the county 

to explore the voluntary 

partnership. 

The second resolution 

focuses on the location and 

development of an additional 

water source for Elizabethton 

water customers. 

Such a plan could include a 

water treatment plant on the 

Watauga River, a location 

long favored among many 

in the city. Such a possibility 

has been discussed at workshops 

about the city’s water 

needs. 

The Watauga River location 

is favored because it is 

large enough to meet the 

city’s needs and because it 

was a lower cost alternative 

to building on the Watauga 

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Petersen told university 

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fundraising 

NASHVILLE (AP) — 

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron 

Ramsey and Republican 

fundraiser Ted Welch have 

joined John McCain’s presidential 

fundraising campaign. 

Both men initially put 

their support behind different 

Republican candidates, 

but are now backing Mc- 

Cain, who has already won 

enough delegates to claim 

the GOP nomination. 

Welch once led Mitt 

Romney’s national finance 

team. Ramsey was listed on 

Tennessee’s ballot as a delegate 

for former Tennessee 

Sen. Fred Thompson. 

Scooter Clippard, Mc- 

Cain’s national finance cochairman, 

who previously 

served as Thompson’s national 

fundraising chairman, 

said the new supporters 

show Tennessee 

Republicans are beginning 

to unite behind the party’s 

front-runner. 

Mountaintop 

mining bill 

put on hold 


A proposal to ban most 

mountaintop removal 

mining in Tennessee is on 

hold following an attorney 

general’s opinion that federal 

laws govern the practice. 

Sen. Raymond Finney, 

a Maryville Republican, 

says he is in discussions 

with the coal industry and 

other interested parties 

about whether he can find 

some middle ground on 

his proposal. 

Finney’s bill would ban 

surface mining at elevations 

about 2,000 feet. 

Tennessee ran its own 

federally approved surface 

mining program in 

the early 1980s, but relinquished 

that regulatory 

authority back to the federal 

government in 1984. 

Lawmakers in neighboring 

Kentucky earlier this 

week rejected a proposal 

that could have stopped 

mining companies from 

blasting off mountaintops 

to expose coal deposits. 

Five arrested 

after fight 

FRANKLIN (AP) — A 

Franklin police officer has 

separated his shoulder and 

five people have been arrested 

after a small melee. 

Franklin Police say officer 

Jeff Grinaulds separated 

his shoulder Tuesday 

night trying to help another 

officer make an arrest 

and break up a fight. 

Authorities say officer 

Scott Quinn was assaulted 

in the incident, and 

Grinaulds was injured trying 

to help. 

Two men, two women 

and one juvenile were arrested 

and charged in the 

incident. 

Tandy Starnes was 

charged with aggravated 

assault. D’Trayco Starnes 

was charged with resisting 

arrest and assault. Joyce 

Starnes was charged with 

assault. 

Latisha Burns was 

charged with resisting arrest, 

evading arrest and assault. 

The juvenile’s name 

and charges have not been 

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Harvard’s president urges more 

spending for medical research 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University 

President Drew Gilpin Faust told a Senate 

panel Tuesday that five straight years 

of virtually flat funding for the National 

Institutes of Health has deterred young researchers 

at premier academic research institutions 

and threatened work that could 

produce lifesaving advances. 

The lack of adequate funding is “having 

a cascading impact that is slowing progress 

and threatening future research that could 

lead to cures or even ways to prevent disease,” 

Faust told the Senate Health, Education, 

Labor and Pension Committee, which 

she presented with a report produced by 

seven academic research institutions entitled: 

“A Broken Pipeline? Flat Funding 

of the NIH Puts a Generation of Science at 

Risk.” 

The report says the NIH is the major funding 

source of biomedical research, with 85 

percent of its budget supporting scientists at 

universities and medical centers around the 

country who are pursuing research aimed 

at preventing and curing disease. 

“Even as substantial advances appear 

within our grasp — including breakthroughs 

in Alzheimer’s disease, lung cancer and depression 

— they are at risk of slipping away 

because the NIH is experiencing a dangerous 

slowdown in funding,” said the report, 

which was co-authored by Harvard, Brown 

University, Duke University, The Ohio 

State University, Partners Healthcare, the 

University of California Los Angeles and 

Vanderbilt University. 

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the 

committee’s chairman, has pushed for additional 

NIH funding. 

Former ‘Gilligan’s Island’ 

star caught with marijuana 

in car, serving probation 

DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) — Dawn Wells, who played Mary 

Ann on “Gilligan’s Island,” is serving six months’ unsupervised 

probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana 

in her car. 

She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined 

$410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to 

one count of reckless driving. 

Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts 

— driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia 

and possession of a controlled substance — were 

dropped. 

On Oct. 18, Teton County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Gutierrez 

arrested Wells as she was driving home from a surprise 

birthday party that was held for her. According to the 

sheriff’s office report, Gutierrez pulled Wells over after noticing 

her swerve and repeatedly speed up and slow down. 

When Gutierrez asked about a marijuana smell, Wells said 

she’d just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped 

them off when they began smoking something. Gutierrez 

found half-smoked joints and two small cases used to store 

marijuana. 

The 69-year-old Wells, founder of the Idaho Film and 

Television Institute and organizer of the region’s annual 

family movie festival called the Spud Fest, then failed a sobriety 

test. 

Wells’ lawyer, Ron Swafford, said that a friend of Wells 

testified that he’d left a small amount of marijuana in the 

vehicle after using it that day, and that Wells was unaware 

of it. Swafford also said several witnesses were prepared 

to testify that Wells had very little to drink at the party and 

was not intoxicated when she left. He said she was swerving 

on the road because she was trying to find the heater 

controls in her new car. 

ETSU to host a ‘GISymposium’ 

JOHNSON CITY — On 

March 28, East Tennessee 

State University will host a 

free event to demonstrate 

to elected and appointed 

officials the impact of Geographical 

Information Systems 

(GIS) technology within 

communities. 

This GISymposium will 

be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at the Millennium Centre, 

across State of Franklin Road 

from the ETSU campus. 

The event is designed to 

present GIS software technology 

offering a wide array 

of applications available to 

public officials and managers 

interested in community 

development. 

GIS technology is being 

used in many ways by municipalities, 

including the 

planning, design, operation, 

and maintenance of complex 

electric services; finding the 

location of 911 calls made 

from cell phones; mapping 

and tracking crime trends; 

and efficiently managing disaster 

relief efforts. 

Presentations will be offered 

by: 

- Glenn Berry, transportation 

planning coordinator 

for the Johnson City 

Metropolitan Transportation 

Planning Organization 

and hazard mitigation GIS 

specialist with the Federal 

Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) in Atlanta 

- Chris Campbell, transportation 

coordinator for 

the Kingsport Urbanized 

Metropolitan Planning Organization 

- Dr. Catherine Chen, 

who teaches GIS-related 

courses at ETSU and holds 

bachelor’s and master’s degrees 

in economics from 

universities in China and a 

Ph.D. in geography from the 

University of Cincinnati. 

- Russ Davis, founder of 

Landmark GIS which provides 

consulting services to 

local governments, real estate, 

health services, higher 

education, and natural resource 

management 

- Dr. Lon Felker, a professor 

in the ETSU Department 

of Economics, Finance, Geography, 

and Urban Studies 

- Jake White, the GIS 

manager for the City of 

Kingsport who formerly 

served as a GIS consultant 

to the forestry industry and 

also served with an aerial 

photography and engineering 

firm. 

Although the event is free, 

space is limited and reservations 

must be received by 

March 19 via e-mail to gis. 

rsvp@gmail.com 

The GISymposium is 

sponsored by the ETSU 

master’s programs in public 

administration and city 

management, the City 

Management Association 

of Graduate Students, the 

cities of Johnson City and 

Kingsport, and ETSU’s College 

of Business and Technology. 

“We have before us a chilling statement 

of where our current budget priorities for 

NIH will lead,” said Kennedy. “If we lose 

the talents of a generation of young researchers, 

we put in peril not only medical 

progress, but America’s leadership in life 

sciences, too.” 

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., complained 

that President Bush’s proposed fiscal 

year 2009 budget requested $29.5 billion 

for NIH, the same amount as the previous 

year. 

“I am on the side of cures,” Mikulski said. 

“That’s why I have fought for years to increase 

NIH’s budget.” 

Faust recalled that between 1998 and 

2003, with bipartisan support, NIH’s budget 

was doubled to $27 billion. She called 

the increase a “transformative force for biomedical 

research” that spawned major advances. 

“This support enabled the research community 

to harness powerful new tools and 

complete the Human Genome Project, placing 

the United States — and the world — at 

the crossroads of a biological science revolution,” 

she said. 

But NIH spending has slowed in recent 

years as Congress grapples with new budget 

pressures. NIH’s purchasing power has 

dropped 13 percent since 2003, Faust said. 

“Leading scientists with quality grant 

proposals are caught in a protracted grant 

review process that plays out often over 

years, not months,” she said. “As a result, 

investigators are downsizing labs, slowing 

research and producing more conservative, 

less ambitious proposals more likely to secure 

funding.” 

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Police 

Beats 

Arrests 

• Wendy Bolton, 34, 108 

Bailey Lane, Johnson City, 

was arrested Tuesday night 

by Carter County Sheriff’s 

Department Deputy D. 

Brown and charged with 

her eighth offense of driving 

on a revoked license, 

driving an unregistered 

vehicle and violation of the 

financial responsibility law. 

He is scheduled to appear 

in General Sessions Court 

on March 17. 

• Maljeet Hayer, 29, 2140 

W. G St., Lot 39, Elizabethton, 

was arrested Tuesday 

evening by CCSD Deputy 

D. Brown and charged with 

driving on a suspended or 

revoked license, violation of 

the financial responsibility 

law, possession of a Schedule 

III controlled substance, 

possession of a Schedule VI 

controlled substance for resale 

and possession of drug 

paraphernalia. He is scheduled 

to appear in General 

Sessions Court on March 

17. 

• Lori Collins, 35, 122 

Sunny View Court, Elizabethton, 

was arrested 

Tuesday morning by CCSD 

Deputy Richard Barnett on 

a warrant charging her with 

violation of probation. She 

is scheduled to appear in 

General Sessions Court on 

March 18. 

ETSU group 

needs helpers 

to work on trail 

JOHNSON CITY — East 

Tennessee State University 

students, faculty and staff 

will meet this Saturday, 

March 15, to build a new 

section of the Appalachian 

National Scenic Trail near 

Iron Mountain Gap, outside 

the town of Unicoi, and 

about 20 miles from campus. 

The public is also invited 

to join in the project. 

Participants will meet 

this Saturday at 9 a.m. in 

the parking lot at the southeast 

corner of the University 

Parkway and South Roan 

Street intersection and then 

return following their day’s 

work at 2:30 p.m. 

The venture is sponsored 

by the ETSU environmental 

studies minor program, in 

concert with the Tennessee 

Eastman Hiking and Canoeing 

Club. 

For additional information, 

visit the environmental 

studies Web site at www. 

etsu.edu/environmentalstudies/ 

or contact Dr. Kevin 

O’Donnell at 439-6679 or 

via odonnell@etsu.edu. 

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Helen J. Fair 

Helen Juanita Nave Fair, 

83, 129 Sunrise Drive, Elizabethton, 

died Wednesday, 

March 12, 2008, at Sycamore 

Shoals Hospital. 

A native of Carter County, 

she was a daughter of 

the late Ora Gay and Sarah 

Elizabeth “Sallie” Buckles 

Nave. 

Mrs. Fair was a retired 

employee of the American 

Bemberg Corporation, 

having worked there for 35 

years. She was a member 

of Caldwell Springs Baptist 

Church. 

In addition to her parents, 

she was preceded 

in death by her husband, 

George Fair Jr. “June,” in 

1978; a son, Shelby Ray 

Fair, in 1990; a sister, Ailene 

Nave; and three brothers, 

Ray, Snyder and Arthur 

Nave. 

Survivors include a 

daughter and son-in-law, 

Karen and Keith Berry, 

Elizabethton; three grandsons, 

Davey Collins, Dustin 

Collins and Travis Fair and 

his wife Christy; two greatgranddaughters, 

Haley and 

Jacey Fair; two sisters, Ruth 

Wilson, Elizabethton, and 

Phyllis Gouge, Johnson 

City; a sister-in-law, Gladys 

Nave; several nieces and 

nephews; and a daughterin-law, 

Nancy Fair. 

Graveside services and 

interment for Mrs. Fair will 

be conducted at 3:30 p.m. 

Friday, March 14, in the 

Caldwell Springs Cemetery 

with Mr. Dale Ward officiating. 

Active pallbearers 

will be selected from family 

and friends. The family 

would like to express a special 

“thank you” to the staff 

and employees of the Third 

Floor of Sycamore Shoals 

Hospital and Ivy Hall Nursing 

Home who made her 

last days enjoyable. The 

family will receive friends 

from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday at 

the funeral home. Friends 

may also call at the residence 

of her daughter and 

son-in-law, Karen and Keith 

Dugger. Condolences to the 

Fair family may be e-mailed 

to mfc@chartertn.net. 

Memorial Funeral Chapel 

is in charge of arrange- 

ments. 

Florence M. 

Jennings 

Florence Marie Hicks 

Jennings, 76, of Johnson 

City, went to be with her 

Lord, Tuesday March 11, 

2008, at her residence after 

a courageous battle with 

cancer. 



the late Charles Garfield 

and Ida Ellis Hicks. 

Mrs. Jennings had lived 

in Johnson City for a number 

of years. She was a retired 

employee of Hoover 

Ball, Erwin. She was a member 

of the Tacoma Church 

of God and a member of 

the Johnson City Senior 

Citizens. 


she was preceded in 

death by her husband, E.C. 

Jennings, November 17, 

2002. 

Survivors include a 

daughter, Thalia C. Jennings, 

Galax, Va.; a son, 

Maxwell F. Jennings, Johnson 

City; a granddaughter, 

Kristin Jennings, Jonesborough; 

two sisters and 

a brother-in-law, Pauline 

Elliott, Guin, Ala., and Bonnie 

and Harold Stout, Elizabethton; 

four brothers and 

two sisters-in-law, James 

W. Hicks, Lynchburg, Va., 

Albert and Sue Hicks, 

Jonesborough, Bobby Jack 

and Shirley Hicks, Hampton, 

and Harold D. Hicks, 

Elizabethton; and a sisterin-law, 

Christine White, 

Elizabethton. Several nieces 

and nephews also survive. 

A Service to Celebrate 

the Life of Florence Jennings 

will be conducted at 

12:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, 

at Memorial Funeral Chapel 

with the Rev. R. Willard 

Warfield and the Rev. 

Darrell Sovine officiating. 

Music will be provided by 

Ray Don Markland. Interment 

will follow in the National 

Cemetery, Mountain 

Home, with the Rev. Don 

Kelly officiating. Active 

pallbearers will be selected 

from family and friends. 

Honorary pallbearers will 

be Harold Stout, Larry Mc- 

Millan, Clinton Boswell, 

Ray Markland, Hollie Bow- 

Obituaries 

man Jr., Earl Ellis Sr., Lewis 

Ellis, Rick Elliott, Jay Cantley, 

Steve Hubbard and her 

church family. The family 

will receive friends from 6 

to 8 p.m. Thursday at the 

funeral home. Friends may 

also call at her residence. To 

those who prefer, memorials 

may be made in memory 

of Mrs. Jennings to one 

of the following: Medical 

Center Hospice Service, 101 

Med Tech Parkway, Suite 

100, Johnson City, TN 37604; 

The Musical Voices, 607 E. 

Myrtle Avenue, Johnson 

City, TN 37601; or the Tacoma 

Church of God, 1005 

John Exum Parkway, Johnson 

City, TN 37604. Condolences 

to the Jennings family 

may be e-mailed to mfc@ 

chartertn.net. 


is in charge of arrangements. 

Mary J. Morgan 

Mary J. Morgan, 55, 1714 

Southside Road, Elizabethton, 

went to be with her 

Lord, Tuesday, March 11, 

2008, at her residence. 


she was a daughter of the 

late Gordon Maxwell and 

Eliza Ellen Stout Skeans. 

Mrs. Morgan was a 

homemaker. 



death by a brother, Cyril 

Skeans. 

Survivors include her 

husband, Harry M. Morgan; 

two daughters and sons-inlaw, 

Lisa Sams Long and 

Tom Long, Nashville, and 

Carrie Ellen Sams Dugger 

and Shane Dugger, Elizabethton; 

a step-son and 

step-daughter-in-law, Mark 

and Lisa Morgan, Bluff City; 

three grandchildren, Bethany 

Long, Isaiah Long and 

Eric Dugger; a step-grandson, 

Connor Morgan; three 

brothers and sisters-in-law, 

Ed and Hattie Ruth Skeans, 

Watauga, George and Dorothy 

Skeans and William 

“Bill” and Judy Skeans, all 

of Elizabethton; and two 

sisters and brothers-in-law, 

Elsie and Danny Sams, Watauga, 

and Margaret and 

Ernest Fields, Hampton. 

Several nieces and nephews 

also survive. 

Obama says issues, not race 

CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat 

Barack Obama expressed 

frustration Wednesday 

that racial issues keep 

rising to the top of his presidential 

battle with Hillary 

Rodham Clinton, but he said 

the great majority of voters 

will base their decisions on 

substantive issues. 

At a news conference, 

Obama said he feels his primary 

victories in an array of 

states have proven he can 

draw support from all races 

and regions, and that he is 

not overly reliant on black 

voters. 

“We keep on thinking 

we’ve dispelled this,” he 

said. “And it keeps on getting 

raised once again.” 

He said critics suggest 

“maybe he hasn’t proven 

that he can win white, bluecollar 

workers.” 

“And we won that in Virginia, 

and we won it in Wisconsin,” 

he said. 

In each new primary, he 

said, “we seem to have to 

prove this stuff all over.” 

Given his wins, he said, “at 

this point, we should have 

put to rest this notion that 

somehow I am a candidate 

that’s just focused on one 

demographic.” 

In handily winning Tuesday’s 

Mississippi primary, 

Obama took about 90 percent 

of the black vote and 30 

percent of the white vote, according 

to exit polls. Similar 

results in other Deep South 

states have raised questions 

of whether Obama’s strong 

black support is nudging 

some white Democrats into 

Clinton’s column. 

There was some evidence 

of that in exit polls in Ohio, 

which Clinton won. Analysts 

say a similar pattern could 

emerge in Pennsylvania, the 

next primary, on April 22. 

Obama said he did not 

think Clinton’s campaign 

was deliberately stirring 

racial divisions. But he said 

her campaign “has talked 

more during the course of 

the last few months about 

what groups are supporting 

her and what groups are 

supporting me, and trying 

to make the case that the 

reason she should be the 

nominee is there are a set 

of voters that Obama might 

not get. That seems to track 

certain racial demographics. 

And I disagree with that.” 

Obama said some voters 

might favor or disfavor him 

because he is black, just as 

some might favor or disfavor 

Clinton because she is 

female. 

However, he said, “the 

overwhelming majority 

of Americans are going to 

make these decisions based 

on who they think will be 

the best president. I have 

absolute confidence that if 

I’m doing my job, if I’m delivering 

my message, then 

there are very few voters out 

there that I can’t win.” 

“If I’m not winning them 

over,” he said, “then it’s my 

fault.” 

On another racially 

Funeral services for Mrs. 

Morgan will be conducted 

at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14, 

at Memorial Funeral Chapel 

with Chaplain David 

Snyder and Chaplain Victor 

Tucker officiating. Graveside 

services and interment 

will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, 

March 15, at Happy Valley 

Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, 

who are requested 

to assemble at the funeral 

home at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, 

will be Roger Morgan, Allen 

Skeans, Allen Rasnick, David 

Guy and Mark Morgan. 

Honorary pallbearers will 

be William “Bill” Skeans, 

Ed Skeans, George Skeans 

and Danny Sams. The family 

will receive friends from 

5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral 

home. Friends may 

also call at the residence. 

The family would like to express 

a special “thank you” 

to all of the Hospice Team 

with Med Center Hospice. 

Family and friends will assemble 

at the funeral home 

at 12:30 p.m. Saturday to 

go to the cemetery. Condolences 

to the Morgan family 

may be e-mailed to mfc@ 

chartertn.net. 



Carole S. Smith 

Carole S. Smith, 69, 119 

Brimer Road, Elizabethton, 

died Wednesday, March 12, 

2008, at Johnson City Medical 

Center. 



the late William H. Shelburne 

Sr. and Maude May 

Shelburne. 

Mrs. Smith was a 1958 

graduate of Elizabethton 

High School and attended 

Milligan College. She was 

employed for several years 

in the billing department of 

different hospitals. She was 

a member of Roan Street 

Church of God. 



death by a brother, Si Shelburne. 

Survivors include her 

husband of 44 years, Bobby 

Richard Smith; a son and 

daughter-in-law, Todd and 

Pam Smith, Hampton; two 

granddaughters, Amber 

and Megan Smith; a sister 

and brother-in-law, Pam 

and Richard Campbell, 

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tinged issue, Obama said 

recent comments by Clinton 

fundraiser Geraldine Ferraro 

about his candidacy were 

ridiculous, but not racist. 

Ferraro, the party’s 

vice presidential nominee 

in 1984, on Wednesday 

stepped down from the 

honorary post she held in 

Clinton’s campaign amid 

the backlash caused by her 

remarks. 

Ferraro told the Daily 

Breeze newspaper in Torrance, 

Calif.: “If Obama was 

a white man, he would not 

be in this position. And if he 

was a woman (of any color) 

he would not be in this position. 

He happens to be very 

lucky to be who he is.” 

Asked if the remarks 

were racist, Obama said, 

“I don’t think she intended 

them that way.” But he 

called them “ridiculous” 

and “wrong-headed.” 

“The notion that it is a 

great advantage to me to be 

an African American named 

Barack Obama and pursue 

the presidency, I think, 

is not a view that has been 

commonly shared by the 

general public,” he said. 

Elizabethton; and a brother 

and sister-in-law, William 

H. Jr. and Carole Shelburne, 

Elizabethton. Several nieces 

and nephews also survive. 

Funeral services for Mrs. 

Smith will be conducted 

at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 

13, at Memorial Funeral 

Chapel with the Rev. Ken 

Bewley and the Rev. Billy 

Merritt officiating. Graveside 

services and interment 

will be at 10 a.m. Friday, 

March 14, at Happy Valley 

Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, 

who are requested 

to assemble at the funeral 

home at 9:30 a.m. Friday, 

will be Homer Sims, Chris 

Sims, Troy Whitehead, 

James Nave, Jonathan 

Range, Daniel Vines, R.V. 

Arnold, Jerry Conway and 

Jody Vines. Honorary pallbearers 

will be her church 

family. The family will receive 

friends from 6 to 8 

p.m. Thursday at the funeral 

home. Friends may also 

call at the residence of her 

son and daughter-in-law, 

Todd and Pam Smith, 1043 

Highway 321, Hampton. 

Family and friends will assemble 

at the funeral home 

at 9:30 a.m. Friday to go to 

the cemetery. Condolences 

to the Smith family may be 

e-mailed to mfc@chartertn. 

net. 



Bill to lower 

retention GPA 

advances in 

Legislature 


A proposal to lower the 

cumulative grade point 

average needed to maintain 

a lottery scholarship 

is among several lotteryfunded 

bills advancing in 

the Legislature. 

The measure sponsored 

by Rep. Les Winningham, 

a Huntsville Democrat, 

passed the House Higher 

Education Subcommittee 

on Wednesday. The companion 

bill has been deferred 

in the Senate Education 

Committee. 

Under current rules, a 

student must be enrolled 

full time in college, have 

a GPA of at least 2.75 after 

the freshman year and 

a cumulative 3.0 GPA for 

subsequent years to keep 

the lottery-funded HOPE 

scholarship. 

Democrats, including 

Gov. Phil Bredesen, believe 

reducing the required 

cumulative GPA to 2.75 

would allow more students 

to keep the scholarships. 

Last year, the end of 

session was delayed for 

hours because lawmakers 

couldn’t agree on an omnibus 

bill that would change 

the rules for keeping the 

merit-based scholarship. 

At the center of the conflict 

was the proposal to 

lower the retention GPA. 

The measure passed 

the House 94-1, but Senate 

leaders decided against a 

Senate vote before finally 

adjourning. 

On Wednesday, members 

of the House subcommittee 

went through the 

process of eliminating bills 

similar to those included 

in the omnibus bill that 

passed last year. 

Among the legislation 

approved by the subcommittee 

is a proposal by Rep. 

Gary Moore, D-Joelton, 

that would give a lotteryfunded 

grant to honorably 

discharged veterans who 

served in Iraq and Afghanistan 

to attend school. 

Another proposal by 

Gov. Phil Bredesen would 

set aside $200 million from 

lottery reserves to create 

an endowment to help pay 

for college education for 

15,000 more Tennesseans 

each year. 

The state has nearly $410 

million in lottery reserves, 

according to the Tennessee 

Higher Education Commission.

Opinion 

From the fuel pumps to financial 

markets, the economic news is grim 

The signs of a seriously troubled U.S. economy 

are everywhere to be seen: in foreclosure 

notices posted on houses, in the Federal Reserve’s 

latest efforts to prop up big financial 

institutions — and at the gas station pumps. 

Diesel fuel stood at $3.70 a gallon or more in 

Raleigh yesterday, a crippling cost for truckers 

and a signal of further increases to come in the 

prices of delivered goods. 

You don’t have to be fueling up a big rig to 

be feeling the pinch. You could be shopping 

at the supermarket, seeking a job, or trying 

to get by as a retiree relying on investments. 

You could even be a hedge fund magnate, not 

sleeping very well these nights. 

Increasingly, gloom runs top to bottom, 

bottom to top. Economists speak of a likely 

recession. Stock markets have fallen sharply 

(although stocks rallied yesterday across the 

board). Housing prices and consumer confidence 

are down; nearly everything else is up. 

Fortunately, North Carolina and the Triangle 

have fared better than most places around 

the nation, particularly the job-short upper 

Midwest and housing-price-shocked California 

and the Northeast. But relatively good 

times here are under threat from the overall 

slowdown. 

Yesterday, oil prices topped $109 a barrel 

(as recently as January the price was $87). Europe’s 

currency, the euro, hit another record 

high against the dollar; it’s now worth more 

than $1.50, compared with well below $1 when 

it began life earlier in this decade. Gold, a longstagnant 

hedge against inflation, lies within 

hailing distance of $1,000 an ounce. 

The U.S. economy lost 63,000 payroll jobs 

last month. Housing starts are less than their 

level a year ago. Farm commodity prices are 

way up, enriching grain belt farmers but 

Just once, I’d like to see 

a politician caught with his 

pants down (so to speak) not 

trot out his wronged wife to 

stand beside him as he issues 

his mea culpa. I’d like to have 

been spared the spectacle 

of watching New York Gov. 

Eliot Spitzer 

announce 

that he had 

strayed from 

his own standards 

with 

wife Silda at 

his side. 

Debra 

Saunders 

Or if we 

have to see the 

wife, couldn’t 

it be as she is 

throwing his 

suits, socks and golf clubs on 

the sidewalk while invoking 

the name of a ruthless divorce 

attorney? 

I should think that behind 

the scenes, there has been 

sobbing, screaming and recriminations 

— all well deserved. 

Yet for reasons beyond 

my ken, the political 

wife must show the public 

that she can bury what any 

cheated-on wife must feel. 

She must act as if she is unfazed 

by personal betrayal. 

If his apparent ties with 

a prostitution ring really 

were a “private matter,” as 

Spitzer claimed Monday, 

then couldn’t he have left his 

wife to deal with the news in 

private? Instead, the Democrat 

followed the lead of GOP 

Sens. Larry Craig and David 

Vitter — and former Democratic 

New Jersey Gov. James 

McGreevey — and subjected 

his wife to an extra helping of 

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draining food shoppers’ wallets. Many retailers, 

with their customers wary of taking on 

still more credit card debt, are closing shop. 

In the face of shrinking output, the Fed keeps 

cutting interest rates, but the economy hasn’t 

responded to the spur. 

In too many ways, it’s all connected. 

The collapse of the housing boom hurt 

homebuyers, banks, Main Street and Wall 

Street. The dollar, which the Bush administration 

does little to bolster despite “strong dollar” 

rhetoric, is anemic. No wonder — the national 

debt is nearing $10 trillion and rising (in 

part due to the budgeted cost of Washington’s 

yet-to-arrive stimulus checks). The dollar’s 

fall fuels commodity prices (oil, gold, grain) 

as traders guard against dollar weakness with 

tangible assets. 

With other values falling, even hedge funds 

for wealthy investors are subject to “margin 

calls” — they’ve been speculating with borrowed 

money. Their bankers are getting worried. 

Shades of 1929 and the onset of the Great 

Depression? That’s still unlikely. The global 

economy is better understood these days, and 

the control mechanisms are stronger. In many 

ways the underlying U.S. economy is stronger 

than the signals it’s been sending out. But a let 

’er rip, anti-regulatory, loose-credit mentality 

in this country, coupled with demand from 

booming India and China, have put the world 

financial and trading systems under novel 

pressures. Differing forces are starting to spiral 

together, downwards. 

The first step toward recovery is to speak 

clearly about what’s wrong. Then act effectively, 

even if it causes pain. Given the Bush administration’s 

overall economic performance, 

that task may well await our next president. 

The Emperor’s wife 

gruel on a public podium. 

I guess the point of the exercise 

is to show voters that 

Spitzer is not such a creep 

that his wife won’t stand by 

him. Problem is, by dragging 

his wife before the public, Client-9 

shows himself to be an 

even bigger creep. 

The Emperors Club VIP. 

Ha. The escort service’s name 

says it all. Deep down, the reformer 

didn’t want to be the 

Sheriff of Wall Street — he 

wanted to be Nero. 

For her part, Silda Spitzer 

exhibited the good sense not 

to put a happy face on her situation. 

She looked completely 

shocked. She has her own 

future and three daughters 

to consider — and deserves 

the time and space needed to 

decide where she wants to go 

from here, and whether her 

marriage is worth saving. 

As a role model for girls, 

I hope she will think about 

what feminism has wrought. 

There was a time in America 

when husbands cheated on 

wives and wives stayed with 

their husbands because they 

were economically bound 

to them. Feminism, and the 

career track it spawned, was 

supposed to liberate women 

from unequal marriages. 

Clearly, it hasn’t. 

Spitzer is a Harvard Law 

School graduate, who once 

worked as a corporate lawyer 

for Skadden, Arps, Slate, 

Meagher & Flom. She likely 

has never earned the hourly 

rate an Emperors Club charges 

for its escorts’ services. 

Hillary Clinton is a Yale 

law school graduate and for- 

mer corporate lawyer, who 

like Tammy Wynette chose 

to stand by her man after he 

very publicly and repeatedly 

stepped out on her. 

What’s the point? Are 

these women tigers in the 

boardroom who settle for leftovers 

at home? Did they become 

high-achievers in their 

careers only to allow themselves 

to become support staff 

in their own marriages? 

Former Democratic presidential 

running mate Geraldine 

Ferraro has been taking 

heat this week for telling the 

Los Angeles Daily Breeze 

that if Barack Obama “was 

a white man, he would not 

be in this position. And if he 

was a woman (of any color) 

he would not be in this position. 

He happens to be very 

lucky to be who he is.” Camp 

Obama called Ferraro’s remarks 

“divisive.” 

Look at it from another 

angle. Hillary Clinton is lucky 

she is not a white man, or 

man of any color. If a male 

senator stood by his publicly 

unfaithful wife, he would 

not be among the top two 

Democratic contenders. This 

country may be ready to put 

a woman in the White House, 

but I don’t think Americans 

are ready to put a male cuckold 

in the Oval Office. 

As the cigarette ad used to 

say: You’ve come a long way, 

baby. Look at the cream of the 

crop of my generation’s feminists. 

They fought hard to win 

workplace equality with men, 

and in many corners, women 

have achieved parity or come 

close to parity. 

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Clinton defeated Sen. Barack 

Obama decisively. 

The ad contrasted Clinton’s 

and Obama’s experience 

in national security, by 

portraying her ability to take 

an emergency telephone call 

at 3 a.m. It was broadcast 

widely in Texas, where Clinton 

narrowly edged Obama 

in the popular vote. 

Clinton’s big win in Ohio, 

the main force behind her 

comeback, was fueled by 

Democratic voter opposition 

to the North American 

Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA). Clinton got a boost 

there when it was reported 

that University of Chicago 

professor Austan Goolsbee, 

Obama’s economics adviser, 

reassured Canadian officials 

not to take seriously 

his candidate’s opposition to 

NAFTA. Democratic insiders 

call Ohio the “Goolsbee primary.” 

Florida Follies 

Democrats were getting 

ready for a do-over Florida 

Democratic presidential primary 

in mid-June, when the 

state’s Republican governor, 

Charlie Crist, changed signals 

Thursday, March 6. He indicated 

in separate interviews 

on Fox and CNN he would 

rather seat delegates elected 

in the virtually uncontested 

Jan. 29 Florida primary, won 

by Hillary Clinton. 

Eyebrows of Florida Republican 

activists were 

raised Sunday, March 2, 

when Crist went on CNN to 

say he would go along with a 

Readers Forum 

think about real love. Love 

is best seen in the self-sacrificing 

love of Jesus on the 

cross. Jesus the creator — 

God, humbling Himself to 

take the punishment for our 

sins. 

The only thing we know 

that will be man-made in 

Heaven is the scars of Jesus. 

These are the marks of His 

love and sacrifice. Jesus was 

mocked, spit on, His beard 

ripped out, beaten beyond 

recognition and pierced in 

His hands, feet and side. At 

the cross, Jesus gave us a 

portrait of His love with His 

arms open wide to receive 

us if we put our complete 

trust in Him, turn from our 

sins and turn to Him. At the 

cross, Jesus did to the highest 

degree what the classical 

artist said is required for 

great art, which was to show 

truth, goodness and beauty 

with love tying the three 

together creating a bloody 

masterpiece! 

The only thing that 

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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Executive V. President 

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do-over of the Jan. 29 voting, 

held one week early in violation 

of Democratic National 

Committee (DNC) rules. But 

Republicans fear a re-vote 

would be won by Sen. Barack 

Obama, who they consider a 

tougher opponent of Sen. 

John McCain than Clinton. 

A footnote: Michigan also 

conducted a DNC-prohibited 

primary on Jan. 15, where 

Clinton’s was the only name 

on the ballot. A Michigan revote 

would be a “firehouse 

primary,” conducted by 

the state party rather than 

the state government, and 

Florida also might take that 

course. 

Ridge for VP 

Vice presidential support 

has arisen for former Pennsylvania 

Gov. Tom Ridge, as 

it did eight years ago, and 

again caused consternation 

in the pro-life movement 

and among conservative 

Catholics. Speculation about 

Ridge, a pro-choice Catholic, 

for vice president in 2000 

caused a furor. Catholic 

Bishop Donald Trautman in 

Ridge’s hometown of Erie, 

Pa., barred him from speaking 

at Catholic events in 

northwestern Pennsylvania 

because of his position on 

abortion. 

Ridge is a supporter and 

friend of McCain and, like 

him, is a decorated Vietnam 

combat veteran. His value on 

the national ticket would be 

trying to dislodge Pennsylvania 

from the Democratic 

grasp. 

Reader: You can trust the Easter story 

Christians take great pride 

in is the cross. Christians 

gain a great deal of pleasure 

and pride from knowing 

and celebrating the fact that 

the almighty sovereign God 

of the universe thought we 

were worth saving. At Easter 

we celebrate the way Jesus’ 

death and sacrifice led 

to peace and new life. God 

the Father demands justice 

and is holy, righteous, good 

and loving and we can’t 

have a relationship with 

Him without Jesus. God’s 

demand for justice and our 

unrighteousness require 

that we pay for our sins forever 

in hell unless we trust 

in and accept Jesus as our 

Savior and Lord, and Jesus 

becomes our righteousness. 

Love met justice, mercy met 

truth and established the 

only way to have peace with 

God, and the place where 

they met formed a cross! 

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Dear Abby 

Sale of bike gets a 

push from owner 

up in heaven 

DEAR ABBY: From time 

to time you print letters 

about finding “pennies 

from heaven.” Are you 

ready for another one? 

Our daughter is adopting 

a little boy, and our 

other daughter was hosting 

a yard sale to raise money 

for the airfare 

to bring the 

child to this 

country. 

My mother, 

a widow, 

had donated 

my father’s 

racing bike. It 

was hard for 

her to let go 

of it because 

Dad had won many senior 

Olympic medals with it. 

The bike sold the first 

day, and I immediately 

called Mom to tell her the 

news. Right after I hung 

up the phone with her, I 

looked down at the table 

where my grandsons had 

been helping me count 

change. In the middle of a 

pile of dimes was a penny. 

When I picked it up, I saw 

it was a “wheatie.” Then I 

turned it over and couldn’t 

believe my eyes. The date 

on the penny was 1918, the 

year my father was born. 

Although this may not 

be your typical “pennies 

from heaven” story, I truly 

believe it was a penny from 

heaven — a message from 

Dad that he was glad to 

contribute to our yard sale 

and was with us in spirit. 

— JACLYN IN BALLWIN, 

MO. 

DEAR JACLYN: And 

don’t ever let anyone try to 

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DEAR ABBY: When I 

went to my favorite restaurant 

recently, I noticed that 

the menu had changed. I 

asked our server if I could 

have an entree from the 

previous menu. She said 

she loved the dish too, and 

would ask the chef if he 

would make it for me. He 

agreed, and dinner was 

lovely. 

My fiancé and I returned 

to this restaurant last night, 

and I told him I wanted 

to order my favorite dish 

again. He told me that ordering 

something not on 

the menu is rude. I don’t see 

it that way. In fact, I would 

think that it would be regarded 

as a compliment to 

the chef because it meant 

I had enjoyed the way he 

prepared it for me before. 

Besides, the chef agreed to 

do it for me the last time we 

were there. 

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may have been afraid 

that ordering something 

that was not on the menu 

would be more expensive, 

and that’s why he objected. 

Also, if the restaurant was 

extremely busy that night, I 

could understand why asking 

for something “special” 

might be an imposition. 

However, since the chef 

had prepared it for you before, 

and because restaurants 

are in the business 

of selling food, there was 

nothing “rude” about your 

request. The next time you 

call to make reservations, 

ask in advance if the chef 

can prepare your special 

dish for you. 

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column every day, and I 

never see the grammar and 

punctuation errors I typically 

encounter. Are the 

letters you publish revised, 

or are only the most literate 

and conscientious people 

moved to write to you? — 

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DEAR ENGLISH 

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writes to me is “conscientious.” 

However, there are 

some errors in spelling, 

grammar or punctuation 

in the letters that cross my 

desk. 

My staff, my syndicate 

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that any errors are corrected 

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errors by printing them 

would set a bad example or 

distract from the question 

being presented. 

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Friday at Elks Lodge 

The Elizabethton Senior Dance Club will hold its St. Patrick’s 

dance at the Elizabethton Elks Lodge, No. 1847, 1000 

N. Sycamore St., on Friday, March 14, from 7-10 p.m. 

Music will be provided by Rambling Rose Band. Participants 

are encouraged to wear green. Those attending are 

asked to bring refreshments to share. 

All senior citizens are invited to attend. There is a $6 

door charge. 

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Prostitution in a wired world 

Technology has changed the world’s oldest profession 

By HILLARy RHODES 

ASSOcIAtED PRESS WRItER 

It may be the world’s oldest profession, but prostitution 

is using some 21st-century tricks. 

The prostitution scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot 

Spitzer lays bare some of the inner workings of modernday 

sex work: text messaging to clock in the client, electronic 

fund transfers, a Web site featuring color photos, 

prices and rankings. 

There’s always been a distinction between indoor and 

street-level prostitution, and advances in technology have 

increasingly separated the two, said Ronald Weitzer, author 

of “Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography and the 

Sex Industry.” 

Not only can prostitutes and escort services now run 

more efficient businesses, but they can leverage word-ofmouth 

advertising in new ways to build their brands and 

troll for clients. Online social communities built around 

the escort and sex worker industries can solidify customer 

loyalty. 

“It’s commercial, but it’s also social, so people do really 

form relationships,” says Audacia Ray, author of “Naked 

on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on 

Internet Sexploration” and a former sex worker. 

“Clients become buddies,” she said. 

There are a host of online message boards where clients 

or potential clients can discuss, rate and exchange information 

about individual women. 

A recent rating of one woman on the escort-review site 

www.bigdoggie.com reads: “She is the real deal. She’s 

bright, funny, enthusiastic, beautiful, flawless body, really 

loves what she does.” 

Another woman got a bad review — not for her physical 

shortcomings, but for her communications etiquette: “... 

didn’t return calls or e-mails. Irresponsible.” 

Such sites are natural places for escorts or prostitutes 

to advertise, linking to their own Web sites, a technique 

many sex workers use, Ray said. 

Technology also eases the business-end of things, 

Weitzer says. While clients are surveying potential companions, 

escort-service managers can look into clients with 

a background check or even a simple Google search. 

Payment is easier, too. 

“It’s often convenient to have an account established 

with a balance, so if you have the last-minute urge, you 

don’t have to worry about getting money into the account,” 

says Norma Jean Almodovar, executive director of the sex 

workers’ rights organization COYOTE (“Call Off Your Old 

Tired Ethics”) in Southern California. 

NEW YORK (AP) — 

When Silda Wall Spitzer 

stood beside her husband 

in ashen-faced misery the 

other day as the governor 

made his brief apology in 

the prostitution scandal, 

she uttered not a word. Yet 

she launched a thousand 

conversations. 

“Why is she standing 

there?” many women wondered. 

“Should she be? 

Would I be?” 

And for many, who’ve 

seen a long line of wronged 

political spouses do the 

same, from Hillary Rodham 

Clinton to Dina Matos 

McGreevey to Suzanne 

Craig, the immediate answer 

was a resounding, 

“Hell, no.” 

“I watched her and I 

thought, ‘Again, the wife is 

standing there,’” said Jessica 

Thorpe, a 38-year-old 

mother of three in Larchmont, 

N.Y. “And I had a 

visceral reaction. I just 

don’t get it. Why does it always 

have to be that way in 

politics? What will she get 

out of standing there?” 

The blogosphere was 

buzzing, too, with the same 

questions. “Why do they 

show up?” asked blogger 

Amy Ephron on huffingtonpost.com. 

She proposed 

her own fantasy: “I just 

want one of them — Hillary, 

Silda — to stand on the 

steps of the White House, 

the governor’s mansion, 

and stamp their foot and 

say, ‘And another thing, 

I’m keeping the house.’” 

Yet many women also 

understood that Silda 

Spitzer was obviously in 

pain, and in the unforgiving 

glare of the public 

spotlight. So while Donna 

Webster, a product development 

executive in Boston, 

wished the New York 

governor had been forced 

to face the music alone, she 

also empathized with his 

wife’s choice, which she assumed 

was for the sake of 

her three daughters. 

“I’ve been thinking 

about this constantly. I 

cringed when I saw her 

next to him,” said Webster, 

59. “I think he should have 

taken it like a man — without 

her.” 

But, she added, “She 

was in crisis mode. She was 

like a mother bear protecting 

her cubs. When crisis 

hits, you do what you think 

you need to for your family. 

Later, you can step back 

and think about protecting 

yourself.” 

Amid the din, one of 

the most poignant voices 

defending Silda Spitzer 

was Matos McGreevey, 

who stood next to her husband, 

New Jersey Gov. Jim 

McGreevey, in 2004 as he 

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Emperors Club VIP, the high-end prostitution organization 

Spitzer allegedly was involved with, was brought 

down when banks noticed frequent cash transfers from 

several accounts and filed suspicious-activity reports with 

the Internal Revenue Service, a law enforcement official 

told The Associated Press. 

The accounts were traced back to Spitzer, and publiccorruption 

investigators opened an inquiry. 

It’s a long way from leaving cash on the dresser. 

Cell phones are handy, too. According to court documents, 

some details of the alleged appointment Spitzer had 

with a prostitute were arranged via text message. She was 

even instructed by her home office to send a text message 

when he arrived so the office could start the clock ticking 

on his allotted time, according to court papers. 

Devices such as Web cams also have created new opportunities, 

Almodovar said. 

For instance, if a customer is traveling and wants to talk 

with a prostitute, “he can just go on the Internet and she 

can be in her home, and he can be in Europe, and they can 

have long-distance sexual dalliances,” Almodovar said. 

But even with so much electronic evidence, authorities 

permit a lot of prostitution to happen without repercussions. 

“On the one hand, they’re advertised, openly. So you 

know it exists, and you’re letting it go. But then they’re not 

taxed, or prosecuted, unless it becomes a quality-of-life issue 

or (involves) a public figure they happen to run across. 

Think of all that cash,” said Assistant Philadelphia District 

Attorney Rich DeSipio, who is assigned to the sex-crimes 

unit. 

And sex workers also can use high-tech measures to 

avoid getting caught. 

High-end call girls might use bug- and camera-detection 

equipment to look for surveillance devices, said Jimmie 

Mesis, editor in chief of Professional Investigator Magazine. 

Police often don’t find the equipment until after they 

make an arrest, Mesis said. “They realize, ‘Look at this. She 

has a bug detector. She has a hidden-camera detector. This 

is a pretty sophisticated set-up here.’” 

But for every client who is revealed, no one knows how 

much prostitution remains hidden. 

“The surprise should not be that (Spitzer) was a client, 

but that he got exposed,” Almodovar said. “Despite the 

technology we have, 99 percent of them will never get discovered. 

“If we didn’t have so many clients, we wouldn’t be prostitutes.” 

Women weigh in: Why do wronged 

political spouses stand by their men? 

told the world he was gay, 

claimed an affair with a 

male aide and resigned. 

“I’m reliving that moment 

and what it was like 

standing there next to Jim,” 

Matos McGreevey told The 

Associated Press Monday 

night. “I wanted to embrace 

her and say, ‘Be strong, 

you’ll survive this.’” 

In another interview on 

CNN, she referred to others 

who’d also stood by 

their spouses at moments 

of deep humiliation — 

Clinton, during the Monica 

Lewinsky scandal, and 

Suzanne Craig, the wife 

of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, 

who was accused of soliciting 

sex in an airport bathroom. 

“We all do it for personal 

reasons,” said Matos 

McGreevey, now going 

through a contentious 

divorce with the former 

governor. “I did it because 

he was my husband. I had 

always supported him. I 

loved him. I had a daughter 

... I wanted her to know 

I was there for her father.” 

One therapist who deals 

with couples in crisis says 

most wronged women do 

want to at least try to work 

things out. “Your lives are 

intertwined, emotionally, 

financially and physically,” 

said Gail Saltz, who practices 

in New York City. 

“You share children. Just 

because someone has hurt 

and betrayed you deeply 

doesn’t mean you stop loving 

them. It’s very complicated 

for any woman who 

finds her husband has betrayed 

her.” 

And the fact that the alleged 

betrayal was with 

a prostitute is a doubleedged 

sword, says Saltz. 

On the one hand, “this 

isn’t a woman that he fell 

in love with. On the other, 

many women would find 

the prostitution part particularly 

humiliating.” 

Joanna Coles, editor in 

chief of the women’s magazine 

Marie Claire, feels that 

at least for the moment, 

Silda Spitzer had no choice 

but to stand publicly by 

her husband, for whom she 

gave up an active career as 

a corporate lawyer. 

“People are very quick 

to judge her, but that’s the 

deal that you make when 

one of you decides to give 

up your career so that the 

other can go all out for 

his,” said Coles. “I think it 

would have been odd if she 

wasn’t there. It’s the pact 

that they made. She chose 

to be the wife of a governor, 

and she’s done it very 

conscientiously, and very 

well.” 

Ashley Shapiro, a 

24-year-old event planner 

in Miami, says her friends 

are split on the issue of 

whether Silda Spitzer and 

other wronged political 

spouses have been right to 

stand by their men. As for 

her, she thinks it’s the only 

human thing to do. 

“You don’t turn your 

back on a loved one,” Shapiro 

said. “You support 

them. You don’t want your 

kids to see you abandoning 

their father in his time of 

need. 

“You express your support 

publicly. Then you 

handle the rest privately. 

And all that,” Shapiro says, 

“is none of our business.” 

Kitty to speak at AOM meeting 

The Association for Operations Management, Appalachian 

Chapter 149, will meet Tuesday, March 18, at the 

Eastman Lodge at Eastman Chemical Company’s Bays 

Mountain Recreation Area, Kingsport. 

Dinner will be served from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and will feature 

a nacho/taco bar, salad, dessert and beverage provided by 

Troutdale Catering. The cost is $12 for both members and 

non-members. 

Guest speaker for the meeting, which will be held from 

6:45 to 8 p.m., is Gerald L. Kitty, president and founder of 

Quality Management Solutions, Inc., a consulting and education 

firm based in Clearwater, Fla. 

Registration deadline is Friday, March 14. To register, 

call Angela Shelton at 636-2145 or e-mail her at angela. 

shelton@amgreetings.com. Registration is also possible by 

visiting www.apics-appa.org and clicking the registration 

link in the left margin.

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March 13, 2008 

Sports Editor Wes Holtsclaw 

Phone (423) 542-4151 

E- Mail sports@starhq.com 

Fax (423) 542-2004 


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Ned Jarrett to replace Witten as honorary starter at Bristol 

From STAFF rEPorTS 

Former NASCAR Cup champion 

Ned Jarrett was named the 

replacement honorary starter for 

Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol 

Motor Speedway, waving the 

green flag for what will be his son 

Dale’s final points race. 

Jarrett, named to NASCAR’s 

50 Greatest Drivers list, replaces 

Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl tight 

end Jason Witten. 

Memphis trying 

to secure 

second No. 1 

seed in 3 years 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ 

The Memphis Tigers seem 

to have everything to lose 

and little to gain right now. 

They’re hosting the Conference 

USA tournament 

for a fifth straight year on 

the home court where they 

haven’t lost a postseason 

game since the 2005 championship 

game when Darius 

Washington Jr. missed the 

free throws that could have 

put the Tigers automatically 

into the NCAA tournament. 

No. 2 Memphis hasn’t lost 

a game in this league since 

March 2, 2006, at Alabama- 

Birmingham — still the Tigers’ 

lone loss to a Conference 

USA opponent over a 

span of 68 games. 

A No. 1 seed in the NCAA 

tournament seemingly is 

locked up, right? Maybe 

not if the Tigers fail to win 

a third straight tournament 

championship, and coach 

John Calipari doesn’t see it 

as unfair to a team that is 

30-1. 

“Because everybody else 

has got to win too,” Calipari 

said Wednesday after being 

named the league’s coach of 

the year. “They all got to win 

too. If ... the four other teams 

win their tournaments and 

we lose ours, then they 

should be one seeds.” 

Memphis doesn’t have a 

long history of being seeded 

No. 1 in the NCAA tournament. 

It’s happened to the 

Tigers only once, and that 

was in 2006. Being seeded 

No. 1 again seemingly 

would be assured for a team 

that spent five weeks ranked 

No. 1 in the country with 

three weeks as an unanimous 

choice and with only 

one loss. 

So Calipari, with friend 

and former boss Larry 

Brown around Wednesday, 

is trying to ease the pressure 

on his Tigers. His message 

to only the second Division 

I program to win at least 30 

games in three straight seasons? 

Relax, enjoy and have 

fun. 

“Everybody is tired. Every 

coach is tired. Every player is 

tired. I told my team a week 

ago that the team that can 

fight through this, the team 

and coach that can keep 

fighting through how we all 

n See MEMPHIS, 9 

Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/ 

Getty Images for NASCAR 

Tony Stewart 

Witten was scheduled to serve 

as honorary starter but due to 

family obligations was unable to 

attend the race. 

A two-time champion in 1961 

and 1965 Jarrett, who competed 

in NASCAR’s top series from 

1953-1966, finished his career with 

50 career victories, which ties him 

with Junior Johnson at 10th on the 

all-time win list. 

Ned and Dale Jarrett are one 

of only three father-son combina- 

By Wes HoltsclaW 

SPORTS EDITOR 

wholtsclaw@starhq.com 

Elizabethton’s Kadey 

Robinson has nearly perfected 

the role of closer. 

Wednesday, the sophomore 

made her first start of 

the season and didn’t disappoint. 

Robinson threw a onehitter 

and struck out 16 batters 

with two walks in the 

Lady Cyclones’ 8-0 home 

win over Sullivan Central. 

“These girls, Kadey and 

(regular starter) Taylor (Bellessa), 

are confident,” said 

Elizabethton coach Kenny 

Hardin. “They know the defense 

is behind them every 

time they go out. It’s been a 

good combination so far.” 

“We just all tried our 

best,” said Robinson. “(Taylor 

and I) know we have 

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tony Stewart 

defended his harsh criticism of the tires 

Goodyear brought to Atlanta last weekend 

and said that it was time to speak out after 

years of closed door meetings failed to produce 

a solution. 

“You finally get to the point where, if you 

get frustrated enough, now it’s gone from 

doing things in a nice, calm manner to I 

want to make sure I get somebody’s attention 

about this,” Stewart said Wednesday. 

He had called the tires “the most pathetic 

racing tire I’ve ever been on in my professional 

career.” 

Some of Stewart’s critics dismissed the 

remarks, saying Stewart was just being his 

usual outspoken self. But many drivers have 

agreed that the tires were subpar, including 

former champions Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett. 

“I think we are all pretty frustrated. Tony 

took it to the fullest,” Kevin Harvick said. 

“But he’s definitely right in the way the tire 

stuff has worked out. None of us really enjoy 

tions to have won at Bristol Motor 

Speedway. 

Bobby and Davey Allison and 

Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt 

Jr. are the others. 

The elder Jarrett is thrilled at 

the prospect of waving the green 

flag at Bristol Motor Speedway on 

Dale’s final points race. 

“I’m very pleased to have 

been asked to be the honorary 

starter for the Food City 500,” he 

said. “And to be asked to do it 


Elizabethton’s Taylor Bellessa (4) hands the ball off to fellow pitcher Kadey Robinson during the 

Lady Cyclones’ home win over Sullivan Central. Robinson threw a one-hitter while striking out 16. 

Robinson tosses 

one-hitter in EHS win 

a good team to back us up 

when we’re out there. We 

try our hardest for them.” 

Robinson’s catcher Brittney 

Eggers sparked the 

Lady Cyclones’ offense with 

a pair of doubles and three 

runs, which came courtesy 

of freshman runner Kristen 

Powell. 

“We started out weak and 

rallied as a team and got our 

bats going,” said Eggers. 

Robinson, Taylor Percell, 

Kelsey Mains and Bellessa 

also drove one run across 

the plate for Elizabethton in 

the game. 

Two additional runs 

scored on an error, with the 

Lady Cyclones’ final run 

coming courtesy of a passed 

ball. 

The game was scoreless 

through three innings. 

Then, Elizabethton found 

its offense. 

Eggers and Jasmine 

Treadway each walked, 

then Percell delivered an 

RBI single up the middle. 

Robinson followed with a 

bunt, scoring Treadway. 

Mains and Bellessa each 

grounded out while scoring 

runs to give the Lady Cyclones 

a 4-0 cushion. 

With ten strikeouts accumulated 

through four innings, 

Robinson prevented 

Central from gaining any 

momentum by striking out 

the side in the fifth inning. 

Eggers doubled, while 

Treadway and Robinson 

walked to load the bases in 

the bottom of the fifth for 

Elizabethton. 

Eggers and Treadway 

provided two additional 

runs for Elizabethton when 

a grounder from Mains was 

n See EHS SOFTBALL, 9 

Stewart defends criticism of Goodyear tires 

the way that we had to race.” 

Stewart said all the drivers were fed up 

with the hard tires at Atlanta, and he just 

drew the most attention because he was the 

most outspoken in his criticism. 

“Everybody talked about (it),” he said. 

“Just nobody got real vocal about it until after 

the race. When you’re stuck in a car for 

3½-4 hours and it drives like crap, you’re going 

to be upset about it. 

“Guys are screaming at their crew chiefs 

that it was the worst car they’ve ever driven. 

Well, it wasn’t the crew chief’s fault. It wasn’t 

the team’s fault. These guys spend millions 

of dollars to build these cars. It was the tire 

we were running and tires should never, 

ever be the deciding factor in a race.” 

Stewart also said his comments were not 

directed at the people that make the tires 

or the ones that mount them on rims at the 

track, but at the designing engineers. 

“Think about it. Every year we’ve blown 

for Dale’s last race makes it even 

more special. Bristol has been a 

memorable place for both Dale 

and I, especially since we’ve both 

won here and I’m very honored to 

be able to be in the flag stand for 

his last points race.” 

Steven C. Smith, Food City 

CEO/President, is excited about 

having Jarrett wave the green flag 

on the Food City 500. 

“What Ned Jarrett and his family 

have meant to NASCAR is im- 

measurable,” Smith said. “We are 

delighted to have both he and his 

son Dale participate in the Food 

City 500 and I know the fans share 

our excitement.” 

The Food City 500 gets under 

way at 2 p.m. on Sunday with 

qualifying set for 3:40 p.m. Friday. 

The Sharpie MINI 300 takes 

place Saturday, March 15 with 

qualifying slated for 9:40 a.m. that 

day. 

Vols favorite at SEC 

Tourney, despite history 

ATLANTA (AP) _ Bruce Pearl already checked one big 

thing off his list: Tennessee is the Southeastern Conference 

champion for the first time in 41 years. 

Now comes the SEC tournament, where the fourthranked 

Volunteers are a huge favorite but again find history 

working against them. 

Tennessee hasn’t won the event since 1979 — heck, it’s 

been 17 years since the Vols made it as far as the semifinals. 

One-and-done has been their motto, which casts a bit of 

doubt over what is expected to be another coronation for 

the SEC’s best team, the next step in its inevitable march 

toward a top seed in the NCAA tournament. 

“We’ve just not had a lot of success historically in the 

SEC tournament,” said Pearl, the Vols’ flamboyant thirdyear 

coach. “I myself have not won a game in the SEC tournament.” 

Indeed, while Pearl has quickly built Tennessee into one 

of the nation’s top programs, he’s fallen flat at this time of 

year. 

In 2006, the Vols won the SEC East, earned a first-round 

bye and had the advantage of playing in their home state 

(Nashville was the host). Not that it mattered. South Carolina 

pulled off a stunning 79-71 upset in the quarterfinals 

after finishing six games back in the regular-season standings. 

A year ago, Tennessee tied for the SEC’s second-best record 

but lost in the opening round of the tournament to 

LSU, which was a dismal 5-11 in conference play. The Tigers 

knocked off the Vols 76-67 in overtime. 

Big Orange can’t afford another slip-up if it wants to see 

a “1’’ beside its name when the NCAA brackets are announced 

Sunday night. 

The tournament opens Thursday with four games involving 

teams that finished third or worse in their respective 

divisions: South Carolina vs. LSU, Auburn vs. No. 

18 Vanderbilt, Alabama vs. two-time defending national 

champion Florida and Georgia vs. Mississippi. 

Tennessee, Kentucky, SEC West champion Mississippi 

State and Arkansas will play their first games Friday. 

“Our fan base is getting tired of coming down there and 

having to go home right away,” Pearl said. “We’re playing 

for a lot this time around. Not only are we playing for the 

tournament championship, like all the other schools, we’re 

playing to maintain our position and secure a No. 1 seed in 

the NCAA tournament.” 

History aside, the Vols (28-3, 14-2 SEC) are clearly the 

league’s top team. They are deep, talented bunch that 

handed No. 2 Memphis its only loss in one of the season’s 

most memorable games and made it to No. 1 for the first 

time in school history, albeit for just one week. 

Tennessee’s only losses were to No. 6 Texas, No. 18 Vanderbilt 

and rapidly improving Kentucky — all of them away 

from Knoxville. 

n See VOLS, 9 

SEC Notebook: Felton says he 

deserves to stay at Georgia 

ATLANTA (AP) _ Dennis 

Felton was ready when the 

inevitable questions came 

about his future as Georgia’s 

coach. 

Proclaiming himself 

proud of the job he’s done 

under trying circumstances, 

Felton said Wednesday that 

he expects to remain on the 

job despite a last-place season. 

Georgia (13-16) finished 

at the bottom of the Southeastern 

Conference’s Eastern 

Division with a 4-12 

mark. The Bulldogs will 

try to extend their season 

Thursday night when 

they face Mississippi in the 

opening round of the SEC 

tournament. 

“I’m proud of the job I 

and my staff have done,” 

Felton said. “I expect to 

be the Georgia coach for a 

long time, like I’ve always 

planned.” 

Felton inherited a scandal-plagued 

program in 

2003, taking over after Jim 

Harrick was forced into retirement 

over an embarrassing 

set of allegations that included 

illegal payments to 

a former player and a sham 

course taught by Harrick’s 

son. 

Under the circumstances, 

Felton was given plenty 

of leeway to rebuild the 

program. He quickly established 

himself as a no-nonsense 

coach who expected 

his players to meet a rigid 

set of standards both on the 

court and in the classroom. 

The Bulldogs showed 

gradual improvement over 

his first four years and came 

into this season believing 

they were ready to contend 

in the SEC, as well as make 

a run at their first NCAA 

tournament appearance 

since 2002. 

But Felton kicked starters 

Takais Brown and Mike 

Mercer off the team for violating 

team rules, costing 

the Bulldogs their top inside 

player and most athletic 

guard. 

Compounding Georgia’s 

depth problems, center 

Rashaad Singleton quit the 

team after losing his starting 

job, and freshmen Jeremy 

Jacob and Chris Barnes 

were lost to season-ending 

injuries. 

Felton said his team’s 

progress should be compared 

to schools such as 

Baylor and St. Bonaventure, 

which also endured major 

scandals. In fact, he seemed 

a bit perturbed that anyone 

was even questioning his 

job security. 

“Why should the question 

be asked?” he said. “Look at 

schools that have dealt with 

the same set of circumstances 

and compare the records. 

We’ve significantly outper- 

n See TONY STEWART, 9 n See SEC NOTEBOOK, 9


BASKETBall 

Tournament Results 

MEN’S 

Atlantic 10 Conference 

First Round 

harlotte 75, Rhode Island 73 

ayton 63, Saint Louis 62, OT 

a Salle 82, Duquesne 79 

aint Joseph’s 80, Fordham 62 

Big East Conference 

First Round 

arquette 67, Seton Hall 54 

ittsburgh 70, Cincinnati 64 

illanova 82, Syracuse 63 

est Virginia 58, Providence 53 

Big Sky Conference 

Championship 

ortland St. 67, N. Arizona 51 

Big West Conference 

First Round 

C Irvine 77, Long Beach St. 63 

Conference USA 

First Round 

outhern Miss. 59, Rice 50 

ulane 48, Marshall 47 

ulsa 66, East Carolina 49 

TEP 71, SMU 49 

Mid-American Conference 

First Round 

ent. Michigan 83, N. Illinois 71 

. Michigan 59, Ball St. 55 

iami (Ohio) 69, Buffalo 68 

oledo 52, Bowling Green 48 

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 

Quarterfinals 

oppin St. 75, Hampton 74, OT 

organ St. 77, S. Carolina St. 68 

First Round 

lorida A&M 70, Md.-Eastern Shore 61 

Mountain West Conference 

First Round 

olorado St. 68, Wyoming 63 

Northeast Conference 

Championship 

ount St. Mary’s, Md. 68, Sacred Heart 

5 

Pacific-10 Conference 

First Round 

alifornia 84, Washington 81 

Southwestern Athletic Conference 

First Round 

labama St. 67, Texas Southern 49 

VSU 79, Grambling St. 73 

WOMEN’S 

Big 12 Conference 

Quarterfinals 

owa St. 66, Kansas St. 65, OT 

klahoma St. 82, Kansas 64 

exas 76, Baylor 61 

exas A&M 65, Missouri 39 

Big West Conference 

First Round 

al Poly 76, UC Irvine 61 

al St.-Fullerton 69, Long Beach St. 51 

Horizon League 

Quarterfinals 

leveland St. 79, Butler 68 

is.-Green Bay 83, Loyola of Chicago 

7 

is.-Milwaukee 67, Valparaiso 60 

right St. 69, Youngstown St. 60 

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 

Quarterfinals 

oppin St. 64, S. Carolina St. 51 

. Carolina A&T 76, Florida A&M 65 

Mountain West Conference 

Quarterfinals 

olorado St. 60, Utah 52 

ew Mexico 59, BYU 41 

Patriot League 

Championship 

ucknell 57, Holy Cross 45 

Southland Conference 

First Round 

amar 60, Stephen F.Austin 48 

exas A&M-Corpus Christi 106, Texas 

t. 88 

exas-Arlington 82, McNeese St. 68 

exas-San Antonio 80, Northwestern St. 

6 

Southwestern Athletic Conference 

First Round 

ackson St. 62, Alcorn St. 51 

rairie View 74, Alabama St. 57 

Western Athletic Conference 

Quarterfinals 

resno St. 87, San Jose St. 76 

ouisiana Tech 82, Nevada 56 

ew Mexico St. 55, Hawaii 40 

TOP 10 Fared 

MEN 

. North Carolina (29-2) did not play. 

ext: vs. Wake Forest or Florida State, 

riday. 

. Memphis (30-1) did not play. Next: vs. 

ulane, Thursday. 

. UCLA (28-3) did not play. Next: vs. 

alifornia, Thursday. 

. Tennessee (28-3) did not play. Next: 

s. LSU or South Carolina, Friday. 

. Kansas (28-3) did not play. Next: vs. 

ebraska or Missouri, Friday. 

. Texas (26-5) did not play. Next: vs. 

exas Tech or Oklahoma State, Friday. 

. Duke (26-4) did not play. Next: vs. 

eorgia Tech or Virginia, Friday. 

. Wisconsin (26-4) did not play. Next: vs. 

owa or Michigan, Friday. 

. Georgetown (25-4) did not play. Next: 

s. Villanova, Thursday. 

0. Xavier (26-5) did not play. Next: vs. 

ayton, Thursday. 

WOMEN 

. Connecticut (32-1) did not play. Next: 

CAA tournament. 

. North Carolina (30-2) did not play. Next: 


. Tennessee (30-2) did not play. Next: 


. Stanford (30-3) did not play. Next: NCAA 

ournament. 

. Maryland (30-3) did not play. Next: TBA. 

. LSU (27-5) did not play. Next: TBA. 

. Rutgers (24-6) did not play. Next: TBA. 

. California (26-6) did not play. Next: TBA. 

. Baylor (24-6) lost to Texas 76-61. Next: 

BA. 

0. Duke (23-9) did not play. Next: TBA. 

NBA Scores 

Wednesday’s Games 

ouston 83, Atlanta 75 

rlando 110, L.A. Clippers 88 

ew York 91, Miami 88 

ew Jersey 104, Cleveland 99 

oston 111, Seattle 82 

hiladelphia 83, Detroit 82 

tah 114, Milwaukee 110 

ew Orleans 100, San Antonio 75 

allas 118, Charlotte 93 

enver 108, Memphis 86 

oronto at Golden State, late 

Thursday’s Games 

leveland at Washington, 8 p.m. 

ortland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. 

olden State at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. 

Friday’s Games 

tah at Boston, 7:30 p.m. 

rlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m. 

.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. 

.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. 

an Antonio at Detroit, 8 p.m. 

hiladelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. 

harlotte at Houston, 8:30 p.m. 

ndiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 

Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. 

Minnesota at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. 

NBA Game Caps 

Rockets ............................................ 83 

Hawks ............................................ 75 

ATLANTA (AP) _ The Houston Rockets 

became the third team in NBA history to 

win 20 consecutive games, tying for the 

league’s second-longest winning streak 

with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta 

Hawks on Wednesday night. 

The Rockets joined the 1971-72 Los Angeles 

Lakers (33 straight) and 1970-71 

Milwaukee Bucks (20) as the only teams 

to win 20 or more in a row. 

Tracy McGrady scored 21 of his 28 points 

in the second half and Shane Battier had 

15 points as Houston struggled to preserve 

their winning streak. They were 

held to their lowest first-half total during 

the span and trailed 33-32 at halftime. A 

basket by Atlanta’s Marvin Williams with 

5 seconds left in the game ended the 

Rockets’ streak of 10 straight wins by 10 

or more points. 

Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 28 

points, and Josh Smith had 16 points and 

a career-high 22 rebounds. 

Nets .................................................104 

Cavaliers ..........................................99 

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — 

Richard Jefferson scored 24 points, and 

the New Jersey Nets overcame LeBron 

James’ 42 points to hold off the Cleveland 

Cavaliers and snap a six-game losing 

streak. 

Bostjan Nachbar added 21 points and 

Devin Harris had 19, including three 

buckets in the last four-plus minutes after 

Cleveland had cut a 19-point lead to 

one. 

James moved into second place on 

Cleveland’s career scoring list, and added 

11 rebounds and seven assists. But 

the short-handed Cavaliers got little else 

from their starting lineup and had a twogame 

winning streak snapped. 

Magic ............................................. 110 

Clippers ........................................ 88 

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dwight Howard 

had his league-leading 57th doubledouble 

of the season with 22 points and 

13 rebounds for the Orlando Magic, who 

had all five starters in double figures by 

the end of the third quarter and improved 

to 24-0 this season when holding teams 

under 95 points. 

Corey Maggette led Los Angeles with 22 

points, but scored only two in the second 

half. Cuttino Mobley and Al Thornton had 

17 each for the Clippers, who have lost 

nine of their last 11 games 

Knicks ........................................... 91 

Heat .................................................. 88 

MIAMI (AP) — Jamal Crawford scored 23 

points, and the New York Knicks wasted 

most of a 14-point fourth-quarter lead 

before beating the Miami Heat and snapping 

a seven-game losing streak. 

The Heat lost for the 33rd time in 36 

games and extended the NBA’s worst record 

to 11-52. Ricky Davis led Miami with 

27 points, Shawn Marion added 15 points 

and 17 rebounds and the Heat raced out 

to a 14-2 lead, but that slipped away by 

the time the first quarter was over. 

Celtics ............................................ 111 

SuperSonics .................................. 82 

BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Garnett and 

Ray Allen each scored 18 points to lift 

the Boston Celtics to their 10th straight 

victory. Paul Pierce added 14 points and 

11 assists for Boston, which improved to 

12-0 at home against the Western Conference. 

Kevin Durant scored 16 points for Seattle, 

which dropped its sixth straight and 

has lost 10 of 11. 

76ers .................................................83 

Pistons ...........................................82 

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Andre Iguodala 

scored 22 points and the Philadelphia 

76ers didn’t score in the final 2:27, 

but won when Chauncey Billups’ jumper 

over Rodney Carney bounced off the rim 

as time expired. 

Carney scored 16 points for Philadelphia, 

and Samuel Dalembert grabbed 15 

rebounds. 

Rasheed Wallace had 17 points for Detroit, 

while Antonio McDyess added 14 

points and 11 rebounds. 

Hornets ......................................... 100 

Spurs ................................................75 

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chris Paul had 

26 points and 17 assists to help the New 

Orleans Hornets take a convincing victory 

over the Southwest Division-leading 

San Antonio Spurs. 

David West, returning from an ankle injury 

that sidelined him for three games, 

had 29 points and 10 rebounds as New 

Orleans pulled within a half-game of the 

division lead behind the Spurs and Houston 

Rockets. 

Tim Duncan had 24 points and 11 rebounds 

for San Antonio, which shot 43 

percent, going only 2-of-18 from 3-point 

range and a dreadful 7-of-17 on free 

throws. 

Jazz ................................................ 114 

Bucks ..............................................110 

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos Boozer had 

a go-ahead layup with 46.7 seconds and 

the Utah Jazz narrowly avoided another 

surprising road loss. Deron Williams led 

Utah with 26 points and 13 assists, his 

ninth straight double-double and 41st 

overall for the Jazz, who bounced back 

from their 12-point loss at Chicago the 

previous night. 

Charlie Villanueva and Michael Redd 

scored 26 points each to lead the Bucks, 

who nearly pulled out a victory thanks to 

Charlie Bell’s strong outside shooting in 

the fourth quarter. Bell scored 24 and tied 

a season high with five 3-pointers, including 

two in a 12-0 run midway through the 

fourth quarter that allowed Milwaukee to 

take a 99-89 lead. 

Mavericks .......................................118 

Bobcats ......................................... 93 

DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 

points in 28 minutes, and Josh Howard 

added 24 points as the Dallas Mavericks 

snapped the Charlotte Bobcats’ franchise-record 

five-game winning streak. 

The Bobcats have never beaten the 

Mavericks — or even scored 100 points 

against them — in the eight-game series. 

Raymond Felton had 21 points to lead 

Charlotte. 

Nuggets ......................................... 108 

Grizzlies ....................................... 86 

DENVER (AP) — Kenyon Martin scored 

23 points, and Carmelo Anthony had 14 

points and 13 rebounds to lead the Denver 

Nuggets. 

Allen Iverson played with a fractured ring 

finger on his right hand and had just eight 

points on 2-for-12 shooting and didn’t 

play in the fourth quarter. Linas Kleiza 

had 19 points for the Nuggets, who ended 

a two-game skid. 

Juan Carlos Navarro had 16 points off 

the bench for the Grizzlies, who have lost 

16 straight road games and 17 of their 

last 19 overall. 

hockey 

NHL Scores 

Wednesday’s Games 

Washington 3, Calgary 2 

Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 

Pittsburgh 7, Buffalo 3 

Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 

Carolina 3, Chicago 0 

Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 

Thursday’s Games 

Calgary at Atlanta, 7 p.m. 

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. 

Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 

Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. 

Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m. 

New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 

Edmonton at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. 

Vancouver at Phoenix, 10 p.m. 

Friday’s Games 

Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. 

Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. 

Carolina at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. 

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 

St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 

NHL Game Caps 

Maple Leafs ..................................... 3 

Flyers ............................................... 2 

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Pavel Kubina 

scored his second straight winning 

goal to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to 

their second win against Philadelphia 

in two nights, beating the Flyers 3-2 on 

Wednesday. 

Kubina scored in overtime on Tuesday 

when the Leafs rallied from a three-goal 

deficit to beat the Flyers 4-3. This time, 

Kubina got Philly early in the third period. 

Playing without injured captain Mats 

Sundin for the last two periods, the 

Maple Leafs moved within five points of 

the Flyers for eighth place in the Eastern 

Conference. 

Ian White and Alexei Ponikarovsky also 

scored for Toronto, on a 9-3-1 run. 

Jeff Carter and Mike Knuble had goals 

for the Flyers. Martin Biron, who made 

51 saves on Tuesday, had 28 in the rematch. 

Penguins ........................................ 7 

Sabres................................................ 3 

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ty Conklin beat 

Buffalo for the fourth time this season and 

Pittsburgh withstood Sidney Crosby’s absence 

due to an ankle injury flareup. 

Tyler Kennedy scored his first goal in 

17 games during a three-point night, 

Chris Minard netted the first goal of his 

10-game NHL career, and Evgeni Malkin 

put in his 39th of the campaign during the 

Penguins’ highest-scoring game this season. 

They also improved to 12-6-4 when 

Crosby doesn’t play. 

Petr Sykora, who was supposed to be out 

with a back injury, Sergei Gonchar, Jeff 

Taffe and Kris Letang also scored goals 

for the Penguins, who moved past idle 

New Jersey by one point for the Atlantic 

Division lead. They also tied idle Montreal 

for the Eastern Conference lead. 

The Sabres, beginning to slide out of the 

conference race, are 1-4-2 in their last 

seven. 

Capitals ........................................... 3 

Flames ............................................... 2 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin 

scored his NHL-leading 55th and 56th 

goals, including the tiebreaker with 1:54 

left, and Olie Kolzig earned his 300th win 

in Washington’s victory over Calgary. 

Ovechkin broke a 2-2 tie in the closing 

minutes with a power-play goal. Kolzig is 

the 23rd goalie to win 300 NHL games. 

He has earned every win with the Capitals. 

Mike Green assisted on both of Ovechkin’s 

goals. 

Jarome Iginla and Kristian Huselius took 

advantage of a pair of 5-on-3 power plays 

and scored for Calgary. 

Panthers ............................................ 4 

Islanders ........................................ 2 

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Florida defenseman 

Karlis Skrastins broke a tie 8:22 into 

the third period to lead streaking Florida 

over the slumping New York Islanders. 

The Panthers won their season-high 

fifth straight game. Florida won all four 

meetings between the teams, completing 

its first season sweep of the Islanders 

since the Panthers’ inaugural season in 

1993-94. 

Kamil Kreps and Stephen Weiss also 

scored for the Panthers, who moved 

within five points of eighth-place Philadelphia 

in the Eastern Conference playoff 

race. Brett McLean added an empty-net 

goal. 

Bill Guerin and Blake Comeau scored for 

the Islanders, who have lost six of seven 

to drop to 13th in the East. 

Hurricanes .......................................... 3 

Blackhawks ........................................ 0 

CHICAGO (AP) — Cam Ward made 25 

saves for his fourth shutout of the season, 

and Eric Staal had a goal and two 

assists to lead surging Carolina over 

Chicago. 

Erik Cole and Matt Cullen also scored 

for Carolina, which won its fifth straight 

and eighth in nine games to strengthen 

its hold on first place in the Southeast 

Division. 

The Hurricanes scored all three goals 

during a 3:48 span midway through the 

first period. Ward, who made his 10th 

straight start, posted his sixth NHL shutout. 

The Blackhawks lost their fourth straight 

(0-3-1), all but dashing their postseason 

hopes. Rookie goalie Corey Crawford 

started for the second straight night and 

made 29 saves. 

Auto Racing 

Sprint Cup Glance 

Schedule 

Feb. 9 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona 

International Speedway, Daytona 

Beach, Fla. (DaleEarnhardt Jr.) 

Feb. 17 — Daytona 500, Daytona International 

Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. 

(Ryan Newman) 

Feb. 24 — Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. 

(Carl Edwards) 

March 2 — UAW-Dodge 400, Las Vegas 

(Carl Edwards) 

March 9 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, 

Ga. (Kyle Busch) 

March 16 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. 

March 30 — Goody’s Cool Orange 500, 

Martinsville, Va. 

April 6 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, 

Texas 

April 12 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, 

Ariz. 

April 27 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. 

May 3 — Your Name Here 400, Richmond, 

Va. 

May 10 — Dodge Challenger 500, Darlington, 

S.C. 

May 17 — x-NASCAR Nextel All-Star 

Challenge, Concord, N.C. 

May 25 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. 

June 1 — Dover (Del.) 400 

June 8 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. 

June 15 — Michigan 400, Brooklyn 

June 22 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, 

Calif. 

June 29 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, 

Loudon, N.H. 

July 5 — Sprint Cup 400, Daytona Beach, 

Fla. 

July 12 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. 

July 27 — Allstate 400 At The Brickyard, 

Indianapolis 

Aug. 3 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, 

Pa. 

Aug. 10 — Centurion Boats At The Glen, 

Watkins Glen, N.Y. 

Aug. 17 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, 

Mich. 

Aug. 23 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn. 

Aug. 31 — Sprint Cup 500, Fontana, Calif. 

Sept. 6 — Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Richmond, 

Va. 

Sept. 14 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. 

Sept. 21 — Dover (Del.), 400 

Sept. 28 — Kansas 400, Kansas City 

Oct. 5 — AMP Energy 500, Talladega, 

Ala. 

Oct. 11 — Bank of America 500, Concord, 

N.C. 

Oct. 19 — Sprint Cup 500, Martinsville, 

Va. 

Oct. 26 — Pep Boys Auto 500, Hampton, 

Ga. 

Nov. 2 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas 

Nov. 9 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avondale, 

Ariz. 

Nov. 16 — Ford 500, Homestead, Fla. 

x-non-points race 

——— 

Driver Standings 

1. Kyle Busch, 665 

2. Greg Biffle, 592 

3. Kevin Harvick, 574 

4. Ryan Newman, 571 

5. Jeff Burton, 555 

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 531 

7. Kasey Kahne, 528 

8. Tony Stewart, 525 

9. Brian Vickers, 491 

10. Kurt Busch, 478 

11. Martin Truex Jr., 471 

12. Matt Kenseth, 470 

13. Jimmie Johnson, 467 

14. Bobby Labonte, 462 

15. Jeff Gordon, 444 

16. Clint Bowyer, 436 

17. Carl Edwards, 433 

18. Mark Martin, 421 

19. Denny Hamlin, 413 

20. Elliott Sadler, 402 

Weekend Notes 

NASCAR SPRINT CUP 

FOOD CITY 500 

Site: Bristol, Tenn. 

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed 

Channel, 3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FOX, 

1:30 p.m.). 

Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, 

.533 miles, 36 degrees banking in turns). 

Race distance: 266.5 miles, 500 laps. 

Last race: Kyle Busch gave Toyota its 

first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory, driving 

away from the pack in the waning laps to 

win the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Mo- 

tor Speedway. Busch, winning for the first 

time since last March 25 at Bristol, took 

the lead for good with 50 laps to go when 

Carl Edwards, trying for a third straight 

victory, went out with a broken transmission. 

Last year: Busch held off teammate Jeff 

Gordon on a restart, then beat Jeff Burton 

in a drag race to the finish line to win the 

first Car of Tomorrow race. Busch took 

the lead with 16 laps to go on a smooth 

pass around Denny Hamlin in thick traffic 

and stayed there through a pair of cautions. 

Busch had driven away from the 

competition when the 15th and final caution 

set up overtime. 

Fast facts: Dale Jarrett’s 24-year career 

will be coming to an end this weekend. 

The 1999 champion won 32 Cup races, 

including one at Bristol and three Daytona 

500s. He will compete in the exhibition 

all-star event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway 

in May before heading to the broadcast 

booth. ... Hendrick Motorsports has yet to 

record a victory this season after taking 

18 of the 36 races in 2007. The manufacturer 

won last year’s Food City 500 to 

ignite a five-race winning streak. ... Dario 

Franchitti, who won both the Indianapolis 

500 and the IndyCar series championship 

last year, is off to a slow start in Sprint 

Cup. He struggled to a 33rd-place finish 

at Atlanta and is already 401 points behind 

overall leader Busch. Sam Hornish 

Jr. is 36th in the standings. ... Toyota is 

the first foreign winner in stock car racing’s 

top series since Jaguar in 1954. ... 

Last week, Busch became the first driver 

to win the Cup and truck events in the 

same weekend. 

Next race: Goody’s Cool Orange 500, 

March 30, Martinsville, Va. 

On the Net: http://www.nascar.com 

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NASCAR NATIONWIDE 

Sharpie MINI 300 

Site: Bristol, Tenn. 

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 9:40 

a.m. (Speed Channel, Noon, tape), race 

(ABC, 2 p.m.). 

Track: Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, 

.533 miles, 36 degrees banking in turns). 

Race distance: 159.9 miles, 300 laps. 

Last race: Matt Kenseth passed Jeff Burton 

for the lead on lap 186 and held on to 

win the Nicorette 300. The race was extended 

three laps beyond the scheduled 

195 at Atlanta Motor Speedway because 

of a late caution flag. It was Kenseth’s 

first Nationwide victory since April 14, 

2007, at Texas — a stretch of 18 races. 

Last year: Carl Edwards held off hardcharging 

teammate Kenseth over the 

final dozen laps to win at Bristol Motor 

Speedway. It was a typical crash-filled 


Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes was honored during Wednesday’s Elizabethton-Sullivan Central softball game for his support 

of the Lady Cyclone softball team. His old election banner at the field was signed by each of the players and given to him between 

the second and third innings. 

Bristol race, with 12 cautions for 103 

laps and one red-flag stoppage. NA- 

SCAR also made a miscue on pit road 

that confused most of the field and gave 

Edwards, Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman 

a second chance. Edwards used that free 

pit stop to get fresh tires and drive away 

to his first win of 2007. 

Fast facts: Sprint Cup drivers occupied 

the top eight spots in last year’s race. 

... Busch led 153 of the first 170 laps at 

Atlanta before blowing a tire and hitting 

the wall for the second straight week. ... 

Kevin Harvick has four career Nationwide 

wins at Bristol, including the 2005 event 

from the 38th starting position. ... Mike 

Wallace will try to become the 12th driver 

in series history to make 300 career 

starts, while Jason Keller will seek his 

29th career appearance at Bristol, which 

would break a tie with Tommy Houston 

for most all-time. 

Next event: Pepsi 300, March 22, Lebanon, 

Tenn. 

On the Net: http://www.nascar.com 

——— 

NHRA 

ACDelco Gatornationals 

Site: Gainesville, Fla. 

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, Noon; 

Saturday, qualifying, Noon (Sunday, 

ESPN2, 1 a.m., tape); Sunday, race, 11 

a.m. (ESPN2, 6 p.m., tape). 

Track: Gainesville Raceway. 

Last event: Larry Dixon raced to his first 

Top Fuel victory of the season and 42nd 

overall, beating Dave Grubnic in the final 

of the Checker Schuck’s Kragen Nationals 

at Firebird International Raceway on 

Feb. 24. Jack Beckman took the Funny 

Car category and V. Gaines won in Pro 

Stock for the first time in seven years. 

Last year: Teammates Tony Schumacher 

and Ron Capps won the top two divisions 

in the Gatornationals, giving team 

owner Don Schumacher a sweep at historic 

Gainesville Raceway. Also, Greg 

Anderson won the Pro Stock division, 

and Karen Stoffer topped the Pro Stock 

Motorcycle competition. 

Fast facts: The Pro Stock Motorcycles 

will make its season debut this weekend. 

Seven different bikers won in 2007, 

matching the previous season’s mark. 

Eight different riders won in 2005. ... Robert 

Hight had his 11-round winning streak 

snapped at Firebird. The run dated to his 

victory at Pomona in last year’s season 

finale. ... Dixon has 42 career wins, tying 

him with Schumacher for second all-time 

in Top Fuel. Both are 10 victories behind 

Joe Amato. Dixon has a one-point lead 

over Schumacher in the standings. ... Jeg 

Coughlin advanced to the semifinals at 

Firebird to move within four points of Pro 

Stock-leader Greg Anderson. 

Next event: O’Reilly Spring Nationals, 

March 30, Baytown, Texas 

On the Net: http://www.nhra.com 

SPORTS BRIEFS 

Titans News 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ The Tennessee 

Titans agreed to terms with receiver 

Justin McCareins on Wednesday to bring 

him back to the team that drafted him. 

The Titans drafted McCareins in the 

fourth-round in 2001 and traded him to 

the New York Jets in 2004 for a secondround 

draft pick that year. McCareins 

started each game his first two seasons 

with New York but totaled only 13 starts 

over the past two seasons with 42 combined 

catches in that time. 

“Justin is a strong, physical receiver that 

has the ability to get downfield and has a 

lot of playing experience,” general manager 

Mike Reinfeldt said. “There is obviously 

a comfort-level from both sides with 

his previous time here and he adds depth 

to the receiver group.” 

Tennessee is trying to improve an offense 

that managed just nine touchdowns 

passing last season. That is why coach 

Jeff Fisher fired offensive coordinator 

Norm Chow in January and replaced him 

by bringing back Mike Heimerdinger. 

McCareins has size at 6-foot-2, 215 

pounds. He had 12 starts in 36 games 

with Tennessee in which he caught 69 

passes for 1,202 yards and nine touchdowns. 

In New York, he had 141 catches 

for 2,062 and seven touchdowns. He saw 

limited action last season, catching just 

19 passes for 232 yards with some costly 

drops. 

His best year came in 2003 with Heimerdinger 

as McCareins had 47 catches 

for a career-high 813 yards and seven 

touchdowns. 

‘I am excited to have him back,” Heimerdinger 

said. “Justin gives us someone 

who can catch it, make someone miss 

and get yards after catch. He also gives 

us some toughness in the run game, digging 

out defensive backs and has the 

ability to help Alan (Lowry) on special 

teams.” 

McCareins is the second ex-Titan the 

team has brought back this offseason, 

joining defensive end Jevon Kearse who 

agreed to terms last week on a two-year 

deal. The Titans also have signed offensive 

guard Jake Scott and tight end Alge 

Crumpler this offseason. 

UT News 

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Olympic 

sprint champion and former Tennessee 

Volunteer track star Justin Gatlin showed 

off his skills to NFL scouts during Tennessee’s 

pro timing day. 

Gatlin is the reigning Olympic 100-meter 

gold medalist. He received a potential 

eight-year ban for doping violations, but 

that ban was reduced to four years. 

He is appealing the ban in hopes of voiding 

the first of his two doping violations to 

be allowed to compete this summer in the 

Beijing Games. 

Gatlin tested positive for excessive levels 

of testosterone at the Kansas Relays 

in 2006, his second doping offense. The 

first came in 2001 when Gatlin tested 

positive for amphetamines, part of a prescribed 

medication he was taking for attention 

deficit disorder. 

Gatlin was among 14 former Tennessee 

players to participate in the pro timing 

event on Wednesday, which was closed 

to the public. 

The NFL draft is April 26-27. 

CALENDAR 

BASKETBALL 

• Eighth Annual Twisters Spring Classic: 

March 28-30 at three gyms in Elizabethton. 

For boys and girls basketball 

teams, ages 10-under through 18-under. 

Entry fee $100. Call 423-895-0826 or 

423-747-0831. 

• Applications are now being evaluated 

for the Ten Star All-Star Summer Basketball 

Camp. The camp is by invitation only. 

Boys and Girls ages 10-19 are eligible to 

apply. Past participants include: Michael 

Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry 

Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. 

Players from 50 states and 10 foreign 

countries attended the 2007 camp. 

College basketball scholarships are 

possible for players selected to the All- 

American Team. For more information 

call 704-373-0873. 

• Athletes For Better Education (AFBE) 

will be holding a regional Basketball 

Tournament in the Memphis, TN, area. It 

will be held from 3/28/08-3/30/08. There 

will be five different age divisions for both 

boys and girls. They are: current 5th/6th 

graders, current 7th graders, current 8th 

graders, current 9th/10th graders and 

current 11th/12th graders. Each team will 

be guaranteed at least two games. There 

are only a limited number of spots available 

in each division, so please respond 

promptly. The deadline is 3/14/08. For 

more information and registration see 

our website at www.afbe.org or contact 

Jason Bieber at 866-906-2323 or email 

at jbieber@afbe.org. 

FOOTBALL 

• Copies of Coach John and Phyllis Orr’s 

book on the first 50 years of Cloudland 

football are currently available. For 

more information or to obtain an autographed 

copy, contact Coach John Orr at 

772-4361. Books are $15. 

SOCCER 

• ETSU Soccer is hosting the Buccaneer 

Soccer School for Girls Day Camp and 

Elite and Team Camp. The Boys and 

Girls Day Camp will be hosted June 2-5 

and run from 9 a.m.-noon. This camp is 

available for boys and girls ages 5-12. 

The Girls Elite and Team Camp is a 

residential camp that will be hosted July 

13-17. This camp is available for girls 

only ages 13-18. To receive a brochure 

or for more information contact ETSU at 

423-439-4295 or e-mail us at wsoccer@ 

etsu.edu. 

TEE BALL 

• Junior League at North Side, Saturdays 

(March 15-22-29). Boys & girls, ages 3-4 

registration. 833-2657. 

VOLLEYBALL 

• EHS will sponsor a volleyball league for 

girls in grades 4-8. The league will begin 

with a clinic on March 10th for grades 6-8 

and March 11th for grades 4 and 5 from 

6:30-8PM. Registration will be held each 

night from 6-6:30. All girls will return on 

March 13th for additional clinic time and 

team placement from 6:30-8PM. Cost 

is $40. Questions should be directed 

to Leslee Bradley at 547-8015 or bradleyl1@k12tn.net. 

SPORTSCAST 

Television 

College Basketball 

Noon -- (ESPN) Big East Tournament 

Quarterfinals 

12:30 p.m. -- (ESPN2) Big 12 Tournament 

first round 

2 p.m. -- (ESPN) Big East Tournament 

Quarterfinals 

2:30 p.m. -- (ESPN2) Big Ten Tournament 

first round 

4:30 p.m. -- (ESPN2) Big Ten Tournament 

first round 


Quarterfinals 

7 p.m. -- (ESPN2) ACC Tournament first 

round 


Quarterfinals 

9:30 -- (ESPN2) Big 12 Tournament first 

round 

NBA 

8 p.m. -- (TNT) Cavaliers at Wizards 

10:30 p.m. -- (TNT) Warriors at Suns 

PGA 

8:30 p.m. -- (GOLF) Arnold Palmer Invitational 

first round play in Orlando


Elizabethton’s Kelsey Mains puts the ball in play against Sullivan Central. Her grounder provided an 

RBI in the fourth inning. 

EHS Softball 

n Continued from 7 

bobbled by Central’s first baseman. 

In the sixth inning, Bellessa walked and 

scored on an RBI double from Eggers. Eggers’ 

courtesy runner Powell sped across the 

plate on a passed ball to provide the final 

outcome, which was secured with a pair 

of strikeouts and a putout in the top of the 

seventh. 

All-in-all, Central put the ball in play six 

times, including their lone single, against 


Lady Cougar pitcher Samantha Belcher 

gave up five hits and struck out four, but 

walked eight in the loss. 

The Lady Cyclones host Chuckey-Doak 

in a big conference outing this afternoon. 

Note: Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes 

was honored during the game for his support 

of the Lady Cyclone softball team. His 

old election banner at the field was signed 

by each of the players and given to him between 

the second and third innings. 

— — — 

Elizabethton, 8-0 

CHS 000 000 0 — 0 1 3 

EHS 000 422 x — 8 5 0 

WP—Robinson (1-0). LP—Belcher. 

2B: EHS 2 (Eggers 2). 

Lady Rangers top Johnson County 

From staFF reports 

Unaka’s softball team improved to 2-0 

on the season with a 3-1 victory at Johnson 

County. 

The Lady Rangers broke a scoreless 

game in the third inning with a two-run 

double from Kayla Winters. Unaka added 

an additional run, which would be enough 

to hold onto the win. 

Johnson County scored one run, a home 

run from Paige Morefield who bat 3 for 3 

Tony Stewart 


tires. It’s like, how many 

years have they been doing 

this? At this stage of the 

game, how do you not figure 

it out? How could you have 

not figured out how to not 

blow tires and build a competitive 

tire?” he said. 

Stewart said the tire company 

that has exclusive rights 

to NASCAR needs to understand 

that those rights bring 

responsibility, among them 

listening to the thoughts of 

drivers and taking them into 

account. 

“They have to understand 

that we’re the ones that drive 

them, we’re the ones that 

have to give them the feedback. 

They need to start listening 

to us more,” he said. 

Harvick, who attended 

a Philadelphia Flyers game 

on Wednesday night, said 

Goodyear “flat out didn’t do 

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut 

has responded to NCAA concerns that its 

women’s basketball office helped arrange a 

private tour of Bristol-based ESPN for thentop 

recruit Maya Moore. 

The tour, which might have violated 

NCAA rules because it may be considered a 

benefit not available to all UConn students, 

took place in October 2005 and included 

Moore and her mother, Kathryn. 

UConn declined Wednesday to say 

whether the school self-reported the incident 

or whether the NCAA considered it a 

violation and offered a brief statement. 

“The institution has worked with the 

NCAA on the matter and the association 

has taken no action,” the school said. 

Stacey Osburn, a spokeswoman for the 

NCAA said the organization does not comment 

on current, pending or potential investigations. 

Osburn said the NCAA has 

two categories for violations — major and 

secondary. A secondary violation is one that 

is inadvertent in nature or doesn’t represent 

a “significant competitive advantage.” 

Penalties for a secondary violation are 

those that usually match the value of the violation, 

Osburn said. She cited the example 

of someone buying a student-athlete a meal, 

which would be considered an extra benefit. 

The athlete would have to repay the value of 

the meal, she said. 

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz confirmed 

that the network set up the tour for 

Moore and her mother after being contacted 

by a member of the UConn women’s basketball 

office. The Storrs campus is about an 

hour drive from the Bristol studios. 

Because of the questions raised over the 

tour, ESPN has changed its policy on how 

a very good job,” with the 

tires in Atlanta. 

“I think they could do a 

better job with the way that 

they approach the testing 

and things like that,” he said. 

“As the sport has advanced, 

it seems like the tires haven’t 

advanced as much as the rest 

of the sport.” 

During a question and answer 

session with members 

of the Martinsville-Henry 

County Chamber of Commerce, 

Stewart said it was 

quickly apparent his message 

had been received. 

Even before NASCAR 

president Mike Helton summoned 

him into the NA- 

SCAR hauler, he said, Helton 

had already heard from a 

top executive with Goodyear 

who wasn’t happy. 

On Monday, Goodyear 

issued a statement that said 

adding a single and double. 

Freshman Jamie Andrews picked up 

the win on the mound for Unaka. McKenzie 

Eggers was the catcher. 

Andrews struck out five, allowing five 

hits while walking two. 

Brianna Easley walked three, struck out 

one and allowed four hits in the loss for 

Johnson County. 

Unaka plays Sullivan East at home Friday 

and hosts Daniel Boone on Monday. 

it was satisfied with the 

performance of its tires at 

Atlanta, and that it had no 

safety issues in the race, but 

promised to re-evaluate before 

returning to Atlanta in 

October. 

“Even though both Goodyear 

and NASCAR were 

satisfied with the tire’s performance 

in Atlanta, if the 

drivers are not happy, then 

Goodyear’s not happy,” the 

company said. 

But the company’s comments 

have done little to 

ease his concern. 

“For them to say that they 

were satisfied with the race, 

that’s insane,” Stewart said. 

“If they really firmly believe 

that, if they believe what they 

put out in their press statement 

that they were happy 

with the result, that scares 

me to death.” 

ESPN tour by UConn recruit raises questions 

tours are arranged, Krulewitz said. 

“To avoid any concern in the future, our 

tour policy will prohibit high school athletes 

from receiving tours at the request of a college 

or university athletic officials,” Krulewitz 

said. 

At the time of the tour Moore, the twotime 

national high school player of the year 

from Georgia, was courted by several highprofile 

programs, including UConn rival 

Tennessee. 

She eventually signed with UConn and 

starred this season as a freshman, leading 

the top-ranked Huskies to their 14th Big 

East tournament title and was selected the 

conference player of the year — a first for 

a freshman. The 6-foot forward scored in 

double figures in all 30 of UConn’s regularseason 

games. 

Citing unidentified sources, ESPN reported 

Wednesday the NCAA began looking 

into the tour after fielding a complaint 

from the Southeastern Conference over 

concerns raised by Tennessee. SEC spokeswoman 

Tammy Wilson and Lady Vols 

spokeswoman Debby Jennings declined to 

comment Wednesday. 

Tennessee last summer canceled the 

long-standing series with UConn that began 

in 1995. Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt 

has said other rivalries will have a chance to 

develop in the women’s game. 

“I haven’t had the feeling that the whole 

nation’s going to miss it,” Summitt told The 

Associated Press a few weeks after canceling 

the series. “I think Tennessee fans and Connecticut 

fans and a lot of basketball fans look 

forward to that game because of the rivalry 

and the length of it and the type of competitive 

games we’ve had over the years.” 

SEC Notebook 


formed them all. And we’ve 

done it in a more competitive 

atmosphere in terms of 

our league and in terms of 

the level of competition.” 

Georgia athletic director 

Damon Evans has declined 

to comment on Felton’s 

future, saying he’ll evaluate 

the program at the end 

of the season as he always 

does. 

While Felton points to 

the Bulldogs twice making 

the National Invitation 

Tournament on his watch, 

they haven’t finished higher 

than fifth in the six-team 

SEC East or come close to 

contending for an NCAA 

bid. Most troubling, attendance 

at Stegeman Coliseum 

has steadily declined, 

leaving the team to play 

before thousands of empty 

seats most nights. 

“This year was a disappointing 

year,” Felton conceded. 

“But that disappointment 

is based on a good 

reason. ... People thought 

we could be one of the better 

teams in the country.” 

The loss of so many top 

players ended any hopes 

Georgia had of contending 

in the SEC. In fact, unless 

the Bulldogs win two games 

in the conference tournament, 

this squad will wind 

up with the second-fewest 

victories of the Felton era. 

The embattled coach 

wasn’t backing down. 

“Show me any team in 

the country that endured 

the loss of a number of significant 

players and still 

played at the level that 

was expected,” Felton said. 

“Even though we took a 

step backward and it’s been 

Vols 


“Number one, they’re the best team in 

our league. Number two, they have as much 

or more depth of talent as anyone in our 

league. There’s no drop-off when they go 

to their bench at all,” Georgia coach Dennis 

Felton marveled. “I wouldn’t just make 

them the prohibitive favorite. I would make 

them the heavy favorite.” 

Then again, Pearl placed so much emphasis 

on winning the regular-season title, 

some wondered if the Vols might be primed 

for a letdown in the SEC tournament. 

They already had a raucous celebration 

after routing South Carolina last weekend 

in their home finale. A championship 

banner was unveiled, orange and white 

streamers poured from the rafters, and the 

players cut down one of the nets at Thompson-Boling 

Arena. 

Auburn coach Jeff Lebo remembered a 

similar situation when he was an assistant 

coach at South Carolina in 1997. The Gamecocks 

won their first SEC championship, 

romping through the regular season with a 

15-1 mark, only to get blown out by Georgia 

in the semifinals of the SEC tournament. 

“We had not won anything in a long time 

at South Carolina,” Lebo recalled. “One we 

had done it, we were not very good from 

there on out. You’ve got to keep doing it. 

It can work against you at times when you 

put so much emphasis on winning something, 

like Tennessee put into winning the 

regular-season championship. All of a sudden, 

you feel like you’ve gotten it. I know 

that’s what happened to us a little bit at 

South Carolina.” 

Florida (21-10) has won this tournament 

three years in a row, but the Gators no 

longer have players such as Joakim Noah, 

Al Horford and Cory Brewer. In fact, they 

probably need to win at least one game and 

maybe two just to ensure another trip to the 

Memphis 


feel, those teams are going 

to get the high seeds and be 

playing a week or two longer 

than everybody else,” 

Calipari said. 

Aiding the Tigers is their 

home-court advantage. Until 

then-No. 2 Tennessee 

beat them here on Feb. 23, 

they had won 47 straight 

games here. Junior Chris 

Douglas-Roberts, named 

the league’s player of the 

year Wednesday, acknowledges 

playing at home is a 

big help. 

“We enjoy our fans and 

our fans enjoy us, so it’s like 

another home game. We 

have all the support as opposed 

to these teams that 

are coming and don’t have 

that many fans, maybe 50 to 

100 fans. It’s in our advantage,” 

he said. 

Asked if that was fair, 

Douglas-Roberts said, “It’s 

fair for us.” 

It can’t hurt the Tigers 

to keep pouring it on op- 


a disappointing season, I’m 

extremely proud of the job 

we’ve been able to do.” 

——— 

DIVISIONAL PLAY: 

Vanderbilt will have to play 

on the opening day of the 

SEC tournament, despite 

putting up the conference’s 

fourth-best record. 

The Commodores can 

blame divisional play. 

The top two teams in 

each division receive firstround 

byes, which means 

that Arkansas, second in the 

SEC West with a 9-7 mark, 

won’t have to play until Friday. 

No. 18 Vanderbilt had 

a 10-6 mark in conference 

play, but that was only good 

enough for third in the East 

behind overall champion 

Tennessee and Kentucky. 

Vanderbilt will need four 

victories in four days to win 

the tournament, a daunting 

task accomplished by 

only two other teams in the 

30-year modern era. 

“I would be a proponent 

of not having divisions,” 

coach Kevin Stallings said. 

“I would think that most 

of the coaches in the East 

would feel that way.” 

The East has clearly been 

the strongest side of the 

conference for much of the 

past decade. This season, it 

had a 23-13 edge over teams 

from the West. 

Stallings would like to get 

rid of the divisions and play 

a more balanced schedule. 

“You begin with the fact 

that the two best programs 

in this league, since I’ve 

been in the league, have 

been Kentucky and Florida,” 

he said. “If Tennessee 

jumps up like they have, or 

ponents either. Only No. 5 

Kansas has beaten opponents 

by a larger margin (an 

average 21 points per game) 

than Memphis (18.9). 

The Tigers, who have a 

first-round bye and don’t 

play until Thursday night, 

won’t see the CUSA team 

that came closest to knocking 

them off until the championship 

game if both advance. 

UAB (22-9) needs 

wins to ensure its own 

NCAA tournament berth 

after falling short of a Memphis 

upset 79-78 on Feb. 16 

in Alabama but could face 

a challenge from Houston 

(22-8) in the semifinals Friday. 

Memphis comes into the 

tournament having won 

four straight, including a 

38-point victory over Tulsa 

in its regular season finale 

last weekend. Calipari said 

such big margins came 

when his team was hitting 

its 3s and dominating the 

we jump up like we have ... 

it distorts it just a little bit 

more.” 

——— 

COACHES ALL-SEC: 

The SEC coaches made their 

picks: Vanderbilt’s Shan 

Foster was named player of 

the year, while Tennessee’s 

Bruce Pearl and Kentucky’s 

Billy Gillispie shared the 

coach of the year award. 

In the league’s annual 

sampling of its 12 coaches, 

Florida’s Nick Calathes and 

Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson 

shared the freshman of 

the year honor, Mississippi 

State’s Jarvis Varnado was 

a unanimous pick as the top 

defensive player, Tennessee’s 

J.P. Prince was named 

the sixth man of the year, 

and Georgia’s Dave Bliss 

claimed the scholar-athlete 

of the year award. 

Foster, who leads the 

league in scoring at 20.6 

points a game, led a first 

team that included two 

players each from the two 

division champions: Chris 

Lofton and Tyler Smith of 

Tennessee, along with Jamont 

Gordon and Charles 

Rhodes of Mississippi 

State. 

Also making the first 

team were Richard Hendrix 

of Alabama, Sonny Weems 

of Arkansas, Ramel Bradley 

of Kentucky, Devan 

Downey of South Carolina. 

The second team included 

Calathes, Georgia’s 

Sundiata Gaines, Kentucky’s 

Joe Crawford and 

Patrick Patterson, LSU’s 

Marcus Thornton, Mississippi’s 

Dwayne Curtis, Tennessee’s 

JaJuan Smith and 

Vanderbilt’s A.J. Ogilvy. 

NCAA tournament. 

A weak non-conference schedule has 

Florida at No. 65 in the RPI rankings, trailing 

six other SEC schools. Also working 

against the Gators: three straight losses to 

end the regular season, though the schedule 

had something to do with the slump. 

Florida was beaten at home by division 

champs Mississippi State and Tennessee, 

then finished up with a loss at Kentucky. 

“Our guys have gotten better. Those last 

three games were against three really good 

teams,” coach Billy Donovan pointed out. 

“Even though we ended up on the wrong 

end in all three games, I think those experiences 

put us in position for growth.” 

The Gators aren’t the only team on the 

NCAA bubble. Arkansas (20-10) and Ole 

Miss (21-9) go into the SEC tournament 

knowing they might need a win or two to 

hear their names called Sunday night. 

The remaining schools would have to 

pull off monumental upsets in Atlanta to get 

into the NCAAs. In fact, LSU and Georgia 

might be playing for their coaches’ jobs. 

Butch Pierre took over as the interim 

coach at LSU after John Brady was fired 

last month, just two years after taking the 

Tigers to the Final Four. Felton is feeling 

the heat after failing to show much progress 

in five years as the Bulldogs coach; his 

team finished last in the East after giving 

the boot to several top players for violating 

team rules. 

South Carolina coach Dave Odom is 

more certain about his future, having already 

announced his retirement. 

“Everything I do this time of year, there’s 

some significance to it,” Odom said. “I’d be 

less than honest if I didn’t tell you I’ve tried 

to keep my mind busy with things that have 

a real bearing on my team so I don’t think 

about myself.” 

boards. 

He’s also not worried 

about his Tigers studying 

the Internet or trying to figure 

out where they will be 

playing in another week, 

not when the whole seeding 

process is subjective. 

“It’s subjective in that 

you have people from different 

leagues that are from 

different parts of the country 

that are human. They’re 

human beings, and it’s a 

very subjective thing. That’s 

why you can’t worry about 

all the other stuff and the 

hype around it. All you can 

do is take care of things you 

have control over and for 

us, that’s today’s practice,” 

Calipari said. 

“We want to be the team 

that’s having more fun in 

this tournament than anybody. 

If we’re having more 

fun than anybody win or 

lose, we’re preparing ourselves 

and we’re getting 

better.”


On The Lighter Side 

Peanuts 

Blondie 

Garfield 

Dilbert 

Sally Forth 

Cryptoquip 

Crossword Fun 

By: Eugene Sheffer 

For Thursday 

March 13, 2008 

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 

20) There are times when making 

a snap decision works out 

well, but this is not likely to be 

one of those days. Don’t do 

anything foolish because it 

could be costly. 

ARIES (March 21-April 

19) Be careful what you say 

about another — your words 

could quickly turn on you. If 

you don’t have anything complimentary 

to voice, say nothing. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 

20) If your mind is not focused 

on your financial situation, you 

could thoughtlessly spend foolishly 

on things you truly don’t 

need. It could leave you with an 

empty wallet. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) 

It’s not too smart to ignore 

what others have to say, especially 

other members of your 

family. Even the youngest 

among them might know 

something the rest don’t. 

CANCER (June 21-July 

22) You might feel a greater 

need to belong at this time, and 

if you believe this is not being 

fulfilled, you could needlessly 

put yourself in a funk. Try to 

understand your emotions 

instead of reacting to them. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A 

well-intentioned friend could 

offer some advice at this time 

that could be counterproductive, 

especially if it stirs up 

some negative emotion. Take 

what this person has to say with 

a grain of salt. 

A Look at the Stars 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) 

How you handle your business 

affairs can be important at this 

time. If you react prematurely 

to a situation, it could set you 

back to square one instead of 

making progress. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) 

Let go of matters that are disturbing 

you, and you’ll more 

readily be able to reach the 

answers and solutions you’re 

seeking. Under relaxed conditions, 

the truth can emerge. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 

22) Mixing business and pleasure 

might sound like a good 

idea, but you may not want to 

combine it with a game of golf 

or tennis. Whoever loses might 

take it personally and respond 

with a huff and a puff. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- 

Dec. 21) You shouldn’t have 

any problem achieving the 

assistance of those you’ve 

helped in the past. Just don’t 

attempt to ask a favor from 

someone you’ve rejected, even 

if you have a good reason. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- 

Jan. 19) You’ll have no trouble 

treating everyone you 

encounter with consideration 

and respect, but should an 

unexpected incident occur, 

your reactions could be ugly 

and negate all the goodwill you 

had gained. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

19) When it comes to dealing 

with your friends, as long you 

stay in familiar territory, everything 

should run smoothly But 

if you stray off onto new turf, 

resentment and mistrust could 

quickly set in. 

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Community Calendar 

THURSDAY, MARCH 13 

• First Christian Church, 513 Hattie Ave., Elizabethton, 

will take Angel Food Orders from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For more 

information, call 542-5651. 

• The Carter County Civil Service Board will be testing 

at 7 p.m. in the Criminal Court Courtroom of the Carter 

County Justice Center. A completed Carter County Sheriff’s 

Department application is required in order to take the 

test. Persons taking the test are asked to bring a photo identification 

with them. 

• The Northeast TN-Southwest VA Chapter of the Alzheimer’s 

Association will be holding their monthly caregiver 

support group meeting for area residents at Wellington 

Place of Johnson City, 2003 Waters Edge Drive, at 6 p.m. 

A roundtable discussion will be held. Anyone dealing with 

Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia is encouraged 

to attend. Please come to learn, ask questions and provide 

support to one another! For more information, call (888) 

800-8782, or 928-4080. 

• The Rotary Club of Elizabethton will hold its 37th Annual 

Bean Dinner at the T.A. Dugger Jr. High Cafeteria, 

West E Street at Holly Lane, Elizabethton. Dinner will be 

served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person and 

may be purchased at the door or from any club member. 

Carryouts will be available along with corndogs and chips 

for children. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 14 

• The Carter County Soil Conservation District, located 

beside Crystal’s in Elizabethton, will have their annual 

“Tree Day” beginning at 9 a.m. Seedling (Virginia Pine 

Christmas) are free of charge and will be packaged 20 per 

bag. For more information, call 542-6461, ext. 3. 

• First Christian Church, 513 Hattie Ave., Elizabethton, 

will take Angel Food orders from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For more 

information, call 542-5651. 

• The Community Arts Center at the Bonnie Kate will 

be hosting an evening of music featuring Rachel Knowles 

and a group called Arlington Priest at 8 p.m. Knowles hails 

from Elizabethton and Arlington Priest, an Atlanta-based 

folk rock band, consists of Jill and Rhett McAllister. Tickets 

are $10 at the door and $8 for members. For more information, 

call 542-5983. 

• The Elizabethton Senior Dance Club will hold its St. 

Patrick’s dance at the Elizabethton Elks Lodge, No. 1847, 

1000 N. Sycamore St., from 7-10 p.m. Music will be provided 

by Rambling Rose Band. Participants are encouraged 

to wear green. Those attending are asked to bring refreshments 

to share. All senior citizens are invited to attend. 

There is a $6 door charge. 

• David O’Roark and the Southern Countrymen Band 

will perform at the Outdoorsman’s Building, 4535 Highway 

11W, Kingsport, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 

for adults and $1 for children. For more information, call 

913-3205. 

• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics Anonymous 

will meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 

413 East Elk Ave., Elizabethton. 

SATURDAY, MARCH 15 

• The Mountain Empire Chapter of the Military Officers 

Association of America will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Johnson 

City Country Club in Johnson City. For information 

and reservations, call (276) 466-0413. 

• Beck Mountain Corn Maze and Entertainment Barn, 

located between Valley Forge and Siam, will host a barn 

dance featuring live music provided by David O’Roark and 

the Southern Countrymen Band from 7-10 p.m. Admission 

to the family-oriented event is $5 for adults and $2 for children 

6 to 12. Children 5 and under are admitted free. No 

alcohol or drugs are permitted on the property. Children 

must be accompanied and supervised by a parent at all 

times. For more information, call 543-CORN. 

• The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Carter 

County will be holding the Woman(Less) Beauty Pageant 

at the Elizabethton Park and Rec facilities at 7 p.m. Admission 

will be $5 for adults and $2 for children age 10 and under. 

Concessions will also be sold with all proceeds going 

for the Relay for Life. 

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Spitzer call girl identified; 

says she doesn’t want to be ‘monster’ 

NEW YORK (AP) — The call girl at 

the center of the prostitution scandal 

that prompted Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign 

in disgrace has been identified as 

a 22-year-old aspiring musician who 

struggled in a broken home as a child. 

The New York Times reported that 

the real name of the woman — identified 

as “Kristen” in court papers alleging 

that Spitzer paid thousands of dollars 

for her services — is Ashley Alexandra 

Dupre. 

Don D. Buchwald, a New York lawyer, 

confirmed to The Associated Press that 

he represents Dupre, but he wouldn’t 

comment further. 

Law enforcement officials have said 

Spitzer had a Feb. 13 tryst with Kristen 

and paid her $4,300, according to court 

papers. Spitzer said Wednesday that 

he’s resigning. 

Dupre briefly spoke to the Times 

about the Spitzer scandal but didn’t offer 

details on her involvement in it. 

“I just don’t want to be thought of as 

a monster,” Dupre told the Times. “This 

has been a very difficult time. It’s complicated.” 

Dupre told the newspaper she had 

slept very little since the allegations 

against Spitzer were revealed, and she 

declined to comment when asked by the 

Times when she first met him and how 

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many times they had been together. 

She told the Times she was worried 

about paying her rent in a ninth-floor 

Manhattan apartment since her boyfriend 

recently left her. She said she was 

considering moving back in with her 

family in New Jersey. 

A man who answered the phone at 

her mother’s home in New Jersey and 

identified himself as Dupre’s brother 

told The Associated Press he had no 

idea why Dupre would agree to be interviewed 

in the scandal. 

“She’s just trying to get through this,” 

he said. “We are all trying to be supportive 

of her.” 

Dupre’s MySpace page provides a 

window into her life as she went from a 

broken home in New Jersey to a music 

career in the city. 

“I have been alone,” she wrote. “I 

have abused drugs. I have been broke 

and homeless. But, I survived, on my 

own. I am here, in NY because of my 

music.” 

In an Aug. 30 blog posting on MySpace, 

she wrote: “The past few months 

have been a roller coaster with so called 

friends, lovers, and family ... but it’s 

something you have to deal with and 

confront in order to move on ...” 

“What destroys me strengthens me” 

is the slogan next to a photograph of her. 

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401 Hudson Drive 

543-1181 

The photos show her at various places, 

including in a bikini on a boat in a tropical 

locale. The number of hits to the page 

soared by the tens of thousands after the 

story broke, and many recent postings 

to her page ridiculed her. 

Dupre describes her favorite musical 

artists as Etta James, Aretha Franklin, 

Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera and 

Frank Sinatra, among many others. 

Her Web site boasts a recording of a 

song, “What We Want.” 

“I know what you want, you got what 

I want,” she sings. “I know what you 

need. Can you handle me?” 

Records show she lives in Manhattan 

in a luxury rental skyscraper called 

The Chelsea Landmark, where a gaggle 

of reporters and TV trucks quickly gathered 

Wednesday night. Rents there 

start at $3500 a month for a small studio, 

neighbors said. The 35-story building 

opened less than a year ago. 

The apartments feature imported 

Italian tiles, 9-foot ceilings and floor-toceiling 

corner windows. The building 

has a gym with a whirlpool and yoga 

and Pilates studios. 

Dupre apparently appeared in federal 

court Monday as a witness in the case 

against four people accused of operating 

the Emperors Club VIP prostitution 

ring. 

Police say mother tossed boys from overpass 

DALLAS (AP) — Motorists 

watched in horror Wednesday 

as a woman tossed two 

young boys off a freeway 

overpass, then took the twostory 

leap into rush-hour traffic 

herself. But the shocking 

moment had an incredibly 

fortunate ending. 

Police said Khandi Busby 

and her children, ages 8 and 

6, somehow survived the fall 

onto Interstate 30’s fast lane 

and the rush of vehicles. 

“It was really miraculous 

that we didn’t have some fatalities 

with this incident,” 

Dallas police spokesman Sgt. 

Gil Cerda said. 

Busby, 27, was in fair condition, 

a hospital spokeswoman 

said. Police said her sons were 

stable at another hospital, but 

hospital officials declined to 

comment later Wednesday. 

The three were able to speak 

with investigators, although 

the 8-year-old may have suffered 

internal injuries. 

Busby had not been arrested 

as of Wednesday but could 

face two charges of attempted 

capital murder, Cerda said. 

“The why remains a mystery 

to us,” police Lt. C.L. Williams 

said. “If you try to apply 

logic to these incidents, they 

totally defy any logical explanation.” 

Shortly before 6:30 a.m. 

Wednesday, Busby and her 

sons walked away from her 

father, who had stopped for 

gas while driving them to a 

friend’s house. Police do not 

know why Busby left with her 

children. 

“She was not fleeing for 

her safety,” Cerda said. “She 

just threw them over and decided 

to throw herself over.” 

Her father tried to follow 

the three in the car but was 

unable to get to them before 

they reached the overpass 

east of downtown Dallas. 

Police said each boy struggled 

with Busby as she picked 

him up and threw him onto 

the far left lane of the freeway, 

where cars swerved to 

avoid them. Police believe 

Busby and the 8-year-old 

were struck by cars, which 

managed to miss the younger 

brother and avoid collisions, 

Cerda said. 

Motorist Sondra Plunk said 

traffic was moving at 35 to 40 

mph when one of the boys fell 

in front of a van one lane over 

and about a car length in front 

of her. The van fishtailed as 

its driver slammed the brakes 

and swerved around the boy. 

Plunk, 44, said the boy 

landed on his side and then 

immediately popped up onto 

his hands and knees, staring 

directly into the van’s headlights. 

“I saw his face,” Plunk 

said of the boy. “I saw the 

fear in his face. He rolled to 

all fours. Knowing he was 

still alive, knowing he was 

still conscious and he had the 

presence of mind to think, 

‘My God, I have to get out of 

here.’” 

Medical experts said twostory 

falls can be fatal, but not 

always. 

Dr. Dave Milzman, a member 

of the American College 

of Emergency Physicians, said 

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that if someone lands feet first 

their odds of surviving a fall 

from 22 feet are good. 

“As long as they landed 

kind of upright, it’s not that 

unusual not to injure themselves 

severely,” Milzman 

said. 

Busby has a criminal record, 

including convictions 

for assault and criminal trespass 

of a habitation. Child 

Protective Services had intervened 

with her on at least 

three occasions for incidents 

that police described as relatively 

minor. 

In October 2004, investigators 

substantiated allegations 

that the boys were unkempt 

and wore dirty clothes. Busby 

was ordered to take parenting 

skills training. 

In March 2005, the boys 

were placed in foster care 

following a domestic dispute 

between Busby and her boyfriend. 

Busby was arrested, 

and the boys stayed in foster 

care for about five months 

before moving back in with 

their mother. 

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Fidelity Contra LG 72,805 64.10 -0.9 +5.8/A +17.0/A NL 2,500 

Fidelity Magellan LG 39,363 81.47 -3.2 +2.0/B +11.4/C NL 2,500 

Oppenheimer DiscoverA m SG 521 47.27 -6.9 +1.5/A +12.0/D 5.75 1,000 

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Putnam VoyagerA m LG 3,530 16.64 -3.5 -8.5/E +7.2/E 5.75 500 

Vanguard Wndsr LV 11,491 13.87 -4.7 -14.8/E +12.8/C NL 3,000 

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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. 

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3 ARTICLES 

LOST & FOUND 

BLACK, tan full 

blooded Chihuahua. 

Answers to Bubba. 

Lost vicinity of Rock 

School 

(423)725-2099. 

House. 

FOUND 

Thank you to Kayla 

and Ramona Potter 

for finding her and 

everyone else who 

helped. 

10 HELP WANTED 

GENERAL 

ATTENTION! DRIVER 

TRAINEES NEEDED! Excellent 

pay plus great 

benefits as a first year 

driver with Werner. No 

experience needed! 

15 day CDL training by 

C.D.I., 6201 Epps Mill 

Rd., Murfreesboro, TN. 

Get your career in 

gear! 1-888-892-7364 

AVON, EARN extra 

cash. Only $10.00 to 

start (423)741-5461, 

Melissa. 

10 HELP WANTED 

GENERAL 

CLEANING person 

needed. Full time, detailed, 

oriented, organized,self-motivated, 

Medical Care, 

fax 722-2052. 

COVINGTON Credit 

has opening for Manager 

Trainee, Assistant 

Manager in Tri-Cities 

area. Previous finance 

experience not necessary 

but prefer someone 

who can contribute 

to our program. 

Excellent starting salary 

with a complete 

benefits package including 

retirement 

program. Contact 

Tina Johnson at 505 

Broad St., Elizabethton. 

EARN over $200.00 per 

month easily by donating 

Plasma. Call 

Plasma Biological 

Services @ 926-3169 

EXPERIENCED dog 

groomer for busy shop 

in Banner Elk, NC 

area. 828-387-7707, 

828-898-3647. 

MOWING helper 

needed. Must have 

personal transportation, 

valid driver’s license, 

personal 

phone. (423)542-6911. 

NOW hiring all positions. 

Apply 3pm-9pm 

Mayflower Seafood 

Restaurant, Betsytown 

Shopping Center. 

NOW hiring at Greg’s 

Pizza, 770 West Elk. 

Apply anytime, 40hrs. 

No phone calls 

please. 

NOW hiring part-time 

experienced cook, 

offer Cover Tennessee 

Health Insurance. Apply 

in person at Dino’s. 

RECEPTIONIST needed 

for primary care doctor’s 

office in Elizabethton. 

Send resume 

to: Office Staff, P.O. 

Box 341, Mountain 

Home, TN 37684. 

RECEPTIONIST, busy 

physician office. Full 

time, professional, 

computer, communication 

skills. Medical 

Care, fax 543-2789. 

TODDLER TIME DAY- 

CARE: Must be at least 

18yrs. old, Have High 

School Diploma, GED. 

(423)725-2009. 

11 PROFESSIONAL 

HELP WANTED 

EMPLOYMENT 

Announcement 

East Tennessee State 

University 

Clemmer College of 

Education – University 

School – Currently taking 

applications for 

the following positions: 

Beginning date March 

26, 2008 

Guidance Counselor 

Beginning date July 1, 

2008 

Third Grade Instructor 

Fourth Grade Instructor 

More information can 

be accessed on our 

web site at: 

http://www.etsu.edu/ 

coe/uschool or 

http://www.etsu.edu 

ETSU is an affirmative 

action/equal opportunity 

employer. 

Classifieds 

542-1530 928-4151 

11 PROFESSIONAL 

HELP WANTED 

A HUMAN RESOURCE 

MANAGEMENT certificate 

course begins 

soon. Day or evenings. 

Call Karen 

423-282-1848. 

CT Tech, physician office. 

Full time, competitive 

pay, benefits. 

Medical Care, 

722-2055, fax resume 

722-2052. 

IVY HALL 

NURSING HOME 

is now enrolling students 

in a Certified 

Nursing Assistants 

class. If you are interested 

in a rewarding 

position in healthcare 

that offers 

good pay and 

benefits, apply in 

person at 301 

Watauga Ave., Elizabethton. 

EOE 

POSTAL JOBS 

$17.89 to $28.27hr., 

now hiring. For application 

and free government 

job info, call 

American Asso. of Labor. 

1-913-599-8226, 

24hrs. emp. serv. 

PROBATION Officer for 

adult probation. Position 

will include a portion 

of time, facilitating 

youth in an intensive 

focus program. 

Position will require division 

of work within 

Carter and Unicoi 

County. Must have 

degree in criminal 

justice or other related 

field. Send resume to 

Crossroads, 413 Elk 

Ave., Elizabethton, TN 

37643. Resumes must 

be received by 

03/28/08. EOE 

ULTRA SOUND TECH, 

physician office. Flexible 

hours, competitive 

pay, benefits. Medical 

Care, 423-722-2055, 

fax 423-722-2052. 

12 WORK WANTED 

GEN./PROF. 

HOUSE CLEANING, dependable, 

reasonable 

rates. References 

available. 

(423)725-2594 

ODD JOBS: 361-1855, 

(423)543-3302. 

Git-R-Done 

SOUTHERN COMFORTS: 

Cleaning, hauling off, 

yards, homes, offices, 

debris, Some demolition. 

References. 

(423)213-7937, 

542-5309. 

(423) 

15 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

*Attic Insulation 

blown-in, energy savings 

guaranteed. All fiberglass, 

Free estimates, 

423-389-2559, 

423-542-3963 

message. 

leave 

*Handy Andy Home 

Improvements: Interior, 

exterior, pressure 

washing, painting, 

gutter cleaning. 

(423) 543-1979, (423) 

895-0071 

BRIAN’S STORAGE 

BUILDINGS! For sale. 

Display lot in Hunter 

on Hwy. 91. Financing 

available. 

647-1084. 

2 ladies will clean, 

cook, run errands, sit 

with elders, one CNA 

certified. 

423-543-4342, 

423-297-0070. 

SUMMERS-TAYLOR INC 

Now hiring: 

Experienced Highway Stripers/Painters 

Benefits 

401-k Retirement Plan 

Health Insurance available 

Local Work Area 

Apply In Person At: 

300 West Elk Avenue 

Elizabethton, TN 

423-543-3181 

15 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

ALAMO TREE complete 

removal of trees, 

topping, trimming, 

shrubbery, firewood, 

clean up. Insured. 

423-928-9364. 

ALL types of Home Repairs. 

Hauling, painting, 

gutters, landscaping, 

pressure washing... 

Mo’s Handyman 

Service 423-383-4211 

ALMOST time to mow. 

Lawn Care Solutions 

can help. Call Steve 

for Free estimate. 

(423)957-9333 

BACKHOE front loader, 

septic systems, field 

lines, land cleared, 

basements. Demolition. 

Affordable. 

22yrs. experience. 

542-3002. 

Bridgeman 

Grading:Paving, driveways, 

parking lots, 

backhoe, dozer, septic 

systems, Dirt, rock, 

wood for sale. 

423-725-3487. 

DUSTBUNNY CLEANERS 

Dependable meticulous 

cleaners, residential 

and commercial. 

Weekly and bi-weekly 

rates. (423)542-2782 

dustbunnycleaners@g 

mail.com 

ELIZABETHTON:Construction, 

Trackhoe, 

backhoe, frontloader, 

landcleared, 

site work septic systems, 

dirt, shale for 

sale. (423)547-0408, 

895-0499. 

FOR your lawn care 

and handyman services, 

we haul junk. Call 

(423)342-7172 

GRASS CUTTING BY 

PAT: Reasonable 

prices, dependable 

work, free estimates. 

(423)474-4375, 213- 

7205. 

HAUL gravel for driveways, 

dirt for sale, 

also backhoe work of 

any kind. Call 

423-542-2909. 

HOMES & MOBILE 

HOME IMPROVEMENTS. 

Additions, sunrooms, 

textured ceilings, 

porches, carports, garages. 

Work guaranteed. 

(423)542-9483 

IMMACULATE MOW- 

ING: Landscaping, 

mulching, quality 

work, dependable, 

free estimates, references 

provided. 423- 

542-6911. 

JLJ HOME IMPROVE- 

MENT, remodeling, 

room additions & vinyl 

siding. Licensed & 

Insured. 423-543-2101. 

KY CONSTRUCTION All 

types of excavation 

and demolition. Dirt 

and shale for sale. 

Specializing in finish 

grade work. Keith 

Younce 

(423)-341-7782 or 

(423)543-2816. 

PAINTING interior, exterior, 

minor carpentry 

and repair. 20yrs. experience. 

FREE ESTI- 

MATES. William Richardson 

423-474-3216. 

RIVERSIDE Mowing. 10 

yrs. in business. Reasonable 

rates. Quality 

work. Senior, Church 

discounts. (423) 

474-3897. 

Shining Star Cleaning: 

Old fashion cleaning 

and prices. DETAIL 

cleaning. Homes and 

offices. Bonded. 

(423)833-7816. 

“AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER” 

15 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

STONEY Creek Chimney 

Sweep and Rebuilding. 

Service in 

Tri-Cities, Free estimates. 

423-512-9014. 

WILL sit with elderly in 

home, nursing home, 

hospital. Experienced, 

references. No weekends. 

423-895-8634, 

423-543-7603. 

16 BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITIES 

BUSINESS FOR SALE, 

Scrapbook Retail 

Store, best offer. 

(423)542-0056 

Charming retail business 

for sale! Great 

opportunity to own 

your own business! 

Offers prime location 

with heavy traffic 

count, business 

name, fixtures, office 

equipment, and inventory 

only. Sale 

does not include the 

land or building. Business 

only! 

Blue Ridge Properties 

423-282-5182 

Sheryl Garland 

423-895-1690 

20 ARTICLES 

FOR SALE 

1993 GRAND CHERO- 

KEE LAREDO JEEP 4x4, 

6 cylinder, runs good. 

Call (423)612-0132, 

(423)542-4475 

2 level grave spaces 

Happy Valley Memorial 

Park, Regular 

$2,750, sell $1,400, 

423-213-5236, 

423-895-3326. 

cell 

NASCAR DIECAST and 

other merchandise. 

100’s too choose from. 

1980’s -2001. Piece or 

lot. Price to sell. 

(423)957-1421. 

SMITH CUTTING 

TORCH. Lincoln welder 

220, air compressor, 

5HP wood saws, 

Steam Jeannie. 

(423)612-0132, 

(423)542-4475. 

21 ARTICLES 

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DIXIE BUILDING 

SYSTEMS 

For all your building 

needs ranging from 

carports to post 

frame buildings. Any 

size or colors available. 

Call today 

(423)538-7842 

23 YARD 

SALES 

*JUST FOR KIDS* 

150+ FAMILIES 

RAIN OR SHINE 

Most Items 1/2 Price 

Clothes, (NB-Teens), 

Little Tikes, baby 

equip., games, books, 

toys, etc. Industrial 

Drive, Stoney Creek 

Hwy. turn between 

Roadrunner Market 

and Northeast State, 

(follow signs) Fri. 

8:30a.m.-2p.m., Sat. 

8:00a.m.-12:00noon. 

414 West C Street. Fri. 

8-2. Antiques, Tennessee 

memorabilia, 

Coca-Cola pieces, 

knives, much, much 

more. 

BIG INSIDE SALE, Thursday, 

Friday. 1433 West 

G. Bedroom suite, new 

clothes, household, 

appliances, everything. 

FIRST YARD SALE OF 

THE SEASON, Corner 

Holston and M, Friday 

and Saturday, rain or 

shine. 

INSIDE. 112 Coal 

Chute Rd. Friday, Saturday, 

Washer, refrigerator, 

cook stove 

hood, bathtub, 

kitchen cabs, match 

box cars, comic 

books, pictures, old TN 

football guides, small 

ladies pant suits, 

dresser. 

23 YARD 

SALES 

LARGE moving sale 

Saturday, 8th and 

15th, 8-3. Evergreen 

Freewill Baptist 

Church, Roan Mountain. 

MULTI FAMILY SALE, 

name brands, clothing, 

toys, furniture, kid 

items, much more. 140 

Quail Ridge Road, 

Powder Branch right, 

Max Jett right, Ridge 

Field Road follow 

signs. 8:00AM-1:00PM. 

Friday and Saturday 

25 PETS 

& SUPPLIES 

ADORABLE CKC Miniature 

Schnauzer puppies. 

Salt pepper, 

black, white. Shots, 

wormed, groomed. 

$350, $400. 

423-753-8224. 

FREE to good home 

red Heeler hunting 

dog, female, very 

sweet. (423)512-9055 

Free Walker-Jack Russell 

Beagle puppies to 

a good home. 

423-768-2920, 423- 

768-0180. 

30 ROOMS 

FOR RENT 

LARGE room with private 

bath and entrance. 

Fully furnished 

plus utilities. Monthly. 

(423)542-4475, 

(423)612-0132. 

31 APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

**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 

1BR, CH&A, appliances, 

Hampton. No 

pets. $265. month, 

$200. deposit. 

423-895-0456. 

1BR, stove, refrigerator, 

water, garbage 

pickup furnished, 

mini-blinds. Call 

(423)542-9200. 

2BR, APT. 2BA, Keenburg 

Community. 

423-542-8376. 

ALEXANDER APTS 

West G St & Watauga 

Ave 

Upstairs 2bdrm, 1ba 

Hardwood floors, new 

appliances Electric 

heat, gas stove 

$400mo 

Upstairs 1 bdrm, 1ba, 

Carpet, new appliances, 

very charming, 

quiet, secure bldg 

$325mo, $200 deposit 

Must have verifiable 

references and be 

employed 542-8493 or 

956-0068 

BEFORE 5 PM. 

NO PETS 

NEW OWNERSHIP AND 

MANAGEMENT 

TALLADEGA APTS 

429 West G St 

Upstairs Efficiency Apt 

$320mo 

Upstairs 1 bdrm 1ba 

$335mo $200 deposit 

Utilities paid 

BRISTOL APTS 

431 West G St 

Spacious First floor 

3bedrm, 1ba 

References and be 

employed 

Laundromat on site 

$425mo, $200 deposit 

542-8493 or 956-0068 

BEFORE 5 PM. 

Efficiency apartment. 

Fully furnished, W/D, 

electricity, water, 

wireless Internet, cable 

tv, laptop computer, 

on the wall LCD 

TV, $550.mth., 

$350.dep. 

(423)213-0399. 

31 APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

2BR, 1BA. $375-$400. 

Security deposit 

$375-$400. Airport 

Apartments. (423) 

547-2871. 

HAMPTON, 2BR, 

CH&A, next to school. 

$385. month plus deposit. 

Available 

3-15-08 (423)213-6394 

or 725-2644. 

NEW 1BR efficiency 

apartment on 19E, 

utilities included, $550 

month plus deposit. 

(423)538-9481, 

(423)340-2309. 

SECTION 8 approved. 

2BR, newly remodeled, 

W/D hookup, 

CH&A. $450.mth., 

plus deposit. Pets welcome. 

423-791-1677. 

VARIETY of 1BR and 

2BR apartments available. 

Rent: 

$250month & up. Call 

Manager. 

423-547-2871. 

32 HOUSES 

FOR RENT 

2BAs, 3BRs, CH&A, full 

basement, carport, 

handicap accessible. 

$650. month, deposit. 

No indoor pets. 

(423)543-1016. 

3BR, 1BA, gas heat 

and air. Appliances 

furnished, No pets. 

$600. month $600 .deposit. 

423-542-6285. 

3BR, 2BA, ROAN 

MOUNTAIN, heat 

pump, W/D, carport, 

freezer, furnished, non 

smoking, 423-542-8849 

or 423-542-9066. 

ASSORTMENT of rentals: 

Farm, brick, frame, 

pets, rent to own, furnished 

and unfurnished. 

282-6486. 

33 MOBILE HOME 

FOR RENT 

2BR, secluded. 

Happy Valley area. 

Storage building, references, 

deposit, appliances. 

423-257-2106, 

423-543-2651. 

2BR, 2BA, Keenburg. 

W/D hookup, heat 

pump. Water and 

trash p/u provided. 

$350month, $100deposit. 

423-547-0006 

2BR, 2BAs. No pets. 

Corner level lot, storage 

building. 295 

Rocky Branch Rd. 

(423)543-2665. 

Rent or Rent To Own 

2002 28X40 Giles 3BR, 

2BA, heatpump, on 

semi-private rental lot. 

Old Stateline Rd. 

$1500. down with $525 

per month, owner financing. 

423-895-0456 

35 TOWNHOUSES 

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CONDO FOR SALE 

Wexford Condo No. 

3, 200 West F Street, 

3BR, 2 1/2 BA, master 

BR on 1st floor, LR., 

DR., kitchen, den, 

fireplace. CH&A, approximately 

1700 sq. 

ft. All appliances including 

refrigerator, 

range, dishwasher, 

built in microwave, 

garbage disposal, 

washer and dryer, 

electric chair lift installed, 

new paint. 

$149,000. 

543-6858 or 543-3973 

37 LAND W/PHOTO 

FOR SALE 

129 Commodore 

$9,900 

Three minutes outside 

city limits in the Elizabethton 

High School 

zone.150x125 lot suitable 

for any mobile 

or stick built homes. 

RAINBOW REALTY 

(423)547-2800 

37 LAND W/PHOTO 

FOR SALE 

HWY 67W 

Breathtaking views! 

15+/- acre open and 

wooded tract offering 

pasture, Property 

backs the WILDLIFE 

MANAGEMENT AREA 

which wildlife 

abounds! 

$179,900.00 

C21WHITEHEAD 

TRISH GRAYBEAL 

543-4663 

Lakeview Drive 

$150,000 

184 feet of Watauga 

Lake Front, just 

across the street from 

the new development 

called The Retreat 

at Doe Mountain. 

This lot is a great 

investment! 


(423)547-2800 

Pete Slagle Road 

Nice wooded 2 acre 

lots. 2 acres $35,900, 

lots , 4 acres $69,900 

or 6 acres. $99,900. 


(423)547-2800 

SPEARBRANCH 

ROAD 

4.39 beautiful acres 

with split-rail fencing 

in a restricted mountain 

development. 

Additional 4.36 acre 

tract available. 

$105,000. 


423-547-2800 

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1279 Goose 

Bradley Road 

$209,900 

Watauga Lake front in 

a desirable location 

with investment potential. 

Water and 

electricity tap fees already 

paid. Great 

view and 187 feet of 

lakefront. 


423-547-2800 

MOUNTAIN 

MEADOWS 

Nice building lot in 

Mountain Meadows. 

Lovely cabins already 

built in this development 

and everything 

is first class. Three lots 

available, ranging 

from $18,900-$24,900. 


(423)547-2800 

39 LOTS W/PHOTO 

FOR SALE 

0 Circle Drive 

A great building lot. 

.5 acres in Mountain 

City. Close to schools 

and shopping. 

$28,000. 

Century 21 

Whitehead Woodson 

Tom (423)725-4000 

115 Carter Branch 

Beautiful building lot, 

1.09 acre. Great 

Country location, 

beautiful views, 

cleared level land 

with sloping woods, 

small flowing creek. 

45,000. 

C21 WHITEHEAD 

Deborah Sutherland 

543-4663 

Hwy. 91 

$79,000 

Commercial lot on 

high traffic county 

highway suitable for 

any small business. 

Septic and water tap 

installed and 216 feet 

of creek footage. 


(423)547-2800 

42 HOUSES 

FOR SALE 

315 Cottage Ave. 3BR, 

1BA, CH&A. $78,000. A 

good buy. 

(423)543-3821. 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

0 W WEST OAKLAND 

AVENUE 

4 acre income producing 

property, at 

the center of the 

fastest growing part 

of Johnson City. 

$900,000 

Tom Payne 

Century 21 


725-4000 

206 River Road 

$66,900 

A very affordable 

home right on the 

river with a level yard 

and updates. This 

home is low maintenance 

and close to 

town. 


(423)547-2800 

210 BLACK BEAR 

PATH 

$215,000 

Fully furnished cabin 

offering large sitting 

room, loft, wrap 

around porch, and 

hot tub. This home is 

a private get away in 

itself. 


(423)547-2800

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6 DAYS - $10.00 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

212 Dogwood 

Acres Road 

$139,900 

Beautifully updated 

and decorated 3BR 

2BA brick features 

fireplace, large 

decks, 2 car garage 

& convenient to 

schools, Watauga 

Lake, and Appalachian 

Trail. 


(423)547-2800 

1002 HWY. 91 

$72,000 

Convenient location 

just off Hwy 91. This 

1BR home offers vinyl 

siding with rock covered 

foundation for a 

unique look, it is also 

wheelchair assessable. 


(423)547-2800 

1004 Grindstaff Ave. 

NEW! NEW! NEW! 

Don’t miss out on this 

adorable one level 

newly remodeled 

home. Great location. 

$87,500 

Century 21 


Penny 725-4000 

106 ARWOOD 

HILL ROAD 

PRICED TO SELL!!! 

One level, 3BR, 2BA 

house with large 

deck. $99,900. 

Call Jamie Watson 

Century 21 


725-4000 

129 SETH STREET 

Multi-family Mountain 

Retreat, Roan 

Mountain. Lovely 

home features separate 

living quarters 

with 2 master suites, 

2 LR, fireplaces, 2 

kitchens, Breathtaking 

views.$224,900 

C21WHITEHEAD 

LISA POTTER 

543-4663 

129 GEORGE 

BOWERS ROAD 

Great chance to 

own nice little house 

with some land and 

just minutes from 

town. Needs TLC. 

Two bedroom and 

one bath situated on 

level lot. Approx 2 

Acres. $75,000 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

1452 Sprucey Lane 

Don't miss this great 

deal on a double 

wide. 3BR, 2BA. 

Beautiful stream running 

through back 

yard. $79,900. 

Tom 

Century 21 


725-4000 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

134 RUFUS TAYLOR 

RD. 

Nice 3BR, 2BA brick 

home on level 4.92 

acres. Land can be 

purchased separately. 

$192,000. 


423-547-2800 

1713 SYLVAN HILL - 

Located on one of 

the prettiest streets in 

town. This California 

ranch has tons of 

charm and is in immaculate 

condition, 

on one level, and 

features entry foyer 

leading to a large 

great room with fp & 

built-ins plus a formal 

dining rm adjoining 

the sunroom 

that overlooks a 

flagstone terrace 

and beautifully landscaped 

yard. Updated 

kitchen has 

good quality cabinets. 

2BD, 2BA, huge 

master. Hardwood 

and ceramic flooring 

throughout. CH&A. 

Security system. 2 

Car attached garage 

and 2 car detached 

garage. A 

rare find. $159,900 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

1811 FIELD ROAD 

Great Investment 

Property 

$189,900 

This property is located 

in a wonderful 

west end neighborhood. 

Call for more 

details. 

Cindy McPherson or 


292-6909 cell 

895-1690 cell 


282-5182 

2148 WEST G STREET 

You must see inside 

this brand new, 

country cottage style 

home in the West 

End. Open Great 

Room, dining and 

kitchen with range, 

microwave, and 

dishwasher. Two 

huge bedrooms, 

each with walk-in 

closet and private 

bath. Large laundry 

room, CH&A, rocking 

chair front porch. 

Large sun deck all 

across the back of 

house. Choice level 

lot. If low maintenance 

and an easy 

lifestyle is your desire, 

look at this brand 

new home. $99,900. 

RUSS SWANAY 

(423)543-5741 

2220 HILLRISE 

AVE. 

Well Located! 

Immaculately maintained 

one story 

home in West End, 

near Golf Course. 

Large kitchen with 

new cabinets and all 

appliances included. 

Den with French 

doors leading to a 

12x16 screened 

porch which overlooks 

the beautiful 

backyard, which is 

321' deep and features 

a garden and 

garden shed. 3 Large 

bedrooms, with huge 

master offering a 

large bath, walk-in 

closet and bay window. 

New roof and 

windows, CH&A. 

Great basement for 

storage. $129,900. 

MLS #261059 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

423-543-5741 

Classifieds 

542-1530 928-4151 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

219 AVIATION 

DRIVE 

3BR, 3BA home situated 

on a wooded 

lot. Kitchen with all 

new cabinetry and 

all appliances included, 

family room, 

oversized laundry 

room, and a one car 

garage, CH&A. This 

home has an abundance 

of windows 

with plenty of light. 

Well maintained. 

Wonderful family 

home. A lot of house 

for the price. 

$119,900. MLS 259555 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

423-543-5741 

2548 Bob Little 

Road 

$135,995 

Brick home close to 

town, move in condition. 

3BR, CH&A, 

beautiful hardwood, 

open kitchen, den 

area, fireplace, 

heated sunroom, 

double garage. 


(423)547-2800 

258 Price 

Road 

MLS#255622 

$169,900 

3BR, 2BA NEW Single 

level home. Stoney 

Creek area of Elizabethton. 

Meadows 

Brook subdivision, 

home by Keith Lowe 

Construction. Spacious 

design 1710 SF. 

Mountain views. Mls# 

255622. 

Call Jimmy 

423-773-6301 

STATE OF FRANKLIN 

(423)975-9800 

300 WEST K STREET 

Roomy older home in 

the City with loads of 

charm. Living room 

with fireplace and 

glass front built-ins. 

Formal dining with 

double french doors. 

3 good size bedrooms. 

1 1/2 baths. 

Concrete basement 

with inside and outside 

access. Gas Furnace. 

Central Air. 

Large laundry room. 

0.527 Acre site also 

includes a 22' X 24' 

detached shop with 

electric door opener. 

Needs updating, but 

this is a nice home, 

realistically priced, in 

a great City location. 

$79,500. 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

369 Max Jett Road 

$315,000 

If you like to entertain, 

this house is 

great for you! Home 

offers large rooms, 

tray ceilings, stone 

work, lots of decks, 

great views, and is 

conveniently located 

between Johnson 

City and Elizabethton. 


(423)547-2800 

371 Jenkins Hollow 

Great deal on this investment 

property. 

Sitting on 1.3 acres. 

Owner financing 

available. $73,000. 

Century 21 


Tom 725-4000. 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

418 W E Street 

Elizabethton, TN 

37643 

Great Location! 

3BRS, 3BA home. 

Formal Living & Dining 

Room, Den, 2 

fireplaces, patio with 

grill, and level yard. 


423-282-5182 


423-895-1690 

423 COAL CHUTE 

Needs TLC. Great 

starter home for 

handyman. Has heat 

pump needs to be 

installed, Also some 

building materials. 

$49,900 

C21WHITEHEAD 

PAM POPE 

543-4663 

495 TEABERRY 

ROAN MOUNTAIN 

Breathtaking views! 

17.2acres fenced 

with driveway, several 

hundred Frasier 

Fir Christmas Trees, 

small stream, spring, 

spring box! Abundant 

wildlife. 

$184,900 

C21WHITEHEAD 


423-543-4663 

4BR, 2Full Baths, 

Kitchen appliances 

included. Large Den 

w / fireplace open 

to game room, pooltable 

included. 

New roof, siding, 

windows, New 

CH@A located - 357 

Pine Hill Rd. Westside 

school District. 

$189,900.00 

423-895-1859 

anytime or 543-4998 

608 Bingham 

4BR, 1.5BA home in 

Elizabethton. Newly 

remodeled, half 

bath. Paved driveway, 

fenced backyard, 

attached carport. 

REDUCED 

$99,900. 

C21 Whitehead 

Stacy Whitson 

543-4663 

609 RANGE 

From the driveway, 

step onto this level to 

gently sloping city lot 

into a large living 

room with expansive 

windows revealing 

long range mountain 

views. Other features 

include hardwood 

floors, replacement 

windows, dining 

room, computer 

room, and 1st. floor 

utility room. All appliances 

convey. Private 

back yard for 

children, pets, or 

garden. $92,000. MLS 

#260474 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

611 BEECH STREET 

Perfect home for 

those who desire a 

one level home with 

detached rental unit. 

Brick home offers 

spacious rooms, including 

living room 

with beamed cathedral 

ceiling, large 

dining room, family 

room, kitchen with an 

abundance of cabinetry, 

two large bedrooms, 

oversized 

bathroom with jacuzzi 

tub and separate 

shower, attached 

two car garage. 

CH&A, solid 

wood doors and a 

one car carport. A 

second apartment 

unit is also on site, 

utilized for storage, 

but could be finished 

into an additional 

rental unit. $135,000 

MLS #260391 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

619 WEST E STREET 

Nice one level family 

home with attached 

garage located just 

a short walk from 

Elizabethton High 

School. Features 4BR, 

1BA with eat-in 

kitchen. Large forth 

bedroom in back 

could be used for 

den or family room. 

One car garage, 

CH&A, all appliances 

and nice patio in for 

cooking out. 

$105,000. MLS 

#260565 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

688 Blue Springs 

Road 

$168,900 

Newly constructed 

log siding home with 

beautiful stone fireplace, 

stainless appliances, 

& beautiful 

cabinetry. Nice landscaping 

with pond & 

fountain. Covered 

porch with deck out 

the back. 


(423)547-2800 

709 PARKWAY BLVD 

Cottage style home 

looks small from the 

outside, but has 

2,504 SF of living 

area. Main level offers 

formal living 

room, kitchen opens 

to huge family 

room/dining room 

w/french doors leading 

to a covered 

porch overlooking a 

wood fenced enclosed 

level backyard. 

2BD/2BA, laundry 

room and a one 

car garage. Lower 

level consists of a 

family room w/gas 

fireplace, 3rd bedroom, 

3rd bath, second 

kitchen and an 

extra small room 

which could even be 

a 4th bedroom or 

study. Entire finished 

basement has ceramic 

tile flooring 

and could be used 

as an in_law quarters. 

Heat pump is 

one year old. Architectural 

shingle roof. 

A great family home 

in the West Side of 


$133,500 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

10553 HIGHWAY 

67W.. 

POSSIBLE OWNER FI- 

NANCING! Beautifully 

restored farmhouse, 

15+/- acres 

of pasture and 

woodland, barn, 

stream! Home has 

been updated, garage 

with office. 

C21WHITEHEAD 


543-4663 

BUNKER HILL 

Great view! Colonial 

Acres. Curb and gutter 

street. This lot offers 

nice mountain 

views, with utility water 

available. Colonial 

Acres is a development 

of very nice 

homes, less than one 

mile from downtown. 

Reasonably priced. 

$22,500 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

BROOME 

REAL ESTATE 

542-4386 

CAUDILL PLACE 

West End, 3-4BR, 2 full, 

2 half baths, gas heat, 

central air, over 

2500sq. ft. finished 

area, 3 fireplaces, private 

drive, 1.6 acre 

lot in city. 

REDUCED $20,000 

729 FAIRWAY 

DRIVE 

A classic, custom 

built, one level brick 

home fronting on the 

Golf Course. Custom 

kitchen with upgraded 

cabinetry, 

huge family room 

with access to the 

flagstone floored 

sunroom, 3 large 

bedrooms, an abundance 

of closet storage 

and 2 1/2BAs. 2 

Car garage. 2 Fireplaces. 

Manicured, 

professionally landscaped 

grounds. Upgraded 

windows, 

roofing and heating 

system. Crown moldings, 

hardwood flooring, 

smooth ceilings 

and an air filtration 

system are just a few 

of the amenities this 

classic home has to 

offer. A must see!!! 

$279,000 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

REDUCED! 

209 ROOSEVELT 

Minutes from town, 

yet totally secluded, 

one level cedar 

shake home is ideal 

for those seeking privacy 

and a unique, 

custom home. Immaculate 

condition. 

The only views from 

this gorgeous home 

are of trees and 

mountains. Features 

open living, dining, 

kitchen with hardwood 

flooring, all appliances 

included, 

and rock fireplace in 

the dining area. Huge 

sunken family room 

with fireplace, wall of 

windows, built-ins 

and an office alcove. 

Two bedrooms and 2 

updated baths. Master 

offers a private 

glassed and heated 

sunroom. Trane CH&A 

and triple pane windows. 

Detached 3 

car carport with 

workshop. Beautiful 

home has been lovingly 

maintained and 

is reasonably priced. 

$94,500. 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

REMODELED HOME 

FOR SALE 

4 bdrm 2 full baths, 

huge living rm, large 

den, formal dining 

room, country 

kitchen, sun porch, 

new carpet. This 

home is turn key. 

Motivated Sellers!! 

Elizabethton High 

with Tuition Free. 

Call Rebecca 

with 

REALTY EXECUTIVES 

of JC for more info. 

Office 423-952-0226 

Direct 423-773-2053 

WILLSHIRE DRIVE 

Two of the better 

view lots in exclusive 

Hunters Ridge, a residential 

development 

of upscaled homes. 

Located at the end 

of a cul-de-sac, with 

panoramic valley 

and mountain views. 

Level topography. 

Restricted development, 

your investment 

is well protected 

here. Underground 

utilities. 

$39,900 and $52,900 

MLS 260898 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

44 MOBILE HOMES 

FOR SALE 

3BR, 2BA in a quiet 

country setting Mountain 

Views. Terms negotiable. 

Only $518 

month W.A.C.. Call 

423-282-4112 

3BR, 2BA. Ready to 

move into. Located in 

the Tri-Cities most exclusive 

park. Only $425 

month W.A.C. Call 

423-282-5009 

407 JENKINS 

HOLLOW ROAD 

Reduced to $89,900! 

One story ranch with 

3 bedrooms & 1.5 

baths. 

SHELL & ASSOCIATES 

REAL ESTATE 

Call Gary Smith 

423-543-2393 

45 MOBILE HOMES 

W/PHOTO 

102 HELTON 

12 x 65 Mobile 

home, new concrete 

block 4-car garage 

with attached unfinished 

apartment, 

beautiful views of 

surrounding mountains. 

$80,000.00 

C21WHITEHEAD 

PAM POPE 

543-4663 

51 COMMERCIAL 

SALE/LEASE 

COMMERCIAL 

SPACES FOR LEASE 

one 800 sf. 

one 1,600 sf. 

high traffic area. 

Visible from 

West Elk Avenue 

and West G Street. 

(423)542-2322 or 

(423)342-7415 

52 LOANS 

& FINANCE 

CHECK INTO CASH! 

Hiring CSR. Apply Inside, 

851 West Elk Ave. 

in Elizabethton. 


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NEW 

55 BOATS 

FOR SALE 

2007 BASS 

TRACKER, blue and silver 

with 4 stroke, 60 HP 

Mercury. 

213-2818. 

Call 

2000 CRESTLINER WITH 

TRAILER, 24 FT., 50HP 

Johnson, Bemini top, 

full cover, $8,000. 

(423)725-2784 

59 AUTOS 

FOR SALE 

2003 Trailblazer LST, 

4x4, loaded with Bose 

Premium Sound, V-8 

engine. Third row seat. 

16MPG, 24 on freeway. 

For info. call 

(423)542-6139. 

1985 Lincoln Town 

Car, 75K, new Michelin 

tires. One owner. 

Mint condition. $3,500. 

(423)213-5767. 

60 AUTOS 

W/PHOTO 

ONE OWNER 

1991 Chevrolet 

Lumina 

170K, new EGR valve, 

new Cadillac convertor, 

front brake 

pads, rotors. All service 

records. Serviced 

at Chevy dealers. 

Also non-smoker. 

$2,550. 

(423)543-1979 


SUBSTITUTE 

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE 

OF FORECLOSURE 

SALE 

Default having been 

made in the terms, 

conditions, and payments 

provided in a 

certain Deed of Trust 

dated MAY 31, 2007, 

executed by CHRIS- 

TOPHER J. MORGAN 

AND WIFE ASHLEY M. 

MORGAN, to CITCO TI- 

TLE COMPANY, INC., 

Trustee, of record in 

BOOK T803 PAGE 224 

in the Register's Office 

for CARTER County, 

Tennessee and to J. 

PHILLIP JONES OR I. 

DYKE TATUM, EITHER 

OF WHOM MAY ACT, 

appointed as Substitute 

Trustee in an instrument 

of record in 

the Register's Office 

for CARTER County, 

Tennessee, to secure 

the indebtedness described, 

the entire indebtedness 

having 

been declared due 

and payable by TEN- 

NESSEE HOUSING DE- 

VELOPMENT AGENCY 

BY AND THROUGH ITS 

SERVICER AND 

AUTHORIZED AGENT, 

U.S. BANK, N.A. as provided 

in said Deed of 

Trust, I, J. PHILLIP 

JONES OR I. DYKE TA- 

TUM, EITHER OF WHOM 

MAY ACT will by virtue 

of the power and 

authority vested in me 

as Substitute Trustee, 

on THURSDAY MARCH 

27, 2008 AT 10:00 A.M. 

FRONT DOOR OF THE 

CARTER COUNTY 

COURTHOUSE IN ELIZA- 

BETHTON, CARTER 

COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 

sell to the highest bidder 

for cash, free from 

the equity of redemption, 

homestead, and 

dower, and all other 

exemptions which are 

expressly waived, and 

subject to any unpaid 

taxes, if any, the following 

described 

property in CARTER 

County, Tennessee, to 

wit: 

PROPERTY LOCATED IN 

THE COUNTY OF CAR- 

TER, TENNESSEE: 

SITUATE IN THE FOUR- 

TEENTH (14TH) CIVIL 

DISTRICT OF CARTER 


AND BEING MORE 

PARTICULARLY DE- 

SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 

BEING LOTS NOS. 

EIGHT (8) AND NINE (9) 

OF THE STATE LINE SUB- 

DIVISION, AS SHOWN 

BY RECORDED MAP 

OR PLAT OF SAID SUB- 

DIVISION OF RECORD 

IN THE REGISTER'S OF- 

FICE OF CARTER 


IN PLAT BOOK NO. 2, 


PAGE 112, MORE SPE- 

CIFICALLY DESCRIBED 

AS FOLLOWS: 

“BEGINNING ON A 

POINT IN TREADWAY 

STREET AND COMMON 

CORNER TO LOTS NOS. 

7 AND 8 AND RUN- 

NING N. 36 DEG. 30 

MIN. W. A DISTANCE 

OF 131 FEET TO A 

POINT IN DIVISION 

LINE, THENCE S. 57 

DEG. 30 MIN. W. A DIS- 

TANCE OF 50 FEET TO 

A POINT, COMMON 

CORNER TO LOTS NOS. 

9 AND 10; THENCE 

WITH SAID LINE S. 36 

DEG. 30 MIN. E. A DIS- 

TANCE OF 135 FEET TO 

A POINT IN TREADWAY 

STREET; THENCE WITH 

SAID STREET N. 53 DEG. 

30 MIN. E. 50 FEET TO 

THE POINT OF BEGIN- 

NING.” 

BEING THE SAME 

PROPERTY CONVEYED 

TO CHRISTOPHER J. 

MORGAN AND WIFE, 

ASHLEY M. MORGAN, 

BY DEED DATED MAY 

31, 2007, OF RECORD 

IN BOOK D512 PAGE 

520 IN THE OFFICE OF 

THE REGISTER OF 

DEEDS FOR CARTER 

COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 

THIS IS IMPROVED 

PROPERTY KNOWN AS 

107 TREADWAY STREET, 

ELIZABETHTON, TN 

37643. 

MAP 049L GROUP B 

CONTROL MAP 049M 

PARCEL 007.00 

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT 

TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, 

IF ANY, ANY PRIOR 

LIENS OR ENCUM- 

BRANCES LEASES, 

EASEMENTS AND ALL 

OTHER MATTERS OF RE- 

CORD INCLUDING BUT 

NOT LIMITED TO THE 

PRIORITY OF ANY FIX- 

TURE FILING. IF THE U.S. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE 

TREASURY/ INTERNAL 

REVENUE SERVICE, THE 

STATE OF TENNESSEE 

DEPARTMENT OF REVE- 

NUE, OR THE STATE OF 

TENNESSEE DEPART- 

MENT OF LABOR AND 

WORK FORCE DEVEL- 

OPMENT ARE LISTED AS 

INTERESTED PARTIES IN 

THE ADVERTISEMENT, 

THEN THE NOTICE OF 

THIS FORECLOSURE IS 

BEING GIVEN TO THEM, 

AND THE SALE WILL BE 

SUBJECT TO THE APPLI- 

CABLE GOVERNMEN- 

TAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO 

REDEEM THE PROP- 

ERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED 

BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND 

T.C.A. 67-1-1433. 

THE RIGHT IS RESERVED 

TO ADJOURN THE DAY 

OF THE SALE TO AN- 

OTHER DAY, TIME AND 

PLACE CERTAIN WITH- 

OUT FURTHER PUBLICA- 

TION, UPON AN- 

NOUNCEMENT AT THE 

TIME AND PLACE FOR 

THE SALE SET FORTH 

ABOVE. THE 

TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE 

TRUSTEE RESERVES THE 

RIGHT TO RESCIND THE 

SALE 

IN THE EVENT THE 

HIGHEST BIDDER DOES 

NOT HONOR THE 

HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 

HOURS, THE NEXT 

HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE 

NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL 

BE DEEMED THE SUC- 

CESSFUL BIDDER. 

OTHER INTERESTED 

PARTIES: NONE OF RE- 

CORD 

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO 

COLLECT A DEBT AND 

ANY INFORMATION 

OBTAINED WILL BE 

USED FOR THAT PUR- 

POSE. 

This day, FEBRUARY 26, 

2008. This is improved 

property known as 107 

TREADWAY STREET, 

ELIZABETHTON, TN 

37643. 

J. PHILLIP JONES/ I. 

DYKE TATUM, 

Substitute Trustee 

J. PHILLIP JONES 

ATTORNEY FOR SUBSTI- 

TUTE TRUSTEE 

SUITE C-205, 

NASHVILLE HOUSE 

ONE VANTAGE WAY 

NASHVILLE, TN 37228 

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_ The abrupt departure 

of the four-star general in 

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and Afghanistan has set off 

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administration to fill a job 

that requires vast combat 

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While President Bush 

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to replace Adm. William 

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radical Islam rather than 

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quickly.” 

Gates said recently that 

Bush had made it clear to 

him that he wanted to keep 

Petraeus in Iraq until late 

this year. Petraeus is likely 

to get a second four-star as- 

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signment after his tour in 

Iraq concludes. 

Other possibilities include 

Army Lt. Gens. Martin 

Dempsey, Ray Odierno, 

Stanley McChrystal and 

Peter Chiarelli. All have 

substantial experience in 

Iraq. 

Headquartered at Mac- 

Dill Air Force Base in Tampa, 

Fla., Central Command 

is arguably the military’s 

most important warfighting 

organization. Its commander 

is responsible for 

operations in a swath of 

the globe that reaches from 

Central Asia to the Horn of 

Africa, a region where religious 

extremism has fueled 

al-Qaida and other terrorist 

groups. 

The job of Central Command 

chief is as much 

about statesmanship as it is 

about using heavily armed 

forces. Fallon, like his predecessors, 

spent much of 

his time traveling throughout 

the region in an effort 

to build relationships that 

would produce support for 

U.S. interests and reduce 

al-Qaida’s influence. 

“You really need somebody 

who can deal with 

our friends in that region,” 

said retired Navy Adm. Bob 

Natter, former commander 

of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. 

“This job has more to do 

with understanding (leaders 

in) the region and being 

there for a while so they can 

get to know you.” 

The post is a high-profile 

one and the occupant has to 

be politically savvy. Fallon 

quit after an Esquire magazine 

article described him as 

being at odds with a White 

House eager to go to war 

with Iran. Titled “The Man 

Between War and Peace,” 

the article cast Fallon as a 

lone voice against taking 

military action to stop the 

Iranian nuclear program. 

The Central Command 

chief ostensibly is senior 

to Petraeus and Army Gen. 

Dan McNeill, who leads 

U.S. and coalition forces in 

Afghanistan. The arrangement, 

however, led to friction 

on Fallon’s watch, especially 

over the timing and 

pace of drawing down U.S. 

troops from Iraq. 

Central Command manages 

tens of thousands of 

soldiers, Marines, airmen 

and sailors, yet those troops 

are recruited, trained and 

equipped by the individ- 

MONDAY 

Sunshine and 

patchy clouds 

59° 38° 

8 a.m. .............................................. 0 

Noon ............................................... 5 

4 p.m. .............................................. 3 

0-2: Low 8-10: Very High 

3-5: Moderate 11+: Extreme 

6-7: High 

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the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 

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National Weather for Mar. 13, 2008 

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 

Seattle 

48/40 

San Francisco 

60/48 

Los Angeles 

70/54 

Billings 

45/24 

El Paso 

78/54 

Denver 

52/27 

Cold front 

Warm front 

Stationary front 

National Summary 

Today Fri. 

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 

Atlanta 74 50 pc 66 56 t 

Boston 40 32 pc 50 34 r 

Charleston, SC 74 50 s 75 58 pc 

Charlotte 72 47 pc 71 52 t 

Chicago 49 34 pc 50 28 c 

Cincinnati 64 39 c 56 38 r 

Dallas 76 58 pc 78 55 s 

Denver 52 27 c 45 23 sh 

Honolulu 83 71 pc 82 71 s 

Kansas City 58 38 r 52 33 r 

Los Angeles 70 54 pc 67 54 pc 

New York City 49 41 c 52 37 r 

Orlando 78 53 pc 77 57 t 

Phoenix 86 59 pc 80 53 pc 

Seattle 48 40 sh 50 40 sh 

Wash., DC 58 45 pc 62 43 r 

ual military branches. The 

new commander must have 

a solid understanding of 

the challenges each of the 

branches faces in producing 

a steady flow of forces. 

“The job requires an officer 

with knowledge of 

the area, who hopefully is 

respected in the area, and 

who is also respected by 

the other services,” said 

Mike Delong, a retired Marine 

Corps general who was 

deputy commander at Central 

Command from 2000 to 

2003. “And he’s got to hit 

the ground running.” 

Dempsey, Fallon’s deputy, 

has been named acting 

commander until a permanent 

successor is nominated 

by the president and 

confirmed by the Senate. 

Dempsey is still thought 

to be a contender for the 

Central Command post 

even though the Defense 

Department announced 

in early February he had 

been selected to head Army 

forces in Europe. The new 

assignment comes with a 

fourth star. 

Prior to being named 

Central Command’s deputy 

commander last spring, 

Dempsey spent nearly three 

years in Iraq as a battlefield 

commander and head of the 

unit responsible for training 

Iraq’s security forces. 

Odierno, until recently 

the former No. 2 commander 

in Iraq, has been 

nominated for promotion 

to four-star general and 

is scheduled to take over 

as the Army’s vice chief of 

staff. 

In March 2003, Odierno 

was commander of the 4th 

Infantry Division and led 

the unit during the invasion 

of Iraq. He has been 

critical of Iran for supplying 

weapons to Shiite militias 

in Iraq. 

“We have no doubt they 

are still supporting insurgents,” 

Odierno said of the 

Iranians at a recent Pentagon 

press conference. “If 

you ask me what I worry 

about most, I do worry 

about that as a long-term 

threat. And I think we have 

to, you know, constantly 

watch it.” 

McChrystal, who was 

just named to a top post 

on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

controls U.S. commandos 

in Iraq. As head of 

the shadowy Joint Special 

Operations Command, he 

Minneapolis 

44/28 

Chicago 

49/34 

Kansas City 

58/38 

Houston 

75/64 

Atlanta 

74/50 

Showers 

T-storms 

Rain 

Detroit 

46/32 

New York 

49/41 

Washington 

58/45 

Miami 

78/63 

An Alberta Clipper will push an area of snow through the northern 

Great Lakes today, while rain falls farther south over the 

southern Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley. Areas of rain with 

spotty snow are in store for the central Plains. 

The Nation The World 

Flurries 

Snow 

Ice 

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 

Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures 

are given for selected cities. 

Today Fri. 

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 

Acapulco 88 72 s 87 71 s 

Amsterdam 50 39 r 50 37 pc 

Barcelona 62 51 s 65 52 pc 

Beijing 56 33 s 59 40 pc 

Berlin 43 34 c 46 34 sh 

Dublin 50 39 r 48 43 r 

Hong Kong 78 68 pc 74 68 c 

Jerusalem 59 47 pc 59 44 s 

London 50 37 r 52 51 r 

Madrid 72 37 s 72 37 pc 

Mexico City 77 43 s 77 44 s 

Montreal 28 18 pc 37 26 sn 

Paris 52 43 r 55 43 r 

Rome 64 39 s 63 41 pc 

Seoul 54 36 r 57 33 s 

Singapore 83 76 t 84 76 t 

Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, 

r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 

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(After Hours) 

Bush searches for new wartime commander 

typically works behind the 

scenes. But his name was 

pulled into the spotlight 

last year following investigations 

into the April 2004 

friendly fire death of former 

NFL star Pat Tillman. 

Just a day after approving 

a medal claiming 

Tillman had been cut down 

by “devastating enemy fire” 

in Afghanistan, McChrystal 

tried to warn Bush that the 

story might not be true, according 

to testimony from 

the investigation. But top 

Army officials concluded 

McChrystal did nothing 

wrong. 

Chiarelli serves as Gates’ 

senior military assistant 

and is a former senior commander 

in Iraq. He led dayto-day 

military operations 

before transferring command 

to Odierno. Chiarelli 

also is a former commander 

of the 1st Cavalry Division 

at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Bush, however, could 

buck convention again. Selecting 

Fallon, a naval avia- 

Council 

Two injured in Watauga Road collision 

One driver was airlifted to the hospital 

from the scene of a two-car collision 

Wednesday afternoon on Watauga Road. 

According to Tennessee State Trooper 

Greg Marlow, Jessee Taylor, 19, 148 Hart 

Road, Elizabethton, was driving a black 

2003 Ford F150 south on Watauga and 

failed to see a 1993 Chevy Blazer traveling 

the opposite direction when he attempted 

to turn onto Smalling Road. 

The Blazer, driven by Michelle Gayle 

McCork, no age or address available, struck 

the Ford and was pinned against a guard- 


Lake. 

These resolutions will also be brought before the Carter 

County Commission. The plan was originally discussed during 

last month’s meeting of Carter County Tomorrow. 

Additionally, a concerned citizens group also plans to address 

council over conditions at the Elizabethton Herb and 

Metal property during the time allotted for citizen comments. 

Lora Owens is spearheading the initiative to tackle the 

problems that she and other neighbors feel are being caused 

by the Herb and Metal business. 

Owens previously contacted the STAR about what was 

occurring on the Herb and Metal property. She expressed 

concern that crushed cars were being stacked higher than 

the fence line at the business. She also had worries over the 

smells, possible vermin problems, environmental issues and 

traffic hazards. 

Chief Building Official Joseph Barnett stated there is no 

city ordinance to regulate how tall the business can stack 

crushed cars. 

While having junk cars on a residential property is against 

city ordinance, there is no regulation as to what the business 

can do with their “product” after it has been crushed. 

Owens and Barnett said they both wondered why the 

crushed vehicles are not being moved from the property, but 

Barnett stated the city cannot legally tell the business that the 

cars have to be moved since there is no ordinance in place. 

Owens added she spoke with the manager of Herb and 

Metal and was told it would be at least two months before 

any of the cars could be removed from the Elizabethton property. 

To gather support for her cause, Owens circulated a petition 

and said she has gathered supporters to accompany her 

to tonight’s city council meeting. 

CCIL 


ceived noticeably higher marks from kindergarten teachers 

in various skills. 

“The kids get familiar with books and ready to learn. 

They’re ready to go once they get to school and they know a 

little more about what to do with the resources,” he said. 

Committee Chairman Lilo Duncan noted that the city of 

Elizabethton has donated $5,000 to the CCIL but that Carter 

County has yet to contribute. About $7,000 has been 

donated so far in 2008. Duncan added that the fundraiser 

at Pizza Hut in February netted $246.36, and the manager 

agreed to host another fundraiser in the future. 

Book orders for March reached 1,812, and April’s total 

was 1,823, which is 57.7 percent of the eligible children in 

Carter County. 

The third annual CCIL Fundraising Dinner has been 

scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Truman Clark Annex of the 

Carter County Health Department. The next meeting will 

be held Wednesday, April 9. 

New $5 coming out today 

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Abraham Lincoln is getting a little 

color in his cheeks. 

New $5 bills bearing the gaunt visage of the nation’s 16th 

president — but with some touches of color added — are 

making their way to banks and cash registers near you. 

The bill goes into circulation Thursday. That’s when the 

Federal Reserve, the supplier of the nation’s cash, starts 

shipping the bills to banks, which send them to businesses 

and eventually into the hands of people in this country and 

beyond. 

Fittingly, the new bill will be spent for the first time on 

Thursday at the gift shop of President Lincoln’s Cottage located 

on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

in northwest Washington. 

It’s the latest in a series of redesigned notes aimed at foiling 

phony-money makers, who over the years have grown 

increasingly sophisticated. 

Lincoln, the nation’s 16th president, is still on the front 

and the Lincoln Memorial remains on the back. 

To the naked eye, the most notable difference is color — 

splashes of light purple at the center of the bill that blend 

into gray near the edges. 

Small yellow “05” numerals are printed to the left of Lincoln 

on the front and to the right of the memorial on the back. 

The Great Seal of the United States, which features an eagle 

and shield, will appear in purple to the right of the president’s 

portrait. Arcs of purple stars border Lincoln and the seal. 

rail with McCork and a 10-month-old girl 

inside. 

After emergency crews extracted the 

two from the vehicle, McCork was flown to 

Johnson City Medical Center by Wings Air 

Rescue and the parents of the child drove 

her to JCMC. 

Trooper Marlow said the baby’s injuries 

were minor, but McCork suffered numerous 

injuries including broken bones and 

trauma to the head, neck and back. 

Taylor, who was uninjured in the collision, 

was charged with failure to yield. 


The driver of the Blazer shown in this photo was airlifted to Johnson City Medical Center 

Wednesday for treatment of multiple injuries suffered when she was involved in a collision with a 

truck on Watauga Road.

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