December 21, 2009

By ELLEN BROWNStaff Writer

Still looking for that unique Christmas gift? Eleven-year-old Cale Deanda has just the thing for you.

The Sevier County youth has designed a custom marshmal-low stick with a “magical miracle marshmallow slider” in his search to roast the perfect marshmallow without all the mess.

“I had seen marshmallow sticks at Walmart and other places before, but they didn’t have a slid-

er,” Cale said. “I had used them a couple of times and burned my hand on the metal.”

Each stick is handmade by Cale and features a wooden handle, 5/16-inch metal rod, miracle marshmallow slider and a name burned into the handle by the craftsman.

Users should heat the stick tip to somewhere around “pretty hot.” If it’s too hot, the marshmal-low will melt off the stick, Cale

explained — if it’s too cold, “it’s just another stick!”

Next, stick the marshmallow on the end and, as the marsh-mallow cooks from the inside, begin slowly twirling the marsh-mallow by holding the miracle slider (preventing stress on your wrist) until golden brown. When the marshmallow is toasted just right, simply slide it off using

By DEREK HODGESStaff Writer

SEVIERVILLE — Sibyl Chandler proves that old adage attributed to Abraham Lincoln that it’s not the years in your life that count but the life in your years.

The 94-year-old grandmother is more active than plenty of folks much young-er than she, splitting her time between Michigan and Sevierville, her home of more than 30 years. She also gives her time wherever she can to serve those in need.

“Volunteering is important for the peo-ple who are helped and the person who volunteers,” Chandler said. “It gives you a sense of being worthwhile.”

Chandler has given considerable time helping people through Smoky Mountain Christian Church. It was volunteering with that ministry’s effort to help those struggling this Christmas that earned Chandler a unique distinction.

With her first-ever stint ringing the

bell for the Salvation Army on Saturday, Chandler became the oldest person to volunteer for the task with the nonprofit’s local group. Assisted by two of her grand-sons and one of their wives, it’s a job she said she enjoyed despite some biting cold temperatures.

“It’s been amazing,” Chandler said. “The people are giving tremendously. I assume it’s because it’s been brought to their attention that there are a lot of people suffering this Christmas. We see it all over the place these days.”

Indeed, there are plenty of folks around


PIGEON FORGE — Crowds of local folks and tourists were determined to not let a little snow keep them from finding the best weekend-before-Christ-mas bargains available in Sevier County Saturday.

Malls and stores across the area were jammed with folks looking for the latest deals. For some it was a bit of nearly last minute shopping, while for oth-ers hitting the shops the weekend before Christmas is an annual pilgrimage.

“We do a family trip up here every year on the third weekend in December,” Chattanooga resident Shellie Couch said. “We come for the outlets.”

For Couch and the nine other members of her fam-ily cruising the Belz Outlet Mall on Saturday, coming to Sevier County to wrap up holiday shopping – a task they knock out in two busy days, Black Friday and the Saturday before Christmas – is more than a tradition. It’s also a pil-grimage not unlike one taken 2,000 years ago, though this time it’s “Sale” signs that draw them in and savings, rather than salvation, they seek.

“We come for those good deals we get here,” Couch’s daughter Leshonda Epps said. “We have a good time doing our shopping.”

Bringing the whole fam-ily is actually a sneaky plan to figure out what to

get everyone on the list. Couch and Epps prac-tice something they call a “sneak attack,” wherein spy tactics are used to ascertain the identity of items each person might want.

“You watch to see if they’re spending a lot of time looking for some-thing or hanging around an area for a long time. Then, when they leave or someone distracts them, you swoop in and buy it,” Couch explained.

The women said they were pleased with the deals they found this year.

While their family was willing to ignore the threat of bad weather to head out to the malls, it seems plen-ty of others were chased away. The halls at the Belz mall saw plenty of traffic Saturday, but not nearly as much as some merchants

thought there might be for the last weekend before Christmas.

“Our business has been

really good, but this week-end’s not been really good so far,” Carter store man-ager Kathy Bradley said. “I

think the weather has kept some people away. I think

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Volunteers with the Sevier County Humane Society offering to wrap Christmas present for a donation to the group were kept hoping this weekend as folks did their nearly last minute shop-ping.


Shoppers Kay and Bobby Spangler came to Pigeon Forge from Chattanooga to search for deals like these they found in a store at the Belz Outlet Mall.

A few flakesno deterrentlast weekendfor buying


At 94, Sibyl Chandler, second from left, is eas-ily the oldest bell-ringing volunteer for the local Salvation Army this year. She was joined in her task Saturday in front of Walmart by grandsons Noah, left, and Jesse Chandler, and Jesse’s wife, Rachel.

94-year-old helps ring inSalvation Army Christmas

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Youth designs ‘marshmallow stick’ to benefit CFWant to buy one?To order a custom marshmallow stick, contact Cale at [email protected] or 428-2155, or Jim at 755-4913. For more information, visit www.themarsh-mallowstick.com.

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GATLINBURG — With Christmas still a few days away, it seems city leaders will get something of an early present as they meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall with only three items on the agenda for their regular session.

Among the matters set to come before the board is purchase of a low-floor bus for the Mass Transit Department from National Bus Sales and Leasing Inc. The Marietta, Ga.,-based company sells the vehicles directly from

the manufacturers and is the largest bus dealer in the country.

It has become a favorite with Gatlinburg officials in part because of its wide selection of buses that run on alternative fuels, with the city transition-ing its trolley system to such vehicles. The move is part of Gatlinburg’s green initiative, which is work-ing to make the city more environmentally friendly both with an eye to being more earth friendly and getting a part of the grow-ing green tourism mar-ket.

The buy is also part of an effort to ensure the trolley system is accessible for all riders. Such low-floor

buses are manufacturer to make them easier for handicapped individuals to use.

The group will also vote on allowing the school sys-tem to use the Community Center and Mills Park for its Fun and Fitness Day on May 13, and allow-ing a retaining wall to be built in the right of way on Stone Fence Lane.

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MORRISTOWN — Unwind from the busy stresses of the holiday season with an eve-ning of holiday jazz at 7:30 p.m. today in the theater of the Inman Humanities Complex

at Walters State Community College.

The concert features jazz pianist Wendel Werner. Werner is also an adjunct faculty mem-ber at Walters State. He is known of his own blend of musical skill and witty presentation.

This concert is being presented as a fundrais-er for the Walters State Concert Choir as it pre-pares for a March 29 per-formance at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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Time of the year to makethose financial resolutions

By PATRICK PIDKOWICZ Like many people, you may make

some New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps you’ve promised yourself that you’ll visit the gym more often or learn a new language or reconnect with a long-lost friend. All of these are wor-thy goals, of course, and if you achieve them, you may add new dimensions to your life. But if you want to accom-plish other major milestones you may have envisioned — a new home, college for your kids, a comfortable retirement and so on — you may need to set some New Year’s financial reso-lutions.

What type of financial resolutions should you make? Here are a few ideas to consider:

n Contribute as much as you can afford to your 401(k). Take full advantage of your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. Your contributions are typically tax deductible and your earnings grow on a tax-deferred basis. Every time you get a boost in salary, try to increase the amount going into your 401(k), but at the very least, contribute enough to earn the employer’s match, if one is offered. In 2010, the contribution limit for 401(k) plans is $16,500, or $22,000 if you’re age 50 or over, although both these limits may increase if they are indexed for infla-tion.

n “Max out” on your IRA. Even if you have a 401(k), you’re probably still eligible to contribute to an IRA. A traditional IRA grows tax deferred, while a Roth IRA’s earnings are tax free, provided you’ve had your account at least five years and don’t start tak-ing withdrawals until you’re 59-1/2. (Your ability to contribute to a Roth IRA is based on your income.) You can fund your IRA with virtually any type

of investment. In 2010, you can put in up to $5,000 to your IRA, or $6,000 if you’re age 50 or older, although, as was the case with your 401(k), these limits may go higher if they’re indexed for inflation.

n Rebalance your investments as needed. Over time, your goals and risk tolerance can change. That’s why it’s a good idea to review and rebalance your portfolio at least once a year, possibly with the help of a professional financial advisor who is familiar with your situation.

n Avoid “emotional” investing. Don’t make decisions based on emotional reactions to what’s happening with your investments. For example, just because the price of an investment may have dropped significantly, it doesn’t mean you should rush to sell it. Despite the price drop, it may still have good prospects and it might be an important part of your investment strategy. Consider all factors before making “buy” or “sell” decisions.

n Keep sufficient cash in your port-folio — During the long bear market of 2008 and early 2009, many investors discovered that they lacked enough cash in their portfolios. Of course, you need enough cash on hand to meet unexpected expenses without dip-ping into long-term investments. But beyond that, the presence of cash and short-term, more liquid investments can help reduce the volatility in a port-folio that may sometimes be battered by both the stock and bond markets.

These financial resolutions, like all types of New Year’s resolutions, may not be easy to keep. But if you can stick with them, you may have many happy new years in the future.

— This column was provided by J. Patrick Pidkowicz, investment representa-tive for Edward Jones in Sevierville.

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PIGEON FORGE — SmartBank President & CEO Billy Carroll has announced the promotion of three employees.

“We are fortunate that our growth continues to be strong and much of this is credited to the associ-ates we employ. These associates are true assets to our organization, and I’m pleased to announce these well d e s e r v e d p r o m o -tion,” he said.

L i n d s a y S. Bennett was pro-moted to compliance officer. She began her career with SmartBank a year ago. She graduated from the University of Tennessee where she earned a mas-ter of business admin-istration with concen-trations in finance and entrepreneurship & inno-vation, a master of sci-ence in human resource development and a bach-elor of science in busi-

ness administration. She recently earned certifica-tion as a community bank compliance officer.

Bennett resides in Knoxville with her hus-band, Dan.

Erin Will Strance was recently promoted to banking officer. She joined SmartBank’s busi-ness development team in October 2008. She holds a b a c h e l o r of science in hotel a d m i n -i s t r a -tion from C o r n e l l University.

Strance is a lifelong resident of Sevier County, graduating from Sevier County High School in 1997. She is the daugh-ter of Rittner and Carolyn Will. She is current-ly participating in the Leadership Tomorrow class and is a mentor for

Girls of the Run. She is also an instrument-rated pilot.

She and her husband, Kye, reside in Sevierville.

Michael White was pro-moted to banking officer. He had served in the IT division for over three years. White holds an associate’s degree in electronics technology and an AS in infor-m a t i o n t e c h n o l -ogy from F o u n t a i n H e a d College. He is currently pursuing a bachelor’s in network security and computer forensics.

White is a Microsoft-certified systems admin-

istrator and a certified community bank tech-nology officer. He is a Sevier County native who resides in Sevierville with his wife, Shannan, and their children, Ethan and Evan.

White is a member of New Era Baptist Church and coach for the AYSO Region 440 U-5 soccer team.

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Scott McCarter of McCarter Auction Inc. in Sevierville was elected p r e s i d e n t -elect of the T e n n e s s e e Auctioneers Association at its 2009 winter con-vention in Nashville.

McCarter will join a 13-member board of the association, which has been serving auction-eers, auction assistants and their staffs in and around Tennessee for more than 50 years. The TAA has more than 150

members and associ-ates.

McCarter has served as director for the Tennessee Auctioneers Association, and he was inducted into the TAA Hall of Fame in 2003.

McCarter has been involved with auc-tioneering since child-hood. His father, C.B. McCarter, taught him to chant before he learned how to talk. The young-er McCarter graduated from Reppert School of Auctioneering in 1969 at the age of 15.

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Hentry County Board of Public Utilities Manager John Etheridge told the Paris Post-Intelligencer that none of the utlity’s custom-ers have taken advantage of solar power.

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Ruby Polly Whaley Sutton

Ruby Polly Whaley Sutton, 87, of Lenoir Rd., Morganton, will be spending Christmas in Heaven after a period of declining health. Mrs. Sutton was born April 6, 1922, in Pigeon Forge, TN to the late Rennie Whaley and Mintha Huskey Whaley. In 1939 she moved to Altamont, NC as a young bride, following along with her husband’s employment with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. They moved to Morganton in the late 1940’s and then from Nags Head to South Port, NC and locations in between. They relocated back to Morganton in 1957. For most of their 57 years together, Mrs. Sutton was a homemaker. Wonderful home cooked meals were one of her outstanding attributes. No one could make coconut cakes and biscuits better than Ms. Ruby.

Mrs. Sutton was employed by Skyland Textiles and retired from Burke Co. Public Schools. She was a member of Catawba Valley Baptist Church. A loving mother who doted on her children and grandchildren, she was known for her expert sewing. In her later years, she spent countless hours at her sewing machine, making aprons and quilts. She also received great joy from her flowers and was known for her “green thumb.” She received many first place ribbons at the Burke County Fair for her sewing, jellies, and canned vegetables.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Norman “Red” Sutton an infant son.

Left to cherish her memory is her son, John Norman Sutton and his wife Revonda of Phenix City, AL; a daughter, Jeannie Sutton Snipes and her husband, Turner of Morganton; a sis-ter, Jean Whaley Davis of Pigeon Forge, TN; grandchildren, John Norman Sutton II of Fort Smith, AR, Kelly Sutton Blaine of Huntingdon, TN, Minthie Jean Snipes of Raleigh, and Sarah Louise Snipes of Morganton; and great grand-children Jayde and Chad Sutton, Erika, Kail and Jackson Blaine.

A celebration of Mrs. Sutton’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 22, 2009 in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Steve Parker officiat-ing. Burial will follow in Burke Memorial Park with opening prayer, special words by daugh-ter-in-law, Revonda and a dedication of the grave by her son, John. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday at Sossoman Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a char-ity of one’s choice.

On line condolences may be made at www.sossomanfuneralservice.com.

In Memoriam

Thomas Lee“Tom” Bush

Thomas Lee “Tom” Bush, age 61, of Dandridge, a beloved and adored husband, father and grand-father passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 sur-rounded by his devoted family.

Tom was born in Battle Creek, MI and worked for twenty years at Post division of General Foods Corporation. He moved to Tennessee twenty-two years ago to own and oper-ate Smokey View Campground on Douglas Lake in Dandridge. Tom worked relentlessly to make Smokey View into a successful and thriv-ing business, and he did so by the sweat of his brow.

His incredible tenacity and strength will resonate through the love of his life, devoted and loving wife, Sandra Bush; adoring daughter, Stacie Bush Williams and husband Quinton. Also, grandsons, Brandon and Zane Williams, both of whom will always treasure Tom’s love and wisdom. To his family and exponential amount of friends, Tom was a pillar of strength with a relentless and deter-mined spirit. He overcame adversity numerous times with an appreciation and love of life that will resound through all that knew him. He has always been the backbone of his family and a harbor of safety to his friends. He will be undeniably missed.

A “Celebration of Life” will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial gifts be made to St. Mary’s Residence Hospice, 7447 Andersonville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37938.

Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home, Dandridge.

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Wilbur (Bill) Hopper

Wilbur (Bill) Hopper, 92, long time resident of Pigeon Forge died Dec. 14, 2009.

He was a District Manager for the Jewel Tea Company. He was an ardent hiker and nature lover. He held numer-ous offices in support of the Kiwanis Club.

In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to First United Methodist Church, 111 Methodist Street, Pigeon Forge, TN 37868.

A memorial service will be held at the church at 3 p.m., Dec. 22, 2009.

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Calvin Alfred LeCocq

Calvin Alfred LeCocq, 80, of Knoxville, died Dec. 14, 2009.

Survivors: wife, Lorraine LeCocq; son, Kevin Callaghan and wife Lisa; five grandchil-dren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Holy Family Catholic Church, 307 Black Oak Ridge Rd, Seymour, TN 37865.

Memorial Mass 6 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Reagan Shriver officiating.

Cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN 37865. (865) 577-2807.

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Frances KirbyFrances Kirby, 82, died

December 18, 2009. Born in Kentucky and reared in Alabama, she moved to Knoxville in the early 1940’s. In 1949, she and her hus-band moved to Sevierville where they raised their

children before moving to Cleveland in 1964.

She is survived by son and daughter-in-law Max and Juanita Kirby of Sevierville; daughter and son-in-law Sheila and Mark Bowman of Cleveland; four grandchil-dren; and two great-grand-children.

There will not be a funeral at this time as she donated her body to science through the University of Tennessee Anthropology Department.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Relay for Life in memory of Frances Kirby.

Send a message of con-dolence and view the Kirby family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.

Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Lee Maddron

Mary Lee Maddron, of Seviervil le, died Friday, December 18, 2009 at her home.

She is survived by her daughter, Reba Hill (Willie); son, James Maddron; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; broth-er, Charles King; several nieces, nephews and many friends.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 in the chapel of Brown Funeral Home, with Bro. John Bugg officiat-ing. Internment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Bybee.

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NASHVILLE (AP) — As thousands of Nashvillians headed to the downtown river-front July 4 for the annual fire-works show, the cell phones began ringing and text mes-sages started flying.

There was stunning news: Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair had been shot to death in a condo just two blocks from the Cumberland River.

With McNair one of the most popular athletes in Nashville history, his death made for a muted Independence Day cel-ebration.

His slaying, by a young woman he was dating even though he was married, has been chosen the No. 1 news story of 2009 in voting by The

Associated Press staff and AP member newspapers and broadcasters.

Voted No. 2 was the state’s unemployment rate, which soared to 10.8 percent in June and August. Perry County’s 25.4 percent was the fourth highest in the country in March..

The Legislature voted to allow guns in bars, overriding a veto by Gov. Phil Bredesen, but a Nashville judge struck down the law in November as unconstitutionally vague. The controversy was voted the No. 3 news story.

Another sad economic story came in at No. 4. In November, General Motors placed its for-mer Saturn plant in Spring Hill on standby status, leaving

about 2,000 hourly employees without jobs.

The aftermath of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s huge coal ash spill in Roane County was voted No. 5.

Voted No. 6 was a stunning political move at the Capitol. Kent Williams became the first Republican House speaker in 40 years, joining all 49 Democrats in January to defeat GOP nominee Jason Mumpower by one vote. Republicans had the last say, however, ousting Williams from the party.

In yet another story about the economic downturn, the state’s budget woes were voted No. 7. The saga of Paul House was voted No. 8. Murder charges against him were

dropped in May after he spent two decades on Death Row. He had been released in 2008.

In brighter economic news, Hemlock Semiconductor broke ground in Clarksville for a $1.2 billion plant site and the road leading to the sprawl-ing facility was renamed “Solar Way.” The story was voted No. 9.

A sports story came in at No. 10. Lane Kiffin, Tennessee’s brash young football coach, went 7-5 in his first year after a series of controversial com-ments during the offseason.

it’s going to pick up as the day goes on, though. There’s just a lot of snow in some places right now.”

For those shoppers who have been coming into the store throughout the sea-son, Bradley said the price really is the bottom line as to what they purchase.

“They’re looking for bargains. We have a few people who’ll come in and get the cute spring stuff, but mostly they’re look-ing for the sales,” Bradley said. “We have some good prices.”

Just down the hall, vol-unteers with the Sevier County Humane Society were busy wrapping pres-ents for harried shoppers, taking donations to sup-port the agency’s efforts.

For them, business seemed to be up early in the day.

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the globe facing hard-ships this year as effects of the recession linger. One reason Chandler said she’s glad to volun-teer with the Salvation Army is she knows the funds she helps raise will go to those who need them, whether they be folks who have lost their jobs this year or others who have survived some sort of disaster.

“The Salvation Army is a tremendous, Christian organization,” Chandler said. “They’ve never had any scandals or anything like that and they’ve got their financial system in order. You know the money is going to the peo-ple who need it most.”

Chandler jokes that her volunteering is something of a ruse to convince people she’s not aging, saying her son signed her up for the task because “he doesn’t want me to get older.” Still, there’s much more to it

than that.“This is just a little way

for me to help those who are in need,” Chandler said. “I thank the Lord every day for giving me the strength to do things like this for people. A lot of people when they reach my age, they can’t even get out of the house. I’m just trying to share the blessings I’ve been given.”

Chandler is a hero to grandsons Noah and Jesse Chandler, who joined her in ringing up donations Saturday.

“She always tries to convince us she’s not an old lady. This just proves it,” Jesse Chandler said.

Both of the young men said they hope to just survive to 94, call-ing their grandmother’s vivacity “amazing.”

“I would definitely enjoy being out here doing this kind of thing at 94,” Noah Chandler said. “She’s never let us down. It’s incredible what she does.”

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Cale, who perfected his design over the last couple of months, charges only $10 for each stick — with $2 from each sale benefiting research to cure cystic fibrosis. Both Cale and his 13-year-old sis-ter, Callie, have the inherited chronic disease.

“From a parent’s perspec-tive, watching him do this has been so great,” said Jim Deanda, Cale’s father. “He’s kept a log of when he makes each stick and if it’s been delivered, and he’s learned about managing money.”

According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CF affects the lungs and diges-tive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (and 70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusu-ally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infec-tions. It also obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the

body break down and absorb food.

Cale and Callie, who have a 13-year-old brother (Callie’s twin, who did not inherit the disease), receive two hours of treatment each day — One hour in the morning and one hour at night. They wear a vest that helps to clear their lungs, and they also take enzymes. They recently had a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) line for 14 days, which increased their daily treatment time to eight hours.

“It’s a pretty intrusive life-style,” Jim said.

Especially for Cale, who he describes as “an outside kid.” Polite with an upbeat atti-tude, he enjoys deer hunting, fishing, soccer and playing with his Lab, Walker.

He hopes to become an engineer one day and start his college education at Walters State Community College.

Cale has sold around 70 marshmallow sticks to cus-tomers of all ages.

“I don’t have a (monetary) goal,” he said. “But hopefully I’ll make enough to get me through college.”

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■ “Avatar” LOS ANGELES (AP) —

James Cameron launched his science-fiction epic “Avatar” into a safe orbit as the costly film soared to No. 1 with $73 million domes-tically and $159.2 million overseas, for a $232.2 mil-lion worldwide total.

With that big a start, dis-tributor 20th Century Fox was quick to proclaim it made a good investment with the estimated $400 million spent to make and market the film, which is Cameron’s first narra-tive feature since 1997’s “Titanic,” the king of mod-ern blockbusters.

“Avatar” was a test case for the future of digital 3-D projection, which until now has been a hit with audi-ences mainly on animated family films.

The film fell short of the record for December debuts of $77.2 million set two years ago by Will Smith’s “I Am Legend.”

“(Republicans are on a) no-holds barred mis-sion of propaganda, obstruction and fear. ... There will be a reckoning. There will come a day of judgment about who was telling the

truth.”— Democratic Sen. Sheldon whitehouse of rhode island,

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“She was just an absolute doll since she was born. Her personality was always outward.

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her. She was just a regular gal.”— Angelino bertolotti, father of actress brittany murphy,

after learning of her death on Sunday morning.

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The First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg will host a “Meal for Many” today from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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The Sevier County Humane Society is doing gift wrapping for dona-tions at Belz Mall on Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge.

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Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center will sponsor Freedom From Smoking classes begin-ning Jan. 11 from 6-7 p.m. at the Senior Center.

Freedom From Smoking is an eight-week program designed by the American Lung Association.

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The Sevierville Recreation Department is accepting roster and entry fees for the coed volley-ball league.

Play will begin Jan. 14 at the Community Center. Entry fee is $125 and is due by Jan. 7. Packets can be picked up at the gym office at the Community Center.

This league is open for persons who are 18 years of age or older. Serious volleyball players can join the “A” division, or those who want to have fun can play in the “B” division.

For more information call Patrick Oxley at the Community Center, 453-5441.

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Leah Avril, a former student and cheerleader at Sevier County High School, died recently. Her cheerleader coach, Tammie Leo, has begun a scholarship in Leah’s memory through the Sevier County High School Foundation.

A scholarship will be awarded this spring to a student who was a junior varsity cheerleader. Taxable donations can be made to the SCHS Foundation, P.O. Box 4124, Sevierville, TN 37864; mark the check Leah Avril Fund.

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Today is Monday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2009. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 12:47 p.m. EST.

■ Locally a year ago:Officials at Arrowmont

School of Arts & Crafts continue to explore either buying the prop-erty it leases or relocat-ing the campus, even though the owner of the land withdrew from an agreement to sell it to developers.

■ today’s highlight:On Dec. 21, 1620,

Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.

■ on this date:In 1937, the first fea-

ture-length animated cartoon in Technicolor, Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” had its world premiere in Los Angeles.

In 1945, Gen. George S. Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, of injuries from a car acci-dent.

■ ten years ago: Amid heightened con-

cerns about the possi-bility of a holiday ter-rorist attack, security was ordered tightened at American airports and the Pentagon said it was taking “appropriate action” to protect U.S. forces overseas.

■ five years ago: A suicide bombing at

a mess hall tent near Mosul, Iraq, killed 22 people, including 14 U.S. service members and three American contrac-tors. Two French report-ers held hostage for four months in Iraq were released

■ thought for today: “The time will come

when winter will ask us: ’What were you doing all the summer?”’ — Bohemian proverb.

NASHVILLE (AP) — Increased unemployment is causing more Tennesseans to have their criminal records expunged so they can be more competitive in the job market, officials say.

Through November, nearly 26,700 people had criminal records wiped away by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, according to state records obtained by The Tennessean. In March alone, the state processed 3,156 expunctions — the legal process by which records are taken out of the public realm.

This year’s number is already well above annual expunction rates from 2003 to 2007, when state workers typically processed between 20,000 and 23,900 requests each year. In 2008, nearly 35,000 people had arrests taken off their criminal records.

TBI officials would not speculate on why requests are up, but the increase coin-cides with unemployment accompanying the economic downturn.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

reported last week that the state’s unemployment rate in November dropped to 10.3 percent from 10.5 percent the month before. Tennessee’s unemployment rate was 10.8 percent in June and August, the high-est of the year.

“There’s no question it’s the job market,” said Rob McKinney, a Nashville crim-inal defense attorney.

Many employers screen candidates for criminal histories before hiring. If a person goes into a job inter-view with a court record, McKinney said, that person

is at a disadvantage.One of those individuals

is 25-year-old Kristopher Cheatham.

In 2006, his girlfriend accused him of abusing her during an argument and stealing money from her purse. Two years later, court documents show he threatened his mother with a handgun during an argu-ment at her home.

A Nashville judge dis-missed the 2006 charges and the 2008 charge was retired — he wasn’t found guilty, but the ruling required him to stay out of trouble.

Unemployment behind arrests expunction

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Last week I treated myself to the movie, “2012.” There were only three of us in the movie and I didn’t know the other two.

I was the first one there, and the other two showed up right before the previews. I was hoping that they didn’t sit next to me. What were the odds — there were a hundred other seats there. I crossed my fingers. Luck was on my side — no one in front of me, no one in my row. It was kind of like having my own personal showing.

I prefer to watch movies at the theater because it’s big and loud. It feels like you’re actu-ally part of the scene; really in your face. Popcorn also tastes better there. If I miss a movie showing, I wait for it to come out on DVD and watch it at home. It’s not the same: 32-inch screen with microwave popcorn.

My cats jump up on the console and block the screen. One cat eats my pop-corn. I’ve yet to encounter a cat at the theater.

Sometimes my phone rings and I have to pause the movie and yell at a telemarketer. It really breaks the mood. While I’m up, I get something else to eat, then settle back on the couch — after I shoo the other cat out of my seat. I was not keeping that place warm for him.

It’s also not as much fun watching the movie with the light on. If I turn it out, I’ll fall aseep and miss the show. I wake up to strange credits and a fuzzy screen watching me. I hate when that happens.

I remember when I was in Cincinnati in September 2008. I went to the movies to see “Nights in Rodanthe” by Nicholas Sparks, my mentor and favorite writer. I was sitting there eat-ing real popcorn and watching the pre-views. I looked around the theater and noticed a peculiar site: I was the only guy in the audience.

At first I didn’t believe it. I strained my eyes to be sure and — no, there was a woman too. Almost fooled me.

I suddenly got a funny feeling: Should I even be in here? I’d been to other Nicholas Sparks movies and there were always men there too. What’s with this one?

I decided to slink down in my chair and hope no one noticed me. I spilled my popcorn, but I wasn’t about to get up and go for more. To top it off, this was opening day for this movie.

I did survive the showing and held my head high while leaving, acting as if nothing was amiss. If I’d not held my head so high, I would have seen the two steps I tripped on, falling to the floor and getting everyone’s attention now. I could have sworn one lady said, “Loser.” I was so close, too.

I’ve noticed that a lot of movies will try to get a message across in a non-chalant way. They will substitute char-acters or events that are in the news, or are happening in the real world, to give their take on the subject. This is noth-ing new, just more of it nowadays.

You sometimes have to read between the lines to understand it.

If you get the chance to see “2012,” I believe you will compare it to the end times. If you read the book of Revelations in the Bible, it really brings it home.

I’m not a movie critic, just a guy who likes movies, especially if they relate to something real or something that could become real. The graphics are the greatest I’ve ever seen in a movie.

I’m going to Ohio for Christmas again this year; my home state. My son will be in from Germany where he serves in the Air Force. Yes, I plan on seeing a movie while there. We might see “Avatar.” It’s got some cool military fighting scenes in it.

I hope my readers all have a great Christmas and a happy New Year. If you make a New Year’s resolution for next year, let it be to forgive someone against whom you might have held a grudge for too long. If you see them out and about and they say hi, say hi back.

Don’t let a fault or what you may think is a fault keep eating at you. God bless.

— Dan M. Smith is a Cincinnati native and Gatlinburg resident. He is the author of the forthcoming book “So Far from Forfar.” His son is serving in the Air Force. E-mail to danmakgow@bellsouth.

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

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

the government for a redress of grievances.”—United States constitution, amendment one

Editor’s note: The Mountain Press’ staff is occasionally offering an eclectic mix of newsy tidbits, anecdotes and one-liners ...

The Mountain Press gets all kinds of visi-tors — but we had one recently that we never would have expected. Seems a bear cub decid-ed to forage for food in one of our dumpsters. It first appeared a week ago Wednesday. Authorities were called. They set a cage at the edge of the woods, using doughnuts as bait. A few days later, the cub took the bait and the trap door closed. The cub subsequently was relocated to the mountains with no physical harm. ...

The Muse was recently informed at a Sevierville restaurant by an area performer that he preferred to no longer be referred to as “an Elvis impersonator.” He said today’s

politically correct term is “ETA” — as in Elvis Tribute Artist. ...

What a difference a couple of miles can make. There’s 14 cents per gallon difference between gasoline at stations on Winfield Dunn Parkway near the interstate and at one station in particular at the corner of Highway 66 and Boyds Creek Highway. At another station a few miles away on Dolly Parton Parkway, it’s yet another nickel cheaper. Go figure ...

Surely, Gatlinburg-Pittman’s Benny Hammond must be the winningest high school football coach in Sevier County history. After guiding the Highlanders to the third round of the state playoffs this season, Hammonds, according to our calculations, needs only one victory to reach the magic 300 milestone.

A letter “to Santay” from a student at Sevier Primary School reads: “I have not be good this

yare. Do not git me anythang.” ...Speaking of letters to Santa, they can some-

times be the greatest barometer of changes in our society. For instance, this year’s wishers asked for lots of video games, but nary a foot-ball or jump rope. ...

Here’s an oddity from the Tennessee Lotto in case you missed it. The winning numbers for the Dec. 10 Cash 3 evening drawing were 0-0-0 with the lucky sum of 0. Wonder how many people picked that combination? 0? ...

Sevier County Schools and Arrowmont offi-cials are still in “the early stages of planning” for the proposed Smoky Mountain School of Appalachian Culture and Arts. Debra Cline, Sevier County Schools director of curriculum and instruction, said more progressive deci-sions will be made after the start of the new year. ...

The Santa Fund was created some years ago to help the needy at Christmas time. It is among many organizations and special projects established at Christmas or with a special emphasis this time of the year, when we who have reach out to those who do not have.

The Christmas season is supposed to be a time of giving, of remembering the reason for the holiday, to be sure. But also it’s for doing whatever is pos-sible to make others have the same feelings when it comes to the material side of the day.

The Santa Fund drive is over, although donations can still be made and are appreciated. The drive wound up with more than $20,000. That down from previous years, but not unexpectedly due to the struggles with the economy.

It would be easy to dwell on the negative, to moan about the shortfall

in donations. That would be pointless and unfair. Many people dug deep to contribute to The Santa Fund, and they are due our thanks.

The Santa Fund is special to us at The Mountain Press. It’s our Christmas project, coordinated by publisher Jana Thomasson and sup-ported through the pages of this news-paper every day. We have certainly not neglected any of the other fine and worthwhile agencies and drives. Donations to any effort that helps the needy at Christmas are important.

This year The Santa Fund is helping not just children, but senior citizens as well. Often seniors are not given the attention they deserve at Christmas, as we look to bring joy to little ones.

In fact, many seniors among us are living on fixed incomes, and now know they won’t get a Social Security increase next year. This despite a continued rise in expenses. People

of all ages deserve to have a merry Christmas. That’s why organizers of The Santa Fund elected this year to divide its proceeds between seniors who signed up through Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority and children who are members of Boys & Girls clubs throughout the county and registered as needing a little extra sup-port this holiday.

What you so generously donated to The Santa Fund will go a long way in helping those who asked for assistance. Please know your donations are appre-ciated and will be put to good use.

Christmas will be here in four days. Our decorations are up, our trees adorned with ornaments, food is being readied for guests or the car is being gassed up for travel. That’s great. With your donations to The Santa Fund, many of those luxuries and pleasures can be had by people in need all over this county,

Thank you.

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NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans might fall short of making NFL his-tory by rebounding from an 0-6 start to make the playoffs. It won’t be for lack of try-ing, and they certainly aren’t boring.

Rob Bironas kicked a 46-yard field goal in overtime, and the Titans beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 Sunday after blowing an 18-point lead.

“I was just glad we won,” Tennessee tight end Alge Crumpler said. “I was a little peeved at the way it had to go down. But, hey look, we’re still breathing baby.”

Tennessee kept alive faint playoff hopes for another week as Vince Young threw for a career-high three touchdowns, and Chris Johnson ran for 104 yards. The Titans (7-7) reached .500 for the first time this year, but made it far too interesting by blowing the big lead.

“Everybody got their money’s worth today,” Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. “It’s nice to get a win. That’s a good football team.”

The Dolphins (7-7) also viewed this as an elimination game for their own playoff hopes. They trailed 24-6 in the third quarter before rallying, tying on Ricky Williams’ 2-point conversion run with 1:34 left.

Miami won the toss and got the ball first in overtime. But Michael Griffin picked off Chad Henne’s pass, the Titans picked up 15 yards when Miami receiver Greg Camarillo was called for a late hit and Bironas kicked the winner four plays later.

“All respects to Bironas for getting that kick through, and to Griffin as well,” Young said.

The loss was Miami’s first in December after six straight wins under coach Tony Sparano.

“Hey, look we’ve got two games left,” Sparano said. “We’re going to work our tail off and win the two games. We’ve got to focus on Houston and let the other stuff work out. I really don’t know where we are right now.”

Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline knows they lost control of their playoff fate.

“Now we are sitting around watching games to see how others do,” he said.

The Dolphins tied it as Dan Carpenter kicked three field goals. Then Williams scored their first TD on a 1-yard run as he took a direct snap and outraced a defender to the left side of the goal line midway in the fourth quarter.

Griffin had a chance to seal the victory in regulation but a pass bounced off his chest into the arms of Brian Hartline for a 57-yard reception. Chad Henne finished the drive by finding Anthony Fasano in the end zone for a 2-yard TD pass on fourth-and-1 with 1:34 remaining. Then Pat White handed off to Williams for the 2-point conversion that tied it at 24.

The Dolphins forced a three-and-out as Young was incomplete on his first two pass-es. Brett Kern pinned Miami at the Dolphins 2 with a 59-yard punt, and Tennessee was content to wait for overtime as Fisher sat on his three timeouts in what he later called a “gut feeling.”

It worked out when Griffin got redemp-tion and his first interception this season.

The Dolphins outgained Tennessee 468-364 on offense, driving easily downfield after Tennessee linebacker Keith Bulluck hurt his left knee in the third quarter. He didn’t return and will have tests on his knee Monday.

But Miami couldn’t overcome four turn-overs, including three interceptions by Henne, who finished with a career-high 349 yards passing. The Dolphins also got inside the Tennessee 35 eight times only to settle for the three field goals and turn it over three times.

“Overall, we just hurt ourselves,” Henne said.

Johnson turned in his ninth straight 100-yard game, extending his franchise mark and making him the eighth player in NFL history with such a streak. But he couldn’t add to his numbers much in the second half

as the Dolphins focused on stopping him in his chase to become only the sixth player to reach 2,000 yards this season. Johnson now has 1,730 yards.

“The running’s gotten tougher every week. It opens up stuff for Vince downfield,” Johnson said.

The finish overshadowed Young’s perfor-mance after he came into the game ques-tionable with a mildly strained right ham-string and achy right knee. He now has a TD

pass in six straight games and seven of his eight starts, even though his first pass was tipped by four players before Vontae Davis intercepted it on the opening drive.

Young tossed two TD passes to Justin Gage, and a 32-yarder to Nate Washington in the third quarter for the 24-6 lead that didn’t stand up to Miami’s furious rally.

“The way he played against this defense, I think that kind of shows what he’s doing at the position,” Fisher said.

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Tennessee Titans place kicker Rob Bironas (2) celebrates with holder Brett Kern (6) after Bironas kicked a 46-yard field goal in overtime to beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Sunday.

NFL to ask its players to donate brains for study

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Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning throws a second-quarter pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars as the Colts improved to 14-0 with their win Thursday night.

14-0 Colts in new territoryBy MICHAEL MAROT

AP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — Forgive the Indianapolis Colts if they feel like they’ve lived through this movie before.

Yes, they were undefeated in December 2005, and, yes, they have clinched division titles and home-field advantage with several weeks left in the regular season.

Now, the Colts are entering a new realm. For the first time in franchise history, Indy is 14-0, within reach of a perfect season and about to see the old debate over playing starters become increasingly intense.

Just don’t expect an answer until next week.

“I’m fine with playing our guys and going after it full steam,” Colts owner Jim Irsay told The Associated Press on Friday. “I’m also fine with rest-ing players and making sure we’re healthy for the playoffs. Fourteen and 0 is very special and it adds another legacy chip to the franchise. But 16-0 isn’t the key, 19-0 is.”

To the Colts, it’s yet another his-toric quest in a season that has been full of them.

Indy has already extended its

league-record regular-season win-ning streak to 23 games. It has won 11 straight road games and 13 con-secutive home games, both franchise records. It has extended its own NFL record of consecutive 12-win seasons to seven, and now has 115 wins in the decade, the most by any team in any decade. Thursday’s win at Jacksonville also marked the seventh time Indy came back in the fourth quarter to win this season, another league record.

The individual marks are nearly as impressive.

Jim Caldwell is the first rookie coach to open his career with 14 straight wins. Three-time MVP Peyton Manning has nine 300-yard passing games, one short of the record set by Rich Gannon in 2002 and matched by Drew Brees last season. Tight end Dallas Clark is on the verge of matching his own single-season franchise record for TD receptions by a tight end after accounting for five touchdowns in five days.

So would an undefeated regular season add that much more luster to the Colts’ accomplishments?

“It’s a special team and it is truly remarkable how we find different

ways to write the script,” Irsay said. “When you realize only two other teams (1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots) in the 90-year history of the league have been 14-0, you realize how special this is.”

But a perfect season would mean nothing to Irsay unless it includ-ed hoisting another Lombardi Trophy.

And Indy understands either deci-sion comes with risks. Three times since 1999, the Colts have had first-round byes. Three times, they’ve lost their first playoff game.

Team president Bill Polian still recoils at the thought of playing his starters in the 1999 season-finale at Buffalo. The plan was to get Colts players out when their seed was locked up. One problem.

“(Linebacker) Cornelius Bennett went down with a knee injury on a chop block,” Polian told radio listen-ers. “We came in against Tennessee here, lost the ballgame and they went on to play in the Super Bowl. That’s a fact, and I can recite all of the facts surrounding that situa-tion because I have never forgotten it. That is the price you can pay in meaningless games.”

By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports Writer

The NFL is partner-ing with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league’s stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday.

The league now plans to encourage current and for-mer NFL players to agree to donate their brains to the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, which has said it found links between repeated head trauma and brain damage in boxers, football players and, most recently, a former NHL play-er.

“It’s huge that the NFL actively gets behind this research,” said Robert Cantu, a doctor who is a co-director of the BU center and has spoken negatively about the league in the past. “It for-wards the research. It allows players to realize the NFL is concerned about the possibil-ity that they could have this problem, and that the NFL is doing everything it can to find out about the risks and the preventive strategies that can be implemented.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the AP on Sunday that the league also is com-mitted to giving $1 million or more to the center. Aiello said the league already has held discussions with the NFL Alumni Association

about suggesting that retired players look into participat-ing in BU’s work by offering their brains for study after they die.

The league also will contact the nearly 100 retired foot-ball players who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia and are receiv-ing benefits from the league to ask their families to con-sider donating those players’ brains to the BU study.

“The people affiliated with the center have identified the donation of brains, both from healthy people and those that have had multiple concussions, as their most critical need right now to fur-ther the research into this disease,” Aiello said. “We ... will discuss with the center

its research needs as we go forward in this partnership.”

Cantu said he and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met in October to discuss concussions and the BU project.

Sunday’s news represents the latest in a series of moves the NFL has made in recent weeks to step up its atten-tion to concussions in the aftermath of a congressional hearing on the topic.

That included stricter return-to-play guidelines detailing what symptoms preclude someone from par-ticipating in games or prac-tices; a mandate that each team select a league- and union-approved indepen-dent neurologist to be con-sulted when players get con-

cussions; and the departure of the two co-chairmen of the NFL’s committee on brain trauma.

“They have done a bit of an about-face. Pressure probably has played a role in that,” Cantu said in a telephone interview. “But I honestly think that Goodell does believe in player safety and the product is just better with your best players on the field, not your best players injured.”

Aiello said Sunday that a concussion study the league has been conducting since 2007 is on hold until the for-mer committee co-chairmen — Ira Casson and David Viano — are replaced. They resigned last month. He said the league is interviewing

candidates, none of whom is currently affiliated with the league or any team.

“Now that we’re changing the committee, we want to make some revisions in how the study proceeds,” Aiello said in a telephone inter-view.

The New York Times first reported that the study is on hold.

Casson is slated to tes-tify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 4 about football head injuries. He did not attend the panel’s hearing Oct. 28, when BU’s Cantu said there is “grow-ing and convincing evidence” that repetitive concussive and subconcussive hits to the head in NFL players leads to a degenerative brain disease.

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By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press Writer

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A fierce weekend storm that dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England turned out not to be as naughty as many had feared by Sunday — and its nic-est accomplishment may simply be leaving many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.

Residents through-out the mid-Atlantic and Northeast mostly holed up for the weekend, then dug out from as much as 2 feet of snow to find sunny, mostly calm skies under a blanket of white unspoiled by car exhaust and passers-by.

Matthew Laquinta was vindicated by the 15 inches of snow out-side the Providence home he shares with daugh-ter Emma, 7, who didn’t believe the night before that the weather might keep them from visiting relatives on Sunday.

“I was like, ’Come on, where’s the snow?”’ Emma said. “And I didn’t think there’d be any.”

Nevertheless, Emma and her father still planned to make the two-hour trek to visit family in Massachusetts.

Neighbors shoveling snow in front of their homes Sunday in the east side of Providence shrugged it off as a mild inconvenience that had the decency to come on a weekend.

“It’s less of a disrup-tion,” said Chloe Kline, a 35-year-old musician. “I don’t have to get out to go to school or work or anything like that.”

To the south, oth-ers struggled with the aftermath of the storm that stranded hundreds of motorists in Virginia and knocked out power to thousands, but could have been much worse.

On the cusp of the win-ter solstice, the storm dropped 16 inches of snow Saturday on Reagan National Airport outside Washington — the most ever recorded there for a

single December day — and gave southern New Jersey its highest single-storm snowfall totals in nearly four years.

The National Weather Service said the storm gave Philadelphia, which began keeping records in 1884, its second-largest snowfall: 23.2 inches. Even more was recorded in the Philadelphia sub-urb of Medford, N.J., at 24 inches.

Around New York City, the brunt of the storm hit Long Island, with whit-eout conditions and 26.3 inches in Upton, a record since measurements began in 1949. Nearly 11 inches of snow fell on New York City, and the storm could be the worst the city has seen since about 26 inches fell in February 2006, National Weather Service meteo-rologist Patrick Maloit said.

Pragmatic New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg encouraged residents and holiday visitors to take advantage of cancellations

by seeing a Broadway show. The mayor said city retailers weren’t hard hit because the snow held off until late Saturday.

Even as the storm wound down in the New York area, conditions remained treacherous and drivers were advised to stay off the roads, Maloit said. Bus, subways and trains were delayed — including a Long Island Rail Road train stalled for more than five hours before backing up and unloading its 150 passen-gers.

Airports in the Northeast that were jammed up Saturday were working their way back to normal operations. About 1,200 flights at the New York City area’s three major airports remained can-celed despite clear condi-tions on the runways.

By Sunday morning, one runway at Dulles International Airport in Washington was open, handling arriving flights, spokeswoman Tara Hamilton said. At Reagan

National, crews were still moving “huge quantities of snow” in the hopes of opening the airport by midday.

Baltimore-Washington airport struggled to get back up to full speed, with some airlines still cancel-ing flights. At Boston’s Logan airport, where it was still snowing Sunday morning, spokesman Phil Orlandella said flights have been “on and off.” Monday looked to be a normal day, he said.

P h i l a d e l p h i a International Airport shut down Saturday night but began to reopen early Sunday. Spokeswoman Phyllis Van Istendal said operations would ramp up later in the day.

Al Wachlin, 70, lives in Philadelphia but grew up in Maine and was well pre-pared for the storm, with a truck and an attached plow. With a scraper in one hand and a brush in another, he worked to clear off his truck.

“This part of it’s great,” said Wachlin, who has lived in the city since 1960. “It’s the cleanup, the rutted streets where you go sliding into the intersection, that’s the whole problem.”

In many places the problem was where to put the snow. On south Philadelphia’s narrow streets, residents shov-eling sidewalks resigned themselves to the snow eventually returning as traffic displaced it from the street.

Merchants feared they’d take a hit as the storm blew through on the last weekend before Christmas. Shoppers who did venture out made the most of it.

James Phyfe, 35, of Cranston, R.I., took advantage of the meager crowds to buy some gifts, including a toy soccer ball, for his toddler son.

“I came out because I knew there’d be no crowds around,” he said.

In Washington, police investigated why a plain-clothes officer drew a gun during a snowball fight organized on Twitter. Witness Lacy MacAuley told The Washington Post the fight was harm-less fun until the officer arrived.

The storm began wreaking misery Friday in South Florida, where it caused flooding and knocked out electricity in the Carolinas before turn-ing to snow as it moved north.

One person in Virginia

was killed in a traffic acci-dent, and authorities said the weather may have con-tributed to another traffic death there. A third death in Virginia is believed to have been caused by expo-sure. In Ohio, two people were killed in accidents on snow-covered roads.

Greyhound shut down service Saturday in Washington, D.C., and farther north, and ferry service in Delaware and New Jersey was canceled. Attractions such as the Smithsonian museums in Washington and the Philadelphia Zoo were closed both Saturday and Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles hospi-tal spokeswoman says actress Brittany Murphy has died.

She was 32.Cedars-Sinai Medical

Center Spokeswoman Sally Stewart says Murphy died at 10:04 a.m. Sunday.

She would not provide a cause of death, or any other information.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Devon Gale says crews responded to a call at 8 a.m. Sunday from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to British screenwriter Simon Monjack, who

is married to Murphy. Gale says one person was trans-ported to a hospital.

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Murphy’s manager, agent and publicist weren’t immediately returned.

The blonde-haired actress starred in such films as “Clueless,” “8 Mile,” and “Don’t Say a Word.”

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The Mountain Press ◆ Monday, December 21, 2009

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer

NEW YORK — The con-voluted American econo-my — restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and dis-traught — was the top news story of 2009, followed closely by the inaugura-tion of President Barack Obama, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press’ annual poll.

The economy, which has superseded other issues as Americans’ No. 1 concern, received 61 first-place votes out of 117 ballots cast for the top 10 stories. A relat-ed saga, the tribulations of the U.S. auto industry, was voted the No. 4 story.

In 2008, the top story was Obama’s election as the first African-American president. His inaugura-tion this year was No. 2, receiving 45 first-place votes, while the bruising battle in Congress over a health care overhaul was No. 3.

For the first time, the AP also enabled members of the general public to select their list of top stories, set-ting up a separate vote on Facebook. Those voters, 1,410 in all, reversed the order of the editors’ and news directors’ top two stories — placing Obama’s inauguration first and the economy second, but the two Top 10 lists had eight stories in common.

One notable difference was that Michael Jackson’s death was No. 3 among Facebook voters, instead of seventh on the AP mem-bers’ list.

Here are 2009’s top 10 stories as voted by the edi-tors and news directors:

—1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $787 billion federal stimulus package, much of the U.S. econo-my continued to sputter throughout the year. The jobless rate topped 10 per-cent, scores of banks failed, the federal deficit tripled to a record $1.4 trillion, and stocks fell to their low-est levels since 1997 before rallying. Yet investment banks’ profits surged, trig-gering public anger and efforts in Washington to crack down on Wall Street bonuses.

— 2 . O B A M A I N A U G U R A T I O N : Inauguration Day was a moving moment for many Americans, as the nation’s first black president took the oath of office. But Obama soon confronted the sobering realities of governing as he struggled to get the economy back on track and win support

for his ambitious legisla-tive priorities.

—3. HEALTH CARE: A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care sys-tem, extending coverage to millions of Americans now without it, was a top priority for Obama and majority Democrats in Congress. But Republicans were almost unanimously opposed, leading to com-plex, bitterly partisan showdowns in both cham-bers.

—4. AUTO INDUSTRY: It was an immensely chal-lenging year for America’s Big Three automak-ers. General Motors and Chrysler filed for bank-ruptcy, GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner was ousted by the government, and Chrysler was pressured into an alliance with Italy’s Fiat. Ford avoided bankruptcy, but its worldwide sales — like its competitors’ — fell sharply.

—5. SWINE FLU: Swine flu struck tens of millions of people worldwide, wor-rying governments as supplies of vaccine failed to meet demand. In the United States, according to federal authorities, swine flu sickened an estimated 50 million people, hospi-talized close to 200,000

and killed 10,000.—6. AFGHANISTAN:

Casualties on all sides mounted as U.S. forces, with their Afghan and NATO allies, battled the resilient Taliban. President Obama, after lengthy delib-erations, opted to send 30,000 more troops. His decision was complicated by the disputed Afghan election, which prompted allegations of widespread fraud but resulted in President Hamid Karzai taking office for a second five-year term.

—7. MICHAEL JACKSON DIES: The “King of Pop” died at the age of 50, triggering grief and nostalgia among his legions of fans around the world. His doctor became the focus of a Los Angeles police homicide investiga-tion after telling investi-gators he administered propofol, a powerful oper-ating room anesthetic, to help the pop star sleep.

—8. FORT HOOD RAMPAGE: An Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Hasan, was accused of kill-ing 13 people at Fort Hood, a sprawling military base in Texas, before being seri-ously wounded by police gun fire. Investigations were launched to deter-

mine if authorities missed warning signs that might have prevented the ram-page.

—9. EDWARD KENNEDY DIES. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who car-ried on the family legacy after the deaths of his three older brothers, died of brain cancer after a distinctive political career filled with highs and lows. Though his own presidential aspi-rations were thwarted, he earned bipartisan respect for decades of hard work in the Senate.

—10. MIRACLE ON HUDSON: A US Airways passenger jet, both its engines disabled, made an emergency ditching in the Hudson River, and all 155 on board survived in what was dubbed “The Miracle on the Hudson.” The veteran pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, was hailed as a hero for averting a disaster.

Just missing the Top 10 was the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on Supreme Court.

The war and political tur-

moil in Iraq was voted the No. 16 story, the first time since 2001 that Iraq was not in the Top 10.

The results of Facebook voting closely resembled the AP members’ choices; each Top 10 list had only two stories not on the other list. Sotomayor’s confirma-tion and Iran — the tensions related to its election and nuclear program — were in the Facebook Top 10 but not the members’ Top 10. The Fort Hood rampage and Afghanistan did not make the Facebook Top 10.

In both cases, several write-in votes were cast for a development that occurred too late to be included on the ballot — the scandal enveloping golfer Tiger Woods after he crashed his car outside his home early one morning and eventually confessed to marital infidelity.

Here are the Facebook voting results:

—1. Obama’s inaugura-tion.

—2. The U.S. economy.—3. Michael Jackson

dies.—4. Miracle on the

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—7. Edward Kennedy dies.

—8. Auto industry woes.—9. Iran.—10. Sotomayor joins

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Michael Jackson’s children mourn at his funeral. The AP judged the King of Pop’s death to be the No. 7 story of the year.


Editor’s Note: The com-munity calendar is printed as space permits. Only noncommercial, public events held in Sevier County will be considered. They are listed by date. To place an item phone 428-0748, ext. 214, or e-mail to [email protected]. Items may be faxed to 453-4913.

Monday, Dec. 21Bariatric Support

Bariatric Surgery Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at Echota Resort Clubhouse on Highway 66. 453-6841 or 712-3287.

Church MealFirst Baptist Church

of Gatlinburg “Meal for Many” 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free holiday supper, Santa and gifts. 436-4685.

GateKeepers GateKeepers men’s com-

munity Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mountain Drive, Sevierville. 310-7831.

Women’s Bible StudyGarlands of Grace wom-

en’s Bible study:n 10 a.m. Seymour

Heights Christian Church (enter last door on right side), Chapman and Boyds Highway, Seymour

n 1 p.m., Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg

Gift Wrapping Benefit Sevier County Humane

Society gift wrapping for donations, Belz Mall on Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge. Items do not have to be purchased at the mall. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 24.

Tuesday, Dec. 22GatekeepersGatekeepers men’s Bible

study, 6:30 p.m. 1328 Old Newport Highway, Sevierville. 908-0591.


Society gift wrapping for donations, Belz Mall on Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge. Items do not have to be purchased at the mall. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 24.

Wednesday, Dec. 23Grace Baptist Service

Grace Baptist Church, 2539 Newport Highway, candlelight service 7 p.m. 453-0522.

Medic Blood Drive Medic blood drive 11 a.m.

to 7 p.m., Bass Pro Shops. Donors receive T-shirt and cholesterol evaluation.

Gift Wrapping Benefit

Sevier County Humane Society gift wrapping for donations, Belz Mall on Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge. Items do not have to be purchased at the mall. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 24.

Thursday, Dec. 24Seymour Service

Seymour United Methodist Church candlelight service 7 and 11 p.m., with Holy Communion. 573-9711 or www.seymourumc.org.

St. Paul Episcopal St. Paul Episcopal Church

midnight Mass and carol service 10:30 p.m.; Anglican high Mass and homily at 11:05 p.m.,

1028 Boyds Creek Highway, Seymour.


Society gift wrapping for donations, Belz Mall on Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge. Items do not have to be purchased at the mall. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

Saturday, Dec. 26Tree Recycling

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Sunday, Dec. 27Boyds Creek Singing

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Monday, Dec. 28 GateKeepers

GateKeepers men’s com-munity Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.



Heights Christian Church (enter last door on right), Chapman and Boyds Highway

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Tuesday, Dec. 29GatekeepersGatekeepers men’s Bible


Wednesday, Dec. 30Blood Drive

Medic blood drive 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pigeon Forge Care & Rehabilitation, 415 Cole Drive. Donors receive free T-shirt and cholesterol evaluation.

Thursday, Dec. 31Blood Drive

Medic Blood Drives:n 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Food

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Prayer In Action meets 6 p.m. Pigeon Forge UMC for a time of prayer for the United States and its government. Nondenominational.

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Tuesday, Jan. 5NARFE

National Association Retired Federal Employees meets at 6 p.m., Holiday Inn Pigeon Forge. 453-4174.

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Kindness CountsKindness Counts meets 7

p.m. at Sevierville IHOP. 654-2684.

Wednesday, Jan. 6Sevierville Story Time

Preschool story time 10:30 a.m., Sevier County Main Library. 453-3532.

Thursday, Jan. 7 Democrats

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Monday, Jan. 11GateKeepers

GateKeepers men’s com-munity Bible study, 6:30 p.m., 2445 Scenic Mt. Drive, Sevierville. (865) 310-7831.





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Baptist Church, 3031 Veterans Blvd., Pigeon Forge. 429-2508.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Sale at public auction will be on January 5, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by John Robert Binns a married man to Wesley D. Turner, Trustee, on March 27, 2006 at Book Volume 2506, Page 271conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register�sOffice.Owner of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. 2006-HE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE2The following real estate located in Sevier 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 City of Sevierville, in the Third (3rd) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 24 of Thomaswood as the same is shown by plat of record in Map Book 26, Page 160, in the Register�s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee, to which plat specific reference is here made for a more particular description.

Street Address:3359 Thomaswood Trail Sevierville, TN 37876

Current Owner(s) of Property: John R. Binns, a married man as his sole and separate propertyThe street address of the above described property is believed to be 3359 Thomaswood Trail, Sevierville, TN 37876, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.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.

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6055 Primacy Parkway, Suite 410Memphis, TN 38119Phone 901-767-5566

Fax 901-767-8890File No. 09-022923

December 7, 14 and 21, 2009


Sale at public auction will be on January 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Juan C. Pupo and wife, Elisa G. Pupo to Douglas S. Yates, Trustee, on September 4, 2003 at Book Volume 1785, Page 128conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register�s Office.Owner of Debt: CitiMortgage, Inc.The following real estate located in Sevier 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 Eleventh (11th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, within the corporate limits of the City of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 3, Section 2 of the Ski Road Properties, as the same appears on a plat of record in Map Book 7, Page 30, in the said Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which a specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description.SUBJECT TO right-of-way easement described in Miscellaneous Book 10, Page 161, in the said Register�s Office.

Street Address:919 Ski Mountain RoadGatlinburg, TN 37738

Current Owner(s) of Property: Juan Carlos PupoThe street address of the above described property is believed to be 919 Ski Mountain Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.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.



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FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made by failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a certain Deed of Trust dated October 3, 2001, executed by Billie Jean Connerly and Steven W. Connerly, recorded in Book 1307, Page 318, and re-recorded in Book 1368, Page 296, Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, and wherein the said Billie Jean Connerly and Steven W. Connerly conveyed the property therein described to William C. Ford, Trustee, to secure the indebtedness therein described, and the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust and note, and payment not having been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen Grove Drive #604, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in the place and stead of William C. Ford, Trustee, said appointment being set forth in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, notice is hereby given that I, Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, having been requested so to do by the lawful owner of said indebtedness, will on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at 12:00 Noon at the Front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from equity of redemption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the following described real estate in Sevier County, Tennessee:SITUATE in the First (1st) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows, to wit:BEING Lots No. 21 and 22, Section 31, of English Mountain Subdivision, as appears of record in Map Book 15, Page 32, in theRegister�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.THERE IS INCLUDED in the above described lot, but expressly excluded from this conveyance a 10 foot easement on subject lot surrounding the perimeter of same to be used for the installation, construction, and maintenance of roads, utility lines, including but not limited to roads, water, sewer, and electrical, both above and below ground level. There is also excluded from this conveyance an additional 15 foot easement along the rear property line to be designated as a green belt.SUBJECT to restrictions, easements, conditions, map notations and all other issues of record in Misc. Book 15, Page 408, Misc. Book 19, Page 445, Misc. Book 20, Page 82, Misc. Book 30, Page 342 & 392, Misc. 36, Page 202, Misc. Book 38, Page 12, Misc. Book 38, Page 886, Misc. Book 336, Page 586, Book 1132, Page 566, Map Book 15, Page 32, all in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.Being the same property conveyed to Steven Wesley Connerly and wife, Billie Jean Connerly, by Warranty Deed from Otis Tarkington, single, dated October 3, 2001 and recorded in Book 1307, Page 315, Register�sOffice of Sevier County, Tennessee.Included in this conveyance is a 2002 Meadowbrook mobile home, Serial #TNL127AB25029MB12.This is improved property known as Lots 21 & 22, English Mountain Subdivision, Sevierville, Tennessee.The 2009 taxes are currently due and payable.Said sale is subject to any and all unpaid taxes and any other prior claims, liens, easements, set back lines and restrictions.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. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE.IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.

JOEL E. JORDANSubstitute Trustee

STELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC3326 Aspen Grove Drive, #604

Franklin, Tennessee 37067

December 7, 14 and 21, 2009

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given that by authority of a Deed of Trust executed by Lazara P. Fuentes and Gerald J. Fuentes, Husband and Wife, to Dwight B. Grizzell, Trustee, dated July 9, 2007, and recorded in Book 2864, Page 603 in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness due from Lazara P. Fuentes and Gerald J. Fuentes to Mountain National Bank, which has become due and payable by virtue of default in the Deed of Trust on the property hereinafter described; and Mountain National Bank, the true and lawful owner and holder of said indebtedness, having exercised its option to declare the indebtedness due and payable and having made demand for foreclosure pursuant to the Deed of Trust; I, the undersigned, acting under the authority of the Deed of Trust, by virtue of appointment as substitute trustee, recorded in Book 3412 Page 777 in the Register�sOffice for Sevier County, Tennessee, will be at the front door of the Sevier County Courthouse, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee on the 12th day of January, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. to sell to the highest bidder for cash in bar of all rights waived by said Deed of Trust, the following described property to-wit (which is believed to have a street address of 2845 Whisper Creek Lane, Sevierville, TN 37862):SITUATE in the Sixteenth (16th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee and being all of LOT 14 of FOX CROSSING SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, as the same appears in plat map of record in Map Book 36, Page 228 in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description.SUBJECT to restrictions, conditions, easements, map notations, and all other issues of record in Book 2181, Page 219 and as amended in Book 2446, Page 48, both in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.SUBJECT to restrictions, conditions, easements, map notations, and all other issues as shown on the map of record in Map Book 36, Page 228, in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.BEING the same property conveyed to Gerald Fuentes and wife, Lazara Fuentes, by deed from Porter Fox and wife, Billie Fox, dated April 13, 2006 of record in Book 2508, Page 546 in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee.Lazara P. Fuentes and Lazara Fuentes are one and the same person.Gerald J. Fuentes and Gerald Fuentes are one and the same person.

Which has the address of: 2845 Whisper Creek Lane

Sevierville, TN 37862

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day and time certain, without further publication and in accordance with law, upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale as set forth above.The above-described property will be sold subject to unpaid taxes, prior deeds of trust, all easements and restrictions, the rights of tenants in possession of said premises, if any, prior claims, or matters of record.The proceeds of the sale will be applied first to discharge the costs and charges of executing this trust, including attorney�s fees; next, to all indebtedness remaining unpaid and secured thereby, including all indebtedness owing to Mountain National Bank, by the grantors; and next, the balance, if any, shall be paid to those legally entitled thereto.

This 15th day of December, 2009.

THOMAS H. DICKENSONSubstitute Trustee

Hodges, Doughty & CarsonP. O. Box 869

Knoxville, Tennessee 37901(865) 292-2307


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Sale at public auction will be on January 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, at the front door, Sevier County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Herbert V. Eland and Charlene L. Eland, His Wife to Knox Title, Trustee, on August 30, 2001 at Book 1295, Page 108conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Sevier County Register�s Office.Owner of Debt: Financial Freedom Acquisitions LLC.The following real estate located in Sevier 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 Thirteenth (13th) Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 26, of Whispering Pines Subdivision, as shown by map of record in Map Cabinet 9, Slide 53 (Map Book 24, Page 105), in the Register�s Office for Sevier County, Tennessee, to which map specific reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.

Street Address:1617 Aaron Way

1617 Aaron Way (per Deed of Trust) Sevierville, TN 37876

Current Owner(s) of Property: Heirs of Herbert ElandOther interested parties: The Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThe street address of the above described property is believed to be 1617 Aaron Way, 1617 Aaron Way (per Deed of Trust), Sevierville, TN 37876, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.SALE IS SUBJECT TO ONE YEAR RIGHT OF REDEMPTION HELD BY SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT BY REASON OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF RECORD AT BOOK 1295, PAGE 117 IN THE REGISTER�SOFFICE OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.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.



Fax 901-767-8890File No. 09-022575


28x80 5BR $34,900.Very nice. 933-6544

829 MANUFACTURED

HOME SALES

Wanted to buy 2BR2BA duplex or con-do with no steps.240-533-6375 Nobrokers please.

724 REAL ESTATEWANTED

Warehouse & OfficeSpace Near exit407 & 412 of I-40382-7781 or 933-5894

4 office rentals + largegarage. S. BlvdWay $249,000.933-6544

722 BUSINESSBUILDINGS

Log Cabins on Hwy321 S. for leaseBusiness and orbusiness livingquarters. CallCheryl 865-368-8640.

721 COMMERCIALPROPERTY

Campsites near Doug-las Lake. All hook-ups. $275 mth382-7781 or 933-5894.

720 LAKE & RESORTPROPERTY

OWNER FINANCElease option, pu-chase Great Pi-geon Forge loca-tion 3bd/2ba gas fireplace, hard-wood floors many extras, $169,000 740-6131

Large Wears Valley Rd 2 story Farmhouse Z-Com 3br 2ba $225K D-588-4554

710 HOMES FORSALE

GAMES

HUD PUBLISHER’S NOTICEAll real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. State laws forbid discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777, The Toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Seymour Hinkle Sub 3BR 2BA $975 mth. + dep. 680-1032

Sevierville Doublewide 2BR $500 mth + deposit. No pets. Ref. 933-6544

699 HOME RENTALS

One Bedroom Cabin Furnished. Very nice residential rental between Gatlinburg & Pi-geon Forge. $600 mth, 1 year lease. No sub leasing. 423-246-1500.

House for rent or lease purch. Beautiful brand new 2BR 2BA Nice yard. Call 414-6593

Beautiful, Quiet, Pri-vate Douglas Lake 2+2, extra rooms. $850 mth. 805-341-5521

3BR 2BA full size basement & ga-rage. Water & sew-er furnished. 2.5 miles from Golden Corral on Allens-ville Rd. $1100 mth $1000 damage de-posit. AbsolutelyNO PETS! 429-1301

3BR 1.5BA New paint, carpet & windows. Covered carport, washer/dryer, large yard, quiet neigh-borhood. 1/10 mile off Parkway in Sevierville. Refs. No pets or smok-ing. $850 mth + dep & last mth. 865-429-1335 or 865-654-6623

3BDR 2BA ranch style house on cul-de-sac, CH/A, city wa-ter & sewer, Sev-ierville area. Good neighborhood, pets n e g o t i a b l e . $725/mo, plus de-poisit & last mo. rent, call 453-1201 M-F for application

2BR Fireplace, Fur-nished or unfur-nished. Wears Val-ley/PF. $700 mth. Credit check/ Ref-erences. Call Bon-nie/Cheryl 865-908-6000

2BR & 3BR houses for rent. Sevierville. Starting at $750. Dep & Refs re-quired. 654-2099.

NICE, CLEAN IN KODAK3 BD / 2 BA

4 MILES FROM EXIT 407

$700/MONTH & DEPOSIT. NO PETS.

865-712-5238, 865-705-9096

New Homes for Rent.

3BR/2BA starting at $700 - $850 & $1000

per month. No pets.

865-850-3874

3BR 2BA in Red BudSubdivision.

Appliances included. $750 & up +

deposit.428-5212

OWNER FINANCElease option, purchase.

3bd/2ba, all brick, fireplace, w/tub

plus ext 24x24 garage/workshop, large lot,

100% of pmnts go toward purchase $1400 a month

654-6691

$625 to $850+. Wanda Galli Realty Exec. 680-5119 or 774-4307.

699 HOME RENTALS

Single and Double-wides near Doug-las Lake $400 & up + deposit 382-7781 or 933-5894

2BR mobile home. 865-654-8702.

698 MOBILE HOMERENTALS

Kodak 3BR 2BA $500 mth + dep. No pets. Refs. 933-6544.

CLOSE IN TO SEV 2BR/2BA, Stove, Fridge, D/W, In-cludes Mowing. $575 a mo Fresh paint. Lease, Ref. Req. 1st, Last and Damage. No Pets. Rebecca 621-6615

Very Nice Unit

Kodak2BR/2BA $465

865-368-6602


OPEN HOUSE 12 Homes to view

RENT NO MORE!

RENTERS, LET YOUR RENT BE YOUR DOWN PAYMENT!ONLY 10

HOMES LEFT865-453-0086


Gatlinburg Beautiful 2BR 2BA Furnish-ed Condo with Fireplace, Over-looks stocked trout stream and has heated pool. Walk to downtown Gat-linburg, includes water, cable, Flat screen TV. Imme-diate occupancy, Minimum 1 Year lease $875 mth. 865-771-9600

2BR/2BA in PF. Includes refrigerator, stove, dishwasher. W/D connection.

Private deck. $650/mo.

Call 654-9437 or 654-3456.

697 CONDORENTALS

697 CONDORENTALS

LEGALS

Spacious 1100 sq ft 2BR 2BA Almost new. 4 minutes from town. 865-742-6176

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



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Dear Annie: My daughter and her chil-dren live in a small home with three dogs and three cats. She doesn’t work, and her husband has been on disability leave for a year.

It breaks my heart to see them living in squalor and poverty. My daughter was not raised like this, and it sickens me that she is OK with her circumstances. She and her husband have a choice, but the kids do not. We have helped (maybe too much), but it seems nothing makes a difference. Our daughter gets defensive if we say anything. She was always so practical and used good common sense prior to marrying this guy. She got wonderful grades in school, set goals and had dreams, but not now.

Her husband has been let go of several jobs, but it’s never his fault. Just about every word he says is untrue. I just hate the thought of our grandchildren growing up with these values. We love our daughter and her family and would do anything in the world for the grandchildren, but it gets harder to deal with each day. What can we do? -- Worried and Disappointed Grandparents

Dear Worried: Your daughter gets to live her own life, even if it means she chooses to live in squalor. Whatever work ethic you may have instilled in her has appar-ently been forgotten. You cannot fix it, so say noth-ing more about it. You can, however, be support-ive of the grandchildren. Offer to take them for the

afternoon, weekend vis-its, vacation trips, what-ever you can manage, and let them see what a well-balanced home looks like. Say nothing nega-tive about her husband or her home. You might casually ask if she’d like a cleaning service as a gift because, after all, every-one could use a hand now and then. If she sees that you don’t intend it as a judgment on her house-keeping skills, she will be more receptive.

Dear Annie: With the holidays coming up, I have a decision to make, and I trust your advice.

My sister and I had a falling out last year. She thinks I wronged her in a big way. I think she made some bad choices. In any case, she’s furious with me and we haven’t spo-ken for months.

The question is about holiday gifts. I’d like to send something to her and her boys, but I’m afraid it might make her angrier. Right now, reconciliation seems unlikely, but it may be possible someday. Is there anything I can do that won’t further annoy her? -- The Best Gift Would Be Peace

Dear Best: Send the gifts. And enclose a card to your sister, saying you love her and miss her. Even if she becomes angry, at least you will have done something that shows you care. Maybe it will help.

Dear Annie: This is for “Miserable in Missouri,” whose mother-in-law drops by unan-nounced once a month: Get a grip. If she is the “lovely person” you say, how can her presence be such an imposition? How about showing some compassion? Her husband died, and her son got married the same year. Good for your hus-band for having lunch with his mother once a week. You should be going out to dinner with her once a week.

I was not able to live close to my mother or mother-in-law. My moth-er has been gone almost 10 years, and my “moth-er-in-love” died last year. Even a newlywed can spare a couple of hours a week for Mom. Someday you may wish you had. -- Florida Friend

Dear Florida: We don’t disagree with the idea of welcoming Mom more often, but she should still not drop by unannounced, and that was a big part of the problem. Visits are more appreciated when they aren’t inconvenient surprises.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoon-ists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Keira Elizabeth10/29

Samantha & Daniel, Sevierville

Benjamin Rush10/30

April & Benjamin, Kodak

Johathan Maynard10/31

Emerald & Jason, Sevierville

Parker Wayne10/31

Jill & Kevin, Sevierville

Danielle Kara11/2

Karen & Daniel, Maryville

Jadelyn Kyley11/2

Krista & Christopher, Kodak

Summer Elizabeth & Autumn Bell 11/2

Casey & Luke, Sevierville

Paige Elizabeth11/3

Leslie & Jacob, Sevierville

Aiden Christopher11/5

Maryann & Jerome, Sevierville

Kolbie Leigh11/10

Kahla & Kyle, Sevierville

Callie Gabriella11/10

Ruby & Jeffrey, Sevierville

Zane Edward11/10

Savannah & Christopher, Sevierville

Deziray Denise11/11

Lisa & Jessie, Sevierville

Alexandria Lilly11/12

Rondee & Jacque, Seymour

Kip Avery11/12

Megan & Corey, Dandridge

Jared Josiah Caswell11/12

Summer & Ray, Sevierville

Kahne Allen11/12

Heather, Dandridge

Gabriel Lee11/13

Joan & Lee, Newport

Brooklyn Christina11/14

Christal, Sevierville

Gracie Ann10/28

Sara & William, Sevierville

Zaylie Madison11/7

Brittany & Justin, Sevierville

Kayle Madison11/7

Brittany & Justin, Sevierville

Heidi Aurora11/8

Glenda & Michael, Knoxville

John Aaron Matthew11/9

Amanda & John, Newport

Kelcie Jean11/9

Mickie & Kyle, Sevierville

Gavin Allen11/16

Leslie, Sevierville

Brody Seth11/16

Wendy & Terry, Sevierville

Maxx Jacob11/16

April & Daryl, Newport

Naomi Dawn11/17

Patrella & Robert, Kodak

Aurora Aspen11/17

Kara & Michael, Oak Ridge

Dustin James11/23

Cassandra & James, Seymour

Atticus Alexander11/17

Mariah & Joshua, Sevierville

Royce Oliver11/18

Sara & Roy, Sevierville

Gavin Dane11/23

Jamie & Travis, Sevierville

Chloe Marie Elizabeth11/23

Joann & Jeremy, Sevierville

Simon Matthew Lee11/23

FeAnne & David, Pigeon Ford

Brinley Ezabella11/24

Sara, Gatlinburg

Peter Daniel11/24

Brittany & Joshua, Chester

Evie Ariah11/25

Saroly, Sevierville

Kylie Joe & Chloe Dae11/25

Kimberly & Stacy, Strawplains

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