Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Mountain Press■ Sevier County’s Daily Newspaper ■ Vol. 26, No. 177 ■ June 26, 2010 ■ www.themountainpress.com ■ 50 Cents

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Marking the first anniversaryThe world remembers the King of Pop on anniversary of his death

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Weather

TodayMostly sunny

High: 95°

TonightPartly cloudy

Low: 70°

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5Earning their stripesHammonds optimistic about Tigers’ 2010 campaign

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Manda J. Ivey, 84Tommy Knight Jr., 49Jean Williams, 83

Obituaries

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5Honor thy fatherDale Earnhardt Jr. honors father by flying his famous colors

amerIcan ProfILe, InSIDe

By DereK HoDgeSStaff writer

SEVIERVILLE — A jailhouse confession letter from a fellow suspect wasn’t enough to stop Shannon Baltimore’s fate being handed over to the grand jury as he faces charges of first-degree murder in the May 7 death of Mary Jo Miller.

Baltimore is the third of three suspects arrested for the crime to have his preliminary hearing, although he was scheduled to face General Sessions Judge Jeff Rader three weeks ago. That hear-ing was postponed after Rader learned of a letter sent to The Mountain Press only days ear-lier in which co-defendant Steven Weaver claimed full responsibility

for Miller’s death.Though Rader

agreed at the time to delay the hear-ing, in part to allow attorney Andrew Farmer to sub-poena Weaver, it all came to naught during Friday’s proceedings. Weaver’s niece and Miller’s grandson testified, but the suspect who wrote the letter did not.

Amy Brown, Weaver’s niece, was also the lead witness in suspect Theodore Ratliff’s ear-lier hearing, testifying her uncle

had her drive the three men to Miller’s home in rural north Sevier County on the morning of May 7. She repeated that account Friday during Baltimore’s hear-ing, telling Rader the three sus-pects went into the home of the woman she calls “Granny Jo” and she soon heard what sounded like a muffled gunshot.

“I heard like a pop,” Brown testified. “You always hear gun-shots and everything up there, so I didn’t think anything.”

Brown said she soon thought twice about that noise when the

Baltimore gets day in courtCase held over for grand jury despite confession letter

Baltimore

By DereK HoDgeSStaff Writer

If Sevier County’s unem-ployment rate is an indicator, there’s reason to believe the nationwide recession may be starting to ebb.

The area got another dose of good news in May, as the number dipped a full point from April to settle at 9.5 percent, according to prelimi-nary data released this week by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

The figure is far from encouraging, being just half a point away from the dou-ble digits and equal to about 4,680 local folks out of a job. It’s also well above pre-reces-sion numbers for the same

month and the drop is likely attributable entirely to sea-sonal hiring at tourist-cen-tered businesses.

However, the number deliv-ers one bright spot and it comes in the very last column of the information sent out by the state officials who keep track of these things. There on the right side of the page is a record of where the figure stood for the same month last year: 9.8 percent.

While that 0.3 percent dif-ference may not seem like much, especially to those who are out of work and including some who have been receiving unemployment benefits for more than a year now, there’s a chance it indicates some-

Unemployment numbers improve over last year

By eLLen BroWnStaff Writer

GATLINBURG — Anna Porter Public Library patrons and donors gathered at the building Thursday evening for the dedication of its stained-glass window, created by local artist Bill May.

A bright scene of the mountains is dis-played on the window that serves as a focal point of the library.

“When the library was built, we knew we were going to have to have the heating and air conditioning installed up top (with the equip-ment visible through the window),” said Steve Kemp, APPL Board of Trustees chairman. “It was the only blemish on this diamond.”

Architect Tom Trotter envisioned stained glass as being part of the design, and May was recruited to do the work.

“I’m so thankful for the opportunity,” said May, who moved to the Smoky Mountains 30 years ago because of its natural beauty. “It’s

nice to be in private collections, but this is a much bigger honor for me. Public art really adds a tremendous amount to the community — it’s something I’m really proud of.”

May also expressed thanks to his staff at May Studios, including associate Chris Myers.

The stained-glass artwork took several months to complete.

May said his goal was for the design to have

Submitted

Steve Kemp, Anna Porter Public Library Board of Trustees chairman; Chris Myers, May Studios associate; artist Bill May of May Studios; and Kennon Temple, director of APPL, stand in front of the library’s stained-glass window, cre-ated by May.

APPL patrons, donors honor work of Bill May

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Staff report

Steve Ensing of Sevierville was watching a PBS show recently dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. At one point in the program a Web site was given for more information.

The site included how to write or send a package to a soldier, some of whom receive very few messages from home.

Ensing looked up www.any-soldier.com and found names and addresses for soldiers in

Iraq and Afghanistan, along with lists of items they would like to receive. The list includes things not to send. Ensing filled a box with children’s books, school supplies, toiletries and an edition of The Mountain Press.

This letter follows from Capt. Jenn Coughlin in Afghanistan.

“Thank you soooo very much for all the wonderful things you sent us over here! It is always so great to get a package filled with goodies over here — really lifts our spirits :) The goodies/

toiletries and the books for the kids will all come in very handy. It is so awesome to know that there are Americans like your-self that support us over here and take the time out of your day to buy, package and send things just to brighten our day and help us out.

“It is our pleasure to serve and keep you safe. To know that you realize the sacrifices we are making over here is motivation enough to keep serving! It will be fun to hand out the crayons, sketch paper and books to the

kids. … I will try to get pictures to send you.

“I am sending you a few print-ed pictures of our group here. One has us with our Afghan counterparts and the other is our internal team here at home base. We have a good rela-tionship with the Afghanistan National Army and really enjoy working with them. There are some culture differences and certain challenges, but overall this is a very rewarding assign-ment.

“Thank you also for the

newspaper — it was nice to read some stories about what is going on in America ... although some stories were not so nice — but that’s life! I have been to Memphis, but not Knoxville. I have always wanted to visit Dollywood! That is more up in the mountains right?

“I hear it is a lot of fun. Thank you again for your gra-cious gifts and for reaching out to us to say thank you. ... I really can’t tell you how much it means to us! Take care and feel free to write anytime.”

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Capt. Jenn Coughlin, second from left, with the home base group in Afghanistan.

Ensing raises soliders’ spirits with care package

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SEVIERVILLE — Quitting smoking is diffi-cult, and LeConte Medical Center wants to help.

Its next “Freedom From Smoking” class will be from 6-7 p.m. July 12.

“Freedom From Smoking” is a seven-week program designed by the American Lung Association that includes a support group atmosphere, and

focuses on overcoming addiction. Smoking is a learned habit that can be unlearned.

The class requires a $50 deposit that is refundable at completion of class (when meeting the atten-

dance requirement) and a $25 nonrefundable mate-rials fee. Space is lim-ited, and registration is required.

For more information or to register call 453-9355.

LeConte Medical plans classes to help smokers kick habit

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Pigeon Forge Middle School has been awarded a Lowe’s Toolbox grant of $4,100. The money will go to rebuilding the school greenhouse and con-struction of a water feature and raised planting beds so that students can have hands-on learn-ing experiences. From left are principal Troy Kelley, Lowe’s representative Jack Watson, and teacher Jeannetta Stuart. The grant application was submitted to Lowe’s by Stuart.

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Editor’s Note: The follow-ing information was taken from the intake reports at the Sevier County Jail. All people listed within this report are presumed inno-cent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

◆ Patrick Owen Bradley, 30, of Oak Hill, W.Va., was charged June 24 with domestic violence assault and public intoxication and was released on $3,200 bond.

◆ Michael Damien Brewer, 20, of 1345 E. Ridge Road, Sevierville, was charged June 24 with domestic violence assault and reckless endangerment and was being held.

◆ Michelle Leann Graves, 35, of Knoxville was charged June 24 with viola-tion of probation and was released.

◆ Cindy Ann Hall, 46, of 438 Coyote Peak Way, Sevierville, was charged June 24 with theft of property $500-$1,000 and criminal trespass and was being held.

◆ Bobby Joe Ogle, 27,

of 1143 Indian Gap Circle, Sevierville, was charged June 24 with domestic violence assault and was being held.

◆ James Daniel Owens, 38, of 1720 Parlin Drive, Pigeon Forge, was charged June 24 with driving on a suspended license and was released.

◆ Jason Keith Seaton, 24, of 826 Seaton Lane, Seymour, was charged June 24 with drug pos-session, hit and run and simple possession and was released.

◆ Dung Quoc Tran, 44, of 311 South Blvd., Sevierville, was being held on a capias misdemeanor charge.

◆ Ronald Gene Whaley Jr., 25, of 3604 Phillips Road, Sevierville, was charged June 24 with criminal trespass and was released.

◆ Kristie Marie Wilson, 26, of 438 Coyote Peak Way, Sevierville, was charged June 24 with theft of property $500-$1,000 and was released.

A r r e s t sEditor’s Note: The com-

munity calendar is printed as space permits. Items must be submitted at least five days in advance. Only noncommercial, pub-lic events held in Sevier County will be considered. To place an item phone 428-0748, ext. 214, or e-mail to [email protected]. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

SATurdAy, June 26Farmers Markets

n Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 8-11:30 a.m., 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

n Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 8:30-11 a.m., parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321. 659-0690. Grand opening ceremony.

n Seymour Farmers Market, First Baptist Church of Seymour on Chapman Highway, 7-11 a.m. 579-5433.

Radio Field DaySevier County Emergency

Radio Service field day 2 p.m. today to 4 p.m. Sunday, community park, 319 Dumplin Valley Road, Kodak. 314-0899 or e-mail to [email protected].

CookoutCancer Support Group

holding cookout 4-8 p.m., River Plantation, 1004 Parkway, Sevierville. Burger and hot dog plates $5. Live entertainment and Relay video. 654-9280 or 603-1223.

Ice Cream SocialWellington Place ice

cream social 2-4 p.m. 774-2221.

RevivalSmoky Mountain Baptist

Church revival 7 p.m. through June 27.

SundAy, June 27Old Harp Singing

Annual Old Harp singing and covered dish din-ner, noon, Beech Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Caney Creek Road. 654-3557.

Boyds Creek BaptistBoyds Creek Baptist

Church monthly service in song 7 p.m. with Foothills Quartet.

First Baptist VBSPigeon Forge First

Baptist Church vacation Bible school 6:30-9 p.m. through July 1. To register call 453-4647.

Maples Branch BaptistSinging at Maples Branch

Baptist Church 6:30 p.m. with Donald Shultz.

Solid RockSolid Rock Missionary

Baptist Church home-coming/decoration day. Dinner on the grounds and singing follow 10 a.m. services. 428-2196.

Sunday Night AliveGatlinburg First UMC 6

p.m. fellowship of con-temporary music and worship followed by a hot meal. 436-4691.

New Era BapitstNew Era Baptist Church,

1389 New Era Road, vaca-tion Bible school 6:30-8:30 through July 2.

MondAy, June 28Hot Meals

Hot Meals For Hungry Hearts 5:30-6:30 p.m., Henderson Chapel Baptist Church. Sponsored by Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.

Women’s Bible StudyGarlands of Grace

Women’s Bible study 1 p.m. Gatlinburg Inn. 436-0313.

Seymour UMCBible-based seven-

week study for women, “When Wallflowers Dance,” Seymour United Methodist. 573-9711.

TueSdAy, June 29Printing Workshop

Children’s free print-ing workshop, 10 a.m.-noon., Anna Porter Public Library, for ages 6-11. 436-5588.

Women’s Bible StudyGarlands of Grace wom-

en’s Bible study:n 1 p.m. Foxtrot Bed

and Breakfast, Gatlinburgn 6:30 p.m. Pigeon

Forge UMC

Summer ReadingSummer Reading

Program 1 p.m., Pigeon Forge Public Library with storyteller Alan Wolf. 429-7490.

WedneSdAy, June 30Middle Creek UMC

Worship services 6:30 p.m., Middle Creek United Methodist Church, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. 216-2066.

Farmers MarketFarmers market 8-11:30

a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

ThurSdAy, JuLy 1Women’s Bible Study

Garlands of Grace wom-en’s Bible study:

n 9 a.m. UMC Pigeon Forge

n 2 p.m. Blue Mountain Mist B&B, Pullen Road

n 6:30 p.m. Sevierville UMC, Conference Room

Hot Meals Smoky Mountain Area

Rescue Ministries provides hot meals 5:30-6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Sevierville and Kodak United Methodist. 933-5996.

TOPSTOPS weight loss chap-

ter meets at 6 p.m., Parkway Church of God in Sevierville. 755-9517 or 429-3150.

Library Movies“The Last Station,” 6

p.m., Anna Porter Library, Gatlinburg. Bring popcorn and soft drinks. 436-5588.

Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery 6:30

p.m.; meal 5-6, Kodak United Methodist Church. Child care provided.

Democratic PartySevier County

Democratic Party meets 7 p.m. at courthouse.

American LegionGatlinburg American

Legion Post 202 pot luck dinner and meeting 6:30 p.m. with the meeting immediately following dinner. Next to Gatlinburg Police Department.

Tai Chi Chuan Traditional Tai Chi

Chuan classes, Gatlinburg Community Center, begin-ning today. Hour-long classes Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Visit www.jiushan-talchi.com or call 712-4065.

Senior OutreachSenior Outreach Sevier

informational meeting

10 a.m., Senior Center, 1220 W. Main. Volunteer sought. If unable to attend, 453-8080, ext. 104.

FridAy, JuLy 2St. Paul Lutheran

Women’s Bible study 10 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road, Sevierville. 429-6063.

Solid Rock SingingSinging 7 p.m., Solid

Rock Baptist Church. 428-2196.

SATurdAy, JuLy 3Farmers Markets

n 8-11:30 a.m., Sevier Farmers Co-Op, 321 W. Main, Sevierville. 453-7101.

n First Baptist Church of Seymour on Chapman Highway, 7-11 a.m. 579-5433.

n Gatlinburg Farmers Market, 8:30-11 a.m., parking lot of Alamo Restaurant, Highway 321. 659-0690.

Wears Valley UMCWears Valley UMC 5:30

p.m., free hot dogs and ice cream. Bring lawn chairs. Supper followed by choir musical, “This Is My Country.”

Lutheran Bible StudyMen’s Bible study

meets 9 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1610 Pullen Road in Sevierville. 429-6063.

C o m m u n i t y C A l e n d A r

Submitted report

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has pro-vided a weekly construction report on projects under way in Sevier County.

n State Road 35 (Chapman Highway) bridges over Gist Creek between White’s School Road and Tarwater Road: Motorists traveling through this area should be alert for lane closures and traffic shifts

through this bridge construc-tion project. Motorists should use extreme caution, reduce speed and be alert for new and changing conditions through this area.

n SR 338 (Boyd’s Creek Highway) in Seymour at Old Sevierville Pike: Motorists should be alert for lane shifts, narrowed lanes, and workers present throughout this inter-section improvement project. Motorists should expect poten-

tial delays and use extreme caution traveling through this area.

n SR 454 between Glades Road and 416: Motorists should be alert for lane shifts, construc-tion personnel and equipment present through this construc-tion project. Motorists should use caution and expect poten-tial delays through this area.

n SR 66 in Sevierville between 338 (Boyds Creek) and Nichols Street: On June 27 at 10 p.m.,

motorists should be alert for an extended stoppage of traf-fic (approximately 30-45 min-utes) at the Allensville Road Intersection as crews do util-ity work. Motorists should be alert for lane shifts, nar-rowed lanes, and workers present throughout this wid-ening project. Short duration traffic stops in both direc-tions may occur daily Monday through Friday through this project for blasting and utility

operations. Motorists should expect potential delays and use extreme caution traveling through this area. For updat-ed project information, go to http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/highway66.

n LeConte St. over West Prong of the Little Pigeon River in Gatlinburg: LeConte Street has been reduced to one lane controlled by a temporary traf-fic signal. Motorists should use extreme caution in this area.

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In Memoriam

Manda J. Ivey Manda J. Ivey, age 84 of Seymour, passed away

Thursday, June 24, 2010. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was retired from Arnold Engineering. In her spare time she enjoyed shop-ping, cooking, and sing-ing gospel music. She was loved by her family and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Pearl Pitner and Louise Latham, and her broth-ers, Fred Flynn and Walter Flynn.

Survived by husband, Mayford Ivey; sons and daughters-in-law, Roy & Leilani Williams, Eddie & Carolyn Ivey, and Jim & Joyce Ivey; grandchil-dren, Scott Ivey, Michael Ivey, Angie Davis, Renee Cole, Chris Williams, and Amanda Williams; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Edith Lawson; brother, Johnny Flynn; many other friends and family members.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, with Rev. Bill Smith and Rev. Ronnie Beeler officiat-ing. Interment will follow in Knob Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 12-2 p.m. Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN, 37865, (865) 577-2807.

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In Memoriam

Jean WilliamsJean Williams, age 83 of Sevierville, passed away

Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Sevier County Health Care Center. Ms. Williams was a faithful “home-bound” family member of First Baptist Church in Sevierville. She was preceded in death by her hus-band, Paul W. Williams.

Survivors include her sisters, Bonnie Penix and Susie Gregg; brother-in-law, James Williams; several nieces and nephews; special friend Frank Atchley and her church family at First Baptist Church, Sevierville; special thanks to the staff of Girling Health Care and Sevier County Health Care Center.

Family and friends will meet 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Cemetery for graveside service and inter-ment with Brother Craig Mintz officiating. Eulogies will be given by Larry Ogle and Greg Fernatt. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.


Tommy Joe Knight Jr. Tommy Joe Knight Jr.

(Brother), 49 of Kodak, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

Survivors: wife and soul mate of 32 years, Reda Grayson Knight; son, Billy Knight; sis-ters and brother-in-law, Linda (Bunny) and Jack Bright Jr., Darlene (Jabber) Jones; neph-ews, Jack Bright III, Joshua Bright and wife Kristi; aunts, uncles, cousins, loving in-laws, nieces, nephews and many devoted friends.

The family received friends Friday, June 25 at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. Funeral service 10 a.m. Saturday, June 26 in the East Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with the Rev. Lee Breeden officiating. Family and friends will drive in proces-sion to Oak Grove Cemetery in Kodak for graveside service and interment.


thing positive and possi-bly even a trend. That’s because since the reces-sion started, the number has only been the same or lower than the same time the year before two other times.

Those occurrences came in March and April, mean-ing the county is on a three-month run of rela-tively improving figures. Still, the decreases have been modest — the num-bers were level in April and down 0.4 percent in March — and there’s no guarantee they’ll continue.

Sevier County isn’t alone in getting a bit of good news. After an abysmal January in which all the state’s 95 counties expe-rienced an increase in their numbers, February

brought a decrease for 78 counties, March for 85, April for 89 and May for 86.

Those improving rates for most of the state brought Tennessee’s total, non-seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for June to 9.9 percent, down 0.3 percent from May and 0.5 percent from June 2009. The national rate also fared relatively well, dropping 0.2 percent from May to land at 9.3 percent, though that’s still 0.2 per-cent higher than for the previous year.

For Sevier County’s neighbors, the news is also sunny. Blount County marked a 0.8 per-cent decrease, settling at 8.2 percent, while Cocke County experienced a 0.7 percent drop and stopped at 12.7 percent in June. While Jefferson County notched an 0.8 percent

tumble to land at 12.2 per-cent, Knox County’s rate fell 0.5 percent to 7.7 per-cent.

That number is good enough to rank Knox No. 3 among the 10 counties with the lowest rates, bested by Lincoln (6.6 percent) and Williamson (7.6) counties. Also hitting the list were Loudon (7.9), Roane (8.1), Blount (8.2), Cannon (8.4), Wilson (8.5), Washington (8.5) and Union (8.6) counties.

At the other end of the

spectrum, Scott County holds the unfortunate distinction of having the highest unemploy-ment rate for June, with a 19.8 percent figure put-ting it at the top of that list, followed by Marshall (16.7), Lauderdale (15.9), Henderson (15.6), Perry (15.5), Haywood (15.4), Carroll (15.3), Maury (15.1), Lewis (14.7) and Hancock (14.7) counties.

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movement and be color-ful, “but in a quiet and subtle way.”

“Finding imagery is always challenging. This library is both a com-fortable gathering place for the community and a place of learning and exploration — both a home base and a launch-ing pad for the intellect and the imagination. We considered designs which were purely abstract and designs which incorpo-rated recognizable imag-es and symbolism. The goal was to honor history and heritage and, at the same time, to suggest the potential of a future which is constantly being dis-covered and invented.”

Kemp offered a cham-pagne toast “to a great library, community and artist.”

Gatlinburg City Commission appropriat-ed in excess of $850,000 toward the new library with community leaders securing a similar amount of funding through dona-

tions, pledges, fundrais-ing activities and a state grant. APPL is owned and maintained by the city.

“Again and again, this community has stepped up,” Kemp said. “We still owe about $25,000 on the building — so be sure and pay all of your library fines.”

The library will host its fifth annual Gatlinburg Library Luau in September.

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three men emerged from Miller’s mobile home, one of them carrying what was believed to be the woman’s purse. When they got back into Brown’s van, she said the men began rummaging through the pocketbook.

“Shannon said, ‘I can’t believe we did this for $50. This is my life you’re (expletive) with,’” Brown testified. “They were just fighting over the money.”

The men had her drive to a wooded area, where Ratliff got out of the car and later directed her to drive to an area off Knoxville’s James White Parkway next to the Tennessee River, where Ratliff and Baltimore got out with

the purse, Brown said. Before they returned with-out Miller’s pocketbook, Brown testified Weaver said something that still haunts his niece.

“He just said he only messes with cold-blooded killers,” Brown said.

Defense attorney Andrew Farmer worked to put Brown’s testimony into question, pointing out she admits she lied to inves-tigators at first. She con-tends she did so out of fear, pointing out Ratliff previ-ously spent time behind bars on murder charges.

Farmer also asked why Brown didn’t turn back when she began to sus-pect the men may have evil intentions on the ride to Miller’s house.

“I didn’t think they were going to go up there and

hurt her,” Brown said. “She would do anything for any-one.”

Miller’s grandson, Stephen Cooper, also took the stand, testifying he got a call from his brother who was worried about Miller. When he arrived at her home, he found her dead in a puddle of blood.

Both prosecution and defense attorneys debated whether Weaver should be compelled to testify in the matter, with Weaver’s public defender ask-ing that he not be called into court, citing the Fifth Amendment and fears he would incriminate himself. His letter to The Mountain Press claimed he was the only one involved in the murder and absolved the other two men of any responsibility.

The petition to keep Weaver off the stand was filed before the attorney spoke to Weaver. When she did so Friday Weaver insisted he wants to take the stand.

Though Weaver’s attor-ney and Farmer debated whether Weaver would be brought in to testify, after a lengthy break Rader ruled against his taking the stand.

“I would still be in the same position,” Rader said of the possibility of Weaver testifying. “I believe the state has met its burden of probable cause and I’m going to bind this over to the grand jury.”

The matter is set to come before the grand jury on Aug. 2.

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State tourism official Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, right, rides with Morris Smith in his 1949 Chevrolet during the kickoff of the White Lightning Trail Friday in Knoxville. The White Lightning Trail features 160 tourism sites in nine counties where moonshine stills once bubbled and bootleggers hauled illegal whiskey in fast cars that helped give birth to NASCAR.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank stocks shot higher Friday after an agree-ment on a financial reg-ulation bill reassured investors that new rules won’t devastate financial companies’ profits.

Banks outdistanced the rest of the market after congressional negotia-tors agreed on a bill that increases the regulation of financial companies, but that doesn’t include some of the harshest provisions that the gov-ernment originally pro-posed. The legislation imposes new rules on the complex investments known as derivates, but the rules aren’t as strict as investors feared.

It also includes a far milder version of what’s been called the Volcker rule. That rule, named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would have banned commer-cial banks from trading simply to increase their profits, a practice known as proprietary trading.

Analysts said the deal removes a huge cloud that has hovered over the financial industry for much of this year. Investors have feared that intense regulation would devastate bank profits. Now, the mar-ket seems to believe that financial companies would do well even with the new limits on their business.

“They come out of this big-time winners,” Bob Froehlich, senior manag-ing director at Hartford Financial Services, said of financial companies. “Two years later, people will look back and say ’My gosh, nothing really changed.”’

Banks were the mar-ket’s big performers on a day when the Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 9 points and the other major indexes had only slim gains.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. rose 3.5 percent, while JPMorgan Chase & Co. gained 3.7 percent. Bank of America rose 2.7 percent and Citigroup Inc. rose 4.2 percent.

Regional banks also scored big gains. Suntrust Banks Inc. rose 4.7 percent and Synovus Financial Corp. gained 5.3 percent.

Investors had feared that the financial regula-tion bill would sharply curtail bank profits by limiting financial compa-

nies’ ability to trade in derivatives. Companies and investors often use derivatives to hedge against losses. But some derivatives are purely speculative investments, and some of these deriv-atives have been blamed for contributing heav-ily to the collapse of the housing market and the 2008 financial crisis.

The legislation calls for most derivatives to be traded on regulated exchanges. But provi-sions of the bill that were investors’ worst-case scenario, for example, an outright ban on banks’ trading derivatives, were not included in the final agreement. Banks can still trade derivatives related to interest rates, foreign exchanges, gold and silver, investments that have contributed to their big profits. They would have to use sub-sidiaries with their own funds in order to trade in riskier derivatives. But the parent bank could still keep the profits from those trades.

“The bill could have been a lot worse,” said Alan Valdes, vice presi-dent at Hilliard Lyons in New York. “It’s a bill we can live with.”

The legislation also allows banks to invest only up to 3 percent of their capital in private equity and hedge funds. That is a remnant of the original Volcker rule.

Bank stocks soar on financial regulation agreement

NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen has signed the state’s nearly $30 billion spending plan into law.

The legislation, which includes $12.8 billion in state dollars, was signed by the governor on Friday.

Bredesen said some items in the budget “weren’t the business decisions I would have made,” but overall he’s pleased with it.

The plan relies on $185 million from the state’s cash reserves instead of new taxes to fill a $150 million shortfall. It also includes a relief program for Tennessee flood vic-tims and saves a program to combat infant mortal-ity.

Tennessee has the 47th worst infant death rate in the country, with Memphis’ death rate rank-ing the worst among U.S. cities and comparable to that of some Third World countries.

The House passed the budget 94-0, and the Senate approved it 30-3.

Bredesen signs state spending plan

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP’s effort to drill a relief well through 2 1/2 miles of rock to stop the Gulf spill is on target for comple-tion by mid-August, the oil giant said Friday. But BP’s stock tumbled anyway over the mounting costs of the disaster and the company’s inability to plug the leak sooner.

Meanwhile, the first tropical depression of the Atlantic season formed in the Caribbean, raising concerns about what might happen to efforts to contain the oil if bad weather forces BP to abandon them. It’s still too early to tell exactly where the storm might go and how it might affect oil on and below the surface of the Gulf.

The relief well is consid-ered the best hope of halt-ing the crude that has been gushing since April 20 in the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

The crew that has been drilling the relief well since early May ran a test to con-firm it is on the right path, using a tool that detects the magnetic field around the casing of the original, blown-out well.

“The layman’s transla-tion is, ‘We are where we thought we were,”’ said BP spokesman Bill Salvin.

Several such tests are necessary, since drilling sideways into the original well casing requires boring through more than 13,000 feet of rock to hit a target 9 inches in diameter, or about the size of a dinner plate.

Once the new well inter-sects the ruptured one, BP plans to pump heavy

drilling mud in to stop the oil flow and plug it with cement.

Despite the encouraging news, BP stock tumbled 6 percent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low on news that BP has now spent $2.35 billion dealing with the disaster.

BP has lost more than $100 billion in market value since its deep-water drilling platform blew up, and its stock is worth less than half the $60 or so it was selling for on the day of the explosion.

Meanwhile, forecast-ers and the oil company kept an eye on the tropical depression with winds up to 35 mph churning in the Atlantic. Forecasters pre-dicted it would strengthen into a tropical storm and reach Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula by Saturday night.

The effort to capture the oil gushing from the sea bottom could be interrupt-ed for up to two weeks if a storm forces BP to move its equipment out of harm’s way, said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the gov-ernment’s point man on the crisis.

In other news, a financial disclosure report released Friday shows that the Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama admin-istration’s six-month ban on deep-water drilling in the Gulf has sold many of his energy investments. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman still owns eight energy-related invest-ments, including stock in Exxon Mobil Corp. Among the assets he sold was stock in Transocean, which owned the rig that exploded. The Justice Department asked a fed-eral appeals court Friday to delay Feldman’s ruling “to preserve the status quo” during the government’s appeal.

BP says relief well is on target; stock tumbles

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Beachwalkers check the oil stained shore in Gulf Shores, Ala., Friday. Oil cleanup crews are working day and night to keep the beaches as clean as possible despite the oil coming ashore from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

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■ Lebron JamesNEW YORK (AP) —

LeBron James already s p o r t e d Dr. Dre’s h e a d -phones in an NBA commer-cial. Now the bas-k e t b a l l star can rock his own.

Monster Cable Products Inc. CEO Noel Lee tells The Associated Press the Cleveland Cavaliers for-ward is set to launch his own headphones line.

Lee says “sound quality really matters when you enjoy music.” He says athletes such as James need that kind of high-quality sound experience because “it’s their way of focusing energy” before games.

Monster Cable is syn-onymous with expensive video and audio cables.

“I believe today, under the circumstances that we’re facing, that the majority of the illegal trespassers that are coming into the state of

Arizona are under the direction and control of organized drug cartels and they are bringing

drugs in.”Arizona gov. Jan brewer of her belief that most illegal

immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border.

“He’s been my idol all my life since I can remember. I feel like I haven’t had closure.”

erick Dominguez, 37, a sales representative from Victorville, Calif., on first anniversary of michael

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“I’ve never been this exhausted before. Mentally and physically, I was obviously a bit drained. I just didn’t have much in the way of my legs. I was just low on fuel out there. Didn’t really

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Sevier County Emergency Radio Service will participate with thou-sands of amateur radio operators, often called “hams,” in Field Day today and Sunday.

SCERS will be erecting radio stations at the com-munity park on Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak.

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The grand opening of the Gatlinburg Farmers Market will be from 8:30 to 11 a.m. today in the parking lot of Alamo Steakhouse on East Parkway (Highway 321).

There will be fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, health and wellness products, coffee, demon-strations from local artists, live music by Boogertown Gap, storytelling, chair massages, prizes and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

For more information visit http://gatlinburg-farmersmarket.com/ or call 659-0690.

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A benefit, auction and singing for the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department Chaplains Corps will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Rescue Squad on Dolly Parton Parkway.

Entertainment includes The Pilgrim Heirs (south-ern gospel); Gospel Tradition (bluegrass gos-pel); and “American Idol” contestants Brian Walker and Vanessa Wolfe.

Persons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. There will be grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and cold drinks for sale.

The auction will start at 10 a.m. All proceeds will go to the Chaplains Corps to help those in emergency situations. For information or donations call 719-8443, 387-7945, 654-3180 or 453-4668.

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KNOXVILLE (AP) — State transportation officials have decided not to proceed with a pro-posed Knoxville Regional Parkway that drawn con-troversy for a decade.

Gerald Nicely, com-missioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, said Friday that updated traffic pro-jections showed the route wouldn’t meet demands.

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GALLATIN (AP) — Tuition increases for most students at Tennessee Board of Regents schools will be about 6 percent in the fall.

The board met Friday in Gallatin and approved a committee report issued earlier this month.

A statement from the Regents said 72 percent of students will see increases of 6.3 percent or less. The remainder will pay more, based on hours of instruction. At technology centers, where students pay a flat fee, rather than by class hours, there will be an increase of $112 per trimester.

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Today is Saturday, June 26, the 177th day of 2010. There are 188 days left in the year.

■ Last year locallyAmerican Youth Soccer

Organization, AYSO, is launching a new pro-gram locally for players with disabilities. Players with Down Syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, emotional disturbances, visual impairments or other conditions that impair mobility, strength and or comprehension, may now participate in the joy and camaraderie of teamwork and playing soccer.

■ on this dateOn June 26, 1963,

President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he expressed solidarity with the city’s residents by declaring: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

■ ten years agoRival scientific teams

completed the first rough map of the human genetic code after a ten-year race. The Supreme Court gave new power to its landmark Miranda decision of 1966, ruling police still must warn the people they arrest of their “right to remain silent” when questioned.

■ Five years agoDozens of interna-

tional leaders met in San Francisco to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ birth. Tens of thousands of festively dressed peo-ple marched in parades around the country to celebrate the 35th anni-versary of gay pride. South Korea’s Birdie Kim holed a 30-yard bunker shot to birdie the 18th hole and win the U.S. Women’s Open.

■ thought for today

“Nothing is improb-able until it moves into the past tense.” — George Ade, American writer (1866-1944).

by trAViS LoLLerAssociated Press Writer

NASHVILLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been giving different answers about whether it will produce a Post-flood Report for the Cumberland River basin and surrounding areas.

In an interview, Corps Programs Integration Division Chief Gary Loew said Thursday that the district office in Nashville has requested the report and Washington leadership is considering it. On the same day, the Corps’ Nashville district com-mander, Lt. Col. Anthony Mitchell told U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper that the in-depth investigation will be car-

ried out.Cooper issued an angry state-

ment last week demanding the Corps investigate “their response to a multi-billion dollar disaster” and saying officials in Washington had told him it would be too costly. Record rainfall in early May killed 22 people across Middle and West Tennessee and caused more than $2 billion in damage in Nashville alone.

“I got a tip from Washington that we’re already being forgotten,” Cooper said in a Friday interview. “They think that we’re recovering nicely, so why bother.”

On Friday, the Corps’ Nashville district spokesman Bill Peoples

explained the mixed messages about the report by saying the district has begun work on a Post-flood Report but does not have enough money to complete it. That money would have to come from Washington.

Cooper speculated that the Corps’ reluctance to commit to funding a Post-flood Report “could be a squeeze-play on Congress” to try to secure more money.

Loew said the Corps is waiting for an estimate from the Nashville district office of how much a Post-flood Report will cost before decid-ing what action to take, but he said it would likely cost “more money than is available today, so we would have to budget for that.”

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7 Opinion Sat.

With apologies to Rod Serling and his classic “Twilight Zone” TV series, there is a signpost up ahead in America, and it reads, “The Chaos Zone.”

The firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal is just one piece of a jumbled public policy puzzle that now threatens the presi-dency of Barack Obama.

Let’s take it step by step. Afghanistan is going poorly

because the Afghan government is corrupt and the folks distrust their leadership. So there’s not great enthusiasm to fight the Taliban even though those kill-ers are despised, as well.

Also, to avoid civilian casual-ties, U.S. and NATO forces rare-ly call in air strikes and have a virtual checklist before firing at bad guys. Now, their command-er has been fired because of a stupid article in Rolling Stone magazine, of all publications.

Couldn’t it have at least been Reader’s Digest?

Back home, the oil spill con-tinues to gush unabated.

To say this situation is cha-otic is understating it by miles. Recently, the Coast Guard stopped vessels from vacuuming up oil slicks in order to check out the life vest situation. Geez.

The economy may not be in chaos, but is anyone banking on it, pardon the pun? I mean, any-thing could happen at any time. Stocks could drop 1,000 points in a day. Is anyone in charge here?

And then there is Mexico. Chaos in Spanish is “caos.”

Drug cartels run entire cit-ies, and more than 23,000 people have been murdered since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels.

Like the Afghanis, many Mexicans despise the corrup-tion they see all around them. And so they try to come to the United States to escape poverty and violence.

The U.S. government knows all this, yet will not secure the southern border, adding to the chaos on both sides of it. This has been going on for decades.

Smack in the middle of all this sits President Obama in the Oval Office.

Is the oil slick his fault? Was he the cause of the dumb com-ments made by McChrystal and his staff? Is Mexican violence on the president? The answer to all those questions is no.

Obama had nothing to do with them.

But now he does. He must clean up the oil, handle the fallout from McChrystal and stop the border madness. These things are all in motion on his watch.

The problem for the presi-dent today is one that Herbert Hoover had back in 1929. So many things are out of control that it may be impossible to round them all up. That is the chaos zone.

It brought down Hoover, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, to name just a few.

President Obama was slow reacting to the oil spill. He seems loath to send the National Guard to the border.

Afghanistan? Who the heck knows? Same thing with the economy.

Americans like strong leader-ship that appears to have things under control.

Anybody seen that recently? — Veteran TV news anchor Bill

O Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Who’s Looking Out For You? Distributed by Creators Syndicate. (C)2009 Bill O’Reilly.

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◆ u.s. rep. Phil roe(202) 225-6356; 419 Cannon House Office, Washington, D.C. 20515

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establish-ment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble and to petition

the government for a redress of grievances.”—united states constitution, amendment one

Information on Vietnam warcasualties being sought hereEditor:

I am seeking contact with the families and friends of those soldiers who were killed in action in Vietnam.

Information on the following soldiers is needed: Ralph Cogdill, Hobart Earl Covington, Harry Grimes Hodges, Estel Huskey, Jerry McCarter and Michael Vickery.

I am seeking a picture, genealogy informa-tion and memories of these young heroes. The information obtained from this request will be included in the Sevier County Soldiers book. A meeting to honor those veterans who served in

Vietnam will be announced later. Please call 253-6642.

Theresa WilliamsGatlinburg

Restaurant welcomed, especiallysince it supports local causesEditor:

We could hardly contain ourselves as for-mer Bostonians, when Dunkin’ Donuts finally opened its Sevierville store a few weeks ago. We took friends there the other evening and were fortunate to find co-owner Eliana Leal on site.

My friend, who is affiliated with a local food

pantry, asked Leal, “What do you do with leftovers at the end of each day?” Leal’s reply was stunning: “We package everything up and it is picked up in the morning for the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.” That includes not only doughnuts, but also muffins, croissants and bagels.

Furthermore, tips collected at the counter are identified and forwarded to a local charity, which varies from month to month.

How blessed we are to have Leal and hus-band Jim operating our new Dunkin’ Donuts, providing these hidden bonuses to our com-munity.

Merle and Errol Stevens Sevierville

Picture this: Local kids’art on display at hospital

Ellen Wilhoit, chief administrative offi-cer of the LeConte Medical Center, has a healthy interest in the well-being of area youth as witnessed by her continuing role on the Sevier County Boys & Girls Clubs board of directors. So, when the new hos-pital added a pediatrics waiting room to the emergency room, it was just a natural that the staff thought it only fitting to have the art hanging from the walls be done by children.

LeConte initiated an art contest in the local Boys & Girls clubs that drew 50 entries. Kelsey Blalock, Nick Spadaro, Anna Wright and Kendra Teaster were the winners and were recognized dur-ing a ceremony in the medical center’s emergency department, with the artwork drawing high praise from administrators.

Winners had their photos taken with the CAO in front of their pictures and won a variety of prizes. The best reward, though, might have been knowing that their art will provide comfort for those waiting in the ER in the coming days and months.

Hot summer day perfectfor child safety event

It may have been very hot last Saturday, but there was a mighty cool — and important — event being held in the parking lot at Food City in Kodak. Tony Buckner, who manages the grocery, went to fellow members of the Northview Optimist Club with the idea of the store and club jointly sponsoring a Children’s Safety Awareness Day.

The result was an event that mixed a lot of fun for the children with a lot of information for the parents. Kids got to check out the robot police use when investigating items they think might be dangerous, got to see a firetruck close up and even got to participate in knocking adults into water at a dunk tank.

Parents, meanwhile, were able to peruse several booths where information concerning child safety was handed out. Officers also offered child ID kits that provide a place for fingerprints and den-tal records and even a piece of hair for identifying DNA, and gun locks were pro-vided for parents who own firearms.

Boarders, Teske, Dollywoodkeeping county clean

Thank you, Merwyn Boarders. Thank you, Mike Teske and the staff of Dollywood. In an area in which tourism is king and where keeping the county’s road and attractions looking spick and span for our visitors (and residents) is invaluable, Keep Sevier Beautiful has bestowed its annual awards on you. You are the best of the best.

“We are blessed to have so many out-standing volunteers and partners that the choice is always tough, but this year it was easy to spot our winners,” said KSB Executive Director Elizabeth Reed.

Boarders was the individual award win-ner. He’s been a KSB volunteer for several years and hosts the Seymour location Roads and Rivers event at his church twice a year. Among other things, he also is a long-term volunteer at the national park.

Teske and Dollywood was the corporate award winner. Teske serves on the KSB board of directors, and he and Dollyood have been long been supportive of KSB initiatives in and out of the Pigeon Forge attraction.

Things seem out of controlfor president

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Michael Vick was not involved or present when a shooting took place outside a nightclub where he had celebrated his birthday, his lawyer said Friday.

Larry Woodward, one of the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback’s attorneys in his federal dogfighting case, said Vick wasn’t at the club when the shooting took place just after 2 a.m. Friday outside the club Guadalajara at Town Center shopping center.

The victim was taken to a hospital, but his inju-ries were not life-threaten-ing, Virginia Beach Police spokesman Adam Bernstein said. However, several news outlets identified him as Quanis Phillips, one of the co-defendants in the federal dogfighting case that landed Vick an 18-month federal prison sentence.

Phillips, who was sen-tenced to 21 months in prison for his role in the dogfight-ing operation, was admitted to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital overnight, health system spokesman Dale Gauding said. He was discharged early Friday afternoon. Gauding said he was not able to discuss the nature of Phillips’ injuries because of privacy laws.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is look-ing into the shooting.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Vick after being suspended for two years last July, and said at the time that Vick’s margin for error would be “extreme-ly limited.”

A statement from the Eagles said the team was still gathering facts about the incident and would not com-ment further.

Vick played sparingly last season, but is expected to take on a larger role this year after the team traded starter Donovan McNabb in the off-

season. The team picked up an option and is to pay Vick $5.2 million this year.

Vick also is still on three years’ probation in the fed-eral case and on a three-year suspended sentence for a state dogfighting conviction. He is not allowed to associ-ate with anyone convicted of a felony unless granted permission to do so by his probation officer.

It is unclear whether Phillips was invited to the party, which was hyped on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter as “Michael Vick’s ALL WHITE 30th Birthday Bash.”

Tickets cost $50, and it was advertised as beginning at 9 p.m and ending at 2 a.m while promising a guest list that included NBA star Allen Iverson and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall, both natives of the area, and a host of other B-list celebrities.

Hall said via his Twitter feed on Friday that he was not at the party.

Vick, who is holding a football camp at Hampton University this week, was on the field working with camp-ers Friday afternoon, along with former Atlanta team-mate Roddy White.

White said he and Vick had already left the party when the shooting took place.

On Thursday, Vick told reporters that he tells camp-ers the truth when they ask about his previous troubles “because I don’t want them to follow in my footsteps. ... I want them to walk a straight path, do all the things right, and just live a good life, and be happy.”

Police are still investigat-ing, and Bernstein said the shooting victim and witness-es were being uncooperative. They did, however, describe the shooter as a black man in a white tank top driving a white Cadillac Escalade.

Lawyer: Vick not involved in shooting

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Smokies’ win streak at four after 2-1 win Thursday nightSOUTHERN LEAGUE BASEBALL

SEVIERVILLE — Solo home runs by Nate Samson and Russ Canzler, combined with a stel-lar effort by the Smokies’ pitch-ing staff, were just enough in a 2-1 win over the Carolina Mudcats Thursday night on “Dale Murphy Night” at Smokies Park. The win, Tennessee’s third consecutive one-run victory in this week’s series against the Mudcats, puts them at 3-0 in the season’s second half and 45-27 overall.

Carolina came out of the gate fast against Smokies starter Austin Bibens-Dirkx. Consecutive singles and a walk to open the game loaded the bases. Bibens-Dirkx would get out of the first though allowing only a single run on an Eric Eymann groundout that would score team-mate Dave Sappelt.

Down 1-0, Tennessee would

tie the game in the third as Nate Samson hit his first home run of the year. The solo shot off Scott Carroll just cleared the fence in left to even the game at one.

Bibens-Dirkx turned the game over to reliever Jake Muyco in the sixth, having allowed one run on three hits, walking two and strik-ing out two. While not factoring in

the decision, he did lower his ERA to 3.63.

Muyco was solid in his two-in-ning relief appearance, which was complemented by Canzler’s ninth home run of the year in the sev-enth to give the Smokies a 2-1 lead. Muyco (2-2) struck out two and would pick up the win.

Ryan Buchter and David Cales came on in the eighth and ninth respectively to put the game away. Buchter’s hold was his Southern League-leading 10th this year, while Cales (S, 10) would get the save.

Carroll (1-3) would suffer the loss even after his strong start. He went eight innings, allowing only the two

solo home runs and walked only one. He also struck out two.

Russ Canzler

Bibens-Dirkx

Nate Samson

Tennessee tied for North Division lead three games into 2nd half

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — John Calipari spent Thursday night in New York City, watching five of his players shake NBA commissioner David Stern’s hand after being selected in the first round of the draft.

By Friday morning, Calipari’s feet still hadn’t touched the ground.

“I said it at the press conference when I took the job, ’Players first,”’ Calipari said. “These kids realized their dreams and I was able to sit there with them and be a part of it.”

John Wall became the first Kentucky play-er drafted No. 1 overall when he was selected by the Washington Wizards. Teammates DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe and Daniel

Orton soon followed, marking the first time in the draft’s history that five players from the same school were taken in the opening round.

Calipari called it “the greatest night” in the his-tory of Kentucky basket-ball. He knows that didn’t sit well with some who believe winning national championships, not pro-ducing NBA-level talent, is what defines greatness at college basketball’s all-time winningest program.

“Some of the old guard were upset,” Calipari said. “Would we like to win national titles? If we shot better against West Virginia maybe we would have, we would have done it all.”

The Wildcats went 35-3 but fell short of collecting an eighth title after los-ing to West Virginia in the regional finals of the NCAA

tournament.It’s a loss that stuck

with the Wildcats for sev-eral weeks but ultimately wasn’t a factor in the deci-sion for all five underclass-men to put their names in the draft.

“I was upset that we lost, but you’ve got to move on about it and I think we had a great college career,” Wall said.

Patterson, taken by the Houston Rockets with the 14th pick, said the legacy of draft night gives this year’s team a unique place in school lore.

“We created a milestone and made history for the university,” he said. “I think that’s going to stand above everything we did at Kentucky.”

Calipari admitted navi-gating the NCAA tourna-ment with a roster full of underclassmen can be dif-ficult. He said it’s up to the

coaches to make up the difference.

“That’ll be the challenge for us,” Calipari said. “How do we figure out as a bunch of young guys to get by those last three (games) to win the national title.”

It’s the only path the Wildcats are likely to take during Calipari’s tenure. He has no plans to stop signing players who could have the option of heading to the NBA after a short stint in Lexington, the path Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe and Orton followed to the pros.

“We’re going to continue to recruit the best of the best,” he said. “We’ve got another young team com-ing in. We could start as many as five freshmen (next year). I don’t believe we will, but we’re going to have a lot of freshmen that are going to have an opportunity.”

Kevin Rivoli/AP

Kentucky head coach John Calipari, left, talks with guard John Wall during the second half of the game against West Virginia in the East Regional final of the NCAA college basketball tourna-ment Saturday, March 27, in Syracuse, N.Y.

Calipari hangs his hat on 5 first-round picksNATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE

By JASON DAVISSports Editor

PIGEON FORGE — After a 4-6 season last year, many football fans might think the Pigeon Forge Tigers wouldn’t have much to be looking for-ward to this fall.

Those fans might be wrong.

The Orange and Black will return 21 of 22 start-ers according to coach Lee Hammonds.

That is reason enough for optimism from the fourth-

year head coach.“We have a lot of experi-

ence back, and we focused so much on fundamentals and trying to learn how to play the game the right way (before) we were able to advance a little bit quicker, a little bit more, in spring prac-tice (this year),” Hammonds said.

“I think we were able to feel like we could get in a little more offensively and defensively than we have in the past just because of the number of kids with us that

have Friday night experi-ence.

“But that doesn’t mean that we can just show up and win football games,” Hammonds said he told his players. “We’re in the position where we’ve got to believe we can win, and we’ve got to learn to win. It sure does help when you’ve got a lot of experience back, but we’ve still got a lot of work to do.

Scrimmages against West Greene and Harriman.”

In the spring the team

practiced without two of their best players — Chase Travis and Oscar Aleman.

The two had taken up another sport in the spring and quit at some point. Pigeon Forge High has a rule that if a player quits one sport, they may not partici-pate in another during the same season, which included spring football practice.

While Hammonds said that was tough, it did open the door for some less-expe-rienced players to get some reps at Travis and Aleman’s

positions.One position that will have

a new face in the fall is quar-terback.

Sophomore Cory Fox emerged as the Tigers’ starter, which will allow Kaleb Black, who started as a freshman at QB last season, to use his ath-letic skills to benefit the team in other areas — like receiver and running back.

The Tigers’ 2010 sched-ule is a mirror image of last year’s slate and starts with Greenback at home August 27.PF coach Lee Hammonds

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GATLINBURG — Twenty-four players com-peted in the Gatlinburg Round Robin Tennis Tournament held June 20 at The Don Watson Tennis Center in Mynatt Park.

John Bowling and Diana Rutledge of Pigeon Forge were the tournament win-ners.

Another Round Robin event will be held Sunday, June 27, at The Tennis Center.

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June 20 round robin champs Diana Rutledge and John Bowling

Rutledge and Bowling win G’Burg round robin tennis tournament

GATLINBURG — The Smoky Mountain Bearacudas swim team took its second consecutive meet with a 322-66 win over the visiting Emerald Youth Foundation on Tuesday at the Gatlinburg Community Center.

Meet highlights for the home team, which con-sists of swimmers from the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge community centers, are as follows:

n First place in the IM were Allison Anger, Kelsie Myers, Garrett Soehn, Lindsey Myers, Cierra Northcote, Grant Soehn and Robbie Land; and second place was Abigail Anger.

n First place in the free-style were Claire Jenkins, Joshua Belisle, Kelsie Myers, Garrett Soehn, Lindsey Myers, Lauren Jenkins and Robbie Land; second place were Gracie Byxbe, Jackson Davis, Nick Britton, Quannah Allen and Michael Hutchins; and third place went to Faith Harvey, Kayla Byxbe and Liberty Wood.

n First place in the back-stroke were Gracie Byxbe, Joshua Belisle, Jolie- Blue Smith, Eli Baker, Cierra Northcote, Grant Soehn and Michael Hutchins; second place went to Madeleine Trout, Kurt Cantrell, Kayla Byxbe, Chase Pearson, Nick Britton and Lauren Jenkins; and third place went to Liberty Wood and Quannah Allen.

n First place in the breast-stroke were Allison Anger, Kurt Cantrell, Abigail Anger, Garrett Soehn, Liberty Wood, Cierra Northcote, Grant Soehn and Robbie Land; second place went to Claire Jenkins, Jackson Davis, Nick Britton, Lauren Jenkins and Michael Hutchins; and third place were Lilly Simms, Eli Baker, Rachel Jenkins, Jolie-Blue Smith and Quannah Allen.

n First place winners in the butterfly were Allison Anger, Kurt Cantrell, Kelsie

Myers, Garrett Soehn, Lindsey Myers, Nick Britton, Cierra Northcote, Grant Soehn and Robbie Land; second place went to Faith Harvey, Abigail Anger, Chase Pearson, Avery Galiano and Quannah Allen; third place were Maiya Hilsinger, Jackson Davis and Lauren Jenkins; and other point scorers were Wesley Hatmaker, Lillie Hale, Madeleine Trout, Will Trout, Maiya Hilsinger, Lilly Simms, Avery Galiano and Rachel Jenkins.

n First place in the med-ley relay were Gracie Byxbe, Claire Jenkins, Allison Anger and Faith Harvey for the 8U girls; Kayla Byxbe, Abigail Anger, Kelsie Myers and Jolie-Blue Smith for the 9-10 girls; Jackson Davis, Garrett Soehn, Eli Baker and Chase Pearson for the 9-10 boys; and Avery Galiano, Liberty Wood, Lindsey Myers and Rachel Jenkins for the 11-12 girls.

n First place in the free-style relays were Gracie Byxbe, Madeleine Trout, Claire Jenkins and Allison Anger for the 8U girls; Abigail Anger, Kayla Byxbe, Jolie-Blue Smith and Kelsie Myers for the 9-10 girls; Eli Baker, Wesley Hatmaker, Jackson Davis and Chase Pearson for the 9-10 boys; and Liberty Wood, Rachel Jenkins, Avery Galiano and Lindsey Myers for the 11-12 girls.

n Second place relay win-ners were Maiya Hilsinger, Lillie Hale Lilly Simms and Faith Harvey.

The next and final home meet for the Bearacudas will be 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pigeon Forge Community Center outdoor pool.

LOCAL SWIMMING

Bearacudas win 2nd straight swim meet

NASHVILLE (AP) — Jeff Fisher likes to keep football interesting. So he managed to turn the final day of orga-nized team activities for the Tennessee Titans almost into the final day of school.

Friday couldn’t have been more relaxed. Wide receiv-ers did drills normally done by defensive linemen and vice versa. Running backs hit the blocking sled like linebackers. Then, there was the annual competition between the offensive and defensive linemen in punt-catching drills, won by the

offensive line, 4-0.Then the fun turned into a

race between rookies riding on inflatable chartreuse tur-tle floats across a slip-and-slide while veterans pound-ed them with water balloons on a day with a heat index topping 100. The highlight? When 315-pound defensive tackle Joe Joseph flattened the inflated end of the slip-and-slide finishing his turn.

“They knew something there was coming up,” Fisher said. “We typically do our punt catching, and then we added another Olympic

event over there.”With training camp start-

ing July 31, the end of orga-nized team activities repre-sents the end of the offseason and a time where players are expected to relax and enjoy time off. They still must be responsible for working out, preparing for camp and stay-ing out of trouble.

That will be a nice change from a busy offseason with Chris Johnson staying away from the Titans wanting a pay hike, Vince Young’s scuffle at a Dallas strip club that got him a misdemeanor

citation and top draft pick Derrick Morgan’s arrest June 16 for a speeding ticket and a suspended license.

The speech doesn’t change for Fisher.

“It is a break. It is not a vacation,” Fisher said. “It is a break before training camp. It is that last three and a half to four weeks that you have to fine tune all aspects, physically, emotionally.”

One Titans player taking the down time seriously is cor-nerback Cortland Finnegan, who leaves Tuesday for Phoenix, where he has plans

to meet with Darrelle Revis of the New York Jets in order to refine his man-to-man cover-age technique. It’s something Finnegan has put a priority on this offseason, as he likely will be matched up more on the opposing teams’ leading receiver.

“I’m going to Phoenix, hopefully to work with Darrelle Revis and the guys that he worked out with down there and get some tips from Rod Hood (on bump and run),” Finnegan said. “I felt like I had a disap-pointing OTAs. I competed,

but the process took a little longer than I wanted to, as far as bump-and-run com-ing along. So I really need to push as far as these next few weeks in order to catch up with some of these guys.”

Center Eugene Amano, who is moving over from left guard, understands the routine to be ready for camp as one of the Titans’ senior members with seven years with the team.

“You really just want to fine tune the things that you’ve been working on over the last 12 to 14 weeks,” Amano said.

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Maybe the baseball part of Roush Fenway racing is rubbing off on Jack Roush. He’s churning through crew chiefs for Matt Kenseth like they’re late inning relievers.

Jimmy Fennig is the lat-est to get the call from the bullpen to sit atop the pit box. Roush replaced Todd Parrott with Fennig on the No. 17 Ford this week, giv-ing Kenseth his third crew chief this season.

Parrott has returned to the research and develop-ment department.

Kenseth has had four crew chiefs since Robbie Reiser moved into research and development role after the 2008 season finale.

Who’s warming up?Roush, who owns four

Sprint Cup teams, said a breakdown in communica-tion and effectiveness led to the switch.

Kenseth breaking in a

new crew chief — again

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Finnegan planning to work with Revis before campNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Makenzie Oliver of Pigeon Forge High School has recently been selected to compete in the Queen of Diamonds Showcase South (QDSS) at Winthrop University in Rock Hill South Caro l ina , September 3-4. The QDSS, now its fourth s e a s o n , is part of the Queen of Diamond’s Showcases which are the largest fast-pitch softball showcases of its kind in the U.S.

This event continues to attract athletes from 30 states and two Canadian

Provinces. Its sister showcase, the

Queen of Diamonds North, is in its 17th season, and is the largest showcase in the nation.

Both events have over 2000 applicants in which 264 are selected.

This showcase is very unique as athletes actual-ly apply to attend and are selected based on many criteria ranging from abil-ity, potential, academics, graduation year, coaches requests and referrals. Makenzie pitches and plays shortstop at Pigeon Forge High School, and plays sec-ond base for the Knoxville Thunder 93 travel team. End of release I can send a summer ball picture if you want one.

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Team Elite Basketball Camp comingTeam Elite Basketball Camp will be June 28-30 at

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GET REAL! WITH PAT DORWIN

The honor of represent-ing their own country, the pregame tension stretched across the players’ faces as they honorably listen to their national anthems while preparing for the upcoming battle, the acting that comes when the game starts...

The acting?Yup, the acting that seems

to come with every profes-sional soccer match I’ve ever watched, although the sam-ple is a pretty small number, likely just near triple digits.

However, there just doesn’t seem to be as much acting in the current 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Sure, guys still do som-ersaults the moment some-body barely touches their jersey and many who fall on their own still come up with an incredulous look on their face, but it doesn’t seem that there is as much play-acting after contact as in the past.

So where did the drama go?

Far, far away, I hope. The drama kings who call for a stretcher at every slight twist of the ankle (or wrist) have seemed to left soccer for good, mainly because against stricter enforcement of “taking a dive.”

Bravo — it’s about time those who were easily tripped up by a sudden gust of wind have gone on to other things. But some aren’t convinced that’s the case.

My brother recently was working in Sevier County and stopped by my house to play with his niece and neph-ew. He popped in a room I was watching the World Cup

in to say hi — and left just as quickly, muttering, “I can’t watch this stuff,” going back to play with the kids.

Well, I can watch soccer — and like it, even though the only time I ever played soccer was for a bit in high school, basically to get in some running in before baseball practice started.

Matches like Wednesday’s U.S. win over Algeria that came in extra time and sent America to the top of its group for the upcom-ing knockout stages are as good sports drama as you are going to see. After 90 minutes, it was 0-0 and it looked like the tie would send America home, helped by some poor refereeing.

There was four minutes of extra time, which is added on after the regular 90 minutes are over for clock stoppages throughout the match. With two minutes to play, the U.S. scored to reach the knock-out stage. How many times has the U.S. done that? Let’s Google it: Not many.

Since the U.S. suffered a semi-final loss in the ini-tial World Cup, way back in 1930, Wednesday’s win marks only the fourth time total the Americans have had a shot to win the cup, far as I can tell, including the first one held with just a handful of teams.

So, why does someone like me (a retired rugby player,

whose sport was invented in 1823 when a bored soccer player picked up the ball and ran with it) like a sport many here deem too slow and low-scoring?

Because I can understand the tremendous athleticism involved in soccer at its high-est level, understand the zeal players feel in representing soccer on its biggest stage (no pun intended), like seeing the pressure get to the play-ers, coaches and fans to see how they react (see France: Meltdown, Implosion, Self-Destruction or Spontaneous Combustion, take your pick), and I like that ties can be considered upsets.

America 1, England 1 equals as much a win as does South Africa tying the aforementioned France as does a draw by New Zealand against Italy. That’s three ties, but all are considered huge upsets.

Consider the New Zealand All-Whites. As they were holding their own, the announcer said the match would knock rugby off the front pages for once and that those who were watching the match would be waking their neighbors in the middle of the night to get them to see the rest of a historic match. After all, FIFA’s rankings placed the Kiwis about 70 places below the Italians. Sort of like North Texas State beating Tennessee in college football. Not that it couldn’t happen ... Just that it’s highly unlikely to hap-pen.

Soccer is now considered a mainstream sport in the U.S. - by the media, the fans and

those who play the game. It’s obviously not for everybody, but it’s gone from being a club sport to a varsity sport in area high schools in less than 30 years. It has local AYSO officials looking for more field space, coaches and referees.

But I found after coach-ing my son for three differ-ent seasons of soccer when he was 4 and 5-years old, that the biggest difference between soccer and T-ball was the level of hands-on involvement of the parents.

In soccer, parents cheer just as loud, but that’s all about 90 percent of them want to do - the rest is up to the coach. In T-ball, we had about one coach for every two players - and that can make it easier on everybody. The reason: Parents played baseball and softball grow-ing up, few played soccer around here.

Back to my brother again. Soccer isn’t “manly” enough for him and its players are “wimps.” Will he ever be convinced otherwise?

No.It’s not like other sports

don’t have their moments of disgrace - in every game.

Almost every tackler in the NFL pops up and goes through some funky motions, like his doing what he’s paid to do is some sort of cause for celebration. If the tackle is behind the line of scrimmage or a quarter-back sack, look out as an imaginary grave is going to be dug or a chest is going to be beaten like the tackler is

Let’s get back to ‘no harm, no foul’

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RUSTENBURG, South Africa — For other coun-tries, a second-round World Cup match is a big step. For the United States, Saturday’s game against Ghana is so much more.

The television audience back home could top the U.S. national team record of 13.7 million, set during the 1994 World Cup loss to Brazil.

With a victory, the Americans would advance to a quarterfinal matchup versus Uruguay or South Korea on July 2 and match the farthest the U.S. team has advanced since the first World Cup in 1930. Confidence is soaring.

“If we continue to build on the successes so far, we can go to the end,” coach Bob Bradley said Friday.

The U.S. team made the 2-hour trip Friday northwest from Irene and checked into the Bakubung Bush Lodge, where the bus

was blocked by an elephant ahead of the opener against England on June 12. Players have been stoked since Landon Donovan’s injury-time goal beat Algeria on Wednesday and lifted them into the knock-out phase.

“The way we’ve been playing, feeling like we’ve gone undefeated and we’ve gotten stronger, I think that gives us hope,” goal-keeper Tim Howard said.

American sports fans have been focusing on soccer at an unprec-edented level. Former President Clinton attend-ed Wednesday’s game in Pretoria and chugged a postgame beer with cap-tain Carlos Bocanegra. New Orleans Saints run-ning back Reggie Bush

joined the party. Clinton changed his schedule to stick around for the Ghana game.

“People were coming out of the woodworks to cel-ebrate,” Bocanegra said.

The Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, New England Revolution and New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer are among those hosting viewing parties. The Kansas City Royals are setting up televisions around Kauffman Stadium so fans can watch while attending the baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Saturday’s game, nationally televised by ABC starting at 2:30 p.m. EDT, will be the third for the Americans at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

Great expectations as US meets Ghana

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP

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United States’ Landon Donovan, front left, celebrates after scoring a goal with fellow team member’ Edson Buddle.

By STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports Writer

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — One day after win-ning the longest tennis match in history, John Isner lost the shortest men’s match at Wimbledon so far this year.

It was back to normal, meanwhile, for defending champion Roger Federer, who showed he was back at the top of his game by sweeping Arnaud Clement in straight sets to reach the fourth round in his bid for a seventh Wimbledon crown.

Marathon man Isner looked weary from the outset Friday, required treatment for a neck injury and was beaten by unseeded Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

The second-round match was over in just 1 hour, 14 minutes, and the five games won by Isner is the fewest by a male player this week.

It was a complete turn-around from Isner’s epic three-day victory over Nicolas Mahut, which lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes and went to 70-68 in the fifth set.

What’s more, Isner served no aces Friday after hitting a record 112 against Mahut.

“I’ve never been this exhausted before,” Isner

said. “Mentally and physi-cally, I was obviously a bit drained. I just didn’t have much in the way of my legs. I was just low on fuel out there. Didn’t really have a chance.”

Starting shortly after noon in warm sunshine, Isner received a standing ovation when he walked onto court. He immediate-ly lost his serve — some-thing that didn’t happen once in his never-ending fifth set against Mahut.

“The turnaround time — he just didn’t have enough time to get his body right,” said Isner’s coach, Craig Boynton. “He’s one tired boy.”

Federer looked perfect-ly fresh as he demolished Clement 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, playing like the old grass-court master himself after being stretched to five sets in his first-round match and four in the second.

Federer saved the only break point against him, hit 29 winners, made only 12 unforced errors and left Centre Court to a rousing standing ovation.

“I get standing ovations 99 percent of the time — doesn’t matter if the per-formance was great or not so great,” he said. “I think they’re happy to see me, and they love tennis. ... But of course, when I end up winning, and they give me a reception like this, it feels good at the heart.”

Federer will next play 16th-seeed Jurgen Melzer, who beat Feliciano Lopez in four sets. Federer and the Austrian played dou-bles together as juniors but have never faced each other in singles on the tour.

“I’m excited about having a weekend off, because it’s been a tough first week,” Federer said. “Not as tough as Isner and Mahut, of course, but still somewhat tough mentally. So I’m looking forward to Monday.”

The man Federer has beaten in three Wimbledon finals, Andy Roddick, served 28 aces in a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber to make the round of 16.

The fifth-seeded American broke four times and saved all seven break points against him.

Roddick missed his first match point at 5-2 when he dove head first in vain to reach a drop shot and landed face first on the grass. In the next game, he saved a break point and then finished with an ace down the middle on his third match point.

Roddick next plays Yen-Hsun Lu, who became the first Taiwanese man to make the fourth round of a Grand Slam. He was leading Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-4, 2-1 when the German retired with an injury.

Marathon man Isner loses quickly; Federer wins

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S C O R E B O A R DNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 42 31 .575 —New York 41 31 .569 1/2Philadelphia 38 32 .543 2 1/2Florida 35 37 .486 6 1/2Washington 33 40 .452 9

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 40 32 .556 —Cincinnati 40 33 .548 1/2Milwaukee 32 40 .444 8Chicago 32 41 .438 8 1/2Houston 28 45 .384 12 1/2Pittsburgh 25 47 .347 15

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 42 30 .583 —San Francisco 39 32 .549 2 1/2Los Angeles 39 33 .542 3Colorado 38 34 .528 4Arizona 28 45 .384 14 1/2

———Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 5, San Diego 3Philadelphia 12, Cleveland 3Chicago White Sox 2, Atlanta 0Houston 7, San Francisco 5Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 0Chicago Cubs 3, Seattle 2, 13 inningsBaltimore 11, Florida 5Toronto 5, St. Louis 0Detroit 6, N.Y. Mets 5Texas 6, Pittsburgh 5Boston 13, Colorado 11, 10 inningsL.A. Dodgers 10, L.A. Angels 6Friday’s GamesChicago White Sox 6, Chicago Cubs 0Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:05 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Florida, 7:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

King Kong ... Please, I can’t watch that stuff. Don’t go running upfield 20 yards after you tripped-up an already stumbling QB, do your job and get your tail back to your huddle.

Get real, defenders, you did your job, congratula-tions. It’s the same poor acting we see when a soc-cer player trips on air or in any Worldwide Male Soap Opera Wrestling (WWMSOW) match that is ever shown. I can’t believe people will actu-ally pay to watch that junk — just DVR the “Bold, Young, Witty and Beautiful” during the day, and watch it when you come home from work. Fake wrestling fans, you know you want to, go ahead, don’t be afraid a giant beer can is going to fall through your home and crush you.

If the No Fun League (NFL) would drop a flag on the first excessive defensive celebration,

there wouldn’t be too many second-offenders, for fear of losing their high-paying jobs.

College football goes to the other extreme. A player dare not do any-thing but hand the ball to the ref after scoring a touchdown.

Players are even penal-ized before they score — do not, I repeat, do not dive into the end zone if there isn’t a defender within five yards of you. Celebrating after touch-downs, of course, has led to some ridiculous, game-changing penalties.

Where do you draw the line — in any sport — in regard to a player pre-tending to be hit, wheth-er it’s a soccer player who is barely, nudged, to an NFL punter or kicker feigning contact, to a basketball player flying backward trying to draw a charge?

How about we revert back to the schoolyard rules of, “No harm, no foul?”

Sounds reasonable - and clear-cut enough - for me.

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American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 45 27 .625 —Tampa Bay 43 29 .597 2Boston 44 30 .595 2Toronto 39 34 .534 6 1/2Baltimore 20 52 .278 25

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 40 32 .556 —Detroit 39 32 .549 1/2Chicago 38 34 .528 2Kansas City 30 43 .411 10 1/2

Pittsburgh at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.Saturday’s GamesMinnesota (Pavano 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5-4), 1:10 p.m.St. Louis (Hawksworth 1-4) at Kansas City (Davies 4-5), 2:10 p.m.Houston (Banks 0-0) at Texas (C.Wilson 5-3), 3:05 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 10-3), 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Toronto (Marcum 6-3), 4:05 p.m.Washington (L.Hernandez 6-4) at Baltimore (Bergesen 3-4), 4:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 4-6) at Atlanta (Kawakami 0-9), 4:10 p.m.Seattle (Fister 3-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 5-6), 4:10 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 10-4) at San Francisco (J.Martinez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Silva 8-2) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 8-3), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 2-6) at Cincinnati (LeCure 1-4), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-5), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Garland 7-5) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 8-2), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Cook 2-4) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 5-8), 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 0-2) at Oakland (Cahill 6-2), 10:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.San Diego at Florida, 1:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 1:35 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1:40

p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Houston at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Cleveland 26 45 .366 13 1/2West Division

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NL LEADERSBATTING—Prado, Atlanta, .338; Ethier, Los Angeles, .330; Byrd, Chicago, .321; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .313; Polanco, Philadelphia, .312; Freese, St. Louis, .312; BPhillips, Cincinnati, .310; Pujols, St. Louis, .310; Votto, Cincinnati, .310.HOME RUNS—Hart, Milwaukee, 17; Dunn, Washington, 16; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 15; Pujols, St. Louis, 15; Reynolds, Arizona, 15; Rolen, Cincinnati, 14; Uggla, Florida, 14; Votto, Cincinnati, 14.

AL LEADERSBATTING—Cano, New York, .362; Morneau, Minnesota, .349; Hamilton, Texas, .345; Beltre, Boston, .342; ISuzuki, Seattle, .339; MiCabrera, Detroit, .328; Ordonez, Detroit, .328.HOME RUNS—JBautista, Toronto, 20; MiCabrera, Detroit, 19; Konerko, Chicago, 18; VWells, Toronto, 18; Hamilton, Texas, 17; CPena, Tampa Bay, 16; Guerrero, Texas, 15; Morneau, Minnesota, 15; DOrtiz, Boston, 15.

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PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border, an asser-tion that critics painted as exaggerated and racist.

Brewer said the motiva-tion of “a lot” of the illegal immigrants is to enter the United States to look for work, but that drug rings press them into duty as drug “mules.”

“I believe today, under the circumstances that we’re facing, that the major-ity of the illegal trespassers that are coming into the state of Arizona are under the direction and control of organized drug cartels and they are bringing drugs in,” Brewer said.

“There’s strong informa-tion to us that they come as illegal people wanting to come to work. Then they are accosted and they become subjects of the drug cartel,” she said.

Sen. Jesus Ramon Valdes, a member of the Mexican senate northern border affairs commission, called Brewer’s comments racist and irresponsible.

“Traditionally, migrants have always been needy, humble people who in good faith go looking for a way to better the lives of their fami-lies,” Ramon Valdes said.

A Border Patrol spokes-man said illegal immigrants do sometimes carry drugs across the border, but he said he couldn’t provide numbers because the smug-glers are turned over to prosecutors.

“I wouldn’t say that every person that is apprehended

is being used as a mule,” spokesman Mario Escalante said from Tucson. “The smuggling organizations, in their attempts to be lucra-tive and to make more money, they’ll try pretty much whatever they need.”

A spokesman for a human rights group said Brewer’s comments were “an over-simplification of reality.”

“We have some stories of people being forced to carry drugs,” said Jaime Farrant, policy director for Tucson-based Border Action Network. “We disagree with the assessment that people are crossing (to carry drugs). We have no evidence that’s the truth. We think most people come in search of jobs or to reunite with their families.”

Brewer spoke Friday when asked about com-ments she made in a recent election debate among

Republican candidates for governor.

She said during the June 15 debate that she believed that most illegal immi-grants were not entering the United States for work. She then associated ille-gal immigrants with drug smuggling, drop houses, extortion and other crimi-nal activity.

Brewer on April 23 signed a controversial new state immigration enforcement law that will take effect July 29 unless blocked by a court. Five legal challenges are already pending in fed-eral court already, and the U.S. Justice Department may file its own challenge.

The Arizona law requires police officers enforcing another law to question a person’s immigration sta-tus if there’s a reasonable suspicion that he or she is in the country illegally.

AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer attends a ceremony commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Friday in Phoenix. Brewer stands by her statements regarding ille-gal immigration from an early debate, saying most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the bor-der.

Arizona governor: Most illegal immigrants smuggling drugs

NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED PBA MEETINGCITY OF SEVIERVILLE,TENNESSEE

This will serve as legal notice that the City of Sevierville Public Building Authority (PBA) will be holding a special called meeting on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 1PM. The meeting will be held at the Sevierville Civic Center, Gary Wade Blvd., Sevierville, TN.

Brenda McCroskey, Secretary

The major job responsibilities include:

Friday, July 2, 2010

Affordable OfficeSpace for rent inbusy complex.800sq.ft. with nicelayout. Semi fur-nished. Three of-fice’s & conferenceroom. Also, breakroom w/frige.$550mth. Call 865-388-5455 for moreinfo.

3300 or 6600 sq.ft. re-tail/ showroomspace for rent inbusy complex, withlarge delivery door.$2200mth for 3300sq. ft. or $4000mthfor 6600 sq.ft. Call865-388-5455 formore info.

605 BUSINESSRENTALS

Traditional townhouse2BR 1.5BA Smokefree & pet free.$525 mth + $525dep. Call 428-5781.

601 TOWNHOUSESFOR RENT

For Sale A-1 pre-owned dryers,

washers, ranges & refrigerators

All with warranty. Cagles Furniture and Appliances

453-0727

590 APPLIANCES

Complete log furniturepackage from a5BR cabin. 1 yrold. Includes pooltable & theaterroom. Value$35,000 will salefor $15,000. CallSally 774-2136

589 FURNITURE

589 FURNITURE

CHAMBERS FARMSnow picking Am-brosia sweetcorn $4 dozen, Half run-ner beans $20 bushel, Rattle-snake beans $20 bushel, Field toma-toes $1 lb. 423-3 1 8 - 2 9 0 8w w w. c h a m b e r -sproduce.webs.com

586 FARMERSMARKET

Day Lillies for sale. Thompson Day Lil-lies. 10104 Ashe-ville Hwy, Straw-berry Plains, TN. Free Day Lily with purchase. 933-0713

584 FEED, SEED &PLANTS

Very cute, 1 yr old, fe-male mid-sized dog, housebroken, has rabies shots, very friendly. The dog does bark a lot to outside sounds. 865-314-1765 or 933-2662

REWARD: Lost: 6 lbs Black/Silver York-ie. Name is Pre-cious. S. New Era .

581 PETS

7 diamond curved Journey pendant. 1/2 Kt. total wgt. set in yellow gold. $225.00. Call Rog-er 865-654-3895.

2 Burial Lots at Smoky Mountain Memory Garden

Pigeon Forge1200.00 each OBO

Call David865-382-1844

557 MISC. SALES

Yard Sale: Sunday 6/27, 8-4; 1117 Richfield Dr., Exit Spur at King Branch and follow signs.

555 GARAGE &YARD SALES

Yard Sale. Small kitch-en appliances, hats, new t-shirts, canning jars, col-lectibles, DVDs & CDs, much more. From Sevierville, take 339 aka Jones Cove Rd past the school to Bogard on left, Fol-low signs to Stin-nett Ridge Rd June 25, 26 & 27. 8-8

Yard sale. Most items $1, kids and adults clothing. Fri. & Sat. 9 am-3pm 414 Grace Ave.

Yard Sale-2887 Easy St.-Wears Valley Rd. Fri & Sat June 25 & 26, 8am-3pm Antiques, pictures, Avon-Cape Cod Collectibles, etc.

Yard Sale Ladies Plus size. June 26, 8-? Boyds Creek be-hind Quiznos

Yard Sale Fri. & Sat. Tools, childrens clothing from 7 am-3pm. 508 Fred Sales Place.

Silk floral arrange-ments, household items, golf clubs & bag, old records, clothing & more. 307 Maggie Mack Lane off Hardin Ln. Sat. 7am-2pm

Large Yard Sale: Fri. & Sat., June 25 & 26. 8-5; 116 Cedar Hills Rd. Turn at Love Rd. & Cedar Hills off Chapman at Enterprise. Anti-que bookcase bed-room suite, full sz., & dark oak dining table w/4 chairs, dishwasher, much more.

Huge Sale: Something for everyone. Clothing, furn., ex-ercise equip, HH items. 411 N. to Thomas Cross to Thomas Loop to 3319 Thomas Wood Trail, Sev. Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 10a.m.-4p.m.

Estate Sale. Contrac-tor tools, building materials, pottery, furniture, lots of misc items. 1319 Benton Way, Lick-log Hollow off Jones Cove Rd.


Huge Multi Family Yard Sale for Youth Mission. Gas grill, furniture, baby items, toys galore, womens plus sizes, much more. 1011 Allens-ville Rd Saturday 7am-Noon

HOUSEWIDE SALE:Huge! 9 pc. formal dining set, coffee tables, rockers, jewelry & armoire, desk, bookshelf, stereo, toys, piano, crystal, old books, fine china, Christ-mas decor, bells, lenox birds, tools, much more! Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. (early shoppers Fri. 6:30 for $5.00). 246 Dove Dr., New Center.

Garage Sale: Fri. & Sat. Furn., TV, clothes, misc. 3504 Vickwood Ln., P.F.

Garage Sale - Fri & Sat 8-4 girls cloth-ing size 3T - 16 plus size also, toys, books,house-hold items & more 1209 Barton Fields Dr., Sev. Snapp-wood II Subd.

DOLLAR DVD: Huge Sale. VHS - $1.00 each. Disney VHS - $2.99 & up. All DVD’s - Buy 4, get 1 Free. All DVD rentals $1.00 per night. (incl. New Release)We rent, buy, sell & trade.535 Dolly Parton Pky. K.O. Square, beside Ole Smoky Discount Tobacco. Owner: Kim Pierce 865-428-4620.

A Grand Moving Sale! Fri., Sat, Sun. 8-6 Appliances, furn., tools, antiques, etc. Corner of City Park & Ridge Rd.

2 Family Yard Sale: Fri. & Sat. 9-1; 1265 Allensville Rd., 3.5 mi. from Hwy. 66.

2 Family Garage Sale: Saturday, 8-3; 320 Saddleback Way, Sev. Baby items, clothes, HH items, furn., w/d, 4-wheel-er.

2 Family Garage Sale Saturday Only! 335 Birchwood Subdv. Kitchen is-land, Yamaha key-board, furniture, old/antique items, jr girls and young mens clothes, m e n s / w o m e n ’ s clothes, and other items. 8-?


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356 STORAGEBUILDINGS

Part time cabin clean-ers needed. Call 865-868-1470.

248 CABINCLEANING

Park Village Apts is seeking a full-time maintenance man. Must have own tools, pass back-ground check and drug screen. Ref-erences required, apply within. No phone calls please.

247 MAINTENANCE

Part time & full time p.m. Cash & Serv-ers. No tip sharing, no tipping out. Ap-ply in person at Cracker Barrel, 2285 Parkway, PF.

242 RESTAURANT

Riverchase Motel Pi-geon Forge now hiring dependable, experienced Front Desk clerk for 3-11pm shift. Apply in person 3709 Parkway.

Now hiring: Front Desk Clerks & House-keepers. Apply in person, Park Tow-er Inn, 201 Sharon Dr., P.F.

NOW HIRING: 2nd shift Desk Clerk & third shift Night Au-ditor. Apply within. 8am-4pm; No phone calls please. James Manor, 2735 Parkway P.F.

Now hiring relief night audit, breakfast at-tendant & p.m. maintenance. Ap-ply in person 2440 Parkway, P.F.

Now Hiring for Experi-enced Front Desk Clerk. Apply in person at Red Roof Inn, PF.

Hiring immediately for housekeeping and front desk. Please apply in person at Rocky Waters, 333 Parkway, Gat. 865-426-7861.

Front Desk ClerkLooking for friendly

person with excel-lent people skills and some comput-er experience. Year round posi-tion with benefits. Tree Tops Resort of Gatlinburg865-436-6559

Four Seasons Motor Lodge in Gatlin-burg hiring Experi-enced Mature Day-shift Clerk and H o u s e k e e p e r s Please apply be-tween 7am-3pm.

238 HOTEL/MOTEL

Clarion Inn Willow River, 1990 Win-field Dunn Park-way (Hwy. 66) Sevierville now hir-ing housekeeping Apply in person.

238 HOTEL/MOTEL

Riverstone Resort & Spa is now hiring for Front Desk Clerks, Relief Night Auditor & House-keeping positions. Apply in person at 212 Dollywood Ln., Pigeon Forge, left at traffic light # 8.

Mobile Mechanic needed. Must have own tools. We pro-vide truck. Knowl-edge of gas & die-sel engines. If in-terested, Call 453-3152 Ask for Jim

FREE Infor Meeting: Meet self-made millionaire. Find out how she did it. Spots filling quick-ly. 407-383-2808.

Carrs Northside Cot-tages Highway 321, Gatlinburg looking for neat, dependable, hon-est persons for H o u s e k e e p i n g . Please apply in person between 7am-3pm.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has an immediate opening for a full-time Accounting Clerk. The suc-cessful candidate should be energet-ic, have computer experience, with an emphasis in Mi-crosoft Office ap-plications, organ-ized and able to work independent-ly with attention to detail. Accounting/ bookkeeping expe-rience preferred. Competitive wage and benefit pack-age available.

Qualified applicant should submit re-sume and compen-sation history to:

Arrowmont School ofArts & Crafts

Attn: AccountingClerk SearchP.O. Box 567

Gatlinburg, TN 37738

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INVITATION TO BIDDERS

Sevier County is so-liciting sealed bids on replacement windows for the Sevier County courthouse.

Bids will be received at the Sevier County Mayors Office, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN, 37862 until 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

There will be a man-datory pre-bid meeting and courthouse walk-through on Monday, July 12, at 2 p.m. in room 100 of the court-house.

Specifications may be obtained from Jim Coykendall, 906 East Parkway, Suite 1, Gat-linburg, TN, 37738 or 865.436.9436 or [email protected]

The Bidder’s name, address, bid opening time and the quotation "Courthouse Replace-ment Windows" must be printed on the sealed, opaque enve-lope containing the bid.

Sevier County re-serves the right to ac-cept or reject any/or all bids and to accept the bid deemed most fa-vorable to the interest of Sevier County.

06/24, 06/25, 06/26

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away unwanted items in the Classifieds.

CART GRAB more

attention with Classifieds!

Call 428-0746

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Answer: What the luxury liners need to serve theirpassengers — CRUISE CREWS

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEby Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek

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House seats, Septic tanks, Footers, Roads

654-5708 or 654-7111

Does dirt work, Clearing, Driveways, Home Site, etc.Russell 865-654-3573

DIGGIN’FOOLSExcavating

118 EXCAVATING

117 ELECTRICAL

115 ROOFINGSERVICES

Professional Painter for hire1st class

guaranteed work.Over 25 yrs. exp.Phone Sam

865-453-6811

106 HOMEIMPROVEMENTS

Knoxville Skylights5 Star Skylight Specialist

New Installs, Replacements,

Sun TunnelsLic. Bonded & Insured865-438-9030



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2003 Kawasaki Vulcan1600 Classic.16,504 mi., silver.Lots of additionala c c e s s o r i e s .$5,000. No trades.865-603-0813. InGatlinburg.

950 MOTORCYCLESALES

1984 3/4 ton ChevyTruck. King cab.Collector model.Good farm truck.$2500. 1995 Pon-tiac GrandAm.$600 Call 865-2014902.

945 TRUCK SALES

2002 JAGUAR X-type,3.0, gray w/blackinterior. Nice car.$4000 OBO. Call865-607-6542.

1992 Mercedes 190Efor sale. 4 door, sil-ver, runs great.865-453-5968

1966 Ford Galaxy.289 Auto. $2700.Call Benny 865-607-6542.

943 AUTOMOBILESALES

Pontoon 2002 Weers20 ft. 2003 90 HP.Johnson, AM/FM,CD Radio, Horn,Headlights, ShadeTop, Ladder forSwimmers, Trailer.Mint condition$7,800. 335-5727.

909 BOAT SALES

1995 Camper, Catalina Kroger. Like new. Fully furn. Sleeps 4. 865-850-0521.

837 CAMPER SALES

Tent SitesIndian Camp CreekRent by day or week.

Utilities & wifiBathhouse AvailableNear the Park

850-2487

831 MOBILE HOMEPARK LOTS

Nice 3BR Doublewide with Family room, All Appliances. Will move to your land or family lane, WAC, Call Bill @ 865-360-9959.

NEW D WIDES SETUPPRIVATE LAND WOW

BOYDS CREEK IN SEVIERVILLEAND EXIT 417

EZY EZY HOTLINE # 865-453-2931

NEW SINGLE WIDES& DOUBLE WIDESEZY PURCHASE HOTLINE

WE LOVE TRADESHAVE LAND

865-453-7523

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

New 5000ft ware-house/ exit 407 Sale or lease $2650.mth. 865-654-6691

1/2 Acre Commercial Zoned Lots, Kodak exit 407, $89,000. 865-654-6691.

721 COMMERCIALPROPERTY

FSBO: 5.5 acres, 2800 sq. ft. shop. Pow-der Springs area. $115,000. 865-712-5067.

718 LAND FOR SALE

Riverdale Subdivision 3 lots. 865-654-6155

Boyds Creek/Cool Springs Sub. Lot 64, $49,900. 865-654-6155.

714 LOTS FOR SALE

OPEN HOUSEJune 27, 2-5pm. 1406

William Holt Blvd. 2BR/2.5BA Condo. $129,900. 865-548-1125.

FSBO Open House at 221 Woodland Rd #212, Gatlinburg. Fri 6/25 4-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun noon-4pm.

607 Haggard Drive$159,900

Sunday, June 27th1 PM - 3 PM

Call 865-850-7253 for directions.Rhonda Jernigan

Prime Choice Realty

712 OPEN HOUSE

Rancher lease option 3Br, 2Ba, 1,870 sf. Den $164,000. 1433 Cherokee Cr. 966-9354.

FSBO in Pigeon Forge 3BR 2BA, lg kitch-en, fp, util rm w/ sink, landscaped lg lot. Must see! $145,000 865-774-7650

Custom Homes, Addi-tions, Garages, & Remodel Coplen Construction, 865-654-6691.

710 HOMES FORSALE

Hwy 321Pittman Center area.

1&2 BR cabin on creek. Fully furnished.

Utilities included.$200 & up per week

850-2487

**NICE, CLEAN**3 BR / 2 BA WITH

GARAGE IN KODAK AREA

$950.00/MO. + DEP. NO PETS.865-712-5238

3 BD / 2 BA1 Car Garage$745/mo.

(865) 908-6789

DOWNTOWNSEVIERVILLE

Cute 2BR/1BAwalking distance

to school.$800/mo. – $800/dep.405-2116

P.F. King’s Hills: 3BR/2BA, newly remodeled, new carpet, FP, all appl., w/d, $900 mo. 1 yr. lease, 865-385-9530.

699 HOME RENTALS

REALTY PLUS428-8155

New Homes Under Construction:Sevierville:

Call Renee'/AliciaApprox. 1620 SF 3/2

Gar. $170,000.Approx. 1540 SF 3/2

G a r / B a s e m e n t $154,900.

Approx. 1462 SF 3/2 Gar. $159,900.

Approx 1444 SF 3/2 Gar. $159,900.

Kodak: Approx. 1400 SF 3/2 Gar. $149,900.

Builder Blow OutNew Town Home 2BR/

2BA Awesome views! Lg. Master BR, Stainless Appl. $93,900 Call Alicia.

OWNER FINANCING2 - 2BR CABINS

NEXT TO DOLLY-WOOD on rental program. $15,000 DOWN $255,000. Call Renee’.

Comm./Res.210’ Road Frontage on

1 Ac. $120,000.Call Renee’.

Level 1+ Acre Lotw/views $19,000. Call Renee’.

Renee’ Weiss865-680-5564.

Alicia Roy865-809-3420

PF, 3209 Gold Dust, 3BR/3BA ch & a, NO pets. $900mo., 1st, last 368-5002.

Log Cabin in Gatlin-burg, 1BR partially furn. $600. + elec. Water furn. NO PETS! Ref. req. 865-430-9082.

BELLE MEADOWSAvailable in July4BR/2BA, 2 cargarage. Approx.1870 sq. ft. $1,200865-429-2962

4BR 3BA 2300 sq ft. Garage. Sev. $1200 mth + dep. 865-654-0222

3BR/2BA w/garage bsmt in Mtn. Mead-ows Sub., Sevier-ville. $995/mo + dep. 748-2684.

3BR/2BA House, cen-trally located off Veterans Blvd. $750/mo., Dep. re-quired, credit ck. Avail. immediately. Call 865-323-3457.

699 HOME RENTALS

3BR house for rent. Contact number O/A 865-654-3797

3BR 2BA in Sevierville area. $750 mth $750 dep. No pets. Call 680-4615

3 Br, 2 1/2 Bath home in woods. $750.00 + SD. 1 yr lease. 865-774-6796.

2BR/1BA, newly re-modeled. Douglas Dam area. $625/ mo. + security dep. No pets. 865-428-1277.

2 BR w/loft on Nichlos St. $550/mo with $500 Dep. 865-932-9691.

1100 Sq. Ft. House. 1BR + loft. Beauti-ful view near Pi-geon Forge. $825 mo. 865-696-6900.

699 HOME RENTALS

Low Income 1BR some furniture. 865-654-8702

Kodak 3BR Trailer Exit 407. Private-on farm-includes wa-ter. $500 per mo. $500 deposit. 6 mo lease-ref req- Bk check. 865-310-6510 or 310-6627

2BR/1BA near Fair-gounds, Sev. Call 397-0685 or 850-5428.

2BR 2BA $130 weekly + $500 security or $500 mth + $500 security. 933-8185

2BD 5 min. from Sev. $135/wk. 1st, last + damage deposit due. References, no pets, no smok-ing. 621-2300.

2 & 3 BR HomesPine Knob Mountain

ViewSwimming Pool865-933-0504

2 & 3BR mobile homes for rent Must have refs.

No Pets.Call for info428-3096

698 MOBILE HOMERENTALS

Studio condo on Pkwy, furn, util. inc., wifi, cbl, indr pool $200/ wk 540-397-4977.

697 CONDORENTALS

697 CONDORENTALS

SEVIERVILLEFree credit check, 7

days free rent, salt water pool, 2BR, 2BA, 1,114 sq. ft. $675.00 & up. 865-429-4470.

RIVERWALK1BR/1BA TO 2BR/2BA$545.00 to $695.00865-429-2962

On Lake! 1BR Town-home. Elect./H2O incl. $160 wk + dep. 865-640-8751

Mountain View Town-home apartment for rent 2BR 1.5BA. Newly re-modeled with hard-wood flooring & new carpet. Locat-ed in Gatlinburg. $650 mth 1st mth rent & security de-posit required. For more information call 865-868-0449 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm or 865-356-3015 after hours & weekends

Large Studio Apt. in Seymour. Full kitchen, private bath, king bed, fire-place, large deck overlooking moun-tains. $500/mo + util. 680-4182. No Saturday calls.

Large 1BR Water, app furnished. No pets. Ref. $450 + dep. 680-3078.

GATLINBURG, 2BR unfurn. water incl. No Pets. dep req. 865-621-3015.

FOR RENT

Sevierville Fully Fur-nished Large base-ment apartment. Private entrance, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Kitchen, Large Liv-ing room. $675 per month $100 dam-age deposit, utilit-ies furnished. No pets. Shared Laun-dry. Credit Check & References. Great for singles or couples. Call 429-3813

CROSSCREEK2BR/1.5 BA to2BR/2BA gardenapts. $545 to $580Trolly access865-429-2962

Apartments for rent. $525-$675/mo. 2 BDRM, w/d hook-up. Locations in Sevierville & Pi-geon Forge.

3BR Apartment for rent in Kodak. $700/mo + deposit. Call Bar-bara 865-368-5338

696 APARTMENTSFOR RENT

A Great Location. 2 blocks off Parkway near Walmart. 2BR/2BA w/car-port, w/d & water furn. Approx. 1400 SF, non-smoking environment. No pets please. $695 month. Year lease. Call 865-453-5396.

1 & 2 BR avail.Some Pets OK.

$400 UPWATER INCLUDEDMurrell Meadows

1/8 mile fromWalters State

CollegeAllensville Road

Walk to lakeReasonable Rates

654-7033

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Now Leasing,New Apartments

in Gatlinburg

behind GP High School near trolley stop

2 BR / 1 BA$585/mo.

Call (865) 436-3565

TownhouseNewly updated

2BR/1.5BACovered Parking

W/D Conn $625 mth Call 865-384-4054

Gatlinburg area:

2BR/1BANo pets. Credit check,

Sec. Dep Required. $600/mth

430-4222

NICE, CLEAN1 BR / 1 BA

IN SEVIERVILLE$380.00 + DEPOSIT

NO PETS865-712-5238

Spacious & Quiet!2 BR / 2 BA

Apts. for Rentin Wears ValleyFrom $650/mo.12 Mo. LeasePets Allowed

(865) 329-7807

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SEVIERVILLERENTALS

Apartments,mobile homes and trailer lots

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ROOMS FOR RENT

Low Weekly Rates436-5179

Greystone RentalsRed Carpet Inn349 East Parkway

Gatlinburg, TN

GatlinburgRooms for Rent

FurnishedAll Utilities, Cable and

Tax included

$100 per week865-621-2941

405-2116

Affordable Housingin Gatlinburg

Rooms for rent, weeklyrates, furn., cable TV.

436-4471or 621-2941

Weekly RentalsIncludes

Family Inns WestPigeon Forge 865-453-4905

Phone, Color TV,Wkly HousekeepingMicr./Frig. Available

$169.77+

693 ROOMS FORRENT

Wa r e h o u s e / o f f i c e space with loading dock for lease in Sevierville. Cli-mate control, 2,700 sq. ft. $1,400/mo. 865-256-4809 or 865-654-6042.

Office building for rent. 119 South Blvd, just off pkwy. $475 mth. 933-6544

GATLINBURG Deal! APT./SHOP - of-fice space. water incl. 621-3015.

605 BUSINESSRENTALS

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CLASSIFIEDS428-0748

The Mountain Press ◆ Saturday, June 26, 2010A16 ◆ Comics

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Dear Annie: “Austin” and I have been married for several years, and we have two beautiful chil-dren. He was an alcoholic when we met, but when he realized it was serious-ly affecting his health, he quit in a single day. Our marriage was wonderful.

Everything changed after Austin’s father died unexpectedly. He became a closet drinker, started gambling and distanced himself from the entire family. After a year, he pulled out of the skid, but things haven’t been the same. I know he still drinks and lies to me about it. He also self-medicates with other substances. This year has been especially tough. Austin lost his job and feels he is not pulling his weight around the house. He gets angry and then disappears for hours on end.

Annie, I know deep down the man I fell in love with is still there, but how do I bring him back? He refuses to see a counselor or a doctor about his depression and will not even discuss A.A. I probably make things worse, because when I suspect he’s been drink-ing, it leads to a fight.

I miss my husband. Austin reads your col-umn, so please tell him I love him with all my heart and it hurts to see him missing out on his family. He was my white knight, and now I want to save him. — Need Help

Dear Need Help: Austin sounds severely depressed and prob-ably has been since Dad died. He also turns to addictive substances (alcohol, drugs, gam-bling) to dull the pain. Counseling would help him enormously, but you cannot force him to go. Please look into Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org)

at 1-888-4AL-ANON (1-888-425-2666). It’s for family and friends of alcoholics and will help you learn better ways of coping with Austin’s drinking. And, Austin, if you are reading this, you owe it to your family to try to get better. They love you and need you.

Dear Annie: I have a problem with jealousy and insecurity. My fiance has never done anything to make me feel this way, but the men who were in my life before cheated on me.

I know I need help, but we can’t afford counsel-ing. It’s reached the point where we argue a lot because he now works with a woman I can’t help but think is better look-ing than I am, and he may cheat with her. My fears are tearing us apart.

My fiance keeps telling me to grow up. Please help. — Stressed and Tired

Dear Stressed: Fear is irrational, but you must decide not to let yours become so debili-tating that it destroys this relationship and all future ones. We strongly urge you to get counsel-ing so you can defeat your jealousy demons. Look for low-cost help through local hospitals, university psychology departments and gradu-ate school counseling departments, United Way and the YMCA.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Devastated and Frustrated,” whose son

won’t let her see the grandchildren. You’ve printed other letters about young married couples who like to cut off the grandparents dur-ing family feuds.

Erasing your children’s past and handing them a blank future is a terrible way to seek revenge. The children don’t have a dog in this fight. They should be encouraged to phone or e-mail their grandpar-ents for this simple rea-son alone.

Family history is passed on to the future through the stories and experiences of the grand-parents. The sad part is that when the chil-dren find out that they were cheated out of this basic right, they will do the same thing to their parents when the time comes. I’ve seen it hap-pen.

As family ties are cut, we are slowly creat-ing some lonely heirs in future generations. They won’t have any family history and will never know why. — An Observer

Dear Observer: You are unfortunately right. Thank you for point-ing out that family his-tory can become another casualty of such estrange-ments.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, long-time editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writ-ers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.cre-ators.com.

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A year after Michael Jackson’s death caused a worldwide outpour-ing of shock, tears and tributes, the anniversary of his passing was being marked Friday on a quieter scale, as fans remembered their fallen King of Pop with vigils, prayer and, of course, music.

The electric, enigmatic and troubled icon died on June 25, 2009, at age 50, as he was preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London. Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with invol-untary manslaughter in Jackson’s death for administering the power-ful anesthetic propofol to Jackson to help the pop star sleep.

At Jackson’s final resting place at Forest Lawn in Glendale. Calif., about 500 fans filed past barricades Friday to get close to the mausoleum where Jackson is interred. Some wept, while some carried bouquets; others were armed with cameras to document the

moment.Erick Dominguez, 37, a sales repre-

sentative from Victorville, Calif., wore a black shirt with Jackson’s photo that read: “In Loving Memory.”

“He’s been my idol all my life since I can remember. I feel like I haven’t had closure,” he said, starting to weep from behind dark sunglasses.

Yugi Aoki, 33, of Tokyo, came with 13 other Japanese fans. They were all wearing sparkling gloves and fedora hats, one of Jackson’s signature looks. Aoki smiled as he described how Jackson influenced him: “Michael Jackson changed myself. We love his dancing and songs.”

Members of the Jackson family arrived at the cemetery Friday after-noon, and brother Tito Jackson shook the hands of a few waiting fans.

In Gary, Ind., Jackson’s home-town, hundreds of fans began gather-ing in the afternoon for a tribute at the family home; Jackson’s mother, Katherine, was in the city for the event.

Leonia Lowery, 69, a retiree from

Chicago, stood against the fence hop-ing to catch a glimpse of the family matriarch.

“I’m very proud to be here and will be coming here every year because we love him,” she said as the King of Pop’s music played over loudspeak-ers set up outside his boyhood home.

In Harlem, pictures of Jackson hung on a wall outside New York’s Apollo Theater, where Jackson and his brothers won amateur night in the late 1960s. A sidewalk plaque honored the singer alongside such other legends as James Brown and Smokey Robinson.

Since the Apollo helped launch the Jackson 5, it has had a strong connec-tion to the late singer. After Jackson’s death, it became the de facto gather-ing place for New York fans.

“We are really honored to have played a part in launching Michael’s musical career and to serve as a gathering place for people to come and celebrate his lifetime of achieve-ment,” said Jonelle Procope, Apollo president and CEO.

Fans around the world honor Michael Jackson

AP Photo/Nick Ut

Takeshi Nakamura of Japan carries a floral tribute at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, Calif., Friday to honor the first year anniver-sary of Michael Jackson’s death.

By KELLY OLSENAssociated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital Friday to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anni-versary of the start of the Korean War, while Seoul told Pyongyang to admit responsibility for a deadly warship sinking.

One large poster at the rally in Pyongyang depicted a man kicking an American soldier and the slogan “U.S. Army, Get Out.” Another sign said, “Kick Them Out With a Single Punch,” according to footage shot by broadcaster APTN.

At least 120,000 peo-ple marched through the streets, “raising shouts for hatred and wrath at the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean group of trai-tors kowtowing to them,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

The mood surrounding the 60th anniversary of the war’s outbreak is far differ-ent from that at the 50th, which came just days after the conclusion of the first-ever summit between the Koreas in Pyongyang.

Tensions are high follow-ing the March sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in which 46 sail-ors died. South Korea has blamed the North for the attack, which Pyongyang denies. Relations were already sour since con-servative President Lee

Myung-bak took office in 2008 in Seoul with a harder line toward the North than his liberal predecessor.

The Korean conflict started in the early hours of June 25, 1950, with an attack on the South by North Korean troops. The Korean peninsula had been divided in 1945 after colo-nial ruler Japan’s defeat in World War II.

The United States and 15 other countries sent troops to aid South Korea, while Chinese soldiers fought with the North and the Soviet Union provided air support. Three years of combat devastated both sides. The fighting ended with an armistice, not a permanent peace treaty, leaving the peninsula in a technical state of war.

At Friday’s Pyongyang rally, North Korean soldiers and civilians crammed the city’s central square to shout slogans and listen to a speech condemning the U.S., the APTN footage showed.

“In order to establish our people’s dignity and our country’s autonomy, our people and army will con-tinue to strengthen nuclear deterrence for self defense,” Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, told the gathering.

North Korea, which has carried out two under-ground nuclear tests, often trumpets its success in atomic development as its ultimate means of defense and guarantee of indepen-dence.

Divided Koreas commemorate start of Korean War

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