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killed in Iraq 

BAGHDAD (AP) — A highly sophisticated simultaneous 

truck bombing and rocket attack devastated a Shiite market 

district in one of Baghdad’s safest central neighborhoods 

Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 95. Separately, 

the American military announced the deaths of seven 

U.S. troops. 

Although suicide bombings are common in Iraq, it is rare 

for militants to stage a double attack with such effectiveness. 

The attackers struck about 6:40 p.m. as the Karradah district’s 

market area was packed with shoppers on the eve of 

the Islamic day of rest. 

An explosives-laden garbage truck exploded near the 

market at about the same time as a Katyusha rocket 

slammed into a three-story residential building about 100 

yards away. Three columns of smoke billowed into the sky 

and fires burned on the ground after the thunderous explosions, 

which set cars and buildings ablaze. 

Many residents were crying as they searched for missing 

relatives. 

“The terrorists, curse them, are behind this act,” said Firas 

Rahim, who sells clothes at a stand near the site of the blasts. 

“They are angry because the people were celebrating and 

happy yesterday. Now they took their revenge,” he said, referring 

to the jubilation that filled the streets of Baghdad after 

the soccer team advanced to Sunday’s finals in the Asian 

Cup. 

An Iraqi military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, 

later blamed Sunni extremists for the rocket attack. He 

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Biltmore Fire 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Sales of new homes tumbled 

in June by the largest amount 

in five months, provoking 

new worries on Wall Street 

about how much the prolonged 

housing slump will 

hurt the overall economy. 

The Commerce Department 

reported Thursday that 

sales of new single-family 

homes dropped by 6.6 percent 

last month to a seasonally 

adjusted annual rate of 

834,000 units. The decline 

was more than triple what 

had been expected and was 

the largest percentage drop 

since sales fell by 12.7 percent 

Photo by Eveleigh Hatfield 

Volunteer firemen responded to a trailer home at 

Betterley Place in the Biltmore community around 

5:30 p.m. Thursday. Firemen said the electrical fire 

started in a bedroom. No other details were available. 

No other details were available at press time. 

in January. 

The fall in new home sales 

was the latest piece of evidence 

this week of housing’s 

troubles. Sales in the much 

larger existing home market 

also fell in June, dropping by 

3.8 percent to an annual rate 

of 5.75 million units, the 

slowest pace in nearly five 

years. Also this week, Countrywide 

Financial, one of the 

largest mortgage lenders, reported 

a sharp drop in second-quarter 

profits. The company 

said rising default rates 

were spreading from subprime 

to more conventional 

mortgages. 

State suspends admissions 

at Elizabethton nursing home 

NASHVILLE — Tennessee 

health officials have suspended 

admissions at an Elizabethton 

nursing home after 

staff members allegedly did 

not follow doctors’ orders 

and committed other violations, 

officials said. 

Hermitage Health Center, 

a 70-bed licensed nursing 

home in Elizabethton, is facing 

a state civil penalty of 

$1,500, the Tennessee Department 

of Health announced in 

a news release Thursday. Also, 

a special monitor will be 

appointed to review the center’s 

operation. 

The state also has recommended 

a federal civil penalty 

be imposed at $3,550 a day 

until the violations are corrected. 

The nursing home was ordered 

by the Department of 

Health not to admit any new 

patients based on conditions 

found during an annual survey 

conducted July 17 

through July 20. 

Investigators found failure 

by the staff to ensure doctors’ 

orders were followed; failure 

of the staff to obtain in a timely 

manner laboratory services; 

and failure by the nursing 

home’s performance improvement 

committee to 

identify staff’s problems following 

physician’s orders 

and obtaining laboratory 

services. 

Jeannie Barker, administrator 

over the nursing home, 

I’ve always heard that 

“laughter is the best medicine.” 

And, just recently that 

laughter, along with an active 

sense of humor, may 

help protect you against a 

heart attack, this according 

to a study by cardiologists at 

the University of Medical 

Center in Baltimore. 

I am told that by the time 

a child reaches nursery 

school, he or she will laugh 

300 times a day. Adults laugh 

an average of 17 times a day. 

The sound of roaring 

laughter is far more contagious 

than any cough, sniffle, 

or sneeze. Humor and laughter 

can cause a domino effect 

of joy. Doctors say a good 

hearty laugh can help reduce 

stress, lower blood pressure, 

elevate mood, boost immune 

New home sales 

Sales of new single-family 

homes at a seasonally 

adjusted annual rate: 

1.2 million units 834,000 

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All these developments 

unnerved Wall Street, where 

concern is growing that the 

problems with subprime 

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The State has suspended admissions at Hermitage Nursing Home after staff members 

allegedly did not follow doctor’s orders and committed other violations, officials said. The 

nursing home is located at 1633 Hillview Drive, off Parkway Blvd. 

said Thursday the state’s allegations 

involve one resident, 

who did not get blood work 

ordered by the resident’s doctor. 

“It was a human error that 

caused no harm,” Barker 

said. “But in the state’s eyes ... 

it could have potentially 

caused the resident harm. 

“We’re working hard to resolve 

the issue and we have 

plans in place to make sure 

system, improve brain functioning, 

protect the heart, 

connect you to others, foster 

instant relaxation, and make 

you feel good. 

I’ve also 

heard that 

laughter is the 

shortest distance 

between 

two people 

and is enjoyed 

best 

when shared 

with others. 

So, this week, 

I thought we 

Frank 

Robinson 

would laugh together at 

some funny stories and jokes 

others have shared with me 

and which I found funny. 

Boys will be boys? (And 

moms will be moms!) 

A 6-year-old and a 4-year- 

mortgages could mean more 

widespread credit problems 

are ahead. The Dow Jones industrial 

average plunged by 

311.50 points to close at 

13,473.57. It was the biggest 

one-day point loss since the 

Dow fell 416.02 points on 

Feb. 27, when a drop in China’s 

Shanghai stock market 

rattled investors. 

Asked about market turmoil, 

Treasury Secretary 

Henry Paulson said Thursday 

it showed investors were 

reassessing the risks involved 

in credit markets. 

“Whenever we have extended 

periods of good mar- 

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lending worries; Dow 

industrials down 

more than 300 points. 

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this doesn’t happen again. 

We’re cooperating fully with 

the state Department of 

Health. We’ve got an attorney 

who is looking into this and 

we’re doing our own internal 

investigation.” 

The order to suspend admissions 

remains effective 

until conditions have been 

and continue to remain corrected. 

A copy of the order 

must be posted at the public 

old are upstairs in their bedroom. 

“You know what?” 

says the 6-year-old. “I think 

it’s about time we started 

cussing.” The 4-year-old 

nods his head in approval. 

The 6-year-old continues. 

“When we go downstairs for 

breakfast, I’m gonna say 

something with “hell” and 

you say some something 

with “damn.” The 4-year-old 

agrees with enthusiasm. 

When their mother walks 

into the kitchen and asks the 

6-year-old what he wants for 

breakfast, he replies, “Aw, 

hell, Mom, I guess I’ll have 

some Cheerios.” WHACK! 

He flies out of his chair, tumbles 

across the kitchen floor, 

gets up and runs upstairs, 

crying his eyes out, with his 

mother in hot pursuit and 

kets and benign economic situations, 

there is a tendency 

for laxness,” Paulson said in 

a Bloomberg television interview. 

“I do believe this is a 

wake-up call that lenders 

need to be very careful when 

they price risks.” 

Paulson said he expected 

the market turmoil will be 

contained because of the 

overall strength of the economy. 

But he said it was his job 

“to be vigilant and be prepared 

if and when we have a 

global financial shock.” 

Private economists, who 

noted that it was just last 

week that the Dow Jones in- 

Sunflower 

Festival 

√ Mountain City’s annual 

Sunflower Festival will be held 

Saturday, July 28, from 9 a.m. 

until 4 p.m. The festival will offer 

a nostalgic look at the region’s 

past and the usual run of food, 

crafts, and fun events. Page 9A 

entrance where it can be seen. 

The nursing home in an inspection 

prior to the one done 

last week revealed no health 

deficiencies, however, four 

fire safety deficiencies were 

noted in the report. 

The nursing home has the 

right to a hearing about the 

suspension of admissions before 

the Board for Licensing 

Health Care Facilities or an 

administrative judge. 

Laughter is the best medicine 

slapping his rear every step. 

After a firm paddling, his 

mom locks him in his room 

and shouts, “You can just 

stay there until I let you out!” 

She then comes back downstairs, 

looks at the 4-year-old 

and asks with a stern voice, 

“And, what do YOU want 

for breakfast, young man?” 

“I don’t know,” he blubbers, 

“but you can bet I’m 

not going to ask for any 

damn Cheerios!” 

A Lawyer’s Question 

A small town prosecuting 

attorney called his first witness 

to the stand in a trial — 

a grandmotherly, elderly 

woman. He approached her 

and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do 

you know me?” 

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Sales of new homes plunge, adding to Wall Street worries 

dustrial topped a record 

14,000, said the string of 

weak housing figures meant 

a more sober assessment of 

economic conditions. 

“Investors are re-evaluating 

the depth and extent of 

the housing and mortgage 

market downturn,” said 

Mark Zandi, chief economist 

at Moody’s Economy.com. 

“Instead of ending soon, the 

housing market downturn is 

likely to extend through 2008. 

That is a shift in thinking.” 

Analysts also blamed increases 

in mortgage rates in 

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Promoting healthy habits 

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Reasons For Our Hope 

The Carter County 

Health Department’s 

“Tender Care” program, 

in conjunction with the 

Elizabethton Boy’s and 

Girl’s Club, held a 

health fair for children 

ages six through 17 on 

Thursday. 

Several county agencies 

and health-related 

businesses participated 

in the event, which emphasized 

safety and 

health education. The 

Elizabethton police and 

fire departments also 

participated. 

Among topics covered 

at the health fair 

were good nutrition, 

dental hygiene and 

smoking cessation. 

You’re Invited To 

VBS 2007 

at 

Elizabethton Church of Christ 

Address: 137 East C Street, Elizabethton, TN 

Date: July 30 - August 3, 2007 

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM 

Classes for all ages 

Adult class begins at 7:00 PM 

For more info. call 542-5131 

Photo by Hannah Bader 

Katelyn Miller listens 

intently while Alissa Johnson 

from Blue Cross/Blue Shield 

talks about personal hygiene 

during the Boys and Girls 

Club Health Fair. 


Kayla Shuffler learns how to use the fire engine siren with help from Tony Edwards during 

the Boys and Girls Club Health Fair. 

Republican Women 

meeting cancelled 

The August meeting of the Carter County Republican 

Women has been canceled. 

The GOP women will convene on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at noon 

in the Winford Floyd Center of First Freewill Baptist Church, Second 

St., Elizabethton. All members are urged to attend. 

Any woman interested in joining may attend or call 543- 

2905. 


Nash Eryasa shows off his 10-pound “weight suit” during a health fair at the Boys and Girls 

Club. The children were asked to try on the 10 extra pounds to discourage them from eating 

too much fast food or drinking too much soda. This service was provided by Carter 

County UT Extension Agent Camille Jessee, pictured behind Nash. 

TB patient goes home to Georgia 

DENVER (AP) — The tuberculosis 

patient who created 

an international health 

scare when he flew to Europe 

for his wedding was released 

from a hospital Thursday 

after successfully completing 

inpatient treatment, 

officials said. 

Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta 

attorney who had a 

multidrug-resistant strain of 

TB, underwent surgery July 

17 to remove a diseased portion 

of his right lung. 

The doctors who treated 

him at National Jewish Medical 

and Research Center in 

Denver don’t consider him 

to be completely cured, but 

the lung operation and antibiotic 

treatments “have 

eliminated any detectable 

evidence of infection,” the 

hospital said. 

Speaker, who spent eight 

weeks in the hospital, will 

still need to continue antibiotic 

treatment for about two 

years. 

Hospital spokesman 

William Allstetter said 

Thursday that Speaker had 

left Denver in an air ambulance 

and returned to Georgia 

to recuperate. He would 

not specify where except to 

say that Speaker was not in a 

hospital. Speaker, reached by 

telephone Thursday, declined 

to comment. 

“He arrived there safely 

and he is happy to be home,” 

Allstetter said. 

Speaker is not contagious 

and could have flown by 

commercial airliner, but 

“everyone involved in the 

case” decided the air ambulance 

was a better choice because 

of the attention the 

case has attracted, the hospital 

said. 

Allstetter said Speaker is 

no longer under an isolation 

order but was instructed to 

check in with county health 

officials in Georgia. As with 

other TB patients, a health 

worker must watch Speaker 

take his drugs to make sure 

he stays on the five-days-aweek 

regimen, he said. 

Federal health officials 

worked with the Denver 

hospital to develop a plan to 

monitor Speaker’s treatment, 

Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention spokesman 

Tom Skinner said. 

Speaker became the focus 

of a federal investigation and 

prompted an international 

uproar in May when he went 

ahead with the wedding trip 

after health officials said 

they had advised him not to 

fly. CDC officials notified 

him while he was there that 

tests indicated he had extensively 

drug-resistant tuberculosis; 

later tests found only 

the less dangerous multidrug-resistant 

TB. 

Rather than check into a 

European hospital, Speaker 

flew to Canada, drove across 

the border and turned himself 

in at a U.S. hospital. For 

a few days, he held the designation 

as the first American 

quarantined by the federal 

government since 1963. 

He was transferred to National 

Jewish on May 31. 

Almost all the U.S. passengers 

who were with 

Speaker on a May 12 flight 

from Atlanta to Paris have 

been contacted, and preliminary 

tests found no sign they 

were infected. However, not 

all of those passengers have 

gone back for the necessary 

follow-up tests that would 

provide conclusive results, 

Skinner said. The Speakers 

were the only Americans on 

the May 24 flight. 

Speaker was in good 

health, aside from the TB, so 

he has had a fairly quick recovery 

after surgery, hospital 

officials said.\ 

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BAGHDAD (AP) — The 

top U.S. general and diplomat 

in Iraq warned on 

Thursday against cutting 

short the American troop 

buildup and suggested they 

would urge Congress in September 

to give President 

Bush’s strategy more time. 

Ambassador Ryan Crocker 

and Gen. David Petraeus, 

in separate Associated Press 

interviews at their offices in 

the U.S. Embassy on the 

banks of the Tigris, were 

careful not to define a timeframe 

for continuing the 

counterinsurgency strategy 

— and the higher U.S. troop 

levels — that began six 

months ago. 

Still, Petraeus’ comments 

signaled that he would like 

to see a substantial U.S. combat 

force remain on its current 

course well into 2008 

and perhaps beyond. He said 

that a drawdown from today’s 

level of 160,000 U.S. 

NASHVILLE (AP) — It’s 

been nearly a year since Gov. 

Phil Bredesen announced a 

proposal to create a community 

college curriculum designed 

to prepare students to 

become managers at big-box 

retailers like Wal-Mart. 

Yet there is no sign that any 

such “Wal-Mart 101” program 

will be available at two-year 

schools across the state anytime 

soon. 

Asked in an interview with 

The Associated Press this 

week about what the holdup 

is, Bredesen responded: “The 

Board of Regents — and the 

general difficulty of moving 

things forward in the educational 

system.” 

The Board of Regents oversees 

two-year schools and 

public universities that are not 

part of the University of Tennessee 

system. 

“The Board of Regents on 

that one has not picked up the 

idea and carried forward on 

their own in some fashion,” 

Bredesen said. 

troops is coming but he 

would not say when. 

Petraeus said he and his 

top deputy, Lt. Gen. Ray 

Odierno, are working on 

how to carry out a reduction 

in the extra troops Bush ordered 

to Baghdad and to Anbar 

province. He said the 

drawdown would be done 

“over time, without undermining 

what we’ve fought to 

achieve.” 

“There is a lot more that 

we certainly will try to do,” 

Petraeus said. 

With the American public’s 

patience wearing thin, 

many in Congress are pressing 

for a troop reduction 

soon. Bush has resisted, saying 

he is waiting to receive 

the advice of Petraeus and 

Crocker in September. 

Pressed repeatedly on 

when he thought troop levels 

could be reduced and other 

U.S. involvement scaled 

back, Crocker said: “It’s go- 

Bredesen said he prefers 

state officials to move aggressively 

on new ideas. He said 

he’d rather have to tell officials 

to slow down rather than 

have to constantly prod them 

into action. 

The governor said that he 

sometimes has to ask UT President 

John Petersen to rein in 

the pace of new programs, but 

that that rarely occurs with the 

Board of Regents. 

Board of Regents Chancellor 

Charles Manning could 

not immediately be reached 

for comment Thursday. 

Bredesen acknowledged 

that the Board of Regents may 

have been distracted by debate 

during the legislative session 

over several communitycollege 

related subjects like his 

ultimately doomed proposal 

to give free tuition to high 

school graduates who average 

a 19 on their ACT college entrance 

exams. Bredesen has 

vowed to bring back the community 

college scholarship 

proposal next year. 

ing to take longer than September.” 

He said he saw his mission 

as ensuring “we’re all 

looking at reality. I don’t 

think any service is done either 

in Iraq or the U.S. by 

saying, again, ‘It’s going to 

be OK by November.’ This is 

hard. There is tremendous 

damage that’s been done 

physically, politically, socially 

and it’s going to take time 

to repair.” 

U.S. military officers have 

said in recent interviews that 

while troop levels should be 

determined as conditions 

evolve, they see little reason 

to remove the full 30,000 U.S. 

troop buildup before next 

summer. Some say they can 

foresee beginning some reductions 

by summer or earlier. 

Petraeus said he would 

make his case in September, 

when he and Crocker are due 

to report to Congress on mili- 

Meanwhile, the state last 

week announced that as part 

of Eastman Chemical Co.’s 

$1.3 billion reinvestment in its 

Kingsport facilities the state 

will pour $1 million into tailoring 

programs at Northeast 

State Technical Community 

College to the company’s 

work force needs. 

The “Eastman 101” program 

will address specific job 

skills for mechanics, lab analysts 

and chemical operators. 

The proposal also could benefit 

other companies in the region 

because they could hire 

graduates of the programs. 

Although the job training 

program will be at a Regents 

college, it won’t be available at 

campuses across the state the 

way Bredesen envisions the 

“Wal-Mart 101” program. 

“We had the opportunity to 

do the ‘101’ with somebody, 

so we obviously grabbed that 

and took it,” Bredesen said. 

“The other one (for big-box retailers) 

I’m still interested in 

and we’re still pushing for it.” 

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tary and political progress 

and on their recommendations 

for the future. 

He said the troop buildup 

has clearly established “tactical 

momentum,” meaning its 

more aggressive efforts to secure 

volatile neighborhoods 

in Baghdad and areas around 

the capital are succeeding. 

The bigger issue is whether 

those gains will lead to a stability 

that can be sustained 

over time. 

“The surge enables us to 

turn the tide just a bit in key 

places,” the four-star general 

said in an hour-long interview. 

Asked what more the U.S. 

military needs to accomplish 

to put Iraq on a steadier 

track, Petraeus ticked off a 

list that included furthering 

the training and equipping of 

Iraqi security forces, which 

are intended to gradually 

take over for U.S. forces, beginning 

in areas where secu- 

rity and political conditions 

allow. 

“We want to make much 

more progress against al- 

Qaida. We would like to 

build on the early momentum 

from local groups rejecting 

al-Qaida and militias,” 

Petraeus said. We want to 

certainly not just sit on the 

violence in Baghdad neighborhoods 

and stabilize it but 

to create a way ahead that 

can be sustained by the Iraqis 

over time. We want to, where 

possible, frankly, to continue 

the process of handing off to 

Iraqis.” 

Crocker spoke more directly 

of his conviction that 

the current strategy should 

be maintained — and about 

his concern that if the United 

States were to withdraw now 

Iraq would be plunged into a 

humanitarian disaster. 

“It is not as though we can 

simply decide that we do not 

want to be involved anymore 

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U.S. general, diplomat in Iraq warn against cutting troop buildup 

WASHINGTON (AP) — 

Army Secretary Pete Geren is 

expected to recommend demoting 

a retired three-star 

general for his role in providing 

misleading information to 

investigators about the 

friendly-fire shooting of Pat 

Tillman in Afghanistan, military 

officials say. 

In what would be a stinging 

and rare rebuke, Lt. Gen. 

Philip Kensinger, who headed 

Army special operations, is 

one of seven high-ranking 

Army officers expected to receive 

official reprimands for 

critical errors in reporting the 

circumstances of the Army 

Ranger’s death in April 2004. 

The officials requested 

anonymity because the punishments 

under consideration 

by Geren have not been made 

public. The Army said it has 

not made any final decisions. 

The Army plans an announcement 

next week, after notifying 

Tillman’s family and Congress 

of its actions. 

Geren also is considering a 

letter of censure to Kensinger. 

He is in line for the harshest 

punishment of those involved 

in what has become a threeyear 

controversy that led to 

more than half a dozen investigations. 

Five other officers, 

including three generals, are 

expected to receive less severe 

letters criticizing their actions. 

Army officials decided 

against tougher penalties, 

which could have included 

additional demotions, dishon- 

orable discharges or prison 

time. One senior officer, Lt. 

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, 

commander of the Joint Special 

Operations Command, escaped 

punishment. 

Tillman’s death received 

worldwide attention because 

he had walked away from a 

huge contract with the National 

Football League’s Arizona 

Cardinals to enlist in the 

Army after the Sept. 11 attacks. 

Tillman’s mother, Mary, 

said the impending punishments 

were inadequate. 

“I’m not satisfied with any 

of it,” she said in a telephone 

interview with The Associated 

Press. 

She rejected the Pentagon’s 

characterization of the officers’ 

offenses as “errors” in reporting 

her son’s death, when 

several officers have said they 

decided against telling the 

Tillman family that friendly 

fire was suspected. 

Geren’s pending decisions 

come four months after two 

investigative reports found 

that Army officers provided 

misleading and inaccurate information 

about Tillman’s 

death. A central issue has 

been why the Army waited 

about five weeks after it suspected 

friendly fire was involved 

before telling his family. 

The investigations found 

that nine officers, including 

four generals, were at fault in 

providing the bad informa- 

tion and should be held accountable. 

But the reports determined 

there was no criminal 

wrongdoing in the actual 

shooting and that there was 

no deliberate cover-up. 

Geren then named Gen. 

William Wallace to review the 

investigations and recommend 

disciplinary actions. 

Wallace disagreed with initial 

findings against McChrystal, 

according to the military officials. 

But Wallace also surprised 

Army officials by singling out 

a 10th officer — one who had 

not been blamed in the earlier 

reports — for rebuke. 

Brig. Gen. Gina Farrisee, 

director of military personnel 

management at the Pentagon, 

is expected to receive a letter 

of punishment for her involvement 

in the oversight of 

Bredesen frustrated by Board 

of Regents pace on ‘Wal-Mart 101’ 

the awarding of Tillman’s Silver 

Star. 

Two others who were 

blamed in earlier reports are 

also expected to receive letters 

of admonishment: Brig. 

Gen. Gary Jones, who led one 

of the early Army investigations, 

and Brig. Gen. James C. 

Nixon, who was Tillman’s 

regimental commander. 

Jones, now retired from the 

Army, was faulted for failing 

to address several issues, 

leading to speculation that 

Army officials were concealing 

information about Tillman’s 

death. 

Nixon was criticized for 

failing to ensure that Tillman’s 

family was told. 

The names of the three 

lower level officers expected 

to be punished have not been 

released by the military. But 

they are likely among the five 

who were blamed — but also 

not named — in the earlier investigations. 

According to an AP analysis 

of the reports and other 

documents, those five officers 

include then-Capt. Richard 

Scott, who conducted the first 

investigation into the shooting, 

and then-Lt. Col. Jeff Bailey, 

the battalion commander 

who oversaw Tillman’s platoon 

and played a role in the 

recommendation for his Silver 

Star. Officials would not 

say if either of those are 

among the ones recommended 

for rebuke. 

It is no surprise that 

Kensinger, 60, is in line for the 

most severe punishment. An 

investigation by the Defense 

Department’s inspector general 

found “compelling evidence 

that Kensinger learned 

of suspected fratricide well 

before the memorial service 

and provided misleading testimony” 

on that issue. That 

misrepresentation, the report 

said, could constitute a “false 

official statement,” a violation 

of the Military Code of Justice. 

Farrisee’s rebuke is tied to 

the Army recommendations 

that Tillman receive the Silver 

Star. The investigations found 

that Army officials were 

aware that Tillman probably 

and the movie comes to an 

end,” he said. “The movie 

will keep on rolling in Iraq 

and in the region whether 

we’re here or not. 

“I, for one, as someone 

who has spent decades in the 

Middle East, am deeply concerned 

about what could 

happen if we decide based 

on reasons other than conditions 

on the ground in Iraq 

that we simply don’t want to 

be involved anymore.” 

He said the consequence 

could be inroads by the al- 

Qaida terrorist network, a 

consolidation of Iranian influence 

in Iraq, intervention 

by Turkey and other neighboring 

states, and a “massive 

human catastrophe.” 

Sprinkled throughout his 

remarks were references to a 

need for patience in seeing 

Iraq through its current crisis. 

“There are no easy, quick, 

magic answers at this stage,” 

he said. 

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If Geren does recommend 

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star and be demoted to major 

general, that would lower 

Kensinger’s retirement benefits. 

As an example, a lieutenant 

general retiring in 2006 

would earn about $9,400 per 

month, while a major general 

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throw the person out of the 

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State officials impressed 

This week, some state officials 

at the invitation of Rep. 

Kent Williams visited Watauga 

Lake for the very first time. 

In the group were Jim Fyke, 

Commissioner of Conservation, 

and Susan Whitaker, 

Commissioner of Tourism. “I 

wanted them to see Watauga 

Lake, to experience it, and to 

see the many opportunities 

there for the cultivation of 

tourism,” Rep. Williams said. 

Williams would like to see a 

campground or RV park built 

in close proximity to the lake. 

He also used the visit to promote 

a local fish hatchery as 

well as a Tennessee Fishing 

Trail. The fish hatchery has 

been a much talked-about 

project, but has yet to get off 

the ground. 

The backroads of Carter 

County have much to offer — 

some fun and diverse experiences. 

The roster of experiences 

includes, but is not limited 

to, canoeing, rafting, tubing, 

boating, birdwatching, 

Editor: 

Recently, the severe 

drought conditions plaguing 

Tennessee have been a hot 

topic, so to speak. 

With the driest winter in 

more than a century, and an 

equally dry spring and summer, 

the state’s farmers are 

selling off herds of cattle in 

record numbers, scrambling 

to save crops, and conserving 

every drop of available water. 

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander 

has even asked the Secretary 

of Agriculture to declare 

all 95 Tennessee counties a 

disaster area. 

Much more dire circumstances 

were on the minds of 

more than 80 religious and 

education leaders last year as 

they signed the Evangelical 

Call to Action. This document 

recognizes the faith community’s 

acceptance of global 

warming as a human-induced 

condition. More importantly, 

they urged immediate action 

to address the impacts of climate 

change on the world’s 

most vulnerable populations. 

According to their statement, 

global warming and the associated 

severe weather 

changes such as drought will 

certainly hit the poor the 

hardest, mainly because they 

are the least able to recover. In 

short, millions of people 

could die in this century be- 

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wildlife watching, hunting, 

fishing, horseback riding, star 

gazing, hiking, picnicking, discovering 

history, and a frontrow 

seat to the outdoors. 

Carter County offers some 

incredible recreational opportunities, 

and Williams wanted 

OPINION 

the state commissioners to see 

that. Fyke has been to Carter 

County in the past as a visitor 

to the two local state parks, but 

had never been to Watauga 

Lake. Whitaker has visited the 

area, but, she, too, was visiting 

Watauga Lake for the first 

time. 

Whitaker is very high on 

the statewide fishing trail and 

sees Carter County’s rivers 

and the Watauga Lake as being 

the beginning of the trail. 

The fishing trail as well as a locally-operated 

hatchery represent 

an energetic and positive 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

cause of climate change, most 

of them our poorest global 

neighbors. 

In a related development, 

most people are aware of the 

tragic conditions in the Darfur 

region of Sudan. What many 

may not know is that the origin 

of the unrest can be traced 

back, in part, to an ecological 

crisis. 

Statistics show that since 

the 1980s, the average rainfall 

in Sudan has decreased by 40 

percent. Prior to that time, 

Arab herdsmen lived at peace 

with located farmers and 

were actually welcomed by 

them as they passed through 

with their herds. When the 

rain stopped, however, farmers 

became protective of their 

land and wells, fencing them 

from roaming herders. When 

food and water supplies ran 

dry, the fighting began and, in 

2003, grew into the full-blown 

tragedy we see today. 

Although immediate relief 

is now being offered by Christians 

and the world community 

in general, they can only 

address part of the problem. 

The underlying cause — 

the day-to-day impacts of 

global warming — must ultimately 

be resolved to prevent 

this same situation from playing 

out in another impoverished 

nation. 

This fall, fellow students at 

course that can increase economic 

vitality for Carter 

County. The potential is huge. 

Rep. Williams, who likes to 

fish himself, has worked hard 

this past year, telling folks in 

Nashville about Carter County 

and what it has to offer. He 

has prodded officials at the 

Department of Transportation 

about much-needed road projects. 

He has promoted education, 

and now he is seeking to 

get the campground at 

Sycamore Shoals State Park off 

the drawing board and under 

actual construction. 

“We have so much here in 

Carter County. We just need to 

develop it,” Williams said. 

We’ve been told that fishing 

from a boat on Watauga Lake 

and watching the sun go 

down is nearly a religious experience. 

If so, it is a experience 

worth sharing. 

As for the state officials, 

they finally came, they saw, 

and they were impressed. 

Thanks for coming! 

Readers would like to see 

railway converted to trail 

Editor: 

We would like to weigh in 

on the issue of the abandoned 

railway between Elizabethton 

and Johnson City. Personally, 

we feel it would better serve 

the citizens in the area if converted 

to a recreational rail-totrail 

park. 

We frequently ride with our 

family on the Virginia Creeper 

Trail and know how popular 

that trail is. Whenever our 

family comes to visit us from 

the Midwest, they always 

want to ride on the Creeper 

Trail. We always rent bicycles 

and take a shuttle ride to the 

top and we usually stop for 

lunch and snacks along the 

way. We feel that a trail in our 

area would be just as popular, 

if not more so, because of the 

ease of access and larger population 

here, and would provide 

for future economic 

growth. It would also increase 

the quality of life in Elizabeth- 

EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY 

Tennessee’s Christian universities 

will have an opportunity 

to join the fight against 

global warming through an 

evangelical student climate 

campaign being organized by 

the Volunteer Legacy Coalition. 

Collectively, students 

will focus on their responsibilities 

as stewards of the 

earth, and in doing so will see 

a direct connection to serving 

the most vulnerable populations 

of our world. 

As stated in last year’s 

Evangelical Call to Action, 

“the earth’s natural systems 

are resilient but not infinitely 

so, and human civilizations 

are remarkably dependent on 

ecological stability and wellbeing. 

It is easy to forget this 

until that stability and wellbeing 

are threatened.” 

While Tennessee’s current 

drought causes measurable 

instability and lack of well-being 

for many, I hope the 

state’s college students will 

actively address what is likely 

the real reason for it — global 

warming. It is not too late to 

make a change which will certainly 

impact the future of our 

world. Today’s college students 

are in the perfect position 

to do something great. 

Allison Durham 

Lipscomb U. Student 

Volunteer Legacy Coalition 

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ton much more than a rail line 

would. We feel it would encourage 

families to participate 

in more physical activity together. 

With obesity on the rise 

in our country, we need to encourage 

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we can! 

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WASHINGTON — In advance 

of a formal solicitation 

for funds or an announcement 

of his candidacy, Fred 

Thompson’s presidential campaign 

is quietly 

organizing its 

first Washington 

fund-raiser 

at the downtown 

J.W. Marriott 

hotel the 

last week in July. 

Robert 

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This event 

will give the 

clearest signal 

so far of how 

successful the actor-politician 

will be in his late-starting 

drive to finance his run for 

president. It will be watched 

carefully to see whether 

Thompson picks up important 

lobbyists and other Washingtonians 

who earlier had 

lined up for Sen. John Mc- 

Cain’s fading campaign for 

the presidential nomination. 

A footnote: Thompson 

may not announce officially 

as a candidate until September, 

although an “exploratory” 

committee may soon be 

unveiled. 

McCain’s Last Gasp 

Sen. John McCain’s virtually 

bankrupt presidential campaign 

has made a desperate 

fund-raising bid for small contributions, 

on grounds that 

“the liberal Hollywood elites 

would love to see Sens. 

[Barack] Obama, [Hillary] 

Clinton or [John] Edwards 

face off against any Republican 

other than John McCain.” 

A July 11 fund-raising letter 

was intended to reassure contributors 

that, contrary to speculation, 

McCain has no intention 

of dropping out of the 

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over 5,400 spoons from every state and 

almost every country. 

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vinegar for 30 days it turns yellow. 

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The phrase “sleep tight” originated when 

mattresses were set upon ropes woven 

through the bed frame. To remedy sagging 

ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the 

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contest. The senator signed the 

appeal that promised: “With 

so much on the line . . . , we 

cannot afford to give up -- or 

even back down one inch. My 

friend, I promise you, I never 

will.” 

However, McCain’s letter 

seeking $400 contributions 

went to some supporters who 

already had sent his campaign 

the maximum $2,300 contribution 

for the primary elections. 

The Speaker Leaves? 

Former House Speaker J. 

Dennis Hastert has indicated 

to a close former aide that it is 

likely he will not run for a 12th 

term from his northern Illinois 

district and may even resign 

from Congress before his present 

term concludes. 

That runs counter to widespread 

speculation on Capitol 

Hill that Hastert will continue 

in the House for another two 

years as a private member 

with no leadership responsibilities. 

Since last year’s Democratic 

takeover of Congress 

moved him out of the speaker’s 

office, he has enjoyed returning 

to his former specialty 

of energy issues as a member 

of the House Energy and 

Commerce Committee. 

A footnote: If Hastert does 

not run, a leading candidate 

will be his chief of staff, Mike 

Stokke. Before going on 

Hastert’s staff, Stokke was an 

aide for both the Illinois state 

legislature and the governor’s 

office in Springfield. 

Hagel’s War Chest 

The latest report to the Federal 

Election Commission 

shows maverick Republican 

Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska 

raising only $387,215 in the 

last quarter with but $483,000 

cash on hand. His opponent 

Frank Robinson 

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for the Republican nomination, 

State Atty. Gen. Jon Bruning, 

raised $723,688 in that period. 

Hagel’s lack of fund-raising 

reflects that he has yet to select 

from four options: run for a 

third term in the Senate, run 

for president as a Republican 

or an independent, or get out 

of elective politics. 

A footnote: The biggest senatorial 

fund-raiser for the last 

quarter was Democratic Sen. 

John Kerry of Massachusetts 

with $6 million. Senate Minority 

Leader Mitch McConnell of 

Kentucky led Republicans 

with $4.4 million. 

GOP Discontent 

The biggest political upset 

so far of this election cycle reflected 

rank-and-file Republican 

disgust with the party establishment 

when former 

State Sen. Jim Whitehead was 

defeated Tuesday, July 17, as 

the anointed successor to the 

late Rep. Charles Norwood in 

a heavily Republican northeastern 

Georgia district that includes 

Athens and suburban 

Augusta. 

Dr. Paul Broun, a littleknown 

physician, outworked 

a complacent Whitehead to 

win the battle between two 

conservative Republicans. 

Broun’s aggressive mail and 

telephone campaign attacked 

an overconfident Whitehead, 

who did not even respond. 

Whitehead had led Broun, 44 

percent to 21 percent, in the 

first round of balloting. 

Although the seat will remain 

in Republican hands, 

Whitehead’s unexpected loss 

terrified those incumbent Republican 

House members 

who had thought themselves 

safe for re-election in 2008. 

Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance 

ever nominated for an Oscar with “Midnight 

Cowboy.” Her entire role lasted only six minutes. 

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ABBA got their name by taking the first 

letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, 

Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.) 

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White-Out was invented by the mother of 

Mike Nesmith, formerly of the Monkees. 

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When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers 

play football at home to a sellout 

crowd, the stadium becomes the state’s third 

largest city. 

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The A&W of root beer fame stands for 

Allen and Wright. 

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Where we began … 

The history of the Elizabethton STAR traces 

back to the Mountaineer, established in 1864. The 

Mountaineer was the first newspaper in Upper 

East Tennessee, changing hands and names numerous 

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

Frank Robinson was named publisher. He purchased 

the paper in 1977. On Oct. 1, 1980, his 

son, Charles Robinson, was named publisher. 

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Elizabeth A. Bare 

Elizabeth Ann Bare, 60, of 

Butler, died Thursday, July 

26, 2007, at Sycamore Shoals 

Hospital. 

A native of Washington 

County, she had lived her entire 

life in Carter County. 

Mrs. Bare was a 1964 

graduate of Elizabethton 

High School and was employed 

as an LPN at Life 

Care Center of Elizabethton. 

She was of the Baptist faith. 

She was preceded in 

death by her father, Claude 

Roosevelt Willis, October 1, 

1987. 

Survivors include her husband, 

Ervin H. Bare; two 

sons and a daughter-in-law, 

Daniel Allen and Beth Bare 

of Elizabethton and Jerry 

Kenneth Bare of Johnson 

City; her mother, Virginia 

Willis of Johnson City; and a 

granddaughter, Kendall 

Bare. 

A memorial service for 

Mrs. Bare will be conducted 

at 8 p.m. Friday, July 27, at 

Memorial Funeral Chapel 

with the Rev. Greg Largent 

officiating. The family will 

receive friends from 6 to 8 

p.m. Friday at the funeral 

home. Friends may also call 

at the residence of her mother, 

Virginia Willis, Johnson 

City. In lieu of flowers, memorials 

may be made in 

memory of Mrs. Bare to the 

American Heart Association, 

208 Sunset Drive, Suite 521, 

Johnson City, TN 37601. It 

was her wish to be cremated. 

Online condolences to the 

Bare family may be e-mailed 

to mfc@chartertn.net. 


Obituaries 

is in charge of the arrangements. 

Mark M. Simrall 

VICKSBURG, Miss. — 

Mark M. Simrall, 39, of 

Vicksburg, died Saturday, July 

21, 2007. 

Mr. Simrall was a native 

of Vicksburg and a lifelong 

resident of Redwood. He 

was employed as Director of 

Ball Ground Plantation of 

Sharkey County and was a 

member of First Presbyterian 

Church. 

He was a graduate of St. 

Aloysius High School where 

he received the Virgadamo 

Award. He attended University 

of Southern Mississippi 

and was a member of S.A.E. 

Fraternity, where he served 

as Rush Chairman. 

He was preceded in death 

by his grandparents, Mr. and 

Mrs. B. Newell Jr. and Mr. 

and Mrs. John Warren 

Karsten Jr. 

Survivors include his 

wife, Lori Hackler Simrall of 

Vicksburg; a stepdaughter, 

Danielle Pecanty of Vicksburg; 

his father, Newell Simrall 

III; his mother, Kay 

Karsten Jones of Elizabethton, 

Tenn.; three brothers and 

sisters-in-law, Karsten and 

Holley Simrall of Vicksburg, 

Newell IV and Sweyn Simrall 

of Jackson and Daniel 

“De” and Stacey Ferguson of 

Bovina; and a sister and 

brother-in-law, Rea Simrall 

Leist and DeWay Leist of 

Redwood. Ten nieces and 

nephews also survive. 

Services for Mr. Simrall 

will be held at 11 a.m. Satur- 

day at First Presbyterian 

Church with Dr. Tim Erskine 

officiating. The family will 

receive friends from 9 a.m. 

until the hour of service on 

Saturday. Interment will follow 

in the Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

Glenwood Funeral Home, 

Vicksburg, Miss., (601) 636- 

1414, is handling the 

arrangements. 

Frances M. Ward 

Frances Merryman Ward, 

88, of Etna, Calif., died Monday, 

July 23, 2007, in Fort 

Jones, Calif. 

A native of Franklin, Ky., 

she was a daughter of the 

late Lewis B. and Annie West 

Merryman. 

Mrs. Ward had lived a 

number of years in Elizabethton 

before moving to 

California. She was a retired 

secretary and was of the Baptist 

faith. 

In addition to her parents, 

she was preceded in death 

by her husband, Hencil 

Floyd Ward; a son, Billy Max 

Ward; a sister, Lucy Stair; 

and four brothers, Earnest, 

Fred, Raymond and D.J. 

Merryman. 

Survivors include a son 

and daughter-in-law, Robert 

Gene and Linda Ward of Etna, 

Calif.; four grandchildren; 

five great-grandchildren; 

two sisters, Sue Little 

of Elizabethton and Jessie 

Scott of Toledo, Ohio; and 

two brothers, Roy and Lewis 

Merryman, both of Elizabethton. 

Several nieces and 

nephews also survive. 

A graveside service for 

NASA shake up: Drunken 

Mrs. Ward will be conducted 

at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 29, at 

Happy Valley Memorial 

Park with Mr. Brent Nidiffer 

officiating. Interment will 

follow the service. Active 

pallbearers, who are requested 

to assemble at the funeral 

home at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 

will be Chase Valencia, Geoff 

Ward, T.J. Little, Rick Baughman, 

Dick Oatman, Jack 

Merryman, Doug Merryman 

and Michael Little. The family 

will receive friends from 

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 

the funeral home. In lieu of 

flowers, memorials may be 

made to Adventa Hospice, 

684 Highway 91, Elizabethton, 

TN 37643. Online condolences 

to the Ward family 

may be e-mailed to 

mfc@chartertn.net. 


is in charge of the arrangements. 

Brenda J. Norris 

Brenda J. Norris, 59, 123 

Eldridge Drive, Elizabethton, 

died Friday, July 27, 2007, at 

Johnson City Medical Center. 

Arrangements are incomplete 

and will be announced 

at a later time by Tetrick Funeral 

Home of Elizabethton. 

Fadeina Shoun 

Mrs. Fadeina Shoun, 75, 

197 Lina Harvey Road, Elizabethton, 

died Friday, July 27, 

2007, at her residence. 

Arrangements are incomplete 

and will be announced 

at a later time by Tetrick Funeral 

Home of Elizabethton. 

astronauts, equipment sabotage 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 

America’s space agency was shaken 

Thursday by two startling and unrelated 

reports: One involved claims that astronauts 

were drunk before flying. The 

other was news from NASA itself that a 

worker had sabotaged a computer set 

for delivery to the international space 

station. 

It was just another jolt for an operation 

that has had a rocky year from the 

start, beginning with the arrest of an astronaut 

accused of attacking a rival in a 

love triangle. 

“It’s going to shake up the world, I’ll 

tell you that,” retired NASA executive 

Seymour Himmel said of the latest 

news. “There will be congressional 

hearings that you will not be able to 

avoid.” 

News of the two latest bombshells 

broke within just a few hours of each 

other Thursday afternoon. 

Aviation Week & Space Technology 

reported on its Web site that a special 

panel studying astronaut health found 

that on two occasions, astronauts were 

allowed to fly after flight surgeons and 

other astronauts warned they were so 

drunk they posed a safety risk. 

The independent panel also found 

“heavy use of alcohol” before launch — 

within the standard 12-hour “bottle-tothrottle” 

rule, the magazine reported. 

A NASA official confirmed the report 

contains such details, but said they were 

from anonymous interviews and not 

substantiated. The official asked that his 

name not be used because NASA will 

discuss the health report today. 

The Aviation Week story did not say 

how long ago the alleged incidents took 

place, nor did it say whether it involved 

pilots or other crew members. 

At a news conference to discuss the 

upcoming space shuttle launch set for 

Aug. 7, NASA’s space operations chief 

was asked repeatedly about the drunken 

astronaut report. 

The manager, Bill Gerstenmaier, 

would only say that he had never seen 

an intoxicated astronaut before flight or 

been involved in any disciplinary action 

related to that. 

SEATTLE (AP) — A 31year-old 

Tennessee man was 

identified Thursday as the 

person arrested after authorities 

said he told them a bomb 

was aboard a Northwest Airlines 

jetliner, prompting the 

plane’s return to Seattle-Tacoma 

International Airport. 

Kou Wei Chiu, of the Bellevue 

area of Nashville, was set 

to make an initial appearance 

in federal court in Seattle on 

Thursday afternoon. 

Chiu was arrested 

Wednesday for investigation 

But Gerstenmaier had more news. He 

revealed that an employee for a NASA 

subcontractor had cut the wires in a 

computer that was about to be loaded 

into the shuttle Endeavour for launch. 

The subcontractor, which he wouldn’t 

name, contacted NASA 1-1/2 weeks 

ago, as soon as it learned that another 

computer had been damaged deliberately, 

Gerstenmaier said. Had the contractor 

not discovered the problem, 

NASA would have uncovered it by testing 

the computer before launch, Gerstenmaier 

said. Safety was not an issue, 

he added. 

He refused to speculate on the worker’s 

motive. He also wouldn’t say where 

the sabotage occurred. He said it did not 

happen in Florida and had nothing to 

do with an ongoing strike at the 

Kennedy Space Center by a machinists’ 

union. 

NASA hopes to fix the computer in 

time for launch next month. It’s intended 

to be installed inside the space station 

to collect data from strain gauges 

on a major outside beam. 

Former shuttle commander Eileen 

Collins was as stunned as anyone to 

learn of the astronaut alcohol claims in 

the upcoming health report. 

“I’m anxious to hear more details because 

this is very out of character from 

anything I have ever experienced,” she 

said. 

Collins worries this will hurt the image 

of the astronauts, at least in the 

short term. “I hope people can really 

look at the good things astronauts do,” 

she said. 

Astronaut Jeffrey Williams, who 

spent six months on the space station 

last year, said he’s never seen or heard 

of anything like this. As for the effect 

this may have on astronaut morale, especially 

so close to a shuttle flight, he 

said, “We’re trained to deal with things 

so we deal with them without much 

emotion.” 

Himmel, who retired in 1981 as associate 

director for what is now Glenn Research 

Center in Cleveland, wasn’t surprised 

to learn the information was 

anonymous. 

of threats to bomb, after he 

reportedly told a gate agent 

there was a bomb on Northwest 

Airlines Flight 980 

shortly after the plane left 

Seattle for Memphis around 

12:33 p.m. 

Police confirmed there was 

no bomb on board hours later, 

after bomb-sniffing dogs 

searched the plane, airport 

spokeswoman Terri-Ann Betancourt 

said. 

Chiu had apparently 

missed the flight. He initially 

said he had no luggage on the 

aircraft, then later told authorities 

he had checked luggage 

under someone else’s 

name, Betancourt said. 

The plane, an Airbus A320 

with 142 passengers and 5 crew 

members on board, returned to 

the airport around 1:15 or 1:20 

p.m., Betancourt said. 

Passengers remained on 

the plane for more than an 

hour while police tried to determine 

how extensive a security 

sweep was needed. 

Around 3 p.m., passengers 

were taken off the plane and 

“Let’s face it. Astronauts are a bunch 

of brothers and sisters, OK, and they’ll 

cover each other’s backsides because 

they’re part of the team,” he said. “And 

who knows what the role of the particular 

ones was to be. If he was just to sit in 

the middle seat somewhere and just be a 

passenger, you kind of say, ‘Well, gee, I 

hope he doesn’t vomit on the way up.”’ 

The independent panel reviewing astronaut 

health and NASA’s psychological 

screening process was created following 

the arrest in February of former 

space shuttle flier Lisa Nowak. None of 

the panel members returned phone calls 

or e-mails from The Associated Press. 

Nowak is accused of attacking the 

girlfriend of a fellow astronaut — her 

romantic rival — with pepper spray in a 

parking lot at Orlando International 

Airport. Fired by NASA in March, she 

has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted 

kidnapping, battery and burglary 

with assault. 

The scandal was followed by a freak 

hailstorm that tore into a space shuttle 

on the launch pad that set back the 

year’s flight schedule. Then there was a 

shooting at Johnson Space Center in 

Houston by an employee who ultimately 

killed himself. 

Himmel questions whether any 

screening or rules could weed out astronauts 

like Nowak. “I have personal 

friends who are psychiatrists and they 

say, ‘Look, we don’t know what the hell 

goes on and you can’t really evaluate 

somebody overnight,”’ he said. 

As for astronauts who might 

overindulge before flight, if they’re former 

fighter or test pilots, “it’s a pretty 

hard-living bunch and it’s a very emotionally 

intense thing,” Himmel said. 

He said an old NASA colleague who 

worked closely with test pilots once told 

him, “Some of these guys are damn near 

on a razor’s edge when they fly and in 

their home lives. 

“The thing is that no matter how 

hard anybody tries, or no matter what 

system you devise to preclude something, 

there’s always somebody who 

will find a way to louse it up,” Himmel 

said. “There’s no perfect system.” 

Tennessee man held in plane bomb threat 

all luggage was removed so 

bomb-sniffing dogs could 

search for any traces of explosives, 

Betancourt said. 

Passengers were given the 

option of rebooking if they 

did not feel comfortable getting 

back on the plane, 

Northwest spokesman Roman 

Blahoski said. The plane 

finally departed for Memphis 

— for the second time — at 

5:14 p.m., Blahoski said. It 

reached its destination late 

Wednesday night. 


Police 

Beats 

Arrests 

• Shirley Ann Craig, 62, 1436 Charity Hill Road, was arrested 

Thursday morning by Carter County Sheriff’s Department 

Deputy Amos Halava on warrants charging her with 

vandalism and harassment. 

• William Allen Gobble, 59, 360 Sneed Hill Road, was arrested 

Wednesday night by CCSD Deputy Eric Buck on warrants 

charging him with verbal assault and criminal trespass. 

• Michael Glenn Sargent, 42, 172 Little Stoney Creek Road, 

was arrested Wednesday around noon by CCSD Deputy 

Brent Baker on a capias charging him with failure to appear in 

court and a warrant charging him with violation of probation. 

• Bobby E. Heaton, 71, 122 Duck Branch Road, Roan 

Mountain, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by CCSD 

Deputy Thomas Smith and charged with assault under domestic 

violence. 

• Angela Kay Jones, 36, 2451 Elizabethton Highway, was 

arrested Tuesday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Thomas Smith 

on warrants charging her with theft over $1,000 and criminal 

conspiracy. 

• Deanna Marie Tolley, 41, 192 Rosewood Circle, Apt. 4, 

was arrested Wednesday morning by CCSD Deputy Thomas 

Smith on a capias charging her with failure to appear in court. 

• Cameron James Young, 19, 910 Oak St., was arrested 

Wednesday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Amos Halava on an 

Attachment out of Juvenile Court. 

• Ronnie Lee King, 51, 631 Dennis Cove Road, Hampton, 

was arrested Wednesday by CCSD Deputy Amos Halava and 

charged with assault under domestic violence. 

• Gary Lynn Taylor, 43, 173 Milligan Lane, Johnson City, 

was arrested Wednesday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Thomas 

Smith on a warrant charging him with custodial interference. 

Pilot found dead 

after plane crash 

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — The Tennessee pilot of a single-engine 

plane was found dead after the plane crashed Thursday 

in southeastern Kentucky, officials said. 

The pilot was identified by Deputy Pulaski County Coroner 

Jim McWorter as Frank Kyser, 60, of Rockwood, Tenn. An 

autopsy was planned in an effort to determine if a medical 

problem could have led to the crash, McWorter said. 

The plane appeared to have gone down “almost nose 

first,” Science Hill firefighter Kenny Shepherd said. No one 

else was aboard the plane. 

The crash happened at about 6:20 p.m. EDT in a wooded 

area in the Science Hill community north of Somerset, firefighters 

said. 

Science Hill is about 90 miles north of Rockwood. 

Oak Ridge girl, 8, dies 

days after being shot 

OAK RIDGE (AP) — An 8-year-old girl shot once in the 

head with a handgun has died after spending two days in 

critical condition, hospital officials said Thursday. 

Taila Kneiser, of Oak Ridge, was shot with a .357 Magnum 

around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the bedroom she shared with her 

4-year-old brother, said Oak Ridge Police Chief David Beams. 

Police are trying to determine who fired the weapon and 

how the gun belonging to Kneiser’s mother ended up in the 

children’s bedroom. The children were alone at the time of 

the shooting, Beams said. 

“We have not interviewed the mom at length because she 

is so distraught,” Beams said. 

Kneiser was flown by helicopter to University of Tennessee 

Medical Center in Knoxville, where she later died, hospital 

spokeswoman Gretchen McCabe said. 

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that the girl was 

taken off life support. 

Drug-themed graffiti 

sprayed at play site 

MARYVILLE (AP) — 

Graffiti reading “dope mobile,” 

“meth lab” and 

“weed 4 sale” was left all 

over the grounds of the outdoor 

theater that produces 

“The Passion Play in the 

Smokies.” 

Ed and Teresa Cooper, 

who help produce the 

show, discovered the graffiti 

Tuesday night on buildings, 

trailers, a chapel and a 

truck surrounding the 

Townsend amphitheater. 

Teresa Cooper said she 

did not believe the production 

was targeted because it 

depicts the life and death of 

Jesus Christ, but rather because 

the amphitheater is in 

a remote location. 

Ed Cooper said he thinks 

it was done by children 

“that need supervision and 

a good tail busting.” 

They hope to have it 

cleaned up before their next 

show today. 

The passion play is part 

of the Crown of Thorn Ministries 

which operates in co- 

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2,500 people attend the performances 

each year, Ed 

Cooper said. 

The Blount County Sheriff’s 

Office is investigating, 

but does not have any suspects, 

a spokeswoman said. 

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Working toward a great marriage 

Over the years, it seems 

that many couples have 

come to expect bad marriages 

as normal! Most people 

after a year or so of marriage 

say the honeymoon is 

over and the rest is simply a 

task. One good saying is that, 

“Marriage is the art of two 

incompatible people learning 

to live compatible.” In Ephesians 

5:21-33, we read some 

of the greatest portions of 

Scripture concerning our relationships 

with our spouse. 

Christ makes the comparison 

between the marriage of 

Himself and the Church. The 

Church is to be a healthy and 

living unity between Christ 

and the people; so ought our 

relationship to be between 

our spouses. One of the only 

things worse than a dead, 

unhealthy church is a dead, 

unhealthy marriage. Here are 

some helpful hints to bring 

new life to your marriage. 

1. You can be intimate 

with your companion if you 

are willing to put your mate 

first! 

— That means complimenting 

each other. Bring 

out the best in your relationship. 

— That is what is meant 

800 WEST ELK AVE. 

LIFE LESSONS 

APOSTOLIC 

FAITH APOSTOLIC CHURCH 

800 N. Roan St. Elizabethton, TN 37643 

Pastor David Lang - Phone 423-474-6464 

Sunday 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. - Thursday 7 p.m. 

SOUL’S LIFE CENTER 

117 Jenny Lynn Drive - Elizabethton, TN 

Pastor Roger Gray - www.soulslifecenter.org 

Sunday Worship and Praise 2 p.m. 

Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 

“From the cradle to eternity: ministering to the 

temporal, preparing for the eternal.” 

ASSEMBLY OF GOD 

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 

19-E Bypass 

CHURCH OF GOD 

ROAN MOUNTAIN CHURCH OF GOD 

106 Smith Road, Roan Mountain 

SS: 10:00 - Worship: 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. 

Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - 423-772-4528 

ROAN STREET CHURCH OF GOD 

113 N. Roan Street 

S.S. 10 a.m. -Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Wed. Evening 7 p.m. 

Rev. Kenneth Bewley - 543-5336 

FREEWILL BAPTIST 

EAST SIDE 

Siam Road, Eliz. 

KEENBURG FREEWILL BAPTIST 

Keenburg Road 

SOUTHERN BAPTIST 

DOE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 

113 Avon St., Off Hwy. 19E 

Elizabethton - 543-2408 

Sun. School - 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. 

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m. 

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 

212 E. F. St. - Elizabethton- 543-1931 

S.S. 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. 

Evening Prayer Service 6p.m. 

Wed. Fellowship Meal 5:30 p.m. 

Wed Worship - Service 6:30 p.m. 

Website: fbcelizabethton.com 

GRACE 

1114 Broad St., Eliz. 542-5551 

Worship:10:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 

Pastor Chris R. Hughes - graceelizabethton.com 

EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH 

1509 Siam Road, Elizabethton - 542-5921 

S.S. 9:50 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Wednesday Service at 7:00 p.m. 

when someone says, “You 

make me a better person.” 

— Intimacy is not lust; it is 

love at work between two 

people! 

2. You must be approachable. 

— We must have a warm, 

tender spirit toward our 

mate! 

— There must be a spirit 

of “I really do care, and I will 

listen to your needs!” 

— Be approachable; don’t 

argue or jump to conclusions; 

talk matters through. 

3. There must be trust. 

— Careful living; don’t 

put yourself in the position 

where your mate will have to 

question your motives or 

your love for him/her. 

— Trust doesn’t just happen; 

it is earned; trust can be 

destroyed much faster than it 

is earned. 

EST. 

1950 

BY PASTOR KENLEY KNIGHT 

19-E 

Bypass 

2020 

W. Elk 

Ave. 

$1.39 Big Chief (every Tuesday) 

89¢ Hot Dog (every Wednesday) 

4. There must be desire. 

— It takes two to build a 

marriage. 

— One person can’t make 

a marriage work, but one not 

trying can ruin a marriage! 

5. There must be time. 

— One of the greatest 

problems today is that we 

give our spouse the leftovers. 

— “At the end of the day, 

if there is anything left of me, 

you can have it.” 

— The only problem is 

that there is nothing leftover 

worth having. 

— You must plan time together; 

be diligent and work 

at it; make a date night. Marriage 

is designed of God to 

be like a haven of rest, it 

should resemble that of a 

sanctuary to the soul. We 

have heard the lie of “That’s 

normal, and that’s the way a 

marriage is (bad)” for so long 

people have actually started 

to believe it. Listen, marriage 

is designed by God, and 

what God designs is good — 

very good! 

Food for the Multitude 

Food for the Multitude will serve lunch at St. Thomas’ 

Episcopal Church, Elizabethton, Saturday, July 28, from 10:30 

a.m. to noon. All needy, elderly and lonely citizens of the 

community are invited to share in the meal. 

In addition to St. Thomas,’ participating churches include 

First United Methodist, First Presbyterian, Memorial Presbyterian, 

Hampton Christian, Southside Christian and St. Elizabeth 

Catholic. 

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543-4444 

2003 West Elk Avenue 

We Help You Make 

Those Final 

Moments A Memory 

To Cherish 

TETRICK 

Funeral Home 

Phone 542-2232 

CHURCH OF THE WEEK 

CHURCH DIRECTORY 

BILTMORE BAPTIST CHURCH 

1181 Bristol Hwy. Eliz. 543-6192 

Sun. School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. 

Evening Worship 6 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m. 

Bill Davis - Interim Pastor 

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH 

Fitzsimmons Hill Road, Elizabethton 

Sunday School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. 

Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Gordon K. Welch, Jr. Pastor - 543-1456 

SINKING CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 

2313 Eliz, Hwy. J.C. - 423-928-3222 

Rev. Reece Harris, Pastor - S. S.- 9:45 a.m. 

Sun. Evening 6:30 P.M. -Wed. Evening 7 p.m. 

“The Oldest Church in Tennessee” 

IMMANUEL BAPTIST 

205 Hunter Ave. - 543-5633 

Pastor Tim Tapp 

S.S. 9:45 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Wed. 7 p.m. - Awana 6:45 p.m. 

www.immanuel.baptist@earthlink.net 

“We Care About You” 

CALDWELL SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH 

1509 Blue Springs Road - Phone 474-3316 

Sunday School 10 a.m. - Worship 10:55 a.m. 

Discipleship - 6p.m. - Evening Worship 7 p.m. 

Wed. Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 7p.m. 

LYNN VALLEY 

1367 Broad St. Elizabethton 

Sun. Worship - 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 6 p.m. 

Worship & Missions, Wed. 7 p.m. 

Phone: 543-6171 - Fax 543-6184 

CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 

353 Cedar Grove Road 

1 Mile off Milligan Highway 

Sunday School 10 a.m. 

Morning Worship 11 a.m. 

Evening Worship 6 p.m. 

Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 

Fellowship Meal Last Sunday Each Month 

Children’s Activities Provided During 

All Services 

Rev. William E. McDaniel, Pastor 

913-9263 - www.cedargrovebaptist.net 

HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH 

130 Keenburg Road 

S.S. 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Wed. 6:30 p.m. - Bible Study 

Jim “Butch” Stout, Pastor - Phone 647-3590 

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH 

1215 Broad St. Ext., 542-9188 

“A Church With A Missionary Heart” 

Pastor: Jim Murray 

PLEASANT BEACH 

108 Pleasant Beach Road 

Elizabethton 543-1700 

Pastor: Bobby G. Stout 

HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH 

309 East F. Street - 543-3303 / 360-7569 

“An Old Fashioned, Separated, Fundamental, 

Soulwinning Church.” 

Pastor - Dale Greenwell -Home 538-6022 

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 

458 West Doe Ave. - Eliz.,TN 

S.S. 10 a.m. - Morning Service 11 a.m. 

Sun. Evening 6:30 p.m. - Wed. 7 p.m. 

“ A Church Thats Changing Lives 

One Family At A Time” 

Pastor Bobby Burrow - 423-474-2808 

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH 

Hwy. 19E - Box 100 Roan Mountain 37687 

Pastor Jerry Honeycutt 

SS 10 a.m. - Preaching 11am - Sun. Night 6 p.m. 

Wed. night 7 p.m. - 423-772-3848 

CHRISTIAN 

OAK GROVE CHRISTIAN 

Powder Branch/Jim Elliott Rd 

S. S. - 10:00 a.m. Church - 11 a.m. 

Dr. Robert Shannon, Pastor 

RANGE COMMUNITY 

175 Hart Rd. Elizabethton, TN. 37643 

Sunday 9:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Sun. School 10:30 & Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m. 

For more info. 542-3938 

PINECREST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

124 Woodland Drive 

Johnson City, TN 37601 (423) 926-5121 

C. Randall Carrier Minister 

SS: 10:15 Worship: 11:00 

Evening: 6:00 Wed.: 7:00 

SIMS HILL CHRISTIAN 

206 Sims Hill Road Elizabethton, TN 

S. S. - 10:00 a.m. Preaching - 11 a.m. 

Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. 

Sun. - 6:00 p.m. - Wed. - 7:00 p.m. 

BORDERVIEW 

1338 Bristol Hwy. Eliz. 542-6685 

S.S. 10 a.m.; Morn. Worship 10:45am 

Sun. Even. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. 

Kirk Langston-Minister 

Nathan Powell -Youth Minister 

GAP CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

1840 Gap Creek Rd (Hwy. 362) 

Sun. Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. - S. S. 10 a.m. 

Wed. 7 p.m. - Ken Kehrer, Minister 

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

513 Hattie Avenue - 542-5651 

Brent Nidiffer, Minister 

Sunday-Praise Time 9:30 a.m. 

Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. 

B.S. 11:00 a.m., Evening Worship 6:00pm 

Wednesday 7:00 p.m. 

WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN 

1307 West G St., Eliz. - 542-4532 

S.S. 10 a.m., Sun. Worship 10:45 a.m., 

Sun. Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 


College Park Free Will Baptist Church is in the Toe River Free Will Baptist Association. 

The church is located on Miller Street, off the Milligan Highway. Worship opportunities 

at the church include Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and 

Wednesday’s prayer meeting, 6 p.m. The Rev. Matthew Guy is the pastor. For more 

information, call 725-2007. 

EAST SIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

1400 Siam Rd. John H. Smith Minister 

Morn. Worship-10 a.m. S.S.-11:15a.m. 

Even. 6 p.m. Wed. 7 p.m. Call 543-5344 

HOPWOOD MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN 

Milligan College, TN - 926-1194 

First Service 8:30 a.m. - S. S. - 10:00 a.m. 

Sun. Second Worship - 11:00 a.m. 

Sun. Evening Worship - 6 p.m. 

SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

1610 Southside Road Elizabethton 

S.S - 10:00 a.m. - Morn. Worship 10:45 a.m. 

Even. 7:00pm, Wed. 7:00pm 542-2234 

LOWER SHELL CREEK 

Hwy 19 E, Roan Mountain 

Sunday: S.S. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 

Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Gerald Holly, Minister - 542-6359 

EAST RIVER PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

1207 Broad Street, Eliz. - 542-8783 

Sunday Worship-10 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Sunday School - 11 a.m. www.erpcc.org 

Wednesday Bible Study - 7 p.m. 

Youth Groups - Sun. 6 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m. 

VALLEY FORGE 

114 VFCC Rd. (South on 19E) 

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. S.S 11 a.m. 

Sunday Evening 6p.m. Wed 7p.m. 

542-4856 - vfcc114@aol.com 

BRICK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

815 Hwy. 400 Watauga Road, Watauga, TN 

Pastor Dr. Don Marshall - Sun. Worship-9:30 a.m. 

- Sun. School-10:45 a.m. - Evening Worship 

6:00 p.m. - Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m. 

UPPER SHELL CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

Teaberry Road, Roan Mountain, TN. 

Sun. School-10 a.m. - Sun. Worship - 11 a.m. 

Sun. Evening Service - 7 p.m. - Wed. Ser. 7 p.m. 

Bedford Motley, Jr. - Minister - 423-926-1951 

CHURCH OF CHRIST 

CENTERVIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST 

376 Coal Chute Rd. Elizabethton 

543-1872 

ELIZABETHTON CHURCH OF CHRIST 

137 East C. Street - 542-5131 

Minister Robert Ellis 

INTER-DENOMINATIONAL 

BETHEL CHURCH 

674 Gap Creek Road- 423-543-4419 

WORD PREVAILS 

Holy Spirit Guide 

304 Mary St. Eliz. - 423-612-3334 

Sun. 10 a.m. - Wed. 6 p.m. 

Pastor George Gross 

It’s Reassuring 

To Know We 

Take Over All 

Responsibilities 

HATHAWAY-PERCY 

FUNERAL HOME 

Dial 543-5544 

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 

FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 

200 W. I St. Eliz. - 542-5152 

Rev. Kenley Knight, Pastor 

PRESBYTERIAN 

MEMORIAL 

100 East F St. Elizabethton 

SS 9:30 Worship 11:00 a.m. 

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

119 West F. Street, Eliz.,TN 423-543-7737 

www.1stpres-eliz.org/ 

Sunday School 9:45, Worship 11:00 a.m. 

Rev. John Shuck, johnashuck@earthlink.net 

“A Progressive Christian Community” 

CATHOLIC 

ST. ELIZABETH 

510 West C Street 

Daily Mass Tues & Wed 6:00 p.m. 

Thurs. & Fri. - 10 a.m. - Sat. Mass - 5:00 p.m. 

Sunday Mass - 10 a.m. - Phone 543-3412 

EPISCOPAL 

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL 

815 North Second St., Eliz. 

Fellowship & Coffee Time 10:30 a.m. 

Children’s S. S. / Holy Communion 11:15 a.m. 

For More Information Call 543-3081 

Adult Bible Study 10:00 a.m. 

Nursery Available - Eucharist/Healing Service 

Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. 

METHODIST 

FIRST UNITED METHODIST 

325 East E St. Eliz. 543-3505 

Worship: Sunday 9:55 a.m. 

Fellowship: 11:-11:15 a.m. - SS 11:15-Noon 

Bible Study: Wed. 7 p.m. 

Pastor: Rev. Buford Hankins 

WATAUGA POINT UNITED METHODIST 

Gap Creek Road/G Street 

“A Small Town Church With A Big Vision” 

Sunday School 10 a.m. - Worship 11 a.m. 

Nursery Available - Rev. Jared Wood 

VALLEY FORGE UNITED METHODIST 

3974 Hwy 19-E - Phone: 423-543-2446 

Rev. Paul G. Humphrey, Pastor 

- A Church With Your Family In Mind- 

Web site: www.valleyforgeumc.org 

LUTHERAN 

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH 

234 West F. Street - Phone: 543-1132 

Rev. Erwin Lueker, Vacancy Pastor 

Sun. 10:30 a.m. - Bible Study 9:30 a.m. 

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 

ROAN MOUNTAIN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 

265 Heaton Creek Rd., Roan Mtn., TN. 

Sabbath S.School - 9:30 a.m. - Sabbath Worship 

11 a.m. - 1-888-527-0596 ( Elizabethton) 

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For more information call 

Star Technology Group 

at 542-1536 or visit 

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Soul’s Life Center 

Soul’s Life Center will host 

an Assemblies of the Lord Jesus 

Christ Section C Rally on 

Friday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m. The 

Rev. Tommy Baker, pastor of 

the Church of the Lord Jesus 

Christ in Winder, Ga., will be 

the guest speaker. The Rev. 

Roger Gray is the pastor. 

Nelson Chapel 

MOUNTAIN CITY — Nelson 

Chapel Baptist Church, 

2043 Forge Road, is hosting 

their third annual youth event 

on Sunday, July 29. Free hamburgers 

and hotdogs will be 

served. The worship service 

will begin at 6 p.m. The praiseand-worship 

band will be led 

by locals Scott and Donda 

Plyler. Timmy Thomason from 

Sinking Creek Baptist Church 

will preach. The theme is 

“What’s Your Passion?” For 

more information, call Sam 

Icenhour at 727-4222. 

Crossroads Christian 

GRAY — Marc Imboden 

and Year’s Wages will perform 

in a free concert at Crossroads 

Christian Church, 1300 Suncrest 

Drive, on Sunday, July 29, 

at 7 p.m. Imboden is the cowriter 

of the popular worship 

song, “You Are Holy,” recorded 

by Michael W. Smith. A 

love offering will be received. 

Church of Christ 

Elizabethton Church of 

Christ, 137 E. C St., Elizabethton, 

will host a “Reasons for 

Our Hope” Vacation Bible 

School July 30-Aug. 3. Classes 

for cradle roll through the 

eighth grade will be held from 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Classes for senior 

high and adults will be 

held from 7-8 p.m. Themes are 

“There is a God,” Monday; 

“The Bible is God’s Word,” 

Tuesday; “God Made and Destroyed 

the World,” Wednesday; 

“Evolution is a Myth,” 

Thursday; and “Jesus is God’s 

Son,” Friday. For more information, 

call 542-5131 or visit 

the Web site, www.elizabethtonchurchofchrist.org. 

Beck Mtn. Bapt. 

Beck Mountain Baptist 

Church, 2797 Siam Road, Elizabethton, 

will present the drama, 

“City Limits of Heaven,” 

on Saturday, July 28, at 7 p.m. 

The production runs about 90 

minutes. Two pastors are included 

in the 30-person cast. 

No admission will be charged, 

but a love offering will be received. 

The Rev. Ronnie 

Campbell is the pastor. 

Grace Temple 

JOHNSON CITY — Grace 

Temple Church, 208 Garden 

Drive, will have their second 

annual poetry reading on Saturday, 

Aug. 11, at 6 p.m. 

Bishop Aaron H. Redd is 

the pastor. For more information, 

call 773-4226. 

Eastern Star 

KINGSPORT — Eastern 

Star Free Will Baptist Church, 

153 Eastern Star Ext., will host 

a benefit singing on Saturday, 

Aug. 4, at 6 p.m. Featured 

singers include The Living 

Waters Trio, The Wisecarvers 

and other local singing 

groups. All proceeds will go to 

Kim Johnson for medical ex- 

penses. Kim, 13, is the daughter 

of Denise and Jessie Johnson. 

Kim has been diagnosed 

with Pontine Gilioma, a malignant 

brain stem tumor. For 

more information, or to make 

a donation, call Miles Cox at 

423-773-2408 or Lisa Lambert 

at 423-967-6691. 

Friendship FWB 

Friendship Free Will Baptist 

Church will have their Sunday 

morning worship service on 

July 29 at Roan Mountain State 

Park, Shed No. 1, at 10 a.m. A 

picnic lunch will follow the 

service. The Rev. Luke Gwyn 

will preach at the church at 6 

p.m. For more information, 

call Pastor Danny Osborne at 

725-4171. 

Piney Grove 

Piney Grove Church of 

Christ, Poga, will celebrate 

homecoming on Sunday, July 

29. Mr. Dayton Morefield will 

preach at 11 a.m. A covereddish 

lunch will be shared at 1 

p.m. Mr. Dean Estep is the 

church’s minister. For more information, 

call 768-2165. 

Little Milligan 

Little Milligan Baptist 

Church will host HIS Ministry 

in concert on Sunday, July 29, 

at 11 a.m. For more information, 

call the Rev. Nick Bradshaw, 

pastor, at 474-3220. 

Singspiration 

An area Christian singspiration 

will take place at East 

River Park Christian Church 

on Sunday, July 29, at 6 p.m. 

The theme is “Will the Circle 

Be Unbroken?” It is “Country, 

Gospel Bluegrass Night.” Mr. 

Barry Pettit is the host minister. 

Mr. John H. Smith is the 

singspiration leader. Scott 

Reynolds and Ray Don Markland 

are the accompanists. 

Church of Jesus 

JOHNSON CITY — The 

Church of Jesus, 809 W. Main 

St., will host The Telestials, 

Nashville, in concert on Sunday, 

July 29, at 11 a.m. The 

group’s “Dove Award” nominations 

include “Here They 

Come” in 1976, “One Way 

Flight” in 1977, and “Free Indeed” 

in 1978. For more information, 

call Pastor George 

Hall at 423-341-5393 or 423- 

929-0501. 

Unity Church 

“Has Anybody Got the Answer? 

— Looking at Our Spiritual 

Questions” is the sharing 

topic for Unity Church of the 

Tri-Cities, 703 S. Roan St., on 

Sunday, July 29, and is being 

presented by the Rev. Ruth 

Woods-Taylor. Church services 

begin at 10:30 a.m. Adult 

Sunday school begins at 9:30 

a.m. Prayer/Meditation Circle 

is held on Mondays from 7- 

8:30 p.m. “A Course in Miracles” 

is held on Wednesdays 

from 7-8:30 p.m. For more information, 

call (423) 975-9159, 

or visit www.unity1.org. 

Tri-Cities Bapt. 

GRAY — Tri-Cities Baptist 

Church, 171 Promise Land 

Drive, is hosting “Marvelous 

Mondays in Awesome August” 

every Monday night in 

August at 7 p.m. The Celebra- 

tion Choir will be featured 

each night. Guest speakers include 

Dr. Jerry Vines, Aug. 6; 

Dr. Bill Saye, Aug. 13; Pastor 

Sherrel Nave, Aug. 20; and 

Evangelist Junior Hill, Aug. 27. 

For more information, call 423- 

239-4501 or 423-477-4484. 

Casi Full Gospel 

Casi Full Gospel Church, 

located off Greeneville-Erwin 

Highway 107 in the South 

Central community, will celebrate 

homecoming on Sunday, 

July 29, at 2 p.m. The Dixie 

Melody Boys will sing. Admission 

will not be charged, but a 

love offering will be received. 

The Rev. Shawn Broyles is the 

pastor. For more information, 

call 423-257-5628. 

Bethlehem 

JOHNSON CITY — Bethlehem 

Lutheran Church, 201 E. 

Watauga Ave., will host Sunday 

school and Bible study on 

Sunday, July 29, at 9:15 a.m. 

“The Power of Prayer,” based 

on Luke 11:1-13, will be the 

sermon theme. Youth service 

with Holy Communion. 

Wednesday Vespers will be 

held Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. The 

theme will be “Captive to 

Christ,” based on Colossians 

2:6-19. 

Charity Hill FWB 

Charity Hill Free Will Baptist 

Church will celebrate 

homecoming on Sunday, July 

29. Sunday school will begin at 

10 a.m. The Salvation Singers 

will sing at 10:45 a.m. A covered-dish 

lunch will be served 

in the fellowship hall at 12 

p.m. For more information, 

call Pastor Jerry Emert at 543- 

4988. 

Upper Gap Creek 

Upper Gap Creek Free Will 

Baptist Church will observe 

“Fifties Day” on Sunday, July 

29, at 10 a.m., when they go 

back to the 1950s in dress and 

worship. The Evangelaires 

will sing at 11 a.m. Lunch will 

be served in the fellowship 

hall after the service. No 

evening service will be conducted. 

The Rev. Allen Simerly 

is the pastor. 

East River Park 

“On the Edge of Greatness” 

will be the subject of Minister 

Barry Pettit’s message at Sunday’s 

morning worship service 

at East River Park Christian 

Church, 1207 Broad St., on July 

29. His text will be Numbers 

13:17-20. Wednesday’s youth 

groups and O.A.S.I.S. begin at 

7 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 4, a 

water balloon war will be held 

for children in grades K-5 from 

1-2:30 p.m. For more information, 

call 542-8783 or visit the 

Web site, www.erpcc.org. 

Union Baptist 

Union Baptist Church, 1411 

Highway 321, Hampton, will 

host No Name But His on 

Sunday, July 29, at 7 p.m. The 

Rev. Pete Pollard is the pastor. 

Clark Street Bapt. 

JOHNSON CITY — Clark 

Street Baptist Church will host 

Sacred Harmony in concert on 

Sunday, July 29, at 6 p.m. 

The Browders to kick off Southern 

Nights Gospel & Bluegrass series 

FALL BRANCH — Lamp- 

Light Theatre is bringing 

some of the best gospel and 

bluegrass artists to Fall 

Branch every Saturday in 

August, with the Southern 

Nights Gospel & Bluegrass 

series. 

First in the lineup is 

gospel recording artists, the 

Browders. Every weekend 

will feature new artists and 

loads of fun for the entire 

family. 

The Browders will hit the 

LampLight stage, Saturday, 

Aug. 4. With roots deeplyplanted 

in east Tennessee 

and southwest Virginia, the 

Browders have built a solid 

fan base that continues to 

grow across the United 

States. Originating from 

Hiltons, Va., the Browders’ 

success as a Southern gospel 

group continues to grow 

with their current single, 

“Stand Up for Jesus,” which 

has climbed to No. 7 on the 

“Singing News” gospel 

charts. 

Performances begin each 

Saturday at 7 p.m. Doors will 

open at 6 p.m. For more information, 

including ticket 

and season ticket information, 

call the box office at 

348-7610 or visit www.lamplighttheatre.com. 

Morristown church part of Hoppers tour 

MORRISTOWN — Alpha Baptist Church 

will host The Hoppers in concert on Sunday, 

July 29, at 6:15 p.m. as part of the group’s 

50th Anniversary Heritage Tour. 

For more information, call 336-548-2526, or 

contact www.thehoppers.com. 

By Greg Miller 

STAR STAFF 

gmiller@starhq.com 

Harry T. Stout was honored 

on Sunday, July 22, for 65 

years of continuous membership 

at Fairview Baptist 

Church, Watauga. 

“It was a big honor to me, a 

great honor,” Stout said. 

“When anything to do with 

the Lord honors you, and your 

peers honor you with it, I 

think it’s very satisfying and to 

me it’s a great honor to receive 

an award like that.” 

Stout says “one of the greatest 

honors” in his life was “being 

recognized by a church, especially 

my church that I’ve 

grown up in. I’m just glad to 

be a part of the church family 

there.” 

Sunday was an emotional 

time for Stout. “Sometimes I 

lose my composure, but luckily 

I didn’t on this Sunday,” he 

said. “ If I’d had to say very 

much, I probably would 

have.” 

“It was wonderful,” said 

Dr. Kenneth Jordan, the 

church’s pastor. Stout’s family 

and extended family “filled at 

least six pews of our church. 

When we dismissed them early 

right after the service to go 

into the Christian Life Center 

for lunch, which was in Brother 

Harry and Sister Pauline’s 

SULPHUR SPRINGS — 

Area United Methodists and 

their neighbors will worship 

together Aug. 5-8 for the 188th 

consecutive year during camp 

meetings in Sulphur Springs in 

Washington County. 

The Rev. Lurone Jennings, a 

dynamic Methodist preacher 

from the Chattanooga area, 

will lead worship. Jennings is a 

former coach in the Chattanooga 

City School System, 

where he coached eventual 

stars Reggie White, who 

played professional football, 

and Venus Lacy, who played 

on the gold-medal U.S. 

Women’s Olympic basketball 

team. 

The evening gatherings occur 

at the historic camp shed in 

front of Sulphur Springs United 

Methodist Church, located 

on State Highway 75 about six 

miles south from Interstate 26’s 

Gray-Appalachian Fair exit. 

Arthritis doesn’t cripple dance ministry 

FALL BRANCH — There 

are days when Judi Beard 

struggles to find a balance between 

family, work and life 

due to crippling rheumatoid 

arthritis. 

In fact, getting out of bed often 

becomes her toughest battle. 

Though painful, Beard 

doesn’t give up teaching dance 

as a form of ministry in dramatic 

arts. 

Diagnosed with rheumatoid 

arthritis in 1980, Beard 

was told she would never 

dance again. 

“The doctors told me I 

would be in a wheelchair by 

the time I was 30,” Beard said. 

Having celebrated her 40th 

birthday, Beard is dancing at 

LampLight Theatre this week, 

teaching the young and old 

honor, it looked to be about 

one-fourth of the main building 

had been vacated.” 

A tremendous number of 

people turned out, Jordan 

said. 

“People had come in from a 

distance, some from Knoxville 

and other places,” Jordan said. 

“It was a tremendously satisfying 

experience for me. 

“This family is very special 

to me, and they have been all 

these years,” said Jordan, who 

credited the church’s clerk, 

Marion Boling, with ensuring 

that the event was held. 

“We were happy to do 

this,” Jordan noted. “This was 

a time of great 

celebration...That’s really spectacular, 

that in this time of 

transition, with people coming 

into churches and, sometimes, 

falling away from the Church 

and not working in it at all any 

more, that is a real tribute to 

him and to this family and, really, 

to the Lord.” 

Stout spoke about how he 

came to choose his church. 

“I was saved in a Methodist 

Church, but my mother, being 

a longtime, lifetime Baptist 

wouldn’t let me join the 

Methodist (church),” Stout 

said. “I had to join Fairview. 

“I was saved probably a 

couple of years before I joined 

Fairview,” Stout explained. “I 

was raised in a very loving 

The church address is 132 Gray 

Sulphur Springs Road, Jonesborough. 

Both the camp shed and the 

worship held on the site have 

played critical roles in the development 

of Methodism in 

Southern Appalachia. As early 

as 1802, Methodist Bishop 

Francis Asbury wrote in his 

journal that he had attended a 

camp meeting in the area at 

which more than 1,500 people 

were present. Most likely, Asbury 

attended a meeting held 

in a brush arbor. The gathering 

was formally organized in 

1820, with the shed being built 

in 1842. 

The shed was rebuilt in 

1900, but the original handhewn 

logs were incorporated 

into the new structure and still 

can be seen today. 

Originally, families traveled 

far to worship three times a 

day at the site for four or five 

alike how to use interpretive 

movement and puppetry as a 

different form of outreach ministry. 

Judi and her husband, Jimmy 

Beard, formed Mustard 

Seeds & Company, a dramatic 

arts, clowning, and puppetry 

ministry 10 years ago through 

Harmony Baptist Church in 

Jonesborough. 

Mustard Seeds & Company 

recently partnered with Director 

and playwright Billy 

Wayne Arrington to offer 

A.I.M. (Artists in Ministry), a 

dramatic arts conference to 

teach drama and interpretive 

movement, held at LampLight 

Theatre in Fall Branch. 

“Judi inspires people of all 

ages and teaches beyond her 

physical limitations,” said Billy 


Photo courtesy of Danny Davis of Fairview Baptist Church 

Harry T. Stout, left, was honored on Sunday, July 22, for 65 years of continuous membership 

at Fairview Baptist Church, Watauga. Stout is pictured with his wife, Pauline, and with Dr. 

Kenneth Jordan, the church’s pastor. 

Harry Stout honored as Fairview 

Baptist Church 65-year member 

family, very close family. We 

all just went to Fairview. Years 

ago, you didn’t have transportation, 

and we would walk 

to Calvary Baptist, but 

Fairview was a lot closer and it 

seemed more like a home 

church, so that’s where we finally 

wound up.” 

Stout, who will celebrate 

his 80th birthday on Sept. 18, 

has served the church in various 

capacities. “Years ago, I 

was Sunday School Superintendent 

for the intermediate 

class,” he said. “I have served 

on different committees.” 

Jordan pointed out that 

Stout is a member of the board 

of trustees and is serving on 

the finance committee. 

Stout plans to continue attending 

Fairview Baptist. “I 

have no plans to leave 

Fairview,” he said. “It’s just 

like growing up in a home. 

“You don’t want to leave it, 

and you always come back,” 

he said. “It’s just like home to 

me. I’ve never known another 

church like I do Fairview.” 

Stout is the owner of Harry 

T. Stout, Locksmith and has 

been a locksmith for more 

than 40 years. 

Stout has also been a member 

of the American Motorcyclist 

Association since 1947. 

“I’m a field rep for them,” he 

said. 

Area Methodists look to the future 

days, leading to the construction 

of a series of cabins 

around the shed. These were 

torn down in the early 20th 

century as transportation improved 

and meetings became 

shorter. 

Each evening this year, congregational 

singing will begin 

at 7 p.m., with the worship 

service beginning at 7:30 p.m. 

Music through the week will 

be a mixture of bluegrass, 

choirs, praise bands and a 

quartet. There also will be special 

children’s programs during 

the worship time each 

evening, and opportunities for 

prayer. 

A youth rally will also be 

held Sunday afternoon, with a 

pizza supper at 5 p.m. and 

worship with praise music at 

5:30 p.m. 

All events are free, although 

opportunities to make offerings 

will be provided. 

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Good Samaritan Ministries 

sponsors back-to-school event 


STAR STAFF 


JOHNSON CITY — Good 

Samaritan Ministries is sponsoring 

a back-to-school event 

at Munsey Memorial United 

Methodist Church on Thursday, 

Aug. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m. 

Families will attend the 

event in shifts. Clients whose 

last names begin with “A” 

through “H” will attend from 

4-5 p.m. Those whose last 

names begin with “I” through 

“P” will attend from 5 to 6 

p.m. Those whose last names 

begin with “Q” through “Z” 

will attend from 6 to 7 p.m. 

Hispanic families will attend 

from 7 to 8 p.m. 

The event is specifically for 

families who are in Good 

Samaritan Ministries’ summer 

food program. The families 

must meet income guidelines, 

according to Janey 

McElroy, Special Programs 

Director. “They will need to 

bring their photo ID with 

them,” said McElroy. 

“They will actually receive 

a packet that will tell them 

where to go from one station 

to the next station,” she said. 

The event will include a 

health fair, picnic, games and 

activities for the children and 

backpack distribution. The 

festivities will include music 

and inflatable rides, games, 

face painting and a clown 

ministry. 

The picnic will include 

hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, 

brownies and cookies. 

According to McElroy, the 

backpacks will have the basic 

school supplies, such as scissors, 

glue, paper, folders and 

pencils. 

“Right now, we’re putting 

people on a waiting list for 

the backpack distribution because 

we already have over 

400 to fill,” she said. 

Dentists will be on hand at 

the health fair to check the 

children’s teeth and making 

referrals. Physicians will be 

doing health assessments and 

also making referrals. 

For more information, call 

928-0288 or e-mail 

janey@goodsamjc.org. 

ACROSS Festival sets gathering 

ACROSS Tri-Cities Festival 

is sponsoring “Morning Delight 

— A Women’s Gathering,” 

which will be held at 

“The Oasis” at Grace Baptist 

Church, 1114 Broad Street Ext., 

Elizabethton, on Saturday, 

Aug. 11, from 10-11:30 a.m. 

The “Mug and Muffin” 

event will feature prizes and 

gifts, encouraging words, inspirational 

challenges, spiritual 

refreshment, and music, 

laughter and fun. Each 

woman who attends will receive 

a free gift. Muffins, coffee 

and tea will be provided. 

Reservations are requested. 

For more information, or to 

make reservations, call Mitzi 

Hobbs at (423) 512-0330. 

Church, individual and 

business leaders across the Tri- 

Cities region are partnering 

with Forrest Ministries, an Alabama-based 

non profit evangelistic 

association, to bring an 

ACROSS Festival to the Elizabethton 

High School Sports 

Complex Sept. 15-16 from 2-7 

p.m. 

“We have been producing 

area wide events in Alabama, 

South Carolina and North 

Carolina since 1998 and we are 

excited about our first Tennessee 

festival,” said festival 

director John Bush. 

The free admission festival 

will feature a Kids Zone complete 

with inflatable rides and 

costume characters. Professional 

skateboard demos will 

be presented by Judd “the 

Farmboy” Heald and the Untitled 

Skateboard Team from 

Joplin, Mo. 

George Smith of Lenoir, 

N.C., will perform amazing 

feats of strength. Evangelist 

and author Ken Freeman of 

San Antonio, Texas, will share 

his captivating life story. The 

main stage will also feature 

various live concerts with music 

that appeals to people of all 

ages. 

“One of the most recognized 

singers at the festival 

can be seen and heard most 

days on CMT: Chris McDaniel 

– former keyboardist and lead 

singer of Confederate Railroad” 

said program director 

Dean Forrest. 

Ministry team visits Pine 

Ridge Care and Rehab Center 

Each summer, Hale Community 

Ministries hosts visiting 

mission teams from 

across the United States. 

The teams provide a wide 

array of ministries in Carter 

and Johnson counties, including 

backyard Bible clubs, resort 

ministries, construction/home 

repairs, Appalachian 

Trail ministry and 

nursing home ministry. 

Teams are asked to visit 

residents of area nursing 

homes, read a favorite passage 

of the Bible to them, 

pray with them and maybe 

even sing the residents’ favorite 

hymn. Team members 

are encouraged to particularly 

visit residents who may 

not have family members living 

nearby or those who receive 

few visits throughout 

the year. 

The team members who 

visited the Pine Ridge Care 

and Rehab Center were greeted 

by a welcoming group of 

residents and staff. The team 

spent time playing and 

singing for the residents, and 

helped with Bingo, one of the 

Ministry 

n Continued from 7A 

LampLight Theatre. “This 

week, people are learning how 

to incorporate various forms of 

arts in ministry to be used in 

their own environments and 

civic groups, or as they visit 

shut-ins in nursing homes and 

children’s homes.” 

Their goal, Arrington 

added, is to offer new ideas 

and different forms of ministry 

as they share the gospel of Jesus 

Christ. 

Various workshops are offered 

through LampLight Theatre; 

however, A.I.M. focuses 

specifically on techniques for 

drama and theatre with song 

Good Samaritan Ministries is sponsoring a back-to-school 

event at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church on 

Thursday, Aug. 2, from 4-8 p.m. Pictured, a youngster tries 

bursting balloons at last year’s picnic. 


A visiting Hale Community Ministries missions team from 

Hunter Road Baptist Church, Catawba, Ga., recently ministered 

to residents of Pine Ridge Care and Rehab Center. 

Pictured, front row (l-r), Rachel Fourhman, Austin Phillips, 

Kelsie Gower, Brad Parker and Julie Sniffen; back row, Ty 

Farmer, Hannah Fourhman, Rebecca Fourhman, Ryan 

Farmer, Alisha Hackley and Joseph Fourhman. 

favorite activities at Pine 

Ridge. 

To show their appreciation, 

the residents and employees 

hosted a cookout for 

interpretation. “I couldn’t think 

of a better ministry to help with 

A.I.M. than Mustard Seeds & 

Company,” Arrington said. 

While dancing can sometimes 

be painful for Beard, she 

cannot imagine her life without 

dance. “I have struggled with 

this illness for many years but I 

know ‘I can do all things 

through Christ, who strengthens 

me,’” Beard said. “He gives 

me strength well beyond my 

abilities and I just want to give 

back what He has given me.” 

After watching Beard dance 

with Mustard Seeds & Company 

this week, students were 

the team. Delicious food, 

good fellowship and ice 

cream made their visit to Pine 

Ridge Care and Rehab Center 

a success and lots of fun. 

amazed to hear about her crippling 

arthritis. “If she can 

dance, then why can’t I?” 

asked Nancy Fowler, A.I.M. 

participant. “She’s just proof 

that through Jesus, anything is 

possible.” 

After a week of training, 40 

participants will showcase 

what they’ve learned in a 

unique A.I.M. showcase performance 

today at 7 p.m. This 

live performance will be open 

to the pubic with free admission. 

For more information, 

call LampLight Theatre at 348- 

7610 or visit www.lamplighttheatre.com. 

Peters new music minister 

at Grace Baptist Church 


STAR STAFF 


Jamie Peters became the 

new minister of music at 

Grace Baptist Church, 1114 

Broad St., Elizabethton, in early 

June. 

Peters, who plays piano, organ 

and clarinet, began serving 

as interim minister of music 

in April. 

“I’d like to see the programs 

that exist now inside 

the music program itself grow 

and mature even more,” Peters 

said. “There’s room for 

growth on all aspects. 

“The worship choir is doing 

some great things, some upcoming 

cantatas and things 

like that with Christmas coming 

around,” Peters continued. 

“The orchestra is continuing to 

grow. It looks like we’re going 

to have enough to start a 

youth orchestra now and then 

branch out into more youth 

programs as far as the music is 

concerned.” 

Peters wants to use the music 

program to promote 

church growth. 

“The main goal is to see the 

church grow as a whole because 

of the music program,” 

he said. “We’re doing a wide 

variety of things, from Christian 

to Southern to Contemporary, 

on down the road.” 

Peters said the church has a 

praise team in addition to the 

worship choir. 

The role of music in a worship 

service, according to Peters, 

is to enhance the worship 

service. 

“Our job, and this is what I 

tell the choir and the orchestra 

every Sunday and every 

Wednesday at rehearsal, is to 


STAR STAFF 


By his confident attitude 

and his composure on the 

battlefield, the soldier’s message 

to the enemy was crystal 

clear — I am fighting this 

battle to win! 

“I am the straightest 

shooter in my outfit,” the 

soldier called out to the enemy. 

“I am the best marksman 

in my unit, too,” bragged the 

enemy. 

“I can run faster than anyone 

else in my group,” 

shouted the soldier. 

“I’m the speedster in my 

outfit, too,” countered the 

enemy. 

“I’m the most self-assured 

person in my company,” retorted 

the soldier. 

“Everyone in my nation 

aspires to my level of confidence,” 

shot back the enemy. 

Day after day, the battlefield 

exchanges between the 

soldier and the enemy became 

more heated. One day, 

the sun shifted its position 

slightly because the heat 

from the verbal confrontation 

was so intense that it 


Jamie Peters became the new minister of music at Grace 

Baptist Church, 1114 Broad St., Elizabethton, in early June. 

prep the minds and hearts so 

that when the pastor gets up to 

deliver his message that they 

are ready to receive it, to put 

them in a worship mood,” he 

explained. “That’s what I believe 

music is supposed to do 

in life in general, not just in 

worship services, to enhance 

the spiritual walk.” 

A worship leader “needs to 

be in the mindset, ‘I’m ready 

to worship today and when I 

walk into this sanctuary I’m 

going to be sensitive to the fact 

that the Holy Spirit is there,’ 

because we are given that 

promise, not wanting to control, 

not trying to mold what’s 

going to happen.” 

A Unaka High School graduate, 

Peters earned a bachelor 

of music degree with a concen- 

Rays of 

Light 

by Greg Miller 

caused temporary Spiritual 

Global Warming (SGW). 

“Why don’t you guys cut 

it out!” yelled the sun. “The 

two of you are making so 

much racket that a sun can’t 

even think! 

“Hey, I have an idea. Why 

don’t the two of you have a 

debate to settle once and for 

all which of you is the better 

soldier? I’ll gladly serve as 

your distinguished moderator.” 

The debate was televised 

nationally over Battlefield 

Network News (BNN). The 

winner received a plaque 

designating him as the 

World’s Greatest Warrior 

(WGW). The loser was relegated 

to obscurity and destined 

to wear a sign around 

his neck. The sign read, “I 

lost the battle. I lost the war.” 

The stadium was filled to 

capacity. Audience members 

sent questions through Cy- 

tration in music performance 

from East Tennessee State University. 

He was a guest conductor 

at the Armed Forces 

School of Music, attended several 

master classes, and performed 

at Texas A&M University. 

In addition, he served as 

the minister of music at East 

Side Baptist Church, Elizabethton, 

and as the pianist and 

organist at Harmony Free Will 

Baptist Church, Hampton. 

Peters also plays with the 

East Tennessee Regional Symphony. 

Peters’ wife, Jennifer Ricks- 

Peters, teaches kindergarten at 

Lincoln Heights Elementary 

School, Morristown. 

For more information, call 

542-5551. 

God will fight your battles 

Gospel Singing 

berspace to the sun. The debate 

went relatively smoothly, 

with only a couple of minor 

clashes between the soldier 

and the enemy. Both 

fighters were sent to “solitary 

confinement” for about 

15 minutes of punishment. 

At last, the time came for 

the evening’s final question. 

“So far, gentlemen, the debate 

is a draw,” said the sun. 

“The one who provides the 

best answer to this question 

will be declared the winner. 

Here is the question. ‘What is 

your best weapon in the War 

on Spiritual Terror?”’ 

“There is no War on Spiritual 

Terror,” declared the enemy 

proudly. “I don’t believe 

in the Supernatural!” 

“I definitely believe in the 

Supernatural,” replied the 

soldier. “And believe me, 

there is a War on Spiritual 

Terror, because you have 

been my enemy in this war. 

My best weapons have been 

the Word of God and the 

Blood of the Lamb.” 

“What is your next best 

weapon?” asked the sun. 

“A very good set of 

earplugs!” grinned the soldier. 

New Liberty Free Will Baptist Church, 113 Peters Hollow Road, next to the Stoney 

Creek Volunteer Fire Department, will host the bluegrass-gospel group Set Apart, on 

Sunday, July 29, at 11 a.m. The group sings a style very similar to that of the Primitive 

Quartet. The Rev. Ray Colbaugh is the pastor. For more information, call 213-9269 or 

474-2841.

DEAR ABBY 

Mom’s constant 

calls cause ringing 

in daughter’s ears 

DEAR ABBY: My mother 

is constantly calling me to 

say, “Did you just call me?” 

Anytime her phone rings 

and she can’t get to it, she 

calls everyone she knows 

and asks that question. It is 

particularly irritating if I am 

in the middle of something 

that’s difficult to put down 

when that’s 

the only reason 

she 

called. Then 

she hurries 

on to the next 

person on her 

list to check. 

I have repeatedlysuggested 

caller 

ID, but she won’t get it, saying 

she’ll just check around. 

She knows it’s irritating, especially 

when she calls me at 

work. 

Any suggestions on how I 

can either learn to live with 

this, or get her to stop it? — 

LYNN IN WHITEHOUSE, 

TEXAS 

DEAR LYNN: It appears 

your mother has too much 

free time on her hands. She 

may be reaching out because 

she is lonely and 

needs to talk to somebody. 

(If she calls enough people, 

surely someone will spend 

some time with her.) I don’t 

know what her mental status 

is, but she could also be 

losing it. 

If her phone rang, it 

could have been a telemarketing 

call. So if your mother 

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DEAR ABBY: I have been 

seeing my boyfriend for 2- 

1/2 years, and ever since we 

started dating he has had 

another woman in his life — 

his sister. It seems whenever 

we’re around her, I do not 

exist! 

He uses her as his confidante 

and solicits her opinion 

about everything without 

consulting me at all. 

People have asked them before 

if they are dating. 

I have expressed my discomfort 

with his relationship 

with his sister before, 

but he doesn’t care. He just 

says he doesn’t mean to hurt 

me — but it does. He has 

been talking about our becoming 

engaged lately, but I 

don’t think I can marry a 

man who puts his sister before 

me. Am I wrong to feel 

this way? — TIRED OF 

COMING IN SECOND IN 

S.C. 

DEAR TIRED: Not in my 

opinion. Not knowing your 

boyfriend and/or his sister, 

nor having witnessed the 

dynamic between them, I 

am not in a position to note 

whether their closeness is 

excessive. However, because 

they seem to be unusually 

bonded, the woman 

who marries your 

boyfriend will have to be 

willing to accept a “package 

deal.” And you don’t appear 

to be that kind of person. 

Caveat emptor. 

————— 

DEAR ABBY: Am I being 

old-fashioned to expect 

servers to bring me all the 

change due me when I pay 

my bill at a restaurant? 

Three times in the last few 

months, I have been shortchanged. 

The amounts are 

small, from a few cents to almost 

a dollar. It’s not the 

amount that concerns me; 

it’s the notion that it’s the 

proper thing to do. 

When I politely request 

the remainder of my change, 

I have been subjected to 

thinly disguised disdain and 

a rude reply. On one occasion, 

I was informed that the 

server didn’t have the correct 

change, and then additional 

coins were dropped 

on the table. In every case, 

some mention was made of 

their expectation that I 

would include the shortage 

in their gratuity. I feel it’s my 

money, and I’ll decide how 

to leave the tip. 

Am I living in the past by 

expecting correct change? — 

MICHAEL IN CHELSEA, 

ALA. 

DEAR MICHAEL: Heck 

no! The servers you describe 

are extremely presumptuous. 

You have every 

right to tell the server that 

you expect all the change 

that’s coming to you, and 

you should inform the manager 

of the restaurant about 

what’s going on. If the situation 

isn’t corrected, you also 

have the right to take 

your business elsewhere. 

That’s what I’d do. 

————— 

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and was founded by her 

mother, Pauline Phillips. 

Write Dear Abby at 

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Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 

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Family-owned Amato’s serves 

mix of Italian, American favorites 

A friend and I dined on a 

recent Saturday evening with 

my brother and sister-in-law 

at Amato’s in Kingsport. 

Joe and Rose Amato are the 

owners of the restaurant, 

which specializes in both Italian 

and American cuisine. 

In addition, the restaurant 

boasts a quite extensive menu. 

The restaurant offers a family-friendly 

dining area with 

tables and booths. The stucco 

walls exhibit frame artworks 

— most for sale — by local 

artists. The decor is also accented 

by stained glass windows. 

We started by considering 

an appetizer to share among 

members of the dining party. 

Options included Fried 

Cheese Sticks ($4.95), Jalapeno 

Poppers ($4.95) and Chicken 

Fingers ($6.45). Our sever recommended 

the Fried Mushrooms 

(4.95) or Fried Zucchini 

($4.95). We decided on the 

Fried Zucchini. 

The platter arrived promptly 

and featured large slices of 

breaded zucchini, which had 

been fried and then served 

with a container of tangy dipping 

sauce. 

In addition to this filling 

appetizer, the server also delivered 

baskets of French 

bread as well as some tasty 

Fried Dough. 

The Fried Dough is exactly 

what the name describes — 

and it should carry a warning 

that it is highly addictive. 

Mountain City’s annual Sunflower Festival will be held 

Saturday, July 28, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The festival will 

offer a nostalgic look at the region’s past and the usual run 

of food, crafts, and fun events. 

The festival will mark the opening of Mountain City Mercantile 

and Cafe, which has moved to a new space on Main 

Street. Also, it will mark the debut of the Mountain City 

Chapter of the Andy Griffith Show Re-Run Watchers Club, 

one of about 1,500 chapters nationwide. 

Currently, the club meets at Steve Arnold’s residence, 

watches a few re-runs, competes in a trivia contest and enjoys 

an Aunt Bea-style meal. 

The Mountain City Chapter is called The Duck Pond 

Gang, so named after a favorite episode in which Barney 

Fife takes Thelma Lou down to the duck pond. 

The club will serve snow cones, have a Barney character 

for entertainment, and will be recruiting new members. 

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While enjoying our appetizers 

and baskets of bread, we 

also scanned the menu. 

Entree selections on the 

menu vary from chicken, veal 

and pork to steaks and 

seafood. The menu also features 

a variety of pasta dishes 

and house specialties. Amato’s 

also serves pizza, calzones 

and stromboli. 

Some of the most tempting 

selections — Chicken Giardino 

($13.95), Shrimp Oreganto 

($14.95) and Flounder Monterey 

($13.95) — were listed 

under the heading of house 

specialties. 

I contemplated Lasagna Espanola 

($7.95) and Zuppa-De- 

Peshe ($16.95), a dish described 

as a blend of calamari, 

clams, shrimp and scallops in 

a tomato sauce served over 

linguini. 

I finally decided to order 

the Chicken Giardino, a creative 

combination of bacon, 

broccoli, tomatoes and four 

cheeses served in a white 

sauce over fettuccine. 

My dining companions ordered 

such dishes as Ziti with 

Crabmeat ($10.95), Grilled 

Lemon Pepper Chicken 

($8.95) and Chicken Parmesan 

($8.95). 

Dinners are served with a 

choice of dinner salad or soup. 

Three of my party ordered 

the salad while my sister-inlaw 

chose to accompany her 

entree with a bowl of Minestrone. 

This traditional Italian 

soup featured a hearty combination 

of different pastas, kidney 

beans, green beans, peas, 

potatoes, carrots, tomatoes 

and ground beef in a tomato 

base. 

The dinner salads were a 

refreshing yet simple mix of 

iceberg lettuce, shaved carrots, 

cucumbers, white onions, 

tomato wedges and croutons. 

I chose to dress my salad with 

the restaurant’s house-made 

ranch dressing. 

I greatly enjoyed my Chicken 

Giardino and found the 

combination of ingredients extremely 

palate-pleasing. 

For health-conscious diners, 

I can highly commend the 

Grilled Lemon Chicken, 

which is accompanied by 

slices of oranges, grapefruit 

and cantaloupe. 

The Ziti with Crabmeat also 

won rave reviews. This 

dish featured zucchini, 

onions, imitation crab meat 

and tomatoes in a white sauce, 

tossed with ziti pasta. 

For the more serious minded, the Johnson County Historical 

Society will have a booth at which it will sell Volumes 

One and Two of “The History of Johnson County.” It will also 

have cookbooks to sell. 

The festival will also feature games for kids, produce, 

plants, face painting, caricatures, ice-blended coffee drinks, 

jewelry, purses, photography, walking sticks, wrought iron, 

bird houses, bird perches and feeders, gourds, quilts, painted 

sawblades, woodburned signs, floral arrangements and 

of course, funnel cakes, hotdogs, polish sausage and ice 

cream. 

There will also be live music on the street and a cruise-in 

in the Food Country Parking Lot. 

The Little Miss Sunflower Festival will begin at 12:30 p.m. 

at the Johnson County Bank, and the finale of the day will be 

the sunflower contest with prizes for the biggest, the prettiest, 

and the most unusual. 

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The dessert listings offer 

some creative sweet conclusions, 

including Cream Puff 

($1.35), Chocolate Éclair 

($1.35), Cannoli ($3.95), 

Chocolate Cheesecake ($3.95), 

Key Lime Pie ($2.95) and Coconut 

Cake ($2.75). 

I finished my visit to Amato’s 

with a Cream Puff, a light 

confection dusted with powdered 

sugar and stuffed with 

a sweet filling. 

My other dining companions 

chose to conclude their 

meals with the Chocolate 

Éclair, a traditional pastry 

frosted with a chocolate topping. 

I truly enjoyed my visit to 

Amato’s and highly recommend 

this restaurant to anyone 

looking for some creative 

Italian dishes. 

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11 a.m.-10 p.m.; 

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11 a.m.-3 p.m. Credit cards accepted. 

Carryout available. 

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The Overmountain Singers are one of the groups presenting pre-show music for the 

outdoor drama “Liberty! The Saga of Sycamore Shoals.” The drama’s final two performances 

of the season will be tonight and Saturday. Pre-show entertainment is at 

6:45 p.m. and the drama begins at 7:30 p.m. 

Former shoe exec has given 2.5 

million shoes to disadvantaged 

NASHVILLE (AP) — 

Wayne Elsey was sitting on 

his couch watching television 

footage from the Asian 

tsunami when he saw an image 

that still haunts him — a 

single shoe washing up on 

shore. 

The shoe company executive 

called his friends in the 

industry the next day and 

asked for help collecting new 

and used shoes for those displaced 

by the massive wave 

that killed 230,000 people. 

All told, they sent about 

250,000 pairs. 

He collected nearly a million 

pairs the following year 

when hurricanes Katrina and 

Rita hit the Gulf Coast. 

Soon afterward, Elsey left 

the shoe business for good 

and started a charity that 

gives shoes to people after 

natural disasters, but also to 

the homeless and other 

needy people. He called it 

Soles4Souls. 

With his group, Elsey has 

given away nearly 2.5 million 

pairs of shoes, distributed 

in 35 countries. 

“The simplicity of what 

we do — we get and give 

shoes — people understand 

it,” said Elsey, 42. 

Now the Nashville-based 

charity is trying to give away 

1 million pairs of shoes in the 

Sudan by the end of the year. 

A civil war in the Darfur region 

of Sudan has killed 

more than 200,000 people 

and displaced millions since 

2003. 

In the United States, 

homeless advocates say people 

don’t typically donate 

shoes to charity or even 

think about how important 

they are to the poor and 

homeless. 

“There is a tremendous 

need for shoes,” said 

Michael Stoops, acting executive 

director for the National 

Coalition for the Homeless. 

“People when they donate 

to shelters or soup kitchens, 

very seldom do they donate 

shoes because most people 

don’t think of shoes when 

they think of homelessness. 

But when you think about it, 

they’re on their feet all day, 

walking around.” 

Brenda Peoples and her 7year-old 

granddaughter both 

got free shoes last month 

when Soles4Souls handed 

out Crocs — those colorful, 

rubbery clogs — at the girl’s 

school in Nashville. 

“It was a blessing to a lot 

of parents. It was wonderful, 

and I truly appreciate it because 

I’m raising her,” Peoples 

said. “It allowed me to 

use some money for something 

else.” 

After the hurricanes hit, 

Elsey said he helped create 

the Web site www.katrinashoes.org, 

which received 

large donations from 

footwear companies, retail- 

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That’s when Elsey — then 

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Kodiak-Terra Inc. — realized 

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Soles4Souls gets its shoes 

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World Shoe Organization, it 

expects to be about $6.5 million 

in the black this year, 

said Kevin Goughary, chief 

operating officer. 

Last year Elsey made 

$27,365 for working 25 hours 

a week, but the charity’s 

board has yet to determine 

his salary this year, expected 

to be between $100,000 and 

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feels good to me to give back 

something I know. And I 

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‘The Simpsons Movie’ is humor 

packed, but not excellent 

The universe of “The 

Simpsons” — outlandish, 

yellow and absent of normal 

human growth — has 

sketched with parodying 

perfection the struggle of 

family life, the exploitation 

of a neighbor’s good will 

and the bizarre qualities of 

school bus drivers, to name 

just a few of its accomplishments. 

In one of its greatest 

episodes, about Prohibition, 

Homer’s concluding toast 

demonstrated how the animated 

series could be as 

damning as it was hilarious: 

“To alcohol, the cause and 

solution to all of life’s problems!” 

“The Simpsons Movie” 

arrives a decade after that 

1997 episode, and long after 

its glory days. Not to sound 

too much like the Comic 

Book Guy, but the Fox sitcom, 

which once brilliantly 

satirized TV’s conventions, 

has gradually settled into its 

own ruts — which usually 

entails Homer acting silly for 

silliness’ sake. 

After 18 seasons on television, 

the much-anticipated 

big-screen debut of “The 

Simpsons” feels purposeless 

— as if creator Matt Groening 

finally thought: “Well, 

we might as well.” 

The movie quickly revels 

in lampooning itself. Ralph 

Wiggum crawls over the 

opening 20th Century Fox 

logo. An “Itchy and 

Scratchy” segment then 

plays out before revealing 

the Simpsons family watching, 

seated in a movie theater. 

“I can’t believe we’re paying 

for something we get for 

free on TV!” exclaims Homer 

(voiced by Dan Castellaneta). 

An alteration of the 

show’s opening sequence 

leads to a Green Day concert 

where the band tries to speak 

about pollution, thereby setting 

up the action: Lake 

Springfield, it turns out, is a 

polluted mess, the result of 

— among other things — 

Krusty the Clown dumping 

tankfuls of his flop sweat into 

it. 

Homer ruins a cleanup effort, 

however, emptying a si- 

The William King Regional 

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Va., has a new exhibition: 

“Into the Wilderness: The 

Settlement of Virginia’s 

Frontier.” 

The display will feature 

some of the finest examples 

of Colonial weaponry 

known to exist, including rifles, 

tomahawks and accouterments. 

“The collection of long rifles 

represents the rarest and 

finest examples of craftsmanship 

from the second 

half of the 18th century when 

Daniel Boone and George 

Rogers Clark traveled 

through Southwest Virginia 

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lo (yes, a silo) of pig feces in 

the lake, the result of his new 

best friend: the adopted Spider-Pig, 

who’s later renamed 

Plopper. This isn’t Homer’s 

first love affair with a potential 

meal, nor his only goaround 

with a pig. Fans will 

recall his “pig-de-la-resistance” 

in “Lisa the Vegetarian,” 

the excellent 1995 

episode in which vegetarianism 

is tackled more successfully 

than pollution is here. 

Lake Springfield promptly 

turns black and the Environmental 

Protection 

Agency, led by Russ Cargill 

(Albert Brooks), soon intervenes, 

placing a giant, transparent 

dome over Springfield 

and its townspeople. 

It’s a clearly redundant entrapment 

for a town that exists 

everywhere and 

nowhere. (At one point, 

standing atop a mountain, 

Ned Flanders points to the 

states bordering Springfield: 

Ohio, Maine, Kentucky and 

Nevada.) 

Cargill — who sounds a 

lot like Hank Scorpio, the 

maniacal but cheery evil genius 

Brooks voiced in a 1996 

episode — works for President 

Arnold Schwarzenegger 

(Harry Shearer) who declares: 

“I was elected to lead, 

not to read.” 

Homer must save the 

town from Cargill’s plans for 

Springfield, but, more importantly, 

he has to win back 

the trust of Marge, Bart, Lisa 

and Maggie. 

The plot is wayward at 

times — particularly a trip to 

Alaska that feels excerpted 

from an unaired episode. 

But narrative was never 

what drove “The Simpsons.” 

It was always the jokes, 

which are just as relentless 

here as they are on the show. 

Under director David Silverman’s 

stewardship, the 

animation is brighter and 

filled with more background 

detail. Every character now 

maneuvers with a carefully 

drawn shadow. 

Little has changed in the 

leap to the big screen, but we 

5, 7 and 9 p.m. 

“I NOW PRONOUNCE 

YOU CHUCK AND LAR- 

RY.” Chuck Levine and Larry 

Valentine are the pride of 

their fire station: two guy’s 

guys always side-by-side 

and willing to do anything 

for each other. Grateful 

Chuck owes Larry for saving 

his life in a fire, and Larry 

calls in that favor big time 

when civic red tape prevents 

him from naming his own 

two kids as his life insurance 

beneficiaries. But when an 

overzealous, spot-checking 

bureaucrat becomes suspicious, 

the new couple’s 

arrangement becomes a city- 

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do gain a new perspective on 

Springfield, where Mr. 

Burns’ house is now so elevated 

it seems more like the 

Grinch’s lair hovering above 

Whoville. 

We also see for the first 

time Nelson’s mother (she 

also says “Ha ha!”), Milhouse’s 

neighborhood and 

Bart’s bathing suit area. His 

full-frontal scene is one of 

the movie’s best visual gags. 

While “The Simpsons 

Movie” is — like the TV 

show has become — too 

much a caricature of itself, it 

AT THE MOVIES 

surveying America’s first 

frontier,” said Trisha Blosser, 

curator at the William King 

Center’s Museum. 

Blosser noted that the 

weapons used by the early 

settlers were integral in battles 

of the French & Indian 

War, Revolutionary War, and 

many battles in between. 

They were also vital in providing 

hides for trading and 

meat for sustenance. 

Among the 65 items on 

display are ten of the finest 

examples of the long rifle, 

many on loan from private 

collections. Two are dated 

1771 and are thought to be 

used in the Battle of Alamanance, 

when eastern 

still possesses good cheer, an 

aversion to self-seriousness 

and manic energy for stuffing 

the screen with layers of 

humor. 

In one of the final scenes, 

Homer again finds himself 

soaring across Springfield 

Gorge as he did in the 1990 

“Bart the Daredevil” 

episode. On the other side of 

the gorge, moviegoers will 

notice an old ambulance 

from that episode crashed 

against a tree — as though 

it’s been sitting there in 

SimpsonLand for 17 years. 

The small artifact of animation 

recalls both the 

show’s bygone triumphs and 

stubborn resilience. 

“The Simpsons Movie,” a 

20th Century Fox release, is 

rated PG-13 for irreverent 

humor throughout. Running 

time: 87 minutes. Two and a 

half stars out of four. 

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G — General audiences. 

All ages admitted. 

PG — Parental guidance 

suggested. Some material 

may not be suitable for children. 

PG-13 — Special parental 

guidance strongly suggested 

for children under 13. Some 

material may be inappropriate 

for young children. 

R — Restricted. Under 17 

requires accompanying parent 

or adult guardian. 

NC-17 — No one under 17 

admitted. 

William King Center will have 

display of 18th century weapons 

North Carolinians revolted 

against British taxation. 

Many were killed or hung 

later for treason. 

Two powder horns on display 

were supposedly use at 

the 1780 Battle of King’s 

Mountain and a tomahawk 

was used by Daniel Smyth in 

1780 while exploring the 

North Carolina line. 

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is located at 415 Academy 

St., off W. Main Street in 

Abingdon. The center is 

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p.m.; Wednesday through 

Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 

Admission is free. 

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news. Forced to improvise 

as love-struck newlyweds, 

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AccuWeather ® 

TODAY 

A t-storm this 

afternoon 

88° 64° 81° 65° 

Bristol Almanac 

Statistics are through 6 p.m. yest. 

Temperature: 

High yesterday ........................ 85° 

Low yesterday ......................... 59° 

Precipitation: 

24 hrs. ending 6 p.m. yest. ... Trace 

AccuWeather.com 

Tennessee Weather 

Memphis 

94/76 

Sun and Moon 

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 

Sunrise today ....................... 6:31 a.m. 

Sunset tonight ...................... 8:39 p.m. 

Moonrise today ................... 7:19 p.m. 

Moonset today ..................... 3:40 a.m. 

Moon Phases 

Union City 

92/69 

Camden 

92/67 

Full Last New First 

July 29 Aug 5 Aug 12 Aug 20 

5-Day Forecast for Elizabethton 

SATURDAY 

Partly sunny, a 

t-storm; humid 

SUNDAY 

Partly sunny 

with a t-storm 

84° 64° 

RealFeel Temp 

The patented RealFeel Temperature 

Today ........................................... 95° 

Saturday ....................................... 88° 

Sunday ......................................... 92° 

Monday ........................................ 93° 

Tuesday ....................................... 93° 

® is 

AccuWeather’s exclusive index of the effects 

of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine, 

precipitation and elevation on the human 

body. Shown are the highest values for each 

day. 

Nashville 

90/70 

Murfreesboro 

90/67 

Waynesboro Chattanooga 

90/66 91/69 

The State 

Today Sat. Today Sat. 

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 

Athens 90 65 t 85 67 t 

Bristol 85 64 t 82 64 t 

Chattanooga 91 69 t 86 69 t 

Clarksville 91 67 pc 88 68 t 

Cleveland 90 66 t 86 68 t 

Cookeville 90 65 t 85 68 t 

Crossville 88 66 t 79 66 t 

Erwin 86 61 t 81 64 t 

Franklin 90 70 pc 87 71 t 

Greeneville 88 64 t 84 63 t 

Johnson City 85 64 t 82 64 t 

MONDAY 

A t-storm 

possible 

86° 64° 

Knoxville 

89/69 

TUESDAY 

T-storms 

possible 

86° 64° 

UV Index Today 

The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM 8 a.m. .............................................. 1 

Noon ............................................... 7 

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

0-2: Low 8-10: Very High 

3-5: Moderate 11+: Extreme 

6-7: High 

number, 

the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 

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88/64 

Kingsport 88 63 t 82 65 t 

Knoxville 89 69 t 85 68 t 

Memphis 94 76 pc 91 74 t 

Morristown 88 65 t 84 67 t 

Mountain City 84 62 t 79 64 t 

Nashville 90 70 pc 87 71 t 

Newport 88 65 t 84 66 t 

Oak Ridge 88 68 t 85 69 t 

Pigeon Forge 89 68 t 85 68 t 

Roan Mtn. 84 61 t 78 64 t 

Sevierville 89 68 t 85 68 t 

National Weather for July 27, 2007 

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

Seattle 

76/56 

San Francisco 

70/56 

70/56 

Los Angeles 

86/66 

Billings 

91/65 

91/65 

Denver 

81/59 

81/59 

El Paso 

95/73 

Cold front 

Warm front 

Stationary front 

National Summary 

Today Sat. 

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 

Atlanta 92 71 t 88 72 t 

Boston 90 68 pc 86 68 t 

Charleston, SC 90 73 t 93 74 t 

Charlotte 90 70 t 90 67 t 

Chicago 83 65 t 84 63 pc 

Cincinnati 84 65 t 84 66 t 

Dallas 90 73 t 92 75 pc 

Denver 81 59 t 83 61 pc 

Honolulu 87 76 pc 89 76 pc 

Kansas City 90 70 t 85 68 t 

Los Angeles 86 66 pc 84 65 pc 

New York City 84 73 t 84 74 t 

Orlando 90 73 t 91 74 t 

Phoenix 101 85 pc 99 84 pc 

Seattle 76 56 pc 76 58 pc 

Wash., DC 86 72 t 90 72 t 

Houston 

85/74 

Minneapolis 

87/66 

New York 

84/73 

Detroit 

82/67 

Chicago 

83/65 

Washington 

Kansas City 

86/72 

90/70 

82/67 

Minneapolis 

87/66 

New York 

84/73 

Detroit 

Chicago 

83/65 

Washington 

Kansas City 

86/72 

90/70 

Showers 

T-storms 

Rain 

Atlanta 

92/71 

Miami 

90/76 

A storm system over the Great Lakes will cause showers and 

thunderstorms in the Midwest and Ohio Valley today. Some 

storms will extend into the mid-Atlantic states. More heavy rain is 

expected across South Texas. 

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 Sat. 

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 

Acapulco 90 77 pc 88 76 t 

Amsterdam 70 57 pc 66 54 pc 

Barcelona 81 69 s 81 70 s 

Beijing 92 79 pc 90 80 t 

Berlin 75 55 pc 66 50 r 

Dublin 66 54 c 68 54 pc 

Hong Kong 91 82 pc 90 81 t 

Jerusalem 93 70 s 92 69 s 

London 73 59 pc 72 54 pc 

Madrid 95 66 s 99 66 s 

Mexico City 73 55 t 72 54 t 

Montreal 89 69 t 83 66 t 

Paris 73 63 c 73 57 c 

Rome 90 64 s 90 66 s 

Seoul 87 74 pc 85 74 c 

Singapore 85 77 t 86 77 t 

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

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

TODAY’S WEATHER BROUGHT TO YOU FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT 

ELIZABETHTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT 

Laughter 


She responded, “Why, yes, 

I do know you Mr. Williams. 

I’ve known you since you 

were a young boy. And 

frankly, you’ve been a big 

disappointment to me. You 

lie, you cheat on your wife, 

you manipulate people and 

talk about them behind their 

backs. You think you’re a rising 

big shot when you 

haven’t the brains to realize 

you never will amount to 

anything more than a two-bit 

paper pusher. Yes, I know 

you.” 

The lawyer was stunned. 

Not knowing what else to do 

he pointed across the room 

and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do 

you know the defense attorney?” 

She again replied, “Why, 

yes I do. I’ve known Mr. 

Bradley since he was a 

youngster, too. I used to baby-sit 

him for his parents. 

And he, too, has been a real 

disappointment to me. He’s 

lazy, bigoted, he has a drinking 

problem. The man can’t 

build a normal relationship 

with anyone and his law 

practice is one of the shoddiest 

in the entire state. Yes, I 

know him.” 

At this point, the judge 

rapped the courtroom to silence 

and called both coun- 

542-1100 

(8 am - 5 pm) 

selors to the bench. In a very 

quiet voice, he said with 

menace, “If either of you asks 

her if she knows me, you’ll be 

in jail for contempt within 5 

minutes!” 

The Talking Pig 

One day the first grade 

teacher was reading the story 

of the Three Little Pigs to her 

class. She came to the part of 

the story where the first pig 

was trying to accumulate the 

building materials for his 

home. She read, “...And so 

the pig went up to the man 

with the wheelbarrow full of 

straw and said, ‘Pardon me 

sir, but may I have some of 

that straw to build my 

house?’” The teacher paused 

then asked the class, “And 

what do you think that man 

said?” One little boy raised 

his hand and said, “I think he 

said ‘Holy %$#@! A talking 

pig!’” The teacher was unable 

to teach for the next 10 minutes. 

Hearing Problems 

An elderly man had serious 

hearing problems for a 

number of years. He went to 

the doctor and the doctor was 

able to have him fitted for a 

set of hearing aids that allowed 

the gentleman to hear 

100 percent. The elderly gentleman 

went back in a month 

www.eesonline.org 

to the doctor and the doctor 

said “Your hearing is perfect. 

Your family must be really 

pleased that you can hear 

again.” The gentleman 

replied, “Oh, I haven’t told 

my family yet. I just sit 

around and listen to the conversations. 

I’ve changed my 

will three times already!” 

Getting Old 

Two elderly gentlemen 

from a retirement center were 

sitting on a bench under a 

tree when one turns to the 

other and says: “Jim, I’m 83 

years old now and I’m just 

full of aches and pains. I 

know you’re about my age. 

How do you feel?” Jim says, 

“I feel just like a new-born 

baby.” “Really!? Like a newborn 

baby?” “Yep. No hair, 

no teeth, and I think I just wet 

my pants.” 

Were you drinking? 

A policeman pulls a man 

over for speeding and asks 

him to get out of the car. After 

looking the man over he says, 

“Sir, I couldn’t help but notice 

your eyes are bloodshot. 

Have you been drinking?” 

The man gets really indignant 

and says, “Officer, I 

couldn’t help but notice your 

eyes are glazed. Have you 

been eating doughnuts?” 

Painting the Steeple 

542-1111 

(After Hours) 

A painter was hired to 

paint a very tall church 

steeple. When he got about 

half way down and the 

steeple began widening out, 

requiring more paint, the 

painter began to worry about 

whether he had enough paint 

to finish the job. 

Since he was hot and tired 

and did not care to make another 

trip to the ground, he 

decided to stretch the amount 

of paint by adding some 

paint thinner to it. When finished, 

he lowered himself to 

the ground and went about 

cleaning up. Then he looked 

up to see the results of his 

work, and noted that the area 

with the thin paint looked decidedly 

different. He was 

pondering what to do about 

it when the sky turned dark 

and there was a lightning 

flash and a loud thunderclap. 

Then in a loud, booming 

voice from the sky came the 

words, “REPAINT AND 

THIN NO MORE!” 

Keep smiling. It makes 

everyone wonder what 

you’re up to. 

Just remember, we all 

smile in the same language, 

and it doesn’t cost a cent! 

Number of West Nile cases worry officials 

ATLANTA (AP) — The nation 

is on pace to have its 

worst West Nile virus season 

in years, federal health officials 

said Thursday. 

So far this year, there have 

been nearly four times as 

many cases reported as there 

were at the same time last 

year. However, cool weather 

in August or September — 

when the bulk of West Nile 

cases usually occur — could 

take the sting out of the season, 

officials added. 

“If this trend continues like 

this, it’s going to be a very 

high,” said Dr. Lyle Petersen 

of the U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

Nineteen states, most of 

them west of the Mississippi, 

have reported 122 human cases 

of the mosquito-borne disease. 

That total includes three 

deaths. Health officials had 

counted only 33 cases by late 

July last year but it turned out 

to be the worst season since 

the record year 2003. 

At least 177 people died 

from West Nile in 2006 out of 

4,269 cases; 264 people died 

out of nearly 10,000 cases in 

2003. 

West Nile virus was first reported 

in the United States in 

1999 in New York, then spread 

across the country. Only about 

one in five infected people get 

sick. Severe symptoms include 

neck stiffness, disorientation, 

coma and paralysis. 

A variety of signs say this 

could be a bad year. In Georgia, 

for example, a recent 

drought helped cause a more 

than threefold increase in the 

number of disease-transmitting 

mosquitoes. 

There have not yet been 

any reported human cases in 

the state. “(But) if you just 

look at the number of mosquitoes 

we’re seeing, it should be 

a bad year,” said Rosmarie 

Kelly, entomologist with the 

Georgia Division of Public 

Health. 

A fast start isn’t always a 

good predictor of how bad the 

year will be, Petersen noted. 

In 2003, only nine cases were 

reported at this point. In 2004, 

a relatively mild year, 182 cases 

were reported as of late July 

due mainly to an unusual early 

outbreak in Arizona, Petersen 

said. 

Mosquitoes transmit the 

virus, often picking it up from 

birds they bite and then 

spreading it to people. A variety 

of factors influence the disease’s 

impact, including heat 

waves, weather conditions 

and the species of mosquitoes 

and birds in a given area, Petersen 

said. West Nile season 

usually peaks in late August 

and doesn’t end until November. 

Thieves steal pool, don’t 

leave a drop of water 

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Daisy Valdivia is annoyed that 

someone stole her backyard pool — and baffled at how they 

did it without leaving behind a splash, drip or trace of the 

1,000 gallons of water it contained. 

Valdivia awoke to find her family’s hip-high, inflatable, 10foot 

diameter swimming pool gone from her back yard 

Wednesday. 

Valdivia told The Record of Bergen County the theft must 

have occurred between 1 a.m., when her husband went to 

bed, and 5 a.m., when she awoke. 

She’s amazed someone could steal the pool that quickly 

and just wanted to know “what the heck they did with the 

water,” she said. 

Iraq 


did not mention the car 

bombing reported by police. 

The casualty toll was provided 

by police and hospital 

officials, who spoke on condition 

of anonymity because 

they were not authorized to 

release the information. They 

said 14 cars were destroyed 

along with 17 stores selling 

everything from accessories 

to falafel sandwiches. 

Rahim said he saw at least 

three buildings on fire, with 

firefighters climbing ladders 

to rescue people stuck in their 

apartments. 

The attack was the deadliest 

in a series of bombings 

nationwide Thursday. At least 

78 people were killed or 

found dead, a day after two 

suicide car bombings killed 

and wounded dozens of revelers 

celebrating the national 

team’s semifinal victory in 

Asia’s top soccer tournament. 

With five days to go before 

the end of July, an Associated 

Press tally showed that at 

least 1,759 Iraqis were killed 

in war-related violence 

through July 26, a more than 7 

percent increase over the 

1,640 who were reported 

killed in all of June. 

Victims of sectarian slayings 

were also on the rise. At 

least 723 bodies were found 

dumped across Iraq so far in 

July, or an average of nearly 

28 a day, compared with 19 a 

day in June, when 563 bodies 

were reported found, according 

to the AP tally. 

Those numbers included 

civilians, government officials 

and Iraqi security forces, and 

are considered only a minimum 

based on AP reporting. 

The actual number is likely 

higher, as many killings go 

unreported or uncounted. 

Despite the increase in 

killings over the past month, 

U.S. and Iraqi officials have 

claimed some success in reducing 

violence as they fight 

to gain control of the capital 

and surrounding areas ahead 

of a pivotal progress report to 

be delivered to the U.S. Congress 

in September. 

At least 64 U.S. troops have 

died this month, a relatively 

low number compared with 

American death tolls of more 

than 100 for each of the previous 

three months, according 

to an AP count based on military 

statements. 

The No. 2 commander in 

Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, 

expressed cautious optimism 

about the downturn. He said 

it appeared that casualties 

had increased as U.S. forces 

expanded operations into 

militant strongholds as part 

of the 5-month-old security 

crackdown aimed at clamping 

off violence in the capital, 

but were going down as the 

Americans gained control of 

the areas. 

“We’ve started to see a 

slow but gradual reduction in 

casualties, and it continues in 

July,” he said at a news conference. 

“It’s an initial positive 

sign, but I would argue 

we need a bit more time to 

make an assessment whether 

it’s a true trend.” 

Nevertheless, the daily average 

for U.S. troop deaths so 

Economy 


June for pushing sales lower. 

“Home builders continue 

to trim prices and offer large 

non-price sales incentives, 

but many prospective home 

buyers obviously are reluctant 

to sign on the bottom 

line,” said David Seiders, 

chief economist at the National 

Association of Home 

Builders. 

Sales of new homes are 

now 22.3 percent below 

where they were a year ago. 

Analysts said this slide is 

likely to continue because of 

spreading mortgage defaults 

as borrowers are not able to 

meet higher payments as 

their adjustable rate mortgages 

reset at higher rates. 

For June the inventory of 

unsold new homes was unchanged 

at 537,000 units, still 

high by historical standards. 

The median price of a new 

home sold last month 

dropped to $237,900, down by 

2.2 percent from a year ago. 

The median price is the point 

where half the homes sold for 

more and half for less. 

far in July is 2.46 — higher 

than the daily average of 2.25 

last year. 

Three U.S. Marines and a 

sailor were killed Tuesday in 

combat in Diyala province — 

the site of a major military operation 

against a Sunni insurgent 

stronghold, according to 

the military. It also said two 

U.S. soldiers were killed in 

Baghdad — one in a roadside 

bombing on Tuesday and another 

in a gunbattle on 

Wednesday. Separately, a Marine 

died Sunday in a noncombat 

related incident in 

Anbar province. 

Odierno also said the U.S. 

military has noted a “significant 

improvement” in the aim 

of attackers firing rockets and 

mortars into the heavily fortified 

Green Zone in the past 

three months. 

Without offering any 

proof, Odierno said networks 

continue to smuggle powerful 

roadside bombs and mortars 

across the border from 

Iran despite Tehran’s assertions 

that it supports stability 

in Iraq. 

His remarks came two 

days after the U.S. and Iranian 

ambassadors to Iraq met 

in Baghdad and agreed to establish 

a security committee 

to address the violence jointly. 

The U.S. has accused Iran 

of fueling the violence by 

supporting and training Shiite 

militias. Iran has denied 

the U.S. allegations about its 

activities in Iraq. 

“One of the reasons why 

we’re sitting down with the 

Iranian government ... is trying 

to solve some of these 

problems,” Odierno said at a 

news conference in the Green 

Zone, which is home to the 

U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi 

government headquarters. 

Separately, Iraqi Prime 

Minister Nouri al-Maliki met 

with military commanders 

and tribal leaders in the 

Diyala provincial capital of 

Baqouba, 35 miles northeast 

of Baghdad. The area has 

been the site of a major U.S.- 

Iraqi operation aimed at 

clearing it of fighters from al- 

Qaida in Iraq. The Shiite 

prime minister also discussed 

efforts to rebuild the city and 

deliver aid to residents. 

Northern Iraq also faced 

attacks on Thursday. A suicide 

bomber blew himself up 

at the gate of a police station 

west of Mosul, killing at least 

six people and wounding 13, 

police Brig. Gen. Mohammed 

al-Waqaa said. Elsewhere, a 

parked car bomb also exploded 

near a popular restaurant 

in the center of disputed oilrich 

city of Kirkuk, killing at 

least six civilians and wounding 

25, police Brig. Gen. 

Sarhat Qadir said. 

South of Baghdad, a former 

aide to Iraq’s top Shiite 

cleric was killed in a drive-by 

shooting in the holy city of 

Najaf, security officials said, 

speaking on condition of 

anonymity because they were 

not authorized to disclose information. 

Kazim Jabir al- 

Bidairi was the third person 

linked to Grand Ayatollah Ali 

al-Sistani to be killed in two 

months. 

By region of the country, 

new home sales fell by 27.1 

percent in the Northeast, 22.5 

percent in the West and 17.1 

percent in the Midwest. Only 

the South saw an increase in 

sales, a gain of 7.6 percent. 

In other economic news, 

the Commerce Department 

said that orders for big-ticket 

manufactured products increased 

by 1.4 percent last 

month, the best showing 

since a 5.1 percent increase in 

March, with the strength 

coming from a big rebound in 

orders for commercial aircraft. 

Demand for many other 

durable goods products actually 

fell in June. 

Even with the slump in 

housing, the economy is expected 

to have staged a solid 

rebound in the April-June 

quarter, growing at an annual 

rate of around 3.2 percent, up 

from the anemic 0.7 percent 

growth rate in the first three 

months of the year. The government 

planned to release 

the official figure today.

FRIDAY 

July 27, 2007 

Sports Editor: Wes Holtsclaw 

Daytime Phone: (423) 542-4151 

Fax: (423) 542-2004 

E-Mail: sports@starhq.com 

Reporting Scores: 

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542-1545 after 9 p.m. Sunday- 

Thursday and Saturday. 


Two locals find success 

By Ben Davis 

STAR STAFF 

bdavis@starhq.com 

at TN Senior Games 

Don’t tell Barbara Bogart 

and Willie Holtsclaw that as 

you get older you are supposed 

to slow down and relax. 

These two ladies will have 

none of that. 

Bogart and Holtsclaw each 

returned yesterday from 

Franklin, TN, where they competed 

in the 2007 Tennessee 

Senior Olympics State Final 

games. 

Both ladies found quite a bit 

of success, which isn’t surprising 

considering both have 

competed at the state and national 

senior games before. 

Bogart, who is 65 and competed 

in the 65-69 age group, 

brought home a long list of 

medals from Franklin. She 

won Golds in the 5K run and 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — 

Barred by the NFL from reporting 

to work with the Atlanta 

Falcons, Michael Vick declared 

his innocence on federal dogfighting 

charges Thursday and 

asked the public to hold its 

judgment “until all the facts 

are shown.” 

Lustily jeered by hundreds 

of protesters as he entered and 

left U.S. District Court, Vick 

strolled in stony silence and 

did his only talking inside the 

courtroom, where his career as 

a superstar quarterback and 

his freedom are jeopardized. 

Inside, his most important 

words were a firm “not guilty” 

when asked how he pleaded to 

a charge of conspiracy to travel 

in interstate commerce in aid of 

unlawful activities, and “by jury” 

when U.S. District Judge 

Henry E. Hudson asked his 

preference for a trial. Hudson 

set a Nov. 26 trial date for Vick 

and his three co-defendants, all 

of whom pleaded not guilty 

and asked for a jury trial. Hudson 

set aside two weeks. 

“This is going to be a hardfought 

trial,” said Billy Martin, 

one of five lawyers retained by 

Vick. “We are conducting our 

own investigation, we will 

look into these allegations and 

we look forward to the opportunity 

to being able to walk inside 

this courtroom saying to 

the world that Michael Vick is 

innocent.” 

The 18-page indictment also 

lists a charge for sponsoring a 

dog in an animal fighting ven- 

the 5K and 20K cycling time 

trials. 

“I started off with gold and 

finished with gold, and that 

kind of shocked me,” Bogart 

said of her gold in the 5K run. 

“Margie Stoll (who won the 

10K running event yesterday 

morning) should have been 

there and she would have got 

the gold in the 5k running 

event on Wednesday, but she 

wasn’t there and I got the 

gold.” 

Bogart, an Elizabethton resident, 

also took silver medals 

in the high jump, long jump, 

power walk and badminton 

singles competitions. Just for 

good measure she added 

bronze medal finishes in the 

100 meter dash and shot put. 

“I could have picked up another 

couple of medals if I 

would have stayed all week 

because they had the 10k run 

Vick pleads not guilty, 

trial set for Nov. 26th 

ture, but U.S. Attorney Michael 

Gill said the first charge supercedes 

it. 

The four either face up to 

five years in prison and fines of 

up to $250,000 if convicted on 

the Travel Act violation, a 

felony, or one year in prison 

and up to $100,000 in fines if 

convicted on the charge of using 

a dog in a fighting venture. 

Following the arraignment, 

Vick climbed into a white sport 

utility vehicle outside as a 

crowd of several hundred 

jeered, some yelling “you are 

not a role model.” Others expressed 

their support for the 

27-year-old Newport News, 

Va., native, who became a star 

in two dazzling seasons as the 

quarterback at Virginia Tech. 

Martin read a statement 

outside court in which Vick asserted 

his innocence and apologized 

to his mother and family 

for causing them pain, and 

to the Falcons for not being 

with them as they opened their 

first training camp under new 

coach Bobby Petrino. 

“I take these charges very 

seriously and look forward to 

clearing my good name,” Vick 

said in the statement. Vick’s 

mother, Brenda Boddie, stood 

by Martin’s side as he spoke. 

“I respectfully ask all of you 

to hold your judgment until all 

of the facts are shown. Above 

all, I would like to say to my 

mom I’m sorry for what she 

has had to go through in this 

most trying of times. It has 

n See VICK, 2B 


MSHA BSN Director and Voice of the Bucs Jay Sandos speaks 

at a press conference at ETSU yesterday where it was 

announced that the Bucs basketball games will be aired on 

104.9 FM The Peak next season. 

this morning, but I left,” said 

Bogart, who noted that after 

competing at the Senior National 

Games in Louisville, KY 

just a few weeks ago, she didn’t 

want to compete in every 

event at the states. “I wanted 

to go the states, but just like 

everybody else, after just 

spending two weeks at the nationals, 

I didn’t feel like I wanted 

to stay there for a whole 

week.” 

Holtsclaw, who was also at 

the Nationals, found success at 

the state meet as well. A very 

good bowler, Holtsclaw rolled 

a cumulative 523 over three 

games to earn second place in 

the 75-79 year old age group. 

“I used a heavier ball at nationals 

and messed my arm 

up, and I had to go up there 

and get a lighter ball which I 

had never used before and that 

sort of slowed me down a little 

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Twins shortstop Estarlin De Los Santos (5) singles on a line drive to Mets right fielder Richard 

Pena. Mark Dolenc and Eric Santiago scored on the play to give the Twins an early 2-1 lead. 

By Tim Chambers 

STAR STAFF 

tchambers@starhq.com 

KINGSPORT— Inability to 

get the key hit with men on 

base decided the outcome in 

the first contest. Not hitting at 

all determined the second one. 

The Twins dropped a pair of 

one run games to Kingsport on 

Thursday at Hunter Wright 

Stadium. 

Kingsport won the first 

By Wes Holtsclaw 

SPORTS EDITOR 

wholtsclaw@starhq.com 

JOHNSON CITY — Those 

in remote areas who have had 

problems listening to East Tennessee 

State’s men’s basketball 

games in the past have received 

some help thanks to a major 

change for the MSHA Buccaneer 

Sports Network. 

ETSU and Citadel Broadcasting 

announced Thursday 

that the company’s 104.9 FM 

The Peak would become the 

new flagship station for the 

Buccaneers this fall. 

The move takes the Bucs 

away from their longtime 

home of WJCW-AM 910 and 

moves it onto a new signal that 

fans in remote areas of Carter, 

Sullivan, Unicoi and Johnson 

counties will be able to receive. 

It’s the first time ETSU 

broadcasts will be available on 

the FM dial. 

“Nobody in Bristol can hear 

bit,” said the Roan Mountain 

native. 

Holtsclaw noted that she 

has won gold in the horse 

shoes, free throw shooting and 

softball events at other state 

games, but just participated in 

the bowling event this time 

around due to her arm injury. 

She also added that her 

travels to different Senior National 

Games have taken her to 

a number of wonderful places. 

“I’ve been going for a long 

time to the state and the nationals. 

I’ve been to San Antonio, 

Baton Rouge and Virginia 

Beach (for Nationals),” she 

said. “I never have placed in 

the nationals, you’ve got so 

much competition it’s hard.” 

No matter the results, Bogart 

and Holtsclaw agree that a 

good time is had by all of those 

n See GAMES, 4B 

Twins drop two at Kingsport 

game 4-3 then took the nightcap 

3-2. Both contest featured 

bizarre plays in the final inning 

that helped decide the outcome. 

The Twins hit into five double 

plays in the opener. According 

to manager Ray Smith it 

was the key factor in the contest. 

“The “double play viper, the 

old snake in the grass” bit us 

five straight times in the first 

game.” “It no doubt had an 

it (at night), and for Carter 

County it’s just something big 

for us to do,” said MSHA BSN 

Director and Voice of the Bucs 

Jay Sandos. “We’ve been trying 

to reach out to FM stations, but 

it made more sense with our relationship 

with Citadel. 

“They said why don’t we 

look to our 104.9 The Peak, and 

it seems to work out best. We 

looked at the coverage area. It 

gets into Southwest Virginia 

and down into Unicoi County. 

It gets into all of the area.” 

Also, Holston Valley Broadcasting 

rejoins the Buccaneer 

Sports Network with its AM 

stations in Kingsport (WKPT- 

AM 1400), Johnson City 

(WKPT-FM 1590) and Bristol 

(WOPI-AM 1490), 

Holston Valley’s stations 

will be the home of ETSU’s 

women’s basketball and baseball 

broadcasts beginning this 

year. 

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outcome in this one.” 

In the opener, Kingsport 

drew first blood after putting 

up a solo run in the second. 

Jose Jimenez singled then 

moved up two bases on a wild 

pitch. A run scoring base hit by 

Yasmil Bucce plated Jimenez 

from third. 

Elizabethton regained the 

lead in the third on a two-run 

single by Estarlin De Los San- 

n See TWINS, 4B 

ETSU men’s basketball games turn to FM radio 

baseball and women’s basketball, 

we’ll be able to get into 

Bristol and the other AM’s in 

the area,” Sandos said. “Also, 

we’ll get to do day baseball 

games. We weren’t able to do 

those before. We’re really excited 

to get in these areas.” 

Reaching out into the region 

with its sports broadcasts has 

been a big goal for the University. 

According to ETSU Director 

of Intercollegiate Athletics 

Dave Mullins, it will expand 

the fan base and help the school 

become a stronger regional 

University. 

“This has been one of our 

goals for several years because 

as we expand our fan base and 

we become a stronger regional 

University it’s important that 

our basketball team, in particular, 

be able to reach into all areas 

of the region,” Mullins said. 

“The AM signals all have limitations. 

We’re trying to expand 

and reach to our fans, which 

Titans 

set to begin 

camp today 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 

The Titans’ top draft pick is in 

town even though he may not 

be signed in time for training 

camp. 

Coach Jeff Fisher, who is also 

waiting for his own new contract, 

says he isn’t worried 

about either situation — he’s 

ready to concentrate on football. 

“We’re working through it. 

I’m not concerned about it. 

Both sides want to get it done. 

That’s a good thing. We’ll get 

through it,” Fisher said Thursday 

when asked about his contract 

extension. “As strange as 

it may seem, it’s not really a priority 

of mine. We will get 

there.” 

Fisher, now the NFL’s 

longest-tenured coach with his 

current team after Bill 

Cowher’s decision to leave 

Pittsburgh, had his option for 

2007 picked up by owner Bud 

Adams when the Titans rebounded 

from 4-12 in 2005 to 8- 

8 and just missing a playoff 

berth with rookie Vince Young. 

The Titans still are working 

on the roster, including 

Wednesday’s deal to bring in 

11-year veteran receiver Eric 

Moulds to work with Young. 

They also worked out Freddie 

Mitchell and sprinter Justin 

Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100meter 

gold medalist and former 

Tennessee Vol whose appeal 

of his track suspension 

will be heard Monday. 

n See TITANS, 2B 

said they love the games and 

can’t get them after dark.” 

The Buccaneer Sports Network 

has already reached into 

Grundy and Pennington Gap, 

Virginia and Newport, Tennessee. 

Its biggest problem was 

not reaching a core group of 

fans. 

“We’ve expanded into several 

areas with radio stations. 

But we still had not covered 

Bristol, and Carter and Unicoi 

Counties,” Sandos said. “We 

haven’t expanded to those people 

and that’s the core for 

where we’re from. Most of 

those fans are going to be able 

to make the trip. But the outskirts 

of Carter County, Unicoi, 

Mountain City, Abingdon and 

Bristol, they weren’t getting the 

coverage. I think it helps brand 

our name and you get a chance 

to hear the games on radio.” 

The women’s basketball and 

baseball games will now reach 

n See ETSU, 2B

Page 2B - STAR - FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 

Vols still looking for big play receiver 


Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer 

is pleased with the progress of 

the wide receiver corps, but 

he’s still waiting for the next 

big playmaker to emerge from 

the pack. 

“I couldn’t ask for them to 

do any more than they did in 

the spring,” Fulmer said before 

an alumni event in Nashville. 

“Their attitude is wonderful, 

their work ethic is outstanding 

... (but) There’s not a Robert 

Meachem out there.” 

Meachem set the school 

record last year with 1,298 receiving 

yards, but decided to 

forego his senior year and was 

picked in the first round of the 

NFL draft by the New Orleans 

Saints. Add to that the loss of 

Jayson Swain and Bret Smith, 

and receiver appears to be the 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 

(AP) — Skip Prosser, who led 

Wake Forest to its first basketball 

No. 1 ranking three seasons 

ago, died Thursday of an apparent 

heart attack, the university 

said. He was 56. 

Prosser was found slumped 

on his office couch and unresponsive 

by director of basketball 

operations Mike Muse 

shortly after returning from his 

noon jog, athletics director Ron 

Wellman said. Medical personnel 

performed CPR and used a 

defibrillator on Prosser, who 

was taken to Wake Forest University 

Baptist Medical Center 

and pronounced dead at 1:41 

p.m. 

Wellman said he was unaware 

of any previous health 

issues for Prosser, calling his 

death “a devastating loss” during 

a news conference Thursday 

night. 

“Because of his strength, 

we’ll be able to go on and we’ll 

be just fine eventually,” Wellman 

said. “We’re not right now. 

We’re all suffering right now.” 

Dr. William Applegate, the 

dean of the university medical 

school, said the events were 

“typical of a sudden massive 

heart attack.” 

“This kind of attack, when 

it’s not witnessed by someone 

next to the person and CPR is 

not started within seconds, 

then the outcome is often not 

good,” Applegate said. 

Confirmation of Prosser’s 

death was delayed until Thursday 

night because his wife was 

Vols most troubled position 

heading into the season. 

Tennessee keeps juniors Lucas 

Taylor and Josh Briscoe and 

sophomore Austin Rogers, all 

with a combined 29 career 

catches. Fulmer said he expects 

those returning to be reliable, 

but thinks the playmaker may 

be a new player. 

“If we’re efficient, if we’re 

fundamentally good and give 

great effort, I think that group 

of receivers that have been 

around a little while can be adequate,” 

he said. “I am looking 

for some good play ability to 

come from somebody 

younger.” 

Quarterback Erik Ainge said 

any one of the wide receivers, 

including sophomore Quintin 

Hancock, junior college transfer 

Kenny O’Neal and signee 

Wake Forest basketball coach, Skip Prosser, dies 

traveling to Cincinnati and 

could not be reached to notify 

her, Wellman said. 

He said team officials gathered 

several players in the afternoon 

and took them to an 

off-campus location without 

their cell phones for about four 

hours in an attempt to temporarily 

shield them from 

news reports of Prosser’s 

death. 

“They’ve all been in shock,” 

Wellman said. “The longer it 

went, probably they realize 

that it was a tragic situation, 

but when I told them, it confirmed 

their worst thoughts, 

and they responded as you 

would expect, a bunch of 18-to- 

22-year-olds who I think loved 

their coach.” 

Prosser had been in Orlando, 

Fla., earlier this week for an 

AAU national tournament and 

had lunch Wednesday with 

South Carolina coach Dave 

Odom, his predecessor at Wake 

Forest. 

Prosser spent six seasons 

with the Demon Deacons, winning 

an Atlantic Coast Conference 

regular-season title in 2003 

and reaching the NCAA tournament 

in his first four seasons. 

Wake Forest went to No. 

1 for the first time during the 

2004-05 season. 

Chris Paul, who went on to 

star in the NBA, was the point 

guard on that team. 

“His passing is a tremendous 

loss for the entire Wake 

Forest community,” Paul said 

in a statement. “He played a 

Brent Vinson could step into 

that role. 

“There’s eight guys right 

now, and if I had to tell you 

who was going to start right 

now I couldn’t,” he said. “What 

they do in camp will determine 

who the starters are.” 

During the team’s spring 

scrimmage, the offense struggled, 

especially at receiver, to 

make plays. Ainge was forced 

to watch the Orange and White 

game from the sidelines as he 

recovered from knee surgery. 

Ainge said he’s completely 

recovered and not concerned 

about what he saw from his offense. 

“I’ve just got to get the ball 

to the athletes. That’s my job,” 

he said. 

Fulmer and offensive coordinator 

David Cutcliffe are 

very significant role in my life 

and his influence extended 

well beyond the game of basketball. 

He taught me many 

valuable life lessons and was 

someone I admired with the 

utmost respect.” 

Before arriving in Winston- 

Salem, Prosser was head coach 

at Xavier for seven seasons and 

at Loyola of Maryland for one. 

Prosser had a career record 

of 291-146 as a head coach, including 

126-68 with Wake Forest. 

While there, he coached future 

NBA stars Paul and Josh 

Howard, and was the ACC 

coach of the year in 2003. He is 

the only coach to take three 

schools to the NCAA tournament 

in his first season at each. 

Ohio State coach Thad Matta, 

who replaced Prosser at 

Xavier in 2001, called him “one 

of the all-time great people in 

coaching.” 

North Carolina coach Roy 

Williams said he was “absolutely 

shocked and deeply 

saddened” by Prosser’s death. 

“Over these last four seasons 

there have been several 

occasions on which he was the 

first coach to call and offer his 

heartfelt congratulations,” 

Williams said in a statement. 

“Skip was someone who will 

be measured in terms of his actions, 

not just words. Our 

thoughts and prayers go out to 

his family. The world has lost a 

great person and great family 

man.” 

Duke coach Mike 

Krzyzewski said in a statement 

hoping to throw off defenses 

this season with a no-huddle 

offense when Tennessee opens 

Sept. 1 at California. 

Fulmer said the no-huddle 

style was similar to what the 

team used when Ainge was a 

freshman competing with 

freshman Brent Schaeffer for 

the starting quarterback job, except 

this time Ainge will have 

more control over the calls. 

“This is a little bit different 

version, a little bit more advanced 

version,” he said. 

“Erik’s very comfortable with 

it. We’re very blessed to have a 

guy that’s been able to manage 

a team at the line of scrimmage. 

“We’ve just got to be able to 

handle it on the road,” Fulmer 

said. “That’s something we’ll 

figure out pretty fast.” 

that Prosser was “ultimately 

respected for his coaching ability, 

his quick humor and, most 

importantly, for being a quality 

person. We lost him far too 

soon.” 

George Edward “Skip” 

Prosser was born Nov. 3, 1950, 

in Pittsburgh. A 1972 graduate 

of the U.S. Merchant Marine 

Academy, Prosser earned his 

master’s degree in secondary 

education from West Virginia 

in 1980 while he was a high 

school coach. He joined the 

Xavier staff as an assistant before 

the 1985-86 season, spending 

eight years on the bench 

there. 

Prosser averaged nearly 24 

wins in his first four seasons at 

Wake Forest — including a 

school-record 27 in 2005 — 

with his up-tempo offense. But 

after Paul left for the NBA after 

his sophomore year, Prosser’s 

last two teams struggled to a 

combined 32-33 record, including 

8-24 in the ACC, with 

youth-laden teams. 

Prosser was excited about 

recent commitments from several 

highly regarded recruits, 

said Pete Gillen, who hired 

Prosser as an assistant at 

Xavier and coached against 

Prosser while at Virginia. 

“He was a lot smarter than 

me at Xavier and he was twice 

as smart at Wake,” said Gillen, 

who lost five of eight ACC 

meetings with Prosser. “I felt 

bad when he beat me. I felt bad 

when I beat him. It was a loselose.” 

ETSU 

n Continued from 1B 

to a broader audience in 

Kingsport and Bristol with the 

move to Holston Valley’s stations. 

ETSU women’s coach 

Karen Kemp feels like the 

move will give her program 

better exposure. 

“It’s great for women’s basketball 

to be able to get out into 

all of the Tri-Cities,” Kemp 

said. “It is very, very important. 

It was great in the past, 

but people in Johnson City 

were the only ones who were 

able to listen to our games. 

Now we’re going to be expanding 

into Bristol and 

Kingsport. It’s going to help 

women’s basketball a lot.” 

Another major announce- 

Vick 


caused pain to my family and 

I apologize to my family.” 

The lawyers did not take 

questions. 

Vick was released without 

bond, but with a series of conditions 

to meet, including the 

surrender of his passport, a 

pledge not to travel outside 

the immediate area of his primary 

residence without court 

approval, and to not sell or 

possess any dog. 

Vick also was ordered to 

surrender any animal breeder 

or kennel licenses. 

The allegations detailed in 

the graphic indictment have 

sparked protests by animal 

rights groups at the headquarters 

of the NFL and the Falcons. 

NFL commissioner 

Roger Goodell has barred Vick 

from attending training camp 

while the league investigates. 

Falcons owner Arthur 

Blank said the team wanted to 

suspend Vick for four games, 

the maximum penalty a team 

can assess a player, but the 

NFL asked him to wait. Instead, 

Blank has told the player 

to concentrate on his legal 

problems, not football. 

The case began April 25 

when investigators conducting 

a drug search at a massive 

home Vick built in rural Surry 

County found 66 dogs, including 

55 pit bulls, and 

equipment typically used in 

dogfighting. They included a 

“rape stand” that holds aggressive 

dogs in place for 

Titans 


Fisher doesn’t know who 

his starting running back will 

be when they open the season 

Sept. 9 at Jacksonville, and 

Griffin, whenever the 19th pick 

overall signs, will start off at 

cornerback as the Titans work 

to fill the void of Adam “Pacman” 

Jones’ season-long suspension. 

The NFL on Thursday 

denied Jones’ bid to take 

the field in training camp. 

“We are looking forward to 

filling the holes. We feel like 

we have done so with the roster, 

now we need to do so with 

production on the field,” Fisher 

said. 

The Titans, who started reporting 

Thursday, take the 

field Friday afternoon with 

free agent signee Nick Harper 

slotted unofficially at right cornerback, 

where Jones had 

started the past two seasons, 

with Griffin second. 

Reynaldo Hill is on the left 

with free-agent signee Kelly 

Herndon in the mix with Cortland 

Finnegan, draft pick Ryan 

Smith, three-year veteran 

Michael Waddell. 

The Titans agreed to terms 

Thursday with third-round 

pick Paul Williams, the first of 

three receivers drafted in 

April. The team traditionally 

has gotten its draft picks into 

camp on time, including last 

year when Young was on the 

field for the first practice. Jones 

was an exception, taking 20 

days to hit the field in 2005. 

This is general manager 

Mike Reinfeldt’s first camp 

since replacing Floyd Reese, 

whose contract was not renewed 

after last season. But 

only a handful of players taken 

in the first round had agreed to 

deals through Thursday. 

Fisher said he is not worried 

that Griffin and running back 

Chris Henry, the 50th pick 

overall in the second round, 

may not be around Friday. He 

plans to be patient. 

“I did see Michael yesterday. 

He was here, and he really 

wants to get things done. He 

ment was made concerning 

the school’s Pirate Club, which 

will now be known under a 

new name. 

Citing the desire for a name 

that better describes the organization’s 

purpose, the Club’s 

Board of Directors voted to 

change its name to Buccaneer 

Athletic Scholarship Association. 

BASA will continue to raise 

scholarship dollars for the 

school’s student-athletes. 

BASA Executive Director Jo 

Anne Paty noted that the decision 

to change the name included 

branding it to alumni 

organizations throughout this 

area and metropolitan areas 

throughout the Southeast. 

mating and a “breakstick” 

used to pry open a dog’s 

mouth. 

Vick contended he knew 

nothing about a dogfighting 

operation at the home, where 

one of his cousins lived, and 

said he rarely visited. He also 

blamed friends and family 

members for taking advantage 

of his generosity and pledged 

to be more scrupulous. 

His comments Thursday 

were his first on the case since 

then. 

Charged along with Vick 

are Purnell A. Peace, 35, of Virginia 

Beach; Quanis L. 

Phillips, 28, of Atlanta; and 

Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton. 

According to the indictment 

filed July 17, dogs not 

killed in the fighting pit were 

often shot, hanged, drowned 

or, in one case, slammed to the 

ground. The document says 

Vick was consulted before one 

losing dog was wet down and 

electrocuted. 

It alleges that the dogfighting 

operation began in 2001, 

not long after Vick was the first 

overall selection in the NFL 

draft. His first contract was for 

$62 million. In 2004, he signed 

a 10-year, $130 million deal, 

then the richest in league history. 

The indictment says the 

fights offered purses as high as 

$26,000, and that Vick once 

paid $23,000 to the owner of 

two pit bulls that had beaten 

Bad Newz Kennels dogs. 

does not want to miss a practice 

session, and that is the 

kind of attitude all three of 

them have,” Fisher said of the 

top three picks. 

Knowing what the Titans 

have at quarterback goes a 

long way toward easing concerns. 

Fisher promised that 

Young will have a completely 

different camp than a year ago 

as a rookie and the No. 3 pick 

overall in the draft. 

“Last year he was trying to 

figure out what was in the 

playbook and call a play appropriately 

in the huddle, let 

alone what he had to do progression-wise,” 

Fisher said. 

“This year he is comfortable 

with it and can work on the little 

things. You may not notice a 

difference, but we will.” 

Fisher has never predicted 

how his team will fare in any 

given season. He isn’t changing 

now despite winning eight 

of his final 11 games last season 

to stick around for his 13th 

full season. 

“The most important thing 

from the team’s standpoint is 

to realize that we finished up 

good, and we’ve been on a 

nice little run. But there’s no 

guarantee that continues. You 

have to start over. The sooner 

they realize that, and I think 

they realize that now, then you 

have a chance to be pretty 

good,” he said. 

Notes: Asked about Gatlin’s 

football background, coach Jeff 

Fisher said it wasn’t much. 

Gatlin has worked out for 

Houston and spent some time 

in a minicamp with Tampa 

Bay. “As you would expect, he 

can really run, and he is working 

on all those aspects associated 

with becoming a receiver. 

He is committed to work at it 

so he is going to work out on it 

on his own,” Fisher said. ... 

Rookie receiver Paul Williams 

was the 80th pick overall in the 

draft, and he had 74 catches for 

1,048 yards and eight touchdowns 

in his career at Fresno 

State.

STAR - FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 - Page 3B 

Appy League Glance 

EAST 

W L PCT GB 

Danville 23 10 .697 — 

Burlington 19 14 .576 4.0 

Bluefield 18 17 .514 6.0 

Princeton 16 16 .500 6.5 

WEST 

Elizabethton 24 10 .706 — 

Kingsport 17 15 .531 6.0 

Johnson City 16 17 .485 7.5 

Bristol 11 24 .314 13.5 

Greeneville 7 28 .200 17.5 

———— 

Thursday’s Games 

Kingsport 4, Elizabethton 3 

Kingsort 3, Elizabethton 2 

Bristol 8, Bluefield 6 

Danville 8, Burlington 0 

Johnson City 18, Greeneville 0 

Today’s Games 

Bristol at Johnson City, 6 p.m., DH 

Bluefield at Danville 

Greeneville at Burlington 

Kingsport at Princeton 

Saturday’s Games 

Bluefield at Danville 

Bristol at Johnson City 

Greeneville at Burlington 

Kingsport at Princeton 

MLB Glance 

American League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Boston 61 40 .604 — 

New York 54 46 .540 6.5 

Toronto 51 50 .505 10.0 

Baltimore 46 53 .465 14.0 

Tampa Bay 38 62 .380 22.5 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Detroit 60 40 .600 — 

Cleveland 59 42 .584 1.5 

Minnesota 51 50 .505 9.5 

Chicago 45 56 .446 15.5 

Kansas City 43 57 .430 17.0 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles 58 42 .580 — 

Seattle 54 45 .545 3.5 

Oakland 48 53 .475 10.5 

Texas 46 56 .451 13.0 

——— 


Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 7 

Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 3 

Boston 12, Cleveland 5 

Kansas City 4, New York 0 

Oakland at Seattle, late 


Minnesota (Bonser 5-6) at Cleveland (Byrd 

8-4), 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 6, comp. of 

susp. game, 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 6-6) at Baltimore 

(Guthrie 6-3), following comp. of susp. game 

Boston (Wakefield 11-9) at Tampa Bay 

(Hammel 1-0), 7:10 p.m. 

Texas (Wright 3-2) at Kansas City (Bannis- 

ter 6-6), 8:10 p.m. 

Toronto (Towers 5-6) at Chicago White 

Sox (Garland 7-7), 8:11 p.m. 

Oakland (Braden 1-5) at Seattle (F.Her- 

nandez 6-6), 10:05 p.m. 

Detroit (Robertson 6-7) at L.A. Angels 

(Jer.Weaver 6-5), 10:05 p.m. 


Detroit at L.A. Angels, 3:55 p.m. 

Oakland at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. 

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. 

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. 

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. 

Texas at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. 

Boston at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. 

Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. 

Texas at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. 

Oakland at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. 

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. 

National League 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

New York 57 44 .564 — 

Atlanta 54 49 .524 4.0 

Philadelphia 52 49 .515 5.0 

Florida 48 54 .471 9.5 

Washington 43 58 .426 14.0 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Milwaukee 56 46 .549 — 

Chicago 53 46 .535 1.5 

St. Louis 45 52 .464 8.5 

Houston 44 57 .436 11.5 

Cincinnati 44 59 .427 12.5 

Pittsburgh 42 58 .420 13.0 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles 56 46 .549 — 

San Diego 54 46 .540 1.0 

Arizona 55 48 .534 1.5 

Colorado 51 50 .505 4.5 

San Francisco 43 57 .430 12.0 

——— 


Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 4 

Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 5, 10 innings 

Washington 7, Philadelphia 6 

San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2 

Houston 7, San Diego 1 

St. Louis 10, Chicago 1 

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late 

Florida at Arizona, late 


Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten 0-4) at 

Philadelphia (Moyer 8-8), 7:05 p.m. 

Washington (Bacsik 3-6) at N.Y. Mets 

(JSosa 7-5), 7:10 p.m. 

Chicago Cubs (Hill 6-6) at Cincinnati (Ar- 

royo 4-11), 7:10 p.m. 

San Diego (Peavy 9-5) at Houston 

(W.Williams 5-11), 8:05 p.m. 

Milwaukee (Vargas 8-2) at St. Louis 

(Maroth 5-5), 8:10 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers (Tomko 2-7) at Colorado 

(Fogg 5-6), 9:05 p.m. 

Atlanta (Reyes 0-1) at Arizona (Petit 2-2), 

9:40 p.m. 

Florida (Vanden Hurk 3-2) at San Francis- 

co (Zito 7-10), 10:15 p.m. 


Washington at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m., 1st game 

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 1:10 p.m., 1st game 

Atlanta at Arizona, 3:55 p.m. 

San Diego at Houston, 3:55 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. 

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m., 2nd game 

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:05 p.m. 

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:10 p.m., 2nd game 

Florida at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m. 


Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. 

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. 

San Diego at Houston, 2:05 p.m. 

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:05 p.m. 

Florida at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. 

Atlanta at Arizona, 4:40 p.m. 

MLB Game Caps 


White Sox ..............................................4 

Tigers.....................................................3 

CHICAGO — Scott Podsednik scored from 

first base on pitcher Zach Miner’s throwing 

error in the ninth inning, and the Chicago 

White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 

Thursday to take three of five in the series 

against the defending AL champions. 

Chicago had not won a home series since 

winning two of three against Oakland from 

May 21-23. 

With the score 3-all, Podsednik singled off 

Miner (1-3) leading off the ninth. Josh Fields 

sacrificed, Miner bobbled the ball and then 

made a bad throw to second baseman 

Placido Polanco, who was covering first base. 

The ball went into foul territory down the 

right-field line, and Ryan Raburn’s throw 

to the plate was too late to get Podsednik. 

Bobby Jenks (3-4) pitched a scoreless 

ninth for the victory, Chicago’s fifth in nine 

games against the Tigers this season. 

Detroit’s Justin Verlander allowed just 

three runs and three hits in seven innings. 

Verlander remained at 11-3 and got his 

second straight no-decision after a stretch 

in which he won six of seven starts. 

Orioles ................................................10 

Devil Rays ............................................7 

BALTIMORE — Brian Roberts hit a three-run 

homer and walked three times, helping the 

Orioles win their fourth straight and improve to 

18-13 under interim manager Dave Trembley. 

Kevin Millar, Nick Markakis and Chris 

Gomez had two RBIs apiece for the Ori- 

oles, now 9-4 since the All-Star break. 

Carlos Pena and Ty Wigginton homered for 

the Devil Rays, who have been outscored 

64-20 during a six-game skid. Tampa Bay 

has lost nine in a row in Baltimore and is 1-8 

against the Orioles this season. 

Rob Bell (3-1), the first of four Baltimore 

relievers, got four straight outs after replac- 

ing ineffective starter Steve Trachsel. 

Tampa Bay starter Edwin Jackson (2-10) 

allowed six runs, seven hits and three 

walks in 3 1-3 innings. He threw six 

shutout innings against the New York Yan- 

kees in his previous start, but couldn’t up 

with an encore and walked off the mound 

with a 7.00 ERA. 


Nationals ...............................................7 

Phillies...................................................6 

PHILADELPHIA — Jesus Flores hit a go- 

ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning 

Thursday, lifting the Washington Nationals 

to a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, 

who also lost All-Star second baseman 

Chase Utley to a broken hand. 

Ryan Howard homered and Pat Burrell had 

three hits and two RBIs for the Phillies, who 

entered with a five-game winning streak, 

which had matched their season high. 

Ryan Zimmerman grounded to third lead- 

ing off the eighth but reached on a throw- 

ing error by Wes Helms. Jose Mesa (0-2), 

pitching in his 1,000th major league game, 

walked Austin Kearns with one out and 

Flores connected with two outs. 

Jon Rauch (6-2) pitched two scoreless in- 

nings, and Chad Cordero finished for his 

20th save in 27 chances. Chris Coste hit 

an RBI grounder, and a two-out walk to 

Carlos Ruiz put runners at the corners be- 

fore Abraham Nunez grounded out. 

Utley was hit in the fifth inning by John 

Lannan, who was making his major league 

debut. Utley finished the game, going 2- 

for-4, but X-rays afterward showed he 

broke a bone in the hand. 

Utley planned to see a specialist on Friday 

but hopes to be back within a month. 

Reds ......................................................6 

Brewers ................................................5 

CINCINNATI — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 

588th homer, and the Reds rallied against 

All-Star closer Francisco Cordero. 

After Scott Hatteberg’s single off Cordero 

(0-3) tied it in the ninth, Javier Valentin’s 

single in the 10th gave the Reds three vic- 

tories in their four-game series against the 

fading NL Central leaders. 

Jared Burton (2-1) got the win after the 

NL’s worst bullpen blew a lead of its own. 

Since they opened an 8 1/2-game lead on 

June 23, the Brewers have gone 13-15 and 

let the Cubs get back into the race. Their 

lineup has been the main problem, hitting 

an NL-low .225 since the All-Star break. 

This loss came from an unlikely source. For 

only the fourth time this season, Cordero let 

the Brewers down in a save situation. 

Pirates ..................................................8 

Mets ......................................................4 

NEW YORK — Josh Phelps capped a 

five-run sixth inning with a two-run homer, 

then added an RBI double in the seventh 

to help the Pirates win for just the second 

time in 12 games since the All-Star break. 

Left-hander Paul Maholm (7-12) won for the 

third time in four starts, limiting the Mets to 

three runs and six hits over six-plus innings. 

Mets starter Oliver Perez (9-7) protected a 

1-0 lead for five innings, dominating a Pitts- 

burgh team that is next-to-last in the NL in 

runs. He retired 11 straight batters over a 

stretch that included four consecutive strike- 

outs, but then made a big error that cost him. 

He ran into trouble in the sixth when Nate 

McLouth opened with a broken-bat single. 

Maholm faked a bunt and then beat out a 

chopper to shortstop. Cesar Itzuris sacri- 

ficed, and when Perez threw the ball away, 

McLouth scored the tying run. 

Wednesday 


Yankees ................................................7 

Royals ...................................................1 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Rodriguez hit 

his 499th homer, and Melky Cabrera and 

Hideki Matsui also went deep as New York 

won its sixth straight. 

Seeking to become the youngest player to 

reach 500 homers, Rodriguez connected 

in the eighth inning off Gil Meche. Kansas 

City’s starter Thursday is Jorge De La 

Rosa, who gave up A-Rod’s 400th homer 

two years ago. 

Rodriguez had a chance to reach 500 in 

the ninth inning, but he struck out against 

former teammate Octavio Dotel. 

With its 11th win in 13 games, New York 

closed within 6 1/2 games of AL East- 

leading Boston. The Yankees, who trailed 

by 14 1/2 games in late May, had not been 

this close since trailing Boston by six 

games before play on May 10. 

New York (54-46), a season-high eight 

games above .500, got 13 hits for the third 

straight night and stayed 4 1/2 games be- 

hind Cleveland, the AL wild-card leader. 

Mike Mussina (5-7) allowed one run and six 

hits in 5 2-3 innings. He had been 0-2 in three 

starts since beating Oakland on June 29. 

Meche (7-7) gave up five runs and nine 

hits in 7 1-3 innings. 

Tigers ..................................................13 

White Sox .............................................9 

CHICAGO— Ryan Raburn, making an emer- 

gency start after Gary Sheffield was scratched 

from the lineup with a shoulder injury, hit two 

homers and drove in seven runs for Detroit. 

Raburn, homered in the third and fourth 

innings and had an RBI double during De- 

troit’s five-run fifth. He added two more 

runs on a single in the ninth. 

The 26-year-old Raburn is 10-for-20 in nine 

games, with three homers and 10 RBIs. 

Jason Grilli (5-2) gave up two runs and three 

hits in three innings of relief. Tim Byrdak 

pitched two perfect innings for his first save. 

Jose Contreras (5-13) gave up nine runs 

and 12 hits in 4 2-3 innings. He has lost six 

straight starts and has allowed 36 earned 

runs in his last 29 1-3 innings to push his 

ERA to 6.22. 

Jermaine Dye hit his 17th homer in the 

first, a three-run shot, and Josh Fields hit a 

two-run homer in the third for Chicago. 

Juan Uribe and Andy Gonzalez added solo 

shots in the fourth. 

Rangers ................................................7 

Mariners ...............................................6 

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ramon Vazquez 

hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 

eighth inning off previously unblemished 

closer J.J. Putz, and Texas completed a 

four-game sweep. 

Putz hadn’t allowed a run in 16 road ap- 

pearances this season and had converted a 

majors-best 31 consecutive save chances 

since last season, including all 29 this year. 

Having not pitched since Friday, Putz 

came on with one on and one out in the 

eighth. He struck out Gerald Laird, but 

Vazquez hit his fifth homer of the season. 

Adrian Beltre tied a team record with three 

doubles and also drove in four runs for the 

Mariners, who have lost six straight for the 

third time this season. 


Phillies ..................................................7 

Nationals ...........................5, 14 innings 

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard hit a 

two-run homer in the bottom of the 14th in- 

ning for Philadelphia. 

Jimmy Rollins hit a triple and scored on a 

throwing error by left fielder Ryan Church 

with two outs in the ninth inning to bail out 

Philadelphia’s bullpen as the Phillies won 

their fifth straight. 

Chris Booker (0-1) walked Chase Utley 

starting the 14th and Howard homered into 

the second deck in right for his 28th homer. 

The Phillies trailed 5-4 after Antonio Alfon- 

seca blew a two-run lead in the ninth. 

Clay Condrey (4-0) pitched three score- 

less innings for the win. 

Saul Rivera escaped a bases-loaded, one- 

out jam in the 12th and pitched three 

scoreless innings for the Nationals. 

Diamondbacks......................................7 

Marlins ..................................................0 

PHOENIX — Brandon Webb threw seven 

shutout innings for his first win in nearly a 

month as Arizona won its fifth straight. 

Chris Young homered and Scott Hairston 

was 2-for-4 with two doubles and three 

RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who moved 

within 1 1/2 games of first-place Los Ange- 

les in the NL West. 

Webb walked the bases full in the first — 

the only three walks he issued — but settled 

down to scatter six hits and strike out eight. 

He had lost his past three decisions and had 

not won since June 27 against Los Angeles. 

Juan Cruz pitched the eighth and Doug Slaten 

worked the ninth to complete the seven-hitter. 

Young hit his third leadoff homer of the sea- 

son against Scott Olsen (8-8). Olsen was one 

strike away from escaping the third inning but 

instead saw six straight Diamondbacks reach 

base as Arizona scored five runs. 

Conor Jackson, Mark Reynolds and 

Stephen Drew drove in runs and Hairston 

capped the inning with a two-run double 

for a 6-0 lead. 

Braves ...................................................2 

Giants ...................................................1 

SAN FRANCISCO — Rich Aurilia hit a 

tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and 

Noah Lowry held Atlanta scoreless after al- 

lowing a run in the first as San Francisco got 

a rare win with Barry Bonds out of the lineup. 

With Bonds resting after playing 13 in- 

nings Tuesday night, the Giants stopped 

their three-game losing streak behind 

Lowry (11-7), who allowed one run and 

seven hits in eight innings. 

Fill-in cleanup hitter Pedro Feliz had two 

hits and an RBI and Aurilia’s solo homer 

off Chuck James (8-8) gave the Giants a 

2-1 lead in the sixth. 

Brad Hennessey pitched the ninth for his 

seventh save. 

WNBA Game Caps 

Sky.......................................................83 

Shock ..................................................73 

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Candice Dupree 

had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Stacy 

Dales scored 16 and the Chicago Sky beat 

Detroit 83-73 Thursday night to end the 

Shock’s seven-game winning streak. 

The Shock found out before the loss that 

All-Star forward Cheryl Ford will miss the 

rest of the regular season with a left knee 

injury. Ford injured the knee in June and 

aggravated it last Friday in Indiana. 

Jia Perkins added 14 points for the Sky, 

which beat Detroit for the first time in fran- 

chise history. Chicago never trailed as it im- 

proved to 1-6 all-time against the Shock. 

Ivory Latta and Katie Feenstra led Detroit 

with 13 points apiece, but All-Stars Swin 

Cash, Deanna Nolan and Kara Braxton com- 

bined for just 14 points on 6-of-26 shooting. 

The Shock (18-6) trailed 25-10 early in the sec- 

ond quarter. They cut it to 42-36 at the half, and 

scored the first six points of the third to tie it. 

Chicago bounced back, though, getting 

four points each from Dupree and Armintie 

Price in an 8-2 run that gave them a 55-48 

lead midway through the period. 

The Sky (11-13) led 64-55 at the end of 

the third, and kept rolling in the fourth. 

Perkins hit a 3-pointer with 8:05 to play, 

giving Chicago a 14-point lead. 

Monarchs ...........................................60 

Fever ................................................... 50 

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Rebekkah Brun- 

son scored 17 points and Sacramento 

gained ground on San Antonio in the 

Western Conference. 

Kristin Haynie, a reserve, had 10 points 

for the Monarchs (14-9), who moved within 

1 1/2 games of the first-place Silver Stars. 

Tan White finished with 14 points for Indi- 

ana (16-8), which has lost four straight. 

Fever star Tamika Catchings went down with 

a foot injury in an 89-80 loss to Detroit on July 

20 and the Fever have been in a rut since. 

Catchings leads the team in scoring, rebound- 

ing, assists, steals and blocks per game. 

The Monarchs made 19 of 23 free throws, 

and the Fever were just 7-for-9 from the line. 

Sun ......................................................79 

Liberty ................................................75 

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Evanthia Maltsi 

scored eight of her 12 points in the final two 

minutes to help Connecticut get the win. 

Lindsay Whalen led the Sun (13-12) with 

20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. 

Janel McCarville had 24 points and 10 re- 

bounds for New York (10-13), which has 

lost five straight. 

Maltsi’s 3-pointer with 1:55 left gave the 

Sun their first lead of the fourth quarter at 

72-69. McCarville converted two straight 

layups to put New York in front but Maltsi 

hit another 3 with 36.3 seconds remaining 

to make it 75-73 Connecticut. 

After Erin Thorn’s bucket tied it again, 

Asjha Jones scored with 8.9 seconds to 

play to give the Sun the lead for good. 

Maltsi had a key steal in the final seconds, 

and made two free throws to ice the game. 

MLS Glance 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

W L T Pts GF GA 

New York 8 7 3 27 26 23 

New England 7 3 6 27 29 20 

Kansas City 7 5 5 26 29 24 

Columbus 6 5 7 25 23 23 

D.C. United 7 6 3 24 26 22 

Toronto FC 5 8 4 19 18 26 

Chicago 4 8 4 16 13 26 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

W L T Pts GF GA 

Houston 10 5 4 34 28 13 

FC Dallas 9 6 3 30 24 24 

CD Chivas USA 8 5 3 27 22 16 

Colorado 4 8 6 18 16 24 

Los Angeles 3 5 4 13 17 18 

Real Salt Lake 1 8 6 9 12 24 

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point 

for tie. 

——— 

Thursday’s Game 

CD Chivas USA 2, New York 0 

Saturday’s Game 

New England at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m. 


Chicago at Toronto FC, 3 p.m. 

CD Chivas USA at Kansas City, 7 p.m. 

Thursday, Aug. 2 

Kansas City at New England, 7 p.m. 

Saturday, Aug. 4 

Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. 

Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. 

Sunday, Aug. 5 

D.C. United at New England, 4 p.m. 

Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. 

Nextel Cup Glance 

July 29 — Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, In- 

dianapolis. 

Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, 

Pa. 

Aug. 12 — NEXTEL Cup at The Glen, 

Watkins Glen, N.Y. 

Aug. 19 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, 

Mich. 

Aug. 25 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn. 

Sept. 2 — NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 

500, Fontana, Calif. 

Sept. 8 — Chevy Rock-and-Roll 400, Rich- 

mond, Va. 

Sept. 16 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. 

Sept. 23 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. 

Sept. 30 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan. 

Oct. 7 — UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala. 

Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, 

N.C. 

Oct. 21 — Subway 500, Martinsville, Va. 

Oct. 28 — Georgia 500, Hampton, Ga. 

Nov. 4 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas. 

Nov. 11 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avon- 

dale, Ariz. 

Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. 

x-non-points race 

——— 

Driver Standings 

1. Jeff Gordon, 2,911 

2. Denny Hamlin, 2,608 

3. Matt Kenseth, 2,565 

4. Jeff Burton, 2,491 

5. Carl Edwards, 2,473 

6. Tony Stewart, 2,429 

7. Jimmie Johnson, 2,423 

8. Kevin Harvick, 2,337 

9. Kyle Busch, 2,314 

10. Clint Bowyer, 2,281 

11. Martin Truex Jr., 2,208 

12. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,151 

13. Ryan Newman, 2,121 

14. Kurt Busch, 2,074 

15. Jamie McMurray, 2,040 

16. Greg Biffle, 1,966 

17. Casey Mears, 1,921 

18. Mark Martin, 1,895 

19. J.J. Yeley, 1,862 

20. Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,847 

BASKETBALL 

• Any boys grades 6th-thru-8th interested 

in playing on the Twisters team may call 

416-4292 for more information. 

BASEBALL 

• Sign-ups for the Elizabethton/Carter 

County Fall Baseball League conducted by 

the Elizabethton National and Carter Coun- 

ty American Little Leagues will take place 

Saturday, August 4th and 11th from 10 a.m. 

until noon at the Elizabethton National Little 

League office across from the Elizabethton 

Golf Course. Players need to bring their 

birth certificate and a $25.00 registration 

fee. Ages 8-11 are accepted. For additional 

information call 791-2324 or 542-7380. 

FOOTBALL 

• Registration at the Elizabethton/Carter 

County Boys & Girls Club for ages 5-12 is 

currently going on. 543-2946. 

• T.A. Dugger will begin football practice on 

July 30th for seventh and eighth graders. 

For more information contact coach Daniel 

Profitt at 341-0673. 

• Unaka Jr. High Football Practice begins 

Monday, July 30th, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. 

Jr. High Football is for boys in grades 6-8 at 

Unaka, Hunter, and Keenburg Elementary. 

For info call Coach Wilson at 794-0277. 

• The Region One Football Officials Asso- 

ciation will hold their initial meeting of the 

2007 season on Monday July 23rd at Sci- 

ence Hill High School beginning at 6:30 

p.m. Those interested in officiating high 

school, middle school, elementary and 

youth football games should attend this 

meeting. For further information contact 

Jim Cradic (423) 357-6698 or Joel Pierce 

(423) 543-2084. 

SOFTBALL 

• Sign-ups for the Elizabethton/Carter 

County Fall Softball League conducted by 

the Elizabethton National and Carter 

County American Little Leagues will take 

place Saturday, August 4th and 11th from 

10 a.m. until noon at the Elizabethton Na- 

tional Little League office across from the 

Elizabethton Golf Course. Players need to 

bring their birth certificate and a $25.00 

registration fee. Ages 8-11 and 12-14 are 

accepted. For additional information call 

791-2324 or 542-7380. 

Thursday’ Deals 

BASEBALL 


BOSTON RED SOX—Signed OF Brady Clark 

to a minor league contract. 

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Purchased the con- 

tract of RHP Jason Shiell from Omaha (PCL). 


ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Named 

Roland Hemond special assistant to the 

president. 

CINCINNATI REDS-Placed SS Pedro 

Lopez on the 15-day DL. Activated INF 

Juan Castro from the 15-day DL. 

NEW YORK METS-Optioned RHP Joe 

Smith to New Orleans (PCL). 

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Promoted OF 

Greg Golson and LHP Josh Outman from 

Clearwater (FSL) to Reading (EL). 

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Purchased 

the contract of LHP John Lannan from 

Columbus (IL). 

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — 

Tony Joiner isn’t fretting over 

all that experience and pro- 

duction the Florida Gators 

lost to graduation and the 

NFL draft. 

The Gators safety says a 

bounty of talent remains for 

the defending national cham- 

pions, a group well-stocked 

with high-profile recruits of 

recent years. 

“There’s not really a talent 

dropoff,” Joiner said Thurs- 

day at Southeastern Confer- 

ence media days. “We have 

some guys that can really 

play football. That’s why 

they’re at the University of 

Florida now.” 

Never mind that the 

Gators had nearly as many 

players drafted (nine) from 

last year’s team as they have 

seniors on scholarship now 

(10). 

It leaves coach Urban 

Meyer wondering which 

young players will develop 

quickly into leaders and solid 

players. 

“A lot of guys played in 

that national championship 

game. But when you study 

the sideline (tape), they’re the 

ones wearing the hats on the 

sideline,” Meyer said. “That’s 

a concern. I like the guys, I 

just need to see how they’re 

going to react in tough situa- 

tions.” 

But, he added, “If we can 

do it we’ll be a really good 

team.” 

——— 

CROOM’S JOB: Mississip- 

pi State coach Sylvester 

Croom understands the tenu- 

ous nature of his profession. 

But he insists he isn’t worry- 

ing about job security enter- 

ing this season. 

The Bulldogs have had 

three consecutive three-win 

seasons and four total SEC 

wins during Croom’s tenure. 

“I’ve coached for 30 years. 

I’ve never had to go look for 

a job,” Croom said. “I’ve al- 

ways had one. The good Lord 

has blessed me with one. We 

always know that’s a possi- 

bility. But if that should ever 

come about, I’m quite thank- 

ful to have had the opportu- 

nity to do it my way. 

“I know we’re doing 

things the right way. I know 

our plan is on track.” 

Part of that plan includes 

trying to keep quarterback 

Michael Henig healthy. 

Henig broke his collarbone 

twice last season. 

He has gained about 25 

pounds during the offseason, 

bulking up to 205 pounds in 

hopes of becoming more 

durable. 

Henig’s plan to gain the 

weight doesn’t sound too 

painful: “Eating every chance 

I had, late at night going to 

get a milkshake. Just filling 

yourself up.” 

His flavor of choice: coffee 

ice cream with strawberries. 

——— 

VANDERBILT: Bobby 

Johnson doesn’t buy into the 

theory that Vanderbilt can’t 

get over the hump and turn 

into a consistent winner. 

Instead, he views the 

biggest hurdles to leap as the 

tough SEC East teams in the 

way, like Florida, Georgia 

and Tennessee 

“When you play in this 

league, you’ve got to scratch 

and claw to get the victories,” 

Johnson said. “The people at 

the top of the SEC East and 

the SEC West are there for a 

reason. They’ve had consis- 

tent programs year after year 

and they’ve got great talent 

and coaches.” 

Vandy has 24 consecutive 

losing seasons, but wins like 

last year’s 24-22 victory at 

Georgia and offensive threats 

like quarterback Chris Nick- 

son and receiver Earl Bennett 

have helped inspire some 

hope — and confidence. 

“It’s not just Vanderbilt 

like it used to be where you 

got close at the end of the 

game and didn’t win,” John- 

son said. “We won some.” 

Bennett, a Birmingham na- 

tive, needs just 48 catches to 

become the SEC’s career 

leader even though he’s just a 

junior. He is the only league 

receiver to record back-to- 

back 75-reception seasons. 

——— 

ALABAMA ARRESTS: Al- 

abama coach Nick Saban said 

three players arrested recent- 

ly won’t face suspensions if 

they fulfill certain unspeci- 

fied obligations. 

But, he said, “We will han- 

dle all discipline internally 

with our team. It will not be a 

public deal.” 

Defensive linemen Bran- 

don Fanney and Brandon 

Deaderick and running back 

Roy Upchurch were arrested 

following an altercation out- 

side an off-campus bar earlier 

this month. Deaderick was 

charged with giving a fake 

name to the police, criminal 

mischief and resisting arrest 

while Fanney and Upchurch 

were charged with disorderly 

conduct. 

Saban has established a 

Peer Intervention Group 

made up of 15 players who 

help deal with disciplinary 

issues. Both center Antoine 

Caldwell and cornerback 

Simeon Castille serve on 

the panel. 

“I think it’s one of the 

best additions that he’s 

brought to this football 

team,” Caldwell said. 

“We’re kind of like the 

self-policing unit on the 

team. If a guy messes up, 

we decide that guy’s pun- 

ishment in-house. We pro- 

vide suggestions to coach 

Saban. He’s open to listen- 

ing to what we have to 

say.” 

Players who skip too 

many classes have to ap- 

pear before them, Castille 

said. 

“The peer group might 

say you have to go to 6 o’- 

clock (a.m.) study group. 

You don’t want to have to 

explain to your teammates 

why you can’t get up and 

get to class,” he said. 

Neither the players nor 

Saban would discuss what 

action was taken against 

the three arrested. 

——— 

QUOTABLE: 

“You didn’t really have a 

choice: You either finished 

or you finished. They 

wouldn’t let you quit.” 

—Alabama cornerback 

Simeon Castille on the 

team’s new offseason con- 

ditioning program. 

SEC Media Day Notes 


Suspended cornerback Adam 

“Pacman” Jones was denied 

his request Thursday by the 

NFL to join the Tennessee Ti- 

tans in training camp. 

“The request by Adam 

Jones to revise the terms of his 

suspension so that he can par- 

ticipate in training camp has 

been denied,” NFL spokesman 

Greg Aiello wrote in an e-mail. 

Titans coach Jeff Fisher said 

the team learned of the 

league’s decision shortly be- 

fore his news conference to 

preview the opening of train- 

ing camp. 

“It’s what we have expected 

throughout the offseason — 

that he will not be permitted to 

participate in training camp, 

and he will only be permitted 

to use the facility one day a 

week for treatment and coun- 

seling,” Fisher said. 

“We’ve moved on. We’re 

looking forward to filling the 

holes. We feel like we’ve done 

so with the roster. Now we 

need to do so with production 

on the field.” 

Jones had been preparing 

for camp as his agent Michael 

Huyghue contended commis- 

sioner Roger Goodell never 

ruled out training camp or pre- 

season games when suspend- 

ing Jones for the 2007 season 

for conduct detrimental to the 

league. 

But Goodell originally told 

Jones when suspending him 

that the cornerback could not 

practice with the team during 

the suspension, which includes 

training camp. 

Since the suspension was 

handed down in April, Jones 

was arrested for the sixth time 

since being drafted on two 

counts of felony coercion stem- 

ming from a fight at a Las Ve- 

gas strip club during NBA All- 

Star weekend. A shooting after 

the fight left a man paralyzed 

but no one has been charged in 

that assault. 

The Las Vegas case is one of 

three still pending, including 

charges in Georgia and Ten- 

nessee. 

Police in Georgia also want 

to talk to Jones as a witness 

about a shooting June 18 that 

followed an early morning ar- 

gument in an Atlanta-area 

strip club. Jones told the Titans 

he wasn’t there despite video 

showing he had been. 

Pacman out of camp 

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Classic 

3 p.m. — (TGC) Canadian Open 

6:30 p.m. — (TGC) LPGA Evian Classic 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

9:30 p.m. — (TBS) Braves at Diamond- 

backs 

Saturday 

AUTO RACING 

10 a.m. — (SPEED) Nextel Cup qualify- 

ing 

12:30 p.m. — (ESPN2) Busch Series 

practice 

4:30 p.m. — (ESPN2) Busch Series 

qualifying 

6 p.m. — (ESPN2) NHRA qualifying 

8 p.m. — (ESPN2) Busch Series Kroger 

200 

BASKETBALL 

5 p.m. — (ESPN) Pan American Games 

GOLF 

8 a.m. — (TGC) Player’s Championship 

1 p.m. — (TGC) Nationwide Tour Cox 

Classic 

1:30 p.m. — (ABC) Senior British Open 

3 p.m. — (CBS) Canadian Open 

4 p.m. — (TGC) USGA Girls’ Junior 

Championship 

6:30 p.m. — (TGC) Evian Masters 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

3:30 p.m. — (Fox) Game of the Week 

7 p.m. — (WGN) Blue Jays at White Sox 

TENNIS 

4 p.m. — (NBC) Indianapolis Champi- 

onships 

10 p.m. — (ESPN2) Bank of the West 

Classic 

SPORTSCAST 

CALENDAR 

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More of Tester’s Tips on Fantasy Football 

By Brian Tester 

STAR STAFF 

btester@starhq.com 

The last episode of Mash. 

The amusement park scene 

from the end of Grease. When 

Joanie and Chachi spun off on 

their own show before crawling 

back to Happy Days for 

the final season. Nothing is as 

sad as seeing a fantasy football 

league breaking up. 

I can honestly say that I’ve 

been in the same league now 

for over 14 years and we’ve 

seen fantasy football morph 

from a hardcore niche for 

uber-sports geeks into a multi-million 

dollar industry 

where people who don’t even 

like sports have a team. 

The Internet wasn’t even 

around when we started. And 

now Chachi is once again is. 

Who knew we’d still care? 

Only two original members 

still exist in our league 

that has slowly spread out 

across two states. But a business 

feud in North Carolina 

between two players I 

haven’t seen or talked to on 

the phone in years has sundered 

the league apart. 

A 16-team league that had 

a two-year waiting list will be 

contracted down to about 

eight. No more message 

board trash talking late on a 

Sunday night to people you 

never knew. No more drafting 

a receiver in the seventeenth 

round – 270 picks in. 

But much like Darth Vader 

spinning off when the Death 

Star blew up 30 years ago, we 

will rebuild this Empire to its 

might once again. And much 

like Jurassic Park was when 

it led the box office when this 

league was born, we will repopulate 

this island with fantasy 

dinosaurs. 

On to this week’s five fantasy 

tips. Next week we’ll 

have a quick recap of all the 

tips with a Tester’s Top 20 in 

all scoring positions. 

Tier Approach 

Nick Faldo 

shares 

Sr. British 

Open lead 

GULLANE, Scotland (AP) 

— Nick Faldo recaptured 

enough of his famous competitive 

edge Thursday to shoot a 

3-under 68 for a share of the 

lead in his senior tour debut. 

The six-time major champion 

made six birdies — including 

a 3-foot putt at the last — 

in the first round of the Senior 

British Open at Muirfield, 

where he won two of his three 

Opens, in 1987 and ’92. 

Joining Faldo at 3 under 

were 65-year-old Dave Stockton, 

a regular on the Champions 

Tour, Nick Job and Gordon 

J. Brand. 

It looked like the Faldo of 

old at Muirfield. From the 

tees, he found the fairways 

with ease, staying away from 

a deep rough that has been 

made more difficult by weeks 

of heavy rain. He hit accurate 

approach shots to the pins to 

roll in three close-range birdie 

putts in a row from the third. 

But it was his birdie at the 

last that gave him the most 

satisfaction after he hit a 182yard, 

6-iron within 3 feet of 

the flag. 

“I went for the shot. I 

thought, right, just squeeze 

one up close — and I did,” 

said Faldo, who had his 18year-old 

son Matthew carrying 

his clubs. “That was very 

pleasing.” 

Faldo’s accuracy was all 

the more remarkable because 

last week’s British Open was 

the only tournament he had 

played in for several months. 

And he missed the cut at 

Carnoustie. 

He went out with Tom 

Watson (70) and Mark 

O’Meara (72), a trio with a 

combined 16 majors. 

O’Meara is another newcomer 

to seniors golf this season. 

While Faldo’s opening 

tee shot found the rough, 

O’Meara’s ball landed in a 

fairway bunker. Both bogeyed 

the first hole while Watson 

made par. 

But Faldo was quick to recover, 

his accuracy getting 

him close to the pins and enabling 

him to hole from 3 feet 

at the third, 5 feet at the fourth 

and 4 feet at the fifth. 

There are plenty of web 

sites out there now that will 

give you free fantasy football 

advice and one of the best 

suggestions I ever got was 

from www.fftoday.com. 

They have cheat sheets 

created in a multi-tier approach. 

Basically, what determines 

how good of a fantasy 

player a NFL player is depends 

on how much better 

they are than other people at 

their position. The way they 

currently have the players 

ranked, there are six running 

backs in the top two tiers of 

their cheat sheet. 

So once those running 

backs are gone, they suggest 

to look at other positions 

where a Tier 1 player might 

still remain. If you have players 

ranked in tiers before the 

draft starts them you’re less 

likely to get caught up in the 

excitement of a position run. 

This all goes back to the 

second draft tip which was to 

watch out for out-of-control 

runs. With that said….. 

Don’t Let True Love Get 

Away 

Every draft you get the 

same kind of owner who 

might as well not even play. 

He either prints out a 

cheat sheet right before the 

draft or shows up with a fantasy 

magazine he purchased 

on the way. Then he follows 

that list verbatim through the 

entire draft. 

If you follow the experts’ 

cheat sheets to the “T”, 

you’re not putting your seal 

on your team. All “experts” 

are people with distractions 

and opinions just like you. 

Take their cheat sheets as a 

guide so you won’t pick a 

player two rounds too soon. 

But if you have a strong 

hunch that a player’s on the 

verge of a bust-out year, 

don’t watch him slide away 

from you because your cheat 

sheet shows its ten players 

too soon. 

Steven Jackson was the 

CASTELSARRASIN, 

France (AP) — On a day 

when the Tour de France got 

a new leader in Alberto 

Contador, Michael Rasmussen’s 

mark on cycling’s 

premier event was all too 

clear — an indelible stain. 

Rasmussen, the former 

overall leader from Denmark, 

was kicked out of the 

race by his own Rabobank 

team a day earlier. His 

ouster left a pack of dispirited 

riders Thursday heading 

toward Paris, burdened by 

the latest jolt to the sport. 

“The morale is really 

down,” German rider 

Markus Fothen said. “Cycling 

is on the front page of 

the newspapers. The sport is 

losing. At the moment it is 

really hard.” 

No rider wore the yellow 

jersey in the morning. By 

late Thursday, it was on the 

shoulders of Contador, a 24year-old 

Spaniard who rides 

for Discovery Channel. The 

day’s 17th stage was won by 

Italy’s Daniele Bennati. 

Contador is three days 

from victory. The Tour may 

be years away from recovering 

its dignity. 

“It is bad for the Tour, the 

yellow jersey leaving,” said 

21-year-old Geraint Thomas, 

the Tour’s youngest rider. 

And even Contador came 

under question by one team. 

“Contador’s performance 

is suspicious — very suspicious,” 

AG2R manager Vincent 

Lavenu said. “But we 

can’t say anything unless 

he’s caught in a doping 

check. I don’t trust this 

team. Maybe one day we’ll 

know.” 

After pulling on the yellow 

jersey, Contador said: “I 

am clean. If I weren’t, I 

wouldn’t be here.” 

Contador is followed in 

the overall standings by 

Australia’s Cadel Evans, 

who is 1:53 behind. Levi 

Leipheimer of the United 

States is third, 2:49 back. 

In the space of 30 hours, 

from Tuesday afternoon to 

Wednesday night, a 104year-old 

institution was torn 

down. 

First came the news of 

Alexandre Vinokourov’s 

one that slid away from me 

and, being a St. Louis fan in a 

keeper league, it burns more 

every year. You only have 

one chance at true love and 

now my dreadlocked beauty 

is running over linebackers 

on some other fantasy team. 

(Sniff. Sniff). 

Keepers versus One-year 

Stands 

In keeper leagues you can 

retain one or more players 

from the previous year. If 

you’re thinking about doing 

this with your league, here’s 

a little bit of advice. 

Don’t. 

We allowed teams to keep 

one player from the previous 

team starting two years ago 

and it’s changed the dynamic 

of the league. There is no 

fresh start anymore. There is 

no reset button on the league. 

And as soon as somebody’s 

keeper is a pouting Terrell 

Owens or injured Antwoin 

Boldin, they have a tendency 

to quit. 

Try to find a new owner of 

a team without a viable keeper 

in a keeper-league. To sacrifice 

a year just to get in is 

asking a lot from a new player. 

And on the previous tip, it 

really stinks when you know 

you have no shot at a player 

on your favorite team for the 

length of his career. In the 

long run it will help the 

health of your league to leave 

long-term relationships to actual 

life off the field. 

Don’t Mock the Mock 

A good way to determine 

where players should be 

drafted at to try to determine 

if you need to grab that special 

player on this pick or 

whether he’ll be around on 

your next pick is to study 

tons and tons of mock drafts. 

There are plenty of web 

sites that will give you an average 

of numerous drafts and 

the intelligence of masses 

tend to at least show some 

trends. Just like any statistics, 

positive test for a banned 

blood transfusion. 

While the main pack was 

reeling from losing its most 

popular rider, it was announced 

midway through 

Wednesday’s stage that 

Cristian Moreni tested positive 

for testosterone. The 

Italian rider didn’t deny it, 

and he was carted off by police. 

With riders winding 

down late Wednesday night, 

it was announced Rasmussen 

had been booted 

out. 

“Too much, too much,” 

said Fothen, who rides for 

Gerolsteiner and finished 

second in Thursday’s 117mile 

stage from Pau to Castelsarrasin. 

“Every day it’s new 

news,” Fothen said. 

“Moreni yesterday, Rasmussen. 

I’m so tired.” 

Finding shade by his 

Caisse d’Epargne team bus, 

sporting director Eusebio 

Unzue appeared defeated. 

He wrung his hands together 

and made a snapping 

sound as if something had 

broken inside him. 

“I’m unable to think,” 

Unzue said, adding that he 

wants “to arrive as quickly 

as possible in Paris.” 

By the roadside, homemade 

banners reflected the 

public’s feelings. 

“The Tour keeps its libido 

without EPO,” read one in 

French, referring to the performance-enhancing 

drug 

once at the top of the menu 

for cycling cheats. Blood 

transfusions and testosterone 

have replaced EPO. 

Missed drug tests, ignored 

warnings, lies to 

teammates and infighting 

between race organizers and 

cycling’s top brass were 

thrown into the Tour pot until 

it bubbled over. 

Pat McQuaid, head of the 

International Cycling 

Union, has been at odds 

with Tour owner Patrice 

Clerc and race director 

Christian Prudhomme over 

why Rasmussen was racing 

if he had missed doping 

tests. The feud dates to 2005, 

when Clerc said the UCI 

had not done enough to 

the bigger sample will create 

the smaller deviant from the 

mean. 

Or in English, the more 

mocks you look at the more 

closely you can tell the true 

value of a pick. You can also 

get a good idea of what kind 

of player will be available for 

your second pick. And your 

first two picks are without 

doubt the most important 

two in the draft. 

But Mock Your Piers 

Once again, this is a competition 

between you and 

every other player in your 

league. This isn’t Parks and 

Recreation Little League 

where the parents, players, 

and coaches know the score 

but the scoreboard will never 

tell. 

No, there will be a winner 

as well as a last-place loser. 

Once again, every little thing 

you can do to subtly throw 

off you opponents can only 

help you. 

During the draft it helps 

when other people in the 

room are second-guessing 

every move they make. 

When they grab Shaun 

Alexander early tell them 

that you guess it’s possible 

he’s still got something left in 

the tank past 30. When somebody 

picks Chester Taylor 

tell them he’ll probably hold 

off Adrian Peterson at least 

for a few games to start the 

year. 

Young owners seek approval 

after every uncertain 

pick but never give it on the 

selections that are solid. 

When they do waste a pick 

on what you consider a bust, 

act sincerely disturbed that 

they stole your gem while 

acting like you mark him off 

your sheet. 

And if anybody out there 

in your league does pick 

Michael Vick in the “hope” 

he comes back early, don’t let 

him get out of earshot without 

a good verbal lashing or 

two. 

Rasmussen is gone from Tour 

de France, leaves indelible stain 

Doping taints Tour 

The Tour de France has 

suspended several competitors on 

suspicion of the use of illegal, 

performance enhancing drugs. 

Eliminations 

18 cyclists Two teams completely 

16 withdrew due to doping 

suspicions of one rider 

14 

on each team 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

0 

* 

1998 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 

*Cyclist Raimondas Rumsas arrested for 

drug charges connected to his participation 

in the Tour de France after the tour. 

SOURCES: AP research, VeloNews 

AP 

combat doping. 

In an interview with The 

Associated Press before the 

Tour, Prudhomme said the 

UCI should have received 

the “Golden Ostrich” prize 

for burying its head in the 

sand. 

The bickering hardly 

helped a sport reeling from 

a succession of doping scandals 

— from the Operation 

Puerto investigation into 

blood doping that led to Jan 

Ullrich and Ivan Basso being 

kicked off last year’s 

race, to 2006 winner Floyd 

Landis’ positive doping test 

after winning stage 17. 

The announcement of Patrik 

Sinkewitz’s positive test 

for testosterone came July 18 

— the test was done June 8. 

The Danish cycling federation 

announced July 19 it 

had sacked Rasmussen for 

missing tests when it had 

known about it weeks ago. 

“We cannot say that Rasmussen 

cheated, but his 

flippancy and his lies on his 

whereabouts had become 

unbearable,” Prudhomme 

said Wednesday. 

It appeared nothing 

would stop Rasmussen from 

reaching Paris in the yellow 

jersey. He told a news conference 

Tuesday he’d called 

UCI’s anti-doping manager 

Anne Gripper on April 2. 

The next day he was informed 

Gripper was not in 

office at the time. Rasmussen 

shrugged and said 

it was someone else. 

Photo by Larry N. Souders 

Twins catcher Daniel Lehmann (17) fires to first baseman Rene 

Leveret throwing out the Mets Greg Veloz on a sacrifice bunt. 

Twins 


tos scoring Mark Dolenc and 

Eric Santiago. Dolenc had 

reached on an error while Santiago 

had singled up the gut. 

The Mets took a 3-2 advantage 

in the fourth on Bucce second 

run scoring base hit of the 

game. 

The Twins rallied to tie the 

game with two outs in their final 

at bat. 

Wesley Conner singled the 

moved to second on a base hit 

by Dolenc. Santiago second hit 

of the game tied the score at 3- 

3. De Los Santos struck out to 

end the threat. 

The K-Mets won the game 

in the bottom half. Bucce led 

things off with his third hit of 

the game then moved up 90 

feet on a sacrifice bunt from 

Brandon Richey. 

Loek Van Mil had pitched 

well but was relieved by Blair 

Erickson. Two batters later, a 

wild pitch with two outs allowed 

the winning run to 

score. 

Ozzie Lewis, Dolenc and 

Santiago all had two hits each 

to pace the Twins. 

Michael Allen started for 

the Twins and pitched four 

strong innings. He allowed 

two runs, seven hits, struck out 

three and walked none. Van 

Mil was charged with the loss. 

He pitched two and one third 

innings, giving up three hits 

and two runs. He struck out 

one and didn’t issue a walk. 

Rhinel Cruz got the win in 

relief of Angel Calero who had 

pitched six plus strong innings. 

Smith credited the Mets 

pitching for shutting down the 

Twin bats. 

“The reason we didn’t score 

runs is because they had good 

pitching. “We had opportunities, 

we just didn’t do anything 

with them.” 

Second Game 

Games 


who compete. 

“It’s a lot of fun; I’d like to 

see more people get involved 

in it. It can't do anything but 

good for people who do it. 

Like me, I hadn’t played badminton 

or table tennis for 40 

years until I got involved in 

this,” Bogart said, adding that 

meeting new people is another 

bonus of participating in 

events such as these. “I’ve met 

a lot of friends there. They 

have a party on Monday 

night, so we got to know 

everybody. It’s just a wonderful 

thing. 

“It’s just a good thing for 

seniors to get involved in. You 

get to enjoy the games and get 

fit, and you get more fit the 

more you are involved in it. ” 

Holtsclaw also mentioned 

that she would like to see 

more local competitors compete 

in Senior Games. 

“You can’t understand why 

more people don’t get in it,” 

she said. “It’s just really good, 

it’s good fellowship, and it’s 

good exercise. 

“It’s really great for the seniors. 

We had a man up at 

Louisville that was 100 years 

old.” 

The exercise is one of the 

reasons Bogart says she has 

Kingsport 3 


Elizabethton could hit a bull 

in the butt with a base fiddle in 

the second contest. 

The Twins got four strong 

innings each from Michael Tarsi 

and Brad Tippett but couldn’t 

put runs on the board when 

they needed to. 

The K-Mets picked up a 

pair of unearned runs in the 

second to take a 2-0 lead. 

The Twins tied the game in 

the fourth. Rene Tosoni doubled 

to left and later scored on 

a groundout from Lewis. A 

wild pitch allowed Deibinson 

Romero to score. Three Twin 

batters were hit in the inning 

but E-town failed to take advantage 

of it. 

The Mets would score the 

winning run in the ninth after 

a critical boo-boo by Elizabethton 

in the top half. 

The Twins would have had 

runners at the corners with 

two outs but Conner was ruled 

out after failing to tag up on a 

fly ball to right. 

It didn’t get any better in 

the bottom half for Elizabethton. 

Omar Alcala walked 

Richard Pena to start the inning. 

His errant pickoff throw 

down the first base line allowed 

Pena to reach third. He 

would score on a sacrifice fly 

by Richey to end the game. 

Tonsoni and Conner had 

four of the teams five hits. Dolenc 

had the only other one. 

Kingsport moved to within 

six game of the first place 

Twins. Smith was not ready to 

push the panic button. 

“We had good enough 

pitching to win both games 

tonight but our hitting isn’t jiving. 

If we want to continue improving, 

we’ve got to come out 

every night and swing the bat 

like professionals.” 

grown to love the training and 

competition involved with the 

Senior Games. 

“It helps your health. You 

would be surprised, people 

think when you are older you 

can’t do anything anymore, 

but you can,” she said. “I’ve 

read a lot of things that tell 

you how you can still be active 

as you get older. You have 

to be active to regenerate new 

cells everyday. 

“You can workout and get 

fit and be athletic, and actually 

be younger than you were 

rather than just sitting around 

and letting your body wear 

out,” she continued. “You 

have to be active to stay 

young.” 

Holtsclaw said participating 

in Senior Games has allowed 

her to remain competitive 

in a sport that she has 

played for quite a while. 

“I’ve been bowling ever 

since there was a bowling alley 

in Elizabethton, so it’s 

been a long time,” said 

Holtsclaw, adding that she isn’t 

planning on quitting the 

sport anytime soon. “As long 

as I can get the ball down 

through there.”

On The Lighter Side 

Peanuts 

Blondie 

Garfield 

Dilbert 

Sally Forth 

Cryptoquip 

Crossword Fun 

By: Eugene Sheffer 

For Friday 

July 27, 2007 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) It’s 

good to be busy, but what you 

may need the most is some 

kind of meaningful purpose to 

be involved in your activities. 

Select those kinds of objectives 

and work toward fulfillment. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) 

You might feel a bit bored 

doing the same old things with 

the same old folks. If you 

would like a little variety in 

your life, go someplace different 

where you can meet new 

people. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) 

You may get the opportunity to 

finalize a matter to everyone’s 

specifications and satisfaction. 

However, it will be up to you 

to spot it and then take full 

advantage of the situation. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 

22) Matters of significance to 

you at this time — and equally 

relevant to other people with 

whom you are involved — 

should not be taken lightly. Dig 

in with the diligence you possess. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- 

Dec. 21) Because you’ve been 

a bit more responsible than 

usual lately, your financial 

position could look more 

favorable at this time. Invest in 

something worthwhile that 

could benefit you. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- 

Jan. 19) What you accomplish 

will be important to you, so 

don’t let others establish your 

agenda or set your course of 

A Look at the Stars 

What’s On Tonight 

action, if you can help it. Do 

what you want when you want. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 

19) It’s important you maintain 

contact with recent events, but 

don’t try to manipulate them in 

the process. It’s one of those 

days where you may be more 

successful to let nature take its 

course. 

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 

20) This is a good day to touch 

base with friends you haven’t 

seen for a while. Ideally, it 

would be nice if you could get 

everyone together to catch up 

on what has been going on. 

ARIES (March 21-April 

19) Your ambitious desires 

could be aroused much easier 

than usual, so don’t be surprised 

if you set a whole bunch 

of aggressive goals to be 

accomplished. . 

TAURUS (April 20-May 

20) In order to satisfy both a 

mental and physical restlessness 

that seems to permeate 

your being, you’ll need to partake 

in some type of intensive 

activity. Try things that are 

competitive. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 

20) It isn’t rare for you to actually 

seek out joint endeavors, 

which is exactly what your 

urges could dictate. You’ll find 

such an activity operating in 

the commercial world. 

CANCER (June 21-July 

22) Make the time to take 

stock of your recent activities 

and try to bring some kind of 

balance to your affairs. If 

you’ve been working too hard 

or playing too much, correct 

this asymmetry. 

Snuffy Smith 

Hi and Lois 

Zits 

Dick Tracey 

Annie 

Mickey Mouse 

Donald Duck 

Henry 

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FRIDAY, JULY 27 

• The Elizabethton Betsy Band 

Boosters Club will hold its first 

meeting of the season at 7:30 p.m. 

at the EHS band room. The public 

is welcome to attend. Families of 

T.A. Dugger Junior High and EHS 

band students are especially encouraged 

to attend. After the 

meeting, the high school band 

will play selections from its new 

fall show. Refreshments will be 

served. 

• The 1937 Senior Class of Elizabethton 

High School will share a 

breakfast brunch at Merry 

Mary’s, 547 East Elk Ave., at 10 

a.m. to celebrate their 70th anniversary 

reunion. For more information, 

call Virginia Laws at 

542-4825 or Peggy Merryman at 

543-1089. 

• Country and Bluegrass 

Dance Hall, located at the Outdoorsmen 

Building, 4535 Highway 

11W, Kingsport, will host 

David O’Roark and the Southern 

Countrymen Band from 7-10:30 

p.m. Tickets are $5. 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, JULY 28 

• The Carter County Republican 

Women’s Club will have their 

annual picnic from 5 to 8 p.m. at 

Sycamore Shoals Park Pavilion. 

There will be entertainment and 

door prizes. Tickets are $6 and 

will be available at the gate. Carryouts 

available. For more information, 

call 543-2905. 

• The annual Austin Radford 

Reunion will be held at Roan 

Mountain State Park, Picnic Shed 

No. 3. Family members will eat at 

1 p.m. 

• The Isaac and Molly Arnold 

Ward Reunion will be held at 

Riverside Park in Elizabethton. 

This is a new location for the annual 

event. The reunion will be 

held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 

lunch being served at 12:30 p.m. 

Those attending are asked to 

bring a covered dish and family 

pictures to share. Prizes will be 

distributed after lunch. All family 

and friends are invited. For more 

information, call 543-2120 or 725- 

3571. 

• The 20th Annual White Family 

Reunion will be held from 11 

a.m. to 3 p.m. at Watauga Town 

Hall, Watauga. The reunion will 

begin with a meeting at 11 a.m., 

followed by a covered dish dinner 

to be served at noon. Those attending 

are asked to bring a covered 

dish. Ice and eating utensils 

will be furnished. White family 

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bingo will be played, along with 

other games. Door prizes will be 

given away. For more information, 

call Etta Ray at 735-5744. 

• David O’Roark and the 

Southern Countrymen will perform 

at the Elizabethton Moose 

Lodge from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. For 

more information, call 913-3205. 

SUNDAY, JULY 29 

• Descendants of George W. 

Wilson (b.1847 Hunter), Tapley 

M. Ward (b.1834 Fish Springs), 

Hiram P. Richardson (b.1852 

Moore County, N.C.), and related 

collateral lines of Estep, Hodge, 

Oliver, Pierce, Nidiffer, Minton, 

Taylor, Frazier, Hinkle, Elliott, Peters 

and others are welcome to 

join a family gathering at Liberty 

Freewill Baptist Church Fellowship 

Hall, Stoney Creek, from 2-5 

p.m. Come enjoy meeting shirttail 

relations, sharing stories, refreshments 

and the company of others. 

Call Delores Richardson Lyons at 

474-2563 or e-mail kwilson@jfrfoundation.org 

for directions or 

more information. 

• The Science Hill High School 

Class of 1940 will be holding their 

reunion dinner in the Campbell 

Room of Holiday Inn, Johnson 

City, at 6 p.m. Please call 928-8766 

for more information. 






MONDAY, JULY 30 

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or 

TOPS, will meet at First Baptist 

Church, 212 East F St., Elizabethton, 

on Mondays with weighing 

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

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

call 542-6540 or 542- 

4476. 

TUESDAY, JULY 31 

• The Carter County Board of 

Education will have a workshop 

at 4 p.m. in the board room to discuss 

Land Purchase and Capital 

Projects. 






• Al-Anon “Free to Be Me” 

meeting will be held at the 

Watauga Association of Baptists 

office, across from Elizabethton 

Lumber, from 6-7 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 

• The Elizabethton High 

School Class of 1978 will be meeting 

to make plans for a 30-year reunion. 

Anyone interested in helping 

with the planning, please 

meet at Amigos at 6 p.m. For 

more information, call Donna 

Bowers Stanton at 543-1715 or e- 

Joseph C. Miller 

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504 East “E” Street 

543-7848 

mail dstanton1@charter.net or call 

Paula Bishop Richards at 543-8622 

or e-mail 

mprichards@chartertn.net. 

FRIDAY, AUG. 3 

• Brian Keener will present 

“The Ultimate Elvis Tribute” at 

the VFW on West Elk Avenue at 9 

p.m. and 11 p.m. Admission for 

non-members is $3 each, and $5 

per couple. For more information, 

call 895-2716. 

SATURDAY, AUG. 4 

• The descendants of Emmert 

Doc and Wilda Deloach will have 

their annual reunion at the home 

of Ray and Brenda Loveless. 

Everyone is asked to bring a covered 

dish. For more information, 

call Albert Deloach at 725-3754, or 

Ray and Brenda Loveless at 542- 

2755. 

• The Happy Valley High 

School Class of 1967 will hold its 

40th class reunion at 6 p.m. at The 

Charles, 308 E. Main St., Johnson 

City. Members of the classes of 

1966 and 1968 are also invited to 

the event or to the class picnic on 

Friday, Aug. 3. Please RSVP no 

later than July 22 to Elaine 

Humphreys Cornett (929-7703), 

Sheila Marcus Hubbard (929- 

9496) or Sonya Gouge Rice (926- 

1997). Response can also be sent 

by e-mail to shub104@yahoo.com 

or gsr926@juno.com. 

• David Crockett FFA Alumni 

will sponsor an antique tractor 

and car show at Jonesborough Elementary 

School, Highway 11-E, 

Jonesborough. Gates will open at 

8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. The entry 

fee will be $5 for entrants. Admission 

fee will be $5 for adults 

and children under 12 will be admitted 

free. Dash plaques and trophies 

will be awarded. For more 

information, call Cody Stevens at 

483-4504 or e-mail him at codystevens3@hotmail.com. 

SUNDAY, AUG. 5 

• The Ritchie Family Reunion 

will be held at the Unaka Baptist 

Church Fellowship Hall. This is a 

new location for the annual event. 

All family and friends are welcome. 

Those attending are asked 

to bring a lunch (to share) to be 

served at 1 p.m., and also any old 

family memorabilia, photos, etc. 

For more information, call Gebe 

Ritchie at 474-3833. 

• The Hendrix Family Reunion 

will be held at the Central Church 

of Christ Fellowship Hall, located 

just off Smalling Road in Carter 

County. Those attending are 

asked to bring a covered dish to 

share. A family meal will be 

served at 1 p.m. Drinks and eating 

utensils will be provided. 

Call 926-9537 or 929-2075 for 

more information. 

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3 ARTICLES 

LOST & FOUND 

LOST off of Charter 

Communication Truck 

gray tote with two signal 

strength meters in 

area of Slagle’s Pasture. 

Reward for items. 

423-213-5144, 

423-817-2182. 

4 PERSONALS 

NEW ARRIVALS 

SINGLE MALE, nice 

looking, native American, 

6’ 180lb., kind, 

thoughtful, athletic, 

honest, easy going, ns, 

friendly, loves life, 

self-employed, nice 

home, seeks lady 

35-48 to share good 

times, fun, laughter, 

romance, cuddling, 

giving flowers, road 

trips, camping, heart 

to heart talks, sharing 

life friends first. Possible 

LTR call 423-926-8575 

leave message. 

5 SPECIAL 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

ASHAMED of unwanted 

hair? Privacy 

assured and permanent 

removal. Licensed. 

FDA approved. 

23yrs. experience. 

213-8082. 

WANTED to buy livingroom 

furniture and 

curtains. Reasonable 

prices. (423)538-1721, 

(423)538-4008. 

6 GOODS TO EAT 

& SELL 

PEACHES & fresh 

vegetables available. 

Davis Girls Peach 

Shed, Hwy. 19E Roan 

Mountain. 

SWEET CORN FOR 

SALE. $2.50 Dozen. 

423-542-5953 

SWEET CORN, Goodwin 

Brothers Farm, 

Lynn Valley $3.00 

dozen. 423-957-8883, 

423-213-6066. 

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AMD NY ... ... ... 14.73 -.85 -27.6 

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Alcoa NY .68 1.8 15 38.00 -2.91 +26.6 

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CSX s NY .60 1.3 17 46.96 -2.05 +36.4 

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CLASSIFIEDS 

10 HELP WANTED 

GENERAL 

EARN over $200.00 per 

month easily by donating 

Plasma. Call 

Plasma Biological 

Services @ 926-3169 

INDUSTRIAL Painting & 

Sandblasting Company 

is taking applications 

for experienced 

painters. Well 

established company 

with good pay rates. 

146 Volunteer Drive, 

Elizabethton, 37643 or 

call 423-542-6817. 

LABORERS NEEDED 

NOW! JOB STARTING 

TODAY! Equipment operators 

and dump truck 

drivers needed for upcoming 

demolition 

jobs in Asheville, NC 

and Greeneville, TN. 

Please call 

(423)542-8544. 

LANDSCAPE Company 

has immediate opening 

for experienced 

mowing, landscape 

crew leader. Valid 

drivers license, responsible, 

dependable 

leader. Drug, alcohol 

free. Good references. 

423-772-9447 

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 

YOUTH CARE 

WORKER/ 

COUNSELOR 

Full time position. Picture 

the mountains, 

great weather, and 

time off to enjoy 

them. Picture yourself 

making a difference 

in the lives of children 

who have suffered 

trauma. Picture 

yourself answering 

this ad. Contact Thomas 

Harrison 

828-898-5465 and 

visit our website at 

www.grandfatherhome.org 

EOE 

11 PROFESSIONAL 

HELP WANTED 

LPN Position 

If you are looking for 

weekends off, this is 

the position for you . . . 

. Bluff City Medical 

Center has an opening 

for a LPN. The office 

hours are Monday 

- Friday 8:00-5:00 with 

Tuesdays 

8:00a.m.-7:00p.m. The 

position offers excellent 

wage and benefits 

packages. Applicants 

should have two 

years of experience in 

a primary care setting. 

If interested, submit resume 

to: Rural Health 

Services Consortium, 

Inc. P.O. Box 850, 

Rogersville, TN 37857. 

Resumes must be 

posted marked by 

August 1st. EOE/MF No 

phone calls, please 

July 26, 2007 

-311.50 

13,473.57 

Pct. change 

from previous: 

-2.26 


HELP WANTED 

LPN’S 

Ivy Hall is recruiting 

LPN’s for: 2nd shift 

(2p-10p) 3rd shift 

(10p6a). Join our 

caring and committed 

team and receive 

competitive 

wages, health insurance, 

benefit package, 

shift and weekend 

differential pay 

and biweekly attendance 

bonuses. 

We’re looking for 

Nurses that successfully 

blend skill, commitment 

and compassion 

to our residents. 

Apply in person 

at 301 Watauga 

Ave., Elizabethton; 

fax resume: 

423-542-9311 or 

email to: don@ivyhallnursinghome.co 

m.EOE 

SERVICE Team 

Director F/T position. 

The person in this position 

supervises a 

Service Team of 16 

employees (12 

Child/Youth Care 

Workers 

2 Special Assignment 

Workers with the administrative 

support 

of 2 Unit Managers) 

The general purpose 

of the position includes 

the following: 

•Supervises the delivery 

of individual 

and group treatment 

services 

through a multi-unit 

service team for 

child victims of neglect 

and/or emotional/sexual/other 

abuse and children 

with sexual behavior 

management problems 

•Serves as the treatment 

responsible 

professional for individual 

clients in treatment, 

including admission 

assessment, 

treatment / 

person-centered 

planning, discharge 

planning. 

The qualified candidate 

should have a 

masters degree, experience 

with a particular 

population of 

consumers, and be 

a Qualified Mental 

Health Professional 

or be eligible to attain 

that status in 

NC. Contact Thomas 

Harrison at 828 898 

5465 and visit online 

for research and application 

at 

www.grandfatherhome.org 

EOE. 

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DAILY DOW JONES 

STOCK MARKET INDEXES 


HELP WANTED 

ASSISTANT MANAGER 

A fast expanding finance 

corporation 

has an immediate 

opening for an Assistant 

Manager. Excellent 

starting salary plus 

complete benefit 

package, including 

401K program available. 

Contact Jason 

at (423)542-5915 or fax 

resume (423)542-8404. 

SONOGRAPHER/ UL- 

TRASOUND TECHNI- 

CIAN Immediate 

full-time position in an 

Ob/ Gyn practice. Excellent 

pay with full 

benefit package. Day 

time hours with no 

on-call. Send resume 

to 1505 W. Elk Avenue, 

Suite 1 Elizabethton, 

TN 37643. 

Wanted New and Experienced 

Real Estate 

Agents! Looking to 

make a 6 figure income? 

Come be 

apart of a Top Ranked 

and dynamic company. 

Motivated, 

Self-starter, Professional, 

Hardworking 

and Team Player, if 

these words apply to 

you, contact Tom at 

Century 21 Whitehead 

Realty & Auction, 

423-543-4663, 

213-8722. 

15 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

*Handy Andy Home 

Improvements for all 

your interior, exterior 

repairs, pressure washing, 

painting. 

(423)543-1979, 

(423)895-0071. 

A-Z Custom Home Improvements. 

Free estimates. 

423-957-1788 

daytime, 423-725-9997 

evening. 

A-Z Custom Quality 

Painting. Experienced, 

Excellent references. 

423-957-1788, days 

423-725-9997, evenings. 

BACKHOE front loader, 

septic systems, field 

lines, land cleared, 

basements. Demolition. 

Affordable. 

22yrs. experience. 

542-3002. 

Bridgeman Excavating. 

Paving, driveways, 

parking lots, 

backhoe, dozer, septic 

systems, Dirt, rock 

for sale. 423-725-3487. 

“CASH PAID” For appliances, 

working or 

not. Must be repairable. 

Call 

423-547-3283 

“Dave’s Appliances” 

Reconditioned, Guaranteed. 

Appliances 

starting $99.up 1846 

West Elk. M-F 9-5 Sat 

9-3 423-547-3283 

12,000 

APR MAY JUNE JULY 

High Low Record high close: 14,000.41 

13,783.45 13,335.30 July 19, 2007 

52-Week Net YTD 12-mo 

High Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg 

14,021.95 10,868.62 Dow Industrials 13,473.57 -311.50 -2.26 +8.11 +21.38 

5,487.05 4,134.72 Dow Transportation 5,106.26 -125.70 -2.40 +11.97 +18.60 

537.12 421.87 Dow Utilities 482.98 -14.91 -2.99 +5.74 +11.65 

10,238.25 7,953.15 NYSE Composite 9,654.38 -275.98 -2.78 +5.64 +18.53 

2,398.11 1,855.46 Amex Market Value 2,294.97 -55.96 -2.38 +11.60 +18.81 

2,724.74 2,030.49 Nasdaq Composite 2,599.34 -48.83 -1.84 +7.62 +26.52 

1,555.90 1,240.25 S&P 500 1,482.66 -35.43 -2.33 +4.54 +17.37 

926.67 712.85 S&P MidCap 870.19 -19.86 -2.23 +8.18 +19.32 

856.48 671.94 Russell 2000 791.48 -21.02 -2.59 +.48 +15.43 

15,730.39 12,407.52 Wilshire 5000 14,938.47 -353.28 -2.31 +4.78 +18.24 

MUTUAL FUNDS 

Curt Alexander CFP 

14,000 

13,500 

13,000 

12,500 

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 

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

American Funds GrowAmerA m LG 90,957 35.74 +0.3 +19.6/C +16.8/A 5.75 250 

American Funds IncAmerA m MA 67,682 20.77 -1.3 +15.5/B +14.0/A 5.75 250 

American Funds InvCoAmA m LV 77,611 35.57 -0.1 +16.7/C +14.0/C 5.75 250 

American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 71,352 36.80 -0.5 +18.1/B +13.3/D 5.75 250 

Fidelity Contra LG 72,874 70.50 +1.4 +19.6/C +16.4/A NL 2,500 

Fidelity Magellan LG 44,373 93.05 +0.2 +20.8/C +11.8/C NL 2,500 

Oppenheimer DiscoverA m SG 555 51.77 -0.6 +21.2/C +12.9/E 5.75 1,000 

Putnam GrowIncA m LV 11,973 20.45 -2.6 +16.3/C +13.0/D 5.25 500 

Putnam VoyagerA m LG 5,085 18.87 -0.4 +17.3/E +8.6/E 5.25 500 

Vanguard Wndsr LV 14,976 19.34 -1.5 +21.2/A +16.3/A NL 3,000 

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign 

Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - 

Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. 

others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

Star 

word rates: 

15 WORDS OR LESS 

1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00 

6 DAYS - $10.00 

15 SERVICES 

OFFERED 

ELIZABETHTON:Construction, 

Trackhoe, 

backhoe, frontloader, 

landcleared, 

site work septic systems, 

dirt, shale for 

sale. (423)547-0408, 

895-0499. 

Extreme Contractors: 

Home improvements 

Kitchen, baths, doors, 

painting, ceilings, 

roof repair. Licensed, 

insured, bonded. 

963-8951. 

FREE ESTIMATES! Heating, 

A/C, remodeling, 

vinyl siding, roofing, 

ceramic, hardwood 

flooring, plumbing, 

electrical. 543-7975, 

335-0841. 

HAUL gravel for driveways, 

dirt for sale, 

also backhoe work of 

any kind. Call 

423-542-2909. 

HERSHEL’S SEPTIC TANK 

SERVICE. Free Estimates, 

Phone 

423-725-3034, Owner: 

Hershel Stevens Jr. 

HOME IMPROVEMENTS! 

Install metal roofing, 

shingle roofs, additions, 

painting, decks, 

pressure washing 

423-543-4973, 

423-895-0102, 

423-542-6537. 

IMMACULATE mowing: 

Landscaping, mulching, 

trim work. Dependable! 

423- 

542-6911. 

JLJ HOME IMPROVE- 

MENT, remodeling, 

room additions & vinyl 

siding. Licensed & 

Insured. 423-543-2101. 

John’s Kitchen Resurfacing. 

Makes old 

kitchens look new. 

10% off new countertops. 

Licensed, Insured. 

423-542-4662 

KY CONSTRUCTION 

Specializing in finished 

grade work and 

demolition. All types 

of front end loader 

work. Dirt for sale. 

Quality, honest work 

at the best price. Will 

beat any other estimates, 

guaranteed. 

Keith Younce, 

(423)543-2816. 

423-341-7782 

MIKE’S HOME REPAIRS 

of all kinds. Small projects. 

Decks and 

painting. (423) 

483-4321. 

PAUL’S HOME IM- 

PROVEMENTS: Professional, 

reasonable 

prices. Interior, exterior, 

repairs, painting, 

siding, roofing, pressure 

washing. 

(423)543-2790. 

Tolleys Mobile Home 

Moving. 1900 Bristol 

Hwy. Watauga. 

423-542-2533, Mobile 

360-0196 Bonded, Licensed, 

Insured, Certified. 

WILL clean houses or 

offices. Honest and 

dependable. For walk 

thru estimate. 

423-213-6416 Dawn. 

WILL do sewing 

423-547-0712 leave 

message. 

16 BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITIES 

105 ASHLEE 

Beautiful brick apartment 

building like 

new. Fully occupied. 

Close to Milligan College 

and J.C, enough 

land for another 

building. $249,000 

C21 WHITEHEAD 

MIKE CATALANO 

543-4663 

1308 Patrick Drive, 

Johnson City 

$112,000 

Established Mobile 

Home Park that includes 

3 singlewides, 

and a DoubleWide. 

Generates $1,550. 

monthly income 

Realty Executives 

Julian Real Estate, LLC 

(423)547-2740 

135 Pleasant Beach 

Road. 

GREAT INVESTMENT 

OPPORTUNITY! 

Two 2BR 1BA townhouse 

apartments. 1 

with W/D hookup. 

$89,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Mike Catalano 

543-4663 

16 BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITIES 

13657 Hwy 67 West 

Opportunity abounds! 

Commercial Building 

perfect for starting 

your own business. 

$119,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Teresa Musick 

543-4663 

142 Stoney Creek 

Lovers Lane 

Great Location! 

Right off of Hwy. 19E 

3200+/- sq. ft. of office 

space and 

10,000 sq. ft. of warehouse 

space 

$549,000. 

Call Linda 213-9611 

1805 Field Road, 


$189,900 

3 BUILDINGS. A 

TOTAL OF 8 UNITS 

WHAT A BUY! 

THIS PROPERTY IS A 

MONEY MAKER! ALL 

UNITS OCCUPIED. 



(423)547-2740 

219 E. Mill St. 

This garage offers 5 

bays, 14 ft ceilings, 3 

lifts 2 inground 1 

above ground, office. 

Call 

Linda Whitehead 

213-9611 

4259 Hwy 19E 


Convenience market, 

self service gas, diesel 

station, deli. Very high 

visibility location. Everything 

goes! Possible 

owner financing or 

lease option. $190,000 

Penny 

Century 21 

Whitehead Woodson 

725-4000 

4261 Hwy 19E 


Very affordable business 

opportunity. High 

visibility location, with 

lots of traffic flow. 

$45,000 

Penny 

Century 21 


725-4000 

627 WEST C STREET 

Well located four unit 

apartment building, 

within walking distance 

of Shopping 

Centers and Schools. 

Each unit is 2BR, 1BA 

and have range and 

refrigerators. Each 

unit rents for $350 and 

tenants pay own water 

& electricity. Full 

basement offers 4 

drive under garages 

which could be 

rented for individual 

storage or as car storage 

for the tenants, 

yielding extra 

income. Ins. is $996 

per year. $159,900 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

Classifieds 

542-1530 928-4151 

19 BUILDINGS 

SALE/RENT 

REPO’D ARCH BUILD- 

INGS - HUGE SAVINGS. 

3 Left. 25’ x 42’ & 40’ x 

56’ No Reasonable 

Offer Refused! Serious 

Inquiries Only! 

866-352-0469. 

20 ARTICLES 

FOR SALE 

$$- 100% NASA Memory 

Foam Mattress Set, 

NEW as seen on TV , 

w/warranty, $400. 

423-552-1533 

$$1 $90 FULL Size 

Mattress SET - New in 

plastic 423-972-5513 

$$1 - A 5 PC CHERRY 

BEDROOM SET, New in 

box, Value $1,495, 

must move, $475. 

423-972- 5512 

$$1 $139 QUEEN Pillow 

Top 

Mattress SET , NEW - 

unopened , retail 

$ 495 – must sell 

423- 972-5514 

$$1 $185 NEW KING 

Pillow Top mattress 

SET , 3-pc. New in 

plastic, w/ warranty, 

value $650, 

423-972-5513 

42’’ Toshiba TV. $400. 

(423)768-3280, if no 

answer please leave 

message. 

CAMPER high top, sliding 

window fits Chevy 

Silverado shortbed or 

equivalent size truck. 

$500, 423-768-0648. 

MTD MURRY CRAFTS- 

MAN MOWER decks 

and wheels, push and 

self propelled wheels 

423-547-9123. 

23 YARD 

SALES 

112 EAST I STREET, Saturday 

8:00AM-? Inside 

Sale, furniture, household, 

clothing, Christmas, 

womens bicycle, 

rocking horse. Lots of 

misc. 

123 Webb Hollow 

Loop, Siam, Valley 

Forge side. Girls 

clothes (10-12) mens 

XL clothes, kerosene 

heaters, misc. items. 

Friday, Saturday. 

1752 Sylvan Hill Road, 

Friday and Saturday 

8:00AM-? Girls clothes 

size 3 mo. to 6X, ladies 

clothes all sizes, Home 

Interior, other decoration, 

exercise equipment. 

1ST ever! Antiques, 

guns, books, Military 

items, clothes, PSII 

games, Volvo 850, 

Arctic Cat 500, ATF 

rules apply. 129 Asher 

Court, Colonial Acres, 

off Bob Little Rd. Friday, 

Saturday 

7a.m.-2p.m. 

3 family. Adult & children 

clothing, toys, 

household items, & 

much more to choose 

from. Saturday 8-?. Behind 

Stoney Creek 

Volunteer Fire Department, 

Creek Bank 

Road, follow signs. 

3 family. Friday, Saturday 

8-1. Rain or shine. 

Baby items, ladies 

clothes, girls clothes 

10-jr., treadmill, household 

items, Dairy Lane 

towards Wilbur Dam. 

3-FAMILY 825 Walnut 

Street, Blackbottom. 

Saturday 8a.m.-2p.m. 

Table, chairs, vanity, 

household, misc. 

300 WEST MILL STREET, 

BLACKBOTTOM, Friday 

and Saturday 

8:00AM-2:00PM indoor. 

Multi-family, lots 

of kids, baby, ladies 

clothing, misc. nursing 

uniforms, etc. CHEAP! 

604 Woodland Dr., 

Golf Club Acres. 

Multi-Family. Clothes, 

toys, books, video 

games, bunk bed/futon, 

F250 wheels, 

more plus freebies. Friday, 

Saturday 8a.m.-? 

805 Hwy. 91, Saturday, 

Baby girls 0 to six, 

baby items, nurse uniforms, 

ladies, teen to 

x-large, mens medium 

to large, maternity, 

household items, furniture, 

crafts, collector 

dolls, remote control 

car. Rain no sale! 

CLOTHES, household 

items, and much 

more. 2140 West G 

Street, Lot #40. Saturday 

8-2. 

EHS Cross Country 

Team Benefit Yard 

Sale. Saturday, 

8-12a.m. East E. St at 

Meredith Bros. Auto. 

FOR SALE exercise 

equipment Grazelle 

with tension, treadmill, 

hutch, gun cabinet. 

423-725-3147 excellent 

condition. 

FRI & Sat. 7-? Excellent 

highchair & swing, 

2 crib mattresses, girls 

& boys Gymboree 

and other namebrand 

clothes (size newborn 

to 4T), toys, Home Interior, 

bedspreads, 

curtains, household 

items. Take 19E 4-lane 

toward Bluff City, go 

past 2 firework stands, 

we are the next concrete 

driveway up the 

hill. Brick mailbox at 

bottom of driveway. 

For more info call 

895-1293 

23 YARD 

SALES 

2-FAMILY. 110 Carter 

View Lane, Lot 7, Lewis 

Mobile Home Estates, 

Hwy. 91. Saturday 

7a.m.-12:00. Baby 

jumperoo, 4-wheeler, 

power wheel toys, 

namebrand womens, 

boys and baby girls 

clothes, V-tech Vsmile 

games, Home Interior. 

Can’t Beat These 

Prices. Rain or shine. 

FRIDAY, Saturday 

8a.m.-9p.m. Inside 

Blackberry Market. 

Furniture, pictures, 

clothes, household, 

gift bags, Home Interiors, 

etc. 

FRIDAY, Saturday 8-1. 

1906 Southside Road 

close to Ridgefield & 

Whitney Estates. Ladies 

items, misc. 

FRIDAY, Saturday. Turn 

at Nancy Kitchen on 

Sunsine Circle. School 

clothes, office, computer 

desks and 

chairs, western books, 

toys, glassware. Rain 

or shine. Much more. 

HUGE ESTATE SALE! July 

26, 27 & 28 9-5 215 Hogum 

Hollow Rd. Road 

Mountain, off 19-E. 

follow signs. 

HUGE sale FRIDAY 

AND SATURDAY 

8:00AM-5:00PM inside 

four units at A-OK 

STORAGE, 1151 Old 

Bristol Highway, tools, 

furniture, antiques, exercise 

equipment. 

Much more. Rain or 

shine! 

HUGE Sale! at “Once 

Upon a Time” across 

from city park at 

monument. Baby & 

toddler clothes, excellent 

condition. $1-$2. 

12:00-6:00p.m. Friday. 

MOVING SALE, COR- 

NER OF G AND ROAN 

STREET, SATURDAY 

7:00AM-? Freezer, 

oven and stove 

combo, furniture, 

clothes, lots of items. 

MULTI-FAMILY. Saturday 

7-?. Lots of items: 

New baby items, 

household, furniture, 

lots more. 206 Rittertown 

Road, Hampton. 

POST Moving Sale. 819 

Hemlock Street, Blackbottom. 

Saturday 

only, 8:30-1. NO EARLY 

SALES. Baby, toddler 

girl clothes, 6-7 boy 

clothes (great for 

back to school), adult 

clothing, fuse ball table, 

household items, 

to much to mention! If 

rain no sale. 

RAIN or Shine. 269 

Price Rd., Friday, Saturday 

7a.m.-? Exercise 

equipment, computer 

desk, clothes, scrubs, 

lots of baskets, etc. 

SATURDAY 

9:00AM-2:00PM, 1468 

& 1470 Southside 

Road, antique glassware, 

furniture, fishing 

poles, plus size maternity, 

infant girls, boys 

size 12, womens 10plus 

size, mens large - 

2X, TV, VCR, lots of 

other good stuff. 

USED toy sale to benefit 

missionary trip to 

Venezuela. Saturday 

8a.m.-12:00. Oak 

Street Baptist Church. 

25 PETS 

& SUPPLIES 

7 Boer goats, 6 Nannies, 

1 Billy. $400. for 

all. Call (423)773-6782. 

AKC Pembroke Welsh 

Corgi Puppies, AKC 

SHELTIE (miniature collie) 

puppies. 

423-773-6770, 

276-794-9424, 

276-608-3424. 

29 TOWNHOUSES 

CONDOS FOR 

SALE/RENT 

1BR, balcony style. 

Between Elizabethton, 

JC. Skylight, Credit 

check. NO PETS, FREE 

WI-FI, $295.mth. 

423-929-3431. 

31 APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

**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 

31 APARTMENT 

FOR RENT 

(2) 1BR units, 

$330.-$350 month. References 

and Deposit. 

(423)543-3458 

213-2629. 

(423) 

1BR, furnished, utilities 

furnished, near 

Save-A-Lot. No pets, 

$425. month, $100. deposit. 

423-213-5606. 

1BR, stove, refrigerator, 

water, garbage 

pickup furnished, 

mini-blinds. Call 

(423)542-9200. 

2BR apartments for 

rent in town, no pets, 

$425mth., $300dep., 

references required. 

423-543-2632, 

423-543-4671. 

2BR, Hyder Street, appliances, 

garbage 

pickup furnished. No 

pets. $360. month, 

$350. deposit. 

(423)543-4365. 

Alexander Apts 

Watauga & G Street 

downstairs 2br 1ba 

new appliances, hardwood 

floors Must be 

employed and have 

references 

$425.mo. $200.Dep 

Talladega Apts 429 

West G Street Upstairs 

Efficiency $300mo 

laundry facilities onsite 

1br $350mo $200.Dep 

Utilities paid. Employed 

& Ref's 

542-8493 - 956-0068 

BEFORE 5 PM 

APPLICATIONS for persons 

62+ or mobility 

impaired are being 

taken for Village East 

Apartments. Well 

maintained building, 

convenient to grocery 

store and drug store. 

Pick up an application 

at 200 North East 

Street M-F 

8:00AM-noon, For further 

information call 

(423)542-5478. 

LARGE remodeled 2BR 

apartment, W/D 

hook-up, parking. 

Available now. $390. 

month. Lee 

423-747-3595, Mark 

1-800-511-6711. 

NEW 2BA, 1BA, single 

level with W/D hook 

up and dishwasher, 

hardwood and tile 

throughout, CH&A, 

panoramic view of 

mountains. No pets. 

$550month, plus deposit. 

423-542-3329, 

423-483-4875. 

NEW LISTING. 1BR, section-8 

approved, water, 

appliances, blinds, 

CH&A, no pets, garbage 

pick-up. 

423-213-9642. 

ONE month free rent, 

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

Security deposit 

$375-$400. Airport 

Apartments. (423) 

547-2871. 

STONEY CREEK: Spacious, 

2BR, 1BA, cathedral 

ceilings, 

CH&A, References. 

$400-$450mth., $300 

security. 423-474-3170, 

727-237-2798. 

VARIETY of 1BR and 

2BR apartments available. 

Rent starts at 

$225month. Call property 

manager, 

(423)547-2871. 

32 HOUSES 

FOR RENT 

2BR, Elizabethton, appliances, 

W/D 

hook-up, basement. 

References, No pets, 

smokers. $425.mo. 

Available August 1st. 

(423)543-4131. 

3 or 4BR, 2BA, CH&A, 

located city limits, 

short term lease if 

building home, 

423-213-8172. 

3BR, 1 1/2BA, ranch 

with garage, fenced 

yard, Wilbur Dam 

Area. Call after 

5:00PM 540-659-5598. 

3BR, 11/2BA, CH&A, 

appliances. Biltmore 

Community. $700. 

month, deposit. References. 

No pets, 

smoking. 423- 

543-4178. 

3BR, 1BA, full basement, 

garage. 

$475.mth, deposit. 

Available 8-1. John S. 

Brookshire Real Estate. 

(423)543-6765. 

3BR, 2BA, doublewide, 

water furnished. 

$500.mth., deposit. 

Garage. John S. 

Brookshire Real Estate, 

(423)543-6765. 

3BR, 409 South Second 

St, Hampton, TN. 

$500.mo. plus deposit. 

Available Aug. 4th. 

423-725-2634 

ASSORTMENT of rentals: 

Farm, brick, frame, 

pets, rent to own, furnished 

and unfurnished. 

282-6486. 

AVAILABLE 8-1-07. 

2BR, 2FBAs, situated 

on secluded lot. Located 

between JC 

and Elizabethton. 

Stove, dishwasher, refrigerator 

included. 

W/D hookup. $550. 

month plus $500. damage 

deposit. 

(423)543-7141, (423) 

543-4646. 

33 MOBILE HOME 

FOR RENT 

16X80, 3BR, 2BA, $450. 

month, $450. deposit. 

Background, credit 

check. Shown by appointment. 

(423) 

725-4623. 

2BR, 1BA, CH&A, private 

lot. W/D hook-up, 

Water, garbage 

pick-up included. 

$400.mth, plus deposit. 

(423)474-3331. 

3BR, 2BA, Roan Mountain 

partially furnished, 

utility building, private 

lot, no pets. 

$400month, $200deposit, 

423-772-4278 

CLOSE to Schools, supermarket, 

Bank 2 

and 3BR. Stove, refrigerator 

furnished. 

$275 and up. 

(423)725-4792. 

SMALL 1BR Mobile 

Home on private lot, 

furnished plus utilities, 

also 

423-542-4475, 

423-612-0132. 

cable, 

STONEY CREEK, 2BR, 

1BA, appliances, WD 

hookup, no pets, references 

required. 

$310month, $250deposit. 

423-474-2945. 

36 LAND 

FOR SALE 

12.20 acres, mostly 

wooded with 2000 ft. 

joining national forest 

on Stoney Creek/Holston 

Mountain. 

Stream, 4 springs, 

stocked pond and 

house or cabin site. 

Plentiful wildlife, good 

access, very private. 

$125,000. Some owner 

financing available. 

(423)213-8770. 

2.8 acres, wooded 

with cleared house 

site, County Rd. 

Stoney Creek/Holston 

Mtn., Mountain 

stream, spring. 

$52,000. Existing 

building for workshop 

or cabin. Some owner 

financing available. 

(423) 213-8770. 

Off Bear Hollow Rd. 

131.9 acres, 60% 

wooded, 40% cleared 

pasture. Bordered by 

U. S. Forest Service. 

1.1million. 

423-342-7627 

REDUCED 

LICK SKILLETT RD. 

Spectacular views. 

44+ acres. Great 

building sites. 

MLS#223975A 

Remax Checkmate 

Inc. 423-282-0432 

ask for Barbara 

423-341-8760 

37 LAND W/PHOTO 

FOR SALE 

0 Burley Shoun 

Lane, Mountain City 

18.96 Acres. This secluded! 

Perfect location 

for your 

mountain home or 

vacation getaway. 

$142,000. 

Tom 

Century 21 

Whitehead 

Woodson 

725-4000 

0 Ferry Road 

Whitesburg 

$4,000,000. 

250 acres on Cherokee 

Lake with 2 miles 

of Lake Frontage. 

New development 

going up all around 

this property. 


Julian Real Estate, 

LC 

(423)547-2740 

00 Burley Shoun 

Lane Mountain City 

28.23 acres 

Great mountain 

views. Best land deal 

in the area. 15 minutes 

from Watauga 

Lake. $212,000. 

Tom 

Century 21 


725-4000 


FOR SALE 

000 Burley 

Shoun Lane, 

Mountain City 

31.88 Acres. Secluded 

piece of 

woodland. Great 

mountain views! 

$239,000. 

Tom 

Century21 


725-4000 

2753 Hwy 81 

10 acre tract ideal for 

dream home or mini 

farm. Just minutes 

from city. Mostly 

cleared. $134,900 

C21 Whitehead 

Kathryn Turner 

543-4663 

DRY HOLLOW 

ROAD 

$558,000 

46.5 acres of good 

lying land with flat 

grassy pastures and 

unsurpassed mountain 

views. Property is 

suitable for farming, 

retreats, or subdividing. 

A portion joins 

the U.S. National Forest. 

RAINBOW REALTY 

(423)547-2800 

Hwy. 11E 

$255,000 

587 feet of road frontage 

on U.S.11E. Ideal 

site for zoned B4 

commercial usage 

that would conform 

well to the Piney Flats 

area. 


(423)547-2800 

MESSIMER LANE 

7.41 acres with over 

400ft. of frontage on 

Watauga River. 

Mostly level with 

some sloping. Good 

river access presently 

being used for 

pasture. $330,000. 


(423)547-2800 

NAVE HOLLOW 

LOOP 

6.8 ACRES. PROPERTY 

IS FENCED, LEVEL 

AND JOINS THE NA- 

TIONAL FOREST ON 

BACKSIDE OF PROP- 

ERTY. $125,000. 

C21 WHITEHEAD 

TOM WHITEHEAD 

543-4663 

Off Draft Road, 

Butler 

Overlooking 

Watauga Lake 

7.61 acre parcel, incredible 

lake, mountain 

views with lake 

access $295,000. 

Tom Payne 

Century 21 


423- 725-4000 


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FOR SALE 

BLUESPRINGS 

Nice corner lot with 

water and septic in 

place. Restricted 

against mobile´s. 

$20,000. 


423-547-2800 

TBD Siam Rd 

Hunters paradise or 

secluded home site. 

46.44 private wooded 

acres yet only minutes 

to town. $149,900 

Jonathan 

Century 21 


725-4000 

38 LOTS 

FOR SALE 

ATTENTION Contractors. 

Eight ready building 

lots, Located Emerald 

Hills Subdivision. 

$80,000 for all. Owner 

will finance at 10% 

down. All lots have 

been pre-approved. 

(352)636-5138. 

39 LOTS W/PHOTO 

FOR SALE 

107 Estal Drive 

89 X 104 lot has septic, 

water and electricity 

in place. Suitable 

for singlewide, 

doublewide or house. 

$18,000. MLS# 22517. 


(423)547-2800 

4 lots Elk Ridge 

Estates Butler 

2.84 acres, 2.78 

acres, 2.73 acres, 

2.84 acres. Most 

beautiful views on 

Watauga Lake. 

$199,000. 

Call Tom Century 21 

Whitehead 

Woodson 

725-4000 

HIDDEN VALLEY RD 

Beautifully wooded 

lot, well located in a 

wooded, private 

cul-de-sac in Ridgefield 

Estates. Lot is 

sloped at the road 

but levels off above, 

with almost total, 

wooded privacy 

and valley, mountain 

views. Restricteddevelopment. 

Ridgefield Estates 

is a newer development, 

located 

in the desirable Powder 

Branch area, 

with very nice, well 

maintained 

homes. $24,900 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

TBD Port Lane, 

Butler 

$43,000. each 

Get back to nature 

on these private 

wooded lots. Winter 

Views of Watauga 

Lake ! 



(423)547-2740 

40 LOTS 

FOR RENT 

Large private, Gap 

Creek. Any size mobile 

home. Has hookups 

and large covered 

patio. 

423-727-4253 

LEVEL lot space available, 

convenient location, 

3 minutes from 

downtown. $125. mth. 

423-543-6126. 

42 HOUSES 

FOR SALE 

1019 Arney St. 1350 

sq.ft. plus basement, 

2BR, 1BA, extra lot. 

$69,900. 

(423)647-4602, 

542-9434, 791-3871. 

3BR, 1BA, on 1/2 acre 

lot, Stoney Creek, 

100% financing available 

if qualified, 

$59,500. 423-474-6465. 

Excellent Location, 

corner lot, 2BR, ready 

to move in, large storage 

building. $45,000. 

423-543-3096. 

43 HOUSES 

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$109,000 

1604 Broad 

Street Ext. 

Farm House with very 

large rooms with 

beautiful wood work, 

hardwood floors and 

newer heat pump in 

great location. 



LLC 

(423)547-2740 

$111,000 

2612 Elizabethton 

Hwy. 

Excellent location 

with this 2,052 sq. ft. 

modular home. Large 

living area with large 

fireplace, master 

bedroom/bath and 

much more. 



(423)547-2740 

$159,900 

125 Blake Guinn 

Road 

Immaculately maintained 

home with 

great view, and perfect 

PRIVACY! Brick 

exterior with beautifully 

landscaped 

yard, and fruit trees. 

This is a must see. 



LC 

(423)547-2740 

$169,000 

416 Sinking Creek 

3BR, 2BA. Very nice 

tri-level home that 

offers lots of privacy 

and plenty of nature 

to enjoy from 

your covered deck. 



(423)547-2740 

$179,000 

136 Morton Road 

Beautiful 3BR, 2BA 

home, with 2 car garage, 

large barn on 

1.50 acres. 



(423)547-2740 

$285,000 

2316 Devault Bridge 

Boone Lake 

LAKE FRONT 

PROPERTY 

Beautiful 2 story with 

remarkable views, 

dock, jet ski lift and 

boat slip. 


Julian Real Estates, 

LC 

(423)547-2740


43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

$97,500 

145 Cagle Road 

Bluff City 

Nice 1 level brick 

rancher in great location. 

Situated between 

Piney Flats, 

Bristol and Elizabethton. 



(423)547-2740 

108 Greene 

Meadows Drive 

$259,900 

Striking 2 story farmhouse 

on a 3/4 acre 

lot featuring a beautiful 

kitchen with granite 

counters, huge 

master suite on main 

level with jucuzzi tub 

and separate shower, 

new hardwood flooring 

and 1800 sq.ft. 

separate garage with 

832 sq.ft. of attic storage 

space. 


(423)547-2800 

108 Hidden Valley 

Road 

Johnson City, TN 

$340,000 

One level living just 

outside the Elizabethton 

City Limits. 

5BR, 3 1/2BA, "In-Law" 

Quarters in Full Finished 

Basement, 2 

car attached garage, 

2 Fireplaces, 

Hot Tub, Sunroom & 

So Much More. 

Call Leslie Glover 


423-773-2758 or 

423-952-0226 

108 Honeycutt 

3BR, 1.5BA Is a great 

house for a great 

price! 4 

car detached garage, 

fenced in front 

yard. 

Call Linda 

213-9611 

115 Bud Miller 

Roan Mtn. 

$59,000 

3/2, 1 acre, 

mountain home is a 

fixer upper. 


952-0226 

or 

Elwanda 676-8052 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

116 STONEBROOK 

LOOP 

Beautiful 3BR, 2.5BA 

home, quiet subdivision, 

bonus room, 2 

car attached garage, 

1 car garage in 

walkout basement. 

$349,900.00 

C21 WHITEHEAD 

TOM WHITEHEAD 

543-4663 

117 Sneed Hill 

3BR, 2BA brick on 

1.26 acres with city 

convenience. Garage, 

storage shed, 

fruit trees, and more! 

$139,900. 

C21 Whitehead 

Lisa Potter 

543-4663 

1219 Ridgeway Rd. 

Spacious 4BR 2.5BA 

on lovely wooded lot. 

Traditional floor plan 

with large entry. 

$174,900 

C21 Whitehead 

Deborah Sutherland 

543 4663 

126 Creekbank 

Road 

$133,900 

Immaculate 3BR 

home offers a wonderful 

view of the 

mountains, a large 

level lot, hardwood 

floors, tiled porches 

and patio, and an 

outdoor grill for entertaining. 


(423)547-2800 

130 Blevins Hollow 

Road 

$139,900 

Unique custom built 

cabin with hardwood 

flooring, oak kitchen 

cabinets, and cathedral 

ceilings. Cabin is 

located on +1 acre 

with a private shooting 

range. 


(423)547-2800 

130 Clay Little 

MLS #247663 

3300+ sq ft in this 

lovely brick home. 4 

lg BR's, 4BA's, big 

kitchen, LR, Den, 2 

FP's, Hardwood, tile. 

Apartment downstairs 

Master & garage 

on Main. Great 

location $234,900 

Call Lora 

423-677-6606 

FITTER / WELDER 

Star Building, a leading custom engineered 

metal building manufacturer, in Elizabethton, 

TN. is currently accepting resumes for the position 

of Fitter / Welder. 

Requirements for the position include passing 

the AWS and CWB welding certification tests, 

knowledge of fabrication procedures and the 

ability to read and understand tape measures, 

protractors, structural drawings and prints. 

The qualified candidate will have a minimum of 

2 years of GMAW (mig) welding experience in 

an industrial manufacturing environment and 

possess a high school diploma or equivalent. 

We offer a highly competitive compensation 

package with annual earnings potential of $30K 

to $40K including overtime as you advance, a 

comprehensive benefits package including 401k 

match, potential annual bonus eligibility and a 

chance to be part of a successful, growing 

team. Qualified interested individuals should 

mail, fax or e-mail a resume to: 

Star Building Systems 

Human Resources 

151 Judge Don Lewis Blvd. 


Fax (423) 547-6995 

e-mail: shay.hicks@StarBuildings.Net 

Equal Opportunity Employer M /F/D/V 

43 HOUSES 

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1310 Happy Valley 

3BR, 2BA Home right 

across the street from 

West Side School. 

Spacious Kitchen! 


133 House of 

Prayer Road 

Great rental or investment 

property. 

This 3BR 2BA singlewide 

has been very 

well maintained. 

New metal roof, tilt 

windows, appliances 

& 

heatpump. $34,900. 

Randall Birchfield 

Real Estate 

(423)-543-5959 

1439 HIGHWAY 91 

NEW CONSTRUCTION! 

GREAT FLOOR PLAN 

with 3BRs, 2BAs, 

HARDWOOD FLOOR- 

ING, TONS OF CLOSET 

SPACE, 2 CAR ATT. 

GARAGE, COVERED 

FRONT PORCH & 

BACK DECK. 

A MUST SEE!! 

$164,900 

CALL LESLIE GLOVER 

@ REALTY EXECUTIVES 

423-773-2758 OR 

423-952-0226 

144 Camelot Ct. 

$214,900 

Mtn. Views, Large 

Rooms, Custom 

Cabinets, Master 

Suite, Master Bath, 

Catherdrial Ceilings, 

Sun Room,Execellent 

Condition. 



(423)547-2740 

147 Carden 

Beautiful 4BR, 3BA 

home situated on 

level lot. Just outside 

city limits. Newly remodeled 

floors, 

kitchen, and more! 

$169,900. 

C21 Whitehead 

Jonathan Fulmer 

543-4663 

155 Pleasant Hill 

“REDUCED” 

$215,000 

This 2 or 3BR home 

on almost 3 acres, 

offers spectacular 

360˚ views of the surrounding 

valley and 

mountains, a beautiful 

yard, large horse 

barn, lots of decking 

for entertaining, and 

a pool. 


(423)547-2800 

FRED GOODWIN 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

156 Lakeview Terrace 

Privacy & Beauty! 

3BR 2.5BA Cape Cod 

with 5 acres backed 

up to Cherokee National 

Forest. $324,900 

C21 Whitehead 

Sherree Holt 

543-466 

1658 Central Ave. 

3BR 1BA home. Newly 

remodeled. Heat 

pump 1 year old. 

Large back deck. 

$104,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Sherree Holt 

543-4663 

172 Dewey Dugger 

Rd. 

$164,000 

A WORKING MANS 

DREAM 

3BR, 2BA home with 

three bay garage 

with office all on 1.38 

acre. 


Julian Real Estates, 

LC 

(423)547-2740 

1727 Hwy 91, 


$125,000 

1900 era farm house, 

country living close 

to the city. This 2 

story with large covered 

porch and 

beautiful updated 

kitchen. 



LC 

(423)547-2740 

175 Horseshoe Lane 

Enjoy the peace and 

quiet on the porch of 

this remodeled home 

on nearly 2 acres of 

land. 

$94,900 

Penny 

Century 21 


725-4000 

1754 Sylvan Hill 

3BR, 3BA Tri-level 

home offers spacious 

kitchen with wall to 

wall cabinets. 

Hurry won’t last! 

$210,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Teresa Musick 

543-4663 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

180 Rainbow Circle 

Lovely 2,632 sq. ft. 3 or 

4BR 2.5BA raised 

ranch offers oversized 

kitchen, dining room, 

finished basement, 

and much more! 

$279,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Sherree Holt 

543-4663 

2058 Valentine 

Approx. 2500 sq. ft. 

Set up for Daycare 

Center. 4BAs, 

kitchen, storage, 

Outside play area, 

and parking lot. 

$215,000. 


206 MARION 

BRANCH 

189,900 

3 BEDR, 2 FULL BATHS, 

FORMAL AREAS, 

LARGE FAMILY 

ROOM, 

OUTDOOR FIRE- 

PLACE, GREAT 

STORAGE 

MAIN LEVEL MASTER 

GREAT HOME! 

BLUE RIDGE 

PROPERTIES 

282-5182 

SHERYL GARLAND 

895-1690 

206 River Rd. 


2BR, 1BA house with 

nice lot with 60’ of 

Doe River frontage. 

Brain Davis 

C21 Whitehead 

Woodson 

725-4000 


952-0226 

or 


220 E. 5th, Watauga 

$176,000 

Rustic home with 3BR, 

2BA, family room 

with fireplace, HP. 

Looking for a private 

retreat, 7.5 acres, 

large workshop garage, 

circle driveway, 

RV, boat parking, 

beautiful view, 

rocking chair front 

and back porch. 

Beautiful home, oak 

cabinets, open floor 

plan. 

A MUST TO SEE! 

2207 Marion Drive 

$164,900 

3BR, 2BA, brick 

rancher, 2 car attached 

garage on 

large level corner lot, 

fenced back yard. 



(423)547-2740 

952-0226 - Office • 543-4063 - Home 

676-4063 - Mobile CAROL GOODWIN 

— FEATURED PROPERTY — 

288 Morey Hyder Rd. $379,900 

Spacious, all brick home on 13.23 acres in the Powder Branch 

area. Property is partially wooded, private and offers 6 stall horse 

barn. Home has great hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms, large eat-in 

kitchen with screened in porch off kitchen. Home offers formal living 

and dining rooms and very large family room with brick fireplace 

that covers one complete wall. All appliances stay. Call for details 

Carol Goodwin 676-4063 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

221 Highland. 

Cozy 3BR 1.5BA. Large 

partially finished 

basement. 1 car carport, 

large kitchen, 

and more! Perfect 

starter home! $78,900 

C21 Whitehead 


543 4663 


952-0226 

or 


2223 Princeton Lane 

Johnson City 

$121,000 

3/1 large fenced lot, 

garage / workshop 

Elwanda R.Shelton 

230 Street Drive 

Johnson City 

Beautifully Built Home! 

3BR 2BA home with 

beautiful hardwood 

floors on a big lot. Just 

minutes to ETSU, VA, 

and Med Center. 

MUST SEE! 

CALL Linda 

213-9611 

2300 CAMELOT 

JC 

Beautiful brick home 

has features that 

many others lack. 

Massive fireplace, 

slate flooring, Indoor 

& outdoor pool, Custom 

kitchen, billiard 

room with wood bar. 

Double corner lot, 

beautifully wooded. 

In ground pool with 

waterfall & cabana 

with outdoor kitchen. 

The backyard area is 

beautifully lighted, 

landscaped and enclosed 

by brick fencing. 

Luxurious home 

perfect for those who 

enjoy entertaining. 

$449,500 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

238 Dogwood 

Acres Road 

$175,000 

One level living at its 

finest in this 

well-maintained 

rancher. Large 

rooms, stainless appliances, 

brick and 

vinyl exterior, upgraded 

doors, windows, 

and electrical. 


(423)547-2800 

238 Ranger Drive 

$ 133,900 

One level, 3BR, 2BA 

brick home, convenient 

location, level 

lawn, low maintenance, 

clean and 

neat. Also features 

CH&A, fireplace, 2 

car garage & landscaping. 


(423)547-2800 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

241 Estep Hollow 

$130,000 

SPACIOUS HOME 

FEATURING 3 OR 4 

BEDROOMS, OPEN 

LIVING, DINING 

ROOMS, DEN WITH 

FIREPLACE, HUGE 

MASTER, FRONT 

PORCH, BACK DECK, 

AND A NICE MOUN- 

TAIN STREAM. 


(423)547-2800 

246 OLLIE 

COLLINS RD. 

SIAM 

New construction. 

3BRs, 2BAs, hardwood, 

ceramic tile, 

oak cabinets, 

walk-in closets, large 

deck, garage. 

$135,000. 

(423)512-1135 

2495 Hwy 91. 

Farmhouse on approx. 

20 acres of pasture 

land. Property is 

bordered by "Stony 

Creek". $285,000 

C21 Whitehead 


543 4663 

250 Keenburg 

Road Elizabethton 

$88,500 

2 BR with over 2000 

square feet. Home is 

situated on a 1 acre 

with a brick house 

that goes with this 

property. 



(423)547-2740 


Highway 

$119,900 

MLS # 250443 

Beautiful home between 

Johnson City 

and Elizabethton. Super 

nice place, private, 

gardeners 

paradise, studio, 

ponds, garden area. 

Enjoy outdoors, you’ll 

love this home. 

Call Elwanda For A 

Showing! 

676-8052 or 952-0226 

2652 Hwy 91 

$210,000 

Rare find with over 

2000 sq. ft. of living 

space, 4.31 acres of 

level land, 3BR & 2BA 

& a fenced yard. 


(423)547-2800 

310 E Cottage. 

PRICED TO SELL! 

Cute 3BR, 1BA brick 

ranch located in 

town! Cozy floor plan, 

CH&A, outbuilding. 

$85,000 

C21 Whitehead 

Trish Graybeal 

543-4663 

NOTICE TO FURNISHERS OF 

LABOR AND MATERIALS TO: 

Summers-Taylor, Inc. 

PROJECT NO.: 98016-4118-04 

CONTRACT NO.: CNE301 

COUNTY: Carter 

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about 

to make final settlement with the contractor for construction 

of the above numbered project. All persons 

wishing to file claims pursuant to Section 54-5-122, 

T.C.A. must file same with the Director of Construction, 

Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 

James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243- 

0326, on or before 8/31/07. 

43 HOUSES 

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952-0226 

or 


325 E. 4TH AVE. 

Watauga, 

$194,500 

3BR, 3BA, hardwood 

floors, 1.19 Ac., barn, 

pool. Nice home all 

on one level, 2 master 

bedrooms with 

bath. 

3543 Hwy. 421 

Lovely 4BR, 2.5BA on 

approximately 1.1 

acres. Country setting 

just minutes to 

Holston Lake. Lots to 

offer! $141,500. 

C21 Whitehead 


(423)543-4663 

381 Rockhouse Road 

3BR between Johnson 

City and Elizabethton. 

FP in living room, covered 

screened porch, 

full basement, nice 

landscaping priced 

low at $88,500. 

Call Linda 

543-4663 

403 HOLLY LANE 

Location and character! 

1941 Cottage 

is located 

across the street 

from T.A. 

Dugger. Pretty corner 

lot, one level 

design features living 

room w/fireplace, 

huge kitchen/dining 

room combination, 3 

good size bedrooms, 

one featuring built-in 

bunk beds, tile bath, 

and basement. Updates 

include replacement 

windows 

and CH&A. Attached 

carport 

w/storage. The location 

alone will sell 

this house 

quickly. $89,500 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

436 WILLOW SPRINGS 

Absolutely like new 

one level home in a 

country setting. Updates 

include new 

windows and doors, 

new siding, new 

heat pump, new 

carpet, new septic 

system, new kitchen 

cabinets and appliances. 

Situated on a 

level lot with a creek 

in the back. Rarely 

does a one level 

home with such extensive 

updates and 

superior condition 

become available 

for a price in the 90s. 

3BD, 2BA $93,000 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

452 East Doe 

Avenue 

$139,000 

Completely remodeled 

large 3BR, 2BA 

home in a convenient 

location. Lots of 

potential as a residence 

and/or business 

with walking 

distance to downtown. 


(423)547-2800 

43 HOUSES 

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4541 Dry Hill 

Unfinished Timber 

Frame home with out 

buildings on 19.4 

acres is a fixer uppers 

dream. $350,000 

Tom 

Century 21 


725-4000 

464 Mountain View 

"Country location" 

3BR 2BA Cape Cod 

sitting pretty on nice 

size level lot! Popular 

traditional floor plan. 

$132,900 

C21 Whitehead 


543-4663 

470 Blue Springs 

Road 

$85,000 

Country living, complete 

with shade 

trees and grapevines. 

This home offers 

CH&A, large 

porch, double car 

garage, and outbuilding. 

Close to 

Watauga River and 

Lake. 


(423)547-2800 

526 Division 

Charming 2BR home 

in neighborhood minutes 

from town. LR 

with FP, hardwood 

floors, landscaped lot, 

beautiful back yard. 

$99,900 

C21 Whitehead 

Lisa Potter 

543-4663 

615 South Lynn Ave 

Nice 3BR 1BA home in 

city limits. Large attached 

carport. Unfinished 

basement. 

$89,900 

Call Jason@ 

Randall Birchfield 

Real Estate & Auction 

423-543-5959 

6562 Hwy 19E 

Bring offer! 

Home in excellent location. 

Repair or build 

dream-home from 

scratch. Approximately 

1.6 acre. 

$42,500 

C21 Whitehead 

Kathryn Turner 

543-4663 

726 West H St. 

3BR, 1BA, Hardwood 

floors. covered back 

porch, corner lot. 

A.H.S. Warranty. 10 

minutes 

$99,900. 

to J.C. 

Call Pat Rogers 

423-677-6880 

Century 21 

Home Team 

423-788-0111 

786 Myrtle Drive 

Butler 

2BR 2BA 2004 custom 

contemporary home 

overlooking Watauga 

Lake with incredible 

views. $249,000 

Tom 

Century 21 


725-4000

Star 

word rates: 

15 WORDS OR LESS 

1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00 

6 DAYS - $10.00 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

907 RITTERTOWN 

This home has been 

impeccably maintained 

over the 

years and is in excellent 

condition. 

Home has a large living 

room, pretty formal 

dining room, 

sunny kitchen w/appliances 

and a sun 

deck, 2BD/1BA. Full 

basement is carpeted 

and has been 

used as family room 

with summer 

kitchen. Two oil 

monitor heaters furnish 

heating to 

house and basement. 

The lot is level 

w/fencing and a 

storage building. A 

nice property. 

$79,500 

RUSS SWANAY 

REALTY 

543-5741 

BROOME 

REAL ESTATE 

423-542-4386 

209 ROOSEVELT 

AVENUE 

Biltmore Area 

Sit on your decks 

and enjoy the privacy 

and the mountain 

scenery of this 

large 2BR, 2BA house 

with over 1400sq. ft. 

of living area. Open 

floor plan, living, den 

combination, 

kitchen, dining area. 

Hardwood floors, 

new carpet, & ceramic 

tile. 10 x 12 

glass sun room off 

the master bedroom, 

fireplace in 

the kitchen with gas 

logs, pine cabinets in 

kitchen, CHA, wood 

siding, insulated windows. 

3 car carport 

with tool shed attached. 

Idea for a 

VA or FHA Loan, Excellent 

Condition. 

$104,900 

CHAMBERS 

HOLLOW ROAD 

SIAM 

Great fixer or investment 

3BR, 1.5BA with 

den, 1470 sq.ft. Selling 

as is by owner. 

$59,900 

423-543-1816 

423-542-5436 

Cove Creek Road 

$230,000 

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 

CUSTOM BUILT HOME! 

HOME FEATURES 

3 BEDR, 3.5 BATHS, 

FORMAL AREAS, 

BRIGHT OPEN 

KITCHEN WITH BAY 

WINDOW LOOKING 

OUR OVER 

THE PRIVATE 

BACKYARD. 

SCREENED IN PORCH. 

7 CAR GARAGE. 

TRULY 

A WONDERFUL 

HOME! 

BLUE RIDGE 

PROPERTIES 

282-5182 


895-1690 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

DAWN DRIVE 

Beautiful condos just 

outside city limits. 

2BR, 2BA, Firewall between 

units, custom 

cabinets, ceramic, 

Hardwood & Carpet, 

whirlpool appliances, 

Trane HP, Heartland 

Siding, and Cedar 

Shake. 

$109,900.00 Each 

C21 WHITEHEAD 

SHERREE HOLT 

543-4663 

FOR SALE BY 

OWNER 

237 OLLIE COLLINS 

ROAD 

Completely remodeled, 

inside and out. 

2BR, 1BA, new appliances 

included. 

$74,900. 

(423)547-3728 

(423)773-1585 

For Sale By Owner 

1276 Dry Creek Rd. 

Brick rancher, 

3BR, 2BA, 2200 SF, 

1-Acre, 

Between 

Elizabethton, 

Johnson City 

$179,900. 

For appointment 

1-423-218-0642 

C-Photos: 

FSboad.com/son 

KEENBURG RD. 

Newly renovated 

3BR, 2BA, hardwood 

& tile, all new 

kitchen cabinets 

and appliances. Wiring 

and heatpump, 

corner lot. $110,000. 

(828)768-3280. 

PIERCETOWN ROAD 

WATAUGA LIKE 

LIVING! TUCKED 

AWAY IN A 

PEACEFUL COVE. 

CLOSE TO COVE 

RIDGE MARINA. 

BEAUTIFUL 

MOUNTAIN VIEWS. 

BLUE RIDGE 

PROPERTIES 

282-5182 


895-1690 

REDUCED! 

159,900 

GREAT 2 STORY FARM 

HOUSE. JUST WHAT 

YOU HAVE BEEN 

WAITING FOR. BEAU- 

TIFUL HARDWOOD 

FLOORS, COZY FIRE- 

PLACE, MASTER ON 

THE MAIN, MASTER 

BATH, 2 BEDR, 1 BATH 

UPSTAIRS. 2 CAR GA- 

RAGE. 

BLUE RIDGE 

PROPERTIES 

2825180 


895-1690 

WEST END 

1614 HILLVIEW STREET 

$179,000 

One level brick 

home. Features 4BRs, 

2BAs, over 2,000 sq. 

ft. on a double lot. 

Home has been 

completely remodeled. 

REALTY EXECUTIVES 

952-0226 

Jay Crockett 

341-6884 

Jil Piercy 

741-1182 

Classifieds 

542-1530 928-4151 

43 HOUSES 

W/PHOTO 

Quail Run 


295,900. 

Beautiful traditional 

home arch windows, 

hardwood, ceramic 

tile, gas fireplace 

and more. 


Julian Real Estate 

423-547-2740 

\ 

$99,900. 

968 Highway 91 

Cozy 3BR Ranch with 

oversized bath, 2 car 

garage with a separation 

between stalls. 

All on large lot. 



(423)547-2740 

44 MOBILE HOMES 

FOR SALE 

16x70 1998, 2BR, 2BA. 

EC 1100 sqft. 1.4ac, 

Lena Harvey Rd. 

Stoney 

423-474-3058, 

423-957-9372 

Creek. 

1998 80X14, 3BR, 2BA, 

$16,000. 423-474-2489, 

423-474-2454. 

FORECLOSURES’ No 

Application Refused 

Single And Doublewide, 

2 Left, OAK- 

WOOD HOMES, 3303 

N. ROAN STREET, 

JOHNSON CITY, TN 

423-282-2700. 

GOVERNMENT LOANS 

5% Down Limited 

Credit O.K. OAK- 

WOOD HOMES, 3303 

N. Roan Street, Johnson 

City, TN 

423-282-2700. 

“NEED FINANCING” 

We Make It Happen! 

$0 Down With Deed! 

First Time Buyers. Call 

To Get Pre-Approved 

OAKWOOD HOMES, 

3303 N. Roan Street, 


423-282-2700. 

45 MOBILE HOMES 

W/PHOTO 

166 FITZSIMMONS 

HILL ROAD 

1997 - 14X60 HOME 

2BR, 1BA, new tile, 

carpet, Formica 

flooring, covered 

porches, carport, 

storage sheds, beautiful 

trees and landscaping, 

$45,500. 

423-213-0931 

932 & 934 Fairview 

Road 

$190,000. 

13.81 acres with 

beautiful building 

sites. property includes 

a nice doublewide, 

an old farm 

house, 2 wells, and 3 

outbuildings. 


(423)547-2800 

SIZZLING SUMMER 

SALE! 

Going on now thru 

July 31st! 

Greatly Reduced 

Prices! 

New NORRIS 3BR, 

2BA, 28'X50'. Loaded 

with Extras! 

Now only $62,900! 

www.smithhomes.info 

Stock # 70 


Hwy. 


(423) 542-2131 

47 WANTED 

TO BUY 

BUYING gold & silver 

coins. (423)743-6045. 

48 FARM 

& PRODUCE 

WANT to rent pasture 

for horses in Elizabethton 

area or Piney 

Flats. (423)895-1446 or 

895-3228. 

58 MOTORCYCLES 

W/PHOTO 

2001 1500 Kawasaki 

6,700 miles, fully 

dressed, $5,000. 

Garage Kept. Service 

& New Tires, 2 

helmets, 

(423)543-1661, 

213-0240 

59 AUTOS 

FOR SALE 

1994 Jeep Wrangler, 

2.5, 5-speed, Sand 

bar, new top. $4,500. 

(423)534-0440. 

1992 Toyota Paseo, 

183K. Great gas mileage. 

$1,400. O.B.O. 

(423)213-0596, leave 

message. 

1989 Toyota Camry, 

automatic. Good 

condition. $1,250 

O.B.O. 1995 Honda 

Civic. $1,700 O.B.O. 

(423)773-3135. 

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LE, gold, 4 cyl, auto, 

cd, power windows, 

power doors, power 

mirrors, cruise control, 

66k excellent 

condition, flood rebuilt 

title. $10,850 

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RV’S 

2002 FLEETWOOD 30’ 

slide-out, large deck, 

water front, lease lot 

on Watauga Lake. 

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FOR SALE 

1983 FORD F-150 

302, 4-speed, 4x4, 

AM-FM-CD, Chrome 

roll bar and running 

boards. $2,700. 

(423)542-6641 


LEGAL NOTICE 

IN THE CIRCUIT 

COURT AT 

ELIZABETHTON, 

CARTER COUNTY, 

TENNESSEE 

Joey A. Nickles 

vs. 

Jennifer Slagle Nickles 

Civil Action 

No. C10775 

In this cause it appearing, 

from the 

Plaintiff’s Bill that the 

address of the Defendant 

Jennifer Slagle 

Nickles is unknown; it is 

Ordered by me that 

publication be made 

for four successive 

weeks, as required by 

law, in the Elizabethton 

Star, a newspaper 

published in 

Elizabethton, Tennessee, 

in said County, 

notifying said Defendant 

to appear before 

our said Circuit 

Court, at the Courthouse 

Annex in Elizabethton, 

Tennessee 

within (30) days after 

this notice has been 

published for four successive 

weeks in said 

newspaper, and 

make defense to said 

complaint, or the allegations 

thereof will be 

taken for confessed 

and this cause set for 

hearing ex parte as to 

Defendant. 

This July 17 , 2007. 

JOHN PAUL MATHES 

Circuit Court Clerk 

7/27 , 8/3, 8/10, 8/17 

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S 

SALE 

WHEREAS, default has 

occurred in the performance 

of the 

covenants, terms, and 

conditions of a Deed 

of Trust Note dated 

March 25, 2005, and 

the Deed of Trust of 

even date securing 

the same, recorded 

April 5, 2005, at Book T 

733, Page 19 in Office 

of the Register of 

Deeds for Carter 

County, Tennessee, 

executed by Karen W. 

Hughes a/k/a Karen 

Wright Hughes and 

Charles H. Hughes, 

conveying certain 

property therein described 

to Lenders Title 

& Escrow, LLC as Trustee 

for Mortgage Electronic 

Registration Systems, 

Inc., as a separate 

corporation that 


is acting solely as a 

nominee for Accredited 

Home Lenders, 

Inc. and Accredited 

Home Lenders, Inc.'s 

successors and assigns; 

and the undersigned, 

Aaron L. Squyres 

of Wilson & Associates, 

P.L.L.C., having 

been appointed Successor 

Trustee. 

NOW, THEREFORE, notice 

is hereby given 

that the entire indebtedness 

has been declared 

due and payable; 

and that an 

agent of Aaron L. 

Squyres of Wilson & Associates, 

P.L.L.C., as 

Successor Trustee, by 

virtue of the power, 

duty, and authority 

vested in and imposed 

upon said Successor 

Trustee will, on 

August 17, 2007 on or 

about 2:15 P.M., at the 

Carter County Courthouse, 

Elizabethton, 

Tennessee, offer for 

sale certain property 

hereinafter described 

to the highest bidder 

FOR CASH, free from 

the statutory right of 

redemption, homestead, 

dower, and all 

other exemptions 

which are expressly 

waived in the Deed of 

Trust, said property being 

real estate situated 

in Carter County, 

Tennessee, and being 

more particularly described 

as follows: 

SITUATE IN THE 13TH 

CIVIL DISTRICT OF 

CARTER COUNTY, TEN- 

NESSEE, AND BEING 

MORE PARTICULARLY 

DESCRIBED AS FOL- 

LOWS: 

BEGINNING ON AN 

IRON PIPE FOUND AT A 

FENCE CORNER ON 

THE NORTHEAST SIDE 

OF HART ROAD, COR- 

NER TO JACK HUGHES 

AND BEING THE EX- 

TREME WEST CORNER 

OF THE PROPERTY 

HEREIN DESCRIBED. 

THENCE LEAVING HART 

ROAD, WITH A WIFE 

FENCE AND THE LINE 

OF JACK HUGHES, 

NORTH 57 DEG. 00 

MIN. EAST -106.35 FEET 

TO AN IRON PIN SET. 

THENCE LEAVING THE 

LINE OF JACK HUGHES 

AND A DIVISION OF 

THE HOWARD HUGHES 

PROPERTY FOR TWO 

CALLS: SOUTH 36 DEG. 

30 MIN. EAST - 149.39 

FEET TO AN IRON PIN 

SET. THENCE SOUTH 47 

DEG. 12 MIN. WEST - 

81.20 FEET TO AN IRON 

PIN SET ON THE 

NORTHEAST SIDE OF 

HART ROAD. THENCE 

ALONG THE NORTH- 

EAST SIDE OF HART 

ROAD FOR TWO CALLS: 

NORTH 48 DEG. 20 

MIN. WEST - 104.95 

FEET TO A POINT. 

THENCE NORTH 40 

DEG. 08 MIN. WEST - 

62.20 FEET TO THE 

POINT OF BEGINNING 

CONTAINING 15,160 

SQUARE FEET MORE OR 

LESS. THE ABOVE DE- 

SCRIPTION AS PER SUR- 

VEY OF PIERCE LAND 

SURVEYING DATED 

OCTOBER 10, 1991. 

PER TCS 66-24-121, THE 

FOREGOING DESCRIP- 

TION IS BASED ON PRE- 

VIOUS DEEDS OF RE- 

CORD. 

BEING THE SAME 

PROPERTY CONVEYED 

TO KAREN WRIGHT 

HUGHES BY DEED 

FROM HOWARD 

HUGHES AND WIFE, 

BETTY HUGHES, DATED 

OCTOBER 15, 1991 

AND FILED FOR RE- 

CORD IN BOOK 389, 

PAGE 649, REGISTER'S 

OFFICE FOR CARTER 

COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 

Parcel number: 

033 090.02 

ALSO KNOWN AS: 181 

Hart Road, Elizabethton, 

Tennessee 

37643 

This sale is subject to 

all matters shown on 

any applicable recorded 

plat; any unpaid 

taxes; any restrictive 

covenants, easements, 

or setback lines 

that may be applicable; 

any statutory 

rights of redemption of 

any governmental 

agency, state or federal; 

any prior liens or 

encumbrances as well 

as any priority created 

by a fixture filing; and 

to any matter that an 

accurate survey of the 

premises might disclose. 

In addition, the 

following parties may 

claim an interest in the 

above-referenced 

property: Karen W. 

Hughes a/k/a Karen 

Wright Hughes; Charles 

H. Hughes 

The sale held pursuant 

to this Notice may be 

rescinded at the Successor 

Trustee's option 

at any time. The right 

is reserved to adjourn 

the day of the sale to 

another day, time, 

and place certain 

without further publication, 

upon an- 


nouncement at the 

time and place for the 

sale set forth above. 

W&A No. 913 -121353 

DATED July 23, 2007. 

WILSON & ASSOCI- 

ATES, P.L.L.C., 

Successor Trustee 

By: Aaron L. Squyres 

DSaleNoticeTN-aron-jbckius- 

070720-1321 

FOR SALE INFORMATION, 

VISIT WWW.MYFIR.Com 

and 

WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM 

W&A No. 913-121353 

7/27, 8/3, 8/10 

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S 

NOTICE OF SALE 

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE 

OF AUTHORITY vested 

in the undersigned 

Substitute Trustee, and 

in execution of that 

certain Deed of Trust 

made by REBECCA 

MAYSE and husband, 

JOSE MIRELES, dated 

the 14th day of July, 

2006, and recorded in 

Trust Book 776, Page 

489, at the Register’s 

Office of Carter 


default having been 

made in the payment 

of indebtedness 

thereby secured, the 

undersigned Substitute 

Trustee, by virtue of 

authority granted to 

him in Appointment of 

Substitute Trustee of 

record in Misc. Book 

125, Page 847, in said 

Registry, and at the request 

of the holder of 

said Note, Carter Finance 

& Thrift Corp., 

of Elizabethton, will offer 

for sale at public 

auction at the front 

door of the Courthouse 

in Carter 


on the 17th day of 

August, 2007 at 11:00 

a.m. (ET) the following 

described parcel of 

land and improvements: 

SITUATE in the Fourteenth 

(14th) Civil District 

of Carter County, 

Tennessee, and being 

more particularly described 

as follows 

“BEGINNING on an 

iron pin, at the intersection 

of the Easterly 

sideline of Charity Hill 

Road with the Northwesterly 

sideline of 

New Charity Hill Road; 

thence with the sideline 

of Charity Hill 

Road N 28 deg. 09 

min. W 112.60 feet to 

an iron pin; thence 

continuing with said 

sideline of said road N 

14 deg. 25 min. W 

93.20 feet to an iron 

pin; thence continuing 

with said sideline of 

said road N 26 deg. 46 


a 24 inch Hemlock, 

corner with Bowman; 

thence with the line of 

Bowman N 74 deg. 09 

min. E 83.62 feet to an 

iron pin; thence con- 


tinuing with the line of 


min. E 50.62 feet to an 

iron pin; thence continuing 

with the line of 


min. E 200.28 feet to 

an iron pin in the line 

of Bowman and corner 

with Edwards; 

thence with the line of 

Edwards S 04 deg. 04 

min. E 422.87 feet to 

an iron pin; thence 

continuing with the 

line of Edwards S 25 

deg. 42 min. E 104.02 

feet to an iron pin in 

the Northwesterly sideline 

of Now Charity Hill 

Road; thence with 

said sideline of said 

road S 58 deg. 07 min. 

W68.09 feet to an iron 

pin; thence continuing 

with said sideline of 

said road S 51 deg. 42 


the point of BEGIN- 

NING, containing 2.74 

acres as shown on survey 

by Dennis Bryan 

Pierce, Surveyor, 

dated May 11, 1988.’’ 

BEING the same property 

conveyed to Rebecca 

Mayse by Quitclaim 

Deed dated 

March 12, 2002, from 

Johnny Davis and 

Ethel Davis, of record 

in Deed Book 468, 

Page 339, Register’s 

Office for Carter 

County, Tennessee. 

ADDRESS OF PROP- 

ERTY: 

297 Russell Hill Road, 

Elizabethton, Tennessee 

37643. 

TERMS OF SALE: CASH. 

A bidder’s deposit of 

ten percent (10%) will 

be required. The entire 

amount of the successful 

bid must be 

paid in full, in cash 

within thirty (30) days 

after sale. Purchaser 

shall pay all recording 

fees, examination of title 

settlement fees, 

and all costs of conveyance, 

including 

preparation of a Substitute 

Trustee’s Deed. 

The Substitute Trustee 

shall apply the proceeds 

of the sale in 

accordance with the 

provisions set forth in 

the referenced Deed 

of Trust. 

The sale is subject to 

conditions, restrictions, 

rights-of-way easements 

and reservations 

contained in the 

Deeds and other 

documents forming 

the chain of title to this 

property. 

Any improvements on 

subject property will 

be sold in “as is” condition 

without warranty 

of any kind. 

Sale is made in bar of 

all homestead, dower, 

and curtsy, and in bar 

of the right of equity 

of redemption and 

the statutory right of 

redemption, all of 

which are expressly 

waived in the Deed of 

Trust. 

CHANCERY COURT 


LINE AD DEADLINES 

MONDAY------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M. 

TUESDAY-------------MONDAY 2:00 P.M. 

WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M. 

THURSDAY------WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M. 

FRIDAY------------THURSDAY 2:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M. 


It will be the responsibility 

of the successful 

bidder to obtain possession 

of the property 

at his expense. 

The successful bidder 

shall be responsible for 

any damage, vandalism, 

theft, destruction, 

etc., of the property 

occurring subsequent 

to the date of sale. 

This sale is subject to 

prior liens, judgments 

or unpaid taxes, if any. 

This sale is further subject 

to valid filed or 

unfiled (if any) 

mechanic’s and materialmen’s 

liens. There 

are no representations 

made by the Trustee 

as to the validity or enforceability 

of any 

memorandum of 

mechanic’s or materialmen’s 

liens or of any 

suit to enforce same. 

The Substitute Trustee 

reserves the right: 

1. To waive the deposit 

requirement; 

2. To extend the period 

of time within 

which the Purchaser is 

to make full settlement; 

3. To withdraw the 

property from sale at 

any time prior to the 

termination of the bidding; 

4. To keep the bidding 

open for any 

length of time; 

5. To reject all bids; 

6. To postpone or set 

over the date of sale 

as hereinafter set 

forth; and, 

7. Should the highest 

bidder fail to comply 

with the terms of the 

bid at public sale, 

then the Substitute 

Trustee shall have the 

option of accepting 

the second (2nd) 

highest bid, or the 

next highest bid with 

which the buyer is 

able to comply. 

In the event the Substitute 

Trustee deems it 

best for any reason at 

the time of sale to 

postpone or continue 

this sale from time to 

time, such notice or 

postponement or setting 

over will be in a 

manner deemed reasonable 

by the Substitute 

Trustee. 

Every lien or claimed 

lien of the United 

States with respect to 

which the provisions of 

26 U.S.C. Section 

7425(b) require notice 

to be given to the 

United States in order 

for the sale of land 

thus advertised not to 

be subject to such lien 

or claim of the United 

States and every lien 

or claim of the State 

of Tennessee with respect 

to which the 

provisions of Tennessee 

Code Annotated 

Section 

67-1-1433(b)(1) require 

notice to be given to 

the State of Tennessee 

in order for the sale of 

the land as advertised 


not to be subject to 

such lien or claim of 

lien of the State of 

Tennessee has been 

given to the United 

States or the State of 

Tennessee, respectively. 

In the event there is a 

lien or a claim of lien 

by the United States or 

the State of Tennessee, 

the land herein 

advertised will be subject 

to the right of the 

United States or the 

State of Tennessee to 

redeem the land as 

provided for in 26 

U.S.C. Section 7425(b) 

or Tennessee Code 

Annotated, Section 

67-1-1433(c)(1), respectively. 

Listing of known Interested 

Parties: Autumn 

Place, Inc.; Tetrick Funeral 

Home. 

GREGORY H. BOWERS, 

Substitute Trustee 

7/20, 7/27, 8/3 

IN THE CHANCERY 

COURT, PROBATE 

DIVISION OF CARTER 

COUNTY, AT 

ELIZABETHTON, 

TENNESSEE 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 

per 

§TCA 30-2-306 

PROBATE NO. P070103 

ESTATE OF 

ALICE ELAINE AHLUM 

DECEASED 

Notice is hereby given 

that on the 24th day 

of July, 2007, Letters 

of Testamentary, in respect 

to the Estate of 

Alice Elaine Ahlum 

deceased, were issued 

to the undersigned 

by the Chancery 

Court Clerk and 

Master, Probate Division, 

of Carter County, 

Tennessee. 

All persons, resident 

and non-resident, 

having claims, matured 

or un-matured, 

against the Estate of 


are required to file the 

same with the Clerk 

and Master of the 

above Court within 

four (4) months from 

the date of the first 

publication of this Notice; 

otherwise, their 

claims will be forever 

barred. 

All persons indebted 

to the above Estate 

must come forward 

and make proper settlement 

with the undersigned 

at once. 

This the 24th day of 

July, 2007. 

Jeanann E. Karnicky 

Executrix 

Deceased: 


Allen, Nelson and Bowers 

BY: Gregory H. Bowers 

and John L. Bowers, III 

Attorneys 

Melissa Moreland 

Clerk and Master 

7/27 8/3 

AUCTION 

4 Acres • Brick Home • Vehicles • Personal Property 

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7 room brick home (1858 sq. ft.), hardwood floors, carpet, replacement windows, central H&A, 

old barn, 2 storage bldgs., on approx. 4 acres, borders stream. 

HOUSE AND ACREAGE TO BE SOLD AS ONE TRACT 

DIRECTIONS: Hwy. 19E (Tiger Valley), turn onto Hwy. 173 West, (Simerly Creek Road), go 

approx. 2 1/2 miles, turn right onto Piney Grove Rd., at Simerly Creek True Holiness Church, 

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PERSONAL PROPERTY: Oak pedestal table with chairs, oak 

hutch, Mahogany china cabinet and buffet, 4 pc. classic art 

deco bedroom suite, 3 pc. art deco bedroom suite, sofas, 

chairs, side tables, roll-top desk, cedar chests, curio cabinets, 

crocks, churn and butter molds, True Tone cabinet radio, glassware, 

Roseville cookie jar, crocheted bedspread, boxed lots. 

TERMS: Real Estate: 10% Down Day Of Sale; 

Balance within 30 days from confirmation by the court. 

Personal Property: Cash or Good Check Day of Sale. 

ESTATE OF ROBERT BARNETTE 

John Banks, Attorney 

Greg Bowers, Special Master 

Melissa Moreland, Clerk & Master 

Lead Based Paint Assessment or Inspection May Be Made Before Auction. Waiver Will Be Required After Auction. 

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