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& Restaurant
Casual Fine Dining • Family Friendly
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assure your satisfaction.
For our health conscious customers, Bridges uses only
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We continue to add to and improve our extensive menu. We are
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a problem please ask for a manager, Whitey, Yvette or Nick. We
hope to make
Bridges Cafe and Restaurant
your favorite dining destination.
Come sample our Something-for-Everyone Menu
Appetizers Salads Homemade Soups
Pasta Steaks Ribs Chicken Shrimp
Lobster Crab Legs Burgers
Sandwiches Desserts Child’s Menu
Wine and Spirits Available
Open Sunday thru Thursday 11 am - 10 pm
Friday & Saturday 11 am - 11 pm
630 Broad Street • Elizabethton
423-542-3000
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W/PHOTO
128
Norman Joines Rd.
Happy Valley
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542-1530
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60 AUTOS
W/PHOTO
STOCK # 5123
Pre-Owned
Serial 84835
1999 FORD
MUSTANG GT
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V-8, 5 speed, AC,
loaded,
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$8995.
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(423)543-1531
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61 CAMPERS &
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Johnson City
(423)542-2131
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Johnson City
(423)542-2131
53 INSURANCE
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Johnson City, TN
(423)610-7302
63 4X4 VEHICLES
FOR SALE
1988 Jeep Cherokee,
4x4, 2DR, 6 cylinder,
automatic, loaded.
$1,500.
767-0439,
767-6103.
2001 Dodge Dakota,
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(423)542-4138.
64 4X4 W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
57 MOTORCYCLES
FOR SALE
1997 HONDA CMX
250, custom paint,
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$2500
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59 AUTOS
FOR SALE
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28x74 Norris
Serial #16357
26' 460 Ford,
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1986
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Serial #9617
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Pre-Owned
2000 LINCOLN
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Johnson City
(423)610-7302
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$26,995.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
STOCK # 7220
Pre-Owned
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE'S SALE
1999 MERCEDES
KOMPRESSOR
Sale at public auction
will be on May 1, 2006,
at 1:00 PM, local time,
at the front door on
Main Street door, Carter County Courthouse, Elizabethton,
Tennessee, pursuant
to Deed of Trust executed by Joshua A.
Hopkins and Minette
C. Hopkins, married, to
Charles E. Tonkin, II,
Trustee, on October
27, 2003, at Book T682,
Convertible, 4 cyl.,
turbo, auto, leather,
89K miles $14,995.
ELIZABETHTON
AUTO SALES
423-543-7592
F
SA OR
LE
STOCK # 6231
Pre-Owned
PUBLIC NOTICES
Page 619 and conducted by Joe M.
Kirsch or Denise Griffin,
Substitute Trustee, all
of record in the Carter
County Register's Office.
Owner of Debt: Tennessee Housing Development Agency
The following real estate located in Carter
County, Tennessee,
will be sold to the
highest call bidder
subject to all unpaid
taxes, prior liens and
encumbrances of record:
Described property located in the 8th Civil
District
of
Carter
County, Tennessee, to
wit:
Lots 11 and 12, Block
24, H. R. Howell Company's Biltmore Addition, as shown by plat
of same of record in
Plat Book I Page 57,
now Plat Cabinet A
Slide 29, in the Register's Office for Carter
County, Tennessee at
Elizabethton, to which
reference is here
made for a more
complete description
of said lots.
Street Address: 117
Roosevelt
Avenue,
Elizabethton, TN 37643
Owner(s) of Property:
Joshua A. Hopkins,
and wife, Minette C.
Hopkins
The street address of
the above described
property is believed to
be 117 Roosevelt Avenue, Elizabethton, TN
37643, but such address is not part of the
legal description of
the property sold
herein and in the
event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall
control.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory
and otherwise, and
homestead are expressly waived in said
Deed of Trust, and the
title is believed to be
good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee.
The right is reserved to
adjourn the day of the
sale to another day,
time, and place certain without further
publication, upon announcement at the
time and place for the
sale set forth above.
If the highest bidder
cannot pay the bid
within twenty-four (24)
hours of the sale, the
next highest bidder, at
their highest bid, will
be deemed the successful bidder.
This property is being
sold with the express
reservation that the
sale is subject to confirmation by the lender
or trustee. This sale
may be rescinded at
any time.
This office is a debt
collector. This is an attempt to collect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
Joe M. Kirsch or
Denise Griffin, Substitute Trustee
Law Office of Shapiro
& Kirsch, LLP
6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410
Memphis, TN 38119
Phone 901-767-5566
Fax 901-767-8890
File No. 05-3657
4/4, 4/11, 4/18
SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Default having been
made in the payment
of the debts and obligations secured to be
paid by a certain
Deed of Trust executed January 28,
2003 by Steve R. Hopson, and wife Cindy
Hopson to American
Title Company, as Trustee, as same appears
of record in the office
of the Register of Carter County, Tennessee,
in Book T650 Page 211,
and the undersigned
having been appointed
Substitute
Trustee by instrument
recorded in the said
Register's Office, and
the owner of the debt
secured, Popular Financial Services, LLC,
having requested the
undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and
conveyed by said
Deed of Trust, all of
said
indebtedness
having matured by
default in the payment of a part
thereof, at the option
of the owner, this is to
give notice that the
undersigned will, on
Wednesday, April 19,
2006 commencing at
2:00 PM, at the Front
Door of the Courthouse, Jonesborough,
Carter County, Tennessee proceed to sell
at public outcry to the
highest and best bidder for cash, the following
described
property, to-wit:
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
Situated in County of
Carter, State of Tennessee.
Property Address: 285
Green Lee Road,
Johnson City, TN.
Being the property located at, 285 Greenlee Road, in the City
of Johnson City, TN zip
Code 37601, Carter
County, Tennessee.
Situate, lying and being in the Sixth (6th)
Civil District of Carter
County,
Tennessee
and being more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at
an iron pin set on the
northerly boundary of
Greenlee Road, said
iron pin being the
northwest corner of
Carpenter
(Deed
Book 358, page 786);
thence
with
the
boundary of Greenlee
Road. North 50 degrees 49 minutes 55
seconds West 149.30
feet to a concrete
monument corner to
other property of
Smith (Deed Book 404,
page 289); thence
with the line of Smith,
North 52 degrees 56
minutes 34 seconds
East 87.78 feet to an
iron pin in the line of
Lot 1; thence with the
line of Lot 1, South 29
degrees 20 minutes 00
seconds East 11.41
feet to an iron pin;
thence North 52 degrees 59 minutes 44
seconds East 123.66
feet to an iron pin in
the line of Baird (Deed
Book 218, page 253);
thence with the line of
Baird, South 34 degrees 57 minutes 29
seconds East, 140 feet
to an iron pin corner
to Carpenter; thence
with the line of Carpenter, South 54 degrees 59 minutes 27
seconds West 169.37
feet to the point of Beginning and containing 0.61 acres and
shown as Lot 2 of Gaylord and Delbert Smith
property as shown by
survey drawn by Jerry
W. Nave, RLS #1669,
dated August 4, 1995
to which reference is
here made for a more
full and complete description hereof.
Other Interested Party:
American General Financial Services, Inc.
All right and equity of
redemption, homestead and dower
waived in said Deed
of Trust, and the title is
believed to be good,
but the undersigned
will sell and convey
only as Substitute Trustee.
ARNOLD M. WEISS,
Substitute Trustee
Weiss Spicer, PLLC
208 Adams Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee
38l03
90l-526-8296
File # 2558-051676-FC
Equity One, Inc./
Steven Hopson
3/28, 4/4, 4/11
TRUSTEE'S
SALE
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE
OF AUTHORITY vested
in the undersigned
Trustee, and in execution of that certain
Deed of Trust made
by Jon R. Lyons,
dated the 1st day of
July, 1999, and recorded in Trust Book
539, Page 239, at the
Register's Office of
Carter County, Tennessee, default having
been made in the
payment of indebtedness thereby secured,
the undersigned Trustee, at the request of
the holder of said
Note, will offer for sale
at public auction at
the front door of the
Courthouse in Carter
County, Tennessee on
day of
the
18th
April, 2006 at 10:00
a.m. (ET) the following
described parcel of
land and improvements:
SITUATE in the Ninth
(9th) Civil District of
Carter County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING on an
928-4151
MONDAY------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
TUESDAY-------------MONDAY 2:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY------WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M.
FRIDAY------------THURSDAY 2:00 P.M.
SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICES
original corner in the
Northerly sideline of
Railroad right of way
at the intersection of
the county road and
common with the
land of Robinson, and
running with the right
of way North 63 deg.
30 min. East 169 feet
to a stake and a stone
on the west side of the
branch common to
the
Clark
Tract;
thence with the line of
the same North 02
deg. 30 min. West 57.5
feet to a stake;
thence a new line,
crossing the original
tract with a locust
stump in the line of
South 75 deg. West
167 feet to a point in
the original line and
the East side of
County road; thence,
with the same and the
road South 07 deg. 45
min. East 90.5 feet to
the Beginning, containing .28 acre, more
or less.
BEING the same property conveyed to Jon
R. Lyons from Roger E.
Oakes and wife, Louise Oakes by Warranty
Deed dated the 1st
day of July, 1999, and
of record in Deed
Book 447, Page 74, in
the Register's Office
for Carter County,
Tennessee.
chain of title to this
property.
Any improvements on
subject property will
be sold in "as is" condition without warranty
of any kind.
Sale is made in bar of
all homestead, dower,
and curtsy, and in bar
of the right of equity
of redemption and
the statutory right of
redemption, all of
which are expressly
waived in the Deed of
Trust.
It will be the responsibility of the successful
bidder to obtain possession of the property
at his expense.
The successful bidder
shall be responsible for
any damage, vandalism, theft, destruction,
etc., of the property
occurring subsequent
to the date of sale.
This sale is subject to
prior liens, judgments
or unpaid taxes, if any.
This sale is further subject to valid filed or
unfiled (if any) mechanic's and materialmen's liens. There are
no
representations
made by the Trustee
as to the validity or enforceability of any
memorandum of mechanic's or materialmen's liens or of any
suit to enforce same.
The Trustee reserves
the right:
1.To waive the deposit
requirement;
2.To extend the period
of time within which
the Purchaser is to
make full settlement;
3.To withdraw the
property from sale at
any time prior to the
termination of the bidding;
4.To keep the bidding
open for any length of
time;
5.To reject all bids;
6.To postpone or set
over the date of sale;
and
7.Should the highest
bidder fail to comply
with the terms of the
bid at public sale,
then the Trustee shall
have the option of ac-
cepting the second
(2nd) highest bid, or
the next highest bid
with which the buyer is
able to comply.
In the event the Trustee deems it best for
any reason at the time
of sale to postpone or
continue this sale from
time to time, such notice or postponement
or setting over will be
in a manner deemed
reasonable by the
Trustee.
Every lien or claimed
lien of the United
States with respect to
which the provisions of
26
U.S.C.
Section
7425(b) require notice
to be given to the
United States in order
for the sale of land
thus advertised not to
be subject to such lien
or claim of the United
States and every lien
or claim of the State
of Tennessee with respect to which the
provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated
Section
67-1-1433(b)(1) require
notice to be given to
the State of Tennessee
in order for the sale of
the land as advertised
not to be subject to
such lien or claim of
lien of the State of
Tennessee has been
given to the United
States or the State of
Tennessee,
respectively.
In the event there is a
lien or a claim of lien
by the United States or
the State of Tennessee, the land herein
advertised will be subject to the right of the
United States or the
State of Tennessee to
redeem the land as
provided for in 26
U.S.C. Section 7425(b)
or Tennessee Code
Annotated, Section
67-1-1433(c)(1),
respectively.
Listing of known Lienholders:
(If
none,
please state)
NONE
ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 112 George
Bowers Road Elizabethton, TN 37643
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
A bidder's deposit of
ten percent (10%) will
be required. The entire amount of the successful bid must be
paid in full, in cash
within thirty (30) days
after sale. Purchaser
shall pay all recording
fees, examination of title, settlement fees,
and all costs of conveyance,
including
preparation of a Deed
of Bargain and Sale
by Special Warranty.
The sale is subject to
conditions, restrictions,
rights-of-way
easements and reservations contained in the
Deeds forming the
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STAR- TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006 - Page 7
Sports In Brief
Baseball
American League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
5
1
.833
—
Toronto
3
3
.500
2
Baltimore
3
4
.429
2.5
Tampa Bay
3
4
.429
2.5
New York
2
4
.333
3.0
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Cleveland
5
1
.833
—
Detroit
5
2
.714
0.5
Chicago
3
4
.429
2.5
Kansas City
2
3
.400
2.5
Minnesota
1
5
.167
4.0
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Oakland
5
2
.714
—
Los Angeles
3
3
.500
1.5
Seattle
3
4
.429
2.0
Texas
2
5
.286
3.0
———
Monday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 3
Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 3
L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2
Today’s Games
Kansas City (Mays 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees
(Wang 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (Towers 0-1) at Boston (Beckett
1-0), 2:05 p.m.
Seattle (Washburn 1-0) at Cleveland (Lee
0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Benson 0-1) at Tampa Bay
(Hendrickson 1-0), 7:15 p.m.
Oakland (Haren 0-0) at Minnesota (Radke 1-0), 8:10 p.m.
Texas (Bauer 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver
0-1), 10:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
4
1
.800
—
Atlanta
4
4
.500
1.5
Washington
2
5
.286
3.0
Florida
1
4
.200
3.0
Philadelphia
1
6
.143
4.0
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
4
1
.800
—
Houston
5
2
.714
—
Milwaukee
5
2
.714
—
Cincinnati
4
2
.667
0.5
St. Louis
4
3
.571
1.0
Pittsburgh
1
7
.125
4.5
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Colorado
4
2
.667
—
San Francisco
4
2
.667
—
Los Angeles
4
3
.571
0.5
Arizona
3
3
.500
1.0
San Diego
1
4
.200
2.5
———
Monday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh 3
Houston 5, Washington 4, 12 innings
St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 4
Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3
Today’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Bannister 0-0) at Washington
(Ortiz 0-1), 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-0) at Chicago Cubs
(Rusch 0-1), 2:20 p.m.
San Diego (Williams 0-0) at Florida (Mitre
1-0), 4:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Seo 0-0) at Pittsburgh
(Snell 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 0-1) at Arizona (Hernandez 1-0), 9:40 p.m.
Houston (Buchholz 0-0) at San Francisco
(Morris 1-0), 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
San Diego at Florida, 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:10 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
Houston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
AL Game Caps
White Sox ..............................................5
Tigers.....................................................3
DETROIT — Jim Thome and Joe Crede
hit two-run homers and Paul Konerko
added a solo shot, leading the Chicago
White Sox to a victory in the Detroit
Tigers’ home opener.
The last time the White Sox played at
Comerica Park on Sept. 29, they clinched
the AL Central en route to their first World
Series title since 1917.
Freddy Garcia (1-1) gave up three runs
and five hits over six innings for the White
Sox, who have won two straight after losing four in a row. Bobby Jenks pitched a
perfect ninth for his second save.
Jeremy Bonderman (1-1) allowed four
runs and six hits in seven innings for the
Tiger, who have lost two straight following
a 5-0 start under new manager Jim Leyland.
Orioles .................................................. 6
Devil Rays ............................................3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Erik Bedard
(2-0) scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings as Baltimore win in Tampa
Bay’s home debut under new principal
owner Stuart Sternberg. The Devil Rays
drew 40,199, just the fourth sellout in the
perennial last-place team’s nine-season
history.
Jay Gibbons kept up his hot hitting
against Tampa Bay with a solo homer and
bases-loaded infield single off Seth McClung (0-2), who also lost to Bedard and
the Orioles last Wednesday in Baltimore.
Gibbons is 6-for-13 with two homers and
seven RBIs in three games against Tampa Bay this season.
Toby Hall had two of the four hits off Bedard, then hit a two-run homer off Tim
Byrdak to trim Baltimore’s lead to 6-3 in
the ninth. Right-hander Chris Ray got
three outs for his second save.
Angels ..................................................5
Rangers ................................................2
ANAHEIM, Calif. — John Lackey allowed
three hits over seven innings, and Orlando Cabrera drove in the go-ahead run
during the Angels’ three-run second inning.
NL Game Caps
Braves ...................................................5
Phillies ..................................................3
ATLANTA — Marcus Giles hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh of Atlanta’s
home opener before a sellout crowd of
47,332 that included former President
Carter.
Giles’ first homer and RBI of the season
came in the seventh off Ryan Franklin (01). Philadelphia had tied it up in the top
half on Bobby Abreu’s sacrifice fly off Oscar Villareal (3-0), who broke a tie with
Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers
for the NL lead in wins.
Chris Reitsma, who blew a lead the previous day by giving up two ninth-inning
runs in San Francisco, pitched a scoreless inning for his third save.
Cardinals ...............................................6
Brewers .................................................4
ST. LOUIS— Mark Mulder pitched eight
strong innings and hit his first career
home run to help the St. Louis Cardinals
beat the Milwaukee Brewers in the first
major league game at the new Busch
Stadium.
Scott Rolen’s two-run double in the
fourth off Tomo Ohka (0-1) gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead and Albert Pujols hit his
fourth homer, a drive to the left-center
power alley estimated at 445 feet.
Mulder (1-0) allowed a two-run homer to
Bill Hall in the second. After Milwaukee
scored twice in the ninth, Jason Isringhausen retired pinch-hitter Gabe Gross
on a grounder with two on for his third
save.
Dodgers ................................................8
Pirates ...................................................3
PITTSBURGH— Jason Repko homered
and tripled to drive in four runs in the first
two innings and the Dodgers roughed up
the new team of Jim Tracy, who left Los
Angeles after last season and was hired
to manage Pittsburgh.
Odalis Perez (1-0) limited the already
slumping Pirates to one run and five hits
over 5 1-3 innings. Zach Duke (0-1) gave
up seven runs and eight hits in five-plus
innings.
Astros ...................................................5
Nationals ..............................................4
HOUSTON — Eric Bruntlett hit a sacrifice fly off Mike Stanton (0-1) that scored
Craig Biggio in the 12th inning.
After pinch-hitter Daryle Ward hit a solo
homer off Brad Lidge in the 10th, Morgan
Ensberg homered off Chad Cordero in
the bottom half.
Chad Qualls (1-1) got the final six outs
for the Astros, who took three of four in
the series.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING—RaHernandez, Baltimore, .632;
Shelton, Detroit, .536; Tejada, Baltimore,
.407; Matsui, New York, .400; Blake, Cleveland, .400; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .400;
THafner, Cleveland, .391.
RUNS—THafner, Cleveland, 8; Shelton,
Detroit, 7; Mora, Baltimore, 7; Thome,
Chicago, 7; 9 are tied with 6.
RBI—Shelton, Detroit, 10; RaHernandez,
Baltimore, 8; Sexson, Seattle, 8; Nevin,
Texas, 8.
HITS—Shelton, Detroit, 15; RaHernandez,
Baltimore, 12; Sizemore, Cleveland, 11;
Teixeira, Texas, 11; Tejada, Baltimore, 11.
DOUBLES—MYoung, Texas, 4; Damon,
New York, 4.
TRIPLES—Shelton, Detroit, 2; Scutaro,
Oakland, 2.
HOME RUNS—Shelton, Detroit, 5; THafner, Cleveland, 4; Thome, Chicago, 4; Matsui, New York, 3; EChavez, Oakland, 3;
TLee, Tampa Bay, 3.
STOLEN BASES—OCabrera, Los Angeles, 3; Crisp, Boston, 2; ISuzuki, Seattle, 2;
Newhan, Baltimore, 2; Beltre, Seattle, 2;
Brown, Kansas City, 2.
PITCHING (2 Decisions)—Bedard, Baltimore, 2-0, 1.000, 2.25; Westbrook, Cleveland, 2-0, 1.000, 1.98; Padilla, Texas, 2-0,
1.000, 3.00; Schilling, Boston, 2-0, 1.000,
1.93.
STRIKEOUTS—Bonderman, Detroit, 16;
Harden, Oakland, 12; Lackey, Los Angeles,
12; Mussina, New York, 11; RaJohnson,
New York, 11; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 10;
Rogers, Detroit, 10.
SAVES—FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 4; Papelbon, Boston, 3; Wickman, Cleveland, 3;
Ray, Baltimore, 2; Street, Oakland, 2;
Jenks, Chicago, 2; Rodney, Detroit, 2;
BRyan, Toronto, 2; Miceli, Tampa Bay, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—Cedeno,
Chicago,
.556;
Wright, New York, .474; Nady, New York,
.474; Atkins, Colorado, .462; HaRamirez,
Florida, .429; Vizquel, San Francisco,
.429; Ensberg, Houston, .409.
RUNS—MGiles, Atlanta, 9; Atkins, Colorado, 8; Freel, Cincinnati, 8; Furcal, Los
Angeles, 8; AJones, Atlanta, 8.
RBI—AJones, Atlanta, 13; Berkman,
Houston, 10; Renteria, Atlanta, 10;
Wright, New York, 9; Pujols, St. Louis, 9;
Barrett, Chicago, 9; Vidro, Washington, 9;
Rolen, St. Louis, 9.
HITS—Vidro, Washington, 13; Renteria,
Atlanta, 13; Atkins, Colorado, 12; Rollins,
Philadelphia, 11.
DOUBLES—Atkins, Colorado, 5; Helton,
Colorado, 5; Cedeno, Chicago, 4;
LaRoche, Atlanta, 4; Kearns, Cincinnati,
4; Rollins, Philadelphia, 4; Renteria, Atlanta, 4; Biggio, Houston, 4.
TRIPLES—Sullivan, Colorado, 3; SFinley,
San Francisco, 2.
HOME RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 4; Berkman, Houston, 4; PrWilson, Houston, 4;
JSmith, Colorado, 3; DeLee, Chicago, 3;
AJones, Atlanta, 3.
STOLEN BASES—Freel, Cincinnati, 5;
Vizquel, San Francisco, 3; HaRamirez,
Florida, 2; Reyes, New York, 2; FLopez,
Cincinnati, 2; DRoberts, San Diego, 2;
ASoriano, Washington, 2; Beltran, New
York, 2; Rolen, St. Louis, 2.
PITCHING (2 Decisions)—Villarreal, Atlanta, 3-0, 1.000, 1.80; Penny, Los Angeles, 2-0, 1.000, 1.50.
STRIKEOUTS—Capuano,
Milwaukee,
14; Penny, Los Angeles, 14; Harang,
Cincinnati, 13; Carpenter, St. Louis, 13;
Schmidt, San Francisco, 12; OlPerez,
Pittsburgh, 11; Oswalt, Houston, 11;
JoPatterson, Washington, 11; MBatista,
Arizona, 11.
SAVES—Turnbow, Milwaukee, 4; Reitsma, Atlanta, 3; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 3;
Lidge, Houston, 2; DBaez, Los Angeles,
2; Worrell, San Francisco, 2; Weathers,
Cincinnati, 2.
Basketball
NBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
y-New Jersey
47
29
.618
Philadelphia
36
41
.468
Boston
32
45
.416
Toronto
26
51
.338
New York
22
55
.286
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
y-Miami
50
27
.649
Washington
39
38
.506
Orlando
33
44
.429
Atlanta
24
53
.312
Charlotte
22
55
.286
Central Division
W
L
Pct
z-Detroit
62
15
.805
x-Cleveland
47
30
.610
Indiana
37
40
.481
Milwaukee
37
40
.481
Chicago
35
41
.461
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
x-San Antonio 59
18
.766
x-Dallas
58
19
.753
x-Memphis
44
33
.571
New Orleans
37
40
.481
Houston
33
45
.423
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
Denver
43
34
.558
Utah
38
39
.494
Seattle
33
43
.434
Minnesota
32
45
.416
Portland
21
55
.276
Pacific Division
W
L
Pct
y-Phoenix
50
26
.658
x-L.A. Clippers 44
32
.579
L.A. Lakers
41
37
.526
Sacramento
41
37
.526
Golden State
30
46
.395
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
GB
—
11.0
15.5
21.5
25.5
GB
—
11.0
17.0
26.0
28.0
GB
—
15.0
25.0
25.0
26.5
GB
—
1.0
15.0
22.0
26.5
GB
—
5.0
9.5
11.0
21.5
GB
—
6.0
10.0
10.0
20.0
———
Monday’s Games
Indiana 101, New York 82
Orlando 105, Atlanta 88
Philadelphia 105, Washington 97
Cleveland 103, New Orleans 101
Utah 85, Houston 83
Denver 110, Portland 98
Dallas 75, L.A. Clippers 73
Today’s Games
Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Seattle vs. NO at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Game Caps
76ers ..................................................105
Wizards................................................97
PHILADELPHIA — Allen Iverson had 26
points and 15 assists and Kyle Korver
scored 20 off the bench, helping the
Philadelphia 76ers move into sole possession of the final playoff spot in the
Eastern Conference with a victory over
the Washington Wizards.
Stephen Hunter, playing for the injured
Chris Webber, tied a career high with 20
points, and Andre Iguodala added 19 as
the Sixers won their second straight game
to move a half-game ahead of Chicago
for eighth place in the East.
Pacers ...............................................101
Knicks .................................................82
INDIANAPOLIS — Stephen Jackson
scored 28 points and Peja Stojakovic
added 23 to help the Pacers beat New
York and improve their chances of making the playoffs.
Austin Croshere added 17 points and 11
rebounds as the Pacers moved into a tie
for the sixth position in the Eastern Conference. Indiana stopped New York’s winning streak at three games.
Jamal Crawford led the Knicks with 26
points and seven assists, but no other
Knicks player scored more than 12 points.
Magic ................................................105
Hawks .................................................88
ORLANDO, Fla — Dwight Howard
scored 20 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help the Magic keep their slim
playoff hopes alive.
Howard tied his career high with six assists as the Magic won for the ninth time
in their last 10 games. Jameer Nelson
added 17 points and Hedo Turkoglu had
16 for the Magic, who shot 52.6 percent
from the field.
Cavaliers 103
Hornets .............................................101
OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James hit
a jumper from the top of the key with 0.5
seconds left to lift the Cavaliers.
After P.J. Brown blocked James’ driving
layup, Desmond Mason tied the game at
101 when he made one of two free
throws with 5.8 seconds left.
Mason then had the task of guarding
James — who scored 32 points — off an
inbounds pass from Flip Murray, but
couldn’t stop him from elevating just inside the 3-point line for the game-winner.
Jazz .....................................................85
Rockets ...............................................83
SALT LAKE CITY — Carlos Boozer
scored 25 points and the Jazz kept their
slim playoff hopes alive by holding off
Houston when Juwan Howard’s shot at
the buzzer was ruled too late.
The Rockets, who lost center Yao Ming in
the first quarter with a broken foot, had a
chance after Boozer went 1-for-2 from the
free throw line with 4.3 seconds left.
Chuck Hayes, who had just missed two
free throws at the other end, pulled down
the rebound on the second shot and
Houston called time out. Rafer Alston
dribbled at the top of the key, but took a
little too long to get the ball to Howard in
the corner in front of the Jazz bench.
Howard’s shot went in but he didn’t get
the ball off in time.
Nuggets.............................................110
Trail Blazers ........................................98
PORTLAND, Ore. — Ruben Patterson
scored 21 points and Marcus Camby enjoyed a big second half as the Denver
Nuggets clinched the Northwest Division
title.
Mavericks ............................................75
Clippers ...............................................73
LOS ANGELES — Dirk Nowitski scored
22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for
the Clippers.
Hockey
NHL Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers
44 22 12 100 250 198
x-Philadelphia
42 24 11 95 252 245
New Jersey
42 27 9 93 225 221
N.Y. Islanders
34 38 5 73 217 258
Pittsburgh
20 44 13 53 223 297
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Ottawa
50 20 8 108 300 197
x-Buffalo
48 24 6 102 264 236
Montreal
41 28 9 91 233 233
Toronto
37 32 8 82 237 252
Boston
29 35 15 73 221 254
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Carolina
51 21 6 108 284 245
Tampa Bay
42 31 5 89 242 243
Atlanta
38 32 7 83 261 259
Florida
35 34 9 79 227 244
Washington
26 40 12 64 222 295
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
z-Detroit
54 15 8 116 287 196
x-Nashville
45 25 8 98 242 221
Columbus
32 41 4 68 204 265
Chicago
24 40 13 61 199 266
St. Louis
21 42 14 56 192 277
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Calgary
44 24 10 98 209 194
Colorado
42 28 8 92 272 243
Edmonton
39 27 13 91 251 246
Vancouver
41 30 7 89 243 238
Minnesota
37 35 7 81 224 207
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Dallas
51 22 5 107 252 205
Anaheim
41 24 12 94 242 213
San Jose
40 26 11 91 247 227
Los Angeles
40 34 5 85 243 266
Phoenix
36 36 5 77 233 257
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
———
Monday’s Games
Washington 2, Boston 1, OT
Montreal 3, Ottawa 2
Anaheim 4, Vancouver 2
San Jose 3, Phoenix 2
Today’s Games
New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
NHL Game Caps
Canadiens .............................................3
Senators................................................2
MONTREAL — Richard Zednik scored
his first goal in over a month midway
through the third period to snap a tie, and
the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa
Senators. Zednik, who hadn’t scored in
13 games since March 7, gave Montreal
its second lead.
David Aebischer made 35 saves to defeat Ottawa for the second time in five
days. Chris Higgins scored for the fourth
straight game and Sheldon Souray also
had a goal for Montreal, which moved into
seventh place in the Eastern Conference
— two points ahead of Tampa Bay.
The Canadiens, two points behind sixthplace New Jersey, have won nine of 10.
Capitals 2
Bruins ............................................1, OT
BOSTON — Alex Ovechkin scored 3:30
into overtime, making him the sixth NHL
rookie to reach 100 points.
Ovechkin’s goal snapped a six-game
drought, that matched the longest of his
first season, and gave him 49. The 20year-old left winger has four games left to
score again and join Teemu Selanne as
the only NHL rookies to post 50 goals and
100 points in a debut season.
Washington, ahead of only Pittsburgh at
the bottom of the Eastern Conference
standings, broke a four-game losing
streak. Dainius Zubrus scored the other
goal for the Capitals.
Sharks ..................................................3
Coyotes ................................................2
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jonathan Cheechoo
scored his 50th and 51st goals of the
season 44 seconds apart and led San
Jose over Phoenix.
Mighty Ducks .......................................4
Canucks ...............................................2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Scott
Niedermayer, Andy McDonald and Teemu
Selanne each had a goal and an assist,
helping Anaheim clinch a Western Conference playoff spot.
Golf
SGL Results
Monday, at Elizabethton
Low Gross—1. John McLain, 75; 1. Hal
McHorris, 78
Flight One—1. Carl Randolph, 67; 2.
Lewis Willingham, 71; 3. Bill Stewart, 73;
4. Mickey Eastwood, 74; 5. Bill Joyner, 74
Flight Two—1. Jack Beavers, 65; 2, Dan
Puckel, 67; 3. John Clasen, 68; Wallace
Ketron, 69; 5. Bill Holden, 69; 6. Merl
Bauder, 69; 7. Dick Blair, 70
Transactions
Monday’s Deals
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Washington RHP Felix
Rodriguez three games and fined him an
undisclosed amount for throwing at New
York C Paul Lo Duca in an April 6 game.
Suspended Washington manager Frank
Robinson one game and fined him an
undisclosed amount for the intentional actions of Rodriguez. Fined Washington OF
Jose Guillen an undisclosed amount for
his aggressive actions, which incited a
bench-clearing brawl during the same
game.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms
with DH David Ortiz on a four-year contract extension through 2010.
TEXAS RANGERS—Announced LHP
Erasmo Ramirez cleared waivers and
was sent outright to Oklahoma of the
PCL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed INF Chipper
Jones on the 15-day DL.
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Named Tim
Hinchey executive vice president of business operations for the Bobcats and
Charlotte Sting of the WNBA.
MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES—Recalled G Bracey Wright from Florida of
the NBA Devolpment League.
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Signed F
Marcus Fizer to a second 10-day contract.
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Peerless
Price to a four-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Agreed to
terms with RB Kenny Watson on a oneyear contract.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed LB Brad Kassell.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Re-signed K
Josh Brown.
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended Philadelphia D Denis
Gauthier two games for being assessed a
game misconduct penalty during an April
8 game against Toronto.
ATLANTA THRASHERS—Recalled G
Michael Garnett from Chicago of the
AHL. Assigned G Adam Berkhoel to
Chicago.
BUFFALO SABRES—Extended their minor-league affiliation one year with
Rochester of the AHL.
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Announced the
retirement of LW Luc Robitaille at the end
of the season.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F
Maxim Lapierre from Hamilton of the
AHL.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Jon DiSalvatore from Peoria of the AHL.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled RW
Ryane Clowe and LW Tomas Plihal from
Cleveland of the AHL.
COLLEGE
MOREHEAD STATE—Named Donnie
Tyndall men’s basketball coach.
PORTLAND—Named Eric Reveno men’s
basketball coach.
TEMPLE—Named Fran Dunphy men’s
basketball coach.
WICHITA STATE—Agreed to terms with
Mark Turgeon, men’s basketball coach,
on a multiyear contract extension through
the year 2016.
Sportscast
Television
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2 p.m. — (FCSA) Florida at Kentucky
GOLF
11 a.m. — (TGC) Nashua Masters
GYMNASTICS
2:30 p.m. — (ESPN2) NCAA Championship
NHL
7 p.m. — (OLN) Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
8 p.m. — (FSOTN) Nashville at St. Louis
Photo by Danny Davis
Milligan’s Sarah Smith makes contact for the Lady Buffaloes
during a win over Union College Monday.
MILLIGAN COLLEGE
• Lady Buffs take two from
Union — The Milligan College
Lady Buffs softball team swept
an AAC doubleheader Monday afternoon 8-0 and 10-1 at
Anglin Field over Union (Ky.)
College. With the wins the Lady Buffs improve to 11-15-1
overall and 5-5 in the AAC.
Eight runs would be way
more than enough for Milligan
pitcher Jennifer Wise on this
day. Wise threw a complete
game shutout allowing only
two hits in the opening game.
The Lady Buffs were led by
Aldridge who went 2-for-4
with two runs scored, 3 RBI
and a homerun on the day.
Game two was more of the
same for the Lady Buffs as they
scored five runs in the bottom
of the first and cruised to the
10-1 victory.
The Lady Buffs were led by
former Elizabethton standout
Sarah Smith, Fritts, and former
Happy Valley Lady Warrior
Alicia Dick who all had two
hits in the game. Dowdy went
2-for-3 with a double and a
homerun at the plate while
throwing all five innings allowing only one run on the
mound.
The Lady Buffs will be back
in action tomorrow afternoon
with an AAC doubleheader
against the University of Virginia at Wise. First pitch for the
doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.
• Buffs Baseball splits at
V.I. — The Milligan College
baseball team split an Appalachian Athletic Conference
double header with Virginia
Intermont today, at Avoca
Field in Bristol, Va.
The split moves Milligan’s
overall record on the season to
16-23, and 6-6 in the AAC.
Brett Seybert went the distance on the mound for the
Buffs, allowing one run while
collecting seven strikeouts in
the opening contest. The win
improves Seybert’s record to 61 on the year.
Jon Edmonds and David
Rusaw brought runs home,
and Justin Sauceman doubled.
Adam Snyder took the loss
in game two, throwing a complete game and allowing four
runs, three of which were
earned. Snyder collected seven
strikeouts and walked three.
Tyler Turner and Sauceman
doubled for the Buffs. Milligan
will return to Bristol tomorrow
to play a nonconference game
with Virginia Intermont. That
game is set to begin at 3 p.m.
JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL
• Junior Rangers Sweep
Cloudland — Unaka swept a
pair of games from Cloudland
on Monday afternoon winning
the first contest, 5-1, while taking the second game, 15-5.
Justin Pierce was outstanding on the mound in the first
game allowing only one run in
five innings of work. Michael
Hyden pitched well in defeat.
Unaka held a 5-0 advantage
until Cloudland scored its lone
run in the fifth.
Kevin Covarrubias had a
big day at the plate going 2-for2 while Dakota Waters added a
2-for-3 performance. Drew
Chambers, Josh Peterson and
Jordan Taylor were 1-for-2
each.
Caleb Palm and Tyler Shell
had the only hits in the game
for the Highlanders.
Jordan Taylor drove in five
runs with two doubles to lead
Unaka to victory in the second
contest. The Rangers held a 140 lead but Cloudland pushed
across five runs in the fourth
but Unaka added a solo run in
the bottom half to end the
game due to the run rule.
Chris Russell earned the
win for Unaka while Seth
Miller took the loss. Chambers
and Peterson added a 1-for-2
performance to help the
Ranger cause.
Unaka is now 4-2 on the
season and will play Happy
Valley at hoe on Tuesday while
Cloudland drops to 2-4.
• Junior Cyclones seventh
graders top Unicoi — TAD
sweep a pair from the Unicoi
County 7th grade team on
Monday afternoon at Joe
O’Brien Field.
The Cyclones took the first
contest, 4-1, and won the second game, 9-2.
Jake Davis earned the win
in the first contest by tossing a
two-hitter. Zack Boles led the
offense going 2-for-3 while
Casey
Sheffield,
Stacey
Sheffield and Knox Eryasa
added a 1-for-1 effort.
In the second contest Casey
Sheffield pitched three strong
innings to earn the win for
TAD. The Cyclones struck for
five runs in the first inning and
never looked back.
Nick Jenkins had a good
day at the plate going 2-for-2
while Jake Davis added two
hits including an inside the
park home run. Michael
Hutchins was 2-for-3 with a
RBI double while Boles, Casey
Sheffield, Stacey Sheffield,
Matt Febuary and Brian
Mullins added one hit each.
JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL
• Unaka ladies split with
Greeneville — The Junior
High Lady Rangers traveled to
Greeneville on Monday and
split a pair games with the
Greene Devils.
Unaka scored four runs in
the fourth inning to win the
first contest, 10-8. The Devils
won the second game, 4-3.
Lacey Huskins earned the
victory in the opener while
Morgan Shipley took the loss.
Jamie Andrews, Bethany
Williams and Lacey Huskins
collected two hits each for
Unaka. Williams had a triple
and three RBI’s while
Huskins slapped a double
with two runs batted in.
Unaka fought hard before
losing a heartbreaker 4-3 in
the nightcap. Jamie Andrews
pitched well in defeat while
Shipley earned the win.
Huskins carried the big
stick going 3-for-3 with a
triple to lead the Ranger attack while Chelsea Nidiffer
added a perfect 2-for-2 as did
Joe-Anna Frontz at 1-for-1.
Lyndsey Hicks, Williams
and Kat McInturff collected
on hit apiece for Unaka.
Haley Reed swung the big
stick for Greeneville going 3for-3 with a home run. She also homered in the first contest.
Page 8 - STAR- TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006
Mitchell sweeps error-happy ‘Landers
By Wes Holtsclaw
STAR STAFF
wholtsclaw@starhq.com
A combined 17 errors spelled doom for the
Cloudland Highlander baseball team Monday.
In a doubleheader with over-the-mountain
rival Mitchell, North Carolina, the ‘Landers saw
defensive mistakes add up to a pair of losses in
five inning encounters.
The Mountaineers took the first contest 8-0
with pitcher J.P. Pfoust firing a one-hitter, while
using a five-run first inning to top Cloudland 71 in the second game.
Cloudland played the two games without
leading hitter Lee Lanthorn, who was ejected after an altercation against Providence Academy
Saturday.
“Mitchell plays really good fundamental
baseball,” said Cloudland coach Kevin Kendall.
“They put it right where they want to. Our
pitchers pitched well. We just had too many errors.
“We lose confidence when we make errors. It
sucks because we’ve got some good ballplayers.”
Mitchell scored three runs in both the first
and second innings to take a quick 6-0 lead in
the opening game against the Highlanders.
Dillin Byrd, Justin Pfoust and Devin
Holtsclaw each had two hits and scored for the
Mountaineers, while Nick Winchester cranked
out Cloudland’s lone hit in the first inning of the
contest.
Cloudland committed six errors in the opening inning of the second game to hand Mitchell
a quick five-run spot.
The ‘Landers attempted to battle back in the
second inning with Bryan Simmons hitting the
ball so hard, he snapped the alumnium bat in
half. He was later recorded out on a grounder.
“I have no idea how it broke,” said the senior.
“I put a lot of power behind it. It felt good.”
Jacob Horney followed with a single and
Steven Gwyn reached on an error, but the two
runs were stranded on base.
In the fourth inning, Mitchell added two
more runs after Pfoust and Holtsclaw both
reached on errors.
Zack English stepped up with an RBI double
to score Pfoust, while Holtsclaw reached on an
errant grounder from Kyle Stewart to make it a
7-0 contest.
Simmons opened up with a single to start the
bottom of the frame for Cloudland, but was
thrown out on a fielder’s choice.
Steven Gwyn reached on a walk and Justin
Baker moved two bases on an error, but Jacob
Players Association files Mashburn
grievance for McNair n Continued from 6
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
The NFL Players Association
filed a grievance against the Titans on behalf of Steve McNair,
accusing the team of breaching
the quarterback’s contract when
it barred him from working out
at its facility.
McNair was told last Monday
that he could not work out at the
Titans training property for fear
he could injure himself and put
the team on the hook for all of his
$23.46 million salary cap figure
for 2006.
The NFLPA filed a grievance
for breach of contract on McNair’s behalf late Friday, general
counsel Richard Berthelsen said.
“He has a contract and he
wants to comply with that contract, especially that part that
says he must remain in excellent
physical condition and give the
best of his ability to the club,”
Berthelsen said. “And they’re
trying to keep him from fulfilling
that function for the sole reason
they want him to renegotiate his
contract so they have a better
deal with him.”
The Titans have 10 days to respond.
“We respect Steve’s right to
use a grievance mechanism set
up by the CBA for handling
player and club differences,”
team spokesman Robbie Bohren
said. “We will study the grievance and respond in due
course.”
A good explanation could
end the grievance, but Berthelsen
called that rare. The next step
would be a hearing before an arbitrator, which either side could
try to speed up within 10 days after the team’s answer.
“We’re going to wait to see
what the answer says before we
expedite,” Berthelsen.
McNair, the NFL’s 2003 coMVP, is due $9 million in salary
in 2006 with a salary cap number
that eats up nearly a quarter of
the Titans’ space under the cap
because his deal had been renegotiated through the years.
The Titans chose in February
not to pay a $50 million option
that would have extended his
contract through 2009.
Tennessee holds the No. 3
pick overall in the draft later this
month, and owner Bud Adams
has said he wants a quarterback
taken with that choice. The Titans have met with Matt Leinart
of Southern California, Vince
Young of Texas and Vanderbilt’s
Jay Cutler.
The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement requires players
to take part in teams’ offseason
conditioning programs and remain in good physical shape.
Berthelsen said this situation is
the flip side of a player who
holds out for a better contract.
“If Steve McNair is kept at
home, he’s not being employed.
And his right to be on club property to prepare for the preseason
and the regular season and to
meet his contractual obligations
to become and to remain in excellent physical condition, if
they’re depriving him of that,
they’re breaching his contract
and breaching the CBA,” the
general counsel said.
That might lead to the end of
McNair’s 11-year tenure with the
team that drafted him No. 3
overall in 1995.
“They have the contractual
right to release him,” Berthelsen
said of the Titans. “They do not
have the contractual right to ban
him from the premises.”
be her calling at a young age.
“She’s been dancing since she was five,” stated Kim
Mashburn.
“When we used to watch ball games, Kelli was always
watching the cheerleaders. It’s something she has always
enjoyed doing and I glad she choose a school with good academics that is close to home.”
Her dad, Keith was also excited about her choice.
”King College is moving into the NCAA Division 2 ranks
and that should boost the athletic program with the hiring of
George Pitts. I’m very pleased with the choice she made.”
Coach Jones knows that moving to the NCAA Division 2
will help the cheerleading program as well.
“You’ll see our athletic program increase and more student athletes will be looking closer at King,” stated Jones.
“I’m sure the hiring of Coach Pitts will elevate the program
to another level.”
Coach Jones also indicated that all scholarship money at
King is streamlined evenly among athletic programs.
Cyclone cheerleading coach Renee Bennett was proud of
Mashburn’s choice.
“We don’t have many continue on in cheerleading so it’s
good when they can get some monetary help in toward their
Horney was tossed out at the plate ending a
scoring hope for the Highlanders.
Cloudland eventually got on the board in the
bottom of the fifth inning. Jordan Buck led off,
reaching on an error, before scoring on an RBI
double from Aaron Gwyn.
The ‘Landers face University High this afternoon for a big road conference outing in Jonesborough.
——
Game One
Mitchell, 8-0
Mitchell, NC
Cloudland
330 11 — 8 8 0
000 00 — 0 1 6
WP—Pfoust. LP—Baker.
——
Game Two
Mitchell, 7-1
Mitchell, NC
500 20 — 7 4 2
Cloudland
000 01 — 1 4 11
WP—Zeigler. LP—Gwyn.
2B: Mitchell (English); Cloudland (S. Gwyn).
college expenses.”
“We try and stress to our kids the different levels of collegiate cheerleading because we want them to have that opportunity to get and college education and continue cheering, if that’s what they choose to do.”
Bennett added, “Kelli has always been the type of person
that leads by example. She is always leading by example in
practice with her actions and hard work.”
Kelli gave credit to her dance instructor Chris Ann Tuelle,
at Watts Studio, Coach Bennett and Coach Rene Maines for
helping her achieve this goal. “Without any of them, none
of this would have been possible.”
She also praised her parents Keith and Kim along with
her brother Kyle. “They have always been there to support
me so I’m very thankful for that.”
The soon to be Tornado stated that her last Cyclone basketball game was her most memorable moment.
“We knew this might be our last game so everyone just
went all out and gave it their all. I really enjoyed that night.”
Kelli had this advice for anyone wanting to follow in her
footsteps.
“Work hard, never give up and do well in your studies.
It’s a lot of hard work but it sure is rewarding.”
Warriors
n Continued from 6
a runner crossed on a wild pitch.
May tagged a sacrifice fly in the third. He drove in three runs.
Caldwell and center fielder/shortstop Drew Davis each batted 2 for 4. Dykes went 2 for 3.
The Rangers committed 11 errors for the game. The first 15
Warriors to take the plate scored and 21 batted in the first inning.
“You can’t do that to a bad baseball team, much less a good
baseball team,” Ensor said. “We’ve got a freshman (Adam Colbaugh) on the mound, and he?s out there pitching his tail off.
We make six errors behind him.
“By all rights he could have came unglued, but he didn’t. I
was proud of him for battling and pitching his way through it
as much as he could.”
Tyler Blevins hurled four innings for Happy Valley. He was
touched for three hits and fanned three with four walks.
Ensor pointed out his team has the ability to put a better
product on the diamond.
“When we come focused and we’re ready play, we can be a
pretty good team,” Ensor said. “And when we don’t come focused and ready to play, you get what you got today. You’ve got
a bad baseball team. There’s no middle ground with us. We’re
either good or we’re bad.”
The Warriors visit Elizabethton at Joe O’Brien Field today in
returning to a key Watauga Conference matchup at 6.
“It’s definitely a big game,” Garland said. “I just hope this
helped us instead of hurt us. We’re going to have come out
swinging the bat to beat a team like Elizabethton.
“You’ve got depth at every position and depth at pitching.
They’re a tough ballclub, and they’re going to play small ball
against us, take bases when they can. We’re definitely going to
have to put some runs up on the board.”
Happy Valley shortstop Ricky Morgan was nailed by a Caldwell line drive on the knee just off of first base in the opening inning for the final out. He didn’t return, and Hyder said his status today will be a game-time decision.
——
Happy Valley, 18-3
Unaka
002 01 — 3 4 11
Happy Valley
(15)11 1x — 18 10 1
Colbaugh, C. Buckles (2) and Greer. Blevins, Bowling (5) and Garland. W—Blevins (2-1).
L—Colbaugh (0-1).
Jenkins
'Landers
Little League
n Continued from 6
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It was Justin Fuqua showing his talent in both the 110
and 300 meter hurdles by winning each event.
The Cyclone boys crossed
the line first in the 4x100 relay
after finishing with a time of
:44.26 to edge out Science Hill
in a photo finish.
They continued their success in the 4x200 relay, and
managed second place finishes in the 4x800 and 4x400 relays.
The Cyclone girls were first
in the 4x800 relay after turning
in a time of 10:43 to beat out
Science Hill.
They were second in both
the 4x100 and 4x400 relays,
while the Lady Toppers finished first in each event.
“The boys 4x100 relay was
super nice for us, and the boys
shot put, and some of my distance runners did better,” said
Presnell. “My girls 4x800 relay
I was pleased with and my
boys 4x800 relay is improving.
I’m really proud of my girls
4x400 relay, for that’s probably
the fastest they’ve ran in at
least the past five years.”
It was a close decision that
came down to the wire in the
200 meter with Arin Anderson
finishing a mere second with a
time of :28.5.
Allen was also second in
the shot put with a distance of
30’4”, while Jana Martinez
was runner-up in the discus
with a throw of 83’1”.
Happy Valley participated
in several boys field events
and a few girls running
events.
Vince Hodge came out on
top in the discus with a distance of 119’2” to beat out Elizabethton’s Brett Honeycutt.
“I thought I would get
killed going up against these
big schools, and after competing in my last competition at
Unicoi,” said Hodge. “I’m
hoping to win conference this
year at least. I had two guys
last year that graduated who
were beating me every meet,
but I’ve been working out
since and think I’ve gotten
better. I’m surprised I was able
to beat all these big schools,
but coach Bo Milhorn has really been helping me out.”
Nate Howell and Jesse
Richardson finished second
and third for the Warriors in
the pole-vault, while Greg
Swafford finished second in
the triple jump at 40’.
Shanna Raines had a nice
run going for the Lady Warriors in the girls 800 meter
with a time of 2:35, but she
couldn’t hold on for the victory after leading the first lap
and a half.
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Chelsea Wright and Bobbie
Cobb.
Cloudland
responded
with three runs in the bottom of the inning to take the
lead.
Nikki Carrow and Nicole
Cantrell
advanced
on
walks, both scoring on a
two-run double from Jamie
Icenhour. Icenhour scored
on an RBI single from
Cassie Johnson.
Cloudland nearly put
more runs on the board in
the second inning. Sarah
Holtsclaw led off with a single and moved to third on
walks to Carrow and Ashley Cantrell.
A
fielder’s
choice
grounder from Icenhour led
to an out at third preventing
any additional runs.
North Greene broke the
game open in the next stanza.
Brittany McGhee’s tworun double highlighted an
inning that saw four walks
and four additional runs. It
swung the momentum of
the game and Cloudland
wasn’t the same the rest of
the way out.
The Lady Huskie added
six more runs in the fifth inning, inclyding a three-run
lowed just one run. Justin
Norris took the loss.
Cory Richardson was the
leading hitter batting 3-for-3,
including a home run over
the left field fence. Justin
Reagan went 3-for-3 with
four RBI’s. Justin Wandell
and Avery Humphries were
2-for-2,
McKinley Berry,
Cameron Blair added 2-for-3
while Travis Lowe, Seth
Davis, Quincy Jackson and
Josh Smith added on hit
each.
Kaleb Walters went 2-for2 with two RBI’s to pace
Greg’s while Justin Norris,
Ben Sweely and Ben Goulds
contributed one hit apiece.
Burgie Drug, 4-3
The second game was a
triple from Ashley McGhee,
who reached home on an error.
It prompted a pitching
chance on the mound with
the Lady Huskies adding
two more runs before the
end of the inning.
Cloudland bounced back
in the bottom of the fifth
with Nicole Cantrell singling and advancing across
the plate on an error by the
North Greene third baseman.
Icenhour led Cloudland
with two hits, while Carrow
reached three times on
walks.
Wright led North Grene
with three hits including
two doubles, three RBIs and
scored four times.
The Lady ‘Landers are
scheduled to play Johnson
County on Wednesday.
“I don’t know how much
we’ll show for that,” Keith
said.
——
Pike finding success
with Lady Pioneers
TUSCULUM — Former Elizabethton High standout
Amanda Pike has saw steady success with the nation’s
39th-ranked Tusculum College Lady Pioneer tennis
squad.
On Sunday, the freshman, in the fifth singles spot, defeated Lenoir-Rhyne’s Amanda Hunsuller in two 6-0 sets.
Monday, in a home match against Catawba, Pike defeated Ashley Wells 6-2, 6-0 to help Tusculum take an 8-1
decision.
North Greene, 17-4
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WP—Hall. LP—Cantrell.
3B: NG (A. McGhee). 2B: NG 4 (Wright
2, Cobb, B. McGhee) Cloudland (Icenhour).
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(After Hours)
Bush says he declassified intelligence
in 2003 to rebut war criticism
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Bush said Monday
that he declassified sensitive
prewar intelligence on Iraq
back in 2003 to counter critics
who claimed the administration had exaggerated the nuclear threat posed by Saddam
Hussein.
“I wanted people to see the
truth and thought it made
sense for people to see the
truth,” Bush said during an appearance at Johns Hopkins
University’s Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies.
“You’re not supposed to
talk about classified informa-
tion, and so I declassified the
document,” he said in a question-and-answer session after
delivering a speech on Iraq. “I
thought it was important for
people to get a better sense for
why I was saying what I was
saying in my speeches. And I
felt I could do so without jeopardizing ongoing intelligence
matters, and so I did.”
It was Bush’s first comment
since more detail about the release of a prewar intelligence
document surfaced last week
in a court filing by U.S. prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
In the filing, Fitzgerald
wrote that Vice President Dick
Bowman
n Continued from 1
years, and after he passed
.away in 1980 I decided to
move back to the mountains.
“I had worked part-time up
until 1977, and from 1982 to
2001, I took care of my second
husband, Elbert Bowman,” she
continued. “He passed away
in 2001 and then I took care of
my mother, who passed away
in 2002. Then I decided I was
going back to school.”
Bowman, her daughter Tina
and her granddaughter Shena
(Teresa’s daughter) all obtained their GEDs together,
through the Carter County
Adult Education Program.
“To be honest with you, I
never thought I’d get this far,”
Bowman said. “I figured I’d
get my GED and maybe just
go on to take another course,
which I did at Tennessee Technology Center. I’m a firm believer in education. Right now
I’m studying for an associates
degree in accounting.
“If my health holds up I’d
like to get a bachelor’s degree
in accounting at East Tennessee State University. I’d like
to have my own accounting
business. All things are possible. I tell all these young kids
that if I can do it at my age,
then you can do it. I’m 61, and
I’ve never been ashamed of
my age.”
“She’s worked hard all of
her life, always putting us first,
and Dad and her second husband, then taking care of her
mom,” said daughter Tina.
“But I’m glad she’s finally doing something for herself.
She’s always put herself on the
back burner. I do admire her.
It’s hard for me to go to school
at 36, but to see her doing it at
61. . .”
Although she is now pursuing her own goals, Bowman
still makes time to do for others.
“I like to go to the nursing
homes and the hospitals, and
take stuffed animals and lap
throws and things like that. I
also take them to the rescue
squads and the police departments,” she said.
“I’m going to have to make
some new goals because in the
last three years I’ve completed
the goals I’d set 50 years ago,”
Bowman said. “Those were to
continue my education, to further it as far as I can go with it
and to take a trip to England to
see where I was born. I did that
two years ago. I wanted to see
where I was born, and to see
where my mother was born
and raised and where she
went to school. To me that’s
important. It’s a part of my
heritage.”
Bowman toured England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales
over a three-month period.
Among other things, she visited castles and Loch Ness.
“The food is out of this
world,” she said. “I got hooked
on raisin rum ice cream. They
don’t make it in factories like
they do here. They make it
right there on the dairy farms. I
intend to go back again.”
Bowman has two granddaughters, Shena and Tara,
and a great-granddaughter,
Catlin.
Cheney’s former chief of staff,
I. Lewis Libby, told a grand jury that Bush authorized him,
through Cheney, to leak information from a classified document that detailed intelligence
agencies’ conclusions about
weapons of mass destruction
in Iraq.
A lawyer knowledgeable
about the case said Saturday
that Bush declassified sensitive
intelligence in 2003 and authorized it to be publicly disclosed to rebut Iraq war critics.
But the lawyer said Bush did
not specifically direct Libby to
disseminate information about
prewar intelligence to reporters.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., sent a letter to Bush on
Monday asking him for details
about how the document was
declassified. “There are many
questions that the president
must answer so that the American people can understand
that this declassification was
done for national security purposes, not for immediate political gain.”
Bush’s decision in July 2003
to disclose sensitive prewar intelligence assessments came
amid a growing public realization that Iraq had no weapons
of mass destruction. The failure to find such weapons un-
Voting
dermined a chief rationale
Bush and Cheney used for the
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
On Sunday, Sen. Arlen
Specter, R-Pa., said Bush and
Cheney should speak publicly
about the CIA leak case so people can make their own judgments about what happened.
But Bush said he can’t talk
about an ongoing legal proceeding.
“You’re just going to have to
let Mr. Fitzgerald complete his
case,” Bush said. “And I hope
you understand that. It’s a serious legal matter that we’ve got
to be careful in making public
statements about it.”
Libby faces charges of perjury, obstruction and lying to
the FBI regarding the disclosure that Valerie Plame, the
wife of war critic Joseph Wilson, worked for the CIA. Libby
is accused of making false
statements about how he
learned of her CIA employment and what he told reporters about her.
Plame’s CIA employment
was disclosed by conservative
columnist Robert Novak eight
days after her husband, Wilson, accused the Bush administration of manipulating prewar
intelligence to exaggerate the
Iraqi threat from weapons of
mass destruction.
n Continued from 1
Wauford also said that if
the city owned its own water
treatment plant, the reduction
of water loss would reduce
chemical cost, electrical costs
from pumping and maintenance costs and prolong the
life of the facilities.
Wauford also said on several occasions in his study
there was a lack of adequate
test data shown by WRRWA
for several of the questions
concerning the city’s participation in the agency’s major
water project.
Because of those questions,
city council decided Monday
at a special called meeting to
form a liaison committee to
work with WRRWA to get
some common ground between the two bodies.
Councilman Sam Shipley
said he would have liked to
have heard from Councilman
Pat “Red” Bowers, the council’s representative on the
board who was not present
for the called meeting.
“There are other things we
had asked for and have not received yet,” Shipley said.
“I just feel totally inadequately informed to vote on
this today,” said Councilman
Richard Sammons.
Councilman Charles LaPorte said if there were any
questions, the engineers were
there to answer them.
Sammons recommended
that a “third party expert” in
the engineering field be obtained to try and help resolve
the differences.
“That’s the only person
who could satisfy this for
me,” Sammons said. “There’s
not an engineer setting
around this (council table). We
need an engineer who is totally independent and would
say what would be good for
this city.”
Sammons added there
were some legal questions —
an implication that pondered
whether the private act that
allowed the city to join WRRWA would also allow them
to leave the group.
“This thing needs to be
studied in depth so there’s not
a question about whose credibility is at issue,” said WRRWA Chief Legal Counsel
Tom McKee. “If you choose to
abandon the project right
now, the one who will profit
for sure will be your engineer.
You’re not going to know until the future whether it’s good
or not.”
McKee said the city should
consider “the county factor”
because “just because you say
‘as Elizabethton goes, so goes
Carter County.’ Well, if Carter
County doesn’t have water,
that’s not going to be pretty.
You will never have good, significant development if Carter
County doesn’t have water.”
Michael Hughes, WRRWA
Executive Director, gave an
impassioned comment to the
council about the work of the
agency.
He noted concerns that the
city does not have adequate
representation on the agency’s
board.
“When you have a project
with this size and this many
people, you always worry
about who, for better or
worse, is the ‘daddy rabbit’ of
the thing,” Hughes said.
“Elizabethton is the ‘daddy
rabbit’ of this thing and you
have to have them to make
this thing work.”
“I have had to work hard
with (people from the Stoney
Creek area) for three years,
and they are the strongest
supporters you’ve got now,”
he added. “They need water
very badly.
“As there is more development, there will be more customers in the county,” Hughes said. “And, that will help
affect your rates. It will actually help to drop them over
time. This is something that
you will not fix in three or
four years. But, it is something
that will pay dividends beyond our dreams in the future.”
Mayor Janie McKinney
said she felt the matter was a
problem of communication
and appointed Sammons,
Shipley, Councilmen Curt
Alexander and Charles LaPorte and City Manager
Charles Stahl to with work
with Hughes over the next
month to come to some conclusions on the matter.
“We need to all work together,” McKinney said.
Gas
n Continued from 1
The demand for more
ethanol has caused the price of
the corn-based additive to
surge to about $2.75 a gallon,
an increase of about 50 cents a
gallon.
The additives account for
about 10 percent of gasoline
volume in areas where they
are used, so a 50-cent increase
in ethanol translates into about
a nickel a gallon boost in the
fuel’s cost to motorists.
Bob Dinneen, president of
the Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group that represents the ethanol industry, told
a Senate hearing late last
month that the industry will be
able to meet ethanol demand
even as refiners move away
from using MTBE.
He said the industry is filling East Coast ethanol storage
tanks and contracting barges
that can ship ethanol down the
Mississippi River to Gulf Coast
refiners and up the Atlantic
seaboard.
“The market is responding,” he said. But he also said it
was the oil industry’s decision
to stop using MTBE this soon.
Last year, Congress as part
of broad energy legislation lifted the requirement that refiners include 2 percent oxygenate — MTBE or ethanol —
in gasoline sold in areas having clean air problems, clearing the way for refiners to stop
using MTBE.
The highest prices for gasoline last week were on the West
Coast where motorists paid an
average of $2.75 cents a gallon.
The cheapest gas was found in
the Rocky Mountain states
where the average price was
$2.48 a gallon.
Lick Branch Fire
n Continued from 1
all the election information
from that day on a cartridge,”
he said. “That cartridge is taken out by the election officer
who puts it in a bag along
with the ballot box with any
provisional voting ballots,
and he puts a seal on it. They
are brought in here and we
break the seal and take the
provisional voting ballots out
along with the cartridge.
“We take the cartridge over
to headquarters, where they
put it in a machine that instantly sends the information
to Nashville, tabulating the
results along with the results
of each precinct that we’ve already got. It’s efficient, but the
newer ones are smaller and
even more efficient.”
Any citizen who has questions or concerns may contact
the Election Commission at
542-1822, 542-1823 or 5421892.
Photo by Larry N. Souders
A fire burned through the Taylor Family Cemetery, off Lick Branch Road and into the
surrounding forest area Monday afternoon. Though still under investigation the suspected starting point was a trash fire according to Tennessee Forestry officials.
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Mashburn to continue
athletic career at King
By Tim Chambers
STAR STAFF
tchambers@starqh.com
In an era where athletes are recognized for
their athletic skills, one Cyclone cheerleader
is taking her cheerleading talents to the next
level.
Kelly Mashburn signed scholarship papers
with King College on Monday at Elizabethton High School.
Mashburn has been involved in cheerleading since her junior high days and realized
last season that she wanted to continue her
Photo by Kristen Luther career at the collegiate level.
“Last year my former teammate, Holly
Pictured: Bottom (L to R) Kim Mashburn (mother), Kelli Mashburn, Keith Mashburn (father);
Back (L to R) Dance Instructor Chris Ann Tuelle, EHS Cheerleading Coach Renee Bennett, King Hatfield went to King on a cheerleading
scholarship and I thought that was someCoach Ashley Jones.
thing I would enjoy doing,” said Mashburn.
“I went over for a tryout and fell in love with
the campus. After talking to Holly and Coach
Jones, I knew this was something I wanted to
do.
With cheerleading being a big part of college athletics, Tornado coach Ashley Jones
was happy that Mashburn decided upon
King.
“Kelli excels in the classroom and is the
type of student athlete that we’re looking for
at King,” said Jones.
“She has taken dance and cheered all of
her life and that was evident during her tryout.”
Her mother had a feeling that this might
n See MASHBURN, 8
Warriors bury Unaka
in non-conference tilt
By Rick Sheek
STAR STAFF
rsheek@starhq.com
With the showdown at Elizabethton looming
this evening, Happy Valley got tuned up in a
large way.
Cutting loose for 15 runs in the first inning,
the Warriors buried Unaka 18-3 in a non-conference baseball game on Monday at CannonGouge Park.
“Got out of the gate,” Happy Valley coach
Greg Hyder said. “We like that. We want to be
aggressive early and put some runs up on the
board. We had a young pitcher going, and we
wanted to get him some runs and give him a little bit of room.
“I never expected that, but we had a bunch of
hits. Of course they don’t make plays in the first
inning and it really cost them. I hate the score’s
that bad, but that’s the way it is sometimes.”
The Warriors improved to 13-3. The Rangers
dropped to 4-7.
“I was embarrassed,” Unaka coach Mike Ensor said. “I’m embarrassed by the way we came
out. Our focus was horrible. It’s like we came into the ball game with it lost, as soon as we got off
the bus.
“We came in here scared to death. We’ve
done it the last three or four years. No focus.
Lack of intensity.”
Catcher Ryan Garland batted 3 for 3, reaching safely in all four at-bats. He also stole a base
and slugged a two-run double in that first-inning assault.
“We just came off a good, competitive tournament,” Garland said. “We were all just seeing
the ball well, and swinging the bat pretty good.
After a big inning like that we kind of slowed
up a lot, but our defense made plays and got the
win. But it was definitely a fun inning.”
That wild first also included right fielder
Todd Caldwell’s two run-scoring singles, first
baseman Ryan May and second baseman Allen
Dykes singling in runs, and May, left fielder B.J.
Townsend and third baseman Will Lowe driving in scores.
Runners also crossed on a wild pitch, a hit
batter and five due to errors.
“I was pretty pleased with the way we hit it,”
Hyder said. “The pitching was good. We were
aggressive at the plate. We wanted to put it in
play and make things happen, run the bases
that got us some positions. Lots of baserunners
early, so that was critical.”
Designated hitter Daniel Guinn’s run-scoring
single in the second made it 16-0. Unaka
punched in two scores in the third after shortstop Michael Carpenter’s run-scoring single and
n See EAST SIDE, 8A
National Little League
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Happy Valley’s starting pitcher Tyler Blevins fire a strike in the top of the third inning. He
tossed a three hitter with three strikeouts in a 18-3 whipping of Unaka.
Local participants find
success at Jenkins Classic
By Marvin Birchfield
STAR STAFF
mbirchfield@starhq.com
The Tommy Jenkins Classic took place at Science Hill
on Monday in remembrance
of the late and great Tommy
Jenkins who coached Elizabethton track along with
football.
There were several teams
who participated to honor
his hard work and great legacy.
Elizabethton’s track team
had several good showings
in the event that Jenkins
would have been proud of.
“We
moved
people
around and have finally
found some people who can
compete, so that exciting,”
said Elizabethton track coach
Jim Presnell. “A little success
goes a long way, and it keeps
getting better. We’ll see what
we do Thursday in a meet
that counts. We’ll be scratching for every point we can
get in that meet.”
Jordan Ray won the shot
put event for the Cyclones
with a distance of 44’8”,
while Logan Hyatt was second with a throw of 42’ 8.5”.
Amber Allen blistered the
field in the girls 300 meter
hurdles for Elizabethton with
a personal best time of :52.77.
“I’ve been practicing and
in the last meet I got third
and in this one I got first,”
said Allen. “Saturday I ran a
:57 and today I ran a :52. I’m
doing a lot better this season
than what I did last year, so
I’m happy with that.”
Allen also had a strong
finish in the girls triple jump
with a second place jump of
30’51/2”.
n See JENKINS, 8
Lady ‘Landers struggle
against North Greene
Photo by Larry N. Souders
Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Seth Davies slap a sacrificed grounder to the shortstop during
third inning action against Greg Pizza during Elizabethton National Little League’s season
opener Monday night.
KFC, Burgie open National L.L. action
By Tim Chambers
STAR STAFF
tchambers@starhq.com
K.F.C. and Burgie Drug opened the 2006
Elizabethton National Little League season
with wins Monday night at T.J. Burleson
Field.
The Drumsticks scored 18 runs to knock
off Greg’s Pizza 18-4 while the Medicine men
hung on to defeat Grindstaff Dominators 4-3.
It was finger licking good for KFC as the
Drumsticks were pounding the baseball
while the Pizza Pies fought admirable but
came up short. KFC has several players that
performed well on the evening.
Seth Davis earned with win by tossing a
one-hitter. Davis struck out eight and al-
n See LITTLE LEAGUE, 8
By Wes Holtsclaw
STAR STAFF
wholtsclaw@starhq.com
Cloudland began the
game on the right note, but
were outmatched in a conference battle with North
Greene.
17 walks led to 12 of the
Lady Huskies’ 17 runs in a
17-4 decision over the Lady
Highlanders in Roan Mountain.
North Greene trailed 3-2
at one point in the game,
but exploded for five runs
in the third inning, four
runs in the fourth inning
and capped the game with a
six-run sixth inning.
“Everything is more important than softball,” said
Cloudland coach Gary Keith, who noted that eight
players skipped Friday’s
practice for a trip to Dollywood which caused the cancellation of practice.
“it hurts us. We didn’t
throw Friday so there were
three days without anything
and we had to play a conference game on Monday.
We’ve got Hampton next
Monday and it will be the
same thing.”
“It doesn’t mean as much
to these girls as it does in Erwin or Elizabethton or some
of these other schools,” the
coach said. “It didn’t mean
much or they would practice. I make it fun for them
and I get 20 some girls out.
If you make it tough on
them, the one’s that care
will play ball.”
North Greene opened the
game up with two runs
thanks to RBI doubles from
n See 'LANDERS, 8
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EDITORIAL & COMMENTARY
America cannot remain an openair market for jobless immigrants
It probably never occurred
to the majority of Americans
that for some people, the
“American Dream” is to come
to this country anytime they
want to live and work where
they want to — with or without the government’s permission.
Washington has made it
easy for illegal immigrants.
Border security is considered a
joke, and employers who hire
illegals rarely, if ever, get into
any serious trouble. While
we’ve heard a lot of noise
about the jobs Americans
won’t do, it’s hard to imagine
too many of them when you
live in a community such as
ours, where there are few industrial shops, mostly service
jobs. We remember when we
had some industrial jobs.
Many of the textile jobs have
been shipped to other countries, including Mexico, where
labor is cheap.
The Northeast Tennessee
region has benefited from controlled, legal farm work by
Mexicans. The farm worker
program brought people to
this community to harvest
tomatoes,
beans,
apples,
strawberries, and other crops
that are grown in abundance.
But because Washington
hasn’t done its job to control
the nation’s borders, today the
states are left to answer questions like whether to issue driver’s licenses to people who
can’t speak English, or if the
children of illegal immigrants
should be allowed to attend
state-supported colleges at the
in-state rate.
While this is a nation of immigrants, previous genera-
OPINION
tions of newcomers had to
have permission to enter to
this country. They couldn’t just
show up because they wanted
to live and work here.
It is that open, constant and
callous disregard for our borders — and our laws — that
fuels the anger most Americans feel on this issue. The fear
factor comes in the wake of
9/11, because if anyone can
cross our southern border with
Mexico, what’s to stop terrorists from joining in with people simply coming to this
country to work? Finally, some
Mexicans believe the United
States illegally took territory
from their country years ago.
How does that affect their perception of this issue?
The questions continue.
Once they’re here, do illegal
immigrants contribute more
than they take out of the economy? Does their presence pull
down wages for people at the
bottom of the pay scale? And,
what right do illegal immigrants have to demonstrate
and protest in the streets of
America for Congress to pass
laws in their behalf? Once they
become citizens and pay taxes,
they have that right, but until
then, no.
Finally, the issues of the
workers themselves must be
considered. If they are not
legally entitled to live and
work in this country, what
protections do they have from
abusive people and groups
who bring them here and then
work them?
The solution to the immigration problem isn’t a super
fence along the Mexican border or draconian measures
against people who, for the
most part, live peacefully and
productively in our midst.
But this country cannot be
allowed to remain an open-air
job market for anyone who
wants to show up. America
must be able to determine
who can live and work here,
how long they can stay and
what they can do while they’re
here.
The DeLay House rules
Tom DeLay couldn’t leave
the U.S. House of Representatives fast enough, as far as
I’m concerned. As a GOP
House leader, he betrayed the
trust of voters and conservatives.
DeLay told Time Magazine that he
had
done
nothing wrong
and
was
proud of his
accomplishments.
He
even said he
“was
very
proud of the
Debra
fact that I play
Saunders golf.”
Talk
about
your
low threshold
for HIGH self-esteem.
DeLay also told Time that
he had done nothing unethical in Congress. Yes, he found
it “incredibly disappointing”
that two people formerly on
his staff broke the law. Former DeLay Deputy Chief of
Staff Tony Rudy pleaded
guilty last week to conducting a criminal enterprise out
of “The Hammer’s” office.
Former DeLay spokesman
Michael Scanlon pleaded
guilty to defrauding clients
with seedy lobbyist Jack
Abramoff (who also has
pleaded guilty to political
sins). As DeLay sees it, he has
hired “hundreds of people,”
and it’s no reflection on him if
there were two bad apples.
Well, maybe, but DeLay
had more than two bad apples working for him. According to Rudy’s plea-bar-
gain agreement, Rudy lobbied DeLay staffers in violation of a federal law that prohibits former aides from lobbying colleagues for the first
year they’re off the congressional payroll. Thus, Team
DeLay had to know they
were breaking the law by
talking to Rudy. The law obviously didn’t mean much to
them.
Rudy’s plea bargain aptly
states that his crime was “a
scheme and artifice to defraud and deprive” American
citizens of their right “to the
honest services” of House
staffers, as Rudy corruptly accepted cash and gifts as a
staffer, then corrupted other
officials as a lobbyist. DeLay
says he has broken no laws,
and I’ll assume that is true.
Nonetheless, DeLay’s conduct
and demeanor have deprived
Americans of the “honest services” that citizens have every
right to expect from a House
leader.
“DeLay was very astute at
pushing legislation that was
advantageous to people who
would give him money,” Public Citizen’s Joan Claybrook
observed during a conference
call Tuesday.
In his quest for lobbyist dollars, DeLay — now known as
“Representative 2” in the Rudy
plea agreement — and his
minions worked to undermine
an anti-gambling bill, to the
benefit of gambling interests.
DeLay also failed to stop socalled conservative activists
Lou Sheldon and Ralph Reed,
who
were
greased
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Editor:
The West Carter County
Volunteer Fire Department has
scheduled its spring fundraiser to begin April 15. We deeply
appreciate the community
support of every fundraiser.
WCCVFD has built two additional bays to get trucks out
of the weather. Besides adding
a first-responder truck to an-
Abramoff, from going after social conservatives who, unlike
Reed and Sheldon, had stuck
to their principles.
DeLay has said he didn’t
know Team Abramoff had
helped to bankroll a posh trip
to Scotland. But the very fact
that DeLay accepted the firstclass travel shows how power
corrupted him. When leaders
of either party think their position entitles them to lavish living, they’ve lost touch with
their constituents.
In 2004, the House Ethics
Committee chastised DeLay
three times for unethical behavior, including offering a political favor to a lawmaker in
exchange for his support on a
prescription-drug bill and getting too chummy with an energy company as the House was
looking at an energy bill. DeLay was unbowed. The GOP
leadership later responded by
neutering the committee.
This week, DeLay told conservative publication Human
Events that he is considering
filing an ethics complaint
against Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., for striking a Capitol Police officer. Now, McKinney is a race-baiting loudmouth who deserves a good
scolding from the House
ethics committee. Still, it is precious that, when he is on the
way out and after years of
scoffing at those who believe
members of Congress should
behave with a respect for the
institution, DeLay has discovered the ethics committee. I believe the term is
“born-again.”
ROBERT NOVAK
Tom DeLay’s paradox
WASHINGTON — Before
Tom DeLay suddenly let it be
known Monday night that he
would resign from Congress,
the word in Republican circles had been that he envisioned a post-leadership career in the House as an Appropriations
subcommittee
and
perhaps
eventually full
committee
chairman. Such
a role as a dispenser of federal
pork
Robert would seem
Novak paradoxical for
the
congressional embodiment of the conservative
movement.
DeLay’s 11-term House career now coming to a close
was filled with paradoxes.
He must be ranked with the
great legislative leaders of all
time, such as Thomas Brackett Reed, Robert A. Taft and
Lyndon B. Johnson. Nobody
has been as effective in enacting the conservative agenda
into law, which explains the
intense opposition to him.
The House has been a different place since he stepped
down as majority leader six
months ago, easier to go
along and get along for members of both parties.
The proximate cause of
DeLay’s fall was Ronnie Earle, the highly partisan Democratic district attorney in
Austin who unleashed prosecutions in reprisal for DeLay’s campaign of redistricting the previously gerrymandered Texas congressional
seats. However, the fact that
DeLay may have become unelectable in his safe Republican Houston-area district
may be partially attributed to
his occasional performance
in the mode of an old-fashioned politician.
DeLay hardly seemed an
exemplar of conservative reform when he arrived in
Washington in 1984 as one of
six newly elected Texas Republican House members.
He was known as the favorite new Texan of House
Republican
Leader
Bob
Michel — the best hope to
maintain the institutional status quo. In 1989, DeLay managed the campaign of
Michel’s candidate for party
whip, the staid Rep. Edward
Madigan, against the flamboyant Newt Gingrich. In
one of the most decisive party elections ever held on
Capitol Hill, DeLay opposed
the forces of change.
After Gingrich defeated
Madigan by two votes, DeLay started to move toward
the reformers — but not entirely. When he was running
for majority whip following
the Republican takeover in
the 1994 elections, I was surprised to hear from him how
adamantly he opposed any
kind of congressional term
limits (then enshrined by
Gingrich’s
Contract
for
America). DeLay defeated
Robert Walker, Gingrich’s
lieutenant, less on principle
than on his prowess in raising and distributing funds.
Beginning in 1995, DeLay
put together by far the most
effective whip’s operation I
have seen in my 49 years of
watching Congress. At the
same time, he joined the vanguard of what came to be
called the New Right and became an ally of its leader,
Paul Weyrich. Each Wednesday at noon, DeLay would
preside over the meeting of
right-wing pressure groups
put together by Weyrich. He
had become a leader of the
national conservative movement.
Thus, DeLay emerged a
contradiction in terms: a
whip and an appropriator
who was committed to a conservative agenda. He pressed
for free trade, tax cuts, Social
Security personal accounts
and private health care accounts, as well as social conservative issues. As a Christian (Baptist), he participated
in private Bible study groups.
There is no sign of extravagant living on DeLay’s part
— only bad judgment. DeLay
told me last year that he accepted lobbyist-arranged golf
abroad because that was his
only chance ever to play a
game he dearly loved. The
shrewd congressional leader
did not perceive the dangers
facing him when he took that
course.
DeLay’s greatest peril is
the federal investigation of
lobbyist Jack Abramoff that
now has moved into the
heart of the former majority
leader’s office, with two former aides pleading guilty.
This has cut into DeLay’s formerly solid base of support
in his home district and led
him to decide this week that
any other Republican would
have a better chance of retaining the congressional
seat.
But what about the greed
and mendacity of some of the
bright young people who
worked for Tom DeLay? The
suspicion is that the power
politics he practiced for the
public good was transmuted
by those aides into their private gain. It is a stain on what
the legacy should be for the
most effective legislator of
his time.
WCCVFD appeals to community for financial support
swer medical calls, we now operate a
rescue truck to answer calls in
the western part of the county.
This allows quicker response
time to emergencies. We have
built extra bays on borrowed
money in faith that the residents of our district will provide the funds to pay for this
needed addition to our fire
hall. We still owe $17,000 on
this new building. Every resident needs to respond generously so we can pay off this
debt and still cover rising operating expenses.
Our fire company now
holds an ISO rating of 7. We
will be tested for an improved
rating later this year. If we are
successful, homeowners and
renters in the coverage area receive a significant discount on
their fire insurance premiums.
Our roster includes 34 active volunteers, many with
“first responder” and EMT
skills. No one working with
the WCCVFD in any capacity
is paid for their service. Every
penny given to the fire department goes to pay for the build-
ing addition, utilities, equipment and maintenance. The
service is free of charge. Our
volunteers risk their lives daily and spend time away from
their families to serve our
community.
Each
family
should feel honored to contribute to the needs of our fire
company.
The WCCVFD will mail out
appeal envelopes around
April 15. We ask each household to respond with a generous gift as quickly as possible.
We are depending on your
contribution to eliminate the
remaining debt.
Bill Gwaltney,
WCCVFD President
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20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
33 MOBILE HOME
FOR RENT
$145 DINETTE - 5pc
Cherry, Nice brand
new, 218-0755
1BR, CH&A, appliances, water furnished. No pets. References
required.
$250. month, $175. deposit. (423)543-8939.
RENT or rent to own:
1996 16x76 Clayton.
3BR, 2BA, with heatpump on rental lot.
Charity
Hill
area.
$1,000 down with
owner
financing.
(423)895-0456.
HIGH Quality Rug Liquidation! 5 x 8 & 9 x 12
Great selection - Was
$199 - $799 now $59 $245. First come – First
Served ‘til they are
gone!
Call
423-218-0755
MATTRESS,
NASA
Memory foam mattress w/ box spring.
Tempur-Pedic
like,
New, never opened.
Retail $1499, Sell $595
423-200-4664
NEW pool table, 8ft.
oak. $1100. Please call
423-929-222
New spa, still in crate,
6
person.
$2800.
Please
call
423-929-9222.
ROTOTILLER, 5HP Troybilt Reartyne. $300.
(423)543-1418.
WAREHOUSE full of
new furniture and
mattresses for sale.
Overstock, Overruns,
Close- outs, Everything
must go. Ashley, England, Home Elegance,
Englander, Signature,
Coverest, lots more! 50
– 70% off Retail. First
come, first served. JC
Commercial
Warehouse & Mini Storage.
Call 217-4202.
23 YARD
SALES
EASTER week, 12th,
-15th, 231 Bishop Hollow. Toddler firetruck
bed, funiture, boys
items, what knots.
25 PETS
& SUPPLIES
ADORABLE 8 weeks
old male Chihuahua
puppy. First shots.
Loves children. Already
spoiled.
(423)212-0004
AKC registered Lab
puppies. 3 black females, one black
male.
$125-$150.
(423)512-1899, (423)
213-5099
FREE BULLDOG Terrier,
house broken, well
trained, directly behind big blue house
beside J&W Market.
Miniature Pinchers.
4
female,
shots,
wormed.
$250.ea.
423-5380171
27 LIVESTOCK
& BREEDING
SHEEP, Goats and
Ducks
for
Sale.
(423)474-3793
or
(423)957-0171.
28 CHILD CARE
HELP/SERVICES
COMMUNITY
DAY
CARE & LEARNING
CENTER:
Openings
6wk.-5yrs. Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten readiness.
543-5900
.
29 TOWNHOUSES
CONDOS FOR
SALE/RENT
TOWNHOUSE:
628
Watauga,
2BR,
1-1/2BA, CH&A, water, garbage pickup
furnished,
W/D
hookup, No pets.
542-3877.
31 APARTMENT
FOR RENT
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status includes children under the age of
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or legal custodians;
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people securing custody of children under
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not knowingly accept
any advertising for
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1BR, 1BA, water, trash
provided. On site
laundry.
No Pets.
$225.mo.
$150.deposit. (423)542-4029.
1BR, furnished, $325.
month, $200. deposit,
water, garbage furnished. No pets. No
smoking. References.
(423)542-5839.
1BR, 1BA, new carpet,
washer, dryer provided. Criminal background check required. $350.mo. plus
deposit. 423-538-7817
1BR, available now,
Hampton area. Water
and laundry room furnished. (423)725-2277
between
5:30p.m.8p.m. 423-725-3678
1BR, oak cabinets,
washer/dryer, refrigerator with ice maker,
CH&A, water, garbage
pickup,
$315.mth, $200.dep.,
(423)543-3960.
1BR, spacious, clean,
quiet, W/D hook-up,
A/C,
$315.mth.,
$200.dep. Ask about
W/D
rental.
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423-772-4089.
1BR, stove, refrigerator, water, garbage
pickup
furnished,
mini-blinds.
Call
(423)542-9200.
2BR, 1.5BA Townhouse.
W/D hookup, appliances, carpet, D/W,
deck, paved driveway. $450.mo. plus
deposit. 423-538-0458.
2BR, 1BA, Hunter. W/D
hookup. No pets.
Non-smoking.
$380.month, deposit.
Ask about FREE gasoline. 895-1146.
2BR, Hyder Street, appliances,
garbage
pickup furnished. No
pets.
$360. month,
$350.
deposit.
(423)543-4365.
2BR, Spring St, Hampton, appliances, W/D
hookup, CH&A. No
pets or smoking. References
required.
$300.mo. plus deposit.
423-542-5123
2BR. Completely furnished,
upstairs,
$450.mo. $110. for utilities including cable
$450.dep. References
required. 543-4969
BILTMORE: large 2BR,
upstairs, appliances,
water, trash included.
No pets. $200.deposit,
$300.month.
(423)543-7677.
BILTMORE: Nice 1BR,
new carpet, paint, appliances, water, trash
included, no pets.
$250month $250deposit (423)543-7677
BROOKVIEW APARTMENT AND STORAGE.
2BR, appliances, W/D
hook-up. NO PETS.
$350mth.,
deposit.
(423)543-2632,
(423)543- 4671.
HAMPTON: Nice 2BR,
1.5BA, W/D hookup,
water
furnished.
$375. month, $375.
deposit.
(423)725-3171.
37 LAND W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
COAL CHUTE
3BR 423 Coal Chute.
$45. plus deposit. Also
3BR & 2BR mobile
homes. $25.-$300.mo.
423-647-7878
3BR brick, West Side
District,
$575month
Drive by 836 Parkway
Blvd.
call
(828)256-7535 for appointment.
3BR, 1BA, in town,
CH&A,
outbuilding.
No Pets. $600. month
plus
deposit.
423-543-8593.
3BR, 2BA, between
Eliz., J.C., den, 3-car
carport, no pets, non
smoking.
$725.mo.
$350.dep.
423-542-3503.
3BR, Stoney Creek.
new heat pump,
$550.month, plus deposit.
474-2880,
423-543-3233,
423-474-2520,
A comfortable 3BR,
11/2BA. Near Unaka
High, garage, CH&A,
fenced yard. No pets.
$600.mth.
(423)542-0090.
ASSORTMENT of rentals: Farm, brick, frame,
pets, rent to own, furnished and unfurnished. 282-6486.
COZY 2BR, 2BA, no
pets, CH&A, W/D
hook-up.
Hampton
area. $360. month,
$300.
deposit.
(423)895-0456.
REMODELED 2BR house
in city, garage, appliances furnished, no inside pets, $375month
plus
deposit.
(423)547-0671.
STOP renting. Buy Hud
home. $16,500.
For
listings
call
800-391-5228xF738.
Lot 3
Pleasant Grove,
Bluff City
C21 Whitehead
Stacy Whitson
C21 Whitehead
$31,200
543-4663
3BR, 2BA, water furnished, appliances,
and air conditioner.
Hardwood floors, no
pets.
$450month
$450deposit.
(423)543-8893
For Rent 2br, 2ba,
Roan Mountain Section
8
$200.dep.
$350.mo. 423-772-3515
105 PRESERVE
5BR, 3.5BA Beautiful
home, 4.63 acres,
minutes from Pioneer
Landing. Tile flooring
throughout
main
level. A must see!
$335,000.00
C21 WHITEHEAD
TERESA MUSICK
543-4663
1.399 acres of level
pasture with utility water at road, partially
fenced, Seller not
aware of any restrictions on property.
$25,000.00
C21 WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
43 HOUSES
W/PHOTO
Lot 5 Green St.
C21 Whitehead
Stacy Whitson
$18,500
543-4663
6.40 wooded acres
with road frontage
and small stream.
Close to Watauga
Lake!
2032 SOUTHSIDE
ROAD
West Side School
Zone
Newly remodeled 3BR
brick
ranch,
LR,
kitchen, DR, 2FBA,
hardwood floors, carpet, appliances. Double
car
garage.
$165,000.
3BR, 2BA, one level
home with basement.
Spacious
rooms. Elevation at
almost 4000’ on scenic Roan Mountain.
$114,000.
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
(423)543-8303
(423)477-8292
1117 BURGIE
West End
206 Main
Nice 3, 4BR, 1.5Bath
cottage style home,
formal dining room,
master with walk-in
closet, CHA, paved
driveway. Recent upgrades!! $86500.00
STUNNING HISTORIC
MANSION. 6BR 4BA
WITH SOARING CEILINGS,
GORGEOUS
HEART PINE FLOORS,
OVER 6500 SQUARE
FT. PRICE INCLUDES
ANTIQUES. MUST SEE!
C21 WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
C21 Whitehead
Linda Whitehead
$825,000
543-4663
Excellent
starter
home, 2 or 3BR, gas
heat, carport, large
level lot. Walking distance;
elementary
school, grocery store,
downtown area.
$48,000.00
John S. Brookshire
Real Estate & Auction
543-6765
Elonza Perkins
895-0910
Mack Branch Rd.
BLUFF CITY: 200x100
lot. City water, sewer.
$18,950. Call McEwen
Housing. 610-7300.
ERWIN Rock Road:
100x200 lot. Wooded,
creek at rear. $15,800.
(423)610-7301.
24+/- acre tract bordering National Forest
with scenic views.
One home site already cleared. Minutes to Watauga
Lake.
C21 Whitehead
Jeff Smith
$80,000
543-4663
NEAR Davy Crockett
birthplace, doublewide lots. $18,550.
(423)610-7302.
SINGLEWIDE:
West
End. Trash, yard maintenance
provided.
Paved. Stanley’s Mobile Home Park. $120.
month. (423)542-4029.
39 LOTS W/PHOTO
FOR SALE
All adjacent, 2 end of
Hampton View, 1
down below on 4th.
Mtn Views, privacy,
next to Wellhead protection area.
$9,900.00 ea
C21 WHITEHEAD
LINDA WHITEHEAD
543-4663
This very private tract
with 1.50 acres with
pretty views of the
country side and
mountains beyond!
Convenient location!
40 LOTS
FOR RENT
EXTRA LARGE LOT 1/2
ACRE. SINGLE OR
DOUBLEWIDE 10 MINUTES FROM TOWN.
$150month.
(423)
725-2770.
SPACIOUS
mobile
home lot,
parking
and garbage furnished. Restricted lot,
references, near town.
$125month.
(423)542-4597.
2BR to settle an estate, 1004 Grindstaff
Ave., near Snap On
Tools.
$45,000.
(423)543-2523,
(423)213-7936.
Great building lot with
approx 1.47 acres on
a beautiful street!
Scenic country location.
C21 Whitehead
Deborah Sutherland
$22,900
543-4663
706 Carter Blvd
West Side School
District
Elizabethton
Have privacy and
convenience on almost 2 1/2 acre
wooded lot in town in
established neighborhood. $24,900.00
C21 WHITEHEAD
LINDA WHITEHEAD
543-4663
Front Home Offering
150ft. River Frontage
2BRS, 2BAS, Remodeled, 3-Car Garage.
Call for details today.
Glenda English
Direct 341-1886
Realty Executives
952-0226
$179,900
Immaculate
2BR,
1BA
home with
breathtaking views
of the Siam Valley.
Tastefully decorated
with many updates.
$118,900
MLS#223494
RAINBOW REALTY
(423)547-2800
Call Ashley @ Randall
Birchfield Real Estate
(423)543-5959
Biltmore Area,
162 Taylor Ave,
5BR, 2BA, approx.
2000 sqft., hardwood
& carpet floors, open
kitchen. Outside, vinyl
siding, insulated windows, good roof,
CH&A. Excellent condition both inside &
out. FHA or VA ready
$102,000.
2251 MIAMI DRIVE.
Cedar sided raised
ranch! Open floor
plan, appliances, 2
gas log fireplace, 24’
above ground pool
with decking, small
pond! $195000.00
C21 WHITEHEAD
TRISH GRAYBEAL
543-4663
Brick with stone
Ranch. 3BR, 2BA,
Eat-in kitchen, dining, livingroom, den,
sunroom, fireplace,
garage. Hardwood
floors, carpet, unfinished basement, appliances. Excellent
condition. $139,900.
(423)247-3607
1192 HWY 91
1.91 acres with road
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$82,500.
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282-5182
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Milligan College Jazz concert
‘Baby talk’ is hot
to
feature
‘Statesmen
of
Jazz’
topic of debate
DEAR ABBY
From Staff Reports
among adults
DEAR ABBY: I must respond to the letters you printed directing parents not to use
“baby talk” with their infants.
Some of the writers suggested
that research shows that “baby
talk” is harmful to a child’s language development — and
that is patently false. I am a developmental psychologist and
teach about the concept of baby talk as infant-directed
speech, so let
me clear up
what seems to
be a misunderstanding.
What
research actually
shows is that infant-directed
speech (which
is high-pitched,
sing-song,
repetitive
and
drawn out) is the type of
speech that infants in their first
year of life not only hear better
but also the language to which
they are most responsive. In
the first year, speaking to infants in a way that gets a response is far more important
than using “proper” adult
grammar and words. It’s not
so much what parents say as
that they say anything at all. So
please, encourage parents to
use “baby talk” with their infants all they wish in the first
year.
Using “baby talk” beyond
one year is probably not the
best idea, but it’s less worrisome than some of your letter
writers seem to think. — DR.
SAUNDRA K. CICCARELLI,
PANAMA CITY, FLA.
DEAR DR. CICCARELLI:
Thank you for the professional input, but from the mail I
have received since that column ran, I must say that “Abby-wabby”
now
knows
there’s no consensus on this
subject. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: As the mother
of three gifted children and a
speech/language pathologist,
my advice is to stop the baby
talk immediately! My children
were spoken to in complete
sentences and with normal intonation from the time they
were born. My son spoke in
complete sentences at 10
months. He was a spontaneous
reader at 2, and began college
at the ripe old age of 14. My 18year-old daughter is a junior in
college. Talking “baby talk” to
children can retard their language development. — DEBRA G., BEAUMONT, TEXAS
DEAR ABBY: As a language
teacher, I know the natural importance of baby talk. All languages have a form of “baby
talk,” and it all serves the same
purpose: to help a child form
its language patterns. Just because some parents foolishly
continue the use of baby talk
long after its required time is
no reason to “throw out the baby talk with the bathwater!”
And language such as “Me
talk pretty” and “Me go home”
are NOT examples of baby
talk. They are just poor uses of
English grammar. — ROBERT
RAYMOND,
MISSISSIPPI
STATE UNIVERSITY
DEAR ABBY: I am a
speech/language pathologist
and believe that baby talk
should never, ever be considered. If you choose to “baby
talk,” you place your child at
risk academically and socially.
The ramifications are tremendous and long-lasting. I recommend modeling and using
verbally descriptive and inquisitive language that is ageappropriate. Your child will
reap the benefits. — CONCERNED IN THE CENTRAL
COAST
DEAR ABBY: Many young
parents now teach their babies
sign language, starting as newborns, helping them communicate before they learn the
spoken word. By about 9
months, the child gets the concept and soon learns how to
“sign” words such as “more,”
“help,” “milk,” “sorry” and
“thank you.” The child is happier because his/her needs are
communicated without frustration.
Both of my grandsons have
learned to sign, and recently I
was tickling my 14-month-old
grandson, trying to get him to
smile. He looked at his mother
and signed “help” and “all
through”! Pretty clever putting two thoughts together to
tell his mom to get Grammy to
back off, huh? — PROUD
GRAMMY IN SANTA BARBARA
DEAR PROUD GRAMMY: I’m sure he had a few
other thoughts to offer, but
fortunately he didn’t have the
vocabulary!
—————
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips, and
was founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Write Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
“Statesmen of Jazz,” will
join the Milligan College Jazz
Ensemble at its spring concert
on Monday, April 24, at 7:30
p.m. in Seeger Chapel on the
Milligan campus.
The 21-piece jazz ensemble
is under the direction of Rick
Simerly, Milligan associate
professor of music.
East Tennessee’s “Statesmen of Jazz” include local musicians; Jimmy Fleenor on clarinet, Bill Gamble playing saxophone, and Charles Goodwin
performing on the piano.
“These musicians are the
‘statesmen of jazz’ for our region,” said Simerly. “Through
their performances and collaborations with nationally recognized jazz artists, they are
largely responsible for the early exposure of jazz in our region and the proliferation of
this musical genre throughout
this area. We are, indeed, honored to feature them on our
spring concert and give them
the recognition that they deserve.”
The concert will feature selections from the libraries of
Buddy Rich, Woody Herman,
Count Basie, Tito Puente, Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins.
Featured soloists with the Milligan jazz ensemble are saxophonists Daniel Lockhart, Dick
Davis and Danny Williams;
trombonist Luke Rogers; trumpeters Kelly Scollin, Jason Bailey and Kevin White; guitarist
David Clay; pianist Mark Thie;
bassists Andrew Roberson and
Brett Darnell; and drummer
Eddie Dalton.
“The concert will feature
each of our special guests on
solo selections of their choice
and we will put them together
for the final number of the
evening, Count Basie’s ‘One
O’Clock Jump,’’’ said Simerly.
“As long as I can remember,
jazz has always had an audience and somewhat of a following in this region. These
‘Statesmen of Jazz’ were some
of the first musicians to secure
that following. Each one has an
unbelievably impressive resume. Hearing them perform
will be a real treat for everyone.”
The Statesmen of Jazz include:
JIMMMY
FLEENOR,
known for over 50 years as
“Mr. Jazz,” joined the first
William King High School
Band in 1940, knowing he
wanted to play the clarinet. In
1944 he took his horn to the
Navy, playing with various
groups. During his college
years, Fleenor formed a quintet called “The Moonliters,”
performing in the RaleighDurham, N.C. area. He returned home to Abingdon, Va.,
where he formed the jazz
group called “The Highland
Quintet,” which has been performing for more than 40 years
throughout East Tennessee,
VA Medical Center plans
Easter sunrise service
The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center will host an Easter sunrise service on Sunday, April 16, at 6 a.m. at the Mountain Home gazebo. Chaplain Thomas H. Mills will officiate
the service with Chaplain T. Wayne Godbery assisting.
In the event of rain, the sunrise service will be held in the
VA chapel, which is located on the ground floor of the hospital (building 200).
The general public is invited to attend.
Vote
Walter ‘Skip’
Hendrix
Register of Deeds
I have been a businessman in Carter County for 25 years as coowner of Brumit Sport Shop in Downtown Elizabethton. I have
served over three generations of customers, fairly and honestly.
During that time, I have had the pleasure to work with most
churches, youth and adult leagues, civic organizations, and Boys
and Girls Clubs, both in the city and county.
I have the experience and dedication to serve as your Register
of Deeds, now all I need is your vote.
Thank you,
Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina.
Fleenor has faithfully and
tirelessly carried the torch for
the preservation, appreciation
and continued exposure to
true jazz music. Among his
many musical idols and influences are jazz greats Pee Wee
Russell, Edmond Hall, Irving
Fazola, Ben Webster, Kenny
Davern and Zoot Sims.
The fifth annual Highlands
Jazz Festival was dedicated to
Jimmy Fleenor and held in his
honor.
BILL GAMBLE is an established Kingsport attorney who
for many years has been listed
in “The Best Lawyers in America.” He has also been prominent as a musician for over 60
years. Gamble began playing
clarinet in the Chattanooga
public school system at 10
years of age and added saxophone to his arsenal during
high school. Although his musical activities have been quite
varied, from circuses to symphonies, he developed a strong
interest in jazz during World
War II as a member of a Navy
jazz band, which led to a lifelong dedication to performing
jazz.
Prior to relocating to
Kingsport, Gamble played in
top bands based in Chattanooga and Nashville. Since
his arrival to the Tri-Cities, he
has played local engagements
with a number of nationally
prominent dance bands and
for such performers as Bob
Hope, Red Skelton, Tennessee
Ernie Ford, Floyd Kramer,
Frankie Vallee, B.J. Thomas
and others. For several years
he performed in big band sessions at the Triangle Jazz Festival. His own dance band, “After Six,” was prominent
throughout this area for over
35 years.
Since 1953 Gamble has written and narrated multiple history of jazz lectures, including
presentations at several colleges and universities throughout Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
In 1968 he initiated, underwrote and produced a series of
nearly 200 jazz programs in
Kingsport known as “Jazz at
the Fine Arts Center,” in which
he also served as master of ceremonies. This series presented
hundreds of Tennessee and
Virginia musicians, plus many
nationally known figures such
as Buddy Morrow, Billy Taylor,
Urbie Green, Buddy Rich,
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The Statesmen of Jazz include Jimmy Fleenor, Bill Gamble,
and Charles Goodwin. The group will perform with the
Milligan College Jazz Ensemble at its spring concert on April
24.
Maynard Ferguson and the
Duke Ellington Orchestra. The
series earned him a Certificate
of Appreciation from the Tennessee Fine Arts Commission.
CHARLES GOODWIN is a
native of Bristol. He graduated
from Tennessee High School in
1949 and went on to study piano under Dr. Clifford Loomis
at Sullins College, which was
located in Bristol until 1977. He
later studied under Dr. Ralph
Ostoff of Virginia Intermont
College and also attended East
Tennessee State University.
Goodwin has toured extensively with the Glenn Miller
Band, the Tommy Dorsey
Band, Nelson Riddle, Guy
Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Buddy Morrow, Les and Larry Elgart, Ray McKinley and the
late Charlie Spivak Orchestra,
as well as Frank Sinatra Jr. He
has performed on numerous
occasions with comedians Red
Skelton and Bob Hope, as well
as singers Patti Page, Ray Eberle,
Bob
Eberly,
Carroll
Lawrence, Anita Bryant and
Johnny Ray. Goodwin has
written arrangements for the
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the
Glenn Miller Orchestra under
Ray McKinley, as well as several arrangements for the
Charlie Spivak Orchestra
which were used on Spivak’s
Grammy nominated album,
“What’s Cooking Charlie?”
Goodwin has arranged for
and led his own big band
since 1965 and remains in constant demand throughout the
region. His band has performed concerts with the
Kingsport Symphony and the
Western Piedmont Symphony.
Throughout the last year
Goodwin has toured 20 states
with the “Southern Fried Jazz
Band” based in Charlotte,
N.C.
The
Milligan
College
spring jazz concert is free and
open to the public. For more
information, contact the Milligan College music department
at 461-8723. You may also contact Rick Simerly at 4461-8939,
or
RSimerly@milligan.edu
<mailto:RSimerly@milligan.e
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O b i t u a r i e s
John W.
Cretsinger Sr.
John W. Cretsinger Sr., 59,
112 Miller Hill Road, Johnson
City, died Sunday, April 9,
2006, at his residence.
Mr. Cretsinger was a native and lifelong resident
of Washington County
and the son
of the late
Raymond E. and Rosland
Baker Cretsinger. In addition
to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Cretsinger, a son, J.W.
Cretsinger, and a sister, Janie
Carver.
Mr. Cretsinger was an auto
mechanic and a U.S. Army
veteran of the Vietnam War.
Survivors include two
daughters and sons-in-law,
Amanda “Spanky” and Marc
McAmis and Loretta “Lorrie”
and Robert “Bob” Bowers, all
of Johnson City; a son, John
W. “Frog” Cretsinger Jr., Baltimore, Md.; two brothers and
sisters-in-law, Gene and Lydia
Cretsinger and Garnett “Poncho” and Debbye Cretsinger,
all of Johnson City; a sister
and brother-in-law, Margaret
and Arthur “Junior” Branum,
Johnson City; two grandchildren, Robert C. Bowers II and
wife
Amanda,
Newport
News, Va., and Cassie Lynn
Bowers, Johnson City; numerous nieces and nephews; special friends, Junior and Mary
Hale, Dave Hyder and Donald “Gomer” Feathers, and
many, many more.
The funeral service for Mr.
Cretsinger will be conducted
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in
the
Morris-Baker
South
Chapel with Pastor Greg
Lovelace and Mr. Scott Trent
officiating. The graveside
service will be conducted at
10 a.m. Wednesday, April 12,
at Monte Vista Memorial
Park. Active pallbearers will
be Donald “Gomer” Feathers,
Ronnie Dugger, Alan Robinson, Carl “Chub” Miller,
Jamie Gillis, Jeff Larimer,
Danny Wilson and Tom Wilson. Honorary pallbearers
will be Dave Hyder, William
“Jr.” King, Rick Hill, Junior
Hale, Eddie Baker and Robert
C. Bowers II. The family will
receive friends from 5 to 8
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home. Online condolences
may be sent to the Cretsinger
family via www.morrisbaker.com.
These arrangements are by
Morris-Baker Funeral Home
and Cremation Services, 2001
Oakland Avenue, Johnson
City, (423) 282-1521.
Helen T. Thomas
Helen T. Thomas, formerly
of Sunrise Drive, Elizabethton, died Monday, April 10,
2006, at Ivy Hall Nursing
Home.
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete and will be announced at a later date.
Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of
arrangements. Obituary Line:
(423) 543-4917. Office: (423)
542-2232.
Charlotte M. Nave
Charlotte Margarite McKinney Nave, 347 Oak Hill
Lane, Mountain City, died
Monday, April 10, 2006, at
Watauga Medical Center,
Boone, N.C.
Funeral arrangements are
incomplete and will be announced later
Memorial Funeral Chapel
is in charge.
Ft. Campbell soldier killed in Iraq
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A soldier with the 101st
Airborne was killed in Iraq on Sunday after an explosion, the
Army said.
Sgt. 1st Class Gregory S. Rogers, 42, of Cincinnati, was
killed in Ar Ramadi when an improvised explosive device
detonated near the Humvee he was riding in during convoy
operations. Rogers was an infantryman assigned to Delta
Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat
team.
Rogers is survived by his daughters, Whitney of Coraopolis, Penn., and Chelsea of Ravenna, Ohio, as well as his parents, Luther and Donna, of West Chester, Ohio.
Rogers received dozens of service medals during his 22year Army career, including the Meritorious Service Medal
and the Army Achievement Medal.
Rogers is the 138th soldier from Fort Campbell to be killed
in the Iraq War. The sprawling base straddles the KentuckyTennessee border.
Agency recommends
automatic comp for
some Y-12 workers
Jurors deliberate on
retrial of Newport lawmen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
federal agency is recommending some sick workers
from the Y-12 weapons plant
in Oak Ridge, Tenn., receive
automatic compensation under a five-year-old benefits
program.
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and
Health is recommending people who worked at a handful
of Y-12 buildings from January 1948 to December 1957 be
automatically compensated
under the program.
The workers are those who
were monitored — or should
have been monitored — for
inhalation of thorium, a radiation source, according to the
recommendation publicized
by the agency Monday.
Eligible workers must
have a kind of cancer linked
to radiation. They or their
survivors
can
receive
$150,000.
The government does not
have enough data from those
years to estimate exposure
levels to thorium, according
to the agency.
Under the program, sick
workers are supposed to automatically be compensated
if the government can’t estimate their doses with sufficient accuracy.
The recommendation now
goes to a federal advisory
board, which will make its
own recommendation. The
Secretary of Health and Human Services makes the final
decision.
HHS previously decided
to compensate sick uranium
workers who were at Y-12 in
the 1940s.
GREENEVILLE (AP) — Jurors planned to continue deliberating today in the second trial of two Newport Police sergeants accused of violating the
civil rights of a pair of Hispanic
motorists.
Sgts. James W. Roach Jr., 29,
and Patrick Sheldon, 33, were
acquitted of felony civil-rights
conspiracy charges in February, but the jury couldn’t reach
a verdict on misdemeanor
charges.
Jurors in the second trial are
only considering misdemeanor
charges in the case, in which
the sergeants are accused of
pulling over Wilder Gomez
Roblero and Marcos Mijia
Vasques during a March 12,
2005, traffic stop and stealing
cash from them.
But Roach and Sheldon deny ever stopping the men, and
say they gave matching alibis
to investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Neither testified in either trial.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil
Smith said during the second
trial that the officers’ alibis didn’t explain how the alleged victims were able to give descriptions identifying Sheldon and
Roach, even though the two
normally didn’t ride together.
They were assigned together the day of the alleged incident and were driving a cruiser
without a light bar on the roof.
An EMT also testified that he
saw the traffic stop.
“The stories just don’t add
up,” Smith said.
Defense attorneys questioned the credibility of the alleged victims, such as their status as illegal immigrants and
use of aliases, and accused
them of several crimes since
coming to the U.S.
“Why lie about who you
are?” attorney Nikki Pierce
asked jurors. Moore said the alleged victims probably saw the
officers make another traffic
stop, knew how to “work the
system” and then “concocted
this story.”
Two men charged with stealing car
By Abby Morris-Frye
STAR STAFF
amorris@starhq.com
Two man were arrested
and charged in connection
with a stolen vehicle when
they pulled into an apartment complex where police
were attempting to serve a
warrant.
Elijah Adam Taylor, 22,
414 Ferguson Ave., was arrested by Carter County
Sheriff’s Department Doug
Combs and charged with
theft over $1,000.
Jessie Taylor Timbs, 23,
155 Howard Lipford Drive,
was arrested by Combs and
charged with theft over
$1,000, second offense driving on a revoked license and
driving an unregistered vehicle.
According to police reports, Combs and CCSD Lt.
Harvey Guess were attempting to serve a warrant at an
apartment building on Captain Avenue in the Biltmore
community when they encountered Taylor and Timbs.
“While on scene, a red
Toyota Tercel pulled into the
parking lot, noticed the
marked police units and
backed out of the parking lot.
Lt. Guess attempted to flag
the vehicle down but it continued to pull out onto Captain Avenue,” states Combs
in his report. “A civilian motorist noticed deputies attempting to stop the vehicle
and stopped in the roadway,
blocking the vehicle in.”
Officers then spoke with
the two individuals in the vehicle and identified the driver as Timbs and the passenger as Taylor. A check of
Timbs’ driver’s license revealed that Timbs’ license
had been revoked. Officers
were also advised that there
were outstanding warrants
against Timbs out of Sullivan
County and Johnson County.
At that time officers
placed Timbs under arrest
and began checking the vehicle. Upon checking the license plate displayed on the
vehicle it was discovered that
the license plate was regis-
tered to another vehicle.
“Upon Lt. Guess inspecting the vehicle, he noticed a
small piece of paper covering
the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) plate on the
dash,” states Combs. “Upon
checking the VIN, the vehicle
came back stolen from Johnson City. Due to the fact Mr.
Timbs and Mr. Taylor were in
possession of a confirmed
stolen vehicle, they were
both charged with theft over
$1,000.”
After being transported to
the Carter County Sheriff’s
Department, it was found
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DAY PUBLISHED
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DEADLINE
Tues., April 11, 5p.m.
• Gregory Lee Calderon, 23, 1900 Bristol Highway, was arrested Friday morning by Carter County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Dean Jones on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
• Alvin Branham Jr., 52, 464 Walnut Grove Road, Bluff
City, was arrested late Saturday night by Constable Sammy
W. Shaffer on warrants charging him with the sale of Schedule III narcotics and the sale of Schedule VI narcotics.
• Nancy Dawn Smith, 30, 708 Princeton Road, Johnson
City, was arrested Saturday night by CCSD Deputy Brad
Hamm on a warrant charging her with violation of probation
and a capias charging her with failure to appear in court.
• Russell Elwood Harrison, 36, 124 Poplar Grove Road,
was arrested Friday morning by CCSD Deputy Janice Black
on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
• James Allen Roberts, 20, 2783 Bob Little Road, was arrested Thursday night by CCSD Deputy Eric Buck on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
• Nicole Cheree Williams, 25, 180 Jarrett Buck Loop, Johnson City, was arrested early Saturday morning by CCSD
Deputy Brad Hamm and charged with assault under domestic violence.
• Eduardo Jorge Valenzuela, 27, 114 Vanover Drive, Johnson City, was arrested Saturday evening by CCSD Lt. B.L.
Huffman and charged with assault under domestic violence
and vandalism under domestic violence.
• Bryon Keith Tolley, 25, 213 Jim Elliott Road, was arrested
Saturday night by CCSD Deputy Christopher O’Neill and
charged with public intoxication.
• Garry Wayne Bostic, 42, 269 Weaver Hill Road, Johnson
City, was arrested Sunday morning by CCSD Lt. Harvey
Guess and charged with aggravated assault under domestic
violence and disorderly conduct.
• Harold Douglas Rice, 37, 1560 Route 352, Flag Pond, was
arrested early Sunday morning by CCSD Deputy Chad
Grindstaff and charged with DUI, driving on a revoked license, violation of the implied consent law and resisting arrest.
• Jeffery Dale Caudill, 35, 916 Oak St., was arrested Sunday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Doug Combs on a capias
charging him with failure to serve jail time.
• William Allen Gobble, 57, 360 Sneed Hill Road, Apt. B-4,
was arrested Sunday night by CCSD Deputy Chad Grindstaff
and charged with third offense driving on a revoked license
and violation of the financial responsibility law.
• Allison Pearl Jackson, 32, 616 N. Roan St., was arrested
Sunday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Dave Ryan on a capias
charging her with failure to appear in court.
• Steven Shane Bateman, 26, 152 Webb Hollow Road, was
arrested Sunday evening by CCSD Deputy Amos Halava on a
warrant charging him with violation of probation.
• David S. Wright, 37, 302 Chambers Drive, was arrested
Sunday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Bryan Denson on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
• Chris Lee Jones, 27, 322 Little Cassie Creek Road, Chuckey, was arrested Sunday afternoon by Constable Bobby Canter on two capiases charging him with failure to appear in
court.
• Emily Ann Francisco, 30, 604 R.D. Campbell Road, Butler, was arrested Friday afternoon by CCSD Sgt. Tim Lowe
and charged with vandalism under domestic violence.
• Michael Sims, 28, 701 Oak Drive, was arrested Friday
shortly before noon by Elizabethton Police Department Ptl.
Patrick White and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a legend drug without a prescription and
possession of stolen property.
• William Ruble, 28, 386 Nave Hollow Loop, was arrested
Friday afternoon by EPD Ptl. Patrick White and charged with
driving on a suspended license, following too closely and violation of the seat belt law.
• Jackie Metcalf, 45, 145 Rosewood Circle, was arrested
Friday night by EPD Sgt. Michael Merritt and charged with
DUI.
• Stephen Slagle, 33, 150 Lake View Road, Unicoi, was arrested Friday night by EPD Ptl. James Deese and charged
with DUI and violation of the implied consent law.
• Alano Peterson, 28, 125 Smalling St., Hampton, was arrested Saturday afternoon by EPD Ptl. Patrick White and
charged with driving on a suspended license, improper registration and violation of the financial responsibility law.
• Charles Miller, 49, 1175 Rappahannock Drive, Alpharetta, Ga., was arrested early Sunday morning by EPD Ptl. Dennis Brown and charged with public intoxication.
• Billy McGee, 43, 156 River Road, was arrested Sunday afternoon by EPD Ptl. Shane Darling and charged with fourth
offense DUI.
that Taylor had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in
connection with another
stolen vehicle.
According to police reports from the Elizabethton
Police Department, Taylor
was then served with a warrant charging him in connecCity of Elizabethton offices will be closed Friday, April 14,
tion with the March 26 theft
of a 1992 white Chevrolet Lu- in observance of Good Friday.
Garbage collection pickup for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesmina which had been stolen
from the parking lot of a city day and Thursday will be on schedule, with Friday’s being
collected on Thursday, April 13.
church.
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Easter services as soon as possible and designate that
the news is for the Friday, April 14, edition of the
Elizabethton Star. The Star will be closed on Good
Friday but a paper will be published.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 11
• The Watauga Valley
Aviators Club, a group for
model airplane enthusiasts, will meet at 6:30 p.m.
in the Truman Clark Annex
at the Carter County
Health Department. The
group is actively soliciting
new members. Everyone is
welcome to attend the
meeting. For more information, call 543-5918.
• Elizabethton City
Schools will have preschool and kindergarten
registration at the City
Parks and Rec Building
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and
from 1 to 3 p.m. Pre-registration is for students residing in the corporate city
limits of Elizabethton. For
more information, call the
City Schools office at 5478000.
• The Elizabethton
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Teachers Association will
meet at 2 p.m. at Memorial
Presbyterian Church, 100 F
St. The Association will
honor and memorialize all
those teachers who have
died this past year. Family
members are invited to attend. For more information, call Ellen Richardson
at 474-2307.
• The board of commissioners of the Hampton
Utility District of Carter
County, TN, Inc., will meet
in regular session at the
utility office at 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
• Tri-Cities Brain Injury
Support Group will meet
at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria
at Quillen Rehabilitation
Hospital, 2511 Wesley St.,
Johnson City. Light refreshments will be served.
Participants will discuss
questions on emotional
health and brain injury, led
by Eric Roth, Psy.D., licensed psychologist, Director Psychology and Neuropsychology Services at
QRH. For more information, call 952-1751 or 9521700.
• The Roan Mountain 12
Step group of Alcoholics
Anonymous will meet at 6
p.m. at the McGill Presbyterian Church, 194 Hwy.
143, Roan Mountain.
• The Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center, 428
East G St., will have its annual Spring Fling from 8
a.m.-1 p.m. Breakfast will be
served beginning at 8 a.m.
with sausage and gravy biscuits on the menu, with hotdogs available for lunch.
Activities, which will be
held from 8 a.m. until 1
p.m., will include a rum-
mage
sale,
cakewalks,
homemade baked goods,
and a quilt give-away. For
more information, call the
Center at 543-4362.
• The regular monthly
meeting of Disabled American Veterans Chapter No.
17 will be held with the annual election of officers taking place at the meeting.
•
The
Elizabethton
Board of Education will
hold its regular meting at
6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium
of West Side Elementary,
1310 Burgie St. The public is
welcome.
• The Green Pastures
Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. in
the Conference Room at
Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave.,
Elizabethton.
• Al-Anon “Free to Be
Me” meeting will be held at
the Watauga Association of
Baptists office, across from
Elizabethton Lumber, from
6-7 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
• The Elizabethton Senior Citizens Dance Club
will hold its Easter dance
and dinner from 7-10 p.m.
at the Elizabethton Elks
Lodge. Bullseye Band will
provide the music. Door
charge is $6. Anyone interested in securing the Elks
Lodge for special events is
asked to call Dot Hurt at
542-2830 for more information.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
• Hampton Lodge #750
F.&A.M., 509 First Ave., will
meet in called communication at 7 p.m. in order to
confer the F.C. degree. A full
course meal will be served
at 6 p.m. Visiting brethren
are invited to attend.
• First Baptist Church of
Elizabethton will host a
Community Easter Egg
Hunt at Sycamore Shoals
State Park beginning at 11
a.m. for children ages 2-10,
and at 1 p.m. for ages 6-10.
For more information, call
543-1931.
MONDAY, APRIL 17
• Hampton Lodge #750
F.&A.M., 509 First Ave., will
meet in called communication at 6 p.m. in order to
confer two E.A. degrees. Refreshments will be served.
Visiting brethren are invited
to attend.
• The American Red
Cross has scheduled Adult,
Child and Infant CPR training beginning at 6 p.m. at
the Carter County Red
Cross office, 116 Holston
Ave., Elizabethton. Those
who are interested may
call (423) 542-2833 to register.
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Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC.
n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt =
Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or
receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables
at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
April 10, 2006
11,500
11,250
11,000
10,750
+21.29
11,141.33
Pct. change
from previous: +0.19
10,500
MAR
APR
Record high: 11,722.98
11,185.54 11,117.08
Jan. 14, 2000
JAN
High
FEB
Low
STOCK MARKET INDEXES
52-Week
High
Low
11,334.96 10,000.46
4,760.45 3,348.36
438.74
349.25
8,380.24 6,902.51
1,976.35 1,415.75
2,375.45 1,889.83
1,314.07 1,136.15
803.62
623.57
771.54
570.03
13,326.77 11,195.22
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%Chg
YTD
%Chg
12-mo
%Chg
11,141.33
4,667.13
388.22
8,283.08
1,950.99
2,333.27
1,296.62
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+6.63
+29.27
+6.00
+15.21
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Name
American Funds A: GwthA p
American Funds A: IncoA p
American Funds A: ICAA p
American Funds A: WshA p
Fidelity Invest: Contra
Fidelity Invest: Magelln
Oppenheimer A: Disc p
Putnam Funds A: GrInA p
Putnam Funds A: VoyA p
Vanguard Fds: Wndsr
Total Assets
Obj ($Mlns) NAV
XG 76,734
32.49
MP 50,233
18.78
LV 68,394
32.70
LV 63,360
32.14
XG 63,827
67.09
LC 50,230 113.14
SG
612
48.95
LV 11,904
20.47
LG
6,620
17.89
XV 13,567
18.02
Total Return/Rank
4-wk 12-mo
5-year
+3.1 +22.1/C
+41.6/A
+0.4 +9.4/C
+52.5/A
+1.2 +12.8/B
+33.3/B
+0.8 +9.9/D
+30.7/B
+3.4 +22.1/C
+64.1/A
+3.1 +16.3/A
+15.4/C
+4.1 +19.3/E
+35.0/D
+1.1 +11.0/C
+22.3/D
+2.4 +13.7/C
-1.2/D
+1.4 +12.1/D
+38.9/C
Pct Min Init
Load
Invt
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
5.75
250
NL
2,500
NL
2,500
5.75
1,000
5.25
500
5.25
500
NL
3,000
BL -Balanced, GL -Global Stock, IL -International Stock, LC -Large-Cap Core, LG -Large-Cap Growth, LV -Large-Cap
Val., XC -Multi-Cap Core, XG -Multi-Cap Growth, XV -Multi-Cap Val.Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum
$ needed to invest in fund. NA = Not avail. NE = Data in question. NS = Fund not in existence. Source: Lipper, Inc.
Classifieds
928-4151
4 PERSONALS
NEW ARRIVALS
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
ABORTION? WHY?
CONSIDER
ADOPTION
Warm, secure loving
home available for
newborn baby. Please
call 1-800-606-4411.
A- 998.
CARTER At Main Restaurant now hiring for
all positions. Apply in
person
Monday-Friday, 10a.m.-5p.m.
JOHNSON City Press
routes
available.
Route 803, Shady Valley.
Approximately
$500. month. Route
813, Roan Mountain,
Elk Park. Approximately $600. month.
Contact Terry McKeehan, Johnson City
Press (423)543-2841.
PART-TIME:
Learn
decorating, 10-20hrs.
week. No experience
necessary. Can earn
$30-$50hr. Call Sharon
at (423)543-1080.
$25. REWARD, for any
sewing machine I
can't repair. Special:
Clean/oil/adjust tension. $4.99, Kuykendalls. 423-929-1082.
TAXI DRIVERS needed.
Flexible
schedule.
Must have in hand,
current MVR with
clean driving record
and be 24 years of
age. Send letter of interest or resume to:
411 East Doe Avenue,
Elizabethton, TN
A Cut Above Mowing
Service. For all your
yard work needs. Free
estimates. 213-6663,
418-4738.
ELIZABETHTON:Construction, Trackhoe,
backhoe,
frontloader, landcleared,
site work septic systems, dirt, shale for
sale. (423)547-0408,
895-0499.
WANT
to
meet
woman 35-50 for companionship. Likes outdoors.
Call
Mark
512-1081 local cell
number
5 SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADOPT: A truly loving,
married couple longs
to share our hearts
With a newborn & offer security and endless love. Expenses
paid. Please call Gail
&
Bob
@
1-800-990-6038
NOTICE OF AUCTION
APRIL 22
1995
Saturn.
1G8ZH1276SZ177709,
1988
Beretta
GT
1G1LV11V8J7500779.
1990
Maxima
JNLHJO1P8KT257293.
1998
Neon
1P3ES47COWD681219.
MANNY’S AUTO SHOP.
(423)543-1597.
3 ARTICLES
LOST & FOUND
%Chg
+37.4
+30.9
+18.4
+16.1
+15.0
+14.7
+13.8
+13.4
+13.0
+12.4
Ex
AT&T Inc NY 1.33
AMD
NY ...
Altria
NY 3.20
Amgen
Nasd ...
Anheusr
NY 1.08
AppleC
Nasd ...
ApldMatl
Nasd.20
Arotech
Nasd ...
ATMOS
NY 1.26
BP PLC
NY 2.14
BkofAm
NY 2.00
BkNY
NY .84
BellSouth NY 1.16
Boeing
NY 1.20
BostonSci NY ...
CSX
NY .52
CpstnTrb Nasd ...
Chevron
NY 1.80
CienaCp
Nasd ...
Cisco
Nasd ...
Citigrp
NY 1.96
CocaCl
NY 1.24
Comcast
Nasd ...
Comc sp
Nasd ...
Conexant Nasd ...
Crystallx g Amex ...
DaimlrC
NY 1.93
DellInc
Nasd ...
Disney
NY .27
DowChm NY 1.50
EastChm NY 1.76
EKodak
NY .50
EmrsnEl
NY 1.78
ExxonMbl NY 1.28
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Nasd ...
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FleetEn
NY ...
FordM
NY .40
GenElec
NY 1.00
GnMotr
NY 1.00
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NY .68
Heinz
NY 1.20
HewlettP
NY .32
HomeDp
NY .60
HonwllIntl NY .91
HostMarr NY .56
iShJapan NY .06
iShRs2000 s Amex.78
DAILY DOW JONES
YTD
Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg
LINE AD DEADLINES
word rates:
15 WORDS OR LESS
1 DAY - $4.75 2 DAYS - $7.00
6 DAYS - $10.00
PUBLIC NOTICES
Chg
+2.15
+1.50
+7.08
+3.65
+3.13
+2.83
+.65
+1.51
+.49
+3.86
Name
YTD
Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg
7 BEAUTY &
BARBER
HAIRSTYLIST needed
for high traffic area.
(423)213-8006.
10 HELP WANTED
GENERAL
Are
You
Making
Money For Someone
Else? Earn for you!
AVON, call Lisa at
(423)542-0057.
WANTED
IMMEDIATELY
Carrier for the
Central and
Watauga
area
Must Have:
* Valid driver’s
license
* Liability insurance
* Small dependable
automobile
Apply at:
Circulation
Department
300 Sycamore St.
Monday-Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
EXPERIENCED dependable painters needed.
Good pay. 40hrs. wk.
Must have own transportation. Volunteer
Painting.
(423)542-6817
EXPERIENCED
Floor
Covering Professional
Installers needed. Carpet and vinyl a must.
Must have reliable
transportation, tools,
and
dependable
helper. Steady Year
round work. Competitive
rates.
Paid
weekly. Only sober,
dependable,
floor
covering professionals
need apply. Call
(423)772-4947
or
(423)957-1663
or
(423)957-9006 to make
appointment.
LINVILLE RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB has immediate openings for the
following
positions:
Golf Course Maintenance; Grounds and
Road Maintenance;
and Clubhouse Maintenance. Applications
are available at the
Hwy. 105 Gate. You
may return the application to the Gate or
fax it to 828-898-9573.
LOCAL FLAT BED COMPANY now hiring short
haul drivers. Driver
friendly
company,
good home time.
1-800-331-5172.
Experienced
dump
truck drivers needed.
Can pickup application at 320 Bill Garland
Rd. Unicoi. For information call (423)9268808.
Receptionist needed
for busy
Doctor’s office.
Please send resume
and references to:
MEMSA 1503 W. Elk
Avenue, Suite 8
Elizabethton, TN 37643
Attention: Charity
SECRET
SHOPPERS
NEEDED evaluate local stores, restaurants,
theater. Flexible hours,
e-mail
required.
1-800-585-9024
ext.
6516.
11 PROFESSIONAL
HELP WANTED
HVAC Installer, Butler
area, excellent pay
and benefits, experience only need apply
call (423)727-6463.
Financial
institution
has opening for Service Rep. Send resume
to Box 2261, Elizabethton, TN 37644.
Need a change of
pace? Try correctional
medicine. Starting pay
$14.03 per hour?
Sullivan County
Correctional Facility
has an opening for
LPN
all experience levels
may apply. We offer
excellent
benefits.
Paid time off: Holidays,
Personal days, Vacation, and Sick time.
Send resume to:
SCSO Medical,
Attn: Penny Tester,
Health Administrator,
P.O. Box 589,
Blountville, TN 37617
or fax to:
423-279-7521.
The phone number is:
423-279-6041,
please leave a
message
ASPHALT
PAVING:
Commercial & residential, patch work.
Free
estimates.
423-348-6939.
423-742-0403
BACKHOE front loader,
septic systems, field
lines, land cleared,
basements. Demolition.
Affordable.
20yrs.
experience.
542-3002.
Bridgeman Excavating. Paving, driveways, grading, septic
systems, dirt, rock
hauling,
basement
ceiling, land clearing.
423-725-3487.
C&C MOBILE HOME
MOVING
SERVICE:
35yrs.
experience,
State certified.
License,
insurance,
bonded.
(423)
547-9434,
(423)542-2707.
CAMPBELL
LAWN
SERVICE looking for
yards
to
mow,
weedeat, mulch etc.
Free estimates. Call
542-2528
Clean & Green Lawn
Services. Residential,
Commercial, Bonded,
Insured. Year round
services,
Pressure
Washing
542-4397
FREE ESTIMATES! Heating, A/C, remodeling,
vinyl siding, roofing,
ceramic, hardwood
flooring, plumbing,
electrical. 543-7975,
335-0841.
HANDYMAN Honest,
mature Elizabethton
resident to do domestic
maintenance.
Mow, clean, pressure
wash, stain, paint,
wash, wax, repair,
haul landscape, deliver, cut trim, etc.
Reasonable
prices,
free estimates. Call
Gary @ 383-4211.
HAUL gravel for driveways, dirt for sale,
also backhoe work of
any
kind.
Call
423-542-2909.
HOMES & MOBILE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Additions, sunrooms,
textured
ceilings,
porches, carports, garages. Work guaranteed. (423)542-9483.
Immaculate Mowing,
dependable service,
reasonable rates, references,
(423)
542-6911.
JLJ HOME IMPROVEMENT, remodeling,
room additions & vinyl siding. Licensed &
Insured. 423-543-2101.
Jones Tree Service.
Tree removal, topping
& trimming. Free estimates. Senior discount. 423-542-9705,
423-483-7076.
MONDAY------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
TUESDAY-------------MONDAY 2:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAY--------TUESDAY 2:00 P.M.
THURSDAY------WEDNESDAY 2:00 P.M.
FRIDAY------------THURSDAY 2:00 P.M.
SUNDAY---------------FRIDAY 2:00 P.M.
15 SERVICES
OFFERED
BRIAN’S
BUILDINGS!
Display lot
on Hwy. 91.
STORAGE
For sale.
in Hunter
647-1084.
KY CONSTRUCTION
Specializing in finished
grade
work
and
demolition. All types
of front end loader
work. Dirt for sale.
Quality, honest work
at the best price. Will
beat any other estimates, guaranteed.
Keith
Younce,
(423)543-2816.
423-341-7782
L&T ROOFING METAL &
SHINGLE ROOFS. All
home improvements.
Yard
Work
(423)542-2011.
NEED painting!! Now
taking summer jobs.
Call (423)342-7726.
NOW Open Wing
Chun Kung FU. Accepting Ages 10 to
Adult. 1431 West G.
(423)342-7726.
Sam’s Home Improvement & Plumbing Repair. Quality work at a
reasonable
price
Phone: 423-257-5404
SPRING CLEANING?
Organizing, hauling
off. Offices, houses,
garages, attics, basements, yard work,
cleaning.
542-5309,
213-7937.
WE Fix Well Water.
30yrs. experience. Toll
free. 1-866-476-1429.
WILL sit with elderly
women and do light
house work. Have own
transportation. (423)
542-2635.
WILL take care of elderly or clean houses.
Have own transportation.
Dependable.
(423)547-2935.
20 ARTICLES
FOR SALE
$195 - Brand new double pillow top queen
mattress w/ box spring
set. Full mattress and
Box. $149 Original
packaging. 343-4408
1 King double pillow
top mattress set, New
never opened, only
$295. 343-4412
1994 Ford
truck.
$2,900.; 1994 Cadillac
DeVille $2,000; 1994
Chevrolet dual cab
$3,900. (423)542-8221,
(423)542-2843.
1995 Toyota Camry
parts or car Body for
sale.
4
Door,
(423)772-4886
3 ROOMS, All NEW.
England
Designer
Sofa/ Loveseat/ Chair,
6pc Solid wood bdrm.
set, Solid Oak Dining
Set w/ buffet, Retail
$5,000. Sell $1,975! Will
break up. 929-3626
5PC Bedroom SuiteEnglish
dovetail
drawers,
beautiful
solid wood– still in
boxes. Brand new,
High quality. Retail
$2300, Sacrifice $795
343-4601
ASHLEY Sofa and
Loveseat. Micro-fiber,
neutral color, Brand
new – gorgeous! Sacrifice $595 434-0603
BRAND NEW above
ground pool with all
accessories.
18ft.
round, 4ft. deep. $295.
Call 423-929-9222
CAL SPAS, 3 person
hottub. Like New.18
JETS. $1,350 O.B.O.
(423)
957-9226,
(423)957-1019
after
3p.m.
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19) Regardless of what the
early indicators may be, this is
a good day to negotiate matters
of importance. Be extremely
fair, and they, in turn, will give
you unforeseen benefits.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) Don’t allow negativism to
take hold. The types of opportunities that surround you at
the workplace are grander than
usual.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) If you err in any manner
with others, make amends
immediately. The impression
you make on others can be
lasting and favorable, especially if your actions are noble and
deserving.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) It’s to your advantage not
to turn your back on problematical financial situations.
Instead, try to tie down or close
situations that have given you
trouble, and get them out of
your hair forever.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
There’s lots of fun and excitement awaiting you where the
bright lights and action are.
Don’t deprive yourself of
enjoyment by holding a
grudge and closing off yourself
to others.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
When it comes to your financial needs, keep the faith and
keep on trying. Possibilities for
material gain will be rearing
their lovely head. Be sure to be
open to their offerings.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
Your imagination can sway
back and forth from negative
to positive, but once you realize you’re lucky, you’ll team
up with the positive, which
could spell substantial benefits
for you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
22) Ignore your bad hunches
and play on the positive ones,
especially those that you feel
could contribute to the security
of you and your loved ones.
Your perceptions can be winners.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) Although there will
always be a few sour apples in
the barrel, mixing with large
groups could turn out to be
quite advantageous for you.
Valuable contacts will be circulating in the pack.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) Know that those
weeds you turned over and
buried are making conditions
far more fertile, and soon you
will be reaping rewards from
those ambitious seeds you
planted. Keep nurturing them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
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will be easy for you to perform
could be far too difficult for
your associates. Don’t delegate
any critical tasks that are
important to your success.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March
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trouble in the past will continue to do so, but people with
whom you’ve been lucky will
be lucky for you once again,
especially in business transactions.
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‘Debating reports’ on WRRWA lead to committee
By Brian Graves
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Two conflicting engineering reports have led the Elizabethton City Council to form
a liaison committee to work
with the Watauga River Regional Authority (WRRWA) in
formulating answers to what
has become complicated
questions.
Those answers could determine whether the city will remain with the agency or go on
their own.
In 2001, the city council
voted to become a member
with the WRRWA and appoint a representative to that
body’s board of directors.
Over the past five years,
the city has paid a $301,000
surcharge to the agency and
recently hired an engineer to
“present an evaluation of alternatives for providing water
service to the member utilities
of the WRRWA.”
The study, done through
the WRRWA, said the city
would be beneficiaries of the
agency’s planned five-million
gallons per day water plant at
Wilbur Lake because the site
“has the additional significant
benefit in that it provides a
water source that is entirely
within a protected watershed.”
WRRWA also said the operating costs over a 25-year
period shows the city saving
$1.2 million over that period.
“For an estimated $16,000
per year, the city receives the
benefit of an unlimited water
supply within a totally protected watershed instead of a
limited water supply at the
river in an largely unprotected
watershed,” WRRWA said.
When the city had its own
consulting engineer, Joe Wauford of J.R. Wauford and
Company, analyze the WRRWA’s study, he found several
conflicting issues.
“The pumping cost savings
of a facility owned and operated by Elizabethton is far
outweighed by the amortization and operation and maintenance costs of the WRRWA’s
transmission line from their
proposed Wilbur Lake facility,” Wauford’s study said.
It also said there is “no proof
that any upstream source is superior to any other.”
n See WRRWA, 14
Photo by Kristen Luther
As part of the Watauga Regional Water Authority’s proposal, a water filtration plant would be placed at the confluence of
the Watauga and Doe Rivers.
Commission examines
early voting machines
From Staff Reports
Photo by Larry N. Souders
Linda Bowman set three goals as a young woman — to go back to school and complete her education, to further her education and to return to Great Britain to see
where she was born. She has accomplished all three in the last three years, and is currently pursuing an associate degree in accounting at Northeast State Community
College. Bowman wants to have her own accounting business.
Great-grandmother
setting and reaching goals
By Steve Burwick
STAR STAFF
sburwick@starhq.com
Linda Bowman is a great-grandmother,
but you won’t find her sitting in a rocking
chair knitting sweaters. She is too busy
studying for her accounting degree at Northeast State Community College.
Bowman was 14 months old when her
mother brought her to the United States from
Great Britain. Raised in Charleston, W.Va.,
she quit school at 16 to help raise her four
brothers during her mother’s extended illness.
“I’m originally from Wrexham, North
Wales,” she said. “My father was an American G.I. and my mother was in the British
military. She was a gunner and she shot
down German planes during World War II.
They met over there and had me, and then
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came to this country in 1946.
“My Dad was shell-shocked, and after he
recovered he wasn’t able to continue fighting
so they shipped him back home. It took
Mother six months or longer to get her green
card and passport for us to come over.”
At the age of 18, Bowman got married and
started her own family in Laurel, Md.
“My first child was born in Charleston,
and when she was three months old we
moved to Tennessee where I had my second
daughter. Teresa is the oldest, Donna was
born in Johnson City and Tina, my youngest,
was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
“My husband was Wayne Sweeney, and
he was born and raised in Unicoi. He decided
to move to Florida because he could make
more money down there. We lived there 13
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The Carter County Election Commission gathered
Monday afternoon to examine the voting machines that
will be used for early voting,
which begins Wednesday.
Machine technician Harry
Stout and his assistants set
up the machines, and following examination a certificate was filed in the election
commission office stating
the number of machines,
whether all machines are set
at zero, the number registered on each protective
counter and the number on
month, one to three per
precinct.
Garland said that 21
handicap-accessible
machines would be needed by
the August general election.
These machines would be
wheelchair-accessible
and
have headphones for the
hearing impaired as well as
Braille markings for the
blind.
Garland explained part of
the voting process:
“When the polls close and
everybody’s voted, there’s a
tabulator on there that puts
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Vacation drives won’t
come cheap this summer
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Summer driving will be expensive, with gasoline costs
likely to stay high after jumping nearly 20 cents over the
past two weeks.
The cost of gasoline averages $2.68 nationwide for a
gallon of regular. Some analysts say motorists may pay
$3 a gallon this summer if
there are unusual disruptions
in supply.
The Energy Department
was to release its summer
outlook for motor fuel prices
at a news conference today.
Prices at the pump have
been climbing since February
when the cost of regular
grade gasoline averaged
$2.25 a gallon. The average
price of $2.68 a gallon last
week is 40 cents a gallon
higher than a year ago.
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each seal with which the machines are sealed.
“The voting machine is
set to zero, and a seal is put
on it,” said Commissioner
Millard Garland. “When the
machine arrives at the voting location, members of
both parties check the seal
and make sure that it hasn’t
been broken, open it up and
make sure everything is set
on zero. Then they set it up
to start voting.”
Commissioner Dean Perry said that eight machines
were available for early voting and that 70 would be
used for the primaries next
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Analysts cited high crude
oil costs. The price of light
sweet crude for May delivery
settled at $68.74 a barrel Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest
close since Aug. 30, 2005,
when Hurricane Katrina shut
down Gulf of Mexico production.
But there are other factors
driving up prices of motor fuels.
Driving remains heavy
with demand for gasoline expected not to ease much this
summer, according to analysts.
And refineries are moving
away from using MTBE, the
gasoline additive that has
been used in much of the
country to help curtail air pollution, but which also has
been found to contaminate
drinking water supplies.
Three of the biggest refiners — Valero Energy Corp.,
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Shell
Oil Co. — said they will stop
putting MTBE into gasoline
beginning May 5. Valero estimates that will shrink the nation’s gasoline supply by
145,000 barrels a day.
The oil industry has cited
the shift away from MTBE as
a major reason for gasoline
price increases.
At a congressional hearing
last month, Guy Caruso, head
of the government’s Energy
Information Administration,
said about 130,000 barrels of
ethanol, a substitute additive
for MTBE, will be needed.
That’s about 50 percent of
current output.
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limit too strict?
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expanded Medicaid program have been beneficial,
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Pro-immigration rally draws
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KNOXVILLE
(AP)
—
Thousands of immigrants and
supporters in Tennessee rallied
Monday as part of a national
day of action billed as a “campaign for immigrants’ dignity,” and organizers delivered
signed letters to representatives of Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist.
“What do we want? Justice!
When do we want it? Now!”
shouted an estimated 2,500
protesters standing across the
street from the federal courthouse that includes Frist’s
Knoxville office.
Earlier, they signed letters
and marched around the
courthouse complex several
times.
Many of the marchers wore
red T-shirts printed in Spanish
on the front and English on the
back with the slogan, “Where
are our rights? Dignity and
justice for all.” Some carried
American flags and flags of
Latino countries such as Honduras and Mexico.
Earlier in the day about 300
people attended a rally in the
state’s oldest city, Jonesborough. Organizers estimated
there were at least 1,000 by the
end.
Most marchers who walked
to the Washington County
courthouse carried U.S. flags
although some Mexican flags
also could be seen in the
crowd. About a dozen children
held a banner with a message
to Frist: “Immigrants make TN
Strong. Real, Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Now.”
Thousands more protested
in Memphis, where they gathered in front of the National
Civil Rights Museum, The
Commercial Appeal reported.
“It far exceeded our expectations,” Latino Memphis executive director Jose Velazquez
said afterward. “I’m just very
proud of the whole community coming together safely,
well-behaved and in a spirit of
unity.”
Activists and speakers
channeled language honoring
the civil rights movement.
Many marchers wore T-shirts
proclaiming: “We Share The
Dream. We Are ALL Immigrants. We Pray For America.
We Love America. God Bless
America.”
“Comprehensive immigration reform must not include
criminalization of undocumented workers,” civil rights
leader and minister Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks said.
Ernesto Vasquez, wearing a
hard hat he uses in his construction jobs, said he came to
the rally in Knoxville to “try to
tell people we came here to
work. We pay our taxes like
everyone else.”
Vasquez is originally from
Mexico and moved to Pigeon
Forge two weeks ago from
California.
Rally organizers were encouraging the marchers to
bring their pay stubs so they
also could be turned over to
the office of Frist, who has
been a key player in the Washington debate over immigration reform and has proposed
a measure centered largely on
stronger enforcement. They also had petitions to give to U.S.
Sen. Lamar Alexander and
U.S. Rep. John J. “Jimmy”
Duncan Jr.
Lisa Barba, East Tennessee
organizer for the Tennessee
Immigrants and Refugee
Rights Coalition, spoke to two
of Frist’s representatives, Carolyn Jensen and Jan Ailey,
about having trouble getting
an appointment to visit the office.
“We’ll talk with anybody
who calls,” Jensen told Barba.
“We’ve never turned anyone
down.”
Afterward, Barba said
Frist’s office would call her to
make an appointment.
“They said they always call
their constituents. We’re going
to see now,” Barba said.
Barba, who also attended
the rally in Jonesborough, said
she was pleased with the
turnout and peaceful protest.
“We’ve been telling everybody to always behave, and
we have to show we should be
able to stay here because we
are behaving. I was really
thrilled with that,” she said. “I
was thrilled with the people
who came. It is a work day.
People are here to work. So it
is very hard to get a
turnout.”
Tens of thousands of people marched elsewhere in the
country to support immigrant rights. Reform of immigration law has stalled in
Congress, and supporters
want the U.S. to help illegal
immigrants become legal cit-
izens.
“We are the ones that
make possible food on your
table each and every day,”
and “Today we act. Tomorrow we vote,” were some of
the signs people carried.
Blanca Segura, 42, came to
support the rally with her
family,
including
three
daughters. She has lived in
Knoxville 19 years after moving from Colombia.
“We came only for work,”
she said.
Her daughter, 15-year-old
Megan Vargas, said, “I think
it’s great how the whole Hispanic community has come
together.”
Some young women started a chant in Spanish of
“Hispanics united. We’ll never be separated.”
In Tennessee, immigrants
are hoping the Legislature
will approve the reissue of
driving certificates to illegal
immigrants,
a
practice
stopped last month after federal investigators found
rings shuttling in immigrants
from other states to get them.
Alma Figueroa attended
the rally with her 1-year-old
son and husband. They
moved to Morristown about
four years ago from Honduras. She spoke little English but held a sign that read:
“Need to drive to take my
children to the doctor.”
The Knoxville pro-immigration rally drew a single
counter-demonstrator who
carried a sign reading “Illegal Equals Criminal.”
The Senate on Monday unanimously approved a measure
to clean up a much-criticized bill passed last year that required drunken drivers pick up trash for their sentences.
The law went into effect Jan. 1 without Gov. Phil Bredesen’s signature and has been met with opposition from
county sheriffs and anti-drunken driving groups.
The law cut the minimum jail time for first-time offenders
in half to 24 hours and added another 24 hours of trash pickup while wearing vests reading “I am a Drunk Driver.”
The Senate voted 30-0 to make the litter cleanup part of
probation instead of counting it as jail time. The bill sponsored by Sen. Charlotte Burks, D-Monterey, would also make
offenders pay sheriffs a fee to reimburse them for supervising
the work crews.
The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to evaluate the companion bill today.
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The bill is SB2973.
Internet fraud bill
on way to governor
Legislation that would criminalize fraudulent use of the
Internet or other electronic means to obtain information is on
its way to Gov. Phil Bredesen.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark Maddox, D-Dresden,
was unanimously approved in the House on Monday. It
passed the Senate in February.
The legislation seeks to eliminate “phishing” schemes in
Tennessee.
The activity typically involves baiting victims with e-mails
purportedly from legitimate online businesses. The e-mails
direct recipients to bogus Web sites, where they are asked to
re-input information such as credit card numbers and passwords.
Under the bill, a person convicted of the crime could face
six months in jail or a fine up to $500,000.
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The bill is HB3105.
Advocates say prescription limit is too strict Testing records closed
NASHVILLE (AP) — Advocates for mentally ill patients
told lawmakers Monday that
some changes to the state’s expanded Medicaid program
have been beneficial, but described problems such as the
limitation on certain psychiatric medications.
Sita Diehl, executive director of the National Alliance for
Mentally Ill of Tennessee, was
one of several mental health
experts who spoke before the
TennCare Oversight Committee.
Diehl commended the state
for not restricting certain benefits of the mentally ill when it
cut 191,000 people from TennCare and reduced the benefits
of thousands of others to con-
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trol costs.
For instance, there are no restrictions on the number of visits a patient can make to a community mental health agency
under a Mental Health Safety
Net set up by the state.
But Diehl said one of her
main problems is with the
state’s current limit of five prescriptions — two name-brand
and three generic.
“The limitations of two
brand name drugs is the hardest part because many of the
most effective psychiatric medications are too new to have a
generic equivalent,” she said.
Last year, the state went to
court to seek relief from legal
provisions that stopped them
from using the same methods
as other states to control misuse of prescription drugs.
During the court proceedings, state officials said they
would move to a so-called
“soft limit” system if relief was
granted. A federal judge granted partial relief.
But TennCare officials said
they thought that would be
enough to submit a proposal to
the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish the soft limit
system, which would allow a
doctor to prescribe drugs beyond the prescription limit as
medically necessary.
“We have received enough
financial relief that we have
been able to go to CMS with a
soft limit proposal,” said TennCare spokeswoman Marilyn
Wilson, adding that the state
cannot move forward without
federal approval. “The proposal has been with CMS for
about a week.”
But Wilson pointed out that
there’s currently a short list of
drugs for the mentally ill to utilize and that the state is working to “find ways to maximize
what TennCare is able to pay
for.”
“An overwhelming majority are being taken care of,” Wilson said of the mentally ill.
Currently, 20 community
mental health agencies have
agreed to be providers of safety net services for the severely
and persistently mentally ill.
The services include therapeutic activities, case management
and pharmacy assistance and
coordination.
Safety Net spokeswoman
Andrea White said about 55
percent of the more than 26,217
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have registered and she hopes
to get others involved.
“One of the things under
consideration is the extension
of those programs,” White
said. “And the thought is that
by extending the programs
those people will be reached.”
Earlier Monday, TennCare
announced that it is seeking to
accept competitive bids from
managed care organizations
for the Middle Tennessee region.
TennCare, which covers 1.2
million residents, currently delivers health care and mental
health services through seven
MCOs, two behavioral health
organizations and a statewide
administrative services organization.
Officials said they want to
create an integrated behavioral
health model, with the MCO
managing health and mental
health services, for improved
enrollee care coordination and
efficiency.
“Using the competitive
market to recruit experienced
MCO plans will strengthen the
quality of TennCare services
for our enrollees,” TennCare
Director J.D. Hickey said in a
news release.
The Senate on Monday voted to close off public access to
the state’s agricultural disease testing records.
Under the bill that passed on a 26-3 vote, the existence of a
diseased animal would not be secret, but the owner and location of the farm would. Supporters say the bill would encourage farmers to report sick animals instead of just burying
them.
Open-government advocates say the measure would make
it harder for the public to get information about animal diseases, like mad cow or bird flu.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Charlotte Burks, said the records
would make the veterinary results “just like a doctor- or
lawyer-client relationship.” The Monterey Democrat also
said the measure is necessary to qualify for homeland security grants.
Other records bills introduced this session would make all
traffic accident reports and the addresses of judges secret.
The proposals come after a special legislative session on
ethics that was designed to open up the dealings of state government in the wake of the Tennessee Waltz corruption scandal.
The House judiciary committee was scheduled to hear the
agricultural records bill on today.
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